Gramt County, KY - Bios:  Sechrest, Benjamin T.

Posted by Sandi Gorin on Thu, 09 Dec 1999

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Benjamin T. SECHREST 3885, Grant Co. 



Surname: Sechrest, Reynolds, Robinson



Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed.,Grant Co.



BENJAMIN T. SECHREST was born in Grant County, Ky., February 6, 1835, and is the 

youngest of seven children born to William and Honor (Reynolds) Sechrest, natives 

of Virginia and Jessamine County, respectively. The grandfather of our subject 

emigrated from Maryland to Grant County. He was born in 1786, was a farmer, and 

a Methodist Episcopal preacher, and died in 1854. Benjamin T. Sechrest was reared 

on a farm, has always been a farmer, and owns 200 acres of land, one mile from 

Crittenden. December 16, 1863, he married Evaline Robinson, of Pendleton County, 

Ky., a daughter of Jacob and Anna Robinson. Three children have blessed this union, 

viz: John J., William F. and Anna L. Mr. Sechrest is deputy sheriff of Grant County, 

and a Democrat.