Name: Bowles, James M.
Born: March 4, 1831
Death: November 24, 1895
Parents: Elbert H. Bowles & Nancy Lair
Wife: Jemima Thomas
Census:
Pension:
Buried:
NOtes: His widow Jemima lived in Clay Co. KY in 1900

Name: Bowman, Elisha W.
Born: 1811, Madison Co. KY
Death: April 1863, Cincinnati, OH
Parents: Cornelius Bowman, Jr. & Elizabeth "Betty" Moore
Wife: Mary Mahulda Phillips [m. December 12, 1830, Clay Co. KY]
Census: 1890 Owsley Co. KY; widow Muhulda Bowman
Pension:
Buried:
Notes: Elisha W. Bowman was a private, Co. E, 14th Ky Cav. He died of disease at a military hospital in Cincinnati, OH.
Source: Descendants of Cornelius Bowman

Name: Bowman, Robert S.
Born: June 5, 1842, KY
Death: October 2, 1917
Parents: Henry Bowman & Elizabeth Roberts
Wife: Dicie Jane Peters
Census: 1880 Owsley Co. KY [Buck Creek]
Census: 1910 Owsley Co. [Buck Creek]
Pension:
Buried: John Rowland - Robert Bowman Cemetery, Owsley Co. KY
Source: Harley T. Bowling

Name: Bowman, Simpson
Born: March 4, 1841, Owsley Co. KY
Death: June 16, 1925, Owsley Co. KY
Parents: Elisha W. Bowman & Mary Mahulda Phillips
Wife: Mary Ann Stephens [m. April 1870, Owsley Co. KY]
Census:
Pension:
Buried: Bowman Cemetery, Sugar Camp Mountain, Owsley Co. KY
Subsequent Military Service: Three Forks Battalion
Notes: Also known as "Major" Simpson Bowman

Name: Brandenburg, Jackson
Born: March 3, 1843, Estill Co. KY
Death: Dec. 6, 1928, Earnestville, Owsley Co. KY
Parents: Joseph Brandenburg & Nancy Snowden
Wife 1: Armanda Arnold
Wife 2: Martha Callahan [m. May 5, 1865, Jackson Co. KY]
Census: 1860 Owsley Co. KY [Booneville]
Census: 1870 Lee Co. KY [Coal Branch]
Census: 1880 Owsley Co. KY [Sturgeon]
Pension:
Buried:
Source: Harley T. Bowling; Richard Lamantia [LDS]

Name: Brandenburg, Jonathan
Born: abt. 1840/41, KY
Death:
Parents: Samuel Brandenburg & Sally
Wife: Pauline Roberts
Census: 1880 Owsley Co. KY [Sturgeon]
Census: 1900 Owsley Co. KY [Sturgeon]
Pension:
Buried:
Source: Harley T. Bowling

Name: Brandenburg, William
Born: abt. 1844
Death:
Parents: James Brandenburg & Nancy Thomas
Wife: Josephine Glass
Census: 1860 Owsley Co. KY [Proctor]
Census: 1870 Lee Co. KY
Census: 1900 Owsley Co. [Buck Creek]
Pension:
Buried: Stone Coal Cemetery, Lee Co. KY
Source: Harley T. Bowling

Name: Burns, Abijah
Born:
Death:
Parents: John Burns & Louise Combs
Wife: Mary J. Webb
Census: 1870 Owsley Co. KY [Travelers Rest]
Census: 1900 Owsley Co. KY [Booneville area]
Pension:
Buried: Stone Coal Cemetery, Lee Co. KY
Source: Harley T. Bowling

Name: Cecil, Samuel M.
Born:
Death:
Parents: Madison Cecil & Mary Taylor
Wife 1: Emily Hobbs
Wife 2: Patsy Ann Williams
Census: 1900 Owsley Co. [Sturgeon]
Pension:
Buried: Stone Coal Cemetery, Lee Co. KY
Source: Harley T. Bowling

Name: Cole, William F.
Born: abt. 1837
Death:
Parents: John Cole & Margaret Higginbottom
Wife: Elizabeth Thomas [m. Dec. 24, 1857]
Census:
Pension:
Buried:
Notes: Lived in the Booneville, Owsley Co. KY area in 1850 - 1870.

