Ritchey and I are now citizens of Boyle County, Kentucky! Boxes are still everywhere, but you know I can’t wait to share genealogy bits with you! Since my last post included the photo of Joshua Fry’s gravestone – from Bellevue Cemetery in Danville – I decided to post […]
What a whirlwind two months it’s been. Our last visit to Kentucky in August resulted in us buying a home near Danville in Boyle County. This Wednesday we drove from Rudyard, Michigan, to Kentucky – a 17-hour journey – arriving at 1:00 am. Thursday. We are back to […]
At the back, left side of Bellevue Cemetery, in Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky, are three graves of the Crow family. The husband and father, William Crow, was a Presbyterian minister; his wife, Elizabeth Scott McFerran, and eldest child, Ruth Crow, are buried beside him. William Crow was born […]
Thomas Madison Lillard, born in Madison County, Kentucky, December 5, 1815, died in Boyle County, Kentucky, May 7, 1891. The friend of man, the friend of truth. The friend of age, the guide of youth. Few hearts like his with virtue warmed, Few heads with knowledge so informed […]
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 […]
Samford Erwin, born in Habersham County, Georgia, July 8, 1830, died in Lincoln County, Kentucky, March 20, 1888. Elizabeth Lillard Erwin, September 8, 1849 – November 3, 1911. Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky. The Interior Journal, Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky Friday, March 23, 1888 The Kentucky Advocate, […]
William H. Lillard was the son of Thomas Madison Lillard and Mary Bright, born July 13, 1867, in Boyle County, Kentucky. In 1897 William married Mary Mountjoy Burke. Mary Burke was the daughter of William Buchanan Burke and Lucy Laney Baker, born March 1, 1872. The couple had […]
The wills of James Barbour, Sr., and wife Letitia Green Barbour, parents of James Barbour, were recently posted and can be found here. James Barbour, 1820-1896. Elizabeth Graham Barbour, 1821-1896. Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky Monday, July 27, 1896 The […]
The Advocate-Messenger, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky Sunday, April 24, 1983 According to a family history, Thomas Madison Lillard was born December 5, 1815, near the small town of Kirksville on Silver Creek in Madison County. He was one of five children of Thomas Lillard, a native of Culpeper […]
Samuel N. Caldwell, December 15, 1857 – February 9, 1922. Bettie A. Caldwell, September 2, 1849 – November 22, 1918. Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky. At first glance this gravestone looks like any other. A couple with their births and dates; most would think it husband and […]
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