Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Shelby Co.

L. W. DEMAREE, merchant, is a native of Shelby County, Ky., and a son of
R. H. and Eliza J. (Tharp) Demaree.  The father, also a native of Shelby
County, is a son of John A. and Sarah (Hastings) Demaree, the former a
native of Mercer County.  Mrs. Eilza (Tharp) Demaree was born in Shelby
County, Ky., daughter of Lee and Susan (Clark) Tharp.  John A. Demaree
was a native of Mercer County, Ky.  The business which our subject now
owns was founded in 1848 by his uncle, Lewis B. Demaree, in a room
14x16 feet, on a capital of $40.  He was succeeded by John W. Demaree in
1860, who managed and owned it until his death.  The business constantly
increased and amounted to over $20,000 in 1886.  Our subject had clerked
for a number of years for his uncle, and on the death of the latter, took
charge of the business, and still successfully conducts it.  R. H. Demaree
taught school for a number of years in Shelby County, but now assists in
the store.  His wife, Mrs. Eliza J. Demaree, died in 1870, a member of
the Methodist Church.  They were parents of two children: our subject and
Mattie A.  He next married Mildred F. Hall, of Henry County, Ky. and one
child, Sallie M., has been born to them.  Our subject is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South.  He is now in the prime of life, and
highly esteemed by a host of friends.  He is yet unmarried.

Demaree Hastings Tharp Clark Hall
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Mercer-KY Henry-KY

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