John Thacker b about 1817 Floyd (now Pike) Co KY d 1887 Pike Co KY; occupation, farmer; s/o Absalom Thacker and Sarah Adkins. John Thacker m. 18 Aug 1836 Pike Co KY to Emaline Adkins b MAY 1820 Pittsylvania Co VA; d/o William Adkins and  Elizabeth Thacker. Children of John Thacker and Emaline Adkins;

1. Elizabeth Thacker b about 1836 Pike Co KY

2. Nancy Thacker b about 1838 Pike Co KY

3. Perlina Thacker b about 1840 Pike Co KY

4. Absolam Thacker b about 1844 Pike Co KY

5. Anthony Thacker b about 1846 Pike Co KY

6. Mary Thacker b about 1848 Pike Co KY

7. Martha Thacker b about 1850 Pike Co KY

8. Nathaniel Thacker b 10 MAY 1852 Pike Co KY d 21 Apr 1939 Fishtrap, Pike Co KY; occupation, farmer; religion, Baptist; m. 5 Mar 1872 Pike Co KY to Vicey Slone (aka Vina or Lavina) b 1854 Pike Co KY d 1878 Pike Co KY of consumption; d/o James Slone and Rhoda Adams. Nathaniel Thacker m. 30 Jan 1893 Pike Co KY to Arabelle "Belle" Slone b before Jun 1873 d 26 Nov 1949 Fishtrap, Pike Co KY of stomach cancer; d/o Greenville Slone and Pricy Jane Thacker. (Arabelle "Belle" Slone's Kentucky Death Certificate lists parents as John Thacker and Emily Adkins, which would make her the sister of her husband Nathaniel: obviously the informant must have mixed her parents up with the parents of her husband. Researcher Viola Slone Wright states that Belle's parents were Greenville Slone & Pricy Jane Thacker, based on interviews with living relatives). Arabelle "Belle" Slone m. William Robinson.

9. Gilbert Thacker b about 1855 Pike Co KY

10. Sarah Thacker b about 1857 Pike Co KY

11. Daniel M. Thacker b about 1865 Pike Co KY