Notes:

Here's the notes I have on Edward & Matilda:

1850 Meade Co., Ky. census wife Matilda and family. Does not list a child Mariah. I have as born in 1836. Possibly not a child of theirs.

1860 Meade Co. Ky. census has some of his children living him. Wife must have died. Mariah is on this census age 24. Has his name as E.A. Steward instead of a T. at the end. Living 2 doors away from Stephen & Matilda Burch. Next page over is Thomas J. Gough with wife Christina McGill.

Lucy

Edward married Matilda Gough in 1829 in BreckinridgeCo, KY. Matilda (daughter of Cornelius Gough and Winnifred Wright "Winney" Thomasson) was born about 1814 in Scott County, Kentucky; died on 13 Jun 1857. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I have Matilda Gough b. abt. 1814 (according to this census) married Edward A. Stuart (Stewart). Here's the notes I have on Edward & Matilda:

1850 Meade Co., Ky. census wife Matilda and family. Does not list a child Mariah. I have as born in 1836. Possibly not a child of theirs.

1860 Meade Co. Ky. census has some of his children living him. Wife must have died. Mariah is on this census age 24. Has his name as E.A. Steward instead of a T. at the end.Living 2 doors away from Stephen & Matilda Burch. Next page over is Thomas J. Gough with wife Christina McGill.

Notes:

"The Centenary Of Catholicity in Kentucky", page 420 by Hon Ben J. Webb."

He is describing the mission in Meade Co. KY.

"The congregation (of Meade County) at the date given (abt 1824) was composed, for the most part, of the families of James Mills, Henry Greenwell, Wilfred Greenwell, Anthony Livers, Guy Livers, Ignatius Elder, ________ O'Brien, Noble Wright, Mrs. Henrietta Alvey, John Manning, Cornelius Gough, Joseph Pike, Oliver Burch, Peter Jarboe, Walter Reid, Peter Bruner, Henry Alvey, and Caleb Brown." ....

married Winifred (Thomason?)(niece of Nelson Thomason)

From the book "The History of Ky Illustrated 1866" William Henry Gough, a highly esteemed citizen of Brandenburg, Meade Co., Ky was born Oct 30, 1826 in Breckinridge County. His grandfather, Cornelius Gough, was an early settler in that county, removing with his family from Scott County, KY. He settled on the Ohio River near Flint Island and developed a farm. Cornelius Gough died Dec 10, 1833 of cholera, while on a trading expedition in the South. He had seven children, the eldest of whom was Thomas J. Gough, the father of William Henry Gough. He was born in Scott County KY, March 3, 1805, received a good English education and served in the several offices of constable, jailer and associate justice of Breckinridge County. Having removed to Meade County, he was elected to the State Legislature in 1837 and was a member of the constitutional convention of 1849. He also served that county as school commissioner for several years, and until his death, August 5, 1873. His first marriage, was August 9, 1825 to Miss Teresa Burch, daughter of Walter Burch. She was born January 2, 1805 and died May 9, 1841, leaving two children, viz.: William H. and Susan (deceased wife of Lewis Pullen). He then married Agnes Burch, who died without issue, after which he contracted an alliance with Christina McGill, who still survived him and is the mother of Mary C. (Popham). William H. Gough was chiefly reared and educated in Meade County, and in 1849 became deputy sheriff and was elected the first sheriff of Meade County under the present constitution, serving one term, from which time until 1870 he engaged in farming. In the last named year he was elected to the office of clerk of the Meade County Court, a position he has held for the past sixteen years. He married in 1854, Mrs. Columbia (Philpott) Burch, widow of John H. Burch. She was born in Meade County and is a daughter of John F. Philpott and Emaline Hardin. Mr. Gough is one of the most influential men of Meade County, a Democrat in politics and a member of the Catholic Church.

