Ninth Generation

104. Jacob B. GABBARD^8,55 was born in August 1824 in Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky.^56,57 He died on 14 November 1907 at the age of 83 in Crawford County, Arkansas.^20,58 He served in the military at Co A 47th KY Infantry in Civil War.

<[email protected]> Mike Carr <[email protected]> 17 Jan 2002 Says Jacob Gabbard & Mahala Marcum were married 5 Nov 1845 in Owsley Co KY.

1850 Census. Madison Co KY, District 1, Hh 586
Jacob Gabbert, age 25, Farmer, b. KY
Mahaly, 26, b. KY
Mary, age 3. Nancy, age 2, Edward, age 1

Found in Jackson Co 1860 Census. Hh 361
Jacob, age 34, Farmer, b. KY
Mahala, 34.
Mary Jane 11. Nancy 9. John W. 8. Edward 7. Thomas 6. Sarah E. 5. Lewis 4. Mahala and Rachel, age 2.

1870 Census. Jackson Co KY, McKee Precinct, P.O. McKee, Hh 84
J. B. Gabbard, age 44. Mahala, age 44.
Nancy J. 22, John W. 21. Edward 19. Thomas 17. Sarah E. 14. Lewis 12. Rachael and Mahala, both 10. Frances 8 [female], Phillip 6. and Jacob B. age 4.

Exact birthdates for many of the children in a mail list posting, do not agree with the census ages.

According to a Gabbard researcher, they left for Arkansas about 1880. Not found in the Crawford Co Census for that year.
Jacob B. Gabbard received a land patent in Crawford Co for 148.39 acres on 22 Jul 1890. It was in Section 2, Twp 12, R 29.

In 1900 in Crawford Co, AR.
1900 in Winfrey Township, Crawford Co AR, p.164a, Household #113 I found:
Jacob Gabbard b. Aug 1824 age 75 married 54 years born KY both parents born VA Farmer Owned his own land (He's #91 on the Agricultural Census for that year which I've never looked it)
Mahala, wife, b. Jul 1824 also age 75 and married 54 years born KY both parents born VA
Jacob M., son, b. Feb 1866 age 34 married 4 years b. KY as were both parents Farm Labor
Mindia, daughter-in-law, b. Jul 1878 age 24 1 child born, 1 living she was born in AR as were both her parents
Mahala, granddaughter, b. Oct 1898 age 1 b. AR father b. KY mother b. AR

Found in Kenney Cemetery in the Winfrey Valley, Crawford Co AR. Jackob B. Gabbard, Co A, 47th KY Inf.
Civil War Pension Index on Ancesty shows a record for Jacob B. Gabbard, wife Mahala, & this is his unit & would have been Union. Jacob applied for his Invalid Pension on 30 June 1880, Application #392.815, Certificate #603.492 (place not given). Mahala applied for Widow's Pension on 5 Dec 1907, Application #880.768, Certificate #644.278 in Arkansas.

He is in the Pension Index for both a soldier's invalid pension and a widow's pension.

Jacob B. GABBARD and Mahala MARCUM were married on 5 November 1845 in Owsley County, Kentucky.^3,56,57 Mahala MARCUM, daughter of Thomas MARCUM and Mary WILSON, was born in July 1824 in Kentucky.^56,57 She died on 4 May 1913 at the age of 88 in Arkansas.⁸

1910 Census. Mill Creek, Madison Co, AR, Hh 259
Philip H. Gabbard, 46, married once for 16 years, b. KY, Farmer
Elizabeth, wife, 31, 5 children - 4 are living, b. AR
Harrison, son, 15, b. AR as were all the children
Bertha, dau, 11
Haley, dau, 9
Johnny, son, 7
Haley, mother, 86, widow, had 13 children - 7 are living, b. KY
Haley, niece, 12, b. AR

Jacob B. GABBARD and Mahala MARCUM had the following children: