H. SOKOLSKI, of Webster County, was born March 10, 1834, in Poland. In 1861 he came to New York, and there remained three years; he then removed to Brown County, Ohio, and engaged in merchandising three years, after which, he went to Huntington, W. Va., and then came to Madisonville, where he was engaged in merchandising seven years. In 1878 he removed to Clay, where he has since been engaged in merchandising, doing a business of about $20,000 a year. When in Madisonville, his annual business was about $15,000. On his arrival in America he had but 20 cents left; he has now placed himself in comfortable circumstances, which he has attained by strict attention to business and judicious management. He thinks his life is an example of what can be done in the country of his adoption. He was married, in 1876, to Rosa Blustean, of Columbus, Ind. This union has been blessed with four children, three now living—two sons and one daughter: Abe, born November 12, 1877; Yetta, September 19, 1879, and Aaron, January 29, 1883.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 1048.