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troverted" (12mo., Baltimore, 1855). He has devoted much time to biblical studies, and is engaged upon a revised English translation of the Scriptures with copious notes, which will probably supersede the Douay version. The New Testament (2 vols. 8vo., New York, 1849'51), the "Psalms, Books of Wisdom, and Canticle of Canticles" (8vo., Baltimore, 1857), and "Job and the Prophets" (8vo., Baltimore, 1859), have already appeared; and 2 volumes more, containing the Pentateuch and the other his torical books of the Old Testament, are nearly ready for the press.-PETER RICHARD, D.D., archbishop of St. Louis, Mo., brother of the preceding, born in Dublin in 1806. He was educated at Maynooth, where he was prefect. Having chosen the ecclesiastical state, he was ordained priest in Ireland, and came to Philadelphia, where his brother was already coadjutor. In Philadelphia Mr. Kenrick was employed in pastoral and literary labor; the "Catholic Herald," at the period of its highest reputation, was under his charge, and he wrote a number of translations and original works. He was also promoted to the rank of vicar-general. When Dr. Rosati, first bishop of St. Louis, was seeking a coadjutor on account of his infirmities, his attention was drawn to the brother of the coadjutor of Philadelphia, who was soon after nominated, and was consecrated bishop of Drasa in partibus, and coadjutor of St. Louis with right of succession, Nov. 30, 1841, at the age of 35. By the death of Bishop Rosati two years after (1843), Dr. Kenrick became bishop of St. Louis; and in the new circumscription of provinces made in 1847, St. Louis being raised to the metropolitan rank, he became the first archbishop of that city. At the commencement of his administration Bishop Kenrick found the finances of his diocese in a deplorable condition, notwithstanding its possession of an immense property in real estate, which, however, being unimproved and loaded with debt and taxation, was rather a burden than a benefit. The energetic and skilful measures by which he gradually extricated the diocese from this situation, and rendered it one of the most flourishing in the Union in a financial point of view, have acquired for him much local fame. The archbishop also received in 1858 a large bequest, partly for designated charities, partly placed unreservedly at his disposal, which has enabled him to accomplish many noble enterprises. The hospital under the care of the sisters of charity, by his munificence, has been made free, and dispenses its benefits alike to all, without distinction of faith, creed, or color. The orphanage of St. Philomena, the magnificent convents of the Visitation and the Good Shepherd, and numerous other institutions either of charity or education, attest the prosperity of the church under his government. He has adorned the environs of St. Louis with a cemetery which in beauty and extent of the grounds is one of the finest in the world. Beside a number of translations, and editions of devotional works, the

archbishop of St. Louis has published "The Holy House of Loretto, or an Examination of the Historical Evidence of its Miraculous Translation" (12mo.), and "Anglican Ordinations" (8vo.). The latter work has elicited several rejoinders; by Roman Catholics it is generally regarded as conclusive in the controversy.

KENSETT, JOHN FREDERICK, an American artist, born in Cheshire, Conn., March 22, 1818. He studied engraving under Alfred Daggett of New York, and for several years executed vignettes for bank notes, occasionally attempting painting as a recreation. In 1840 he visited England, and about 1845 resigned the burin to take up painting. In the spring of the same year he exhibited in the royal academy, London, his first picture, a distant view of Windsor castle, the purchase of which by a prize holder of the London art union encouraged him to persevere in his new profession. He subsequently passed two winters in Rome, sending home occasionally pictures of Italian scenery, several of which became the property of the American art union. His "View on the Anio" and "Shrine," exhibited at the academy of design in New York in 1848, first brought him prominently before the public, and established his reputation. After an absence of about 7 years he returned to America, and settled in New York, where he has since resided in the active practice of his profession. He has produced many representations of American scenery under various aspects, those in which rocks, trees, or water are prominent features being among his most characteristic and successful works. The mountainous regions of New England and New York, the rivers and lakes of the middle states, and the sea shore have furnished him with frequent subjects; and among his most popular works are his "View of Mt. Washington from North Conway" (1849), "Franconia Mountains" (1853), "October Day in the White Mountains" (1855), "Hudson River from Fort Putnam" (1856), "Falls of the Bashpish," "Sunset on the Coast" (1858), "Eagle Cliff, Manchester, Mass." (1859), "Sunset in the Adirondacs" (1860), views on the Genesee and Hudson rivers and Lake George, and several taken in the vicinity of Newport, R. I. In 1859 he was appointed a member of the national art commission having the direction of the ornamentation of the capitol at Washington, and the superintendence of the works of art deposited there, a position which he still holds. In 1848 he was elected an associate and in 1849 a member of the national academy of design.

