Hearne History - Page 317

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a larger scale his trading in stock to the Southern market, always successful, that he kept up till only a few years ago.

In 1846, the time of the Mexican War, he raised a volunteer company, of which he was captain, but failed of acceptance by the government, as already one company had been accepted from his county. When the Civil War came on, 1861, being an ardent and true Southern man, he enlisted in the Southern Army, and was soon in command of a regiment, serving gallantly to the end of the war, coming out a general. He was greatly loved by his men for his kindness and generosity. After the war he renewed his farming and trading till he amassed a fine fortune. He remained a bachelor till well along in life, when he married Miss Elizabeth Peters, a most estimable lady of Montgomery Co., Ky., and they are now living in an elegant home in the suburbs of Mt. Sterling, enjoying the fruits of the labors of a well spent life, surrounded by a devoted and interesting family of children, all of whom are now grown. Gen. Johnson always took an active interest in politics and served several terms in the Kentucky Legislature, in both the Lower House and Senate, with eminent satisfaction to his constituency. He died July 4, 1902, having passed the century mark and lived in three centuries.

Cannon Hearne never united with any church, but was a decided Episcopalian in belief and action, and had all his children sprinkled in that church. His wife Sally was a Methodist when she married him and went at once into the Episcopal Church. He had been a magistrate for ten years when he died, and the next year would have been high sheriff by regular rotation, an office of great distinction and responsibility in that day. He was a man of large influence and the recognized arbiter of nearly all neighborhood troubles, a great friend to the poor, and a veritable Samaritan in sickness. Bleeding sick persons in left arm was an almost universal remedy, and Cannon Hearne being skillful, had most of it to do for the neighborhood.

Cannon Hearne left no will, but here follows a partial appraisement list of his personal property, and also a partial list of the public sale, etc.:

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Thanks to Catherine Bradford for transcribing this page.


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