Rutherford Laffoon

1782 - 1876  (94 years)

• Name	Rutherford Laffoon
  Birth	01 Jan 1782	Surry Co, NC   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1810	Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY   [2]
  	age 16-25(26?), spouse age 16-25(19), 2 children
  Census	1820	Hopkins Co, KY   [3]
  	age 26-44(36), spouse age 26-44(29), 7 children
  Census	1830	Hopkins Co, KY   [4]
  	age 40-49(46), spouse age 30-39(39), 6 children
  Census	1840	Hopkins Co, KY   [5]
  	age 50-59(56), spouse age 40-49(49), 6 children
  Census	1850	District 1, Hopkins Co, KY   [6]
  	age 66,wife Sarah-age 59, 2 children & 2 grandchildren
  Census-State	1850	District 1, Hopkins Co, KY   [7]
  	age 66,wife Sarah
  Census	1860	Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY   [8]
  	age 78,living with son John Nash-age 33, & family
  Death	26 Feb 1876	Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY   [9]
  Findagrave.com	22 Jul 2023
  	See Notes
  Burial	Carbondale, Hopkins Co, KY   [1]
  	Suthards Baptist Church Cemetery
  Person ID	I957	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	William Laffoon,   b. 1754, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA d. Between 29 Nov 1821 and 01 Feb 1822, Hopkins Co, KY (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Mary Harden,   b. Abt 1755, Surry Co, NC d. Between 17 Nov 1788 and May 1789, Surry Co, NC (Age 33 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1780	VA
  Family ID	F394	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Hill-xx,   b. 01 Jun 1791, SC d. 07 Oct 1853, Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1809
  Notes	Children: dau Mahala Laffoon 1809 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - on 8/5/1829 in Pendleton Co, SC married Samuel Thomasson son Dixon H Thomasson b. aft 8/5/1829 - on 1/31/1853 in Hopkins Co, KY married Eliza Jane Fox 1829 KY - dau of George Washington Fox 10/15/1800 Hopkins Co, KY and Mary Ann Polly Wyatt 1806 KY - 7/13/1857 Hopkins Co, KY - son of Noah Fox 1776 Shenandoah, VA - bef 1860 Hopkins Co, KY and Cynthia Laffoon 1781 Surry Co, NC - 12/24/1860 Dobson, Surry, NC - dau of George Wyatt Sr. 1764 SC - 10/29/1855 and Delilah Nations 1767 NC son George Washington Laffoon 6/30/1810 Pendleton Co, SC - 1913 - on 1/31/1830 in Hopkins Co, KY married Lucinda Julian 1814 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - 1847 son John Henry Laffoon 5/16/1831 - 3/30/1915 both in Hopkins Co, KY - ** See Death Certificate ** - on 1/10/1853 in Hopkins Co, KY married Zerelda Engleton Price 6/1/1829 Hopkins Co, KY - 1891 - dau of Humphrey Price 1775 VA and ??? KY Hopkins Co deaths: Name Date Age Cert Loffood, John 03/30/1915 084 06948 - ** See Death Certificate ** son William E Laffoon 1853 KY son George R Laffoon 1856 KY dau Lucinda L Laffoon 1857 KY dau Eunia Lewry Laffoon 3/1860 KY dau Nathanette Etta Laffoon 6/12/1862 - 10/1944 both in Hopkins Co, KY - on 12/22/1886 Hop Co KY mar. Willis Byron Woodruff 2/17/1859 - 1/7/1940 both Hop Co KY - son of Benjamin Bayless Woodruff 7/4/1828 - 3/15/1920 both in Hopkins Co, KY and Mary Ann B Croft 1835 Christian Co, KY - 1862 - son of John Willis Woodruff 8/4/1793 SC - 9/15/1864 Hopkins Co, KY and Frances Elvira Davis 10/31/1799 - 7/21/1870 both in Hopkins Co, KY son Charles A Laffoon 1864 KY - 4/9/1912 Hopkins Co, KY KY Hopkins Co deaths: Name Date Age Cert Laffoon, Charles 04/09/1912 043 10017 - on 6/22/1893 in Hopkins Co, KY married Catherine M Dearing 6/1847 TN - 1900 census lists her