Name: James N. ALLEN
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Birth: 9 Aug 1822 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: Adorinam ALLEN
Mother: Polly COIL
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, p. 569
JAMES N. ALLEN, farmer; P. O. Centerville; was born Aug. 9, 1822, in Bourbon County, Ky., and is the son of Adoniram Allen and Polly (Coil) Allen, daughter of Jacob Coil, who came from Virginia; Adoniram Allen was a native of Georgia, and came to Kentucky with his father, his mother being dead, and located at Visalia, on the K. C. R. R., where he owned and operated a mill; he subsequently removed to Bourbon County and engaged in farming. Mr. Allen was reared to agricultural pursuits, and now owns a farm of 154 acres, and has also given some attention to the stock business; politically he is a Democrat, and for fifty years has been a member of the Baptist Church. June 17, 1838, he was married to Miss May Tyler, daughter of Wm. Tyler, of Harrison County; she died Oct. 17, 1880; there are four children, the issue of this marriage, living, and two dead: Wm. A., Welborn B. (dead), Albert L., Carrie L., Hugh W. (dead), and Cora G.
Spouses
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1: May TYLER
Death: 17 Oct 1880
Father: William TYLER
Marriage: 17 Jun 1838
Children: William A.
Welborn B.
Albert L.
Carrie L.
Hugh W.
Cora G.
Name: J. T. BARLOW
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Birth: 31 Jan 1834 Boone County, Missouri
Father: Martin B. BARLOW
Mother: Fanny A. CANTRILL
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, p. 569
J. T. BARLOW, farmer; P. O. Centerville; was born Jan. 31, 1834, in Boone County, Mo., but has lived in Kentucky since 1846, and is the son of Martin B. and Fanny A. (Cantrill) Barlow. Martin was born in Scott County, Ky., from where lie moved to Missouri, but died in Illinois in 1815; his wife was born on the farm where J. T., her son, now lives, and died in 1846; she was a daughter of Joseph Cantrill, Sr. The grandfather of our subject came to Kentucky about 1780, and located in Scott County, entering land and developing the same. Mr. Barlow was married in 1855 to Miss Annie R. Lydick, daughter of Jacob Lydick, of Fayette County, and has five children: Lelia, married to J. B. Ammerman, of Texas; Mollie, married to J. T. Hill, of Bourbon County, now of Texas; Bettie, married to John Stamps, of Bourbon County, now of Texas; Ella and Frankie. Our subject resided in Missouri from 1855 to 1862, since which time he has lived in Kentucky, for a short time in Fayette, afterward in Bourbon; he owns 95 acres of good land, farms in a general way and raises stock; has served as Justice of the Peace seven years in the Centerville Precinct, and is a Democrat. Mrs. Barlow is a member of the Old Union Christian Church, of Fayette County.
Spouses
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1: Annie R. LYDICK
Father: Jacob LYDICK
Marriage: 1855
Children: Lelia
Mollie
Betty
Ella
Frankie
Name: Mary J. GEORGE
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Birth: 1 Mar 1823 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: Alfred GEORGE
Mother: Elizabeth CHOWNING
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, p. 569
MARY J. BATTERTON, farming, P. O. Paris, is a representative of one of the old families of Bourbon County. She was born March 1, 1823, and is the daughter of Alfred and Elizabeth (Chowning) George, and the granddaughter of Gabriel George. In 1849 she was married to Benjamin A. Batterton, who died in 1863. Three children were born to them: Elizabeth, now wife of T. J. Shepherd, formerly of Georgetown, Ky, but now a resident of Chattanooga, Tenn.; B. Alfred and Mary S., both unmarried and residing with their mother. The daughters are members of the Christian Church, and the sons' political views are Democratic. Mrs. Batterton has resided on her present farm since 1849, which consists of 140 acres of fine land, which by her judicious management and the aid of her son, has been and is a comfortable, pleasant and well kept home, as well as a valuable piece of property.
