Catherine Elizabeth Taylor and Edward Edwards Linton were married 161 years ago – March 23, 1852 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Catherine was the daughter of John Cotton Taylor and Susan Clark Edwards. Edward is the son of William Linton and Elizabeth Lyon Moran. The couple had 7 […]
Hugh Walter Linton died 68 years ago – March 21, 1945 – in Christian County, Kentucky. Hugh was the son of John Wesley Linton and Emma Adelaide Proctor. He married Eliza Belfield Garnett February 5, 1913, in Logan County, Kentucky. Hugh and Eliza had three children: Hugh Walter, […]
Harold Linton died 102 years ago – March 14, 1911 – in Logan County, Kentucky. Harold was the son of George William Linton and Etta Mortimore; the grandson of Benjamin Burkett Linton and Nancy Jane Newman. Harold was born January 5, 1896 – making him only 15 at the […]
Hugh Linton and Frances Barber Linton Montgomery, my great-grandmother, were cousins. They shared their love of genealogy through letters and visits. Hugh lived in Hopkinsville, Christian County, in western Kentucky. Frances lived in Washington County, in the center of the state. That doesn’t sound like a far distance […]
This is the back side of a page from the Linton/Edwards family bible. I have only two pages – but the information contained is priceless! It must have been an Edwards bible at first, because the entries are earlier than my great-grandparents wedding on February 7, 1893 – […]
In Memorium The Washington Post, July 6, 1890 The funeral of William Linton took place Saturday evening, June28, from his late residence, 1000 Twenty-Sixth Street Northwest. The services were conducted by the Rev. Alfred Harding of St. Paul’s Church. The interment was at Congressional Cemetery. The active pallbearers […]
Ann Rachel Booker Linton died 129 years ago – March 5, 1884 – in St. Louis, Missouri. Ann was the daughter of Paul Jones Booker. She married Dr. Moses Lewis Linton October 25, 1837, in Washington County, Kentucky. They moved to St. Louis where he practiced medicine and […]
Mildred L. Linton Edwards died 135 years ago – February 25, 1878 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Mildred was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Linton and Lucy Crewdson. She married her first cousin, John L. Edwards October 13, 1831, in Logan County, Kentucky. Mildred and John had only […]
David Crewdson Rhoads was born 163 years ago – February 21, 1850 – in Logan County, Kentucky. David was the son of Jacob Vaught Rhoads and Elizabeth Linton. He married Harriet E. Rhoads, daughter of Christopher V. Rhoads and Sarah A. Downing, in 1880. They had at least […]
Jonathan Joseph Edwards was born 208 years ago – February 18, 1805 – in Loudoun County, Virginia. Jonathan was the son of Edward Barber Edwards and Nancy Linton. He married Nancy Millie Linton, his first cousin, in 1829, in Washington County, Kentucky. Jonathan and Nancy had 7 children: […]
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