Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Maysville, KY. and J. A. & U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. Volume 1. Reprinted 1968. Kenton County. The Poets and Poetry of Kentucky, page 582. WILLIAM WHITEMAN FOSDICK Was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, born Jan. 28, 1825 - his father, Thos R. Fosdick, a merchant and banker, and his mother, Julia Drake, a talented actress; graduated at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., studied law at Louisville with Hon. Garnett Duncan, and afterwards at Carrollton, Ky.; with Judge James Pryor; practiced law at Covington, Ky., then at Cincinnati, then in New York city for seven years, 1851-58; traveled in Mexico, 1847-49; gained his first distinction as a poet by a dramatic effort, "Tecumumseh;" in 1855 published a collection of poems, "Ariel, and other Poems;" resided in Cincinnati, generally, after 1857. [Note: Poem shown: "Light and Night."] Fosdick Drake Duncan Pryor = OH Lexington-Fayette-KY Carrollton-Carroll-KY NY Mexico http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/kenton/fosdick.ww.txt