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This Week in the Family History: September 13–19

September 13, 2020

Feature: Lena M. Taylor

41 Years Ago: Lena M. Taylor died on 19 September 1979 in Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. She was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Mt. Vernon. Lena was the daughter of Margaret Lula Taylor.

Lena never married and had no children. One of her neighbors died in the 1950s leaving a young son and Lena raised him.

She worked at the Rockcastle Hotel in Mt. Vernon. Lena lived in the old family home where she had grown up until she sold it in the 1960s and moved into an apartment at the hotel. (*1st Cousin, twice removed, Taylor)

September 14

Marie Krueger (*Half 1st Cousin, once removed, Taylor)

  • Born 105 Years Ago: 14 September 1915, Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
    • Parents: Susan Taylor and August Krueger

September 15

Leo Berry Hopkins (*Great-uncle, Hopkins)

  • Died 32 Years Ago: 15 September 1988, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
    • Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Grand Blanc, Genesee County, Michigan
    • Parents: James Arton Hopkins and Lucinda Howard
    • Spouse: Marie Beedy

Robert Gerald Lanier (*1st Cousin, once removed, McCauley)

  • Born 84 Years Ago: 15 September 1936, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
    • Parents: James Doffin Lanier and Alma Neely

Margaret Lula Taylor (*2nd Great-aunt, Taylor)

  • Married 103 Years Ago: Francis Preston Fralick, 15 September 1917, Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
    • Parents: James Francis Taylor and Margaret E. Ramsey

John Franklin Petty (*2nd Great-uncle, Hankins)

  • Born 146 Years Ago: 15 September 1874, Hopkins County, Kentucky
    • Parents: John R. Petty and Margaret E. Thomas

Sarah S. Howard (*2nd Great-aunt, Hopkins)

  • Born 159 Years Ago: 15 September 1861, Harlan County, Kentucky
    • Parents: John Covey Howard and Mary F. Morris

September 16

William Washington Lanier, Jr. (*2nd Great-uncle, McCauley)

  • Born 176 Years Ago: 16 September 1844, Alabama
    • Parents: William Washington Lanier and Charlotte T. Jackson

September 19

Thomas Morrell Lanier (*1st Cousin, once removed, McCauley)

  • Born 73 Years Ago: 19 September 1947, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
    • Parents: James Doffin Lanier and Alma Neely

Donald Kent Dukes (*1st Cousin)

  • Born 82 Years Ago: 19 September 1938, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
    • Parents: William Ferman Dukes and Golden Gladys McCauley

This Week in the Family History

Linda F. McCauley

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