Eight years ago, in August of 2017, Ritchey and I visited Machpelah Cemetery in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky. It was a glorious day – blue skies made for gorgeous photos! We were doing what we love – photographing cemeteries and geocaching! I share with you today photos […]
Moore Johnson lies buried in Machpelah Cemetery in Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky. William Moore Johnson was born May 4, 1795, in North Carolina. I have nothing about his parents. He was a young man when he enlisted as a teamster with the Kentucky Volunteers, Captain Higgins, during […]
When I found these two obituaries, I thought this is what an obituary is supposed to sound like. Loving words were said about each individual and their family. How beautiful. Not just a list of dates and names. These people came alive reading their last notice 109 years […]
Col. James Mason was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, September 29, 1769, the son of John Mason, September 1, 1743, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, – April 11, 1831, Fayette County, Kentucky, and Anna Marie Murray, January 2, 1741 – December 19, 1819. James Mason married Anna Elizabeth Fishback January […]
W. H. H. Miller, November 5, 1840-June 18, 1913. Nannie Gibson Miller, December 19, 1840-January 24, 1908. Machpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky An old stone, over one hundred years old, stands in the Machpelah Cemetery in the small town of Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, in remembrance […]
Enoch Gravestone, Machpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky The Mt. Sterling Advocate, Montgomery County, Kentucky Wednesday, February 2, 1910 Mr. John C. Enoch, who for 22 years has been a resident of our city, died at a Cincinnati hospital on Thursday morning, January 27, 1910, and was […]
Johnson Gravestone, Machpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky. Col. Thomas Johnson loomed large in Montgomery County. He lived there from early childhood, worked hard at farming in his early years until the Civil War. Col. Johnson raised a regiment in Mt. Sterling in support of the South. […]
Amanda C. Robertson, born March 5, 1812, died August 22, 1902. Machpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky. The Mt. Sterling Advocate, Montgomery County, Kentucky Tuesday, August 26, 1902 Robertson – At the home of Miss Mary McDonald in this city on Friday morning, August 22, 1902, Mrs. […]
George W. Thomas, born April 17, 1804, died February 25, 1863. Mary Ann, wife of George W. Thomas, born November 12, 1812, died February 12, 1846. Thomas Grubbs, born January 16, 1775, died March 9, 1859. Col. James Mason, September 29, 1769 – March 1855. Married January 7, […]
I thought this monument quite interesting since there was so much detail written on the stone. It gives a good picture of the life of this family. James Hall was born on the Isle of Wight in England, as was his son, George. James was a plasterer and […]
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