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UPDATE: 08/16/2007 ----- Check back often as this is a work in progress.
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The Barnett Family
Maternal Ancestors of Agatha Mattingly Ransdell
NOTE: Much of the following information is taken from a wonderful website created by Sheryl Neal Slaughter: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tttb/
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Dudley Harrison Barnett (1816-1905)
Frances (Fannie) Cameron (b. about 1822, d. about 1862)
Thanks to Sheryl Neal Slaughter for the photographs!
Dudley Barnett
Dudley Harrison Barnett was born October 1816 in Virginia. His ancestry has yet to be proved. He married Frances (Fannie) Cameron, daughter of Ruthy Cameron[1], on 14 March 1839 in Jessamine County, KY.[2] They had 12 children as recorded in the family Bible:[3]
i. William Daniel Barnett b. 30 Mar 1840 m. Susan Elizabeth Silcox, d. 21 Mar 1907
Photos thanks to C. Rote!
William Daniel Barnett
Susan Silcox Barnett
ii. Nancy Jane Barnett b. 26 Jun 1841
iii. James Harris Barnett b. 26 Feb 1843, m. Margaret iv. Jesse Barnett b. 18 Sep 1844 v. Robert Wesley Barnett b. 8 May 1846 vi. Mary Elizabeth Barnett b. 28 Mar 1848 vii. John Thomas Barnett b. 9 May 1850, d. 8 Aug 1851 viii. Edward Robards (Robert Barnett), b. 2 Oct 1851, m. Sarah Wiley[4] ix. Sarah Thomas Barnett b. 15 Aug 1853, m. John B. Mattingly see MATTINGLY x. George Riley Barnett, b. 13 Nov 1855, m. (1) Paulina Jane Dickerson, (2) Annie Askins[5], d. 11 Jun 1934 xi. Armacy Frances Barnett, b. 5 Aug 1857 xii. Henry Harrison Barnett b. Aug 1860, d. Sep (year?) (does not appear in 1860 or 1870 census)
Further information on all these families may be found on Sheryl Neal Slaughter’s website.
The family appears in the 1840 Jessamine Co., KY census as follows: Dudley Barnett, male 20-30, 1 female 15-20 (Frances) and 1 male under 5 (William Daniel).
The family appears in the 1850 Jessamine County, KY census as follows:[6]
Dudley, Barnett, male, age 35, pob VA Francis, 27, KY Daniel 10 James 9 A.J. female 7 (this must be Nancy J in 1860 census) Jesse 5 Robert 4.
The family moved to Mercer County in 1857.[7]
This family appears in the 1860 Mercer Co., KY census, page 77, Dist. 2, as follows:
Barnett, Dudley, 43, VA, farmer Frances 38 William D. 20 Nancy J. 19 James 17 Jessey 16 Robert 14 Mary E. 12 Edward 9 Sarah 6 George 5 Artemecia 2 |
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Dudley Harrison Barnett (1816-1905)
Malinda Hale Sadler
Photo: thanks to Sheryl Neal Slaughter!
Dudley & Malinda Barnett
i. Eliza Barnett b. 15 Jan 1864 Garrard Co., KY, d. 27 Apr 1952 Harrodsburg, KY [9](who never married) ii. Lucy Barnett, b. 1866 (who married Daniel B. Kurtz)[10]
Eliza Barnett with nephews Jim & J.G. Ransdell 1946
The 1870 Garrard Co., KY census, p. 459, shows the family as follows:
Barnett, Dudley, 54, farmer, VA Malinda 46 Edward 18 Sarah 15 George 14 Mecie 12 Sadler, Jacob 12 (Malinda's son by her first marriage) Eliza 7 Lucy 4 |
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Dudley Harrison Barnett (1816-1905)
Caroline Ford (About 1836-1908) Malinda apparently died sometime between 1870 and 1880 and Dudley married Caroline Ford. The family appears in the 1880 Garrard County, KY census, p. 522B, as follows:
Photo: thanks to Sheryl Neal Slaughter!
Dudley & Caroline Barnett
Barnett, Dudley 64, birthplace VA Caroline 44 Eliza 16 Lucy 13
They appear in the 1900 Garrard Co., KY census as follows: Dudley Barnett 83, b. Oct 1816 VA, and Caroline 63, born Sept. 1836 KY.
Dudley Barnett died 2 November 1905, and Caroline died 24 April 1908.[11] They are buried together in Mt. Olivet cemetery in Garrard Co., KY.[12]
Sheryl Neal Slaughter wrote to me in January 2001: "I am a direct granddaughter of Dudley Barnett. In fact, I have his bible in my possession right now. We also have another cousin in-law, Nancy Barnett of Ironton, OH, working on this line. I visited with her just before Christmas. She loaned me the Bible. Have been working on this line for more than 20 years and have been to Jessamine, Mercer, and Garrard Counties and have extracted everything I could find."
In her next email she wrote about the Barnett bible: “It is in terrible condition! It was rescued from the eaves of someone's attic and had been rained on and is crumbled and brittle. I'm trying to get caught up enough around here to take it to the Ky Historical Society for help in bringing out some of the faded print and turning some of the pages. Fortunately, the page of Dudley's children is pretty readable."
She provided the names and birthdates of all of the children, possibly recorded in Francis Camron Barnett's handwriting. "The next column is in a faded purple ink which will require special light to bring out, but it appears to be marriage records for the above children."
As of April 2003, Sheryl has posted pages of this Bible on the Barnett family website. Bless her heart!
Additional source of information:
Letters from and conversations with their granddaughter Beulah Ransdell Hopson (1916-1996) |
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[1] LDS Ancestral file shows Daniel Camron 1775-1835 and Ruth Rowland (1780-1877) who may be parents of Frances. Sheryl Neal Slaughter . [2] Jessamine County, KY Marriage Record: Dudley Barnett to Fanny Camron, consent by Ruthy Camron, mother of the bride. [3] Names and birthdates of children in Barnett family Bible in possession of Sheryl Slaughter; Phillip L. Rivera http://www.genealogy-rivera.com/ Barnett Genealogy. [4] Information from their great-grandson-in-law T. Ferguson [5] George Barnett & Annie appear in 1910 Garrard Co., KY census, 1920 Mercer Co., KY census. [6] Compiled by Bill and Kathy Vockery on page 18, Dist #1, family #261. [7] Sheryl Neal Slaughter [8] Washington County, KY Marriage Records 1792-1878, p. 8: Dudley Barnett to Matilda (should be Malinda) Saddler, April 21, 1863; witness Luther Hale (Bk 5-68). [9] Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, record for Eliza Barnett [10] Information on Lucy's husband and children provided by H. Kurtz [11] Harrodsburg Herald obituary. [12] Sheryl Neal Slaughter |
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