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The family of Grafton
Willoughby and Mary Jane Bracken
compiled by Beth Birchfield
Grafton O. Willoughby
b. in January of 1865 in Butler County, Kentucky
d. between 1921/1929
Grafton was the son of Isaac Patrick Willoughby and Sally Ann Embry (MRIN
67)
A cousin also researching this family had
told me that Grafton was a missing person. The story in her side of the
family, was that Grafton went to look for work and was never heard from again.
What sources that I have found seem to back up this story. He disappears after
the 1920 census. He may have been the informant on his sons death certificate
in 1924. By 1930 his wife was calling herself a widow. There is no death
certificate or known place of burial for Grafton. A son-in-law by the last
name of SYKES may have went with him, he seems to have disappeared about the
same time also.
Mary Jane Bracken
b. 15 Sep 1868 in Ohio County, Kentucky
d. 25 Apr 1946 in McLean County, Kentucky
Mary Jane was the daughter of William B. Bracken and Sarah Ann Morris (MRIN
68).
Mary Jane is buried in the Bevier Cemetery located in Livermore, McLean County,
Kentucky
Grafton and Mary Jane married about 1891 in
Butler County, Kentucky. (marriage date is estimated by the year of birth of
their first known child)
The 8 known children of
Grafton and Mary Jane were:
- William "Asa" Willoughby
b. 09 Jan 1892 in Kentucky (probably in Butler County)
d. 23 Jun 1924 in Floyd County, Kentucky
Asa married Ethel Emery and had 3 daughters with her. Ethel died from
Tuberculosis in 1923 and Asa re-married but no children from that
marriage. Asa died in a mining accident and was buried in the Gibson
Cemetery in Wayland, Floyd County, Kentucky.
- Millie B. Willoughby
b. about 1894 in Kentucky (probably in Butler County)
d. 25 Mar 1974 in Davies County, Kentucky
Millie married Dr. Oscar Phegley
- James Clarence Willoughby
b. about 1895 in Kentucky (probably in Butler County)
d. after 1946 possibly in Knoxville, Tennessee
- Willoughby
b.
d. before 1899
Both the 1900 and 1910 census state that a child died before the 1900
census was taken. Nothing more is know about this child yet.
- Emma Jean Willoughby
b. 29 Jun 1899 in Kentucky (probably in Muhlenburg County)
d. 05 Mar 1986 in Bakersfield, Kern County, California
Emma married John H. Gilbert in 1918 (had 2 children)
She married J.A. Hughes in 1927 (had no known children)
She married Harry L. Chaffins (MRIN
26) (had 1 child)
She married Jake Bennett before 1945 (had 2 children)
Emma is buried in the Union Cemetery in Bakersfield, California
Note: In most census records when she was
a child, Emma is listed as Emma M. and Emma May. In her adult years at
least, she was known to go by "Jean" rather than Emma.
- Jesse Willoughby
b. about 1902 in Kentucky (possibly in Muhlenburg County)
d. after 1920
Jesse may have died in a mining accident. This has not been verified yet.
- Alta Willoughby
b. 26 Sep 1906 in Kentucky (possibly in Muhlenburg County)
d. in December 1981 in Long Beach, Las Angeles County, California
Alta married a Mr. Sykes about 1920
She married a Mr. O'Berry
- Edward Willoughby
b. about 1910 in Kentucky (probably in Muhlenburg County)
d. after 1930
Sources for the above family were
found in the following records/locations
Census Records, Obituaries, Death Certificates, Marriage
Records, Cemetery Markers. More detailed information to
come.....
Contributors:
Jennifer Kress and Beth Birchfield
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