John Norborne Taliaferro
Information comes from the family files at the Campbell County Historical & Genealogical Society in Alexandria.
John Norborne Taliaferro was born in 1799 in Caroline Co
Virginia. He moved to Campbell County by 1820 and settled in Newport. He was a
lawyer and owned many slaves. He married his first wife Mary Ann McKinney 18 Feb
1819 in Newport. He married his second wife Frances Mary Southgate 28 Nov 1830
in Newport, the daughter of Richard Southgate and Ann Winston.
Child of John Norborne Taliaferro and Mary Ann McKinney
John R Taliaferro b-1825 in Newport
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Children of John Norborne Taliaferro and Frances Mary Southgate
Henry Lush
Taliaferro b-1831 in Newport; d-20 Aug 1877 in Newport; became a lawyer; br-Evergreen
Cemetery; m-Mary Smith 4 Mar 1861 in Newport; served in the Civil War in the
Union Regular Army 5th LA Artillery; mustered out 29 Dec 1862.
Julia Maria Taliaferro b-1837 in Newport; d-7 Sep 1908 in Dayton Ky. br-Evergreen
Cemetery; m-James Thompson 19 Aug 1855 in Newport.
William J Taliaferro b-30 Nov 1843 in Newport; d-15 Aug 1881 in Newport; br-Evergreen
Cemetery; m-Caroline M
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A member of the Whig party, John was elected as a representative to the Kentucky Legislature representing Campbell County in 1847, and was mayor of Newport 1850-51. He died in 1852 in Newport and was buried in Evergreen.