Tombstone Tuesday - Cordelia Harvey Hill

Hill

Cordelia Harvey

Wife of L.E.

Hill

1884 - 1932

Buried Smithland Cemetery. Tombstone photographed 2 Dec 2011.

Cordelia A. Harvey married Lewis E. Hill in Brevard County, Florida 4 Jan 1914.[1] They appear on the 1920 census in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky and on the 1930 Caldwell County, Kentucky census.  The Hill family lived at 102 McNary Street in Princeton.  They had one known son, L.E., born ca 1919.

Lewis Edgar Hill was born in Smithland in 1885 and died 19 Mar 1951[2] in Christian County, Kentucky. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville.

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[1] "Florida Marriages, 1837-1974," database, FamilySearch (https"//familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWWL-4X1: accessed 17 Nov 2015) Lewis E. Hill and Cordelia A. Harvey, 4 Jan 1914; citing Titusville, Brevard, Florida; FHL microfilm 975.996.

[2] Kentucky Death Certificate #4270, Louis Edgar Hill, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com) accessed 17 Nov 2015.

Published 7 Jun 2016, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Monument Monday - Texas A. Champion

Champion

Texas A.

Wife of

W.I. Champion

June 3, 1858

July 6, 1922

A loving wife, a mother dear

Lies buried here

Buried Ferguson Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 4 December 2013.

The 1900 Livingston County census shows William Champion, wife Texas A. Champion, son Talmage D. Champion and sister-in-law, Lizzie Harvey, living on the Smithland-Grand Rivers Road. William and Texas A. had been married 15 years.

Kentucky death certificate #16273 shows that Texas Ann Champion was the daughter of Hugh Harvey and Sarah E. Crouch, both born in Tennessee.

Published 7 December 2015, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Isaac and Eliza Harvey

Harvey

Isaac

Feb. 4, 1857

July 7, 1930

Eliza

His Wife

June 17, 1864

Mar. 10, 1930

At Rest

Buried in Ferguson Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 4 December 2013.

Isaac W. Harvey's Kentucky death certificate #17751 shows he was a retired farmer born in Tennessee. His parents were Hugh Harvey and Sarah Couch, both born in North Carolina.

Lisa Lucinda Harvey was born in Livingston County, according to her Kentucky death certificate #7317. Her parents are listed as Littleton Chappell, born Tennessee, and Cena Rhodes, born Virginia. At the time of her death, Eliza/Lisa was the wife of I.W. Harvey.

Isaac and Eliza Harvey appear in N. Smithland Precinct on the 1920 Livingston County census with their son, Hugh L. Harvey, and grandsons, Marvin E. and Isaac C. Harvey.  Isaac W. Harvey, age 73, was living alone in Smithland on the 1930 census.

Published 3 November 2015, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/