Today’s surname is Owens, the name of one of my great grandmothers. 7. Emma Ewers Taylor (my maternal grandmother) 15. Emma Jane “Emmie” Owens Born 16 Apr 1882, Freedom, Rockcastle County, Kentucky Married John Cook Taylor 16 Jan 1900, Freedom, Rockcastle County, Kentucky Died 17 Mar 1968, Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, […]
Archives for February 2010
Tombstone Tuesday: Charlotte Jackson Lanier
New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Fredonia, Chambers County, Alabama Charlotte Lanier Born Nov 15, 1818, Died Sept. 25, 1892 Charlotte Jackson Lanier was my 2nd great-grandmother. She was the daughter of Samuel W. Jackson and Lavinia Malone. She married William Washington Lanier on 22 Oct 1835 in Meriwether County, Georgia, and they had 11 children. […]
Surname Saturday: Bennett
Today’s surname is Bennett, the name of one of my great grandmothers. 4. John William McCauley (aka Thomas Jefferson Lanier) – (my paternal grandfather) 9. Nancy Jane Bennett Born 27 Jul 1852, Heard County, Georgia Married Joseph Smith Laner abt. 1869 Died 12 Oct 1926, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia Buried Hillview Cemetery, LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia […]
Ancestor Bio: Thomas Leander Hankins
Thomas Leander “Lee” Hankins was my father’s maternal grandfather. Daddy was not quite three years old when Lee died but he had one vivid memory of him propped up in bed by a straight-back chair that was turned over to make a wedge and covered in pillows. Lee had been bedridden for some time before […]
Surname Saturday: Howard
Today’s surname is Howard, the surname of one of my great grandmothers. 6. Elmer Dennis Hopkins (my maternal grandfather) 13. Lucinda “Cindy” Howard Born 16 Feb 1867, Wallins Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky Married James Arton Hopkins 25 Dec 1885, Wallins Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky Died 16 May 1957, Wallins Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky Buried in Morrow […]
Wordless Wednesday: Verda and Will McCauley
Verda and Will McCauley, either 1941 or 1942 My paternal grandparents
Tombstone Tuesday: William Washington Lanier
New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery Fredonia, Chambers County, Alabama William W. Lanier Born Mar 15, 1813 Died Feb 11, 1892 William Washington Lanier was my 2nd great-grandfather and according to his headstone, he died 118 years ago this week. There is a question about the exact date because the family Bible of his grandson, William […]
Surname Saturday: Petty
Today’s surname is Petty, the name of one of my great grandmothers. This will be very short. 5. Verda Waller Hankins (my paternal grandmother) 11. Samantha Angeline Petty Born 3 Apr 1861, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia Married Thomas Leander Hankins 14 May 1879, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky Died 7 Jan 1944, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky Buriedin […]
Treasure Chest Thursday: Military Records for Elmer D. Hopkins
Elmer D. Hopkins, 15th Cavalry Troop E Elmer D. Hopkins was my grandfather. I knew Papaw served in the US Army. I heard the stories about the cavalry and cleaning out horse stalls but that’s about all I remember. I thought it was interesting that he rode a horse in the Army but, as with […]
Wordless Wednesday: Hankins Brothers — John, Lee, and Jim
Hankins Brothers John Houston, Thomas Leander “Lee,” and James W. “Jim” (standing) Sons of Albert Hankins and Isabella Jane Goodloe; abt. 1880 Lee Hankins was my great grandfather. Photo courtesy of Rick Thorpe, descendant of Mollie Hankins Clements (sister of John, Lee, and Jim).
