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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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BENJAMIN F. McGLASSON was born in Kenton County, Ky., March 24, 1836, and is the second of four children born to William and Alice (Barton) McGlasson. William McGlasson was born in Boone County, near Florence, June 11, 1813. He was a son of William McGlasson, a native of Virginia, who came to Kentucky and settled in Boone County about 1808, where he lived and died. William McGlasson, Jr., was also a farmer, and followed that occupation all his life. He lived and died in Kenton County. Alice Barton was born in Boone County May 1, 1811, was married in 1830, and had four children, viz.: Missouri, Benjamin F., Virginia and Laura. Benjamin F. McGlasson was brought up on the farm, and received a common-school education. He has followed farming from boyhood, and in 1857 he moved to Missouri and remained there until 1860, when he returned to his native county in Kentucky, and settled where he now resides in 1877. He has 150 acres of land. September 18, 1867, he married Anna E. Tupman, a daughter of Francis S. and Margaret (Davidson) Tupman, of Kenton County. For the past twenty years Mr. McGlasson has devoted the most of his time to the dairy business. He is a member of the Christian Church. Politically he is a Democrat.
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This family biography is one of 150 biographies included in the Kenton 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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