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Georgia Phyllis Sills

Georgia Phyllis Sills (1940-1955) A 15-year-old girl lost a week long fight with a bullet wound yesterday despite her determination to get well.Phyllis Sills, daughter of Mr. and…

Samuel Boland Connaway

Samuel Boland Connaway was born 4 Mar 1855 to William J and Jane Connoway. S B Connaway married Mollie L. Clay (1858-1918) on 9 Mar 1876. S B…

Adolph Fred Schertz

Adolph Fred Schertz Was born 22 Nov 1879 in Indiana to Conrad Schertz and Caroline Kist. Adolf Shertz married Nellie Epley (1882 – 1932), daughter of Jack Epley…

Elijah “Lige” Henry

Elijah “Lige” Henry was born 16 May 1850 on a farm in Daviess county, Ky, to John Henry (1807 – 1860) and Caroline Hatfield Henry (1815 – 1874)….

Fireman Ben Ploch

Fireman Ben Ploch (1860-1904) After an illness, lasting a week or ten days, Ben Ploch, the well-knowa fireman, died peacefully at his home, on First street near Alvasia,…

Ingram Crockett

INGRAM CROCKETT – In the financial circles of Henderson, Kentucky, Ingram Crockett is well known, for he is now acceptably filling the position of cashier of the Planter’s State…

Doctor Pinckney Thompson

Doctor Pinckney Thompson — Among the most distinguished of native Kentuckians, and most useful in their day and generation in the field of science and philanthropy, is the…

2025 Spring Scavenger Hunt

2025 Spring Scavenger Hunt byHenderson KY Cemetery Research Group and Genealogy by Brecca Find “March” on a tombstone (name, birth, or death date.) Thomas J Johnson (6 March…

Dr Charles F. Negley

Charles F. Negley was born 12 Jul 1854 to Philip Dudley Negley (1824-1896) and Ann Elizabeth Cooksey Negley (1832-1880). Charles married Lucy Ann Bennett (1857-1898) on 30 Nov…

Edward William Klutey

Edward William Klutey was born 19 Jul 1889, along with his twin brother Walter Fred Klutey, to Frederick Klutey (1842 – 1922) and Caroline Bruning Klutey (1852 –…

John Jewell Killed

HENDERSON, Ky.. Sept. 27.-(Special)-John Jewell, 31. was stabbed to death Tuesday night at Powell and Letcher Streets.Fred Ellis, 64, who police said had a fight with Jewell, is…

Joseph Anthony Savoldi

(5 Mar 1908 – 25 Jan 1974) Biography by THR on FindaGrave: Star Notre Dame athlete, World Champion professional wrestler, WWII OSS covert agent in Italy, and educator….