Feature: Henrietta Pramer Krueger 114 Years Ago: Henrietta Pramer Krueger died suddenly of heart failure on 27 June 1906 at her home in Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky.1“Mrs. Fritz Krueger ,” obituary, Mt. Vernon (Kentucky) Signal, 29 Jun 1906; digital images, Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/ : accessed 29 Jul 2008), Newspapers. She was buried in […]
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This Week in the Family History: February 9–15
Feature: William Washington Lanier 128 Years Ago: William Washington Lanier probably died 11 February 1892 in Fredonia, Chambers County, Alabama. That is the date on his headstone in what is now called Swint-Hammack Cemetery at Fredonia.1 An entry in a family Bible originally owned by William’s grandson, William Larkin Lanier, states he died on 28 […]
This Week in the Family History: September 18–24
September 19 ► 78 Years Ago: Donald Kent Dukes was born in 1938 in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. (McCauley line) September 20 ► 159 Years Ago: John R. Petty and Margaret Thomas were married in 1857 in Whitfield County, Georgia. (Hankins line) ► 213 Years Ago: Alfred Owens was born in 1803 in Wilkes County, […]
This Week in the Family History: August 21–27
August 22 ► 122 Years Ago: John Cook Taylor married Margaret Frances “Fannie” Warren in 1894 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. August 25 ► 187 Years Ago: Rhoda Ann Lavender married Stephen Bradford Lair in 1829 in Lincoln County, Kentucky. ► 236 Years Ago: Titus Fox and Elizabeth Wright were married in 1780 in Wilkes County, […]
This Week in the Family History: January 1 – 9
January 1 ► 205 years ago: Barnabas Hankins married Sarah Fox in 1811 in Hopkins County, Kentucky. (Hankins line) January 2 ► 57 years ago: James Dolphin Lanier died in 1959 in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi. (McCauley line) ► 167 years ago: John Emerson Goodloe married Elizabeth Pettus in 1849 in Hopkins County, Kentucky. (Hankins […]
Amanuensis Monday – Titus Fox’s Revolutionary War Pension File – Part 2
This is a continuation of the transcription of R3724 – Titus Fox – NC. Part 1 is here. State of Kentucky Hopkins County On this 14th day of September, 1853, Before me, James A. Nisbet an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the county and States aforesaid, personally appeared Jesse Fox who, being […]
Amanuensis Monday – Titus Fox’s Revolutionary War Pension File
Elizabeth Wright Fox filed a Revolutionary War Pension application in 1844 based on her late husband’s service. This transcription is the first two pages of record R3724 – Titus Fox – NC. State of Kentucky Hopkins County On the 12th day of March 1844 personally appeared before the Court for the County aforesaid Elizabeth Fox […]
Surname Saturday – Fox
Today’s surname is Fox, the name of one of my 4th great-grandmothers. 5. Verda Waller “Verdie Jane” Hankins 10. Thomas Leander “Lee” Hankins 20. Albert “Elvie” Hankins 40. Houston Hankins 81. Sarah Fox Born abt. 1794, Burke County, North Carolina Married Barnabas Hankins 1 Jan 1811, Hopkins County, Kentucky Married James Matthews 15 Feb 1844, […]