History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1883. Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980. p. 730. BRYANT T. CUNDIFF, born in Muhlenburg [sic] County, Ky., Jan. 27, 1822, is a son of Isaac and Fannie (Fortune) Cundiff, both natives of Prince William County, Va. His parents came to Muhlenburg County and lived there till 1847, when they came to Daviess County and lived with their son, Thomas F. Cundiff. His mother died in 1853, and his father in 1855. They had eleven children, eight sons and three daughters. Bryant T. received a fair education, and when twenty-one years of age commenced teaching school. He taught four years, and then was employed in D. A. McCormick's general store, on the site of Mr. Cundiff's present residence, a year. March 30, 1854, he married Priscilla F., daughter of Enos McCormick. A year after his marriage he bought his present property, and went to farming. In March, 1860, he became a member of the Green Brier Baptist church, and in 1861 began preaching, carrying on services at different places by appointment. In 1867 he was ordained a minister of the gospel. He is extensively known in religious circles in this part of the State, having taken an active part in many revival and protracted service. In 1863 Mr. Cundiff was drafted in the Union army, but paid $300 for a substitute. He has a family of nine children--Emma, Enos, H. Clay, Fannie, Illa, Mary L., Thomas B., Allie Odisco and Daisy A. Emma married Daniel Wells, and resides at Kansas City, Mo., and Enos married Fannie Haley. Cundiff Fortune McCormick Wells Haley = Muhlenberg-KY Prince_William-VA MO http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/daviess/cundiff.bt.txt