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Below is a family biography from the book, 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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WILLIAM J. HARKLESS, a brother of the above [John O. Harkless], was born December 26, 1826, in Ballard County, and is the second child, and received a limited common school education. His father once raised a crop with the hoe, his last horse having been killed by buffalo gnats or flies. William J. lived with his parents till married in July, 1855, to Mrs. Mary Gholson, of Missouri, who bore him three children (deceased), and died in April, 1860. William Harkless was next married May 30, 1882, to Mrs. B. P. Ross, who was born in Grandville County, N. C., and is a daughter of W. R. and Mattie (Peoples) Haygood, natives of Grandville County, N. C. To this union was born one child, Nannie B. Mrs. Harkless had two children by her former husband, one living, Edwin Ross. Mr. and Mrs. Harkless are members of the Baptist and Christian Churches, respectively. Mr. Harkless is a member of the I. O. O. F. He began for himself at the age of twenty-one in partnership with his brother.
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This family biography is one of 186 biographies included in the Ballard County, Kentucky section of the book, 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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