William Rush Atwell (1854 - 1943)

Born 15 Apr 1854 in Metcalfe, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Susan M (Nunn) Atwell — married 15 Dec 1876 in Metcalfe Co KY

Husband of Jane Cynthia (Huff) Atwell — married 24 Dec 1882 in Metcalfe Co KY

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1943 at age 89 in Horse Cave, Hart Co KY

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Katherine Patterson [send private message]

Biography

Confirmed by DNA

Autosomal DNA confirms a relationship between this man's descendant, Kathy Alvis Patterson (Alvis-9), and a descendant of Richard Atwell of Green Co KY (Atwell-86).

Relationship is confirmed by a 17.3 cM X-DNA match from 1427202308 to 151012200 and a 19.31 cM X-match from 67627600 to 94634203 at 23andme.com between Alvis-9 and her eighth cousin once removed Gorman-1035

This person was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010.

Burial

Burial:

Place: Rock Cemetery, Horse Cave, Hart Co KY^[1]

Note

1930 Hart Co KY, Hardy Twp, with James B Finney , ed 10, p 8A

1920 Metcalfe Co KY, ed 78, sh 7B

1910 Macon Co MO, Drake Township, William R Atwell, 56 widowed, KY KY TN, employee, farm hand, unable to read or write

1900 Metcalfe Co KY, Magisterial Dist No 2, ed 56, sheet 17

1880 Metcalfe Co KY, Lafayette District, ed 193, p 26, 232-233

1870 Metcalfe Co KY, Lafayette Precinct, Center PO, p 72, 189-183

1860 Metcalfe Co KY, E Fork PO, p 867

Daughters' obituaries: West Plains (MO) --, 14 Apr 1980; Geary (OK) Star, 19 Dec 1985. 25 Oct 1980 letter from Leon Kidd, who knew Rush Atwell., , , , ,

Text: 1930 US census, Hardy Twp, Hart Co KY, District 10, Finney, James B, sg, 65 KY VA KY, Susan P, sister, sg, 58, KY VA KY, Atwell, William R, uncle, wid, did not attend school, cannot read or write, 22 [age at first marriage] KY KY KY, farmer.

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Text: Metcalfe Co KY, ed 78, sh 7B, fam 158, 167, Atwell, Henry M, head, wm 28 mar, can rd & wr KY KY KY, farmer manual laborer, Eng; Cora, wife, wf 27 mar, can rd & wr KY KY KY, Eng; Duluth G, son wm 5 sg, not in school, KY KY KY, Eng; William R, father, mw 55 wid KY KY KY farm, manual laborer cannot rd & wr, Eng

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Text: 1900 US census, Metcalfe Co KY, Magisterial Dist No 2, ed 56, sheet 17. Rush Atwell boarder May 54 46 wid KY KY KY farm laborer employed cannot rd & wr, can speak English, w/Jeff Grady.

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Text: 1880 US census, Metcalfe Co KY, Lafayette District, ed 193, p 26, 230-231. James W Atwell 34 mar farmer KY NC KY, Margaret S 19 wife mar kepping house cannot wr KY KY KY, plus 1 son & 1 nephew and Benjamin Atwell 73 father mar w/o occupation disabled NC MD MD, Susan Atwell 65 mother mar helps to keep house KY KY KY. Same page, 232-233, William R Atwell 26 mar farmer cannot wr KY NC KY, Sousan N 26 wife mar keeping house cannot wr KY NC KY, John W 8/12 Sep son sg KY KY KY.

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Text: 1870 US census, Metcalfe Co KY, Lafayette Precinct, Center PO, p 72, 189-183. Atwell, Benjamin 62 mw farmer 800 0 NC eligible to vote, Susan 56 fw keeping house KY can't write, Mary Lucretia 19 fw KY can't write, Susan 17 fw KY can't write, Wm Rush 16 mw farm laborer KY school in year, can't read or write, James W 24 mw farmer 0 465 KY eligible to vote, Richard J 14 mw works on farm KY school in year can't read or write.

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Text: 1860 census, Metcalfe Co KY, E Fork PO, p 867. Benjamin Atwell 51 farmer $1300 $260 NC, Susan 45 KY cannot rd & wr, Sally Ann 24 KY cannot rd & wr, John T 20 farming KY cannot rd & wr, Margaret J 18 KY, Joel B 16 farming KY, Willis G 12 KY, James 10 KY, Lucretia 8 KY, Susan 6 KY, William Rush 4 KY, Job 2 KY.

Sources

1. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKQ-X8WH : 14 June 2022), William Rush Atwell, ; Burial, Shady Grove, Metcalfe, Kentucky, United States of America, Rock Atwell Cemetery; citing record ID 35818608, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Text: Affidavit signed in Circuit Court, Logan Co IL, by Mrs William Benjamin Atwell, Jun 1979, Estate of Wood Atwell, Hart Co KY, Probate No. 78-P-10.

Text: William R. Atwell, death certificate no. 44-06800 (1943), Kentucky Bureau of Vital Statistics. Certified copy.

Text: Letter from John Paul Grady (4218 Oxhill Rd, Spring TX 77388) to Kathy Patterson, 6 Feb 1989. This letter contains Atwell burials in the Rock Cemetery, near Shady Grove KY. On KY Highway 218, travel 0.6 miles northwest of Shady Grove. Turn right and go 0.2 miles.

Text: Letter from Hubert Atwell (PO Box Hardyville, RFD 2, Pascal KY) to Kathy Alvis, 26 Apr 1967, with copies of cemetery data.

Text: Atwell tombstones, Rock Cemetery, Hart Co KY. Photos sent by Hubert Atwell, 1967.

Text: Letter from Irene McGlasson (911 E Main, Horse Cave KY 42749-1958), 22 Sep 1999, to Kathy Patterson. Also 10 Oct 1999, with extract of marriage bond.

Text: Metcalfe Co KY Marriage records. Page 108, no. 589: Date of license, Nov 28 1876, Wm R Atwell and Susan Nunn, authority Wm H Nunn, married Nov 30 1876 in presents [sic] of Wm Lunt and George H Goodner, by M P Goodner. [No page on my copy] No. 1011: License Dec. 22, W R Atwell and Jiney C. Hufft, authority L.D. Hufft, married Dec 24th 1882, in presence of Frank Grinstead and W H Goodner, by W T Payton, M.B.; "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F473-8NT : 11 May 2022), Rush Atwell, 1876.

Text: Many of their children's middle names came from a confused list sent me by John Vance from an e-mail communication from Gary Bastin, 15 May 1997. Several of the girls used nicknames and are not easy to identify. My earliest data had daughter "Tootie" marrying a -- Rock, and daughter "Fanny" marrying Mr. Fancher. Daughter Sally married Mr Finney.

Bastin has daughters Trudy, Creasy (Mary Lucretia), and Fannie. He states that daughter Margaret Jane married James B Bastin, so Fanny and Tootie/Trudy must have been Phoebe F and Susan Elizabeth.

Text: Green County Marriage bond, 16 Oct 1833, signed by Benjamin Atwell & Joel Forbis, also consent signed by William Erwin, father, and witnessed by Joel Forbis. County Clerk's Office, Greensburg KY.