Nunn
Sarah C.
1861 - 1961
John B.
1859 - 1940
Buried
Pythian Ridge Cemetery, north of Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky. Tombstone
photographed 3 December 2012.
According to
her death certificate, Sarah Catherine Nunn was born 27 December 1861 Union
County and died 24 July 1961 in Sturgis Hospital. Her parents were William
Martin and Elizabeth Dial.[1] She married John Benton Nunn 27 December 1882
in Union County.[2] On
the marriage bond, the following
information was given for John Benton Nunn: age "23 past," first
marriage, born Union County, father born Crittenden County and mother born
Spencer County, Kentucky. Sarah C. Martin, the bride, was age "20
past," born and lives Union County, father born Hopkins County and mother
born Tennessee. They were married at Wm. Martin's.
The 1870
Union County census shows John B. Nunn enumerated in the household of Hugh
Nunn, age 50, and Mildred Nunn, age 39, who are shown as the parents of John B. Nunn in Nunns of the South , edited by Alexander
Nunn and the Team Group Committee.[3]
This book lists the children of John B.
and Sarah Catherine (Martin) Nunn as follows:
Carol Walton Nunn, Susie Casey Nunn, Alvil Clifton Nunn, Georgia Stella
Nunn, Byers Nunn and Ira Coutrell Nunn.
[1] Kentucky
Death Certificate #61-18166, Sarah Catherine Nunn, Ancestry.com.
[2]
Kentucky County Marriage Records 1783-1965, Union County, Ancestry.com.
[3] Alexander Nunn and the Team Group Committee.
Nunns of the South, (Montgomery, AL:
Paragon Press, 1974) 76.
Published 26 Mar 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
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