At the time of the 1910 Census, he was 4 years old, and lived with his parents and siblings , on Bullskin, in Clay County KY
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M28P-BLY At the time of the 1940 Census, he was married to the former Mary Eversole. They lived in Gay's Creek Perry County. It was spelled Gay's Creek, instead of Gays Creek, by the enumeratior. He worked for the WPA https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7YV-FF3
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