May 16
► 121 years ago: William Robert “Bill” Taylor was born in 1895 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. [Taylor line]
► 74 years ago: Verda Waller “Verdie Jane” Hankins McCauley died in 1942 in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. [Hankins line]
► 59 years ago; Lucinda “Cindy” Howard Hopkins died in 1957 in Wallins Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky. [Hopkins line]
May 20
► 167 years ago: Jacob B. “Banty Jake” Howard was born in 1849 in Harlan County, Kentucky. [Hopkins line]
May 21
► 99 years ago: Benjamin W. Petty died in 1917 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee. [Hankins line]
