John Churchman

• Sex: M
• Born: July 26, 1827 in Augusta County, Virginia
• Died: May, 1897 in Jefferson County, Kentucky
• Buried: Rest Haven Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky
• Notes: John's granddaughter, Ruth Tharp Heaton, was told by her mother that John came through the Cumberland Gap when he was four years old in the summer of 1831. Several member of the wagon train came down with scarlet or typhoid fever and died on the way.
  
  John was involved in nearly all of the major family business. He was executor of his father's estate, and was a participant in his father-in-law's. When a dispute arose over the boundaries of the original Churchman farm, he was the family court representative. He was appointed guardian of his minor siblings when his father died, and was guardian of his brother, Cyrus, minor children after Cyrus died.
  
  John and his first wife, Ann, was originally buried in the Woody family cemetery on what was later known as Gahlinger Hill, located about a city block north of Bluegrass Avenue, on the west side of 4100 Taylor Blvd. The part of the hill bordering Taylor was excavated in the 1940's to build a shopping center, and in the early 1950's the city cut the rest of the hill down and built a housing project. The city bought lots in Rest Haven and Cave Hill Cemeteries and moved the family cemetery.

Father: Elijah Churchman, Jr., b. October 24, 1782 in Nottingham, PA

Mother: Elizabeth Paul, b. 1799 in Augusta County, VA -- d. May 13, 1849 in Jefferson County, KY

Family 1: Ann Jane Woody, d. June, 1871 in Jefferson County, KY -- daughter of John L. Woody -- buried in Rest Haven Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky

• Married: September 27, 1854 in Jefferson County, KY

1. John Churchman, b. August 26, 1855 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. 1877 in in Jefferson County, KY of a fever.
2. William Henry Churchman, b. April 21, 1857 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. July 1, 1933 in Jefferson County, KY
3. George Jones Churchman, b. June 16, 1859 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. ca 1935 in Jefferson County, KY
4. Charles Richard Churchman, b. May 22, 1861 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. March 2, 1955 in Jefferson County, KY
5. Annie Lloyd Churchman, b. June 16, 1863 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. October 12, 1949 in Jefferson County, KY
6. Stephen Walter Churchman, b. June 10, 1865 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. July 26, 1865 in Jefferson County, KY
7. Thomas Jefferson Churchman, b. December 18, 1866 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. ca 1867 in Jefferson County, KY

Family 2: Ann Woods, b. 1850 in Bullitt County, KY -- d. 1936 in Jefferson County, KY -- buried in St. Louis Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky

• Married: September 18, 1873 in Jefferson County, KY

1. Shirley Miles Churchman, b. May 18, 1875 in Jefferson County, KY
2. Alice May Churchman, b. September 15, 1877 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. July 3,1949 in Jefferson County, KY
3. Pearl Elizabeth Churchman, b. October 18, 1881 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. 1943 in Jefferson County, KY
4. Frank Young Churchman, b. September 8, 1884 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. October 15, 1916 in Jefferson County, KY
5. Ida Churchman, b. October 3, 1886 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. 1954 in Jefferson County, KY
6. Florence Churchman, b. November 1, 1891 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. November 2, 1891 in Jefferson County, KY

Sources:

1. 1990 Kentucky Ancestors, vol. 25 issue 3 "Roster of First Kentucky Ancestors"
2. "Churchmans of Kentucky" by Charles R. Churchman