Tag: Soldier
Remembering Corporal Robert Addison “Bobby” Posey On November 22, 1942, the Henderson Morning Gleaner reported news that brought the war in the Pacific painfully close to home. Corporal…
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…