J. B. CROUCH, merchant, P. O. Berry, is a descendant of Harrison County’s old pioneers. He being of the third generation of his people who have been residents of the county. He was born Sept. 20, 1829, and is the…

E. W. BRAMBLE, distiller; P. O. Lair’s Station; was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, Sept. 6, 1842, to A. L. and Deborah (Stiles) Bramble. His father was born in Pennsylvania, and floated down the Ohio River in a flat boat…

PROF. JAMES A. BROWN, teacher; P. O. Cynthiana, was born near Millersburg, Bourbon County, Ky., Dec. 9, 1843, and is the youngest of four children, born to Abel and Elizabeth (Pollock) Brown; the former was born March 2, 1801; the…

JNO. S. SCOTT, farmer, was born in Sussex County, Del., May 8, 1821, his grandfather, William Scott, was one of five brothers who emigrated from Ireland and settled in Virginia; in 1781, he came from Virginia and settled on Boyd’s…

P. P. WYLES, farmer, P. O. Oddville; born in Mecklenburg County, Va., April 7, 1844. His grandfather Hebbon Wyles, was Scotch-Irish descent and married an English lady. His maternal grandfather, Peter Puryear, for whom our subject was named, was a…

MAJOR HERVEY McDOWELL. Another son of Captain John Lyle McDowell is Major Hervey McDowell, of Cynthiana. With a large, well-formed head, a high, square forehead and prominent brow; a very large, clear, pale blue eye, that looks squarely at you,…

GEORGE C. MARTIN. For one of the oldest families of the Cynthiana locality and one of the most ancient landmarks of Harrison County, the residents of this region point to the family now represented by George C. Martin and the…

HENRY E. SHAWHAN, deceased. Henry E. Shawhan, late president of the National Bank of Cynthiana, farmer, and prominent business man of Harrison County, was born Nov. 20, 1805, and died at his residence, on mile west of Cynthiana, March 4,…

CAPTAIN JOHN HAMILTON, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana. Capt. Hamilton was born near Gettysburg, in York County, Penn., in 1766, and died in 1863. His father, Wm. Hamilton, was born in County Tyrone Ireland, and emigrated to America several years prior…

JOHN WHITE, farmer and trader, P. O. Cynthiana, is a son of Nicholas and Frances (Green) White, and was born in Harrison County, Ky., on Nov. 7, 1829. His paternal grandfather, Thomas White, was a native of Georgia, and his…