Our mother, Mary A., wife of Nelson Prewitt, born December 24, 1807, died May 5, 1867. Lucinda Ecton, November 2, 1818 – December 15, 1910. Burgess Ecton, September 12, 1806 – October 20, 1889. T. J. Ecton, born March 12, 1846, died September 25, 1872. Richard Duerson, July […]
Ragland – Frankfort Cemetery, Franklin County, Kentucky. Looking through my photographs taken at the Frankfort Cemetery in Franklin County, I came across a small cluster of stones – three for the Ragland family. The largest and most decorative is for Miles B. Ragland who was killed by machine […]
Skinner Family, Winchester Cemetery, Clark County, Kentucky. Fanny L. Skinner, born May 20, 1821, died July 22, 1908. The Winchester Democrat, Clark County, Kentucky Friday, July 24, 1908 Death Claims Mrs. Fannie Lander Skinner, one of the oldest and best-known residents of this county Mrs. Fannie Lander Skinner […]
Today when one thinks of a wedding, a white dress covered with lace comes to mind. Not so in in the nineteenth century – most wedding dresses were any color other than today’s white. A reader told me about a green wedding dress that her third great-grandmother wore […]
Albert Gallatin Craig and Virginia Judith Brooking were married on the 23rd of September 1834, in Clark County by Samuel Wilson. Albert was the son of the Rev. Benjamin Craig, Jr., and Elizabeth Walton Morris. He was born April 1, 1807, in Gallatin County, where he resided until […]
The small town of Winchester has a beautiful cemetery. I find all cemeteries fascinating – thinking about the people who are buried there, what their lives were like, in what time periods they lived, what historic events happened while they were living on this earth. Today I share […]
James Carr Potts, Private, Co. C, 14th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry. December 12, 1830 – December 27, 1894. Powell’s Valley Baptist Cemetery, Powell County, Kentucky. This story makes me so happy! Every veteran deserves a gravestone to mark his/her final resting place. May 28, 2009 Family strives and succeeds […]
The Clark County Public Library offers a valuable service to those interested in obituaries from this county. From 1867 to 2009, with not all dates available, library volunteers have made an index of obituaries that appeared in local papers – The Clark County Democrat, 1867-1886; The Winchester Democrat, […]
from Kentucky – A History of the State, Perrin, 1888 Clark County Major Isaac N. Cardwell, a native of Knox County, Tennessee, was born September 27, 1827. John Cardwell, his father, was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, in 1790. He acquired a common-school education in youth, and adopted […]
My Washington County Will Books Indexes went over well, and thought I would work on a set for another county – Clark County, Kentucky. Most of my research, for my family, has been in Washington, Marion, Garrard and Nelson counties. It is always interesting to research in a […]
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
Kentucky Kindred Genealogy 