1860 Webster County census

Post Office, Vanderburg, Ky. By P.D. Clayton, Ass't. Marshal
Page 128, 30 July, 1860

House-
hold #		 Surname Family
member		 Age/
sex		 Occupation Real estate/
personal estate		 State
of
birth		 Data from records of
Webster County researchers
891/886 Dorris B.P. 53 m farmer
$  400		 TN Burneal P. Dorris, son of Rev. John Dorris and Elizabeth Russell, married Nancy W. Dorris. Additional children of B.P. and Nancy W. Dorris were: Stephen Dorris, who married a Dorris; Nancy Ann Dorris, who married Rev. Benjamin B. Pullam, March 29, 1856; Elizabeth Jane Dorris, born 5 Jan 1837, died 13 May 1918 married John D. Cullen, born 27 April 1839, died 27 Aug 1934, son of Rev. Joseph Cullen and Sarah Boultinghouse, all four of whom are buried in the Cullen Cem, Webster Co. Information on this Dorris family from Pioneers, Preachers, and Pretty Plain People by Shirley Brown Mather, Dec 1989. Cullen information from Cullen Genealogy - Descendants of Richard Cullen of Kent, England by George Lee Cullen 1972.
Nancy W. 53 f housekeeper
KY
John 23 m farming
KY John Dorris never married.
Martha 20 f domestic
KY Martha Dorris married Mikey Martin.
James 19 m farming
KY James Dorris married a Martin.
Armstead T. 16 m farming
KY Armistead T. Dorris married Lucinda Hughes.
Ben F. 12 m
KY
892/887 Dorris William* 24 m farmer $  450
$  200		 KY Wm. F. Doris married Elizabeth Ellen James 21 Sep 1859 Hopkins Co KY. They are listed in the 1870 Webster County census with two children: Sarah E. Doris, age 6 and Thomas W. Doris, age 2. There is a 1938 obituary online for Thomas Wilson Doris, who married Ida Ramsey 24 Dec 1891 Webster Co KY, at the Webster County Message Board. Both Thomas W. Doris and his wife Ida are buried at Big Hill Cemetery in Webster Co.
Ellen E.* 19 f housekeeper
TN
*married in
the census year
James Jane 45 f domestic
TN Jane E. James, age 53, born TN, is living with William F. Doris and his wife Elizabeth in the 1870 Webster Co census.
Benjamin 15 m
KY Benjamin James, age 26, born KY, is living with William F. Doris and his wife Elizabeth in the 1870 Webster Co census.
893/888 Laughlin Abner 37 m watchmaker $2000
$1000		 KY Abner Laughlin is named in the will of his father William Laughlin, Webster Co KY Will Book 1, p 360. Click here to read father's will. Abner Laughlin married Harriett H. Smith 19 Jan 1857 Hopkins Co KY.
Harriet H. 36 f housekeeper
VA Harriet H. Northern married (1) Rowley F. Smith 14 Oct 1843 Hopkins Co KY; (2) Abner Laughlin 19 Jan 1857 Hopkins Co KY. She is named in her sister Augusta Northern's Webster Co will of 1863 and also in the will of her father Peter Northern at household 785/780 of this census. Click here to read Peter Northern's Webster County will.
Mary E.   2 f
KY
Sarah A. 5/12 f
KY
Smith J.C. 15 m
KY
Roley F. 13 m
KY
Laughlin Reuben 20 m watchmaker
KY Reuben Laughlin is named in the will of his father William Laughlin, Webster Co KY Will Book 1, p 360. Click here to read father's will. R.I. Laughlin married Phebe Ann Herrin 20 Jan 1864 Webster Co KY.
Northern Augusta 22 f domestic
TN Augusta Northern, the sister of Harriet, and the daughter of Peter Northern at household 785/780 of this census, left a Webster County will dated 1863, Webster Co KY Will Book 1, p 151. Click here to read her will. Click here to read Peter Northern's Webster County will
894/889 Bailey William D. 37 m merchant $  500
$1500		 KY
Rebecca E. 22 f housekeeper
KY
James A.   5 m
KY
Martha A.   2 f
KY
Holoman Harvey 22 m merchant
$1000		 KY Harvey B. Holloman married Mary J. Kirkwood 26 Nov 1862 Hopkins Co KY.
Mary 17 f domestic
KY
895/890 Headley James D. 45 m farmer
& merchant		 $7500
$4225		 VA James Decatur Headley, s/o James T. Headley and Marian Overall, was b 24 Jul 1814 VA and d 22 Nov 1903. He marr Mary E. Cargile 7 Apr 1837 Hopkins County. Their 1850 Hopkins County census listing. This information from Jim Laffoon

The early merchants went and others came. In the early 1850's Richard Savage sold his property and went to Union county. James D. Headley, a State Senator from 1855-59, and son of William Headley, acquired the property and kept store and tavern there for more than ten years. He built an attractive front to the old dwelling of Savage. A number of his children were born there, among the number Mrs. Mary Rudy of Evansville and Mrs. James G. Gist of Providence. His oldest son, John W. Headley, born in 1841, a Civil War hero, was Secretary of State under John Young Brown, and was one of the most prominent politicians of the state in his day. Newton Headley, brother of William, and uncle of James D. Headley, represented Hopkins county in the General Assembly in 1847-48. This information contributed by Charles Rice, who provides this link.

Mary 39 f housekeeper
KY
Thomas N. 22 m farming
KY
John W. 19 m mer. clk.
KY John W. Headley was born in (then) Hopkins Co. on Feb 14, 1841. He enlisted in 1861 in Captain James K. Huey's company of Confederate cavalry, which was formed mostly of men from Webster and Hopkins Counties. This company later became Company K, 1st Kentucky Cavalry (CSA). Headley joined Morgan after their enlistment expired, and it is thought he was captured on the Ohio raid and escaped. He then became a Confederate secret agent in Canada. Headley moved to Evansville after the war and was partners in the tobacco business with Laban M. Rice (original 1st Sgt of Huey's company) and John W. Givens, who was a cousin, as was Laban Rice). Headley served as Secretary of State of Kentucky in the 1890s. He published his "Confederate Operations in Canada and the North" in 1906. Headley eventually moved to California, dying there in 1930. Charles Rice believes his wife was Mary J. Overall.
Daniel 14 m
KY Daniel H. Headley marr Mary Gore, d/o James Gore and Rejoina Traylor, 9 Feb 1865 Hopkins County.
Margaret V. 12 f
KY
James D.   9 m
KY
Mary E.   7 f
KY
Francis O.   5 m
KY
Nathaniel   3 m
KY
Sarah M. 6/12 f
KY
896/891 Givens Thomas 41 m farmer $  9,000
$10,000		 KY Thomas Karr Givens was the son of James K. and Margaret P. (Given) Givens. He married (1) Margaret Hunter of PA 12 Jan 1841, who died in April, 1845. He married (2) Judith B. Gist 26 Oct 1846 and they became the parents of ten children, three sons and six daughters. Read Thomas K. Givens' Perrin's biography Read more about this family in the John Givens 1719 Surname File and the John Givens 1727 Surname File
Judith C. 35 f housekeeper
KY According to her husband's biography, Judith Cary Bell Gist was a native of Clark Co TN.
Anah M. 12 f
KY
Henry 11 m
KY Henry Givens married (1) Aggie Rice, the daughter of K.G. Rice, 28 Dec 1876, and they became the parents of two sons and one daughter. Mrs. Aggie Givens died in Aug 1882. Mr. Givens married (2) Mrs. Byrde (Pike) Murphy, a native of Springfield, Tenn. Read his Perrin's biography.

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