NameJohn Mason Kash, Half 3C2R
Birth2 Nov 1879, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Death21 Feb 1928, Menifee Co., Kentucky
BurialArmitage Cemetery, Menifee Co., Kentucky
FatherMiles Newton Kash (1849-1930)
MotherElizabeth Ingram (1855-1934)
Marriage11 Aug 1903, Breathitt Co., Kentucky
SpouseOllie Myrtle Thacker
Birth28 Jan 1884, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Death13 Sep 1973, El Cajon, San Diego Co., California
FatherPeter K. Thacker (~1840-)
MotherMartha Webb (~1851-1896)
Other spousesCleland Penn
Children
Birthabt 1905, Kentucky
2 FEmma Elizabeth Kash, Half 4C1R
Birth27 Mar 1914, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Death12 Apr 1996, El Cajon, San Diego Co., California
3 MRobert M. Kash, Half 4C1R
Birth3 Mar 1917, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Death4 Oct 1982, Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky
Notes for John Mason Kash
His death certificate records John Mason Kash, age 47 years 3 months 19 days, born 2 Nov 1880 in Menifee Co., Ky, died 21 Feb 1928 1 mile on Rothwell Pk, near Frenchburg, Menifee Co., Ky, residence Lexington, Ky, married, husband of Ollie Myrtle Kash, father Miles N. Kash, mother’s maiden name Elizabeth Ingram, both born in Menifee Co., Ky, cause of death gunshot wound in abdomen, accidental, informant Mrs. Myrtle Kash, Lexington, Ky, burial in Frenchburg, Ky.

The reported age and birth date are off by one year; he was recorded in the 1880 census, taken in June, as age 7 months.
Notes for Ollie Myrtle Thacker
The SSDI lists Ollie Reeves, born 28 Jan 1884, died Sep 1973, last residence El Cajon, San Diego, California, SSN issued in Kentucky before 1951.

The California death index lists Ollie M. Reeves, born 8 Dec 1884 in Kentucky, died 13 Sep 1973 in San Diego Co.
Census
1940 census of Campbell Co., Ky, Newport ward 5, ED 19-25, enumerated 19 April, lists on pp. 15B-16A as family #316, at 1125 Vine St:
Kash, Robert, 23, b. Ky, collector for dept store; Julia, wife, 21, b. Ky; both living in Norwood, Hamilton Co., Ohio in 1935. Ronald Wayne, son, 3, b. Ky; Wanda Lee, dau, 2, b. Ky; Sandra Lane, dau, 1, b. Florida; Ollie Myrtle, mother, 56, widowed, b. Ky, living in Norwood, Hamilton Co., Ohio in 1935. Reeves, James, father-in-law, 55, married, b. Ky, living in Hopkinsville, Ky in 1935.
Census Notes for John Mason & Ollie Myrtle (Family)
1910 census of Menifee Co., Ky, Frenchburg precinct, enumerated 15 April, lists on p. 1A as family #6:
Kash, John M., 29, b. Ky Ky Ky, doctor of medicine; Myrtle, wife, b. Ky Va Ky, first marriage for both, married 8 years, mother of 2 children, 2 living; Wille B., son, 4, b. Ky Ky Ky. Hollon, Norma, cousin, 5, b. Ky Ky Ky.

This is really Myrtle’s second marriage. They are apparently not counting her son Robert from her previous marriage to Cleland Penn as one of her living children.

1920 census of Menifee Co., Ky, Frenchburg precinct, enumerated 8 Jan, lists on p. 14A as family #24:
Kash, John M., 39, manager of oil field; Myrtle, wife, 34; Willie, son, 15; Emma, dau, 5; Robert, son, 2. Rice, Stephen, nephew, 22, single. All listed as born Ky Ky Ky, although Ollie’s father was really born in Tennessee.

The next household is headed by Thomas Caudel, who is married to John’s aunt Louisiana Kash.

1930 census of Woodford Co., Kentucky, Versailles, ED 120-4, enumerated 8 April, lists on p. 8A as family #194/217, at 133 Maple Ave:
Kash, Ollie T., 47, widowed, b. Ky Va Ky, no occupation; Robert M., son, 13, b. Ky Ky Ky.

The middle initial “T” probably stands for her maiden name Thacker.
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