Annie Eliza Linton died 134 years ago – April 29, 1879 – in Marion County, Kentucky. Annie was the daughter of Edward Edwards Linton and Catherine Elizabeth Taylor. She was a young girl of 19 when she died. Annie was buried in Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Her […]
PLEASANT GROVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church is an older church located in Washington County, Kentucky. It was begun in 1833 – on land given by my 4th gr-grandfather, Captain John Hancock Linton, who brought his family to Kentucky in 1818 from Loudoun County, Virginia. Linton’s have […]
Catherine Elizabeth Taylor and Edward Edwards Linton were married 161 years ago – March 23, 1852 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Catherine was the daughter of John Cotton Taylor and Susan Clark Edwards. Edward is the son of William Linton and Elizabeth Lyon Moran. The couple had 7 […]
Hugh Linton and Frances Barber Linton Montgomery, my great-grandmother, were cousins. They shared their love of genealogy through letters and visits. Hugh lived in Hopkinsville, Christian County, in western Kentucky. Frances lived in Washington County, in the center of the state. That doesn’t sound like a far distance […]
This is the back side of a page from the Linton/Edwards family bible. I have only two pages – but the information contained is priceless! It must have been an Edwards bible at first, because the entries are earlier than my great-grandparents wedding on February 7, 1893 – […]
I have only two pages of an old family bible – they are tattered and discolored, but I am thankful for these two pages! I am sharing one side (of the four) with you today. The original owner of the bible was probably a member of the Edwards […]
A few days ago I posted a picture of my great-grandparents – Robert E. Lee Montgomery and Frances Barber Linton – and their children in front of their home in Washington County, Kentucky. I thought today I would share a few of the treasures from her genealogy records. […]
This is the home of my great-grandparents – my mother’s beloved grandmother and grandfather. Mom spent many happy days in this house. And even though it was torn down long before I could remember things, this is very real, and very vivid in my mind – the huge […]
John Edgar Linton was born 155 years ago – December 19, 1857 – in Washington County, Kentucky. John was the son of Edward Edwards Linton and Catherine Elizabeth Taylor. John never married, remaining a bachelor until his death in 1919. His siblings were Alice Clark, Annie Eliza, Margaret […]
My grandmother, Mary Alice Montgomery, was born 119 years ago – December 8, 1893 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Alice was the daughter of Robert E. Lee Montgomery and Frances Barber Linton. She married Joseph Reuben Carrico. They had 7 children: Joseph Robert, Reuben, Mary Beulah, Paul Donovan, […]
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
1929 Wedding
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Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
George and Caroline's Wedding Day
Klein Sod House