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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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JAMES W. CHOWNING, son of John Chowning, was born in Harrison County, Ky., in 1838. John Chowning was born in Virginia, and came to Kentucky at an early day, settled in Harrison County, followed farming and trading, and at one time was a representative of that county in the State Legislature, and later was a director in the Kentucky Central Railroad Company. He moved to Pendleton County about 1854, where he died in 1876, being nearly eighty years of age. James W. Chowning was reared in Covington, Ky., where he received the most of his education. He has devoted almost all his life to the mercantile business, having moved to Pendleton County, in 1865, where, in 1876, he engaged in mercantile pursuits at Morgan, remaining at the latter place until 1887, when he moved to Harrison County, Ky., leaving his business in Morgan in charge of his son, John R. Chowning. James W. Chowning has dealt largely in tobacco for many years, and is now engaged in farming and stock raising near Cynthiana, Harrison County. He was a representative of Pendleton County in the Legislature in 1875. In 1863 he married Miss Ella Grant, a daughter of Robert and Agnes Grant of Kenton County. To this union seven children have been born, all sons, viz.: John R. James L., Armand, Richard S., William G., Risk and Charles C. Mr. and Mrs. Chowning are members of the Christian Church. Politically Mr. Chowning is a Democrat.

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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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