Biographies B
Jethro Gail Bohannon
Dr. J.G. Bohannon, Muhlenberg County, was born in Shelby County, Ky., October 9, 1852, and is the first of two boys and one girl born to Harvey and Cynthia Ann (Scroggin) Bohannon, natives of Woodford and Shelby Counties, respectively, of Scotch descent. The father was a farmer and surveyor, a son of Henry Bohannon, who married Philadelphia Gate, of French origin. Henry came to Kentucky from Maryland in a very early day; he was a farmer and held the offices of surveyor, justice and sheriff in Shelby County. He had been married three times, and during his latter years was secretary and treasurer of Georgetown College about twelve years, he was a Baptist.
The mother of our subject was the daughter of Samuel and Malinda (Miles) Scroggin of Scotch and English extraction; her father was a farmer and an early settler of Kentucky.
Dr. Bohannon was reared on a farm and received a classical education at Georgetown College. He commenced the study of medicine with Dr. John R. Hall, of Georgetown, Ky.; graduated in medicine from the University of Louisville in the spring of 1874, and the same year located at Georgetown. In 1878, he moved to Greenville, where he has since practiced with success.
He was married September 2, 1879, to A.M. Haden, of Muhlenberg County, Ky., a daughter of G.W. and Lucy R. (Slaughter) Haden. This union is blessed with the birth of George Harvey and Joseph Haden Bohannon. Dr. and Mrs. Bohannon are members of the Christian Church. He is a Mason.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 897-898.
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