as age 52,spouse J Henry,had no children son William Rutherford Laffoon 11/24/1832 Hopkins Co, KY - 12/4/1917 Drew Co, AR - Moved to Ark. Served as a Doctor in Civil War - on 12/10/1865 in AR married Mary Ann Ragland 4/9/1832 Meriwether, GA - 5/15/1906 - 1900 census lists her as age 68,spouse William R,had 4 children-3 living dau Arvilla L Laffoon 9/17/1868 - 1954 both in Drew Co, AR dau Lulu Williams Laffoon 2/26/1871 - 3/9/1949 both in Drew Co, AR son William Nash Laffoon 5/2/1873 - 3/13/1921 both in Drew Co, AR dau Mary Elizabeth Laffoon 2/10/1834 Hopkins Co, KY - 6/1911 Doylestown, Buck, PA - on 12/29/1853 in Clay Co, MO married Joseph Chrissmann, Jr. 7/23/1835 Nicholas Co, KY - 3/23/1891 Scott Co, KS son Senate N Laffoon 1/16/1842 - 7/17/1915 both in Hopkins Co, KY - on 6/23/1869 Hop Co KY Sarah mar. Sarah Cynthia Jane Woodruff 6/16/1840 - 1/16/1914 both in Hopkins Co, KY - dau of Levi Woodruff 5/5/1815 Palmer, Hop Co KY - 9/24/1890 St Charles, Hop Co KY and Elizabeth Ann R Laffoon 5/19/1818 Earlington, Hop Co KY - abt 1915 KY - son of Samuel Nathaniel Woodruff 1766 Hopkins Co, KY - 1845 and Mary Dinsmore 1774 Hopkins Co, KY - dau of Rutherford Laffoon 6/11/1782 Surry Co, NC - 2/26/1876 and Sarah Hill 6/1/1792 SC - 10/7/1852 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY KY Hopkins Co deaths: Name Date Age Cert Saffon, Senate 07/17/1915 073 17077 KY Hopkins Co deaths: Name Date Age Cert Laffoon, Sarah C 01/16/1914 073 01492 son Ambrus A Laffoon 4/1870 KY son John H Laffoon 3/1873 KY dau Nancy E Laffoon 1876 KY dau Sarah Rebecca Laffoon 1844 KY - on 7/25/1865 in Hopkins Co, KY married John Sisk 1847 KY - son of Durin A Sisk 1823 KY and Thursey A Laffoon 1815 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - dau of Rutherford Laffoon 6/11/1782 Surry Co, NC - 2/26/1876 and Sarah Hill 6/1/1792 SC - 10/7/1852 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - on 2/18/1848 in Montgomery Co, TN married 2nd wife Mary Cocker son Columbus Butler Laffoon 1849 - on 11/3/1870 in Hopkins Co, KY married Sarah Angeline Sisk 1849 dau Martha J Laffoon 1856 IL - bef 9/22/1898 - on 1/24/1875 in Hopkins Co, KY married John Ray Woodruff 2/2/1851 Hopkins Co, KY - 8/17/1914 Muhlenburg Co, KY - son of Levi Woodruff 5/5/1815 Palmer, Hop Co KY - 9/24/1890 St Charles, Hop Co KY and Elizabeth Ann R Laffoon 5/19/1818 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - abt 1915 KY - son of Samuel Nathaniel Woodruff 1766 Hopkins Co, KY - 1845 and Mary Dinsmore 1774 Hopkins Co, KY - dau of Rutherford Laffoon 6/11/1782 Surry Co, NC - 2/26/1876 and Sarah Hill 6/1/1792 SC - 10/7/1852 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY dau Lillie F Woodruff 8/14/1886 Hopkins Co, KY - 12/25/1917 Muhlenberg Co, KY dau Mahala Laffoon 1859 IL dau Telitha Laffoon 1863 IL - 1880 census lists her as age 14,single,living with brother Sinnit and Sarah son Thomas Jefferson Laffoon 1867 IL - 1880 census lists him as age 13,living with father at brother John H Laffoon's - on 6/13/1869 in Hopkins Co, KY married 3rd wife Delila Gamblin 1830 - d. bet 1870-1880 - dau of John Gamblin 1787 SC and Amy Todd 1796 Rowan Co, NC - on 10/8/1882 in Hopkins Co, KY married 4th wife Mary E Bowell d. before 6/4/1900 - she was previously married to Matthew Noah Samples on 2/21/1879 in Hopkins Co, KY dau Lucinda Laffoon 12/22/1810 - 9/18/1817 both in Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY dau Julen Susan Laffoon 10/15/1814 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - aft 