History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co.,
Chicago, 1883.  Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980.  p.
692.

NORRIS LASHBROOK (deceased) was born in Bullitt County, Ky., July 8,
1809.  He was a son of James Lashbrook.  Norris was the second son of a
family of six children.  Norris was but fifteen years old when he came
with his parents to Daviess County, Ky., settling in the timber, near
where the Bethabara church now is, in Masonville Precinct.  He married
Catharine Foreman, in Nelson County, Ky., March 7, 1833.  She was born
in Nelson County, Ky., near Bardstown, and was a daughter of Thomas
Foreman.  After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Lashbrook settled on their
farm near the Bethabara church, in Masonville Precinct.  He and wife
were both members of the Methodist Episcopal church.  They had a family
of seven children; six lived to be men and women--Martha Y., born Feb.
1, 1834, married William A. Dotson, a Methodist minister; he died in
1879; she resides with her family in Newton, Kas.  Cordelia B., born
Nov. 1, 1835, married Gabriel Acton; she is now a widow, and resides
with her daughter, Mrs. Robert Duke, in Ohio County.  Sarah E. was born
Jan. 13, 1858, and married John B. Burton; she died in April, 1875. 
William M. was born Nov. 26, 1839.  He remained on the old homestead
with his father until the late war, when, Sept. 29, 1861, he enlisted in
C. T. Noel's company, Wheeler's Confederate cavalry, and remained in the
service until the close of the war; was in the battles of Murfreesboro,
Tenn., Perryville, Ky., battle of Chichamauga, Tenn., Missionary Ridge,
Dug Gap on Taylor's Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., Peach Tree Creek, Ga.,
Bentonville, N. C., and various other skirmishes, including a
twenty-five days' skirmish in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky, on a
retreat after the battle of Perryville.  At the close of the war, May
25, 1865, Mr. Lashbrook returned home to Daviess County, where he has
since remained.  He married Lucy J. Bean, Feb. 2, 1869.  She was born in
Ohio County, Ky., and was a daughter of Henry and Martha (Birkhead)
Bean, early settlers of Ohio County, Ky.  After his marriage Mr.
Lashbrook settled near Bethabara church, and remained here until 1877,
when he purchased his present farm, one half mile southwest of
Masonville.  He and wife are members of the Baptist church.  They have
had a family of six sons--Norris, born Nov. 15, 1869; George, born Jan.
21, 1872; Thomas, born June 16, 1874; Henry, born Dec. 17, 1877; Yeiser,
born May 25, 1880; Foreman, born Sept. 14, 1882.  Mr. Lashbrook owns a
fine farm of 128 acres, eighty under cultivation.  He raises tobacco,
corn, wheat and hay, and horses and cattle.  He is a Mason, and was
formerly a member of the John J. Daveiss Lodge, No. 389, Sugar Grove
church; in politics is a Democrat.  Saraiah D. Lashbrook was born Jan.
29, 1842.  He enlisted in Captain Noel's company, Wheeler's Confederate
cavalry, and was wounded and captured at the battle of the Sacotchee
Valley, Tenn., on the Sacotchee River.  He died in the "Camp Chase"
prison.  James B. Lashbrook was born March 4, 1844.  He married Sarah M.
Taylor.  They reside on their farm in Knottsville Precinct.  Mildred R.
was born Jan. 24, 1846.  She died an infant.  Mr. Norris Lashbrook was
one of the pioneers of Daviess County, Ky.  He was an earnest Christian
and a good husband, father and neighbor.  He was a very intelligent man,
of good judgment.

Lashbrook Foreman Dotson Acton Duke Burton Noel Bean Birkhead Taylor
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Bullitt-KY Nelson-KY KS Ohio-KY TN GA NC

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