Ernest Vale Farmer (1884-1958)

Ernest Vale Farmer was born on December 10, 1884 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.  He was the son of Dallas Price Farmer and Wealthy Andrella Longacre.  He was raised on the family farm in Woods, Jefferson County, Kentucky.

Ernest married Martha Charlotte “Lottie” Armstrong on November 22, 1904 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.  He was almost 20 years old and she was 21 years.  Martha was born on April 9, 1883 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, the daughter of Samuel Robert Armstrong and Charlotte Ann Morgan.

Ernest and Martha had nine children:

Katherine Armstrong Farmer         born October 28, 1905

Charlotte Elizabeth Farmer            born December 20, 1907

Mildred Earnestine Farmer            born April 8, 1909

Robert Lindsay Farmer                   born May 28, 1911

Mary Aleen Farmer                          born January 10, 1913

Anna Farmer                                    born September 15, 1914

JamesFranklin Farmer                   born November 21, 1915

Frances Farmer                                born September 26, 1918

Carolyn Farmer                                born April 30, 1922

                                                                                                                                       

After their marriage, the couple settled in a home next to Ernest’s parents in Woods, Jefferson County, Kentucky.  Ernest was working as a house carpenter in 1910.

By 1920, Ernest and Martha had moved their family into a home on Mount Holly Road in Woods, Jefferson County, Kentucky.  The house was near the home of Martha’s parents, as well as the home of her married brother, Walter, and his family.

Ernest and Martha separated sometime between 1922 and 1930. 

In 1930, Martha and her children were living in a home on Second Street in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.  That census lists her as divorced.  However, in the Louisville, Kentucky City Directories for 1927, 1932, and 1951, she is listed as the widow of Ernest V. Farmer.

Ernest Vale Farmer died on July 15, 1958 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.  He was buried in the Mount Holly Cemetery in Fairdale, Jefferson County, Kentucky.  Ernest was 74 years old at his death.

Martha Charlotte Armstrong Farmer died on August 17, 1965 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.  She was buried in the Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.  Her grave is near that of her son, Robert.  Martha was 82 years old at her death.

Notes for Ernest Vale Farmer

Birth & Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Woods, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: 533; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0155; FHL microfilm: 1240533.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Marriage:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Marriage Records, 1852-1914 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.  Original data: Kentucky. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.

Residence in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Magisterial District 3, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T624_483; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 1374496.  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

Residence in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Woods, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T625_578; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 268.  Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. 

Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.  Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

Notes for Martha Charlotte Armstrong

Birth & Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Woods, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: 533; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0155; FHL microfilm: 1240533.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: 756; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0087; Image: 214.0; FHL microfilm: 2340491.  Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

City Directories:  Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Death & Burial:  Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; accessed 21 February 2015

Samuel Robert Armstrong (1849-1935)

Samuel Robert Armstrong was born on January 24, 1849 in Louisville, Jefferson County Kentucky.  He was the son of John Armstrong and Mary Anne Sheridan.

Samuel married Charlotte Ann Morgan on December 20, 1876 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.  Both were 28 years old at their marriage.  Charlotte was born on September 5, 1849 in Woods, Jefferson County, Kentucky.  She was the daughter of Elias Graham Morgan and Martha Jane Williams.

Samuel and Charlotte were the parents of nine children:

Walter Morgan Armstrong                          born January 24, 1878

Mary Elizabeth Sheridan Armstrong        born August 24, 1880

Martha Charlotte Armstrong                       born April 9, 1883

Jennie Lindsay Armstrong                         born January 30, 1885

Samuel Robert Armstrong                          born September 8, 1886

Elise Margaret Armstrong                           born January 30, 1888

AbigailFrancis “Fannie” Armstrong         born October 11, 1890

Minnie Armstrong                                        born September 30, 1891

John Armstrong                                           born October 2, 1893

After their marriage, Samuel and Charlotte settled on a farm in Woods, Jefferson County, Kentucky, where they stayed and raised their children.  Samuel worked as a school teacher until he retired sometime between 1920 and 1930. 

The Armstrong family endured several tragedies as they raised their family.  They had nine children, but only four lived to adulthood.

Charlotte Ann Morgan Armstrong died on July 20, 1921 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.  The cause of death was attributed to “acute indigestion.”  She was buried in the Mount Holly Cemetery in Fairdale, Jefferson County, Kentucky.  Charlotte was 71 years old at her death.

After the death of his wife, Samuel moved in with his son, Walter, and his wife and daughter.  Also living in the household was Samuel’s daughter, Fannie.

Samuel Robert Armstrong died in Jefferson County, Kentucky on December 26, 1935.  He had suffered from “cancer of the neck” for nine months preceding his death.  Samuel was buried next to his wife in the Mount Holly Cemetery in Fairdale, Jefferson County, Kentucky.  He was 86 years old at his death.

