Jacob Crittenden Weddington (1872 - 1960)

Born 9 Mar 1872 in Pike County, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lenna (McCoy) Weddington — married 23 Dec 1897 in Pike, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Jan 1960 at age 87 in Pike County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Jacob Crittenden Weddington was born on 9 Mar 1872, in Pike County, Kentucky, United States, to Jacob Weddington & Nancy Jane (Smith) Weddington.^[1] He went by the nickname "Crit".

He married Lenna McCoy on 23 Dec 1897, in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.^[2]

He died on 14 Jan 1960, in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.

Research Notes

Photo of obituary at Findagrave. Gives name of wife and children.

Wife: Lydia McCoy

Children:

Dewey (son) of Keams(?) Canyon, CO

Hugh (son) of Kanton(?), KY

Henry (son) of Lowe Mountain, AZ

Charles (son) of Pikeville, KY

Eugene (son) of Columbus, OH

Christine (Adams) (daughter) of Logan WV

Violet (Lowe) (daughter) of Logan, WV

Note that Crittenden is a last name that is found in Virginia. See the Descendants of John Anthony Crittenden. Where did Jacob get his middle name from? Was it his father's side, and does it go back to the Jacob C Weddington progenitor? Or does it come from his mother's side?

Sources

1. ↑ Kentucky Death Record
2. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-NF4P : accessed 10 June 2016), Crit Weddington and Lenna McCoy, 1897.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZP-MVT : accessed 10 June 2016), Critenden Weddington in household of Jacob Weddington, Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 95, sheet 604D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0439; FHL microfilm 1,254,439.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HG-RJ7 : 20 January 2015), Crit Weddington, Magisterial District 1 Coal Run town, Pike, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 4B, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,548.

• "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWY2-ZXT : accessed 10 June 2016), Crit Weddington in entry for Evans Mullins and Violet Weddington, 24 Dec 1919; citing Mossy Bottom, Pike, Kentucky, reference bk58, rn90; FHL microfilm 1,943,487.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPH-913 : 14 December 2015), J C Weddington, Coal Run, Pike, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 13B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,596.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMF2-3YY : 8 December 2015), Crittendon Weddington in entry for Hugh B Weddington, 1930.
  • There seems to be two entries for this Census.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMF2-YK6 : 8 December 2015), Crit Weddington, 1930.
  • There seems to be two entries for this Census.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7Y2-RBH : accessed 15 April 2017), Coit Weddington, Magisterial District 1, Pike, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 98-5, sheet 30A, line 15, family 493, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1350.

• "Utah, World War II Index to Army Veterans of Utah, 1939-1945," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:73CC-QHW2 : 5 July 2023), Crit Beddington in entry for John Henry Weidington, 12 Jun 1942; citing Military Service, Arizona, United States, Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 008244951.

• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-JD4L : 20 October 2016), Crit Weddington, 1960.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101240329/jacob-crittendon-weddington: accessed 05 July 2023), memorial page for Jacob Crittendon “Crit” Weddington (9 Mar 1872–14 Jan 1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 101240329, citing Weddington Cemetery, Coal Run Village, Pike County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Luanne Valentine (contributor 47561110).