from The Sunday Herald, St. Joseph, Missouri December 12, 1897 Death of Mrs. McCoun A Pionner Woman Who Had Almost Reached The Century Mark ‘Mrs. Jane I. McCoun, aged 95, died at 2:30 yesterday afternoon at the home of her son, three miles northwest of the city. Her […]
Miscellaneous Information From Harrodsburg Newspaper Clippings Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky James Robb of Nicholasville died August 26, 1882. He married the youngest daughter of Captain T. T. Cogar. Sidney S. McFatridge died August 1882 Mrs. Elizabeth Harper Montgomery, age 80, died August 11, 1882, at the home of […]
In trying to find the perfect gift for my husband for Christmas, I didn’t realize I was doing myself a very big favor! Ritchey’s gift was a Magellan Explorist Geocaching GPS. He and our son, Linton, love to hike. I thought this would be a wonderful device to […]
Newspaper – Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Wednesday, October 26, 1898 Major Thomas Benton Carter, chief of the U.S,. detective service for the district of Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee, died of apoplexy, Sunday night. Monday morning he was found dead in his bed at Seelbach’s Hotel in Louisville. […]
Miscellaneous Kentucky Newspaper Clippings D. W. Thompson, of Cincinnati, and Mary N. Farra were married in Jessamine County, at the home of David Neal, September 28, 1881. J. Richard Johnson and Lillie Wells, daughter of S. W. Wells, were married in Lawrenceburg December 1, 1881. Mr. Benjamin Passmore, […]
Spring has sprung in Spring Hill Cemetery in Harrodsburg, Kentucky! I’ve always thought this a most beautiful cemetery, but spring brings out color and life! Ritchey and I visited Sunday after church, searching for a few gravestones to photograph for obituaries – for future postings! – and just […]
Today I am sharing photos of some of the older stones in Spring Hill Cemetery in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. I only know the information on each stone – there are no obituaries that go back this far. Spring Hill is a beautiful cemetery – if you are […]
About a month ago I posted obituaries for Thomas Jefferson Randolph and his wife, Nancy Bailey, both of whom are buried in Spring Hill Cemetery in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. While at our public library I found the following article on the Randolph family. Thomas Randolph’s parents were George M. […]
“The spectacle presented by the battlefield was enough to make angels weep. It beggars all description” – the day after the battle, Henry Fales Perry, 38th Indiana Infantry. The Battle of Perryville, the largest Civil War battle fought on Kentucky soil, began in the early morning hours on […]
from SWS, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Mr. John C. Davis, a prosperous farmer, residing five or six miles north east of town, committed suicide, yesterday morning, about 6 o’clock, by shooting himself in the heart with a shot gun. He had been, for a month or more, afflicted […]
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