Laura Frances Montgomery was born 115 years ago – December 4, 1897 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Laura was the daughter of Robert E. Lee Montgomery and Frances Barber Linton. She died of consumption at the age of 15. Her siblings were Mary Alice, Anna Margaret, Lillian Catherine, […]
My grandparents, Mary Alice Montgomery and Joseph Reuben Carrico, were married 92 years ago – November 24, 1920 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Alice was the daughter of Robert E. Lee Montgomery and Frances Barber Linton. Rue was the son of Joseph Benedict Napoleon Carrico and Melvina Ann […]
This is a red letter day for Kentucky Kindred – the 1,000th post! When I started this blog in April, 2011, I wasn’t sure if I’d find enough to write about! Let’s just say the surface of my research and information hasn’t been scratched yet! Kentucky Kindred should […]
Three members of my mother’s family were born on September 18th – her brother, Robert Carrico, their aunt, Anna Margaret Montgomery, and their great-aunt, Catherine Rhoda Carrico. My uncle, Joseph Robert Carrico, my mother’s oldest brother, was born 91 years ago – September 18, 1921 – in Washington County, Kentucky. […]
This map is from our Kentucky County Maps by Puetz. This is a wonderful book that has been much used and much loved! It is starting to fall apart and I really need to try to find another one. Ritchey and I use this on our adventures through […]
How many of you have checked out the 1940 census? For me it was quite exciting since it was the first census in which my parents were listed! Mom was born in 1931 and dad in 1935. The above census is from Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, and lists […]
This little piece was saved by my great-grandmother, Frances Barber Linton Montgomery. The obituary of her mother, Catherine Elizabeth Taylor Linton, is listed as one of the news items for that week. Catherine was the daughter of John Cotton Taylor and Susan Clark Edwards, both Washington County pioneers […]
Frances Barber Linton was born 145 years ago – August 13, 1867 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Frances was the daughter of Edward Edwards Linton and Catherine Elizabeth Taylor. She married Robert E. Lee Montgomery. Frances and Robert had 7 children: Mary Alice, Anna Margaret, Laura Frances, Lillian […]
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 […]
My guess is this photo was taken about 1913 in Washington County, Kentucky. The young girl in the picture is my great-aunt, Lillian Catherine Montgomery, daughter of Robert E. Lee Montgomery and Frances Barber Linton, born March 11, 1900. Her birth date is my point for dating the […]
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