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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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MRS. MARTHA V. C. GRIFFEY, Hickman County, was born April 22, 1840, in Moscow, Hickman County, Ky., and removed with her parents to Fulton County. She is the daughter of Dr. Samuel B. and Mary A. (Ashburn) Luten. She was married December 24, 1857, to Wiley P. Griffey, a son of Thomas Griffey of Hickman County. He was born March 8, 1831, and died December 21, 1876. He was a man of great energy and enterprise, marked by a public spirit and especially zealous in matters pertaining to Christianity. The result of the union of our subject and her husband was the birth of Luten (deceased), Ida (Roberts) (deceased), Samuel D., Mary S., Thomas (deceased), Martha P. (deceased), Lutenia, Elizabeth, Wiley P. (deceased) and Eckert (deceased). Mrs. Griffey is engaged in farming, and the combined realty of the estate amounts to 600 acres of valuable and very productive land in a good state of cultivation. This family are zealous Methodists.
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This family biography is one of 142 biographies included in the Hickman 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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