... The grandfather of the above was named Hezekiah also; he was a native of Virginia, and emigrated to this county with Old Man Kiser, and located in this county at an early day, at a place since called Kiser Station.
Hezekiah built a still-house here, which was among the first enterprises of the kind in the county, and remained here until his death, which occurred in 1835;
he married Ellen Tucker, and by her had three children: John, Hezekiah, and William--called "Jack," "Hez," and "Will." But one of these survived-"Hez," the father of our subject, ...
