History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 654. [Harrison County] [Cynthiana City and Precinct] HUGH N. GARNETT, farmer; P. O. Cynthiana; was born in Harrison County, Ky., Sept. 2, 1850, son of William and Margaret (Newell) Garnett; he, born in Harrison County, where he and his wife still reside upon a large farm upon which he has a fine brick residence. The grandfather of Mr. Garnett, our subject, Hugh Newell, was a very prominent man in his day, he having represented Harrison County in the Legislature several terms. Mr. Garnett has been a farmer all his life, he having been raised one, and to which he naturally inclined, after receiving an education in the schools of his native county. He owns a fine farm of 140 acres of land, upon which he raises principally corn, wheat and tobacco. In 1875, in Harrison County, he married Miss Ada Lancaster, born in Parkersburg, Va., in 1850, daughter of Ransom and Lucy (Hard) Lancaster. His wife is a member of the Methodist Church South, and he is a Democrat. Garnett Newell Lancaster Hard = VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/harrison/garnett.hn.txt