Individual Details
Jacob B. Gabbard
(Aug 1824 - 14 Nov 1907)
1850 Census. Madison Co KY, District 1, Hh 586
Jacob Gabbert, age 25, Farmer, b. KY
Mahaly, 26, b. KY
Mary, age 3. Nancy, age 2, Edward, age 1
Found in Jackson Co 1860 Census. Hh 361
Jacob, age 34, Farmer, b. KY
Mahala, 34.
Mary Jane 11. Nancy 9. John W. 8. Edward 7. Thomas 6. Sarah E. 5. Lewis 4. Mahala and Rachel, age 2.
1870 Census. Jackson Co KY, McKee Precinct, P.O. McKee, Hh 84
J. B. Gabbard, age 44. Mahala, age 44.
Nancy J. 22, John W. 21. Edward 19. Thomas 17. Sarah E. 14. Lewis 12. Rachael and Mahala, both 10. Frances 8 [female], Phillip 6. and Jacob B. age 4.
Exact birthdates for many of the children in a mail list posting, do not agree with the census ages.
According to a Gabbard researcher, they left for Arkansas about 1880. Not found in the Crawford Co Census for that year.
Jacob B. Gabbard received a land patent in Crawford Co for 148.39 acres on 22 Jul 1890. It was in Section 2, Twp 12, R 29.
In 1900 in Crawford Co, AR.
1900 in Winfrey Township, Crawford Co AR, p.164a, Household #113 I found:
Jacob Gabbard b. Aug 1824 age 75 married 54 years born KY both parents born VA Farmer Owned his own land (He's #91 on the Agricultural Census for that year which I've never looked it)
Mahala, wife, b. Jul 1824 also age 75 and married 54 years born KY both parents born VA
Jacob M., son, b. Feb 1866 age 34 married 4 years b. KY as were both parents Farm Labor
Mindia, daughter-in-law, b. Jul 1878 age 24 1 child born, 1 living she was born in AR as were both her parents
Mahala, granddaughter, b. Oct 1898 age 1 b. AR father b. KY mother b. AR
Found in Kenney Cemetery in the Winfrey Valley, Crawford Co AR. Jackob B. Gabbard, Co A, 47th KY Inf.
Civil War Pension Index on Ancesty shows a record for Jacob B. Gabbard, wife Mahala, & this is his unit & would have been Union. Jacob applied for his Invalid Pension on 30 June 1880, Application #392.815, Certificate #603.492 (place not given). Mahala applied for Widow's Pension on 5 Dec 1907, Application #880.768, Certificate #644.278 in Arkansas.
He is in the Pension Index for both a soldier's invalid pension and a widow's pension.
Events
| Birth | Aug 1824 | Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky |  | ||
| Marriage | 5 Nov 1845 | Owsley County, Kentucky - Mahala Marcum | | ||
| Death | 14 Nov 1907 | Crawford County, Arkansas | | ||
| Military | Co A 47th KY Infantry, Civil War |
Families
| Spouse | Mahala Marcum (1824 - 1913) |
| Child | Mary Jane Gabbard (1847 - ) |
| Child | Nancy Gabbard (1848 - ) |
| Child | Edward Gabbard (1849 - 1852) |
| Child | John Wesley Gabbard (1848 - 1919) |
| Child | Edward E. "Ned" Gabbard (1853 - 1916) |
| Child | Thomas Lewis Gabbard (1854 - 1931) |
| Child | Sarah E. Gabbard (1856 - 1940) |
| Child | Rachel Gabbard (1858 - ) |
| Child | Mahala Catherine Gabbard (1858 - 1887) |
| Child | Frances Gabbard (1862 - ) |
| Child | Phillip H. Gabbard (1864 - ) |
| Child | Jacob M. Gabbard (1866 - ) |
| 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 | SARAH ANN "SALLY" GABBARD (1825 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Susan Jane Gabbard (1829 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Siretha Gabbard (1830 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Gentry Gabbard (1833 - 1908) |
| Sibling | ?Mary Gabbard (1834 - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret E. Gabbard (1836 - 1893) |
| Sibling | Eliza Jane Gabbard (1839 - 1924) |
Endnotes
1. US Census 1850 KY Digital Images online at GenealogyLibrary, Madison County; p.239, Household 584.
2. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co. (LDS Microfilm #1240056), Winfrey Twp; p.164a; Household 113..
3. US Census 1850 KY Digital Images online at GenealogyLibrary, Madison County; p.239, Household 584.
4. Floyd E. Gabbard, Gabbard research. Correspondence and online database..
5. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co. (LDS Microfilm #1240056), Winfrey Twp; p.164a; Household 113..
6. Dallas C.Fox, "Descendants of Mathias Gebhard" Dallas Charles Fox
7. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), Kenney Cemetery, p.271.