NameBenjamin Franklin McBrayer
Birth10 Feb 1878, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death16 Aug 1963, Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Kentucky
Marriage27 Jan 1898, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseMyrtle White
Birth24 Mar 1882, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death29 Dec 1972, Ashland, Boyd Co., Kentucky
Children
Birth21 Sep 1899, Wagner, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death8 Aug 1980, Taylorville, Christian Co., Illinois
Birth15 Jul 1901, Wagner, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death1994, Clearfield, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth23 Apr 1904, Wagner, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death9 Mar 1951, Pennsylvania
Birth6 Feb 1906, Wagner, Rowan Co., Kentucky
DeathLucasville, Ohio
Birth26 Mar 1909, Wagner, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death5 Mar 1984, Florida
Birth20 Apr 1911, Wagner, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death27 Nov 1967, Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio
Birth17 Oct 1913, Wagner, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth15 Oct 1915, Wagner, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death3 Aug 1996, St. Albans, West Virginia
Birth29 Apr 1918, Wagner, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth17 Oct 1920, Wagner, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth7 Jan 1925, Wagner, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death3 Feb 1988, Charleston, West Virginia
Notes for Benjamin Franklin McBrayer
His WWI draft registration card, issued in 1917/1918 (the images on Ancestry do not show the side of the card that has the date it was filed), saysBenjamin Franklin McBrayer, age 40, residence Wagner, Ky, born 10 Feb 1878, occupation farmer, self-employed, nearest relative Myrtle McBrayer, wife.
Notes for Myrtle White
The index to Kentucky death records lists Myrtle W. McBrayer, died 29 Dec 1972, age 90, in Boyd Co., residence Rowan Co., certificate Vol. 65, #32303.
Notes for Benjamin Franklin & Myrtle (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage book 3, p. 16, records marriage on 27 Jan 1898 of B. F. McBrayer, 19, farmer, residence Wagner, to Mirty White, 15, residence Wyatt, born and father born in Rowan Co., mother born in Fleming Co, at David Day's by F. M. Crisp, witnesses Arch Kidd & Jno. Fanning, surety Charles White.
Except where otherwise noted, my source for birthdates, marriages, etc., on children of this family is from the McBrayer Genealogy book published in Oklahoma, which I don't have a copy of, but I've examined at the homes of several relatives.
Census
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pearce precinct, enumerated 1 June, lists on p. 1B as family #10:
McBrayer, Benjamin, 22, b. Feb 1878; Myrtle, wife, 18, b. Mar 1882, married 2 years, mother of 1 child, 1 living; Liuwada, daughter, 8/12, b. Sep 1899. All born Ky/Ky/Ky.
1910 census of Rowan Co., KY, Hoggtown prec., lists on page 15A, family #251 (next door to Isaac Thornsberry):
McBrayer, Ben, 32, farmer, KY KY KY; (w) Myrtie, 28, KY KY KY; married 12 years, 6 children, 5 living; (d) Vada, 10; (d) Nora, 8; (d) Bertha, 6; (d) Susan, 4; (s) Willie, 1.
1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Wagner precinct, lists on p. 6, on Ridge Road between Wagner and Minor Creek, as family #48/51:
McBrayer, B. F., 41; Myrtle, 37; Vada, dau, 20; Nora, dau, 18; Bertha, dau, 15; Susan, dau, 13; Willie, son, 10; Jesse, son, 8; Lula, dau, 6; George, son, 4 2/12; Erney, son, 1 9/12. (Erney is really a daughter; the enumerator must have assumed it was short for Ernest.)