Monday Musings

It was quite the research trip/vacation.  We covered so much in the 2+ weeks we were on vacation.  Made over 300 paper copies and probably as much if not more, in digital copies.

We found obits, photo's, deeds, will and colonial records.  And we have copies of all of it.  Copies to be moved, cropped, linked and typed.

I spent part of last week moving all the photo's around, putting them in my digital photo filing system.  A few have been added to digital multimedia files to the persons that they pertain to in Reunion.  Lots more to get done. 

I'm most excited about the colonial records I found on my ancestor Thomas Ansley, who was in Wrightsboro, Georgia in the early 1770's.  I'll be sharing those images in the next days & weeks as I get them processed. 

Of course coming back from a vacation means "stuff" always needs to get done - things need to get put away,  some minor cleaning never hurts, and of course I HAD to take time out to see the grandsons & kids.  We brought my mom back with us, so a bit of adjusting to having a third person here in the house with us. 

So its been quite the month so far.  Any interesting discoveries for you this month?  Are you researching at all?  Perhaps you're enjoying your summer gardens and your own vacation.  Either way, enjoy!

Happy researching!
Karen

Technology Tuesday - IPhoto - It's So Easy!

First of all,  this "blog" entry is heavy on images today.  So if you are on dial up you may have trouble with delayed loading.  So you've been warned.

I've always been a windows user, UNTIL about a year and a half ago my son introduced me to the world of MAC.  I love my MAC.  There was a bit of a learning curve, won't deny it.  And I must say I'm still learning.  The hardest thing for me was not having that photo editing software to work with.  I'm a creature of habit, once I find something that works for me, I don't change it. Ever.  Well toss that out the window.  Being on this Mac I had to change my editing software.  No choice. 

So I sat down one day  and went thru the video's at UTube until I found some on using iPhoto.  Wow.  If you get someone who really knows their stuff you can conquer about anything.  So let me show you how I learned to work with my images in iPhoto!

First thing you have to do is figure out where you have the images you want to work on and then where you want them to go when you are done with them.  Once you have that you've got it made.  Now comes the fun part.  So here we go!  The captions UNDER each photo will explain the process for that screen....  READY?

 Above -  The screen that starts it all.  Ignore the "Recent". Look at the pull down window.  See where it says, IMPORT TO LIBRARY?  Yeah that one.  Click on it.  When you do it opens .....

 Yep, it opens this window above.  I have a windows photo storage thing going on here so I follow the path to where the photo's are stored.  In this case I had previously removed some images from flash drive #3 and stored them as you  see above.  So I followed the path  you see above and clicked on that folder.  It will immediately grab those photos (yes that entire file folder) and import them into iPhoto.

Once your download is complete you will see your photo's displayed as you see above.  Up in the right corner it will even tell you how many photo's you have in that download.  Next you need to choose the image that you want to edit.   You need to choose the photo that you need to edit.  When you click on the photo, it will put a yellow "frame" around it. 

After you see the yellow frame, look down into the bottom right hand corner of your iPhoto screen.  You want to find the image you see above.  Pretty straight forward eh?  You want to click on EDIT.

 Once you click on EDIT,  the the window above will appear.  Not rocket science at all.  It does exactly what it says it will do.  The primary ones I use are straighten and crop.  It should offer a bit of comfort knowing that you can always UNDO or REVERT TO ORIGINAL. 

As you can see in my image above the headstone photo is a bit off kilter.  So I've chosen "straighten".  The Slider bar and grid on the screen make it easy to straighten about any image you have need to.  Not complicated, simple and functional.  Just what the technology challenged need! 

 Once you have finished straightening you click on Crop and the window you see on the right opens.  It gives you all sorts of choices.  You can start at the top of the list and work your way down.  As you choose you can see right on your screen what it will be like on your image.  How can you miss it when its showing you as you do it?  When you get it done the way you like, you simply click DONE.  That's it.  You edited your photo and had no strokes or heart attacks.  No you are ready to move the images you've edited into a folder.  Once again you'll have to decide where to put the photo's. 

 Next step is back to the window again.  File>EXPORT.... yep you are going to send the images to a new home.  No stress, No worry!  Its really quite simple.  Click on Export and you'll get another window....

When you get this window you've really been busy.  So you choose the kind of picture - I chose TIFF, but Jpg and others are in there as well.  I always mark HIGH QUALITY, and I include Title & Keywords and Location information. I also tell it to USE FILENAME......

