lELVINGTON PRECINCT.



his grandmother. He is now twenty-four years of age. -IJe mar-
ried Ella Hollis. IMr. Tnrnharn at one time owned 480 acres of
land, but portions of it have been sold, till now Mrs. Turnham
owns but 280 acres. Mr. Turnlham died in 1869.
   William T. IF(Idker, of, Yelvingto0J, was boln in this county May
 7, 1838. His father, Richard Walker, was an early settler in Da-
 viess County, coming from Virginia. Mr. Walker's boyhood days
 were spent on the farm, and he received a common-school educa-
 tion. For six years he was engaged in running logs to Evansville.
 Hie then bought a half interest in a portable saw-mill, which lie
 ran for three years. Ile has been constantly engaged in the lum-
 bering and saw-mill business since 1872. His mill is now located
 onl the land of Bowlds and Higdon, in Knottsville Precinct. The
 mill is of the Blandy make. Mr. Walker was married March 18-
 1860, to Margaret, daughter of Harry Roberts. They have had
 nine children, eight of whom are living-Josephine, Martha Il.,
 Samuel T., Strawther D., William H., Lena, Ernest and Richard.
 One daughter, Lizzie, died at tile age of five years. Mr. Walker
 is a Mason, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
 Simeon D. lFebber, born in Wilson County, Tenn., Oct. 9, 1S37,
 is a son of James J. Webber (deceased), a native of Virginia. le
 was reared to the life of a farmer, and now  owns 204k acres of
 valuable land, all made by his own industry and good managc-
 ment, three miles northeast of Yelvington. During the war of
 the Rebellion he enlisted in Comipany B, Seventh Tennessee Regi-
 ment, and served four years. He was in the battles of Seven
 Pines, Gaines's Mills, first Bull Run and others. In the fall of
 1865 Mr. Webber went to Hancock County, Ky., and in 1870
 came to Daviess County. Nov. 16, 1867. he married Bettie Sulli,
 van. They have eight children-James M., William H., Robert
 H., John T., Mary E., Sarah J., Irene H. and George B.
 Emmett Wells was born in Daviess County, Ky.. June 8, 1852.
 His father, James C. Wells, now of Knottsville Precinct, was born in
 Shelby Cotunty, Ky., and came to Daviess County in 1842, and
 married Sallie A. Bell. Of their four children but two are living
 -Emmett and William D. Emmett was reared a farmer, and is
 now engaged in that occupation, owning a farm of sixty acres, two
 and a half miles southeast of Yelvington. He received a common-
 school education. Oct. 28, 1874, he married Laura Bell, daughter
 of Worden Riddle. Three children have been born to them, but
 two now living--Clharles and James Worden. Mr. and Mrs.Wells
are members of the Baptist church.