Submitted By: Gene Martin (GENOM@aol.com) RECTOR FAMILY Phillip Rector, born 25 Oct 1825 NC married Matilda Mahaffey, born 12 Sep 1830 GA, in about 1849, Madison or Clay counties KY. They had four known children: 1. Frances, born Jan 1850. 2. Jesse, born abt 1851, died 20 Jul 1852 Owsley County. 3. John, born 8 Jun 1854 Madison County, 4. Martin, born 24 Sep 1856 Owsley County. 5. Thomas, born 27 mar 1858, Phillip died 1 Jul 1860 Rockcastle County, Matilda remarried to Joseph Durham 17 mar 1863 Rockcastle County. Suspect Frances died young. John was unmarried, living in Nelson Petrey household at Crab Orchard in the 1880 census. Martin married (1) Nancy S Siler 15 Oct 1886 Lincoln County. Nancy was the daughter of William and Nancy Davis Siler, who were also the parents of Elmira Siler, wife of William Oaks. They may have had a child, but I don't have enough information to identify a child. While, I don't have a death date for Nancy, I have Martin marrying Malinda Catherine Oaks on 23 Feb 1893 Lincoln County. Malinda, born 1871 Lincoln County to William and Elmira Siler Oaks. She and Martin had a son, Granville, born 1899 Lincoln County. Granville married Myrtle Dowell 13 Feb 1932 Lincoln County. Malinda died 1902; Martin married (3) Alice Woolum, widow of Phillip Rice on 12 May 1911 in Bell County. I believe Martin moved to Bell County after this marriage, Alice died 2 May 1919 Bell County, but I've have no death date for Martin. Thomas Rector, born 1858, married Mary Frances Crane, born 27 march 1862. Thomas died 22 Oct 1904 in a mining accident in Rockcastle County, Mary Frances remarried 21 Feb 1918 Lincoln County to James Turner, she died 28 Aug 1925 Rockcastle County. She and Thomas are buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Rockcastle County, on the banks of the Rockcastle River. Phillip Rector is also buried there, as well as Joseph Durham. Thomas and Mary Frances had thirteen children as noted in the 1910 census, ten of them are identified here, it is probable the remaining three died young. The children are: 1. Julie Elizabeth, born 29 Nov 1881, died 9 May 1943 Crawsfordsville, IN. Julie married John Wesley Kidd 17 Dec 1896 Lincoln County. 2. Sarah Matilda, born 22 Apr 1884 Rockcastle County, died 13 Jun 1955, married Lewis G Oaks 11 mar 1898 Lincoln County. Both are buried Mt Hebron Cemetery. 3. Kiah, born Nov 1886, buried Crawfordsville, IN, married Minnie Dowell, born about 1892 KY. I show eleven children for this couple, the first three born in KY and the children born 1919 and after were born Indiana. 4. Wila Louisa, born Sep 1891, died 1971 IN and buried at Crawfordsville. She married (1) Leroy Proctor, born about 1888 and died 1913 Rockcastle County. I show four children for this couple between 1907 and 1913. Wila married (2) George Washington Durham, born 1871 IN, died 1945 Crawfordsville, IN. Wila and G W had at least nine children. Wila and G W are both buried at Crawfordsville, IN. Wila married (3) William Stewart, they had no children. 5. Flora, born 26 Apr 1898 KY, married (1) Albert Godbey, born about 1894 KY. They married 1915 and had at least seven children by 1929. Flora married (2) Unknown Larkins. 6. John Hardin, born 3 Jun 1896 Rockcastle County, died 12 Feb 1995 Lincoln County. John married (1) Grace Parker, born about 1900, died 5 Feb 1968 Lincoln County. They had at least three children, one of which was Thomas Rector, born 24 Jun 1921 Montgomery County, IN and died 13 Feb 1992 Lincoln County that married Ruth Mae Oaks daughter of Charlie and Pearl Simpson Oaks. Both John Hardin and Grace are buried in Mt Hebron Cemetery. John H married (2) Lela Frances Unknown, born about 1896 and died 4 Mar 1985 Lincoln County. Lela is buried in Pleasant Point Cemetery, Lincoln County. John Rector lived on Rector Road at Chestnut Ridge, Lincoln County when he died; he had apparently resided there for some time. This is the same road that Daniel Samuel Oaks lived on 100 + years earlier. 7. Margaret, born about 1900, died before 1910. 8. Robert C, born 1901, died 1951, buried Mt Hebron Cemetery. He married Margaret Unknown, born about 1903 in PA. The marriage was probably in Ohio; they had at least two children, Mary F and Roberta. Both were born in 1920s in Ohio. 9. Charlotte Emma, born 1892, died 1982, married Nathaniel Weaver in 1906. They had at least 14 children. 10. Delia Frances, born 14 Jun 1904, died 11 Feb 1980 Lincoln County. Married Charlie Denny, born 17 Dec 1894 Lincoln County, died 26 Dec 1960 on 13 Apr 1917 Lincoln County, Both are buried in Friendship Cemetery, Lincoln County. They had at least eight children. Charlie Denny is the grandson of Robert Frazier and Sarah Jane Oaks. Other Oaks line connections to the Rector family are (1) Joseph Newman Durham married Jemima Oaks, Joseph was a half brother of Thomas Rector. (2) William G Durham married Frances Jane Kidd in 1893. William was either stepbrother, or half brother of Thomas Rector.