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169 Years Ago: Melissa Caroline Lanier
Melissa Caroline Lanier was the eighth of eleven children born to William Washington Lanier and Charlotte T. Jackson. She was born on 21 May 1854 in Georgia, probably Heard County.
Melissa married Nathaniel Rufus Adamson, son of James Jefferson Adamson and Elizabeth D. Harris. They had five children. Melissa died on 8 August 1927 in Troup County, Georgia. She was buried in Hillview Cemetery Annex in LaGrange in Troup County.
- Relationship: McCauley Line; Sister of great-grandfather Joseph Smith Lanier
McCauley Line
163 Years Ago: Elizabeth Gamble Dillard
- Died: 25 May 1860, Tallapoosa County, Alabama
- Parent: James Gamble
- Relationship: Sister of 4th great-grandfather John Gamble
114 Years Ago: Carlos Eikner
- Born: 24 May 1909, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi
- Parents: Virgil Slocum White and Hattie Eugenia Lanier
- Relationship: 1st cousin of father, David Hankins McCauley
41 Years Ago: Jason Gordon Lucas, Sr.
- Died: 22 May 1982, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
- Parents: Jason G. Lucas and Callie Mary Denny
- Spouse: Icy Vernon McCauley
- Relationship: Brother-in-law of father, David Hankins McCauley
Hankins Line
349 Years Ago: Mary Waller
- Born: 23 May 1674, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England
- Parents: John Waller and Mary Pomfrett
- Relationship: Sister of 7th great-grandfather John Waller
340 Years Ago: James Waller
- Born: 25 May 1683, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England
- Parents: John Waller and Mary Pomfrett
- Relationship: Brother of 7th great-grandfather John Waller
256 Years Ago: Catherine Dobyns
- Born: 23 May 1767, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia
- Parents: Charles Dobyns and Lucy Elder
- Relationship: 1st cousin of 4th great-grandfather Edward Dobyns
106 Years Ago: Benjamin W. Petty
- Died: 21 May 1917, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee
- Parents: John R. Petty and Mary C. Bohannan
- Relationship: Half-brother of great-grandmother Samantha Angeline Petty
78 Years Ago: Oscar Milton Petty
- Died: 27 May 1945, Whitfield County, Georgia
- Parents: Joseph Bunyan Petty and Fredonia Tyson
- Relationship: 1st cousin of paternal grandmother, Verda Waller Hankins
Hopkins Line
270 Years Ago: Nehemiah Cole
- Died: 22 May 1753, Province of Massachusetts Bay
- Parents: Hugh Cole and Martha Luther
- Relationship: Brother of 6th great-grandfather Joseph Cole
127 Years Ago: Columbus Ora Hopkins
- Born: 24 May 1896, Wallins Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky
- Parents: James Arton Hopkins and Lucinda Howard
- Relationship: Brother of maternal grandfather, Elmer Dennis Hopkins
102 Years Ago: Kenneth Helton Hopkins
- Born: 21 May 1921, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: Columbus Ora Hopkins and Nancy Alva Helton
- Relationship: 1st cousin of mother, Uta Faye Hopkins
43 Years Ago: Elmer Dennis Hopkins
- Died: 26 May 1980, Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky
- Parents: James Arton Hopkins and Lucinda Howard
- Relationship: Maternal grandfather
Taylor Line
149 Years Ago: Sibbie Jane Hamm
- Born: 24 May 1874, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: Robert King Hamm and Mary Frances Sowder
- Spouse: George Washington Owens
- Relationship: Sister-in-law of great-grandmother Emma Jane Owens
142 Years Ago: Gatie Givens Ramsey
- Born: 21 May 1881, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: Joseph Love Ramsey and Martha Jane Bryant
- Relationship: 1st cousin of great-grandfather John Cook Taylor
135 Years Ago: Nancy A. Taylor
- Married: Theard Parsons, 24 May 1888, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: William Taylor and Delilah Cox
- Relationship: Half-sister of 2nd great-grandfather James Francis Taylor
127 Years Ago: William Benjamin Riickert
- Born: 27 May 1896, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: George W. Riickert and Martha Ann Taylor
- Relationship: 1st cousin of maternal grandmother, Emma Ewers Taylor
115 Years Ago: David Noe
- Born: 27 May 1908, Harlan County, Kentucky
- Parents: Wilson Noe and Matilda Blanton
- Spouse: Mary Ellen Owens
- Relationship: Husband of 1st cousin of maternal grandmother, Emma Ewers Taylor
104 Years Ago: Thomas Burke Lair
- Died: 23 May 1919, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: Jerome Burke Lair and Ann French
- Relationship: Half 1st cousin of great-grandfather John Cook Taylor
98 Years Ago: Eva Ann Taylor
- Married: Tom Thomas, 24 May 1925, Conway, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: Josiah Love Taylor and Mary Alice Kirby
- Relationship: 1st cousin of maternal grandmother, Emma Ewers Taylor
