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Alfred Barlow

ALFRED BARLOW, farmer, P. O. Oddville, was born in Harrison County, Ky., Oct. 30, 1815, and is the son of Eliphalet and Mildred (Barlow) Barlow. His father was born in Virginia June 1, 1777, and raised in Wilkes County, N.…

James S. Barnes

JAMES S. BARNES, stone mason, P. O. Berry’s Station, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., April 26, 1827, and is a son of Daniel and Mary (Hubbard) Barnes. Mr. Barnes, senior, was born in Virginia, June 2, 1792; was a…

Stephen W. Barnes

STEPHEN W. BARNES, farmer, P. O. Claysville, is a native of Harrison County, Ky., and son of John and Polly (Godman) Barnes; he was born Aug. 26th, 1817. In 1845, he married Miss Frances Quigley, a native of Ohio, she…

Thomas V. Ashbrook

THOMAS V. ASHBROOK, deceased; was a farmer and distiller, born in Harrison County, Ky., Aug. 22, 1828, and died Sep. 30, 1874, son of Aaron and Sallie (Veach) Ashbrook, who were the parents of seven children. Thomas V., our subject,…

Samuel J. Ashbrook

SAMUEL J. ASHBROOK, farmer and distiller, P. O. Cynthiana, was born in Harrison County, Ky., Jan. 13, 1831, son of Aaron Ashbrook, who had sevenchildren. Our subject received what education the pioneer log school houses afforded in the early times,…

Felix G. Ashbrook

FELIX G. ASHBROOK, distiller; P. O. Cynthiana; was born near Cynthiana, April 1, 1824; son of Aaron and Sallie (Veach) Ashbrook. He a native ofVirginia, born in 1794; was a farmer and came with his father to Kentucky at an…

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…