KENTUCKY: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887
Green Co.

THOMAS J. BLEVINS was born June 29, 1851, in Green County, near the Taylor
line.  He is the fifth of six sons and four daughters, eight of whom lived
to be grown, born to Gabriel and Mary E. (Mears) Blevins.  Gabriel Blevins
was born in April 1817, in Green County, and with the exception of two or
three years in Indiana, has constantly lived here, engaged in farming,
although a mechanic.  He represented Green and Taylor Counties in the
legislature in 1877-78, and has served as magistrate for twelve years.  He
is the son of Charles Blevins, who was born in 1790, in Green County, and
was a minister of the United Baptist Church; also served as magistrate for
sixteen years (was a teacher in his younger days), and was a substantial
farmer and slave-holder.  He married Sarah Roark, a native of Kentucky, by
whom four sons and three daughters were reared, and died in 1884.  He was a
son of William Blevins, a native of Ireland, who married a Miss Skaggs; he
first settled in South Carolina, was a soldier under Gen. Marion in the war
for independence, and was one of the earliest settlers of Green County, Ky.
Mrs. Mary E. Blevins was born in September, 1817, in Green, now Taylor
County, Ky; she was a daughter of Moses Mears, a native of Taylor County,
who married Eda Hamilton, a native of Tompkinsville, Ky.  He died in 1873,
aged seventy-six.  He was a son of Thomas Mears, who was a soldier in the
war of 1812, and was also engaged in many battles with the Indians in the
early settlement of Green County.  He was of Irish descent, and died just
before the late civil war, at the advanced age of one hundred and five
years.  Mrs. Blevins first married Garrett Underwood, to whom one son was
born.  Thomas J. Blevins was born in Green County, and was reared on a
farm.  After he became old enough to support and educate himself he
successfully taught for seven years in the common schools of the county.
His first school was taught in a cabin, the door of which was not
sufficient in height to admit a grown person erect.  In 1874 he purchased
his first farm of 100 acres, but now owns 200 acres, which he has procured
by his own efforts, and has it substantially improved with good buildings.
August 9, 1880, he married Margaret T., a daughter of Farris Bennett, a
native of Taylor County.  This union is blessed with two bright children.
Mr. Blevins now resides eight miles northwest of Greensburg, where he has
constantly lived since his marriage. He and wife are members of the Baptist
Church.  In 1876 he commenced the study of law, and in 1877 received
license to practice.  In politics he is a Democrat, and cast his first
presidential vote for Tilden.

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