Cornelius married Winnifred Wright "Winney" Thomasson. Winnifred was born on 2 Dec 1783 in Louisa Co, VA; died on 29 Oct 1837 in Rhodelia, Meade County, Kentucky; was buried in St. Theresa Cemetery, Rhodelia, Meade Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Winifred seems to be a troublemaker with me. I know that the Winifred who married a Ben Gough & a James Gough who were cousins is correct as I have her obit from MO and other tidbits about her. Why did I list Cornelius's wife as the same name? I'm not sure. I thought I had something that told me that was her name but am unable to find it. Everything that I can find lists her just as "Winifred" and no surname. One court record in KY said she is "the niece of Nelson Thomason". For this reason some people assumed her last name was Thomason BUT that would not be the case if Nelson were her mother's brother. I think I'll change her name to just Winifred until something more concrete comes along. Bill Korstick

Re: Sarah F. Thomason in Scott Co., Kentucky
Posted by: A.C. Merritt Date: July 09, 2000 at 05:13:21
In Reply to: Sarah F. Thomason in Scott Co., Kentucky by Yvonne Adams Applegate of 1370

Do you have any information that would show if Sarah were related to a Nelson Thomason born in Scott Co., Kentucky? He married Sallie (last name unknown) and had three daughters. Two of the daughters names are not known; one was Mary L(Louise?) Thomason who married J. S. McKendrick.

Winifred Thomason/Kendrick was the niece of Nelson Thomason. She married Cornelius Gough

Descendants of Winifred Thomason/Kendrick

1 Winifred Thomason/Kendrick b: Abt. 1782 d: October 29, 1837 in Rhodelia, Meade Co., KY
. +Cornelius Gough d: December 10, 1833 in Rhodelia, KY.

I have not found a strong source for either Thomason or Kendrick. I see Nelson, Thomason and Kendrick in your message. Could she be related to your Thomasons or McKendricks?

Thanks

J. S. McKendrick
Posted by: Logan Merritt Date: April 21, 1999 at 09:03:04
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Interested in information on J. S. McKendrick , buried in Lexington, KY City Cemetery. Was a merchant in Shelbyville, KY. He and his wife reared my great grandmother Mary Louise Sacra (1857-1934), who married Frank F. Waller.

Winnifred Thomasson
Posted by: Carol Jacobson (ID *****6788) Date: November 09, 2003 at 21:57:39
In Reply to: Winifred Thomason/Kendrick -- niece of Nelson Thomason by Mike Gough of 1381

Winnifred Wright "Winney" Thomasson marr. Cornelius Gough before 1805 in Scott Co, KY. Winney was born 2 Dec 1783 in Louisa Co, VA, the daughter of William Thomasson (est. 1751-1793) & Elizabeth Hallom. William was a son of Samuel Thomasson, Sr. (est. 1722-est. 1792).

Cornelius & Winney are in the Scott KY 1810 census, as are other descendants of her grandfather, Samuel. Her parents were deceased.

Samuel Thomasson Sr.'s parents are unknown. (His father was NOT Samuel Thomson.)

Nelson was Winney's cousin, not uncle.

Carol

Notes:

St. Francis Cemetery, White Sulphur, Scott County, KY

60 James Gough 1748 Sept. 27, 1826

GOUGH
Back in the days when lay trustees did mental battle for the position of "running the church," James Gough (1748-1826) and Jeremiah Tarlton (1755-1826) would have probably been the leading contenders. Both were wealthy men with important family connections. James Gough was related to at least one-third of the members of the St. Francis/St. Pius parish, and Jeremiah Tarlton was the richest.7

Father Badin, an early guest in the home of James Gough, was frequently at odds with that eccentric parishioner who must have added considerable drama to the Elkhorn frontier country. The date of Gough's coming to Kentucky from St. Mary's County is uncertain. He is listed as one of the founders of the parish. Goad mentions a 1796 migration which involved John, son of Nancy Lynch Price who married Gough on January 14, 1797. In early 1797 Gough carried forty-five dollars to Baltimore to pay the expense of a clergyman to come to serve the parish.48

James Gough's first wife was a sister to Eleanor Medley, the wife of Jeremiah Tarlton. She was Susanna Gough (1746-July 1795), buried beside Gough. The two men with their proclivity to contention at one time were so at odds with each other that their conflict was the subject of ecclesiastical correspondence.49

