... Captain William French, lived in Franklin county, was owner of one of the handsomest old-fashioned brick houses, and one of the most beautiful farms on the Georgetown and Frankfort turnpike, lying east of this city, about six miles. He married, Mary (Polly) Taylor, daughter of the noted Baptist preacher of pioneer days in Kentucky, John Taylor, who was also author of the valuable little history entitled, "History of the Ten Churches." ...
