MAGOFFIN, GOV. BERIAH Lawyer and Farmer, was born April 18, 1815, at Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. His ancestry were Scotch-Irish ; his father, Beriah Magoffin, Jr. , was a native of the County of Down, Ireland ; a successful merchant, and was President of the Commonwealth Bank of Kentucky, at Harrodsburg. His mother was of Scotch-Irish origin, a native of Kentucky, and daughter of Samuel McAfee, one of the early settlers from Virginia, of Kentucky, and cousin of the late historian and statesman, Gen. Robert B. McAfee. (See sketches of the McAfees.) ...
