Harrison County Biographies

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Paul King

PAUL KING, dealer in ice, insurance agent and book-keeper Farmers’ National Bank; P. O. Cynthiana; was born in this county, Dec. 15, 1841, son of Paul and Sarah B. (Bell) King; he, a native of Harrison County, born Aug. 18,…

Paul C. King

PAUL C. KING, farmer, P. O. Antioch Mills, is a native of Harrison County, Ky., and son of Joshua and Elizabeth King; he was born March 3, 1830; he lived with his parents until he was twenty-three years of age,…

John Garrison Kennard

J. G. KENNARD, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana; is a native of Mason County, Ky., and the son of WIlliam and Jane (Hunter) Kennard; he was born December, 1819; his father was a native of Northampton Tp., Pa., born Jan. 30,…

Polly Ann Keller

POLLY ANN KELLER, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana, she is the wife of Abraham Keller, who was born May 4, 1809, and died in 1876; he was the son of Abraham Keller, who came from Pennsylvania. Mrs. Keller is the daughter…

Dudley B. Conway

DUDLEY B. CONWAY, merchant, P. O. Oddville. Miles Conway, father of this gentleman, was born in Fayette County, near Lexington, in the year 1792; his father, John Conway, and his mother, Elizabeth, were natives of Virginia. The mother of our…

Will F. Conway

WILL F. CONWAY. The character of a community is largely determined by the class of men living in it, and judging from the finely cultivated farms and flourishing towns and villages in Harrison County this is one of the most…

David F. Brannock

D. F. BRANNOCK, M. D., farmer, P. O. Antioch Mills; is a native of Harrison County, Ky., son of James and Elizabeth (Shanks) Brannock. He was born Feb. 21, 1823. His father, James Brannock, was also a native of Harrison.…

Wesley Ammerman

WESLEY AMMERMAN, (deceased); was born in Bourbon County, Nov. 18, 1825, and died April 8, 1877. He was a son of Joseph Ammerman, who was born in Virginia, and Rebecca (Reed), who was born in the same State. He was…

Cornelius Ammerman

CORNELIUS AMMERMAN, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana. Among the early pioneers to Bourbon County was Phillip Ammerman from Maryland. His son, Daniel Ammerman, married a Miss Reed, daughter of Jonathan Reed of Bourbon who died in 1864. Phillip Ammerman died in…

Richard H. Ammerman

RICHARD H. AMMERMAN, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana; was born in Harrison County, Dec. 9, 1850; his father, William, was born in Bourbon County, Dec. 6, 1820. He is now farming and living in Harrison County. His mother was Martha H.…