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Documenting the Details

This Week in the Family History: April 16–22, 2023

April 16, 2023

This Week in the Family History: April 16-22, 2023

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48 Years Ago: Dicie Vernon Goodloe Wyatt

Dicie Vernon Goodloe Wyatt, daughter of Thomas Henry Goodloe and Martha E. Sisk, died on 19 April 1975 in Hopkins County, Kentucky. She was 93 years old. Vernon was buried in Grapevine Cemetery in Hopkins County.

Vernon married Samuel Wyatt on 17 September 1902 in Hopkins County. They had no children.

She was close to her cousin Lee Hankins’s daughter Verda. Samuel served as a witness when Verda married John William McCauley. Verda named her second child Icy Vernon, no doubt in her honor.

Relationship: Hankins Line; 1st cousin of great-grandfather Thomas Leander Hankins

McCauley Line

395 Years Ago: Clement Lanier and Hannah Collett

  • Married: 17 April 1628, St. Martin, Ludgate, London, England
  • Clement’s Parents: Nicholas Lanier and Lucreece Bassano
  • Hannah’s Parents: John Collett and Anne

369 Years Ago: Arthur Jordan and Elizabeth

  • Married: 22 April 1653, Surry County, Colony of Virginia
  • Parents: unknown
  • Relationship: 8th great-grandparents

186 Years Ago: Frances Lanier

  • Married: Thomas Newell, 16 April 1837, Meriwether County, Georgia
  • Parents: James Lanier and Polly Y. Smith
  • Relationship: Sister of 2nd great-grandfather William Washington Lanier

136 Years Ago: Pearl Gertrude Fitzhugh

  • Born: 16 April 1887, Kentucky
  • Parents: William B. Fitzhugh and Susan Mahala King
  • Relationship: 3rd wife of paternal grandfather, John William McCauley

119 Years Ago: Sarah Ann Lanier Proctor

  • Died: 17 April 1904, Troup County, Georgia
  • Parents: William Washington Lanier and Charlotte T. Jackson
  • Relationship: Sister of great-grandfather Joseph Smith Lanier

97 Years Ago: Jason Gordon Lucas, Jr.

  • Born: 21 April 1926, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Jason Gordon Lucas and Icy Vernon McCauley
  • Relationship: 1st cousin

87 Years Ago: George David Lanier

  • Died: 22 April 1936, Hickory Flat, Chambers County, Alabama
  • Parents: William Washington Lanier and Charlotte T. Jackson
  • Relationship: Brother of great-grandfather Joseph Smith Lanier

36 Years Ago: Lula Pearl Marion Shepherd

  • Died: 16 April 1987, Alabama
  • Parents: James Washington Marion and Louise Anna Lanier
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of father, David Hankins McCauley

Hankins Line

316 Years Ago: John Younger

  • Born: 20 April 1707, Shrewberry Parish, Kent County, Maryland
  • Parents: Humphrey Younger and Elizabeth
  • Relationship: Brother of 6th great-grandfather Humphrey Younger

305 Years Ago: Diana Vivian Minor

  • Died: 16 April 1718, Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia
  • Parents: John Vivian and Margaret Smith
  • Relationship: 8th great-grandmother

203 Years Ago: Mary Elizabeth Fox

  • Married: Ebenizer B. Sisk, 16 April 1820, Hopkins County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Titus Fox and Elizabeth Wright
  • Relationship: Sister of 4th great-grandmother Sarah Fox

188 Years Ago: Frances Diana Goodloe

  • Died: 18 April 1835, Virginia
  • Parents: Henry Goodloe and Frances Diana Kemp
  • Relationship: Sister of 5th great-grandfather Thomas Allen Goodloe

178 Years Ago: Daniel Fox

  • Died: 22 April 1845, Marshall County, Kentucky
  • Parent: James Fox
  • Relationship: Brother of 5th great-grandfather Titus Fox

154 Years Ago: Joseph Bunyan Petty

  • Born: 20 April 1869, Kentucky
  • Parents: John R. Petty and Margaret E. Thomas
  • Relationship: Brother of great-grandmother Samantha Angeline Petty

