from Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, 1887

Owen County

Eusebius C. Bainbridge, was born in Owen County, Ky., November 14, 1828. He is the son of Erastus B. and Sarah M. (Foster) Bainbridge. Erastus Bainbridge was born in Fayette County, near Lexington, December 1, 1801.  He came to Owen County in 1826, and located on the farm where the subject of this sketch now lives. He was married in 1823, and was the father of three children. Absalom Bainbridge, paternal grandfather of our subject,
was a native of Virginia, and settled in Kentucky at an early day. He was a physician, and a preacher of the Baptist denomination. Isaac Foster, the maternal grandfather of Eusebius C. Bainbridge, was a native of Maryland and a pioneer of Kentucky. He was a farmer by occupation. E. C. Bainbridge was reared in Owen County, where he received his primary education, receiving his literary education at Transylvania University, at Lexington, Ky. In 1846 he began the study of medicine under Drs. Turnbull and Brooks, at Philadelphia, Penn., and attended lectures at Jefferson Medical College, where he graduated in 1850. He then engaged in the practice of his profession in Cincinnati, Ohio, five years, when he married Miss Sarah A. Doxon, of Newport, Ky. He then returned to Owenton and settled on the old homestead farm of 600 acres, where he now lives. He still practices medicine, but devote a part of his time to raising fine stock. He has three children: Hattie, Erastus and Paul.  Politically, Dr. Bainbridge is a Democrat, and represented his county in the State Legislature in the session of 1877-78.
from The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Jefferson County,Kentucky

Friday, July 21, 1905

IN EXTREME AGE
DR. E. C. BAINBRIDGE CLAIIMED BY DEATH

Had Been Conspicuous Many Years – Father of Mrs. L. O. Cox.

Dr. E. C. Bainbridge, aged seventy-six years, died of a liver complaint yesterday morning at 6:30 o’clock at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. L. O. Cox, after a long illness. He is survived by two sons and one daughter, Erastus Bainbridge, of Owen County, Paul Bainbridge, of Louisville, and Mrs. L. O. Cox, wife of L. O. Cox, president of the Union National Bank.

Dr. Bainbridge was a graduate of Transylvania University, and also of the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. After having successfully practiced medicine in both Philadelphia and Cincinnati, he came back to his native county pf Owen, where he afterwards became prominent as a farmer. His constituents sent him to the Legislature, where he faithfully represented his district for a number of years.

Dr. Bainbridge’s character in whatever capacity he served was unimpeachable and his loss will be mourned by the host of those who knew him.

The funeral services were held at 5:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. L. O. Cox, the Rev. Dr. J. G. Minnigerode, rector of Calvary Episcopal Church, officiating. The body will be taken to Owenton, his former home, for burial. The honorary pallbearers were as follows: Thomas W. Bullitt, William P. Otter, Gilmer Adams, T. R. Gordon, John C. Strother, John L. Helm, Henry Strater, H. C. Rodes and Oscar Fenley.