Tombstone Tuesday - Millard T. Barnes

Millard T. Barnes

1860 - 1930

 

 

Buried Smithland Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 26 April 2013.

 

According to his death certificate, Millard T. Barnes was born in Crittenden County, Kentucky 15 September 1860 and died in McCracken County, Kentucky 27 July 1930. His usual residence was in Brookport, Illinois. He was married to Josie Barnes and was a retired merchant. Bennett Barnes, born North Carolina, and Sarah Terry, born Kentucky, were listed as his parents.

 

 

Published 18 June 2013, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Caldwell County, Kentucky Guardians 1823 - 1824

Guardian appointments are recorded in two places in Caldwell County, Kentucky. They can be found as loose, original documents and also recorded in the county court order books. The following entries have been transcribed from the original documents in the county clerk's office of the Caldwell County courthouse in Princeton, Kentucky.


James Morse appointed guardian for William Cannon & Manley Cannon, heirs and infants of Kinson Cannon dec'd.    21 April 1823

Kinsay Robertson appointed guardian for Joel Leech, heir & infant of James P. Leech dec'd.   22 April 1823

James Armstrong appointed guardian for Polly Armstrong, heir and infant of Jacob Armstrong dec'd.   19 May 1823

Martin McKinney appointed guardian for Sarah Fowler, heir and infant of William Fowler dec'd.   20 May 1823

Elcey Miller appointed guardian to Ebenezer T. Miller aged 19 years the 26th of Feby next, Eliza W. Miller aged 17 years 26th Nov. last, Saml. Miller aged 15 years 3rd June next, John E. Miller aged 12 years 15th Feby. next, Polly R. Miller aged 11 years 13th Apl. next, Joseph M. Miller aged 8 years 25th Dec. last, Elkey C. Miller aged 6 years 4th Nov. last, Nancy Miller aged 3 years 12th Apl. last, orphans of Joseph Miller dec'd.  No date

Joel Lander appointed guardian for Nancy Wilson, Jones Wilson and Mary Ann Wilson, heirs & infants of John Wilson dec'd.   21 July 1823

George W. Frazer appointed guardian for Edward H. Fleece, heir & infant of Enoch H. Fleece.   18 August 1823

James Rucker appointed guardian for Joseph Tanner, heir & infant of John Tanner dec'd.  18 August 1823

Jonathan C. Langston appointed guardian for Sally Langston & Nathan Langston, heirs & infants of Mary Langston dec'd.  20 October 1823

Wm. Banister appointed guardian for Polly Newby & Patcy Newby, heirs and infants of Solomon Newby dec'd.   18 November 1823

George Darby appointed guardian for Wm. Alty[?] Darby, heir & infant of Danl. Darby.  18 November 1823.

Zachariah Matlock appointed guardian for the heirs of Redding Wolf dec'd.  17 January 1824

Joseph McCrosky appointed guardian for Eliza Rice, heir & infant of Benjamin Rice dec'd. Eliza is over 14 years of age and chose McCrosky as her guardian.  20 February 1824

Brooks Perkins appointed guardian for John Perkins, aged 17 years on 13 December next, heir & infant of Adam Perkins.  19 July 1824

Peter Fite appointed guardian for Mary Williamson, Lucinda Williamson, Columbus Williamson, Sarah Williamson, Margaret Williamson, Danl. B. Williamson, heirs & infants of Dawson Williamson dec'd. 16 August 1824

Samuel W. Johnson appointed guardian for Eloniza Johnson, heir & infant of Samuel Johnson. 18 October 1824.


Published 13 June 2013, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Foster Threlkeld

 

 

Foster Threlkeld was the son of Willis Threlkeld and Susan Foster of Crittenden County, Kentucky. Following the death of his father, Foster Threlkeld, his mother and sister, Clara, moved into the home of his uncle, Robert W. Foster .

Foster Threlkeld married Anna Black 22 December 1880 in Crittenden County. Anna died in 1882 and Foster died in 1904. Both are buried in Mapleview Cemetery, Marion, Kentucky.

Published 11 June 2013, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

 

What's What ... A Reminder

Because not everyone is responsible enough to remember that anything posted on this blog - or any other, for that matter - is the intellectual property of the person who wrote it,  I am posting this reminder. In other words, if it appears on my blog, I wrote it and I have control over it. No photo or text may be copied and placed on any other blog or website, including Find A Grave and Genealogy.com. That is the reason for the copyright notice in the upper left corner of each post.

