Samuel Oldham Peyton

          Dr. Samuel Oldham Peyton was born 8 Jan 1804 in Bullitt County, Kentucky and died 4 Jan 1870 in Ohio County.  Dr. Peyton is buried in Oakwood Cemetery.  He married Mary Worthington Kincheloe (1810-1888) on 12 Nov 1829 in Muhlenberg County and they had four children:  Frank; Mary (Hoke); Elizabeth (Hartte); and V. Wesley.

          Dr. Peyton was a US Congressman. Elected to represent Kentucky's 2nd and 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1847 to 1849, and 1857 to 1861. He was defeated in 1855. He also served as a Member of the Kentucky State Legislature.

          Dr. Peyton is mentioned in “Ohio County, Kentucky, in the olden days” a book based on a series of newspaper articles published in the 1850’s and written by Harrison D. Taylor: