History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 562. [Bourbon County] [Hutchinson Precinct] JAMES BAGG, Sr., farmer, P. O. Hutchinson, was born in Somersetshire, England, Nov. 17, 1799; son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Harding) Bagg, who came to America in 1820, and resided in New York until 1840, when they moved to Kentucky. James, our subject, did not come to America until 1835, however, when he was engaged in importing stock. He brought the first Cotswold and Southdown sheep ever brought to Kentucky and New York. In 1836, he married Miss Flora Wait, a native of Somersetshire, England, and daughter of Samuel Wait. The young lady when a child had come over with the family of Mr. Thomas Bagg, and she has borne her husband the following children: Mary Emma, born in New York; Elizabeth, died in 1874; James R.; Hester Wait, now Mrs. Penn; Anna F. and Samuel. Mr. Bagg has made fifteen trips across the Atlantic in the interest of the stock business, having been engaged largely in the importation of fine stock. He owns 166 acres of land, and his place is called "Hidden Home." He and wife are members of the Episcopal Church; he is a Democrat. Bagg Harding Wait Penn = NY England http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/bourbon/bagg.j.txt