Spouses
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1: Benjamin Abbott BATTERTON
Birth: 24 Jul 1811 Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky
Death: 10 Mar 1863 Age: 51
Father: Benjamin BATTERTON (1767-1833)
Mother: Susannah GUTHRIE (1767-1852)
Marriage: 8 Nov 1841
Children: Elizabeth
B. Alfred
Mary S. (1858-)
Name: Francis Povall CLAY
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Birth: 26 Oct 1819
Death: 17 Mar 1909 Age: 89
Father: COL Henry CLAY IV (1779-1863)
Mother: Peggy HELM (-1863)
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, p. 569
F. P. CLAY, farmer. The Clay family form so important a part of the history of Bourbon County, and the name is found interwoven in the history of so many important events chronicled in this book, that the following brief biography is confined to the subject only. He was born Oct. 26, 1819, in Bourbon, and is the son of Henry and Margaret (Helm) Clay. He was educated in his native county, and reared a farmer. In October of 1842 he married Miss Susan R. Wornall, daughter of Thomas Wornall, of Clark County, Ky. They have a family of four children : William H., Frances P., now Mrs. N. Buckner, Olive and Perry. Mr. Clay has a fine farm of 629 acres, known as "Castle Comfort," and does a general farm business. He and Mrs. Clay are members of the Baptist Church. Previous to the war he was a member of the Whig party, but since that event he has been a Democrat. He is a fine representative of so notable a family, and after having spent over three-score years in his native county, his name and reputation stands above reproach.
Spouses
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1: Susan Ryon WORNALL
Birth: 12 Nov 1823
Death: 20 Jul 1903 Age: 79
Father: COL Thomas WORNALL (1775-1838)
Mother: Sarah RYON (1777-1854)
Marriage: 27 Oct 1842
Children: Wornall (1843-1850)
William Henry
Henrietta Povall (1849-1850)
Francis Povall
Nannie (1858-1915)
Oliver Perry
Name: John N. CRENSHAW
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Birth: 12 Jul 1824 Scott County, Kentucky
Father: Joel CRENSHAW
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, pp. 569-570
JOHN N. CRENSHAW, farmer; P. O. Leesburg; was born July 12, 1821, in Scott County, Ky.; his father, Joel Crenshaw, was a native of Virginia, and came to Kentucky during the early settlement of Scott County, where he located; he engaged in farming, in which he remained interested until his death, which occurred in 1838. In 1846 John N. was married to Miss Fanny Crenshaw, daughter of John Crenshaw, of Harrison County, Ky., of which he became a resident, and resided there until 1864, when he removed to his present fine farm of 280 acres. Politically, Mr. Crenshaw is a Democrat; he is an active and respected member of the community in which he lives, and has taken a deep interest in religious affairs, he and his family being members of the Christian Church. Their family consists of five children: Joel H., at home; Mary A., wife of James H. Shropshire, of Harrison County Ky.; John W., married Miss Fannie K. Thomas, and now resides in Scott County; Bettie and Lulie, both at home. Mr. Crenshaw is a deacon in the Leesburg Church, of which he is a member.
Spouses
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1: Fanny CRENSHAW
Father: John CRENSHAW
Children: Joel H.
Mary Alice
John W.
Bettie
Lulie
Name: Amanda Fitz Allen SCOTT
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Father: Samuel Delay SCOTT
Mother: Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, p. 570
MRS. A. CLAY; P. O. Paris; was born June 14, 1810, in Bourbon County, daughter of Samuel D. and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Scott; he coming at an early day from Dinwiddie County, Va., and dying in 1813, leaving ten children, his wife having died sometime previously. Our subject was married in January, 1832, to Joseph Helm Clay, by whom she had nine children, only one of whom is now living, Isaac C. Clay, who was married June 1, 1870, to Miss Lizzie A. Forman, daughter of Thomas M. Forman, and who has borne him three children; Mary W., Sadie M., and Joseph. Mrs. Clay and her son own 307 acres of land, their place being called "Rosedale." Mrs. Clay is a member of the Baptist Church; Isaac a member of the Christian Church and a Democrat; he resided for two years in Texas.
Spouses
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1: Joseph Helm CLAY
Birth: 22 Oct 1803
Father: COL Henry CLAY IV (1779-1863)
Mother: Peggy HELM (-1863)
Marriage: 1 Feb 1832
Children: Robert Henry (1832-1863)
Mary E. (1834-1862)
Ann Rebecca (1836-1854)
Samuel Scott
Joseph Larue
Isaac C. (1841-)
Sarah Margaet
Lettie L.
William H. (Stillborn)
Name: Hubble/Hubbell C. CHINN
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Birth: 16 Aug 1842
Father: Christopher CHINN (-1872)
Mother: Nancy SHROPSHIRE (1800-1882)
Misc. Notes
Hubble Chinn served in the Civil War where he received a neck
wound from which he never fully recovered. After the Civil War,
he came to Kentucky and married Mary Catherine Hawkins Kendall,
a widow for whom he had acted as overseer previous to their marriage.
