History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co.,
Chicago, 1883.  Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980.  p.
666.

JAMES M. BARNHILL was born on the old homestead farm in Boston Precinct,
Sept. 25, 1837.  His father was Jeremiah Barnhill, who was born in
Oldham County, Ky., July 15, 1818.  He was a cousin of Daniel Boone, the
old Kentucky pioneer and Indian fighter and hunter.  Jeremiah Barnhill
came with his parents to Daviess County when a child.  His father
settled on the North Panther Creek, in Boston Precinct.  Jeremiah was
married here to Elizabeth Ware.  They had a family of three
children--James M.; Amadine A. A., now the widow of Joseph Taylor,
resides in Masonville; Nicholas B., married Susan Harrison, and resides
in Masonville Precinct.  James M. was the eldest.  He remained on the
old homestead until sixteen, when his father moved on a farm three miles
east of Bethabara church.  James M. remained here until his marriage to
Marian C. Harrison, March 10, 1864.  She was born in Shelby County, Ky.,
Nov. 29, 1829, and was a daughter of Samuel G. and Susan (Garner)
Harrison, natives of Virginia, and early settlers of Daviess County. 
After his marriage Mr. Barnhill settled on a farm in Masonville
Precinct, one mile east of Masonville Town, where he remained two years;
then bought a farm adjoining the old homestead where he remained six
years; then settled on his present farm in Boston Precinct.  Mr. and
Mrs. Barnhill are both members of the Baptist church at Bethabara.  They
have had a family of three children--Susan E., born Dec. 21, 1864; Cora
A., born Sept. 13, 1869; Samuel T., born Sept. 22, 1876.  Susan E. is a
member of the Baptist church.  Mr. Barnhill owns a fine farm of 130
acres, eighty-five under cultivation, paying especial attention to the
culture of tobacco.  Mr. Barnhill is a member of Joseph H. Branham
Lodge, No. 436, A. F. & A. M.  In politics he is a Democrat.

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