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Below is a family biography included in History of Kentucky, Edition 1 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1885. 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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JOHN F. GHOLSON, Ballard County, was born April 10, 1821, in Scott County, Ky., and came with his parents, in 1831, to Ballard County, where he has since resided. His father, James J. Gholson, a native of Garrard County, Ky., born in 1796, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died in 1854. He was the son of William Gholson, and espoused Sarah, daughter of Hutchins Parker, of Scott County, and this union was favored with the birth of Ann P. (Piper), subject, Elvira (Earle), Marean M., James E., Thomas F., Delilah (Jett), Survilla J. (Atherton) and Richard. On December 16, 1847, John F. Gholson was married to Miss Rebecca, daughter of Jeremiah and Martha A. (Doyle) Hays, of McCracken County (born in 1824), and to them have been born William E., Lloyd T., Ferdinand F., John C. and Richard L. Our subject is a farmer, owning 850 acres of fine land in good condition and in a high state of cultivation. He is an active member of the Baptist Church, of which he has been for thirty years a deacon, and in politics affiliates with the Democratic party.
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This family biography is one of 186 biographies included in the Ballard County, Kentucky section of The History of Kentucky, Edition 1 published in 1885 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company. For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 1
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