1880 - on 9/15/1829 Madisonville, Hop Co KY mar. Archibald Ligon 8/10/1802 Amelia Co, VA - bef 1880 - ** See marriage record ** - son of Richard Ligon 1776 Amelia, VA and Ann B Webber 1780 Amelia, VA - son of William Ligon 1726 and Ann Webber 1721 - they married in 1744 dau Susan T Ligon 1835 Hopkins Co, KY - on 1/11/1855 Hop Co, KY mar. Sanford Franklin b. abt 1831 - 5/7/1887 both Hop Co, KY - on 2/22/1869 in Hopkins Co, KY Sanford married Lidia Franklin 1848 KY son Richard Ligon 1837 KY son William Ligon 1838 Hopkins Co, KY dau Virginia Ligon 1840 KY dau Francis J Ligon 1843 KY son James Knox Polk Ligon 1844 KY son Robert Cobb L Ligon 2/22/1846 Hopkins Co, KY - 12/5/1902, - on 4/11/1867 married Miranda Skeels 4/15/1845 IN son Benjamin Franklin Ligon 5/16/1848 - 7/29/1917 both in Hopkins Co, KY, - on 8/27/1870 in Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY married Phebe Washington Stokes 10/8/1855 - 6/6/1935 both in Hopkins Co, KY - dau of Gabriel Stokes b. bef 1840 in Todd Co, KY and Susan Sisk b. bef 1840 Hop Co, KY son Lysander Gordon Ligon 1857 KY - on 1/11/1880 Hop Co, KY mar. Arie E Malone 1865 KY dau Thursey A Laffoon 1815 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - on 12/7/1842 in Hopkins Co, KY married Durin A Sisk 1823 KY son William Sisk 1846 KY son John Sisk 1847 KY - on 7/25/1865 in Hopkins Co, KY married Sarah Rebecca Laffoon 1844 KY - dau of George Washington Laffoon 6/30/1810 Pendleton Co, SC - 1913 and Lucinda Julian 1814 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - 1847 - son of Rutherford Laffoon 6/11/1782 Surry Co, NC - 2/26/1876 and Sarah Hill 6/1/1792 SC - 10/7/1852 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY dau Sarah Angeline Sisk 1849 KY - 1/7/1915 Hopkins Co, KY - on 11/3/1870 married Columbus Laffoon son William Travis Laffoon 12/13/1816 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - 3/4/1892 KY - on 9/19/1846 Hop Co KY mar. Jediah L Caroline Sisk 11/1/1831 Hopkins Co, KY - 1/21/1890 - dau of Barnabas Sisk Jr. 10/8/1812 KY - 7/1/1887 Hopkins Co, KY and Mary Polly Howell 1/11/1810 Hopkins Co, KY - 1/23/1900 - son of Barnabas Sisk Sr. 5/15/1769 Culpepper Co, VA - 9/6/1841 Hopkins Co, KY and Sarah Flournoy Wooldridge 1770 Pendleton Dist., SC dau Clara Laffoon 4/14/1848 - 5/15/1934 both in Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY - on 1/13/1870 Hop Co Ky mar. John Sanford Offutt 8/24/1835 Christian Co, KY - 2/23/1920 Hop Co KY - son of John Minor Offutt and Nancy Ann S Wright bro Thomas W Offutt - on 1/1/1856 in Hopkins Co, KY married Mary Jane Pendley - dau of Levi Pendley 1810 NC and Catherine ??? 1815 KY - John previously on 12/8/1859 in Hopkins Co, Ky married Mary Waller Goodloe 1843 KY - dau of John E Goodloe 3/25/1811 KY - 4/17/1899 and Charlotte ??? 1820 KY dau Zorada Z Offutt 1867 - 10/14/1917 Hopkins Co, KY - on 1/27/1884 in Hopkins Co, KY married Eguis D Wilson 1860 dau Mary L Wilson 11/10/1902 Hopkins Co, KY dau Paulina Laffoon 2/22/1850 Hopkins Co, KY - 3/3/1919 Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY - on 8/19/1866 Hop Co KY mar. Prior Loving O'Bryan 8/7/1849 Hop Co KY - 3/10/1922 - son of Thomas L O'Bryan 5/4/1820 Hopkins Co, KY - bet 1870-1880 and Louisa Loving 11/18/1825 Hopkins Co, KY - 5/19/1924 - son of Reddick O'Bryan 5/22/1791 NC - 9/12/1879 KY and Elizabeth Bourland 12/9/1796 SC - 12/28/1862 KY - dau of Joseph Loving 4/18/1786 Wilkes Co, NC - 1842 Hopkins Co, KY and Susannah M Bourland dau Cinderella Laffoon 4/18/1852 - 9/1/1929 both in Hopkins Co, KY - on 11/10/1872 in Hopkins Co, KY married David R Daves - on 9/29/1881 in Hopkins Co, KY married Fred Feiler dau Arena Emma Laffoon 5/15/1854 Hopkins Co, KY - 9/7/1952 - on 12/14/1873 Hop Co KY mar. James William Bailey 9/18/1852 - 4/29/1932 both Hop Co KY - son of Isaac J Bailey and Elizabeth Agnes Martin 1820 KY - dau of William Martin 2/16/1799 VA - 1/23/1857 and Belinda ??? 1808 KY son William Buchanan Laffoon 8/22/1855 - 11/3/1939 both in Hopkins Co, KY - on 10/22/1889 in Hopkins Co, KY married Cora Elizabeth Barrowman 4/27/1869 - 11/23/1922 son Benjamin Laffoon 3/11/1857 Hopkins Co, KY - 5/1922 - on 2/20/1884 in Hopkins Co, KY married Helen F Cates 2/1859 Hopkins Co, KY son Mancel A Laffoon 3/28/1863 - 2/2/1925 both in Hopkins Co, KY - 11/6/1881 Hop Co KY mar. Elizabeth Peyton 2/28/1859 Madison Co, KY - 4/3/1902 Hop Co KY dau Elizabeth Ann R Laffoon 5/19/1818 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - abt 1915 KY - on 1/7/1834 Hop Co, KY mar. Levi Woodruff 5/5/1815 Palmer, Hop Co, KY - 9/24/1890 St Charles, Hop Co, KY - S/O Samuel Nathaniel Woodruff 1766 Hop Co, KY - 1845 & Mary Dinsmore 1774 Hop Co, KY - S/O Nathaniel Woodruff Jr. b. bet 1740-1753 Augusta Co, VA - bef 1853 & 'Unknown Mother' - Another possible marriage date Dec 18, 1833 KY son William Milton Woodruff 10/11/1835 Hop Co KY - 6/2/1910 Dennis, Parker, TX - on 1/26/1857 Hop Co KY mar. Mary Ann Davis 1837 Hop Co KY - bef 6/9/1900 - D/O Jacob Bonapart Davis 1807 - 1843 & Nancy Perimon Sisk 1818 - 1856 - S/O William E Davis 1761 VA - 1838 & Anna Loving 1766 VA - aft 6/21/1860 Hop Co KY dau Nancy E Woodruff 1858 KY dau L M Woodruff 1860 KY son David L Woodruff 1863 KY dau Lillie F Woodruff 1866 KY son Robert E Woodruff 11/1867 KY dau Thirza M Woodruff 1837 KY - bet 1870-1880 - on 1/20/1860 Hop Co KY mar. Frances Dunbar 1835 KY - d. bet 1870-1880 son James W Dunbar 1861 KY - 1880 census lists him as age 19,single,listed grandson living with Levi & Elizabeth Woodruff - where are parents Thirza and Frances Dunbar? son John Dunbar 1/1873 KY - 1880 census lists him as age 10,listed grandson living with Levi & Elizabeth Laffoon - where are parents Thirza and Frances Dunbar? - 1900 census lists him as age 27,single,listed grandson living with Eliza Woodruff dau Sarah Cynthia Jane Woodruff 6/16/1840 - 1/16/1914 both Hop Co, KY - on 4/25/1857 Hop Co KY mar. John Martin Smith 1838 KY - S/O Austin P Smith Sr. 1792 NC & Elmira Anna Sisk 1805 SC - bet 1860-1866 - D/O Robert Barney Sisk Sr. 1775 NC - 1856 KY & Morning ??? b. abt 1780 NC - d. aft 8/25/1856 dau Parle Smith 1862 KY KY marriage index: Marriage Record for John M. Smith Spouse: Jane Woodruff Date: 25 Apr 1857 B/G: Groom County & State: Hop Co KY Co. KY User-Added Notes (click here to add a note): Bunny Brown Cates [email protected] 2001-08-30 19:47:40 Bunny's Crazy Clan This is John Martin & Sarah Jane Woodruff. Sarah left John after only 3 monthes of marriage & he sued her for divorce. - Info obtained from court documents. ** ?? If the above note is true -- how was dau Parle Smith born in 1862 -- 5 years later ?? -- possibly a different mother ?? ** - on 3/17/1866 Hop Co KY Sarah mar. 2nd husband H C Breshears - on 6/23/1869 Hop Co KY Sarah mar. Senate N Laffoon 1/6/1842 - 7/17/1915 both Hop Co KY - S/O George Washington Laffoon 6/30/1810 Pendleton Co, SC - 1913 & Lucinda Julian 1814 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - 1847 - S/O Rutherford Laffoon 6/11/1782 Surry Co, NC - 2/26/1876 & Sarah Hill 6/1/1792 