Notes:

This is the John Stewart family from Meade County. I found John Cornelius Stewart's grave in they St. Agnes Cemetery. I then found the widow Laura Stewart with her children in the 1880 Union County Census. Thomas F. Stewart was listed as being born in Jan 1880. So, daddy had died recently. They were not listed in the 1870 Census, so they must have arrived in Union County after 1870.

I suspect that Laura remarried since she was still young when John died, had a 8 children and I couldn't find her in the St. Agnes Cemetery with John.

John married Martha Lauretta Elder. Martha was born about 1843 in Meade County, Kentucky; died on 4 Jul 1919 in Uniontown, Union County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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