Tombstone Tuesday - William B. and Maggie Davidson

Davidson

William B.

Davidson

Apr. 2, 1878

Sep. 17, 1944

At Rest

Maggie L.

Wife of W.B.

Davidson

Sep. 6, 1880

Feb. 8, 1917

Life, Love and Truth

Buried Union Church Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstones photographed 2012.

William Buckner Davidson was born in Kentucky and was the son of Arch Davidson and Lucy Franklin, both of whom were born in Kentucky.[1] William B. Davidson married Maggie, his first wife, about 1903.[2]

Following the death of Maggie, William B. Davidson married Maude Lasher, who is buried at Hampton Cemetery, Livingston County.

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[1] Kentucky Death Certificate #20080 (1944) for William Buckner Davidson, Ancestry.com, accessed 2 Mar 2017.  His burial place is given as "Old Union Cemetery."

[2] 1910 Livingston County, Kentucky Census, Dist. 7, E.D. 0108, Ancestry.com, accessed 2 Mar 2017 shows the first child, Truman, age 6, indicating he was born about 1904.

Published 8 August 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Wrongfully Accused

A man's reputation has always been one of his most valued assets and when wrongly accused, an apology is in order.  The following deposition was found among Livingston County Circuit Court Miscellaneous Papers 1800-1820 (1805 session), Dept. for Libraries and Archives and proves that rash accusations were made years ago just as they are today. The additional value of this document lies in the placement of each person at a particular place and time.

"The Subscriber takes this method to inform the public that uppon a suspicion that he had lost a sum of money by theivery [sic] he had charged a certain Israel Harmon with the theft who now lives uppon hurricane creek but uppon finding the money contrary to expectation he declares said Israel Harmon to be entirely innocent of the theft and I the subscriber do profess to be extremely sorry for being so rash in the charge and am willing to make every acknowledgement  ... in order to prevent Harmons character from being injured by the charge which he is innocent of. [signed] Cornelius Merry. Witness: Stephen Sullivant, David Davidson."

Published 27 March 2011, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - E.S. and S.J. Littlepage

Father

E.S.

Littlepage

1847 - 1927

Mother

Sarah J.

His Wife

1849 - 1922

Buried Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 10 October 2010.

Ezekiel Scott Littlepage was born 4 June 1847 Kentucky and died 7 March 1927 Henderson. According to his death certificate, E.S. Littlepage was the son of Martin Littlepage and __ Hightower.  Sarah Jane Littlepage was born 17 December 1849 Indiana and died 2 September 1922 Henderson. She was the daughter of James Davidson and Caroline Clendenen, according to her death certificate.