[1]
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History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky,
ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago,
1882, p. 570
HUBBELL C. CHINN, farmer; P.O. Leesburg; was born Aug. 16, 1842, in Missouri, his parents, Christopher C. and Nancy (Shropshire) Chinn, having removed to that State from Kentucky in 1831, but afterward returned to Bourbon County. The father died in 1872, but the mother is still living; the grandfather of our subject, Joseph Chinn, came from Virginia at an early day, and was one of those brave and hardy pioneers who helped turn the then wilderness of Kentucky into the blooming land it now is. Our subject married, July 9, 1863, Mrs. Lucy Kendall, and they have one child, Harry Hawkins, born March 29, 1868; Mr. Chinn owns 170 acres of excellent land, and handles short-horns in a moderate way; himself and wife are members of the Christian Church, and he is a Democrat.
Spouses
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1: Mary Catherine HAWKINS
Birth: 28 Oct 1828
Death: 12 Jul 1900 Age: 71
Father: Harry HAWKINS (1767-1842)
Mother: Sarah CHINN
Misc. Notes
MARGARET CHINN-Will Book J, page 568-Sister, Matilda Chinn,
property from father's estate; sister, Sally Hawkins; niece, Mary
Catherine Hawkins; niece, Margarett Ann Shropshire; five brothers,
Alexander, Coleman, Christopher, Milton, Benjamin. Written July
7, 1833. Proved September 1834. Executor: brother, Milton Chinn.
Witnesses--Jno. H. Hamilton, Betsey Chinn, Elvira Hamilton. [2]
Marriage: 9 Jul 1863
Children: Harry Hawkins (1868-1941)
Sources
1. "The Shropshire Family of Bourbon County" by
Virginia Kenney Shropshire (Kentuckian Citizen, August 10, 1943)
2. Kentucky Records, Volume I, BOURBON COUNTY WILL ABSTRACTS,
Contributed by Mrs. William Breckenridge Ardery, Jemima Johnson
Chapter, Paris, Kentucky), p. 26.
Name: William A. FORMAN
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Birth: 17 Oct 1814 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Death: 1864 Age: 49
Father: James FORMAN
Mother: Elizabeth ALLEN (1761-)
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, p. 570
W. A. FORMAN, farmer; P. O. Leesburg; traces the genealogy of his family back to his grandfather, William Forman, who was a Methodist minister, and settled in an early day in the history of Bourbon County near North Middletown, where he entered a tract of government land, which he improved and developed, and where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1814. His son, James Forman, and father of our subject, married Miss Elizabeth Allen, daughter of David Allen, who came to Bourbon County from Virginia, of which State James Forman was a native, and was brought to Kentucky by his parents during his childhood. Wm. A. was one of a family of seven children, and was born Oct. 17, 1814; he was reared on his father's farm, and has during his life been interested and engaged in agricultural pursuits and at stock raising. Dec. 12, 1839, he was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of George Chinn, of Harrison County, Ky. Politically, Mr. Forman's views are Democratic, and in religious belief he and family, with one exception, are members of the Christian Church; he owns a fine farm of 280 acres, located about ten miles from Paris; Seven children have been born to them: Nancy and George, deceased; James, at home; Sarah, now Mrs. Nichols-Miriam, now wife of George Clark; and William, married Miss Lizzie Sudduth, and resides near the old home.
Spouses
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1: Sarah K. CHINN
Birth: 1821 Harrison County, Kentucky
Death: 1887 Age: 66
Father: George CHINN
Marriage: 12 Dec 1839
Children: Nancy (1841-1864)
George (1843-1870)
James
Sarah
Miriam (1848-)
William
Name: Dr. J. W. FRITTS
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Birth: 6 Jul 1841 Carlisle, Kentucky
Father: William W. FRITTS
Mother: Sarah HAMILTON
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, p. 570
J. W. FRITTS, M. D.; P. O. Centerville ; was born July 6, 1841, in Carlisle, Ky., son of Dr. W. W. and Sarah (Hamilton) Fritts; he, the father, having been born and raised in Clark County, Ky., whilst the grandfather of our subject, Henry Fritts, was a native of, and came from Pennsylvania to Kentucky in 1801, dying in 1879. Dr. W. W. Fritts is and has been for the past forty years a practicing physician in Carlisle. Our subject was married in 1867 to Miss Alice Stapleton, daughter of George W. Stapleton, of Clark County, and has seven children : Frank, Maud, Lizzie, Laura, Willie, May, and Walter. Dr. Fritts received his literary education in Georgetown, where he graduated in 1860, afterward in 1873, receiving his medical education in Louisville, where he was graduated, and received his diploma, settling down to practice in Winchester, where he remained till two years ago, when he came to Centreville, and opened practice, carrying on the grocery business. Dr. Fritts and wife are members of the Christian Church. He served in the Hospitals of the Federal army during the war. He is a Democrat.
