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Born in Virginia, he came to Kentucky in 1779. He practiced law in Shelby County, Kentucky from 1801 to 1807. That year he went to the state Senate, serving until his death. In the War of 1812, he was commissioned a colonel and died at the Battle of River Raisin.

He is the namesake of counties in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana.

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• Helen Winemiller Wood. The Naming of Allen County. Lima, OhioLima is a city located in Allen County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 40,081. The city's name is pronounced so that the "i" rhymes with "eye" (that is, not the same as the city in Peru). It is the county seat of Allen Cou: Longmeier, 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe