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Photo: Emma Ewers Taylor

Photo: Emma Ewers Taylor

February 4, 2021

About Emma Full Name: Emma Ewers Taylor Birth: 24 October 1900, Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky Death: 19 January 1978, Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky Parents: John Cook Taylor and Emma Jane Owens Spouse: Elmer Dennis Hopkins About Photo Location: Susie Taylor Krueger’s backyard, West Main Street, Mt. […]

Photo: Martha Collins Hopkins, 2 Children, & 5 Step-children

January 28, 2021

About Martha Collins Hopkins and the children Martha Collins Hopkins (2nd from right) was the third wife of William Columbus Hopkins. Lum was the father of all seven children in the picture. Martha, Ollie, & Bessie’s mother was his first wife, Elizabeth Anne Skidmore. Cornie & Lizzie’s mother was his 2nd wife Eliza Jane Long. […]

Photo: Will McCauley & Sons

January 21, 2021

About Joe About Will About John About David About Photo Location: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Date: 17 May 1942 after Verda Hankins McCauley’s funeral Credit: Courtesy Jeanette Gilliam McCauley

Photo: Lee Hankins, Young Man

January 14, 2021

About Lee About Photo Location: Taken in Hopkins County, Kentucky by Lee’s brother-in-law Henry T. Clements Date: Probably late 1870s Credit: Courtesy of Rick Thorpe

Photo: Emma Jane Owens Taylor

Photo: Emma Jane Owens Taylor

January 7, 2021

About Emma Jane: About Photo: Location: Susie Taylor Krueger’s yard on West Main Street in Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky (Susie was Emma Jane’s step-daughter.) Date: Early 1930s Credit: Courtesy of W. H. Taylor

Happy New Year 2021

2021: Happy New Year

January 1, 2021

This year, maybe more than ever, we all look forward to a new year. It will soon be a year since I had a meal in a restaurant with friends, had family or friends inside my house, or even left the house for anything other than necessities. But I’m well, and so is my mother […]

This Week in the Family History: December 27–31

December 26, 2020

Feature John D. Lanier (*2nd Great-uncle, McCauley) 180 Years Ago: John D. Lanier was born on 29 December 1840 in Randolph County, Alabama, to William Washington Lanier and Charlotte T. Jackson. The family hasn’t been located in the 1850 census. By 1860, John was not listed with his parents and siblings. He was certainly old […]

This Week in the Family History: December 20–26

December 20, 2020

This Week in the Family History: December 13–19

December 13, 2020

*Each person’s relationship to me and the surname of the grandparent through which the relationship falls are in parentheses after their name. Please email me for additional information.

This Week in the Family History: December 6–12

December 6, 2020

Feature Joseph Smith Lanier and Nancy Jane Bennett (*Great-grandparents, McCauley) 152 Years Ago: Joseph Smith Lanier and Nancy Jane Bennett married on 10 December 1868 in Heard County, Georgia. Heard County’s courthouse burned in 1893, and marriage records prior to 1886 do not survive. The only place I’ve found the date and location of their […]

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