Rhoda Ellen ONEY

Notes:

Buried in the Oney cemetary

Rhoda married Lafayette HARPER on 11 Nov 1881. Lafayette was born on 6 Jan 1861 in Magoffin County, Kentucky; died on 8 Sep 1943. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried in the Oney Cemetary in White Oak Creek, Kentucky.
William P. Oney and wife Perlina are the first listed on the 1870 Magoffin Co. Ky census, family #70 in the bloomington precinct. They are on the 1880 census #191 Pct. 3, Johnsons Fork, with children John, Catherine, age 12 and Sarah, age 9 and this confuses me (Joyce Perreault) as in 1870 Sarah was only 2 and should be age 12 on the 1880 census where it lists Catherine. Others were Emma, age 6, Mary, age 5, Nancy, age 4 and Williams mother Rhoda Oney age 60 was living with them also.
The 1900 Maggofin Co. Ky census said Perlina was the mother of 13 children, only 5 living and 2 were at home: James and Lula. The 1910 Maggoffin Co. Ky. census lists William and Rhoda, his wife, as living with his daughters family: Lafayette Harper and wife Rhoda Ellen (Oney) Harper, #46 in the Grape Creek Pct. This time the census gives Rhoda as the mother of 5 children and 4 living. The number 5 children must be an error, there had to be at least 8, and would be 9 is sarah and catherine were not the same child. I find 3 of their children in the Oney cemetary that died before 1900: Mary Oney and Nancy A. Oney.

William married Perlina ALLEN. Perlina (daughter of Daniel Webster ALLEN and Susannah F. TAULBEE) was born on 18 Sep 1842 in Magoffin County, Kentucky; died on 16 Feb 1920 in Magoffin County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daniel W. Allen was the minister of the Christian Church. The 1860 Morgan Co. census lists this family as #223 with seven children living at home. But, according with the 1870 morgan Co. census, they have seven children living at home, but one son, William B. was married and he and his wife Nancy was still living with Daniel W. Allen. Information provided by Opal Harper, 8271 Andria Ct., West Chester, OH. 45069 and Joyce Perreault, Rt 1 Box 49, Agra, OK 74824.
A note from Alkie Collingsworth: Daniel Webster "Dan" Allen was a county judge of Magoffin county at one time. When he left office, the county was in debt fifty cents. Dan reached in his pocket, pulled out fifty cents and paid the county debt out of his own pocket. He was a storekeeper in White Oak Creek where he owned considerable acreage. His great great granson, Grover Allen now owns the old homeplace. All but one of Dan Allens eleven children were born before the civil war.
Buried in the Allen Cemetary, lower White Oak as was his wife and others of that family.

Corbet Cochran Sr. states that Daniel Webster Allen died in 1909.

Morgan Co. (state) Census 1850:
Allen, Daniel W. farmer 500 acres 29 m. b:Ky
Susannah 28 f. b:Ky
Perlina 7 f. b: Ky
Arena 6 f. b: Ky
Greenberry 3 m. b: Ky
John 1 m. b: Ky
source:
Morgan County Kentucky 1850 Census p.74
Transcribed by Rowena Lawson
Heritage books Inc. 1987
ISBN: 1-55613-031-7

Daniel married Susannah F. TAULBEE on 29 Jul 1841 in , Morgan County, Kentucky. Susannah (daughter of William Barry TAULBEE and Nancy COCKERHAM) was born in 1821 in Frozen, Perry County, Kentucky; died on 2 May 1891 in White Oak, Morgan County, Kentucky; was buried in White Oak, Morgan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!She was probably the daughter of John and Nancy Taulbee. She is buried in the Allen Cemetary in lower White Oak with her husband and others of that family.

!Buried in White Oak Cemetery.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 8

Notes:

-1830 Perry Co. KY Census listed Wm. Sr. age 80 with Wm. B.:
Wm B John Dial 4 = Wm H 6 & Nancy 6 = Martin Cochran 10 =
James M 15 = Millie 1 = Susan 9 = Elizabeth 12 = Margaret
16 = Father 39 - Nancy 41 = Wm Sr to 80
-Ed Bates to MDV 1991: Married: Nancy Cockerham 27 May 1812, Wilkes Co. NC Bnd signed William Talby and David Cockerham.
-1820 Floyd Co. KY Census has:
Wm B 2 m to 10 = 1 m to 45 = 1 m o45
2 f to 10 = 1 f to 45 = 1 f o45
(His parents came with them and are the people o45.)
-Ed Bates to MDV 1991: "From information furnished by the family, William Barry was 6'2", very fair, bald headed, ruddy cheeks, very little education, sober and moral. " (From Frank Taulbee letter.)
-1994 MDV: "William Barry lived next to the Copes in Breathitt and sold his land to the Copes when he moved to Illinois. It was around Frozen Creek where the Copes, Taulbees and Wilsons lived. When William Hitchcock and Will Barry moved from N.C. some of Nancy's family came with them." NOTE SUBMITTED BY FRANK E. COCKERHAM:

