Finding aid prepared by Megan Mummey
John A. Gano "A List of Pedigrees" broadside
circa 1854
University of Kentucky Special Collections
Collection is arranged by format.
Housed with multiple collections.
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
2012MS022: [identification of item], John A. Gano "A List of Pedigrees" broadside, circa 1854, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
0.1 Cubic feet
1 box
Minister John Allen Gano (1805-1887) was born in Georgetown, Kentucky. His father was a merchant and his grandfather served as a chaplain with the American Army during the Revolutionary War. Gano became a minister in the newly-formed Disciples of Christ Church. Gano also imported Short Horn Cattle.
The collection consists of a broadside entitled A List of Pedigrees of Improved Pure Short Horn Cattle, belonging to John A. Gano, near Centreville, Bourbon County, Ky.