Off my soap box now, & ready to do share some real information... Jim Miller ********************************** CHRISTINA RAMEY, dau. of Moses & Tabitha (--?--) Ramey; b. 9 NOV 1823, d. APR 1872, Island Creek, Pike Co., KY. She m. #1: 25 MAR 1841, Pikeville, KY to William H. Sword, son of John M. Sword & Rebecca Ratliff; b. 26 OCT 1919, KY; d. 21 JUN 1902, Pikeville, Pike Co., KY; William Sword m. #2: 4 SEP 1872 to MALINDA JANE (McGEE) FORD, b. 1822 d. 2 APR 1884, Island Creek, KY. He m. #3: 26 OCT 1891, Office of the Clerk of Court, Pikeville, Pike Co., KY, to ELIZABETH (NICKEL) DAMRON, d. 7 MAY 1928. William H. Sword was a veteran of both the Confederate and Union armies during the American Civil War (Civil War data to be inserted later). SWORD children: All children of William Sword & Christina Ramey, b. KY 1. John Washington b. DEC 1841; prob. d. bef. 4 MAY 1898 (crossed out on pension); m. 1 APR 1861 to MATILDA CLAY 2. Elizabeth b. 22 DEC 1842; d. 30 MAR 1926; m. #1: 15 AUG 1859 to LIBURN DYE; #2: 21 DEC 1895 to THOMAS MARRS 3. Moses b. 25 AUG 1844; d. 1908; m. MARY POLLY WATSON 4. William John b. 24 DEC 1845; (1860 Census age 13?); d. bef. 4 MAY 1898 as he was not included in pension record his fathers pension record; m. #1: PEGGY SWORD & #2: 28 MAR 1873 to MARGARET J. BREWER 5. Keenis Pharoah b. 8 APR 1847; d. 3 MAY 1898, he was not included on his fathers pension record dated 4 MAY 1898; m. EUNICE HAMILTON 6. James Malcom b. 24 JUL 1848; d. 18 OCT 1933; m. #1: MARY FIDDLER & #2: MARY ELIZ. BURKE 7. Marinda Jane b. 10 FEB 1850 (or 4 JAN 1849?); d. 5 JAN 1928; m. 5 MAR 1873 to JOHN WINSTON STURGILL 8. Thomas Jefferson b. 4 JAN 1852; d. 12 JAN 1943; m. #1: 8 FEB 1877 to MARGARET ROBINSON & #2: 6 MAR 1907 to NANCY WEST 9. Henry b. abt. 1853/4; d. (Jim Farrar has 1870). He was not in 1880 Census nor was he included in his fathers pension records. 10. Francis Marion b. 5 DEC 1854 (or 5 DEC 1853 or 19 DEC 1854); m. 6 MAY 1875 to NANCY JANE HAMILTON 11. (Stilborn child) b. 6 DEC 1856 12. Lucas Burton b. 7 DEC 1857; d. 1 DEC 1942; m. 11 JUN 1874 to MALINDA JANE FORD 13. Rebecca b. 4 SEP 1859; d. 3 JUL 1943; m. (20 AUG 1874 or 3 JUN 1875) to WM. JAMES FORD 14. Tabitha Anna b. 31 AUG 1861 (Pension Records say 16 AUG 1861), Pike Co., KY; d. 27 NOV 1939, Pike Co., KY; bur. Archie, MO; m. 3 JUN 1875, Island Creek, Pike Co., KY to WILLIAM JESSE OSBORN SOURCES: Civil War Pension Record of William Sword provided by the National Archives & Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (hereafter NARA); Marriage record for William Sword & Chrisa Ramey provided by the Clerk of Court, Pike Co., KY; 1860, 1870, 1880 Federal Census for Pike Co., KY;