Adair County references in the Russell County KY vital statistic records

 

The following information was abstracted from the microfilmed Russell County KY vital statistic records. The entries appear in the same order as in  the microfilmed records ( KY Department of Library and Archives, Division of Archives and Records Management, roll number S0000106).

 

The abstracts below include only those records in which specific reference is made to Adair Co. or to an Adair County community.

 

Births

 

[Birth place of parents not given in the 1852-1859 records. Child born in Russell Co. and parents resided in Russell Co. unless otherwise noted.]

 

Nancy Margertt Grider, white, female, born alive in Adair Co. on May 5, 1852. Father: Jas. [or Jos.] Grider. Mother: Lidia Graves. Parents resided Adair Co.

 

James Sullivant, white, male, born alive on March 30, 1852 in Adair Co. Father: Samuel Sullivant. Mother: Martha Leach.

 

Catherine Aaron, white, female, born alive on November 18, 1853 in Adair Co. Father: Thomas Aaron. Mother: Emila [appears to be] Sparks.

 

Oliver Montgomery, white, male, born alive on December 22, 1858 in Adair Co. Father: W.B. Montgomery. Mother: Mary Montgomery.

 

Rufus Holt, white, male, born alive on March 15, 1874. Father: Thos. O. Holt, born Russell Co. Mother: Charlotte Holt, born Adair Co.

 

U.L. [or S.] G. Wheat, white, male, born alive on September 15 [or 18; interpretation of month and year is very uncertain], 1874. Father: Samuel H. Wheat, born Georgia. Mother: Martha E. Owens, born Adair Co.

 

Mary L. [or S.] Spencer, white, female, born alive on April 16, 1874. Father: Samuel Spencer, born Russell Co. Mother: Sarah Murrell, born Adair Co.

 

unnamed Loy, white, male, born alive on March [interpretation of month is very uncertain] 12, 1874. Father: A.C. Loy, born Adair Co. Mother: Nancy E. Brockman, born Russell Co.

                                               

unnamed Miller, white, female, born alive on April 5, 1874. Father: Asur [or Asi_r) Miller, born Russell Co. Mother: Nancy Bryant, born Adair Co.

Sarah E. Grider, white, female, born alive on November [very uncertain of interpretation; date not given], 1874. Father: Cyrus Grider, born Adair Co. Mother: E.A. Richards, born Russell Co.

 

unnamed [Jarritt], white, male, born dead on October 9, 1874. Father: James Jarritt [very uncertain of surname interpretation], birth place not given. Mother: Lielella Rhodes [very uncertain of interpretation of mother's given name and surname], born Adair Co.

 

Josephine Clayton, black, female, born alive September 29, 1874. Father: Daniel Clayton, born Cumberland Co. Mother: Susan Burbridge, born Adair Co.

 

Ottis Haynes, white, male, born alive December 26, 1874. Father: R.P. Haynes, born Russell Co. Mother: Sally M. [or W.] Murell, born Adair Co.

 

Claudis Isbell, white, male, born alive September 3, 1874. Father: G.T. Isbell, born Russell Co. Mother: Lenora J. Field, born Adair Co.

 

Riolin [or Kiolin? uncertain of interpretation] Barger, white, female, born alive on October 24 [uncertain of date interpretation], 1874. Father: D.E. Barger, born Russell Co. Mother: Mary J. Rice, born Adair Co.                               

 

F.A. Lawless, white, female, born alive on October [date not given], 1874. Father: C.C. Lawless, born Russell Co. Mother: Narcisus Aarons, born Adair Co.

 

Lou Wolford, white, female, born alive on March 15, 1874. Father: W.C. Wolford, born Russell Co. Mother: Martha Darnell, born Adair Co.

 

Velmer Hudson, white, male, born alive on February 28, 1874. Father: Josiah Hudson, born Russell Co. Mother: Sarah Goodin, born Adair Co.

 

M.E. Leach, white, female, born alive on April 12, 1874. Father: Samuel Leach, born Adair Co. KY. Mother: Catherine Powell, born Adair Co.

 

Le__ter Morrison, white, female, born alive on October 7, 1874. Father: J.H. Morrison, born Adair Co. KY. Mother: Susan Polly, born Adair Co.

 

Jincy A. Melson, white, female, born alive on August 30 [or 31], 1874. Father: Elijah Melson, born Russell Co. Mother: Nancy J. [initial indistinct] Walkup, born Adair Co.

