Post Office, Wisemill, Ky. By P.D. Clayton, Ass't. Marshal
Page 40, 21 June, 1860
| House- hold # |
Surname | Family member |
Age/ sex |
Occupation | Real estate/
personal estate |
State of birth |
Data from records of Webster County researchers |
| 278/274 cont |
Bates | Shelton | 24 m | farming |
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IN | |
| 279/275 | Beal | Susan H. | 31 f | domestic |
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KY | |
| John H. | 16 m | farming |
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KY | John H. Beel was Benjamin Critser's security when his sister Frances Isabella Beel married in 1864. | ||
| Isabela | 13 f |
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KY | Frances Isabella Beel, age 18, married Benjamin Critser of McLean Co, age 25, 14 Dec 1864 Webster Co at the home of Susanna Beel. | |||
| William L. | 10 m |
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KY | ||||
| Clarky J. | 7 f |
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KY | ||||
| Peter M. | 5 m |
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KY | ||||
| Theodore C. | 3 m |
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KY | ||||
| James A. | 2 m |
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KY | ||||
| 280/276 | Walker | William | 26 m | farming |
$ 200 |
KY | |
| Ibba | 17 f | housekeeper |
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KY | |||
| 281/277 | Pierce | A. B. | 22 m | farming |
$ 400 |
KY | Absolum Pierce married Esther Majors 14 Jun 1858 Henderson Co KY. Tina Hall |
| Esther C. | 23 f | housekeeper |
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KY | Easter C. Majors, age 16, is listed in the 1850 Henderson County census with: Easter Majors, age 75, b SC and Matilda Majors, 13, b KY | ||
| Mary | 1 f |
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KY | ||||
| Pierce | C.F. | 21 m | farming |
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KY | ||
| 282/278 | Sparks | Samuel | 37 m | farmer | $ 400
$ 200 |
KY | Samuel T. Sparks was the second child of Sarah Sparks. He married Julia Ann Anderson 26 Jan 1843 Hopkins Co KY and they were the parents of 9 children, two of whom were born in 1850 & 1852 in McCracken Co KY. In 1880 Samuel Sparks and his family were enumerated in the White Co IL census. He died 27 Jun 1887 and is buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery just outside Mt. Vernon IN. |
| Julia A. | 36 f | housekeeper |
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NC | Julia Ann Anderson was the daughter of Henry Anderson & Nancy Williams, both born in NC. She died 13 May 1885 in Posey Co IN and is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery near Mt. Vernon IN. | ||
| Noah | 15 m |
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KY | Noah Webster Sparks received a pension for his service in the Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. He married (1) Eunice Harkins in 1869 and they had one child; Eunice died in 1883 in Tonica IL and Noah married (2) Maggie Henrietta Dodge in 1885 and they had five children. He died 15 Nov 1919 in Chicago IL. | |||
| Nancy A. | 14 f |
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KY | Nancy A. Sparks married William McGraw/McGaw 11 Feb 1862 Webster Co KY and they had at least 3 children. Nancy died in 1937 and is buried at Springdale Cemetery. | |||
| Thomas | 12 m |
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KY | Thomas Saunders Sparks married Frances Marian Hammonds and they were the parents of 5 children. Thomas Sparks died 26 Sep 1935 in Alameda Co CA. | |||
| Samuel | 10 m |
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KY | Samuel Sparks Jr married Sarah Hart, dau of Thomas Hart, 2 Jun 1878 White Co IL. | |||
| Sarah F. | 7 f |
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KY | Sarah Frances Sparks married Alexander Wall 17 Dec 1868 Webster Co KY. | |||
| Albert | 4 m |
