When Ritchey and I were in Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, in March, this was one of the treasures we found! Mr. John Fishback, Historical Records Manager, was most helpful in finding wills and other documents from my ancestors. Not only did we just find the will, Mr. Fishback […]
Nancy Hagan and Moses Filmore Linton were married 174 years ago – August 16, 1838 – in Nelson County, Kentucky. Nancy was the daughter of Edward and Mary Hagan. Moses was the son of Moses Linton and Ann Nancy Pead. Unfortunately Nancy died within a year or two […]
There are a couple of Linton’s listed – spelled Lenton! When checking through records be sure and look for various spellings – how the clerk thought the name should be spelled and how each family spelled their name were sometimes two different things! The two Lentini children that […]
Catherine McIlvoy was born 201 years ago – August 15, 1811 – in Caldrain, Antrim County, Ireland. Catherine was the daughter of Alexander McIlvoy and Mary Magdalene McConley. Catherine moved to Washington County, Kentucky, with her brother Daniel. There she married Stith Thompson in 1835. They had 8 […]
Friday evening I went to Spring Hill Cemetery in Harrodsburg. The day was picture perfect – a beautiful blue sky, white billowing clouds – and temperatures were in the low 80’s! Quite different from the 90-100 degree weather we’ve had the last six weeks! This is such a […]
Homer Edwin Carrico was born 127 years ago – August 14, 1885 – in Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri. Homer was the son of Edwin T. Carrico and Emma Carrico, and the grandson of Isaac Carrico and Amelia Preston, and Benedict Carrico and Eleanor Burcham. Homer was also married […]
Peter Carrico is my 5th great-grandfather, supposedly born in Normandy, France, came to Maryland, married first Ann Gates, secondly Margaret Gates, a cousin of his first wife. They lived in Bryantown Hundred, Charles County. Maidstone was the name given to his 312 acres land. Thanks for John Sullivan […]
Frances Barber Linton was born 145 years ago – August 13, 1867 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Frances was the daughter of Edward Edwards Linton and Catherine Elizabeth Taylor. She married Robert E. Lee Montgomery. Frances and Robert had 7 children: Mary Alice, Anna Margaret, Laura Frances, Lillian […]
from The Harrodsburg Herald, Mercer County, Kentucky Friday, March 8, 1912 Mrs. Rebecca McFatridge died early Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Fannie McFatridge, near town, in the eighty-fourth year of her age. Her son, Mr. William McFatridge, and Mrs. Fannie McFatridge were near neighbors […]
Henry Duncan was born 240 years ago – August 12, 1772 – in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Henry was the son of Coleman Duncan and Mary Lyne, and the grandson of Henry Duncan and a Miss Reade, and Thomas Lyne and Mary Sanford. Henry married Nancy Shipp April 8, […]
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