Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B,
Knox County

Ambrose Y. Culton, attorney at law, Barboursville, Knox County, KY, was born
in Knox County, January 8, 1842.  His ancestors came from North Ireland, and
settled in Alabama and Virginia.  His parents, James and Marinda L.
(Anderson) Culton, were both natives of Knox County.  They had seven
children, viz: Augustus B., John W., James C., Ambrose Y., Martha J. and
Henry C. (twins), and Thomas J.  James Culton, Sr., is a farmer by
occupation.  About 1811 he was elected to the Legislature from Knox and
Harlan Counties, and was re-elected in 1854.  He was elected county judge of
Harlan County in 1858, and held that office twelve years.  He was also
licensed to practice law, and has been quite a prominent attorney in eastern
Kentucky.  He is also a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has
devoted a great deal of his time to the ministry.  Ambrose Y. Culton was
reared and educated in Harlan County.  He followed farming until 1863, when
he entered the Federal army as Sergeant of Company H, Forty-ninth Kentucky
Infantry, served until April, 1864, when he entered Company I, Seventh
Kentucky Cavalry as Second Lieutenaut, and upon the consolidation of the
Sixth and Seventh Regiments he served in that capacity until September,
1865.  He was severely wounded in the charge on Fort Tyler, GA, April 17,
1865, and is pensioned by the Government.  After muster-out he returned to
Clay County and was engaged in no regular business until 1866, when he moved
to Barboursville, Knox County, and engaged in the mercantile business until
1875; in the latter year his property and goods, amounting to about $20,000,
were destroyed by fire.  In 1880 he received an appointment from the
Government as numerator of the First District.  He had previously studied
law and was admitted to the bar in 1880, since when he has devoted his
attention to the practice of law.  In 1878 he made an active race for State
Senator from the Seventeen Senatorial District, and was again a candidate in
1887, carrying his county nearly unanimously.  May 23, 1864, he married Miss
Amelia L. Gibson, a daughter of T.G. and Martha J. (Severe) Gibson, of Clay
County, KY.  They are the parents of nine children, viz: Martha E., Sciota
Nash, Chelsea, Katie, James, A.Y., John, Bunden G. and Ann.  Mr. Culton is a
Democrat in political affairs.

Culton Anderson Gibson Severe
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VA Ireland Clay Harlan Knox AL

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