Jacob H. Ammerman

JACOB H. AMMERMAN, one of the substantial farmers of Harrison County, owns and operates a fine farm of 296 acres of valuable land on the Leesburg Turnpike, 4 1/2 miles southwest of Cynthiana. He was born near his present home May 11, 1852, a son of Cornelius and Elizabeth (Renaker) Ammerman, the former of whom was born at Cane Ridge, Kentucky, in 1814, and the latter was born near White Oak Church in Harrison County. When still a boy Cornelius Ammerman was brought to Harrison County by his parents, and here he was reared, educated and married, he and his wife settling on a farm near the one now owned by their son, Jacob H. Here he made a success of farming and was a man of means when he died. Both he and his wife were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and also held membership in the local Grange. Nine children were born to them, of whom five survive, namely: Daniel, who is a farmer of Harrison County; Mattie, who is the wife of G. T. Henry, of Cynthiana; Jacob H., Lula, who is the wife of Robert Forsythe; and James L., who is also a farmer of Harrison County.

Growing up on the old homestead, Jacob H. Ammerman attended the district schools and learned to be a farmer under his father’s supervision. He remained at home until he was twenty-three years old, when he married, and for a time engaged in operating the old farm, but left to go on the farm of his own, which is his present one. Here since the spring of 1880 he has resided, and during that time has made his farm one of the most desirable ones in the neighborhood. In addition to his farming interests Mr. Ammerman is a stockholder of the McDonald Mercantile Company, the Farmers National Bank and is a stockholder of the Cynthiana Warehouse Company.

Jacob H. Ammerman married Thomas Ann Bennett, who was born in Fayette County, March 25, 1849, a r|d was reared on a farm at Lexington. Her parents were Lloyd and Ann Eliza (Lusby) Bennett. She had the advantage of attending the public schools of Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. Ammerman became the parents of eight children, of whom one died in infancy, the others being as follows: Neal, who attended Smith’s Classical School at Cynthiana, is at home; Bertie is the wife of Clay Thomas; Lillian is the wife of G J. Martin; Mary is the wife of D. G McMurtry; Reed, who died November 4, 1905, in his twenty-third year; Louise is the wife of Ernest Williams; Martha Frances is the wife of Stanley Houston. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Ammerman is one of its trustees. Both as a farmer and business man he has been successful, and while he has been acquiring a fair measure of prosperity he has not neglected his civic duties, nor has he failed to shoulder his share of responsibility as a Christian, and as a result he stands deservedly high in public confidence.

History of Kentucky
JUDGE CHARLES KERR, Editor
Volume III, 1922, page 529