 

unnamed Bloyd, white, male, born alive on April 5 [month and date very faded], 1874. Father: Wash Bloyd, born Green Co. Mother: Mary S. Turner, born Adair Co.

 

Mollie E. Brockman, white, female, born alive on July [very uncertain of interpretation of month] 3, 1874. Father: Thomas J. Brockman, born Russell Co. Mother: May Blair, born Adair Co.

Finas E. Dener, white, male, born alive on May [possibly March; both interpretations very uncertain] 21 [or 31], 1874. Father: John J. Dener, born Adair Co. Mother: Elizabeth Acre [uncertain of surname interpretation], born Adair Co.

 

J.A. Miller, white, male, born alive on July 8, 1874. Father: Hardin [uncertain of interpretation] Miller, born Wayne Co. Mother: Cela Miller [very uncertain of surname interpretation], born Adair Co.   

 

unnamed Grider, white, male, born alive on December 9, 1875. Father: Charles Grider, born Adair Co. KY. Mother: Mary Holt, born Adair Co.   

 

A.G. Turner, white, female, born alive on May 15, 1875. Father: J.G.W. Turner, born Russell Co. Mother: Sarah Turner, born Adair Co.

 

F.J. Turner, white, female, born alive on September 15, 1875. Father: J.J. Turner, born Russell Co. Mother: M.E. West, born Adair Co.    

 

N.T. Cunningham, white, female, born  alive on 22 July 1875. Father: G.W. Cunningham, born "Tenn". Mother: J.S. Dillingham, born "Adair Ky".

 

N.J. Wheat, white, female, born alive on 7 April 1875. Father: G.B. Wheat, born Russell Co. Mother: Mary White, born Adair Co.                                                                   

 

Lula Cravens, female, white, born alive on 30 August 1875. Father: G.R. Cravens, born Russell Co. Mother: M.E. Conover born Adair Co.

 

N.M. Sinclar, white, female, born alive on 19 October 1875. Father: J.A. Sinclar, born Adair Co.  Mother: C. Burton, born "Ind".

 

L. Z. Bradshaw, race not indicated, female, born alive on 16 June 1875. Father: I.C. Bradshaw, born Adair Co. Mother: Cytha Perryman, born Russell Co.

 

V.A. Leach, white, female, born alive on June 6 [interpretation of date is uncertain], 1875. Father: M.Y. Leach, born Adair Co. Mother: Emely Blair, born Adair Co.

 

J.W. [or N.] Roy, white, male, born alive on August [date note given], 1875. Father: W.R. Roy, born Russell Co. Mother: S.O. Collins, born Adair Co.

 

F.C. Collins, white, male, born alive on August 22, 1875. Father: Abe Collins, born Adair Co. Mother: S. W. McFarland, born [appears to be] "Tenn".

 

W.H. Bradshaw, white, male, born alive on October 14, 1875. Father: L.A. Bradshaw, born Adair Co. Mother: M.J. Coffey, born Wayne Co.

 

G. Montgomery, white, male, born alive on February 26 [uncertain of date; very uncertain of month], 1875. Father: J.F. Montgomery, born Adair Co. Mother: M.E. Moore, born Russell Co.

 

A.G. Gosser, white, male, born alive on November 12, 1875. Father: H.C. Gosser, born Russell Co. Mother: Nancy Collins, born Adair Co.

 

[Many of the 1878 birth records are difficult to read]

 

Thomas A. [or H?] Jones, white, male, born alive on February __ [possibly 22; very faint], 1878. Father: James T. Jones, born Russell Co. Mother: Ann J. Murrell, born Adair Co.

 

unnamed Morrison, white, female, born alive on October 31, 1878. Father: John H. [or A.] Morrison, born Adair Co. Mother: Susan Polly, born Russell Co.

 

William E. Falkenburg, white, male, born alive on October 10, 1878. Father: F.E. Falkenburg, born [appears to be] "Trumble Co. O." Mother: Emma F. Baker, born Adair Co. [Transcriber's note: Trumbull Co. is in upper northeast Ohio; it borders on PA.]

 

Sarah B. [uncertain of initial] Bryant, white, female, born alive November 25, 1875. Father: E.M. Bryant, born Adair Co. Mother: [appears to be] Siby A. Wilson, born Russell Co.

