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209:(1838â1918) and son William Thomas Hughes (see next). Thomas and Julia Smith Hughes were buried on the Hughes farm, along with Thomas's brother, Michael Hughes, and his wife Mary Adams Hughes, and several children of one or the other couple. All of these family members were later re-interred in the Lexington Cemetery in a lot owned by Kate Hughes McCreary and Michael's son John T Hughes, noted Lexington horseman.
168:, to Fayette County, Kentucky. There he bought the Old Kenney Farm, also known as Elk Hill, and later built his home, which came to be known as "Clifton". Elizabeth M. Simpson's book (See Ref) says the frame colonial style house was built prior to 1830; while Joe Jordon's book (See Ref) says it was built between 1835 and 1840.
423:, expanded Elmendorf by buying quite a few of the surrounding farms. Under Haggin, the farm grew to over to over 8,900-acre (36 km) with 2,000 horses â his total investment was some $ 2 million. The expanded farm was centered along the Paris Pike, with over five miles of road frontage. In buying Elmendorf, Haggin bought
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day Smith (1807â1874) shot himself. Both men left widows and children. Smith was buried in the
Lexington Cemetery, and Hughes was buried first in the Richmond Cemetery, and later reinterred in Lexington alongside his wife Sallie. In 1875, the Hughes heirs sold another 776 acres (3.14 km) to Richard Penniston.
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Elmendorf was most recently acquired in 1997 for $ 5 million by
Dinwiddie Lampton Jr. (1914â2008), the president of American Life and Accident Co. Lampton and his wife were longtime coaching and pleasure driving enthusiasts with a collection of carriages and carriage horses. Lampton's wife, Elizabeth
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In June 1874, WT Hughes and his wife were relocating to a smaller farm in a nearby county, riding alongside the
Kentucky River in their buggy, with pack wagons full of chattel and children following behind, when William was shot and killed from the cliff top by his uncle Granville Smith. Later that
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After the Civil War, Hughes began to buy more land, paying $ 100â$ 150 per acre at high interest rates, and not only breeding cattle but speculating in cattle in the New York market. WT borrowed heavily, and his loans were cosigned by his maternal uncle
Granville Smith. In 1874, Hughes was forced to
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In 1862 William Thomas "WT" Hughes (1832â1874) inherited the farm from his father, Thomas Hughes, and lived there with his wife Sallie
Kirkpatrick (Cooper) Hughes and their four children for over a decade. A large oil painting of their son Cooper Hughes (1862â1928) as a small boy, shows the original
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Cooke continued to use the property for his broodmare band until 1997, when he sold the remaining horses to
Stonerside Stable. The property was sold to Dinwiddie Lampton, and is currently owned by the Lampton family's American Life and Accident Insurance Company. Most of the land is leased to
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In 1855, Thomas Hughes (1789â1862), son of
Cornelius Hughes, bought the 374-acre (1.51 km) farm from Carter Henry Harrison. He lived there with his wife Julia Ann Smith Hughes (1805â1846) and their four children, including daughter Kate Hughes McCreary (1844â1908), wife of Governor
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Lampton, died on March 22, 2008, at age 74, from a carriage accident on the property. Dinwiddie Lampton died six months later on September 25, 2008, at the farm. The family still owns the farm and it is leased to Sancal Racing and Stone Columns Stables at Elmendorf.
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as well as a "pinhooker", one who buys horses and quickly sells them. Swigert renamed the farm
Elmendorf for his wife's grandmother, Blandina Elmendorf Brodhead. For years Swigert ran Elmendorf, breeding many exceptional horses. He also purchased and later sold the champion
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whereon stood the statue of Fair Play erected by
Widener. Buried in front of the statue are both Fair Play and Mahubah as well as many of their best sons and daughters bred by Widener, and quite a few other great runners. Other farms that were sliced from Elmendorf include
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Haggin's extensive Kentucky interests, including Elmendorf Farm, were managed in his absence by Charles Henry Berryman of Lexington. The Berryman family lived on farm property in a house that is still called the Berryman House. After "Green Hills" was demolished by
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Haggin also built a $ 300,000 mansion on a small hill overlooking Elk Horn which he called "Green Hills", a great Southern Mansion in style and feeling. He also built a model dairy farm and a greenhouse which he filled with exotic plants. The first record of
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431:, Firenze, Star Ruby, Water Boy, Hamburg Bell and quite a few other good horses. He stood the great Salvator here until the horse's death in 1909. It is possible that Salvator lies in an unmarked grave at Elmendorf.
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purchased 544 acres (2.20 km) of the Hughes farm. Sanford had previously had a farm in New Jersey, named for the town of
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headline said he was "Shot by a Crank". Harrison died and was buried in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago. His son
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753:"Bluegrass Houses and Their Traditions" by Elizabeth Murphey Simpson, Transylvania Press, Lexington, Ky. 1932
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730:"The History of Thoroughbred Racing in America" by William H.P. Roberton, Bonanza Books, New York, 1964
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339:Ben Ali
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