Harvey Gale Bohannon (1829 - 1904)

Born 3 Nov 1829 in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Cynthia Ann (Scrogin) Bohannon — married 31 May 1849 in Shelby County, Kentucky

Husband of Cynthia Ann (Gale) Bohannon — married 30 Oct 1873 in Shelby County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1904 at age 74 in Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Harvey BOHANNON was born in Shelby County November 3, 1829, the fourth son of Henry and Philadelphia (Gale) BOHANNON. Henry was born in Woodford County, a son of John (a native of Maryland) and Helen (Cook) BOHANNON. He was county commissioner of the circuit court, or, in other words, master in chancery; was sheriff two years, magistrate several years, represented the county in the Legislature one term, and was also deputy county surveyor. His wife was born in Woodford County, daughter of Robert F. and Elizabeth (Wood) Gale, both natives of Virginia. Robert F. Gale was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. By trade he was a saw mill man, also built flatboats, which his brother would load with produce and take to New Orleans. He died in 1847. Harvey BOHANNON has always been engaged in farming. He was county surveyor for twelve years and does more or less surveying still. He is also engaged in the saw mill business on a small scale. May 31, 1849, he married Scynthia Scroggin, of Shelby County, a daughter of Sam and Malinda (Miles) Scroggin. Three children were born to their union, one of whom is living, J. G., who is located at Greenville, Ky., engaged in the practice of medicine. He is married to Manday M. Hoyden, and has three children: George H., Joe H. and Grace. Our subject's first wife died in 1872, and October 31, 1873, he married Scynthia Gale, of Shelby County, daughter of J. W. and Mary A. (Crook) Gale. Two children blessed this union--one living, Harvey Jr. -Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887, Shelby Co

Census 1860. 02 JUL 1860. District 1, Franklin County, Kentucky.

Marriage 31 MAY 1849. Shelby County, Kentucky. ^[1]

Census 1870. 20 JUL 1870. Christianburg, Shelby County, Kentucky.

Buried Bagdad Cemetery, Bagdad, Shelby County, Kentucky. ^[2]

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZB3-ZQC : 14 December 2017), Henry S Bohannon in entry for Harrison Bohannon, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZT-ZJS : 7 September 2017), Harvey Bohannon, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 184, sheet 209B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0441; FHL microfilm 1,254,441.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKB-KGRF : 13 December 2015), Harvey Bohannon, 1904; Burial, Bagdad, Shelby, Kentucky, United States of America, Bagdad Cemetery; citing record ID 52674319, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWV1-VQL : 11 February 2018), Harvey Bohannon in entry for Jeptha G. Bohannon, 09 Oct 1852; citing SHELBY,KENTUCKY, reference ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4H4-WL4 : 11 February 2018), Harvey Bohannon and Cynthia Ann Scroggin, 30 May 1849; citing Shelby,Kentucky, reference ; FHL microfilm 259,290.

1. ↑ Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Harvey Gale Bohannon
2. ↑ Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Harvey Gale Bohannon

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• Source: S1 Ancestry.com Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
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