Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1885,
Hardin Co.

FELIX H. VAN NORT was born December 15, 1834, in Nelson County, Ky., six
miles south of Bardstown, where he remained until twelve years of age.  He
then removed to Hardin County, Ky., where he grew to manhood.  At the age
of thirty-three he removed to La Rue [sic] County, where he remained two
years, at the expiration of which time he returned to Hardin County, to
Deergrove, and there resided eight years, and from there to his father's
old homestead, near Long Grove, on the Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern
Railroad, where he now resides.  Felix H. Van Nort's father, John H. Van
Nort, was born in the State of New Jersey in 1799.  The mother of F. H. Van
Nort, Gilley (Rogers) Van Nort, was born near Bardstown, Nelson Co., Ky.,
February 8, 1800.  Their union resulted in the birth of nine children--
three daughters and six sons: William Van Nort, James J., Mary A.,
Margaret, Felix H., Green B., Lloyd, Marthia and Isaac Van Nort.  John H.
Van Nort followed the occupation of a farmer during life, in which he was
very successful.  Felix H. was married to Mary C. Collings April 19, 1870.
She was born in La Rue County, four miles from Hodgensville, January 17,
1841.  Both received their education at the common schools.  Felix H. Van
Nort engaged in farming and dealing in stock, in which he has been
successful.  He has a farm of 200 acres, of which 150 are in cultivation.
His parents were members of the Baptist Church for a third of a century.

Van_Nort Rogers Collings
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Nelson-KY Larue-KY NJ

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