Tenth Generation

396. Willis GABBARD was born in 1843 in Owsley County, Kentucky.

1870 Census. Buffalo Twp, Owsley Co, KY, Hh 19 (next to his widowed mother)
Willis Gabbard, 26. Mary, 22
Jackson, 2, Sophia, 8 months.

1880 Census. Buffalo Twp, Owsley, KY, Hh 181
Willis Gabbard, 30, Farmer. Mary, 25, wife
Jackson, 12, son. Sophia, 10, dau. Jane, 9, dau. Robert D., 7, son. Michael, 5, son. Benton, 3, son. Wickliff, age 8 months, b. Oct 1879, son

Willis GABBARD and Mary BISHOP were married about 1866. Mary BISHOP was born on 15 September 1848 in Kentucky.

Daughter of William and Susan Bishop.
1860 Census. Clay Co, KY, Hh 628
William Bishop, 42. Susan, 38.
Squire, 25. Theophilus, 18. Rachel, 16. William, 14. Polley, 12. James, 10. Isaac, 6. Irvine, 4. Esther, 6. Lydia, 2.

Kentucky birth & death records show she was Susan Barrett.

Willis GABBARD and Mary BISHOP had the following children:

888	i.	Jackson GABBARD was born in 1868 in Owsley County, Kentucky.
+889	ii.	Sophia GABBARD.
890	iii.	Jane GABBARD was born in 1871 in Owsley County, Kentucky.
891	iv.	Robert D. GABBARD was born in 1873 in Owsley County, Kentucky.
892	v.	Michael GABBARD was born in 1875 in Owsley County, Kentucky.
893	vi.	Benton GABBARD was born in 1877 in Owsley County, Kentucky.
894	vii.	Wickliff GABBARD was born in October 1879 in Owsley County, Kentucky.