KENT, the name of 4 counties in the United States. I. A central co. of R. I., bounded E. by Narraganset bay and W. by Conn.; area, 186 sq. m.; pop. in 1850, 15,068. It has a diversified surface, and a good soil drained by Flat, Pawtuxet, Moosup, and Wood rivers. A largo proportion of the population is engaged in manufactures. The productions in 1850 were 57,401 bushels of Indian corn, 3,977 of oats, 85,052 of potatoes, 8,734 tons of hay, and 101,700 lbs. of butter. There were 18 cotton mills, 6 printing

and bleaching establishments, 3 woollen mills, 8 grist mills, 13 saw mills, 1 newspaper office, 30 churches, and 2,599 pupils attending public schools. The Hartford, Providence, and Fishkill, and the Stonington and Providence railroads pass through the county. Capital, East Greenwich. II. A central co. of Del., bounded E. by Delaware bay and W. by Md.; area, 640 sq. m.; pop. in 1850, 22,816, of whom 347 were slaves. It has an undulating surface and a fertile soil drained by Choptank and Marshy Hope rivers, and Duck, Jones, Motherkill, and Mispillion creeks. The productions in 1850 were 899,079 bushels of Indian corn, 119,774 of wheat, 105,596 of oats, 67,900 of potatoes, and 19,582 lbs. of wool. There were 17 grist mills, 25 saw mills, 45 cotton factories, 3 newspaper offices, 48 churches, and 4,000 pupils attending public schools. The Delaware, New Castle, and Wilmington railroad passes through Dover, the capital of the state and county, and another railroad is in progress from that city to Oxford, on Chesapeake bay. III. A N. E. co. of Md., bounded E. by Del. and W. by Chesapeake bay, and drained by Sassafras and Chester rivers; area, 240 sq. m.; pop. in 1850, 11,386, of whom 2,627 were slaves. The surface is slightly diversified and the soil moderately fertile. The productions in 1850 were 556,731 bushels of Indian corn, 186,421 of wheat, 136,206 of oats, 44,653 of potatoes, and 856 tons of hay. There were 5 grist mills, 6 saw mills, 1 newspaper office, 37 churches, and 700 pupils attending public schools. Capital, Chestertown. IV. A W. co. of the S. peninsula of Mich., drained by Grand, Rouge, and Thornapple rivers; area, 576 sq. m.; pop. in 1850, 12,016. The surface is moderately uneven, and the soil, which is very fertile, consists of a deep vegetable loam on a substratum of clay. The country is well timbered, and contains limestone, gypsum, and salt. The productions in 1850 were 96,584 bushels of Indian corn, 69,275 of wheat, 61,041 of oats, 77,964 of potatoes, 21,972 lbs. of wool, and 8,770 tons of hay. There were 6 grist mills, 18 saw mills, 2 newspaper offices, 8 churches, and 3,513 pupils attending public schools. The Detroit and Milwaukee railroad passes through Grand Rapids, the capital.

KENT, a S. W. co. of Canada West, bounded S. E. and S. by Lake Erie, W. by Lake St. Clair, and N. W. by Big Bear creek; area, 870 sq. m.; pop. in 1851, 17,469. It is traversed by the river Thames. The surface is generally level, and the soil, especially in the river bottoms, is fertile. Wheat, maize, oats, and tobacco are the principal productions. Capital, Chatham.

KENT, a county of New Brunswick, bordering on the gulf of St. Lawrence and Northumberland strait; area, 1,600 sq. m.; pop. in 1851, 11,410. The Richibucto and Cocagne or Cocayne are the principal rivers. The coasts are broken by several good harbors, which afford excellent opportunities for ship building. Nearly half the county is unsettled, and the most valuable production is timber, which is

exported in large quantities to England. About one third of the inhabitants are French Acadians. Capital, Liverpool.

