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Below is a family biography included in County of Todd, Kentucky, Historical and Biographical edited by William Henry Perrin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Co. in 1884.  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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SAMUEL McGEHEE was born in 1826, in Louisa County, Va.; he, with his two brothers John and Thomas, alone remains of a family of nine children born to Dillard and Elizabeth (Tally) McGehee. The father was a soldier in the war of 1812; he afterward engaged in farming, and died July 18, 1853, at the age of sixty-three years. The mother died July 9, 1874, between sixty and seventy years of age. Samuel began at the age of twenty-two for himself, without pecuniary assistance, and by his energetic industry has amassed a fine competency. He is a farmer, and owns some 700 acres of land in Bivinsville District. He was married in 1848 to Miss Jane Driskill, daughter of Joseph and Susan Driskill, natives of Kentucky and of Virginia respectively. The children of Mr. and Mrs. McGehee are: William D., John C. H., Benjamin H. (deceased), Oscar L., Elizabeth, James H., Susan, infant (unnamed, deceased), Samuel F., Josephetta, Thomas P. and Rosa E. William Dillard died in 1870, aged twenty-two years; John C. married Martha Shelton; Oscar I. married Mary Wells; Elizabeth is the wife of Marion Poe; Susan is the wife of John Woollard. Mr. McGeehee is a member of the Christian Church and his wife of the Baptist Church. Gabriel Shelton was born April 18, 1825, in Todd County, Ky. His parents were Abraham M. and Jane (Latham) Shelton. The father was born in Pittsylvania County, Va., and the mother in Kentucky. The father was a farmer, and died March 4, 1874. The mother died September 29, 1852. Gabriel began life at the age of twenty-two, with a three-year-old colt as his sole capital. He has now 135 acres of land, about fifty acres of which are improved. He was married March 25, 1847, to Letticia Poe, of this county. Of this union nine children were born, of whom one died in infancy.

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This family biography is one of 200 biographies included in The History of Todd County, Kentucky published in 1884.  For the complete description, click here: Todd County, Kentucky History and Genealogy

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