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James C. Moorman
James C. Morman [Moorman], Muhlenberg County, was born September 25, 1824, in Breckinridge County, Ky., and is the eldest of five boys and one girl, born of Andrew C. and Ann B. (Owens) Morman, natives of Campbell County, Va., and Breckinridge County, Ky., and respectively of English and Welsh descent. The father, Andrew C., was a farmer and sheriff of his county for several terms; he was a son of James Morman, who married Nancy Owen. James was born in Campbell County, Va., in 1775, and moved to Breckinridge County in 1808, where he resided until his death. He was elected sheriff of the county several terms; his wife came from North Carolina. The mother of our subject was the daughter of Thomas Owen, who married Elizabeth Webb.
James C. Morman was reared on farm, and received a fair education; he lived with his parents until he was twenty-seven, when he married Catharine Nicholls, of Muhlenberg County, Ky., daughter of James and Margaret (Randolph) Nicholls, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Virginia; she is a descendant of the Randolph family of Viriginia. Mr. Morman had born to him by this union, five children: Anna (Robertson), Sallie (deceased), Adelia, Andrew C. and Mary. Mr. Morman and wife are members of the Baptist Church.
He came to Muhlenberg County in February, 1852, and settled in the northern part of the county, where he purchased 312 acres of land, and now owns 370 acres. He was elected a member of the legislature in 1871; cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Taylor. Since 1864, votes the Democractic ticket.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 915.
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