BIO:  LOCKE, Dr. F. J., Campbell Co., KY
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Subject: BIO: LOCKE, Dr. F. J., Campbell Co., KY
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Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887,
Campbell Co.

DR. F. J. LOCKE was born in London, England, in 1829, to John B. and Ann
(Richards) Locke, the latter a daughter of Thomas Richards, a native of
Exeter, England.  John B. Locke, father of our subject, was a merchant
in London, and immigrated to Newport, Ky., in 1849, where he was engaged
in the mercantile business.  He was treasurer of the school board of
Newport, Ky., many years, and was an Episcopalian in religion.  Dr. F. J.
Locke was educated at Christ College, London, and at the Eclectic Medical
Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, where he graduated in 1864.  In 1870 he was
appointed professor of materia medica, which position he still holds.  He
has practiced twenty-two years in Newport, where he has been city
physician, and a member of the school board.  He enlisted in the Thirty-
third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was captain until March, 1862,
when he was appointed major of the same regiment.  July 16, 1862, he was
commissioned lieutenant colonel, served until September, 1863, when he
resigned on account of disability, and entered upon the practice of his
profession.  In March, 1861, he married Miss Sarah Glover, daughter of
Azil Glover, of Portsmouth, Ohio.  She was born in 1835, and died in
1885, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Six children were
born to them: William O., Frank, Lizzie, Fannie, Bertha and Georgie. Mr.
Locke is a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.

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