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Title: A history of Kentucky and Kentuckians; the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Johnson, E. Polk, 1844- Lewis Publishing Company
Subjects: Kentucky -- History Kentucky -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, Lewis Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ring all its history, dating from 1909.To this now popular institution he gave fiveyears of preliminary work, meeting objec-tions, overcoming obstacles, smoothing theway and pushing it gradually and with greatefifort to certain success. He is a Knight ofPythias, identified with Eureka Lodge, No. 7,and as such is widely known in that order. In 1897 he married Miss Elizabeth Burke,born in Newport, a daughter of GerhartBurke, a basket maker well known in busi-ness circles until his death, which occurred inNewport when he had attained to his fifty-second year. John Means.—A truly great life, saysWebster, when Heaven vouchsafes so rarea gift, is not a temporary flame, burning brightfor a while and then expiring, giving place toreturning darkness. It is rather a spark offerAent heat as well as radiant light, withpower to enkindle the common mass of hu-man mind ; so that when it glimmers in its owndecay, and finally goes out in death, no lightfollows, but it leaves the world all light, all
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1 ■ .■iwr/iwii T/:irfci VVi.T^r -s-j-*; 131 HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS 1171 on fire, from the potent contact of its ownspirit. This quotation appeared in the me-morial tribute preached by Rev. Wilham D.Ryan, pastor of the Christian church, at thetime of Mr. Means death, February 14, 1910,and it is particularly apropos of his life. Fol-lowing will be given a brief resume of Air.Means career with further extracts form thearticle referred to above. John Means was one of the founders ofAshland, Kentucky, and was one of the mostactive factors in its subsequent upbuildingand development, besides which he was an es-sentially progressive business man, carryingsuccessfully forward large industrial and fi-nancial interests. His ancestry was of Scotchorigin, the name at one time having been pre-ceded by the syllable Mac. In America Alayneand Maynes are traceable to the same originand the Irish are disposed to spell the nameMain or Mains. In Glasgow the name JohnMain appears in the r

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