Harrison County Biographies

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William T. Casey

WM. T. CASEY, farmer; P. O. Havilandsville, is a native of Harrison County, Ky., and son of Wm. H. and Nancy (King) Casey. He was born in 1839; his father was a native of Harrison County, Ky., he was always…

Price Stephens Brooks

P. S. BROOKS, farmer, P. O. Hinton, Scott Co.; is a native of Harrison County, where he was born Oct. 8, 1837; his great-grandfather, Wm. Brooks was a soldier of the Revolution; his grandfather, Wm. Brook, and his father, James…

Thomas Jefferson Bowles

THOMAS JEFFERSON BOWLES was born in Harrison County, Ky., November 13, 1811, son of Robert and Mary (Harris) Bowles, and is of Scotch extraction. His father was born in Scotland and came to America and settled in Virginia and subsequently…

Ambrose M. Baskett

A. M. BASKETT, farmer, is a native of Nicholas County, Ky., and the son of Jesse S. and Edy (Victor) Basket. He was born in December 1843. His people were among the early settlers of Nicholas County, his father having…

Thomas D. Bassett

THOMAS D. BASSETT, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana, is a native of Bracken County, having been born there in the year 1837; the son of Jonathan S. Bassett, who was a native of Harrison County, who emigrated to Bracken and died…

Thomas S. Beckett

T. S. BECKETT, farmer, P. O. Claysville, a native of Harrison County, Ky., and son of John and Jane (Fleming) Beckett. He was born 1818. His father was born in Maryland, and removed to Virginia with his parents; afterward removed…

John Asbury

JOHN ASBURY, farmer, P. O. Antioch Mills, is a native of Harrison County, Ky., and son of Clayton and Nancy (Mattox) Asbury. He was born Jan. 13, 1845. He lived with his parents up to the time of the war…

William B. Arnold

WILLIAM B. ARNOLD, miller; P. O. Havilandsville, is a native of Harrison County, Ky., and son of Elijah and Anna (Hickman) Arnold. He was born in 1827, and in 1853 married Miss Anna M. Henry, a native of Bourbon County,…

Arnold Smith

SMITH ARNOLD, farmer, P. O. Oddville, is a native of Harrison County, Ky., and the son of Wm. and Polly Arnold. He was born Dec. 15, 1836. His father is a native of Virginia. He was born in 1807. In…

James M. Rollins

JAMES M. ROLLINS, farmer; P. O. Boyd; is a Virginian by birth and son of John and Polly (Monroe) Rollins; he was born March 25, 1817; his parents were also natives of Virginia; his father was a farmer and removed…