History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 571.
[Bourbon County]    [Centerville Precinct]

F. GANO HILL, farmer and stock breeder; P. O. Centerville; well known to
the citizens of Bourbon and adjoining counties as an extensive breeder and
dealer in fine stock; was born July 1, 1842, in Bourbon County.  The old
home now owned by him being his birth-place.  He is the son of John and
Mary (Edwards) Hill; she the daughter of Major Geo. Edwards, of Bourbon
County. John Hill was also a native of Bourbon County, and his father was a
native of Scotland, but came from Virginia to Kentucky, settling in Bourbon
County during its pioneer day.s  F. Gano finished his education at Kentucky
University, of Danville, in 1861.  He then entered the 9th Kentucky
Cavalry, Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge commanding.  He entered the services as
a private, and was promoted to the rank of Captain, commanding Co. A.  By
the request of Gen. John S. Williams he was assigned to his staff and was
subsequently made Inspector-General.  While in battle near Columbia, South
Carolina, he was wounded and sent to the hospital, but was finally taken
in an ambulance, and while in this condition he remained in the service
until Gen. Lee's surrender of the Confederate army.  He then came to
Kentucky and engaged in the breeding of stock, for which his farm of 300
acres, known as "Hillburn" is peculiarly adapted.  His attention has been
given in this line to the purest breed, imported Cotswold sheep, and to
short horn cattle, though he has also bred some fine trotting horses, and
at one time owned Mary Queen, whose record was 2.20.  He is one of the
directors of the Bourbon County Fair Association and is also identified
with the Georgetown Pike in the same capacity.  He also built what is
known as the Gano Hill Pike.  In politics he is a Democrat, and for the
legislative session of the fall of 1881 he entered the campaign as a
candidate for the nomination, but was defeated by Mr. Charles Offutt by
but twenty-three votes.

Hill Edwards Offutt
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Boyle-KY VA Scotland

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