Family Group Sheet
NameJohn Wallace Fouch
Birth17 Jan 1877, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death23 Mar 1940, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialFouch Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
FatherWalter Scott Fouch (1854-1912)
MotherMartha Ann Cornett (1858-1923)
Other spousesAmanda E. Parker
Marriage17 Aug 1898, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseEllen Jenkins
BirthNov 1882, Elliott Co., Kentucky
DeathAug 1904, Rowan Co., Kentucky
FatherJohn Logan Jenkins (1846-1940)
MotherSelestine Baumgardner (1849-1928)
Children
Notes for John Wallace Fouch
His WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918, records John Wallace Fouch, age 41, born 17 Jan 1877, residence Elliottsville, Rowan Co., Ky, occupation farmer, self-employed, nearest relative Linnie Fouch, wife, same address.
Rowan Co. will book A, pages 261-263, records will of J. W. Fouch, dated 17 Feb 1940, codicil dated March 1940, both recorded for probate 8 April 1940. The will gives $1 to son Lester, $500 to son Addison Fouch to be used for education, and forfeited to the estate if not used for that purpose within a reasonable period to be determined by the executor, and remainder of estate to be divided equally between children Audra Fouch, Ruby Fouch, Harris Burl Fouch, Reba Fouch Caskey, Cledith Fouch Johnson, Nola Fouch Hayes, and Addison Fouch. Executor to be his brother, Thomas E. Fouch. The codicil stipulates that should any beneficiary take possession of any portion of the estate before it is legally divided, the bequest to that person shall be reduced to $1. Witnesses to the original will were Mrs. Sue Fugate and Wm H. McBrayer, witnesses to the codicil were J. M. Butler and Stella Crosthwaite.
Rowan Co. will book A, pages 261-263, records will of J. W. Fouch, dated 17 Feb 1940, codicil dated March 1940, both recorded for probate 8 April 1940. The will gives $1 to son Lester, $500 to son Addison Fouch to be used for education, and forfeited to the estate if not used for that purpose within a reasonable period to be determined by the executor, and remainder of estate to be divided equally between children Audra Fouch, Ruby Fouch, Harris Burl Fouch, Reba Fouch Caskey, Cledith Fouch Johnson, Nola Fouch Hayes, and Addison Fouch. Executor to be his brother, Thomas E. Fouch. The codicil stipulates that should any beneficiary take possession of any portion of the estate before it is legally divided, the bequest to that person shall be reduced to $1. Witnesses to the original will were Mrs. Sue Fugate and Wm H. McBrayer, witnesses to the codicil were J. M. Butler and Stella Crosthwaite.
Notes for Ellen Jenkins
Since Ellen was born after 1880 and married before 1900, she does not appear in any surviving census with her parents.
Assignment as a daughter of John Jenkins and Selestina Baumgardner is tentative, based on the facts that they are the only Jenkins couple I can find who were living in Elliott Co. in 1880 and 1900 and were born in Virginia (to match Ellen’s marriage license), and the number of living children count for Selestine in the 1900 census is one more than the number recorded with the family across those two censuses.
Assignment as a daughter of John Jenkins and Selestina Baumgardner is tentative, based on the facts that they are the only Jenkins couple I can find who were living in Elliott Co. in 1880 and 1900 and were born in Virginia (to match Ellen’s marriage license), and the number of living children count for Selestine in the 1900 census is one more than the number recorded with the family across those two censuses.
Notes for John Wallace & Ellen (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage book 3, p. 78, records marriage on 17 Aug 1898 of John W. Fouch, 21, residence Elliottsville, farmer and teacher, born and parents born in Rowan Co., to Ellen Jenkins, 16, residence Ledingham, born Elliott Co., parents born in Virginia, at Thomas Fouch's by Peter Leadingham, witnesses Millard Fouch & J. M. Fouch, surety Thomas Fouch. First marriage for both bride and groom.
Census
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hoggtown precinct, enumerated 26 June, lists on p. 18A as family #303/310:
Fouch, John, 23, b. Jan 1877, Ky Ky Ky; Ellen, wife, 17, b. Nov 1882, Ky Va Ky, married 1 year, mother of 1 child, 1 living; Hobert L., son, 7/12, b. Dec 1899, Ky Ky Ky.
Fouch, John, 23, b. Jan 1877, Ky Ky Ky; Ellen, wife, 17, b. Nov 1882, Ky Va Ky, married 1 year, mother of 1 child, 1 living; Hobert L., son, 7/12, b. Dec 1899, Ky Ky Ky.
