Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B,
Pulaski County

Hon. W.H. Pettus was born in Garrard County, KY, September 9, 1827, a son of
Richard G. and Nancy (Adams) Pettus.  Richard G. Pettus was born in Virginia
in 1803, and settled in Lincoln County, KY, with his parents in 1806.  He
was a farmer and stock-raiser all his life, and died December 5, 1837,
having been a strict member of the Baptist Church for many years.  He was a
son of Joseph Pettus, who was a native of Louisa County, VA, and was a
farmer and school teacher.  Mrs. Nancy Pettus was born in Garrard County,
KY, a daughter of Daniel and Lydia (Williams) Adams.  W.H. Pettus received
his early education in his native county, and subsequently attended school
at Georgetown College five months.  In 1853 he moved to Lincoln County, KY,
and two years later settled in Pulaski County, where he has since resided.
In 1862 he was elected county judge of Pulaski County, and served one term.
He read law, and in 1864 he was admitted to the bar.  In 1869 he was elected
to the Legislature, and while serving in that body was an advocate of the
bill granting the charter for completion of the Cincinnati Southern
Railroad; he also took an active part in the re-organization of the Kentucky
school system, and was a member of the insurance committee who reported the
present insurance law.  In 1878 and 1879 he served as a member of the first
railroad commission in Kentucky.  In February, 1850, he was united in
marriage to Elizabeth K. Hutchinson.  They are the parents of eight
children, seven of whom are living, viz: Richard H., Walter B., Nannie E.,
Mary E., Lillie L., Sallie B. and William A.  Mrs. Elizabeth Pettus died in
1870, a member of the Christian Church.  In November, 1870, Mr. Pettus
married Mary B. Milton, of Fayette County, KY, a daughter of E. Milton.  Two
children have blessed this union, one living, Eden.  Mrs. Pettus is a member
of the Presbyterian Church.  Judge Pettus is a member of the Baptist Church,
a Master Mason, and a Democrat.  He has a farm near Somerset, and practices
his profession in all the courts in the county.

Adams Milton Pettus Williams Hutchinson
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Fayette-KY Garrard-KY Lincoln-KY Louisa-VA

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