Spouses
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1: Alice STAPLETON
Father: George W. STAPLETON
Marriage: 1867
Children: Frank
Maud
Lizzie
Laura
Willie
May
Walter
Name: Rev. John Allen GANO Sr.
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Birth: 14 Jul 1805 Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky
Death: 14 Oct 1887 Age: 82
Father: Richard M. GANO
Mother: Elizabeth EWING
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, pp. 570-571
REV. JOHN ALLEN GANO, SR., minister and farmer; P. 0. Centerville;
whose portrait appears in this work; was born in Georgetown, Scott
Co., Ky., July 14, 1803; his father, Richard M. Gano, was then
a merchant in that place; his grandfather, John Gano, was a Baptist
Minister who served under Gen. Washington as Chaplain in the Revolution;
he was lineally descended from a French Huguenot of some prominence,
who escaped to the Isle of Guernsey, and sailed to America at
the time of the massacre of St. Bartholomew. The mother of John
A. was formerly Elizabeth Ewing, from Bedford County, Va., where
her parents resided and died; he was the fifth child and first
son of his parents, who only raised another son, Dr. Stephen F.
Gano, still living near Gcorgetown; he received a tolerable liberal
English and classical education and studied and commenced the
practice of law; becoming a convert to the Christian faith, he
resolved with the help and blessing of God to preach the Gospel
of Christ. The 2nd of Oct., 1821, he married Miss Catharine Conn,
the only child and daughter of Capt. Wm. Conn, of Bourbon County,
Ky., who resided near the village of Centerville, and gave them
the farm near his own, where his father, Thos. Conn, settled in
about 1787, where he lived, and died in 1811; he came from Culpepper
County, Va., and owned a landed estate around him here of two
thousand acres of land. His son, John M. Conn, came to Kentucky
before the family, and with servants to assist him, prepared the
ground and raised a crop, before the removal of his father's fainily;
this was a very hazardous undertaking as the Indians were about,
one had to watch with his trusty rifle, while the others plowed.
He removed to the old homestead in 1828 late in the year. Capt.
John M. Conn then was living on Townsend Creek on a fine farm,
a portion of his father's original survey, where he had long lived
and raised a large and interesting family. The father-in-law of
John A. had a good farm, a part of the same survey extending up
to the village; he had recently purchased the farm, of his brother
James, who inherited the old homestead, and removed to and is
now living in Nicholas County. Col. Thompson Ware, who married
Sally Conn, lived on a good farm immediately south of Capt. Wm.
Conn and on the Lexington road; Mr. David Stonnoy, who married
Miss Cassandra Conn, owned ]ends immediatety west of Col. Ware,
all portions of the same survey, on the headwaters of Townsend.
Old Mr. John Hall lived at the time on a small farm adjoining,
and northwest of them, a part of the Conn survey. The first child
born to them, a son, Wm. Conn Gano, born at his grandfirther's,
Sept. 23, 1828; the second, Richard M. Gano, was born at Springdale,
June 18, 1830; Fanny Conn, March 24, 1832; Robert Ewing, June
1, 1834; Stephen F., April 25, 1836; Franklin M., Dec. 11, 1839,
Eliza G., Oct. 19, 1841; John Allen, Jr., July 21, 1845; and Mary
Eliza, June 10, 1848; all of whom were born at Springdale; Robt.,
Stephen and Eliza died in early infancy; Mrs. Fanny Conn Spears
died at Springdale, Feb. 4, 1850; Wm. Conn Gano died at Rural
Glen, July, 1863; Capt. Wm. Conn died at Bellevue, Aug. 7, 1872,
the day he was 88 years old; Mrs. Mary Eliza Buckner died at Bellevue,
Aug. 4, 1877, leaving four children, and Franklin M. died near
Taylor, in Texas, February, 1881, and left three children; his
son, Gen. R. M. Gano, is now living at Dallas City, Texas, and
his youngest son Allen, Jr., is residing near Taylor, Williamson,
Texas. The father of our subject died in October, 1815, and his
mother died in April, 1812, leaving six children.
