Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887, Woodford Co. CHARLES L. RAILEY was born in Woodford County, Ky., April 17, 1844, and is the third son of Logan and Harriet M. (Rowland) Railey. Logan Railey was born in Woodford County in February, 1812, and was a son of Charles Railey, who was born in Powhatan County, Va., October 26, 1766, and who married Miss Mayo, of a historic family of Virginia, who immigrated to Kentucky in the days of the pioneers, and represented Woodford County in the State Legislature for two years. Charles Railey, the elder, was a son of John and Elizabeth Railey, and was a first cousin of Thomas Jefferson. Charles L. Railey was reared on a farm near Versailles, and was educated at the celebrated high school taught by B. B. Sayre, at Frankfort, the capital of the State. After the war between the States closed, Charles made a trip to New York in charge of a lot of fine horses for his father, and having established a splendid trade in fancy roadsters and high price saddle and harness horses, has maintained an exclusive traffic ever since on his own account, handling about 100 head per annum. On the 4th of November, 1868, he was married to Miss Ada B. Pepper, a young lady of culture, a graduate of Misses Bonney & Dillage, of Philadelphia, Penn., and daughter of Gen. Oscar Pepper and Nannie (Edwards) Pepper, both of Woodford County. Gen. Oscar Pepper, born October 12, 1809, was one of the largest land owners in the county, also proprietor of the Old Crow Distillery, so famous in Kentucky history. He was a son of Capt. Elijah Pepper and Sarah O'Bannon, who, together with his brother-in-law, John O'Bannon, came from Virginia and located upon the site now occupied by the town of Versailles, the county seat of Woodford County. Capt. Elijah Pepper was the son of Samuel Pepper (or Culpepper) and Elizabeth Holton, an English lady. Presley Neville O'Bannon, brother of Sarah O'Bannon Pepper, was a naval officer, and was publicly presented, amid elaborate ceremonies, with a jeweled sword in Richmond, Va., for bravery in battle with the Turks, where he mounted the walls of the city in the thickest of the fight and raised, for the first time abroad, the American colors. He married a daughter of Maj. Hurd. Sarah O'Bannon Pepper was the daughter of William O'Bannon and Annie Neville, sister of Gen. John Neville, of Virginia, who was prominent in the Revolutionary war, a personal friend of Gen. George Washington, and one of his most trusted generals. His home, Bower Hill, was directly opposite Woodville, that of his son, Gen. Presley Neville (a man of great refinement and education, and aid of Gen. Marquis de La Fayette), and were the places to which all persons of note repaired. They both entertained King Louis Philippe, the exiled king of France, for many months. He married the eldest daughter of Gen Daniel Morgan, of Revolutionary fame. The family traces back in a direct line to Lord Neville, of England. Mr. and Mrs. Railey have four children: Charles E., Ada, Annette and Edward Bayard. Railey Rowland Mayo Pepper Edwards O'Bannon Holton Hurd Morgan = Powhatan-VA Philadelphia-Philadelphia-PA England http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/woodford/railey.cl.txt