I share with you today a biography included in The Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, by J. R. Armstrong and Company, originally printed in 1878. This is a different set of biographies than those usually seen by Perrin, Battle […]
My wonderful History of Muhlenberg County by Otto A. Rothert gives so much information on this interesting county. Today we will discuss the Lovell family of the Pond River country, a series of lakes, rivers and streams that are enjoyed today as in the past. Many of the […]
#1105 – Berry T. Mathis to Ann E. Allen, married solemnized December 9, 1854, at the clerk’s office by Right Rev. John Walker in the presence of Mr. Jones, W. P. Hancock, A. H. Williams, F. B. Hancock and Thomas J. Jones. B. J. Mathis born in Sumner […]
Know all men by these presents that we, John Thomas and Bennett Thomas, are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency, the Governor of Kentucky, in the sum of fifty pounds current money, to the payment of which well and truly to be made to the said Governor […]
In our last post we talked about the youngest daughter of James Combs, Mary Theresa, born when he was 75 years of age. Today we will discuss his older children, from the marriage with his first wife, Matilda Smith. James Combs married Matilda Smith September 29, 1806 in […]
I have an interesting story to share with you today about the Combs family of White Sulphur Springs in Scott County, Kentucky. We are going a bit backward since today we will talk about the youngest daughter of James Combs (1772-1852) and Julia (Peters) Williams Combs (1806-1875). James […]
A preview of the Bolling family from an article in Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, Volume 5, 4th edition, 1886 Dr. John Brisco Bolling was born August 24, 1825, seven miles west of Danville, Kentucky, and he has always retained his residence in […]
The Lexington Herald, Fayette County, Kentucky Sunday, July 28, 1946 Matthew Dawson Maddox, 90, retired farmer and life-long resident of Fleming County, died at midnight Friday at the home of a granddaughter, Miss Lela Milton, 160 North Broadway, Lexington, after a brief illness. He was a son of […]
The following is the marriage bond for Theodore Redford and Minerva Pike. The bond was procured at Columbia, in Adair County, January 6, 1881, with William R. Bauer as bondsman. The date of marriage is the same day. Theodore and Minerva both lived in Adair County. The bride […]
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Not sure you will get that many today, but the above picture started a search for the Kays, Huffman, Noel, Smith and other entwined families of central Kentucky. In the above picture we have, left to right, Sarah Kays […]
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