Sixth Generation

982. John CURRENT^43,521,522 was born on 30 Jul 1838 in Ruddle's Mills, Kentucky. He died on 12 Jan 1926 in Shawhan, Kentucky.⁵²³

JOHN CURRENT, farmer and distiller; P. O. Ruddel's Mills ; was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in 1838, son of Jesse Current, who raised a family of nine children, five sons and four daughters, John being the second son. Four of these brothers entered the service of the Confederate States, and served under General Morgan. John, our subject, was reared on his father's farm, and has through life been engaged in the same business as his father, farming and distilling--paying special attention to the latter business, and making nothing but the straightest copper-distilled goods, the demand for which he has been scarcely able to supply. Feb. 5, 1861, he was married to Miss Mary Catharine, daughter of Thos. McCarney of Bourbon County. She died Oct 24, 1875, leaving three children: Anna Lee, Lizzie T., and John McIlvain. Mr. Current was again married, Nov. 26, 1878, to Miss Betty Turney, daughter of Amos Turney, of this County. He owns 184 acres of land, is a member of the ancient and honorable fraternity of Freemasons, and is a Democrat.

John CURRENT and Mary Catherine MCCARNEY were married on 5 May 1861. Mary Catherine MCCARNEY⁴³ (daughter of Thomas MCCARNEY and Sally GLENN) died on 24 Oct 1875. John CURRENT and Mary Catherine MCCARNEY had the following children:

+1580	i.	Anna Lee CURRENT.
+1581	ii.	Elizabeth T. CURRENT.
1582	iii.	John McIlvain CURRENT43 was born about 1868.

John CURRENT and Elizabeth (Bettie) TURNEY were married on 26 Nov 1878 in Bourbon, Kentucky. Elizabeth (Bettie) TURNEY⁴³ (daughter of Amos TURNEY and Lucinda Mc INTYRE) was born in 1843 in Bourbon, Kentucky. John CURRENT and Elizabeth (Bettie) TURNEY had the following children:

1583	i.	A. Lee CURRENT was born in 1865.
1584	ii.	Elizabeth CURRENT was born in 1866 in Bourbon, Kentucky.
1585	iii.	John CURRENT was born in 1868 in Bourbon, Kentucky.