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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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LITTLETON FENLEY was born in Crittenden, Grant Co., Ky., May 17, 1830, and is the eldest son of John W. and Polly Ann (Robinson) Fenley, natives, respectively, of Virginia and Bourbon County, Ky. John W. Fenley, who was born in 1800, settled in Scott County in 1818, and one or two years later moved to Grant County; he owned the land where Crittenden now stands, which was laid off in lots, in 1832, and his wife, Polly A. Fenley named it. He was captain of a light horse company of State militia for several years, was appointed sheriff about 1838, and died in 1864. Littleton Robinson, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was a Virginian, and emigrated from Bourbon to Grant County, Ky. Littleton Fenley was educated in the common schools of Grant County, and has always engaged in farming; he owns ninety acres of land in Grant County, and 200 acres of cotton land in Arkansas. He has been magistrate for eight years, and previously was police judge of Crittenden. In September, 1856, he married Miss Elizabeth Craig, daughter of Judge Albert Craig (deceased), of Gallatin County, Ky. Two children have blessed this union: Craig and Virginia. Mr. Fenley is a member of the Christian Church. Politically he is a Democrat.
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This family biography is one of 67 biographies included in the Grant 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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