Name: Combs, James Slaughter "Hundley"
Born: abt. 1845/46
Death: 1935, Pebworth, Owsley Co. KY [Vol. 037, Cert. # 18220, Death Vol. 35]
Parents: Artimecia Combs
Wife: Mary C. Handy [m. Dec. 27, 1870, Booneville, Owsley Co. KY]
Pension: Widow's pension filed
Buried: Newman-Combs Cemetery, Pebworth, Owsley Co. KY
Note: Nephew of Tinsley Combs, Co. E, 14th KY Cavalry. James was a scout under Col. H. C. Lilly, and fought in several skirmishes in Kentucky. After the Army he became a Surveyor and surveyed in Owsley County, Ky. He said that during the Civil War his company was moving through Pebworth and the adjacent area. They stopped by Pleasant Grove School to get water. While there he met Mary C. Handy who was a school girl. He said that if he made it through the war he would come back and marry her. He did and they did on December 27, 1870. He was a school teacher, Postmaster, and merchant. He started the first Post Office at Pebworth, Ky. In his later years he ran a general store in Pebworth. When he died at the age of 89 in 1935 he had a full military funeral. My mother, Imogene [Helton] Sizemore said she can remember his flag draped coffin sitting on the front porch of the Combs home during visitation. His nickname was "Seals".
Source: Glenda Flaugher, James Slaughter Combs Biography , USGenWeb, Owsley Co. KY
Notes: Photograph

Name: Combs, Tinsley Logan
Born: Dec. 26, 1838, Clay Co. KY [later Owsley Co. KY]
Died: Sept. 29, 1902, Owsley Co. KY
Parents: Claiborne & Sarah "Sally" Combs/Hundley Combs
Wife: Sarah Ellen Goosey
Census: 1860 Owsley Co. KY [Booneville] Census: 1870 Lee Co. KY
Census: 1880/1900/1910 Owsley Co. KY [Buck Creek]
Pension: Yes. Widow's Appl. #554817 [appl. 1916]
Buried: Tinsley Combs- Bud Isaacs Cemetery [on hilltop betw. Buck Creek & Elk Lick Creek], Owsley Co. KY
Notes: Private, enr. Sept. 4, 1862 at Irvine, KY, for 1 year; Feb. 15, 1863, raptured in left side of abdomen while in line of duty; mustered out March 24, 1864, at Camp Nelson, KY. 5'9", fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes;
Source: Myrna Gulley Seal [Perry Co. HS Newsletter, April 1998]

Name: Creech, Hezekiah
Born: Oct. 2, 1834, Harlan Co. KY
Death: Sept. 3, 1928
Parents:
Wife: Sarah Becknell [m. March 6, 1867]
Census: 1870 Jackson Co. KY [Island Creek]
Pension:
Buried:

Name: Farmer, Denton
Born: abt. 1832
Death: bef. August 1870
Parents: John Farmer & Icy Frost
Wife: Sylvania Herd
Pension: Yes. Widow's pension [approved Aug. 1870]

Name: Farmer, Graham
Born: abt. 1841
Death:
Parents: John Farmer & Icy Frost
Wife: Polly Ann Hunter
Pension:
Buried:
Note: Family lived at Gray Hawk, Jackson Co. KY

Name: Farmer, Houston
Born: Feb. 1840
Death:
Parents:
Wife: Rebecca Callahm
Census: 1900 Jackson Co. KY [Sturgeon]
Pension:
Buried: Farmer Cemetery, Hwy. 30, at Herd, Jackson Co. KY

Name: Farmer, Neal
Born: April 1838
Death:
Parents: John Farmer & Icy Frost
Wife: Louiza Brandenburg
Census: 1860 Owsley Co. KY
Census: 1870 Lee Co. KY
Census: 1900 Jackson Co. KY
Pension:
Buried: Farmer Cemetery, Hwy. 30, at Herd, Jackson Co. KY

Name: Flanary, Harman C.
Born: 1837
Death: February 21, 1863, Irvine, KY [while in service]
Parents: William Flanary & Jane Bays
Wife:
Census:
Pension:
Buried:

Name: Frost, John S.
Born: abt. 1825, TN
Death: by March 1884, Jackson Co. KY
Parents:
Wife: Susan Ward [m. abt. 1852]
Census: 1880 Jackson Co. KY [Sturgeon]
Pension: Yes [filed 1882, Jackson Co. KY]; wife filed 3-20-1884
Buried: Short Cemetery, Jackson Co. KY

