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129 Years Ago: Wilson R. Howard
Wilson R. Howard died on 19 January 1894 in Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri at about age 31. He was hanged for the murder of Thomas McMichaels in Maries County, Missouri, which happened five years earlier. While Wilse admitted to killing several other people, he denied until the end that he killed McMichaels.
Wilse was the son of Hiram Brock Howard and Alisee Jennings. He was born in Harlan County, Kentucky, about 1863. As the Howard-Turner feud, which went on in Harlan County in the late 1800s, ramped up, Wilse became the leader on the Howard side.
Hiram was the son of John Covey Howard and his first wife, Matilda Brock. His half sister, Lucinda Howard Hopkins, was the daughter of John Covey and his third wife, Mary Morris. At one point during the feud, Wilse went to his Aunt Cindy’s house running from the law. Cindy hid him under a feather bed and made the bed up over him. Officials searched her house, but they did not find him. Wilse got away and later left Harlan County.
More of about the feud and Wilse’s story is coming up later this year.
Relationship: Hopkins Line, Half-1st cousin of maternal grandfather, Elmer Dennis Hopkins
McCauley/Lanier Line
148 Years Ago: Henry Jefferson Davis
- Died: 18 January 1875, age 58
- Parents: Joshua Davis and Esther Gamble
- Relationship: 1st cousin of 2nd great-grandmother Martha Lucinda Gamble
142 Years Ago: Frances Annie Waller and George Thomas Waller
- Born: 15 January, 1881, probably Randolph County, Alabama, twins
- Parents: Thomas Elbert Waller and Frances Elizabeth Lanier
- Relationship: 1st cousins of paternal grandfather, John William McCauley
116 Years Ago: Kenneth Mel Carver
- Born: 19 January 1907, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
- Parents: Elmer O. Carver and Winnie Vick
- Relationship: Paternal uncle by marriage
89 Years Ago: Afrie Joyce Lanier
- Born: 17 January 1934, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
- Parents: James Dewey Lanier and Afrie Lumarel Strickland
- Relationship: Half-1st cousin
86 Years Ago: George Ann Dockins
- Born: 21 January 1937, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
- Parents: George Estil Dockins and Lois Marie McCauley
- Relationship: Paternal 1st cousin
49 Years Ago: John Curtis Marion
- Died: 17 January 1974, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, age 80
- Parents: James Washington Marion and Louise Anna Lanier
- Relationship: 1st cousin of father, David Hankins McCauley
31 Years Ago: John William McCauley, Jr.
- Died: 15 January 1992, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, age 70
- Parents: John William McCauley and Verda Waller Hankins
- Relationship: Paternal uncle
Hankins Line
278 Years Ago: Richard Walker
- Born: 20 January 1745, St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia
- Parents: Richard Waller and Rachel
- Relationship: Brother of 5th great-grandmother Nancy Ann Walker
276 Years Ago: Pomfrett Waller
- Born: 20 January 1747, Virginia
- Parents: John Waller and Agnes Carr
- Relationship: Brother of 5th great-grandmother Dorothy Waller
262 Years Ago: Sarah Dobyns
- Born: 19 January 1761, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia
- Parents: William Dobyns and Rebecca Miskell
- Relationship: 1st cousin of 5th great-grandfather Edward Dobyns
257 Years Ago: Sarah Waller
- Born: 15 January 1766, Virginia
- Parents: Benjamin Waller and Martha Hall
- Relationship: 1st cousin of 5th great-grandmother, Dorothy Waller
235 Years Ago: John Carr
- Died: 17 January 1778, Louisa County, Virginia, age 71
- Parents: Thomas Carr and Mary Dabney
- Relationship: Brother of 6th great-grandmother Agnes Carr
208 Years Ago: Henry Lewis Goodloe, Jr.
- Born: 21 January 1815, Hopkins County, Kentucky
- Parents: Henry Lewis Goodloe and Elizabeth Berry
- Relationship: Brother of 3rd great-grandfather John Emerson Goodloe
190 Years Ago: Elizabeth Dobyns
- Married: George F. Finley, 17 January 1833, Hopkins County, Kentucky
- Parents: Frederick Dobyns and Lucy Mott
- Relationship: Double 1st cousin of 3rd great-grandmother Eliza Ann Dobyns
182 Years Ago: Job Weeks
- Died: 15 January 1841, Pope County, Illinois, age 85
- Parents: unknown
- Relationship: 5th great-grandfather
178 Years Ago: Mary Thomas Echols
- Married: James Milton Echols, 16 January 1845, Forsyth County, Georgia
- Parents: Jesse Thomas and Rebecca Baker
- Relationship: Sister of 2nd great-grandmother Margaret E. Thomas
127 Years Ago: Thomas Ewing Gamble
- Died: 17 January 1896, Alabama, age 73
- Parents: David Gamble and Anna Finney
- Relationship: Brother of 2nd great-grandmother Martha Lucinda Gamble
114 Years Ago: Mary Jane Ashby Walling
- Died: 18 January 1909, Carroll County, Missouri, age 89
- Parents: Absalom Ashby and Sally Dobyns
- Relationship: 1st cousin of 2nd great-grandmother Isabella Jane Goodloe
70 Years Ago: Virginia Eggleston Goodloe Moore
- Died: 15 January 1953, Hopkins County, Kentucky, age 96
- Parents: John Emerson Goodloe and Elizabeth Pettus
- Relationship: Half-sister of 2nd great-grandmother Isabella Jane Goodloe
59 Years Ago: Ella Louise Hankins Sheldon
- Died: 18 January 1964, Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada, age 50
- Parents: Albert Elvie Hankins and Frances McDavitt
- Relationship: 1st cousin of father, David Hankins McCauley
52 Years Ago: Tommie O’dell Petty Thomason
- Died: 20 January 1971, Orlando, Orange County, Florida, age 79
- Parents: Oliver Perry Petty and Vada L. Bramblett
- Relationship: 1st cousin of paternal grandmother, Verda Waller Hankins
Hopkins Line
329 Years Ago: Elizabeth Barney
- Born: 17 January 1692, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
- Parents: Joseph Barney and Constance
- Relationship: 7th great-grandmother
199 Years Ago: Robert Howard
- Born: 17 January 1824, Harlan County, Kentucky
- Parents: John Howard and Mary Risner
- Relationship: Brother of 2nd great-grandfather John Covey Howard
111 Years Ago: Eliza Hopkins Simpson
- Died: 16 January 1912, Epps, Butler County, Missouri
- Parents: Stephen Hopkins and Rachel McFarland
- Relationship: 2nd great-grandmother
65 Years Ago: Sarah S. Howard Brock
- Died: 16 January 1958, Wallins Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky
- Parents: John Covey Howard and Mary F. Morris
- Relationship: Sister of great-grandmother Lucinda Howard
Taylor Line
234 Years Ago: Martin Owens
- Born: 19 January 1789, Wilkes County, North Carolina
- Parents: David Owens and Winifred Mullins
- Relationship: Brother of 3rd great-grandfathers Wesley and Alfred Owens
184 Years Ago: Thomas Ramsey, Jr. and Rhoda Ann Lavender
- Married: 20 January 1839, Lincoln County, Kentucky
- Thomas’s Parents: Thomas Ramsey and Martha Gouldman
- Rhoda’s Parents: John Lavender and unknown
- Relationship: 3rd great-grandparents
168 Years Ago: Rhoda Ann Lair
- Born 15 January 1855, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: William Thomas Lair and Martha Ramsey
- Relationship: Half-1st cousin of great-grandfather John Cook Taylor
167 Years Ago: Andrew P. Taylor
- Born: 21 January 1856, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: William Taylor and Mary G. Ramsey
- Relationship: Half-brother of 2nd great-grandfather James Francis Taylor
143 Years Ago: Sarah Bell Griffin
- Married: Martin Owens, 21 January 1880, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: Solomon Griffin and Jalia Tetitia Owens
- Relationship: 1st cousin of great-grandmother Emma Jane Owens
131 Years Ago and 118 Years Ago: James Thomas Taylor
- Born: 15 January 1892, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Died: 16 January 1905, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: Josiah Love Taylor and Mary Alice Kirby
- Relationship: 1st cousin of maternal grandmother, Emma Ewers Taylor
123 Years Ago: John Cook Taylor and Emma Jane Owens
- Married: 16 January 1900, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- John’s Parents: James Francis Taylor and Margaret E. Ramsey
- Emma’s Parents: Madison Crawford Owens and Cecilia Owens
- Relationship: Great-grandparents
45 Years Ago: Emma Ewers Taylor Hopkins
- Died: 19 January 1789, Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky
- Parents: John Cook Taylor and Emma Jane Owens
- Relationship: Maternal grandmother
Sources available upon request
