Noah Kuykendall

1787 - 1842  (54 years)

• Name	Noah Kuykendall  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	30 Jun 1787	Kentucky   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Mar 1842	White County, Illinois   [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 d. Abt 1826, Cooper County, Missouri (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Unknown Wife Of Peter Kuykendall,   b. Aft 1748   d. Bef 1810 (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1780
  Family ID	F3759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

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

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Jun 1787 - Kentucky Marriage - 26 Mar 1840 - White County, Illinois Death - 6 Mar 1842 - White County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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). [S472] Winn, Velma K.-Family Researcher Family History Website. [S203] McGuire, Keith David, Jr--Family Researcher P.O. Box 1721 Bailey, CO 80421-1721 (303) 838-0255. [S394] Stirpes Magazine, Texas State Genealogical Society, March 1993, p. 28 (Reliability: 3). [S109] Gleason, Grace-Family researcher (Gedcom September, 2002). [S142] Illinois Statewide (Online) Marriage Index 1763-1900; http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html.