When Rev Peter Keithley Hon was born on 10 October 1791, in Fayette, Kentucky, United States, his father, Jonas Hon, was 47 and his mother, Mary Keithley, was 41. He married Elizabeth Clark on 18 February 1808, in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 1 Sharpsburg, Bath, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Magisterial District 1, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1812. He died on 21 March 1876, in Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in East Union Cemetery, East Union, Nicholas, Kentucky, United States.
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