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JOHN ALLEN GANO. [1]
MORE than two hundred years ago-perhaps in 1685--when Roman intolerance drove the Huguenots from France, Francis Gano, a French Protestant, fled from his native country, to find a home in a strange land, settling with his family in Rochelle, New York. From this ancestry sprang the subject of the present sketch, John A. Gano, who was born at Georgetown, Ky., July 14, 1865
His parents died before he reached the age of ten, leaving him to the care of an uncle, William Hubble, an old Indian fighter of early Kentucky days. Most of his education was received at Georgetown, Barton Stone being one of his instructors.
When he left school he turned his attention to the study of law, and was admitted to practice. As he manifested some talent as an orator, his future looked bright and promising.
In 1826, Mr. Gano was married to Mary Conn, of Centerville, Ky. Nine children were born to them, three of whom died in infancy. Six lived to maturity, to wit: William, Richard, Fannie, Franklin, John Allen, Jr., and Mary. Only two are living now-Richard, who is a preacher of the gospel, and John Allen.
In his youth, Mr. Gano was quick-tempered and impulsive, and rather inclined to be worldly. His early training was in the Baptist Church, but he showed little interest in religion and Church affairs till a short time before his marriage with Miss Conn. While visiting the young lady he had an opportunity of hearing Barton Stone and Thomas Allen preach at some of the neighboring churches. Their forcible presentation of the gospel truths impressed him greatly, and a terrible struggle commenced within him between the flesh and the spirit. After some months of indecision, however, he made a profession of his faith in Christ, at Old Union Church, and was baptized by Mr. Allen at Georgetown. Immediately after his conversion he took up the sword of the Spirit, and began proclaiming Christ's salvation to the world, laboring faithfully till the end of his life,
How well he did the work, thousands can bear testimony. A Baptist minister once said that Mr. Gano had converted more people, made more peace among the people in his field of labor, and had done more to shape the religious views of the people of Central Kentucky than any other five ministers in the State. He seemed to possess a remarkable power over the hearts of the people, being eloquent, clear, convincing, and winning. As Walter Scott expressed it, "He could bring the house to tears sooner than any man I have ever known."
In his early ministry, Mr. Gano labored much for the Church at Cynthiana, being regular pastor there in 1846 and 1847, and holding several protracted meetings at different times afterward.
In one meeting, when enthusiasm seemed to be at ebb tide, he was called in to help stir up the people, with the result that in a short time more than forty souls were brought into the kingdom. It seems that his whole life was one unceasing round of service to Christ; at home, abroad, and everywhere he went, his Christian influence was felt.
His death was such as might be expected from such a life. On
the morning of October 14, 1887, while his family was gathered
around his bed, he passed from their midst, with a happy smile
on his face, as though heaven had already opened to him its glories.
" Yea," saith the Spirit, " that they may rest
from their labors, and their works do follow them."
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Gano, John Allen, Family Papers, 1794-1948
(C 65) 128 folders (MICROFILM)
Correspondence, diary, and miscellaneous papers of John
Allen Gano of Bourbon County, Kentucky, an evangelist in the early
Disciples of Christ church. The collection contains scattered
correspondence from fellow preachers in Kentucky and Missouri
in which they relate their experiences and attitudes toward the
war.
Spouses
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1: Catherine CONN
Father: Capt. William CONN (1784-1872)
Mother: Fanny
Marriage: 2 Oct 1827
Children: William Conn (1828-1863)
Richard M. (1830-)
Fanny Conn (1832-1850)
Robert Ewing (1834-)
Stephen F. (1836-)
Franklin M. (1839-1881)
Eliza G. (1841-)
John Allen (1845-)
Mary Eliza (1848-1877)
