41 Years Ago: Lena M. Taylor died on 19 September 1979 in Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. She was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Mt. Vernon. Lena was the daughter of Margaret Lula Taylor. Lena never married and had no children. One of her neighbors died in the 1950s leaving a young son and Lena […]
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This Week in the Family History: September 13–19
This Week in the Family History: September 6–12
Feature: Susie Taylor & August Krueger 109 Years Ago: Susan Taylor married August Krueger on 7 September 1911 at the home of her parents, John Cook Taylor and (step-mother) Emma Jane, in Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Susie’s mother, Sarah A. Ramsey, died when Susie was three years old. August was the son of Fritz […]
This Week in the Family History: August 23–29
Feature: Titus Fox and Elizabeth Wright 240 Years Ago: Titus Fox and Elizabeth Wright married on 25 August 1780 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.1“Revolutionary War Pensions,” digital images, Fold3 (www.fold3.com : accessed 2 Sep 2013); Titus Fox and Elizabeth, R3724; citing NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. “North Carolina, County Marriages, […]
This Week in the Family History: August 9–15
Feature: Robert Burke Taylor 150 Years Ago and 72 Years Ago: Robert Burke Taylor was born on 14 August 1870 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky to James Francis Taylor and Margaret E. Ramsey.1Kentucky Division of Vital Statistics, death certificate 17459 (1948), Robert Burk Taylor; digital image, “Kentucky, Death Records, 1852–1965,” Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 Mar […]
This Week in the Family History: August 2–8
Feature: William Perry Hankins 100 Years Ago: William Perry Hankins was discharged from the U.S. Army on 4 August 1920. Perry joined on 3 October 1916 at Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky. He served as a 1st sergeant in the 144th Infantry, 36th Division during his first enlistment, part of which was spent in France during […]
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: June 28–July 4
Feature: Emma E Lanier 131 Years Ago: Emma E. Lanier married Thomas Samuel Childers on 4 July 1889 in Chambers County, Alabama. Sixteen years later, T. S. filed for divorce on 20 July 1905 in Coweta County, Georgia, on the grounds of cruelty.1Chambers County, Alabama, Marriage Book 8: 512, T. S. Childers and E. E. […]
This Week in the Family History: June 21–27
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 […]