Tag: Veteran

Lonnie and George Marynell

Lonnie Marynell (17 Aug 1896 – 21 Oct 1918) and George W. Marynell (7 Jun 1894 – 1 Dec 1918) were sons of Frank A. Marynell Sr (1857…

Frank “Hazel” Hayes

Frank “Hazel” Hayes was born 29 Aug 1922 to Curtis Hayes (1903 – 1947) and Della A. “Dellie” Ranes Hayes (1897 – 1956). Frank Hayes was living with…

Pvt Joseph J Belcher

Pvt. Joseph J. Belcher, 19, is Henderson’s first boy to have lost his life while in the armed service in connection with World War two. His body, along…

John Barter Davis

John Barter Davis was born 2 Sep 1847 in Virginia to John Davis and Mary Overton. John B Davis was a farmer and lived out in the county…

Herman L Paff

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…

PVT Paul Douglas Gibson

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…

James R Rash

James Randolph Rash was born 9 Oct 1872 to Otway Watkins Rash and Sarah Elizabeth Robertson. He was a member of the first football team organized at Henderson…

Thomas B Bentley

Thomas “Tom” B Bentley was born in Virginia around 1832. Thomas Bentley and two brothers, Lewis and George, were bought as a slaves in Virginia and they were…

Barber Allen

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…

Patrolman Jack Rainier

Killed in the line of duty on 21 Nov 1955.