Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed.,
Boone Co.

JOHN T. CRAVEN was born in Boone County, Ky., August 8, 1824.  He is a
son of Benjamin and Cynthia (Markland) Craven.  Benjamin Craven was born
in Nicholas County, Ky., February 4, 1792, and was a son of Jeremiah
Craven, a native of Virginia.  Cynthia Markland was born in Ohio,
February 13, 1798, a daughter of Gharey Markland.  Benjamin moved to Ohio
with his parents at about the age of eight years; they moved back to
Kentucky and settled near Burlington, Boone County.  He was a farmer by
occupation, and followed the same all his life.  January 21, 1819, he
married, and raised a family of ten children--five sons and five daughters,
viz: Washington, Noah, John T., Levina, Lucinda, William B., Jeremiah,
Elizabeth, Elmire and Parmelia F., two of whom are dead, Washington and
Jeremiah.  John T. Craven was brought up on the farm, and received most
of his early education at Burlington, Ky.  He settled where he now
resides in 1881, and has 177 acres of valuable land; he also owns other
valuable land in Boone County.  November 3, 1853, he married Jane A.
Mirick, a daughter of Col. Dorchester H. and Martha (Porter) Mirick, of
Boone County.  He and his wife are members of the Universalist Church.
Politically, Mr. Craven is a Republican.

Craven Markland Mirick Porter
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Nicholas-KY VA OH

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