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 […]
Don’t you love this photo? The gentleman with his stiff collar, white tie and shirt, dark suit, standing proudly beside his companion. And she is gorgeous in her white lace dress and white shoes. Did you know in the early 20th century, mens collars and cuffs were separate […]
Moore Johnson lies buried in Machpelah Cemetery in Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky. William Moore Johnson was born May 4, 1795, in North Carolina. I have nothing about his parents. He was a young man when he enlisted as a teamster with the Kentucky Volunteers, Captain Higgins, during […]
In preparing a post on William Moore Johnson, of Montgomery County, I found this newspaper article from the 1883 Courier Journal that I thought appropriate to share on this Memorial Day. This is the first of such an article I have seen about a reunion of soldiers from […]
Thomas Marshall McClanahan has rested in Green Lawn Cemetery in Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky, for 177 years. A native of Westmoreland County, Virginia, he was the son of Reverend William Thomas McClanahan and Mary Sophronia Marshall. Thomas’ grandfather, William, came from Ireland – as if you didn’t recognize […]
I am delighted to share with you the lovely marriage certificate of Lucius C. Canfield and Jessie Lorena Wiley. The couple was married April 10, 1877, by George T. Ellis, Baptist minister, at the parsonage at Green Oak, Michigan. The 1870’s were a time that large, decorative marriage […]
Good morning, everyone! It has been almost a month since I’ve published anything and am very anxious to get back to a regular schedule. Crafting took center stage for a bit. I had a booth at two craft shows in Chippewa County the last two weeks of the […]
May I introduce Cecil and Frances Haines on their wedding day in 1941 – a very handsome couple. Their photograph was taken at Harper and Co., 1706 1/2 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas. In the 1941 Dallas, Texas Directory this company is listed at that address. However there was […]
Henry Taylor, Sr., is my 5th great-grandfather. His father, Rev. John Taylor was from Lancaster County, Virginia, which was the birthplace for Henry. His mother, I believe, is Mary Bumbury, but I haven’t any proof. Henry Taylor was born about 1707 and died in 1771. His first wife […]
I decided to go to Paducah in McCracken County, Kentucky, today. Even though I sit at my desk in Rudyard Township in Michigan, with the cemetery photographs we have taken over the years, Ancestry and other online resources, and my genealogy books, I can whisk myself away to […]
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 