KENT, a maritime county of England, forming the S. E. extremity of Great Britain, and separated from France by the straits of Dover; length 63 m., breadth 40 m.; area, 1,627 sq. m.; pop. in 1851, 615,766. Chief towns: Canterbury, the capital, Greenwich, Woolwich, Gravesend, Rochester, Deptford, Dover, Maidstone, Hythe, Folkestone, Deal, Chatham, Sheerness, Margate, and Tunbridge Wells. The surface of the county presents a succession of gentle hills, highly cultivated and diversified with plantations, residences, and villages. Romney marsh, of 24,000 acres, occupies the S. E. angle, adjoining which is the tract of land called the Weald, once a forest. Off the E. coast are the Goodwin sands, between which and the land is the naval anchorage of the Downs. The coast of Kent consists in part of chalk cliffs, the highest of which is Shakespeare's cliff, near Dover. The principal rivers are the Thames, forming its northern boundary, the Medway, navigable 40 miles, and the Stour. Wheat and other grains, hops, fruit, and garden seeds are produced in large surplus for export. Over 20,000 acres are under hops, producing annually over 17,000,000 lbs. Estates are small, and are mostly inherited equally by all the sons of intestates under the Saxon law of gavelkind, now nearly peculiar to this county. Iron ware is made at Crayford and Dartford; paper at Boxley, Dartford, and elsewhere; printed calico at Crayford; gunpowder at Faversham and Dartford. There are chemical works at Deptford and Whitstable, and ship yards at Chatham, Deptford, and Woolwich. The southeastern railway, from London to Dover, traverses the county. The North Kent railway also runs from London, by Woolwich and Gravesend, to Stroud. The county returns 4 members to parliament, beside 14 from its boroughs. It possesses many educational and charitable institutions. The amount expended for the relief of the poor by the board of guardians during the half year ending March 25, 1859, was about £76,000. Kent was a kingdom of the Saxon heptarchy.

KENT, EDWARD AUGUSTUS, duke of, 4th son of George III. of England, and father of Queen Victoria, born Nov. 2, 1767, died Jan. 23, 1820. He joined the British army, and was under the command of Sir Charles Grey in the attack on the French West India islands, where he was noticed for his bravery, and in compliment to him the name of Fort Royal in Martinique was changed to Fort Edward. Soon afterward he was made governor of Nova Scotia, created duke of Kent and Strathearne, with a seat in the house of lords, and appointed commanderin-chief of the British forces in North America. The island of St. John changed its name in his honor to Prince Edward island, which it still retains. Subsequently he returned to Europe, and married the widow of the prince of

Leiningen, youngest daughter of the duke of Saxe-Coburg. Alexandrina Victoria, now queen, was the only child of this union.

KENT, EDWARD, LL.D., judge of the supreme court of Maine, born in Concord, N. H., Jan. 8, 1802. He was graduated at Harvard university in 1821, studied law one year in his native place, and two years in Topsham, Me., with the Hon. Benjamin Orr, and attended in New York city a course of law lectures under Chancellor Kent. Soon after his admission to the bar he settled, in 1825, in the practice of his profession in Bangor, Me., his present place of residence, and early assumed a prominent rank as attorney and counsellor. In 1827 he was appointed chief justice of the court of sessions for Penobscot co., and from 1829 to 1833 represented Bangor and other classed towns in the legislature of Maine. He was afterward mayor of Bangor for two years, and in 1838 was elected governor of the state, in which office he served one year. After an interval of two years he was again elected, and held the office for another term. In 1843 Gov. Kent was appointed by the legislature one of the commissioners at Washington for settling the Maine boundary line, under the Ashburton treaty. In 1848 he was appointed one of the delegates at large to the convention which nominated Gen. Taylor for the presidency, and was the first to designate him as a candidate before that body. On the accession of President Taylor Gov. Kent was appointed consul at Rio de Janeiro, where he remained 4 years. In the spring of 1854 he returned to Bangor, and resumed practice. In 1859 he received from the executive of Maine the appointment of associate justice of the supreme judicial court, and now holds that office.