The Gough name is important to Kentucky agriculture, as it was a Marylander named Gough and a Virginian named Miller who imported the first improved English cattle into the Shenandoah Valley. Both strains were in Kentucky by 1787; and in 1790 they were bred to Matthew Patton's Mars strain. Until 1817, says Thomas D. Clark, all improved Kentucky cattle came from the Gough-Miller-Patton stock. After the War of 1812, imported English purebreds were mixed with this stock, resulting in the famous Kentucky Shorthorn.50

Of James Gough, Sr., John Price, his stepson, recalled, "He was an excellent man and a Catholic, while my mother was an Episcopalian. He tried to raise me up in his religion, and my mother, in hers, and between the two, be damned if they didn't make me nothing."51 Nancy Gough's first husband was Robert Price; her daughter Nancy married James, son of Jeremiah and Eleanor Medley Tarlton. Nancy had a brother named Barton Lynch.

James Gough's extensive family included John Baptist Gough (1775-1839) who married Sarah Jenkins Clarvo, widow of Henry Clarvo; James Gough, Jr. (1775-1828), whose wife was Rebecca Ann, who married John Manning circa 1793; Ignatius Gough (1785-1825) who left infant heirs who were looked after by Henry McAtee and Richard B. Jackson; Alluisa Gough, who became the second wife of Bennet Greenwell; Robert Gough, executor of the estates of James Gough, Sr., and James Gough, Jr.; Juliana Gough who married Robert Hunter first and Henry Greenwell second; James H. Gough (born ca. 1800) who married Cordelia C. Jenkins before 1834, she being a daughter of Thomas C. and Elizabeth Tarlton Jenkins; Elizabeth Ann Gough (1804-1848) who married George W. Tarlton, born in 1809 to the Jeremiah Tarltons; Cornelius Gough; and possibly others. (Father Badin wrote Bishop Carroll on September 12, 1809 that John Manning was a son-in-law of James Gough, they along with John B. Gough being "malcontents.")

There were two Ignatius Goughs active in the congregation: one, the son of James Gough, Sr., and the other a veteran of the Revolutionary War and possibly a brother of James Gough, Sr. It was this latter Ignatius Gough who provided a farm for the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth St. Catherine's Academy. James Gough, Sr. and Ignatius Gough signed the 1806 petition for a pastor; and James, Cornelius, and Ignatius Gough contributed toward the Dominican college.
James Gough, Sr.'s, lands initially lay within the much disputed land grants of Terrell and Hawkins and John C. Owings, which those parties had acquired from Hugh and William Alexander and John Smith. This land lay south of Ironworks Pike and west of the Midway-Versailles Pike. In 1825 he deeded 171 acres of this to John B. Gough and another tract lying north of Ironworks and extending east and north of the parish farm to Anderson Harper. IN 1836 his other lands were deeded to Robert and Ann Thomason (seventy acres), Barnaby Worland (twenty acres), and John Branham (seventy acres).
John Baptist Gough's will was probated in July 1839. Notes were help on Benedict and James R. Gough, Buford Craig, James Combs, John Thomason, and William N. Thomason. George Allgaier and James R. Gough were the executors.54
The last of the Goughs bearing the name who in the St. Francis/St. Pius cemetery were James, James, Jr., in 1828, and John Baptist Gough, 1839.

B. L. Gough, who died in 1876, was of the tailor - merchant trade. His estate sale in Will Book R takes up fifteen and one-third pages with proceeds of only $682.87.

Sr. Vickie Cravens at Mt. St. Joseph's. The information she has stems around James H. Gough m. Susanna Medley, son Ignatius bapt. St.. Francis in Georgetown KY, d. 1825 m. Susan Beavins, children were James Henry b. 1831 (m. Cordelia Cecelia Jenkins), George, Harriett A., Susan Rebecca, Wm. M. Susan (Beavins) remarried Henry McAtee in Scott County KY, after Ignatius died. (I think she died in 1848). They moved to Monroe County, MO. Susanna Medley Jenkins' (probably meant Cordelia Cecelia Jenkins see note below) parents were Thomas Courtney Jenkins & Elizabeth (?) and also moved to Monroe County MO.

