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148 Years Ago: Alford Taylor
Alford Taylor was the ninth of eleven children born to James Francis Taylor and Margaret E. Ramsey. He was born on 7 May 1875 in Renfro Valley, Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
App, as his family and friends called him, worked for the Louisville and Nashville (L&N) Railroad for 50 years. He had a train car, which included living accommodations, that could be moved to wherever he needed to be to supervisor work on tracks.
App was married twice and adopted a son with his first wife. He died on 17 June 1968 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky and was buried there in Resthaven Memorial Park.
Relationship: Taylor Line; Brother of great-grandfather John Cook Taylor
McCauley Line
194 Years Ago: Benjamin Franklin Caswell
- Born: 28 May 1829, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts
- Spouse: Charity Ann Jackson
- Relationship: Brother-in-law of 2nd great-grandmother Charlotte T. Jackson
125 Years Ago: Benjamin Franklin Caswell
- Died: 9 May, 1898, Heard County, Georgia
- Spouse: Charity Ann Jackson
- Relationship: Brother-in-law of 2nd great-grandmother Charlotte T. Jackson
97 Years Ago: Nancy Elizabeth Jackson
- Died: 9 May 1926, Heard County, Georgia
- Parents: Samuel W. Jackson and Lavinia Malone
- Relationship: Sister of 2nd great-grandmother Charlotte T. Jackson
63 Years Ago: Eva Mullins Bennett
- Died: 10 May 1960, Oklahoma
- Spouse: Thomas Eli Bennett
- Relationship: Sister-in-law of great-grandmother Nancy Jane Bennett
Hankins Line
314 Years Ago: Jane Goodloe
- Born: 8 May 1709, Virginia
- Parents: Henry Goodloe and Elizabeth ?
- Relationship: Sister of 7th great-grandfather George Goodloe
291 Years Ago: Daniel Dobyns
- Born: 12 May 1732, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia
- Parents: Charles Dobyns and Sarah Nash
- Relationship: Brother of 5th great-grandfather Edward Dobyns
268 Years Ago: Job Weeks
- Born: 8 May 1755, Gloucester County, New Jersey
- Parents: unknown
- Relationship: 5th great-grandfather
246 Years Ago: Dorothy Elizabeth Waller Tazewell
- Died: 13 May 1777, Virginia
- Parents: Benjamin Waller and Martha Hall
- Relationship: 1st cousin of 5th great-grandmother Dorothy Waller
240 Years Ago: Christopher Baker and Agnes Forrester
- Married: 13 May 1783, Rowan County, North Carolina
- Christopher’s Parents: Absolom Baker, Sr. and Mary Sewell
- Agnes’s Parents: Owen Forrester and Eleanor Angell Windsor
- Relationship: 4th great-grandparents
227 Years Ago: Susannah Hankins
- Born: 11 May 1796, Wilkes County, North Carolina
- Parents: John Hankins and Sarah Gill
- Relationship: Sister of 4th great-grandfather Barnabas Hankins
209 Years Ago: Frances Goodloe
- Married: Henry Scott, 11 May 1814, Fayette County, Kentucky
- Parents: Thomas Allen Goodloe and Dorothy Waller
- Relationship: Sister of 4th great-grandfather Henry Lewis Goodloe
195 Years Ago: Elizabeth Collins
- Born: 7 May 1828
- Spouse: Henry Lewis Goodloe, Jr,
- Relationship: Sister-in-law of 3rd great-grandfather John Emerson Goodloe
181 Years Ago: Narcissa Ann Hankins
- Married: Joseph Smith, 10 May 1842, Hopkins County, Kentucky
- Parents: Barnabas Hankins and Sarah Fox
- Relationship: Sister of 3rd great-grandfather Houston G. Hankins
138 Years Ago: Eliza A. Pritchett Clift
- Died: 10 May 1885, Kentucky
- Parents: Horace Pritchett and Lucy Waller Goodloe
- Relationship: 1st cousin of 2nd great-grandmother Isabella Jane Goodloe
119 Years Ago: Agnes Jane Pritchett Cox
- Died: 7 May 1904, Kentucky
- Parents: Horace Pritchett and Lucy Waller Goodloe
- Relationship: 1st cousin of 2nd great-grandmother Isabella Jane Goodloe
108 Years Ago: Thelma Ottoson
- Born: 7 May 1915, Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York
- Spouse: Jewel Franklin Hankins
- Relationship: Wife of 1st cousin of father, David Hankins McCauley
86 Years Ago: Robert Manning Petty
- Died: 9 May 1937, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
- Parents: Horatio Petty and Martha Goforth
- Relationship: 1st cousin of 2nd great-grandfather John R. Petty
