John Allen Hornsby

Birth Date

1811-04-16

Death Date

1887-07-29

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer. Shelby County native. Married to Julia Ann Booker Hornsby. Father of William Hornsby, Joseph W. Hornsby, Frances Cordelia Hornsby, Thomas Lewis Hornsby, Mattie Julia Hornsby, and Cynthia Hornsby. Farmer in Shelby County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 1, p. 46.
E. Polk Johnson A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry, and Modern Activities, vol. 3 (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), 1688.
Find A Grave, "John Allen Hornsby (April 16, 1811-July 29, 1887)," Memorial #88389165, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88389165 (accessed August 1, 2018).

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