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Goldsborough married Matilda Nicholes Prather 08 Jan 1867, Louisville, Jefferson, Ky. Matilda (daughter of William Prather and Penelope E Pope) was born 22 Nov 1843, Louisville, Jefferson, Ky; died 05 Dec 1894, Louisville, Jefferson, Ky. [Group Sheet]

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Penelope and William were cousins through the Fontaine family.

William married Penelope E Pope 01 Dec 1835, Jefferson Co., Ky.. Penelope (daughter of Alexander Pope and Martha Fontaine) was born Abt 1815, of, Jefferson, Ky. [Group Sheet]

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His Obit is was in the Kentucky Reporter 10 Feb., 1823.

Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888,
Jefferson Co., KY.
John Jacob, deceased, was born in Baltimore, MD. in 1778, and died in
Louisville, in 1852. He came to this city about 1807, and engaged in the
mercantile business, forming a partnership with Thomas Prather, one of the
most prominent of Louisville's early business men.
The old house of Prather & Jacob was for many years one of the reliable
business houses of the young city, and was the synonym for all that was
upright and honorable.
After the dissolution of their partnership Mr. Jacob became president of the
Branch Bank of the United States, and after it was closed was made president
of the Bank of Kentucky, which position he resigned in 1836. He was for a
number of years a member of the city council, and in 1848 he became president
of the Louisville & Frankfort Railroad, which was fully completed during his
administration; but the infirmities of age compelled him to resign the
position and retire from active business. He aided in the establishment of the
asylum for the blind, and contributed greatly, in various ways, not only to
the growth and prosperity of Louisville, but also to the amelioration of the
condition of the poor and needy, displaying a liberal hand in the great
charities of the city, which rapidly increased in value, and, by well
conducted, ligitimate business, he accumulated a large fortune. Mr. Jacob was
twice married: 1st. to Miss Ann O. Fontaine.
Children: Matilda Prather Jacob (m.Curran Pope), Mrs. John W. Tyler, and John
I. Jacob Jr.
His 2nd. wife: Lucy Donald Robertson.
Children: Mrs. James B. Clay, of Fayette Co.; Col. Richard T. Jacob,
ex-lieutenant governor of Ky.; Thomas P. Jacob, president of the Kentucky &
Louisville, Mutual Insurance Co.; and Hon Charles D. Jacob, mayor of
Louisville.
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Curran Pope:
He graduated at West Point in 1836, and after a short service in the army he
resigned to take one of the clerkships made vacant by his father. He held the
office for seventeen years, the last forur of which were by election by the
people. He was a citizen of much of public spririt; on of the original
projectors and directors of the Louisvelle & Nashville, Railroad; on of the
main promoters of Louisville Water Works; devoted much of his time as Trustee
of Danville, College, and as trustee of various educational institutions of
Louisville especially to a seminary organized and established by himself and
others in the old homestead of his father; served for eleven years in the
General Council of Louisville; and on the breaking out of the late war he
espoused the cause of the Union. He raised the 15th Kentucky Reg., which,
after a varied service, was decimated in the battle of Perryville, which, for
the number of the length of time engaged, is said to have been the bloodiest
battle of the war. Early in the action Colonel Pore's horse was killed under
him, and toward the close of the engagement he was shot through the shoulder.
E.P.Humphrey, D.D., LL.D., the scholarly author of "Sacred History from the
Creation to the Giving of the Law: who was the co-laborer in many fields of
usefulness with Colonel Pope, and who was his life-long friend, thus writes of
him a short time after Colonel Pope's death:...
"through his father, the late Warden Pope, Esq. - in his day one of the
formost citizens of the commonwealth - and through his excellent mother and
amiable wife as well, he was allied to some of the most influential families
in the country.... His ample private fortune released him, in a large measure,
from professional labor; so that he was able to devote the last 12 years of
his life to the general interests of society."

