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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 1 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1885. 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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CORNELIUS F. HANBERY was born on the place where he now resides, in Fulton County, Ky., June 4, 1837. His father, Cornelius W. Hanbery, a native of Norfolk County, Va., was born in 1800; removed to Christian County, Ky., in 1811, and to Fulton County in 1826, where he died in 1872. He was the son of Job Hanbery, of Virginia, who died in 1810. Cornelius W. married Martha, daughter of Charles Hodges, of Virginia. She was born in 1800, and has been living on this place since 1826. To her and husband were born Job, Margaret R., Martha E. (Cloyes), Thomas P. and our subject. In youth subject received a good English education, and engaged in teaching for some time. He has never married, and is living with his mother and sisters on the old family homestead. He is a farmer, owning 300 acres of valuable land in a good state of cultivation. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, a Methodist and a Democrat.
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This family biography is one of 114 biographies included in the Fulton County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 1 published in 1885 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company. For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 1
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