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Generation No. 4

4.....REESE KASH (CALEB (3), JAMES (2), JOHN (1) was born 1843 in Owingsville, Bath Co., KY and died 1887 in Slate Valley, Bath Co., KY. He married LAURA ANN SWETNAM abt. 1866 in Owingsville, KY, daughter of JOHN SWETNAM and REBECCA OSBORNE.

Notes for REESE KASH:
12 June 1880-Census of Bath Co., KY shows Reese Kash M-W-37 as head of household (Entry 228, p. 28, Sup Dist. No. 5, Enumeration Dist 6). Wife is Laura W-F-30 whose father was born in Virginia, mother born in KY. Living with them at that time were Curtis W-M-8, Bruce W-M-5, Lou W-F-3, as son, son and daughter, and William Kash, W-M-18, a neighbor who was married and shown as a farm laborer. A B-F-13 whose name can not be read was shown as a servant.

2 July 1860-Census of Free Inhabitants in Morgan Co., KY shows Caleb Kash, his wife Mary (Polly Ann) and their children: Joseph (21), Mason 20 (who is John Mason), Elizabeth (18), and Raney (16) (which could be the middle name of Reese, since the 1844 birth date coincides. Note also use of Mason, the middle name of John Mason, in the census. Reese Reney Kash could well be Reese Rene Kash.

More about REESE KASH:
Fact 1: 1850 Census shows "Rice" as a 7 year old son of Caleb Kash
Fact 2: M. Laura Swetnam

Notes for LAURA ANN SWETNAM:
Somewhere in the notes of Reis Rene Kash is a description of Laura A. Swetnam and her farm where his father, Reis C. Kash, visited.

Ltr. Reis C. Kash to Sag Kash, 20 Aug 1936:
1) "My grandmother (Laura Swetnam), who is nearly 90 years old, still lives at Owingsville, KY...a few miles from Mt. Sterling. She was a Swetnam before her marriage. My father and mother (Carlton Kash and Lilly Johnson Kash) lived there until his death when I was two years old, which was about 29 years ago. [i.e., about 1906 or 1907]. After that we went to Illinois where I went to school and had various jobs after graduating. I was on a fraternal publication in Peoria, IL for a year and then with a manufacturing company at Bloomington for four or five years, then Kentucky again on the {Somerset} Journal. [was advertising manager with the manufacturing company.] Wanted to study medicine but could not afford to do so.

Ltr, not dated, from retired teacher Clara Arnold, who referred to "Aunt Laura [Swetnam], to Reis C. Kash.
1) An ancient Saxon family in England before the Norman Conquest. In 1691 the line had been established through 22 generation. Late in 17th Century, about 1692, a Lord Neri Sweetenham had a son, John, who married an actress and came to America, settling in Stafford Co., VA. Their grandson, John Swetnam, married Laurah Ticklin (Fickland) in 1772. Their son, Neri Swetnam (20 Nov 1777-7 Jan 1862) married Mildred Cross on 25 Dec 1803. Her dates may be 20 May 1778-20 July 1860). Neri and Mildred Swetnam migrated from Culpepper Co., VA to Lawrence Co. KY in 1819 and purchased an "immense boundary of land" on Blaine. He was a man of wealth and fine manners, entertained a president, probably Monroe. Neri and Mildred Cross Swetnam had eight children - one of them the [great grand father of Reis C. Kash] John James Swetnam (10 Jun 1811- 18 Aug 1898) who in 1840 married Rebecca Osborne (11 Sep 1820-1 Apr 1864). In 1863, John James Swetnam moved to Bath Co., KY and purchased land. Also owned 1000 acres in Red River Valley, Morgan and Wolfe Counties. John and Rebecca are buried in Owingsville Cemetery. They had eleven children - James, Louise, Isaac, Laura Ann (29 Jan 1849-9 Oct 1937) who married Reese Kash (1841-18??) and are buried in the same lot with her mother and father. [The father of Reis C. Kash] is also buried in the Owingsville Cemetery "and there was a place for your mother." Children of Laura Ann Swetnam and Reese Kash are: Curtis, Alta, Bruce (Laura's death cert. signed by one Brutus Kash), Carl (Carleton?), whom Aunt Laura called "Carlee." Carl, Carleton or Carlee married Lily Johnson, 09 Oct 1886-20 Oct 1945 [parents George Johnson and Rhoda (Jones?) of KY] and "Aunt Laura never got over his death. He was so young." They had one son - you. [Note-there is no mention of another Carleton/Lily Kash child, though the 1910 census shows there was one.]

Aunt Laura and your father owned a pretty farm where the little village of Slate Valley is now. She sold the front part for building lots. Then she finally sold the rest of the farm. The house burned later. It was very beautiful down there. Aunt Laura was a great person, a fine lady. All young people loved her. She had a vast store of tales regarding Civil War days, the tricks she pulled, and about the young men who courted her. A widow for 50 years, she had more than her share of sorrow.

John James Swetnam married a second time, her name Clarinda Elkins Moore, first cousin once removed to Rebecca Osborne. Three children-Mary Alice Swetnam, writer's (Clara Arnold) mother.

