Brief Life History of John Phillip
When John Phillip Pound was born on 17 June 1926, in Shelby, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Phillip Pound, was 33 and his mother, Ocie Tapp, was 22. He lived in Simpsonville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States in 1930 and Magisterial District 3 Simpsonville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 31 July 1979, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Resthaven Memorial Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- John Pounds in household of John Pounds, "United States Census, 1940"
- John Pound, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- John P Pound Jr. in household of John P Pound Sr., "United States Census, 1930"
Parents and Siblings
1893–1971 Male
1903–1972 Female
Siblings (6)
1921–2004 Male
1924–2002 Female
1926–1979 Male
1930–2005 Female
1932– Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1927
Age 1
1936 · The Last Public Hanging in Kentucky
Age 10
1941
Age 15
Name Meaning
English: topographic or occupational name from Middle English pound(e) ‘enclosure for distrained or stray livestock’, signifying one who lived at or worked at a pound.
English: nickname from Middle English pound(e), powund ‘measure of weight; monetary unit’, perhaps used for a maker of weights.
Probably an Americanized form (translation into English) of German Pfund or the North German cognate Pund .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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