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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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MARION GRUBBS, a native of Boone County, Ky., was born March 24, 1842, and is a son of Wickliffe and Catherine (Gatton) Grubbs, natives, respectively, of Virginia and Maryland. The parental grandfathers settled in Kentucky about 1830, and both were farmers. Wyckliffe Grubbs died in September, 1862, at the age of fifty-six years. Marion Grubbs was reared a farmer and followed farming in Boone County until 1872, when he removed to Covington, and opened a wholesale grocery. He has been a member of the city council for five years, and in addition to his grocery business in Covington owns and cultivates a farm of 125 acres in Boone County. In 1862 he married Martha Glacken, of Boone County, and there have been born to them the following children: Ella, Walter and Ida.
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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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