Family Group Records


Information Source = JM
James Jackson Allen    b: 1844 in Pike Co., Ky.   m: 3  Sep 1867 in Pike Co., Ky.
     +Elizabeth Weddington    b: 1848 in Pike Co., Ky. (Alternate b: 1851 C)
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Following Information Source = C

Information Source = JM
Thomas J. Brown  (Son of Jerry Brown and Mary Blackburn)  b: 10 Nov 1854 Pike Co., Ky  m: 28 Dec 1876 Pike Co., Ky
+ Belvadora (Belle) Weddington  (Daughter of Jacob Weddington and Nancy Smith)  b: 29 Dec 1860 Pike Co., Ky.   d:  Nov 1883
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 Information Source = JL
Thelma Chapman Chaney  Photo (Courtesy of Jean Lawson) b: 7 Mar 1907  d: 7 Jan 1997
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 Information Source = JL
Austin Chapman
     + Cora Lee Weddington b: 7 Mar 1883, KY   d:  2 Feb 1942 Putnam Co., WV
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Stephan M. Ferguson
    + Lucinda Weddington (daughter of William and Mary Mead Weddington)
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Information Source = TSK
Everett Ford   b: 6 Mar 1899  Enterprize, Carter Co., KY   d: 23 Mar 1975  Bryan, Williams Co., OH
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Information Source = TSK
Harrison "Harry" Ford  b: 1832   m: 9 Jun 1854 d : 27 Jun 1880 Pikeville, Pike Co., KY  (Captain in the 39th Kentucky Infantry)
+ Mary Elizabeth Damron  b: Jan 1841 d: 5 Apr 1912
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Harrison Ford had an out-of-wedlock relationship with Hester Ann Jones  b: 21 Feb 1851 Russell Co., VA  d: 1878-1880 Virgie, Pike Co., KY  buried:  L. Johnson Cemetery in Virgie. Beside her are her two daughters by
Harrison Ford.
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Information Source = TSK
John Dietz Jones Ford  b: 24 Nov 1875  Virgie, Pike Co., KY  d: 16 Jun 1951  Pioneer, Williams Co., KY
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 Information Source = C
Thomas Hargis m: 27 Jun 1818
    + Jane Weddington  b: 18 Aug 1802 Russell Co VA  d: abt 1869 (Daughter of Jacob and Jane Pressley Weddington)
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 Information Source = C
John Hargis
    + Elizabeth Weddington   b: 17 Mar 1804 (Daughter of Jacob and Jane Pressley Weddington)
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John Lee Hatcher
    + Elizabeth Weddington (daughter of William and Mary Mead Weddington)
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Irvin Hocaday
    + Arminta Weddington (daughter of William H. and Elizabeth Reynolds Weddington)
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Thomas Lane
    + Anne Weddington  (daughter of William and Mary Mead Weddington)
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 Information Source = JL
Jean Chaney Lawson
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 Information Source = JL
David Brian Lawson JL
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Trimble Leslie  (son of Sparrel and Helen Leslie)  m: 1895
    + Emma Weddington  (daughter of William H. and Elizabeth Reynolds Weddington)
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Information Source = DL
Dan Joel Love  b: 24 May 1947
+Joyce Lorine Key   b: 22 Jun 1952
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Information Source = DL
Lionel Love  DL  b:  14 Mar 1914  d: 12 Apr 1996
+Dorothy Louise Stinnett  b: 30 Mar 1925
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Edgar Arthur Love  b: 8 Nov 1885 d: 17 Sep 1941 m: 20 Mar 1913  Photo
     + Viola "Toy" Weddington  b: 10 Jan 1893 DL  d: 20 Oct 1969
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Robert Quentin Love, Sr.   b: 11 Aug 1918   d: 14 Oct 1997
+Fannie Lee Hester Clark b: 25 Dec 1916    d: 13 Mar 1969
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Information Source = DL
Lionel Weddington Love   b: 14 Mar 1914  d: 12 Apr 1996
     + Dorothy Louise Stinnett (Stinnette)  b: d: N/A
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Information Source = DL
Dan Joel Love  b: 24 May 1947 d: N/A
     + (Divorced) Joyce Lorine Key
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Orrison R. Lowe Jr. (Son of Orrison Lowe and Elizabeth Runyon) b: 7 Aug 1860  m: 7 Aug 1884 Pike Co., Ky at home of Jacob Weddington
+Josephine Weddington  (Daughter of Jacob Weddington and Nancy Smith)   b: March 1870

