Hello again. There has been some confusion who the parents of my Catherine
Brenton, born in 1821 are. I saw one listing with Robert Brenton and
Catherine Borders as her parents. I have now found they did have a
Catherine, but in 1830 and she married a different man. So, I searched
familysearch.org and found the following info submitted by a member of the
LDS church. So, it may or may not be correct. I wanted to see if anyone
here knew of this:
Catherine Brenton, born 11 JAN 1821 or June 11th (both are in
familysearch.org) and dying 10 NOV 1880 (I found this Catherine's grave
location last time I was in Pike County if anyone wants to know that
information). It says her parents were John Brenton and Degenracy Caldwell
(married in 1816 in Gibson County). It does not say who she married. 1
problem is that one source says that this John Brenton died in May 1820.
This may or may not be my Catherine, wife of Samuel and mother of my John
Wright Miley. There is also an entry for a Catherine Brenton having
married a James Milburn on 09 Sept. 1836, with her second husband as Samuel
Miley. This lists Catherine's parents are Henry Brenton and Elizabeth
Coonrod. Henry Brenton is to have been born in 1789 in Mercer County, KY,
married Elizabeth in 1808, and died in 1822 in Pike County. Note, this
whole paragraph comes from
familysearch.org, and I realize there may be
incorrect information on here.
I know (because of census data) that Catherine was born before 1830, so we
may be able to cross out the daughter of Robert Brenton and Catherine
Borders. If I was in Pike County right now I'd probably be able to figure
this out :). There was a Brenton book at the Petersburg library if I
remember correctly. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time
and consideration!
LeeAnn McNabb