 

Martha L. Collins, white, female, born alive on June 21, 1878. Father: John Collins, born Adair Co. Mother: Sarana Bean, born Cumberland Co.

 

unnamed Napier, white, male, born alive on July 24, 1878. Father: Dewit C. Napier, born Casey Co. Mother: S.E. Penelton, born Adair Co.

 

Tilford [very uncertain of interpretation] Murrell, white, male, born alive [month completely faded out] 22, 1878. Father: H.O. Murrell, born Adair Co. Mother: E. Phelps, born Russell Co.

 

Theod___a Leach, white, female, born alive [appears to be] February 17, 1878. Father: Sam Leach, born Adair Co. Mother: Catherine Edmonds, born Adair Co. [Transcriber's note: Theodocia Leach Conover and her husband, Hiram Conover, are buried in the Blair family cemetery, Blair Schoolhouse community, Russell County, not far removed from Adair County.]

 

Maud  Leach, white, female, born alive September 10 [or 20], 1878. Father: Matthew S. Leach, born Adair Co. Mother: Loueller Judd, born Adair Co.

Mary S. Knight, white, female, born alive [?]July [month badly faded] 6, 1878. Father: Jesse Knight, born Russell Co. Mother: Ripley Hays, born Adair Co.

Ollie [uncertain of interpretation] Hayns, white, male, born alive on October 26 [month and date badly faded], 1878. Father: Rob't. P. Hayns, born Russell Co. Mother: Sallie Murrell, born Adair Co.

 

Cyrus F. Grider, white, male, born alive April 24, 1878. Father: Jas. R. Grider, born Adair Co. Mother: Mary E. Darnell, born Russell Co.

 

John A. Hudson, white, male, born alive May 13, 1878. Father: John M. Conover, born Adair Co. Mother: Mary J. Bailey, born "Tenn". [Transcriber's note: a John Hudson, age two, appears in the 1880 Russell Co. census as the son of Mary I. Hudson, age 37, the head of household. Also in the household was Mary I.'s mother, Nancy Bailey, age 59.]

 

Ethel Powell, white, female, born alive on December 23, 1878. Father: John Powell, born Adair Co. Mother: Mary F. Carter, born Russell Co.

 

Mary B. Allison, white, female, born alive on March 20, 1878. Father: Napoleon B. Allison, born Adair Co. Mother: Elizabeth Sullivant, born Russell Co.

 

Asura C. Miller, white, male, born alive August 25, 1878. Father: Asiah Miller, born Russell Co. Mother: Nancy Bryant, born Adair Co.

 

Melvin G. Sheppard, white, male, born alive on May 15, 1878. Father: Docter G. Sheppard, born Russell Co. Mother: Nancy E. White, born Adair Co.

 

Amanda Hale, white, female, born alive on June 17, 1878. Father: Wm. M. Hale, born Laurel Co. Mother: Margret E. Harvey. born Adair Co.

 

Jane A. Rexroat, white, female, born alive on _______ [month completely faded out] 14 [interpretation uncertain], 1878. Father: Wm. A. Rexroat, born Russell Co. Mother: Sarah B. Darnell, born Adair Co.       

 

Mirta Choat, white, female, born alive on November 2 [month and date extremely faint], 1878. Father: Joel B. Choat, born Wayne Co. Mother: [appears to be] Carthena  Holt, born Adair Co. [Transcriber's note: other sources give the name as Parthena.]

 

Mirta Grant, white, female, born alive, birth month and date apparently not recorded, 1878. Father: Samuel Grant, born Adair Co. Mother: Catherine Hadley, born Adair Co.

 

Fronia E. Redman, white, female, born alive on March 31, 1878. Father: [appears to be] Hattan Redman, born Adair Co. Mother: Sarah E. Hadley, born Russell Co.

 

Sam H. Ellis, white, male, born alive on November 8, 1878. Father: Andrew W. Ellis, born Clinton Co. Mother: Sallie Roice, born Adair Co.

 

Jinnie H. Rexroat, white, female, born alive on May [interpretation uncertain; badly faded] 8, 1878. Father: Hardin P. [or R.] Rexroat, born Russell Co. Mother: [?]Malvira Beard, born Adair Co.

 

unnamed Hill, white, female, born alive on [appears to be ditto mark for month above, which either is November or December ] 22, 1878. Father: John S. Hill, born Russell Co. Mother: Sarah J. Bailey, born Adair Co.

