Oldham County KyArchives Biographies.....Davis, Joseph B. 1853 - not given
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Author: Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887
JOSEPH B. DAVIS was born in Oldham County, Ky., in
1853, a son of W. T. and Lucretia (Barnhill) Davis. The former was born and
reared in Shelby  County, and is now one of the largest cattle traders and
dealers in Oldham County.  Mrs. Lucretia Davis is a daughter of Joseph
Barnhill, who came from Virginia.  Our subject was born and reared on a
farm, the pursuits of which he has always successfully followed, and now
owns 193 acres of valuable land five miles from La Grange, on the
Smithfield and Ballardsville Pike.  In 1875 he married Miss Annie
Goodridge, daughter of James E. Goodridge, of Smithfield, Henry County, one
of the leading farmers and stock traders of that section.  To Mr. and Mrs.
Davis three children has been born: Fleet and William T. living, and Maggie
L., who died in infancy.  Mr. Davis has been a member of the Methodist
Church for nine years. 



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