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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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JAMES BARNSFATHER, M. D., was born in Banff, Scotland, in 1838, a son of Stenhouse Barnsfather, who was professor of languages in the academy in Banff; the latter was a son of James Barnsfather, of Stenton, Scotland. The mother of our subject was Margaret (Clyne) Barnsfather, daughter of a distinguished naval officer under Lord Nelson, and a niece of the Governor of Tasmania. James Barnsfather, the subject of this sketch, came to the United States in 1870, and became a naturalized citizen in 1877. In 1869 he was elected a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. He was educated in Latin, Greek and French in Edinburgh, Scotland, attended the high school, then served an apprenticeship at the latter place in chemistry and pharmacy. He read medicine at Cincinnati, and attended both the Miami and Cincinnati Colleges, graduating in 1873. He located in Cincinnati, where he still practices, though his residence is in Dayton, Ky., where he also has an office and a drug store. In addition to the large practice that has engaged the Doctor he has been a close student and investigator, and in consequence has contributed to the literature of his profession articles that have attracted universal attention, some of them being innovations on old and long accepted theories. In 1871 he married Annie Dernbach, who died November 8, 1876, and the Doctor then married Anna Belle Clark, daughter of John S. Clark, of Pleasureville, Ky. Dr. Barnsfather has an extensive practice, and is quoted throughout the United States as an eminent authority on different branches of surgery, gynecology and medicine.

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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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