Family Group Sheet


Name John L. Link
Birth Jul 1835/1836, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death 20 Jan 1929, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Father Simon Link (~1808-)
Mother Mary Mynhier (~1811-)
Other spouses Rhoda Ann Sexton
Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Pettit, GGG Aunt
Nancy Jane Alfrey
Marriage 6 Dec 1885, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Mary Thomas
Children
1 M David H. Link
Birth Jul 1887, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Notes for John L. Link
Index to Kentucky death records lists John L. Link, d. 20 Jan 1929, age 93, in Morgan Co., certificate Vol. 15, #07312. His great-granddaughter Ethel (Brewer) Adkins said he lived to be 105, but apparently somewhere along the line his age got stretched.
Census
1850 census lists John as age 14, with his parents Simon & Mary Link.

1860 census of Morgan Co., Ky records as family #70:
John Lynk, 24; Rodah A., 29; Mary C., 4; James B., 3; Casea W., 1. All born in Ky.

1870 census of Rowan Co., KY, Pearce prec., dated 15 June, lists on p. 123, family #10:
Link, John, 37, farmer; Rhoda, 38; James, 12; Cassandra, 10; Robert, 9; Nancy, 8; Simeon, 5.
Also listed with the family is Andrew Brown, 26, farm laborer. All born in Kentucky.

1880 census of Morgan Co., Ky, district 87 (Blair's Mill), p. 19 (handwritten), p. 539A (stamped/microfilm), lists as family #154:
Link, John, 40, farmer, Ky Pa Ky; Rhoda, wife; James, 23, son; Cassorette, 21, dau; Robert, 20, son; Nancy, 19, dau; Peter, 16, son; Emma, 9, dau. All except John born Ky Ky Ky.

1900 Soundex index lists in Morgan Co., Pleasant Run, V. 58, E.D. 76, p. 4, line 10:
John L. Link, 64, July 1835; wife Nancy, 17, Sept 1882; son David H., 12, July 1887; boarder Preston Petitt, 26, Nov 1873. All born in Kentucky.
(Preston Petitt is very likely to be the Preston Link age 8 listed in the 1880 census of Morgan Co as a boarder with the family of Bluford Elliott. He is probably an illegitimate son of John Link and Lizzie Petitt. David Hopkins Pettit b. ca 1905 son of John Link's son John Tom Pettit, may have been named after the above David H. Link, who would be his uncle.)

1910 Soundex index lists in Morgan Co., index as 062 0152 0109:
John L. Link, 74; wife Nancy J., 25; son David H., 22; dau-in-law Martha J., 15. All born in Kentucky. Note that the age for Nancy is two years younger than that implied by the 1900 census.
Notes for John L. & Mary (Family)
Morgan Co. marriage records list marriage of John L. Link and Mary Thomas on Dec 6, 1885. (From a published index only; I have not checked the original for details such as ages, witnesses, etc.)
Last Modified 2 Apr 2002 Created 30 Jun 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh