I am a family historian, a genealogist, one who puts families together, who finds those who have been lost for many years and acquaints modern day generations with their ancestors. There's nothing like having a full family tree! Email me at phyrit@roadrunner.com
Rose McIlvoy and Stith Thompson were married 150 years ago – December 9, 1861 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Rose was the daughter of Alexander McIlvoy and Mary Magdalene McConley. Stith was the son of John Thompson and Sarah Shipley. This was a second marriage for both. Rose […]
Kentucky Vital Statistics Washington County Deaths “C” 1852-1860 Call, Elvira, age 11 months, female, resided and born Washington County, died September 2, 1854, of head injuries, daughter of John M. Call. Call, Mary, age 1, female, single, resided and born Washington County, died November 5, 1852, of worms, […]
Mary Alice Montgomery was born 118 years ago – December 8, 1893 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Alice was the daughter of Robert E. Lee Montgomery and Frances Barber Linton. She married Joseph Rueben Carrico in 1920 in Washington County. Rue and Alice had 7 children: Joseph Robert, […]
from Johnson County, Iowa – Biographies CHARLES PROBST Among the old settlers of Monroe Township, Johnson County, Charles Probst deserves prominent mention. He has been successful in his farming operations and is well known as a veteran of the Civil War. He was born at Saxe-Weimar, Eisenach, Germany, […]
Joseph Thomas McIlvoy was born 169 years ago – December 7, 1842 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Joseph was the son of Daniel McIlvoy and Matilda Hardin. Joseph married Frances Berry. They had 1 daughter: Martha McIlvoy.
Nancy Linton was the daughter of Captain John Hancock Linton and Ann Nancy Mason. She was born in Loudoun County, Virginia about 1778, the fifth of 10 children. Nancy’s siblings were Elizabeth Rebecca, Moses, Catherine, Benjamin Franklin, Susan, William, Lewis, Martha and John Hancock Linton. Even though most […]
Lucinda J. Walker and George F. Ritchey were married 168 years ago – December 6, 1843 – in Schuyler County, Illinois. George was the son of James Ritchey and Susannah Sawyer, of Montgomery County, Ohio. Lucinda and George had 7 children: John Henry, George Franklin, William Green, Charles, […]
from Mercer County, Kentucky – Biographies Samuel L. Curry was born April 9, 1858, in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and was the third of three sons and two daughters born to James A. and Elizabeth (Lewis) Curry. James A. Curry was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, January 23, 1829. He attended […]
Elizabeth Jane Linton and Basil Green were married 167 years ago – December 5, 1844 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Elizabeth was the daughter of William Linton and Elizabeth Lyon Moran. Basil was the son of Francis Green and Mary Bowles. Basil and Elizabeth had 8 children: William […]
Nathanial Carrico, my great-great-great-grandfather, was the son of Bartholomew Carrico and Winefride Paget. He was born in Charles County, Maryland, in 1782. The family was part of the Maryland to Kentucky movement around the end of the 18th century. Nathaniel married Anne O’Bryan in Washington County, Kentucky, January […]
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