Family Group Sheet


Name John W. Fouch
Birth 17 Jan 1877, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 23 Mar 1940, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Burial Fouch Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
Father Walter Scott Fouch (1854-1912)
Mother Martha Ann Cornett (1858-1923)
Other spouses Ellen Jenkins
Manda McDaniel
Marriage 20 Mar 1907, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Lennie Pettit, 1C2R
Birth 30 Jan 1890, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 3 Dec 1939, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Burial Fouch Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
Father John P. Pettit (1867-1938)
Mother Malissa Clark (1868-1937)
Children
1 ? Audrey V. Fouch, 2C1R
Birth 27 Aug 1908, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 7 Jan 1953
2 M Harris Burl Fouch, 2C1R
Birth 15 Sep 1910, Elliottville, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 24 Apr 1976
3 F Ruby Fouch, 2C1R
Birth abt 1913, Elliottville, Rowan Co., Kentucky
4 F Reba Fouch, 2C1R
Birth 1914, Elliottville, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 1963
Spouse Earl Caskey
5 F Cledith Fouch, 2C1R  (Data Omitted)*
Spouse Mr. Johnson
6 F Nola Fouch, 2C1R  (Data Omitted)*
Spouse Mr. Hayes
7 M Addison Fouch, 2C1R
Birth 6 May 1922, Elliottville, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 25 Oct 1985
Notes for John W. Fouch
Rowan Co. will book A, pages 261-263, records will of J. W. Fouch, dated 17 Feb 1940, codicil dated March 1940, both recorded for probate 8 April 1940. The will gives $1 to son Lester, $500 to son Addison Fouch to be used for education, and forfeited to the estate if not used for that purpose within a reasonable period to be determined by the executor, and remainder of estate to be divided equally between children Audra Fouch, Ruby Fouch, Harris Burl Fouch, Reba Fouch Caskey, Cledith Fouch Johnson, Nola Fouch Hayes, and Addison Fouch. Executor to be his brother, Thomas E. Fouch. The codicil stipulates that should any beneficiary take possession of any portion of the estate before it is legally divided, the bequest to that person shall be reduced to $1. Witnesses to the original will were Mrs. Sue Fugate and Wm H. McBrayer, witnesses to the codicil were J. M. Butler and Stella Crosthwaite.

I am not entering Lester as a child of John and Lennie on the assumption that he may be the same as Hobert L., son of John's marriage to Ellen Jenkins, since Hobert is not otherwise mentioned.
Census
1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown, E.D. 156, p. 16B, taken 7 May, records as family #275:
Fouch, John W., 33, farmer; Liney, 20; married 3 years, his 2nd marriage, her first, Liney mother of one child, living; son Hobert L., 10; son Audrey V., 1. Petit, Frank, brother-in-law, 18. All family members born in Kentucky.

1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, magisterial district #3, p. 234B, lists as family #286/289:
Fouch, John, 45, farmer; Linda, 30, wife; Audra, 11, dau; Burl, 9, son; Ruby, 7, dau; Reba, 5, dau; Claytis, 3 2/12, son; Nola, 1 6/12, dau. All born Ky Ky Ky.
(Notice the gender inconsistency for Audra/Audrey. Also the son "Claytis" is almost certainly the daughter Cledith Fouch Johnson mentioned in John's will.)
Notes for Lennie Pettit
Index to Kentucky Death records lists Linnie Fouch, d. 3 Dec 1939, age 49, in Rowan Co., certificate Vol. 63, #31427.
Notes for John W. & Lennie (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage book 6, p. 149 records John W. Fouch, 30, s/o Walter and Martha Fouch, married Lennie Petit, 17, d/o John & Malissie Petit, on 20 Mar 1907 at bride's residence by Harvey Trent, witnesses W. S. Fouch and Maude Fouch. It is listed as his 3rd marriage, her first. Both spouses and their parents born in Rowan Co.
Last Modified 12 May 2002 Created 30 Jun 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh