Most of the time when I write a post I start with a man’s name. Men were the dominant sex in the early days of our country, women taking a little more time to have the rights that men enjoy – voting, buying property, working away from home, […]
Today we visit Calloway County in western Kentucky, specifically Ivy Cemetery, where four members of the Hay family are laid to rest. Ivy Cemetery is so named for the Ivie family, not sure why they changed the spelling on the cemetery marker. This small, rural cemetery is located […]
Sgt. Thomas H. Tinsley, Co. B, 14 VA INF, CSA. Asbury Cemetery, Calloway County, Kentucky. You can see the couple’s stone in the background. Our story of Thomas H. Tinsley begins in Bedford County, Virginia, where he was born September 27, 1836, to Samuel Garnett Tinsley and Mary […]
Ivy Cemetery, Calloway County, Kentucky Calloway County, Kentucky, lies on the border of the state of Tennessee. And many of those early families who moved to western Tennessee eventually made the move into Kentucky. And so it was with the Ivie family. But let’s start at the beginning, […]
Almost every cemetery we visit has something unusual – perhaps a particular stone, or brick-covered above-ground graves. Perhaps it is very unusual names, or the cemetery is laid out differently. Miller Cemetery in Calloway County is no exception. This was one of Ritchey’s finds via geocaching. Titled ‘Three […]
Kimbrough T. Ogilvie, NC Militia, Revolutionary War, January 14, 1763 – November 14, 1842. Asbury Cemetery, Calloway County, Kentucky. One Revolutionary War veteran is buried in Asbury Cemetery in rural Calloway County – Kimbrough Tinsley Ogilvie – a member of the North Carolina Militia who fought at the […]
I knew our trip to the far western counties of Kentucky, known as the Jackson Purchase, would be a great time, but little did I know just how much fun it would be! Visiting the cemeteries, courthouses and genealogical societies was exciting, but the people we met were […]
from Kentucky – A History of the State, Perrin, 1885 Calloway County Euclid H. Covington, proprietor of the Covington House, was born in Calloway County, December, 1840. His father, William H. Covington, was born in Warren County, Kentucky, near Bowling Green, January 25, 1813. During his boyhood days […]
from Kentucky – A History of the State by Perrin 1885 Calloway County, Kentucky Robert S. Coleman, Calloway County, is a native of Stewart County, Tennessee. He was born March 8, 1829, and is a son of William H. and Mary (Gatlin) Coleman. The father was a farmer […]
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