BIBLE: Meredith Creed Farris & Emily Reed-Farris ----------------------------------------------------------- Contributed to the USGW Kentucky Archives by: Linda Antal [cantal@cinci.rr.com] ----------------------------------------------------------- BIBLE # 2 contains two sections and is from Meredith Creed Farris & Emily Reed-Farris BIBLE....their son Marion Farris who was born January 13,1850 made the entires. He also included the next generation down......beginning with Francis M Farris who was born April 25, 1874 (he was my Great-Grandfather) ** We have several ancestors sharing the same name Meridith C. Farris, b. January 6th, 1805 Green County, KY d. August 18, 1875 prob KY m. Emily Reed, b. October 1st, 1809...d. March 3rd, 1900... DATE OF MARRIAGE January 4, 1827 Note: At some point Green County was divided up into Taylor County Children: Thomas Jefferson Farris, b. December 19, 1845 Taylor County, KY and died November 6, 1909....buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Jefferson County KY (my Great-Great-Grandfather) Samuel R. Farris, b. December 4, 1827 Campbellsville, KY.... d. December 13, 1908 ....married Nancy Colvin January 23, 1868 Martha I. Farris, b. February 12, 1830 in Taylor County, KY... died 1940 in Taylor County, KY m. Robert Graham John Franklin Farris, b. February 19, 1832 Taylor County, KY, d. June 27, 1845. James M. Farris, b. November 7, 1834 Taylor County, KY d. October 28, 1835. William Joshua Farris, b. November 7, 1836 Taylor County, KY Union Soldier in Civil War. Joseph A. Farris, b. December 26, 1838 Taylor County, KY and d. December 7, 1861 (in Civil War ? ) Nathaniel Creed Farris, b. February 1, 1841 Taylor County, KY Robert H. Farris, b. December 16, 1843 Taylor County, KY died November 11, 1919 Elijah S. Farris, b. January 10, 1848 Taylor County, KY died in Prairie Creek, Indiana. Francis Marion Farris, b. January 13, 1850 Taylor County, KY m. Letha A. Wade - child was Lucinda b. May 1876 in Grayson, KY. Meredith Napolean Farris, b. January 28, 1852 Taylor County, KY and died June 12, 1929. m. (1) Louise Graham m. (2) Mary Alice Allen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thomas Jefferson Farris, b. December 19, 1845 in Taylor County, KY. died November 6, 1909... buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. m. Lucinda Underwood-Gill. Lucinda was born August 29,1838 in Kentucky 1900 census indicates they had been married 28 years or in 1872.....Marriage record states they were legally married in Marion County, Indiana August 17, 1880........ died Sept. 1, 1925 .......buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. Children: 1. Francis Marion Farris b. April 25, 1873/1874 Franklin, Indiana (his tombstone says 1873; however his death records say 1874) died November 6th, 1938...buried in Resthaven Cemetery.... Louisville, KY November 9, 1938 ..m. Nettie Hardman b. November 9, 1877, Mt. Washington, KY ..died Sept. 30, 1951, Louisville, KY DATE OF MARRIAGE: January 6th, 1895 in Shelby County, Kentucky. (My Great-Grandparents) 2. Sarah E. Farris, b. January 25, 1876 d. ABT. July, 22, 1936 (date of burial in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville KY) m. John Parker Bryant 3. Elijah Henry Farris, b. August 6, 1877 Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana died May 19, 1958 Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee married Renia Beam 1898 in Kentucky. Renia b. November 6, 1884 Spencer County, KY. d. October 30, 1958 Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee 4. Bettie Green Farris b. March 22 1879, died January 15, 1977, buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville KY m. Pete Steinaur b. April 2, 1876, died May 21, 1929 5. Emily Jane Farris, b. December 6th, 1880 died.. October 24, 1932 buried in Cave Hill Cemetery m. William H. Hundley b. ABT. 1886 d. May 26, 1959 ************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.