Feature: Elmer Dennis Hopkins 60 Years Ago: Elmer Dennis Hopkins retired from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad 28 April 1960. Except for a break of less than 10 months for service in the U.S. Army from May 1918 to June 1919, he had worked for L & N since 15 December 1915.1 Elmer was working […]
Archives for April 2020
This Week in the Family History: April 19–25
Feature: Thomas Leander Hankins 91 Years Ago: 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 turned over to make a wedge and covered in pillows.1 Lee had been […]
This Week in the Family History: April 12–18
Feature: Berry Howard 118 Years Ago: Berry Howard’s trial for murder regarding the assassination of Kentucky Governor William Goebel began 16 April 1902.1 The Franklin County Grand Jury had returned indictments for ten men—five for murder and five as accessories—nearly two years earlier, on 17 April 1900. Berry was among the five indicted for murder. […]
This Week in the Family History: April 5–11
Feature: George Ann Dockins 80 Years Ago: George Ann Dockins died of colitis on 9 April 1940 in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She was the three-year-old daughter of George Estil Dockins and Lois Marie McCauley.1 (1st Cousin, McCauley) 5 April 145 Years Ago: William David Owens was born 5 April 1875 in Rockcastle County, […]
