THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF KENTUCKY OF THE DEAD AND LIVING MEN OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
CINCINNATI, OHIO
J. M. ARMSTRONG & COMPANY.
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Major William Jarvis,
Retired Pork Merchant, was born October 2, 1790, three miles south-west of Lexington, Fayette County,Kentucky. His father, Robert Jarvis, a farmer in Ireland, left that island, with his wife, in 1783; coming to America,
he lived at Baltimore until 1788, when he came to Kentucky, and there spent the remainder of his days. William Jarvis attended sehool at the old-time log school-houses,
about three months each year, until his sixteenth year, when he went on his father's farm for a short time, but soon began learning the making of cotton goods. In 1811, with his brother, Robert Jarvis, he began operating a cotton-spinning factory at Shelbyville, Kentucky, which he continued until 1821, when they sold out, and started the dry-goods and grocery business in the same place, continuing until 1828, when the firm dissolved, his brother removing to Louisville, and he continuing the same business until 1850. Moving to Louisville, he entered the pork-packing firm of Miles 8: Coller, whose interest in the firm he afterwards, in May, 1855,
bought out; took R. Walters into partnership; bought out Watters’s interest, in I859, to take his son, Joshua G. Jarvis, into his business, with whom he continued until 1871, when he retired, and his son took Henry S. Phillips and Bryan P. Scally into partnership. By a long business career, Major Jarvis has acquired a handsome fortune, never meeting with any serious financial reverses, and
passing safely through the severe financial panics of 1837, ’47, and '57. His first vote was cast for James Monroe, and he has always supported the Democratic party. He joined the Baptist Church in 1834, under the ministration of the Rev. William Ford, at Shelbyville, Kentucky; he is now a member of the Fourth and Walnut Street Baptist Church, in Louisville, having for many years been a deacon in that
Church. On the 3d of February, 1824, he was married to Mary R., daughter of Gen. Y. P. Wells, of Jefferson County, Kentucky; by her he had five children, of whom, Joshua S. Jarvis, the only son, still survives.He was married again, July 8, 1856, to Sarah, daughter of David G. Bright, of Madison, Indiana, but by this marriage he has no offspring. From 1818 to 1828, he was Captain of the Grenadier Company of Artillery at Shelbyville, Kentucky; in 1828, he was appointed major of a battalion in the State militia. Major Jarvis is one of the worthy, wealthy, and most respected citizens of Louisville, now arrived at the venerable age of
eighty-seven, his life’s work almost done, and “only waiting.”
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Siblings:
Mary "Polly" Jarvis Fields
Robert Jarvis
Jane Jarvis Boas
Sons: William Peyton Jarvis and John L. Jarvis
CINCINNATI, OHIO
J. M. ARMSTRONG & COMPANY.
I878.
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Major William Jarvis,
Retired Pork Merchant, was born October 2, 1790, three miles south-west of Lexington, Fayette County,Kentucky. His father, Robert Jarvis, a farmer in Ireland, left that island, with his wife, in 1783; coming to America,
he lived at Baltimore until 1788, when he came to Kentucky, and there spent the remainder of his days. William Jarvis attended sehool at the old-time log school-houses,
about three months each year, until his sixteenth year, when he went on his father's farm for a short time, but soon began learning the making of cotton goods. In 1811, with his brother, Robert Jarvis, he began operating a cotton-spinning factory at Shelbyville, Kentucky, which he continued until 1821, when they sold out, and started the dry-goods and grocery business in the same place, continuing until 1828, when the firm dissolved, his brother removing to Louisville, and he continuing the same business until 1850. Moving to Louisville, he entered the pork-packing firm of Miles 8: Coller, whose interest in the firm he afterwards, in May, 1855,
bought out; took R. Walters into partnership; bought out Watters’s interest, in I859, to take his son, Joshua G. Jarvis, into his business, with whom he continued until 1871, when he retired, and his son took Henry S. Phillips and Bryan P. Scally into partnership. By a long business career, Major Jarvis has acquired a handsome fortune, never meeting with any serious financial reverses, and
passing safely through the severe financial panics of 1837, ’47, and '57. His first vote was cast for James Monroe, and he has always supported the Democratic party. He joined the Baptist Church in 1834, under the ministration of the Rev. William Ford, at Shelbyville, Kentucky; he is now a member of the Fourth and Walnut Street Baptist Church, in Louisville, having for many years been a deacon in that
Church. On the 3d of February, 1824, he was married to Mary R., daughter of Gen. Y. P. Wells, of Jefferson County, Kentucky; by her he had five children, of whom, Joshua S. Jarvis, the only son, still survives.He was married again, July 8, 1856, to Sarah, daughter of David G. Bright, of Madison, Indiana, but by this marriage he has no offspring. From 1818 to 1828, he was Captain of the Grenadier Company of Artillery at Shelbyville, Kentucky; in 1828, he was appointed major of a battalion in the State militia. Major Jarvis is one of the worthy, wealthy, and most respected citizens of Louisville, now arrived at the venerable age of
eighty-seven, his life’s work almost done, and “only waiting.”
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Siblings:
Mary "Polly" Jarvis Fields
Robert Jarvis
Jane Jarvis Boas
Sons: William Peyton Jarvis and John L. Jarvis
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF KENTUCKY OF THE DEAD AND LIVING MEN OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
CINCINNATI, OHIO
J. M. ARMSTRONG & COMPANY.
I878.
