Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,

pp 454-456 [McCracken]



     CHARLES HAYS BROTHERS, M. D., of Paducah, is a native of Tennessee. 

He was born on his father's farm in Rutherford county on July 13, 1850.  

His parents were Jackson Carroll and Margaret (Edmondson) Brothers, both

natives of Tennessee.  The father was born in Rutherford county, January

9, 1815, and lived to a ripe old age, dying in Nashville in 1897, at the

home of his daughter.  He was a son of John and Mary (Loftin) Brothers. 

His father was a native of Scotland and Emigrated to the United States

with two brothers.  He married Mary Loftin in North Carolina, her native

state, and settled in Rutherford county.  He was a pioneer of that part

of Tennessee, and in those days was a trader among the Indians, whose

good will he gained and with whom he stood in popular favor.  He also

stood high in the esteem of his fellow citizens, and was a man of

sterling qualities.  By occupation he was a farmer, and lived many years

in Rutherford county, where he died.  His wife came of an old and highly

respected family of North Carolina, and possessed may excellent qualities

of heart and mind.

     Jackson Carroll Brothers, father of Dr. Brothers, was reared upon a

farm in Rutherford county and was a farmer.  His wife was born in

Williamson county, Tennessee, a daughter of "Blockhouse" John Edmondson,

who was so called because he kept a blockhouse which served as a place of

protection from the Indians.  He was a native of Virginia, and his father

was a prominent character of the Old Dominion, serving several years in

the state legislature.  The maternal grandmother of our subject was a

Miss Hays, a native also of Virginia and of Irish extraction, but the

Edmondson family is of English origin.

     To Jackson C. and Margaret (Edmondson) Brothers were born four sons

and two daughters, of whom a son and a daughter are deceased.  The mother

passed away prior to the Civil war.  She was a woman of strong force of

character and transmitted her excellent traits of character to her

children.  The father was possessed of strong intellectuality and

bore an important part in the development of his native county and

state.  To their children these worthy parents left the rich heritage of

untarnished names and the blessings of well spent lives.

     Dr. C. H. Brothers was reared upon the farm, and attended

subscription schools, and then pursued the study of medicine first under

his uncle, Dr. J. B. Owen, of Williamson county, Tennessee, and later in

the medical and surgical department of the University of Tennessee at

Nashville, whence he was graduated in March, 1872.  Locating in

McCracken county, Kentucky, about ten miles west of Paducah, he began

his professional career a little more than thirty years ago.  All of

this time has been spent in McCracken county.  In 1890 he changed his

place of residence, removing to Paducah, where he has since made his

home, and he has always enjoyed an excellent practice.  For a long time

he has been a member of McCracken County Medical Society and of the

Southwestern Kentucky Medical Society, and has served the latter as

president.  Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow, and has taken all the

degrees in that order.  Politically he is a staunch Democrat.  He has

never sought political preferment, but for eight years served as county

physician.  He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and is numbered

among the best citizens of Paducah.

     In 1880 Dr. Brothers was married to Miss Nellie Temple, a daughter

of the Rev. Dr. J. N. Temple, of the Episcopal church.  Mrs. Brothers is

a lady of culture, and both she and her husband are held in the highest

esteem and respect by a wide circle of friends.



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