Luna (Fugate) Stacy (abt.1886-1964) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Luna Stacy formerly Fugate

Born about 1886 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Levi Fugate and Mahala (Ritchie) Fugate

Sister of Artie Fugate, Tabitha Fugate, Thomas Fugate, Martin Fugate, Clabe Fugate and Delilah Fugate

Wife of John C. Stacy — married 5 Sep 1905 in Perry, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Mother of Lourenza Stacy and Bill Stacy

Died 30 Dec 1964 at about age 78 in Perry, Kentucky, United States

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Luna comes from the line of Fugates, commonly known as the Blue Fugates or the Blue People of Kentucky. They are notable for carrying a genetic trait that leads to the disease methemoglobinemia, which tints the skin blue.

Biography

Luna (Fugate) Stacy lived in Appalachia, in Kentucky.

Luna was born on 1 January 1887 in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.

Her parents were Levi Fugate and Mahala Ritchie.

She married John Stacy on September 05, 1905 in Perry County, Kentucky.

Together they had at least 15 children:

Lourenza Stacy
Eva
Martin Andrew
Everett
Marcellus
Curtis
Mary
Clabe
Zona
Bill
Oma
Owen
Vernon
Clyde
Arthur

She died on December 30, 1964 in Perry, Kentucky, United States.

She was laid to rest in the Stacy Cemetery, Knott County, Kentucky.^[1]

Sources

↑ "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGTK-6M34 : 21 August 2019), Luna Stacy, 1964.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HV-GDL : accessed 9 May 2020), Luna Fugate in household of Mahala Fugate, Magisterial District 4, Quicksand, Knott, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46, sheet 16A, family 248

"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-JZNT : 17 May 2018), John C Stacy and Luna Fugate, 5 Sep 1905; citing Marriage, Perry, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2DJ-3DR : accessed 9 May 2020), Luna Stacy in household of John Stacy, Quicksand, Knott, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 90, sheet 9A, family 153

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHLR-1H8 : accessed 9 May 2020), Loanie Story in household of John Story, Ball, Knott, Kentucky, United States; citing ED 55, sheet 9B, line 74, family 157

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Luna by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Luna: