1/26/1860 Dist 1, PO Brooksville, Bracken Co, KY. That year he livedn ext door to brother Nimrod, his widowed mother was just 2 doors downan d beyond her was sister Mary Buckley. According to the censustaker he w as a 45 year old farmer with property = $2300/2000. Livingin his hous e was a large farmily including wife "Aradney," 30, andchildren: Eliza beth, 14; Henry, 12; Rosa A, 11; John, 9; William, 7;and Malinda, 9 mo . Also living with them were 2 farm hands, RobertThornberry, 22, and J ames Harden, 21.
This family was not listed in any further census records.
“John (Jr), killed his father when threshing machine there, abt1887-88 . He (was) sent to (the) Penn for life, but died there soonafter.”
