Muhlenberg County Kentucky

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John R. Stroud Jr. & Mary E. Baxter

John R. Stroud Jr. - Farmer
Born: 09 June 1820, KY
Died: 30 July 1872; Buried Mt. Zion Cemetery
Will: Muhlenberg Will Book 3, p. 263; proven August 1872
Father: John Stroud
Mother: Rachael Bidwell

Wife: Mary Elizabeth Baxter
Married: 03 March 1842, Muhlenberg
Born: 11 December 1828
Died 05 February 1898; Buried Mt. Zion Cemetery
Father: John Baxter
Mother: Rebecca Irvin, daughter of Thomas & Jane Irvin

Children:

  1. James “Russell”, born December 1845; married 03 December 1867, Muhlenberg, Mary E. Eades; 1900 Census: Greer, OK; Mt. Zion church roll: “went to TX”
  2. John, born 24 December 1846, married 1) 13 March 1870, Muhlenberg, Susannah Maddox; married 2) Sarah Serene Roberson (11 December 1853 - 16 September 1937). Both Buried Odd Fellows Cemetery, Denton, Denton Co., TX. (This needs to be proven.)
  3. “Martin” Reuben, born 03 May 1848; married 03 November 1886, Muhlenberg, Cordelia “Delia” A. Ross; died 21 August 1928, Daviess Co., KY, resident of Central City, Auto Accident. Buried Mt. Zion Cemetery
  4. Elizabeth Josephine “Jocie”, born 05 September 1850; married 21 December 1876, Muhlenberg, John M. Vick; died 03 July 1908. Both buried Fairmount Cemetery, Central City, KY
  5. Rebecca Ervin, 10 August 1852 - 22 December 1858; Buried by parents at Mt. Zion Cemetery
  6. Mary Elizabeth, born 05 January 1854; married 19 April 1872, Muhlenberg, Daniel Miller; died TX. Buried Liberty Cemetery, Cameron, Milam Co., TX. Died 19 November 1939.
  7. William, born 25 December 1855, Cypress Creek. Single in 1880.
  8. Jane (Jennie), born 25 September 1857 (twin); married 21 December 1882, Muhlenberg, John W. Withers; died 08 October 1940; buried Fairmount Cemetery, Central City, KY
  9. Fannie S., born 25 September 1857 (twin); married 15 December 1881, Muhlenberg, John W. Hudson; died 28 September 1934; buried Fairmount Cemetery, Central City, KY
  10. Baxter, born 20 June 1860; married 30 December 1914, Muhlenberg, Mary Belle (Young) Stringer; died 23 October 1928; buried Fairmount Cemetery, Central City, KY
  11. Sara “Sada” E., born about 1862; married 12 January 1882, Muhlenberg, as 2nd wife of William Thomas Lam; died 1932, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; buried Fairmount Cemetery, Central City, KY. William Thomas Lam was the son of Elijah Lam & Martha G. Cates.
  12. Lucy Ann (Lucinda), born 16 February 1864; married 28 June 1899, Muhlenberg, William A. Jones; died 01 January 1947; buried Fairmount Cemetery, Central City, KY
  13. Thomas, born 16 June 1867; married about 1890, Fannie Tinsley; died 11 June 1941; buried Fairmount Cemetery, Central City, KY
  14. Carrie D., born 31 January 1869; married 21 April 1891, Muhlenberg, Alex Tinsley Jr.; died 20 January 1892; buried Mt. Zion Cemetery
  15. Martha J., 24 August 1870 - 03 July 1872; buried by parents at Mt. Zion Cemetery

Contributed by Dorann O'Neal Lam

Updated August 9, 2017