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 Krueger and Henrietta Pramer.

August’s family ran a brick making and construction business, and he and Susie lived in a two-story brick house on West Main Street in Mt. Vernon. Susie and August had four children, but no grandchildren. (*Half Great-aunt, Taylor)

September 7

John Cook Taylor (*Great-grandfather, Taylor)

• Died 67 Years Ago: 7 September 1953, Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: James Francis Taylor & Margaret E. Ramsey
  • Spouses: Sarah Ramsey, Margaret Frances Warren, Emma Jane Owens

Rose Mary Lanier (*1st Cousin, once removed, McCauley)

• Born 70 Years Ago: 7 September 1950, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
  • Parents: James Doffin Lanier & Alma Neely

John Corum Hankins (*Great-uncle, Hankins)

• Died 109 Years Ago: 7 September 1923, Hopkins County, Kentucky
  • Buried: Grapevine Cemetery, Hopkins County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Thomas Leander Hankins & Samantha Angeline Petty
  • Spouse: Gertie Tapp

September 8

Pearl Gertrude Fitzhugh Joines McCauley (*Step-grandmother, McCauley)

• Died 59 Years Ago: 8 September 1961, Browder, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Buried: Dunmor Cemetery, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Parents: William B. Fitzhugh & Susan Mahala King
  • Spouses: John Washington Joines, John William McCauley

*Each person’s relationship to me and the surname of the grandparent through which the relationship falls are in parentheses after their name or at the end of the feature. Please email me for additional information.