Tombstone Tuesday - Mary Cameron Crockett

Mary Cameron Crockett

Dau. of

Richard & Ann Mary Stites

July 3, 1864

June 26, 1955

Buried in Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 19 April 2014.

Mary Cameron "Cammie" Stites was the daughter of Richard Stites, born 3 August 1832 and who married  Ann Mary [sic] Hopkins, who was born 17 October 1837.[1]   In the notice of her death, Mary Ann Stites, age 98, was described as "a great niece of Gen. Samuel Hopkins Jones, aide-de-camp of George Washington and surveyor who laid out Henderson."[2]

In 1887, Mary Cameron Stites married Ingram Crockett, former banker of Henderson and a son of a pioneer lawyer and orator of Henderson County.[3]

"Cammie" Stites Crockett died at Methodist Hospital in Henderson at the age of 90.[4] She was survived by sons, James Crockett of Massachusetts and Richard of California; daughter, Mrs. John Deedes of South Rhodesia, Africa; brothers, Hamilton Stites of California and Richard Stites of Henderson. [5]

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[1] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com, citing The Sterling Genealogy, Vol. 2: William Sterling of Haverhill, Massachusetts, accessed 18 October 2018.

[2] "Descendant of Aide to Washington Dies," Evansville Press, (Evansville, Indiana) 17 July 1936, p. 2.

[3] "Poet-Banker Missing - Found," Evansville Courier, (Evansville, Indiana) 11 March 1914, p. 1.

[4] Kentucky Certificate of Death #55-11530, Cameron Stites Crockett, died 26 June 1955, Ancestry.com.

[5] Deaths, Evansville Courier, (Evansville, Indiana), 27 June 1955, p. 4.

Published 27 Nov 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - James P. and Lucinda Joyce

James P. Joyce

Born

June 11, 1804

Died

May 29, 1876

71 yrs  11 mos  18 days

Lucinda Hopkins

Wife of

J.P. Joyce

Born

Oct. 15, 1808

Died

Jan. 13, 1861

Both are buried in Shady Grove Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstones photographed 11 March 2011.

James P. Joyce was a son of Alexander Joyce and Margaret Hill. Lucinda Hopkins was the daughter of Thomas Hopkins and Susannah Joyce. Both were born in North Carolina. During the 1840s, James P. and Lucinda moved from North Carolina to Kentucky and eventually settled in Shady Grove. Following Lucinda's death in 1861, James P. Joyce married Mrs. Matilda E. Jenkins on 25 April 1861.

Yes, this is part of my Joyce family, but we are not closely related. My family followed a different migration route: Stokes County, North Carolina to Lawrence County, Tennessee to Hardin County, Illinois. It is ironic that only the Ohio River separated these two families, but I'm sure they never knew each other. An added twist is that my great-grandfather was also named James P. Joyce.

Published 29 March 2011

by Brenda Joyce Jerome, CG

Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog

http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com

Tombstone Tuesday - D.J. Burr and Lucy Reeve

D.J. Burr Reeve
B. Richmond, VA. June 12, 1838
D. Henderson, KY. Jan. 25, 1909
Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Shall See God

Lucy H. Reeve
Sept. 12, 1842 – Feb. 12, 1918

Buried Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Kentucky. Photographed April 2009.

According to the obituary of D.J. Reeve in the 26 June 1909 issue of the Henderson Journal, Mr. Reeve had lived in Henderson 47 years, being engaged with his brother, Maj. J.J. Reeve, in the tobacco business. In 1872, he married Miss Lucy Hopkins.

At the beginning of the Civil War Mr. Reeve enlisted in a Virginia company and served until Lee’s surrender, being mustered out as adjutant in Col. Scott’s regiment.

The funeral was conducted from the First Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Reeve was an elder.

Mrs. Reeve’s obituary appeared in the 14 Feb 1918 issue of the Henderson Journal. Her funeral also was conducted from the First Presbyterian Church. She was a sister of Mrs. B.G. Witt, who passed away one year before Mrs. Reeve.

Wordless Wednesday - Hopkins Monument

Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Kentucky. Click on the photograph for an enlarged view.