Marks’ Plot – Temple Israel Cemetery, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky News Democrat, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky Sunday, September 1, 1901 Death’s Hand Peace Comes to the Sufferer After Long and Weary Months of Pain Jacob Marks, fifty-two years old, born in Baden Baden, Germany, but who had been […]
In memory of Susan B. Merwin, November 21, 1874 – May 6, 1923. Superintendent Kentucky School for the Blind. With great love and untiring zeal she labored to educate the blind. Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Susan Buckingham Merwin was the daughter of Samuel M. and […]
How many of you noticed there were only half the usual posts in the last week or so? Ritchey and I were on vacation at Nags Head, North Carolina, at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. It was a much-needed respite, an enjoyable time of rest and relaxation, […]
Henry Butler Bonta, 1846-1934. Susan Semones Bonta, 1847-1934. Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery, Mercer County, Kentucky. The Harrodsburg Herald, Mercer County, Kentucky Friday, May 11, 1934 Funeral services for Henry Butler Bonta, 87, retired Washington county farmer, were held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon at Bethel Presbyterian church with […]
The Salmons’ family monument in Green Lawn Cemetery, Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky. Resting in Green Lawn Cemetery in the city of Franklin, in Simpson County, are the family of Robert DePriest Salmons. To the memory of Nathan Salmons, born and raised to manhood in Virginia, came to Kentucky […]
Edmund Ware Stephens and Virginia Letitia Garth married in Todd County, Kentucky, December 1, 1848, by J. D. Ferguson. Edmund was the son of Benjamin Craig Stephens and Sally Ware; he was born in Shelby County. Virginia Letitia Garth was the daughter of Granville Waller Garth and Elizabeth […]
George N. Helm, December 15, 1846 – August 5, 1924. Annie R., his wife, February 20, 1855 – April 1, 1918. Hickman Cemetery, Fulton County, Kentucky. The gravestone of George Neville Helm, and his wife, Annie Robinson Catlett, has well survived weather and the ravages of time over […]
Martha Boyd Cemetery, Christian County, Kentucky. Today we take a tour of the Martha Boyd Cemetery in central Christian County. It is a small, rural cemetery, located on Old Kelly Road. Drury Boyd, born May 6, 1827, died January 13, 1891. Hopkinsville Kentucky, Christian County, Kentucky Tuesday, January […]
Colonel Frank Wolford was a life-long citizen of Adair County, and lies buried in Columbia Cemetery, a modest stone atop his grave. At a young age he became a lawyer, a life-long service where he never named a fee for his clients, but accepted whatever was offered for […]
Percefull family stone, Cap Anderson Cemetery, Meade County, Kentucky. Today we visit Cap Anderson Cemetery in Meade County. Five members of the Percefull family are buried here. The parents are James D. Percefull and Martha Lacy Fletcher. James and Martha were married March 7, 1854, in Hardin County, […]
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