Source: Connelley, William Elsey, History of Kentucky, Vols. I-V,Chicago & New York: American Historical Society, 1922, Vol. III, p. 55.
Through a period of some four decades Edward F. Van Deren has pursued the routine of a hard working and successful farmer and stock man in Harrison County, and the farm to which he has given so many years of effective labor is the same that he knew as a child and boy. It is the old James Van Deren farm on Falmouth Pike, four miles north of Cynthiana.
On this farm Mr. Van Deren was born January 25, 1858, a son of James and Sarah E. (Waites) Van Deren. This is one of the old families of Harrison County. His great-grandparents were Barnard and Sarah (Murray) Van Deren, who came from Virginia and settled at a very early date about five miles west of Cynthiana, on the banks of Raven Creek, where they developed a farm and home from the wilderness. The grandparents of Edward Van Deren were James and Sarah (Journey) Van Deren. James Van Deren, father of Edward Van Deren. James Van Deren, father of Edward Van Deren, was born in Harrison County in October, 1821, just a century ago, and he grew up in the old Union Church community. After his marriage he settled on the farm now owned by his son Edward, and remained there an honored factor in the community until his death. His widow, aged eighty-five, is still living at Cynthiana. Both were identified with the Christian Church, in which he was a deacon, and in politics he voted as a republican. James Van Deren and wife had seven children: Edward F.; Anna, widow of Hubble Chinn; James G., a retired farmer at Cynthiana; W.S., cashier of the Harrison County Deposit Bank; the fifth child died in infancy; H.P. Van Deren, of Cynthiana, and Elizabeth who died when eighteen years of age.
Edward F. Van Deren acquired his education in the public schools and Smith's Classical School, and for one term was a teacher. His early training was on the farm, and he was well qualified for its responsibilities when he took possession. He owns 200 acres, and success in handling his individual affairs has made him a man of influence in the rural community. He is Secretary of Live Forever Grange and past master of Pomona Grange of Harrison County. He votes as a republican, and he and Mrs. Van Deren are members of the Christian Church of Cynthiana.
On November 17, 1896, Mr. Van Deren married Estella Yancey. She was born in Arkansas, and is a graduate of Hamilton College at Lexington, and was a teacher in Bethel College at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, until her marriage. They have three children: Edward Y., who is a graduate of the Cynthiana High School and of the State University in the agricultural course, and is a practical and scientific young farmer; Sarah M., who is a graduate of Hamilton College at Lexington; and John M., a student in the state university.
Source: Connelley, William Elsey, History of Kentucky, Vols. I-V,Chicago & New York: American Historical Society, 1922, Vol. III, p. 55.
Through a period of some four decades Edward F. Van Deren has pursued the routine of a hard working and successful farmer and stock man in Harrison County, and the farm to which he has given so many years of effective labor is the same that he knew as a child and boy. It is the old James Van Deren farm on Falmouth Pike, four miles north of Cynthiana.
On this farm Mr. Van Deren was born January 25, 1858, a son of James and Sarah E. (Waites) Van Deren. This is one of the old families of Harrison County. His great-grandparents were Barnard and Sarah (Murray) Van Deren, who came from Virginia and settled at a very early date about five miles west of Cynthiana, on the banks of Raven Creek, where they developed a farm and home from the wilderness. The grandparents of Edward Van Deren were James and Sarah (Journey) Van Deren. James Van Deren, father of Edward Van Deren. James Van Deren, father of Edward Van Deren, was born in Harrison County in October, 1821, just a century ago, and he grew up in the old Union Church community. After his marriage he settled on the farm now owned by his son Edward, and remained there an honored factor in the community until his death. His widow, aged eighty-five, is still living at Cynthiana. Both were identified with the Christian Church, in which he was a deacon, and in politics he voted as a republican. James Van Deren and wife had seven children: Edward F.; Anna, widow of Hubble Chinn; James G., a retired farmer at Cynthiana; W.S., cashier of the Harrison County Deposit Bank; the fifth child died in infancy; H.P. Van Deren, of Cynthiana, and Elizabeth who died when eighteen years of age.
Edward F. Van Deren acquired his education in the public schools and Smith's Classical School, and for one term was a teacher. His early training was on the farm, and he was well qualified for its responsibilities when he took possession. He owns 200 acres, and success in handling his individual affairs has made him a man of influence in the rural community. He is Secretary of Live Forever Grange and past master of Pomona Grange of Harrison County. He votes as a republican, and he and Mrs. Van Deren are members of the Christian Church of Cynthiana.
On November 17, 1896, Mr. Van Deren married Estella Yancey. She was born in Arkansas, and is a graduate of Hamilton College at Lexington, and was a teacher in Bethel College at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, until her marriage. They have three children: Edward Y., who is a graduate of the Cynthiana High School and of the State University in the agricultural course, and is a practical and scientific young farmer; Sarah M., who is a graduate of Hamilton College at Lexington; and John M., a student in the state university.
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