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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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WILLIAM W. STINNETT, son of Noel N. and Margaret (Winders) Stinnett, was born in Todd County, September 16, 1838, and is the second of a family of eleven children, born to these parents. His grandfather, Benjamin Stinnett, was a native of Ireland and came here when young, to what is now Todd County, where he married and reared his family, and where he spent his life. He was a Baptist minister, with the duties of which he combined agriculture. His son, Noel N. Stinnett, was born in this county, of which he is now an honored citizen, and as above noted, married Margaret Winders, by whom he had eleven children. William W. was reared to the pursuits of the farm; was married in Christian County, February 19, 1862, to Miss Sarah B. Fourqurean. She was born, February 14, 1841, in Logan County, Ky. They have a family of five children, viz.: Ella B., born December 25, 1862; Willie A., born February 8, 1870; Charley W., born January 1, 1872; Ida May, born July 14, 1874; Maggie Booth, born September 2, 1876. Mr. Stinnett was elected to the position of County Constable, in which office he served five years; then served for two years as Deputy Sheriff, and in 1874, was elected to the office of Sheriff of Todd County, re-elected in 1876, serving two terms, since the expiration of which he has served two years as Deputy Sheriff. He is now Marshal of the town of Elkton; is a member of the Baptist Church, I. O. O. F. and Masonic order.

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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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