James Westley Barret

  General Notes:

1870 Census of KY, Daviess, Boston Precinct - Whitesville, page 15, stop 101:
Barrett, James, 46, farmer, b. KY.
Barrett, Nancy, 41, b. KY.
Barrett, Richard, 19, farm hand, b. KY.
Barrett, Sarah E., 17, b. KY.
Barrett, Henry C., 15, farm hand, b. KY.
Barrett, James F., 13, farm hand, b. KY.
Barrett, John W., 11, farm hand, b. KY
Barrett, Simon K., 9, b. KY.
Barrett, Westley L., 6, b. KY.
Barrett, Virginia, 2, b. KY.
Francis (male), 5 mo, b. KY.

1880 Censusof KY, Daviess, Boston precinct, page 381A:
Barrett, James W., head, 55, b. KY.
Barrett, Nancy, wife, 51, b. KY.
Barrett, Kenton, son, 19, b. KY.
Barrett, Westley L., son, 15, b. KY.
Barrett, Virginia E., dau, 12, b. KY.
Barrett, Frank, son, 10, b. KY.
Barrett, Bedford, son, 7, b. KY.
Ware, Thomas*, uncle, 66, b. KY (see note below)

* Note about Thomas Ware.
In the 1850 Census of Daviess County, KY, a Thomas Ware (b. 1814, KY) was residing next door to John S. Ashby (b. 1803, KY). Therefore, it is very likely that they were related and that he was Nancy Ashby's uncle. ( Ref 1850 Census. See below. )

1850 Census of KY, Daviess, District 1, page 392, stops 689 & 690:
Ware, Thomas T., 36, farmer, b. KY.
Ware, Sarah E., 62, b. Virginia.
Ashby, John S., 47, b. farmer, b. KY.
Ashby, Sarah E., 23, b. KY.
Ashby, Clementine, 18, b. KY.
Ashby, John T., b. KY.
Ashby, James C., b. KY.

Transcription lists birth as June 24

James married Nancy Ashby on 23 Jun 1848 in Daviess County, Kentucky. (Nancy Ashby was born on 1 Feb 1829 in Kentucky, died on 25 Sep 1913 in Whitesville, Daviess County, Kentucky and was buried in Cates Cemetery, Whitesville, Daviess County, kentucky.)