Person:John Hume (9)

John Hume

d.24 May 1824

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m. 1789

Facts and Events

Name^[1]^[2]	John Hume
Gender	Male
Birth^[2]	1752	Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Marriage	1789	to Esther Patton
Residence^[1]		Fauquier, Virginia, United States
Death`^?`	24 May 1824

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Perrin, William Henry, ed. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. (Chicago, IL, USA: O. L. Baskin, 1882)
464, 469.

... John Hume, of Fauquier County, Va. who married Esther Patten, who was also a Virginian. The great-grandfather of D. J. was Andrew Hume, a native of Scotland; some of the family subsequently settled in Ireland. John Hume, son of Andrew, emigrated to this locality about the. year 1787, settling on Strode's Creek, and followed the life of a farmer. To him six children were born, viz.,
Wm. P.,
Matthew D.,
Robert,
Sallie (Mrs. Richie),
Betsey (Mrs. Hughes), .
Julia (who married a McGaughey),

of this number Wm. P., the father of D. J., settled in Bourbon County; Nathan D., in Clark ; Sallie, in Mercer ; Julia, in Christian County. ...
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Johnson, E. Polk. A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities. (Chicago; New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1912)
2:867.

... John Hume was born in Culpeper county, Virginia, in 1752, and came to Kentucky about the year 1790, settling on Strodes Creek in Clark county, where his son Robert afterwards lived and died. He was a millwright by trade and was also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as magistrate in Bourbon county a number of years. He married Esther Patton ...