Individual Details

Laura married William Neikirk in Hawesville KY, 11 Aug 1847. She was living with her mother and a widowed brother-in-law in 1850 - where Neikirk was is unknown.

1850 Census. Hancock Co KY, p.271, Hh 73
Celia Davison, age 56, b. KY
Milton R. Cooper, age 38, Cooper, b. KY. Josephine, 8.
Laura E. Neikirk, age 24 b. KY. Mary T. age 2.

A "Post-it" Note on the webpage stated that Laura's name was Laura Enfield Davison and she was born 12 Jul 1825. William Neikirk was a Methodist minister for fifty-one years. He was born 29 Oct 1819 and died 22 Oct 1894. Their daughter Mary was born 29 May 1848. She married Edward Young Penick in 1868 and died 10 Jun 1926. Mary is buried Ryder Cemetery, Lebanon, Marion Co KY. Found in the Mays Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery records in the Marion Co Library.

1860 Census. Scottsville, Allen Co KY. Hh 1143
Wm Neikirk, age 38, Meth.Clergyman, b. KY
Laura, age 33.
M. T., age 12 [female]. W. F., age 8 [male - William Fletcher]

1870 Census. Springfield, Washington Co KY. Hh 193
Edward Y. Penick, age 31. Mary, age 22. Edd, age 1.
William Nikirk, 50, Clergyman Lor, 44. William, 18.

1880 Census. Lebanon, Marion Co KY. Hh 107
William Newkirk, age "40". Laura, age "26" [the ages are placed in parenthesis] - either they did not give the information or the enumerator didn't believe them! And William's occupation is listed as painter.
Living with them was William Carrie, age 27, boarder.

Birth

1826

Father	William Davison (1787 - 1839)
Mother	Celia Hardin (1794 - 1854)
Sibling	Hardin Aurelis Davison (1811 - 1860)
Sibling	Caroline Meade Davison (1812 - 1873)
Sibling	Letitia Davison (1814 - 1837)
Sibling	Jane Davison (1816 - 1845)
Sibling	William Hardin Davison (1818 - 1840)
Sibling	Jehu Hardin Davison (1820 - 1848)
Sibling	Nestor C. Davison (1823 - )
Sibling	Winifred Davison (1828 - )