I wonder now if she meant to write: "Cordelia Cecelia Jenkins' parents were Thomas Courtney Jenkins & Elizabeth (?) and also moved to Monroe County MO." Yes!!!!

Since, I did find another tree that said she was the daughter of Thomas Jenkins:

Gough, Cordelia Cecelia Daugh. of Thomas & ( ) Jenkins of Scott Co., Ky. 1st wife of James Henry Gough - 8 children D. Oct. 2, 1864 Age 51 yrs. 4 mos. 24 days

Linda Reno wrote:

> Mike,
>
Thomas Courtney Jenkins married Elizabeth Tarlton, daughter of Jeremiah Tarlton and Eleanor Medley (how ironic) of St. Mary's County.
>
1. ELIZABETH4 TARLTON (JEREMIAH3, JAMES2, TARLTON1) was born June 25, 1785 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died November 09, 1862 in Georgetown, KY. She married THOMAS COURTNEY JENKINS Abt. 1809 in KY. He was born 1775 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died February 22, 1832 in Georgetown, KY.
>
Children of Jeremiah Tarlton and his wife, Eleanor Medley Tarlton. This source gives her first name as Elizabeth, her dob, their estimated marriage year; and date of death and location. Children: Henry; Austin; Sebastian; Eleanora; Cordelia C.; Bede (male); Ann Savilla; Matilda; Thomas; Elizabeth; and Theodore. (Fenwick Collection, St. Mary's Co. Historical Society).
>
Cornelius who died 1833 was a brother of John Baptist Gough (1767-1839). Both were sons of James Gough & Susanna Medley.

Bill Korstick

Yes, James Gough married a 2nd time after his wife Susanna Medley Gough died in 1795. Apparently he went back to Maryland and married Ann Nancy Lynch Price. Ann Nancy Lynch married Robert Price. They had a son, John Price, born 25 Mar 1787 in St Marys Co, MD. Robert Price died. Ann Nancy then married James Gough 14 Jan 1797 in St Marys Co MD. James & Ann Nancy may have had a daughter, Elizabeth born 1801 but I am not positive this lady is from these two. I have an in a 1957 St Marys County Historical Society paper. He talks about his mother, step-father James Gough, and others- quite interesting.

Bill Korstick

Hi Jim,

Susanna Medley, daughter of Thomas Medley and Mary Fenwick, married James Gough III, son of James Gough, Jr. and Priscilla Heard, in St. Mary's Co. prior to 1774. A brief report follows.

Linda Reno

Descendants of James Gough III

Generation No. 1

1. JAMES4 GOUGH III (JAMES3, JAMES2, STEPHEN1) was born September 15, 1748 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died September 27, 1826 in Scott Co., KY. He married (1) SUSANNA MEDLEY Bef. 1774 in St. Mary's Co., MD, daughter of THOMAS MEDLEY and MARY FENWICK. She was born Bef. 1759 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died January 13, 1795 in Scott Co., KY. He married (2) ANN "NANCY" LYNCH January 14, 1797 in St. Mary's Co., MD, daughter of LYNCH and ISABEL PEMBROKE. She was born 1768 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died January 07, 1814 in Scott Co., KY.

Children of JAMES GOUGH and SUSANNA MEDLEY are:

i. CORNELIUS5 GOUGH, b. 1774, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. December 10, 1833, Rhodelia, Meade Co., KY.

ii. JAMES GOUGH IV, b. February 14, 1775, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. May 24, 1828, Scott Co., KY; m. REBECCA ANN DAVIS, Aft. 1795; b. Aft. 1775.

iii. ELIZABETH GOUGH, b. March 04, 1781, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. February 23, 1835, Ralls Co., MO; m. JAMES LEAKE, Aft. 1796; b. Bef. 1775; d. Aft. 1795, KY.

iv. IGNATIUS GOUGH, b. 1784, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. May 23, 1825, Scott Co., KY; m. SUSAN BEAVEN, Aft. 1804, KY; b. Bef. 1784.

v. MARY ALOYSIA GOUGH, b. November 28, 1784, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1799; m. BENNET GREENWELL, Aft. 1799; b. December 07, 1761, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1833, Scott Co., KY.

vi. JULIANNA GOUGH, b. 1785, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1800, Rhodelia, Scott Co., KY; m. GEORGE S. HUNTER, Aft. 1800, KY; b. Bef. 1785; d. Aft. 1800, Rhodelia, Scott Co., KY.

