NameJohn Franklin Fyffe
Birth12 Jan 1849, Blaine Creek, Lawrence Co., Kentucky
Death26 Aug 1914, Fyffe, Morgan Co., Kentucky
BurialPaint Valley Cemetery, Crockett, Morgan Co., KY
Marriageabt 1871, prob. Johnson Co., Kentucky
SpouseMartha Slusher, GGG Aunt
Birth25 Dec 1854, Floyd Co., Virginia
Death23 Aug 1921, Morgan Co., Kentucky
BurialPaint Valley Cemetery, Crockett, Morgan Co., KY
Children
Birth29 Feb 1872, Johnson Co., Kentucky
Death29 Oct 1927, Ophir, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Birth12 Jul 1874, Johnson Co., Kentucky
Death24 Jul 1874, Johnson Co., Kentucky
Birth14 Dec 1875, Keaton, Johnson Co., Kentucky
Death21 Jan 1936, Relief, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Birth7 Mar 1878, Johnson Co., Kentucky
Death9 Feb 1937, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Birth14 May 1880, Elliott Co., Kentucky
Death28 Nov 1943, Ophir, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Birth15 Dec 1884, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death9 Jun 1931, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Birth25 Sep 1888, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death14 May 1963, Boyd Co., Kentucky
Birth14 Sep 1891, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death4 Jan 1965, La Porte Co., Indiana
Birth1 Aug 1894, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death26 Jul 1964, Johnson Co., Kentucky
Birth28 Feb 1897, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death10 Oct 1959, Scioto Co., Ohio
Notes for John Franklin Fyffe
He was sometimes called by the nickname “Mormon John”.
I cannot find him in the Kentucky death records, even searching very broadly.
Notes for Martha Slusher
The 1860 census lists Martha as age 6, born in Virginia. But she is not listed in Floyd Co., VA, birth records.
Her death certificate records Martha Fyffe, age 66 years 7 months 29 days, born 25 Dec 1885 in Va, died 23 Aug 1921 in Morgan Co., widowed, father Joseph Slusher born in Va, mother’s maiden name Nancy Alice Wayed, born in Va, cause of death tuberculosis of bowels, informant Mace Cantrell, Ophir, Ky.
Census
In the 1920 census she was listed with her son Early, as Martha Fyffe, 62, mother, widowed, b. Va Va Va.
Census Notes for John Franklin & Martha (Family)
1880 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Martinsburg precinct, lists as family #270:
Fyffe, John F., 31, farmer, Ky NC NC; Martha, 25, Va Va Va; Nancy A., 8, Ky Ky Va; Pilot, 4, Ky Ky Va; Cornelius, 3, Ky Ky Va; Oliver, 1/12, b. May, Ky Ky Va.
1900 census of Morgan Co., Ky, 5th magisterial district, enumerated 4 June, lists on p. 4A as family #53:
Fyffe, Martha, 44, b. Dec 1855, Va Va Va, farmer, married 29 years, mother of 11 children, 9 living; Oliver, son, 20, b. May 1880; Mary, dau, 15, b. Feb 1885; Robert, son, 10, b. Sep 1889; Marget, dau, 8, b. Aug 1891; Early, son, 6, b. Aug 1894; Nephi, son, 3, b. Feb 1897. All children born Ky Ky Va.
The next two households are their sons Pilate and Cornelius.
1910 census of Morgan Co., Ky, Paint precinct, enumerated 6 May, lists on p. 15A as family #194:
Fyffe, John, 61, farmer; Martha, 54, first marriage for both, married 39 years, mother of 11 children, 9 living; Melda, dau, 22; Seathie, dau, 18; Earlie, son, 15; Nephi, son, 12. All are listed as born Ky Ky Ky, although it is incorrect.
The preceding household is that of their son Oliver, and the next household is that of their daughter Alice and her husband James H. Cox, incorrectly listed as James H. Fyffe.