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William T. Redmon
WILLIAM T. REDMON, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana, is a native of Harrison County, and son of Charles and Mary (Rybolt) Redmon, he was born June 17, 1805. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and brought to Bourbon County, Ky.,…
William H. Daugherty
DR. W. H. DAUGHERTY was born in Harrison County, Ky., March 20, 1835, and is the eldest of a family of six children born to James and Mary F. (Thompson) Daugherty. James Daugherty was born in Harrison County, Ky. He…
David H. Raymond
DAVID H. RAYMOND, farmer, P. O. Oddville, was born in Harrison County, Aug. 18, 1818; his grandfather Raymond came from England and settled in Virginia; his father came from Culpepper [sic] County, Va., and settled in Mason County, Ky.; he…
William M. Dills
WILLIAM M. DILLS, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana; is a native of Harrison County, and son of David and Lydia (Broadwell) Dills. He was born July 22, 1827. His grandfather, Abraham Dills, was among the early settlers of Harrison County; he…
William Hunt
WILLIAM HUNT, farmer, P. O. Smitsonville, is a son of H. D. and Charlotte Hunt, both natives of Kentucky, and traces the genealogy of his family back to one of the first settlers of Kentucky; his grandfather, Mr. Robertson Hunt,…
Thomas W. Hardy
THOMAS W. HARDY, farmer, P. O. Rutland, born in Greenup County, July 15, 1837. His grandfather, Thomas Hardy, was a native of Scotland, whence he emigrated and settled in Virginia; he was a soldier of the war of 1812-15, at…
Joseph Barkly
JOSEPH BARKLY, M.D., P. O. Leesburg. Matthew Barkly, a native of the “Emerald Isle,” came to Woodford County at so early period that the few scattering settlers of the surrounding country had often to take refuge in the fort at…
Adelia Cox
MRS. ADELIA COX, is a daughter of Joseph and Evaline Wiglesworth, of Virginia, and was married in Cynthiana in 1848, to Henry Cox, by whom she had eight sons and one daughter. Henry Cox, the husband of our subject, who…
Chris Hehr
CHRIS HEHR for many years has been a prominent figure in the community of Broadwell in Harrison County where he is former postmaster, was proprietor of a blacksmith ship, and is still giving more or less active supervision to his…
Richard Waits
RICHARD WAITS, farmer; P. O. Cynthiana, was born in Nicholas County, July 12, 1801. He is the son of John Waits (see sketch of Elizabeth Martin). He received his education from the common schools of Harrison County. At the age…