Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887,
Owen Co.

CHARLES STROTHER, lawyer, was born August 10, 1852, and is a son of French
and Lucinda (Maddox) Strother, the latter a daughter of Michael Maddox, of
Shelby County, Ky.  Michael Maddox was born in Trimble County, Ky, in 1811,
where he was reared and educated.  He was a farmer, and a Methodist
minister.  He married Celia Owsley, by whom he had nine children, seven of
them now living, viz: John C., James, Charles, Alice C., Mary E., Sallie
and French; he died in 1870.  George Strother, paternal grandfather of
our subject, was a native of Virginia, a farmer, and a Methodist minister,
and settled in Bourbon County, Ky., in 1800.  He married Mary Duncan,
also of Virginia, and had seven children.  She died in 1865.  Charles
Strother was reared on a farm, and educated in Trimble County, Ky.  In
1872 he read law with John Strother in Owenton, and was admitted to
the bar in 1876.  In 1878 he was elected police judge of Owen County for
a term of four years.  In 1876 he married Miss Sarah Hill, daughter of
George Hill, of Owen County, and one child, Birdie, has blessed their
union.  Mr. Strother is a Democratic factor in the politics of Owen
County, and is a member of the Methodist Church.

Strother Maddox Owsley Duncan Hill
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Shelby-KY Trimble-KY Bourbon-KY VA

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