Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904, pp 449-450 [Hickman] JOHN BONE, one of the oldest citizens of Hickman county, Kentucky, was born in Tennessee, February 10, 1818, and is a son of John and Patsie (Overstreet) Bone. The father was born in Tennessee and the mother in Virginia. Mr. Bone's paternal grandfather was John Bone, a veteran of the Revolution. The family came to Hickman county in 1826, where the father engaged in farming and lived the rest of his life. During the war of 1812 he was a soldier in the second conflict with Great Britain. In politics he was first a Whig and then a Democrat. All of his manhood days he was a member of the Methodist church, and died as he lived, a Christian gentleman, at the age of seventy-five years. His wife survived him about twelve years, dying at the age of ninety years. They had seven children as follows: William, who died aged seventy-seven years; Charity, who died aged seventy years; Herbert, who did in infancy; John; Nancy, now aged seventy-seven years; Minerva, who died at the age of sixty-four years; Susan, who died at the age of forty-five years. John Bone was reared in Hickman county and received a very limited education. As he inherited seventeen acres of land, he began farming upon the land, increasing his farm from time to time until he now owns over two hundred acres, nearly all under cultivation. In politics he is a Democrat, and has been a member of the Methodist church for nearly sixty-five years. His marriage occurred in 1837 to Millie Trafford, and three children were born to them, namely: Wesley E., James R. W. and William L. Mrs. Bone died, and later Mr. Bone married Mary C. Guyn, born in Henry county, Tennessee, and died September 4, 1903, at the age of seventy-five years. She bore her husband seven children , named as follows: Josephine, Harry M., Nancy S., Edward C., Elizabeth F., Mary A., and Luther. Bone Overstreet Trafford Guyn = VA Henry-TN Grabbed on 12:09, Tue, May 29, 2001 This page has been grabbed using Zip Up The Web!