Hart-Barren County KyArchives Obituaries.....J.S Bohannon May 1897
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Glasgow (KY) Weekly Times, 26 May 1897.
"Judge J. S. Bohannon, formerly of this place, died in Terre Haute, Ind., 
Friday of last week. Judge Bohannon, while still regarding Glagow as his home 
has been for some time past residing with the family of his son-in-law, 
Professor Herman Leibing, in that city. He was eighty-four years old at the 
time of his death, which was caused more by the infirmities of advancing years 
than by any specific trouble.

"Judge J. S. Bohannon was born in Virginia June 29, 1812. At the age of four 
years, his parents removed to the Rock Spring crountry in the northern portion 
of the county, where the deceased resided until he had about attained his 
majority. He then came to Glasgow where he engaged in mercantile pursuits for a 
few years, and at the same time studied law. It was during this period that he 
attended Judge Tompkins' famous law-school here, having for his fellow students 
such men as J. Q. A. King, afterwards Lieutenant-Governor of the State; Judge 
John G. Rogers, Mr. Travis Cockrill, Mr. J. W. Gorin, Mr. W. H. Edmunds and Mr. 
Harvey Adams. Soon after license was granted him, he removed to Hart county, 
where he at once went to the front of his profession. Shortly after, he was 
elected to represent Hart county in the Legislature, and at different times 
held various offices in that county.

"In 1838, he married Miss Susan J. Tisdall, who died a few years thereafter. In 
August, 1851 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Charlotte Jameson, who, with two 
sons and six daughters, now survive him. His eldest son, Judge G. M. Bohannon, 
now fills the office of County Judge of Barren,while his younger son, Mr. J. H. 
Bohannon, is Circuit Clerk of this county. Many years ago, Judge Bohannon 
transferred his citizenship from Hart to Barren, and since made Glasgow his 
home.

"Judge Bohannon was possessed of fine natural talent, was a man of unbending 
integrity and uprightness in principle, and a gentleman in the broadest and 
truest sence of the word. While he had retired from the active pursuits of life 
some years ago, his circle of friends was still large, and his death will be 
everywhere learned with regret.

"The remains were interred in the Odd Fellows cemetery here Sunday last, after 
appropriate funeral services in the Baptist church."



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