The Paducah evening sun., 1910-03-01
HON. B. |. D. GUFFY
VICTIM OF GRIP
THE AGED JURIsT sUCCUNIBs TO
ILLNESS.
Had An Eycntful Life and Occupied
Many Positions in Public Life I'm
His Native State.
WAS ONCE CHIEF JUSTICE

Morcantown. KY, March After
an illness OF some weeks duration.
having its origin in a severe attack
of grip, Judge h. l.. ID. GuffyI former
lchlef justice of the court OF appeals,
died Sunday afternoon. Judge Guffy's
Illness was aggravated by the rum
away accident which caused the death
of his son, Estin Guffy, who was on
his way to Morgantown to spend
Christmas with his father and mother.
Mrs. Guffy has also been IN for
some time. and II is feared she will
not recover.
sketch Of His Career.
II. I. d. Guffy was born in Logan
county, Kentucky December "a.
'1S32, and was reared on a farm.
where he obtained a common school
education. He came TO Morgantown
when about 81 years old aud taught
school in this and adjoining counties.
and began the study and practice OF
law at this place. lie met Miss Ma
halle Monroe while teaching school
In Ohio county and married her az
her home near Pozine, Ky. a few
years before the war. when ne first
started out as a lawyer. the local
papers noticed his entry in the prac-
tice Of law by publishing these lines:
Wake up. snakes. and come to taw.
Ia tHfr l.. ffaffs 4.
His first Official work was taking
the census. lie was first elected
county judge here in 1862 as Dem
ocrat. and succeeded himself in 1860
as a Unionist OF Republican. In 1871
Judge T. S. Carson succeeded him as
county Judge. and he caught the
western fever and moved 20 Lincoln.
Neb.. In June, 1871. but ooly re-
mained there six months. returning
here and taking up his law practice
again. In 1874 he made the race for
county judge IN this county and only
received about 80 votes on some Kind
OF a fusion ticket. In 1876 he ran
for congress on the Greenback ticket.
and was defeated. In 1878 no was
elected county Judge on the Green
back ticket and defeated the same
man who defeated him in 1874. His
opponent only received about 40
votes. the same as Guffy had before,
and In 1852 he was reelected on the
Greenback ticket. defeating the same
man whom he had run against In
1874. In 1878 he won by a majority
of one vote.
Elected Appellate Judge.
In 1891 he nan for attorney gem
eral OF Kentucky on the Peoples
Party ticket and was defeated. In
1894 he was elected judge OF tho
court OF appeals, and In 1902 be was
defeated for reelection. In 1903 he
was elected state senator from this
district.
He was one OF the commissioners
from Kentucky to the worlds fair at
ST. Louis. and was a delegate to the
national convention which nominated
Lincoln and also to several other ma
tional conventions. He was a dele
gate from the state-at-large 70 the
Hearst convention In 1907 and was
robbed OF his watch. which he had
carried for a long time. in Evans
Vile, Ind. as he returned.
Being asked once why he had anil
ated with so many different political
parties. he replied that a smart man
would change his mind. but that
fool never did.
His children were: Il. ID. Guffy.
Killed last November; Mrs. John NJ.
Of MorgantoWn: Mrs. s. J.
Thompson, OF Henderson: Mrs j. u.
Render. OF Louisville; Speed Guffy.
who died some time ago: Miss Cora
Guffy. OF Morgantown; B. l.. Guffy.
OF Hayti. Mo, postmaster and attor-
ney there; Mrs. Leroy d. HOUSE
holder, OF Toledo. o., and Mrs. VIII
T. Campbell. OF Cairo. III.