Marks’ Plot – Temple Israel Cemetery, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky News Democrat, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky Sunday, September 1, 1901 Death’s Hand Peace Comes to the Sufferer After Long and Weary Months of Pain Jacob Marks, fifty-two years old, born in Baden Baden, Germany, but who had been […]
In memory of Susan B. Merwin, November 21, 1874 – May 6, 1923. Superintendent Kentucky School for the Blind. With great love and untiring zeal she labored to educate the blind. Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Susan Buckingham Merwin was the daughter of Samuel M. and […]
How many of you noticed there were only half the usual posts in the last week or so? Ritchey and I were on vacation at Nags Head, North Carolina, at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. It was a much-needed respite, an enjoyable time of rest and relaxation, […]
Henry Butler Bonta, 1846-1934. Susan Semones Bonta, 1847-1934. Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery, Mercer County, Kentucky. The Harrodsburg Herald, Mercer County, Kentucky Friday, May 11, 1934 Funeral services for Henry Butler Bonta, 87, retired Washington county farmer, were held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon at Bethel Presbyterian church with […]
The Louisville Directory for the Year 1832, by Richard W. Otis, is one of my finds while in Cincinnati. In addition to the directory is a large map of the city. You can take one of the addresses below and plot it on the map. The abbreviations below […]
The horrors of cholera epidemics throughout the 19th century devastated families. In 1833 the disease ran rampant, beginning in Maysville, Mason County, in May. Cholera spread quickly throughout the state. Nineteen members of one Bourbon County family were victims; in Scott County, sixteen from one family. From Collin’s […]
Have you ever had one of those weeks when everything converges on five days? Last week was a busy one for me. My sister Donna came for two days. Just two years apart we have been inseparable since her birth (I’m older). She is my confident, my best […]
St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery, Mercer County, Kentucky St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery, in rural Mercer County, is small and quiet. Today I share photographs and obituaries for the Waters (Watters) family, including members of Clark, Settles, Divine and Dean families who intermarried with them James Watters, born June 18, […]
The history and photographs I share with you today are taken from A. B. Rue’s book, Historical Sketch of Mercer County, Kentucky, photographed and written by A. B. Rue for the !904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. All photographs, therefore, were taken before that date. Other posts […]
Sallie Thomas Hall, 1837-1920, Carlisle Cemetery, Nicholas County, Kentucky. On a genealogy tour in August of 2014 Ritchey and I visited the Carlisle Cemetery in Nicholas County. One monument came into view immediately – the lovely marble sculpture above. Thinking this must be the grave of a young […]
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
Kentucky Kindred Genealogy 