Minor, J.R. House - Augusta, KY
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N 38° 46.396 W 084° 00.555
16S E 759824 N 4295865
The J.R. Minor House, in the small Ohio River town of Augusta, Kentucky, is also known as Abraham Baker's Wine Cellar whose vineyard here dates back to the mid-19th century. Judge J.R. Minor was a prominent attorney in the area.
Waymark Code: WM6A6X
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2009
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Judge J. R. Minor
J. R. Minor is a prominent Attorney in Augusta. He is a native of Bracken County and was born on a farm about three miles from Augusta, August 6th, 1840, of "Old Virginia" stock, both his grandfathers and grandmothers having emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky during the bloody struggles of the early settlers with the Indians. He was educated at Augusta College, and taught school several years before entering upon the practice of his profession in 1871. He married Minerva, daughter of R. D. and Catharine (Walton) Smith in 1869, and they have a large family of interesting children. He has filled many important offices in the city and county and is now the nominee of the Democratic party for the office of County Judge.
From an 1897 edition of Headlight: Sights and Scenes Along the C. & O. Route which featured Augusta.
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Entrepreneur Abraham Baker, Jr., employed Germans immigrating to the area in the 1850s to establish one of Kentucky’s most prolific wine-making properties. Through his efforts, Bracken County became one of the nation’s most productive wine-making counties into the 1870s.
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