JAMES E. SATTERFIELD was born February 16, 1832, in Princeton, Caldwell Co., Ky. He is a son of Elijah Satterfield, whose father, James Satterfield, was among the earliest settlers of Caldwell County, having come from South Carolina in 1798, and having located on the farm where subject now lives, two and a half miles south of Princeton, where he died in 1820. Subject's mother was Mary Satterfield, daughter of Edmund Watkins of Virginia. Mr. Watkins left his native State as early as 1810, immigrating to Logan County, Ky., where he lived several years, and later moved to Muhlenburgh County, which was his home until his death in 1834. Elijah Satterfield was a farmer by occupation and spent his life in Caldwell County, dying in the year 1846. Mrs. Satterfield, subject's mother, was born in March, 1815, and is still living in Caldwell County. James E. is the only child of his parents. He was reared on a farm and in his youth enjoyed good educational advantages at Princeton and Cumberland Colleges. After his father's death he became a student in the Emory & Henry College, Washington County, Va., in which institution he remained three years. After leaving school he came back to Caldwell County, and engaged in farming on the old homestead, which he owns and on which he has since resided. Mr. Satterfield was married February 16, 1858, to Miss Anna L., daughter of Rev. Milton Bird, D. D., and Elizabeth A. (Dunham) Bird, the former a native of Barren County, Ky., and the latter of Marietta, Ohio. Dr. Bird was a prominent minister of the Cumberland Church, and died in 1872. Mrs. Bird is still living in Caldwell County. Mr. and Mrs. Satterfield have a family of seven children, as follows: H. Kent, F. P., Hugh L., Coleridge M., Birdie, Robert Raymond and Nannie. Mr. Satterfield votes the Republican ticket.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 713.