JAMES T. BROCK, farmer, P.O. Leesburg, is descended from good old Virginia stock. His grandfather, Joseph Brock, came from the "Old Dominion" at an early period of Kentucky's history, where he remained for some time, but longing for the scenes of his boyhood, he returned to Virginia, where in due course of time he was gathered to his fathers, full of honors and of years. His son, James Brock, continued to reside in the state. He married Miss Nancy Anderson, daughter of Reuben Anderson, who was a faithful and loving companion to him until his death in 1840. She survived until 1873, when she died at an advanced age. Our subject, a scion of this union, was born in 1832, and is consequently fifty years old. He chose as his partner in the joys and cares of life, Miss Susie Bars, daughter of J.V. Bars, of Boone County, Kentucky. In 1862, Mr. Brock, catching the spirit of the times, enlisted like thousands of other young Kentuckians, in the Confederate service, and remained until the close of the war, without even returning home during the time. He first entered Co. I., of Col. Basil W. Duke's Regiment, of Gen. John H. Morgan's command, which was subsequently transferred to Col. W.C.P. Breckinridge, to form the nucleus of his Battalion, which was afterward known as the 9th Kentucky Cavalry. When Lee surrendered at Appomattox, and the stars and bars went down to rise no more, Mr. Brock returned to Harrison County and began farming on the Leesburg Pike, eight miles from Cynthiana, where he now owns 104 acres of land. He and his wife are both communicants of the Baptist faith, being members of the Silas Church, in Bourbon County. His political affiliations are with the Democracy.

From History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky: Perrin, 1882

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