13 Years Ago: Lillian Irene Turk Hankins
- 9 May 2010, Alabama
- Parents: Emmett Little Turk and Lillian Gertrude Parker
- Spouse: Forrest Payne Hankins
- Relationship: 1st cousin of father, David Hankins McCauley
Hopkins Line
200 Years Ago: William Howard
- Married: Ann Arnett, 8 May 1823, Floyd County, Kentucky
- Spouse: William Howard
- Relationship: 1st cousin of 2nd great-grandfather, John Covey Howard
142 Years Ago: Almeda Hopkins
- Born: 7 May 1881, Harlan County, Kentucky
- Parents: William Columbus Hopkins and Elizabeth Anne Skidmore
- Relationship: 1st cousin of maternal grandfather, Elmer Dennis Hopkins
119 Years Ago: James Arthur Hopkins
- Born: 7 May 1904, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: William Columbus Hopkins and Martha Ella Collins
- Relationship: 1st cousin of maternal grandfather, Elmer Dennis Hopkins
116 Years Ago: Sarah Ida Howard
- Married: Robert Everett Howard, 11 May 1907, Bell County, Kentucky
- Parents: Jacob B. Howard and Nancy Ellender Howard
- Relationship: Half 1st cousin of maternal grandfather, Elmer Dennis Hopkins
103 Years Ago: Cyndia Hopkins
- Married: Grant Saylor, 8 May 1920, Bell County, Kentucky
- Parents: William Columbus Hopkins and Martha Ella Collins
- Relationship: 1st cousin of maternal grandfather, Elmer Dennis Hopkins
42 Years Ago: Ellen Veidt Hopkins
- Died: 9 May 1981, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio
- Spouse: Columbus Ora Hopkins
- Relationship: Sister-in-law of maternal grandfather, Elmer Dennis Hopkins
Taylor Line
220 Years Ago: Francis Alexander Ramsey, Jr.
- Born: 7 May 1803
- Parents: Francis Alexander Ramsey, Sr. and Martha Allen
- Relationship: 1st cousin of 3rd great-grandfather Thomas Ramsey, Jr. and 3rd great-grandmother Martha Ramsey
163 Years Ago: Mary Elizabeth Fletcher
- Born: 10 May 1860, Kentucky
- Spouse: William Thomas Taylor
- Relationship: Sister-in-law of great-grandfather John Cook Taylor
160 Years Ago: Madison Crawford Owens and Cecilia Owens
- Married: 7 May 1863, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Madison’s Parents: Alfred Owens and Rebecca Mullins
- Cecilia’s Parents: Wesley Owens and Louis A. Mullins
- Relationship: 2nd great-grandparents
158 Years Ago: Celia Owens
- Born: 7 May 1865, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: Larkin Owens and Barthenia Bryant
- Relationship: 1st cousin of great-grandmother Emma Jane Owens
153 Years Ago: Emily Frances Griffin
- Born: 8 May 1870, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: John Nelson Griffin and Mary Owens
- Relationship: 1st cousin of great-grandmother Emma Jane Owens
152 Years Ago: Martha A. Owens
- Born: 7 May 1871, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: Larkin Owens and Barthenia Bryant
- Relationship: 1st cousin of great-grandmother Emma Jane Owens
148 Years Ago: Henry H. Barnett
- Born: 10 May 1898, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: William R. Barnett and Martha B. Taylor
- Relationship: Half 1st cousin of great-grandfather John Cook Taylor
73 Years Ago: George Washington Owens
- Died: 12 May 1950, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: Madison Crawford Owens and Cecilia Owens
- Relationship: Brother of great-grandmother Emma Jane Owens
63 Years Ago: Ida Belle Owens
- Died: 12 May 1960, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: James W. Owens and Averill Laswell
- Spouse: William David Owens
- Relationship: Sister-in-law of great-grandmother Emma Jane Owens
56 Years Ago: Lora Owens Mink
- Died: 7 May 1967, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: George Washington Owens and Sibbie Jane Hamm
- Relationship: 1st cousin of maternal grandmother, Emma Ewers Taylor
49 Years Ago: Sallie Elizabeth Owens Denney
- Died: 8 May 1974, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
- Parents: William David Owens and Ida Belle Owens
- Relationship: 1st cousin of maternal grandmother, Emma Ewers Taylor
26 Years Ago: Mary Ellen Owens Noe
- Died: 9 May 1997, Berea, Madison County, Kentucky
- Parents: William David Owens and Ida Belle Owens
- Relationship: 1st cousin of maternal grandmother, Emma Ewers Taylor