From collection Member List
Captain, cavalry 1861-5 [possibly Kentucky] (Unfinished Catalogue). Major? [see letter, PGD magazine, Dec. 1931, p. 228] CWSSS says J. B. Gathright, first lieutenant, Co. H, 8th Kentucky Cavalry. Depauw Alumnal Record says "served as private, sergeant, lieutenant, captain of cavalry and quartermaster."
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DAR #190: "Manufacturer. A.B. 1860; A.M., 1863. Born, December 24, 1838, Ballardsville, Ky. Entered the Confederate Army, 1861 served as private, sergeant, lieutenant, captain of cavalry and quartermaster; manufacturer and merchant, Louisville, Ky., 1865-1900. Married, 1869, Miss Mary V. Henton, who died, 1870; married, 1874, Miss Emma E. McGrath. Died, April 20, 1919, Louisville, Ky." Initiated November 8, 1857 while a sophomore. Chapter treasurer July 1, 1858 to June 29, 1859; reelected to June 26, 1860. Brother of Jesse S. (1856) and Richard O. (1862); in flour manufacturing with the latter. Obituary in The Phi Gamma Delta says "...inventor of the typewriter tabular key and the electric tramway street-sweeper.... a junior partner in the firm of Hardison and Gathright, pioneer saddle manufacturers of Kentucky."
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DAR #190: "Manufacturer. A.B. 1860; A.M., 1863. Born, December 24, 1838, Ballardsville, Ky. Entered the Confederate Army, 1861 served as private, sergeant, lieutenant, captain of cavalry and quartermaster; manufacturer and merchant, Louisville, Ky., 1865-1900. Married, 1869, Miss Mary V. Henton, who died, 1870; married, 1874, Miss Emma E. McGrath. Died, April 20, 1919, Louisville, Ky." Initiated November 8, 1857 while a sophomore. Chapter treasurer July 1, 1858 to June 29, 1859; reelected to June 26, 1860. Brother of Jesse S. (1856) and Richard O. (1862); in flour manufacturing with the latter. Obituary in The Phi Gamma Delta says "...inventor of the typewriter tabular key and the electric tramway street-sweeper.... a junior partner in the firm of Hardison and Gathright, pioneer saddle manufacturers of Kentucky."
