John "Jess"
Buchanan Monroe
and
Lydia Charlotte Stevens
John "Jess" Buchanan Monroe b 19 Jul 1829
Woodford, Ohio Co KY d 3 Dec
1899 Horton, Ohio Co KY; buried Bethel Cemetery, Ohio Co KY; s/o Martin
Andrew B Monroe and Cursey Ailsey Q Harris. John "Jess" Buchanan Monroe m. 20 Jan 1855 Ohio Co
KY to Lydia Charlotte Stevens b Feb 1833 Ohio Co KY d 10 Jun 1881 Elm Lick, Ohio Co KY;
buried Bethel Cemetery, Ohio Co KY; d/o Henry Stevens and Susannah Lamar
Stateler.
Children of John "Jess" Buchanan Monroe and Lydia Charlotte Stevens;
I. Anabella "Bella" Monroe b 30 Dec 1855 Ohio Co KY
d 9 Apr 1882 Elm Lick, Ohio Co KY; buried Bethel Cemetery, Ohio Co KY; m. 25 Nov
1880 Ohio Co KY to John H Ryan b 6 Dec 1853 TN s/o James H Ryan and Clara McKee.
John H Ryan m. 1880 to Martha Unknown b 1863 KY. John H Ryan m. 5 Jul 1883 Ohio
Co KY to Mahala Finetta Young b Feb 1856 d 19 Apr 1917 Sutherland KY d/o William
Young and Mary Adaline Fulkerson.
II.
James Buchanan "Buck" Monroe b 28 Oct 1858 Ohio Co KY d 14 Jan 1928 Ohio Co
KY; m. 2 Aug 1892 Ohio Co KY to
Melissa A Vandiver b 12 Jul 1871 Ohio Co KY d 31 Oct 1921 Ohio Co KY; d/o
Joseph M "Dutch" Vandiver
and Minerva Jane Pharris.
III. Andrew S "Andy" Monroe b 1859 m. Willie
Kuykedall b 1891 KY d about 1968. Children;
1. John H Monroe b 1911
Ohio Co KY
2. Versie "Vess" Monroe
(female) b 1915 Ohio Co KY
3. Male Monroe
IV. John Henry "Jack" Monroe b 23 Nov 1861 Ohio Co KY
d 28 Nov 1935; buried Rosine Cemetery, Ohio Co KY; m. 4 Feb 1903 Ohio Co KY to
Eleanor Mary "Ellen" Crowder b 19 Nov 1871 Ohio Co KY d 10 Jun 1956 Ohio Co KY;
buried Rosine Cemetery, Rosine, Ohio Co KY; d/o Thomas Franklin Crowder and
Nancy Ellen Wallace. Children of John Henry "Jack" Monroe and Elenor Mary
"Ellen" Crowder;
1. Nathan McKensie Monroe
b 1903 Ohio Co KY d May 1975 m. after 1930 to Geneva Lynnette Flener b 1909
Butler Co KY d 1 Dec 2002 Rockville, MD d/o William Martin Flener and Stella
Faught
2. Lafe Monroe b 19 Sept
1909 Ohio Co KY d 21 Feb 1987 m. 1930 to Wilda M Unknown b 22 Dec 1914 d 1 Dec
1987
3. Andrew Smith Monroe b
26 Nov 1912 Ohio Co KY d 12 Dec 1984.
Elenor M "Ellen" Crowder m. 6 Feb 1891 Ohio Co KY
to David Pierce b 1866 Ohio Co KY d 1899 Ohio Co KY s/o Martin VanBuren Pierce
and Elizabeth E Bratcher. Children of Elenor M "Ellen" Crowder and David Pierce;
1. Latna Pierce b Feb
1892 Ohio Co KY
2. Lizettie Ruth "Lettie"
Pierce b 14 Feb 1894 Ohio Co KY d 28 Jan 1980 Taft, Kern Co CA m. Ira B Leach b
11 Oct 1890 Ohio Co KY d 18 Feb 1964; WWI Veteran; s/o John Denham Leach and
Frances A "Fannie" Tilford. Children of Lizettie Ruth "Lettie" Pierce and Ira B
Leach; i. Verca Mabel Leach b 23 Feb 1916 Ohio Co KY ii. Bessie Leach b 11 Aug
1918 Ohio Co KY.
3. Kelly Pierce b Mar
1896 Ohio Co KY
V. Ida A Monroe b 10 Nov 1864 Ohio Co KY d 30 Jun
1952 Ohio Co KY m. 2 Mar 1887 Ohio Co KY to Orvill Payton "Pate" Rains b 20 Apr
1859 Ohio Co KY d 15 Jul 1931 Ohio Co KY s/o Leroy H "Larry" Rains and Sarah Ann
Stewart. Children of Orvill Payton "Pate" Rains and Ida A Monroe;
1. Ethel Charlotte Rains
b Dec 1889 Ohio Co KY m. after 1927 to Truman Lee Bivens b 1900
2. Winnie D "Nannie"
Rains b Nov 1892 Ohio Co KY m. Male Roach b 1892. Child; i. Janius R Roach b 10
Mar 1919 Ohio Co KY
3. Jessie L Rains b Sept
1896 Ohio Co KY
4. Annie Mabel Rains b
Feb 1900 Ohio Co KY
5. Newton Rains b 1903
Ohio Co KY
6. Mary Rains b 1906 Ohio
Co KY
7. Nellie Rains b 1908
Ohio Co KY
VI. William M "Willie" Monroe b 12 Jul 1868 Ohio Co KY
d 1 Feb 1942 Ohio Co KY m. 21 Apr 1897 Ohio Co KY to Elizabeth Ophelia Davis b
21 Nov 1875 Ohio Co KY d 19 Jul 1942 Ohio Co KY d/o James Clinton Davis and Mary
Elizabeth Ford. Child of William M "Willie" Monroe and Elizabeth Ophelia Davis;
1. Halley Monroe (male) b
Jul 1897
VII. Birch Monroe b 4 Oct 1870 Ohio Co KY d 17
Jun 1950 Ohio Co KY; buried Bethel Cemetery, Ohio Co KY; m. 1902 to Sarah Jane
Stewart b Feb 1873 Ohio Co KY d 1931; d/o William Harvey "Willie" Stewart and Mary Ann
Stewart. Child of Birch Monroe and Sarah Jane Stewart;
1. Pearl Vercie Wright
Stewart b 15 Sept 1903 Ohio Co KY d 17 Jun 1982 Louisville, Jefferson Co KY;
buried Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co KY; m. 22 Dec 1917 Hartford, Ohio Co KY to
Benjamin Franklin "Bennie" Long b 11 Feb 1898 Ohio Co KY d 10 Feb 1972
(or 12 Dec) Hartford, Ohio Co KY buried McCord Cemetery, Ohio Co KY s/o John
Howard Long and Margaret Priscilla Taylor. Child of Benjamin Franklin "Bennie"
Long and Pearl Verice Stewart; i. Earmon Lee "Jim" Long b 23 Jan 1919 Ohio Co
KY.