Information Source = C
Reuben Meade
     + Martha Jane Weddington
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Information Source = TSK
Mr. Miller
     +  Irma I. Ford  b: 23 Nov 1923  Hicksville, Defiance Co., OH
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Information Source = C
John Miller
Louisa Hargis   b: 1843
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James Porter
    + Katherine Weddington (daughter of William and Mary Mead Weddington)
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Information Source = JM
William Preece b: 1831 in Pike Co., Ky.  m: 31 Oct 1858 in Pike Co. KY
     +Nancy A. Weddington     b: 1842 in Pike Co., Ky.
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Silas Wesley Ratliff  m:  9 Dec 1852  C
    + Mary Jane Weddington  b: 26 Aug 1831 d: 9 Apr 1891  (daughter of James and Nancy Fletcher Weddington)
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Information Source = RCR
Mr. Ribble
     + Jean D. Weddington
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Jack Scott
    + Nancy Weddington (daughter of William and Mary Mead Weddington)
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David Sherrer  (Son of  Emory O. Sherrer and Mildred E. Brown)  b: 1962 m: 1992 divorced 1999
      +Evangelynn Hardin (Daughter of Roy Hardin and Jennifer L.) Photo  b: 1970 
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Information Source = JM
Alexander Washington Stratton  (Son of Hiram Stratton and Rhoda Finley) b: May 03, 1840 in Pike Co., Ky.  d: 8 April 1912  Number of children: 11
     +Marrietta Weddington    b: 1840 in Pike Co., Ky.  d: Bef. 1880  m: 26 March 1871 in Pike Co., Ky.
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Ballard Weddington b: 10 Nov 1866  (son of William H. & Elizabeth Reynolds Weddington)  m: 12 Jun 1895 KY C
     + Ella Brown  (daughter of Patton Brown of VA)  b: 17 Feb 1883? C
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Colbert Weddington (son of William and Mary Mead Weddington)
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Information Source = JM
Crittenden Weddington  (Son of Jacob Weddington and Nancy Smith)  b: Mar 1872  Pike Co., Ky.
+Lenna McCoy    b: Sep 1877  Pike Co., Ky.   m: 23 Dec 1897 Pike Co., Ky
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Information Source = RW
Eli Bradshaw Weddington  b: 24 Oct 1792  Cabarrus Co, NC  (son of Samuel Weddington)
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Information Source = JM
Freeland Weddington    (Son of Richard French Weddington and Mary Jane Blackburn) b: 25 Mar 1869  Pike Co, KY  d: 25 Nov 1955  Pike Co, KY
     +Martilia Meade  (Daughter of Moses Meade and Elizabeth Smith)  b: 24 Apr 1876  d: 14 Aug 1897  Pike Co, KY  m: 08 Aug 1892  Pike Co, KY
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*2nd Wife of Freeland Weddington:
      +Dora Layne (Daughter of  Thomas Jefferson Layne and Lucinda Cooper)  Photo (Courtesy of Jonah May)  b: 06 Jun 1878 Pike Co, KY   d: 23 Oct 1961 Pike Co, KY   m: 13 Apr 1898 in T.J. Layne's house  Pike Co, KY
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Information Source = GW
Gene Weddington
     + Jacquelyn Dow
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Second wife of Gene Weddington = Susan King (No children)


