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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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WILLIAM H. STEERS was born near Dry Ridge, Grant Co , Ky., November 15, 1834, and is a son of John and Jane (Frakes) Steers, natives, respectively, of Harrison and Garrard Counties, Ky. John Steers, a son of William Steers, a native of Virginia, was born April 15, 1811, and died in Covington in 1839. Mrs. Jane Steers, a daughter of William Frakes, of Virginia, was born February 13, 1816, and died February 23, 1884, in her sixty-eighth year. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Three children were born to John and Jane Steers, viz.: William H., James M. and John H., of whom William H., the eldest, is the subject of this sketch. He was brought up on a farm, and, with the exception of three years spent in Covington, when a boy, he has always followed farming. He now owns 169 ¾ acres of land near Dry Ridge and Mount Zion Pike. February 10, 1885, he married Elizabeth Conrad, daughter of J. S. and Eliza (Renaker) Conrad. Mrs. Steers was born in 1843. Ten children have blessed their union, viz.: Eliza J., Mary C., Fannie L., Susan A. (deceased), John S., Ollie, William T., Nellie, Rosina Anna and Elizabeth.
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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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