From the Bible of Richard Stith Jr.

Transcribed from a photo copy of cited reference by Jess Scott October 1998.   Photo copy courtesy of Jon Alan Whitfield.
     Transcription checked but errors still possible.  Please consult the original if there are questions.

             136                                                     William And Mary Quarterly

STITH FAMILY.

By Frances Shacklette Fast.

Bible record found in an old Bible now owned by Mrs. Thomas J. Stith, Ekron, Ky.
Drury Stith and Elizabeth (nee Buckner), husband and wife.
Their son, Richard Stith, born September 30, 1727; married December 29, 1756, Lucy Stith (nee Hall), born July, 1736 (daughter of John and Ann Hall).
Their youngest son (his Bible), Richard Stith, born December 9, 1778; married December 27, 1798.
Elizabeth Stith (nee Jones), born January, 1779 (daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Jones).
Children:
Lucy, born March 2, 1802; died October 6, 1876; married Thomas Hawfield Stith.
Elizabeth, born October 6, 1803; died June 7, 1840. Stith Saunders, husband.
Buckner, born May 31, 1807; died September 1, 1856.
Susan, born December 10, 1808; died August 4, 1847; married Griffin Stith, May 13, 1825.
John C., born October 3, 1810; died March 1, 1880.
William, born April 21, 1812; died July 17, 1880; married Hannah Hayden.
Edmund, born March 25, 1814; died April 2, 1860; married Mary Dowell.
Martha Ann, born May 14, 1816; married July 14, 1831, Joseph E. Hardaway.
Jesse J., born March 14, 1818; died July 21, 1895.
Mary Ann, born January 23, 1820; died October 24, 1873; married Henry Stith.
John Cain, born October 2, 1797; married November 30, 1820, Olive Dismore, born June 6, 1800. Issue: Lucinda, born April 10, 1824.
Jesse J. Stith and Lucinda Cain married October 6, 1842.

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Deaths: Husband, Richard Stith, died April 13, 1843,
and wife, Elizabeth Stith, died August 24, 1844.
Richard Stith and Lucy Mall married December 29, 1756.
Children:
Ann, born November 12, 1757.
Joseph, born September 6, 1759.
Lucy, born March 12, 1761.
Elizabeth Buckner, born October 25, 1762.
Mary, born November 12, 1764.
Benjamin, born August 28, 1766.
Thomas, born October 8, 1768.
John, born October 7, 1770.
Catharine, born May 28, 1773.
Martha, born May 8, 1775; married Saunders.
William, born October 8, 1777; married Nancy, daughter
of Thomas and Elizabeth Jones.
Richard, born December 9, 1778; married Elizabeth,
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Jones.

Deaths:
Richard Stith, Sen., November 16, 1802.
Lucy Stith, Sen., February 12, 1815.
Ann Hightower, January 14, 1831.
Joseph Stith, November 3, 1837.
Lucy Jordan, June 13, 1802.
Benjamin Stith, March 18, 1837.
Thomas Stith, July 27, 1821.
John Stith, October 27, 1840.
Martha Saunders, July 1, 1843.
Elizabeth Buckner.
Catharine.
William Stith, Sen.
Richard, April 13, 1843.
Richard Stith, born December 9, 1778, is the one who
emigrated to Kentucky and settled near Louisville, in Meade
county, where his descendants now live.

William and Mary College Quarterly
Historical Magazine

Editors
J.A.C.Chandler, President William and Mary College
E.G.Swem, Librarian William and Mary College

Published Quarterly by William and Mary College,
at Williamsburg, Va.

Volume 6 -- Series 2
1926

Copy from National Society
Sons of The American Revolution
Library

courtesy of Jon Alan Whitfield