I have written many posts about Thomas Allin, early settler of Kentucky and first County Clerk for Mercer County. He is rather like a good friend. I knew he was a participant in the Revolutionary War, but was unaware of the significant role he played during the war […]
Wm. H. Taylor, died June 23, 1865, aged 38 years. ‘Whom the Gods love die young.’ John Taylor, died March 9, 1841, Aged 74 years. Mary L. Taylor, died November 10, 1859, Aged 76 years. Our Mother, Eliza A. Moore, died December 14, 1885, Aged 70 years. A […]
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 […]
In commemoration of her many virtues, this monument is dedicated to Amanda Singleton, wife of Dr. J. A. Thompson, February 4, 1819 – March 9, 1878. J. Addison Thompson, A.B., M.D., Fellow of the Ohio Medical Society, July 4, 1805 – April 2, 1881. Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, […]
Our War Governor, Beriah Magoffin, born August 5, 1818, died February 28, 1885. In the peaceful setting of Spring Hill Cemetery lie the remains of our state’s Civil War governor. Beriah Magoffin and his wife, Ann Shelby, are buried next to his father, of the same name, who […]
H. Oliver Willham, 1898-1943, U.S. Veteran 1918. Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. The Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Friday, June 4, 1943 H. Oliver Willham, age 44, died Saturday, May 2,1943, at 11:15 p.m. at the U. S. Veterans Hospital, Leestown Pike, Lexington, Ky. He […]
George Alfred Curry, 1852-1924. Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. The Harrodsburg Herald, Mercer County, Kentucky Friday, May 23, 1924 Seldom has a community felt the death of a citizen more keenly than the passing of Mr. George Alfred Curry, whose life closed Saturday morning, May 16 […]
Turner J. Fisher, 1841-1913. Tommie C. Fisher, 1848-1904. Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. The Harrodsburg Herald, Mercer County, Kentucky Thursday, February 11, 1904 Double Funeral of Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. MacMordie – Life Long Friends One of the saddest sights it is ever given to a […]
The Harrodsburg Herald, Mercer County, Kentucky Thursday, April 7, 1904 Passes Away -In Business Here 46 Years Tuesday morning shortly after eleven o’clock Mr. Otto Redwitz, one of the oldest and best known business men of this place, and in whose veins coursed royal blood, died at […]
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