Grayson County KyArchives Biographies.....Bozorth, J.W. November 17, 1815 - unknown ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 June 29, 2005, 8:58 am Author: Genealogy and Biography, Volume 1, 2nd edition, 1886 JUDGE J. W. BOZORTH, eldest of eleven children of Jeremiah and Sarah (Grieves) Bozorth, natives of Kentucky, as born six miles west of Leitchfield, November 17, 1815. His father, Jeremiah Bozorth, when a small boy, came to what is now Grayson County, with his parents. Kentucky was then a part of Virginia, and his father located in what is now Ohio County. At the age of twenty-two Jeremiah married and settled on a farm about seven miles west of Leitchfield, where he continued to reside until the death of his wife in 1852; he then purchased the homestead farm of about 600 acres on Little Clifty Creek, where he resided until his death, which occurred in his eighty-sixth year. J. W. Bozorth was reared on the old homestead, on Little Clifty Creek. December 12, 1837, he was united in marriage, in Ohio County, by Rev. Thomas Downs, with Elizabeth Peddicoarde, who bore him two children: Frances and Sallie J. Mrs. Bozorth died at her residence near Leitchfield, December 20, 1875, a member of the United Baptist Church, and in a firm believe of the future filled with peace and rest. After his marriage Judge Bozorth purchased a farm near the homestead, on which he resided until 1849. He then came to Leitchfield and began the study of law; in 1852 he was admitted to the bar of Grayson County, and immediately entered on the regular practice. During the next few years he served as county assessor, and in 1855 he held for fifteen years. In 1867 he was elected by the Democratic party to the State Legislature and served two terms; in 1870 was elected to the office of county judge; in 1874 was re-elected and honorably discharged for four years longer the duties incumbent upon him. Since the expiration of his term he has been engaged in the practice of his profession. December 16, 1879, he was married near Leitchfield by Rev. B. F. Orr, to Mrs. Nancy Long. The Judge cast his first vote for Martin Van Buren but since that time has never failed to vote for the Democratic candidate. Mrs. Bozorth is a member of the United Baptist Church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/grayson/bios/bozorth297gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/