Name: Gabbard, Hiram
Born: April 21, 1842
Death: June 27, 1892 [of consumption]
Parents: Cornelius B. Gabbard & Mary Moore
Wife: Mahala Wilson [m. Feb. 13, 1872, Owsley Co. KY]
Census: 1880 Jackson Co. KY [E.D. 50, Pond Creek]
Pension:
Buried: Gabbard-Tackett Cemetery, Owsley Co. KY
Notes: While in the service and stationed at Irvine, Ky., in February of 1863, he contracted fever and measles which settled in his lungs and chest, the effects of which he never recovered from. While he was suffering from the measles, he was confined in the hospital and treated by Dr. Ansil Daniel who was the contract surgeon. Hiram was left with a hacking cough from the illness. He was 6 feet tall, fair complected, light haired and blue eyed.
Source: Hiram Gabbard Biography, by Harley T. Bowling

Name: Goodman, William
Born: abt. 1833, TN
Death:
Parents:
Wife: Lucinda Amyx
Census: 1880 Jackson Co. KY [E. D. 50, Pond Creek]
Pension:
Buried: Will Goodman Cemetery, Jackson Co. KY

Name: Herd, Andrew Jackson
Born: Apr. 7, 1823/1830, , Clay Co. KY
Death: Dec. 23, 1891, Madison Co. KY
Parents:William Herd & Rebecca Hudson
Spouse 1: Emily Turner
Spouse 2:
Spouse 3: Mary Elizabeth Searcey [m. Apr. 13, 1868, Madison Co. KY]
Census: 1880 Owsley Co. KY [Sturgeon]
Pension: Yes; for disease of lungs
Buried: Richmond, Madison Co. KY
Notes: Captain, Co. E, and later Lt. Colonel, 14th KY Cavalry.
Previous Military Service:
US - 7th KY Infantry.
Notes: Served as KY State Representative for 2 terms.

Name: Hundley/Hunley, Claiborne/Claborn
Born: March 10, 1839, Owsley Co. KY
Death: Oct. 3, 1871
Parents: Samuel & Elizabeth Combs Hundely
Wife: Sarah Ellender Hamilton [m. March 9, 1860]
Pension: Yes, # 230974
Buried: Isaac Cemetery, Buck Creek, Owsley Co. KY
Notes: Claiborne served as a private in the 14th KY Cavalry, Co. A/E
Note: Tinsley L. Combs was a witness on his pension application.

Name: Isaacs, Henderson
Born: August 6, 1836, Clay Co. KY
Death: August 1, 1901
Parents: Elijah & Sally Bowman Isaacs
Wife: Leticia Margaret Neeley [m. February 1, 1858, Owsley Co. KY]
Census: 1850 Owsley Co. KY
Census: 1860 Owsley Co. KY
Census: 1870 Owsley Co. KY
Census: 1880 Jackson Co. KY
Census: 1900 Jackson Co. KY
Pension: Yes, # 175513
Buried: Elijah Isaacs Cemetery, Elk Lick/Buck Creek, Owsley Co. KY
Notes: Henderson served as a corporal in the 14th KY Cavalry, Co. A/E
Notes: He received a pension for gunshot wound in right leg. Tinsley L. Combs was a witness on his pension application, Nov. 11, 1879.

Name: Isaacs, Sylvester
Born: May 13, 1831, Clay Co. KY
Death: February 29, 1916, Owsley Co. KY
Parents: Elijah & Sally Bowman Isaacs
Wife: Martha Brewer [m. June 2, 1853, Owsley Co. KY]
Census: 1850 Owsley Co. KY
Census: 1860 Owsley Co. KY
Census: 1870 Owsley Co. KY
Census: 1880 Owsley Co. KY
Pension: Yes
Buried: Elijah Isaacs Cemetery, Elk Lick/Buck Creek, Owsley Co. KY
Marker: Susan Isaac's Website
Notes: Sylvester served as a captain in the 14th KY Cavalry, Co. E

Name: Jennings, James W.
Born: abt. 1832, KY
Death: bef. May 1880
Parents: Basil Jennings & Elizabeth Flannery
Wife: Milly Gum
Census: 1880 Owsley Co. KY [Travelers Rest]
Pension: Widow's pension [awarded May 1880]
Buried:

