Feature: John Cook Taylor 126 Years Ago: John Cook Taylor married Margaret Frances Warren on 22 August 1894 at her parents’ home in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.1Rockcastle, Kentucky, Marriage Records, Book 48: pg 268 & 269, Taylor-Warren, 1897; Rockcastle County Clerk, Mt. Vernon. John was the son of James Francis Taylor and Margaret E. Ramsey.2Kentucky Cabinet […]
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This Week in the Family History: August 16–22
This Week in the Family History: July 26–August 1
Feature: Margaret E. Thomas Petty 144 Years Ago: Margaret E. Thomas Petty died on 28 July 1876 in Hopkins County, Kentucky from complications of childbirth on 5 June 1876.1Hopkins County, Kentucky, “Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953,” 1876 Section, M. E. Petty; digital image, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: 18 May 2008). The child, her 10th, also died.2Hopkins County, Kentucky, […]
This Week in the Family History: July 19–25
Feature: John William McCauley 61 Years Ago: John William McCauley died on 20 July 1959 in Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, at Rest Haven Convalescent Home. He’d been at Rest Haven for several months because of deteriorating health. He died of bronchopneumonia in both lungs with arteriosclerosis and chronic pyelonephritis as contributing factors.1Kentucky Cabinet for Health and […]
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 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 […]
This Week in the Family History: March 8–14
Feature: Henry Lewis Goodloe 241 Years Ago: Henry Lewis Goodloe was born 10 March 1779 1 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He was the son of Thomas Allen Goodloe and Dorothy Waller.2 Henry was 10-years-old when his father first appeared on the Fayette County Tax List in 1789, three years before Kentucky gained statehood.3 He […]
This Week in the Family History: January 26–February 1
Feature: David Gamble 206 Years Ago: David Gamble was drafted into Nash’s Regiment of the South Carolina Volunteer Milita 1 February 1814 while living in Laurens District. He served as a sergeant in Captain Nathaniel T. Martin’s Infantry Company until 10 August 1814.1 David lived in Heard County, Georgia when he applied for bounty […]
This Week in the Family History: January 19–25
Feature: David Hankins McCauley 76 Years Ago: David joined the U.S. Navy 20 January 1944, six months before his 18th birthday. He spent eight weeks in training at Great Lakes, Illinois before being assigned to the Armed Guard Center (AGC) in New Orleans, Louisiana.1 U.S Navy Armed Guard Centers were the wartime duty stations for […]