Individual Details

Zilpha Baker

(3 Aug 1833 - 21 Dec 1920)



Nancy & Chaney both seem to have been born prior to the marriage of Zilpha & Elijah Bowling. I have autosomal DNA matches to both of these daughters' descendants and Zilpha Baker is in my Baker lineage - her great-grandfather was John Baker. However, the trees of both Nancy & Chaney on Ancestry make no sense at all.

1870 Census. Breathitt, KY, Hh 12
Elijah Bolin, 41, Farmer, b. KY
Zelpha, 36
Nancy, 16
Chainey, 14 (female)
Delaney, 12 (male)
Robert, 10
Ervin, 9
George, 7
Susan, 6
Edward, 4
Polly, 3 months

1880 Census. Crocketsville, Breathitt, KY, Hh 428
Elijah Bowling, 51, b. KY
Sylpha, 47, wife
Robert, 19, son
Youin, 18, son
George, 16, son
Susan, 14, dau
Pollyann, 10, dau
Vina, 8, dau
Sallie A., 6, dau
Elijah, 2, son
Hh 429
Delany Bowling, 21
Susan, 18, wife
Sydney, one month, b. Apr 1880, son

1900 Census. Crockettsville, Breathitt, KY, Hh 42
Elijah Bowling, b. Feb 1829, 71, married 44 years
Zylpha, wife, b. Aug 1833, 66, children not listed
Lavina, dau, b. apr 1874, 26, Single, 2 children
Sally A., dau, b. Mar 1876, 27
Arminty, graddau, b. Mar 1895, 5
George, gson, b. Oct 1898, 1
Jane, dau, b. Sep 1880, 19

Events

Birth3 Aug 1833
Marriage15 Sep 1857Breathitt County, Kentucky - Elijah Bowling
Death21 Dec 1920Breathitt County, Kentucky

Families

SpouseElijah Bowling (1828 - 1908)
ChildNancy C Bowling (1854 - 1940)
ChildChaney Bowling (1856 - 1933)
FatherRobert "Boston Bob" Baker (1800 - 1871)
MotherSarah "Ibby" Rogers (1802 - 1843)
SiblingWilliam Boston Baker (1822 - 1850)
SiblingNancy Baker (1824 - )
SiblingJane Baker (1827 - 1909)
SiblingEsther Baker (1829 - 1854)
SiblingRobert Baker (1831 - 1871)
SiblingNathaniel S. Baker (1833 - 1902)
SiblingChristina Baker (1835 - 1877)
SiblingGeorge W. Baker (1837 - 1898)
SiblingLucinda Baker (1838 - 1898)
SiblingLouvicia "Vicy" Baker (1843 - 1923)