“The “Cave Hut Cliff” Taken from OTTO A. ROTHERT, A History Of Muhlenberg County (LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY: JOHN P. MORTON & COMPANY, 1913) “The “Cave Hut Cliff” Jesse McPherson was probably the first of the first-comers who settled in the southeastern part of the county. According to one tradition he arrived upon the scene before either [...]
Will of Christopher Harris Christopher Harris of Madison County, KY Will Book A-page 54, 55. It was transcribed by Eileen Niederkorn; I have added some paragraph breaks for easier reading. In the name of God Amen. I Christopher Harris being through the abundant mercy and goodness of God tho weak in body [...]
Dillon Cemetery #2 Transcribed from: Another Job Done by Dianne Peck, page 15. Sterling Swearingin has headed up an energetic undertaking of cleaning up this old family burial plot. The brush had completely overtaken the spot and it had become a hiding place for baby claves as it was in the center [...]
Thomas Dillon Land Transaction Thomas J. Dillon did not leave a will, but the following transaction taken from the Benton county deeds, located on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives, list all of Thomas’s living children. “This Indenture made and entered into the 7th day of March 1849 by and between Thomas Dillon as [...]
Marriage of John Bryan and Anna Cass Below is the marriage record for John Bryan (O’Brian) and Anna Cass. The marriage was performed by Father Conrad Tintrup of the St. Joseph Church in Wentzville, Missouri. There is also is another marriage record for Edward Bryan (O’Brian) and Margaret Ryan preformed at the same church. I [...]
Cathey’s in Cooper County, Missouri The following is the earliest record I have found of Captain George Cathey living in Cooper County, Missouri. His son John Cathey was also summoned at the same time for contempt; again the charge was for not showing as a juror. There were no additional papers in the file indicating [...]
Below are two entries from the Toledo, OH city directories, we know from Michael’s obituary the family lived for a time in Toledo. 1880 City Directory 1882 City Directory In the 1879-1880 directory you can see Mary (widow of Andrew), daughter Catherine and son Frank all living at 88 Jervis. Listed below at a different [...]
Lambeth Bible The following are scans of the original pages from the Wesley and Eveline (Aveline) nee Rand Lambeth family bible. I had forgotten about these pages until yesterday when I was preparing some documents to share with another Lambeth researcher. My original scans were lost in the last computer crash so I have rescanned [...]
