My Montgomery ancestors were some of the first to settle on Cartwrights Creek in Washington County, Kentucky. Charles Montgomery brought his wife, Mary Ann Elder, and their children to Kentucky about 1795. Five were born in Charles County, Maryland – John Henry, Samuel Louis, Anne Frances, Benedict Elder […]
Charles Montgomery is my 4th great-grandfather, born in Charles County, Maryland, July 25, 1750. His parents were Peter Montgomery and Margaret Gates. Charles probably lies in the old cemetery of St. Ann that was the final resting place of many of the early pioneers that made the journey […]
This indenture involves my third great-grandfather, William Peter Montgomery, and his deceased brother, John Henry Montgomery. John Montgomery married Eleanor Elder January 9, 1815, in Washington County, Kentucky. John was the eldest child of Charles Montgomery and Mary Ann Elder, William was the youngest. In their approximate ten […]
John Baptist Cambron and Henry Cambron are father and son – my sixth and fifth great-grandfathers. The Cambron’s came from Maryland, specifically from Montgomery County, as per the information below, but I have also seen Prince George’s County as the home of the Cambrons, and Charles County – I […]
William Elder, the immigrant, from Lancashire, England, married Elizabeth Finch, the daughter of Guy and Elizabeth Finch in 1705. They owned 50 acres in Calvert County, called “Good Will” later part of Prince George’s County. William and Elizabeth had two sons – William and Thomas. Son William, came […]
Just today I found the will of Edward Carrico, my 3rd great grandfather. It was in Washington County Court House, in Springfield, Will Book O, Pages 122-123. How did I forget to look until now? I’m sure that must be the way with all genealogists. We are so […]
On July 4, 1864, a special income duty, or tax, was levied on October 1, 1864, upon the gains, profits or income for the year 1863, of all persons, residing in the United States, or of citizens of the United States residing abroad, a duty of 5 per […]
The horrors of cholera epidemics throughout the 19th century devastated families. In 1833 the disease ran rampant, beginning in Maysville, Mason County, in May. Cholera spread quickly throughout the state. Nineteen members of one Bourbon County family were victims; in Scott County, sixteen from one family. From Collin’s […]
My dear maternal grandmother – Alice Montgomery Carrico – blowing out all 86 candles on her birthday cake! The year, 1979. Can you see her through the smoke? Notice the cheeks full of air, trying to blow them out! I remember kissing those cheeks and patting them. Grandmother, […]
William Peter Montgomery and Mary Yates are my 3rd great-grandparents. They married January 21, 1822, and lived only eleven years together before William died during the cholera epidemic of 1833. The couple had six children – Charles W., Martha E., Henry L., Mary Rebecca, Frances Edwina and William […]
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