History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 678.
[Harrison County]   [Cynthiana City and Precinct]

MILTON J. RANKIN, farmer, P. O. Cynthiana, was born in Harrison County,
July 7, 1825.  His father, Samuel, was born in Harrison County, Dec. 4,
1791.  He followed the occupation of farmer and trader in Harrison County
until 1856, when he removed to Bath County, also following farming to the
time of his death, which occurred in May, 1826.  His wife, and mother to
our subject, was born in Harrison County and died in 1854, aged
fifty-eight years; they were the parents of six children.  Milton J., our
subject, lived with his parents his earlier days, receiving his education
and assisting in tilling the soil of his father's farm.  At the age of
twenty-one he began farming on his own account, which he has since
continued to follow.  In 1853, in Harrison County, he married Miss Lydia
Veach, a native of Harrison County, and daughter of David and Mary Veach.
They are the parents of three children, two of whom are now living, viz:
Sally B., wife of Horace Benton, living in Clark County, Ky., and Comes
V., living at home.  He is the owner of a well improved farm of 140 acres
of choice land called "Walnut Hill," situated three miles east of
Cynthiana, on the Cynthiana and Millersburg Pike.  Upon his farm he
makes stockraising a specialty, as horses, cattle, sheep and hogs.  He
was at one time a U. S. Storekeeper and Gauger.  His wife is a member of
the Methodist Church and in politics he is a Republican.

Rankin Veach Benton
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Bath-KY Clark-KY

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