Children of JAMES GOUGH and ANN LYNCH are:

vii. JAMES H.5 GOUGH, b. 1800.

viii. ELIZABETH ANN GOUGH, b. 1804; d. May 01, 1848, Georgetown, KY; m. GEORGE W. TARLTON, Aft. 1829; b. February 1809, KY; d. Georgetown, KY.

James married Susannah Tarleton before 1767 in St. Mary's County, MD. Susannah was born on 15 Sep 1748 in St. Mary's County, MD; died on 13 Jan 1795 in White Sulphur, Scott County, KY; was buried in St. Francis Cemetery, White Sulphur, Scott County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

St. Francis/St. Pius Cemetery records: 61 Susanna Gough 1746 Jan. 13, 1795

* Sources:

1. Title: History of St. Mary's County Maryland 1634 - 1990
Author: Regina Combs Hammett
Publication: Donald Hammett PO Box 11 St. Inigoes, Maryland 20684
Call Number: LCCCN 91-91849
Page: page 95
2. Title: John Medley (1615- 1660) St Mary's County MD HIS DESCENDANTS
Author: Mary Louise Donnelly
Publication: Copyright and published 1995 by Mary Louise Donnelly, PO Box 97 Ennis TX,
Call Number: ISBN 0-939142-14-7
Page: page 63

I have the first wife of James Gough as Susanna Medley. Why do you think her name was Susanna Medley Jenkins? According to Donnelly, she was the daughter of Thomas Medley and Mary Fenwick, but I'm not sure as I can find no evidence to corroborate that. Linda Reno

I obtained the following information from Sr. Vickie Cravens at Mt. St. Joseph's in Owensboro, KY. It was contained in some Genealogical files that they maintain.

Sr. Vickie Cravens at Mt. St. Joseph's. The information she has stems around James H. Gough m. Susanna Medley, son Ignatius bapt. St.. Francis in Georgetown KY, d. 1825 m. Susan Beavins, children were James Henry b. 1831 (m. Cordelia Cecelia Jenkins), George, Harriett A., Susan Rebecca, Wm. M. Susan (Beavins) remarried Henry McAtee in Scott County KY, after Ignatius died. (I think she died in 1848). They moved to Monroe County, MO. Susanna Medley Jenkins' (probably meant Cordelia Cecelia Jenkins see note below) parents were Thomas Courtney Jenkins & Elizabeth (?) and also moved to Monroe County MO.

I wonder now if she meant to write: "Cordelia Cecelia Jenkins' parents were Thomas Courtney Jenkins & Elizabeth (?) and also moved to Monroe County MO." Yes!!!!

Since, I did find another tree that said she was the daughter of Thomas Jenkins:

Gough, Cordelia Cecelia Daugh. of Thomas & ( ) Jenkins of Scott Co., Ky. 1st wife of James Henry Gough - 8 children D. Oct. 2, 1864 Age 51 yrs. 4 mos. 24 days

Linda Reno wrote:

> Mike,
>
> Thomas Courtney Jenkins married Elizabeth Tarlton, daughter of Jeremiah Tarlton and Eleanor Medley (how ironic) of St. Mary's County.

> 1. ELIZABETH4 TARLTON (JEREMIAH3, JAMES2, TARLTON1) was born June 25, 1785 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died November 09, 1862 in Georgetown, KY. She married THOMAS COURTNEY JENKINS Abt. 1809 in KY. He was born 1775 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died February 22, 1832 in Georgetown, KY.

