Christopher Riffe (1764-1850[1]) accompanied Col. William Casey (great-grandfather of Mark Twain) to Kentucky in 1784.
He bought 800 acres (3.2 km2) of land from the grandfather of Abraham Lincoln.
He was the first State Representative from Casey County, serving seven terms.
He fought in the Battle of the Thames in the Kentucky Sixth Regiment.
During his time as Lincoln County representative, Riffe, who was described as "a burly German of almost gigantic size and herculean strength", sat between rivals Humphrey Marshall and Henry Clay in the House chamber,[2] and once broke up a fight between the two men.