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Documenting the Details

This Week in the Family History: March 19–25, 2023

March 19, 2023

his Week in the Family History: March 19-25, 2023

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164 Years Ago: Arimenta I. Howard

Arimenta I. Howard was born on 22 March 1859 in Harlan County, Kentucky, to John Covey Howard and Mary F. Morris. In the 1860 census, Mintie was listed as one-year-old, living with her parents at Wallins Creek. She apparently died before reaching her eleventh birthday as she was not with her parents in 1870.

Emma Taylor Hopkins, daughter-in-law of her sister Lucinda, said Mintie died young.

Relationship: Hopkins Line, Sister of great-grandmother Lucinda Howard

McCauley Line

139 Years Ago: Laura Bennett

  • Born: 24 March 1884, Alabama
  • Parents: Thomas Eli Bennett and Susan Elizabeth Hibbert
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of paternal grandfather, John William McCauley

121 Years Ago: John William Lanier

  • Died: 19 March 1902, Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi
  • Parents: Joseph Smith Lanier and Nancy Jane Bennett
  • Relationship: Brother of paternal grandfather, John William McCauley

119 Years Ago: Lee Roy Jackson

  • Died: 19 March 1904, Tallapoosa County, Alabama
  • Parents: Samuel W. Jackson and Lavinia Malone
  • Relationship: Brother of 2nd great-grandmother Charlotte T. Jackson

113 Years Ago: Lula Pearl Marion

  • Married: Grover Cleveland Shepherd, 23 March 1910, Fulton County, Georgia
  • Parents: James Washington Marion and Louise Anna Lanier
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of father, David Hankins McCauley

87 Years Ago: Nancy E. Adamson Adams

  • Died: 23 March 1936, Georgia
  • Parents: Seaborn Henry Adamson and Nancy Elizabeth Jackson
  • Relationship: 1st cousin to great-grandfather Joseph Smith Lanier

Hankins Line

242 Years Ago: Mary Waller Lewis

  • Died: 23 March 1781, Virginia
  • Parents: John Waller and Dorothy King
  • Relationship: Sister of 6th great-grandfather John Waller

215 Years Ago: Robert Goodloe

  • Married: Agnes Johnson, 24 March 1808, Caroline County, Virginia
  • Parents: Henry Goodloe and Frances Diana Kemp
  • Relationship: Brother of 5th great-grandfather Thomas Allen Googloe

214 Years Ago: Humphrey Younger

  • Married: Mary Campbell, 23 March 1809, Ohio County, Virginia
  • Father: Nehemiah Younger
  • Relationship: Brother (possibly half) of 4th great-grandmother Delinda Younger

212 Years Ago: John Emerson Goodloe

  • Born: 25 March 1811, Hopkins County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Henry Lewis Goodloe and Elizabeth Berry
  • Relationship: 3rd great-grandfather

190 Years Ago: Elizabeth Hankins

  • Married: Hiram Vickers, 19 March 1833, Livingston County, Kentucky
  • Father: William Hankins
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of 3rd great-grandfather Houston Hankins

110 Years Ago: Ella Louise Hankins

  • Born: 24 March 1913, Pennington County, Minesota
  • Parents: Albert Elvie Hankins and Frances Joan Lillian McDavitt
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of father, David Hankins McCauley

106 Years Ago: Mary C. Bohannan Petty Hall

  • Died: 21 March 1917, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee
  • Father: Thomas Bohannan
  • Relationship: 2nd wife of 2nd great-grandfather John R. Petty

56 Years Ago: Elizabeth Jane Givens Petty

  • Died: 22 March 1967, Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois
  • Parents: John Lewis Givens and Cecil L. Trigg
  • Spouse: John Franklin Petty
  • Relationship: Sister-in-law of great-grandmother Samantha Angeline Petty

Hopkins Line

385 Years Ago: Martha Foxwell

  • Born: 24 March 1638, Scituate, Plymouth Colony
  • Parents: Richard Foxwell and Ann Shelley
  • Relationship: Sister of 9th great-grandmother Mary Foxwell

