tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921927239586439352012-01-18T14:43:12.275-05:00Karennoreply@blogger.comBlogger2881100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-62886452854363254262011-12-27T14:08:00.005-05:002011-12-27T14:31:02.249-05:00

This is Annie Potter and John Vint Bentley. I never thought to find a picture of them. It was taken on the porch of the home of their son, James Monroe Bentley.Here is how I came across the picture.I was in Kentucky a few years ago at Memorial Day. I went to go along with my Wright cousins who have a tradition of meeting on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend to visit the graves of their

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-3976145463261426092011-12-27T13:45:00.005-05:002011-12-27T14:31:50.802-05:00

I originally had this photo with a story about John Martin Bentley. I had been given the picture by an aunt who said it was John Martin. Recently, my cousin, Janice, saw the picture and said she thought she had seen it and something wasn't right. She went through her mother, Edna Bentley's pictures and found it along with other pictures that were taken the same day. This is not John Martin

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-33899558548495390342010-03-25T17:18:00.006-04:002010-03-29T20:26:59.222-04:00

I was thinking about James Mullins and his first wife, Agnes Little. I always heard that they never had any children, but raised two of the children of Booker Mullins, his brother. The story was always that Booker's wife, Martha Mullins, daughter of Ambrose James Mullins and Nancy Mullins, had died about 1840. Booker left his daughters, Sarah and Nancy, and went to Texas to make a new home.What I

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-27486519989202914882009-12-15T00:02:00.000-05:002009-12-15T21:01:17.908-05:00

This story was orginally published on December 30, 2008. It concerns two pictures which have been identified as Sarah Waldrup and Susannah Wright. I got my first copy of the picture most often identifed as Sarah Waldrup from Nadina Osborne. She gave me a xerox copy. I didn't know enough at the time to get who gave it to her and who identified it. Unfortunately, Nadina isn't around for me to ask.

Karennoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-26558534950230990472009-10-18T00:07:00.000-04:002009-10-18T08:27:44.442-04:00

I originally posted this story on April 26, 2008. I got an email the other day from a cousin who found the story and was able to help identify some of the folks in this cemetery. Her name is Kristie Lana Reynolds Davis. She is a youngin' herself having only been born in 1968, but her father, Joseph Coleman Reynolds, was born in 1892. Kristie is a granddaughter of Joseph Coleman Reynolds and

Karennoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-20557737206161553742009-09-23T00:04:00.000-04:002009-09-22T21:38:28.085-04:00

Once upon a time I sent the Boone family history to my cousin, Kris. I used my research as well as the information collected by the Boone Historical Society of America and the DeBohun Historical Society in England. Now those two societies definitely do not agree.The thing Kris saw right away and probably what the American Society objects to is the lineage goes all the way back to Adam and Eve.Now

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-17195757150518070932009-06-09T00:08:00.004-04:002009-06-09T00:23:34.968-04:00

I attended the Giant Festival last year in September. Part of the activities includes a dinner that the organizers put on for any Bates family members who attend the festival. Captain Bates was a third great grand-uncle to Rhonda Turner. She coordinates the activities for the Bates family members with the festival organizers.Tonight I received a note from Rhonda advising me that one of our Bates

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-63572255573458908272009-06-03T07:31:00.001-04:002009-06-03T07:34:02.085-04:00

Gayle Wright Tackett, a granddaughter of Booker Wright, sent me this story.My husband, Rodney Tackett, worked in the mines at Weeksbury. One day a man he worked with from Long Fork said, "Rodney I bet I did something yesterday that you have never done." Rodney asked him what it was. He said "I picked up and hauled a casket up Long Fork in my truck, and the man it was for was sitting in the front

Karennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-2866815831078005232009-04-28T17:14:00.003-04:002009-04-28T17:22:36.690-04:00

While I was in Kentucky last week I took some pictures in Fleming. One of them was of Dr. Akers home because it was part of the site where the old Elementary school was. Here is a story that my cousin, Nancy, wrote after she saw this picture.This house looks like it is in the place where the old wooden Fleming Elementary School stood. I attended grades 1(1950-51) to part of the 4th (1953-1954)

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-73138930569922139582009-04-27T02:13:00.010-04:002009-12-15T20:24:48.883-05:00

Linda at the cemetery where Joel Ellis Wright & Eliza Agnes Bates are buried.I had general directions on where to find Joel and Eliza's graves. It so happened while I was with Linda on our hunt for Aunt Annie's grave. It was a cemetery I was looking for. It was on our way to the first Potter cemetery we were going to visit. Eliza, Joel & SusanEliza, Joel & Susan.It is on 119. If you are coming

Karennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-43862339620723339932009-04-26T08:44:00.003-04:002009-04-26T08:59:54.968-04:00

I have been toying with a family website for about a year.I had one about ten years ago and found it to be so limiting and visited by so few people that it wasn't worth the effort. Now with upgrades I have been able to add over 5,600 family related pictures and our family tree. I have at least another 5,000 pictures to add. I have also begun to move my stories to that site. It is a private

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-35842095457919309502009-04-26T08:10:00.006-04:002009-04-26T08:43:35.230-04:00

I first found Seldom Wright when I was going through Green Acres Cemetery. She had no tombstone, just one of those little metal markers that the cemetery or funeral home puts up.I didn't know who Seldom was or if she were related. Actually, with that name, I wasn't sure if Seldom were male or female. I didn't know is it was a relative, but the name gave me a chuckle so I snapped it.There are a

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-12952536615861527362009-03-29T21:20:00.005-04:002009-03-29T21:34:42.067-04:00

Do you ever wonder what folks look like? Or think you know what they look like because you have talked to them on the phone but have never seen them in person? I had met a cousin and we had only emailed. Something in the way he talked to me made me think "he thinks I am a hundred years old." I told him I rarely had my picture taken but we had had a reunion over Labor Day and me and my sisters

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-82096830299445687412009-03-27T22:34:00.010-04:002009-03-28T00:06:05.499-04:00

I started to title this "I met a new cousin -- sort of..." but it was so close to another title that I did which got me several angry emails that I changed my mind so that I wouldn't jinx this story.The person I met isnt' exactly my cousin, but he is a cousin of my cousins and he likes doing his family tree. He has shared some of his history with me. My dad had two brothers and one sister. They

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-43117410579855147732009-03-22T00:02:00.000-04:002009-03-22T00:02:00.503-04:00

These are unidentified pictures from A. C. and Pricey Craft and Morgan & Tilda Baker Craft's families. If you recognize them, please let me know at Karenchat@aol.com. Picture 6191 Picture 6193Picture 6194Picture 6195Picture 6196Picture 6197

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-51345532858785578422009-03-21T00:02:00.004-04:002009-03-21T00:02:01.085-04:00

Here are more Craft pictures. Write me at karenchat@aol.com if you can identify any of them.Picture 6140Picture 6141Picture 6149Picture 6150 Picture 6151

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-25937364345296493402009-03-20T00:02:00.006-04:002009-03-24T15:24:02.436-04:00

If you recognize any of these pictures from the Craft family, please let me know who they are at karenchat@aol.com.Picture 1621Picture 1622Picture 1624Picture 1625Picture 1626This one makes me think of a magazine ad from one of the old Life or Look magazines.Picture 1639: ID'd by Glenda Blair Cantrell. It IS Aunt Sabrina.Glenda says this is a picture of her mother. It was taken when she was

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-16944643722712972052009-03-19T00:02:00.000-04:002009-03-19T00:02:01.030-04:00

These are more pictures from the families of A. C. & Pricy Adkins Craft and Morgan and Tilda Baker Craft. If you recognize any of them, please contact me at karenchat@aol.com. Picture 6198.This picture makes me think of Al Capone and the Chicago mafia. It did have words on the back. It says:"It is a very dim one - I never liked pictures of myself - it is okayto give to Morgan if you don't want it

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-87975627417293441782009-03-18T00:49:00.013-04:002009-03-18T02:07:25.216-04:00

We have a lot of twins in our family. My mother lost a set of twins. Dad said it was between me and Jim which would have been around 1952. She never said a word to me about it in all the time we talked about family. When I was pregnant she did hope that I had twins. She told me she wanted me to have a girl and a boy and be done with it all at once, but I think she was kidding a bit. But then

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-44100343685411676322009-03-17T00:02:00.001-04:002009-03-17T00:02:01.013-04:00

Back in February I got an email from cousin Lisa which said:Hi Karen,I wanted to tell you our good news. John Jr. and Carrie finallydelivered their baby boy. He was born on Tuesday, Feb 17 at 9:31 a.m. 7Pounds and 6 Ounces. 20 inches long. He has a mass of dark hair with tiny sideburns. He didn't have a name for a few days but they finallly decided beforethey left the hospital on thursday. Oscar

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-44986991503068773992009-03-17T00:01:00.001-04:002009-03-17T00:07:36.268-04:00

MARION - Edna M. Columber, 76, of Marion, passed away Saturdayevening, March 14, 2009 at the OSU Medical Center. She was born in Hall,Kentucky on May 2, 1932 to the late Lee and Sarah (Craft) Hall. On March 31,1956 she married Lowell James Columber in Millstone, Kentucky. Lowell passedaway in 1983.Edna's family was her life and she dearly loved all her grandkids.She was of the Baptist faith. She

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-79818031509476956892009-03-16T00:02:00.001-04:002009-03-16T12:33:25.939-04:00

These pictures came from the A. C. and Pricy Adkins family passed down to Morgan & Matilda Baker Craft. If you recognize any of them, please email me at karenchat@aol.com with your identification. Picture 6093 Look at those little bare feet. He looks so dressed up and happy to be outside.Picture 6094 The faces look familiar, don't they?Picture 6095This one says "Clarence" at the bottom, and then

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-6554985246559823612009-03-15T00:02:00.001-04:002009-03-15T11:50:01.012-04:00

These are unidentified pictures from the Craft family from A C and Pricey Adkins Craft and James & Tilda Craft Baker's handed down to Patty Craft McHone. She was sending them to her uncle the day I met her because she didn't know who they were and thought he might be able to identify them. I met Watson Craft before he received the package and showed him the pictures from my computer. He wasn't

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-33679889006657654662009-03-14T00:02:00.001-04:002009-03-14T00:02:01.021-04:00

Oggie Jane Fulton was the daughter of John Fulton and Rosa B. "Rosie" Adams. Rosie would ride sidesaddle over the mountain to sell milk, eggs and farm produce.This is Rosie on her horse. Oggie married James Walter Baker. She continued this work as is shown by her picture.Here is an article that was written by Mabel Kiser and printed in the Mountain Eagle about Oggie and her life and work:Mrs.

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-10409320002550441292009-03-13T00:02:00.001-04:002009-03-13T00:02:00.554-04:00

I knew that my g-g grandfather, James Mullins (or Booker James Mullins as he is referred to in one court document of 1837) had married Rebecca Hays on September 29, 1859 when he was 72 and she was 18. They were married for 16 years and had four children, the youngest of which was my great grandfather, Joshua Mullins.I did not know that anyone questioned that James was the father of Rebecca's

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-46481305136226130642009-03-12T00:02:00.002-04:002009-03-12T00:02:00.400-04:00

Update: I talked with Otho Holcomb on March 11th. He said that Rachel had died sometime in the latter part of last year, maybe October. He said he had been trying to get her on the phone and got no answer. He called her niece's home and she was out of town. The neice's husband said that Rachel had passed away some time back. I still have not found an obituary. Viola "Red", Ellis, Callie and

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-92110330068504731002009-03-11T00:02:00.001-04:002009-03-11T00:02:00.123-04:00

These are more of Rachel's pictures -- mostly of her and her siblings. Her parents were Poppy's brother Elbert Bentley and Sabrina Craft, daughter of Chunk and Polly Ann Caudill. Their children were: Martin, Benjamin, Letitia "Tishie", Polly Ann, Caldonia "Callie", Malinda, Enoch Otho, Rachel Virginia, Percie, Laben, Joseph, Ellis, A. J. and Viola "Red" Bentley. Rachel and Red at Niagara Falls.

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-83949327555995088712009-03-10T00:02:00.000-04:002009-03-10T00:02:00.305-04:00

These are more pictures of Rachel, her twin sons and her husband Howard Justice.

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-64796031740770598742009-03-07T23:49:00.009-05:002009-03-11T23:27:53.145-04:00

I talked with Aunt Mary Evelyn today. She said that cousin Rachel Justice had passed away. She was living in southern Ohio near her niece Sabrina's home. They took her to Florida to be buried by her husband, Avery Howard Justice.I met Rachel about thirteen or fourteen months ago -- sharp as a tack. I am sorry not to have known about it. I would like to have gone to her memorial service.Rachel was

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-16529815760926542852009-03-07T00:02:00.002-05:002009-03-07T00:02:00.602-05:00

I started going through pictures to see which ones I may not have shared yet. This one came from Bobby Joe and reminds me of those first days when I heard the family history sitting around this fireplace.

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-50121941511652702892009-03-06T12:02:00.000-05:002009-03-06T12:02:00.403-05:00

These are pictures of Uncle Willie and Aunt Edna from Can and Ernestene's pictures.I know the one isn't very good, but I like the view of the house.

Karennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-72698026483470546792009-02-23T00:02:00.000-05:002009-02-23T00:02:00.362-05:00

I am traveling this week and will be doing some research on several stories. Hopefully, I will get through all the material and be able to write the story about Joel & Margaret Greer Wright in the next couple of weeks. I also am searching for the details on Chat Wright and her time in jail; her story is a hoot. I will do a bit of searching on Joel and Susannah -- well Joel's parents, but I

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-70927604287252730982009-02-22T22:17:00.003-05:002009-02-22T22:39:00.353-05:00

I was searching for my grandmother Rebecca Hays Mullins Adams death certificate. I look for it off and on, thinking one of these times I will find it. I also was searching for her father's death certificate. Many people have him dying in Wisconsin which makes no sense to me, but I can't find him. I also don't know the last name of his second wife. So at times I just do another search hoping I

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-58474659265842007292009-02-21T00:02:00.000-05:002009-02-21T00:02:00.181-05:00

When I was little my mother would occasionally get out pictures that she had collected of movie stars. She kept them in a thin little box with a blue lid that was about 5x7 inches. I remember Myrna Loy. They were all black and whites. She gave those pictures to my sister, Kay. I have no idea what she did with them. Every once in a while I will come across a picture in the family and it will

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-33398734616905613272009-02-20T00:02:00.001-05:002009-02-20T11:03:10.550-05:00

Watson Craft is the youngest child of Archelous Columbus Craft and Pricy Adkins and a grandchild of Chunk and Polly Ann Caudill Craft. I met him in person in October of 2007 with his wife, Manerva. This is what Watson had to say in that interview:I am not sure if you know it, but you may find Crafts on both sides of yourfamily. The first Craft who came into Kentucky was Archelous Craft. His son

Karennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-57702954999175351412009-02-19T20:59:00.005-05:002009-02-19T21:38:31.856-05:00

Blogspot is a free website. It's fairly easy to use, but it does have some bugs -- like when it adds or takes away spacing between paragraphs. Another problem is the comments -- which work sometimes and doesn't others. It's not anything which I can control. For me the only choice is comments yes or comments no which I have marked as yes.I received an email from rdsmedicalcenter@counsellor.com who

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-38188547470437526872009-02-19T00:02:00.000-05:002009-02-19T00:02:00.943-05:00

Joe Bentley is the 14th child of Otho Bentley and the 7th child of Nancy Alice Bentley.He married Alma Eva Henrikson. Aunt Alma's family goes back to about 1600 when Hakan Ingemarsson was born. He married Ingebord Andersdotter who was born on 1613. They had three known children: Per Kakansson, Inemar Hakansson and Sven Hakansson. I loved the way they did thie names Hakansson -- son of Hakan.Per

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-8787502264464457652009-02-18T00:02:00.001-05:002009-02-20T11:03:50.877-05:00

Lake Bentley was the tenth child of Otho Bentley and the third child of Nancy Alice Hall. She was born on December 21, 1919. She married Carl Asberry "C. B." or "Berry" Pass.The oldest known Pass was John Pass. His son, Nathaniel, was born in Halifax County, Virginia in 1734. He married Ailsey McGinnes Holloway in 1759.In 1779, Nathaniel was given a land grand of 430 acres in Caswell County, NC "

