1829 Anna Crosby and John Wherry were married on December 30 in Mason County, Kentucky. [1] Reason Downing was bondsman. [2]
1849 The final settlement George Crosby named heirs, Joseph Crosby, Ann wife of John D. Wherry of Shelby County, Indiana, John Crosby, Elizabeth wife of Sanders Reed of Ohio, brothers & sisters of deceased. William Crosby, a brother of said decd. died while a minor? a number of years since leaving Jacob S. Crosby of Putnam County Ind. and Mary wife of John Crosby of Kentucky, his children. [3]
1850 Ann Wherry (age 40, born Virginia) lived in Richland Twp, Clinton County, Ohio with Nancy (age 18), George (age 17), Joseph (age 14), Sarah (age 10), and Thomas (age 6). [4]
1857 William Downing and Nancy F. Wherry were married on March 19 in Clinton County, Ohio. [5]
1916 Mrs. Nancy L. Downing, widowed daughter of John Wherry and Anna Crosby, died in Old Washington, Mason County, Kentucky. [6]
A biosketch of son-in-law Downing reports [7]:
On the 19th of March, 1857, Mr. Downing laid the foundation of a happy wedded life by his marriage to Miss Nancy F. Wherry, who was born in Highland county, Ohio, on the 12th of March, 1831. She was the daughter of John and Ann (Crosby) Wherry, and the latter was of English parentage although reared in Mason county. Mrs. Downing's father, John Wherry, was born August 17, 1805, near Russelville, Brown county, Ohio, and he died February 7, 1848, in Clinton county. His wife survived him for ten years, her demise occurring March 20, 1858. In their family were the following children: Nancy F., widow of William Downing, who resides at the old' home on Link Pike, Washington precinct; George W., born December 22, 1833, who resides with Mrs. Downing; Joseph S., born January 18, 1836, and residing at Modesto, California; Sarah C., born November 4, 1838, and died March 18, 1858; Robert Alexander, born November 4. 1841, and died April 21, 1898; and Thomas B., born February 28,1844, and died March 25, 1858. Robert Alexander, mentioned previously, resided in Falls City, Nebraska. He was a prominent man, a Republican, and represented his county several times in the state legislature.
[1] Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979, [FamilySearchRecord].
[2] KyGenWeb, Mason County, Kentucky Groom Index, website no longer online.
[3] No longer online, Crosby documents.
[4] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[6] Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[7] E. Polk Johnson, A history of Kentucky and Kentuckians, Vol. 3 (1912), 1473, [HathiTrust].