of our Gadberry Family of Casey, Pulaski, and Russell Counties, KY

According to the 1880 Casey Co., KY census the  household of Jonathan Gadberry indicates that  his father  was born  in Ireland and his mother  born in Prussia.  John and Christeney Gadberry appear to be his parents. John Gadberry b abt 1760,  first appears on tax lists in Lincoln Co., KY 1804. He then appears on Pulaski Co. tax lists 1806, 1807, and 1808 owning land on Goose Creek (which now lies in Russell and Casey Counties).  It appears that John died bef 1811 in Casey Co.. In the 1830 Casey Co. census, Christeney Gadberry  is head of household  owning land in her own name. However in 1840 she is living in the home of her son, Jonathan Gadberry.  John and Christeney were the great grandparents of Armilda, she being my great grandmother. Armilda was the granddaughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Eller)  Gadberry and the daughter of Andrew Jackson Gadberry II and Martha Ann Tarter. Children of John and Christeney: 1. Samuel b bet 1780-1785  2. William b bet 1790-1795 3. Jonathan b Casey Co. 1805 d aft 1880 4. Andrew b 1805  d 1875 Jonathan Gadberry married three times and had a total of 15 children all born in Casey Co.: +Elizabeth Eller 1. Melvina b 1831 2. Martha Ann b 1833  d 1897 3. Andrew Jackson  b 1835  d 1906 +Mary Frances Kennedy (Canady) 1. James William b 1838 2. George W. b 1839 3. Rachel b 1841 4. John Clinton  b 1846 5. Frances b 1848 6. Addison b 1850 7. Mary Ellen b 1852 8. Merrill b 1855 9. Isabelle b 1857 10. Franklin b 1861 +Samantha Rainwater March 4, 1866 1. David b 1867 2. Marion Green b 1870

Armilda Gadberry b September 15, 1866 d April 2, 1947  married Daniel Everett Flanagan, parents of Browder

Andrew Jackson Gadberry  was the father of Armilda. He was born April 15, 1835 in Casey Co., KY and died September 7, 1906. He would marry twice, first to Mary Ann "Polly" Tarter and then to her second cousin, Martha Ann Tarter, daughter of Christley Tarter and Avis Davidson.  He is buried between both wives at the Military Springs Cemetery, Jabez, Russell Co., KY. His gravestone bears the Masonic emblem.  Armilda's mother was Martha Ann Tarter, his second wife, whom he married September 10, 1863. Martha was born December 14, 1840 and died January 21, 1923. Children of Andrew Jackson Gadberry + Mary Ann "Polly" Tarter 1. James Wiley b 1855  d 1929 2. Mary Frances b 1857 3. George Washington b 1860  d 1913 4. Marion W. b 1862  d 1891 + Martha Ann Tarter 1. Theodocia b 1864  d 1887 2. Armilda  1866-1947 3. Margaret Elizabeth b 1869 4. Avis Tarter b 1879  d 1940 5. Jonathan b 1873 6. Rhoda E. b 1875 7. David Goliath b 1877  d 1951 8. Levocus b 1879 9. Henry Clay b 1881 10. Amelia Clay b 1883

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