NameByron Freemont Truesdell
Birth13 Dec 1857, New York
Death9 Jun 1918, Jackson, Breathitt Co., Kentucky
Other spousesJulia E. Blood
Marriageabt 1904
SpouseBelle
Birthabt 1881, Kentucky
Notes for Byron Freemont Truesdell
His death certificate records Byron Truesdell, age 60 years 5 months 26 days, born 13 Dec 1857 in New York, died 9 June 1918 in Jackson, Breathitt Co., Ky, widowed, farmer, father Wm T. Truesdell, mother’s maiden name Sallie Jones, both born in New York, cause of death hemorrhage of brain, informant Jess Truesdell, Noctor, Ky, burial info blank.

According to various family trees on Ancestry.com, his parents were really William Gershom Truesdell and Permelia M. Bledsoe.
Census
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 18 June, lists on p. 15B as family #292:
Lambert, Ben, 51, b. June 1848, blacksmith; Ida M., wife, 31, b. Jan 1869, married 17 years, mother of 8 children, 6 living; Etta, son, 15, b. Mch 1885; Hester, dau, 14, b. Nov 1885; Stella, dau, 11, b. Sep 1888; Netta, dau, 9, b. Aug 1890; Della, dau, 3, b. Feby 1897; Zona, dau, 2, b. May 1898; Truesdell, Byron, boarder, 43, b. Dec 1856, NY NY NY, widowed, laborer at saw mill; Jessie, boarder 22, b. Mar 1878, Ohio NY Ohio, day laborer.
Notes for Byron Freemont & Belle (Family)
I cannot find a marriage record for them in Rowan Co.
Census
1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pine Grove precinct, enumerated 11 May, lists on p. 14B as family #252/255:
Truesdell, Byron, 53, third marriage, married 6 years, b. NY NY NY, foreman at lumber mill; Belle, wife, 29, first marriage, married 6 years, mother of 1 child, 0 living, b. Ky Ky Ky; Tabor, Deva, niece, 12, b. Ky Ky Ky.

Deva Tabor is probably a niece of Belle’s, since any niece of Byron’s would be likely to have one parent born in New York or Ohio.
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