Person:John Ratliff (16)

"I've been trying to trace information about my grandfather Ratliff's family. He had a brother John W. Ratliff who married my grandmother's sister, Elizabeth (Lizzie?) Clay. They lived near Carlisle, Nicholas Co., KY when my mother was born to Robert Harrison Ratliff (1874-1939) and Virginia (Virgie) Mary Ratliff (1874-1926). Parents of Robert and John were Samuel Alexander Ratliff(1846-1925) and Artimec(i)a Whaley. Other siblings were Arthur Jake, Thomas Walker (1869-1922), Clarence M., Rolland, Walter, Everette, Wallace, Elizabeth and Gertrude Ratliff. I have heard that John and Elizabeth may have moved to Alabama...I think their children were Martha and Otis. My parents, Robert and Virginia, traveled to Kansas in 1906. Shirley Burnside" {Ratliff Family Message Board, 23 June 2002 ,<www.Genealogy.com>}

 In the 1900 census for Buzzard Roost, Nicholas Co., John M. Ratcliff is (29?), b. Dec (1871?) in Kentucky, (parents same), farmer, single. {ed 105, sh 10a, p. 253, roll 546 HeritageQuest}
 In the 1910 census for district 4, Nicholas Co., Kentucky, John Ratliff is 39, farmer, married once [length of marriage not recorded]; wife Lizzie is 33, married 2 times, with 3 of 3 children living; children are Matthew N. 13; Ottis 6; and Martha 4 -- all born Kentucky, parents same. {ed (145?), p. 97}
 NOTE: I have not been able to locate this family in the 1920 census.
 In the 1930 census for Nicholas Co., Kentucky, there are listings for John M. Ratliff 1871 and Elizabeth D. 1876.