History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 603.
[Scott County]  [Georgetown City and Precinct]

COL. E. N. OFFUTT, Sr., retired farmer; P. O. Georgetown; whose portrait
appears in this history, was born in Montgomery County, Md., Dec 28, 1806,
and was the seventh child of a family of five sons and three daughters,
born to his parents, who were Alexander and Ann (Clegett) Offutt, the
former also a native of Montgomery County, Md.  He was born Feb. 18, 1767,
and was the son of William Offutt, a native of Maryland; born in 1768, and
died in 1833, surviving her husband ten years, he having died Oct. 21,
1823.  Miss Ann Clegett was the daughter of William Clegett, who died
while a soldier in the Revolutionary war.  When our subject was about three
years old his parents moved to Scott County, where they arrived in March,
1810.  The tract of land on which stands the old homestead, still occupied
by the Colonel, was selected as a home, and there the worthy couple reared
a family, and built for themselves an honorable name and reputation.  By
the time he had arrived at man's estate, he had acquired a fair education
and thorough and practical knowledge of farming and stock-raising.  Making
the breeding of fine stock a specialty, he stood for many years among the
leading stock men of the county; he was a shrew financier, and an excellent
business manager, at one time owning 800 acres of land; he has, however,
disposed of a part of his real estate, having now but 330 acres.
Politically, Mr. Offutt is a man of firm convictions; though never an
aspirant for office, he many times having refused to become a candidate for
positions of prominence when his election would have been a certainty,
choosing rather to remain with his family, and add to the pleasures and
comforts of a home.  In March, 1881, the Colonel rented his farm and gave
up the active management and details of farming.  The kitchen portion of
Mr. Offutt's residence is one of the most interesting of pioneer landmarks;
it was built in 1782, by one Mathew Flournoy, and was the first residence
in which window glass was used in that part of Kentucky, east of the
Kentucky River.  Gen. William Henry, commander of the Kentucky volunteer
troops for the war of 1812, was married in this residence.  Col. Offutt
was married in Scott County in 1836, to Miss Elizabeth A. Lemon, who was
born in Lexington, Ky., July 20, 1818; she is the daughter of Joseph I.
Lemon, who was born in Georgetown, July 15, 1793, and died Jun 17, 1836.
He was the son of James Lemon, a native of Ireland, whose family consisted
of nine sons and one daughter; all of the former were soldiers in the
Revolutionary war.  The wife of Joseph I., and mother of Mrs. Offutt, was
Miss Margaret Leathers, a native of Madison County, Virginia; she was
born March 23, 1792, and died Nov. 29, 1868.  Eight children have been born
to Mr. and Mrs. Offutt, three only of whom are living: Margaret A., wife of
Col. Mark Munday, of Louisville; Laura V., wife of William Munday, of
Louisville,; and Edmonia, wife of Dr. O. H. Witherspoon, of Lawrenceburg;
Mr. and Mrs. Offutt are both members of the Presbyterian Church, he
joining in 1833, and she in 1839.  They are a worthy couple, and held in
high esteem by all those who know them.  Their lives spent in honest
effort to acquire a competency and rear their family honorably, they now
enjoy the fruits of their early industry and economy.

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