JOHN R. PIRTLE, M.D., belongs to one of the prominent families of
Louisville, a family that has produced some very eminent men. He was born
May 20, 1830, and is a son of Henry and Jane (Rogers) Pirtle, natives of
Washington and Boyle Counties. The former was born in 1798, and died in
1880. He was circuit judge when but twenty-six years of age of the
Louisville district, and when the judiciary was appointed. He served for
years, and afterward was Judge of the chancery court, serving in that
capacity for two terms. He served in the State Senate from 1840 to 1843.
He continued his law practice until within a few years of his death. He was
a zealous Union man during the late war, and was one of the commissioners
sent to the Border State Convention in 1861.
