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Wallace Waller Cooper

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…

Marinda Alderson

Marinda Alderson (1815–1908) Early Life Marinda Swope Alderson was born July 25, 1815, near Elk Creek in Shelby County, Kentucky (later Spencer County), during the presidency of James…

William Irving Thompson

William Irving Thompson was born 17 Jul 1867 to Dr. Pinckney Thompson (1828-1897) and Nannie Starling Holloway Thompson (1837-1902). Willam Irving Thompson married Lillie Monima Riekie, but they…

Gabriel Decataur Sugg

Gabriel Decataur Sugg was born 23 Dec 1828 to Wesley Willie Sugg (1784 – 1859) and Kezia Hart Sugg (1793 – 1888). Gabriel Sugg married Harriet Flanders (1834…

A Dual Perspective on Henderson’s Past: Colonel Jackson McClain & Ada Isabella Suggs

A Dual Perspective on Henderson’s Past: Colonel Jackson McClain & Ada Isabella Suggs Biography of Colonel Jackson McClain (1816–1892) Colonel Jackson McClain was born on October 5, 1816,…

Robert Edgar Cook

Robert Edgar Cook was born 29 Dec 1851 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, to Dr John B Cook (Unknown – 1887) and Elizabeth J McReynolds (Unknown – 1883). Robert Cook…

Ann Alfred (Anne) Shotwell

Ann Alfred (Anne) Shotwell was born on November 14, 1843, the daughter of Col. A. L. Shotwell, a prominent Louisville businessman. She married Gabriel Farnsley (“Gabe”) Tate (1839–1886)…

Charles Unverzagt Sr

Charles Unverzagt Sr. was born in Brunswick Germany, on 7 Febuary 1840. He immigrated to America in 1857 and moved to Henderson. Charles was in the meat business…

Thomas Evans

Thomas Evans was born 1821, a son of Rev. Thomas Evans (1781-1847). Thomas Evans married Henrietta Hancock on 10 July 1845 in Henderson Co., Kentucky. They had 6…

Judge Buckner S. Morris

Buckner S. Morris was born 18 Feb 1865 to Philip Buckner Morris and Nancy Fishback. B. S. Morris married Edna Earl Agnew (1870 – 1939). B. S. Morris…

Mary Jane H. Jenkins Hopkins

Mary Jane H. Jenkins Hopkins (21 Jan 1833 – 15 Apr 1895) and her daughter, Lucia Si-Etta Hopkins (5 Oct 1866 – 14 Oct 1879) Obituary: The Gleaner…

Judge John Hawkins Hart

Judge John Hawkins Hart was born 3 Nov 1856 in Smith Mills to John Bradford Hart (1819 – 1905) and Gabriella Madison Hawkins (1833 – 1859). John Hawkins…