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Noah Kuykendall

Male 1787 - 1842  (54 years)


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  • Name Noah Kuykendall  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 30 Jun 1787  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 Mar 1842  White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 
    • 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.).
    Person ID I7819  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2016 

    Father Peter Kuykendall, II,   b. Abt 1760, York County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1826, Cooper County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Mother Unknown Wife Of Peter Kuykendall,   b. Aft 1748,   d. Bef 1810  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Married Bef 1780 
    Family ID F3759  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth "Betsy" Jones,   b. Abt 1798,   d. Aft 1834  (Age ~ 37 years) 
    Married Abt 1814 
    • 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.
    Children 
     1. Henry Kuykendall,   b. 5 Nov 1813, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1871, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     2. Peter Kuykendall,   b. Abt 1815, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1846  (Age ~ 31 years)
     3. Lurena Kuykendall,   b. Abt 1817, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Alfred "Buck" Kuykendall,   b. 3 Mar 1818, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1881  (Age 63 years)
     5. Louisa Elizabeth Kuykendall,   b. 18 Oct 1819, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1853, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
     6. Nancy Kuykendall,   b. Abt 1820, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1837  (Age ~ 17 years)
     7. John R. Kuykendall,   b. Abt 1822, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1842  (Age ~ 20 years)
     8. Daniel Kuykendall,   b. 10 Oct 1824, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1892, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     9. Samuel Kuykendall,   b. Abt 1828, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1870  (Age ~ 42 years)
     10. Mary Kuykendall,   b. Abt 1830, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. James W. Kuykendall,   b. Abt 1832, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     12. Franklin Kuykendall,   b. 17 Oct 1834, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1905, Osage City, Osage County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F182  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Polly (The Widow) Williams,   b. Bef 1820,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 26 Mar 1840  White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Aaron Kuykendall,   b. 28 Jan 1841, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1924, Nunn County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F3758  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Jun 1787 - Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Mar 1840 - White County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Mar 1842 - White County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S169] Kuykendall, George Benson "History of The Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 With Genealogy,etc" (Portland, OR, 1919), (http://books.google.com/books?id=SB9ZAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPP9,M1), p 240 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S472] Winn, Velma K.-Family Researcher Family History Website.

    3. [S203] McGuire, Keith David, Jr--Family Researcher P.O. Box 1721 Bailey, CO 80421-1721 (303) 838-0255.

    4. [S394] Stirpes Magazine, Texas State Genealogical Society, March 1993, p. 28 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S109] Gleason, Grace-Family researcher (Gedcom September, 2002).

    6. [S142] Illinois Statewide (Online) Marriage Index 1763-1900; http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html.