Lawrence County, Kentucky
Ancestor Photos
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Ralph
& Nancy B. (Moore) Cordle
~ Ralph Cordle was born May 21, 1843 in Lawrence County, KY and he died December 10, 1920 in Wilbur, Lawrence County, KY. . He was the son of William & Jane (Wheeler) Caudill / Cordle.
He married Nancy B. Moore on December 17, 1863, daughter of DAVID & Lucind (Ball) Moore. She was born April 12, 1847 in KY, and died November 24, 1920 in KY. Photo
contributed by Tom Wagner.
Richard Monterville
Carter, 1872 ~
1948. Richard Monteville
Carter, son of James William & Sarah Ann (Berry) Carter was born August
4, 1872 at Irad. He married first Ella Hayes, daughter of William &
Margaret (Carter) Hayes on May 19, 1893. They had five children.
Richard had four children with Mary Elizabeth Moore, daughter
of George & Susan (Webb) Moore. Richard married second to Gracie
Greenwood Chaffin, daughter of Kenis Marion & Virginia (Wise Short) Chaffin,
on June 8, 1905. She and Richard had two children. Richard married
third to Florida Edmond, daughter of Albert Reese & Malinda A. (Leslie)
Edmond, on July 14, 1908. They had two children. Richard married
forth to Mattie Cooksey, daughter of Leander Corder & Sarah Elizabeth
(Christian) Cooksey. They had no children. Richard married fifth
to Minnie Crabtree around 1940/41. They had two children. Richard died
March 7, 1948 in Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio.
Photo contributed by Lennie Carter & information
taken from The Carter Family ~ The Genealogy and Family History of the
VIRGINIA CARTERS and their Migration to Lawrence County, Kentucky, by
Lennie M. Carter.
Cooksey Family
~ Cooksey family in front
of their home. Johnathan Cooksey was born on June 17, 1850, son of Andrew
Jackson Cooksey and Maery Ann Wellman. He married Virginia Goens on May 6,
1883. She was born on March 8, 1841 in Wayne County, WVA, daughter of Alenander
Goens and Mary Skidmore. Virginia died July 21, 1932. Johnathan died
on October 25, 1934. They had no children, but they raised Elva Chaffin
shown in photo. She was the daughter of Shade Raymond Chaffin
and Mary Lou Murphy. Photo & information contributed
by Lennie Carter.
John Michael Caudill
(Cordial/Cordle), 1829 ~ ? & Mary Ann "Polly" Moore,
1845~abt 1912. John Michael
Caudill
(Cordial/Cordle) was born in 1829. He was the son of William
Cordle and Jane Wheeler. He married first to Jane "Jennie" McKinster
about 1848. From the Appalachia Crossroads, by Clayton
Cox: "John served in the Civil War as a Union Army Scout. Per
family tradition, during the war he was allowed to go home for three days
due to illness of his wife. The first day he buried Jane, who died during
childbirth. The second day he buried one of the twins of this birth, and
the third day he buried the second twin. Then he left the other children
with a relative (?sister) and he returned to war.
While still in the army, John married a second time in Lawrence County, Kentucky, April 18, 1863, to Mary "Polly" Moore, who died ca 1912. His daughter, Nancy, related to her granddaughter, Mrs. Nancy Bassett, that her father had twenty-five children by his two wifes, but several died young, and several times there were twins in the family. Sixteen of the children were by his second wife. John and Mary are buried on a hill between Cordell and Tarkiln, Kentucky." Photo contributed by Tom Wagner & Cecil Aker. Information from Appalachia Crossroads , by Clayton Cox with contributions from Mrs. Nancy Bassett.
William Caudill Family, Photo circa 1918. Exact order is not certain. This is Beverly's best guest. If anyone can positively identify these folks, please let us know. From left to right: Arizona "Zona" b. 1896, Dorthy b. 1907, Shelby b. 1911, Nancy b. 1905, William b. 1869, Sarah b. 1903, Amos b 1909, Shirley b. 1912, Zella b. 1898, Rita b. 1879, Atha b. 1899 and Ralph b. 1918. Rita is the daughter of Jim & Sarah (Scarberry) Lemaster. Photo & information contributed by Beverly Whitney.
Elizabeth (Hayes) Cordial,
1865 ~ 1942 & George Washington Cordial,
1867~ 1936.
Elizabeth Hayes, daughter of Allen "Al"
& Julia Frances (Carter) Hayes, was born November 25, 1865 in Little
Blaine, Lawrence County, KY. She married George Washington Cordial,
son of John Michael & Mary A. "Polly" (Moore) Cordle, on April
4, 1889 in Lawrence County. Elizabeth died on June 14, 1942. George
was born March 13, 1867 in Brushley Fork of Big Blaine, Lawrence County,
KY. He died November 27, 1936 in Boyd County, KY. George was
a farmer.
Photo on the right was contributed by Theodore B. Walter &
information contributed by Joanne Elliott. Photo on the left was contributed by
??? (Sorry, lost due to a PC Crash. If you will email me, I will post
proper credit.)
IDENTIFIED From Mystery Ancestors Posting. . . Derifield. Thanks
so much to Barbara Swank! Barb reports that sitting left front is Sylvester Derifield; Sitting right front is Derascus Holbrook Derifield Standing behind
is Isaac Monterville Derifield. These men are the sons of Thomas Derifield
and his wife Mary A. (Holbrook) Derifield. Derascus served in the 14th Kentucky
Infantry (Union Army) in the Civil War. Family story has Sylvester serving
on the Confederate side. Isaac was too young to serve. Thomas and Mary also
had 5 daughters. Derascus and family (with his parents and 1 sister) moved
to Minnesota.
Isaac and family moved to Washington State. Sylvester stayed
in Lawrence Co., KY.
If you want to view all the photos, use the links below. Note that they are not in alphabetical order. Enjoy!
Last Updated: Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:00 AM