SC - 10/7/1852 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY KY Hopkins Co deaths: Name Date Age Cert Saffon, Senate 07/17/1915 073 17077 KY Hopkins Co deaths: Name Date Age Cert Laffoon, Sarah C 01/16/1914 073 01492 son Ambrus A Laffoon 4/1870 KY son John H Laffoon 3/1873 KY dau Nancy E Laffoon 1876 KY son Benjamin T Woodruff 3/4/1842 - 5/29/1919 both Hop Co, KY - on 2/13/1865 Hop Co, KY mar. Martha A Simpson - d. bef 1880 KY Hopkins Co deaths: Name Date Age Cert Woodruff, Benjamin 2 05/29/1919 077 16172 dau Mahala Ella Woodruff 1/7/1840 Hop Co, KY - 5/17/1917 - on 11/6/1865 Hop Co, KY mar. George W Carroll son Robert W B Woodruff 1845 KY - 1864 - on 10/27/1863 Hop Co, KY mar. Elizabeth Alexander son Ambrose Gordon Woodruff 6/16/1848 - 10/1/1919 both Hop Co, KY - on 9/9/1872 Hop Co, KY mar. Mary L F Hughes 1858 son George Faulls Woodruff 6/9/1891 Hop Co, KY - 1/25/1956 - on 10/1/1914 Hop Co KY mar. Mary Jane Camplin 3/8/1896 - 1/26/1982 both Hop Co KY son William Richard Gordon Woodruff 12/3/1915 - 12/5/1915 both Hop Co, KY son Albert Luke Woodruff 9/19/1892 Hop Co, KY - 2/19/1970 - on 5/13/1912 Hop Co KY mar. Ermine Ethel Chaney 9/12/1895 Todd Co, KY - 9/29/1975 son Paul Woodruff 11/7/1916 - 11/7/1916 Hop Co, KY son Henry Richard Crabtree Woodruff 1/25/1895 - 4/4/1972 both Hop Co, KY - on 8/5/1916 Hop Co KY mar. Rillie Ezil Sizerlie Butler 12/11/1894 - 12/6/1987 both Hop Co KY - D/O Benjamin Franklin Butler, Jr. & Lydia A Dunbar ??? Stillborn Woodruff 4/4/1917 - 4/4/1917 both Hop Co, KY son Monon Woodruff 10/2/1922 - 10/2/1922 both Hop Co, KY dau Dorothy Woodruff 10/2/1924 - 10/2/1924 both Hop Co, KY son Luther Woodruff 10/7/1925 Hopkins Co, KY - 6/12/2000 dau Lora M Woodruff 4/18/1930 - 9/22/1987 both Hop Co, KY KY Hopkins Co cemeteries: Woodruff Ambrose Gordon 6-16-1848 10-1-1919 s/o Levi Woodruff & Elizabeth Ann R Laffoon KY Hopkins Co deaths: Name Date Age Cert Woodruff, Ambrose 10/01/1919 071 27607 son John Ray Woodruff 2/2/1851 - 8/17/1914 both Hop Co, KY - on 9/22/1898 Hop Co KY mar. Minnie Keeling 12/13/1882 Todd Co, KY - 6/16/1954 Central City, KY dau Nancy M Woodruff 1852 KY - 5/2/1918 Hop Co, KY - on 12/23/1880 Hop Co, KY mar. James C Smith KY Hopkins Co deaths: Name Date Age Cert Smith, Nan O 05/02/1918 066 13214 dau Parthena Frances Woodruff 9/22/1855 - 6/1929 both Hop Co, KY - on 5/4/1885 Hop Co, KY mar. John W Dearing - d. bef 1900 dau Bertha Dearing 4/1886 KY son Preston Norsworth Woodruff 1858 KY - on 12/21/1878 Hop Co KY mar. Addia Smith 1859 KY son Henry Briton Woodruff 7/9/1861 KY - on 5/12/1884 Hop Co, KY mar. Jenny Lunsden son Wilkerson Bostick Laffoon 8/26/1820 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - 9/2/1904 Hopkins Co, KY - on 3/25/1841 Hop Co KY mar. Parthenia Woodruff 8/26/1824 - 4/23/1891 both in Hopkins Co, KY - dau of Samuel Nathaniel Woodruff 1766 Hopkins Co, KY - 1845 and Mary Dinsmore 1774 Hopkins Co, KY - son of Nathaniel Woodruff Jr. b. bet 1740-1753 Augusta Co, VA - d. bef 1853 and 'Unknown Mother' KY marriage index: Marriage Record for Wilkison B. LAFFOON Spouse: Parthena Woodruff Date: 25 Mar 1841 B/G: Groom County and State: Hopkins Co. KY son N Travis Laffoon 3/30/1845 - 5/6/1863 both in Hopkins Co, KY son John Rutherford Laffoon 4/12/1848 Hopkins Co, KY - 5/9/1928 Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY - on 8/5/1873 Hop Co KY mar. Tinzie Jane Sanders 12/8/1855 - 12/7/1941 Hop Co KY - dau of William Riley Sanders 1836 Pike Co, KY and Lucy Jane Vickery 1836 AL KY