M. H. THRELKELD was born in the Dyers Hill Precinct, Livingston County, November 8, 1818, and is a son of Gabriel and Mary A. (Rice) Threlkeld. The parents were born in Virginia, and came to this county in about 1817. The father settled on the farm now occupied by William Threlkeld where he purchased 400 acres. There he resided until his death, which occurred in 1835; his widow died in 1847. Subject is the sixth in a family of nine children, and of this number five are now living: Mary, wife of Robert Foster; Nancy, wife of J. C. Foster; Lucinda, wife of David Glenn; James and Moses H. At about the age of thirty-two years, Moses H. Threlkeld made a settlement about one mile from his present farm, and in December, 1864, came to where he now resides. Here he owns about 260 acres, of which there are 225 in cultivation. Mr. Threlkeld was married in November, 1864, to Miss Anna Sansberry, a daughter of George Sansberry, of Kentucky. This lady was the mother of one child, since deceased, and died in July, 1867. Mr. Threlkeld is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 834.