My goal is to write about each and every county in Kentucky. Recently I realized I have missed Hopkins County in western Kentucky. Ritchey and I visited Hopkins County in April 2023 during our month-long trip home. We visited Odd Fellows Cemetery, in the county seat of Madisonville, […]
The Bee was the weekly newspaper for Earlington, Kentucky, located in Hopkins County. Earlington is a small town, with a population in 1900 of 3,012. Today there are less than half that many who live there. Madisonville is the county seat of Hopkins, and I suppose that’s why […]
The Hustler, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky October 5, 1894 Lacy L. Tapp, the subject of this sketch, was born three miles west of Slaughtersville, in Webster County, on February 6, 1859. His parents were Jesse and Elizabeth Tapp, both well-known and highly respected by all who knew them. […]
Pension Applications – Graves County, Kentucky William Cook The said applicant served in the Revolutionary War as a private in the North Carolina militia. He had been placed on the Pension Roll January 1, 1833, and was 71 years of age on March 4, 1831. He was residing […]
The Hustler, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky Judge Dixon Hall was born in Hopkins County, April 29, 1811, and died July 30, 1894, at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. M. W. Bishop. The remains were interred at Flat Creek Cemetery the next day. The funeral sermon was preached […]
The Hustler, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky Sam Goodloe, one of the colored drivers in the Reinecke mines, was killed yesterday morning about 10 o’clock. He was going down a grade in the mines with eight loaded cars when he suddenly threw brakes on the front car, causing the […]
The Hustler, Madisonville, Kentucky January 19, 1894 Mrs. Eliza Bailey, of the Pond River country, died last week at the good old age of seventy-nine years. January 26, 1894 Mr. John J. Stevens, one of the old, well-known and much respected citizens of Hopkins County, died at his […]
The Hustler, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky 1893-1898 Elisha W. Sisk, Deputy Sheriff of Hopkins County, a citizen of the Morton’s Gap country, a farmer in good circumstances, and one of the best men in the country, appropriately celebrated his sixtieth birthday last Saturday. He and his good wife […]
The Hustler, Madisonville, Kentucky February 24, 1893 Mrs. Ellen Tanner, of Madisonville, died last Monday morning and was buried Tuesday afternoon at Odd Fellow’s Cemetery. She was quite aged and has been bedridden for a number of years. She was a good woman and much respected by all […]
The Hustler, Madisonville, Kentucky January 20, 1893 In Memory of Harvey Graham Harvey Graham was born in 1808 and died October 27, 1892. He was the oldest of Richard Graham’s family, who was among the first settlers of Hopkins County. He professed faith in Christ when twelve years […]
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