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Title: A history of Kentucky and Kentuckians; the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Johnson, E. Polk, 1844- Lewis Publishing Company
Subjects: Kentucky -- History Kentucky -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, Lewis Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ong both material and socialprogressive spirit that was so characteristic lines. He has boldly and zealously foughtof his honored father. Everything about the against vicious legislation, and in his attitudeLocust Lane farm gives evidence of thrift has shown neither fear nor favor. He hasand prosperity, and it is interesting to note been specially prominent and influential inin this connection that the farm is well promoting the dairying industry in his nativefenced throughout, the posts utilized for this state and is an authority in regard to stockpurpose having been secured from locust and methods in this field of enterprise,trees planted by Mr. Scott himself in his boy- In the year t86i Mr. Scott was united inhood days. All of these black-locust posts marriage to Miss Mary Munford. of Glas-are from trees grown on the place itself, Mr. gow. Barren county, in which county she wasScotts father planted osage hedges about the born and reared. She was a daughter of the fr-aj ^mHV^^^^ UBR
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(//U.s V\ Va ^ty^-L \.&*\^ HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS 1477 late Colonel William E. Alunford, who was Monohan, both natives of Ireland, who emi- one of the representative agriculturists and grated from their native land in the latter stock-growers of Barren county at the time part of the eighteenth century. When John of his death. Airs. Scott proved a devoted M. was two years old his father died and the wife and helpmeet during a married life of care of the young family devolved entirely more than forty years, and the gracious mar- upon the mother, so it became necessary for ital relations were severed w^hen she was called the children to become self supporting as soon to eternal rest on the 3d of January, 1903, at as possible. As soon as he was old enough the age of sixty-one years. Mr. and Mrs. young John M. was sent to a private school, Scott became the parents of three children, which he attended until he was thirteen, mak- William M., the only son, is associated with

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