Interesting tidbits from this Springfield paper. Little Margaret Moran that is mentioned, is the daughter of James L. Moran and Katie E. Janes. Eddie Moran, listed, is Margaret’s brother. from The News-Leader, Springfield, Kentucky Thursday, September 22, 1904 Valley High Thomas Reed and wife visited the latter’s parents […]
Note by Phyllis Brown: Alice Linton was known as “Auntie” to my mother. Not that she knew her – mom was four when she died. I’m sure she remembers stories her grandmother told about her sister Alice. My mother has “Auntie’s” table – a small 2 foot by […]
Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church is located in the northeastern part of Washington County, just south of the Bluegrass Parkway. From the parkway take Highway 555 south, and then make a right turn onto Highway 153. It was begun in 1833 on part of the […]
Note by Phyllis Brown: Mary Jane Edwards Janes is sitting in the fourth chair from the left. On her right is my great-great-grandmother Catherine Elizabeth Taylor Linton (her mother was Susan Edwards – sister to Mary Jane). On her left is her sister Sarah Edwards, who never married. […]
Today is the 44th anniversary of the death of Vivian Eleanora Ritchey Brown – my husband’s mother. The former beauty queen of Fairmont, Nebraska, married Rex Brown, a member of the United States Army Air Force in World War II, whom she met at the training base in […]
This is my favorite picture of my grandmother! She was featured in her hometown newspaper because of her concern for the Linton Cemetery. She took great pride in being a Linton descendant. Her mother was Frances Barber Linton, daughter of Edward Edwards Linton and Catherine Elizabeth Taylor Linton […]
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