Taken from "Who Was Who in Hardin County" compiled
and prepared by Hardin County Historical Society. Copyright 1946.
Dr. Ambrose Edward Geoghegan and his two brothers were of a family
having all the advantages of the times in education and good living of
prosperous farmers.
They lived on the farm purchased by their grandfather, Ambrose
Geoghegan, who was a graduate of the University of Dublin, Ireland,
where Hynes Station was, near Elizabethtown. This was in 1806.
After studying medicine Ambrose Edward married Lydia Ann Cunningham,
daughter of William Cunningham and Susan Major Hundley, November 10,
1842, at Leitchfield, Kentucky, and settled there for a time, then
moved to Elizabethtown, Ky. He was there associated with Dr. Harvey
Slaughter and Dr. Bryan A. Young. For some years he practiced at West
Point and River View, Jefferson county, Ky. Later he moved to
Louisville and lived and practiced there, living on Jefferson Street,
not far from the old Jefferson Street market. He outlived his wife and
died about 1882. He was a man of large frame, an entertaining talker,
enthusiastic and greatly beloved by all the family connections. There
were two daughters, Elizabeth and Susan.
Dr. Denton Geoghegan, born April 23, 1824. Studied medicine with his
brother, Dr. Thomas D. Geoghegan, at West Point, and practiced there
until 1854, when he came to Elizabethtown, Ky., where he prac- ticed
until his death, Nov. 6. 1869. He was a member of the Episcopal
church, was liberal to widows and preachers, charging them nothing for
his services, and had many fine qualities. He remained single.
Dr. Thomas D. Geoghegan settled at West Point, Hardin county, Ky. He
had an extensive practice, living at the point where Hardin, Jefferson
and Bullitt counties connect, and in four miles of Meade and on the
Ohio River, the line between Kentucky and Indiana, and two counties in
Indiana. His death came suddenly December 9, 1852.
Facts from Haycraft's History of Elizabethtown, Ky., and from my own
family records. Lydia Ann Cunningham was the sister of my father,
Anthony Hundley Cunningham, and I have memory of Dr. Ambrose Geoghegan
in our home.
Sallie C. Pusey
