Family Group Sheet


Name Hansford W. Conn
Birth 16 Jul 1853, Laurel, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Father Josiah Conn (~1826-)
Mother Frances Barnett
Marriage 17 Dec 1878, Elliott Co., Kentucky
Spouse Nancy "Ellen" Mays
Birth abt 1862, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Father William Mays Jr. (~1813-)
Mother Anna Click (~1815-)
Children
1 M Henry C. H. Conn
Birth Nov 1879, Elliott Co., Kentucky
2 F Essie Olive Conn
Birth Aug 1890, Elliott Co., Kentucky
3 F Sabra Scotland Conn
Birth 7 Nov 1902, Elliott Co., Kentucky
Death Sep 1976, Minford, Scioto Co., Ohio
Spouse George Washington Adkins
4 M Levi Christopher "Lee" Conn
Birth Aug 1882, Elliott Co., Kentucky74
Death 19 Mar 1971, Bath Co., Kentucky
Spouse Melinda Flannery
5 M Jerry Conn
Birth May 1895, Elliott Co., Kentucky74
Notes for Hansford W. Conn
Morgan County birth records list the birth on 16 July 1853 of twins, Hansford W. and Lucinda C., to Josiah Conn and Francis Ramsey of Laurel Fork.
Census
1880 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Newfoundland precinct, lists as family #128:
Conn, Hansford W., 26, farmer, Ky Va Va; N. Ellen, 18, wife, Ky Ky Ky; Henry C. H., 6/12, b. Nov, Ky Ky Ky.
Notes for Nancy "Ellen" Mays
She is listed as Ellen age 8 in the 1870 census. The first name of "Nancy" is based on the marriage record and the 1880 census, which lists her as "N. Ellen". But William and Anna already had a daughter Nancy who was listed as 10 in 1850 and 20 in 1860. I can find no marriage record for any Nancy Mays between 1860 and 1870. It is quite possible that this Nancy Ellen is not really a daughter of William and Anna, but is instead an out-of-wedlock daughter of one of their older daughters, either the Nancy Mays who was born about 1839/1840 or of Frances Susan (who had several children out of wedlock by at least three different fathers.) If the older Nancy died in childbirth, then her parents might have named the child after her mother, then raised her as their own and called her by her middle name.
Notes for Hansford W. & Nancy "Ellen" (Family)
Elliott County marriage records list the marriage of "Fansford W. Conn" to "Nancy J. Mays" on 17 Dec 1878.
Last Modified 29 Jul 2001 Created 1 Jan 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh