Nancy Jane Calhoun 1842-1919 with husband Jacob Weddington Hargis 1828-1915
Jacob Weddington Hargis was born the son of John Louis Hargis and Elizabeth Weddington on 16 March 1828 in Russell Co., Virginia. Jacob and his parents migrated from Virginia to Pike County, Kentucky, where his father worked as a lawyer. They moved to Breathitt County, Kentucky, in 1839, when that county was formed. Jacob's father bought 1000 acres of land around the planned capital city of Jackson. The town site itself was no more than 10 acres of barren land, which was divided into lots and auctioned off to the highest bidder. Jacob's father John also bought 2 of the town site lots and erected 2 or 3 log cabins, which were used as hotels for several years. The Hargis family was the first inhabitants in the newly formed town of Jackson. Jacob's first wife was Lucinda South, born in Kentucky about 1834. They were married about 1849 and had at least 4 children: John, Sarah, James, and Thomas. Lucinda's death date is unknown at this time. Jacob's second wife Nancy Jane Calhoun, pictured above, was born in Russell County, Virginia, 19 May 1842, the daughter of James Calhoun and Mary "Polly" Hogg. Jacob and Nancy were married about 1860 and had at least 8 children: Louisa, Marcie, Mary, Amanda, William Norvel, Florence, Robert and Harvey.
Jacob's family pursued a wide variety of occupations. Jacob's father, John Louis Hargis, was a lawyer and delegate to the Kentucky State Constitutional Convention, 1849; member of Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1855-57. Jacob's bother Thomas Frazier Hargis was a lawyer; county judge in Kentucky, 1869-71; member of Kentucky State Senate, 30th District, 1871-75; candidate for circuit judge in Kentucky, 1874; district judge in Kentucky, 1878-79 and Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. His brother Kenaz, was a county attorney for Lee County Kentucky. Jacob and his other brothers chose farming, an occupation Jacob pursued his entire life.
On the 1850 census record Jacob and Lucinda South were living in Letcher County, Kentucky, and had 1 child, John. By 1860 they were living in Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky, and had the 4 children named above. Jacob was a Civil War Veteran. On 4 Jan 1914, an application 3124 was filed for veterans benefits. Another application 3494 was filed by wife Nancy on 11 Mar 1916 after Jacob's death. Research on Jacob's military history is ongoing at this time. By the 1870 census, Lucinda had died and Jacob was married to Nancy Jane Calhoun, pictured above. They had moved to Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky, and had 4 additional children. In 1870 they were living in the Christy Creek region of Rowan County where their last 3 children were born. Nancy and Jacob continued living in Rowan County until he died on 14 Oct 1915 and she died on 25 May 1919.
Both Nancy and Jacob were buried in the Hargis Cemetery in Rowan County, Kentucky. When Cave Run Dam was constructed on the Licking River, flooding much of the land and creating Cave Run Lake, the Army Corps of Engineers relocated some old cemeteries in Bath, Menifee, Morgan, and Rowan Counties. At that time, Jacob and Nancy were moved to the Alfrey Cemetery near Morehead, Kentucky.