*First name shown as "Donna" on death certificate; "Dona" on headstone and on 1887 marriage license.
Dona Barber married John Absher 30 Dec 1887 in Sumner Co, TN. The marriage license was issued on 29 Dec 1887 in Gallatin, and was solemnized on 30 Dec. by D.W. Barber, JP.
Birth & death dates, locations, and parent links from her Warren County, KY, death certificate. The informant was her son, Newt Absher.
**NOTE: Death certificates, like all other vital records, are subject to error.
If she was born in 1872, she would have been about 15 in 1877 when she married John Absher.∼According to the research of contributor Bob Law (#46934054), Fredonia was not born a Barber, rather was a daughter of Ellie Ann Denning and her first husband, Lycurgus M. Hobdy. Census enumerations confirm this, however, her maiden name of record is that of her apparent stepfather, William Barber. Whether use of his surname was a matter of personal choice or formal adoption is not known, however it appears to be the maiden name she used, therefore it is listed as such on this memorial. The burial place of Lycurgus "King" Hobdy remains unknown.
Dona Barber married John Absher 30 Dec 1887 in Sumner Co, TN. The marriage license was issued on 29 Dec 1887 in Gallatin, and was solemnized on 30 Dec. by D.W. Barber, JP.
Birth & death dates, locations, and parent links from her Warren County, KY, death certificate. The informant was her son, Newt Absher.
**NOTE: Death certificates, like all other vital records, are subject to error.
If she was born in 1872, she would have been about 15 in 1877 when she married John Absher.∼According to the research of contributor Bob Law (#46934054), Fredonia was not born a Barber, rather was a daughter of Ellie Ann Denning and her first husband, Lycurgus M. Hobdy. Census enumerations confirm this, however, her maiden name of record is that of her apparent stepfather, William Barber. Whether use of his surname was a matter of personal choice or formal adoption is not known, however it appears to be the maiden name she used, therefore it is listed as such on this memorial. The burial place of Lycurgus "King" Hobdy remains unknown.
*First name shown as "Donna" on death certificate; "Dona" on headstone and on 1887 marriage license.
Dona Barber married John Absher 30 Dec 1887 in Sumner Co, TN. The marriage license was issued on 29 Dec 1887 in Gallatin, and was solemnized on 30 Dec. by D.W. Barber, JP.
Birth & death dates, locations, and parent links from her Warren County, KY, death certificate. The informant was her son, Newt Absher.
**NOTE: Death certificates, like all other vital records, are subject to error.
If she was born in 1872, she would have been about 15 in 1877 when she married John Absher.∼According to the research of contributor Bob Law (#46934054), Fredonia was not born a Barber, rather was a daughter of Ellie Ann Denning and her first husband, Lycurgus M. Hobdy. Census enumerations confirm this, however, her maiden name of record is that of her apparent stepfather, William Barber. Whether use of his surname was a matter of personal choice or formal adoption is not known, however it appears to be the maiden name she used, therefore it is listed as such on this memorial. The burial place of Lycurgus "King" Hobdy remains unknown.
Dona Barber married John Absher 30 Dec 1887 in Sumner Co, TN. The marriage license was issued on 29 Dec 1887 in Gallatin, and was solemnized on 30 Dec. by D.W. Barber, JP.
Birth & death dates, locations, and parent links from her Warren County, KY, death certificate. The informant was her son, Newt Absher.
**NOTE: Death certificates, like all other vital records, are subject to error.
If she was born in 1872, she would have been about 15 in 1877 when she married John Absher.∼According to the research of contributor Bob Law (#46934054), Fredonia was not born a Barber, rather was a daughter of Ellie Ann Denning and her first husband, Lycurgus M. Hobdy. Census enumerations confirm this, however, her maiden name of record is that of her apparent stepfather, William Barber. Whether use of his surname was a matter of personal choice or formal adoption is not known, however it appears to be the maiden name she used, therefore it is listed as such on this memorial. The burial place of Lycurgus "King" Hobdy remains unknown.
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