Return to Fayette County, KY.
Edmund Waller was born in 1778 in Spotsylvania County, VA
and died in
his home near Keene, Jessamine County, KY. He lived in both Woodford and
Jessamine
Counties in Kentucky and was Pastor of Mt Pleasant Baptist Church in Keene.
When he was eight years old, he, along with his father, William Edmund
Waller, and other
members of his father’s church, came to Kentucky with what history
calls "the
second wave" of The Traveling Church, settling in the area of
Bryant’s Station
in Fayette County. He married early to Ann Durrett, who lived but a few
months after her
marriage. He afterwards married Betsy Lightfoot, about the year 1800.
He pastored many churches but stayed with the Mt Pleasant church for 32
years and was
buried near there. The biographies of William Edmund Waller and his son
Edmund can be
found in A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS.
The following information was obtained from family records mostly and some
from official
records. If there are any questions or corrections, feel free to contact me
anytime,
email Helen.
1.Edmund and Betsy Lightfoot had issue:
........2. Ava D Waller (?)-1857
........2. William Edmund Waller 1803-1869
by first wife:
............3. Edmund Waller (?)-1887
................4. Fannie Waller 1824-1903
....................5. Bettie McGinnis
....................5. Queenie McGinnis
................4. James K Waller
....................5. James Elizabeth Waller 1884-
....................5. Louise Wilmore Waller 1886-
............3. Thomas Waller1827(?)-1893
................4.(7-8 children)
............3. Eliza Waller
................4. (?) Craig (5 children)
second wife:
............3. Minerva T Waller (?)-1902
................4. Alfred Herring
................4. Joseph Herring
................4. John L Herring
................4. (daughter) Herring (Mrs Roger Riggs)
................4. (daughter2) Herring (Mrs James Bradley)
............3. Ann E Waller
................4. Annie Scearce
....................5. John Scearce Crosswaite
third wife:
............3. Margaret H. Waller 1839-1887
................4. Elizabeth Cowgill
....................5. Eugene Back
........................6. (2 children)
....................5. Lee Back
........................6. (1 child)
....................5. Margaret Back
........................6. (one child) Girty
....................5. Minnie May Back
....................5. Jesse Back
....................5. Waller Back
................4. Ollie T Cowgill
....................5. Myrtle Ritter
.........................6. (3 children) Reisner
....................5. Oscar Ritter
.........................6. ( 3 children)
....................5. Annie Grace Ritter
........................6. ( One child) Blair
................4. Robert Lee Cowgill 1869-1930
by first wife:
....................5. Elmer George Cowgill 1897-19
........................6. Jack Hardwick Cowgill 1917-1971
............................7. John Hardwick Cowgill 1941-1968
............................7. Julia Ann Cowgill 1945-
................................8. John Wilmott Backer Jr 1964-
................................8. Lucy Kendrick Backer 1966-
................................8. Irene Emery Backer 1971-
............................7. William Caskey Cowgill 1948-1964
............................7. Alice Rebecca Cowgill 1950-
........................6. Elmer George Cowgill 1920-1920
........................6. Benjamin Lee Cowgill 1925-
............................7. Bradford Lee Cowgill 1951-
............................7. Lawrence Hardwick Cowgill 1953-
............................7. George Benjamin Cowgill 1955-
second wife:
....................5. Robert L Cowgill 1903-1905
....................5. Raymond E Cowgill 1905-1909
....................5. Norwood Cowgill 1911-
........................6. Norwood Cowgill Jr 1943-
............................7. Kimberly Ann Cowgill 1966
............................7. Cynthia May Cowgill 1970
............................7. Christine Tyleah Cowgill 1971
........................6. Landra Lee Cowgill 1944-
............................7. Kristen Lee Schloss 1968
............................7. Heather Marie Schloss 1971
............................7. Lee
................4. Minnie Cowgill
....................5. Stanley Spencer
....................5. William Spencer
................4. Frank Taylor Cowgill 1871-1942
....................5. Cornelius Vaughn Cowgill 1899-
........................6. Ann Louise Cowgill 1922-
............................7. Louise Ann Lewis 1948-
............................7. Chester Robertson Lewis 1950-
............................7. Barbara Jean Lewis 1953-
............................7. Catherine Vaughn Lewis 1955-
........................6. William Frank Cowgill 1925-
............................7. William Frank Cowgill Jr 1951-
............................7. Thomas Morgan Cowgill 1955-
........................6. Margaret Frances (Peggy) Cowgill 1936
............................7. Paul Cowgill Davis 1961-
............................7. Mark Trabue Davis 1963-
................4. Annie Cowgill
................4. Sallie Cowgill 1875-1952
....................5. Mable Pearl Waltz1896-1982
........................6. Robert Uhls1920-1982
............................7. Michael Uhls
............................7. Thomas Uhls 1948-
............................7. Karen Uhls
........................6. Betty Frances Uhls 1925-
............................7. Peggy Lynne Mitchell 1945-
............................7. Helen Frances Mitchell 1949-
............................7. James Wallace Mitchell 1950-
............................7. Jane Anne Mitchell 1956-
....................5. Irene Waltz 18 -1982
........................6. Jack Conner
............................7. Carol Conner
................................8. Christopher Adams
................................8. Jonathon Adams
................................8. Vanessa Adams
....................5. Frances Waltz
........2. Thomas Waller
............3. Hawkins Waller
............3. James Waller
........2. John Lightfoot Waller (Rev) 1809-1854
............3. Martha Waller
............3. Melissa Waller
............3. Victoria Waller
................4. (son) Covington
................4. (daughter) Covington
........2. Stephen P Waller 1816(?)-1876
by first wife:
............3.Benjamin F Waller (?)-1904
............3. Eliza Waller (?)-1904
................4. (?) Curd
....................5. Linnie Barkley
second wife:
............3. Charles Waller
................4. Frances Waller (Gamboe)
................4. (6 more children)
............3. John L. Waller
............3. Laura Waller
................4. Waller Scott Mitchell 1893-1964
....................5. William Howard Mitchell
........................6. Gil Mitchell
........................6. Timothy Mitchell
........................6. Lyda Mitchell
.....................5. Emmett Ditto Mitchell 1921-1991
........................6. Peggy Lynne Mitchell 1947-
............................7. Eugene Scott Patrick 1971-
................................8. Eric Patrick 1994-
................................8. Alex Patrick 1997-
........................6. Helen Frances Mitchell 1949-
............................7. Betty Jane Surmont 1968-
............................7. Joseph Albert Surmont 1973-
........................6. James Wallace Mitchell 1950-
............................7. Bobby Jack and Denina Mitchell (twins)
1970
............................7. Jamie Mitchell
................................8. Kaylee
........................6. Jane Anne Mitchell 1956-
............................7. Hilary Bird 1979-
............................7. Kelly Bird 1982-
....................5. Waller Scott Mitchell Jr
........................6. Di Sue Mitchell
........................6. (?) Mitchell
........................6. Gary Mitchell
........................6. Scotty Lynn Mitchell
....................5. Lynn Mitchell
........................6. Ruth Marie Mitchell
............................7. Joshua Babcock
............................7. (?) Babcock
........................6. Phillips Lynn Mitchell
............3. Annie Waller.
........2. Melissa N. (Gale) Waller
........2. Maria Waller (?)-1859
........2. Mary P Waller
........2. Joseph Waller (?)_1855
............3. Malcomb Waller
................4. (2 sons) Waller
........2. Napoleon B Waller (?)-1855
........2. Mildred Waller
........2. Henry Clay Waller