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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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Henry D. Salmon was born October 6, 1844, in Montgomery County, Tenn. He was married September 20, 1866, to Mary A., daughter of John K. and Nancy (Bell) Morris of Hickman County, Ky. She died in 1871, at the age of twenty-four years. From this union sprang one child, Susan V. Subject was next married May 16, 1872, to Miss Martha K., daughter of W. C. and Mary E. (Dickins) Blair of Hickman County, born April 30, 1854, and to them have been born Lura B., Harriet C. and William L. Henry D. is a farmer owning 240 acres of very fertile land in successful cultivation. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, a Christian and a Democrat.
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This family biography is one of 142 biographies included in the Hickman 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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