Iglehart

JAMES B. IGLEHART was born in Ohio County, September, 28, 1842, and is a son of Henry D. and Amelia A. (Bennett) Iglehart, both natives of Ohio County, and of German and English descent, respectively. Henry D. Iglehart was married in his native county soon after attaining his majority, and soon after that event he removed to Daviess County, Ky., where he bought a farm, and resided for some three years. He then returned to Ohio County, and bought a farm near Point Pleasant, upon which he still resides. He is, and has been from early life, a member of the United Baptist Church. Mrs. Amelia A. Iglehart departed this life about 1852. She had been from her girlhood days a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. James B. Iglehart received a fair common school education in youth, and was employed on his father's farm until nineteen years old. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Seventeenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Federal service), and served with that regiment in all its marches and engagements until April, 1862, when he was discharged on account of disability. He participated in the battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, as well as other lesser engagements. After his return from the army he bought a partially improved farm of 110 acres near Point Pleasant, upon which he is successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits, having until recently made the culture of tobacco a specialty. For the past three years he has also been engaged in buying tobacco for L. M. Patterson, of Point Pleasant. The farm is now one of the best improved places in the county. He was married, November 15, 1863, to Premlia J. Humphrey, also a native of Ohio County, Ky. Mr. Iglehart and wife are members of the General Baptist Church, in which he has been for several years a trustee. In politics he is a Democrat.

Source: J. H. BATTLE, W H. PERRIN, & G. C. KNIFFIN 1895

Note: James B. Iglehart died 17 Dec 1926 in Point Pleasant, Ohio County and is buried in the Iglehart Cemetery, Ohio County.

REV. BENJAMIN T. IGLEHEART was born in Ohio County, Ky., February 17, 1835, and is a son of Jacob H. and Anna (Tichenor) Igleheart, the former of whom was a native of Baltimore, Md., and the latter of Ohio County, Ky. At about the age of twelve, Jacob H. came with his parents to Ohio County, Ky., where his father, Jacob Igleheart, Sr., bought wild land in the southwest part of the county on the Green River, and subsequently improved a farm, upon which he resided until his death. Jacob H. received such an education in youth as could be obtained at the schools of the Kentucky frontier. After attaining his majority he bought wild land near the old home place, and improved a farm, upon which he resided for some time — ten or twelve years. He then bought the farm of his father-in law on Walton's Creek, same county, and took care of his father and mother-in-law until their deaths. There he resided until his death, which occurred in 1876. He and wife were from early youth, devoted and consistent members of the General Baptist Church, in which church he was a regularly ordained minister for more than twenty-five years; he was also a member of the Masonic fraternity. Rev. Benjamin T. Igleheart received a fair common school education in youth, and was employed on his father's farm until he attained his majority, after which he was engaged in buying tobacco for some four or five years. He then bought wild land on the Green River, where he improved the farm upon which he now resides, and where he has since been extensively and successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was first married in 1860, to Miss Matilda C. Patterson, a native of Bullock County, Ky. To this union were born five children — four of whom are yet living. Mrs. Matilda C. departed this life in 1874. She was a devoted member of the General Baptist Church. Mr. Igleheart was again married, in 1876, to Mrs. Lucy A. (Tichenor) Tichenor, a native of Ohio County, Ky. One daughter, Eunice, has blessed their union. Mr. Igleheart and wife are devoted members of the General Baptist Church, in which church he has been a regularly ordained preacher for the past five years. In politics he is a Democrat, and is one of the enterprising and successful farmers and citizens of the county.

Source: J. H. BATTLE, W H. PERRIN, & G. C. KNIFFIN 1895

Note:  Benjamin Tolbert Iglehart died 5 Dec 1912 in Ohio County and is buried in Equality Cemetery, Ohio County.