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President of the Magoffin County Historical Society, was taken from the
May 4, 2017
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We are continuing work on the Sesquicentennial book of people, places and events in Magoffin County's history. Several people submitted material for that book about Reuben Patrick, a Captain in the Civil War, who served in the 14th KY Vol. Infantry. Captain Reuben married in Johnson Co. KY on 5 Nov 1851 to Amanda Burns Hager, a daughter of Confederate soldier and first sheriff of Johnson County, KY, Daniel Hager and Violet Porter. Daniel and Violet were married in 1822 Floyd Co. KY. Violet died in 1877; Daniel died in 1887. They are buried in Old Town Cemetery in Paintsville, KY.
Reuben and Amanda's family is listed in several of our genealogy publications. Some of their children are covered quite thoroughly but we had only sparse information on others. We attempted to find additional info and are presenting it here with the request that anyone who can add to or correct anything here will contact the Magoffin County Historical Society, PO Box 222, Salyersville, KY 41465 or email
[email protected].
The 1850 Floyd County, KY census lists Reuben Patrick at age 20 in the home of his parents Meredith and Rebecca (Williams) Patrick. Reuben and Amanda Hager were married on 11 November 1851 and they are listed on the 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1900 census records of Magoffin Co. KY.
In 1900 Amanda reported they were the parents of 14 children with 12 living.
Their first child was a daughter Solena Patrick born in 1852. Solena married in Magoffin County in 1871 to James J. "Jim" Cannoy b. 1848 VA, a son of George and Adeline (Ryle) Cannoy. Solena and Jim are shown in the 1880 Wolfe Co. KY census where his mother lived after she married William Pershing Lawson. Jim’s father , George Cannoy had died in 1863 Maysville, KY.
Eight children are known in this family, the first 7 were born in Kentucky: (1) Florence Cannoy b. 1872, (2) Minnie Cannoy b. 1874, (3) Myrtie Cannoy b. 1877, (4) Freddie Cannoy b. 1879, and (5) William Cannoy b. 1882, (6) Carl Cannoy b. 1886, (7) Bruce Cannoy b. 1889 and (8) Connard C. Cannoy b. 1893 in Missouri.
James Cannoy and Solena lived in Wolfe Co. KY until about 1890 when they moved to Missouri. James died in 1915 and Solena died in 1936; they were buried in Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
Reuben Patrick’s 2nd child was Susan E. Patrick b. 1853 and married in 1873 in Magoffin County to Robert C. Hurt. They lived at Ivyton, KY. Robert was born in 1851, a son of Methodist minister William "Billy" Hurt and Thursa Burk.
Susan and Robert’s children were (1) Cora Hurt b. 1873 d. 1931 WA m. Fred D. Rice; (2) Lyda Hurt b. 1876 m. Sheridan Fletcher, (3) Edgar Hurt b. 1878 d. 1942 WA m. Alice Rice, (4) Frank Hurt b. 1881 d. 1948 MI, (5) Reuben Hurt b. 1885 m. Mollie Poe, (6) Mae Hurt b. 1888 m. George Howard, and (6) June Hurt b. 1892 m. Byrd Howard (George and Byrd were brothers, sons of Lark Howard and Jemima Arnett.
Reuben’s 3rd child was Franklin M. Patrick b. 1855 Floyd Co. KY. He married in 1879 Magoffin County to Eliza Hammond b. 1860 Magoffin, dau of Benjamin Hammond and Mary Caudill. Franklin and Eliza lived on Middle Fork in 1880 where Frank was a dry goods merchant. They had a son Buey Patrick b. 1880.
By 1900 Frank and Eliza lived in Bates Co. Missouri. At that time they had a 13 year old daughter Virgie L. In the 1910 St. Clair, MO census, they gave info that 4 children had been born to them with 2 living. Their daughter Virginia Lorna Patrick married Richey Mayfield Clark. Virgie died in 1962 Highland Park, Dallas, TX.
Reuben’s 4th child was Ann Patrick b. 1856 Burning Fork, KY. She married in 1876 Magoffin County to Monroe Madison Walter, son of Robert Walter and Louisa Sweatnam. They lived in Lawrence Co. KY and had 7 children: (1) Luther Mason Walter b. 1877, (2) Lena Walter b. 1878 m. -?- Thompson, (3) Roscoe Franklin Walter b. 1879, (4) Amanda Walter b. 1882, (5) Pearl Walter b. 1887, (6) Edford M. Walter b. 1893 and (7) Henry Walter b. 1899. Ann died in 1934 and Monroe died in 1935; they are buried at Blaine, KY.
Reuben’s 5th child was Mattie Patrick b. 1858 and m. in 1879 to Augustus Arnett b. 1855, son of Wiley Arnett and Elizabeth Sizemore. They were the parents of 11 children: (1) Florence Arnett b. 1879 m. Roland Cushenberry Minix, (2) Earnest Earl Arnett b. 1881 m. Blanche Salyer (parents of Rexford Raymond Arnett) and Minerva Couchman, (3) Fannie Arnett b. 1883 m. Benjamin Johnson and John L. Adams; (4) Maude Arnett b. 1885 m. Chester Arthur Bach, (5) Bessie Arnett b. 1887 m. Solomon Leander "Sol" Mann, (6) Julia Jane Arnett b. 1889 m. William Jefferson "Bill" Patrick, (7) Clarence T. Arnett b. 1891 m. Coralee Duff and Nancy French, (8) Lillie Mae Arnett b. 1897 m. Abijah Wells and Critt Chadwick, (9) Arba Augustus Arnett b. 1895 d. 1957 single, served in World War II, (10) Justice J. Arnett b. 1899 m. in Ohio to Inez Cottrell (their son Fred Augustus Arnett) and (11) Thelma J. Arnett b. 1902 d. 1963 did not marry.
Reuben’s 6th child was Dennis Burns Patrick b. 1860. His first marriage was in 1878 Magoffin County to Mary Salyer, b. 1862 d. 1887, dau of Morgan Mason Salyer and Elizabeth "Betty" Salyer. Dennis and Mary had three children: (1) John Patrick b. 1880, (2) Claude Patrick b. 1882 d. 1910 and (3) Elizabeth Patrick b. 1885.
Dennis Burns Patrick m. 2nd in December of 1887 to Permelia Alice Patrick, dau of John Wesley Patrick and Abigail Salyer. Their children were (4) Edith Patrick b. 1890 m. John Franklin Prater, (5) Nell Patrick b. 1895 m. Ed Pendleton.
We will continue with the genealogy of the last eight of Captain Reuben Patrick’s children next week.
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