NameThomas B. Kiser
Birth23 Mar 1854, Russell Co., Virginia
Death1 Jun 1924, Carter Co., Kentucky
SpouseWinnie E. Stallard
Birth26 Jun 1851, Russell Co., Virginia
Death30 Jan 1932, Carter Co., Kentucky
Notes for Thomas B. Kiser
His death certificate records Thomas Kiser, age 70 years 2 months 8 days, born 23 Mar 1854 in Virginia, died 1 June 1924 in Grayson, Carter Co., Kentucky, married, farmer, father A. B. Kiser, mother’s maiden name Eliza Couch, both born in Virginia, cause of death chirrhosis of liver, informant Anderson Kiser, Grayson, Ky, burial in Buffalo, Ky.
Notes for Winnie E. Stallard
Her death certificate records Winnie Kiser, age 80 years 7 months 3 days, born 26 June 1851 in Virginia, died 30 Jan 1932 in precinct 4, Carter Co., Ky, residence Smokey Valley, Ky, widowed, father Green Stallards, mother’s maiden name Elizabeth Docks (sp? might be Doiles - Ancestry.com has indexed it as Dover, but it contains either k or le - to interpret it as Dover you would have to imagine a v with a right hand side 3 times as tall as the left), both born in Va, cause of death dropsy of heart, informant Whitt Stamper, Smokey Valley, Ky, burial in Stallard Cemetery.
Notes for Thomas B. & Winnie E. (Family)
I am not recording the children of this couple, because they are in my database only to document that this Thomas Kiser is not the same one who married Sarah E. Fultz/Fults.
Census
1880 census of Carter Co., Kentucky, (precinct not recorded, enumerated 21 June, lists on p. 44 as family #381/383:
Kizer, Thomas, 25, farmer, b. Va Va Va; Winney, 28, wife, b. Va Va Va; Virginia E., 6, dau; Dora, 4, dau; William, 2, son. All children born Ky Va Va.
The preceding household is headed by Thomas’s parents.
1900 census of Carter Co., Ky, district 2, enumerated 2 June, lists on p. 1B as family #18:
Kiser, Thomas B., 46, b. Mar 1854, Va Va Va, farmer; Winnie, wife, 48, b. June 1851, Va Va Va, married 26 years, mother of 10 children, 9 living; Mary, dau, 17, b. Nov 1882; Martha, dau, 15, b. Jan 1885; Andrew F., son, 13, b. Mar 1887; Matt, son, 11, b. Mar 1889; Hiram A., son, 9, b. Apr 1890; Ada D., dau, 7, b. Dec 1892. All children born Ky Va Va.
There are three other Kiser families on this page: Thomas’s parents at #12, Richard Kiser age 44 at #13, and John Kiser age 31 at #16.
1910 census of Carter Co., Ky, Olive Hill precinct, enumerated 20 April, lists on p. 4A as family #42:
Kiser, Thomas B., 55, b. Ky Va Va; Winnie E., wife, 57, b. Va Va Va, first marriage for both, married 36 years, mother of 10 children, 9 living; Robert W., son, 21; Hiram L., son, 19; Ada B., dau, 17. All children born Ky Ky Va.
1920 census of Carter Co., Ky, Smokey Valley precinct, enumerated 30 Jan, lists on p. 19A as family #102:
Kiser, Thomas, 65, b. Va Va Va, farmer; Winnie, wife, 67, b. Va Va Va; Robert, son, 30, b. Ky Va Va, married, laborer on home farm; Pearl, dau-in-law, 26, b. Ky Ky Ky; Opal, dau, 5, b. Ky Ky Ky.
Opal should be recorded as a granddaughter to Thomas, since Robert is not listed as a head of household.