Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 700-701 [Graves]

     RICHARD T. LIGON, one of the successful young business men of
Mayfield, Graves county, Kentucky, was born in this county on the
9th of January, 1873, a son of Thomas and Ellen (Bolinger) Ligon. 
Thomas Ligon was born in Sumner county, Tennessee, at Harts' Ferry,
near Hartsville, on the 20th of March, 1827.  His parents were
Thomas and Rebecca (Puryear) Ligon, both born in North Carolina,
near the Virginia state line.  There they were married, later taking
up their abode in middle Tennessee, and in February, 1839, came to
Graves county, Kentucky, where they spent the remainder of their
lives, the father dying in 1856 and the mother in 1868, both passing
away at the age of seventy-seven years.  They had nine children, of
whom Thomas was the youngest in order of birth and is now the only
one living.  He was only twelve years of age when brought by his
parents to Graves county, in which he has since made his home and
devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, in which he has met with
fair success.  He has always affiliated with the Democracy, and for
years has been a member of the Masonic order.  On the 22d of
December, 1856, Mr. Ligon was united in marriage to Ellen A.
Bolinger, born in Lebanon, Virginia, March 27, 1835, a daughter of
George and Lucinda (Wingo) Bolinger, the former a native of
Pennsylvania and the latter of Virginia.  These parents came to
Graves county, Kentucky, In September, 1839, when Mrs. Thomas Ligon
was not yet four years of age, and here her parents spent the
remainder of their days.  To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ligon have been
born the following children: Mary Catherine (deceased), Nancy J.,
George W., Lucinda Rebecca, John Graham, Richard T. and Edward B.
     Richard T. Ligon was reared in Graves county and gained his
education in the schools of his neighborhood.  He is now living on
and owns the old homestead where his birth occurred.  His first
business venture was farming, and in this he succeeded so well that
he continued agriculture as a vocation.  The old homestead consists
of one hundred and eighty-eight acres, all well improved land, and
the greater portion of the tract is under cultivation.  In political
matters Mr. Ligon affiliates with the Democratic party, but has
never aspired to office.  As yet he is unmarried, and is one of the
popular factors in the social life of his community, where he has
gained many friends and is justly regarded as a leading
representative of the enterprising young agriculturists of to-day
[sic].

Ligon Bolinger Puryear Wingo
=
Sumner-TN NC VA PA

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