Wingate family stone, Frankfort Cemetery, Franklin County, Kentucky. Since I have previously written two blogs about the Henry Wingate family one would think I had exhausted the subject. Honestly, that is never the case. There is always something new to find out about families. My research today is […]
Born December 5, 1874, James M. Gammon, male, white, alive, born Mercer County, father – Henderson Gammon, mother – Kate Gibson, residence of parents Mercer County, father born Green County, Tennessee, mother born Mercer County. Born August 17, 1874, Ansel Parks Woods, male, white, alive, born Mercer County, […]
‘Temple of Love’ Satterwhite Memorial, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Today we visit Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Jefferson County. Cave Hill is a magnificent cemetery, the land was once part of an old farm that belonged to the Johnston family, which they called Cave Hill. […]
Edward Edwards Linton and Catherine Elizabeth Taylor are my great-great-grandparents. Edward was the son of William Linton and Eliza Lyon Moran, born August 13, 1824, Washington County, died September 5, 1886, in Marion County. Catherine was the daughter of John Compton Taylor and Susan Clark Edwards, born January […]
Augustine Cissell came with other Catholics from St. Mary’s County, Maryland, about 1794, to Pottinger’s Creek, the area of settlement from 1785. Holy Cross Church was started there in 1792, where Augustine was buried after his death from cholera in 1833. I have read, but have no proof, […]
Sacred to the memory of Henry Miles who departed this life August 1st 1839, in the 68th year of his age. (Born in 1771). Mary Lizzie, daughter of J. T. & H. M. Ballard, born April 11, 1858, died November 21, 1877. (Aged 19). ‘How desolate our home […]
Marion County was formed from a portion of Washington County in 1834. John Hunt Morgan came through in July of 1863, during the Civil War, and burned the courthouse, destroying all records. Thus will books begin in 1863 for this county. Stephen Huston Gartin married Sally G. Alstott […]
One of the few things we can do during this pandemic, and be fairly safe, is visit a cemetery! Earlier in the week I stopped by Riverside Cemetery in Chippewa County, Michigan. This cemetery is also known as St. Mary Cemetery. I was the only person in the […]
Today I share page 1 of the 1852 births of Washington County. Since both sides of my family lived in Washington County since 1850, with many coming before that date, most of these names are very familiar. If not direct ancestors, then gr-great aunts, uncles and cousins. Listed […]
As a continuation of yesterday’s post, I have the obituaries and other information for James Harvey Yantis and Margaret Ann Stewart Yantis. It didn’t seem appropriate to add death information in with the happy occasion of the golden wedding celebration. From the beginning of their marriage James and […]
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!
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
John Linton Edwards
1929 Wedding
Revolutionary War heroes and families.
Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
George and Caroline's Wedding Day
Klein Sod House
