Tombstone Tuesday - Nathan C. Byrd

Nathan C. Byrd

Born

Jan. 14, 1807

Died Sept. 17, 1872

Mark the perfect man and behold

the upright for the end of that man is peace.

Buried Fredonia Cemetery, Caldwell County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 12 October 2013.

On 11 January 1838, Nathan C. Byrd obtained a marriage license to marry Miss Sarah Jane Leeper, whose father, R.T. Leeper, gave written consent for the license to be issued.

Original Marriage License

Nathan C. Byrd - Sarah Jane Leeper

Caldwell County Clerk's Office

Princeton, Kentucky

Published 23 May 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Mahlon B. Lowery

Mahlon B. Lowery

May 16, 1832

Feb. 15, 1908

Buried Fredonia Cemetery, Caldwell County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 12 October 2013.

Malin [sic] B. Lowery is enumerated in the household of John and Grace Lowery on the 1850 Caldwell County, Kentucky census.[1]  John Lowery and Grace Ordway married 22 September 1825.[2] They are buried at Old Fredonia Cemetery .

Mahlon B. Lowery married Miss Lucy C. Rorer 23 December 1869 in Caldwell County.[3] This marriage bond contains quite a bit of information. The groom was 35 years old, was born and currently lived in Caldwell County, was a farmer and this was his first marriage. His father was born in Virginia and his mother was born in New Hampshire.  Miss Rorer, the bride, was age 20, was born in Crittenden County, Kentucky and currently lived in Caldwell County and this was her first marriage. Her parents were born in Virginia. Richard Rorer, father of the bride, gave consent for the marriage license to be issued.

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[1] 1850 Caldwell County, Kentucky census, Dist. 1, Family #426, database online, Ancestry.com, accessed 7 March 2017.

[2] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Caldwell County, Kentucky Marriages 1809-1832, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1996), 88.

[3] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Caldwell County, Kentucky Marriages 1866-1873, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 2002), 61.

Published 16 May 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Rice Family

Tombstones of the Rice Family

Fredonia Cemetery

Caldwell County, Kentucky.

Benjamin G. Rice died June 10, 1840, aged 50 years, 7 mo, 15 days

Mary Z. Rice died Sept. 5, 1835, aged 15 years, 8 mo, 10 days

Robert H. Rice died June 16, 1840, aged 18 years, 1 mo, 27 days

Sarah A. Rice born May 21, 1791, died Sept. 16, 1872

Joseph G. Rice departed this life July 25, 1840, aged 15 years, 6 mos, 10 days

Tombstones photographed 15 March 2013.

Published 2 September 2014, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/