Family Group Sheet
NameHiram Lewis Coldiron
Birth16 Jun 1841, Harlan Co., Kentucky
Death22 Feb 1925, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma
FatherWilliam Coldiron (~1803-)
MotherLeah Lewis (~1808-)
Other spousesSarah E. Salyer
Marriage9 Dec 1858, Johnson Co., Kentucky
Divorceabt 1872
SpouseRebecca Jane McCarty
Birth4 Mar 1842, Russell Co., Virginia
Death17 Jun 1936, Morgan Co., Kentucky
FatherJohn P. McCarty (~1818-1860)
MotherMartha Clarissa Salyer (~1821-1886)
Other spousesJames A. Pennington
Children
Birth2 Apr 1863, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death2 Nov 1937, Hager Hill, Johnson Co., Kentucky
SpouseJames M. Lemaster
SpouseReuben H. Ison
SpouseMary Amanda Ferguson
Birth11 Mar 1872, Sandy Hook, Elliott Co., Kentucky
Death27 Jan 1944, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseSpencer B. Ison
SpouseEdward C. McDowell
Notes for Rebecca Jane McCarty
Her death certificate records Rebecca Jane Penington, age 94 years 3 months 13 days, born 4 March 1842 in Virginia, died 17 June 1936 in Moon, Paint precinct, Morgan Co., Ky, widow of James Penington, father John McCarty, mother’s maiden name Salyer, both born in Va, cause of death old age and heart failure, informant Alice Ison, Moon, Ky, burial in Ison Cemetery.
Census
In 1910 she was recorded in Morgan Co., Ky, with her daughter Alice and son-in-law Ruben Ison, as Rebecca J. Pennington, age 68, mother-in-law, married.
In 1920 she was still in Morgan Co. with Ruben and Alice, recorded as Becky J. Penington, age 76, mother-in-law, married.
1n 1930 she was recorded in Morgan Co. with her granddaughter Ella (dau of Minerva) and her husband Rufus Hayes, as Rebecca J. Pennington, 88, grandmother, widowed, age at first marriage 16, b. Va Va Ky.
In 1920 she was still in Morgan Co. with Ruben and Alice, recorded as Becky J. Penington, age 76, mother-in-law, married.
1n 1930 she was recorded in Morgan Co. with her granddaughter Ella (dau of Minerva) and her husband Rufus Hayes, as Rebecca J. Pennington, 88, grandmother, widowed, age at first marriage 16, b. Va Va Ky.
Notes for Hiram Lewis & Rebecca Jane (Family)
Johnson Co., Ky marriage records list the marriage on 9 Dec 1858 of Hiram F. Coldiron, 17, born Harlan Co., residence Johnson Co., to Rebecca Jane McKarty, age 17, residence Johnson Co.
In the 1880 census, Hiram is recorded in Iowa with his second wife Sarah Salyer, and a son Jonathan listed as age 8. So either Hiram and Rebecca’s daughter Minerva was born after Rebecca and Hiram had already separated, or the reported age for Jonathan is wrong.
In the 1880 census, Hiram is recorded in Iowa with his second wife Sarah Salyer, and a son Jonathan listed as age 8. So either Hiram and Rebecca’s daughter Minerva was born after Rebecca and Hiram had already separated, or the reported age for Jonathan is wrong.
Census
1860 census of Johnson Co., Ky, Paintsville precinct, enumerated 21 Aug, lists on p. 132 as family #842/841:
Hiram L. Coldiron, 19, b. Ky; Rebecca J., 19, b. Va; Minta L., 7/12, b. Ky.
The preceding household is headed by Rebecca’s brother Nelson, and the one before that by her parents.
1870 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Martinsburg precinct, enumerated 18 Aug, lists on p. 1 as family #6:
Coldiron, Hiram L., 26, laborer; Rebecca D., 27; Arminta, 10; Clarissa J., 8; Allice <blot>, 4; William, 2. All born in Kentucky.
Ancestry.com has transcribed Allice’s middle initial as L, but it looks more like an open-topped 4. I would have taken it for most likely an H or a U. It doesn’t look much like an M, though, which is what would fit her marriage record to Reuben Ison (Margaret) and the 1900 census (Mary A.)
Hiram L. Coldiron, 19, b. Ky; Rebecca J., 19, b. Va; Minta L., 7/12, b. Ky.
The preceding household is headed by Rebecca’s brother Nelson, and the one before that by her parents.
1870 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Martinsburg precinct, enumerated 18 Aug, lists on p. 1 as family #6:
Coldiron, Hiram L., 26, laborer; Rebecca D., 27; Arminta, 10; Clarissa J., 8; Allice <blot>, 4; William, 2. All born in Kentucky.
Ancestry.com has transcribed Allice’s middle initial as L, but it looks more like an open-topped 4. I would have taken it for most likely an H or a U. It doesn’t look much like an M, though, which is what would fit her marriage record to Reuben Ison (Margaret) and the 1900 census (Mary A.)
