Today In Genealogy History – June 1, 2012
Elvis Dean was born 119 years ago – June 1, 1893 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Elvis was the son of Henry Edward Dean and Martha Ellen White. His siblings were Ethel, Everett, Elmer and Gracie Dean.
Elvis Dean was born 119 years ago – June 1, 1893 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Elvis was the son of Henry Edward Dean and Martha Ellen White. His siblings were Ethel, Everett, Elmer and Gracie Dean.
Marriage Records – Anderson County, Kentucky Benjamin Hawkins married Jane Watts – July 13, 1837 Benjamin Hawkins married Jane Busey – June 25, 1860 Benjamin L. Hawkins married Elizabeth A. Sims – August 19, 1852 Dudley M. Hawkins married Susan J. Thacker – December 26, 1844 Edwin E. […]
Elizabeth Littlejohn and James William Carrico were married 181 years ago – May 31, 1831 – in Nelson County, Kentucky. James was the son of Levi Carrico and Harriet Neal. James and Elizabeth had 4 children: John Morris, James Levi, George William and Stephen Carrico.
Nancy Edwards is my great-great-great-grandmother, the daughter of Captain John Linton and Ann Nancy Mason. She married Edward Barber Edwards, most likely in Loudoun County, Virginia, about 1796. In 1818 the entire family of Captain John moved to Washington County, Kentucky – children and grandchildren. Edward Barber Edwards […]
Cassandra Frakes was born 228 years ago – May 30, 1784 – in Pennsylvania. Cassandra was the daughter of Henry Frakes and Hannah Dougherty. The family moved to Hardin County, Kentucky, where Cassandra married William McKee in 1804. They moved to Indiana, and eventually settled in Schuyler County, […]
from The Sayings, Harrodsburg, Kentucky Wednesday, February 26, 1896 POSTON The spirit of Judge Orpheus Sheridan Poston passed peacefully away from time unto eternity, a few minutes after eleven o’clock Sunday night at his room on Chiles Street in this city. He was in many respects a remarkable […]
Mary Jane Edwards and James Kaleb Janes were married 180 years ago – May 29, 1832 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Mary Jane was the daughter of Edward Barber Edwards and Nancy Linton. Although they never had children of their own, Nancy and Kaleb helped raise several orphaned […]
For many of us Memorial Day is the official start of summer vacation – let’s get out the grill! Hamburgers and hot dogs are eaten along with sister Donna’s famous potato salad, mountains of chips and bottles of pop. There’s nothing wrong with having a fun day off […]
Two first cousins – Joseph Dunnington Lewis and John Joseph Lewis – were born 201 years ago – May 28, 1811. Joseph Dunnington Lewis, the son of William Linton Lewis and Ann Winter Dunnington, was born in Loudoun County, Virginia. John Joseph Lewis, the son of Daniel Lewis […]
from Kentucky, A History of the State Allen County, Kentucky James S. Barton was born July 14, 1839, in Barren County, Kentucky, and is one of the representative farmers of Allen County. He is the third of three boys and two girls born to Caleb and Sarah (Siddnes) […]