 Information Source = JL
George Weddington  Son of Jacob Weddington Jr. b: 24 Apr 1852,  Pike Co., KY  d: 18 Mar 1929, Kanawha Co., WV (Alternate death date: 29 Mar 1929 JM)
    + Martha Hurt  (daughter of Absolem & Elizabeth Hurt of Pike Co. KY)
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Henry Weddington  b: abt. 1779 TSK  d: 1836  m: 1809  (brother of Jacob b: in 1777) (TW says Henry was the younger brorther)
    + Elizabeth Garrel / Jarrell  d: 1860
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Henry also had five illegitimate children with Rebecca Ford  Information Source = TSK
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Henry Weddington (son of William and Mary Mead Weddington)
    + Emma Price
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Information Source = JM (unless indicated)
Henry Weddington  b: 1837 in Pike Co., Ky.  m: July 03, 1860 in Pike
Co., Ky.  Age at first Marriage:  23
     +Susannah Ratliff b: 1838 in Pike Co., Ky.  Age at first Marriage: 22
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Jacob Weddington b: 1 May 1777 (Shenandoah Co. VA) d: 3-27-1869  C (Elliot Co.KY)
    + Jane Pressley  b: 10-25-1784 d: 11-10-1843 Pikeville KY   C
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Second wife of Jacob Weddington
    + Parthenia Hunt Davis
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Third wife of Jacob Weddington
    + Katherine Daily (Marriage record from Morgan Co., KY. February 26, 1855  Jacob Weddington, Age 78, b Shenandoah Co., VA to Katherine Daily, Age 58, b Washington County, VA. Witnesses:  William H Kendall and H. Daily;  marriage performed by Jesse Pollock- JL)
(No children)

Information Source = JM (unless indicated)
Jacob "Jack JL "  Weddington Jr.   Photo thought to be Jacob with wife and 4 children (Courtesy of Jonah May) b: 22 Jan 1814 in Russell Co., Va. Pvt. Co. H, 39th Ky. Inf., 15 Sept. 1861-Sept. 1863  2 yrs.  Pension # 101-102 Read Jacob's Pension File  m: in Va.   d: Abt 1865 Ashland, KY  C
     +Sarah Ann Cassidy    b: Abt. 1822 in Tazewell Co., Va.
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Jacob Weddington (Son of James Weddington Sr. and Nancy Fletcher) b: 8 May 1829 d: 26 Apr 1912  m: 16 Feb 1860 or 15 Jan 1860
    + Nancy Smith b: 25 Apr 1838 d: Apr 1920 Photo
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Information Source = GW
James Blaine Weddington   b: 10 Oct 1887  d: 12 Apr 1977
     + Nancy Elizabeth Craft  b: 28 Jan 1888  d: 8 Apr 1970  (Daughter of Felix O. Craft and Priscilla May)
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James Weddington  b: 1804 DR  m: abt 1828 DR (son of Henry and Elizabeth Garrel Weddington)(In 1866 James left home and started west.  He was never heard from again.)
    + Katie Mead  b: 1806 DL
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DR  (Total = 8 boys and 4 girls)


James Weddington b: 18 Nov 1806 d: 27 Jun 1874
     + Nancy Fletcher b: 8 Dec 1809 d: 22 Mar 1886
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Information Source = RCR
James Curry Weddington b: 1794
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James Henderson Weddington b: 19 Oct 1844 d: 16 Jun 1913 TW
    + Sarah Brown  (daughter of Jeremiah and Molly Blackburn Brown C)
Photo of James, Sarah, and children (Courtesy of Gene Weddington)
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Information Source = GW
Jerry Weddington married
     + Karen Diane Keller (b. Apr. 20, 1943) on Nov.14, 1966.
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Information Source = C
John Tazewell Weddington and
     + Hannah Meade
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Information Source = GW
Lanford Eugene Weddington
     + Lavadis Elizabeth Helton b. Aug. 8, 1915 Cannel City, KY (adopted by the Perkins family when she was five) daughter of Isom Helton and Nora Helton (Nora daughter of Louise Benton and Thomas Helton)  Nora died in the flu epidemic of 1918 and Isom adopted out his youngest daughter Lavadis and kept the older children.
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Information Source = RCR
Leonard D. Weddington   b: 1895  Photo (Courtesy of Richard Ribble)
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Information Source = ED
Maxine Weddington (daughter of William and Dott Bartram Weddington)
+ Mr. Dye


