From Betty Wade Putnam
My great grandmother was Nancy Paul, born Aug. 12, 1863 Russell Co., KY, d.
April 2, 1959 Russell Co., KY. She married Silas Huston Wilson abt. 1882.
Nancy Paul was the daughter of Samuel Hillas Paul, born June 20, 1829
Russell Co., KY, d. July 4, 1911 Russell Co., KY. He married Nancy
Richardson and they had the following children:
1. Mary E. Paul, b. Nov. 2, 1854, Russell Co., KY, died before 1910
2. James Roe Paul, born July 2, 1858 Russell Co., KY, died April 9, 1897
Russell Co., KY.
3. Infant Paul, born & died Nov. 30, 1857 Russell Co., KY
4. Joseph R. Paul, born Aug. 11, 1861, died March 3, 1877
5. Nancy Paul, married Silas Huston Wilson
Samuel Hillas Paul was the son of James Paul, Sr., born Jan. 6, 1798
Adair/Russell Co., KY, died Oct. 13, 1853 Gentry Co., MO. & Phoebe Judd,
born Nov. 23, 1801 Reddies River, Wilkes Co., NC, died Sept. 25, 1874
Russell Co., KY.
James Paul & Phoebe Judd had the following children:
1. John Frank Paul, born Sept. 8, 1824 Russell Co., KY., d. July 11, 1905
Douglas Co., MO.
2. Nathaniel Judd Paul, b. Feb. 27, 1826 Russell Co., KY, d. Dec. 17, 1865
Russell Co., KY
3. Delphia Matilda Paul, b, Jan. 11, 1828 Russell Co., KY, d. Dec. 21, 1886
Gentry Co., MO
4. Samuel Hillas Paul, married Nancy Richardson
5. James Paul, Jr., b. Feb. 8, 1831 Russell Co., KY, d. Feb. 25, 1879
Jefferson Co., KY
6. Hugh Paul, born Sept. 4, 1832, d. Oct. 20, 1833 both Russell Co., KY
7. Jesse S. Paul, b. Nov. 11, 1834, d. Sept. 28, 1837 both Russell Co., KY
8. William Shepherd Paul, b. May 7, 1836, d. Jan. 1, 1854 both Russell Co.,
KY
9. Amos J. Paul, b. May 25, 1838, d. April 2, 1859 Russell Co., KY from
drowning.
10. Mary Frances Paul, born April 16, 1841, died Nov. 21, 1896 both Russell
Co., KY.
11. Delpha Paul, born abt. 1847
12. Rhoda Paul, born 1851 Russell Co., KY.
(James Paul, Sr., James Paul, Jr. & Samuel Hillas Paul, were all river boat
captains. Not sure about James, Sr. on which river but I believe the
Cumberland. James Paul, Jr. was on the Ohio River between Louisville &
Cincinnati. Samuel Hillas Paul (my gg grandfather, was on the Cumberland
River. Not sure how far into Kentucky he went but he went to Nashville to
get supplies. I have one of his log books from the 1880’s.)
James Paul, Sr. was the son of Samuel Paul and Unknown. Have not been able
to get back any further.
Betty Wade Putnam
