HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes,
Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III,
pp. 1319-20.  Lewis County.

ORVILLE P. POLLITT, the present popular and efficient incumbent of the
office of county clerk of Lewis county, Kentucky, is now serving his
fourth term in office, and in discharging the duties incident thereto is
acquitting himself with all of honor and distinction.  Mr. Pollitt was
born at Portsmouth, Ohio, on the 18th of September, 1871, and his a son
of James and Lucy C. (Parker) Pollitt, both natives of Lewis county and
both members of old Kentucky families.  Alexander H. Pollitt, paternal
grandfather of the subject of this review, was born and reared in
Maryland, whence he came with his parents to Lewis county in a early day,
location being made on a farm.  James Pollitt studied law as a youth and
became an eminent practitioner of his profession in Lewis county and in
Portsmouth, Ohio.  He was summoned to the life eternal at the age of
forty-seven years, his death having occurred at Portsmouth in 1885.  He
served as judge of Lewis county for several terms immediately after the
close of the Civil war and was very prominent in public affairs during
his life-time.  His widow, who still survives him, now maintains her
home at Vanceburg.  Mr. and Mrs. James Pollitt became the parents of two
children, of whom Orville P. is the only one living in 1911.
     Mr. Pollitt of this review was a lad of but fourteen years of age
at the time of his father's death.  He was reared to maturity at
Portsmouth, his education consisting of such advantages as were afforded
in the public schools of that place.  He also attended school at
Vanceburg and after leaving school he worked on a farm for a short time.
In 1888 he was appointed deputy clerk of Lewis county, remaining in tenure
of that office until the fall of 1897, at which time he was elected
county clerk, of which latter office he has continued incumbent during
the intervening years to the present time, this being his fourth term in
office.  His administration has been characterized by good judgment and
staunch devotion to the duties at hand and it is worthy of note here that
in the last election he met with no opposition in either the primaries
or in the election proper.
     In politics Mr. Pollitt is a staunch advocate of the principles and
policies for which the Republican party stands sponsor and he has ever
been an ardent supporter of all measures and enterprises projected for
the good of the community.  In a fraternal way he is affiliated with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Junior Order of the United
American Mechanics.  In his religious faith Mr. Pollitt is a devout member
of the Methodist Episcopal church.  He is unmarried.

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