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. […]
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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: 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 […]
Favorite Name: Isabella Jane
I had never heard the name Isabella Jane Goodloe before I became interested in genealogy, but I was immediately drawn to her because I liked her name. I was a little disappointed to learn that she went by Janie instead using her full name, but she is always Isabella Jane to me. Isabella Jane was […]
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: July 24–30
July 24 ► 17 Years Ago: John William “Bill” Krueger died in 1999 in Trimble County, Kentcky. (Taylor line) July 25 ► 156 Years Ago: James W. “Jim” Hankins was born in 1860 in Hopkins County, Kentucky. (Hankins line) July 27 ► 98 Years Ago: Lois Marie McCauley was born in 1918 in Muhlenberg County, […]
This Week in the Family History: July 17–23
July 17 ► 40 Years Ago: Anna Rose Taylor Chesnut died in 1976 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. (Taylor line) ► 183 Years Ago: Houston G. Hankins and Mary “Polly” Weeks were married in 1833 in Livingston County, Kentucky. (Hankins line) July 20 ► 57 Years Ago: John William “Will” McCauley died in 1959 […]