We are on a fashion tangent today. I found this article of bridal fashions, with sketches, in the Sunday, May 2, 1920, edition of the Lexington Leader. My grandmother married in November of 1920. She wore nothing quite like this design, but looked lovely in a dark suit […]
This note was found among my great-grandmother’s genealogy – Frances Barber Linton. She married Robert E. Lee Montgomery in February of 1893 in Washington County, Kentucky. Both families had been in the county for generations – the Linton’s moving from Loudoun County, Virginia in 1818, when John Hancock […]
Couldn’t help but think about my maternal grandmother today. Mary Alice Montgomery Carrico was a lovely person, but as a grandmother she was rather stilted. When we came to visit she was always sitting in her rocking chair and offered her cheek for us to kiss. There were […]
My beautiful grandmother, Alice Montgomery Carrico, was a strong presence in my life. I’m sure most of you have felt this way about a grandparent, a special aunt, or another person involved in your life. She was raised with a silver spoon in her mouth, as they say, […]
The above photo is of my great-grandfather, Robert E. Lee Montgomery, sitting in his favorite rocking chair at the age of 86. Beside him is Mary Alice Carrico, shown in her cap and gown, ready for graduation (or perhaps just afterwards!). Mary Alice is my mother’s youngest sister, […]
Today I have one of my personal photos to share with you – Grandmother and Granddaddy holding their first two children! These are my maternal grandparents. Mary Alice Montgomery married Joseph Reuben Carrico, November 24, 1920, in Washington County, Kentucky. Alice was the daughter of Robert E. Lee […]
William Linton, son of Captain John Linton and Ann Nancy Mason, and Eliza Lyon Moran, daughter of William Moran, Jr., and Mary Rebecca Linton, married April 5, 1817, in Washington County, Kentucky. They raised a family of at least seven children. The following is information on the family […]
In memory of John Linton who departed this life December 4, 1836, in the 86th year of his age. Linton Cemetery, Washington County, Kentucky. Do you have a favorite ancestor? By far, Captain John Hancock Linton is mine. Not to diminish or detract from any of my other […]
This is a check from my great-grandfather’s account at Peoples Deposit Bank in Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, dated July 24, 1899. It is made out to Cunningham and Duncan in the amount of $1.82 for merchandise. Now what could great-grandmother Frances have purchased? From the July 28, 1898, […]
Within a time space of less than 24 hours I have just read The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes. What can I say – fascinating, absolutely fascinating! Although published in 2001 – 14 years and much DNA research since then – it gives an account of […]
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
1929 Wedding
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Klein Sod House