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-58698443840732092682009-02-17T01:15:00.003-05:002009-02-20T11:04:16.765-05:00

Sabrina Bentley was the seventh child of Otho Bentley and the second of Nancy Alice Hall. She married Curwood Blair on New Years Eve 1916. They had five children: Danny, Charles, Kathy, Glenda and Jeannette.Don't take everything as gospel on the oldest of Curwood's line. I always wonder about the things I find, but I am passing on what is there.The oldest member of the Blair family that I have

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-82375498032686941052009-02-16T21:00:00.002-05:002009-02-16T21:12:45.582-05:00

Regardless of what you call them -- who you marry brings in all their relatives into your family. I have been working on my brother-in-laws and sister-in-laws families. I also did my inlaws, but that was just an accident when I was working on some Laurel County, Kentucky records and my mother-in-law's obituary came up. She died a couple of years ago at about age 91. I found my ex is a

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-4441655282181173752009-02-13T22:49:00.003-05:002009-02-13T23:31:53.119-05:00

I don't know what to think about the story that Diane Sawyer did tonight. It's the same stories that I saw when I was a kid. It makes me mad. It makes me sad. It makes me feel helpless.Years ago there was fighting and terror and meanness and people left to have another life. They left to have any life. But there is this draw back to the mountains. They would retire there. They would talk about it

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-3743827813198673542009-02-13T01:03:00.003-05:002009-02-13T01:14:41.271-05:00

This is the obituary for Alice F. Wright.Alice F. Wright Lansing Born September 13, 1946, to George and Opal Wright, Alice F. Wright passed away unexpectedly February 7, 2009 at the age of 62. Alice had many hobbies including jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzles, and reading. She went back to school late in life and earned her high school diploma. She was very proud of this achievement. She was also

Karennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-74940983425189658802009-02-10T22:55:00.003-05:002009-02-20T11:04:55.272-05:00

I got a query about Daisy Bentley today. She was born Jun 23, 1913 in Virginia. She was the daughter of Joel Ambrose Bentley and Mary Tackett. Her siblings were Garfield, John, Garland, Robert and Martha.Joel Ambrose Bentley was the son of James Martin Bentley and Tabitha Baker. His siblings were Robert Bryant, William Finley, James W. Mary Jane, David H. John Wesley, Martha Caroline and Sarah E.

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-5480370658472948472009-02-07T00:18:00.003-05:002009-02-07T00:31:17.801-05:00

I posted this picture back on November 8th. Tonight I ran into a cousin whose grandmother is in the front row. The cousin is Denise Marie Newman Stapleton. She has a huge family tree online with thousands of pictures. Here is the picture with the names that Denise has identifed. If you want to keep both this index picture and one without the names, just right click on this version and go back to

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-53041695272643877582009-02-02T02:03:00.002-05:002009-02-02T02:31:08.544-05:00

People always like to know who the famous people are in their family. I have been working on my inlaws family trees. I was trying to go back at least 5 generations for each of them so that my nieces and nephews would have more info than just the Mullins/Bentley side of the family. I did pretty well and only have a few brick walls.When I come to a woman in the family and only her first name is

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-77130696584597952762009-01-31T15:49:00.009-05:002009-01-31T16:30:42.055-05:00

Fleming Neon High SchoolKaren Quillen Hall runs a web site deovoted to Fleming High School. I looked at when Eddie (Uncle D. V.'s Eddie) sent me a note about it connecting to a picture of Yvonne. She died in 1965 and they dedicated the yearbook to her.Please take a look at the site by going to http://www.flemingneonalumni.com/class_index.cfmI clicked on the yearbook to see Yvonne's picture. If

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-16532774507989764152009-01-27T10:21:00.003-05:002009-02-20T11:08:44.322-05:00

I see on some websites where the folks who do their genealogy say "if you don't have the facts, it's fiction" or words that have that meaning. Then I read and I usually find something I think is suspect. But, I probably have a lot of fiction in my work because it starts with what people tell you and what has been handed down. That's where you go after the facts though. But you can make a pretty

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-37107538947043695682009-01-26T23:59:00.005-05:002009-01-27T01:14:38.784-05:00

I worked on a question for my sister in law a couple of weeks ago. I have worked on various related families from time to time. My software lets me look at the families I have worked on in a pedigree form so I can see at a glance about four generations for whatever person I select.After I looked at the Wrights for Deb, I got into her Francis, Monnin and Millet families. Her family lines were so

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-77619923330747330662009-01-18T00:01:00.000-05:002009-01-18T00:01:02.562-05:00

Here is another picture from Bad John's pictures. See if looking at it tells you what was going on. I will say that it happened in 1906 and there are at least three of the folks from yesterday's picture in this one plus two -- otherwise the folks are unknown unless someone out there has seen this before. This picture has a blueish cast. It is not the greatest copy, but it was too cold at 18 below

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-39610627528084816562009-01-17T00:01:00.002-05:002009-01-17T00:01:00.790-05:00

This is one of Devil John Wright's pictures. It was in a bag of pictures that were found in his home after he died and one of the grandchildren moved into the house. At first it was given to me as "Devil John and his wives," but it is so much more than that.It was taken at Devil John's homeplace. When the photographer set up the guy on the left was never intended to be in the picture. He was just

Karennoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-56154281106938989962009-01-16T00:11:00.003-05:002009-01-16T00:17:02.336-05:00

This is the picture I have been working on for the past several weeks. I have identified everyone except four people. Before I reveal everyone, have a look and see if you have ever seen this picture before.I will tell you there is at least one of each from these families: Wright, Bentley, Killen, Mullins and Brummett. I think the picture is absolutely fasicinating.Look tomorrow for the answers

