Mary Lettie Montgomery was born 187 years ago – December 29, 1824 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Mary was the daughter of Benedict Montgomery and Bibiana Wight. Benedict was born in Charles County, Maryland and married Bibiana in Washington County in 1817. I have no marriage record for […]
Washington County, Kentucky, Deaths – 1852-1860 Adams, Mary B. age 2, female, died 26 Sep 1860 of Erysipelas, born, resided and died at Adams Mill. Daughter of Otho Adams. Adams, Mary M., age 27, female, single, died 04 Dec 1860 of fever, born Washington County, resided and died […]
Mary Elizabeth Linton was born 159 years ago – December 28, 1852 – in St. Louis, Missouri. Mary was the daughter of Dr. Moses Lewis Linton and Ann Rachel Booker. Mary Elizabeth never married. She had 10 siblings: John Hancock, Paul Booker, Ann Rachel, Benjamin, Francis Lewis, Amelia […]
from Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties Schuyler County, Illinois William McKee, one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of Schuyler County, was born in Crawford County, Indiana, January 22, 1813, a son of William McKee, who was a native of Kentucky. The paternal grandfather, […]
George Klein was born 161 years ago – December 27, 1850 – in Darmstadt, Germany. George was the son of Jacob and Christine Klein. He married Caroline Jungbluth in 1881 in Tabor, Iowa. George and Caroline had 7 children: Edith Margaret, Louis, Fred, George, Lawrence, Clara and Anna.
Susan Edwards Susan Edwards was a member of a pioneer family from Washington County, Kentucky. Susan’s parents, Johnathan J. Edwards and Nancy Millie Linton were born in the very early years of the 19th century in Loudoun County, Virginia. When their grandfather, Captain John Linton, (they were first […]
George W. Smith was born 139 years ago – December 26, 1872 – in Washington County, Kentucky. George was the son of John E. Smith and Frances Harriet Carrico. George had 6 siblings: James, Mary Catherine, Ann Elizabeth, George Robert, Cecilia Jane and Victoria Mary Jane Smith. He […]
from The Springfield Sun Charles Thomas Logsdon Mr. Charles T. Logsdon, age 73 years, a prominent retired farmer, died at his home on High Street in this city at 8 o’clock Friday evening of arteriosclerosis. He had been in failing health for several years but had been confined […]
Hattie Keeling and Rutherford B. Hays Hill were married 117 years ago – December 25, 1894 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Rutherford was the son of Isaiah Hill and Lydia Ann Ross. Hattie and Rutherford had 4 children: Josie, William T., Robert M. and Elizabeth M. Hill.
from Memoirs of Clayton County, Iowa Joseph J. Kuehl is another sterling representative of the fine element of German citizenship that has contributed in large and altogether commendable measure to the civic and industrial development and progress of Clayton county, within whose borders he has resided since he […]
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