Henry Hopkins married Bessie Hamlin 1 May 1919 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.1 Henry was born in Harlan County, Kentucky,2 and Bessie was born in North Carolina, but they were both living in Detroit at the time of their marriage.3 Henry and Bess lived in Rockcastle County, Kentucky with his parents for a while […]
Archives for February 2020
This Week in the Family History: February 23–29
Feature: Lillie Vashti Lanier 110 Years Ago: Lillie Vashti Lanier married Jesse H. Walls 26 February 1910 in Fulton County, Georgia.1 They lived at 9 Carroll PL in Atlanta when the 1910 U.S. census was taken 4 May 1910.2 How long Lillie and Jesse were married and where they lived after 1910 is unknown. They […]
Photo: Christine “Tiny” Krueger
Christine Krueger was born 21 February 1922 in Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of August Krueger and Susan Taylor.1 Tiny graduated from Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College (now Eastern Kentucky University) and taught school in Rockcastle County throughout her career. Many of those years she was an 8th grade teacher at […]
This Week in the Family History: February 16–22
Feature: August Krueger 93 Years Ago: August Krueger died 16 February 1927 in Berea, Madison County, Kentucky. His death certificate lists heart failure as the cause of death, but the family story is that he hemorrhaged when eating either a cracker or cornbread after having a tonsillectomy.1 August was the son of Fritz Krueger and […]
This Week in the Family History: February 9–15
Feature: William Washington Lanier 128 Years Ago: William Washington Lanier probably died 11 February 1892 in Fredonia, Chambers County, Alabama. That is the date on his headstone in what is now called Swint-Hammack Cemetery at Fredonia.1 An entry in a family Bible originally owned by William’s grandson, William Larkin Lanier, states he died on 28 […]
Photo: Two Susan Taylor Kruegers
John Cook Taylor and William Thomas Taylor were brothers, sons of James Francis Taylor and Margaret E. Ramsey of Rockcastle County, Kentucky.1 They had a sister named Susan who was born 6 August 1877.2 and died 26 July 1882.3 John and Tom both named daughters Susan and both of them went by Susie. Tom’s daughter […]
This Week in the Family History: February 2–8
Feature: John T. Bennett 189 Years Ago: John T. Bennett was born 7 February 1831 in Edgefield District, South Carolina.1 John was the son of Lewis H. Bennett and Teresa.2 The Bennetts settled in Troup County, Georgia before 1840, probably around 1834.3 Many researchers think Lewis was the Lewis Bennett listed in the 1830 census […]