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VOLNEY A. McCUTCHEN descends from Scotch-Irish ancestors, and is a son of William and Esther McCutchen, nee Kennedy. The father was born in Tennessee, though of Virginia parentage. He settled in Logan County, Ky., in the latter part of the last century, when a mere boy. There he married, lived to a ripe old age, and there died, near the town of South Union, about 1874. His wife, Esther Kennedy, a native of North Carolina, died several years prior. They had a family of six children, Volney A. being the third; two died in early life. Volney A. was born in Logan County, December 9, 1826, and there grew to years of maturity, meantime receiving a common English education at Bowling Green, after which he graduated at the Danville College. He devoted his attention to the pursuits of agriculture, first in Christian County, removing thence to Ballard County. In 1864 he enlisted in the Confederate Army under the command of Gen. Forrest, and July, 1864, lost his left arm in the battle of Harrisburg. On his return home he engaged in mercantile pursuits, first in Hickman, Ky., removing thence to Paducah in 1870, where, soon after, he established a tobacco stemmery and has since operated extensively in the tobacco market. Mr. McCutchen was married in 1850, in Todd County, Ky., to Miss Elizabeth H. Mason. Their children are: William T., Bell (wife of C. F. Sugg, of Alabama), Mallie and Lee. Subject is a member of the Baptist Church and a Knight Templar in the Masonic fraternity.