from Kentucky – A History of the State, Perrin, 1887 Larue County, Kentucky Henry P. Martin was born March 7, 1845, in Green County, Kentucky, and is the fourth of thirteen children born to Henry and Mary (Dearing) Martin. Henry Martin was born in Green (now Taylor) County, […]
On this Memorial Day we celebrate those who have given their lives in protection of our country. Pictured above is my uncle, Joseph Robert Carrico, my mother’s oldest sibling. He was named for both his grandfathers, Joseph Benedict Napoleon Carrico and Robert E. Lee Montgomery, but was called […]
I have a great wedding photo to share with you today – one of a bride and her attendant. Don’t you think they are sisters? They almost look like twins! The bride is fingering a huge lily in her bouquet. The bridal gown is lovely – quite decorative […]
Monday was an exciting day of cemeteries and fun in three of what I would call the ‘mid-western’ counties of Kentucky – Larue, Hart and Grayson. Tuesday we started out for Bullitt, Hardin, Meade and Breckinridge counties – and ten cemeteries within. In the eastern side of Bullitt […]
Finally, finally, the clouds parted and the sun shone – and we could get in a cemetery! The last two days have been beautiful and Ritchey and I took advantage of the good weather! In our continuing effort to take photos in cemeteries of all 120 Kentucky counties, […]
from History of Union County, Kentucky, Perrin, 1886 Isaac Higgins and Christina Berethel, January 11, 1815; Henry Green and Nancy Williams, June 1, 1815; John Grimes and Lucy Davis, June 1, 1815; James Lynn and Agnes Ramsey, July 11, 1815; Moses Blazer and Prudence Webb, July 25, 1815; […]
from History of Union County, Kentucky, Perrin, 1886 Joseph Cahn, salesman in John Kaufman’s dry goods store, in Caseyvile, Kentucky, is the father of Abraham and Fanny (Goodman) Cahn; his father was born in Bavaria, Germany; he was a miller and a produce merchant, in the place where […]
from Newspaper Articles by Orval W. Baylor Lewis Webb, Washington County, Kentucky, February 28, 1828, age 65, states that he entered into the Revolutionary War service in Briggs Jefferson command by Captain James Markham, and as such served five years and six months, during which time he was […]
Know all men by these presents that we, Berry Janes and Maurice Berry, are held and firmly bound unto James Garrard, Esq., Governor of Kentucky, and his successors in the penal sum of fifty pounds current money to the payment of which well and truly to be made. […]
I purchased this tintype photo at an antique shop in Williamsburg, Virginia. Definitely more people in one small photo than I have ever seen! Several things make this photo special. Grandmother is holding the hands of the man behind her – probably her grandson? She has such a […]
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