... Mildred, who was born August 9, 1841, was married on the 14th of February, 1864, to John Prusley, who was born near Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky, on the 31st of March, 1840, and whose death occurred December 30, 1887. Mr. Prusley was a young man when he came to Clark County, and after his marriage he remained on the home farm given to his wife by her
father until his death. He was prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity as a member of the various York Rite bodies at Winchester, and he organized the first lodge of Good Templars in Clark County, besides which he was active and influential in public affairs of a local order. His widow still remains on the old home place, and she recalls that as a girl she assisted her father in setting out the many pine trees that, with native trees, now form a most attractive grove about the old home of her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Prusley became the parents of five children, of whom
- the eldest, Samuel, died on the old home place when fifty-three years of age, his one surviving child being a son, John McCormick Prusley ;
- William died, a bachelor at the age of thirty- six years ;
- John lives near the old home place ;
- Millie is the wife of James L. Powell, and they have one daughter; and
- Mary is the wife of Hugh Campbell, of Irvine, Estill County, their one child being a daughter, Mildred Ann. ...