Orlando (Landy) Weddington b: 25 Jun 1868 d: 3 Feb 1902  m. 15 Aug 1888 Pike Co. Ky  Photo
     + Lydia Octavia Hatfield b: 20 Oct 1872 d: 15 Jul 1955  Photo
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Information Source = JM
Richard French Weddington b: 1847 in Pike Co., Ky.  d: 1911 in Pike Co., Ky.   m: 17 Jun 1869 in Pike Co., Ky.
     +Mary Jane Blackburn   (Daughter of Peyton Blackburn and Malinda Whitt)  b: 12 Apr 1851 in Pike Co., Ky.   Photo of Richard and Mary Jane (Courtesy of Jonah May)
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Robert H. Weddington (son of William Weddington and Mary Mead)
    + Emily Harkins
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Samuel Weddington b: 16 May 1766 (son of William Weddington from Cabarrus Co. NC) RW
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Information Source = RCR
Samuel C. Weddington  b: ?
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Information Source = ED
Theodore Weddington (son of Henry and Susannah Ratliff Weddington)
+ Elizabeth Christian

Information Source = RCR
Ulysses S. Weddington  b: 1862
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Information Source = ED
William Weddington (son of Theodore and Elizabeth Christian Weddington)
+Dott Bartram

Information Source = RW
William Weddington   b: 1747 RCR  birthplace probably England, resided in Cabarrus Co, NC as early as 1764.
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William Weddington (son of Jacob Sr. and Parthenia Davis) JA
      +Sarah Duval
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William H. Weddington  b: Abt. 1838 in Ky. JM
Lt. Col. Co.D, 39th Ky. Inf, Sept. 1862-21 Sept. 1865  Pension # 87-88 JM
     +Francis Tibbs       m: February 13, 1865 in Pike Co., Ky.   (No children)
Second Wife of William
     + Elizabeth Reynolds  b: 1844 in Ky.  m: January 04, 1866 in Pike Co.,Ky. JM
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William Weddington (son of Henry Weddington and Elizabeth Garrel)  b: 1 Nov 1807, KY TSK d: 19 Dec 1876, Pike Co., KY TSK m: 27 Jan 1828, Floyd Co., KY TSK
    + Mary Mead (daughter of Rhodes Mead) b: 1809 TSK d: after 1880 TSK
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William Henry Weddington b: 16 Dec 1826 in Pikeville, Ky d: 20 July 1873 in Cattleburg KY DW of cholera (son of James and Nancy Fletcher Weddington)
    + Suzanne Ratliff DW b: 1837 in Ky daughter of Thomas Ratliff and Deborah Meade.  (Viola W. Love called this individual "Big Susann")
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Samuel Robins Williamson b: 10 Jun 1844 d: 31 Dec 1926
    + Alafair Deborah (Al) Weddington b: 8 Aug 1847 d: 2 Sep 1907 (daughter of William and Mary Mead Weddington)
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Information Source = CSN

Acknowledgements 

JA = Joe Adams
C = Conna Jarvie
AC = Archie Cope
ED = Eleanor Dye
TSK = Terry Sailor Knox
JL = Jean Lawson
DL = Dan Joel Love
JM = Jonah May
CSN = Mrs. C.S. Nelson (obtained in 1958 by Viola Weddington Love)
RCR = Richard and Cindy Ribble
DR = Donna Ritola
GW = Gene Weddington
TW = Trudy Weddington
RW = Robert Weddington
DW = Dawn Williams