Elisha Warfield

Elisha Warfield

Honors
Warfield Place, Lexington, Kentucky

Elisha Warfield, Jr. (February 5, 1781 - May 15, 1859) was an American physician and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder whom Thoroughbred Heritage calls "one of the most important early figures in Kentucky racing and breeding."

Born in Maryland, the Warfield family moved to Lexington, Kentucky when Elisha, Jr. was nine years old. He obtained a degree in medicine from Transylvania University with a degree in medicine and on January 15, 1805 married Maria Barr with whom he had ten children. He became a very successful medical practitioner in Lexington and was made the first Professor of Surgery and Obstetrics at the newly established Transylvania University medical school.

Active in community development, in 1830 Elisha Warfield was a founding shareholder of the Lexington & Ohio Railway Company which in 1834 connected Lexington to Frankfort, Kentucky.

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