One of Aunt Laura's sisters, Nora Francis (22 Dec 1855-7 Nov 1932) m. Dr. Oliver Kash in 1882 in Bath and are buried at Carlisle, KY. They had one son, Dr. Clarence Kash, who married Lula Sagaser. Clarence is dead. Didn't you meet their son, Sagaser Kash.

Census of 1900 for Owingsville Magisterial District No. 5., Bath Co., shows Laura Kash and head of household, born Jan 1848, then 52 years of age, mother of four children of whom four lived, with Bruce (Brutus?) then 25 and Carlton, then 17, living in the home. She was a farmer.

Swettenham Coat of Arms-(Unk) on a bend su, three spades of the ...first. Crest a porcupine's head erased azure, gutee arg. armed and collared, or. Motto Ex sudore vultus. Estate-situated in Sweetenham (being a township itself) possessed by family prior to Norman Conquest, Seat Sweetenham Hall, Chesire. William Rufus had a confirmation of the estate. Fr Burke's Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 1, p. 640 from Dr. Roy M. Kash.

See Letter, Sag Kash to Reis Kash 1966, which contains a replica of the Swetnam legend. Also "Neri Swetnam is a family name. A later Neri Swetnam was the brother of my Grandmother Kash and your Father's Grandmother Kash. Also reflects some data about Peter, Lord of Swettenham (circa 1216).

More about LAURA ANN SWETNAM:
Fact 1: June 12, 1880 Census shows living with Reese Kash and Family. Parents, John Swetnam and Rebecca Osborne POB Virginia.

Children of REESE KASH and LAURA SWETNAM are:
.......i. CURTIS (5) KASH: b. 1872. June 12, 1880 Census of Bath Co., KY shows living with Reese ..........and Laura Kash, age 8 POB KY
.......ii. JAMES KASH: b. Sept 1874. June 19, 1900 Census of Bath Co., shows living with Reese ..........and Laura Kash, age 5, POB KY
.......iii. LOU KASH: b. 1877. June 12, 1880 Census of Bath Co., shows living with Reese and Laura ..........Kash, age 3 POB KY
5.......iv. CARLTON KASH: b. Nov 1882, Bath Co., KY. d. abt. 1905, Bath Co., KY. Married ..........LILLIE JOHNSON, abt. 1904, Flemmingburg, Flemming Co., KY ?.

Notes for CARLTON KASH:
Census of 1910 (Fleming Co., KY) 16 April 1910 shows 21 year old Lillie Cash daughter of George and Rhoda Johnson, widowed, living with them on Johnson's farm with her two brothers (18 and 9) and her son Reese Cash, age 4. The record reflects that she had two children, one of whom died.

Ltr., Reis C. Kash to Sag Kash, 20 Aug 1936-[Carlton and Lily Kash] lived on the farm of Laura Swetnam Kash at Owingsville, near Mt. Sterling, unitl his heath when I was about 2 years old [i.e. until about 1906-1907].

1900 Census of Bath Co., Owingsville Magistrial District No. 5, sheet 17, dated 19 June 1900 reflects:

Laura Kash, head of household. A W-F born Jan 1848, then 52 years of age, widow, mother of four children, all living, POB of Laura and both parents shown as Kentucky [note Laura Kash's death certificate shows POB both parents as VA], and can read and write. Also in the home were:
1. Bruce Kash -son, W-M-Sep 1874 (then 25 years old, single and a farm laborer) [note: could be .....Brutus Kash who signed death cert. of Laura Swetnam as informant.]
2. Carlton Kash -son, W-M-Nov 1882, then 17 and single.

More about CARLTON KASH:
Fact 1: June 19, 1890, Census of Bath Co., KY shows living with Family head Laura Kash. Age 17 POB KY.

Notes for LILLIE JOHNSON:
Thirteenth Census of US: 1910, Fleming Co., KY Sheet 2B, Enumeration District No. 58, Supervisor's District No. 9 (Grange City and Wyoming Turnpike), entry no. 8131 (document on hand).

Johnson, George-Head. M-W-53 married 29 years., b. KY., Parents b. KY, Eng. speaking, General Farmer. (Remainder Illegible).
Johnson, Rhoda-wife, F-W-46, married 29 years b. KY, parents b. KY, Eng. speaking, no occupation. Mother of five children all living.

Cash, Lillie-daughter F-W-21, widowed. Mother of two children, one living. B. KY, Parents b. KY, No employment/trade.

Cash, Reese-Grandson. M-W-4 years of age. Single.

Johnson, Samuel-son. M-W-18 Single Farm laborer-home farm.
Johnson, Roy -son. M-W-9. Single. Farm laborer-home farm.

More about LILLIE JOHNSON:
Fact 1: 1910 Census shows Lillie Cash (sic) living with George Johnson in Fleming Co., KY
Fact 2: 1910 Census shows Lillie age 21, widow with two children, one living.
Fact 3: 1910 Census shows Reese Cash, age 4, with Lillie Cash

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