John Jackson (Frasher) Fraser (abt. 1839 - 1914)

Born about 1839 in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Son of Robert Jackson Frazier and Jemima Mary (Thornsberry) Ousley

Husband of Susan (Patton) Frasure — married 8 Aug 1896 in Floyd, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1914 at about age 75 in Langley, Floyd, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

John "Jack" Jackson FRASHER was born about 1840 in Floyd County, Kentucky. He was not listed in his father's household in the 1840 census record.^[1] The official date that the questions asked in that census record were to refer to for the 1840 census year was 1 June 1840. Since John Jackson FRASHER was not listed it is thought that he was born after that date, but this one document cannot prove this statement. In the 1850 Census record^[2] of his stepfather, Benjamin OUSLEY, John Jackson FRASHER was enumerated with his stepfather's surname and is enumerated as being 10 years old. His older sister, Sarah FRAZIER (age 11 Years) and his younger sister Nancy FRAZIER (age 6 Years) were also enumerated with the stepfather's surname.

Research Progress

1840 United States Federal Census Record of Floyd County, Kentucky, Household of Robert FRASHER^[3]

Household in 1840:

1 Free White Male Aged 20 to 30 Years

1 Free White Female Aged Under 5 Years

1 Free White Female Aged 15 to 20 Years

Marriage Record of Benjamin OUSLEY and Jemima (THORNSBURY) FRASURE, Bond dated 27 February 1846, Marriage listed as 28 February 1847^[4]

The ages of the children in the 1850 census record seem to point to Robert FRAZIER, the father of Sarah, John and Nancy FRAZIER, as passing away sometime between 1843 and 27 February 1846. After which, the children's mother remarried to Benjamin OUSLEY [also seen as OWSLEY].

1850 United States Federal Census Record of Floyd County, Kentucky, Household of Benjamin OWSLEY^[5]

Household in 1850:

Benjamin OWSLEY, Age: 25 Years, No Occupation, Place of Birth: Virginia

Jemimah OWSLEY, Age: 24 Years, Place of Birth: Virginia

Sarah OWSLEY, Age: 11 Years, Place of Birth: Kentucky

John OWSLEY, Age: 10 Years, Place of Birth: Kentucky

Nancy OWSLEY, Age: 6 Years, Place of Birth: Kentucky

William OWSLEY, Age: 3 Years, Place of Birth: Kentucky

Robert OWSLEY, Age: 2 Years, Place of Birth: Kentucky - Twin of Edward

Edward OWSLEY, Age: 2 Years, Place of Birth: Kentucky - Twin of Robert

The 1910 census indicates that his marriage to Susan was his second. They had been married 14 years.

Sources

1. ↑ 1840 U. S. census, Floyd County, Kentucky, population schedule, no division stated, p. 253 (stamped), line 25, household of Robert Frasher; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT8-15G : accessed 1 October 2017); citing National Archives microfilm publication M704, roll 110; Family History Library (FHL) microfilm 7,825.
2. ↑ 1850 U. S. census, Floyd County, Kentucky, population schedule, p. 423 A (stamped), dwelling 191, family 191, household of Benjamin Owsley; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65S-L5S : accessed 1 October 2017); citing National Archives microfilm publication M432, roll 200.
3. ↑ 1840 U. S. census, Floyd County, Kentucky, population schedule, no division stated, p. 253 (stamped), line 25, household of Robert Frasher; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT8-15G : accessed 1 October 2017); citing National Archives microfilm publication M704, roll 110; Family History Library (FHL) microfilm 7,825.
4. ↑ Floyd County, Kentucky, "Marriage Records, 1840 - 1859 (File no. 1441 - 1914)," File no. 1505, Benjamin Ousley - Jemima Frasure, license issued 27 February 1846, married 28 February 1847; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91F-V9H5-4?i=101&cat=726744 : accessed 30 September 2017); citing Loose Paper Records located at the Floyd County Courthouse, Prestonsburg, Kentucky and filmed on 27 November 1985; FHL microfilm 2109937, images 101 and 102 of 763.
5. ↑ 1850 U. S. census, Floyd County, Kentucky, population schedule, p. 423 A (stamped), dwelling 191, family 191, household of Benjamin Owsley; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65S-L5S : accessed 1 October 2017); citing National Archives microfilm publication M432, roll 200.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DN-72DW : 22 July 2021), John Frasure and Susan Patton, 08 Aug 1896; citing Marriage, Floyd, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 2,109,942.

• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS55-5Z9 : 20 October 2016), John Frasher, 24 Mar 1914; citing , Floyd, Kentucky, United States, Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,942,652.

• US Find A Grave

• 1870 US Federal Census, Floyd Co., KY

• 1880 US Federal Census, Floyd Co. KY

• 1910 US Federal Census, Floyd Co. KY
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2D9-7DC : accessed 9 February 2019), Jackson Frazure, Painter Harve, Floyd, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 60, sheet 16A, family 241, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 475; FHL microfilm 1,374,488.