LDS film # 09962913, Excerpts from History of Kentucky, Illustrated, 1885, by
Battle, Perrin, and Kniffin.  Appeared in the Central City Messenger and
Times-Argus, Central City, Kentucky, in seven installments during May, June,
and July 1959.

J.G. Barkley was born June 5, 1839, in Danville, KY, and is the eldest of
seven children born to John and Sallie R. (Green) Barkley, natives of
Jessamine and Boyle Counties, KY, and of Scotch and Irish and English descent.
John Barkley was president of the first railway company that established a
line between Lexington and Danville, KY; he was a son of George and Martha
(Higbee) Barkley, who were settlers of what is now Fayette County, before its
organization.  Subject's mother was the daughter of Judge John Green, who
married a Miss Fry.  They were natives of Virginia, and of English and Scotch
descent.  J.G. Barkley was reared on a farm, received a good English
education, and attended Center College three years.  At sixteen years of age
he left home and went to Daviess County, where he engaged in farming and
merchandising.  In 1878, he moved to Greenville, where he engaged in farming
and owns one-quarter interest in the Muhlenberg Echo.  He was married December
14, 1859, to Eliza B. Reed, of Scotch and Irish descent.  To Mr. and Mrs.
Barkley were born ten children, seven living: James W., Sallie R., John G.,
Harry R., Mary A., Sue B. and Jessamine.  Mr. Barkley and wife are
Presbyterian and he is a Mason.

Barkley, Green, Higbee, Fry, Reed
=
Jessamine, Boyle, Fayette, VA

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