Finally It will say SAVE AS....  and you name the image you want to send and where it is going.  Be careful here, because once you fill these in and click OK.... the images will be moved INSTANTLY. 

SEE, I told you it wasn't that big a deal.  And once you do it a couple of times it makes things so easy!   Hope this helps.  I'm not the biggest techie in the world but when I find something and it works I like to share it.  I know that not everyone likes or uses iPhoto,  but if you've thought about it, now might be a good time to give it a try!  

Happy Researching!
  Karen

Monday Musings

Here we are yet another Monday!  It was a busy weekend here.  We drove about two hours or so north of here and went to the Bala (Canada) Cranberry festival.  It was all about the tasty cranberry! And they did indeed have it all.  One of the highlights of the Cranberry Festival was seeing the Canadian Golden Helmets perform.  The Golden Helmets is a precision motorcycle group made up of officers from different towns here in the province of Ontario.  You can read more on them and see a pic here.  Be sure to click on the photo, they are a fine looking group.  They did a great job and we totally enjoyed watching them.  We brought some cranberries, so I'll be putting those to good use. 

Mr. Brown Eyes did a bunch of census work on Sunday.  He enjoys doing that and I'm not going to argue with him.  I love the thrill of the hunt, chasing our ancestors down but truthfully typing in the census stuff just bores me tears.  Somehow after talking to others who do genealogy I'm not alone.  I love finding them, learning what they offer up in the census but somehow I just can't get into that typing stuff on it the way MBE can.  Thankfully he enjoys it and doesn't mind.

Today, after the small amount of housework is done I'm hoping to get some more images cropped, named & linked.  I've figured out how to do editing in iPhoto.  I must say I love it!  It's simple and does the job without tons of techincal difficulty. 

Speaking this Friday night at the Brighton District Library (Michigan).  So we are going back to the states for a few days.  Will be good to hopefully see the grandkids, family & friends.  How much can we squeeze into a weekend?  Dunno but going to find out eh?

Happy Researching!
Karen

Monday Musings

WOWSERS!  Last week just flew by!  I've got two more days on my series on how to not feel overwhelmed - both in genealogy and in your daily life.  We still have "Make Lists" & "Say NO" to cover. 

Last week was a good one, I got tons of stuff typed and edited and ready to be added to my data base.  I'm working on a number of projects, which is really nothing new.  Its just good to finally see it linked and added to the data base.

The youngest grandson decided to just stand up in the middle of his parents kitchen floor this past Saturday and start walking!  I had just crossed over the border back into the states when the video popped up on my phone.  So excited to watch that!  Soon he'll be up and running with the other grandsons!  They grow up so fast! 

On the way home from our temp location in Burlington, Canada we stopped in a small place to eat. Nothing big, nothing fancy, but the place just stayed busy all the time we were there.  Looking around I stumbled on a chalkboard drawing with some holly on it.  In the middle of all the holly and stuff were the following words - 12 FRIDAYS TILL CHRISTMAS!  

WHAT!?!?!?!?

Needless to say I was about blown off my chair.  It can't be.  Not that soon!  Alas I'm afraid tis true. 

   Oh well,  where has the year gone!   I'm back to my typing blogs!   Don't forget to watch for the last two blogs in the  Overwhelmed series!

 Happy Researching!
   Karen

Kentucky Ancestors?

This blog is all about our ancestors,  and sharing the photo's, obits, and research that I've done on them.  So today, its a list of the ancestors of Mark's that were in Kentucky.  Keep in mind that this list is direct line only.  All of these couples had multiple children so there are many descendants and collateral lines that intermarried in that I am not listing here.  So if you see something that looks familiar or you might have an interest in, just drop a line!  I'd love to hear from you.

Most recent working our way back...  Let's go!

Robert G. Ligon & Dorothy Shanklin

John T. Ligon & Georgie L. Eudaley

George W. Ligon & Catherine E. Davis

Richard Ligon & Ann B. Webber

John Davis & Sarah B. Metcalf

George A. Eudaley & Mary M. Winstead

David D. Eudaley & Sarah Jane Baldwin

Manley T. Winstead & Sarah J. Winstead

Rhea E. Shanklin & Edith Morris

William E. Shanklin & Mary B. Clark

William H. Shanklin & Susannah V. Ralston

Owen A. Clark & Susan Shephard

Thomas W. Morris & Ela B. Hurst

Edgar F. Morris & Sarah Bettie Northington

Thoms D. Hurst & Elizabeth J. Mahaffey

Fielding Shanklin & Mary Tillman

David Ralston & Mary Griffin

Thomas Clark & Catherine Jameson

Charles Shepherd & Susan Hopson

Augustus Morris & Ann Jane Johnson

Madison Northington & Mary Pinner

James Mahaffey & Ela Crawford

Isaac Metcalf & Ruby Jones

John Eudaley & Mary Tarpley

Bushard D. Winstead & Susanna Cox

Charles T. Winstead & Ann Childs Brown

Dates & more information available upon request.  