Name: King, John F. "Flem"
Born: 1845, Hancock Co. TN
Death: November 12, 1905, Ethel, Clay Co. KY
Parents: Rhoda King, [father unknown]
Wife 1: Chaney Amanda McHone [d. Nov. 27, 1867]
Wife 2: Nancy France/Francis [m. August 2, 1868 Booneville, Owsley Co. KY]
Census: 1890 Clay Co. KY
Pension: Yes. Pension Certificate # 373399
Buried: On his old farm on Rt. 1709, Clay Co. KY [across from the Maulden Church]; Picture
Notes: John got the measels on February 27, 1863 when in the service, trouble with back and chest. Later had a relaps in his back. Later doctor stated that it was his back and stomach. A lot of affidavits from people saying that John was disable because of his lungs and back. Widow's pension - The soldier was pensioned at $24 per month for disease of chest and back, August of 1906. His son Benjamin Harrison King was 15 years old at the time of his death. Nancy got 2 dollars a month for him till he was 16.
Source: Connie King-Rosenbalm

Name: Lynch, Thomas
Born: abt. 1844, NC
Death:
Parents: Joseph Lynch & Mary Dishon
Wife: Nancy Brandenburg
Census: 1880 Lee Co. KY [District 59, Proctor]
Pension:
Buried: Stone Coal Cemetery, Lee Co. KY

Name: Mainous, Absolom
Born: April 9, 1836, Jonesville, Lee Co. VA
Death: Sept. 30, 1910, Travelers Rest, Owsley Co. KY
Parents: Lazarus L. Mainous & Rebecca Amanda Flannery
Wife 1: Susan Treadway [m. Dec. 23, 1858, Travellers Rest, Owsley Co. KY
Wife 2: Martha Ann Akers Kincaid
Pension: Yes. Received $ 6.00 per month
Buried: Mainous Cemetery, Scoville, Owsley Co. KY
Source: Bill and Julie James

Name: Mainous, Lazarus M. "Little Laz"
Born: February 5, 1833, Scott Co. VA
Death: January 13, 1906, Travelers Rest, Owsley Co. KY
Parents: Silas Hale Mainous/Maness & Jane Bledsoe
Wife: Lourissa Whitten Cecil [m. September 30, 1858, KY]
Pension:
Buried: McIntire-Mainous Cemetery, Owsley Co., KY
Notes: Cpl., Co. E, 14th KY Cav., enlisted 08/04/63; discharged 03/24/64, served 1 year, 6 months, Booneville (left side and left breast - caused by drugs of the measles). Laz M. was a juror in first term of Owsley County court, April 1889.
Source: Bill and Julie James

Name: Marcum, Richard
Born: abt. 1841
Death:
Parents: James Marcum & Elizabeth Parker
Wife 1: Sarah Tackett [m. Aug. 4, 1851, Owsley Co. KY]
Wife 2: Mary C. Flannery [m. Jan. 25, 1893, KY]
Census: 1900 Jackson Co. KY [Sturgeon]
Pension:
Buried:

Name: Smith, William A.
Born: Aug. 16, 1839
Death: February 15, 1922
Parents: Joshua Smith & Elizabeth Farley
Wife: Lucy Ann Gibson
Census:
Pension:
Buried: New Hope Cemetery , at New Hope Baptist Church, Owsley Co. KY

Name: Underwood, Alamander
Born: abt. 1833/36
Death: mid 1860's
Parents: William Wilder & Dorcus Brewer
Wife: Nancy Brandenburg
Census: 1860 Owsley Co. KY [coal miner]
Pension:
Buried:
Notes: His widow Nancy lived in Lee Co. KY in the early 1900's.
Name: Ward, Albert G.
Born: March 7, 1834
Death: February 5, 1922
Parents: John Ward & Camilla McHone
Wife 1: Tincy Phipps
Wife 2: America Marcum
Census: 1900 Jackson Co. KY [Sturgeon]
Pension:
Buried: Short Cemetery, Jackson Co. KY

Name: Ward, John H.
Born: 1844, Owsley Co. KY
Death:
Parents: John Ward & Camella McHone
Wife 1: ?
Wife 2: Ellen
Census: 1900 Jackson Co. KY [Sturgeon]
Pension:
Buried:

Name: Wilder, Abraham H.
Born: abt. 1832, KY
Death:
Parents: William Wilder & Dorcus Brewer
Wife: Susan Amyx
Census: 1880 Henry Co. KY [Eminence]
Pension:
Buried:
Notes: Lived in Jackson Co. KY in the 1860's.