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Jonathan K. Gray

JNO. K. GRAY, farmer, P. O. Broadwell, his grandfather, Wm. Gray, came from Pennsylvania at an early day and settled in Harrison County, near Cynthiana, giving name to the stream known as Gray’s Run, which rises near Leesburg and flows…

James Gray

JAMES GRAY, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana, a native of Harrison County, born in the year 1804; his father, William Gray came from Pennsylvania in 1797 and located in Harrison County, near where his son, James, now lives; his grandfather was…

Richard J. Whiteker

RICHARD J. WHITEKER, farmer and trader, P. O. Oddville, was born July 14, 1832, son of Peter and Ann (Dunn) Whiteker, he, born in Maryland, in 1793, died in Kentucky in 1856; she, born in Harrison County in 1798, and…

Asa F. Whiteker

ASA F. WHITEKER, farmer, P. O. Oddville; was born in Harrison County, Ky., April 16, 1824, son of Peter and Nancy (Dunn) Whiteker, he born in Harrison County in 1783, was a Methodist minister and died Sept. 22, 1856, his…

Newton Parker Taylor

NEWTON TAYLOR, farmer, P. O. Robertson’s Station; was born in Harrison County, Ky., Dec. 31, 1832, son of Tapley and Lavina (Duncan) Taylor; he, a farmer, born in Virginia, and dying in 1846, aged fifty-seven years, his wife having died…

William Martin Taylor

WILLIAM M. TAYLOR, farmer; P. O. Robertson’s Station; was born in Robertson County, Ky., Jan. 15, 1814, son of Tapley and Lavina (Duncan) Taylor; he, a native of Virginia, a farmer of occupation and dying in 1846, aged fifty-seven years;…

Franklin Duncan Taylor

F. D. TAYLOR, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Cynthiana, was born March 12, 1839 in Harrison County, Ky., son of Tapley and Lavina (Duncan) Taylor; he, a native of Virginia, a farmer, and dying in 1846, his wife preceding…

Archibald A. Taylor

A. A. TAYLOR, tobacco dealer, P. O. Cynthiana, was born in Harrison County, Feb. 14, 1822, son of Hillery and Melinda (Alexander) Taylor; he born in Baltimore, Sept. 22, 1792, a wheelwright by trade, dying in Robinson [sic] County, Ky.,…

Jacob Taylor

JACOB TAYLOR, farmer, P. O. Oddville, was born in Harrison County, June 15, 1818, his grandfather, Jacob Maybrier, was a foreigner, and weaver by trade; he came to Kentucky very early and enlisted while here in the war of 1812-15;…

Lewis A. Jones

LEWIS A. JONES, deceased, was a farmer and blacksmith; born in Bourbon County, July 15, 1815, and came to Cynthiana when twenty-one years old, dying May 12, 1881. He was the second son of a large family born to Marshall…