Happy Researching! 

Monday Musings

The past few weeks have just flown by.   I haven't done much genealogy, mostly I've been focused on removing all the papers from my office/desk area.  Going paperless is quite a chore.  I've made great headway and I'm happy to report that I've removed all the papers that are genealogy related.  I've got a few that aren't but those too will disappear in time.

I've scanned all those copies to my flash/thumb drives and I've began the task of transcribing, editing and linking them all to the persons/families in my data base.  Boy what a chore that is going to be!  But I know when its done I'll be thrilled.

I've written here before about my move from PC to Mac.  I still had my PC, mainly as a crutch and partly because I still had a file or two I wanted to get off.  It had been giving me "error" messages about a hard drive failure, which of course I didn't pay a lot of attention to.  Well it did crash.  To the point, AFTER it crashed I figured out that I had two files on there that I had not yet moved.  Luckily my techy son took care of that this weekend while he was here.

NOW, I have both of those files and I'm a happy camper.  I've been tracing the family of auto pioneer Henry Ford for many years, and that data base was one that was on the crashed PC, happily it now resides on my Mac!  Whew!

The shopping is done, the holiday parties are winding down (one more to go!) and now I can focus a bit on just chilling and getting some genealogy stuff done.

How about you?

Tombstone Tuesday

Charles M. Boomershine and his wife, Mary Ann Landis Boomershine share this joint stone in Arlington Cemetery, Clay Township, Montgomery County, Ohio.   They were married 25 MAR 1894 in Wayne Township, Darke County, Ohio.   Charles and Mary Ann were of the Brethren faith.

Charles was born 6 APR 1869 to John Boomershine (1830-1914) and his wife, Malinda Brooks (1838-1902).  Mary Ann was born 8 NOV 1874 in Darke County to Joseph G. Landis and his wife, Leah Hoke. 

Charles & Mary Ann were the parents of two children, Myrtle Olive Boomershine Mack (1895-1966) and Ray Boomershine (1908-1984). 

Charles died 17 APR 1955 in Clay Township Montgomery County, Ohio and Mary Ann died 20 APR 1949 in Montgomery County, Ohio.

Charles obituary was published in The Gospel Messenger,  11 JUN 1955, Pg. 28, Col. 2 and is as follows:

Boomershine, Charles, son of John and Malinda Boomershine, wsa born April 6, 1869, and died April 17, 1955.  In 1896 he wsas baptized into the church.  On March 25, 1894, he was united in marriage to Mary Ann Landis, who died in 1950.  Surviving are one daughter, one son, six grandchildren and one brother.  Funeral services were conducted by Brethren Henry T. Barnhart and James C. Boitnott.  -- Mrs. W. Russell Miller, Brookville, Ohio.

Mary Ann's obituary was published in The Gospel Messenger, 11 JUN 1949, Pg. 26, Col. 3 and is as follows -

Boomershine, Mary Ann, daughter of Elder Joseph C. & Leah Hoke Landis, was born Nov. 8, 1874, near Gordon, Ohio, and died April 20, 1949.  On March 25, 1894 she was united in marriage to Charles Boomershine, and to this union were born one daughter and one son.  On Jan. 8, 1897, she was baptized into the Church of the Brethren at Pitsburg, Ohio.  She is survived by her husband, one daughter, one son, six grandchildren, one sister and two brothers.  Funeral services were held at the Brookville Church, Ohio by Brethren Frank Shank and James H. Beahm and interment was in the Arlington Cemetery. 

-- Mrs. W. Russell Miller, Brookville, Ohio

If you would like further information on this family be sure to leave a comment in the comments area of this blog and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Happy Researching!

Elkhart County, Indiana Roots?

On November 2nd I was privileged to be the featured speaker for the day long Family History Seminar put on by the Elkhart County, Indiana Genealogy Society.  It was a great day!

