Muhlenberg County Kentucky

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Family Group Records M

William C. McNary & Nancy Ann B. Wilkins

William C. McNary
Born: September 12, 1801, Fayette Co., KY
Married: 1)
2) January 22, 1845, Hopkins Co., KY
Died: September 19, 1875, McNary's Station, Muhlenberg
Buried: McNary Cemetery, Muhlenberg
Father: William McNary born Scotland
Mother: Ann Campbell

Wife 1): Unknown Nolin
Born: Fayette Co., KY

Information on the Internet says that William C. McNary's first wife is buried at McNary Cemetery and has a stone:

In memory of Ann M. McNary who died Dec 23 1839 aged 25 yrs

Wife 2): Nancy Ann B. Wilkins
Born: about 1812 in Kentucky
Died: after 1870

Children of William McNary & Unknown Nolin:

  1. Jane E. McNary, born June 16, 1835 in Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky; died February 19, 1918, Hopkins Co., Kentucky; married Thomas H. Moore, 24 November 1858, Muhlenberg. He was born November 15, 1835 and died February 2, 1882. They are both buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville, KY.
  2. Robert B. McNary, born about 1839 in Kentucky; married Derberry(?) before 1868. She was born about 1846 in Kentucky. 1870 Census: living in Holden, Johnson Co., Missouri with wife and one child, Mary age 2. Robert B. McNary is buried Holden Cemetery, Holden, Johnson Co., Missouri

Children of William McNary & Nancy Wilkins:

  1. Ann M. McNary, born about 1847 in Kentucky
  2. William T. McNary, born May 14, 1848 in Muhlenberg; married Fannie Jane Hoffman, December 23, 1875, Hopkins Co., Kentucky.
  3. James D. McNary, born January 1850 in Kentucky; 1880 Census: working as a Clerk in Colusa Co., California. Married about 1884 to Sarah M., born August 1860. They have 5 children: Miriam (born October 1884), William C. (born March 1886), Virdie Ray (born April 1887), John D. (born May 1889), & Annie C. (born April 1896). Also living with James D. McNary is a nephew, Kaven D. Hart. James D. McNary died after the 1910 Census.

Source: Muhlenberg County Kentucky Cemeteries Book 1 Page 101-102 by Marian G. Hammers; Muhlenberg County Kentucky Marriage Book 2; A History of Muhlenberg County Kentucky by Otto A. Rothert, 1913; Hopkins County Kentucky Marriages; Hopkins County Cemeteries Book VI Page 81; Kentucky Death Certificate 4263 Year 1918; 1850-1910 Census: Muhlenberg Co., KY, Hopkins Co., KY, Johnson Co., MO, Colusa Co., CA; Kentucky: A History of the State by Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 1885.

Updated August 4, 2017