Souvenir Edition, The Williamstown Courier, Williamstown, Ky, May 30, 
1901, reprinted September 19, 1981 by the Grant County KY Historical 
Society.

J. T. HURT was ushered into this world near Mount Sterling, Ky., in the
stirring times of 1861, and has just passed his fortieth birthday.  He
had the misfortune to lose his father during the great struggle of the
Rebellion, and his mother, finding at the close of the war that her
property had all been destroyed, he was thrown upon his own resources
early in life, with no one to whom he could look for a helping hand.  
He has worked himself up to the position he now occupies, by this 
perseverance and faithfulness in the performance of his duties.  He has 
been in the service of the Queen and Crescent for about 11 years, and 
has filled the position of agent and telegraph operator at Dry Ridge for
eight years continuously.  He is an active member of the Christian 
Church, a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Improved Order of
the Red Men.  He is married and has one child, a beautiful little girl 
living.

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