I went down a day early because I had heard about the Elkhart County Historical Museum.  Having lots of "relatives" who relocated to Elkhart County from Montgomery County, Ohio, I was immediately interested in seeing what I might find in Elkhart.

So I went down to the Elkhart County Historical Museum and did some research.  The staff was helpful beyond measure, I can't say enough great things about this research library.

Check out the website, they have a listing of their holdings

Got North Carolina Roots?

If so you'll want to check out one of the latest digital archives to come on line.  The state of North Carolina joins a long list of states that are either placing or have placed their newspapers and and other media on line. Although the Digital Library appears to have been around since at least 2010, the word just seems to be getting out.  

Entitled Digital North Carolina, North Carolina's Digital Heritage, the website is loaded with tons of newspapers, scrapbooks, city directories and MORE.

I stumbled upon the website quite by accident but I can see I'll be doing some exploring here very soon.  Lots to explore for sure!  To keep up with all that's being posted, I've followed the blog, which you can check out here.

Here's to happy researching!

Monday Musings

It's been a crazy few weeks here hence the lack of blogs.  Thanks for your patience.  I've redone my email accounts, opened some new, got rid of some old, but the contact information here stayed the same.  Thankfully I've got a very techy son who saves my backside when I get in over my head on computer stuff. 

We've added another branch to our family tree.  Jacob Michael Luotonen weighed in at 8 pounds 2 ounces when he joined us on Saturday morning, September 28th, 2013.  He's adorable, looks just like his awesome mom!  Needless to say grandma can't stop smiling at the thought.  Holding him brings back so many memories of the three older grandsons when they were that size and of course our two kids when they were just infants.  Congrats to our daughter, Amanda and her husband, David on a job well done!

The scanning and re-organization project is ongoing. I think I finally have every loose paper from my summer research trips scanned to my flash/thumb drives.  Now the fun begins as I start to transcribe and clean up those images to link in my data base.

Speaking of databases, I've joined the Heredis for Mac beta test that is going on.  So far things look great, but my "test" file still has some issues I'm not thrilled with.  Heredis is a European Genealogy software that has recently come on to the US genealogy software scene.  It has great potential and I'm enjoying the experience thus far.

Mom has arrived from Florida for a few months. Its always great having her here to enjoy the holidays with us.  The grandsons think she's awesome and since she's the shortest one in the family at only 5'1 the oldest grandson thinks she's great - he's finally taller than one of the adults!

It's Monday, time to get busy!  How about you?  What have you been working on?

Happy Researching!
Karen

Currie - Eudaley Wedding (1902)

Earlington Bee (Earlington, Kentucky) 5 June 1902, p. 7

Curry-Eudaley

At 1:30 p.m. Tuesday June 3rd at the M.E. church south Nebo., Ky., Rev. B.M. Curry of this city and Miss Fannie Eudaley, of Nebo, were united in the holy bonds of wedlock. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. H. Harrison, President of Vanderbilt training school Elkton, Ky., under whom the groom graduated.

The church was beautifully and attractively decorated by Mrs. J. T. Robards, and Miss Lillian Robards played the wedding march with her usual charming skill. Ushers Robt. Payne and Travis Sights seated the large crowd as best they could, but the house was far to small to accomodate the many friends of the bride and groom.

Mr. Minnos Cox and Miss Nannie Winstead were waiters. The bride was dressed in pure white and the groom in solid black. After the ceremony they were driven to Earlington where a sumptuous repast was partaken of with Mr. and Mrs. Y. Q. Walker and the happy couple left on the eleven o'clock train for the groom's home in Brownsville, Tenn., where they will spend the honey moon. We sincerely hope the guiding star if true love may ever shine down the dim vistas of thier coming days and light the journey along the pathway of life, rest o'er their couch when time with them shall be no more, then pilot them to their appointed places in the heavens where it will continue its ceasless revolutions around the glittering throne of His Majesty on high.

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Benhamin McDonald Currie was born in 1873 in Haywood County, Tennessee and died 7 JAN 1941 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.  He was married 3 JUN 1903 Hopkins County, Kentucky to Miss Frances "Fanny" Eudaley, daughter of George A. Eudaley and his wife, Mary Marcella Winstead.  She was born 1 SEP 1878 in Nebo, Hopkins County, Kentucky and died 2 SEP 1964 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.   Fanny was the second great aunt to Mr. Brown Eyes.  They were the parents of at least four children, Thomas Eudaley Currie, Mary Currie, John. W. Currie and Frances Jean Currie.
For more information please contact me and I'll be happy to share what I do have on this family.

Happy Researching!

Tombstone Tuesday

JOHN T. LIGON, FORMER NEBO RESIDENT DIES  

  Funeral services for John Thomas Ligon, 89, former Nebo merchant, tobacconist and farmer, who died at 11:50 am. Saturday in his home in Detroit of infirmities incident to age, will be conducted at 2 pm Tuesday at the Nebo Christian Church.  The Rev. H. B. Self, Henshaw will officiate.  Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville.

   Before Mr. Ligon moved to Detroit twenty two years ago he had operated a general store at Nebo for thirty years.

   The body arrived in Madisonville at 9:25 pm. Sunday and will be at Harris Funeral Home, 134 North Main, until the funeral.

   Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Georgia Eudaley Ligon; a daughter, Miss Ruby Ligon, 433 East Arch, who was the only child born of Mr. Ligon's first marriage, his first wife being Miss Minnie Osburn; six children by Mr. Ligon's second marriage, James D., Thomas D., Robert G., and Kenneth M. Ligon, all of Detroit; Mrs. John Mahan, Washington, D.C., and Mrs. William F. O'Bryan, Detroit; fourteen grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. John Bosquitt, Madisonville, rfd. 2.
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DEATH NOTICES (Detroit Free Press) LIGON - John T., June 2, at residence, 167 W. Hollywood; husband of Georgia; father of Ruby, James, Thomas, Robert and Kenneth Ligon, Mrs. John Mahan and Mrs. William F. O'Brien.v Funeral from Harris Funeral Home, Madisonville, Ky., Tuesday, 2 p.m.  For further information call TO 8-4798.

Wedding Wednesday - Eudaley & Curry (1902)

Ben Curry & Fannie Eudaley 

Earlington Bee,  5 June 1902, p. 7

Curry-Eudaley

At 1:30 p.m. Tuesday June 3rd at the M.E. church south Nebo., Ky., Rev. B.M. Curry of this city and Miss Fannie Eudaley, of Nebo, were united in the holy bonds of wedlock. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. H. Harrison, President of Vanderbilt training school Elkton, Ky., under whom the groom graduated.

The church was beautifully and attractively decorated by Mrs. J. T. Robards, and Miss Lillian Robards played the wedding march with her usual charming skill. Ushers Robt. Payne and Travis Sights seated the large crowd as best they could, but the house was far to small to accommodate the many friends of the bride and groom.

Mr. Minnos Cox and Miss Nannie Winstead were waiters. The bride was dressed in pure white and the groom in solid black. After the ceremony they were driven to Earlington where a sumptuous repast was partaken of with Mr. and Mrs. Y. Q. Walker and the happy couple left on the eleven o'clock train for the groom's home in Brownsville, Tenn., where they will spend the honeymoon. We sincerely hope the guiding star if true love may ever shine down the dim vistas of their coming days and light the journey along the pathway of life, rest o'er their couch when time with them shall be no more, then pilot them to their appointed places in the heavens where it will continue its ceaseless revolutions around the glittering throne of His Majesty on high.

Tombstone Tuesday - John G. & Roxa Salmon

 John G. Salmon, Former Hopkins Clerk, Dies Here
     John G. Salmon, Sr., 253 East Center Street, well known retired Madisonville business man and former clerk of Hopkins County, died in his home at 8:30 pm Thursday after suffering a heart attack.
  Mr. Salmon, 79 years old, had been in decling health for several years.
   Mr. Salmon was born Sept 30, 1871, in Christian County, near Empire, the son of the late Lee and Fannie Salmon. He had been a resident of Hopkins County for practically his entire life.
  A democrat, Mr. Salmon served two consecutive terms as Hopkins County court clerk during the years 1913-1921.  Prior to that he was associated with the McCleod Store on South Main for several years and in later years was interested in mining properties at Crabtree of the Norton Coal Mining Company.
  Mr. Salmon had been a member of Madisonville First Christian Church for many years and was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Madisonville.
  Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm Saturday in William L. Barnett Funeral Service, East Center Street, with the Rev. J. Edward Cayce, pastor of First Christian Church officiating.  Interment will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
   Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Roxa Salmon; two sons, Dr. David L. Salmon, St. Petersburg, Florida, and John G. Salmon Jr. 306 East Center Street, Madisonville; a daughter, Mrs. Henry Thorring, Hudson, Mass.; a sister, Mrs. Carrie Wright, Masonic Home, Kentucky; seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
  The body is at the funeral home.
**Madisonville Messenger, Tuesday, 08 DEC 1950