134 Years Ago: Edbert Petty

  • Died: 18 April 1889, Tennessee
  • Parents: Rash P. Petty and Sarah Ann
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of great-grandmother Samantha Angeline Petty

124 Years Ago: John Emerson Goodloe

  • Died: 17 April 1889, Hopkins County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Henry Lewis Goodloe and Elizabeth Berry
  • Relationship: 3rd great-grandfather

113 Years Ago: Emmett Lee Petty

  • Born: 22 April 1910, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Joseph Bunyan Petty and Fredonia Tyson
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of paternal grandmother, Verda Waller Hankins

Hopkins Line

361 Years Ago: Martha Cole

  • Born: 16 April 1662, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  • Parents: Hugh Cole and Mary Foxwell
  • Relationship: Sister of 8th great-grandfather Hugh Cole

337 Years Ago: Mary Cole

  • Born: 17 April 1686, Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  • Parents: Hugh Cole and Deborah Buckland
  • Relationship: Sister of 7th great-grandfather Hugh Cole

305 Years Ago: Thomas Hopkins

  • Died: 21 April 1718, Providence, Providence County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
  • Parent: Thomas Hopkins
  • Relationship: 8th great-grandfather

180 Years Ago: Isaac Hopkins

  • Married: Nancy Ann Pew, 22 April 1843, Claiborne County, Tennessee
  • Parents: Nehemiah Hopkins and Mahulday
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of 2nd great-grandmother Eliza Hopkins

173 Years Ago: William McEleaster Howard

  • Born: 20 April 1850, Harlan County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Robert Howard and Lucinda Bingham
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of great-grandmother Lucinda Howard

161 Years Ago: Jeremiah Grant Forester

  • Born: 21 April 1862, Harlan County, Kentucky
  • Parents: John Wesley Forester and Nancy Howard
  • Relationship: Half-1st cousin of maternal grandfather, Elmer Dennis Hopkins

94 Years Ago: Jerome Jackson Hopkins

  • Married: Octava Blount, 18 April 1929, Paint Lick, Garrard County, Kentucky
  • Parents: William Columbus Hopkins and Martha Ella Collins
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of maternal grandfather, Elmer Dennis Hopkins

Taylor Line

157 Years Ago: Rhoda Nell Taylor

  • Born: 19 April 1866, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: James Francis Taylor and Margaret E. Ramsey
  • Relationship: Sister of great-grandfather, John Cook Taylor

141 Years Ago: Emma Jane Owens

  • Born: 16 April 1882, Freedom, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Madison Crawford Owens and Cecilia Owens
  • Relationship: Great-grandmother

140 Years Ago: America Abney

  • Married: Marion M. Abney, 21 April 1883, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Elijah Abney and Emily Owens
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of great-grandmother Emma Jane Owens

137 Years Ago: Lucy Margaret Taylor

  • Married: Eugene Nicholson, 21 April 1886, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: William Taylor and Delilah Cox
  • Relationship: Half-sister of 2nd great-grandfather James Francis Taylor

132 Years Ago: Charles Parsons

  • Born: 20 April 1891, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Theard Parsons and Nancy A. Taylor
  • Relationship: Half-1st cousin of great-grandfather John Cook Taylor

128 Years Ago: William David Owens

  • Married: Ida Belle Owens, 19 April 1895, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Madison Crawford Owens and Cecilia Owens
  • Relationship: Brother of great-grandmother Emma Jane Owens

110 Years Ago: George Calvin Owens

  • Died: 16 April 1913, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: William L. Owens and Wilmoth Lofton
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of great-grandmother Emma Jane Owens

90 Years Ago: Martha E. Taylor

  • Died: 21 April 1922, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Robert Taylor and Mary Margaret Parsons
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of great-grandfather John Cook Taylor

84 Years Ago: Logan David Taylor

  • Died: 22 April 1939, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: William Thomas Taylor and Mary Elizabeth Fletcher
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of maternal grandmother, Emma Ewers Taylor

42 Years Ago: Rosa Margaret Riickert

  • Died: 20 April 1981, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
  • Parents: George W. Riickert and Martha Ann Taylor
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of maternal grandmother, Emma Ewers Taylor

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