Frances was born in 1839. She passed away in 1922.
Fanny Barnett moved as an infant with her family to the Stewart Co., TN area. She took a teaching position in Trigg Co., KY (just over the Stewart Co., TN line) and there she met James Sidney Ledford.They married Oct, 20, 1856 in Stewart Co., TN then they moved to his family farm in Trigg Co. She had 5 children then her husband died of pneumonia contracted while on jury duty in Cadiz and her 6th child was born 3 days after his death. This child was premature and was so small that she was kept in a box on the mantle for warmth, but she lived to be almost 100 years old. Fanny was a widow for 52years before she died at her deceased husband's home place. The posthumous child was forced to sell the old Ledford home place to the government in 1941 for Ft. Campbell.
Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, KY
F W Ledford - Wife - Female - Age 21 - Birthplace: Kentucky
Fannie Ledford - Head - Female - Age 41 - Birthplace: Kentucky
Fannie Ledford - Head - Female - Age 62 - Birthplace: Kentucky
Fanny Ledford - Mother-in-law - Female - Age 71 - Birthplace: Kentucky
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