Individual Details

As Cyntha Gabbard, married Jacob Seaborn, 16 Sep 1849, Laurel Co KY, LDS Microfilm, 1028586

1860 Census. Buena Vista Twp, Schuyler Co, IL, Hh 884 [next door to Nathan & Sally Harrison]
Jacob Seburn, age 30, farmer, b. KY
Serith, 30, b. KY
Nancy J. 9. Robert H. 7. Sarah E. 6. Elijah 4. Wm. W. age 1 - all born in Kentucky
Theadore Bridgewater, age 6, b. IL, living with the family


1870 Census. Twp 90, Range 43, Plymouth Co, Iowa. P.O. O'Brien in O'Brien Co, IA. Hh 5
Jacob Sebourn, age 40, farmer, b. KY
Serenthy, 39, b. KY
children b. KY: Robert 17. Elizabeth 15. Eliza 13. William 10.
children b. Illinois: Samuel 8. Lewis, 3. Charles, age 1.

1880 Census. Crawford Twp, Washington Co AR
Hh 161 - G. W. Revercomb, age 29, b. VA, parents b. VA
Elizabeth, wife, age 25, b. KY, parents b. KY
Leman, son, age 5, b. Iowa. Karmina, 5 months, dau, b. AR
Hh 162
?Arenia/Srenia Seborn [age blurred - maybe 49, maybe not], b. KY, parent b. KY
then a page turn....
William W., age 21, son, b. Illinois
Samuel 19, son, b. Illinois
Louis, 14, son, b. Illinois
Charles, 11, b. Iowa
Jacob 7, son, b. Iowa
Jacob Seborn, age 50, father, farmer, b. KY, parents b. KY


1900 Census. Porter Twp, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 58
George Revercombs, b. May 1850, age 50, married 22 years, b. AR, father b. Ireland, farmer
Lizzie, wife, b. Feb 1854, age 46, three children, only 1 living, b. KY
Jackson Lee, stepson, b. Jun 1874, age 24, b. Iowa
Jacob Seabourn, Father-in-law, b. Mar 1830, age 70, married 50 years, b. KY
Sytha, Seabourn, mother-in-law, b. Feb 1831, age 69, 7 children - all living, b. KY Note: I can account for 9 children, perhaps two had died before 1900

Newspaper article - source unknown
Five Generations Commerate Birth of Aged Lady
Mrs. Sietha Sebourn Celebrates With Great-Great-grandchildren
Without discredit to any other, it may be confidently said that the most striking, as well as one of the most delightful social occasions perhaps in the entire history of this community, was the celebration of the birthday anniversary of Mrs. Siretha Sebourn on Monday, February 3, 1919.
The happy event took place at the home of Mrs. G. W. Revercomb, only daughter of the guest of honor, who, 89 years young on that day found her strength quite equal to presiding at the handsomely appointed table, surrounded by 26 of her children to the fourth generation. At her right hand sat the oldest of her seven sons, aged 66 years; opposite her was her youngest son, aged 45 years; and on her left, her youngest great-great grandchild, little Ivy, two-year-old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Luper.
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The descendants of Mrs. Sebourn are: 7 sons, 1 daughter, 70 grandchildren, 105 great grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren. She lost one son in childhood and a daughter who had reached mature years.
Mrs. Sebourn, who was Miss Siretha Gabbard, is a native of Clay Co, Kentucky. One Sept 16, 1849, she was married to the late Jacob Sebourn, who passed away about nine years ago. For a time the family lived in Illinois and in Iowa. In 1876, however, their hearts turned toward the neighborhood of their childhood's home; and they came to Arkansas.

Arkansas Death Certificate #793. Died in Winslow, Crawford Co, AR - named spelled as Ciretha Sebourn. Died of "just old age" on 25 Jun 1919. Born 3 Feb 1830 in Kentucky. Her father was Edward Gabard, born Kentucky; mother unknown. L. M. Sebourn of Winslow was the informant.

Re: Gabbard Family
TVAinArkansas Posted: 2 Sep 2001 9:28AM
Hi Terry,
I don't have much information on Nancy, and what little I have came from distant relatives.
I have her listed as Nancy Jane Sebourn. She was born on December 22, 1850, supposedly in Madison Country. KY. I have her listed as dying on June 4, 1896, in Arkansas. I am told that she is buried at Wright (Becky) Cemetery at Chester, Crawford County, Arkansas (not too far from me - less than 30 miles).
I have her husband James Murdock listed as being buried at the same location. I have no information on her Smith husband.
I only have two children listed for her, a son Bob Murdock, and an unknown daughter.
I would appreciate receiving any information you can share on who her children were, etc.
I have considerable information on Nancy's parents. If you have not seen it and would like to have a copy, please let me know. I lost some information because of a hard-drive crash, but I still have about 95% of it. Some of the information I lost showed the Revolutionary War veteran, Jacob Seaborn (various spellings) paying taxes on land in Kentucky during the early 1790's. Other lost information included an interesting story of a cousin of ours having a shoot-out with a murderer in Kentucky during the 1880's. Our cousing, Hiram, had 16 rounds shot at him. Some bullets passed through his clothes, but he was apparently unharmed - as was the murderer. The murderer was hunting the men who were hunting him. Fun times, I guess.
Thanks for your interest. Hope to hear from you.

My great-grandfather was William Wesley. He is the oldest person I remember well. He was born in Illinois during 1858. "Will" was my maternal grandmother's father. All of her ancestors were from Kentucky. Many people from the Madison, Clay, Laurel county area moved to the most rugged areas of the Arkansas Ozark mountains - the Boston Mountains - during the 1870's. It must have almost been like a homecoming to them. Names of my families from Kentucky who moved to Arkansas include: Sebourn, Gabbard, Bowles, Copper, and a gg-grandmother from Kentucky was born a Hedrik (Hendrick, etc). I'm sure you have countless cousins in the hills/mountains of Arkansas - they're called "hillbillies" - and I'm one of them.

Birth	3 Feb 1830	Clay County, Kentucky
Marriage	16 Sep 1849	Laurel County, Kentucky - Jacob "Jake" Sebourn
Death	25 Jun 1919	Crawford County, Arkansas

Spouse	Jacob "Jake" Sebourn (1830 - 1909)
Child	Robert Hillary Sebourn (1852 - 1940)
Child	Nancy J. Sebourn (1851 - 1896)
Child	Sarah Elizabeth Sebourn (1854 - 1929)
Child	Elijah Sebourn (1856 - 1940)
Child	William Wesley Sebourn (1859 - 1953)
Child	Samuel Sebourn (1861 - 1926)
Child	Lewis Martin Sebourn (1866 - 1958)
Child	Charles James Sebourn (1869 - 1963)
Child	Jacob Washington Sebourn (1875 - 1973)
Child	Living

Father	EDWARD GABBARD (1798 - 1884)
Mother	SARAH "SALLY" BOWMAN (1798 - 1886)
Sibling	Elijah G. Gabbard (1818 - 1900)
Sibling	Nancy Gabbard (1822 - 1892)
Sibling	John Wesley Gabbard (1822 - 1909)
Sibling	Jacob B. Gabbard (1824 - 1907)
Sibling	SARAH ANN "SALLY" GABBARD (1825 - 1880)
Sibling	Susan Jane Gabbard (1829 - 1917)
Sibling	Elizabeth Gentry Gabbard (1833 - 1908)
Sibling	?Mary Gabbard (1834 - )
Sibling	Margaret E. Gabbard (1836 - 1893)
Sibling	Eliza Jane Gabbard (1839 - 1924)