382 Years Ago: Ruth Foxwell

  • Born: 25 March 1641, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony
  • Parents: Richard Foxwell and Ann Shelley
  • Relationship: Sister of 9th great-grandmother Mary Foxwell

335 Years Ago: Joseph Cole

  • Born: 19 March 1688, Swansea, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  • Parents: Hugh Cole and Deborah Buckland
  • Relationship: Brother of 7th great-grandfather Hugh Cole

163 Years Ago: Elijah S. Howard

  • Married: Nancy Catherine Howard, 25 March 1860, Harlan County, Kentucky
  • Parents: William R. Howard and Julia Howard
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of great-grandmother Lucinda Howard

130 Years Ago: Minta Matilda Howard

  • Married: R. D. Wilson, 21 March 1893, Harlan County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Adron V. Howard and Mary Howard
  • Relationship: Half-1st cousin of maternal grandfather, Elmer Dennis Hopkins

128 Years Ago: Cornie Hopkins

  • Born: 24 March 1895, Harlan County, Kentucky
  • Parents: William Columbus Hopkins and Eliza Jane Long
  • Relationship: 1st cousin to maternal grandfather, Elmer Dennis Hopkins

42 Years Ago: Columbus Ora Hopkins

  • Died: 25 March 1981, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
  • Parents: James Arton Hopkins and Lucinda Howard
  • Relationship: Brother of maternal grandfather, Elmer Dennis Hopkins

Taylor Line

205 Years Ago: Mary A. Mullins

  • Born: 20 March 1818, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Father: Terry Mullins
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of 3rd great-grandfathers Wesley Owens and Alfred Owens

169 Years Ago: Johnson Ramsey

  • Married: Nancy Wiley, 20 March 1854, Hancock County, Illinois
  • Parents: Alexander Ramsey and Mary
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of 2nd great-grandfather James Francis Taylor and 2nd great-grandmother Margaret E. Ramsey

142 Years Ago: Susan Taylor

  • Born: 21 March 1881, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: William Thomas Taylor and Mary Elizabeth Fletcher
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of maternal grandmother, Emma Ewers Taylor

136 Years Ago: Emily Frances Griffin

  • Married: George W. Cress, 15 March 1887, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: John Nelson Griffin and Mary Owens
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of great-grandmother Emma Jane Owens

118 Years Ago: Emily J. Mullins

  • Died: 23 March 1905
  • Parents: Calloway Mullins and Mary A. Mullins
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of 2nd great-grandfather Madison Crawford Owens and 2nd great-grandmother Cecilia Owens

106 Years Ago: William Robert Taylor

  • Married: Nellie Frances Ready, 21 March 1917, Leavenworth County, Kansas
  • Parents: John Cook Taylor and Margaret Frances Warren
  • Relationship: Half-brother of maternal grandmother, Emma Ewers Taylor

103 Years Ago: Madison Crawford Owens

  • Died: 21 March 1920, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Alfred Owens and Rebecca Mullins
  • Relationship: 2nd great-grandfather

82 Years Ago: Milton H. Bryant

  • Died: 21 March 1941, Verda, Harlan County, Kentucky
  • Spouse: Lola Teresa Taylor
  • Relationship: Brother-in-law (married half-sister) of 2nd great-grandfather James Francis Taylor

77 Years Ago: Rhoda Ann Lair

  • Died: 22 March 1946, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: William Thomas Lair and Martha Ramsey
  • Relationship: Half-1st cousin of great-grandfather John Cook Taylor

73 Years Ago: George Thomas Taylor

  • Married: Mae Dash, 20 March 1950, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Milton J. Taylor and Jane Sowder
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of maternal grandmother, Emma Ewers Taylor

8 Years Ago: John Hartford Chesnut

  • Died: 22 March 2015, Murrieta, Riverside County, California
  • Parents: Emery Hold Chesnut and Anna Rose Taylor
  • Relationship: 1st cousin of mother, Uta Faye Hopkins

Sources available on request.

This Week in the Family History

Linda F. McCauley

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