I72177: Rebecca H. BASS (ABT 1784

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#10037: Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897.
Published by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago. Reprinted by Southern Historical Press. p. 188. Jefferson County.

ISAAC PALMER CALDWELL, of Louisville, one of the young member of the bar already known to fame, and the sole representative of the well-known and honored name of Caldwell at the bar of Louisville, is entitled to a place in this chronicle of the
legal fraternity of the state.

Mr. Caldwell is the only son of Isaac Caldwell, the greatest lawyer of his day at the Louisville bar, who has followed in the footsteps of his illustrious father, giving his talents to the law. He is the eldest child of Isaac Caldwell and Kate (Smith) Caldwell, the latter a daughter of Daniel Smith, and English Catholic, who emigrated from the east shore of Maryland to Kentucky at an early day.

Born December 11, 1857, in the city of Louisville, he is one of the native sons of the place, and has seen it grow from a small village to one of the great centers of population and wealth of the country. His birthplace, on the corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets, now the vortex of business life, and then known as Jacob's woods. Reared in an atmosphere of intellectual culture and of wealth, Mr. Caldwell has had every advantage of education, and after instruction by private tutors he attended Seton Hall College, at South Orange, New Jersey a Catholic academy under the presidency of Archbishop Corrigan. He graduated with the highest honors of his class, in 1876, delivering the valedictory and receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and later that of Master of Arts was conferred upon him. He studied law under the preceptorship of his father, and at the law department of the University of Louisville, of which he is a graduate, being the valedictorian of his class there also.

He entered upon the practice of law in Louisville in 1883. On the 11th of December of the same year he was united in marriage to Miss Jane Donald Robertson Jacob, daughter of Hon. Charles D. Jacob, four times the mayor of Louisville and minister for the United States government to the United States of Columbia in 1885. Mrs. Caldwell is connected with the oldest families of the state--the Tylers and the Taylors, of which latter President Zachary Taylor came,--and over whose remains on the old Taylor place, near Louisville, a monument was erected at the dedication of which Charles D. Jacob, her father, was selected as the representative of the Taylor family to make an oration.

Following his marriage Mr. Caldwell was, in 1884, elected to represent a district in the Kentucky legislature, his opponent being Henry Clay, a brilliant young lawyer and a grandson of the "Great Commoner." In the session following his election he was on the committee on banks and railroads, and was instrumental in securing the passage of an act increasing the exemptions to mechanics and laborers, placing them upon an equal footing with farmers and other householders. It was his privilege and pleasure to place in nomination for the office of United States senator, John S. Williams, who was seeking re-election to that high trust, and was opposed by Hon. J.C.S. Blackburn. The contest was most exciting and bitter. Mr. Caldwell declined
a re-election and has since held no political office.

For several years he was interested in the building of Middlesboro and engaged in the practice there, but about 1887 returned to Louisville and as attorney for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of Kentucky, which office he still holds, has been wholly devoted to his profession. He enjoys a liberal patronage and is noted for his skill in debate, for his ability as an orator and his aptness in examination of witnesses; is quick at repartee, sarcastic when sarcasm is needed, and has inherited the tact, the courteous manner and the kindly nature of his father. Mr. Caldwell was reared in the Catholic church, while Mrs. Caldwell is a member of and attendant at Christ Church Cathedral of the Protestant Episcopal church.

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COCKFIELD / GRAHAM/FRIERSON - Searching for information on Washington J. Cockfield b. 1797, d. _?_, married to Jennet M. Graham b. 1803, d. 1849?. These are the parents of Susannah Mary Jane Cockfield, the mother of my Great Grandfather, Washington LaFayette Frierson. (I have purchased the Frierson Book and will happy to do lookups for anyone who asks.) Cynthia Kirkland.

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Spouse:Emile DU MONTIER (AFN: 1HQ5-JBT) Marriage: 1824 Natchez, Adams, Miss

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Gates Co. NC Marriage Bonds. Will of Barsheba A. Lassiter, Gates Co. NC, probated 20 Mar 1900.

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Could be the widow of Thomas Kimbrough, son of John Kimbrough who in his will of 1823 gave to the heirs of my son Thomas Kimbrough and Nancey Graves,

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Dau of Carl Jay and Josephine Britt.

My Southern Family

Rebecca H. BASS

ABT 1784 - ____

ID Number: I72177

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Isaac Palmer CALDWELL

11 Dec 1857 - ____

ID Number: I87715

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Washington J. COCKFIELD

1797 - ____

ID Number: I43652

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James DEVALL

ABT 1802 - ____

ID Number: I91631

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Abagail FITCH

ABT 1760 - ____

ID Number: I56256

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Barsheba GORDON

1819 - ABT 20 Mar 1900

ID Number: I20877

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Nancy GRAVES

3 Dec 1786 - 8 Apr 1855

ID Number: I24198

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Madalene Jane GUERRANT

ABT 1742 - aft 10 Jan 1769-bef Nov 1772

ID Number: I400

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Bertha Tom JAY

1 Jul 1902 - 2 Mar 1999

ID Number: I39736

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