Mr. Orval Baylor has again given us information used in today’s blog. He wrote his articles for The Springfield Sun, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky. I have added pages from the books containing the death records that Mr. Baylor cites. Washington County Death Records November 19, 1935 In the […]
The Springfield Sun Devoted to the Interests of Washington County, Kentucky Wednesday, October 9, 1907 Did you ever wonder what the news of the day was from years ago? What about October 9, 1907 – almost exactly 107 year ago? This was not a year of war, so […]
The Springfield Sun, Washington County, Kentucky Wednesday, February 17, 1909 Death of Mrs. J. C. McElroy Mrs. Mayme Green McElroy died yesterday at twelve o’clock noon at her home on East Main Street. Mrs. McElroy had been ill for about a year, but during the autumn had gone […]
Edwin Barber Clarkson was a descendant of Captain John Hancock Linton and wife Ann Nancy Mason. Barber, as he was called, was the son of Stephen Theodore Clarkson and Martha L. Edwards, born February 7, 1850. He married Etta Clark Taylor, daughter of Benjamin Springer Taylor and Martha […]
from The Springfield Sun, Washington County, Kentucky Thursday, February 14, 1952 Mrs. Royalty Is Buried At Side Of Her Husband Aged former citizen of county died Monday morning in the home of her son near Chaplin of cerebral. Rites at Willisburg Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Royalty, age 83, died […]
from The Springfield Sun, Washington County, Kentucky Wednesday, November 1, 1905 Death of Mr. Ensor Mr. J. B. Ensor, one of Washington County’s oldest and most highly respected citizens, died at his home at McIntire last Sunday of Bright’s disease, aged seventy-nine years. Mr. Ensor had been a […]
from The Springfield Sun, Washington County, Kentucky Wednesday, August 16, 1905 Mrs. J. W. Thompson Loved and Honored Woman Passed Away This Morning Mrs. J. W. Thompson died at her home, in the Pleasant Grove neighborhood, this morning at 4 o’clock. She received a stroke of apoplexy Sunday […]
This map is from our Kentucky County Maps by Puetz. This is a wonderful book that has been much used and much loved! It is starting to fall apart and I really need to try to find another one. Ritchey and I use this on our adventures through […]
from The Springfield Sun, Washington County, Kentucky Wednesday, October 13, 1909 Obituary Mrs. T. J. Nally, Mr. T. L. Fenwick and Mr. Tom Williams Passed Away During The Past Week Died, at the home of her husband, Thomas J. Nally, near Bardstown, Kentucky, Friday, October 8, 1909, Mrs. […]
from The Springfield Sun, Washington County, Kentucky Wednesday, October 13, 1909 Annual Reunion Of the Old Soldiers of Washington County Held Last Friday at Squire Hendren’s The balmy weather of last Friday drew an immense crowd to the old soldiers reunion which was held in a grove on […]
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