Harrison County Biographies

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David Allen

DAVID ALLEN, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana, in the primitive days of our Commonwealth, there came many families from Virginia and other States, tooccupy some of the fine country of Central Kentucky; among that number were David Allen and Elizabeth Wright,…

William Addams

WILLIAM ADDAMS, miller and distiller, P. O. Cynthiana, is a son of John and Lucy (Logan) Addams, daughter of Abner Logan of Fleming County. John Addams was born in Culpepper [sic] County, Va., in 1820; he came to Kentucky and…

Luke Adams

LUKE ADAMS, farmer, P. O. Connersville; a native of Bourbon County, born in 1816. His father was Francis Adams who came from North Carolina. His mother was America Brennen, daughter of Mr. T. Brennen, who died in Georgetown. Mr. Adams…

Oscar James Poindexter

O. J. POINDEXTER, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana, was born in Harrison County, Ky., near Poindexter’s Station, July 16, 1817; son of James and Martha (Ammon) Poindexter; he, born in Louisa County, Va., July 6, 1787, a miller by occupation, who…

James Anderson Haviland

JAMES A. HAVILAND, farmer, P. O. Havilandsville, was born in Harrison County, Ky., May 6, 1821; son of R. S. and Mary C. (Stewart) Haviland. He is a native of New York State; removed to Harrison County, Ky., in 1818,…

William Stewart Haviland

W. S. HAVILAND, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana. There are but few families of the Northern belt of the Blue Grass region who are able to trace the genealogy of their ancestry back to the seventeenth century; and of these few…