Tag: Soldier
Henderson Hero: PFC Parker Cleveland Yates 🇺🇸 On a quiet stretch in Section 1 of Fernwood Cemetery rests a soldier who never made it home alive. His name…
Henderson Hero at Bastogne: Pvt. Hardis J. Liggett (1922-1944) 🇺🇸 If you walk through Fernwood Cemetery and find the grave of Pvt. Hardis J. Liggett, you will notice…
Henderson Hero: PFC William G. Miller (1926 – 1945) 🇺🇸 Walk through Fernwood Cemetery and you will find a simple flat marble marker that reads: WILLIAM G. MILLERKentuckyPVT…
Henderson Hometown Hero: PFC John Frederick Wilkerson (1924-1945) In Section 22, Lot 1190 at Fernwood Cemetery rests one of Henderson’s own, a young man who left South Alvasia…
Herman L Paff was born 20 Jun 1895 to Fred C. Paff (1862 – 1927) Louise Vogel (1874 – 1943). Herman Paff was killed in action on 3…
Paul Douglas Gibson was born 11 July 1926 to William Earl Gibson (1900 – 1974) and Virginia Hatchett Lester Gibson (1900 – 1959). He was raised in Hebbardsville…
Henry Allen Brooks was born 14 Apr 1872 in Grayson County KY to Mary Frances Chapman and Felix Brooks. Henry served as a private in 3rd KY Volunteer…
William Eugene O’Byrne was born 29 Jun 1911 to John Joseph O’Byrne (1872 – 1953) and Celeste Ryan O’Byrne (1881 – 1962). William enlisted in the armed services…
Barber Allen was born on 1 December 1835 to Easter Bailey in Henderson County, Kentucky. Barber Allen’s sworn statement and Bible in 1907 states his master was Gabriel…