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Major William Jarvis,
Retired Pork Merchant, was born October 2, 1790, three miles south-west of Lexington, Fayette County,Kentucky. His father, Robert Jarvis, a farmer in Ireland, left that island, with his wife, in 1783; coming to America,
he lived at Baltimore until 1788, when he came to Kentucky, and there spent the remainder of his days. William Jarvis attended sehool at the old-time log school-houses,
about three months each year, until his sixteenth year, when he went on his father's farm for a short time, but soon began learning the making of cotton goods. In 1811, with his brother, Robert Jarvis, he began operating a cotton-spinning factory at Shelbyville, Kentucky, which he continued until 1821, when they sold out, and started the dry-goods and grocery business in the same place, continuing until 1828, when the firm dissolved, his brother removing to Louisville, and he continuing the same business until 1850. Moving to Louisville, he entered the pork-packing firm of Miles 8: Coller, whose interest in the firm he afterwards, in May, 1855,
bought out; took R. Walters into partnership; bought out Watters’s interest, in I859, to take his son, Joshua G. Jarvis, into his business, with whom he continued until 1871, when he retired, and his son took Henry S. Phillips and Bryan P. Scally into partnership. By a long business career, Major Jarvis has acquired a handsome fortune, never meeting with any serious financial reverses, and
passing safely through the severe financial panics of 1837, ’47, and '57. His first vote was cast for James Monroe, and he has always supported the Democratic party. He joined the Baptist Church in 1834, under the ministration of the Rev. William Ford, at Shelbyville, Kentucky; he is now a member of the Fourth and Walnut Street Baptist Church, in Louisville, having for many years been a deacon in that
Church. On the 3d of February, 1824, he was married to Mary R., daughter of Gen. Y. P. Wells, of Jefferson County, Kentucky; by her he had five children, of whom, Joshua S. Jarvis, the only son, still survives.He was married again, July 8, 1856, to Sarah, daughter of David G. Bright, of Madison, Indiana, but by this marriage he has no offspring. From 1818 to 1828, he was Captain of the Grenadier Company of Artillery at Shelbyville, Kentucky; in 1828, he was appointed major of a battalion in the State militia. Major Jarvis is one of the worthy, wealthy, and most respected citizens of Louisville, now arrived at the venerable age of
eighty-seven, his life’s work almost done, and “only waiting.”
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Siblings:
Mary "Polly" Jarvis Fields
Robert Jarvis
Jane Jarvis Boas
Sons: William Peyton Jarvis and John L. Jarvis
CINCINNATI, OHIO
J. M. ARMSTRONG & COMPANY.
I878.
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Major William Jarvis,
Retired Pork Merchant, was born October 2, 1790, three miles south-west of Lexington, Fayette County,Kentucky. His father, Robert Jarvis, a farmer in Ireland, left that island, with his wife, in 1783; coming to America,
he lived at Baltimore until 1788, when he came to Kentucky, and there spent the remainder of his days. William Jarvis attended sehool at the old-time log school-houses,
about three months each year, until his sixteenth year, when he went on his father's farm for a short time, but soon began learning the making of cotton goods. In 1811, with his brother, Robert Jarvis, he began operating a cotton-spinning factory at Shelbyville, Kentucky, which he continued until 1821, when they sold out, and started the dry-goods and grocery business in the same place, continuing until 1828, when the firm dissolved, his brother removing to Louisville, and he continuing the same business until 1850. Moving to Louisville, he entered the pork-packing firm of Miles 8: Coller, whose interest in the firm he afterwards, in May, 1855,
bought out; took R. Walters into partnership; bought out Watters’s interest, in I859, to take his son, Joshua G. Jarvis, into his business, with whom he continued until 1871, when he retired, and his son took Henry S. Phillips and Bryan P. Scally into partnership. By a long business career, Major Jarvis has acquired a handsome fortune, never meeting with any serious financial reverses, and
passing safely through the severe financial panics of 1837, ’47, and '57. His first vote was cast for James Monroe, and he has always supported the Democratic party. He joined the Baptist Church in 1834, under the ministration of the Rev. William Ford, at Shelbyville, Kentucky; he is now a member of the Fourth and Walnut Street Baptist Church, in Louisville, having for many years been a deacon in that
Church. On the 3d of February, 1824, he was married to Mary R., daughter of Gen. Y. P. Wells, of Jefferson County, Kentucky; by her he had five children, of whom, Joshua S. Jarvis, the only son, still survives.He was married again, July 8, 1856, to Sarah, daughter of David G. Bright, of Madison, Indiana, but by this marriage he has no offspring. From 1818 to 1828, he was Captain of the Grenadier Company of Artillery at Shelbyville, Kentucky; in 1828, he was appointed major of a battalion in the State militia. Major Jarvis is one of the worthy, wealthy, and most respected citizens of Louisville, now arrived at the venerable age of
eighty-seven, his life’s work almost done, and “only waiting.”
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Siblings:
Mary "Polly" Jarvis Fields
Robert Jarvis
Jane Jarvis Boas
Sons: William Peyton Jarvis and John L. Jarvis
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