Excerpt from Peducahans in History The history of Paducah links itself with the lives of its native or adopted sons and daughters whose names shine upon the local, State and National page. As soldier, statesman and author their work grows brighter with the years, inspiring the young and stimulating the old. On the battle field they gave themselves, as statesmen they were the people's tribunes, as authors they con tributed richly to the treasure-house of literature. Unostentatiously they shared honors with the greatest, drank freely from the cup of success; then the Chaplet of laurel was thrown aside, the trump of fame disregarded. In all that was done they reckoned themselves as secondary in the achievement of a purpose, and this self effacement prompted in no small measure the investigations revealed by these sidelights. 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.