Sources
1. A Souvenir History of the Christian Church in Cynthiana,
Ky., by W. S. Cason, Lily Webster, Maude Smith and Bettie
M. Cromwell.
Name: Will GAINES
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Birth: 9 Aug 1840 Fayette County, Kentucky
Father: O. W. GAINES (1816-1847)
Mother: Amelia SMITH
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, p. 571
WILL A. GAINES, farmer; P. O. Centerville; is a representative of one of the old and prominent famihes or the Blue Grass region; he was born August 9, 1840, in Fayette County, and is the son of O. W. Gaines and Amelia (Smith) Gaines, daughter of John Smith, of Clark Countv. O. W. Gaines was born in Fayette County, Jan. 28, 1816, and died Jan. 1, 1847; his wife subscquently married W. O. Thompson, of Georgetown. The grandfather of Will A., F. S. Gaines, was born in Shenandoah County, Va., May 31, 1781, and removed to Kenrocky in 1802, settling in FayetteCounty. Will A. owns a fine farm of 180 acres, and is quite an extensive breeder of short horns, Poland-China hogs and Southdown sheep; his herd of short horn cattle consists of twenty-two females, at the head of which is "Young Mary." In politics, Mr. Gaines is a Democrat, and during the war he served in the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry as Sergeant Major, with Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge and Capt. F. Gano Hill. During his service, Mr. Gaines was wounded once, and twice taken prisoner. Dec. 21, 1865, he married Miss Bettie Hill, daughter of John Hill, of Bourbon County. Mr. Gaines has had quite a varied experience in life, but is now giving his entire attention to his farm and stock breeding, of which in the latter he already occupies quite a prominent place in the county.
Spouses
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1: Betty HILL
Father: John HILL
Mother: Sarah Ann EDWARDS (~1812-1847)
Marriage: 21 Dec 1865
Name: John T. GARTH
_________________________________________
Birth: 22 Oct 1843 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: Thomas GARTH
Mother: Joanna LUCAS (-1881)
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Chicago, 1882. p. 571.
JOHN T. GARTH, farmer; P. O. Paris, was born Oct. 22, 1843,
in Bourbon County, and is the son of Thomas and Joanna (Lucas)
Garth. Thomas Garth came to Bourbon County when a boy, and during
his life engaged in farming. He died on the farm, where John T.
now lives. Mrs. Garth survived her husband for many years; her
death occurred Jan. 17, 1881. Mr. Garth is the owner of one of
Bourbon County's fine farms of 340 acres, and known as "Greenwood."
He does a general farming business, his principal production
being grains. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the
Christian Church. Though still a comparatively young man, he
is an active member of the community, and by his honorable and
consistent adherence to the principles of right and justice, he
is a respected and valuable citizen.
Name: F. Gano HILL
_________________________________________
Birth: 1 Jul 1842 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: John HILL
Mother: Sarah Ann EDWARDS (~1812-1847)
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, pp. 571-572
F. GANO HILL, farmer and stock breeder; P. O. Centerville;
well known to the citizens of Bourbon and adjoining counties as
an extensive breeder and dealer in fine stock; was born July 1,
1842, in Bourbon County. The old home now owned by him being his
birth place. He is the son of John and Mary (Edwards) Hill; she
the daughter of Major Geo. Edwards, of Bourbon County. John Hill
was also a native of Bourbon County, and his father was a native
of Scotland, but came from Virginia to Kentucky, settling in Bourbon
County during its pioneer days. F. Gano finished his education
at Kentucky University, of Danville, in 1861. He then entered
the 9th Kentucky Cavalry, Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge commanding.
He entered the service as a private, and was promoted to the rank
of Captain, commanding Co. A. By the request of Gen. John S. Williams
he was assigned to his staff, and was subsequently made Inspector-General.
WhHe in battle near Columbia, South Carolina, he was wounded and
sent to the hospital, but was finally taken in an ambulance, and
while in this condition he remained in the service until Gen.
Lee's surrender of the Confederate army. He then came back to
Kentucky and engaged in the breeding of stock, for which his farm
of 360 acres, known as "Hillburn," is peculiarly adapted.
His attention has been given in this line to the purest breed,
imported Cotswold sheep, and to short horn cattle, though he has
also bred some fine trotting horses, and at one time owned May
Queen, whose record was 2.20. He is one of the directors of the
Bourbon County Fair Association, and is also identified with the
Georgetown Pike in the same capacity. He also built what is known
as the Gano Hill Pike. Inpolitics he is a Democrat, and for the
legislative session of the fall of 1881 he entered the campaign
as a candidate for the nomination, but was defeated by Mr. Charles
Offutt by but twenty-three votes.