Several months ago, a person from Turkey started copying each and every one of my blog posts and was putting them on his blog. Whether through stupidity or neglect, he didn't bother to erase my copyright notice. It wasn't long before it came to my attention. I began reporting his posts to Google, who owns Blogger, which sponsors this site. It took many reports, but Google took notice and shut him down. The Thief from Turkey had 14 blogs, 13 of which were active, and every post on every blog was stolen from another blog. All 14 of his blogs were erased from the web as if they had never been written. Victory - right? Not necessarily. Blogger has a way that I can track how many hits my blog receives every day as well as in which country each person lives and if and what search words they use. There are a couple of other things the stat report tells me, but I'll keep those to myself for now. To make a long story short, someone from Turkey is back checking on my blog at least once a day. Is it the Thief from Turkey - probably. This is where I need your help. If you find any of my posts on a site other than Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, please let me know. What he is doing is illegal and I hate for my hard work to be scooped up and used to benefit someone else. This person is not doing this because it is fun; he is doing it because he is making money off my blog. He puts ads on his blogs and every time there is a hit, he makes money. This makes me very angry.

Sadly, there will always be people who haven't the will or grace to do their own work and prefer to take what others have done. If you see the Gone Fishing sign on my blog again, you will know that I am dealing with the Thief from Turkey.

Published 7 June 2013, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Farewell Elizabeth Crommack

Farewell

Elizabeth

Wife of

James Crommack

Born

 

Buried in Bells Mines Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 23 March 2013.  The bottom portion of this tombstone is broken off and missing. While we do not know the death date for Elizabeth, we can re-construct some of her life through recorded events of her husband.

 

James and Elizabeth Crommack appear on the 1870 Crittenden County census in the Bells Mines area. Both were 42 years old and were born in England. In 1868, Crommack had bought George Pickles' interest in the Trade Water United Miners Coal Co. in Crittenden County. [Union County, Kentucky Deed Book I, page 350]  It is assumed they moved to Crittenden County about that time. In a Crittenden County court statement 12 June 1877, Crommack stated he came to the United States from England on 19 September 1853 and wished to become a citizen of the U.S.

 

Elizabeth Crommack died before 24 January 1880 as that is the date James Crommack married Mrs. Mary Thompson Wheatcroft in Crittenden County. James and Mary appear on the 1880 Crittenden County census.  Not long after that, they moved West.  Find A Grave shows James Crommack (1828-1894) and Mary E. Crommack (1839-1912) buried in Fairmont Cemetery, Raton, Colfax County, New Mexico. [Memorials 70595592 and 70595543]

 

 

Published 6 July 2013, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/





Tombstone Tuesday - Robert Heath

 

 

Heath

Robert Heath

May 15, 1815

Mar. 6, 1911

 

 

Buried 7 March 1911 at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 24 October 2012.

 

Robert Heath married Arcadia Baker 14 December 1848 in Crittenden County. Robert Heath was the son of Rylan Heath, born North Carolina, and Anna Gilbert, born Georgia.

Published 4 June 2013, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/




Uniontown News - 1912

Even when there are no extant local newspapers, often news can be found in a nearby county or state. The following Uniontown, Kentucky news items appear in the Evansville Courier (Indiana) Monday, 16 September 1912 and Thursday, 19 September 1912.

Mr. William Cissell, who was prostrated by the heat, is now on the road to recovery.

There is an epidemic of sore eyes among the school children - from 10 to 12 from each grade being out of school for this reason.

Robert Hancock, who has been the popular clerk for a number of years in the drug stores here, has gone to Evansville, where he has accepted a position in Lee Orme's drug store.

Mrs. M.E. Barnes will leave this week for Gulfport, Miss. to attend the wedding of her son, Fred Barnes, in that city. Fred is well known here, having lived here until a few years ago.

Mrs. R.S. Brandon and child of Cleveland, Okla., who have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Furnish, returned to their home.

Henry Lathan, the small child of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lathan, died of pneumonia. He had been ill for several days. The interment took place in the Catholic cemetery Monday.

Virge Alvey and children Pauline and Cecelia spent Sunday in Morganfield with relatives.

Mrs. Peter Alvey of Pikes Peak spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs. Joseph Newton here.

Prof. C.W. Cox preached at the Christian church in Morganfield Sunday.

Miss Lillian Elder has gone to Birmingham, Ala., where she will attend a convent.

Published 1 June 2013, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/