Elliott County's Civil War Veterans in 1890
By John A. Stegall   <  johnstegall@hotmail.com

        One installment in a series of articles Mr. John A. Stegall prepares and publishes in
The Elliott County News, this article first appearing in the Friday, July 19, 1996 edition
of said paper and a continuation from June 21, 1996.  Transcribed with permission from
the author by Samone Ratcliff on Nov 16, 1999.

This is part 12 in this series of articles relative to our Civil War veterans that were still
living when the 1890 census was taken in Elliott County.  In some cases, if the veteran
was deceased and his widow was still living, the census-taker attempted to obtain
information from the widow.
I have received many very favorable comments on previous articles, and certainly
enough to encourage me to continue with them.

David A. Fraley:  He was unable to give the census-taker information regarding
his rank, company or unit, but did state that he was in the army from sometime in 1861
into 1862 for a total period of 1 year.  His address in 1890 was Isonville.
An  entry in "The History of Elliott County, Volume II" states that David A.
Fraley was born Oct 27, 1844 in the Isonville area.  He was a son of James Elihu and
Jamima Waggoner Fraley.  James was a son of Isaac Oliver and Catherine Shoemaker
Fraley, who were among the very earliest settlers in what is now Elliott Co.
David A. Fraley married Frances Waddell, a daughter of Alfred and Annie
Johnson Waddell.  A photograph of David and Frances Fraley is found in "The History of
Elliott County, Volume I".
The James Fraley family is found enumerated in the 1860 Morgan Co, KY
census.  At that time David was age 15 years and still living at home with his parents.
When the 1870 Elliott Co census was taken, David Fraley stated the he was 26
years of age.  He was still living at home with his parents.
By 1890, David Fraley had married and established his own home.  At that time,
he stated that he was 35 years of age; Frances, his wife, was 30.  Their children named in
this report were:  James, 7; Jessie, 6; Annie, 4; Mary, 4;  and an unnamed daughter, 1
month old.
The 1890 Elliott Co Tax Assessments list David A. Fraley as the owner of 150
acres of land in the Newcomb Precinct.  Total value of his property was $250.
In June of 1900, David A. Fraley stated that he was 55 years of age, having been
born in Oct 1844. 
Frances Waddell Fraley, David's wife, was 48, and stated that she was born in
Aug 1857.  They had been married 28 years and the parents of 9 children, 2 of which
were deceased.  Their children still living at home with them were:  Minnie B., 20; 
Amanda, 12; and Rufus V., 10.
David A. Fraley was still a resident of the Newcomb Precinct in 19010.  At that
time, he was 65 years of age.  He stated that he was a Union veteran.  Frances, his
wife, was 52 years of age.  They stated that they had been married 40 years and had 7
children living and 2 deceased.  Only 2 of their children were at home:   Madonna, 22 and
Rufus, 21.
I do not have the date of death or place of burial for David and Frances Waddell
Fraley.

G. W. Fraley:  Pvt., Co., C, 4th Ky., Regt.  This was George Washington Fraley,
a son of James Elihu and Jamima Waggoner Fraley, a brother to the David A. Fraley
mentioned at the beginning of this article.   In 1890, G. W. told the
census taker that her entered the Confederate army on Aug 27, 1863 and served to Dec
30, 1864.  His address was Isonville.
It is interesting to note that George W. and his brother David served on opposite
sides in the Civil War; however, this was not an unusual situation in KY, perhaps one of
the most divided states involved in this tragic war.  Descendants of G. W. Fraley say that
another son of James Elihu, Adam Collard Fraley, also served in the Confederate army. 
His is not named in the 1890 census, but since his death did not until 1921, he was
undoubtedly a resident of Elliott Co at that time.
George W. Fraley is named in the 1860 Morgan Co census.  He was 21 years of
age  and still in the home of his parents in the Newcomb Precinct.
In the 1870 Elliot Co census, he is listed as Washington Fraley, age 31, which was
consistent with the age he gave in 1860.  His wife, Martha Hamilton Fraley, was 26. 
They had five children:  Sena, 7; Adam, 5; Willis, 3; Angeline, 2;  and David, 5 months,
having been born in Feb of 1870.  Also living in the Fraley home as a "farm hand" was
Isaac Hamilton, age 17.  (John Hambleton is found enumerated in the 1860 Lawrence Co,
KY census, and had a son, Isaac, age 7 years at that time.  Names of John's neighbors
would appear that he lived in that part of Lawrence Co that became a part of Elliot Co in
1869).
 

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