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-50712918967002785292009-01-15T01:41:00.005-05:002009-01-15T02:02:56.100-05:00

Hugh Emerson Wright born November 24, 1894 Ohio & died September 2, 1982, Greenville, Ohio. Hugh and his wife, Leontine Victoria Monnin Francis, the grandparents of my sister-in-law, Deb Rose.I really have been working on the family tree, but it just hasn't led to any stories yet. I did happen to get a question about another Wright family. My brother Dave is married to Deb whose grandfather was

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-6403133032825231262009-01-08T15:48:00.008-05:002009-02-18T19:02:14.212-05:00

Left Side Thaney & Betsy Right Side Scott & Lovene Whole PictureI recently had a negative of a picture in my hands. I had a scanner that would scan and make files which I could print pictures from. The problem I ran into was the negative was too large for the scanner. I had to scan it in two parts. When I saw the positive output I knew I had seen the picture before. I thought it was from a

Karennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-76389506032389978962009-01-05T19:59:00.003-05:002009-01-05T20:01:13.826-05:00

Who is Poppy with in this picture?I am labeling all the pictures and don't know who the other two folks are. It came from Bobby Joe Pass, but he didn't know who they were either.

Karennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-49551176604720704352009-01-03T22:49:00.007-05:002009-01-03T22:57:11.409-05:00

Glenda is my cousin through the Bentleys. Her mother was my mother's sister. My mother was Cora and hers was Sabrina. Sabrina married Curwood Blair. Today I received a beautiful picture of her family at Christmas. I don't actually know everyone in the family so Glenda will have to do the identification and I will update this. I just wanted to share this lovely picture. Also, when I was writing

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-38460371641392061522008-12-31T00:05:00.001-05:002008-12-31T00:05:00.913-05:00

There are three men that died within the last thirteen months who I would like to remember here at the end of the year -- only one is related by blood.Ben Buster Taylor is related to us through the Bates. He retired from the military. He died in December of last year. He was buried with full military honors in Arlington Cemetery in January of this year.Leapin' Larry LePage was a retired Navy Seal

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-80661055599249823592008-12-31T00:04:00.005-05:002008-12-31T00:06:34.396-05:00

Ben Buster TaylorEmail from Joe Bates on January 6, 2008His dads name was Bill Taylor who died when Ben was very young. BillTaylor was in the same line as Blaine Taylor in Whitaker -- above Seco,Kentucky.His mother was Mattie Bates Taylor. She was in the same Bates line as Martin Bates of Thornton, Kentucky.We moved to Millstone when I was 12 years old. Ben was 18 or 19 years old.He rode an

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-42364901842918498752008-12-31T00:03:00.004-05:002008-12-31T00:03:00.559-05:00

Larry LePageEmail from John Roberts to Joe Bates and othersTeammates and Friends,Our old friend and Teammate 'Leaping Larry' LePage passed away a little over two months ago. I had the pleasure of knowing him for many years, from our time in the Teams on the Silver Strand in the late '60's up until recently in Louisiana. For the last dozen years or so I was his unofficial 'Duty Driver' there on

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-89356019102154896212008-12-31T00:02:00.004-05:002008-12-31T00:20:37.647-05:00

Dayton Daily NewsNovember 18, 2008Spc. Jon Stiles, a no-nonsense outdoors enthusiast with Miami Valley ties who refused medical leave after being injured in a bombing in October was killed Thursday, Nov. 13, in another bombing in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, the Defense Department said.Lynn Stiles, the soldier's father who lives in Butler Twp., said his son lived in the Miami Valley from 2004-06 after

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-25494140207145550122008-12-29T00:02:00.002-05:002009-03-15T12:37:12.893-04:00

This is part of a chapter that was sent to me about Devil John Wright. He was my great grandfather, William Jesse Wright's brother. He is probably in the Kentucky portion of the family, one of the most well known persons in the family. Many people in Eastern Kentucky trace a connection to him. He is known as a hero to many. He was a Devil to others. Others think of him as romantic because of his

Karennoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-13817988082622390002008-12-28T00:02:00.000-05:002008-12-28T06:02:46.494-05:00

. Mary HoustonMary Houston was the daughter of Nathaniel "Thaney" Houston. She was their oldest child and was born in 1867. She never married, but had five children some with Samuel Bentley and the last two by Reuben Potter.When Mary had her first child, her sister, Lavina "Viney" Houston and Viney's husband, Rhodes Meade said he would take care of her with his family so long as she had no more

Karennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-58928445231042892052008-12-27T00:02:00.002-05:002008-12-27T00:02:00.440-05:00

Eliza Jane Wright Houston BentleyEliza Jane Eliza Jane Ma Murphy (Glenn Murphy's mother - Glenn married Vera Mullins daughter of James Mullins and Cora Wright), Mr Perkins (a neighbor) and Eliza. David Bentley and his great aunt Eliza. David is the son of Lonnie and Ival Collier Bentley. Lonnie was the son of Cora Wright.I have talked about Susan Wright. She was the first child of William Jesse

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-53194347275954166642008-12-26T00:02:00.001-05:002008-12-26T00:02:00.868-05:00

Olvin was not a good husband. He was tolerable for a while. Susan's sister (half sister) Eliza married Olvin's brother Denton. Eliza began having an affair with John Potter. Susan helped her to hide it by letting Eliza and John meet at her home. When Olvin found out what was going on he changed toward Susan. He didn't try to hide that he was seeing other women. He even brought them home with the

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-24358875873825970802008-12-25T00:02:00.000-05:002008-12-25T00:02:01.143-05:00

Archelaus Craft was born on December 25, 1749 in North Carolina. He married Elizabeth "Betsy" Adams on December 1, 1785. He was a Revolutionary War Soldier. In his pension application he states that he was born on the Roanoke River in North Carolina on Christmas day, 1749. He served three tours in the North Carolina Militia. He first volunteered in 1778 for three months and marched against the

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-972043023997291372008-12-24T07:23:00.004-05:002008-12-24T07:56:05.820-05:00

I called my cousin, Alma. Olvin Houston was her uncle. Olvin's sister, Lavina who married Rhodes Meade, was Alma's mother. Olvin died in 1919 when Alma was one year old.In the court appeal the story goes that Olvin and his cousin, Grant Wright, were out drinking and causing general mayhem by shooting around town when they felt like it. Olvin, known for singing, was doing that also. They went to

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-25238848844401063682008-12-23T00:02:00.002-05:002008-12-23T11:38:11.206-05:00

While researching Susan Wright Huston's children, I ran into this court appeal for the man who shot Olvin. I did not know that Olvin had been shot. I had not run into a death certificate. It always amazes me when the deaths which are homicide don't end up having a death certificate that you can find.The gist is that Olvin was drunk and disorderly and Henry McClees was trying to arrest him and

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-18504468972486917382008-12-23T00:01:00.001-05:002008-12-23T04:43:52.574-05:00

I have been reading interviews that contain bits and pieces about Olvin Wright. He must have been as mean as they come. In one piece it talked about him having a son, Alvin by another woman than his wife, Susan Wright. It said he brought the boy and his mother home and Susan had to let them in and not say anything. It said she was scared not to do what Olvin said.In an interview with Alma Meade

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-50355274903768423012008-12-22T11:49:00.003-05:002008-12-22T12:29:25.675-05:00

Uncle Willie and Aunt Edna Bentley had a daughter named Atha Delores Bentley. She married James Keith "Jimmy" Long. Delores and Jimmy's son Jimmy was born in 1951. Jimmy married Vicky. Their oldest daughter lost her grandson, Jonah Mac Stodghill.Jonah Mac Stodghill, five day old son of Alicia and Joseph Stodghill passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, December 20th in Guymon. Funeral services are

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-24964048024469810952008-12-22T08:21:00.004-05:002008-12-22T12:28:10.173-05:00

Well, this is interesting to me. When I was going deeper into Susan's children I started by trying to find out who Baby was so that I would know who Susan was upset with. What I found was that she had two children named Cora.The first Cora was born Cora E. Houston. She was born February 4, 1912.The second Cora was born September 18, 1914.Susan had a sister named Cora Emmazetta, my

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-70459515822148641952008-12-22T00:02:00.003-05:002011-02-02T15:02:20.351-05:00

Susan Wright (1879-1978) and Aulden "Olvin" Huston (1880-1919)Susan, Olvin, Hargis and Charley.I wrote about Susan Wright in June. I knew at that time that she was the daughter of William Jesse Wright and his second wife, Mary Brummett.She was married three times that I knew of: first Samuel Vanover. She married him when she was 13 to get away from her step-mother. She was a widow at age 18.

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-25430970855412689462008-12-21T21:18:00.003-05:002008-12-21T21:23:25.733-05:00

I found this among some Mullins pictures. It was taken on Mullins land and reminded me of a story that I heard from Uncle Glen and Aunt Vera last year. This coon is no where near the size of the one in the story.Here is the story:January 27, 2007Tonight I attended the wedding of my cousin, Laura’s son, Billy. While talking with Uncle Glenn I mentioned that I was fine and so were the coons in

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-816792257109411892008-12-20T00:02:00.000-05:002008-12-20T00:02:01.204-05:00

Cousin Hazel told me about a game they played as children. She said if you were standing on wood you were safe, but if you were not then you had to run and tag someone who was not safe.She said that when Hayes Bentley, who was buried in the Goose Creek cemetery I just visited, came home and was in uniform and played this tag with them just like he was a little child and not one who was going

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-13328862990723399552008-12-19T00:02:00.000-05:002008-12-19T00:02:00.858-05:00

I have a better picture of Betsy and Thaney. I also found out a few more stories about Thaney. Cousin Hazel said that "Uncle Thaney" was a very small fellow. "Aunt Betz" was big and dark. Sometimes he would fall out of the bed. He would get up and say, "well why did you let that happen?" Sometimes they would sit in the rocking chair together and she would rock him back to sleep.Uncle Thaney

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-16994409400748917332008-12-17T21:58:00.010-05:002008-12-18T10:05:15.988-05:00

I originally found this version of the story of Booker Mullins fighting a bear:Boyd J. Bolling, interviewed by James Talyor Adams in Flat Gap, Wise County on March 11, 1942."Guess you've heard about old Booker Mullins. He as said to be the greatest bear hunter and fist and skull fighter that was ever in this part of the country. I've heard my father talk about him. Said that one time him and his

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-78502514016530486152008-12-15T00:02:00.001-05:002008-12-18T10:06:18.472-05:00

I always said that the first time I went out to a sit down restaurant was when my sister, Kay and her husband, Jack, took me to Jim's steakhouse, but that is not right. I got to go to Tucker's Restaurant in Neon with my cousin, Kris. We only went a couple of times, but it was a treat for me.I thought about this because I ran into a little piece that came up in an interview of some cousins from

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-73899201633632558892008-12-14T00:02:00.000-05:002008-12-14T00:02:00.332-05:00

Did you know that Douglas McArthur received the Congressional Medal of Honor? Did you know that his father did, too, and that they are the only father son receipients? I didn't either til the other night.I am constantly working on multiple stories and families. I am not finished with the Goose Creek cemetery yet. I am still working on James Taylor Adams. The Colliers keep popping up. But

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-30746295871047144602008-12-13T23:52:00.003-05:002008-12-14T01:14:04.520-05:00

Cousin Glenda sent me this note tonight and asked that I put it on the blog....I spoke with Pat tonight and she tells me Otho has had colon surgery and a heartattack. He is in rehab and would love to hear from friends and family. Letsall send him cards to let him know he is loved! Please share this info with your families. Thank you so muchOtho HolcombLa Grange Nursing & Rehab383 Opportunity

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-50513823644078002932008-12-13T00:02:00.001-05:002008-12-13T00:02:01.220-05:00

This is one I know some of you can help me with. I recognize the twins, Jimmy & Can in this group. Jimmy is in the front row fifth from the left. Can is in the second row third from the right. Who else do you all know? This is Jimmy Bentley born June 30, 1939. This is how I recognized him in the picture.This is Can Bentley born June 30, 1939. This picture is too young for this one

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-1116006875595333922008-12-12T00:02:00.001-05:002008-12-12T02:14:24.875-05:00

Samuel Pee Collier was the brother of Willis K. Collier. He married my great-great aunt, Sarah Jane Mullins. Sarah was the older sister of Joshua Mullins, my great grandfather..In the back row are their children, Rebecca, John and Martha Ann. Row 2 is Samuel Pee, Sarah Jane and their daughter, Nancy. In front sitting by himself is their son, Elijah.Nancy was the oldest born in 1891..Rebecca was

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-55304159543757980452008-12-11T00:02:00.000-05:002008-12-11T00:02:00.384-05:00

I came across this picture of Willis Kirk Collier and his second wife, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Vanover. Willis is one of the folks who was buried at the cemetery in Goose Creek. I gave a short outline of his family a few days ago.

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-33243710578483751502008-12-09T23:16:00.008-05:002008-12-10T01:50:14.450-05:00

I forgot I took these. Here is what the old building at the mouth of Millstone looked like just a few months ago.Now, standing in the church parking lot across from it, here is what you see. Quite a change. Here is the finished new bridge.

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-75692774943451893592008-12-07T03:48:00.005-05:002008-12-07T03:52:31.342-05:00

All I know about Earnest B. Carter is what is on his tombstone:Earnest B. CarterJune 11, 1897January 8, 1914Dear Earnest thou has left us hereThy loss we deeply feelBut tis God that has bereft usHe can all our sorrows healWho was this 18 year old that was so loved that he has one of the more ornate and larger markers among so many that are only rocks as markers?

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-3673139943248002132008-12-07T01:00:00.004-05:002008-12-07T01:29:43.065-05:00

With a name like John Quiller, I knew that he had to have a Bentley line in his background. This is John's lines.He was the son of Solomon "Sollie" Yonts and Virginia Jane "Jennie" Quillen.Sollie was the son of Charles Yonts and Hannah Houston. He was a half brother to Nathaniel "Thaney" Houston. Charles was the son of William & Levisa Yonts. I can't go back further on William yet. I thought I

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-47074077663295041422008-12-05T08:20:00.005-05:002008-12-05T23:01:58.851-05:00

Walker Hayes Bentley was born January 21, 1921. His parents were Morgan Bentley and Isabel Fleming. He has a double Bentley line. Morgan's parents were Solomon Bentley and Mary Jane Bentley. Solomon's line goes back to John Queller Bentley who was our Benjamin Bentley's brother. John Queller and Benjamin were sons of Daniel Bentley. Mary Jane's line goes back thru to the Benjamin Bentley

Karennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-63440494211372286672008-12-04T07:28:00.021-05:002008-12-05T01:24:26.819-05:00

The blog is acting up. It is doubling pictures and adding lots of spaces between paragraphs. I am going to once more remove them, but I cannot guarantee that they won't be there when I push the publish button.This is a nutshell view of the Colliers as I have them. The oldest Collier I have is Isaac who was born about 1718 and married Mary Gaines who was born in 1720. They had a son named

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-77906787503359628192008-12-03T21:24:00.007-05:002008-12-04T05:16:30.652-05:00

Rinda Mae Houston was born on October 15, 1879. When she was 19 she married Jonathan A. "Twig" Collier who was 24. Twig was the son of Stephen Collier and Mary Meade. H was the grandson of Richard Collier and Mary Caudill. Richard was the son of Daniel Collier and Elizabeth Prather. Richard was also the brother of William Dee Collier who was the father of Willis Kirk Collier who was the father of

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-60066973459147058732008-12-03T21:09:00.006-05:002008-12-04T07:28:12.751-05:00

Thaney and Betsy Houston had nine children that I know of: Mary, Preston, Joseph, Hannah, Annie, Lavina, Rinda Mae, Aulden "Olvin and James Denton. They married into many of my related families:Mary , the oldest was born in 1867. She never married though she had several children with a Bentley and a Potter.Preston was born in 1869 and died before 1880.Joseph was born about 1870 and died on May 20

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-9977423706012480872008-12-03T03:04:00.006-05:002008-12-03T05:41:24.594-05:00

PINEY MAE VENTERS 1899 - 1918Jesse Wright was married four time, 1st to Elizabeth Moore, 2nd to Mary Brummitt, 3rd to Maggie Perdue and last to Nickotie Vanover. After he and Mary divorced, she married at least two more times. Her second marriage was to John Venters, the son of James & Emeline Slone Venters. John had been married before, too. Mary raised and her step children stayed with her

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-26264662192165208052008-12-03T01:47:00.006-05:002008-12-03T03:04:20.386-05:00

Nathaniel "Thaney" and Elizabeth "Betsy" Fleming Houston I got started in genealogy listening to my grandmother tell about her family history. I loved sitting at the fire listening to her talk to my mother about things that had happened in the past. When I started to actually write things down I wanted to do things right and I asked for help in organizing what I thought was going to be a lot of

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-15821699284449616982008-12-02T18:44:00.005-05:002008-12-02T22:54:07.201-05:00

If we go back to Masias Hall and Unisiah Branham Smith, they are my fourth great grandparents. Their son Richard married Sarah Tackett. Their son Enoch Mahlon married Nancy Hampton. Their son Joseph married Lettie Craft. Their daughter, Nancy, married Otho Bentley.If we go back to Elder William "Preacher Billy" Tackett and Anna/Amy Johnson they are also my fourth great grandparents, too.

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-84724655238250897762008-11-22T18:33:00.009-05:002008-11-22T19:12:10.096-05:00

My grandfather was James Mullins. His parents were Joshua and Annie Houston Mullins. Joshua's parents were James and Rebecca Hayes Mullins. James father was Booker Mullins. One of Booker's children's death certificates lists his mother's name as Sarah. Other women are listed as Booker's wife, but I have never found that he had more than one marriage -- and the only clue for his wife being the

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-31562001825476085012008-11-21T22:26:00.003-05:002008-12-18T10:11:50.466-05:00

While I am waiting for my laptop to be returned I have been going through the 350 news clippings that I found which mention James Taylor Adams name in them. I haven't found another on our family members. Some are interesting stories, but not the kind of thing I write about or would include here. I found this little clipping that I thought was interesting. Where in the world would you hold a

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-65616664760415678092008-11-18T16:46:00.005-05:002008-12-18T10:12:32.098-05:00

Boy am I lost without my computer. Well, I guess I should amend that. Boy am I lost without the internet on my computer. My fan went out on my laptop and is in the shop being repaired. Well, it's somewhere being repaired. For all the service I bought they never seem to be able to fix anything onsite. So my files and sources are on that harddrive.Yesterday my cousin, Rosie, and her husband, Robert

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-49919861367965895232008-11-17T00:46:00.006-05:002008-11-17T01:08:26.570-05:00

I am searching for my great grandmother's grave. She was Annie Houston Mullins. She was the first wife of my great grandfather, Joshua Mullins. Their son was my grandfather, James Mullins. She died in chilbirth in 1906.After Annie died, the children stayed with her parents, Thaney & Betsy Houston. I followed Thaney and Betsy through the 1920 cenus and then they just dropped off the records. I

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-24986794498511985482008-11-15T00:02:00.002-05:002008-11-15T05:00:42.224-05:00

Middlesboro Times NewsWednesday, February 21, 1951Page 375 Years AgoThe Torture Death of Young VirginianBy James Taylor AdamsDaily News Feature WriterBIG LAUREL, Va., -- But for a single tragic event many family names, long prominent in Southwestern Virginia history, would be found only in the fading records of Russell County.In the fall of 1773 Daniel Boone, accompanied by many families from

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-10149443980565768142008-11-14T00:02:00.000-05:002008-11-14T00:02:00.293-05:00

I did a nutshell view of the Kilgore family in an earlier blog. Rafe Kilgore married Amelia "Millie" Wheatley. Their daughter Nancy Kilgore married William Addington. Their daughter, Malinda Addington, married John Martin Bentley. Their son, Otho Bentley, married Nancy Alice Hall. Otho and Nancy were my grandparents. That would make Millie Wheatley Kilgore my great great great grand

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-90625307089173325682008-11-14T00:01:00.001-05:002008-12-18T10:13:02.349-05:00

I found a second article that James Taylor Adams had written and published about Milly Wheatley. It was published like this:Kingsport Times NewsMarch 21, 1948, page 5Big Laurel, Va (Spl) Women and girls who screech at the sight of a mouse could well take lessons in courage from Milly Wheatley. So let’s peep back through one hundred twenty eight years and see what manner of girl and woman this

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-52778695481948209182008-11-13T22:27:00.002-05:002008-11-13T22:51:57.163-05:00

Today was one of my days to stay with my father. My brother was due to relieve me at 6 pm. He called about 4 and asked if I could stay later. He said it was really important and he would explain when he saw me. I said, of course. About 9 I found out what his day had been like.My brother works with a couple I only know as Lynn and Cese (sounds like Cease). I am probably not even spelling her

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-32754839171163717412008-11-13T00:02:00.000-05:002008-11-13T00:02:00.485-05:00

This article is printed from the story in the Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee on page 32 published November 26, 1950.When I was eleven my mother married, as her second husband, a man named Jesse Adams, an old fellow -- up around eighty. The folks, round about, spoke of him as "Colly Jess" because he lived on the head of a stream called Crafts Colly and also to distinguish him from the three

Karennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092192723958643935.post-44642924878264854772008-11-12T21:24:00.005-05:002008-11-12T22:05:44.636-05:00

The man who wrote the article about the dreams that Letty Adams had predicting deaths in the family wrote them in a column he wrote in the Kingsport Times called "Appalachian Tales." I wasn't all that impressed with the way he wrote that article. However, I found another that impressed me to the highest. I will print it tomorrow, but I wanted to find out more about the man.I figured from the

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