Pearl Verice Stewart m.
C. T. Hillson
Benjamin Franklin Long m.
10 May 1923 Ohio Co KY to Anna Mae Young b 18 Apr 1906 KY d 14 Feb 1971 d/o
Joseph Benjamin Young and Hester Ann Ashford.
Sarah Jane Stewart m. 7 or 8 Jan 1893 Ohio Co KY
to Perry Vineyard b Aug 1873 KY. Child of Perry Vineyard and Sarah Jane Stewart;
1. Columbus W Vineyard b
Oct 1894 KY d in WWI; m. Female Clark
Birch Monroe m. 20 Oct 1906 Ohio Co KY to Ida R
Ashby b 23 Mar 1883 Ohio Co KY d 15 Jul 1907 Ohio Co KY d/o Henry M Ashby and
Mary A Murphy.
Birch Monroe m. 11 Feb 1910 Ohio Co KY to Myrtle
Kuykendall b 17 May 1888 Ohio Co KY d 26 Jun 1961 Ohio Co KY d/o George W
Kuykendall and Lula Penalope Havens. Children of Birch Monroe and Myrtle
Kuykendall;
1. Mildred Monroe b 1912
Ohio Co KY
2. James Buchanan Monroe
b 23 Dec 1912 Ohio Co KY d 12 Jun 1992
3. Jesse T Julian Monroe
b 9 Oct 1914 Ohio Co KY
4. Harris L Monroe b 3
Nov 1916 Ohio Co KY
5. Wavy L Monroe (male) b
1917 Ohio Co KY
6. Male Monroe
7. Male Monroe
8. Pansy Monroe b 13 Nov
1931 Ohio Co KY d 8 Jun 1933 Ohio Co KY; buried Bethel Cemetery, Ohio Co KY.
VIII. Susan N Monroe b 30 Dec 1874 Ohio Co KY d
15 Feb 1960 Centralia WA
John "Jess" Buchanan Monroe
and Mary Watson
John "Jess" Buchanan Monroe b 19 Jul 1829
Woodford, Ohio Co KY d 3 Dec
1899 Horton, Ohio Co KY; buried Bethel Cemetery, Ohio Co KY; s/o Martin
Andrew B Monroe and Cursey Ailsey Q Harris. John Jesse Buchanan "Jess"
Monroe m. 24 Jan 1890 Ohio Co KY to Mary Watson b 1844 Ohio Co KY d/o Hampton
Watson and Sarah Bratcher.
Mary Watson and
John Creek Renfrow
Mary Watson b 1844 Ohio Co KY d/o Hampton Watson
and Sarah Bratcher. Mary Watson m. 17 Apr 1858 Ohio Co KY to (1) John Creek
Renfrow b 1838 Grayson Co KY s/o John Thomas Renfrow and Susannah Creek.
Mary Watson and
Samuel Franklin Ashford
Mary Watson b 1844 Ohio Co KY d/o Hampton Watson
and Sarah Bratcher. Mary Watson m. 11 Feb 1901 Ohio Co KY to Samuel Franklin
"Dick" Ashford b May 1862 KY.
Samuel Franklin Ashford
and Cinthia Ann Schroader
Samuel Franklin "Dick" Ashford m. 15 Feb 1891
Ohio Co KY to Cinthia Ann Schroader b 1877 Ohio Co KY d/o Adam J Schroader and
Sarah E Watson. Children of Samuel Franklin "Dick" Ashford and Cinthia Ann
Schroader;
I. John Melvin Ashford b 8 Mar 1896 KY d 9 Dec
1965 Ohio Co KY buried Bethel Cemetery, Ohio Co KY; m. 1918 to Provie J Nelson b
2 Nov 1899 Ohio Co KY d before 2004 Ohio Co KY buried Bethel Cemetery, Ohio Co
KY; d/o John William Nelson and Eva Jane C Schroader. Children of John Melvin
Ashford and Provie J Nelson;
1. William H Ashford b 17
Sept 1921 Ohio Co KY d 1 Dec 2004 Hartford, Ohio Co KY; military service, US
Army WWII; occupation, farmer; m. Mildred Unknown b about 1921 d 5 Oct 1982.
Child; i. Larry Clifton Ashford b 5 Oct 1947 Hartford, Ohio Co KY d Aug 2000
2. Female Ashford
II. Charley Ashford b 1900 Ohio Co KY
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