History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 772.
[Nicholas County]  [Lower Blue Licks Precinct]

SIMON KENTON, farmer, P. O. Blue Licks, was born in Nicholas County, Ky.,
Sept. 16, 1817, to William and Jane (Burden) Kenton, natives of Kentucky.
She died in 1855; he in 1857; he was a son of Mark Kenton, brother to
Simon Kenton, the noted Indian fighter.  Simon the subject of this sketch
was the second of a family of ten children.  His education was limited to
such as could be obtained in the common schools at that early day.  He
entered upon the battle of life, by taking upon himself the duties of a
farm life, which he has always followed, with the addition of trading
extensively in mules and horses, and later, shipping tobacco.  He is one
of the most prominent and enterprising farmers in the precinct, and
owns 500 acres of choice farm land, situated on the banks of Licking river.
He was married in Nicholas County, Jan. 26, 1841, to Hannah Bishop, who
was born in Harrison County, in Sept. 1820, to Josiah and Elizabeth
(Watton) Bishop, natives of Maryland.  By this marriage he is the father
of eight children, viz: William J., Nancy J., Eldridge, Elizabeth,
Mahulda, Thomas B., Lafayette and Simeon B.  Mr. Kenton is a member of
the pioneer association of the county, and was one of the committee to
represent that association before the Legislature at Frankfort, in the
interest of the monument about to be erected in commemoration of the battle
at Blue Licks.  Religiously, himself and family are connected with the
Methodist Church at Blue Licks.  He is also a member of the Masonic Order
of that place.  Politically he is a Republican.

Kenton Burden Bishop Watton
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Harrison-KY MD

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