Name: Joseph H. HAWKINS
_________________________________________
Birth: 14 Apr 1831 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: Harry HAWKINS (1767-1842)
Mother: Sarah CHINN
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, p. 572
JOSEPH H. HAWKINS, farmer; P.O. Centerville; was born April 14, 1831, in Bourbon County, Ky.; son of Harry and Sarah (Chinn) Hawkins. He, the father of Joseph, was born in Maryland, in 1767, and came to Kentucky when a mere lad, with the McMillans, a surveying party, and settled in Pendleton County, where he married a Miss Fugit, but that lady dying, he moved to Bourbon County, where he married the daughter of Joseph Chinn, from which union resulted three children: Mary Catharine, wife of Hubbell Chinn; Joseph H., and Margaret, wife of William T. Herne, of Fayette County. The old gentleman died in 1842, after a long and eventful life. Our subject was married in 1854, to Miss Nancy Sparks, daughter of Wesley Sparks, which union was blessed with one child, J. Wesley. -Mrs. Hawkins dying, Mr. H. took as a second wife Miss Lizzie E. Kendall, daughter of Alfred Kendall, and from which marriage have been born six children: Allis K., Joseph L., Marietta, William, Harry, and Sallie. Mr. Hawkins owns 800 acres of land ten miles from Paris, and his mother, who is eighty-one years of age, lives with him, on the farm upon which she was born. He farms and handles stock, paying some attention to short-horns, with the "Fourth Duke of Ash Glen" at the head. He has about forty animals, Daisies and Maries being the principal families represented. Mr. Hawkins has served two terms as Magistrate of Centerville Precinct; was a Whig before the war, but is now a Democrat; he and wife are members of the Christian Church.
Spouses
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1: Nancy SPARKS
Father: Wesley SPARKS
Marriage: 1854
Children: J. Wesley
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2: Elizabeth "Lillie" E. KENDALL
Father: Alfred KENDALL
Children: Allis K.
Joseph L.
Marietta
William
Harry
Sallie
Name: Dr. R. A. MOORE
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Birth: 4 Oct 1830 Scott County, Kentucky
Occupation: Physician
Father: James MOORE (-1857)
Mother: Sallie ALLEN
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, p. 572
R. A. MOORE, physician; P. O. Centerville; is the oldest of a family of five children born to James and Salhe (Allen) Moore, both natives of Scott County, Ky.; his grandfather, James Moore, was a native of Virginia, and was among the early pioneers of Scott County, Ky. James, the Doctor's father, was a resident of Scott County during his life, and died there, Oct. 4, 1857, his mother, who was the daughter of Robert Allen, dying some time previous to this date. The Doctor received his education at Georgetown, and then took up the study of medicine, subsequently graduating from the medical department of Transylvania University of Lexington, and also received a degree of M. D. from a medical college of Louisville, which he attended; he located first in Trimble County, Ky., where he practiced for five years; he then removed from there to Scott County, Ky., from whence he removed to Jacksonville, Bourbon Co., in 1859; he owns a nice farm of 91 acres, which he has rented. This place, near Jacksonville, is known as "Alta Monte." The Doctor is a Democrat, and by his energy and industry has accumulated & competency, and is still a live, energetic business man, of middle age, having been born on Oct. 4, 1830. Sept. 25, 1856, he was married to Miss Sallie Simms, sister of Col. Simms, of Paris; two daughters were the fruits of this union: Blanche, and Lulie. In 1867, several years subsequent to the death of his first wife, the Doctor married Mrs. Sallie Garrard; six children have been born to them: Duke, Robbie, Maude, Captain, Colonel, and D. Lary.
Spouses
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1: Sarah SIMMS
Marriage: 25 Sep 1856
Children: Miss Moore. She married Oralndo V. Hume.
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2: Sallie
Marriage: 1867
Children: Duke
Robbie
Maude
Captian
Colonel
D. Lary
Name: Augustus SHROPSHIRE
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Birth: 20 Jul 1836
Death: 18 Nov 1895 Age: 59
Father: Colonel Benjamin Neal SHROPSHIRE (1797-1877)
Mother: Nancy Moore PARRISH (1798-1880)
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, p. 572
AUGUSTUS SHROPSHIRE, farmer; P. O. Centerville; was born July 20, 1836, in Bourbon County, and is the son of Col. Ben Shropshire of Harrison County. He was educated at the common country schools, and was reared a farmer. He now owns a body of 203 acres of as fine land, and as finely improved, as can be found inCenterville Precinct, and is called "Spring Hill" on account of a fine spring on the farm. Besides doing a general farming business, he has given much attention to the breeding of fine horses and sbort-horn cattle, and at present has a fine herd of twenty-five in number, representing most of the popular families, Duke of Ashland being at the head of his herd. Politically, Mr. Shropshire is a Democrat, and in all affairs pertaining to the general welfare of the community he has taken an active part. For the past seven years he has held the office of school trustee. He is a member of the Christ~an Church, as is also his wife, to whom he was married in February, 1864, and whose maiden name was Fanny Forrester and daughter of R. H. Forrester of Chicago, Ill. They are the parents of seven children ; Ida, Robert, Benjamin, Pink, Palmer, Garrett and Fanny.
