THOMAS SENOUR is a native of Boone County, Ky., and was born July 29, 1842. He is a son of Adam and Martha Senour, both Kentuckians. Mr. Senour's grandfather, Philip Senour, was a native of either Virginia or North Carolina, and of Welsh descent. He was one of the first permanent settlers of Boone County, and died in that part of the State as long ago as 1817. Adam Senour was born about the beginning of the present century in Kenton County, where were passed his youth and early manhood. After his marriage he moved to Boone County, where he lived until his death in 1882. Subject's mother was a daughter of Henry Dixon, one of the early pioneers of northern Kentucky. She was born in Boone County and died in April, 1878, aged about seventy-two years. The following children were born to Adam and Martha Senour, namely: Charlotte, William H., Edward, Mary J., Diana (deceased), Thomas (subject), Sarah A., John R. and O. B. Thomas Senour lived with his parents until the age of twenty-one years, attending the common schools at intervals, in which he obtained a fair English education. He chose agriculture as his life work, and commenced farming in his native county on the old homestead. In 1871 he came to Livingston, and settled on a farm of which he had become the possessor some time previous. In 1876 he returned to Boone County, where he lived until 1881, when he a second time moved to Livingston County, and purchased his present farm in Carrsville Precinct. Mr. Senour makes stock raising a specialty, in which industry he has no superior in the county. He buys and sells largely, and on his farm may be seen some of the finest breeds of hogs and cattle in the country. Mr. Senour was married to Miss Lizzie J. Dixon, daughter of Thomas K. and Julia Dixon, on the 9th of December, 1869. One child is the result of this marriage—Florence.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Pages 832-833.