Mary Jane Willoughby, September 15, 1866 – April 25, 1946. Married Grafton Willoughby in 1887. Brother, James H. Bracken, died on the Titanic, 1912. Crescent Hill (Old Company) Cemetery, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Ritchey and I visited Crescent Hill (Old Company) Cemetery in October of 2017. The cemetery was […]
The following obituary and will were found on page 3 of the Kentucky Gazette, October 14, 1797. All four pages of the newspaper are similarly written, except the first page has the name and date of the paper at the top. This paper is Number 566, Volume XI. […]
St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery, Mercer County, Kentucky St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery, in rural Mercer County, is small and quiet. Today I share photographs and obituaries for the Waters (Watters) family, including members of Clark, Settles, Divine and Dean families who intermarried with them James Watters, born June 18, […]
Today we visit Bells Run Baptist Church, in the small area of the same name. Bells Run is located in the north-western section of the Ohio County, at the intersections of Hwys 764 and 762. This is a beautiful cemetery, alongside a handsome church. Our focus will be […]
Andrew and Della Hardin Monument, Shawnee Run Baptist Cemetery, Mercer County, Kentucky. Mrs. Andrew Hardin, a well known resident of Curdsville, died Wednesday night after a week’s illness with paralysis and complications. She was a young matron in the prime of life and her passing is a deep […]
Skinner Family, Winchester Cemetery, Clark County, Kentucky. Fanny L. Skinner, born May 20, 1821, died July 22, 1908. The Winchester Democrat, Clark County, Kentucky Friday, July 24, 1908 Death Claims Mrs. Fannie Lander Skinner, one of the oldest and best-known residents of this county Mrs. Fannie Lander Skinner […]
The Ingram-Rupertus family began away from the city of Paducah and county of McCracken. According to the birth records for Caldwell County, George O. Ingram was born there July 15, 1858, the son of Morris Ingram and Elizabeth Hanks. The 1850 census records for Caldwell County show that […]
Leander ‘Lee’ S. Wright, born November 2, 1848, died September 16, 1907. Virginia A. Ladd, his wife, born December 10, 1847, died October 9, 1909. Maplewood Cemetery, Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky. The Paducah Sun, McCracken County, Kentucky Monday, September 16, 1907 I’m surprised there was no mention of […]
Smock family stone, Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. Lee Smock, 1870-1940. The Harrodsburg Herald, Mercer County, Kentucky Friday, November 29, 1940 SMOCK Col. Lee Smock, born Aug. 15, 1870, died at 1 a.m. Monday, November 25, 1940 at his home on Beaumont avenue following a long […]
James Q. Chenoweth, Col. 16th KY Cavalry, Confederate States Army, 1834-1909. Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. The Harrodsburg Herald, Mercer County, Kentucky Friday, June 25, 1909 CHENOWETH Gallant Confederate Soldier Dies at Bedford Springs, Virginia On last Saturday Mr. T. J. Fisher received a telegram […]
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