History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 682. [Harrison County] [Cynthiana City and Precinct] JAMES J. TEBBS, farmer and stock raiser; P. O. Cynthiana; was born in the year 1814; his father, Daniel Tebbs, who came from Virginia, was born in 1771, and died in 1846. The grandfather of our subject was also named Daniel and spent his life in Virginia. The mother of James, Alice Taylor, was born in 1790 and died in 1855, and, through her father, Hubbard Taylor, was also of Virginia ancestry. Our subject married Miss Rebecca Allen, of Harrison County, daughter of Daniel Ammerman of Harrison County. The names of the children are as follows: Daniel A., Tabitha Alice, Foushee J., Hubbard H., Joel Philip, Sarah Lizzie, Rebecca Enfield, Lucy Crittenden, Eusebia Catharine, who died May 27, 1861, Mary Gour, Ida and Helen. He owns 450 acres of land, two miles from Cynthiana, on the Cynthiana and Connersville Pike, and his farm is styled "Never Failing," from the fact that it has never failed to produce crops. Mr. Tebbs is a breeder of short-horn cattle, merino sheep, which he claims are superior to any other breed, while the rest of his stock are all of high grade; he has had at the head of his herd, Imported Bullion and Birmingham, who was also out of imported stock. Mr. Tebbs is a Granger. His wife is a member of the Christian Church at Cynthiana. He has resided on his present place ever since 1825. Tebbs Taylor Ammerman = VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/harrison/tebbs.jj.txt