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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 7 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1887.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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BRUCE R. MORTON, a native of Ashtabula County, Ohio, was born July 22, 1836, and is a son of George and Ruth (Fifield) Morton, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Vermont. George Morton is a civil engineer by profession, and is still engaged as such at the age of eighty-five. Bruce R. Morton was educated at Marlboro, Ohio, in engineering, and graduated at the Kentucky Military School, at Frankfort, in 1855. During the war he was in. the quartermaster’s department. He went to Newport in February, 1862, and since March, 1870, has filled the position of city engineer. Since 1878 he has been superintendent of the Newport water works, and still holds both positions. In November, 1861, he married Fannie E. Biggs, of Newport, daughter of Thomas Biggs, deceased. Nine children have blessed their union, viz.: Harriott, Ruth, George, Jane, Sarah, Bruce, Charles, Fannie and Bessie. Mr. Morton is an Independent in politics, and is a member of the A. O. U. W., K. of H., and K. & L. of H.

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This family biography is one of 41 biographies included in the Campbell County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 7 published in 1887 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company.  For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 7

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