Tousey House Tavern, home of Erastus and Catherine Tousey 1822-1863+, Burlington, Boone County, Kentucky. Erastus Tousey was born in New York October 6, 1798, the son of Zerah and Anna Tousey. At some point he moved to Boone County, Kentucky, where he married Catherine McHenry. Erastus was an […]
Today I share with you a family photograph of the Leuenberger family, taken about 1891 or 1892, in Solon, Johnson County, Iowa. These are Ritchey’s great-great-grandparents, Jacob Leuenberger, born in Switzerland about 1829, and Margarite Streich, also born in Switzerland August 7, 1845. The couple raised a family […]
Old Union Cemetery, Boyle County, Kentucky. On a quiet small rolling hill in western Boyle County, on the Marion County line, sits Old Union Cemetery. It is located in what is known as the Doctors Fork Community. Isaac Montgomery Gray and Mary E. ‘Mamie” Figg are buried here. […]
The old Washington County Courthouse, now a museum. The County Clerk’s office is located here, enter by the side door. Here is another database for your genealogical research. This one is a little different from the cemetery, marriage and baptismal lists. Today I give you an alphabetical listing, […]
Marriage Bond Be it known, that we James E. McQuady, as principal, and Joseph Jones, as surety, are jointly and severally bound to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the sum of one hundred dollars. The condition of this bond is as follows: That, whereas, marriage is intended to […]
Today we visit Richmond Cemetery in Madison County, Kentucky. There is a row of five almost identical gravestones in section B, lot 97 – the Little family – Thomas and Nancy and their three sons. According to the 1850 census for this county, Thomas was 62, born in […]
When Ritchey and I visit the Jackson Purchase area next month – which includes the counties of Ballard, McCracken, Carlisle, Hickman, Fulton, Graves, Marshall and Calloway – we are very interested in going to Kentucky Bend in Fulton. Most think these 30 square miles of land, completely circled […]
Benjamin Carr was born in Sampson County, North Carolina, September 30, 1763, the son of Jonathan Carr and Patience Turner. In February of 1801, in Sampson County, he married Nannie Snell, born February 23, 1777, in Orange County, North Carolina, the daughter of Roger Snell and Amelia Sarah […]
The three photos I share today are from the early twentieth century. How about this little sailor boy? All decked out in his double breasted coat with brass buttons, his U. S. Navy hat and black boots. He is definitely a little charmer! This winter scene is a […]
Kentucky Advocate, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky Wednesday, March 14, 1894 P. T. Gentry Dead He Died Monday Night at His Home in This County, in the 75th Year of His Age Peter T. Gentry, one of the oldest and most widely known residents of Boyle County, died Monday […]
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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
