Muhlenberg County Kentucky

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Moses Wickliffe & Nancy Young

Moses Wickliffe “Colonel”
Born: 14 August 1779, Prince William Co., Virginia
Married: 14 August 1817, Muhlenberg
Died: 30 August 1853
Buried: Crescent Cemetery, Muhlenberg
Will: Muhlenberg Will Book 3 Pages 133-134
Father: Aaron Wickliffe
Mother: Mary Kincheloe

Spouse: Nancy Young
Born: 01 July 1798 Virginia
Died: 19 July 1863, Muhlenberg
Buried: Crescent Cemetery, Muhlenberg
Father: William Young
Mother: Sarah Singleton

Children of Moses Wickliffe & Nancy Young (10 named in will):

  1. Aaron Wickliffe, born about 1818; died after the 1880 Federal Census; married about 1847 to Sarah Angeline Acock, daughter of William Acock & Rachael Marshall.
  2. William Young Wicklilffe, born 20 April 1820; died 04 February 1857; Stone in Crescent Cemetery, Muhlenberg. May have died in Mississippi.
  3. Sarah Jane Wickliffe, born 01 November 1822; died 09 February 1894; married 30 July 1840, Muhlenberg, William Y. Cundiff. Buried Crescent Cemetery, Muhlenberg.
  4. Twin: Robert McLean Wickliffe, born 09 January 1825; died 19 September 1893; Single; buried Crescent Cemetery, Muhlenberg.
  5. Twin: Benjamin Singleton Wickliffe, born 09 January 1825; died 23 December 1893; Single; buried Crescent Cemetery, Muhlenberg.
  6. Moses W. Wickliffe, born 09 June 1827; died 12 April 1900; Single; buried Crescent Cemetery, Muhlenberg.
  7. Agnes Elizabeth Wickliffe, born 20 May 1829; died 09 May 1903; married 12 February 1852, Muhlenberg, John F. Davis.
  8. Charles Bryant Wickliffe, born about 1831; married 02 February 1861, Muhlenberg, Margaret E. Bodine. Charles & Margaret were cousins.
  9. John Kincheloe Wickliffe, born about 1834. Killed 14 May 1864. in the Civil War. Member of Confederate Army. Single
  10. Mary Frances Wickliffe, born 16 September 1838; died 30 January 1875; Single; buried Crescent Cemetery, Muhlenberg.

Contributed by Dorann O'Neal Lam

Updated August 9, 2017