Jacob Aspasia Johnston (1877-1960)

Jacob Aspasia Johnston

Son of Joseph Finis Johnston & Elizabeth Jane Boggess 

Jacob Aspasia Johnston was born November 10, 1877 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was the second of five children known to be born to Joseph Finis Johnston and Elizabeth Jane Boggess.  It would seem he was named after his mother’s uncle, Aspasia William Earle.  Jacob was raised on the family farm in Court House, Muhlenberg County. 

Jacob married Bertha Bivins in May 1900 in Court House, Muhlenberg County.  He was 22 years old and she was 15 years.  Bertha was born September 14, 1884 in Kentucky, the daughter of Andrew F. Bivins and Martha Ann Johnston.  

Jacob and Bertha had one child, Edith Larine Johnston, who was born April 9, 1905.

After their marriage, Jacob and Bertha established their home on a farm in Court House, Muhlenberg County.  Jacob labored as a farmer until 1930, when he was employed as an Auto Salesman. 

Edith Larine Johnston died of pneumonia on June 3, 1933 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was buried in Cherry Grove Cemetery in Weir, Muhlenberg County.  She was 28 years old at her death.

Jacob Aspasia Johnston died on December 6, 1960 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was 83 years old at his death. 

Bertha Bivins Johnston died twelve years later on January 14, 1973, also in Muhlenberg.  She was 87 years old.  Jacob and Bertha were buried in Cherry Grove Cemetery in Weir, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

Notes for Jacob Aspasia Johnston

Birth and Marriage to Bertha:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Court House, Muhlenberg,    Kentucky;  Roll: T623 545; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 67.

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, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

Notes for Bertha Bivins

Birth:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Court House, Muhlenberg, Kentucky;  Roll: T623 545; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 67.

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, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

Notes for Edith L. Johnston

Birth:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Courthouse, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T624_497; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 81; Image: 25.
Death:  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.

Mattie Loutisha Johnston (1874-1971)

Mattie Loutisha Johnston was born on January 3, 1874 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was the eldest of five children known to be born to Josiah Finis Johnston and Elizabeth Jane Boggess.  Mattie was raised on the family farm in Court House, Muhlenberg County. 

Mattie married Jefferson Fontain Wells on December 30, 1891 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was 18 years old and he was 30 years.  Jefferson was born on June 25, 1861 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, the son of Joseph John Wells and Eliza Ann Jenkins.

Jefferson and Mattie were the parents of four children:

Eula Blanche Wells              born December 1892

Alma Marie Wells                 born June 11, 1898

Lois Ann Wells                      born August 22, 1899

E. L. Wells                             born October 24, 1906

After their marriage, Jefferson and Mattie settled in Court House, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, where they lived and worked on a farm.

Jefferson and Mattie lost their youngest child on July 18, 1907.  E. L. Wells was buried in the Cherry Grove Cemetery in Weir, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

Jefferson and Mattie lived and worked on the family farm in Court House at least until 1940.   

Jefferson Fontain Wells died on March 19, 1944 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was buried near his infant son in the Cherry Grove Cemetery in Weir, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  Jefferson was 82 years old at his death.

Mattie went on to live another 27 years after the death of her husband.  Mattie Loutisha Johnston Wells died on January 1, 1971 in Christian County, Kentucky.  She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Cherry Grove Cemetery in Weir, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  Mattie was 97 years old at her death.

Notes for Mattie Loutisha Johnston

Birth & Death:  “Jefferson Fountain Wells,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi) Accessed 8 May 2015

1880 US Census:  “Mattie L Johnson,” Year: 1880; Census Place: Court House, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 435; Family History Film: 1254435; Page: 112B; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 0431.  Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 

Marriage:  “Mattie Johnston,” Dodd, Jordan, comp. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.

1900 US Census:  “Mattie L Wells,” Year: 1900; Census Place: Court House, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 545; Page: 14A; Enumeration District:0066; FHL microfilm: 1240545.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

1910 US Census:  “Mattie Wells,” Year: 1910; Census Place: West Courthouse, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T624_496; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0085; FHL microfilm: 1374509.  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

1920 US Census:  “Mattise Wells,” Year: 1920; Census Place: West Court House, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T625_593; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 95; Image: 295.  Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

1930 US Census:  “Mattie Wells,” Year: 1930; Census Place: District 4, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 772; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0022; Image: 82.0; FHL microfilm: 2340507.  Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

1940 US Census:  “Mattie Wells,” Year: 1940; Census Place: Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T627_1344; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 89-27.  Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Notes for Jefferson Fontain Wells

Birth:  “Jefferson F Wells,” Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Birth Records, 1852-1910  [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

1870 US Census:  “Jefferson F Wells,” Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: M593_490; Page: 495A; Image: 357; Family History Library Film: 545989.  Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

1880 US Census:  “J Fountain Wells,” Year: 1880; Census Place: Court House, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 435; Family History Film: 1254435; Page: 111C; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 0428.  Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.

