The Courier Journal, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Saturday, October 27, 1900 Frankfort, Kentucky, October 22 – Special – On September 10, 1850, Mr. Marcus H. Cromwell was united in marriage to Miss Emily J. McMeekin, in Fayette County, Kentucky, and recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their […]
Even though two of my sisters live on farms and at one time raised tobacco, I have never experienced planting, raising, chopping, hoeing, cutting or stripping tobacco. Both my parents’ families raised tobacco. In our very early days this product made Virginia, and later, the South, rich from […]
The Frankfort Roundabout, Franklin County, Kentucky Saturday, March 23, 1895 Deaths of the Week A Rich Harvest for the Grim Reaper Bryant – Mrs. Puss Bryant died Wednesday night at her home on East Main Street, after a brief illness, aged about 80 years. The deceased was a […]
The Evening Bulletin, Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky Monday, July 25, 1898 Jasper M. Hixson Death Saturday Afternoon of an Old citizen Whose Parents Were Among the First Settlers of Mayslick The venerable Jasper M. Hixson died Saturday afternoon about 3 o’clock at the home of his grandniece, Mrs. […]
The following article is taken from a Fleming County newspaper (I do not have the name), giving accounts of the cholera epidemics from 1852 to 1855. So much of this type of information would be lost if it weren’t for reports of this kind, written by people who […]
This newspaper clipping has been in my possession for so long I cannot remember from which newspaper it was taken. It must have been a Richmond newspaper, but not sure about year – 1930? Interesting story about the merchants of Richmond and the part they played in the […]
Elmer E. Tinsley and wife Fidelia Ward Tinsley were so happy to receive a letter from their son talking about the day prior to, and Armistice Day, when all firing of World War I stopped. It was the end of the war and everyone was gloriously happy. The […]
Monument to Col. John Hardin, erected by his son Mark Hardin. Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky. Col. John Hardin was everything mentioned in the following article – pioneer, soldier, patriot and Christian. He owned land in what was originally Nelson County, Kentucky, but in 1792 became […]
This was a newspaper column published in The Springfield Sun in 1926. Before The War was a newspaper column devoted to gleanings from the lives of citizens of Springfield and Washington County before the War Between the States. Editor’s Note: This column will appear as a weekly Sun […]
I always enjoy reading the announcements in old newspapers of weddings, dinner parties and other affairs. It is a moment, frozen in time, for us to enjoy. The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Thursday, January 4, 1894 Society News The brilliant nuptials of Mr. B. F. Watkins, of […]
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