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KY | Albert Sparks is listed as a painter in the 1880 census of White Co IL. | |||
| Henry | 2 m |
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KY | Henry Sparks married Jennie O'Brien 9 May 1886 Posey Co IN. | |||
| Richard | 6/12 m |
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KY | ||||
| Sparks | Sarah | 63 f | domestic |
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NC | Sarah Sparks was in 1830 & 1840 Hopkins Co census records; in 1850 she is in Henderson Co. She was always listed as head of household until she began living with her children in 1860 Webster census. We do not know for certain the name of Sarah's husband, bur we believe he was the Thomas Sparks in the 1820 Henderson Co census records; his 1820 household contained 2 males under 10, 1 male 26-45, and 1 female 16-26. This listing was next door to Sarah's brother, Burwell Brackett. We do know that Sarah was the mother of 4 children:(1) Noah Sparks, b 1818 NC married Lucinda Newton 13 Jun 1842 Hopkins Co KY; (2) Samuel T. Sparks of this listing; (3) Richard P. Sparks, b 1823 KY married Sarah L. Crowley 20 May 1847 Henderson Co KY, who is listed in the 1860 Hopkins Co KY census; and (4) Mary Ann "Polly" Sparks, b 1831 KY married Andrew J. Woods 30 May 1853 Henderson Co KY. In her book "Benjamin Brackett of the Carolinas" c 1996, Shirley Brown Adair says the children of Burrell Brackett (1775-1825) were: 1) Sarah Brackett, b c 1797, marr Thomas Sparks in NC; 2) Ludwell Brackett, b 1799 NC; 3) Elizabeth Brackett, b c 1800, m John Beal and in 1836 marr Timothy Harris; 4) James Brackett, b 10 Aug 1801 NC, d 15 Dec 1863; marr 13 Dec 1823 Henderson Co KY Cynthia Maloney, b 1809; and 5) Willis Brackett. Sarah Sparks is the 3great-grandmother of Carole Palmer. | |
| 283/279 | Payne | Daken | 50 m | day labor |
$ 25 |
KY | |
| Lucy | 38 f | housekeeper |
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NC | |||
| Anna | 10 f |
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KY | Anna B. Payne married R.L. Hunter 1886 Webster Co KY (Bk 12, p 548) | |||
| Elizabeth | 5 f |
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KY | Elizabeth Payne married Greenbury Yates 22 Jun 1871 Webster Co KY. (Bk 5, p 91) | |||
| Eliza | 3 f |
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KY | Eliza Payne married Sidney Hill 1873 Webster Co KY (Bk 6, p 238) | |||
| Elijah | 2/12 m |
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KY | ||||
| 284/280 | Frazer | Samuel | 25 m | farming |
$ 50 |
KY | Samuel Fraser married Emily Jane Majors 15 Dec 1855 Henderson Co KY. Tina Hall |
| Emily | 21 f | housekeeper |
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KY | |||
| Ulvie L. | 2 m |
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KY | ||||
| Mary E. | 1 f |
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KY | ||||
| 285/281 | Osburn | John | 29 m | farmer | $ 900
$ 500 |
KY | John Osborne was the son of Michael C. Osborne and Fannie Cold and he is listed with them in the 1850 Henderson Co KY census. John and his wife Lucinda ? had at least four additional children born after 1860: Manda Osburn, born 1861; Rebecca Osburn who married Wm. T. Daniel 15 Feb 1882 Webster Co.; J. C. Osburn, born 1867; and Robert Osburn, born 1871. J.H. Osborn married 2) Caroline Pearce 28 Feb 1875 Webster Co and they are listed in the 1880 Webster census with son Thomas F. Osborn, age 1. Tina Hall has found a Henderson Co KY marriage of John H. Orsburn to Lucinda Vrawford (Crawford?) 17 Oct 1852. |
| Lucinda | 28 f | housekeeper |
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TN | |||
| Sarah | 6 f |
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KY | In the 1870 Webster Co census a 16-year-old daughter in the John Osborn family is listed as Dora Osburn; no daughter Sarah is listed. | |||
| Albert H. | 4 m |
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KY | Albert H. Osburn married Cassie Ann Pearce 28 Dec 1876 Webster Co. |