Today In Genealogy History – October 4, 2011
Mary Elizabeth Armstrong was born 183 years ago – October 4, 1828. Mary Elizabeth married Elisha White in Washington County, Kentucky. They had 5 children: William Elizabeth, Jane R., Sarah M. and Nancy.
Obituary – Lucretia (Lucy) Edwards Edwards
The Springfield Sun – Wednesday, October 9, 1912 EDWARDS Another of the old and highly respected citizens of Washington County died last Thursday when Mrs. Lucy Edwards was called to her last reward. The funeral services were conducted Saturday from the Methodist Church and the remains laid away […]
Today In Genealogy History – October 3, 2011
Lucretia Edwards Edwards died 99 years ago – October 3, 1912 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Lucretia was the daughter of John L. Edwards and Mildred L. Linton. She married Benjamin Edwards, her first cousin. Lucy and Benjamin had no children. Lucretia (Lucy) Edwards was buried in Springfield […]
Today In Genealogy History – October 2, 2011
William Janes and Magdalene McIlvoy were married 180 years ago – October 2, 1831 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Magdalene was the daughter of Alexander McIlvoy and Mary Magdalene McConley. William and Magdalene had ten children: John Alexander, Charles, Rose Alice, William Henry, Dan Polin, Mary Jane, Magdalene […]
Today In Genealogy History – September 30, 2011
Susan Margaret Moran was born 139 years ago – September 30, 1872 – in Washington County, Kentucky, the daughter of Linton Lewis Moran and Sarah J. Rawlings. Susan married James Franklin Head.
Rowdy and Old Mike
Rowdy and Old Mike Some of the favorite memories of my 80-year-old mother, Catherine Lyons Carrico Hill McIlvoy, are of the farm where she grew up – the first twenty-one years of her life! She and my aunt, Mary Alice, her baby sister, roamed their fifty-one acres and […]
The Kyle Family
From Pioneer History of Washington County, Kentucky The Kyle Family The early records of Washington County are pregnant with entries relating to this family. They concern chiefly the Rev. Thomas Kyle. The Rev. Thomas Kyle, a native of Pennsylvania, was born in 1757. He was a soldier in […]
Today In Genealogy History – September 22, 2011
Eliza Jane Herbert married Columbus Carrico 165 years ago – September 22, 1846 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Columbus is the son of Joseph Carrico and Elizabeth Cambron. Columbus and Eliza Jane had two daughters – Rosa E. and Mary E.
Today In Genealogy History – September 21, 2011
Edward Keene was born 133 years ago – September 21, 1878 – in Washington County, Kentucky, the son of Richard Milton Keene and Elizabeth Ann Wheatley.
Cartwright’s Creek Burying Ground
From Pioneer History of Washington County, Kentucky Old Graveyards In The County by O. W. Baylor Cartwright’s Creek This old burying ground once in Washington County, but now just over the line in Marion, will be found on a hill just off Short Line Pike, near the junction […]
