1840 Census, Allen County, Kentucky
page 12 on Ancestry's images.
Berryman Absher
1 male 20, under 30
1 female 20, under 30
2 females under 5
1 female 5 to 10
Here are some more family members. Fred Travelstead and Solomon
Travelstead are also supposed to be on the 1840 census of Allen County,
according to Ancestry, but I could not find them.
page 6
Saml Travelsted John Travelstead
1 male under 5
1 male 5 to 10 2 males 5-10
1 male 20-30 1 male 20-30
1 male 50-60
2 females under 5 1 female under 5
1 female 20-30 1 female 20-30
Anth J Travelsted William Travelsted
1 male under 5
2 males 10-15
3 males 15-20
1 male 20-30
1 male 30-40 1 male 30-40
1 male 70-80
1 female under 5
1 female 10-15
1 female 15-20
1 female 20-30
1 female 30-40
1 female 40-50
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John Travelsted Sr Abram Travelsted
1 male 70-80 2 males under 5
1 male 20-30
Wm Travelstead Sr 1 female under 5
1 male under 5 1 female 5-10
1 male 5-10 1 female 20-30
1 male 30-40
1 female under 5
1 female 10-15
1 female 20-30
Mary Absher Nancy Absher
2 males under 5 1 male 5-10
1 male 5-10 1 female 70-80
2 males 10-15
2 males 15-20
2 females 5-10
2 females 10-15
2 females 30-40
I believe that Berryman Absher was the father of my ancestor, Mary Jane Absher. Mary Jane married John Travelstead in 1849 in Sumner County, Tennessee. She was living next door to B. Abshire, who has to be Berryman Absher, born about 1810 in Kentucky. Berryman Absher was the son of John Absher and his wife Nancy Barnhart. Berryman was the brother of Mary Absher. Mary had about 8 children, including Litle Absher, but no husband. Litle was the grandfather of Dr. Lee Alton Absher, who wrote the book, "Some Early Settlers of Upper Sumner County, Tennessee. Litle's wife was Mahala Durham, the daughter of James Durham and Lydia Gillespie, and the younger sister of my ancestor, Polly Ann Durham that married James David Graves. Polly Ann's oldest son, James Carroll Graves, married Rebecca E. Travelstead, who was the oldest child of John Travelstead and Mary Jane Absher.
1850 Census, Allen County, Kentucky, 24 Sep 1850
second page
third page
fourth page
257-264 F. Travelstead 61 m farmer NC
M. Travelstead 46 f SC
J. Travelstead 18 m farmer KY
W. Travelstead 16 m farmer KY
A. Travelstead 14 m KY
E. Travelstead 12 m KY
E. Travelstead 10 m KY
R. Travelstead 7 f KY
J. Travelstead 4 m KY
258-265 Wm C. Abshire 40 m invalid KY
E. Abshire 38 f KY
L. Abshire,
Borderz? 16 f KY
D. Abshire 13 m KY
259-266 M. Absher 30 f M(ulatto)KY (could be Indian)
J. Absher 12 m KY
260-267 B. Travelstead 25 m farming KY
E. Travelstead 29 f KY
Eve Travelstead 1 f KY
279-289 James Graves 32 m farming TN
M. A. Graves 27 f KY
T? C. Graves 10 m KY
M. A. Graves 8 f KY
E. F. Graves 6 f KY
E. J. Graves 4 f KY
Wm F. Graves 2 m KY
J. N. Graves 2/12 m KY
(page 147 on census images)
Andrew Travelstead 32 m farming KY
Doria Travelstead 22 f KY
John Travelstead 23 m farming KY
Mary Jane Travelstead 16 f KY
B. Abshire 40 m farming KY
M. Abshire 39 f KY
N. L. Abshire 14 f KY
A. A. Abshire 12 f KY
J. D. Abshire 2 m KY
I believe the James Graves above is my James Graves. His wife would have
been Mary (Polly) Ann Durham Graves, born 1823. The oldest son was J. C.,
not T. C., but I think that is a natural mistake.
I believe the F. Travelstead above is Frederick Travelstead and his wife
Mary Burton, and I think they may have been the parents of my John
Travelstead.
