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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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HARLAM P. WHITAKER, a native of Sullivan County, N. H., was born August 24, 1838, and is a son of Emery and Mary C. (Colston) Whitaker, natives of New Hampshire. His father having died, the subject and his mother immigrated to Maysville, Ky., in 1860. Harlam P. Whitaker was educated in New Hampshire, and began to read law under his brother, Emery Whitaker, at Maysville, Ky. He was admitted to the bar, in Maysville, in 1863, and then removed to Winchester, Ky., where he remained until 1868, and then went to Covington. He represented the Second District of Covington in the Legislature in 1877 and 1878. May 9, 1872, he married Miss Blanche L. Inskeep, of Xenia, Ohio, who died November 31, 1886. Mr. Whitaker is a Royal Arch Mason, and is a Democrat.
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This family biography is one of 150 biographies included in the Kenton 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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