James O'Hara was born at New Liberty, Owen County, Kentucky, in 1825. He attended St. Mary College, near Lebanon, Kentucky. He was admitted to the bar in 1851, starting his practice in Grant County, Kentucky. In 1859, he moved to Covington,...
George Gilpin Perkins was born in Burlington, Kentucky, in 1839. His family moved to Covington, and he was educated in the city schools, at Shelby College, and at Belmont, Ohio. He studied law and was admitted to practice in 1863. In 1867, he...
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James William Bryan was born near Millersburg, in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1852. He was educated at the Kentucky Wesleyan College, where he graduated in 1873. He moved to Covington, where he read law in the office of ex-Governor John W....
George Washington was born on Christmas Day of 1844 in Newport, Kentucky. He was a great-great-grandson of Samuel Washington, brother of President George Washington. He was educated at Newport and at Cincinnati, Ohio. He enlisted in the...
Richard Hickman Menefee was born in Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky, in 1809. He attended the public schools and graduated from Transylvania University, in Lexington, Kentucky. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced...
John Flavel Fisk was born in Genesee County, New York, in 1815, the son of a physician who settled in Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1837. He was educated at the Freeman Carey Institute, Hamilton County, Ohio, and in 1840-41 began a teaching career at...
William Walter Cleary was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1831. He was an 1849 graduate of Transylvania University and in 1849, graduated from its law department with honors. In 1852, he was admitted to the bar and settled in Cynthiana, Kentucky....
