Etta Clark Taylor was born 153 years ago – November 4, 1859 – in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Etta was the daughter of Benjamin Springer Taylor and Martha Jane Janes. She married Edwin Barbour Clarkson in 1878 in Washington County, Kentucky. Etta and Edwin had 12 children: James Eugene, […]
My great-grandmother, Frances Barber Linton, is one of the most important people in the world to me – even though I have never met her – she died long before I was born! But it was her love of genealogy that sifted down through the generations and was […]
Death of Mrs. E. L. Springer Preached on the occasion of the death of Mrs. E. L. Springer, of Vicksburg Baptist Church, by the Pastor, Rev. D. S. Snodgrass, Feb. 20th, 1859, and requested by Judge Springer and the Church for publication. Elizabeth L. Taylor was the daughter […]
Catherine Elizabeth Taylor Linton Strong-Willed, Long Lived Catherine Elizabeth Taylor Linton, my great-great-grandmother, was a woman who lived through exciting times of history. She was a woman with grit and fortitude, carrying on when life often handed her lemons. Catherine was the daughter of John Cotton Taylor and […]
Nancy Linton was the daughter of Captain John Hancock Linton and Ann Nancy Mason. She was born in Loudoun County, Virginia about 1778, the fifth of 10 children. Nancy’s siblings were Elizabeth Rebecca, Moses, Catherine, Benjamin Franklin, Susan, William, Lewis, Martha and John Hancock Linton. Even though most […]
Alice Clark Linton and Edward ‘Ned’ Taylor This is another of the old photos that Aunt Lil gave me. Until just a few days ago I was confused about the names pasted on the outside of the ‘little black and red velvet box’ this picture is in. It […]
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