Joseph Washington Dant
1820 - 1902 (81 years)
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Name Joseph Washington Dant [1] Birth 7 May 1820 Washington County, Kentucky 
Gender Male Death 1902 Patriarch & Matriarch 
John Baptist Dant, b. 1745, St. Mary's County, MDd. 1 Feb 1808, Pottinger Creek, Washington Co., KY (Age 63 years) (Great Grandfather) 
Mary Jane Smith, b. Abt 1795, Kentuckyd. Bef 1833, Washington County, Kentucky (Age < 37 years) (Mother) Person ID I2192 1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
Father John Baptist Dant, b. 1799, Washington County, Kentucky d. 21 Oct 1877, Knottsville, Daviess County, Kentucky (Age 78 years)
Other Partners: Martha Jane _______ m. Bef Sep 1850; Sarah "Sally" Mattingly m. 10 Oct 1833Mother Mary Jane Smith, b. Abt 1795, Kentucky d. Bef 1833, Washington County, Kentucky (Age < 37 years) Marriage 20 Apr 1819 Washington County, Kentucky Family ID F1315 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ann Catherine Ballard, b. 1830 d. 1903 (Age 73 years) Marriage 12 Feb 1849 Children 1. Francis L. Dant 2. Mary J. Dant 3. Anna C. Dant 4. Ellen S. Dant 5. William W. Dant 6. John P. Dant 7. Thomas S. Dant 8. James R. Dant 9. George W. Dant 10. Joseph Bernard Dant, b. 1850 d. 1939 (Age 89 years) Family ID F419 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
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Notes - Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Marion County. J. W. DANT was born May 7, 1820, in Washington (now Marion) County, and is the oldest of four sons and four daughters born to John B. and Mary J. (Smith) DANT, who were born in what is now Marion County. John B. DANT was a farmer, died December, 1881, aged eighty-two years, and was a son of Joseph DANT, who married Malinda Shirkles and came from Maryland and settled near Loretto at an early day and engaged extensively in farming, owning a large family of slaves. He was a son of John B. DANT, who came from England and settled in Maryland; from thence migrated to Kentucky, where he remained till [sic] death. Joseph DANT died in 1833. Mrs. Mary J. DANT is a daughter of Samuel Smith, who came from Maryland in the early settling of Kentucky and became a substantial farmer of Washington County. J. W. DANT was reared on a farm, and received his early education by his early application till [sic] after twenty years of age. When twenty-two he commenced blacksmithing, at which he worked for fourteen years. He was married February 12, 1849, to Catherine Ballard, daughter of William P. and Mary (Greenwell) Ballard, natives respectively of Nelson and Marion Counties. William P. Ballard was born in January, 1810, and is still living; he is a farmer and tanner, and served as justice for twenty-five years. His first wife was a Miss Mary Greenwell; his second wife was Mrs. Tucker, nee Ford. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. DANT have been born to them ten children: Joseph Bernard, Thomas S., John P., James R., WIlliam W., Mary J., Francis L., Ellen S., George W. and Anna C. Mr. DANT located where he now resides in 1860 on 196 acres of land, which he has improved. He is now the owner of 400 acres at DANT Station and two farms near Loretto of 329 acres. He has followed distilling since 1836 more or less, and now owns a distillery at DANT Station with a capacity of 220 bushels. Before he became of age he had been hired out for nine years, and has accumulated his property by industry and good management, hence he deserves much credit. In politics he is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for James K. Polk. Mr. and Mrs. DANT are members of the Roman Catholic Church. DANT Smith Shirkles Ballard Greenwell Tucker Ford = Washington-KY Nelson-KY MD England http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/marion/dant.jw.txt
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- Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Marion County. J. W. DANT was born May 7, 1820, in Washington (now Marion) County, and is the oldest of four sons and four daughters born to John B. and Mary J. (Smith) DANT, who were born in what is now Marion County. John B. DANT was a farmer, died December, 1881, aged eighty-two years, and was a son of Joseph DANT, who married Malinda Shirkles and came from Maryland and settled near Loretto at an early day and engaged extensively in farming, owning a large family of slaves. He was a son of John B. DANT, who came from England and settled in Maryland; from thence migrated to Kentucky, where he remained till [sic] death. Joseph DANT died in 1833. Mrs. Mary J. DANT is a daughter of Samuel Smith, who came from Maryland in the early settling of Kentucky and became a substantial farmer of Washington County. J. W. DANT was reared on a farm, and received his early education by his early application till [sic] after twenty years of age. When twenty-two he commenced blacksmithing, at which he worked for fourteen years. He was married February 12, 1849, to Catherine Ballard, daughter of William P. and Mary (Greenwell) Ballard, natives respectively of Nelson and Marion Counties. William P. Ballard was born in January, 1810, and is still living; he is a farmer and tanner, and served as justice for twenty-five years. His first wife was a Miss Mary Greenwell; his second wife was Mrs. Tucker, nee Ford. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. DANT have been born to them ten children: Joseph Bernard, Thomas S., John P., James R., WIlliam W., Mary J., Francis L., Ellen S., George W. and Anna C. Mr. DANT located where he now resides in 1860 on 196 acres of land, which he has improved. He is now the owner of 400 acres at DANT Station and two farms near Loretto of 329 acres. He has followed distilling since 1836 more or less, and now owns a distillery at DANT Station with a capacity of 220 bushels. Before he became of age he had been hired out for nine years, and has accumulated his property by industry and good management, hence he deserves much credit. In politics he is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for James K. Polk. Mr. and Mrs. DANT are members of the Roman Catholic Church. DANT Smith Shirkles Ballard Greenwell Tucker Ford = Washington-KY Nelson-KY MD England http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/marion/dant.jw.txt
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Sources - [S3779] Find a Grave.
- [S3779] Find a Grave.
