History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H. Perrin,
F.A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. p. 215-16.   [Canton Precinct]

DR. GEORGE H. JEFFERSON was born in Cadiz, Trigg Co., Ky., on August 31,
1831, and is a son of Dr. Thomas B. and Martha A. (Graves) Jefferson.
Subject was the second of a family of eight children, of whom six are
living.  His education was received in Cadiz.  When sixteen years of age
he commenced reading medicine with his father, attended lectures at
Louisville in 1851 and 1852.  Returning to Cadiz he entered into
partnership with his father, and remained with him three years.  He then
came to Canton, where he has had a very extensive practice.  He owns
about 800 acres, and has farming carried on for him.  Dr. Jefferson was
married October 18, 1855, to Miss Nancy J. Hopson, a daughter of Joshua
and Leah (Wade) Hopson.  Mrs. Jefferson was born in this county, in 1838,
and is the mother of eleven children, of whom six are now living.  Subject
has been identified with the Canton Masonic Lodge.  Is a member of the
Trigg County Medical Society, and has served as President of that
organization one year.

Jefferson Graves Hopson Wade
=
Louisville-Jefferson-KY

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