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son, and was born August 28, 1858. His education was acquired
in the common schools of Jackson County, and is as good as they
usually afford. His marriage with Miss Amanda Sanders was
celebrated August 28, 1880. She is a native of Salt Creek Town-
ship, Jackson County, where a large part of her life has been
spent. They are the parents of three children, all sons. Mr.
Robertson has always devoted his attention to farming, and his
efforts have been more than usually successful. He is now one
of the promising young farmers of the township. Politically he
is a Democrat, as were his ancestors.
 
GEORGE W. RAINS, physician and druggist, of Courtland,
was born in Grant County, Ky., May 25, 1858. He was the sec-
ond son born to John and Mahala Rains, also natives of Ken-
tucky. His early schooling was good, he having received a liter-
ary education at Cynthiana, Ky., where he graduated in 1873.
He then engaged in teaching in his native county, which he fol-
lowed for three years, devoting all his leisure time to the study
of medicine. He soon after entered the office of and received
instruction from Prof. J. B. A. Risk, of Kentucky. In 1877 he
entered the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, and the
year following he came to Jackson and located, in the practice of
his profession, at Spraytown. He remained there until the fall
of 1882, when he came to Courtland, still continuing his prac-
tice. Two years later he embarked in the drug business, in
which he carries a complete line and does a lucrative trade.
On the 14th of September, 1876, Louisa Gossett became his wife.
She, too, is a native of Grant County, Ky., and has borne him
three children, of whom Stella and Omer are still living. The
Doctor is a young man of energy and ability, which are the
essential elements of success in any business.
 
MOSES N. SEWELL, a farmer of Hamilton Township, is a
native of the same township, and was born April 22, 1833, being
the eldest son of Moses and Mary A. (Slade) Sewell, natives
respectively of Ohio and Virginia. The mother was but six
years of age when she was brought to this county, her people set-
tling near Vallonia, and for the first two years living in a fort, as
the Indians were troublesome. She is still living at Ewing, this
county, at the advanced age of eighty years. The subject of our