Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 529-531 [Lyon]

     SAMUEL C. MOLLOY, who is now serving for a second term as
county attorney of Lyon county and makes his home in Kuttawa, is
accounted one of the most enterprising young men and successful
lawyers of this part of Kentucky.  His laudable ambition, strong
determination and unfaltering diligence are marked characteristics
of his professional career, and have already gained him high
standing among his professional brethren.
     A native of Caldwell county, Kentucky, Samuel C. Molloy first
opened his eyes to the light of day on his father's farm, August 3,
1860, his parents being William P. and Mary (Cash) Molloy, both of
whom were also natives of Caldwell county.  The father was a
physician, making the practice of medicine his life work.  In the
public schools Samuel C. Molly acquired his literary education, and
then, determining to make the practice of law his life work, studied
under the direction of T. T. Watkins, being admitted to the bar in
Eddyville in 1892.  His advancement has been continuous since that
time, and he now occupies a position among the leading lawyers of
the city and county.  His devotion to his clients' interests,
combined with his knowledge of the law and his careful preparation
of cases, soon won him a large clientage [sic] and made him a power
in the courtroom, while the ablest lawyers of the bar found in him
an opponent and adversary worthy of their steel.  He has engaged in
many forensic combats, in which he has usually come off conqueror.
     When Mr. Molloy had been in active practice for three years he
received the Democratic nomination for the position of county
attorney, to which office he was elected in 1897.  His course in
this position has been most commendable and has won him favorable
criticism from all law abiding citizens.  During his first term he
instituted and prosecuted successfully more suits for the
reclamation of taxes than had been before instituted in a quarter of
a century.  The fiscal business of the county was the feature of his
administration.  He reclaimed for the taxpayers many times the
amount of his official salary.  On his induction into office Mr.
Molloy found that it required from four to five days in the circuit
court to try the minor criminal cases.  This business was
immediately transferred to the inferior courts, where it properly
belongs, resulting in a savings to the county of from two hundred
and fifty to three hundred dollars annually.  He was one of the five
county attorneys of the state to institute proceedings against the
various railroad companies for the payment of franchise taxes.  This
suit was successfully prosecuted, and the counties through which the
lines of road pass were awarded a judgment amounting to several
hundred thousand dollars.  Such substantial services on the part of
Mr. Molloy have attracted the attention of the entire judicial
district, and his re-election was the public testimonial of the
confidence and trust reposed in him by the voters of the county.  In
connection with his legal interests Mr. Molloy is the vice president
of the Citizens' Bank of Kuttawa, but his attention is given chiefly
to the duties of his office and of his private practice.  He is now
attorney for the Hillman Land & Iron Company, for the Ayer & Lord
Tie Company, of Chicago, and other corporations.
     In 1883 occurred the marriage of Samuel C. Molloy and Miss
Annie Coleman, of Smithland, Kentucky, and they occupy a pleasant
and attractive home on Oak avenue in Kuttawa.  They now have three
bright and interesting children, two sons and a daughter, Coleman,
Mary and Samuel.  Their friends in this part of the state are many,
and the hospitality of the best homes is extended to them.  Mr.
Molloy has always been a stanch Democrat, and is recognized as one of the
leaders of his party in western Kentucky.  Wide-awake, alert
and enterprising, he well deserves classification with the
representative citizens of Lyon county.

Molloy Cash Watkins Hillman Ayer Coleman
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Caldwell-KY Livingston-KY

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