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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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SARAH M. GILLILAND, M D., was born in Cincinnati and is a daughter of James Gliff, a prominent politician and member of the board of aldermen. He represented Hamilton County, Ohio, in the Legislature three times, and married a Miss Reagin, who was a teacher in the public schools before her marriage. She was a daughter of Reason Reagin, of South Carolina, who settled in Cincinnati in 1804, where he was city coroner for many years. Mrs. Gilliland graduated at the Cincinnati High School, and afterward attended the Pulte Medical College at Cincinnati, where she had charge of the diseases of the eye and ear. After graduating at the latter place she practiced some time in Cincinnati, but in 1886 removed to Covington, Ky. She married Mr. Gilliland, a professor in a seminary in the West, who died in 1877. Mrs. Gilliland is the most prominent doctor in the city, and makes a specialty of the diseases of women and children.
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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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