This is a check from my great-grandfather’s account at Peoples Deposit Bank in Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, dated July 24, 1899. It is made out to Cunningham and Duncan in the amount of $1.82 for merchandise. Now what could great-grandmother Frances have purchased? From the July 28, 1898, […]
According to my mother we are related to all Carrico families in Washington and adjoining counties. However, I cannot find this family in my database! Does anyone know this family – or are related to them? from The News-Leader, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky Thursday, May 27, 1909 Joe […]
Welcome 2014! I hope you spent the new year ringing in with those you love. We had our traditional Swiss fondue with good friends and family – a tradition of at least 25 years! Today I share with you a column from the Cartwrights Creek area of Washington […]
from The News-Leader, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky Thursday, March 20, 1902 Richard Parrott Dead Mr. Richard Parrott, an old and valued citizen of the county, died at his home about three miles from town on last Tuesday morning at an early hour. Mr. Parrott had been in failing […]
from The News-Leader, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky Thursday, June 7, 1900 Charles Neale Dead Charles F. Neale, who was a well-known and popular young man of the county, died at the home of his father, Mr. F. R. Neale, in the Pleasant Grove neighborhood on last Friday morning […]
The News-Leader, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky July 18, 1907 Into a Watery Grave Sad Fate of Four Members of a Camping Party on Beech Fork on Last Friday Morning Event Casts a Shadow of Gloom Over The Town The Dead Jacob L. Pardieu Miss Nellie Noe, daughter of […]
Today is the 204th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Following is the account of the marriage of his parents – Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks – that occurred in Washington County on June 12, 1806 – and the possibility that our famous president was born in […]
The News-Leader, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky Thursday, February 28, 1907 After twelve days of illness Mrs. Amanda F. Isham departed this life from the effects of pneumonia at her home near Jensenton. She was born February 17, 1873 and died February 26, 1907. She possessed religion at the […]
from The News-Leader, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky Thursday, February 1, 1912 Mrs. Lucy Sale died at her home near Litsey Sunday night after a short illness of pneumonia. She was a daughter of William and Annie Hardesty and was born March 3, 1832, within a few hundred yards […]
from The News-Leader, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky Thursday, August 25, 1904 Death of Mrs. Nichols Mrs. Elizabeth Browne Nichols, formerly of this county, died at the home of her son Dr. Thomas Nichols, near Bardstown, on last Friday night after an illness of several weeks’ duration. The deceased […]
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