Hopkins Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Saffron, John B. Sanders, Tuisey J. 8/5/1873 TT35 321 KY Hopkins Co deaths: Name Date Age Cert Laffoon, John 05/09/1928 080 12462 dau Mahala Catherine Laffoon 7/17/1861 - 11/8/1924 both in Hopkins Co, KY - on 7/20/1879 in Hopkins Co, KY married Allen W Laffoon 1850 Hopkins Co, KY - bet 1872-1884 - son of John Nash Laffoon 9/9/1826 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - 10/27/1899 Hopkins Co, KY and Sarah E Woodruff 12/16/1829 KY - 1/17/1919 Hopkins Co, KY - son of Rutherford Laffoon 6/11/1782 Surry Co, NC - 2/26/1876 and Sarah Hill 6/1/1792 SC - 10/7/1852 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - dau of Samuel Nathaniel Woodruff 1766 Hopkins Co, KY - 1845 and Mary Dinsmore 1774 Hopkins Co, KY - son of Nathaniel Woodruff Jr. b. bet 1740-1753 Augusta Co, VA - d. bef 1853 and 'Unknown Mother' KY Hopkins Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Laffoon, A W Laffoon, M C 07/20/1879 TT124 324 KY Hopkins Co deaths: Name Date Age Cert Laffoon, Catherine 11/08/1924 063 27493 dau Martha Mildred Laffoon 6/9/1863 KY - 8/25/1933 - on 10/19/1879 in Hopkins Co, KY married William Noah Todd 6/28/1858 KY - 1933 - son of William Todd 3/4/1808 KY - 9/16/1881 and Evalina Fox 1816 Hopkins Co, KY - 4/5/1903 - son of Joshua Todd - d. 1826 Madison Co, KY and Elizabeth Palmer 1773 Sussex Co, NJ - 1840 - dau of Noah Fox 1776 Shenandoah, VA - bef 1860 Hopkins Co, KY and Cynthia Laffoon 1781 Surry Co, NC - 12/24/1860 Dobson, Surry, NC KY Hopkins Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Todd, William N Laffoon, Martha M 10/19/1879 TT124 371 dau Alice P Todd 11/1886 KY dau Myrtie M Todd 4/1889 KY son Noah G Todd 6/1893 KY dau Rosa L Todd 6/1894 KY dau Lillie N Todd 12/1898 KY son Dillard Lee Laffoon 8/4/1866 - 9/9/1920 both in Hopkins Co, KY - on 10/23/1897 in Hopkins Co, KY married Dallas Izora Penecost 4/17/1877 - 12/18/1951 son Robert Wilkerson Laffoon 12/22/1850 KY - 8/20/1889 - on 3/1/1872 in Hopkins Co, KY married Eliza Virginia Stokes 7/31/1858 KY - 3/17/1917 KY Hopkins Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Laffoon, R.M. Stokes, Jenni 1 Mar 1872 TT34 383 dau Ida Leora Laffoon 1873 KY - on 1/6/1892 in Hopkins Co, KY married George W Hibbs son Charles Laffoon 1879 KY son Wiley Elbert Laffoon 1821 KY - aft 1880 - on 9/15/1855 in Hopkins Co, KY married Martha J Dixon 1835 Hopkins Co, KY - ** See marriage record ** dau Sarah E Laffoon 4/11/1858 Hopkins Co, KY - ** See birth record journal ** ----------------------------------- - on 1/30/1872 in Hopkins Co, KY married Melissa Paralee Sisk KY Hopkins Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Laffoon, Wilky E. Sisk, M.P. 30 Jan 1872 TT34 349 ?? --Must be another Laffoon----found Wiley & Martha J on 1860, 1870, and 1880 census ----------------------------------- son John Nash Laffoon 9/9/1826 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - 10/27/1899 Hopkins Co, KY - on 9/8/1845 in Hopkins Co, KY married Sarah E Woodruff 12/16/1829 KY - 1/17/1919 Hopkins Co, KY -- ** See Will KY marriage index: Marriage Record for John LAFFOON Spouse: Sarah E Woodruff Date: 8 Sep 1845 B/G: Groom County and State: Hopkins Co. KY KY Hopkins Co deaths: Name Date Age Cert Loffoon, Sarah 01/31/1919 089 01908 - 1900 census lists Sarah E (Woodruff) Laffoon as age 70, widowed, had 6 children-3 still living - she had 5 grandsons living with her son Thomas N Laffoon 1847 KY son James Howard Laffoon 5/14/1848 KY - 12/2/1931 Hopkins Co, KY -- ** See death certificate son Allen W Laffoon 1850 Hopkins Co, KY - bet 1872-1884 - on 12/16/1872 in Hopkins Co, KY married Louisa Clark 1848 KY - dau of Isaiah Clark 1815 - 1882 and Jane Page 1814 - 1902 - Jane had a sister Martha 1809 - 1894 - married Robert Woodruff 1809 - 1885 - son of George W Clark and Eunice Franklin Louisa's siblings: bro James D Clark 1840 KY sis Nancy Jane Clark 1842 KY, - on 11/6/1862 in Hopkins Co, KY married Joseph S Summers bro Aaron J Clark 1846 KY, - on 9/2/1866 in Hopkins Co, KY married Dicy E Clark 1849 KY - dau of Matthew M Clark 1823 KY and Rebecca Shannon Mason 1824 TN - son of George W Clark and Eunice Franklin KY Hopkins Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Laffoon, Allen W. Clark, Louisa 12/16/1872 TT35 137 - on 7/20/1879 Hop Co KY mar. Mahala Catherine Laffoon 7/17/1861 - 11/8/1924 both Hop Co KY - dau of Wilkerson Bostick Laffoon 8/26/1820 Earlington, Hop Co KY - 9/2/1904 Hop Co KY and Parthenia Woodruff 8/26/1824 - 4/23/1891 both in Hopkins Co, KY - son of Rutherford Laffoon 6/11/1782 Surry Co, NC - 2/26/1876 and Sarah Hill 6/1/1792 SC - 10/7/1852 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - dau of Samuel Nathaniel Woodruff 1766 Hopkins Co, KY - 1845 and Mary Dinsmore 1774 Hopkins Co, KY KY Hopkins Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Laffoon, A W Laffoon, M C 07/20/1879 TT124 324 KY Hopkins Co deaths: Name Date Age Cert Laffoon, Catherine 11/08/1924 063 27493 dau Maricters E Laffoon 1857 KY son William Demescus 'Dixon' Laffoon 7/25/1866 Hopkins Co, KY - 6/10/1945 Compton, Los Angeles Co, CA - ** See death certificate ** - on 11/14/1928 in Orange Co, CA married Sarah Ross dau Nancy Malinda Laffoon 6/11/1828 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - 10/23/1921 Ohio Co, KY - ** See death certificate ** - on 6/11/1849 in Hopkins Co, KY married Uriel Smith - d. bef 10/23/1921 - ** See marriage record ** KY marriage index: Marriage Record for Nancy Malinda LAFFOON Spouse: Uriel Smith Date: 11 Jun 1849 B/G: Bride County and State: Hopkins Co. KY son Alexander Campbell Laffoon 1834 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - on 12/16/1851 in Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY married Altha Lydia Fox 1832 KY - bef 3/18/1868 - (when Alexander married Frances Branch Sander - see below) - dau of George Washington Fox 10/15/1800 Hopkins Co, KY and Mary Ann Polly Wyatt 1806 KY - 7/13/1857 Hopkins Co, KY - son of Noah Fox 1776 Shenandoah, VA - bef 1860 Hopkins Co, KY and Cynthia Laffoon 1781 Surry Co, NC - 12/24/1860 Dobson, Surry, NC - dau of George Wyatt Sr. 1764 SC - 10/29/1855 and Delilah Nations 1767 NC KY marriage index: Marriage Record for Alexander C LAFFOON Spouse: Altha Lme Fox Date: 16 Dec 1851 B/G: Groom County and State: Hopkins Co. KY son George R Laffoon 1853 KY dau Sarah E Laffoon 1855 KY son William J Laffoon 1858 KY - on 3/18/1868 in Caldwell Co, KY married Frances Branch Sander 3/1835 TN - 1910 census lists her as age 77,widowed,had 3 children-2 living son Demetries Laffoon 11/1871 KY - 1900 census lists him as age 28,single,living with mother Fannie B - 1910 census lists him as age 33,divorced,living with mother Fannie B son Dansit Laffoon 1874 KY
  Family ID	F1510	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Malvina Mason-xx
  Marriage	25 Oct 1855	Hopkins Co, KY   [10, 11]
