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Resting together in Fernwood Cemetery are five brave Black soldiers who fought for freedom as members of the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War. Though their…
Julius L. Baldauf was born 30 Oct 1867 in Louisville, Kentucky to Morris Baldauf (1836 – 1911) and Lina Kahn (1841 – 1912). They moved to Henderson by…
Andrew Rowan, 1799Charles Davis, 1800, ’81, ’82Daniel Ashby, 1803, ‘4Eaneas McCallister, 1805, ‘6Uriah Blue, 1807, ‘8Fielding Jones, 1809. ’10Daniel McBride, 1811, ’12Elijah King, 1813, ’14Joseph Fuquay, 1815, ’16John…
Alexander Buchanan Barret was born in Louisa County, Virginia, on the eighteenth day of March, 1811, and proved to be, in after-life, one of the most successful and…
Benjamin Franklin Burkhardt was born 16 November 1871. He was married to Ida Sutton. B F Burkhart operated a general repair work and horse shoeing business at 217…
James Ewing Rankin was born on March 17, 1847, in Paducah, Kentucky, the youngest of six children of Dr. Adam Rankin and Elizabeth Speed Rankin. He grew up…
Luther H. Echols was a jeweler and optometrist whose Main Street businesses reflected Henderson’s growth and modernization in the early 20th century. Born in Scottsville, Kentucky, in 1890,…
Nathan Schlesinger was born on August 24, 1844, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In his early twenties, he emigrated from Bremen, Germany, aboard the ship Marco Polo, arriving in New…
Konrad Geibel, the parental head of the family of whom this sketch relates, was born in Wachenheim, Bavaria, on the 8th day of Sep 1815. His father, Peter…
Dr. William S. Forwood (1862–1952) Dr. William S. Forwood was born on February 19, 1862, in Oldham County, Kentucky. He was educated in Kentucky’s common schools and later…
Judge Samuel Burnet Vance was born on 1 Nov 1830 in Montgomery county, Tenn. S B Vance married to Ann (Nannie) Eliza Dixon In 1856, and to them…
Wallace Waller Cooper was born 18 Sep 1857 in Henderson County to Dr William McMahan Cooper (1815 – 1870) and Adeline Frances Tuttle Cooper (1815 – 1884). He…