1860 Webster County census

Post Office, Dixon, Ky. By P.D. Clayton, Ass't. Marshal
Page 65, 3 July, 1860

House-
hold #
Surname Family
member
Age/
sex
Occupation Real estate/
personal estate
State
of
birth
Data from records of
Webster County researchers
448/443
Cont
Keller George 52 m farming
GER
Rosena 41 f domestic
GER
Frank 17 m
GER
449/444 Morrow McVey 27 m farmer $  700
$  600
NC McVey Chandler Morrow was the s/o Stephen Morrow and Mary A. Chandler. He married Pernettie Cates.
Pernette J. 27 f housekeeper
KY Pernette was the daughter of Richard Cates and Rachel Caufman She is named in her father's 1865 Webster Co will.
Eleraandress   6 f
KY
Albert B.   3 m
KY
450/445 Gibson Jefferson 21 m farming
$  200
KY
Nancy 23 f housekeeper
KY Nancy J Cobb marr 1) Jesse H. Cobb 9 May 1849 Hopkins Co. KY; and 2) Jefferson Gibson 4 Jun 1859 Shawneetown, IL. The 1850 Hopkins census listing shows Jesse 22, Nancy J. 17, and Fanny 1/12. Robert Thomas Cobb
Sarah 3/12 f
KY
Cobb Betty F. 10 f
KY
Theodore J.   8 m
KY
Jesse H.   4 m
KY
451/446 Knowles Ralph 50 m farmer $  410
$  250
Stockport
ENG
Ralph Knowles was b 27 Oct 1809. He was a hatter in England and is listed in the 1850 census of Henderson Co KY in the household of Joseph B. Arnett - husband of Agnes Shelton, Martha's aunt. Listed in the same household with Ralph is his 9-year old daughter, Sarah (also born in England). Tina Hall
Martha 39 f housekeeper
KY Martha is the daughter of Josiah Shelton at household 375/371 of this census; she is mentioned in her father's 1864 Webster Co KY will.
Thomas   6 m
KY Thomas Jefferson Knowles marr Hannah Elizabeth Taylor and they had at least one child, Ralph Wiley Knowles. Tina Hall
Caroline   4 f
KY
452/447 Jones James C. 38 m farmer $  800
$  200
KY James Jones married Frances Villines 15 Feb 1858 Henderson Co KY. Tina Hall
Frances 25 f housekeeper
NC
Lavena C.   1 f
KY
Augusta 2/12 m
KY
Villines Nancy 15 f
KY
453/448 Wilson James F. 27 m farming
$  200
KY James F. Wilson was the son of Stephen Wilson and Sarah Stone. James married Martha J. Stone 19 Aug 1852 Gallatin Co IL, They had 8 children. Contact Marie Wilson for further information on this family.
Martha J. 25 f housekeeper
MO
Mary J.   6 f
KY Mary J. Wilson married James Langston 16 Oct 1873 Webster Co KY.
George W.G.   5 m
KY George Wilson married 1) Mary Adams Todd and 2) Winniford Parrish.
Sarah E.   3 f
KY Sarah E. Wilson married Isaac Stone 13 Oct 1873 Shawneetown, Gallatin Co. IL.
454/449 Boustic James 45 m farmer $1400
$  600
VA Jared Bostwick, born ca 1817 VA, was probably the son of Lanson and Leah Bostwick, of Brooke County, VA (now WVA). Jared married Martha Jones, 21 Sep 1837 Warrick County, IN. Most of the information on this family came from Brenda Joyce Jerome who publishes the Online Bostick Newsletter and is editor of the Western Kentucky Journal.
Martha S. 44 f housekeeper
KY Martha Jones was born Jun 1816 Henderson, KY and died after 1900, probably in Webster County, KY. She appears as an 84-year-old widow in the 1900 Webster Co census living with her son Albert and his family.
Albert M. 17 m
IN Albert Bostwick, born ca 1843 IN, married Lucinda Grace 3 Dec 1878 Webster Co, KY. In the 1900 Webster Co census they have 3 children.
Wiley C. 14 m
IN Wiley C. Bostwick, born Nov 1845 IN, married Luvena Jones, the dau of Wiley and Dorcas Jones at household #455/450 of this census, 29 Dec 1868 Webster Co KY.
Mary E.   9 f
KY Mary Emeline Bostwick, born ca 1842 Henderson Co KY, married Wm. F. Holeman 15 Dec 1868 Webster Co; she died Oct 1870 in Webster Co KY. She had one child, Anny Holeman, born 1869, who married Aaron Brison 30 Nov 1890, Gallatin Co IL.
Vaughn Jackson* 25 m farming
$  150
TN
Sarah A.* 21 f domestic
IN Sarah Ann Bostwick, born ca 1838, married Jackson Vaughn 11 Jan 1860 Union Co KY. In the 1870 Webster Co census Sarah Bostwick, age 30, b IN, is living with her parents and her brother Albert. She is listed under the Bostwick name, not Vaughn. 30 Dec 1875 G.W. Bowlin of Henderson Co, age 45, a farmer b NC married Sarah Bostwick, of Webster Co, age 37, her second marriage, IN IN KY. In the 1880 Webster census G. Bowling, age 50, b NC and his wife Sarah A., age 40, b IN are living next to A. Bostwick and wife Lucy.
*married in
the census year

Castle Martha A. 15 f $2500
IN Martha A. Castle married Henry L. Pritchett 24 Oct 1865 Webster Co KY.
455/450 Jones Wiley 57 m farming $1000
$  825
KY Read Wiley Jones' Webster Co will dated 1 Sep 1880. According to Janet Hineman, who is the 3great-granddaughter of Wiley and Dorcas Jones, the daughter Virginia Arabell (Belle) Wiley who is mentioned in Wiley Jones' will was the wife of Edwin Wiley, son of Wilkerson Wiley and Hannah E. Tinsley at household #464/459 of this census.
Dorcas 42 f housekeeper
KY She was born May 1818 in KY, according to her 1900 census statement. Wife Dorcas Jones is named in her husband's 1880 Webster Co will. In the 1900 Webster Co census Dorcas Jones, an 80-year-old widow, is living with her daughter and son-in-law Luvena and Wiley C. Bostwick.
Albert 21 m farming
KY
George 17 m farming
KY Named in his father's 1880 will as George R. Jones.
Martha 15 f
KY Named in her father's 1880 will as Martha Wallace.

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