Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887,
Boyle County.

GRANVILLE CECIL was born May 3, 1850, in Boyle County, Ky., and is the
fifth of five sons and three daughters born to James G. and Sarah Ann
(Buster) Cecil.  James G. Cecil was born in Montgomery County, Va.,
September 20, 1803; when a lad of sixteen he came to Wayne COunty, Ky.,
and worked on a farm with his brother-in-law for six years; then entered
mercantile business and stock trading, which he followed twenty-one years
and made many trips through the country with stock to Pennsylvania and
Maryland, and sold to farmers.  In 1848 he located on a fine farm of 430
acres, six miles west of Danville, which he afterward raised to 900.  He
was one of the most successful farmers in Boyle County, and had
accumulated a large property.  He was president of the Farmers National
Bank of Danville from its organization to his death in June, 1881; was also
a director of the Central National Bank, and was the wealthiest man in
Boyle County at the time of his death.  His first wife died in 1862; his
second wife was Margaret St. Clair Pinkard, of Lexington, who is still
living.  He was a son of Samuel Cecil of Montgomery County, Va., who
married an Ingram; they came to Wayne County, Ky., about 1820; in 1841
removed to Lewis County, Mo., where he died at the age of eighty-two years.
He was a descendant of the Cecil family of Cecil County, Md., who came
from England about the time Lord Baltimore colonized Maryland.  Sarah Ann
(Buster) Cecil was a daughter of Gen. Joshua A. Buster of Wayne County, Ky.
He was one of the early pioneers of Wayne County, and was a captain in the
war of 1812; participated in the battle of New Orleans, afterward became
general of militia, served as judge of his county, was also elected to both
branches of the Legislature.  He died at the age of seventy-nine years.
Granville Cecil was reared on a farm, and received a good English
education; spent one year at Center College, Danville, and three years at
the Kentucky University.  January 23, 1872, he was married to Emma Talbott,
daughter of Hon. A. G. Talbott, and three children have been born to them:
James G., Bessie O. and Albert (deceased).  In 1879 he located where he
now resides on 322 acres, three miles north of Danville; his place is
embellished with a beautiful residence.  Mr. Cecil is a breeder of fine
shorthorn cattle, also several families of fine trotting horses, the
principal being the Hambletonian.  At this writing he owns about 150 head
of the finest trotting stock in the United States; is also breeder of
Berkshire hogs and Southdown sheep.  He has an interest in the several
banks of Kentucky, also in all the turnpikes of the county, and is a
director of the Agricultural Association.  He was a leading member of
the Grange when in existence, and in politics is Democratic.

Cecil Buster Pinkard Ingram Talbott
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Fayette-KY Wayne-KY Montgomery-VA Lewis-MO Cecil-MD England

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