Tombstone Tuesday - Montgomery and Martha E. Grassham

M. Grassham

1843  -  1924

Martha Elizabeth

His Wife

1845  -  1924

Buried Salem Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 13 October 2018.

According to his death certificate,[1]  Montgomery Grassham was born 19 March 1843 in Tennessee and died 8 July 1924 in Salem, Kentucky. A blacksmith by trade, he was the son of Nehemiah Grassham and Mary Clarke, both of who were born in Tennessee.

Martha Elizabeth Grassham was born 2 May 1845 in Kentucky and died 20 September 1924 in Salem, Kentucky. She was the daughter of William A. Mahan, born North Carolina, and Sarah Patton, born Kentucky. [2]

Montgomery Grassham and Miss Martha Elizabeth Mahan married 17 January 1865 at Wm. Mahan's residence. [3]

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[1] Kentucky Death Record #1813, Montgomery Grassham, Ancestry.com.

[2] Kentucky Death Record #21209, Martha Elizabeth Grassham, Ancestry.com.

[3] Joyce McCandless Woodyard. Livingston County, Kentucky Marriage Records Including Marriages of Freedmen, Vol. II (Aug 1839 - Dec 1871), (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1994) 149.

Published 22 Jan 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Spotlight on: Henry Thorning

Henry Thorning

1885 - 1958

Buried Salem Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 18 April 2018.

According to his death certificate, [1] Henry Thorning was born 2 January 1885 in Kentucky and died 11 April 1957 Livingston County. He was a carpenter by trade and never married. His parents were John Thorning and Sharlet Mahan. Mrs. Nannie Loyd was listed as informant.

Henry Thorning was enumerated on the 1900 Livingston County census[2] in the household headed by his mother, Charlotte Thorning. Also listed in the household were his sisters, Nannie, Minnie and Sarah. Minnie Thorning later became the third wife of my great-great grandfather, Chester C. Bebout.

In 1942, Henry Thorning registered for World War II draft. [3] He was listed as 5 feet, 9 inches tall, had brown eyes and gray hair and weighed 150 pounds. He was 57 years old and the person who would always know his address was Nannie Loyd, his sister.

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[1] Kentucky Death Certificate #57-12720, Henry Thorning, Ancestry.com.

[2] 1900 Livingston County, Kentucky census, Salem, E.D. 55, p . 1,  dwelling 6, family 6, Ancestry.com.

[3] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Henry Thorning, Ancestry.com.

Published 19 June 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/