Granddaddy and Grandmother sitting on the porch at their home in Springfield. Today is my maternal grandfather’s birthday – happy 134th, granddaddy! Joseph Rueben Carrico was born January 15, 1885, in Washington County, Kentucky. He was seventy-two years when I was born. Unfortunately, he died when I was […]
The News-Leader, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky Thursday, January 4, 1906 Daisy, aged 16 years, the beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Janes, died at the home of her parents below Springfield on last Saturday after an illness of several months duration. She was possessed of a sweet […]
Susan Frances Warren and John Henry Carrico were married 115 years ago – October 19, 1898 – in Marion County, Kentucky. Susan was the daughter of George Warren and Annie Mattingly. John was the son of Joseph Benedict Napoleon Carrico and Melvina Ann Smith. Susan and John had […]
Melvina Ann Smith and Joseph Benedict Napoleon Carrico were married 138 years ago – January 5, 1875 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Melvina was the daughter of John E. Smith and Ellen Lyons. Joseph was the son of Pius M. Carrico and Mary Magdalene Spalding. Joseph and Melvina […]
I am intrigued by the chatty columns of the small areas of the county. It not only brings to us a slower pace of life – one perhaps we might enjoy, at least for a while – but gives us an insight into the small, everyday occurrences of […]
The Springfield Sun, Washington County, Kentucky Thursday, June 11, 1931 Mrs. Melvina Smith Carrico, age eighty-one years, died at 12:20 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at her home on the Saint Rose and Lebanon Road, 5 miles west of this city, death being caused by infirmities incident to age and […]
Susan Frances Warren and John Henry Carrico were married 113 years ago – October 19, 1898 – in Marion County, Kentucky. Susan was the daughter of George H. Warren and Annie Mattingly. John was the son of Benedict Joseph Napoleon Carrico and Melvina Ann Smith. Susan and John […]
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
1929 Wedding
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Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
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