KENT, JAMES, an American jurist, born in Philippi, Putnam co., N. Y., July 31, 1763, died in New York, Dec. 12, 1847. His grandfather, the Rev. Elisha Kent, whose family was early established at Suffolk, Conn., became in 1740 the Presbyterian clergyman of Philippi. His father, Moss Kent, Esq., was a lawyer, and for some years surrogate of Rensselaer co. James Kent was graduated at Yale college in 1781, studied law in the office of Egbert Benson, the attorney-general of the state, was admitted in Jan. 1785, as an attorney, and in 1787 as a counsellor, and commenced the practice of his profession in Poughkeepsie. He was married in 1785. He soon became remarkable among his contemporaries for his legal learning and literary attainments. He was elected successively in 1790 and 1792 a member of the legislature for Dutchess co. The country was then excited by political discussions, arising from the adoption of the federal constitution, and Mr. Kent became an active and leading federalist, attracting the notice and confidence of Hamilton and Jay. It was by Hamilton's counsel that the reading of the young lawyer was directed to the doctrines of the civil law, and the treatises of the jurists of continental Europe; and thus he acquired the deep knowledge of the works of Pothier and Emerigon and

other civilians, which is to be traced throughout his own writings. His acquaintance with Hamilton ripened into a devoted friendship, which ended only with the life of the great federal leader. In 1793 Mr. Kent was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in congress for Dutchess co., and in the same year removed his residence to the city of New York. He brought with him a reputation for professional learning and ability, and was appointed by Gov. Jay one of the two masters in chancery for the city of New York. In 1796 he was elected, in the federal interest, one of the city members in the legislature. He was also elected professor of law in Columbia college. Three of his lectures in this capacity, forming together an introduction to his general course, were published in 1797, and attracted the favorable notice of the legal profession. The body of his lectures were not published, but they formed in after years, in some degree, the basis of his celebrated "Commentaries." In 1797, without solicitation, on the nomination of Gov. Jay, he was appointed recorder of the city, then administering a court of civil jurisdiction; and the extraordinary ability he exhibited in the office induced Gov. Jay in 1798 to nominate him a judge of the supreme court. He continued a member of this tribunal till 1814, having been from 1804 chief justice. He was nominated to this office by the retiring judge, Morgan Lewis, who had been elected governor, notwithstanding that they were open and uncompromising political opponents. The supreme court at that time differed widely from the court as at present constituted. It was formed after the model of the English king's bench, being composed of 5 judges, who rode the circuits to try jury cases, and convened during the year at 4 appointed terms to decide reserved questions of law. Both the court and the law itself were in a rudimental state. There were no American law books, and no reports of American decisions, except those of Mr. Dallas, which were just commenced. The proceedings of the court were languid and dilatory; and resort was had for rules of procedure and principles of law almost exclusively to English precedents and decisions. The accession to the bench of a young, energetic, and able judge, produced a striking change. It was the noble and difficult task of the court to expound the principles of the common law, as applicable to American institutions; to define and limit our new constitutional provisions; to construe recent statutes; to bring the principles of commercial law to bear upon transactions of trade and commerce; to devise rules of practice; and in short to adapt to a young and rising nation a complicated yet practical code of laws. That this work was well accomplished, and that a large portion of its success must be attributed to the unremitting energy and talent of the chief justice, will appear from the reports of Mr. Parsons, and the 14 volumes, entitled "Johnson's Cases" and "Johnson's Reports," of the decisions of the supreme court during

the time of Mr. Justice Kent. By the constitution of New York as it then existed an important political duty was imposed on the judiciary of the state. The judges of the supreme court and the chancellor formed with the governor a council of revision, possessing a qualified veto on the acts of the legislature. This council was abolished by the constitutional convention of 1822, the judges themselves acquiescing in the change. They felt that, though the council was often a salutary check upon hasty and unwise legislation, the effect upon the judiciary was unfavorable, as exposing it to the influence and excitements of political parties. The recent publication of the proceedings of the council of revision displays Mr. Kent as prominent and efficient in the discharge of his political, as he had been in performing his judicial duties. His high conservative principles brought him often in opposition to an excited and dominant legislative majority, which however never failed to respect his candor and integrity. In 1814 Chief Justice Kent was appointed chancellor. Up to the time of his appointment, the court of chancery had been of secondary importance in the jurisprudence of the state. This was partly owing to the nature of its business. Complicated trusts and intricate settlements of property, which form the peculiar subjects of chancery jurisdiction, belong to an advanced period of national growth. But the proceedings of the court had been dilatory; its mode of practice was circuitous and expensive, and the court was regarded with disfavor, both by the profession and the community. The change effected by Chancellor Kent was aptly described in an address presented to the chancellor by the members of the bar, on his retirement from the office after 9 years' administration of its duties. They compared him to Lord Nottingham, the English chancellor, who was described by Blackstone as the founder of the equity system of England, and who was "enabled in the course of 9 years to build a system of jurisprudence and jurisdiction upon wise and national foundations." The 7 voluines of Johnson's "Chancery Reports" contain the decisions of Chancellor Kent, and present a profound and extended exposition of the whole system of equity law. In 1822 the chancellor was elected a member of the convention called to revise the constitution of the state. He took an active part in the discussions of this body, and displayed a power of debate remarkable for one so long retired from forensic discussions. His opinions were strongly conservative. He opposed without success the extension of the right of suffrage, and other democratic innovations; but his personal influence and character preserved for the time the court of chancery, which he believed to be a useful means of administering justice. In 1823 his official term ended; and, having attained the age of 60, he found himself, by the then existing constitution of the state, prevented from holding judicial office. Unbroken in constitution, he soon form

