BIO: Bourn, Henry - s/o Elijah Bourn - Jessamine Co., KY -------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in USGENWEB Archives by: Diana Flynn Date: 29 Aug 1998 -------------------------------------------- **************************************************************************** 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. ***************************************************************************** BOURN ALEXANDER MCGINNIS Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884 MORGAN COUNTY ADAMS TOWNSHIP PAGE 297 HENRY BOURN, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Ray Township, Morgan Co., Ind., January 29, 1837, and is the fourth child in a family of ten children born to Elijah and Nancy (Alexander) Bourn, the former a native of Jessamine County, Ky., and the latter of Owen County, Ind., where her father, Abner Alexander, was one of the earliest pioneers. Our subject received a fair com- mon school education; and was employed on his father's farm until he was twenty-one years old. He then came to Adams Township, Morgan Co., Ind., where he bought the farm of 160 acres upon whcih he still resides, adding to it until he has now some 400 acres, well improved, making one of the best farms in Adams Township. He was married, September 23, 1858, to Miss Milla S. McGinnis, a native of Owen County, Ind. Seven children blessed this union, five of whom, three sons and two daughters, are yet living. Mr. Bourn and wife are consistent members of the Christian Church, in which he is and has been for several years a Ruling Elder. Mr. Bourn is a stanch Republican.