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Biographies from Garrard County Kentucky Genealogy KY
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Garrard County, KY
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38
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Book
An overview of the early days of Garrard County, Kentucky, and biographies of some of the county's prominent residents from the late 1800s, are combined with a brief history of the state in this new 38-page book.
The spiral-bound book includes biographies from the 1880's book,
Kentucky: A History of the State
by J.H. Battle, W.H. Perrin and G.C. Kniffin, excerpts from
Kentucky, a Guide to the Bluegrass State
, a 1939 product of the WPA Writer's Program, and information from various internet sources.
The tri-color front cover is printed on 80# card stock and has been protected with a vinyl sheet. The text is printed on 60# opaque 8.5" x 11" paper.
The individual biographies often shed light on the area and the times, including the Civil War era, as well as providing specific genealogical data. They include:
Dr. Thomas Calvin Armstrong, Joel T. Baughman, William Berkele, John C. Boner, William O. Bradley, George Robert Bright, James H. Brown, Benjamin M. Burdett, Whitaker Hill Campbell, William Clevland, Garrett Cobert, William H. Conn, Garret Coovert, Rev. James E. Crow, George Denny, Joseph B. Dunn, Samuel F. Embry, G.W. Evans, Morris Evans (picture), Daniel Ford, Dr. James W. Grant, A.G. Herndon, William Herndon, Thomas J. Herring, Dr. Oliver Perry Hill (picture), L.W. Hudson, Thomas Elbridge Hudson, Jacob Joseph, H. Clay Kauffman, Dr. James B. Kinnaird, Gen. William J. Landram, E.W. Lillard, John M. Logan, Dr. W.C. Montgomery, Dr. Robert C. Morgan, W.A. Mullins, Judge M.H. Owsley, John D. Parkes, Lewis V. Phillips, John William Poor, James Benjamin Robinson, Richard M. Robinson, S.D. Rothwell, D.G. Slaughter, Smith Thomas Stone, Elijah Jackson Terrill, John C. Thompson, R.H. Tomlinson, W.S. Walker, Judge William E. Walker, W.C. Wearen, Dr. William C. Webb, and Thomas P. Wherritt.
The WPA excerpt includes a small map of the area and a stop at Lancaster.
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