Practical Prohibition (Classic Reprint)1kg Limited, 2017 M05 14 - 390 pages Excerpt from Practical Prohibition Of the first day Of May, A. D., 1848. My father's ancestors were from Virginia. My paternal grandfather was of Irish descent, and my grandmother was of a Scotch family by the name of Duncan. My mother's name before her marriage with my father was Anne Utley Wade. My maternal grandfather, Hon. Vincent A. Wade, after whom I was named, was a man of some political prominence in his county, having been frequently elected a member Of the Kentucky Legislature. He was descended, I think, from the Welsh. My maternal grand mother was an Utley, and was born near Raleigh, N. C.; moved thence to Tennessee and was there married to my grandfather, who, in an early day, moved to Kentucky. She was one Of the noblest and greatest women I have known. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |