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Births Silas Ellis was born in 1811 in North Carolina. Deaths David Washington Greenlee died in 1865 in Greenlee, North Carolina. Births William Hinton Lawson was born in 1842 in Polk County, Tennessee. Deaths Earnest Edward Roberts died in 1920 in . . . → : CONTINUE READING My Lankford/Langford family line starts with Leaty Caroline, my great-great grandmother. Leaty’s birthdate is in question. Her headstone says 20 July 1848. Her death certificate says 1848. The 1900 census states Jan 1860 and various other censuses imply 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, and 1852. She was probably born in Tennessee. She married William West 20 November . . . → : CONTINUE READING  West is another of the family lines for which I only have three generations of information. I’ve only known about the Wests for a couple of years. Lizzie West (1886-1973), my great-grandmother, was the second wife of Francis Taylor Kendrick. As far as I know, she lived in Murray County, Georgia all her life. She and France . . . → : CONTINUE READING  If you missed Part 1 of “Chipping Away at the Baxter Brick Wall,” you can read it here. To recap, I’ve been searching for the parents of my great-great-grandmother, Barbara Baxter, for several years to no avail. I’ve looked in local history books, browsed many, many census records, and done more Google searches than I count. . . . → : CONTINUE READING  My great-grandmother, Lizzie (West) Kendrick, lived from 1886 to 1973 in Murray County, Georgia. I never knew her, even though she died after I was born. This timeline reveals what I’ve learned about her life, so far. 1875– Lizzie’s parents, William M. West (1832-1928) and Leaty Caroline Lankford (1848-1937) moved across the Tennessee-Georgia state line from Polk . . . → : CONTINUE READING I’ve written before about my Baxter brick wall. Barbara E. (or possibly A.) Baxter is my great-great-grandmother and the wife of Francis Marion Kendrick. She probably was born in 18541 and died March 5, 1939.2 She and F. M. were married April 16, 1871. For a long time, all that I knew about Barbara, . . . → : CONTINUE READING RT @southerngraves: Rose Hill Cemetery; Macon, GA blog – http://tinyurl.com/y8dtgux – Robert Anderson’s simple gravestone reveals. . . # RT @hikari17: RT @genlighten: Blount County Tennessee Obituary Lookups 1908-present offered by Taneya: http://bit.ly/9Lj3cS #genealogy # RT @bibliotraveler: Good article on finding South Carolina marriage records, http://tinyurl.com/scmarr #genealogy # |
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