History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 661. [Harrison County] [Cynthiana City and Precinct] J. G. KENNARD, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana; is a native of Mason County, Ky., and the son of WIlliam and Jane (Hunter) Kennard; he was born December, 1819; his father was a native of Northampton Tp., Pa., born Jan. 30, 1788; he was a farmer; his wife, the mother of our subject, was a native of Lexington, Ky.; born Dec. 7, 1778. They have both been dead several years. They had eight children, of whom was our subject, J. G. Kennard. He received his education in Harrison County. In 1856 he removed to Cooper County, Mo., in 1859 returned to Harrison County, where he has since remained engaged in farming. He has a snug little farm, call "Locust Grove" pleasantly located on the Oddville and Cynthiana Pike. He was married, Oct. 30, 1856, to Miss Susan Thompson, a native of Harrison County, and the daughter of Robert and Emily (Lindsey) Thompson; she was born March 28, 1813. Mr. and Mrs. Kennard have five children: Laura, born Sept. 22, 1857; Ida, born Oct. 22, 1860; Arthur, born Jan. 11, 1863; Nancy, born July 12, 1865; and Robert, born Jan. 14, 1871. Mr. Kennard is a Democrat and a demitted member of the order I.O.O.F. at Cynthiana. Kennard Hunter Thompson Lindsey = Mason-KY Fayette-KY Cooper-MO PA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/harrison/kennard.jg.txt