The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky Thursday, July 20, 1911 Old Soldiers Civil War Veterans at Perryville Celebrate the Birthday of a Comrade. Last Friday at Perryville there was a gathering of gray-haired men that should go down in history. The occasion was the sixty-eighth birthday of […]
The Battle of Perryville was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, and the largest fought in Kentucky. There were so many dead that there was not enough wood to make enough coffins, and many bodies were not buried for a number of days. Wounded were […]
Who knew Harrodsburg had the reputation of one of the best mineral springs anywhere around? Graham Springs and its hotel saw many of important and famous people visit both before the Civil War and after the turn of the 20th century. It is said its guest registers hold […]
from The Harrodsburg Herald, Mercer County, Kentucky Thursday, May 18, 1905 Was At Perryville The death of Dr. Alex A. Farris at Hickman, Kentucky, Monday, was received here with much regret. When quite a young man he entered the Confederate service and was severely wounded at the Battle […]
How I would love to have met this Mr. Baylor! He and I think alike when it comes to history and preserving it and saving family histories! I personally know of the Revolutionary War applications of which he speaks – I looked through those several years ago and […]
This history of Marion County, Kentucky, I know very well. In the summer between my senior year of high school and first semester at college I worked at our local public library – in Marion County. Having spent many, many hours there in the previous several years, going […]
from The Harrodsburg Herald, Mercer County, Kentucky Friday, January 8, 1915 Angel of Mercy on Perryville Battlefield Passes Away Mrs. Emily Huff, aged 91, died Saturday at the home of her son, Mr. Tilford Huff, in the west end of the county. The funeral services were held at […]
from Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V Boyle County, Kentucky Alexander Robertson McKee, M.D., was born on the 4th of February, 1816, near Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky. He was the third son of Hon. Samuel McKee, who was a prominent and successful lawyer and politician during the early […]
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
1929 Wedding
Revolutionary War heroes and families.
Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
George and Caroline's Wedding Day
Klein Sod House