History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 634.
[Scott County]   [Lytle's Fork Precinct]

DAVID K. GORHAM, farmer, P. O. Long Lick.  John A. Gorham, the father of
this gentleman, was born in Fayette County, Ky., September, 1787, and died
in 1853; the first part of his life was spent in the merchandising
business, and previous to his death was a farmer; in 1813 he was married
to Caroline Kerr, a native of Scott County; born in 1797; and died in the
same house she was born in, 1877; they were the parents of ten children;
David K. Gorham, being the fourth child, and the only one now living in
Kentucky; he was born in Georgetown, Ky., April 19, 1822; his early life
was spent in receiving an education and assisting in tilling the soil of
his father's farm; in 1844, he began farming on his own account, which he
has since continued in connection with school teaching, which he has done
for the ast forty years, principally in the winter season; in 1842 he
married Miss Martha A. Thompson, a native of Scott County, born in August
1825, she is the daughter of John K. and Louisiana (Parish) Thompson, who
were native of Kentucky; at the time of the war, our subject enlisted in
the Confederate Army, Co. D., 3d K.V.; he was in the battle of Chickamauga;
in 1866, he was elected to serve as Constable in his native county, which
office he held for four years; he is the owner of 300 acres of land in
Lytle's Fork precinct; his children are George H., David L., Mary H., Katie
P., Robert W., James W., Cornelia J. Sorenseur and Virginia; in politics
he unites with the Democrat party.

Gorham Kerr Thompson Parish
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Fayette-KY

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