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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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H. J. MOORMAN, Graves County, was born January 22, 1851, in Breckinridge County, Ky. He is a son of John and Jane V. (Owen) Moorman; these parents were natives of the same county and State. The father died May 19, 1863, aged forty-three years. The mother died in 1853, aged twenty-three years. H. J. Moorman was brought up on his father’s farm, and after the latter’s death he lived with his grandparents (Owen) till the age of eighteen; he then attended the Litchfield College at Litchfield, Grayson Co., Ky., one term, and then attended the Owensboro Baptist College, at Owensboro, Ky., one term, after which he read law with his uncle, W. T. Owen, of Owensboro, one year; he then was admitted to the bar. He opened a law office at Calhoun, Ky., where he practiced till the fall of 1875, when he removed to Charleston, Mo., where he practiced his profession till in February, 1878, when he, on account of sickness, moved to Mayfield, Graves Co., Ky., and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. Mr. Moorman was married May 23, 1877, to Miss Sallie Scoggins, of Mayfield: these parents have had four children, two of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Moorman are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.

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This family biography is one of 91 biographies included in the Graves 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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