John King Todd

John King Todd was born on New Years Day, 1865 in Chestnut Grove. He attended Shelby County Public Schools and went on to study Law at the University of Kentucky, graduating in 1888. In 1901, he joined the firm Willis & Todd as a junior partner, representing several railways, and other corporations such as International Harvester and Cumberland Telegraph & Telephone, Co. He was the President and Secretary of the Shelbyville Water & Light Company, the President of Citizens Bank (where he held the position of Director for forty years), and the President of the Kentucky Bar Association. Todd served for twelve years as the Deputy County Clerk, and as one of the Trustees of the Shelby County Public Library. He died in 1941 at the age of 77.