Tombstone Tuesday - Claud and Linnie Guess

Claud M. Guess

Dec. 25, 1882

July 15, 1943

Linnie Nunn Guess

Feb. 2, 1882

Dec. 6, 1951

Buried Repton Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 6 June 2014.

Claud M. Guess registered for the military draft for World War I on 12 September 1918. At that time he listed his occupation as blacksmith. His nearest relative was his wife, Linnie, who lived at R. #1, Marion, Crittenden County. His physical description was as follows:  short, stout, gray eyes and light colored hair.[1]

The 1940 census shows Claud and Linnie Guess, plus two children, living in Shady Grove on Hwy Ky 120.[2]

According to his death certificate, Claud Malcomb Guess was born in Crittenden County to Fielding Guess and Rebecca Brantley, both of whom were also born in Crittenden County. His occupation was listed as a plumber.[3]

The death date of Linnie Guess is given as 5 December 1951 on her death certificate. She was a teacher in county schools. Her parents were William Ira Nunn and Mary A. Thurmond.[4] 

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[1] U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Claud M. Guess, Ancestry.com.

[2] 1940 Crittenden County, Kentucky census, Roll m-t0627-01297, p. 9B, E.D. 285, Claud M. Guess family, Ancestry.com.

[3] Kentucky Death Record #15063 (1943), Claud Malcomb Guess, Ancestry.com.

[4] Kentucky Death Record #51-24206 (1951), Linnie Guess, Ancestry.com.

Published 1 Oct 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

John B. Nunn and Sarah C. Martin

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.

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[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/

Tombstone Tuesday - Thomas L. Nunn

Thos. L. Nunn

Born

Aug. 3, 1825

Died

Jan. 15, 1880

Aged 55 years, 5 mos., 12 da's

Buried Nunn Cemetery, off Hwy. 365, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed February 1993.  This cemetery is on private property and inaccessible without permission.

Thos. L. Nunn obtained a license to marry Miss Sarah C. Haynes 21 March 1853 in Crittenden County.[1] There is no marriage return so the date of their marriage is unknown.  They first appear on the 1860 Crittenden County census as well as the 1860 slave schedule with two female slaves aged 17 and 28 and one male slave age 22.[2]

T.L. Nunn, age 55, died  of  "consumption lungs" in Crittenden County in February 1880. He is listed as married, born Kentucky, as were his parents.  T.L. Nunn was a farmer by occupation.[3]

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[1] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Marriage Records Vol. 1  1842-1865 and Abstracts of Wills  Book 1  1842-1924, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1990) 43.

[2] 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedule, Crittenden County, Kentucky, Thomas L. Nunn, owner.

[3] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Births, Deaths, Etc. Vol. II, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1993)  91. This entry is based on the 1880 Crittenden County Mortality Schedule.

Published 5 June 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Nancy M. Nunn

Lo She Cometh

Nancy M.

Wife of

Chesley Nunn

Born

May 26, 1814

Died

Aug. 17, 1877

Aged

63 ys  2 ms  22 Ds

Buried Nunn Cemetery, off Hwy. 365, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed Feb 1993. This cemetery is on private property and permission must be obtained before visiting cemetery.

Chesley Nunn and Nancy (Mary) Newcom married 17 January 1832 in Livingston County, Kentucky. Consent for the license to be issued was given by William Newcom, father of the bride.[1]

Chesley and Nancy (Newcom) Nunn were enumerated on the 1850 Crittenden County census, along with their children, John H., Nancy and Laura.[2]

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[1] Joyce M. Woodyard. Livingston County, Kentucky Marriage Records, Vol. 1 (Oct 1799-July 1839), (n.p., 1993) 116.

[2] 1850 Crittenden County, Kentucky census, Roll M432_197,  Dist. 2, p. 252B, Ancestry.com, accessed 12 February 2018.

Published 17 April 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Sarah Ann Nunn James

In memory of

Sarah Ann

Wife of

D.C. James

departed this life

Apr. 9, 1851

AE 21 y's  10 ms

Buried Nunn Cemetery, off Hwy. 365, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed February 1993.  There are a number of graves marked only with rocks. These rocks may mark the burial sites of inmates of the old Poorhouse Farm which, at one time, was located nearby.

David C. James and Sarah Ann Nunn obtained a license to marry on 11 February 1850 Crittenden County. The bride's father, Ira Nunn, gave consent for the license to issue.[1]

The 1850 Crittenden County census shows D.C. James, age 21 and a clerk born in Tennessee and S.A. James, age 21 and born in Kentucky. Also living in the household was Thomas Nunn, age 24 and a merchant born in Kentucky.[2]

This cemetery is located on private land and is not accessible without permission.

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[1] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Marriage Records Vol 1  1842-1865 and Abstracts of Wills  Book 1  1842-1924 (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1990) 29.

[2] 1850 Crittenden County, Kentucky, Dist. 2, Roll: M432_197, p. 254A, dwelling 108, family 108, Ancestry.com, accessed 13 November 2017.

Published 21 November 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Ira D. and Sarah A. Nunn

Ira D. Nunn

Oct. 5, 1835

Apr. 19, 1913

Sarah A.

His Wife

Oct. 27, 1845

Jan. 18, 1938

Buried Rosebud Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 15 October 2010.

