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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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JUDGE T. P. MAKIBBEN was born in Marlboro County, S. C., July 9, 1849. His parents were M. A. and Mary A. (Herndon) Makibben, the former a native of Mecklenburg, N. Y., and the latter born near Staunton, Va.; they were of Scotch and Welsh descent, respectively. M. A. Makibben was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and died in Barnwell, S. C,. January 20, 1887, aged eighty-two years. T. P. Makibben was educated at the Kentucky Wesleyan College, where he received the degrees of A. B. and A. M., and also at Columbia College, New York, where he took the degree of LL. B.; he subsequently took the degree of LL. D. He began the practice of the legal profession in Newport, Ky., in 1877, where he has since been actively engaged. He was elected county judge of Campbell County in 1878, was re-elected in 1882, and again elected in 1886, being the present incumbent of that office. In February, 1887, Judge Makibben established the Kentucky Herald, an independent daily and weekly paper published at Newport, which he still owns. October 6, 1874, he married Emma E. Orr, a daughter of Judge John Orr, of Alexandria, Ky. They are the parents of three children: Maria Louise, aged seven years; Edwin Leon, aged five, and Elizabeth Speers, aged three. Judge Makibben is the general agent of Kentucky for the United Life and Accident Association of New York.

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This family biography is one of 41 biographies included in the Campbell 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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