  

Notes for Samuel Robert Armstrong

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Residence in 1850:  Year: 1850; Census Place: Louisville District 3, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: M432_207; Page: 327B; Image: 196

Residence in 1860:  Year: 1860; Census Place: Louisville Ward 6, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: M653_376; Page: 373; Image: 373; Family History Library Film: 803376.  Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Residence in 1870:  Year: 1870; Census Place: Shepherdsville, Bullitt, Kentucky; Roll: M593_450; Page: 260B; Image: 524; Family History Library Film: 545949.  Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Marriage:   "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4QC-YYZ : accessed 21 February 2015), Saml. R. Armstrong and Charlotte A. Morgan, 20 Dec 1876; citing Old Deposit, Jefferson, Kentucky, reference Bk11, P290, L11; FHL microfilm 482,712.

Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Woods, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: 533; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0155; FHL microfilm: 1240533.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Residence in 1920:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Albermarle, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T624_483; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0025; FHL microfilm: 1374496.  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: District 3, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: 752; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0203; Image: 758.0; FHL microfilm: 2340487.  Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Notes for Charlotte Ann Morgan

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Residence in 1850:  Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: M432_205; Page: 257A; Image: 520.  Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Edmond Dargan Boggess (1859-1938)

Edmond Dargan Boggess

Son of Lemuel Boggess, Jr. & Frances Dargan Adkins

Edmond Dargan Boggess was born September 29, 1859 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was the seventh of eleven children born to Lemuel Boggess, Jr. and Frances D. Adkins.  He and the other children were raised working on the family farm in Muhlenberg County. 

           

Edmond married Sarah Agnes Terrill on July 25, 1894 in Henderson County, Kentucky.  He was 36 years old and she was 22 years.  Sarah was born in May 1873 in Kentucky, the daughter Jackson Morton Terrill and Miriam Leavell.  

Edmond and Sarah had at least seven children:

            John Wesley              born June 1895

            Hayden B.                 born February 1897

            Marianne F.              born April 1898

            James Morton            born November 26, 1900

            Eva Grace                 born February 7, 1905

            Edmund D. Jr.          born 1906

            Walter B.                    born 1911

Sarah must have died between 1911 and 1916, as Edmond remarried in 1917. 

Edmond married Mary Elizabeth Sheridan Armstrong on December 28, 1916 in Sacremento, McLean County, Kentucky.  This was Mary’s first marriage.  She was 36 years old at that time, and Edmond was 58 years.  Mary was born on August 24, 1880 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, the daughter of Samuel Robert Armstrong and Charlotte Ann Morgan.

Edmond and Mary had at least one child together:

            Rachel A.                  born 1919

As a result of Edmond’s career as a clergyman, he and his family relocated several times.  In 1900, Edmond and Sarah were living in Driskill, Livingston County, Kentucky.  Edmond’s widowed mother, and his elder sister, Martha, were living in his household at that time.  1910 found Edmond and his family in Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky.  Then by 1920, they had moved to Sacremento, McLean County, Kentucky.  Finally, Edmond returned to his nativity and had settled on a farm in Muhlenberg County by 1930.

Edmond Dargan Boggess died on June 11, 1938 in the county of his birth.  He died in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky at the age of 78 years.  He was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Greenville.

After the death of her husband, Mary and her daughter, Rachel, went to live with Mary’s sister, Fannie Armstrong.  Her home was on New Cut Road in Jefferson County, Kentucky. 

Mary Elizabeth Sheridan Armstrong Boggess died on May 10, 1967 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.  She was 86 years old at her death.

Notes for Edmond Dargan Boggess

Birth & Death:  "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVLM-NKMN : accessed 20 February 2015), Rev Edmund D. Boggess, 1938; Burial, Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States of America, Evergreen Cemetery; citing record ID 81485226, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Driskill, Livingston, Kentucky; Roll: T623 539; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 54.

Marriage to Sarah:  Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.

Residence in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Morganfield, Union, Kentucky; Roll: T624_504; Page: 23B; Enumeration District: 114; Image: 702.

Marriage to Mary:  International Genealogical Index; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church.  Search performed using PAF Insight on 13 Mar 2007

Residence in 1920: Year: 1920; Census Place: Sacremento, McLean, Kentucky; Roll: T625_589; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 112; Image: 341.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: District 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 771; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 1108.0.

Death:  Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

Notes for Sarah A. Terrill

Birth:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Driskill, Livingston, Kentucky; Roll: T623 539; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 54.

Death:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Sacremento, McLean, Kentucky; Roll: T625_589; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 112; Image: 341.

Notes for Mary E. Armstrong

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.  Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.

Residence in 1940:  Year: 1940; Census Place: Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T627_1321; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 56-39.  Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.