Harbeson family scrapbook, 1878-1914
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Harbeson family scrapbook, 1878-1914
- Creator
- Harbin family.
- Extent
- 1 reel of microfilm (partial)
- Subjects
- Harbin family.
- Harbeson, James Paxton, 1838-1925.
- Harbeson, William McClung, 1819-
- Marshall, Thomas Alexander, 1794-1871.
- Judges--Biography.
- Poets.
- Kentucky--Genealogy.
- Flemingsburg (Ky.)--History.
- Scrapbooks
- Arrangement
- Arrangement is basically chronological.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Scope and Content
- This is a scrapbook of materials, largely letters, collected by the Harbeson family of Bourbon County, Ky. Most of the items relate to Judge James Paxton Harbeson. There are also clippings about William McClung Harbeson, who appears to have been a poet. A typewritten preface by Ben Harbeson gives the family's history.
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