DR. JOHN DEBO was born in Jefferson County, Ky., May 27, 1840; his parents, Horatio and Elizabeth (Porter) Debo, had seven children, of which he was the third born. Henry Debo, his paternal grandfather, was a native of Virginia, of French-German descent, a hatter by trade and an early settler in Kentucky, where he resided until he became advanced in years, when he removed to Johnson County, Ind., and lived the rest of his days with his son. Richard Porter, maternal grandfather of Dr. Debo, of English descent, was a native of Maryland, and one of the early settlers of Nelson County, he later removed to Jefferson County, of which he died a resident. Horatio Debo was born in Virginia and was but a child when his father brought him to Kentucky; he was reared a farmer but at about the age of eighteen was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's and joiner's trade at Louisville, and continued in that vocation until his death in 1854. Dr. John Debo received a good English academic education. In 1860 he commenced reading medicine with Dr. S. M. Hobbs, of Mount Washington, with whom he remained two years; he then served one year following as acting medical cadet at the Federal military hospital, Louisville. In 1863 he located and began practice at Texas. In the winter of 1867-68 he attended a course of lectures at the medical department of the University of Louisville, graduating from that institution in the spring of the latter year; he then resumed his practice at Texas, where he has since continued. In May, 1866, he was united in marriage with Miss Lucetta Barbour; they have one child--Bettie B. In politics he is an ardent Democrat, and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church.