Kentuckiana Genealogy: Biographies: Gresham, John M.

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A son of Simon P. and Marquerite Cynthia Gresham (nee Wilson), Kentuckian and Indianian by birth respectively. His father was one of the early merchants of Fredericksburg, Washington County, Ind., where he, John M., was born June 7th, 1860. In 1888 he published the eighth edition of Perrin's Kentucky History for the City of Louisville. His latest edition is the "Souvenir" 1889.

His mother, a widow, and two sisters, Ida Belle and Cora May, reside at Salem, Ind.