Feature: Elmer Dennis Hopkins 102 Years Ago: Elmer Dennis Hopkins enlisted in the U.S. Army less than four years after he was discharged from a three-year enlistment prior to World War I. He was inducted in Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County Kentucky. He was stationed in France from 6 August 1918 to 28 May 1919 and […]
This Week in the Family History: May 17–23
Feature: David Hankins McCauley 73 Years Ago: David Hankins McCauley graduated from Cumberland High School in Harlan County, Kentucky on 22 May 1947.1David Hankins McCauley, Diploma, Cumberland High School, 22 May 1947, Cumberland, Kentucky; privately held by Faye McCauley, 2000. He had completed a GED while in the U.S. Navy but his oldest brother, Joe, […]
This Week in the Family History: May 10–16
Feature: Thomas Leander Hankins and Samantha Angeline Petty 141 Years Ago: J. E. Day was named guardian for Samantha Angeline Petty on 14 May 1879 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.1Hopkins County, Kentucky, Guardian Bonds 1874-1885: 131, Miss S. A. Petty, 14 May 1879; Hopkins County Clerk, Madisonville. That is the day Samantha married Thomas Leander Hankins.2Hopkins […]
This Week in the Family History: May 3–9
Feature: Madison Owens and Cecilia Owens 157 Years Ago: M. C. Owens completed a marriage bond on 7 May 1863 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, for the intent to marry Cecilia Owens.1 The marriage certificate portion of the bond is blank and no other records in the County Clerk’s office record the official date they married. […]
This Week in the Family History: April 26–May 2
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 […]
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, […]
This Week in the Family History: March 29–April 4
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
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 […]