Rev. Thomas S. Major, born July 13, 1844, ordained priest November 14, 1875, appointed pastor Good Shepherd church August 1895, died August 22, 1911. Requiescat in Pace. A member of John Morgan’s Command. C.S.A. An interesting note for Civil War buffs is the story told by Rev. Thomas […]
It is sometimes difficult to find information about someone when all I have is a picture of their gravestone. This was not quite true of Joseph Swope, because his death was so sad. Let’s start with our photograph. The first thing I notice when looking at the stone […]
When I found these two obituaries, I thought this is what an obituary is supposed to sound like. Loving words were said about each individual and their family. How beautiful. Not just a list of dates and names. These people came alive reading their last notice 109 years […]
The Kentucky Gazette, Lexington, Fayette County Kentucky Saturday, October 6, 1787 Louisville, September 20 On Thursday the ninth of August departed this life, in the twenty-fifth year of her age, Mrs. Elizabeth Downing, the amiable consort of Mr. John Downing, of this town; after an illness of about […]
Since we have discussed much about the life of Elizabeth S. Irvine, I feel it proper to close with her death. The local newspaper obituary gives many tidbits on her life that would not be found elsewhere. She lived 91 years of history. But then, we all live […]
The Courier Journal, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Saturday August 7, 1897 Drowned J. T. G. Winlock Loses His Life Near Glasgow Well Known in Louisville Borne Down to Death in the Waters of a Swollen Streamlet Cloud-Burst in Southern Kentucky Glasgow, Ky., Aug. 6 – Mr. J. T. […]
The other day I received a very nice message from from John C. Drach who said John and Mary Butcher are his great-grandparents. He was kind enough to send their wedding photograph, which I share with you now. Their wedding was November 15, 1877. Mary is such a […]
Dudley Hambleton was the son of Charles Hambleton and Jane Crawford Pate, born in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, April 19, 1821. Dudley married Elizabeth Watkins November 24, 1843. The couple had four children – James Hambleton, 1846-1901, married December 24, 1873, Mary Adele Fisher. Samuel Thomas Hambleton, 1848-1937. Jennie […]
Elijah C. Phister, 1822-1887, Maysville Cemetery, Mason County, Kentucky. ‘In loving memory of a noble, useful life.’ The Evening Bulletin, Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky Monday, May 16, 1887 Judge Phister Dead The Mason County Bar Loses a Prominent Member, and the City of Maysville a Distinguished Citizen A […]
The Cook gravestone with the names of the twelve children of Strother and Lucy Cook – George W., John S., Mary J., Susan B., Lucy J., Strother M., Sarah T., Allen T., Julia A., Elizabeth M., Emma D. and James S. Cook. Yesterday we talked about the happy […]
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