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Archives for March 2020

This Week in the Family History: March 29–April 4

March 30, 2020

Feature: James Bailey Hankins 103 Years Ago: Three days after his 16th birthday, James Bailey Hankins enlisted in the U.S. Army on 30 March 1917 at Earlington, Hopkins County, Kentucky.1 His brother William Perry had joined several months earlier on 3 October 1916,2 and their brother Albert Elvie joined a year later on 20 March […]

This Week in the Family History: March 22–28

March 22, 2020

  Feature: Henrietta Krueger 89 Years Ago: Henrietta Krueger died 27 March 1931 in Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky.1 She was seventeen years old when she succumbed to influenza and mastoiditis.2 Mastoiditis is a rare infection of the bone behind the ear which can spread to the brain.3 Henrietta was the oldest of August Krueger […]

This Week in the Family History: March 15–21

March 16, 2020

Feature: John T. Bennett 110 Years Ago: If you believe the date on his headstone, John T. Bennett died 15 March 1910.1 I don’t believe it, but I don’t know when John died. He lived in Morgan County and likely died there.2 He was buried in Welcome Baptist Church Cemetery in neighboring Cullman County, Alabama.3 […]

This Week in the Family History: March 8–14

March 8, 2020

  Feature: Henry Lewis Goodloe 241 Years Ago: Henry Lewis Goodloe was born 10 March 1779 1 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He was the son of Thomas Allen Goodloe and Dorothy Waller.2 Henry was 10-years-old when his father first appeared on the Fayette County Tax List in 1789, three years before Kentucky gained statehood.3 He […]

Photo: Meeting a 3rd Cousin

March 5, 2020

On a research trip in Georgia seven years ago, I met a third cousin. Jane Crunkleton and I share 2nd great-grandparents, John R. Petty and Margaret E. Thomas. Before I visited the Forsyth County Historical Society in November 2012, neither of us knew the other existed. We only met because the ladies working the day […]

This Week in the Family History: March 1–7

March 1, 2020

Feature: John Covey Howard 214 Years Ago: John Covey Howard was born 6 March 1806 in Knox County, Kentucky. He was the son of John Howard and Mary Risner.1 John was the earliest born of my sixteen 2nd great-grandparents. He also lived longer than the others, dying 20 November 1899 at 93. John Covey married […]

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