Solomon Cox, born December 24, 1795, in Wythe County, Virginia, was the youngest child of James Cox and Elizabeth Robertson, whose first husband was a Mr. Terrill. From the March 1998 issue of The Kentucky Explorer Magazine, we read that ‘Captain John Cox [father of James Cox and […]
It is sometimes difficult to find information about someone when all I have is a picture of their gravestone. This was not quite true of Joseph Swope, because his death was so sad. Let’s start with our photograph. The first thing I notice when looking at the stone […]
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 […]
In preparing a post on William Moore Johnson, of Montgomery County, I found this newspaper article from the 1883 Courier Journal that I thought appropriate to share on this Memorial Day. This is the first of such an article I have seen about a reunion of soldiers from […]
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 […]
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