Feature: Henrietta Krueger
89 Years Ago: Henrietta Krueger died 27 March 1931 in Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky.1 She was seventeen years old when she succumbed to influenza and mastoiditis.2 Mastoiditis is a rare infection of the bone behind the ear which can spread to the brain.3 Henrietta was the oldest of August Krueger and Susan Taylor’s four children.4 (*Half 1st Cousin, once removed, Taylor)
March 23
110 Years Ago: Lula Pearl Marion married Grover G. Shepherd 23 March 1910 in Fulton County, Georgia. Pearl was the daughter of James Washington Marion and Louise Anna Lanier. (*1st Cousin once removed, McCauley)
March 24
125 Years Ago: Cornie Hopkins was born 24 March 1895 in Harlan County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of William Columbus Hopkins and Eliza Jane Long. (*1st Cousin twice removed, Hopkins)
March 25
39 Years Ago: Orie Columbus Hopkins died 24 March 1981 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Lum was the son of James Arton Hopkins and Lucinda Howard. (*Great-uncle, Hopkins)
209 Years Ago: John Emerson Goodloe was born 25 March 1811 in Hopkins County, Kentucky. Jack was the son of Henry Lewis Goodloe and Elizabeth Berry. (*3rd Great-grandfather, Hankins)
March 26
93 Years Ago: James Bailey Hankins married Rachel Lesh in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. Jimmy was the son of Thomas Leander Hankins and Samantha Angeline Petty. Rae was the daughter of James R. Lesh and Gay Reagan. (*Great-uncle, Hankins)
March 27
119 Years Ago: James Bailey Hankins was born 27 March 1901 in Dalton, Hopkins County, Kentucky. Jimmy was the son of Thomas Leander Hankins and Samantha Angeline Petty. (*Great-uncle, Hankins)
100 Years Ago: Orie Columbus Hopkins married Nancy Helton 27 March 1920 in Brodhead, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Lum was the son of James Arton Hopkins and Lucinda Howard. (*Great-uncle, Hopkins)
*Each person’s relationship to me and the surname of the grandparent through which the relationship falls are in parentheses at the end of each item. Please email me for additional information. Additional sources available upon request.
Sources
- Emma Ewers Taylor Hopkins, “Our Family History” (fill in the blanks family history book, Loyall, Kentucky, 1976-1978); privately held by Faye Hopkins McCauley Mt. Vernon, Kentucky, 1978. ↩
- Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, (Death Certificates, Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort), 20756 (1927), Henrietta Krueger. ↩
- Zawn Villines, Medical News Today (https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324280 : accessed 22 Mar 2020), “What is mastoiditis?” (medically reviewed by Karen Richardson Gill, MD, FAAP). ↩
- Emma Ewers Taylor Hopkins, “Our Family History (1976-1978).” ↩
