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John V. Farthing

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
14 Mar 1856 (aged 38–39)
USA
Burial
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Plot
Marion County, Illinois
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John V. Farthing was born about 1817 in Kentucky, just a few years after the War of 1812.

John V. Farthing was living in the following locations for these federal and state census reports through the years of his life:

1820 Census: Logan County, Kentucky
1830 Census: Logan County, Kentucky
1840 Census: Logan County, Kentucky
1850 Census: Logan County, Kentucky
1855 Census: Marion County, Illinois

When he was a young man of about twenty-five years of age, John V. Farthing married Martha Ann Farthing, who was a distant cousin.

They were married on 27 January 1842, in Robertson County, Tennessee. The marriage was solemnized by Rev. Thomas Gunn, Minister of the Gospel. A record of their marriage from 1842 is preserved at the Robertson County Courthouse in Tennessee.

While primarily a farmer, John V. Farthing was also appointed road overseer for a section of his road in Logan County, Kentucky. This record was preserved in Court Order Book # 11 on Page 357 in Logan County, Kentucky, record books.
John V. Farthing was born about 1817 in Kentucky, just a few years after the War of 1812.

John V. Farthing was living in the following locations for these federal and state census reports through the years of his life:

1820 Census: Logan County, Kentucky
1830 Census: Logan County, Kentucky
1840 Census: Logan County, Kentucky
1850 Census: Logan County, Kentucky
1855 Census: Marion County, Illinois

When he was a young man of about twenty-five years of age, John V. Farthing married Martha Ann Farthing, who was a distant cousin.

They were married on 27 January 1842, in Robertson County, Tennessee. The marriage was solemnized by Rev. Thomas Gunn, Minister of the Gospel. A record of their marriage from 1842 is preserved at the Robertson County Courthouse in Tennessee.

While primarily a farmer, John V. Farthing was also appointed road overseer for a section of his road in Logan County, Kentucky. This record was preserved in Court Order Book # 11 on Page 357 in Logan County, Kentucky, record books.

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