June 2, 2022Discovering My Link to The Old Stone House Thomas and Dinah Kennedy settled Covington, KY and ran a ferry. They lived in the Old Stone House.
May 29, 2022Randolph Martin’s Life Intersects Two Significant Events of the 1800s Was he the Forest Gump of the 1800s? Randolph Martin’s life had touchpoints on remarkable events in Kentucky and US History. As a Civil…
May 13, 2022Simple Steps of a Timeline Reveal Fate of Frankie Hadley In the 1880 Census, you’ll find my great grandparents, Andrew Jackson “Jack” Hadley (1836-1898) and Louisa Hines (1838-1918), living in Montgomery County, KY, with their eight children….
May 3, 2022Teamster Saves Seamstress’s Heart When Rascal Forsakes Her Teamster, Patrick Hollearn married the stern seamstress, Cordelia Hadley. Learn about teamster work in the early 1900s.
April 24, 2022Fairytale Life for Marie Hollearn Ends Tragically at The Eads Bridge James Tilton looked across the Eads Bridge to the St. Louis streetlights casting a glow on the Mississippi River. While waiting for his shift…
April 18, 2022Frank C Hollearn Uses an 1890-Style Hustle to Find a Path to Success Frank Hollearn (1854-1922) had hustle and ambition; he wanted more than farm life in Kentucky offered.
April 2, 2022John & Margaret Hollearn in America John and Margaret Barry Hollearn, Irish immigrants, raised their family in the Montgomery County, KY area during the late 1800s.
March 31, 2022Ice Wagon is Risky Work for Jack Hollearn Born in Virginia, John was the first-born child of John and Margaret Barry Hollearn. He drove the ice wagon in Mt. Sterling, KY.
July 22, 2021Lost Daughter of a Entertaining Kentucky Politician This is the biography of Mary “Polly” Salyer (1842-1915) was the bastard daughter of Samuel Salyer, who lived most of her life in Breathitt County, Kentucky.
July 19, 2021Private Thomas Watkins Role in Defeating the Elite Tory Army Ancestor Bio: Thomas Watkins (1751-1854) This Kentucky family story actually begins in North Carolina during the American Revolution. My sixth great-grandfather, Thomas Watkins, served…
