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The House Numbers and Family Numbers the Magisterial Dist. 4 in Ballard County are dysfunctional. For most of the census pages, the numbers are missing entirely. Occasionally, families will be numbered starting with 1 and go to 10 or so, then the numbers will stop. Then, a page or two later the same thing will happen again. As a result, the numbers make no sense at all in Ballard County. In most counties, the numbers exist for every household, and are ascending.
Magisterial Dist. 4, Enumeration District 64, Blandville, Ballard County, Kentucky, 27 Jun 1880
p.450b, dwelling number 8, family number 8
Hendrix Hue 40 head m m w farming TN TN TN
Mary 40 wife f m w keeping house TN TN TN
John 8 son m s w KY TN TN
Syntha 4 dau f s w KY TN TN
Leath Oscar 33 bro m s w farmer TN TN TN
Johnson Olley 20 f s w house KY KY KY cannot R/W
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Mary Ann Leath age 40 was the daughter of Adison A. Leath and Nancy Ann Cross. Nancy was the daughter of my fourth great grandfather William Cross the Revolutionary War drummer boy. As such, she was the sister of my third great grandfather Alfred Carter Cross. Nancy herself was living not far away (see p.451c below). Hugh L. Hendrix was the son of Alexander J. Hendrix and Catherine Garner. The Hendrix family was from Anderson County, Tennessee, as were the Leath and Cross families. Dowell Oscar (Oscar) Leath was Mary's brother, and should have been listed as Hugh's brother-in-law rather than as his brother. |
Magisterial Dist. 4, Enumeration District 64, Blandville, Ballard County, Kentucky, 28 Jun 1880
p.451d, dwelling number 5, family number 5
Leath Nancy 65 head f w w keeping house TN MD CAN
Frank 22 son m s w farming TN TN TN
Rich J. 26 dau f s w TN TN TN
Catherne 21 dau f s w TN TN TN
Samenthy 15 dau f s w TN TN TN
Ida 19 dau f s w KY VA VA
Lucy 17 dau f s w KY VA VA
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Nancy Ann Cross was the daughter of my fourth great grandfather William Cross the Revolutionary war drummer boy. As such, she was the sister of my third great grandfather Alfred Carter Cross. William's birthplace is correctly listed as Maryland in Nancy's census entry (he was born in Baltimore County). Nancy's mother was probably named Mary, and and according to Nancy's census entry Mary was born in Canada. In 1880, Nancy was the widow of Adison A. Leath, who died between 1860 and 1865. Despite the fact that Ida and Lucy were described as daughters, I wonder if they were nieces or some other family relation. It makes sense that they were born in Kentucky, but it makes no sense that their parents were listed as born in Virginia when their siblings' parents were listed as born in Tennessee. Also, Samantha was the youngest child who was listed in the 1870 census, and Ida and Lucy were not enumerated with the family in the 1870 census. So I think Ida and Lucy must not have been Nancy's daughters. Finally, Rich J. was probably a male, and should have been listed as a son. The 1850 census entry for the family lists Dick Leath age 5, and the 1860 census entry for the family lists Richard J. Leath age 14. I haven't found him in the 1870 census. |
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