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David R Lock |
 | | David R Lock was educated in the common schools of London, England, and Newport, Ky., and learned the trade of a plasterer, serving an apprenticeship of three years. |
 | | David R. fought for the Union joining Company E 8th Kentucky Cavalry in 1862, rose from the ranks to become a Second Lieutenant, and was captured August 2, 1862 and sent to Libby Prison where he remained until March 1865. |
 | | Lock and his assistants, one of who was Thomas Cottingham, a native of Ireland who had come to Newport in 1860, discovered a cave along the Licking River near the foot of Fifth Street. |
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