Maggard Cemetery – Letcher County
Ritchey and I visited Maggard Cemetery in Letcher County, Kentucky, March 24, 2023. As with many cemeteries in eastern Kentucky we were in the hills as one would say. Beautiful country!
Pauline and Aledia Fouts – Letcher County
While looking through the gravestone photos taken in Maggard Cemetery in Letcher County this spring, I came upon the stone for the Fouts sisters. This caught my eye since the photo on the gravestone is of two lovely young women – and then I noticed they died the […]
Merry Christmas – The Mountain Eagle 1910
A cute Christmas message from The Mountain Eagle, 1910. The old newspapers hold interesting ways the holidays were celebrated in years long ago. from The Mountain Eagle, Whiteburg, Letcher County, Kentucky December 22, 1910 Christmas Stocking It is almost Christmas. We hardly can wait to hang up the […]
Births – Letcher County, Kentucky – 1852
Births – Letcher County, Kentucky – 1852 Joseph Wells, son of Ezekiel Wells and Ebeline Day, born February 28, 1852 Isom Cordelle, son of Alfred Cordelle and Orey Stergille, born October 28, 1852 Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of Wilson Lewis and Katharine Collier, born May 13, 1852 Henry Blare, […]
Births – Letcher County, Kentucky
Births – Letcher County, Kentucky Manerva Combs, born April 9, 1852, daughter of Edward Combs and Martha Polly Manerva Stergille, born September 6, 1852, daughter of Andrew Stergille and Dica Hall Minda Cornett, born September 28, 1852, daughter of Wesley Cornett and Seatta Moras Henry Love (black), born […]
1852 Birth Records – Letcher County, Kentucky
1852 Birth Records – Letcher County, Kentucky William R. Sexton born December 16, 1852 – parents Robert Sexton and Nancy Wheeling Susanna Holbrook born July 6, 1852 – mother Henrietta Holbrook Joseph N. Webb born October 4, 1852 – parents Enoch A. Webb and Susannah Polly Eliza Craft […]
1852 Births – Letcher County, Kentucky
1852 Births – Letcher County, Kentucky Benjamin F. Hale born May 5, 1852 – parents Archelias D. Hale and Louisa J. Young Unnamed Female born May 8, 1852 – parents William Sexton and Eleanor Cook Sceala Adams born May 12, 1852 – parents Jesse Adams and Margaret Craft […]
