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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 7 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1887.  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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E. P. WILLIAMS, a native of Pendleton County, Ky., and a son of Pope and Elizabeth (Kirby) Williams, was born near where the town of Butler now stands August 8, 1815. Pope Williams, a farmer and stone-mason by trade, was a native of Virginia. Mrs. Elizabeth Williams was born in Maryland, and was a daughter of Enoch Kirby. E. P. Williams was educated in the Flour Creek Schoolhouse, in Pendleton County, and followed farming on his father’s farm until the death of the latter, when he bought out the other heirs to the property, and became the owner of 500 acres, which he has divided among his children, reserving only 56 acres for his home, upon which he has large buildings; he has raised a great deal of stock. February 6, 1840, he married Miss Julia Ellis, a native of Pendleton County, born September 7, 1822, and a daughter of William Ellis, a farmer. Her mother was a Miss Rush before marriage, and her paternal grandparents were natives of Virginia. Of the eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Williams four are living: Mary Jane, born December 22, 1840, who married Thomas Yelton, of Pendleton County, November 25, 1856; Sarah Elizabeth, born October 29, 1843, and married, December 24, 1860, Frank Bird, a native of Kenton County, who was born in 1836, a son of Thomes Bird; Nancy, born March 16, 1848, married, in 1866, William Yelton, a farmer, who was born in 1839, a son of John Yelton, of Pendleton County; the fourth child of E. P. Williams was born December 26, 1862, and November 28, 1881, married A. J. Grant, son of Peter Grant, a farmer. Mr. Williams is a Democrat politically, and is a member of the Christian Church.

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This family biography is one of 27 biographies included in the Pendleton County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 7 published in 1887 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company.  For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 7

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