JOHN SWINFORD, farmer, P. O. Rutland, was a native of Harrison County, where he was born March 17, 1837. His grandfather, John Swinford, came from North Carolina very early and settled in Harrison County; he died at advanced age of…

BUSHROD TEMPLE BOSWELL, P. O. Leesburg; farmer and stock raiser; was born Jan. 14, 1811. His father was William Elliott Boswell, born Jan. 8, 1772 and died May 22, 1828. His grandfather was George Boswell, who died near David’s Fork…

GEORGE REDMON, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana, was born on the old homestead of the family, March 29, 1816, son of Charles and Mary (Reibolt) Redmon; he, born above Pittsburg in 1779, and emigrated with his parents to Bourbon County, and…

WM. P. CROSTHWAIT, farmer, P. O. Rutland, was born in Harrison County, Oct. 20, 1814; his grandfather died in Virginia under the old British law, hence all the property was inherited by his oldest brother, Shelton. The brother was a…

G. W. HINTON, farmer, P. O. Hinton, was born in Scott County, Aug. 29, 1829; his grandfather, Wm. Hinton, came from Culpepper [sic] Court House, Va., in 1794, and settled at Turkey Foot, in Scott County, taking up one thousand…

MISS MARY A. RANKIN, farmer, P. O. Berry’s Station, was born at Cynthiana, Harrison County, Ky., March 21, 1819, and is a daughter of Martin and Sarah (Spears) Smith; he was born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 29, 1787, was a farmer…

JNO. A. LAFFERTY, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana, was born in Harrison County, Ky., Feb. 13, 1832, and is the son of James and Susan (Smith) Lafferty, the former a native of Pennsylvania, born Jan. 7, 1790, and died July 15,…

JACOB A. WOLFORD, liquor dealer and distiller; P. O. Cynthiana. Among the enterprising young men of Cynthiana, there are few who surpass the subject of this sketch, J. A. Wolford, son of Peter and Mary A. (Carl) Wolford; was born…

FREDERICK A. EVELETH, saddler and harness maker; P. O. Cynthiana, was born in Boston, Dec. 13, 1813, son of Isaac and Alma (Taggert) Eveleth; he, born in Rhode Island, August 25, 1779; was a bookkeeper, and died April 4, 1858;…

W. N. MATTHEWS, farmer, P. O. Hinton; was born in Harrison County, June 22, 1837; his grandfather, Richard Matthews, came from Virginia at an early day, and settled in Harrison County, where he engaged in farming; also had copper distillery…