General Sherman learning of the death of Colonel Pope wrote Colonel Pope's
widow the following letter:
Headquarters, Memphis, Tenn.
November 10, 1862.
Dear Madam: -
.... I know you will pardon me, afar off, if, at this your dread hour, I come
to bear my feeble show of honor to him whose name you bear and whose child
will in after years look back upon as one of those heroes who labored and gave
his life to his country. Will do I recall the soft and gentle voice of Curran
Pospe, the peculiar delicacy of his approach, and almost unequal courtesy of
hi manner and the first faint doubt that one so gentle, so mild, so beautiful
in character, should be a warrior; but another look, and his eye, the plain
direst assertion of a high and holy purpose, with the pressure of his lips,
told that he was a man; one to lead; one to go where duty called him though
the path led through the hail storm of battle. Among all the men I have ever
met in the progress of this un-natural war, I cannot recall one in whose every
act and expression was so manifest the good and true man; one who so well
filled the type of the Kenturcky gentleman.
He died not upon the battle-field but of wounds inflicted by parricidal hands
on Kentuckys' soil and his blood is the cement that will ever more bind
togethere the disjointed parts of a mighty nation. Though for a time smitten
down by the terrible calamity, may you and you child soon learn to look upon
his name and fame as encircled by a halo of glory more beautiful than ever
decked the victor's brow. Curran Pope is dead, but millions will battle on,
till from his heaven-home he will see his own beloved Kentky the center of his
great country, regenerated and disenthralled from the toils of wicked men.
I fear that in trying to carry comfort to a afflicted heart, I do it rudely,
but I know you will permit me in my blunt way to bear my feeble testimony to
the goodness, braveness, and gallantry of the man who more nearly filled the
picture of the preux chevalier of his age, than any man I have yet met. I know
you are in the midst of a host of friends, but should in the progress of years
any opportunity come by which I can be of service to any of the family of
curran Pope, command me.
With grat respect,
Your obedient servant,
W.T. Sherman,
Maj. Gen. Vols."

Curran Pope was married to Matilda Prather Jacob a daughter of John I. Jacob,
by whom he was belessed with one daughter, Mary Tyler Pope, who is possessed
of many accomplishments, great force of character and intellect, and of much
beauty, and who still lived in the home of her heroic father, the happy wife
of Judge Alfred Thruston Pope, and the devoted mother of an interesting
family.

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Thomas Prather:

Broadway Street in Louisville was named previously, Prather Street after
he and his cousin John Jeremiah Jacob Prather. They were both leading
financial and social families of Louisville. They gave the land and endowed
the Hospital there. They were both married to Fountain girls.
He was known a the richest man in Ky./ He started and was president of the
"First Bank of Kentucky", often referred to as the "Old Bank of Ky."

Thomas married Matilda Martha Fontaine 12 Feb 1800, Jefferson Co., Ky.. Matilda (daughter of Aaron Fontaine, Col and Barbara Overton Terrell) was born 18 Sep 1782, of Louisa Co., Va; died 28 Nov 1840, Louisville, Jefferson, Ky; was buried , Cave Hill Cem, Jefferson, Ky. [Group Sheet]

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Thomas Prather heirs:

At Dec., 4 1826, court on motion of Matilda Prather, widow, and James S.,
William, Mary Jane, Matilda, Maria Julia, and Catherine C. Prather, heirs of
Thomas Prather, deceased, it is ordered that Isaac Miller, Simeon S. Goodwin,
Nicholas Berthroud, Benjamin Lawrence and james guthrie divide and allot to
widow her sower of Slaves and divide the residue equally among the heirs:
James, William, Mary, Miatilda, Maria and Catherine C. Prather.
On dec. 22, the 31 slaves valued at $6650.00 were divided, giving the widow
12. Recorded Jan. 1, 1827 Louisville, KY. [ B1, p144 ]

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Alexander married Martha Fontaine Abt 1812, of, , Md. Martha (daughter of Aaron Fontaine, Col and Barbara Overton Terrell) was born Abt 1780, of, , Md. [Group Sheet]

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