Verda Hankins McCauley and her youngest child, Ralph Raymond Ralph was born on Aug. 7, 1932 and died 10 months and 22 days later on June 29, 1933. Photo from the collection of my aunt, Elizabeth McCauley Carver; annotated “Mama and Ralph”.
Archives for June 2010
Tombstone Tuesday – Ralph Raymond McCauley
Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Ralph Raymond McCauley Aug 7, 1932 – June 29, 1933 Ralph was the youngest son of John William McCauley and Verda Waller Hankins.
Surname Saturday – Berry
Today’s surname is Berry, the name of one of my 4th great-grandmothers. 5. Verda Waller “Verdie Jane” Hankins 10. Thomas Leander “Lee” Hankins 21. Isabella Jane Goodloe 42. John Emerson Goodloe 85. Elizabeth “Betsey” Berry Born 1 May 1777, Colony of Virginia Married Henry Lewis Goodloe 9 Apr 1801, Clark County, Kentucky Died 20 […]
Wordless Wednesday – Gladys McCauley Dukes
Ferman and Gladys Dukes Next week is the 105th anniversary of Aunt Gladys’ birth June 28, 1905
Tombstone Tuesday – Anna Finney Gamble
Adamson Cemetery, Heard County, Georgia (currently known as Pleasant Grove Cemetery) Anna Gamble Died Feb. 1877 Anna Finney was born about 1799 in South Carolina. She was the daughter of John and Agnes Finney. Anna married David Gamble on March 6, 1814 in Laurens County, South Carolina. They had 10 children. Anna was my 3rd […]
Surname Saturday – Fox
Today’s surname is Fox, the name of one of my 4th great-grandmothers. 5. Verda Waller “Verdie Jane” Hankins 10. Thomas Leander “Lee” Hankins 20. Albert “Elvie” Hankins 40. Houston Hankins 81. Sarah Fox Born abt. 1794, Burke County, North Carolina Married Barnabas Hankins 1 Jan 1811, Hopkins County, Kentucky Married James Matthews 15 Feb 1844, […]
Tombstone Tuesday – David Gamble
Adamson Cemetery, Heard County, Georgia (currently known as Pleasant Grove Cemetery) Sergt. David Gamble S. C. Mil. War of 1812 David Gamble was born abt. 1789 in South Carolina and died bef. 1880 in Heard County, Georgia. He married Anna Finney, daughter of John and Agnes Finney on Mar. 6, 1814 in Laurens County, South […]
Surname Saturday – Eaves
Today’s surname is Eaves, the name of one of my 4th great-grandmothers. 4. John William “Will” McCauley 8. Joseph Smith Lanier 17. Charlotte T. Jackson 35. Lavinia Malone 71. Gracie Eaves Born 10 Nov 1780, North Carolina Married John Malone abt. 1800, Rutherford County, North Carolina Died abt. 1855, Meriwether County, Georgia 142. Burwell Eaves […]
Tombstone Tuesday – James Jackson & Mary Jane Lanier
New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery Fredonia, Alabama J. J. Lanier Born Oct. 13, 1938 Died June 21, 1892 M. J. Lanier Born July 13, 1840 Died Sept. 26, 1910 James Jackson Lanier was the son of William Washington Lanier and Charlotte Jackson. He married Mary J. Knard abt. 1865 in Alabama. They are buried next […]
Surname Saturday – Mullins
Today’s surname is Mullins, the name of two of my 3rd great-grandmothers and one of my 4th great-grandmothers. 7. Emma Ewers Taylor (my maternal grandmother) 15. Emma Jane Owens 30. Madison Crawford “Matt” Owens 31. Cecilia “Celia” Owens 61. Rebecca “Becky” Mullins (mother of Matt) Born abt. 1802, Wilkes County, North Carolina Married Alfred Owens, […]
