Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885,
Hancock Co.

CAPT. E. K. AYRES, Hancock County, was born in Jefferson County, Ky., March 
13, 1839, and is the fourth child of Thomas H. and Sarah E. (Ebbert) Ayres, 
the father a native of Virginia, and the mother of Kentucky.  Mr. Ayres' 
paternal ancestors were German people; his grandfather moved to Louisville 
as early as 1802, and died a number of years ago.  Thomas H. Ayres was a 
resident of Louisville from early youth until about 1840, at which time he 
moved to Hancock County and settled on the place where his son-in-law, John 
Hughes, now resides in Hawesville Precinct.  He was, by occupation, a brick 
mason, and worked at his trade until his death, in 1876, at the age of 
seventy-three years.  Sarah E. Ayres was born in Jefferson County, Ky., 
and departed this life in Hancock County, in 1844.  Thomas H. and Sarah E. 
Ayres reared a family of seven children, four of whom are still living; by 
a second marriage the father had five children, all living.  Subject's 
parents came to Hancock County when he was but one year old.  He received 
a good practical education in the common schools of the county, and 
subsequently became a student of St. Mary's College, Marion County, which 
institution he attended one year.  At the age of twenty-three he engaged 
in farming for himself in Lewisport Precinct, where he resided for three
years, at the end of which time he moved to Hawesvill Precinct and took
possession of the paternal homestead, which he farmed for one year.  In 
1868 he moved to Lafayette [sic] County, where he purchased his present 
farm of 170 acres, on the Ohio River, opposite Tell City, which is one of 
the best cultivated farms in the county.  A palatial residence stands a 
short distance from the river bank, above high water mark, from which a 
magnificent view up and down the river can be seen.  Mr. Ayres is 
extensively engaged in stock raising and is also owner of the ferry which 
plies between the Kentucky shore and Tell City, Ind.  Our subject was 
married February 4, 1862, to Miss Mary E. Tinsley, daughter of Willis and 
Sarah (Howell) Tinsley, of Shelby County, Ky.  Three children have been 
born to this union: Samuel E., Sarah E., and Phillip.  Mr. and Mrs. Ayres
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, belonging to the Lewisport
congregation.

Ayres Ebbert Hughes Tinsley Howell
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Jefferson VA Germany Fayette Shelby

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