Messenger Inquirer, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky Sunday, May 29, 1904 The First Soldier Killed During the War in Kentucky in Butler County Granville C. Allen Was the First Victim Whose Blood Watered Bluegrass Soil A recent issue of the National Tribune contains an account of the first clash […]
I have spent several interesting hours this morning in the search of information on Charles Pike “Caleb” Hale and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Medkeff, both buried in Calhoun Cemetery in McLean County, Kentucky. Charles was the son of Caleb Hale and Sarah Huff, born in Ohio County, March […]
The Furnish Family Cemetery, Gallatin County, Kentucky. Today we visit the very small Furnish Family Cemetery in Gallatin County. Ritchey and I were there in October of 2015. It is also known as the Garrett Furnish Cemetery. If you take Hwy 35 south from Warsaw, the cemetery is […]
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 […]
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 […]
Alexander Cemetery, Ohio County, Kentucky This beautiful little cemetery in Ohio County is in western Kentucky, about two and one-half miles north of Hartford, the county seat. Ohio County was formed from Hardin County in 1799; earlier records would be found there. Ritchey and I visited in October […]
The Hartford Republican, Ohio County, Kentucky Friday, April 19, 1918 Resolution of Respect By the Ladies Aid Society, of Wesley Chappel, Nocreek, Kentucky. Whereas, God, in his infinite wisdom has called from our society one of its members, Sister Janie Delaney, on February 19, 1918, and was laid […]
Many members of the Barnett family in Ohio County are buried in Alexander Cemetery. from Kentucky – A History of the State, Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, 1885 Ohio County Joseph C. Barnett was born September 4, 1818, in Ohio County, Kentucky, and is a son of Robert and […]
Wilson Chapman, born February 4, 1844, died January 4, 1904. Bells Run Baptist Cemetery, Ohio County, Kentucky. The Hartford Republican, Ohio County, Kentucky Friday, January 8, 1904 Claude E. Ware, born September 1, 1878, died July 5, 1917. The Messenger Inquirer, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky Friday, June 16, […]
The Hartford Republican, Ohio County, Kentucky Friday, July 30, 1915 Death of E. P. Barnett Elijah P. Barnett died Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, at the home of Mr. Joseph Thomasson, on lower No Creek, of dropsy. He had been an invalid for thirty years, caused by a […]
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
Kentucky Kindred Genealogy 