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Richard Wyatt HERNDON

Male 1788 - 1820  (32 years)


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  • Name Richard Wyatt HERNDON 
    Birth 1788  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation doctor  [1] 
    Reference Number 398 
    Death 1820  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Person ID I398  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Thomas HERNDON,   b. 1750, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1821, Stamping Ground, Scott, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary SHIPP,   b. 1765, Fauquier, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1845, Stamping Ground, Scott, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 2 Jan 1786  Great Crossing, Scott, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F150  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine BRANHAM,   b. 1792, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1856, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Children 
     1. Elvira S. HERNDON,   b. 1811, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1872, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [natural]
     2. Martha Washington HERNDON,   b. 11 Dec 1812, Scott, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1886, Weston, Platte, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [natural]
     3. Horace B. HERNDON,   b. 22 Oct 1816, Scott, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Apr 1890, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [natural]
     4. Mariam Burbridge HERNDON,   b. 1818, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1880, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1788 - Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1820 - Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • MARRIAGE ;
      HISTORY: The will of Catherine Hurndon [sic] lists her children: Elvira, Martha, Marian, and Horace. Catherine's husband and Marian's father was Rich W Wyatt (Kentucky, County Marriages).

      BURIAL 1820:

      Thomas Herndon m. Mary Polly Shipp. (2nd marriage) Mary was daughter of John Shipp and Sally Johnson.
      1st marriage was to William Lawrence Buckley Feb.14, 1785. 2nd marriage was on Jan. 2, 1786.
      ch: Sarah Catherine Herndon
      ch: Nathaniel Herndon
      ch: John Herndon
      ch: Richard Wyatt (1788-1820) m Catherine Branham (1792-1856)
      ch: Elvira (1811-1872) m Simeon Scruggs (1808-aft1884)
      ch: Martha (1812-1886) m Lewis Calvert (1804-1882)
      ch: Horace B. (1816- ) m Martha Kennedy. Martha also married John McDonald
      (from My Genealogy Home page) Martha was daughter of Charles Kennedy and Mary Boone.
      ch: Blair Herndon
      ch: Marion (1818- ) m William Noel

      Others:
      Thomas M Herndon, (husb of Catherine, son of John and Mary Herndon), 1776-Dec.17, 1853 b./d. Goochland, Virginia
      Richard W Herndon, (husb of Frances40, father of Ellen20, Eliza J.18), Mar.41806- (on 1850 census as age 44, living in Woodford, Kentucky) // d. Feb.10, 1851, Franklin County, Kentucky, (FaG) hsb of Frances E. Lane 1808-1880 (13873831)
      Thomas Herndon, (husb of Mary with 3 children: Maranda22, ThomasJ.20, Cathn18) listed on 1850 census in Lee township, Platte, Missouri

  • Sources 
    1. [S51] Kentucky, County Marriages 1797-1954.

    2. [S50] Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988, Location: Weston, Platte, Missouri, United States; citing family 6, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Found on familysearch.org.

    3. [S32] Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current.

    4. [S173] International Genealogical Index (IGI).


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