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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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HUGH T. LONGMOOR was born in Kenton County, Ky., December 27, 1836, and is a son of George and Amanda (Hamett) Longmoor. George Longmoor was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in 1803, was a farmer for several years, and died August 27, 1847. Mrs. Longmoor was born in Mason County, Ky., in 1815, and died in 1853. Hugh T. Longmoor was educated in Casey’s schoolhouse, on the Lexington Pike, where the homestead now is. In 1859 he commenced railroading on the Kentucky Central Railroad, where he was engaged about three years. Then he was with the Adams Express Company five years, as messenger. He worked on the Short Line Railroad five years, two years on a Pullman palace car, running from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Detroit, Mich., and is now in his tenth year with the Covington Dry Dock Company. Previous to railroading he was a farmer. October 21, 1859, in Cincinnati, he married Miss Hattie E. Gordon, daughter of Archibald Gordon, of Fulton, Ohio. She died March 5, 1884, and is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery. There are four children surviving her: Mary Ellen, and her twin brother, Archie (he being dead), Jennie Gordon, Fanny and Augustus H. In March, 1887, Mary Ellen was married by Rev. Dr. J. T. Plunkett to Joseph Fitzpatrick, a native of Carroll County, but raised in Clark County. He is now foreman at the Kentucky Central Railroad yards. Mr. Longmoor is a member of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, also his daughters, Jennie G. and Fanny. Politically he is a Democrat.
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This family biography is one of 150 biographies included in the Kenton 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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