Curtis Lyle Petty died on 2 August 1971 in Evansville, Vanderburg County, Indiana. Curtis sold jewelry and my father bought my mother’s engagement ring from him.
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This Week in the Family History: May 28–June 3, 2023
Jefferson F. Lanier joined Company I of the 13th Regiment of the Alabama Confederate Infantry on 19 July 1861. He died less than a year later.
This Week in the Family History: March 5–11, 2023
Nehemiah Hopkins married Elizabeth Cole on 11 March 1762 in Warren, Bristol County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Even though the United States did not yet exist, both Nehemiah and Elizabeth already had deep roots in what became this country.
This Week in the Family History: February 26–March 4, 2023
Winifred Mullins Owens died on 26 February 1842 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, a month before her 76th birthday.
This Week in the Family History: February 5–11, 2023
Cova Henry Howard died on 9 February 1931 in Harlan County, Kentucky at age 73. Henry’s first name was likely Covey, after his father John Covey Howard, but it is spelled Cova on his headstone.
This Week in the Family History: January 15–21, 2023
Wilson R. Howard died on 19 January 1894 in Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri at about age 31. He was hanged for the murder of Thomas McMichaels in Maries County, Missouri, which happened five years earlier.