ed for himself new occupations. Returning to the city of New York, whence he had removed on becoming a judge, he was reelected professor of law in Columbia college. For several years he delivered courses of lectures on law to numerous classes. These lectures he gave to the world, in his "Commentaries on American Law" (4 vols. 8vo., 1826-'30). This work has since passed through 10 editions, and has acquired a world-wide celebrity. It has assumed in the United States the position which Blackstone in his own country has long filled by his "Commentaries on the Laws of England." It embraces not merely the jurisprudence of the federal Union, but the municipal law, written and unwritten, of the several states. Vast and comprehensive in plan, elaborate and minute in research, the beauties of its style and its historical learning commend it to the general reader, while it has been proved to be the best guide to the law student, and a valuable aid to the practical lawyer. The last 25 years of Chancellor Kent's life were passed in tranquil pursuits, in enlarging and correcting his "Commentaries," in giving opinions on legal subjects, in advising and deciding on controversies submitted to his decision, and performing all the duties of an active and patriotic citizen. In 1836 he wrote and published, at the request of the common council of the city, a compendious treatise on the charter of New York, and the powers of the municipal officers. In the performance of various and important duties, in the enjoyment of his extensive library, surrounded by domestic peace and universal esteem, his years glided tranquilly on, until, having attained his 85th year, his health began to decline; and with unclouded intellect, and in the humble profession of the Christian's faith, he closed his long, useful, and honorable life. His widow survived him 3 years. He left one son (Judge William Kent of New York) and two daughters.

KENT, WILLIAM, an English painter, sculptor, and architect, born in Yorkshire in 1684, died April 12, 1748. He was of humble origin, but by the liberality of some friends was enabled to study painting in Italy, where he attracted the notice of the earl of Burlington, who gave him a home in his house. He executed the Shakespeare monument in Westminster abbey, and is considered one of the founders of the modern school of landscape gardening.

KENTON, a N. co. of Ky., separated from Ohio by the Ohio river, and bounded E. by Licking river; area, 140 sq. m.; pop. in 1850, 17,038, of whom 830 were slaves. The surface is very uneven, but the soil is fertile. Much of it is laid out in market gardens, whose products find a market in Cincinnati. The productions in 1850 were 473,545 bushels of Indian corn, 30,780 of oats, 12,544 lbs. of tobacco, and 13,561 of wool. There were 20 grist mills, 7 saw mills, 2 newspaper offices, 26 churches, and 1,418 pupils attending public schools. The Covington and Lexington railroad passes through the county. Capital, Independence.

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KENTON, SIMON, an American pioneer, born in Fauquier co., Va., April 3, 1755, died in Logan co., O., in 1836. At the age of 16 he had an affray with a young man arising out of a love affair; and believing he had killed his adversary, he fled beyond the Alleghanies and became a companion of Boone and the other early pioneers of Kentucky. For a time he acted as a spy of Gov. Dunmore, and subsequently participated in the warfare waged against the British and the Indians west of the Alleghanies, showing remarkable courage, sagacity, and endurance. In 1782, learning that his rival was living, he returned to his native place, and soon after removed with his father's family to Kentucky. He was frequently engaged in Indian warfare, until the expedition under Wayne in 1793-4 restored tranquillity to the western frontier. As the country began to fill up with settlers, his lands, to which, in consequence of his ignorance of or indifference to legal forms, he had never secured perfect titles, were taken from him, and by repeated lawsuits he was reduced to penury. He nevertheless took up arms in the war of 1812, and fought with the Kentucky troops at the battle of the Thames. In 1824 he appeared in Frankfort in tattered garments to petition the legislature of Kentucky to release the claim of the state upon some mountain land owned by him. His appearance at first excited ridicule, but upon being recognized he was treated with much distinction by the legislature; his lands were released, and a pension of $240 was procured for him from congress. He died near the spot where, 58 years previous, he had narrowly escaped death at the hands of the Indians.