Death:  “Jefferson Fountain Wells,” Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Burial:   “Jefferson Fountain Wells,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

(http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi) Accessed 8 May 2015

Notes for E L Wells

Birth & Death:   “E L Wells,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

(http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi) Accessed 8 May 2015

Elizabeth Jane Boggess (1850-1899)

Elizabeth Jane Boggess was born on October 20, 1850 in Henry County, Tennessee.  She was the second of eleven children born to Lemuel Boggess, Jr. & Frances Dargan Adkins.  Elizabeth and her family lived and worked on a farm in Henry County, Tennessee until around 1855, when they moved to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  The children were raised working on the family farm in Muhlenberg.   

Elizabeth married Josiah Finis “Joe” Johnston around 1872 in Muhlenberg, Kentucky.  She was about 21 years old and he was around 24 years.  Joe was born on April 7, 1848 in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, the son of Jacob C. Johnston, Jr. and Nancy Wells. 

After their marriage, Joe and Elizabeth established their home on a farm in Court House, Muhlenberg County.  Joe was a farmer by trade, and raised all of his sons to be farmers as well. 

Joe and Elizabeth had five children:

Mattie Loutisha Johnston              born January 3, 1874

Jacob Aspasia Johnston              born November 10, 1877

Charles Henry Johnston                born February 2, 1879

Joseph Clinton Johnston               born February 9, 1881

James Braddley Johnston             born December 4, 1883

Elizabeth Jane Boggess Johnston died on April 27, 1899 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was buried in the Cherry Grove Cemetery in Weir, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  Elizabeth was 48 years old at her death.

Joe and his children were living next to his parents in Court House, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky in 1900.  Also in the household were Amberth and Alma Creek, and their children.

Joe remarried in 1904 to Novia (maiden name unknown).  They were wed in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  Novia was born around 1855 in Kentucky.  This was Novia’s first marriage.

In 1910, Joe and Novia were living and working on a farm in West Courthouse, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  They stayed in West Courthouse at least until 1920. 

By 1930, Joe and Novia were living on a farm on Weir and Lake Star Road in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

Josiah Finis Johnston died on December 10, 1938 in Weir, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was laid to rest beside his first wife, Elizabeth, in the Grove Cemetery in Weir, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  Joe was 90 years old at his death.

In 1940, Novia was living in the household of her nephew, W. T. Sullivan.  His home was in Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky.

Novia Johnston died on December 20, 1946 at the Western State Hospital in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky.  She was 91 years old at her death.

Notes for Elizabeth Jane Boggess

Birth & Death:  “Elizabeth J Johnston,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi) Accessed 7 May 2015

1860 US Census:  “Elizabeth J Boggess,” Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1,  Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: M653_388; Page: 0; Image: 581.

1870 US Census:  “Elizabeth J Boggess,” Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: M593_490; Page: 494A; Image: 355; Family History Library Film: 545989.  Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Marriage:  “Bettie Boggess,” Source number: 10548.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM.  Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

1880 US Census:  “Bettie J Johnson,” Year: 1880; Census Place:  Court House,  Muhlenberg,  Kentucky; Roll: T9_435; Family History Film: 1254435; Page: 112.2000; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 0431.

Children: Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree – Elizabeth Jane Boggess http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=24831163, browsed 25 February 2007

Notes for Josiah Finis Johnston

Birth & Death:  “Joe F. Johnston,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi) Accessed 7 May 2015

1850 US Census:  “Josiah F Johnson,” Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: M432_214; Page: 209B; Image: 459.  Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

1860 US Census:  “Joseph Johnston,” Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: M653_388; Page: 569; Image: 573; Family History Library Film: 803388.  Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

1870 US Census:  “Joseph Johnson,” Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: M593_490; Page: 493A; Image: 353; Family History Library Film: 545989.  Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

1900 US Census:  “Joe F Johnston,” Year: 1900; Census Place: Court House, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T623 545; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 67.

Marriage to Novia:  1910 US Census

1910 US Census:  “Joe Johnston,” Year: 1910; Census Place: West Courthouse, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T624_496; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0085; FHL microfilm: 1374509.  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

1920 US Census:  “Joe F Johnston,” Year: 1920; Census Place: West Court House, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T625_593; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 95; Image: 286.  Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

1930 US Census:  “Joe F Johnston,” Year: 1930; Census Place: District 4, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 772; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0023; Image: 99.0; FHL microfilm: 2340507.  Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Death Record:  “Jac (Joe) Johnson,” Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Notes for Novia

Birth:  Census Records

1940 US Census:  “Norik (Novia) Johnston,” Year: 1940; Census Place: Elkton, Todd, Kentucky; Roll: T627_1358; Page: 62B; Enumeration District: 110-6.  Ancestry.com.  1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Death:  “Movie (Novie) Johnson,” Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

John D. Boggess (1849-bef 1860)

John D. Boggess

Son of Lemuel Boggess, Jr. & Frances Dargan Adkins

John D. Boggess was born in 1849 in Henry County, Tennessee.  He was the first of eleven children born to Lemuel Boggess, Jr. and Frances D. Adkins.  John died before 1860, as he was not listed in that census, or any thereafter.

