Sarah E. Kuykendall

Jeremiah married Eliza Jane Britton. Eliza was born on 16 Apr 1865 in White County, Illinois; died on 12 Aug 1940 in Crossville, White County, Illinois; was buried in Kuykendall Family Farm Cemetery, Phillipstown, White County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her FindAGrave memorial page, created by Carmian, shows her as a daughter of W. W. Britton (of Todd County, KY) and Harriet Kuykendall (of White County, IL).

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Keith McGuire shows him as the father of Charles D Kuykendall.

Per the 1850 White County, Illinois Census, Carmi Township

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
White County, Illinois
135-135
Daniel Keykendall 25 M Farmer 400 (Ill)
Sarah Keykendall 17 F
Frances Stewart 56 FN.C.
Phebe Stewart 90 F Va.

Could Frances be Sarah's mother, and Phebe her grandmother?. They are living next door to 20 year old Jeremiah Stewart and 16 year old Martha Stewart. The Carmi Sesquicentinnial book notes that one of Carmi's earliest pioneers was William Stewart, a Revolutionary War soldier who served in the company of his father, Capt. Matthew Stewart. The family left North Carolina and settled near Marion, Kentucky before coming to Carmi. William Stewart was the father of Dr. Josiah Stewart and grandfather of Dr. Elam L. Stewart, Carmi's first mayor. He died in 1856 at the age of 93 and is buried in the Old graveyard. Could Sarah be related to him? If so, why was he not listed on the 1850 census with Phebe, Frances, and Sarah?

1860 Census
White County, Illinois, Philippstown
#1604-1594
Daniel Kuykendall 36 M Farmer $5,000 $9,000 IL
Sarah " 26 F IL
John " 20 M IL
Noah E. " 8 M IL
Laura " 6 F IL
Daniel T? " 4 M IL
Mary F? " 2 F IL
Frances Stuart 66 F S.C.
Matilda " 12 F Il

1870 Census
Illinois, White County, Fox River Precinct, Phillipstown
3 August 1870
Page 8
55-54
Kuykendall, Daniel 45 M W Farmer 8,000 1,500 Ill
Kuykendall, Sarah 37 F W Keeping House Ill
Kuykendall, Franklin 18 M W Works of Farm Ill
Kuykendall, Laura 16 F W Ill
Kuykendall, Lawrence 14 M W Works on Farm Ill
Kuykendall, Mary 11 F W Ill
Kuykendall, Charles 5 M W Ill
Kuykendall, Henry 1 M W Ill
Stewart, Frances 76 F W Norht Carolina

Daniel married Sarah Stuart on 12 Sep 1849 in White County, Illinois. Sarah was born on 22 May 1833 in Illinois; died on 17 Apr 1894; was buried in Kuykendall Family Farm Cemetery, Phillipstown, White County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charter members of the First Presbyterian Church of Carmi, founded 25 November 1827, included Josiah Stewart, Nancy Stewart...(relationship unknown). CARMI TIMES SESQUICENTENNIAL EDITION 8 Feb 1966

At the time of the 1870 Federal Census, a 76 year old Frances Stewart (female) was living with the family. Could this be Sarah's mother?

Her FindAGrave memorial page, created by Carmian, links her to her parents, Johnathan Stuart (1789-1842) and Frances Brown Stuart (1794-1875).

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In ' "...a matter of history..." Old Times, Old People and Old Buildings: Newspaper Accounts of Nineteenth Century Life in Carmi and White County, Illinois' (The White County Historical Society, P.O. Box 121, Carmi, Illinois 62821: 1996). An article was reprinted from the White County Democrat Centennial Edition, published on July 30, 1914 by William D. Hay, it was noted that "Noah Kuykendall....had not inherited his father's love for moving and hunting a new and unsettled country, selected a location in the north edge of the Prarie and in 1809 built a log cabin about one hundred yards west of the present home of George G. Kuykendall, his grandson. He married and brought to his cabin home a Miss Jones, sister of Dan and John, prominent men in their day. The only descendant of the Jones family now living in the county so far as I know is our fellow townsman, John R.

In that cabin, one of the first to be built in that section or in the county, Alfred Kuykendall and other members of Noah's family were born. About 1825, Mr. Kuykendall built on the site of his little cabin a three-story log house. A large roomy, and for that day, an extra fine residence. Built of nicely hewn logs. Some of the logs of that house are still in use, being a part of the barn near where the the old house stood. They are still sound and you can scarely see an ax mark. This shows that the man who got out the logs for that house could hew the line. And that was considered quite an accomplishment at that day...I do not want to leave Mr. Kuykendall's home without saying more about the three story log house. The finishing lumber was all sawed with a whip saw. That is, a log was gotten into a scaffold, after being squared, high enough for one man to stand under it. Another man stood on top of the timber and with a whip saw (a kind of a rip saw made for the purpose) sawed it into the lumber faster than we would suppose. Though I have been told that making lumber that way was at least a first cousin to work. After the lumber came from the saw, it was planed, and the flooring tongue and grooved all by hand."

There is a Noah Kuykendall indexed in the 1818 White County, Illinois census.

1820 State: Illinois County: White
Page No: 189 Reel No: M33-11
Division: Prairie Township
Enumerated by: Jesse C. Lockwood
Enumerated on: November 22, 1820
Transcribed by John C. Jacoby and Proofread by Cindy Birk Conley for USGenWeb.
Copyright: 2001 Page 189
15
Kirkindall, Noah 3-0-0-0-1,2-0-0-1-0

1830 Census, White County, Illinois p 11 Noah Kuykendall 2-1-2-1-0-0-1;0-1-2-0-0-1-0


1840 Census, White County, Illinois, p 285 Noah Kuykendall 0-3-2-2-1-0-0-1; 0-2-0-0-2

Abraham Lincoln came to Carmi on September 1, 1840 in a political rally as part of his campaign for William Henry Harrison for President. Despite the rain, the rally was a great success. Lincoln stood before the huge throng and spoke for more than an hour. That night he lodged at the Ratliff Inn, where he visited with his many friends. Noah, age 53, and his family may well have been at the rally. (Source: Carmi Illinois 1816-1966 Sesquicentennial: Carmi Sesquicentennial Commission, Inc.).

Noah married Elizabeth "Betsy" Jones about 1814. Elizabeth was born about 1798; died after 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
In the book by Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919), E. G. Kuykendall cites eight sons of Noah Kuykendall: Henry, Peter, Alfred, Daniel, Samuel, James, Franklin, and Aaron (p 240). John Kuykendall cites Noah with only six sons, Alfred, Daniel, Peter, Samuel, Frank and Henry (p 241). (Note: Neither list a son John (1822-1842), shown by Velma Winn).

The daughters of the family are based on census and marriage records, and the list prepared by Velma Winn.

Keith McGuire lists one additional daughter, that I was unable to find on either census or marriage records of the county, Jane born ca 1832 who married a William Randolph. He could be confusing her with daughter Louisa, who married Andrew Rudolph.