> Children of Jeremiah Tarlton and his wife, Eleanor Medley Tarlton. This source gives her first name as Elizabeth, her dob, their estimated marriage year; and date of death and location. Children: Henry; Austin; Sebastian; Eleanora; Cordelia C.; Bede (male); Ann Savilla; Matilda; Thomas; Elizabeth; and Theodore. (Fenwick Collection, St. Mary's Co. Historical Society).
>
>
>
> Linda

Hi Mike,

Here's where I am at this point:

1. There is no evidence that Susanna, wife of James Gough, was Susanna Medley, daughter of Thomas Medley and Mary Fenwick. Thomas Medley died intestate before 9/23/1764 with Mary administering the estate. No children were named.

2. There is no evidence that Mary, wife of Thomas Medley, was a Fenwick. His wife may have been Mary Bailey, daughter of James Bailey who owned "Barren Doe" in 1710 and 1719. After that date, Thomas Medley owned the property until at least 1760.

3. I think, but am lacking firm evidence, that Susanna, wife of James Gough, may have been Susanna Wildman, daughter of Cornelius Wildman, Jr. and Susanna Langley. Remember that Susanna named her first son Cornelius.

Will of Cornelius Wildman, SMC 10/10/1763-11/2/1763. Son: John, furniture. Wife: Ann, during life, land where I live called "Brooks' Chance" and at her death to son Cornelius and 5 slaves. Son: Cornelius, "Wildman's Venture" and 100 ac. "Tavern"; "Golden Grove"; "Dillon's Disappointment"; at death of wife, land where I live "Brooks' Chance" and for want of heirs to my daughters: Mary Ann, Susanna, and Monica; desk, looking glass, there being one now in the new house, and I have sent to England for another. Daughter: Mary Ann Snowden, 1 slave. Daughter: Susanna, 2 slaves. Daughter: Monica, 2 slaves. Children: Mary Ann, Cornelius, Susanna, and Monica the remainder of my estate. Execs: Wife, Ann and son, Cornelius. Wit: Mark Crewis, James McKibby, John Reeder, Jr., Clement Mahoney. (Maryland Calendar of Wills).

Admin. accts. of Cornelius Wildman 7/28/1765; sureties were John Reeder, Jr. and Athanasius Ford; legatees were: Son, John (items belonging to his mother); Cornelius, Mary Ann Snowden, Susanna, and Monica; Distribution to: Widow, 1/3 and residue to children, Mary Ann, Cornelius, Susanna, and Monica; Execs., Cornelius Wildman, Henry Hudson Wathen and his wife Ann Wathen (Skinner).

Cornelius Wildman III (son of Cornelius Wildman, Jr. and Susanna Langley and Susanna's brother) married Tabitha Dorcas Miles (who had several siblings who went to KY).

Linda

Jerry, we discussed this on the list last week, I think.

You probably picked up that information from Ms. Donnelly. I'm not sure how she reached that conclusion, but I could never find any proof that Thomas Medley and wife, Mary (and, incidentally, I find no proof that she was Mary Fenwick) had any children, more less a daughter named Susanna. His admin. accts. name only his wife, Mary.

9/23/1764: Admin. accts. of Thomas Medley, SMC. NOK:, Ann Cole and Clement Medley, Jr. Exec: Wife, Mary.

Incidentally, Thomas Medley's wife may have been Mary Bailey, daughter of James Bailey who owned "Barren Doe" in 1710 and 1719. After that date, Thomas Medley owned the property until at least 1760.

I'd really suspected that Susanna, wife of James Gough, was Susanna Wildman, daughter of Cornelius Wildman. He had a daughter of the right age and since James and Susanna named a child Cornelius, I was suspicious. It wasn't until this morning when I got the note from Mike Gough and took a look at Susanna Tarlton, sister of Jeremiah Tarlton that the bells started ringing. Both women stated to be born in 1746 and the records in KY, although wrong, were close, as they indicated that Susanna, wife of James Gough, was a sister of Eleanor Medley, wife of Jeremiah Tarlton. Instead, as it turns out, she was her sister-in-law.

Shirley Sherman wrote:

>Hi, my information came through researching of Henry Clarvoe, who was the first husband of Sarah Jenkins, who married John Baptist Gough second, this is where I found the marriage of James Gough to Susanna Tarleton, hope this helps some in your research. Shirley
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