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Married:
- Pulaski County, KY Marriages
5 Feb 1850 (some transcriptions show 5 Mar 1850)
Surety on bond was "James Riley Whitaker" (Dicey Whitaker's brother)
Permission reads: Consent of Mary Whitaker "to give under my hand to William Farmer, Dicey Whitaker" - kin not stated
William Farmer was known as "Quilly Molan" (or "Quillie Molan") Farmer. Perhaps the "Quillie" was a derivation of "Willie" and the "Molan" some derivation of his middle name.
Dicey Whitaker's middle name (according to family stories) was "Jane" - but she never appears with the name or initial in the record. In the 1870 census, her name is given as "Dicey A."
6-7 months after they were married, William and Dicey Farmer appear in the 1850 census with a daughter, Sarah, age 1. It appears the census taker recorded all children up until their 2nd birthday as "age 1". So Sarah may have been born in 1849, or as recently as August, 1850. Either Dicey already had a daughter when she was married, or she was pregnant at the time of her marriage.
1850 US Census, Division 1, Pulaski Co., KY - PG 32
29 Aug 1850
William Farmer 26
Dicey Farmer 22
Sarah Farmer 1
They lived a few houses down from William's brother (James Wesley Farmer) and sister (Amanda Jane Farmer (Mills))
1860 United States Federal Census - District 2, Pulaski, Kentucky
William Farmer 36
Dicey Farmer 33
Sarah Farmer 11
Rial Farmer 9
Thomas Farmer 7
Mary Farmer 4
Stephen Farmer 1
Sarah Farmer 66
Note: Census shows William's mother Sarah (age 66) living with him, while other sources have indicated she would have been about 72 and died five years earlier in 1855.
1870 United States Federal Census - Bent, Pulaski, Kentucky
Name Age
William Farmer 47
Dicey A Farmer 41
Sarah A Farmer 20
Thomas J Farmer 16
(oddly - the other children are missing in this census)
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules
Name: Dica Farmer
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Housekeeper
Place of Birth: Kentucky
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
Age: 48
Month of Death: Jan
Cause of Death: Brain Fever (probably meningitis, but could also be typhus)
Attending Doctor: W.T. Scott
Census Year: 1880
Census Location: Pulaski, Kentucky
Enumeration District: 89
Line: 19
Archive Collection Number: T655
1880 United States Federal Census - District 1 and 10, Pulaski, Kentucky
William Farmer 53, head
Sarah Farmer 28, daughter
Frank Wolfen Farmer 14, son
George Alfred Farmer 13, son
Cordelia Farmer 10, daughter
Mary France Farmer 4, granddaughter
Mahala E. Farmer 2, granddaughter
Linville Logan Farmer 9m, grandson, twin
Balzora C. Farmer 9m, granddaughter, twin
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