WILLIAM S. NORTHEN was born in what is now Webster County, Ky., July 17, 1852, and is a son of Thomas Y. and Rebecca (Kennada) Northen. He was employed on his father's farm until he attained his majority, after which he bought some fifty acres of wild land of his father, near Providence, which he has since improved and now owns, and to which he has added from time to time, now owning a well-improved farm of 230 acres. He is also quite extensively engaged in stock raising. He was married, October 7, 1874, to Miss Eliza G. Thomas, a native of Hopkins County, Ky. Two sons and two daughters gladden their home. Mr. Northen is a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, and in politics a Democrat.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 1041.