Family Group Sheet
NameWildie Highley, 3C2R
Birth6 Mar 1891, Bath Co., Kentucky
DeathAug 1976, Bath Co., Kentucky
FatherJames F. Highley (1851-1914)
MotherMary Ellen Sorrell (1867-1951)
Other spousesMyrtle Sutton
SpouseSarah Lola Vanlandingham
BirthSep 1889, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death15 Feb 1913, Salt Lick, Bath Co., Kentucky
Children
1 FGladys M. Highley, 4C1R
Birth23 Sep 1911, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death20 Mar 1974, Springport, Henry Co., Indiana
SpouseSidney Shrout , 5C2R
2 MStanley O. [Highley] Myers, 3C2R
Birth13 Feb 1913, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death6 Oct 2000, Gainesville, Alachua Co., Florida
Notes for Wildie Highley
The SSDI lists Wildie Highley, born 6 Mar 1891, died Aug 1976, last residence Salt Lick, Bath Co., Kentucky.
The Kentucky death index lists Wildie Highley, age 84, died 6 Aug 1976 in Rowan Co., residence Bath Co.
The Kentucky death index lists Wildie Highley, age 84, died 6 Aug 1976 in Rowan Co., residence Bath Co.
Census
1910 census of Bath Co., Ky, district 4, enumerated 22 April, lists on pp. 9A-9B as family #191/206:
Highley, James, 52, farmer; Mary E., wife, 44, first marriage for both, married 29 years, mother of 3 children, 3 living; Wildy, head, 19, single; Clara L., dau, 11; Doccie A., mother, 85, widowed.
Presumably the relationship was given incorrectly for Wildy, and he should be listed as a son.
Highley, James, 52, farmer; Mary E., wife, 44, first marriage for both, married 29 years, mother of 3 children, 3 living; Wildy, head, 19, single; Clara L., dau, 11; Doccie A., mother, 85, widowed.
Presumably the relationship was given incorrectly for Wildy, and he should be listed as a son.
Notes for Sarah Lola Vanlandingham
Her death certificate records Sarah Lola Highley, age 23, born Sep 1889 in Bath Co., Ky, married, father Allen Spence, mother’s maiden name Sarah Vanlandingham, both born in Bath Co., Ky, cause of death peurperal convulsions, informant Mrs. Vanlandingham, Moores Ferry, burial in Hedricks.
I cannot find a good match for her in the 1900 census, as either Spence or Vanlandingham. One possibility is that she is the Sarah Vanlandingham listed in the 1900 census as born Dec 1890, daughter of Jerry Vanlandingham and Sarah Elizabeth Spence. If so, Sarah Vanlandingham would not be her mother’s maiden name, but rather her mother’s married name, and Allen Spence would be her maternal grandfather, not her father. (Wildy Highley was recorded in the 1910 census as 7 households before the Jerry Vanlandingham family.)
I cannot find a good match for her in the 1900 census, as either Spence or Vanlandingham. One possibility is that she is the Sarah Vanlandingham listed in the 1900 census as born Dec 1890, daughter of Jerry Vanlandingham and Sarah Elizabeth Spence. If so, Sarah Vanlandingham would not be her mother’s maiden name, but rather her mother’s married name, and Allen Spence would be her maternal grandfather, not her father. (Wildy Highley was recorded in the 1910 census as 7 households before the Jerry Vanlandingham family.)
