1860 Webster County census

Post Office, Dixon Ky. By P.D. Clayton, Ass't. Marshal
Page 67, 3 July, 1860

House-
hold #
Surname Family
member
Age/
sex
Occupation Real estate/
personal estate
State
of
birth
Data from records of
Webster County researchers
462/457 Cobb Micajah 40 m farmer $1000
$  500
KY Micajah Cobb married Mary Jane Cavanah 8 Oct 1855 Henderson Co KY. Information on this family from Robert Thomas Cobb
Mary J. 36 f housekeeper
KY
Nancy L. 13 f
IL
Arrena E. 11 f
MO Arena Elizabeth Cobb marr E.G. Groves 3 Sep 1867 Webster Co.
Robert L.   9 m
MO Robert L. Cobb marr Winnie Ann Bradley 16 Dec 1875 Shawneetown IL.
John M.   8 m
IL John M. Cobb marr 1) Paulina Sigler 20 Feb 1873 Webster Co; and 2)Alice D. Melton 6 Nov 1889 Webster Co.
Micajah C.   1 m
KY
463/458 Trusty Edward 34 m farmer $  800
$  550
TN William E. Trusty married Pernica Cobbs 11 Mar 1847 Hopkins Co KY. They were the parents of 7 children. William Edmond Trusty left a Webster will dated 25 Sep 1897, proven 20 Dec 1897; named are: wife Pernecy Jane; sons George W., Henry V., Edward R., and dau Sidney A. Williams, dec'd; granddaughters Daisy Watson and Nora Wilkerson, and Ed Wilkerson. Webster Co Will Book 2, p 119.
Pernecea 26 f housekeeper
KY Pernecea Cobb may have been born in Missouri, according to later census statements by at least one of her children.
David W. 12 m
KY David W. Trusty married Elsie Duncan and they are named in the 1975 Henderson Co KY death Record of their daughter Bertha Trusty Sigler. David and Elsie had eight children named in later census records. A photo of their headstone at Shady Grove Cemetery in Poole can be seen online.
William T.   7 m
KY
Sydney A.   5 f
KY Sidney A. Trusty married Thomas Williams, son of Perminius Williams at household 135/133 of this census, 18 Nov 1872 Webster Co KY and they became the parents of 9 children. Sidney died 6 May 1895 and is buried at Buffalo Woods Cemetery. She is the great-grandmother of Donna Husk, who sent a photo of Sidney..
Sarah J.   2 f
KY Sarah J. Trusty married Zachariah Wilkerson 3 Jan 1874 Webster Co KY.
464/459 Wiley Wilkey 34 m farmer $ 950
$ 600
KY Wilkerson Wiley married Hannah E. Trusty 12 Aug 1852 Hopkins Co KY.
Hanah E. 31 f housekeeper
TN She is named as Elizabeth Trusty in the 1931 Henderson County death record of their son David Wiley so her name may have been Hannah Elizabeth. She could be the Elizabeth Trusty, age 21, listed in the 1850 Hopkins County census.
David W.   7 m
KY David Wilson Wiley married Queen Chandler, the daughter of Hugh Breckinridge Chandler and Sarah Jane McClendon. He represented Webster County in the state legislature in 1912-1913. His 1931 obituary can be read online.
Robert L.   5 m
KY
Edwin A.   2 m
KY Edwin Wiley married Virginia Arabelle Jones, daughter of Wiley and Dorcas Jones at household 455/450 of this census. Janet Hineman
James L. 2/12 m
KY
John F. 2/12 m
KY
Wiley Catherine 67 f
$   50
VA Patrick Wiley married Catherine Branson 11 Apr 1815 Hopkins Co KY. They are listed in many of the early Hopkins Co records. One son is Wilkerson Wiley, with whom Catherine made her home in 1860. Another son is Willis Wiley at household 86/86 of this census. Patrick Wiley died between 1830 and 1840.
465/460 Duncan Elijah 69 m farmer $  760
$1000
NC There is an 1869 Webster County will for an Elijah Duncan; we are not sure whether it is for this Elijah Duncan, however, as none of the persons living with him in this census are mentioned in the will. You can read the will online
Susan F. 17 f domestic
KY
Malvina 12 f
KY
Elijah C.   8 m
KY
Cottingham Susan 45 f domestic
KY A Susan Cottingham, age 34, is listed in the 1850 Henderson Co KY census; living with her then are Susan Cottingham, age 9, and Melvina Cottingham, age 2.
466/461 Stone William 35 m farmer $  470
$  300
KY
Anley 33 f housekeeper
KY
Sally 13 f
KY
Frances 10 f
KY
Epp   8 m
KY
Nancy   6 f
KY
Dorcas   3 f
KY
Benjamin 7/12 m
KY
467/462 Gibson Isaac 54 m farmer $1500
$  500
VA
Rachel D. 35 f housekeeper
KY
Susan 22 f domestic
KY
Martha 18 f domestic
KY
Sally A. 14 f
KY
Isaac 11 m
KY

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