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 […]
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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: August 14–20
August 14 ► 146 Years Ago: Robert Burke “Bob” Taylor was born in 1870 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. August 17 ► 53 Years Ago: Patricia Ann “Pat” Dukes died in 1963 in Webster County, Kentucky. August 20 ► 154 Years Ago: Elizabeth “Betsey” Berry Goodloe died in 1862 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.
This Week in the Family History: May 1–7
May 1 ► 239 years ago: Elizabeth “Betsey” Berry was born in 1777 in Virginia. [Hankins line] ► 163 years ago: Spencer Mullins died in 1853 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky [Taylor line] ► 107 years ago: Joseph Smith Lanier died in 1909 (location unknown). [McCauley line] May 3 ► 5 years ago: Kathryn Louise “Katie” […]
This Week in the Family History: April 3–9
April 3 ► 156 years ago: Henry Milton Petty was born in 1860 in Tennessee. [Hankins line] ► 155 years ago: Samantha Angeline Petty was born in 1861 in Whitfield County, Georgia. [Hankins line] ► 15 years ago: Lily Vashti McCauley Wells died in 2001 in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. [McCauley line] April 4 ► […]
Surname Saturday – Goodloe
Henry Lewis Goodloe and Elizabeth Berry Henry Lewis “Harry” Goodloe was born on 10 Mar 1779 in Virginia, possibly Spotsylvania County. He was the son of Thomas Allen Goodloe and Dorothy Waller. About 1791, the Goodloe family moved to what was then Fayette County, Virginia but became Fayette County, Kentucky in 1792. According to an […]
Surname Saturday – Berry
Today’s surname is Berry, the name of one of my 4th great-grandmothers. 5. Verda Waller “Verdie Jane” Hankins 10. Thomas Leander “Lee” Hankins 21. Isabella Jane Goodloe 42. John Emerson Goodloe 85. Elizabeth “Betsey” Berry Born 1 May 1777, Colony of Virginia Married Henry Lewis Goodloe 9 Apr 1801, Clark County, Kentucky Died 20 […]
Tombstone Tuesday: Henry Lewis & Elizabeth Berry Goodloe
Grapevine Cemetery, Hopkins County, Kentucky Henry Goodloe Born March 10, 1779 – Died July 29, 1856 [on the other side] Elizabeth, Wife of Henry Goodloe Born May 1, 1777 – Died Aug 20, 1862 Henry Lewis “Harry” Goodloe was born in Virginia, possibly Spotsylvania County, but moved to what is now Fayette County, Kentucky with […]