Family Group Sheet
NameThomas Hamer
Birthabt 1835, England
SpouseRachel Melissa Bryant
Birth14 Dec 1829, Tennessee
Death6 Dec 1906, Jackson Co., Ohio
FatherJesse Bryant
MotherSabrina Tackett
Other spousesJohn Barnett
Notes for Rachel Melissa Bryant
Jackson Co., Ohio Death Records Book C, p. 136, lists the death on 6 Dec 1906 of Rachel Hamer, age 77 years, 11 months, 23 days.
Calculating backwards from this age at death yields a birthdate of 14 Dec 1828. But all the census records and her marriage record to John Conn are more consistent with a date of birth one to three years later. Not a single other record is consistent with a birthdate as early as Dec 1828. So her age at death was probably given wrong. I am therefore entering 1829 as her year of birth, but it may have been 1830 instead. It is even possible that 1828 is correct and that the census and marriage records are all wrong.
Calculating backwards from this age at death yields a birthdate of 14 Dec 1828. But all the census records and her marriage record to John Conn are more consistent with a date of birth one to three years later. Not a single other record is consistent with a birthdate as early as Dec 1828. So her age at death was probably given wrong. I am therefore entering 1829 as her year of birth, but it may have been 1830 instead. It is even possible that 1828 is correct and that the census and marriage records are all wrong.
Census
1850 census of Morgan Co., Ky, lists Rachel Barnett, 20, Sabrina Barnett, 2, and Jesse Barnett 6 months, all born in Ky, living with the family of Jesse W. Bryant age 44 and Sabrina age 39, both born in Tennessee.
See Census Notes for family of John Conn and Rachel Melissa Bryant for the 1860 listing.
1870 census of Greenup Co., Ky, precinct #3, enumerated 30 June, lists on p. 13 as family #93/90:
Zornes, William, 49, farming, b. Ky; Melissa, 37, b. Tennessee; Barsheba, 10; Sarah A., 8; Catherine E., 6; James M., 4; Conn, Levi, 14; Martin V., 12; Lydia M., 10; Lovenda, 8; Daniel, 6. All children born in Kentucky. I am assuming that all the Zornes children are from a prior marriage, because the History of Elliott Co. said that John Conn moved to Greenup County in 1867.
1880 census of Milton township, Jackson Co., Ohio, enumerated 3 June, lists on p. 4 as family #27:
Hamer, Thomas, 44 (or possibly 49), iron miner, b. England/England/England; Rachel M., 48, wife, b. Tennessee/Alabama/Alabama; Joseph, 14, son, iron miner, b. Ohio/England/Ohio; James, 12, son, iron miner, b. Ohio/England/Ohio; Conn, Daniel, 14, stepson, iron miner, b. Ky/Va/Tenn; Zornes, Rachel, 9, stepdau, b. Ky/Ky/Tenn.
1900 census of Lick township, Jackson, Jackson Co., Ohio, enumerated 8 June, lists on p. 10B, Bridge Street, as family #210/226:
Hamer, Thomas, 63, b. Jan 1837, England/England/England; Rachel M., wife, 70, b. Jan 1830, married 20 years, b. Tenn/Ky/Ky.
See Census Notes for family of John Conn and Rachel Melissa Bryant for the 1860 listing.
1870 census of Greenup Co., Ky, precinct #3, enumerated 30 June, lists on p. 13 as family #93/90:
Zornes, William, 49, farming, b. Ky; Melissa, 37, b. Tennessee; Barsheba, 10; Sarah A., 8; Catherine E., 6; James M., 4; Conn, Levi, 14; Martin V., 12; Lydia M., 10; Lovenda, 8; Daniel, 6. All children born in Kentucky. I am assuming that all the Zornes children are from a prior marriage, because the History of Elliott Co. said that John Conn moved to Greenup County in 1867.
1880 census of Milton township, Jackson Co., Ohio, enumerated 3 June, lists on p. 4 as family #27:
Hamer, Thomas, 44 (or possibly 49), iron miner, b. England/England/England; Rachel M., 48, wife, b. Tennessee/Alabama/Alabama; Joseph, 14, son, iron miner, b. Ohio/England/Ohio; James, 12, son, iron miner, b. Ohio/England/Ohio; Conn, Daniel, 14, stepson, iron miner, b. Ky/Va/Tenn; Zornes, Rachel, 9, stepdau, b. Ky/Ky/Tenn.
1900 census of Lick township, Jackson, Jackson Co., Ohio, enumerated 8 June, lists on p. 10B, Bridge Street, as family #210/226:
Hamer, Thomas, 63, b. Jan 1837, England/England/England; Rachel M., wife, 70, b. Jan 1830, married 20 years, b. Tenn/Ky/Ky.
