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WILLIAM VALENTINE SALES, a farmer and stock grower of Glencoe, Gallatin County, was born in Owen County, Ky., February 14, 1835. His father, William Sales, a native of Owen County, was born about 1805, and was a farmer by occupation. He was a major in the Mexican war, and politically he was a Democrat, and served as sheriff of Owen County one term. He married Nancy Scruggs, a native of Scott County. Seven sons and three daughters were born to this union, of whom the subject of this sketch is the seventh child. William Sales, the paternal grandfather of William V., was a native of Scott County, and a farmer by occupation. William Valentine Sales has been a farmer all his life; he owns 110 acres of well cultivated land near Glencoe. In 1862 he enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army, Company G, Fourth Kentucky Cavalry, under command of Col. Henry Giltner, and participated in the battles of Raytown, Blue Springs, Beard’s Station, Mount Sterling, Missionary Ridge, and many others. He was discharged at New Liberty, Ky., at the close of the war, and, returning home, engaged in farming, and is also engaged in the hotel and livery business at Glencoe. He married Anna M. (Greene) Spencer, of Gallatin County, and a daughter of Willis and Arlie (Lillard) Greene, natives of Kentucky. One son — William Robert — blessed their union. Mr. Sales is a member of the Baptist Church.