Please answer the following question: Facts: - residence: the meadows stud farm - resting place: lexington cemetery - death date: 15 may 1859 - spouse: maria barr -lrb- 1785-1866 -rrb- - education: transylvania university - children: rebecca tilton b. 1806 - birth date: 5 february 1781 - honors: warfield place , lexington , kentucky - name: elisha warfield - parents: elisha 1763-1835 -rrb- warfield -lrb- 1740-1818 -rrb- & ruth burgess -lrb- - death place: lexington , kentucky united states - religion: protestant - birth place: anne arundel county , maryland united states - occupation: physician , academic racehorse breeder Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of elisha warfield .
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elisha warfield , jr. -lrb- february 5 , 1781 - may 15 , 1859 -rrb- was an american physician and a thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder whom '' thoroughbred heritage '' calls '' one of the most important early figures in kentucky racing and breeding . ''-lsb- http://www.tbheritage.com/portraits/lexington.html]