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Good morning! It’s a bright, sunny day in the heart of Kentucky. It will be a warm day and a warmer week – most temps in the 90’s! But I hope this is the end of the summer heat. One more hurrah before the lovely cool temperatures of […]
Gravestones from Maple Grove Cemetery – Jessamine County
Pamelia A., wife of R. M. Phillips, born November 10, 1839, died July 16, 1886. Ella B. Mooney, wife of J. B. Stears, 1859-1883. M. C. Smith, December 24, 1830 – August 11, 1909. Arabella F. Smith, March 17, 1835 – April 22, 1902. Maria Tapp, wife of […]
Father’s Day Salute!
Here’s to the Men in My Life! A Long Line of Hill’s and Two Brown’s – Who Should Be Jolly’s! In my Mother’s Day Salute back in May I introduced you to the long line of women in my life – my mother, grandmother and one line of […]
First Cousins – John and Millie Edwards
John L. Edwards and Mildred L. Linton The two photographs are in a little red velvet lined double case, a little larger than the others I have – 3 1/2 X 4 inches. I took the delicate pieces of glass out of the container to scan. The photos […]
Carrico-Montgomery Wedding
My mother’s parents on their wedding day, November 24, 1920. Mary Alice Montgomery became the bride of Joseph Rueben Carrico. Following is the article from The Springfield Sun, the local newspaper (I can’t believe they married at 5:30 a.m.! Perhaps the morning train was very early?) and the […]
IS AN INVENTORY JUST A LIST?
Perhaps many will pass over an inventory as just a ‘list of old stuff’, being heartily disappointed that no will was left for descendants to peruse. Let’s take a closer look at the inventory of Moses Linton who died in Fairfax County, Virginia, in 1752, and see just […]
Will of Edward Barton
Note by Phyllis Brown: Edward Barton was my seventh great-grandfather, the great-grandfather of Captain John Linton. In the name of God, amen. I, Edward Barton, of the County of Stafford, being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory, blessed be God for it, […]
Mother’s Day Salute!
Mother’s Day Salute! It seems only fitting that on this Mother’s Day I mention my mother, my grandmothers, and all my great-grandmothers – and my daughter! Just think of all that is passed down through the years from mother to daughter – cooking, baking, love of reading, music, […]
Today In Genealogy History – March 19
Marcia “Mercy” Buche was born 245 years ago – March 19, 1768 – in Virginia. Marcia was the daughter of Rudolphus Buche. On March 5, 1789, in Ohio County, Virginia, Marcia married Harmon Greathouse III. They moved to Nelson County, Kentucky, where they had 5 children: Isaac Newman, […]
Today In Genealogy History – February 15
Frances Ann Linton Hagan died 160 years ago – February 15, 1853 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Frances was the daughter of Moses Linton and Ann Nancy Pead. She married James H. Hagan, son of Enoch Hagan and Tabitha Hagan, in 1838 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Frances and […]