  Family ID	F1511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 01 Jan 1782 - Surry Co, NC Census - age 16-25(26?), spouse age 16-25(19), 2 children - 1810 - Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 26-44(36), spouse age 26-44(29), 7 children - 1820 - Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 40-49(46), spouse age 30-39(39), 6 children - 1830 - Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 50-59(56), spouse age 40-49(49), 6 children - 1840 - Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 66,wife Sarah-age 59, 2 children & 2 grandchildren - 1850 - District 1, Hopkins Co, KY Census-State - age 66,wife Sarah - 1850 - District 1, Hopkins Co, KY Marriage - 25 Oct 1855 - Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 78,living with son John Nash-age 33, & family - 1860 - Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY Death - 26 Feb 1876 - Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY Burial - - Carbondale, Hopkins Co, KY  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  - 1850 census lists Henry J-age 19 and Polly-age 15---they are grandchildren---children of George Washington Laffoon and Lucinda Julian--according to 1850 state census annotated ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ found at findagrave.com on 7/22/2023 Rutherford Laffoon Birth: 11 Jun 1782 North Carolina, USA Death: 28 Feb 1876 (aged 93) Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA Burial: Suthards Cemetery, Earlington, Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA Memorial #: 42714040 Bio: The Boonville Enquirer (Boonville, Indiana) 18 Mar 1876, SatPage 1Madisonville Times: Another of our old people has passed away. Mr. Rutherford Laffoon, an old citizen, died a few days since. He was over ninety-five years old. His descendants, children, grand-children, great-grand-children are said to number nearly three hundred. Family Members Spouse Sarah Hill Laffoon 1791-1853 Children Lucinda Laffoon Sanford William Travis Laffoon 1816-1892 Wilkerson Bostic Laffoon 1820-1904 John Nash Laffoon 1826-1899 Maintained by: Remembrance of Days Past (49200554) Originally Created by: Wilton Golson (46944807) Added: 5 Oct 2009 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42714040/rutherford-laffoon Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42714040/rutherford-laffoon: accessed 22 July 2023), memorial page for Rutherford Laffoon (11 Jun 1782-28 Feb 1876), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42714040, citing Suthards Cemetery, Earlington, Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Remembrance of Days Past (contributor 49200554). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ found at findagrave.com bef 7/22/2023 Rutherford Laffoon ** This memorial has been merged ** Birth: Jan. 1, 1782 Death: Feb. 26, 1876 Family links: Children: William Travis Laffoon (1816 - 1892)* Wilkerson Bostic Laffoon (1820 - 1904)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Suthards Cemetery Hopkins County Kentucky, USA Created by: graveseeker Record added: Dec 27, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 45847733 ** This memorial has been merged ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

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  [S25] Findagrave.com. [S3] 1810 United States Federal Census. [S4] 1820 United States Federal Census. [S5] 1830 United States Federal Census. [S6] 1840 United States Federal Census. [S7] 1850 United States Federal Census. [S30] KY,Hopkins Co,1850 Census. [S8] 1860 United States Federal Census. [S18] Birth Record Journal. [S41] Marriage License. [S42] Marriage Record Journal.