KENTUCKY, an interior state of the American Union, and the second admitted under the federal constitution, situated between lat. 36° 30′ and 39° 6' N., and long. 82° 2′ and 89° 40′ W.; bounded N. by the Ohio river, which divides it from Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio; E. by Virginia, from which it is separated by the Big Sandy river and the Cumberland mountains; S. by Tennessee and a conventional line mostly on the parallel of 36° 30′ N.; and W. by the Mississippi, separating it from Missouri; greatest length E. and W. 308 m., greatest breadth 172 m.; area, 37,680 sq. m., or 24,115,200 acres, being 1.28 per cent. of the whole surface of the United States. The state is divided into 110 counties, viz.: Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt, Breckenridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Casey, Christian, Clarke, Clay, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Daviess, Edmondson, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Graves, Grayson, Green, Greenup, Hancock, Hardin, Harlan, Harrison, Hart, Henderson, Henry, Hickman, Hopkins, Jackson, Jefferson, Jessamine, Johnson, Kenton, Knox, Laurel, La Rue, Lawrence, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, McCracken, McLean, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Meade,

Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Muhlenburg, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Oldham, Owen, Owsley, Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rock Castle, Rowan, Russell, Scott, Shelby, Simpson, Spencer, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Trimble, Union, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Whitley, Woodford, and the 5 following formed during the last session of the legislature: Boyd, Magoffin, Metcalf, Webster, and Wolf. Louisville, Jefferson co., is the largest city and the commercial emporium of the state; Frankfort, Franklin co., is the political capital; Lexington, Fayette co., is the most important inland town. Maysville, Covington and Newport (on opposite sides of the mouth of Licking river, and facing Cincinnati, Ohio), Henderson, and Paducah, are the most important towns on the Ohio river, and Columbus and Hickman on the Mississippi, all of which places now or prospectively are the termini of railroads from the interior. Danville was formerly the capital of the state. Harrodsburg and Boonesborough are the oldest towns. The other most important towns in the state are Bardstown, Bowling Green, Georgetown, Glasgow, Hopkinsville, Lebanon, Paris, Russellville, Smithland, &c.-The population of the state at 7 decennial periods has been as follows:

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Of the white population in 1850, there were 392,804 males and 368,609 females; of the free colored (blacks 7,381, and mulattoes 2,630), 4,863 males and 5,148 females; and of the slave (blacks 181,752 and mulattoes 29,729), 105,063 males and 105,918 females. Density of population, 26.07 to a square mile; proportion of population to that of the whole Union, 4.24 per cent.; relative rank of the state with reference to population, the 8th. Decennial increase of population from 1799 to 1850: 202.36, 83.98, 38.82, 21.90, 13.36, and 25.98 per cent. Should the population have increased in the same ratio as in the decade 1840-'50, it will now (1860) amount to 1,237,634. Families in 1850 (white and free colored), 132,920, and dwellings 130,769. Of the total population (1850), 30,073 were under 1 year of age; 1 and under 5, 133,919; 5 and under 10, 151,829; 10 and under 15, 132,909; 15 and under 20, 110,836; 20 and under 30, 172,220; 30 and under 40, 105,810; 40 and under 50, 68,588; 50 and under 60, 40,764; 60 and under 70, 22,131; 70 and under 80, 9,482; 80 and under 90, 2,927; 90 and under 100, 555; 100 and upward, 157; unknown, 205. Of those of 100 or more years of age, 59 were whites, 17 free colored, and 81 slaves. White and free colored (total 771,424) born in Kentucky, 601,764; in other states, 139,117; in foreign countries, 29,189; of unknown origin,

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