 

Asa B. Sheppard, white, male, born alive on June 15, 1878. Father: Elza Sheppard, born Russell Co. Mother: Casander White, born Adair Co.

 

Levi P. [interpretation of initial uncertain] Coffey, white, male, born alive in Adair Co. on October [date not given], 1878. Father: Gholson W. Coffey, born Russell Co. Mother: Mary C. Allen, born Casey Co.                                          

 

Strana D. [very uncertain of interpretation]  Rubarts, white, female, born alive on [birth month and date apparently not recorded], 1878. Father: Thomas J. Rubarts, born Adair Co. Mother: Frances Cunningham, born Casey Co. [Transcriber's note: this family appears on the 1880 Casey Co. KY census. Strana D.'s name is given as Donia.]

 

John L. Riggins, white, male, born alive on June 6, 1878. Father: Thomas J. Riggins, born Russell Co. Mother: Julia A. Hill, born Adair Co.

 

Lucy E. Cunningham, white, female, born alive on January 11, 1878. Father: George W. Cunningham, born "Tenn". Mother: Jannett Dillingham, born Adair Co.

 

Malcolm Wolford, white, male, born alive April 5 [badly faded; very uncertain of interpretation both of month and date], 1878. Father: Jas. [or Jos.] R. Wolford, born Russell Co. Mother: Isabell Murrell, born Adair Co.

 

unnamed Foley, white, female, born alive on March 1, 1904. Father: S.D. Foley, born Russell Co. Mother: J.A. Hudson, born Russell Co.

 

Joe M. Bailey, white, male, born alive on November 20 [or 29], 1903. Father: Wm. L. Bailey, born Adair Co. Mother: Maggie McElroy, born Adair Co.

 

Lulu Hurt, white, female, born alive on March 18, 1904. Father: T.F. Hurt, born Adair Co. Mother: Florence Kernes, born Russell Co.

 

Notes for some of the following entries:

The Crocus post office was located on(present day) Hwy 1313, just off Hwy 55 & not far removed from the Adair-Russell County line. The old Montpelier post office was in Adair Co. on Hwy 92, a few hundred feet from the Adair-Russell Co. line. Because of the proximity of these community centers to the county line, the births and/or places of residence could have been in either county.

The last page of the 1903-1904 records gives only the state as place of birth for the mother and father.

 

Virtus Antle, white, male, born alive on February 13, 1904. Father: Owen Antle, born Crocus. Mother: Retta Blair, born Adair Co.

 

unnamed Campbell, white, male, born alive on August 18, 1904. Father: R.C. Campbell, born Crocus. Mother: Myrtie L. Morrison, born Russell Co.

 

Roy L. Sparks, white, male, born alive on February 6, 1904. Father: J.J. Sparks, born Adair Co. Mother: Laura Collins, born Adair Co.

 

Tommy Collins, male, white, born alive at Crocus on 28 February 1904. Father: G.W. Collins, born "Tenn". Mother: Eva Clinch, born Wayne Co. Parents resided Crocus.

 

unnamed Antle, white, male, born alive on July 27, 1904. Father: Larou Antle, born Crocus. Mother: Leler Campbell, born Crocus. Parents resided Crocus.

 

unnamed [Hayes], white, female, born alive on June 2, 1904. Father: T.E. Hay__ [last letter or two badly smudged; family name was Hayes], born Montpelier. Mother: Anna [looks more like Unna] B. Antle, born Crocus. Parents resided Crocus. [Transcriber's note: This "unnamed female" was Cecil M. Hayes who married Chester A. Harrison; they were the parents of noted Kentucky historian Lowell Hayes Harrison.]

 

unnamed Coffey, white, female, born alive at Crocus on February 28, 1904. Father: E.G. Coffey, born Crocus. Mother: Marticia Kimbler, born Creelsboro [Russell Co.] Parents resided Crocus.

 

Flora Antle, white, female, born alive on April 16, 1904. Father: G.T. Antle, born Crocus. Mother: Mollie [looks more like Nellie] McFarland, born Montpelier.

 

Robert E. Graves, white, male, born alive on October 9, 1903. Father: Robert Graves, born Adair Co. Mother: Martha J. Bryant, born Adair Co.

 

unnamed Montgomery, white, female, born alive on October 15, 1903. Father: Moore Montgomery, born Adair Co. Mother: Viola Hammonds, born Russell Co.