1860 Census, Crab Orchard, Williamson County, Illinois, 22 June 1860
second page
830-716 Litle Absher 37 m farmer KY
Mahaly 32 f TN
Mary A 15 f TN
Jas H 12 m TN
Lydia F 8 f IL
Wm M 6 m TN
Jno L 4 m TN
Geralda F 1 f IL
831-717 Harlin Absher 38 m farmer KY
Paulina 37 f KY
Wm 18 m farmer KY
Jno W 17 m IL
Jas H 15 m IL
Rebecca 12 f IL
Louisa 11 f IL
Sarah 10 f IL
Washington 8 m IL
Stephen 7 m IL
Samantha 4 f IL
Susan R 3 f IL
Albert 1 m IL
Infant 1/12 f IL
834-719 Jno. Travelstead 34 m farmer KY
Mary J 26 f KY
Rebecca 8 f KY
Jas. H. 6 m KY
Jeff. 2 m KY
835-720 Jno. Travelstead 25 m farmer KY
Caroline 25 f IL
Mary 3 f IL
Thos 1 m IL
Fannie Corder 62 f NC insane
How was the Jno. Travelstead that married Mary Jane Absher related to Jno.
Travelstead that married Caroline Corder?
1870 Census, Emma, White County, Illinois, 20 April 1870
second page
39-39 Graves, Mary 44 f w keeping house TN
Mahala 15 f w TN
-40 Graves, James 27 m w farmer TN
Rebecca 20 f w keeping house TN
John 7 m w IL
40-41 Claridy, Henry 40 m w farmer IL
Samantha 22 f w keeping house TN
54-56 Travelstid, John 41 m w farmer KY
Mary 25? f w keeping house KY
James 14 m w works on farm TN
Joseph 10 m w works on farm IL
John 13 m w works on farm IL
Nancy 7 f w IL
Albert 5 m w IL
Jesse 4 m w IL
Leander 1 m w IL
Goodman, Betsy 18 f w domestic srvt IL
Samantha was the daughter of Mary Graves and the sister of James Graves.
The birthdate of Mary Travelstead, above, has to be wrong. Mary did live
past 1870, and she was believed to be still the wife of John Travelstead
when she died. So she should be 36, not 25.
1880 Census, Emma, White County, Tennessee, 23 June 1880
140-146 Travelstead, John w m 53 farm hand KY KY KY
Thomas w m 19 son farm hand
John w m 14 son farm hand IL KY IL
Charles w m 12 son at home IL KY IL
Urena w f 10 dau at home IL KY IL
Matilda w f 8 dau at home IL KY IL
Harvey w m 11/12 (July) son IL KY IL
Meirs, Nancy w m? 16 dau housekeep IL KY IL
Mary Jane Absher Travelstead died between 1870 and 1880. I was
told that Nancy married a Meirs in 1880.
1880 Census, Brushy Precinct, Saline County, Illinois, 19 June 1880
211-211 Graves, J. C. w m 34 farmer TN TN TN
Rebecca E. w f 28 wife keep house TN TN TN
John D. w m 12 son work on farm IL TN TN
George J. w m 7 son IL TN TN
Wm H? w m 5 son IL TN TN
Lydia A. w f 2 daughter IL TN TN
Martha A. w f 4/12 daughter MO TN TN
Mary Ann w f 50 mother TN TN TN
From a history book on Saline County, Illinois
WILLIAM C. TRAVELSTEAD
William C. Travelstead, a farmer and ordained minister of the Free-
Will Baptist Church, was born in Allen County, Ky., in 1833. He is the
youngest of three surviving members of a family of eleven children born to
Frederick and Mary (Burton) Travelstead. His father, who was of German
descent, was born in North Carolina about 1785, and his mother, who was of
Irish descent, was born near Charleston, S.C., several years later than
her husband. After marriage they moved to and located in Sumner County,
Tenn., but soon moved to Allen County, Ky., where nearly all of their
children were born. There Frederick Travelstead following farming until
about 1853, when he moved to Township 9, Range 5, where he died in about
one year. His widow about one year afterward moved to White County, Ill.,
where she died in 1855. The subject of this sketch was educated in Allen
County, Ky. At the age of twenty he left home and began life for himself.
When twenty-one he married and moved on the farm formerly owned by his
father, where he remained until he was twenty-five, when he also came to
Illinois, and soon bought a portion of the farm on which he is still
residing, in Section 8, Township 9, Range 5. He wife was Nancy.
Were Frederick and Mary (Burton) Travelstead the parents of John
Travelstead?
Gillespie, Durham, Graves Families
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