Muhlenberg County Kentucky
Family Group Records M
William C. McNary & Nancy Ann B. Wilkins
William C. McNary
Born: September 12, 1801, Fayette Co., KY
Married: 1)
2) January 22, 1845, Hopkins Co., KY
Died: September 19, 1875, McNary's Station, Muhlenberg
Buried: McNary Cemetery, Muhlenberg
Father: William McNary born Scotland
Mother: Ann Campbell
Wife 1): Unknown Nolin
Born: Fayette Co., KY
Information on the Internet says that William C. McNary's first wife is buried at McNary Cemetery and has a stone:
In memory of Ann M. McNary who died Dec 23 1839 aged 25 yrs
Wife 2): Nancy Ann B. Wilkins
Born: about 1812 in Kentucky
Died: after 1870
Children of William McNary & Unknown Nolin:
- Jane E. McNary, born June 16, 1835 in Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky; died February 19, 1918, Hopkins Co., Kentucky; married Thomas H. Moore, 24 November 1858, Muhlenberg. He was born November 15, 1835 and died February 2, 1882. They are both buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville, KY.
- Robert B. McNary, born about 1839 in Kentucky; married Derberry(?) before 1868. She was born about 1846 in Kentucky. 1870 Census: living in Holden, Johnson Co., Missouri with wife and one child, Mary age 2. Robert B. McNary is buried Holden Cemetery, Holden, Johnson Co., Missouri
Children of William McNary & Nancy Wilkins:
- Ann M. McNary, born about 1847 in Kentucky
- William T. McNary, born May 14, 1848 in Muhlenberg; married Fannie Jane Hoffman, December 23, 1875, Hopkins Co., Kentucky.
- James D. McNary, born January 1850 in Kentucky; 1880 Census: working as a Clerk in Colusa Co., California. Married about 1884 to Sarah M., born August 1860. They have 5 children: Miriam (born October 1884), William C. (born March 1886), Virdie Ray (born April 1887), John D. (born May 1889), & Annie C. (born April 1896). Also living with James D. McNary is a nephew, Kaven D. Hart. James D. McNary died after the 1910 Census.
Source: Muhlenberg County Kentucky Cemeteries Book 1 Page 101-102 by Marian G. Hammers; Muhlenberg County Kentucky Marriage Book 2; A History of Muhlenberg County Kentucky by Otto A. Rothert, 1913; Hopkins County Kentucky Marriages; Hopkins County Cemeteries Book VI Page 81; Kentucky Death Certificate 4263 Year 1918; 1850-1910 Census: Muhlenberg Co., KY, Hopkins Co., KY, Johnson Co., MO, Colusa Co., CA; Kentucky: A History of the State by Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 1885.
Updated August 4, 2017