From: KyArchives [Archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 8:40 AM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Bone.John.S.1842.Hopkins-Christian.BIOS John S. Bone June 19, 1842 - unknown Hopkins-Christian County KyArchives Biography Author: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, 3rd edition, 1886, JOHN S. BONE, Hopkins County, as born in Christian County, Ky., June 19, 1842, and is the second of four children born to John M. and Elizabeth (Johnson) Bone, the former a native of Muhlenburgh County, the latter of Christian County, and both of English descent. John M. Bone, when a young man, removed to Christian County, Ky., where he was married, and where he bought a farm and resided for four or five years. In 1845 he came to Hopkins County, Ky., and bought a farm near Nebo, where he following farming until his death, August 9, 1884, in his seventy-second year. He was for several years one of the magistrates of Hopkins County. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity. John S., our subject, was employed on his father's farm until he was nineteen years old, when his father deeded him a farm adjoining the old homestead, where he has since been extensively engaged in farming and stock raising. He was married October 22, 1860, to Miss Sarah E. Bone, a native of Missouri. Ten children have blessed this union, seven of whom - two sons and five daughters - are living. Mr. Bone is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and his wife of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He is a Democrat. Submitted by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/