Nancy RASNICK1,2,3

15th Aug 18231,2,3 - 15th Jul 18893

Life History

15th Aug 1823	Born in Russell County, Virginia.1,2,3
27th Sep 1857	Birth of daughter Sarah SKEENES in Virginia.4,3,1,2,5
about 1862	Birth of daughter Mary SKEEN in Virginia.1
about 1865	Birth of son Charles SKEEN in Virginia.1
15th Jul 1889	Died in Hillsboro, Fleming, Kentucky.3
after 15th Jul 1889	Buried in Skeen Mountain Cemetery, Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky.3

Other facts

Married David Alexander SKEEN

Notes

1880 Federal Census, Fleming County, Kentucky, 7 June, District 28, page 9 (scan 458A), Hse/Fam #76
Skeans, David A W M 55 Head Farmer VA SC VA [b abt 1825]
Skeans, Nancy M W F 55 Wife Keeping House VA -- VA [b abt 1825]
Skeans, Sariah [Sarah] W F 22 Dau Single VA VA VA [b abt 1858]
Skeans, Mary W F 18 Dau Single VA VA VA [b abt 1862]
Skeans, Charly W M 15 Son Single VA VA VA [b abt 1865]
Skeans, Wesley W M 1 Grandson KY KY VA [b abt 1879]

The child Wesley is the daughter of Sarah )Sariah). He later went by John Wesley Gregory, adopted by his stepfather Jefferson Preston Gregory, after Sarah's marriage. No information is available on Wesley's biological father.

We learned Nancy's maiden name from her daughter Sarah's death certificate.

Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1964
Sarah Gregory Maddox [Sarah Gregory Skeens]
Housewife, Widow
Father David A Skeens, born Virginia
Mother Nancy Rasnick, born Virginia
Informant Mrs Allie Gross, Indiana
Death 70, Birth abt 1858 Virginia
Death 26 September 1928 Fleming County, Kentucky, USA
Cause of Death Interruption of Bowels and Peritonitis Following
Burial 28 September 1928 Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky, by Yantis and Stewart Funeral Home, Flemingsburg, Kentucky
Certificate #24652 filed 27 September 1928

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Nancy Rasnick Skeen
Birth Aug 15, 1823 Russell County, Virginia, USA
Death Jul 15, 1889 Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky, USA

Parents:
Jacob Rasnick (1788 - 1863)
Judith Finney Rasnick (1794 - 1867)

Spouse David Alexander Skeen (1824 - 1922)
Children:
Zilliah Addie Rasnick Browning
Zillah Adk Skeens Browning (1846 - 1918)
Emmett Thomas Skeen (1849 - 1925)
Jasper Newton Skeen (1851 - 1936)
Elijah Skeens (1854 - 1909)
Sarah Skeans Gregory (1857 - 1928)

Siblings:
Elijah Stephen Rasnick (1814 - 1897)
Juliana Rasnick Skeens (1815 - ____)
George Rasnake (1817 - 1897)
Johnson Rasnick (1819 - ____)
James Harvey Rasnick (1820 - ____)
John M. Preston Rasnick (1821 - 1864)
Phoebe Rasnick (1823 - ____)
Thomas Carrell Rasnick (1826 - ____)
Elizabeth Rasnick Litton (1828 - ____)
Gabriel Lafayette Rasnick (1830 - ____)
Charles W. Creed Rasnake (1832 - ____)
Jasper Newton Rasnick (1834 - ____)

Burial Skeen Mountain Cemetery, Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky, USA

Created by Audrey Oct 13, 2000
-- Find A Grave Memorial #43036225, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43036225
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Sources

1. 1880 Federal Census, Fleming County, Kentucky
- 7 June, District 28, page 9 (scan 458A), Hse/Fam #76
2. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1964
3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
4. Kentucky 1910 Miracode Index
5. 1920 Federal Census, Casey County, Kentucky
- 13 January, Butchertown, District 53, page 9A, Hse #169, Fam #173