JEREMIAH H. HOPE was born April 7, 1819 in Muhlenberg County, KY, near the
site of the present village of Penrod. His father, James J. Hope, was a
native of Virginia, from which State he removed to Georgia when a young man,
and there married Susannah Jago, whose father was a native of Maryland, and
Irish descent. James J. Hope, after his marriage, came to Kentucky and
located in Muhlenberg County, where he resided, and where he followed the
vocation of farming until the time of his death, which occurred August 30,
1870, at upwards of the age of one hundred and two years. Susannah (Jago)
Hope died in 1854, aged seventy-two years; she left six children, four of whom
are living. Jeremiah M. remained with his parents until he was twenty-one
years of age. His father, being a farmer, required his assistance, so that he
had few advantages for an early education. He received an elementary
education in the subscription schools of his neighborhood; this improved in
after life, and acquired a fair business education. March 20, 1842, he
married Nancy Jane Newman, of Muhlenberg County. Eight children were born to
this marriage; three are now living: Alfred T., William C. and Susan E. Mrs.
Nancy J. Hope died December 8, 1863, and on the 13th of September, 1866, Mr.
Hope married Sallie, daughter of John and Elizabeth Wood, of Muhlenberg
County. To this marriage are born three children: John F., Porley J. and
Jeremiah. Mr. Hope has lived where he now resides for forty-five years; the
farm contains 200 acres, seventy of which are in cultivation, and well
improved. The farm is adapted to grass, and Mr. Hope carries some stock, but
given more attention to the growing of grain and tobacco. The farm is
underlaid with a bed of iron ore fifteen feet in thickness, with an area of
one-half a square mile; the lower four or five feet of the vein yields over
forty-five percent of metallic ore, with twenty-two percent of alumina, silica
and phosphorus; the ore can be obtained by the simplest kind of mining. Mr.
Hope is a liberal Republican, but takes more interest in his farming than in
politics. He is known among his friends and neighbors as one of the most
charitable men in the county, to those requiring assistance. He is a member
of the Christian Church, in which for twelve years he held the office if
clerk, and is now an elder and trustee. He is a member of the Anti-Railroad
Organization of Muhlenberg County, and is an expert hunter and a "crack shot."
He is the possessor of a rifle that is over forty-five years old, and that
never was beaten on a close shot when handled by Mr. Hope.

1850 Muhlenberg, Muhlenberg Co., KY census:
Jeremiah 30 b KY Farmer
Nancy J. 26 b KY
Alfred S. 8 b KY
Louisa J. 6 b KY
Levina C. 4 b KY
Susan E. 1 b KY

1860 Muhlenberg Co., KY census:
Jeremiah 41 b KY Farmer
Nancy J. 36 b KY
Alfred T. 17 b KY
Louisa C. 15 b KY
Levina C. 14 b KY
Susan E. 11 b KY
William C. 9 b KY
George W. 4 b KY
James 82 b KY
James D. 31 b KY

1870 Greenville, Muhlenberg Co., KY census:
J. M. 50 b KY Farmer $1000 $500
Sarah 21 b KY
John W. 3 b KY
Pony J. 1 b KY
James J. 102 b VA Farmer

1880 Myers, Muhlenberg Co., KY census:
Jerry 61 b KY Farmer
Sarah 33 b KY
John C 12 b KY
Jefferson 11 b KY
Jerry 3 b KY

74 years, 3 months, 20 days