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SAMUEL TODD was born in Owen County, Ky., October 6, 1804, of Samuel and Polly (Willis) Todd. His mother was a daughter of Col. Willis, of Fredericksburg, Va. His father was one of the very oldest settlers of Kentucky, and died at the advanced age of ninety. Our subject came to Hickman County in 1828, and helped to saw the first log used in the construction of the bridge over Truman Creek. The first property Mr. Todd bought was 160 acres, retaining it and working it for three years, at the end of which time he sold it. He has also owned one of the best farms in Hickman and Ballard, always being ready to speculate in land and also ready to sell. He has handled a vast amount of stock during his life, being at present engaged in it to a large extent. He has also been a great sportsman, it being said that while stationed at one tree he shot seventy-three wild turkeys without going after them. The country at that time abounded in wild game, large herds of deer roaming the forests, in pursuit of which Mr. Todd would take his dog and gun, and always met with success. He at the present time owns a fine farm of 300 acres, of which 200 are well improved. Six horses and two yoke of oxen are continually in use on the farm. His first marriage was to a Miss Isabella Launders, of Owen County, Ky., by whom he had eleven children. Of this family all are dead but one, a daughter. His second wife was Miss Ellen Harp, of Lexington, Bourbon Co., Ky. To this marriage seven children were born, six of whom are living. Willis Todd, a son of our subject, enlisted in the Union Army and served until the close of the war. He has since died, leaving a widow and two daughters, who reside in Ballard County. Mr. Todd’s father was the first sheriff of Owen County; his brother also being sheriff up to the time of the war, when he was elected to the legislature and served two terms. Mr. Todd is a Democrat.