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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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HARVEY MYERS, a lawyer of Covington, Ky., was born in Covington, Ky., December 24, 1859, and is the eldest of a family of six children born to H. and Susan C. (Scott) Myers. H. Myers, a son of Aaron and Aurelia (Bridgeman) Myers, was born at the junction of the Susquehanna and Unadilla Rivers, in Bainbridge Township, Chenango Co., N. Y., February 10, 1828. He read law with Judge Kinkead, of Lexington, Ky., and shortly after graduating formed a partnership with ex-United States Senator, John W. Stevenson, and was a very prominent and successful lawyer for about twenty years; he died March 28, 1874. Mrs. Susan C. S. Myers, daughter of Samuel D. and Gertrude V. (Robinson) Scott, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., November 24, 1830; she married H. Myers at Nashville, Tenn., January 10, 1859, and died December 4, 1879. Harvey Myers received a good common-school education, and in 1874 went into the job rooms of the old Cincinnati Times, and remained in the office in different departments for about three years; then he reported for one year, after which he read law under Hon. T. F. Hallam, and was admitted to the bar in 1881, and is now his partner, style of the firm being Hallam & Myers. In 1885 Mr. Myers was elected to the Legislature, and displayed an active interest in many important measures. He was chairman of the committee on general statutes. In August, 1887, he was re-elected to the Legislature over the combined opposition of the Union Labor and Republican parties. In November, 1879, he married Miss Carra Wells, daughter of H. B. and Elizabeth (Bacon) Wells, of Memphis, Tenn. Four children have blessed this union, three of whom are living: Ethel S., Aurelia and Elsie. Mr. Myers is a member of the Masonic fraternity. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

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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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