Obituary-Mr. Thomas A. Woolfolk, who died in Lexington, Ky., on December 13, 1898, was for many years one of the most popular citizens of Garrard county. He was born in Cynthiana, Ky., September 1, 1814 and was brought to his grandfather Noel, near the mouth of Back Creek, this county, in 1816, where he lived for 55 years. He was, for a number of years, a firm and working member of the Antioch church, in that vicinity, and his words of admonition and deeds for good are well remembered, in that community. The remains were interred in the Lancaster Cemetery and the large crowd in attendance evinced clearly the high repute in which he was held.
He moved to Lexington about five years ago, where he resided until his death. He leaves a widow and six children: Mrs. T. L. Broaddus and Mrs. Robert Gulley, of this county, and Mrs. George Murphy, Mrs. W. M. Gulley, Messrs. W. T. and J. C. Woolfolk of Lexington, the last two being well-known wholesale grocers, in that city. All the family are proving that they were properly reared, by living a life of Christian devotion and usefulness. If we had more men like "Uncle Tommy" Woolfolk, we would have much less use for sheriffs, policemen and criminal courts.
Newspaper: The Central Record.
Ed: 01-06-1899, p. 3, col. 4.
William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter PhD, Judge Charles Kerr, editor, History of Kentucky (Chicago and New York, The American Historical Society, 1922); In 5 Volumns.
Thomas Alexander Woolfolk was born in Cynthiana, Kentucky, September 1, 1814, and was two years of age when his mother died, after which he was reared by his grandparents in Garrard County. His grandfather, Mr. Noel, had a negro boy, a slave, and the two being about of the same age became playmates and vary fond of each other. Thomas A. Woolfolk acquired his lasting aversion to the institution of slavery because he had to witness the whipping of this slave boy. Consequently, though of an old southern family and one imbued with the traditions of slaveholding, he come to manhood in every sense an abolitionist and in 1860 he and three other men in Garrard County cast their votes for Abraham Lincoln. They were soon informed that they would be punished by the Night Riders, and although ready for such a visitation he never had to defend himself. His influence steadily extended until in 1864 President Lincoln carried Garrard County, and that county has been steadily republican ever since and is the only county in Kentucky of which that can be said. In different elections a number of the precincts have gone democratic, but the precinct containing the old home of Thomas A. Woolfolk has always cast enough republican votes to overcome the majority in other parts of the county. Thomas A. Woolfolk was a man of exceptional character, as these incidents prove, and qualified himself for public leadership. At the age of twenty-one he was given a horse and saddle by his grandfather. He sold these possessions to pay for his further education. He acquired most of his training by study at home by candlelight at night. He also taught school, and as a man of superior education was often employed to write letters for the neighbors and. make out deeds for the farms when sold. His chief occupation was farming, and he lived on one farm in Garrard County for fifty years. He was an active member of the Christian Church, and before he became affiliated with the republican party was a Whig.
He moved to Lexington about five years ago, where he resided until his death. He leaves a widow and six children: Mrs. T. L. Broaddus and Mrs. Robert Gulley, of this county, and Mrs. George Murphy, Mrs. W. M. Gulley, Messrs. W. T. and J. C. Woolfolk of Lexington, the last two being well-known wholesale grocers, in that city. All the family are proving that they were properly reared, by living a life of Christian devotion and usefulness. If we had more men like "Uncle Tommy" Woolfolk, we would have much less use for sheriffs, policemen and criminal courts.
Newspaper: The Central Record.
Ed: 01-06-1899, p. 3, col. 4.
William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter PhD, Judge Charles Kerr, editor, History of Kentucky (Chicago and New York, The American Historical Society, 1922); In 5 Volumns.
Thomas Alexander Woolfolk was born in Cynthiana, Kentucky, September 1, 1814, and was two years of age when his mother died, after which he was reared by his grandparents in Garrard County. His grandfather, Mr. Noel, had a negro boy, a slave, and the two being about of the same age became playmates and vary fond of each other. Thomas A. Woolfolk acquired his lasting aversion to the institution of slavery because he had to witness the whipping of this slave boy. Consequently, though of an old southern family and one imbued with the traditions of slaveholding, he come to manhood in every sense an abolitionist and in 1860 he and three other men in Garrard County cast their votes for Abraham Lincoln. They were soon informed that they would be punished by the Night Riders, and although ready for such a visitation he never had to defend himself. His influence steadily extended until in 1864 President Lincoln carried Garrard County, and that county has been steadily republican ever since and is the only county in Kentucky of which that can be said. In different elections a number of the precincts have gone democratic, but the precinct containing the old home of Thomas A. Woolfolk has always cast enough republican votes to overcome the majority in other parts of the county. Thomas A. Woolfolk was a man of exceptional character, as these incidents prove, and qualified himself for public leadership. At the age of twenty-one he was given a horse and saddle by his grandfather. He sold these possessions to pay for his further education. He acquired most of his training by study at home by candlelight at night. He also taught school, and as a man of superior education was often employed to write letters for the neighbors and. make out deeds for the farms when sold. His chief occupation was farming, and he lived on one farm in Garrard County for fifty years. He was an active member of the Christian Church, and before he became affiliated with the republican party was a Whig.
