Sallie Thomas Hall, 1837-1920, Carlisle Cemetery, Nicholas County, Kentucky. On a genealogy tour in August of 2014 Ritchey and I visited the Carlisle Cemetery in Nicholas County. One monument came into view immediately – the lovely marble sculpture above. Thinking this must be the grave of a young […]
W. W. Massie, born April 14, 1820, died September 12, 1906. Paris Cemetery, Bourbon County, Kentucky. The Bourbon News, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky Friday, September 14, 1906
The Washington Herald, Washington, D.C. Wednesday, June 24, 1908 James W. Zevely Weds Former Washingtonian Takes Miss Janie Clay as Bride Mexico, Missouri, June 23 – Miss Janie Clay, the only daughter of Col. and Mrs. Green Clay, of Mexico, and James William Zevely, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, were […]
Dr. Wash Fithian, 1825-1904. Paris Cemetery, Bourbon County, Kentucky. The Bourbon News, Paris, Kentucky Friday, June 17, 1904 Dr. Wash Fithian, the oldest and most beloved physician of Paris, died at his home on Pleasant Street, Wednesday afternoon, at 5:25, after three weeks of illness. His death is […]
This beautiful and heartbreaking stone is located in the Paris Cemetery in Bourbon County. Death at a young age is always sad, but the beautiful verse on the stone gives us an idea of the total grief of the young husband. Newton B. Rion, Jr., never remarried. He […]
E. F. Spears, 1840-1907, Paris Cemetery, Bourbon County, Kentucky from The Bourbon News, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky Friday, August 30, 1907 Captain E. F. Spears Dead Captain E. F. Spears, one of Paris’ most prominent and highly esteemed citizens, died at his home on High Street, Thursday morning […]
John Caldwell Holt was born November 21, 1856, in Bourbon County, Kentucky. He married Kate Huntington Gilbert October 6, 1886, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In the 1900 Census of Kent County, Michigan, we find John C., 43, born November 1856, married 14 years; Kate G., 39, born July […]
E. F. Spears, 1840-1907. Paris Cemetery, Bourbon County, Kentucky from History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, Perrin, 1882 Bourbon County Captain E. F. Spears, milling; was born 1840 in Paris, the third son of Abram Spears and Rebecca Ford. At the age of thirteen he […]
Joseph Stephens died April 2, 1885, aged 87 years. Paris Cemetery, Bourbon County, Kentucky. The only old Paris newspaper that I was aware of was The Bourbon News – have used it many times to find obituaries to go with gravestone photos I have taken. The on-line records […]
from History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, Perrin, 1882 Bourbon County, Kentucky Samuel Clay, farmer and stock raiser; P. O. Paris. This gentleman is the largest land owner, and one of the most successful agriculturists in Bourbon County. He was born in this Precinct [Paris] […]
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