About Verda About Samantha Full Name: Samantha Angeline Petty Birth: 3 April 1861, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia Death: 7 January 1944, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky Burial: 9 January 1944, Grapevine Cemetery, Hopkins County, Kentucky Parents: John R. Petty and Margaret E. Thomas Spouse: Thomas Leander Hankins About Dick Full Name: Thomas Richard “Dick” Hankins Birth: […]
McCauley
Photo: Will & Verda with 4 of their Children
About Will About Verda About Jimmie Full Name: Jimmie Nell McCauley Birth: 6 August 1929, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Death: 15 December 2018, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Burial: 18 December 2018, Pleasant Hill, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Parents: John William McCauley and Verda Waller Hankins Spouse: David Johnson Knight About David About Kathryn Full Name: […]
Photo: Gladys, Vashti, & Vernon McCauley
About Gladys Full Name: Golden Gladys McCauley Birth: 28 June 1905, Daniel Boone, Hopkins County, Kentucky Death: 25 April 1978, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Burial: 28 April 1978, Woodland Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Parents: John William McCauley and Verda Waller Hankins Spouse: William Ferman Dukes About Vashti About Vernon About Photo […]
Photo: Joe & Verda, Union College Graduation
About Joe About Verda About Photo Location: Barbourville, Union College Campus Date: 1936 Event: Verda in Barbourville to attend Joe’s graduation from Union College. Credit: From the photo collection of Faye Hopkins McCauley (Verda’s daughter-in-law) Relationships Among Photo Subjects: Verda: Joe’s mother To Author: Verda: paternal grandmother; Joe: paternal uncle
Photo: Will McCauley with Dick and Jimmy Hankins
About Will About Dick Full Name: Thomas Richard Hankins Birth:13 February 1880, Earlington, Hopkins County, Kentucky Death: 11 January 1965, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama Burial: 13 January 1665, Elmwood Cemetery, Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee Parents: Thomas Leander Hankins and Samantha Angeline Petty Spouses: Bettie Smith and Edith Rhea Jackson About Jimmy Full Name: James Bailey […]
Photo: After Church at Pleasant Hill
About Gordon Full Name: Jason Gordon Lucas Birth: 2 May 1902, Smith County, Tennessee Death: 22 May 1982, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Parents: Jason G. Lucas and Callie M. Denney Spouse: Icy Vernon McCauley About Margaret Full Name: Margaret Wells Parents: Shelby Rhea Wells and Lillie Vashti […]
Photo: Dick & Elvie Hankins Visiting in Greenville
About Dick Full Name: Thomas Richard “Dick” Hankins Birth: 13 February 1880, Earlington, Hopkins County, Kentucky Death: 11 January 1965, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama Burial: 13 January 1965, Elmwood Cemetery, Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee Parents: Thomas Leander Hankins and Samantha Angeline Petty Spouses: Bettie Smith, Edith Rhea Jackson About Rhea Full Name: Edith Rhea Jackson […]
Photo: J W Dukes & John McCauley
About John Full Name: John William McCauley, Jr. Birth: 8 February 1921, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Death: 15 January 1992, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky Burial: 17 January 1992, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Parents: John William McCauley and Verda Waller Hankins Spouse: Elsie Marie Harper About J W Full Name: J W Dukes […]
Photo: Will McCauley & Sons
About Joe About Will About John About David About Photo Location: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Date: 17 May 1942 after Verda Hankins McCauley’s funeral Credit: Courtesy Jeanette Gilliam McCauley
This Week in the Family History: December 27–31
Feature John D. Lanier (*2nd Great-uncle, McCauley) 180 Years Ago: John D. Lanier was born on 29 December 1840 in Randolph County, Alabama, to William Washington Lanier and Charlotte T. Jackson. The family hasn’t been located in the 1850 census. By 1860, John was not listed with his parents and siblings. He was certainly old […]
