Isaac Shelby's pocket watch

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This file appears in: Ephraim McDowell House

Included among the collections of the Kentucky Historical Society is Governor Isaac Shelby's pocket watch. Ephraim McDowell married Governor Shelby's eldest daughter. Courtesy the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Ephraim McDowell House

By Ephraim McDowell House
Historical Marker #2284 in downtown Danville commemorates the Ephraim McDowell House. There, in 1809, Danville physican Ephraim McDowell performed the world's first successful abdominal operation…