1860 Webster County census

Post Office, Vanderburg, Ky. By P.D. Clayton, Ass't. Marshal
Page 128, 30 July, 1860

House-
hold #
Surname Family
member
Age/
sex
Occupation Real estate/
personal estate
State
of
birth
Data from records of
Webster County researchers
891/886 Dorris B.P. 53 m farmer
$  400
TN Burneal P. Dorris, son of Rev. John Dorris and Elizabeth Russell, married Nancy W. Dorris. Additional children of B.P. and Nancy W. Dorris were: Stephen Dorris, who married a Dorris; Nancy Ann Dorris, who married Rev. Benjamin B. Pullam, March 29, 1856; Elizabeth Jane Dorris, born 5 Jan 1837, died 13 May 1918 married John D. Cullen, born 27 April 1839, died 27 Aug 1934, son of Rev. Joseph Cullen and Sarah Boultinghouse, all four of whom are buried in the Cullen Cem, Webster Co. Information on this Dorris family from Pioneers, Preachers, and Pretty Plain People by Shirley Brown Mather, Dec 1989. Cullen information from Cullen Genealogy - Descendants of Richard Cullen of Kent, England by George Lee Cullen 1972.
Nancy W. 53 f housekeeper
KY
John 23 m farming
KY John Dorris never married.
Martha 20 f domestic
KY Martha Dorris married Mikey Martin.
James 19 m farming
KY James Dorris married a Martin.
Armstead T. 16 m farming
KY Armistead T. Dorris married Lucinda Hughes.
Ben F. 12 m
KY
892/887 Dorris William* 24 m farmer $  450
$  200
KY Wm. F. Doris married Elizabeth Ellen James 21 Sep 1859 Hopkins Co KY. They are listed in the 1870 Webster County census with two children: Sarah E. Doris, age 6 and Thomas W. Doris, age 2. There is a 1938 obituary online for Thomas Wilson Doris, who married Ida Ramsey 24 Dec 1891 Webster Co KY, at the Webster County Message Board. Both Thomas W. Doris and his wife Ida are buried at Big Hill Cemetery in Webster Co.
Ellen E.* 19 f housekeeper
TN
*married in
the census year

James Jane 45 f domestic
TN Jane E. James, age 53, born TN, is living with William F. Doris and his wife Elizabeth in the 1870 Webster Co census.
Benjamin 15 m
KY Benjamin James, age 26, born KY, is living with William F. Doris and his wife Elizabeth in the 1870 Webster Co census.
893/888 Laughlin Abner 37 m watchmaker $2000
$1000
KY Abner Laughlin is named in the will of his father William Laughlin, Webster Co KY Will Book 1, p 360. Click here to read father's will. Abner Laughlin married Harriett H. Smith 19 Jan 1857 Hopkins Co KY.
Harriet H. 36 f housekeeper
VA Harriet H. Northern married (1) Rowley F. Smith 14 Oct 1843 Hopkins Co KY; (2) Abner Laughlin 19 Jan 1857 Hopkins Co KY. She is named in her sister Augusta Northern's Webster Co will of 1863 and also in the will of her father Peter Northern at household 785/780 of this census. Click here to read Peter Northern's Webster County will.
Mary E.   2 f
KY
Sarah A. 5/12 f
KY
Smith J.C. 15 m
KY
Roley F. 13 m
KY
Laughlin Reuben 20 m watchmaker
KY Reuben Laughlin is named in the will of his father William Laughlin, Webster Co KY Will Book 1, p 360. Click here to read father's will. R.I. Laughlin married Phebe Ann Herrin 20 Jan 1864 Webster Co KY.
Northern Augusta 22 f domestic
TN Augusta Northern, the sister of Harriet, and the daughter of Peter Northern at household 785/780 of this census, left a Webster County will dated 1863, Webster Co KY Will Book 1, p 151. Click here to read her will. Click here to read Peter Northern's Webster County will
894/889 Bailey William D. 37 m merchant $  500
$1500
KY
Rebecca E. 22 f housekeeper
KY
James A.   5 m
KY
Martha A.   2 f
KY
Holoman Harvey 22 m merchant
$1000
KY Harvey B. Holloman married Mary J. Kirkwood 26 Nov 1862 Hopkins Co KY.
Mary 17 f domestic
KY
895/890 Headley James D. 45 m farmer
& merchant
$7500
$4225
VA James Decatur Headley, s/o James T. Headley and Marian Overall, was b 24 Jul 1814 VA and d 22 Nov 1903. He marr Mary E. Cargile 7 Apr 1837 Hopkins County. Their 1850 Hopkins County census listing. Information on this family from Jim Laffoon
Mary 39 f housekeeper
KY
Thomas N. 22 m farming
KY
John W. 19 m mer. clk.
KY
Daniel 14 m
KY Daniel H. Headley marr Mary Gore, d/o James Gore and Rejoina Traylor, 9 Feb 1865 Hopkins County.
Margaret V. 12 f
KY
James D.   9 m
KY
Mary E.   7 f
KY
Francis O.   5 m
KY
Nathaniel   3 m
KY
Sarah M. 6/12 f
KY
896/891 Givens Thomas 41 m farmer $  9,000
$10,000
KY Thomas Karr Givens was the son of James K. and Margaret P. (Given) Givens. He married (1) Margaret Hunter of PA 12 Jan 1841, who died in April, 1845. He married (2) Judith B. Gist 26 Oct 1846 and they became the parents of ten children, three sons and six daughters. Read Thomas K. Givens' Perrin's biography Read more about this family in the John Givens 1719 Surname File and the John Givens 1727 Surname File
Judith C. 35 f housekeeper
KY According to her husband's biography, Judith Cary Bell Gist was a native of Clark Co TN.
Anah M. 12 f
KY
Henry 11 m
KY Henry Givens married (1) Aggie Rice, the daughter of K.G. Rice, 28 Dec 1876, and they became the parents of two sons and one daughter. Mrs. Aggie Givens died in Aug 1882. Mr. Givens married (2) Mrs. Byrde (Pike) Murphy, a native of Springfield, Tenn. Read his Perrin's biography.

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