Also, Frances was listed in the 1900 U.S. census as being the mother of eleven children, with seven still living.  The four children who are unaccounted for are: John, Elizabeth, Sarah, and one more child who must have been born and died before 1900.

Notes for John D. Boggess

Birth:  Year: 1850; Census Place: District 12, Henry, Tennessee; Roll: M432_884; Page: 347; Image: 206.

Death:  Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: M653_388; Page: 0; Image: 581.

Lemuel Boggess, Jr. (1828-bef 1900)

Lemuel Boggess, Jr.

Son of Lemuel Boggess, Sr. and Rachel Oates

Lemuel Boggess, Jr. was born on September 3, 1828 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was the second son and the fourth of six children born to Lemuel and Rachel Boggess.  His father died when Lemuel was about five years old, and his mother remarried three years later.  He grew up on the family farm in Muhlenberg, and eventually became the fourth eldest of thirteen children. 

On October 24, 1848, Lemuel married Frances Dargan Adkins in Henry County, Tennessee.  He was 20 years old and she was 25 years.  Frances was born in April 1824 in North Carolina.  After their marriage, Lemuel and Frances made their home in Henry County, Tennessee, where Lemuel was a farmer. 

           

Around 1855, they moved their family to Lemuel’s place of nativity in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  Lemuel and Frances were the parents of eleven children as follows:

                        1.  John D.                        born 1849

                        2.  Elizabeth Jane            born 1851

                        3.  Sarah F.                      born 1852

                        4.  Martha A.                     born December 1855

                        5.  James Lemuel            born August 1856

                        6.  George R.                   born 1858

                        7.  Edmond Dargan        born September 1859

                        8.  Allice A.                       born 1861

                        9.  Roxanna                     born 1864

                        10. May                            born 1868

                        11.  (Child)                       born 1870     

Lemuel Boggess, Jr died sometime before 1900, as Frances was listed as a widow in that census.  Frances Dargan Adkins Boggess died on January 22, 1908, probably in Livingston County, Kentucky.  She was three months shy of her 84^th birthday.

Elizabeth Boggess (1826-1891)

Elizabeth Boggess

Daughter of Lemuel Boggess, Sr. and Rachel Oates

Elizabeth Boggess was born on September 3, 1826 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was the second daughter and the third of six children born to Lemuel and Rachel Boggess.  Her father died when Elizabeth was about 7 years old, and her mother remarried three years later.  She grew up on the family farm in Muhlenberg, and eventually became the third eldest of thirteen children.

Elizabeth married Aspasia William Earle, but the actual date has been difficult to verify.  It is a popular notion (as documented on numerous websites) that Elizabeth and Aspasia married in 1835 in Muhlenberg, Kentucky.  However, this may not be the case.  If Elizabeth married Aspasia in 1835, that would make her around nine years old at her marriage.  Also, Elizabeth is most likely the child, aged between 10 and 15 years, listed in the John Wickliffe household in 1840.  This also makes her marriage to Aspasia in 1835 highly unlikely.  If the date is wrong, one might assume she and Aspasia were married around 1845, which would be much more agreeable.  If the marriage date is in fact closer to 1845, then Elizabeth would have been around 19 years old and Aspasia about 30 years.  Aspasia William Earle was born on September 25, 1815 in Kentucky.

After their marriage, Aspasia and Elizabeth made their home Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, where Aspasia worked as a farmer.  

In 1870, Josephine Earle, a niece, was living with Aspasia and Elizabeth.  Then in 1880, Ida Boggess and Edna Martin (a niece and grandniece, respectively) were living in the Earle household.  

There is no record of any children born to Aspasia and Elizabeth. 

Elizabeth Boggess Earle died on April 29, 1891, in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  She was 64 years old.  Her husband died two years and eleven months later.  

Aspasia William Earle died on March 23, 1893 in the same county.  He was 77 years old at his death.

Notes for Elizabeth Boggess

Birth and Marriage to Aspasia William Earle:  Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Birth year: 1826; Birth city: Muhlenberg CO; Birth state: KY.  And: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line].  Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Source number: 1165.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM.

Death:  Ancestry.com OneWorldTree - Aspasia William Earl, http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=33001939, browsed 21 February 2007

Notes for Aspasia William Earle

Birth and Death: Ancestry.com OneWorldTree - Aspasia William Earl, http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=33001939, browsed 21 February 2007