Margaret Brasher, the third child and second daughter of Lawrence Brasher and Elizabeth Black was born on 5 January 1798 in South Carolina.

Margaret married Edward Wooldridge, another South Carolinian, on 12 May 1816 in Christian County, Kentucky.

Edward was quite a bit older than Margaret, born on 12 August 1789, and also died many years before his wife, on 9 November 1852 in Christian County.

Margaret passed away on 5 November 1886 in Christian County, Kentucky.

By 1820, the young couple was living next door to Christian County in Hopkins County, Kentucky and there were two young children at home. There were three more children by 1830 with the two youngest born before 1840. Thankfully, all of the Wooldridge children are documented.

However, their children were the first in the family to leave Kentucky, settling in Cedar County, Missouri. Also, unlike their father and forebears who farmed, their sons achieved much in their lives.

Children: (Wooldridge)

1. Drusilla, born December 1817, Christian County, Kentucky; died 2 February 1904, Christian County, Kentucky; married John Armstrong, 27 September 1856, Christian County, Kentucky
2. Drewry Mackey, born 3 November 1818, Christian County, Kentucky; died 16 December 1885, Cedar County, Missouri; married Sicily Croft, 20 August 1844, Christian County, Missouri. Drewry was a farmer, teacher, lawyer and sheriff and justice of the peace in Christian County, Kentucky for six years. he served in the Kentucky Legislature before moving to Missouri in 1870.
3. Anderson Green, born 3 March 1822, Christian County, Kentucky; died 20 February 1870, Christian County, Kentucky; married Eliza Jane Johnson, 8 September 1845, Christian County, Kentucky. Anderson was a lawyer who, per the 1870 mortality schedule, died of brain fever.
4. Mary B. Caroline, born c1825, Christian County, Kentucky; died ; married Jesse T. Ford, 23 April 1843, Christian County, Kentucky
5. David Hudspeth, born 8 January 1827, Christian county, Kentucky; died 26 June 1904, Benton County, Oregon; married Altezara Sarah Brasher, 3 March 1850, Christian County, Kentucky
6. Wilson Wayne, born 10 July 1831, Christian County, Kentucky; died 28 March 1876, Cedar County, Missouri; married Jane Hamby, 2 February 1866, Cedar County, Missouri. Wilson was a physician.
7. Madison Brasher, born 22 December 1832, Christian County, Kentucky; died 3 November 1899, Cedar County, Missouri; married Ann Eliza Morgan, 21 December 1865, Cedar County, Missouri. Madison was a physician.

Edward and Margaret must have been very proud of their family achievements.

The second child of Lawrence Brasher and Elizabeth Black was Nancy Brasher, born on 22 September 1795 in South Carolina and died on 9 September 1873 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

Dates are from her gravestone, which is flat on the ground, but intact and legible at Christian Privilege Cemetery, Hopkins County, Kentucky.

Nancy Brasher married James Hamby on 2 August 1813 in Christian County, Kentucky, which borders Hopkins County.

James Hamby was born c1793, also in South Carolina and reportedly died a few months before Nancy on 15 April 1873.

However, his gravestone has no photo available and his Find A Grave entry has numerous errors, proved by census records. It also calls him James Jesse, but NO primary record so far found has ever called him anything except JAMES Hamby.

James and Nancy settled into married life in Christian County, Kentucky, where they were enumerated in the 1820, 1830 and 1840 censuses. Some time before 1850, they settled in Hopkins County, where they lived out their lives. James Hamby sold land in Christian County in 1842 to his son-in-law, Madison Hamby and it’s likely that is when the family moved.

However, it seems no one has been able to fully document the Hamby children. Based on census records, James and Nancy had at least nine children, but only six have been identified.

Children:

1. Daughter, born c1815; died after 1830
2. Malinda, born 15 September 1817, Kentucky; died 18 October 1883; married Thomas Crabtree, 21 January 1841, Christian County, Kentucky
3. Daughter, born c1819; died after 1830
4. Charlotte, born 5 December 1821, Christian County ,Kentucky; died 15 September 1875, Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky; married Madison Hamby, 8 September 1842, Christian County, Kentucky
5. Daughter, born c1823; died after 1840
6. Elizabeth, born c1825, Kentucky; died after 1870; married Elias Oldham, 23 March 1854, Hopkins County, Kentucky
7. Willis Hickman, born 12 March 1829, Kentucky; died 12 December 1882, Kentucky; married Nancy Edwards, 12 August 1852, Hopkins County, Kentucky
8. Artimesia Jane, born c1833, Kentucky; died after 1880; married Ingram W. Jackson, 9 September 1852, Hopkins County, Kentucky

There is also a male at home in 1840, born 1821-1825, but he is not in the home in 1830 so this might be some other relative.

It seems the first three daughters would be getting married in the 1830s, but there are only about three Hamby females marrying in Kentucky during that decade and a further search from 1840-1850 found the marriage record for one Malinda Hamby to Thomas Crabtree in Christian County. She is attributed as a child of James and Nancy.

What became of the other two daughters born before 1820 and the one born c1823 is not known. It’s possible they all died young, but they are not found apart from the pre-1850 censuses.