Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887,
Carroll Co.

JOHN S. GAUNT, a prominent lawyer of Carrollton, Ky., was born in Carroll
County, November 4, 1850, and is the second of a family of five children
born to Alfred R. and Nocisa (Jenkins) Gaunt.  John S. Gaunt was reared
on a farm, and received a collegiate education at Danville, Ky., where he
graduated in 1868.  In 1869 he read law under Judges S. H. Jenkins and
R. W. Masterson, attended law lectures in 1870, and graduated in 1872.  He
began the practice of his profession at Carrollton Ky., and in 1873 formed
a partnership with Judge R. W. Masterson, at Carrollton, continuing with
him until 1886, at which time he was elected commonwealth attorney of the
Eleventh Judicial District, which position he still fills.  Mr. Gaunt owns
210 acres of well-improved land and is one of the directors of the National
Bank of Carrollton.  May 9, 1879, he married Miss Charlotte Collins,
daughter of W. W. and Margaret B. (Gibson) Collins, of Madison, Ind.  One
child has blessed this union--William W.  Mr. and Mrs. Gaunt are consistent
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.  Mr. Gaunt is a member
of the I.O.O.F. in the Grand Lodge at Stanford and Louisville.  Politically
he is a Democrat.

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