History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 639. [Scott County] [Oxford Precinct] JAMES KIMBROUGH, farmer, P. O. Oxford, was born in Harrison County in 1842; the son of Robert Kimbrough who was born in the same county, and whose occupation was that of a farmer. The maiden name of his mother was Elizabeth Frazier, a native of the county of Harrison. His parents had seven children, five of whom are living. James Kimbrough was educated in Harrison county, and began life in the capacity of a farmer. He was married in Georgetown, Dec. 22, 1870, to Fannie W. Allen, the daughter of W. Wright Allen. Her father having been born in Bourbon County in 1824, and her mother, Frances Skillman, was born in Fayette County in 1833. James has, from his early manhood, been engaged in the business of farming. He enlisted in Capt. Van Hook's Battalion of Cavalry, C.S.A., for one year, at the expiration of which he re-enlisted in Co. K, 9th Kentucky Cavalry, Col. Breckinridge's regiment. His affiliation in politics, has always been with the Democratic party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Kimbrough Frazier Allen Skillman = Harrison-KY Bourbon-KY Fayette-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/scott/kimbrough.j.txt