History of Todd County, Kentucky, ed. J. H. Battle, 1884, F. A. Battey
Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 245-46.       [Kirkmansville Precinct]

LOUIS N. GIROD, teacher, was born August 24, 1859, in Hopkins County, Ky.
His parents were John and Sarak K. (Coffman) Girod, the father a native
of France, the mother of Kentucky.  The father was a merchant at
Henderson, and later at Asbysburgh, Ky.  He came to this county in 1855.
His death occurred in 1863, aged forty.  The mother is living in Webster
County, Ky.  These parents have three children--Sophie A., the wife of
W. H. Weir, of Hanson, Ky.; Louis N. and Charles (deceased).  Mr. Girod
attended the public school until the age of fifteen.  The next three
years he clerked most of the time.  He then attended school one year in
Hopkinsville under Prof. Bramham.  He attended at Lexington the
Agricultural and Mechanical College two years, taking a special course.
He then began teaching and has taught two years, giving general
satisfaction.  He has taught the past year with good success the High
School in Kirkmansville, where he is now located.  He is said to be a fine
scholar and an efficient teacher, rendering good satisfaction to those
concerned.  He was married November 18, 1880, to Miss Nannie H. Dean, of
Lexington, Ky.  One bright child--Hazel Deane--gladdens the home.  Mr.
and Mrs. Girod are members of the Christian Church.  The family, Girod,
in Kirmansville is, so far as known, the only one in the United States.

Girod Coffman Dean Bramham Weir
=
Hanson-Hopkins-KY Henderson-Henderson-KY Hopkinsville-Christian-KY
Lexington-Fayette-KY Webster-KY France

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