The John Goode Farmer Family

7 JOHN GOODE FARMER I AND HIS DESCENDANTS

7 John Goode Farmer I, born at Farmdale, Franklin Co., Ky, July 11, 1808, d. Feb 1, 871. He married Katherine Spencer Hawkins September 17, 1835. She was born July 1, 1814 in Franklin Co., Ky., d. Nov 1, 1851. They moved to Christiansburg, Shelby Co., Ky., where their seven children were born. He operated a farm and for many years a general store in Christiansburg. He was the Post Master for many years. He was a great Sabbatarian, very austere and a prominent member of the Baptist Church.

His first wife, Katherine, was the daughter of WIlliam B Hawkins and Mary Crockett Hawkins. William B Hawkins, b. Feb 26, 1781, d. Mar 29, 1843. Mary Crockett Hawkins, b. Feb 9, 1781, d. March 31,1856. They were married Jan 15, 1802. She was the daughter of Col. Anthony Crockett of Virginia and Kentucky, a Revolutionary Army Officer, and Mary Robertson Crockett of Prince Edward Co., Va., or Botecourt Co., Va.

The second wife of 7 John Goode Farmer I was Mrs. Nannie Bondurant, m. 1863, b. March 25, 1831, d. Mar 4, 1915. She was the widow of William S Bondurant and the daughter of Thomas Basket of Shelby Co., Ky. They were the parents of three children: Frances, Edward Thomas and a son born in 1864 who lived only five days. 7 John Goode Farmer I and his first wife were buried at Christiansburg, Ky.; his second wife at Louisville, Ky. His will, now in the writer's possession, is dated Jan 27, 1871, proved Feb 10, 1875 and ordered recorded, Attest: Jno F Davis, Clerk Shelby County Court.

THE CHILDREN OF 7 JOHN GOODE FARMER AND KATHERINE FARMER

THE CHILDREN OF JOHN G FARMER I AND NANNIE B FARMER

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