Spouses
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1: Fannie FORRESTER
Birth: 22 Oct 1850
Death: 1 Jul 1907 Age: 56
Father: Robert H. FORRESTER
Mother: Amanda
Marriage: 24 Feb 1864
Children: Duke (1865-1868)
Ida (1867-1934)
Robert F. (1869-1936)
Palmer (1875-1917)
William G. (1886-1942)
Garrard
Pink
Fannie
Name: B. Thomas SHROPSHIRE
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Father: Colonel Benjamin Neal SHROPSHIRE (1797-1877)
Mother: Nancy Moore PARRISH (1798-1880)
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, p. 573
B. T. SHROPSHIRE, farmer; P. O. Leesburg; was born April 29, 1825, in Bourbon County, Ky.; he is the son of Col. B. N. and Nancy M. (Parrish) Shropshire. The Shropshire family are of English descent. Our subject was married Nov. 22, 1846, to Miss Elizabeth Jane, daughter of George A. Smith, Esq., and from which union have been born four children: Benjamin F., born Oct. 11, 1847; he married Miss Mary T. Bryant, and died Dec. 2, 1873, leaving one son, W. B.; George S., born Aug. 20, 1849; Gabie S., born March 17, 1852; she married David R. Saunders, now of Texas, and has one child, Benjamin E.; Thomas J., born July 8, 1855; he married Miss Maggie Lonny, of Woodford County. Mr. Shropshire is a general farmer, and owns 250 acres of land, his place being known as "Maple Grove;" himself, wife, and all his children, with one exception, are members of the Christian Church; he was a Whig before the war, but a Democrat since.
Spouses
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1: Elizabeth Jane SMITH
Father: George Allen SMITH (1788-1854)
Mother: Elizabeth M. EDWARDS (1795-1859)
Marriage: 22 Nov 1846
Children: Benjamin F. (1847-1873)
George (1849-)
Gabie (1852-)
Thomas (1855-)
Name: John SIMPSON
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Birth: 7 Apr 1841 Prince Edward's Island, Dominion Of Canada
Occupation: Minister
Father: Henry SIMPSON
Mother: Jeanette STEVENSON
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, p. 573
JOHN SIMPSON, minister; P. O. Centerville; was born April 7, 1841, in Prince Edward's Island, Dominion of Canada, and is the son of Henry and Jeannette (Stevenson) Simpson. Our subject came to Kentucky in 1867, to attend the Bible College of the Kentucky University. In November, 1873, he was married to Miss Annie Hull, and by which union they have had one child: Robert N. H. Simpson, born Jan. 10, 1875. Mr. Simpson is a minister of the Christian Church, and owns 360 acres of land, 160 of which are in this county.
Spouses
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1: Annie HULL
Children: Robert N. H. (1875-)
Name: Charles TURNER
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Birth: 16 Nov 1803 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: Willam C. TURNER (1752-1835)
Mother: Martha RICARDS (1762-1845)
Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties,
Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County,
Chicago, 1882, p. 573
CHAS. TURNER, farmer; P. O. Centerville; was born Nov. 16, 1803, in Bourbon County, Ky.; son of William and Patsey (Richards) Turner, both of whom were born in Maryland, and came to Kentucky nearly one hundred years ago; they came down the river to where Louisville now stands, but before that city was founded, and from thence to Lexington, which at that time only contained a few cabins, and remained there several years. They then bought land two miles from Millersburg. The old pioneer died Feb. 1, 1835, at the age of eighty-five years, and his wife followed him eight or ten years later, at the same age as her husband. While at Lexington, William was one of the hunters for the settlement inside the fort, and contributed to the sustenance of the brave little garrison, while the savages roamed around. He was in Bryant's Station when it was besieged by Simon Girty and his barbarous allies, and his wife, Patsey, was present and recollected the famous colloquy between Van Swearengen and Girty. She was also one of the party who went out of the fort for water, when five hundred Indians were so near that she could see the eyes of the red devils. Our subject was married in March, 1827, to Miss Mary Ward, of this County, and has two children: John W., and Lucinda. Lucinda married J. J. Ireland, and has three children: Mary, John, and Frank. Mr. Turner owns 600 acres of excellent land, six miles from Paris, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Church. In politics Mr. T. was a Whig before the war, but since then he has been a Democrat.
Spouses
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1: Mary WARD
Marriage: Mar 1827
Children: John W.
Lucinda
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