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Dear list
I recently looked at my late mother's census research which would have
been done
within a year of her death in 1987 (before computerized info). She
followed the
Cabell and Mason County census information and noted the following:
Thomas Christy, age 25, and his wife Jemima, age 30, appear on the 1860
Cabell County
census. Children listed are: Jerome, age 7, [James] William (my
g-grandfather),
age 1, and Dekalb Hughes, age 14. They also appear on the 1870 Cabell
Co. census
that includes another son, Jefferson, age 8. By the 1880 Cabell Co.
census,
James Wm had moved out with his new wife (Priscilla "Fannie" Bush), as
had DeKalb
Hughes. Dekalb Hughes was the son of Jemima Hughes and a "Mac" or
"Mach" McMullin according to the History of Mason County.
My mother did not have a census record for Thomas and Jemima after 1880,
but we have
Thomas' DOD as 1893 and Jemima's as 1890, so it is possible that Jemima
had already
died by the 1890 census, and that Thomas' record was lost with the other
1890
records.
But here is the potential gold mine! On the 1850 Mason Co. Va/WVa
Census, for Clendenin
District, there appears:
Samuel, age 34,
Eliza, age 40
Thomas, age 22 --my gg-grandfather?...the age is not "right" if he was
25 in 1860.
( All indicators show that Jemima was 5-7 yrs older than him)
Abraham, age 19
Amanda, age 15
Emily, age 12
Now, if the ages are more or less accurate, Thomas and Abraham and
possibly Amanda
were NOT the children of Samuel, but rather were Eliza's children from a
previous
marriage.
Does anyone have any info that might shed light on the parents of Thomas
Christy/Christie who m. Jemima Hughes in 1851 in gallia Co. Ohio?
I'll be glad share any and all information.
Mary Cervantes, gg-granddaughter of Thomas and Jemima Christy/Christie
Researching: Christy, Hughs/Hughes, Bush, Doss, Eads...