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Hiram Lunsford and Lydia Hollingsworth

Submitted by Coral Babb

Hiram Lunsford was born in 1805 in North Carolina. This family is found on the 1850 census of Owsley County Kentucky. He was listed as a farmer.

Hiram and Lydia had eight children: Maria, Cealia, Elisha, Hiram, James, Sally, George and Permilia. We found their record of marriage in Clay County, 11 May 1828. We were also fortunate in finding the war record of their son Hiram. This listed their birth places. He gave his father's birth place as North Carolina and his mother's as South Carolina.

Members of the Lunsford family say he met a tragic death. His granddaughter, Martha Lunsford Wilkey, said he was burning brush on his farm in Jackson County, Kentucky, and his pant leg got caught in the brush and he couldn't get it loose. His wife, Lydia, had called him to come to dinner and finally went out to see why he hadn't come. She found him badly burned. He just lived a few days. She lived with her son, Hiram, and family in Lee County, Kentucky, after his death.

Mary Jane Lunsford Williams said she could remember her. She could remember he as she said by a certain widnow, knitting and doing patch work. She thought she had such beautiful black eyes.

Martha Wilkey told about her death and as they were taking her body to the burial ground, her little dog came running after.

Martha said Lydia was a quarter-blood Indian. She didn't know what tribe she belonged to.


Census Records for Hiram and Lydia Lunsford:

1830 Clay County
Hiram Luncford - 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1840 Clay County
Hiram Lunceford - 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0

1850 Owsley County
Household 132
Hiram Lunsford		45 m	Farmer 	$800		NC 		r
Lydia			44 f				Unknown 	r
Maria			21 f				Ky 		r
Cealia			18 f				Ky
Elisha			17 m 	Laborrer		Ky
Hiram			14 m				Ky
James			12 m				Ky
Sally	 		 9 f				Ky
George	 	 	 4 m				Ky
Permelia	 	 2 f				Ky

1860 Estill County
Household 205
Lunsford, Hiram		55	m	NC	(3600)
Liddy			55	f	KY
Sarah			16	f	KY
George			14	m	KY
Permela			12	f	KY

1870 Estill County
Household 9 - Station Camp Precinct
Lunsford, Hiram (1500)	58	m	NC
Lydia			56	m	NC
Micager			12	m	KY

1880 Jackson County
Household 174 - McKee Precinct
Lunsford, Hiram		74
Lydia			72
Silas?			51 (daughter)

Although family history has Lydia living with her son, Hiram, after her husband's death, she's not listed on the 1900 Lee County Census with his family.

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