About Betty Full Name: Elizabeth Josephine “Betty” Mulliner Birth: 21 November 1905, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois Death: 19 February 2002, Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois Burial: Milburn Cemetery, Millburn, Lake County, Illinois Parents: Walter Edward Mulliner and Edna Elliott Philbrick Spouse: Hartford Conn Taylor About Hartford Full Name: Hartford Conn Taylor Birth: 11 April 1905, Mt. […]
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Photo: Mattie Murrell and Emma Jane Taylor
About Emma Jane About Mattie Full Name: Mattie Biggs Murrell Birth: 1880, Adair County, Kentucky Death: 10 October 1958, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky Parents: Joseph Johnson Biggs and Nancy Ann Banks Spouse: Leslie V. Murrell About Photo Location: Mattie’s house on West Main Street in Mt. Vernon, […]
Photo: George and Martha Riickert
About Martha Full Name: Martha Ann “Mollie” Taylor Birth: 10 June 1861, Renfro Valley, Rockcastle County, Kentucky Death: 14 June 1923, Anderson, Madison County, Indiana Burial: Ramsey-Taylor Cemetery, Renfro Valley, Rockcastle County, Kentucky Parents: James Francis Taylor and Margaret E. Ramsey Spouse: George W. Riickert About George Full Name: George W. Riickert Birth: 11 February […]
Photo: Cindy, Emma, Edna, & Lula Hopkins
About Cindy Full Name: Lucinda “Cindy” Howard Birth: 16 February 1867, Wallins Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky Death: 16 May 1957, Wallins Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky Burial: 20 May 1957, Morrow Cemetery, Salem Township, Warren County, Ohio Parents: John Covey Howard and Mary F. “Polly” Morris Spouse: James Arton Hopkins About Emma Full Name: Emma Ewers […]
Photo: Emma Ewers Taylor
About Emma Full Name: Emma Ewers Taylor Birth: 24 October 1900, Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky Death: 19 January 1978, Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky Parents: John Cook Taylor and Emma Jane Owens Spouse: Elmer Dennis Hopkins About Photo Location: Susie Taylor Krueger’s backyard, West Main Street, Mt. […]
Photo: Emma Jane Owens Taylor
About Emma Jane: About Photo: Location: Susie Taylor Krueger’s yard on West Main Street in Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky (Susie was Emma Jane’s step-daughter.) Date: Early 1930s Credit: Courtesy of W. H. Taylor
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 […]
This Week in the Family History: December 20–26
This Week in the Family History: November 22–28
Hattie Eugenia Lanier married twice, both times on 27 November. 122 years ago, she married Virgil Slokum White on that date (1898) in Monroe County, Mississippi. Hattie and Sloke divorced sometime between 1910 and 1916. 104 years ago, she married William McRae on that date (1916) in Fulton County, Georgia. Hattie and William also divorced. […]
