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Right wing built, 1815, main part, 1819, by Ben Hardin, noted lawyer, statesman, member Kentucky Legislature and U.S. Congress. Hardin born in Penn., 1784, his daughter married John L. Helm, twice Ky. Governor and President L&N R. R. Their son Ben Hardin Helm, CSA Gen., born here, 1831, married Emilie Todd, sister of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of 16th U.S. President. See over. Photograph courtesy of Kitty Taylor (August, 1997) Return to Nelson County marker listing