Ira D. Nunn married (1) Mary C. Delaney 13 December 1865 Union County, Kentucky and (2) Miss Sarah Ann Shaw 6 December 1874 Crittenden County, Kentucky.

Death certificate #9791 (1913) shows that Ira Duke Nunn, the son of John Nunn and Emily H. Love died 20 April 1913. Sarah Ann Shaw Nunn's death certificate #2825 (1038) lists her parents as John Shaw and Mary Phillips. Her birth date is given as 27 October 1844.

Published 25 March 2014, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Passport Applications Provide Details

I have been playing around with Passport Applications 1795-1925 on ancestry.com and having a great time. The amount of information varies, but, for the most part you will find the name, date and place of birth, residence, name of father, physical description, date of sailing and countries to be visited. Some of the passport applications are accompanied by a photograph of the applicant. This is good stuff! The passport applications come with a subscription to ancestry.com.

Among the people I found are the following:

Carney A. Hollowell, a student of Princeton, Kentucky; born 16 October 1898 Caldwell County; father J.E. Hollowell, born Caldwell County; planning to visit the British Isles, France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Holland, Belgium, and Czech-Slovakia. He is leaving from the port of New York on board the Mauretania 27 June 1922. He is described a 5 feet 7 inches high, blue eyes, Roman nose and brown hair.

Clement Singleton Nunn, an attorney of Marion, Kentucky; accompanied by his wife Lemah Barnes Nunn, who was born in Crittenden County 4 June 1871; they married at Marion 24 October 1894. He was born in Marion 1 February 1870; father Thomas J. Nunn, born Crittenden County but now deceased. They plan to tour Germany, Italy, Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Holland, Spain and Belgium and leave 15 July 1922. Nunn is 5 feet 8 inches high, has hazel eyes, round chin, straight nose and is slightly bald. Photographs of Nunn and his wife accompany the application.

John L. Smith, a newspaper writer living in Smithland, Kentucky, was born 10 February 1853 Lyon County, Kentucky; father Franklin M. Smith, born Lyon County. He plans to tour Japan, China and the British Possessions. He will travel on board the President Lincoln 14 June 1923. He is described as 6 feet high, blue eyes, large nose, gray hair. A previous passport was issued 20 November 1919, but is not good now. A photograph of Smith is with the passport application.


Published 27 Sept 2012, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - William H. and Sarah Gill

Gill
William H. Gill
Aug. 7, 1848
Nov. 28, 1917
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Sarah N. His Wife
Jan. 16, 1859
Sept. 26, 1954

Buried Mapleview Cemetery, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 10 June 2011.

According to his death certificate, William H. Gill was born in Shelby County, Kentucky to Henry H. Gill and Sarina[?] Malin. W.H. Gill and Miss S.S. Nunn married 18 February 1885 at Otho Nunn's residence in Crittenden County.

The 1900 Crittenden County census shows the Gill family living on West Main Street in Marion. In their household were W.H. Gill, his wife Sarah, their son James, mother in law Sarah Nunn, a boarder and servants.

Unrecorded Nunn-Hull Will 1854

It was not unusual for a will to be placed in the hands of the county clerk for safe keeping. Occasionally those wills were not recorded - either because the testator moved from the area before his/her death or perhaps through neglect. Whatever the reason, those unrecorded wills are as valuable as recorded wills in our research. The following unrecorded will was found among loose county court papers in a bundle marked "old Papers" in the Crittenden County clerk's office, Marion, Kentucky.

"In the name of god Amen I Mary Clarisa Hull of the County of Crittenden state of Kentucky being sick and weak in Body but of sound mind and disposing memory For which I thank god, calling to mind the uncertainty of human life and being desirous to dispose of all Such worldly Estate as it has hath pleased god to Bless me with I give and bequeath the same in the maner following viz

I give unto my Dear husband Armstrong Hull all of my Land on which I now live, also my negro girl named Rachel Amico also my gray Horse named Jim also my Bay mare also my Bed and Bedstead and furnishing and all other things that I am in possesion of[.] I also give my Husband A. Hull all of my they moneys yet Dew me as my Interest in my Fathers Estate which is in now in the Possesion of John & T.L. Nunn.

I also will and bequeath unto all of my Brothers & sisters Ten Dollars Each to Be paid thence By my Executor herin after mentioned[.] Lastly I herby appoint and co Constitute my Dear Husband Armstrong Hull my Executor of this my Last will and Testament herby Revoking all others or any that may be presented on in witness wher of I have her heruto herunto Set my hand and affixed my Seal this second day of february in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty four Signed Sealed published and delivered as and for the last will and Testament of the above named Mary C. Hull in the presence of us Test: Thos. L. Phillips, John W. Phillips. [signed] Mary C. Hull {seal}"

M.C. Nunn is named as a daughter in the will of Ira Nunn [Crittenden County Will Book 1, p. 38]. Among other items, he left her two slaves, Rachel and Robert Lopez, a sorrel horse named Jim and a bed, bedstead and furnishings. Mary C. Nunn married Armstrong Hull 22 March 1853 in Crittenden County. She died in 1854 and is buried in the old Nunn Cemetery, off Hwy. 365 not far from the Crittenden-Union County line.

In memory of

Mary C.

Wife of

Armstrong Hull

Born

Apr. 1, 1832

Died

Feb. 13, 1854