The McDowell name is well known to those of us in Mercer and Boyle counties. The Danville hospital, Ephraim McDowell, is visited by many in the area, named for the eminent doctor of the same name, and brother to Colonel Joseph McDowell. Following are a couple of old […]
Earlier in the week I published a post on James B. McFerran and his family – originally immigrants from Ireland before the beginning of the American revolution. To read more about this family click here. Yesterday Ritchey and I visited Bellevue Cemetery in Danville, Boyle County, where many […]
James B. McFerran came from a long line of paternal James’, his grandfather emigrating from Ireland in 1761. In the 1870 Census of Boyle County, James, 28, was living with his parents, James M. and Ruth Brown McFerran. He is listed as a lawyer, as well as his […]
Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Cemetery, Washington County, Kentucky Every time we visit a cemetery and search for our ancestor’s gravestones, we notice the beautiful array of figures – angels, men, women, children – who adorn some of the markers – as well as what is on the stones themselves […]
Robert Russel, born in Petersburg, Virginia, August 6, 1792, died June 20, 1873. Malinda Russel, born in Goochland County, Virginia, May 14, 1795, died March 15, 1877, Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky Robert Russel was the son of Robert Russel, Sr., and Janet Robinson, both born in […]
Haydon Y. Grubbs, 1st Lieutenant 6th Regiment, U. S. A., killed October 1, 1899, leading a charge near La Carlota, Negros, Philippine Islands. Haydon Y. Grubbs was the son of William Edward Grubbs and Desdemona Young. William was born September 23, 1843, in Louisa County, Virginia. He entered […]
from The Danville Advocate, Boyle County, Kentucky Tuesday, February 14, 1911 M. J. Durham Laid To Rest Distinguished citizen, Honored by County, State and Nation, Dies in Lexington Judge Milton J. Durham, a native of Boyle County and a man of whom this county, as well as the […]
James Barnes Caldwell, September 16, 1822 – February 12, 1911 Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky from The Danville Messenger Tuesday, February 14, 1911 Grand Old Man Is Gone James Barnes Caldwell who lived his life of 88 years in Boyle County died Sunday. “A Price and a […]
In Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Kentucky, this beautiful monument to the Clemens family was erected as a ‘memorial of affection and respect’ for the parents and brothers of James Clemens, then living in St. Louis, Missouri. James’ father, Jeremiah Clemens was born September 16, 1753, in Loudoun County, Virginia […]
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