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.
Today In Genealogy History – May 30, 2012
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, […]
Today In Genealogy History – May 28, 2012
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 […]
Today In Genealogy History – May 25, 2012
Martha Frances McIlvoy was born 152 years ago – May 25, 1860 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Martha was the daughter of Mark Robert McIlvoy and Mary Ann Crooke. I have no record of marriage. Martha’s siblings were Eliza J., James Harrison, Charles Alexander, Daniel Bernard, John Thomas, […]
Today In Genealogy History – May 23, 2012
Margaret Mary Keene was born 128 years ago – May 23, 1884 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Margaret was the daughter of Richard Milton Keene and Elizabeth Ann Wheatley. Margaret’s siblings were Joseph Edward, Richard, James William, Stephen, Annie I., Charles J., Henry B., Theresa May, Martha and […]
Today In Genealogy History – May 22, 2012
John Thomas McIlvoy was born 146 years ago – May 22, 1866 – in Washington County, Kentucky. John was the son of Mark Robert McIlvoy and Mary Ann Crooke; he was the grandson of Daniel McIlvoy and Matilda Hardin, and Harrison Crooke and Patience Hyatt. John married Josie; […]
Today In Genealogy History – May 21, 2012
Captain Burr Harrison was born 313 years ago – May 21, 1699 – in Stafford County, Virginia. Burr was the son of Colonel Thomas Harrison and Seth Elizabeth Short. He married Anne Barnes in Port Tobacco, Maryland. Burr and Anne had 10 children: Thomas, Jane, Seth, Elizabeth, Burr, […]
Today In Genealogy History – May 20, 2012
Sarah Susan Taylor was born 160 years ago – May 20, 1852 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Sarah was the daughter of John Cotton Taylor and his second wife, Susan Kimberlain. The family moved to Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, where Sarah died in 1862 at the age of […]
Today In Genealogy History – May 18, 2012
William Franklin Clinton Moran was born 149 years ago – May 18, 1863 – in Washington County, Kentucky. William was the son of Linton Lewis Moran and Sarah J. Rawlings. Twenty years later he married Louise Hayden. William and Louise had 3 children: Mittie E., James Saunders and […]
Today In Genealogy History – May 17, 2012
Mary Lucille Linton was born 100 years ago – May 17, 1912 – in St. Louis, Missouri. Mary was the daughter of Benjamin Booker Linton and Nona May Murphy. Unfortunately Mary lived only 7 years and is buried in the Linton plot at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis. […]
