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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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ROBERT V. FLETCHER was born in Clermont County, Ohio, September 27, 1869, from where he removed to Grant County, Ky., when one year old, and is a son of John M. and Mary (Luman) Fletcher. John M. Fletcher was a native of Tennessee, was a farmer, and at one time was postmaster at Rural, Ohio. William Fletcher, grandfather of Robert V. Fletcher, came to Illinois from Virginia in 1825, where he died. Robert V. Fletcher was educated at Spencer Institute in Taylorsville, Ky., where he graduated in 1886, then returned to Williamstown in Grant County, where he is employed in the graded school as a teacher. Politically he is a Democrat.

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This family biography is one of 67 biographies included in the Grant 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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