Puffer Genealogy

MCKAUGHAN, John Westley[1]

Male 1802 - 1866  (63 years)


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  • Name MCKAUGHAN, John Westley 
    Birth Oct 1802  KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
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    Death 22 Feb 1866  Clay County, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Hoosier Prairie, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20591  Puffers
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2020 

    Father MCKAUGHAN, Archibald Jr.,   b. 1735, Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother MERCER, Jane,   b. Abt 1750   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F3681  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • JOHN WESTLEY McKAUGHAN: married SARAH COLLETT 29 July 1824, Wayne County, Kentucky.
      1830 Pulaski County, Kentucky census
      JOHN W. McKAHAN

      1 male over 20 under 30 (John W.)
      2 females under 5
      1 female over 5 under 10
      1 female over 20 under 30 (Sarah
      In 1840, John W. McKaughan and family were in Breckenridge County, Kentucky.
      1850 Clay County, IL census:

      1850 Census, Clay Co., IL

      Last Name First Name Age Sex Occupation State of Birth
      McKAUGHAN, John 48 M Farmer Kentucky
      Sarah 44 F Kentucky
      Isabel 18 F Kentucky
      George 14 M IL
      Bernetta 12 F IL
      Margaret 10 F IL
      John 6 M IL
      Mariah 2 F IL

      One of the older girls must have been gone by this time. The name Westley was very important for some reason several generations in Kentucky. We found it given to several children.
      One of these boys was killed during the Civil War.
      supplied by:
      Pulaski and Breckenridge census
      Nancy Van Antwerp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1983
      Breckenridge County Courthouse

  • Sources 
    1. [S13] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM) REPO: @R1@.