 

Nancy J. Phillips, white, female, born alive on April 4, [year not given; included in the 1903-1904 births]. Father: G.C. Phillips, born Casey Co. Mother: Lou S. Morgan, born Adair Co.

 

Odis [or Adis] C. Combest, white, male, born alive on [month not given; mark in front of date possibly ditto mark for entry above, which was May] 15,  [year not given; included in the 1903-1904 births]. Father: J.M. Combest, born Pulaski Co. Mother: Arbelle Dehart, born Adair Co.

 

unnamed Dixon, white, female, born alive on April 16,  [year not given; included in the 1903-1904 births]. Father: F.L. Dixon, born Adair Co. Mother: Frosia E. Cook, born Adair Co.

 

unnamed Brockman, white, female, born alive in Sano on August 29,  [year not given; included in the 1903-1904 births]. Father: B.T. possibly B.F.] Brockman, born Russell Co. Mother: Mary J. Alley, born Adair Co. Parents lived Sano [community near the Russell-Adair Co. line].

 

Ona D. Foley, white, female, born alive on May 14,  [year not given; included in the 1903-1904 births]. Father: G.H. Foley, born Russell Co. Mother: S.J. [or S.I.] Owens, born Adair Co.

 

Harold Wheat, white, male, born alive on October 27, [year not given; included in the 1903-1904 births]. Father: Luther B. Wheat, born Denmark [Russell Co.]. Mother: Nellie [?]W. Wolford, born Montpelier. [Transcriber's note: the Social Security Death Index indicates the birth year was 1903.]                                    

 

Joe Holt, mulatto, male, born alive on 17 January 1904. Father: J.S. Holt, born Adair Co. Mother: L.B. Philpot, Adair Co. KY.

 

Mabell MacClary, mulatto, female, born alive on February 1, 1904. Father: W.H. MacCleary, born Adair Co. Mother: Murly Jackman, born Russell Co.

 

H.M. Bradshaw, white, female, born alive on December 4, 1903. Father: Melvin Bradshaw, born Adair Co. Mother: M.L. Collyns, born Adair Co.

 

unnamed Helm, white, male, born alive on May 14, 1904. Father: Ed Helm, born Russell Co. Mother: C.A. [appears to be] Toid, born Adair Co.

 

Newel [uncertain of interpretation of given name] Black, white, male, born alive on October 1, 1903. Father: Will Black, born Cumberland Co. Mother: Josey Melson, born Adair Co.

 

Warren A.F. Swanson, white, gender not indicated, born alive on March [date note given], 1906. Father: Thomas Swanson, born Allen Co. Mother: Martha B. Goodin, born Adair Co.

 

R.R. [or P.R.] Stephens, white, male, born alive on August 2, 1906. Father: Lucius Stephens, born Adair Co. Mother: Sarah McQueary, born Casey Co.

 

Anna C. Foley, white, female, born alive on February 18, 1905. Father: J.S. Foley, born Russell Co.. Mother: Sallie A. Roberts, born Adair Co.

 

C.M. Holt, white, female, born alive in Adair Co. on March 25, 1909. Father: Frank Holt, born Adair Co. Mother: Mary Absher, born Adair Co.  Parents resided Dent KY. [The Dent Post Office was located near the intersection present-day Blair School Road & Mt. Pleasant Road in Russell Co., not far removed from the Adair County line.]

 

unnamed Fitchpatrick, black, female, born alive August 28, 1909. Father: J.F. Fitchpatrick, born Adair Co. Mother: M.H. White, born Green Co.

 

M.L. Dickson, white, female, born alive on April 29, 1909. Father: J. Dickson, born Adair Co. Mother: M.G. [appears to be] Sincar, born Adair Co.

 

H.L Bricken, white, male, born alive on February 22, 1909. Father: J.B. Bricken. Mother: T.B. Womack, born Adair Co.                             

 

E.M. Harris, white, female, born alive on June 3, 1909. Father: E.T. Harris, born Russell Co. Mother: M.E. Blair, born Adair Co.

 

J.W. Tompkins, white, male born alive on August 24, 1909. Father: G.E. Tompkins, born Russell Co. Mother: Luella Wooldridge, born Adair Co.

 

R.H. Reece, race not indicated, male, born alive on December 19, 1908. Father: G.L. [or G.S.] Reece, born Adair Co. Mother: M. Marcum, born Adair Co.

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