JOSEPH B. GORE was born August 26, 1848, in LaRue County, and is a son of Dr. John W. and Elizabeth (Brown) Gore, who had born to them three sons and three daughters. Dr. John W. Gore was born March 21, 1821, in Nelson county; was raised on a farm and received a fair English education in the common schools; attended night schools at twenty-two, and commenced the practice of medicine in LaRue County, to which he moved in 1841. During the war he was put in charge of hospitals as surgeon at different points, and he has practiced for twenty-six years. In 1870 he was elected county clerk, commenced the study of law, and in 1885 was admitted to the bar, in the same year elected county attorney. He was a son of Henry and Ann (Glasscock) Gore. Henry Gore was born in Culpeper County, Va., about 1794, and when a lad of seven years, with his parents, came to Nelson County, Ky. There he grew to manhood. He was a painter by trade, and was elected constable, after which he served as sheriff of Nelson County for twenty-six years, and also served two terms in the Legislature. He was a farmer and slave holder, and died in 1865, aged seventy-eight years. He was a son of Jonathan Gore, who married a Miss Rector, both of Virginia. Jonathan Gore's father was born in Ireland, and immigrated to and settled in Virginia, and in 1794 moved to Nelson County, Ky. He was a farmer and slave holder. Ann (Glasscock) Gore was a daughter of Micaja and Catharine (Rector) Glasscock, who were both natives of Virginia, and of Irish descent, and who settled in Nelson County in 1794. Joseph B. Gore was reared on a farm, and received a good English education; at eighteen he entered and clerked in a dry goods store for four years. In 1872 he was elected sheriff for one term, after which he farmed till 1882, then entered the circuit clerk's office as deputy. in 1884 he was elected for an unexpired term. He was married, in 1871, to Miss Lura Rogers, of LaRue County, a daughter of James and Mary (Kennedy) Rogers, of Irish origin. James Rogers' first wife was Lura Roundtree. Mr. Gore has had born by this union seven children, six living: Jessie H., John W., Elenor, Anna B., William R. and Logan M. Mr. and Mrs. Gore are members of the Christian Church, and in politics he is a Democrat, having cast his first presidential vote for Greeley. Mr. Gore's mother was a daughter of James and Nancy (Ash) Brown.
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