1860 Webster County census

Post Office, Slaughtersville, Ky. By P.D. Clayton, Ass't. Marshal
Page 14 , 11 June, 1860

House-
hold #
Surname Family
member
Age/
sex
Occupation Real estate/
personal estate
State
of
birth
Data from records of
Webster County researchers
98/97
Cont.
Prather H. C. 17 m farming
KY Henry Clay Prather married Dicy Ann Pritchett, the dau of Robert P. Pritchett and Jemima Ashby, 14 Dec 1862 Hopkins Co KY. They had at least three children. H.C. Prather died 21 May 1910.
Mary E. 14 f
KY Mary Ellen Prather married John Wesley Reynolds 25 Dec 1863 Webster Co KY. Read his Perrin's biography online. She died in 1923 and is buried in Slaughters Cemetery.
Columbus G.   5 m
KY
Hatcher Robert 16 m farming
KY
99 - unoccupied
100/98 Slaughter R.C. 25 m farmer $ 9000
$10000
KY
Mary E. 21 f housekeeper
KY
Fanny   7 f
KY
Helen   4 f
TX
Dick 4/12 m
KY
Thomas George 23 m overseer
KY
Drake O.L. 31 m doctor
VA
Drake Mary 3/12 f
KY
Slaughter G.G. 28 m trader $13000
$  9000
KY
101/99 Fowler Daniel 44 m tavernkeeper $3000
$  500
NC Daniel Fowler married Sarah Branson 19 Aug 1851 Hopkins Co KY.
Sarah 43 f housekeeper
KY In the 1850 Hopkins census Sarah C. Branson, 31, is listed with the following: Elizabeth, 15; Sarah, 9; William H., 8; Mary, 5; and John, 2. Steve Fowler sends the following information on Sarah and her first marriage: Thomas Jefferson Branson marr Sarah A. J. (Sally) Brown on January 23, 1834 (Hopkins Co. Marriage Register Book 1807 to 1864, recorded on Feb. 10, 1834). They had the children listed in the 1850 Hopkins Co. Census above. Sarah A. J. (Sally) Branson's connection from Thomas Jefferson Branson to the second husband Daniel Fowler is also supported in a deed recorded in Book 17 pages 121-122 Hopkins Co. Court of Fowler to Brown, July 17, 1852.
Andrew J.   6 m
KY
Louisa C.   3 f
KY
Fowler William* 27 m bar keeper
NC William Fowler married Sarah J. Branson 01 Feb 1860 Hopkins Co KY.
Sarah J.* 20 f
KY
Brason William 15 m
KY
Branson Mary 14 f
KY
Branson John H. 11 m
KY
Hubbard W.M. 45 m wheelwright
KY
Bracket W.T. 25 m laborer
KY Willis T. Brackett was the son of Ludwell Brackett and Gilly Sisk, both NC natives, who married 26 Jul 1824 in Hopkins Co KY. W.T. Brackett married 1) Luvicy Jane Raines 19 Oct 1860 Hopkins Co; he married 2) America E. Johnson 1 Sep 1862 McLean Co KY and they were the parents of at least two children. Willis and America are both buried at Flat Creek Cemetery north of Mortons Gap in Hopkins Co KY.
*married within the year
102/100 Brooks J.W. 44 m farmer $5200
$5000
KY John Willet Brooks and his wife Jane are in 1840 and 1850 Hopkins Co census records. Two older sons are Wm. H. Brooks at household 268/264 of this census and Jesse Brooks at household 154/152 of this census. J.W. Brooks left a Webster Co will dated 1875; it was proven in 1886. You may read this will online.
Jane 44 f housekeeper
KY According to Louise Fleming's "Story of Slaughtersville", p 317, the wife of John Willet Brooks was Jane Walker.
Sarah 20 f domestic
KY Sarah E. Brooks married Peter Countzler 19 Oct 1871. Read the Perrins biography of Peter Countzler.
Robert 18 m farming
KY Robert Brooks married Mary J. Crabtree, dau of Wm. Crabtree and Rosie Prather. Robert died in 1914; Mary J. died in 1918; both are buried at Crabtree Cemetery in Hopkins Co KY.
John 16 m farming
KY
Tina 14 f
KY Tiney Brooks marr James Caldwell 3 Nov 1875 Webster Co. Tina Caldwell marr W.R. Aldridge 28 Dec 1878 Webster Co.
Dudley M. 12 m
KY
Madora J. 10 f
KY Madora J. Brooks married John T. Cobb, the son of Thomas G. Cobb and Jane Carnal at household 1038/1032 of this census, 23 Nov 1876 Webster Co KY. Lynn Cobb-Alvarez and Robert Thomas Cobb
Virginia   8 f
KY Martha Virginia Brooks married Spencer Oakley 17 Oct 1878 Webster Co.
Mary G.   6 f
KY Mary G. Brooks married Thomas Marshall Hankins, son of Barney Hankins and Agnes Shelton at household 308/304 of this census. Mary G. Hankins died in 1932 and is buried at Petersburg Cemetery in Webster Co.
Mathadeus   9 f
KY Thad Brooks, age 28, is in the 1880 Webster census with wife M.J., age 24.
Catharine   2 f
KY Katherine Brooks married G.A. Conley 2 Oct 1877 Webster Co.
103/101 Pratt W.V. 24 m m.d. $     32
$2000
KY W.V. Pratt married Nancy Ruby 06 Mar 1862 Webster Co KY. 26 Feb 1864 he was appointed by the Webster County court as guardian of Nancy Pratt (late Ruby), and her sister Annetta and her brother Edwin Ruby, all minors.
104/102 McLain William 54 m merchant $4170
$5470
KY William McLain was b abt 1806 Ky. He married Harriett H. H. Bourland 16 Apr 1832 Calloway Co Ky. Information on this family from Jim Laffoon.
Harriett H. 44 f housekeeper
KY Harriett Bourland was the d/o of Slaton C. Bourland and Mary Reese.

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