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- Harrison County, Kentucky Biographies
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas County, Kentucky
Edited by William Henry Perrin, O.L. Baskin & Co., Chicago 1882
Wesley Ammerman, deceased, was born in Bourbon County, November 18, 1825 and died April 8, 1877. He was a son of Joseph Ammerman who was born in Virginia, and Rebecca Reed who was born in the same State. He was one of a large family of twelve children. He received his education in the county schools of Harrison County, and began life with agriculture which pursuit he followed through life. He was married in Harrison County in 1849 to Louisa Bassett, who was born in Harrison County in 1827, and was the daughter of Jonathan Bassett, who was born in Bracken County in 1801, and Elizabeth Disher, who was also born in Bracken County in 1802. Mr. Ammerman was the father of eight children, five of whom survive him: Joe B., John R., Edward W., Augustus and Lizzie J. Mrs. Ammerman and family are members of the Christian Church at Cynthiana, and Mr. Ammerman, during his life, was a Democrat, and at one time a Granger. Dying, he left his widow a fine estate of 250 acres, called "Elmwood", four miles from Cynthiana on Connversville Turnpike.
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