Decendants of William Barry Taulbee and Nancy Cockerham believe that her second son, Martin Cockerham Taulbee, was named for Martin Cockerham (1802-1880+), a son of Humphrey Cockerham, and that Nancy was a daughter of Humphrey. Nancy was born 9 May 1789 and died Aug 14 1838 in Illinois, according to decendant Mary DeBusk Voth.
William Taublee and William Cockerham were two of a group of Wilkes County families that moved to Perry County, Kentucky in the 1820's. The 1830 Census lists in close proximity John Talby, Thomas Talby, William Talby, William Talby (older), Wilie Cockrum, Braxton McQueen, and Johnathan Stampler, all names familiar to Wilkes Copunty, NC. Although William Taulbee and Nancy Cockerham Taulbee moved to Illinois, William "Cockrum" and wife Elisabeth could only be found in Owsley County (adjacent to Perry Co.) in 1850, among many neighbors named "Talby", and also Joel and Polly Stamper.

NOTE SUBMITTED BY MARY ANN VOTH COCHRANE
1830 Perry Co. KY census;
William Barry: 39, Nancy: 41, William Sr. 80, John Dial: 4, William H. :6, Nancy: 6, Martin Cockerham: 10, James M. :15, Millie: 1, Susan: 9, Elisabeth: 12, Margaret: 16

Marriage Bond signed by William Talby and David Cockerham and Witnessed by William Martin.

1820 Floyd Co. Census: William Barry Taulbee
2 males under 10
1 male of 26 and under 45
1 male of 45 and upwards
2 females under 10
1 female of 26 and under 45
1 female of 45 and upwards
Mary Ann Voth Cochrane suggests that the man and woman over 45 is that of his parents

Ed Bates to MDV 1991:" From information furnished by the family, William Barry was 6'2", very fair, bald headed, ruddy cheeks, [had] very little education, sober and moral." excerpted from a letter from Frank Taulbee.

MDV 1994: "William Barry lived next door to the Cope's in Breathitt [Co.] and sold his land to the Copes when he moved to Illinois. It was around Frozen Creek where the Cope's, Taulbee's and the Wilson's lived. When William Hitchcock, and Will Barry moved from NC, some of Nancy's family came with them."

TRANSCRIBED NOTES FROM ROSE TAULBEE (DECEASED):
William Barry (Elsberry?) was the 6th child of Wm. Hitchcock born in either Wilkes or Stokes Co. NC....Margaret and James were born in Wilkes Co. and the other 8 children were born in the Frozen Creek area of Breathitt Co. after moving there in 1817....William Barry and Nancy migrated to Illinois in the fall of 1836 and settled in Fayette Co., along the Big Ramsey Creek. William did not seem to have bought land either in Kentucky or Illinois. He paid no tax on land in either state. Nancy died Aug. 14, 1837 of what was called "Miasma". This was a disease caused from breathing the deadly gas that came up out of the marshes at night. Hundreds died of it in this area of Illinois. Their son, Martin Cockerham died a year after his mother at the age of 19. William, Nancy and Martin are buried on a bluff on the left side of Big Ramsey Creek, Near Boaz Ridge, nine miles north of Vandalia on the old Shelbyville road. We have found this place, but not the graves. Some from Kentucky came in 1929 and found the site, but subsequent owners destroyed the graveyard. William Barry married a second time to Mrs. Elizabeth Nowlin at Vandalia, Fayette Co. Illinois on Oct. 10 1842.

William married Nancy COCKERHAM on 27 Mar 1812 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Nancy (daughter of Elder Humphrey COCKERHAM and JAMIMA) was born on 9 May 1789 in Rowan County, North Carolina; died on 14 Aug 1838 in Fayette County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 9

Notes:

From Corbett Cockerham
Ed Bates to MDV 1991: Marriage bond signed by William Talby and David Cockerham.
Rose Taulbee: "Nancy died August 14, 1837 of what was called "Miasma", this was a disease caused from breathing a deadly gas that came up out of the marshes at night. Hundreds of settlers died of it in this area of IL. Their son Martin Cockerham died a year after his mother, age 19. William, Nancy and Martin are buried on a bluff on the left side of Big Ramsey Creek, near Boaz Bridge, nine miles north of Vandalia on the old Shelbyville Road. We have found this place but not the graves, some from Kentucky came in 1929 and found the site but subsequent owners destroyed the graveyard."
MDV: "Uncle Breck's (William Breckenridge Taulbee) grandson found the graves in 1929."
(MAC: I should note that almost all of Rose's correct information on this line of the Taulbees came from MDV)
June Hurst said "Nancy was born in Rowan County. Her mother went there to have her baby." June Hurst was the wife of Ceasar Hurst who, with June, was a diligent researcher and wrote a book about the Hursts. June also was a descendent of Daniel Duff. When she became infirm (about 1993), she "gave her records" to her nephew.

Notes:

Marriage record found in "Unpublished Marriage Bonds, Found in Wilkes County Courthouse by Members of the Genealogical Society of the 'Original' Wilkes County." Witnessed by Wm. Talby and David Cockerham. Wm. Mastin, Clk.