Obituary-Mr. Thomas A. Woolfolk, who died in Lexington, Ky., on December 13, 1898, was for many years one of the most popular citizens of Garrard county. He was born in Cynthiana, Ky., September 1, 1814 and was brought to his grandfather Noel, near the mouth of Back Creek, this county, in 1816, where he lived for 55 years. He was, for a number of years, a firm and working member of the Antioch church, in that vicinity, and his words of admonition and deeds for good are well remembered, in that community. The remains were interred in the Lancaster Cemetery and the large crowd in attendance evinced clearly the high repute in which he was held.
He moved to Lexington about five years ago, where he resided until his death. He leaves a widow and six children: Mrs. T. L. Broaddus and Mrs. Robert Gulley, of this county, and Mrs. George Murphy, Mrs. W. M. Gulley, Messrs. W. T. and J. C. Woolfolk of Lexington, the last two being well-known wholesale grocers, in that city. All the family are proving that they were properly reared, by living a life of Christian devotion and usefulness. If we had more men like "Uncle Tommy" Woolfolk, we would have much less use for sheriffs, policemen and criminal courts.
Newspaper: The Central Record.
Ed: 01-06-1899, p. 3, col. 4.
William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter PhD, Judge Charles Kerr, editor, History of Kentucky (Chicago and New York, The American Historical Society, 1922); In 5 Volumns.
Thomas Alexander Woolfolk was born in Cynthiana, Kentucky, September 1, 1814, and was two years of age when his mother died, after which he was reared by his grandparents in Garrard County. His grandfather, Mr. Noel, had a negro boy, a slave, and the two being about of the same age became playmates and vary fond of each other. Thomas A. Woolfolk acquired his lasting aversion to the institution of slavery because he had to witness the whipping of this slave boy. Consequently, though of an old southern family and one imbued with the traditions of slaveholding, he come to manhood in every sense an abolitionist and in 1860 he and three other men in Garrard County cast their votes for Abraham Lincoln. They were soon informed that they would be punished by the Night Riders, and although ready for such a visitation he never had to defend himself. His influence steadily extended until in 1864 President Lincoln carried Garrard County, and that county has been steadily republican ever since and is the only county in Kentucky of which that can be said. In different elections a number of the precincts have gone democratic, but the precinct containing the old home of Thomas A. Woolfolk has always cast enough republican votes to overcome the majority in other parts of the county. Thomas A. Woolfolk was a man of exceptional character, as these incidents prove, and qualified himself for public leadership. At the age of twenty-one he was given a horse and saddle by his grandfather. He sold these possessions to pay for his further education. He acquired most of his training by study at home by candlelight at night. He also taught school, and as a man of superior education was often employed to write letters for the neighbors and. make out deeds for the farms when sold. His chief occupation was farming, and he lived on one farm in Garrard County for fifty years. He was an active member of the Christian Church, and before he became affiliated with the republican party was a Whig.
He moved to Lexington about five years ago, where he resided until his death. He leaves a widow and six children: Mrs. T. L. Broaddus and Mrs. Robert Gulley, of this county, and Mrs. George Murphy, Mrs. W. M. Gulley, Messrs. W. T. and J. C. Woolfolk of Lexington, the last two being well-known wholesale grocers, in that city. All the family are proving that they were properly reared, by living a life of Christian devotion and usefulness. If we had more men like "Uncle Tommy" Woolfolk, we would have much less use for sheriffs, policemen and criminal courts.
Newspaper: The Central Record.
Ed: 01-06-1899, p. 3, col. 4.
William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter PhD, Judge Charles Kerr, editor, History of Kentucky (Chicago and New York, The American Historical Society, 1922); In 5 Volumns.
Thomas Alexander Woolfolk was born in Cynthiana, Kentucky, September 1, 1814, and was two years of age when his mother died, after which he was reared by his grandparents in Garrard County. His grandfather, Mr. Noel, had a negro boy, a slave, and the two being about of the same age became playmates and vary fond of each other. Thomas A. Woolfolk acquired his lasting aversion to the institution of slavery because he had to witness the whipping of this slave boy. Consequently, though of an old southern family and one imbued with the traditions of slaveholding, he come to manhood in every sense an abolitionist and in 1860 he and three other men in Garrard County cast their votes for Abraham Lincoln. They were soon informed that they would be punished by the Night Riders, and although ready for such a visitation he never had to defend himself. His influence steadily extended until in 1864 President Lincoln carried Garrard County, and that county has been steadily republican ever since and is the only county in Kentucky of which that can be said. In different elections a number of the precincts have gone democratic, but the precinct containing the old home of Thomas A. Woolfolk has always cast enough republican votes to overcome the majority in other parts of the county. Thomas A. Woolfolk was a man of exceptional character, as these incidents prove, and qualified himself for public leadership. At the age of twenty-one he was given a horse and saddle by his grandfather. He sold these possessions to pay for his further education. He acquired most of his training by study at home by candlelight at night. He also taught school, and as a man of superior education was often employed to write letters for the neighbors and. make out deeds for the farms when sold. His chief occupation was farming, and he lived on one farm in Garrard County for fifty years. He was an active member of the Christian Church, and before he became affiliated with the republican party was a Whig.
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