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

J. J. HOUSE was born in Hancock County, December 20, 1831, and is the son of
Benoni and Hannah A. (Lewis) House, natives of Maryland and Kentucky,
respectively.  William House, grandfather of our subject, was a native of
Maryland, which State he left in an early day, immigrating to Hancock County,
and settling on the Ohio River, a short distance below the village of Troy.
He was a farmer by occupation, and died a number of years ago.  The Lewises
were from Virginia, subject's grandfather being among the first permanent
residents of that part of Hancock County, which still bears his name.  He was
a prominent and extensive land owner, having purchased from the government
large tracts of land in various parts of the county.  Benoni House was born in
1808, and died in 1849.  The mother of subject was born in 1811, and died July
31, 1881.  The family of Benoni and Hannah House consisted of eight children,
only two of whom are now living: Hannah A., wife of William Moredeck, and John
J., subject of this sketch.  By second marriage, with Dr. F. Lewis, the mother
had three children, only one of whom is living.  John J. House was reared on a
farm in Hancock County, two miles from the village of Lewisport, where he
remained until his twentieth year.  He received a liberal education in the
schools of the country, and commenced life for himself as a salesman in the
drug house of Raymond & Patten, Louisville, with whom he remained a short
time.  He subsequently engaged as a salesman on a store boat which plied on
the Ohio River, selling books, stationery and fancy goods, remaining the
greater part of one year.  After severing his connection with the enterprise
he took service as clerk with W. P. Haywood, of Lewisport, in the general
mercantile business, where he remained for several years, dealing in live
stock on his own responsibility in the meantime.  In 1857 he engaged in
farming on a place he had previously purchased in Yellow Creek Precinct, and
on May 25 of the following year he was united in marriage with Mrs. Nancy V.
Simpson, daughter of Nathan and Nancy Hukill, of Maysville, Ky.  In 1861 he
purchased his present farm of 198 acres, on which he has since been living.
He owns 300 acres of choice land, and in addition to farming and stock raising
is largely engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber and brick.  Mr. House
is connected with the I.O.O.F., K. of H. and Masonic order, and is an active
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he has belonged since 1845.
Mr. and Mrs. House have a family of eight children, whose names are as
follows: Fannie M. (Simpson), Benoni, Ida B., Anna S., Sazy B., Allie T.,
David N. and John William.

House Lewis Moredeck Haywood Simpson Hukill
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MD VA

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