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Mrs. Roxa Salmon, 83, Dies Here
  Mrs. Roxa Helen Salmon, 253 East Center Street, died in Kentucky Convalescent Home here at 5:30 pm Thursday.  She was 83.
  Mrs. Salmon was the widow of the late John G. Salmon Jr., prominent Hopkins County democratic leader and former county Court clerk. Mr. Salmon died December 20, 1950.
  Mrs. Salmon had been in declining health for a number of years and had been critically ill since being struck by a truck as she was crossing the street near her home on April 7 of this year.
  Born on June 9, 1871 at Nebo, she was the daughter of the late George and Mary Winstead Eudaley, members of prominent Hopkins County families.  She had been a resident of Hopkins County all her life.

  S-S Teacher 50 years  
  Mrs. Salmon was a member of Madisonville First Christian Church and had been a Sunday School Teacher for more than fifty years.  She was a former member of the Madisonville Eastern Star chapter.
   Surviving are a son, John G. Salmon, 312 East Center Street, a daughter, Mrs. Henry Thorring, Hudson, Mass.; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Fannie Currie and Mrs. Georgia Ligon, Detroit; Mrs. Floy Payne, Nebo; and Miss Maja Eudaley, Louisville; and a brother, Glenn Eudaley, Galveston, Texas.   Another son, Dr. David L. Salmon, died in August 1954 in Florida.
  Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm Saturday at Harris Funeral Home, North Main Street, with the Rev. Oscar T. Nichols, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating.  Interment will be in Odd Fellows cemetery.
  The body is at the funeral home.
**Madisonville Messenger, 27 MAY 1955

Tragedy Thursday - Struck By A Truck!

 Mrs. Salmon Struck By Truck Wednesday

  Mrs. Roxa Salmon, 85, who was injured when struck by a truck while crossing the street near her home on East Center Street at 3:25 pm Wednesday, was reported to be in fair condition at Hopkins County Hospital at noon today.

   Mrs. Salmon suffered bruises, but no bones were fractured.  She is also suffering from shock and is expected to be hospitalized for several days.

  The truck, operated by James Edward Matchen, 434 Noel Avenue, Negro, was going west when Mrs. Salmon was struck and knocked down.  No charges have been filed against Matchen.

**Madisonville Messenger, Thursday, 07 APR 1955

[Note: Mrs. Salmon does die 26 MAY 1955 of complications from the injuries received in this accident.]

Wedding Wednesday - Salmon & Eudaley

From The Daily Kentuckian, 18 JUN 1898, Pg. 4....

   "Invitations have been issued to the marriage of Mr. John G. Salmon and Miss Roxa Eudaley, which will take place at the home of the bride at Ilsley, a few miles east of Dawson Springs, Wednesday, June 2.  Both are prominent society people and are well known in this society."

Tombstone Tuesday - Leander (Lee) Salmon

  Mr. Lee SALMON, a well known citizen of Crabtree Mines, died at his home last Thursday, after a prolonged illness of many months, of stomach trouble. He was sixty-five years of age, and leaves a wife and two children with a host of friends and relatives to mourn his death. Interment the following day at the Odd Fellow cemetery under the auspices of the United Workmen, of which order he was a prominent member. He was well known throughout the county and his death is widely mourned.

(Source: Earlington Bee, Thur., Oct. 20, 1898)

Military Monday - Andrew Eudaley (Confederate)

Andrew Eudaley was born 4 Oct 1840 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.  Andrew was the son of David Eudaley and his wife, Sarah Jane Baldwin.

 It is unknown to the compiler if Andrew married or when he died.  Research on this line is currently ongoing. 

Tombstone Tuesday - J. T. Ligon (1951)

JOHN T. LIGON, FORMER NEBO RESIDENT DIES

   Funeral services for John Thomas Ligon, 89, former Nebo merchant, tobacconist and farmer, who died at 11:50 am. Saturday im his home in Detroit of infirmities incident to age, will be conducted at 2 pm Tuesday at the Nebo Christian Church.  The Rev. H. B. Self, Henshaw will officiate.  Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville.

   Before Mr. Ligon moved to Detroit twenty two years ago he had operated a general store at Nebo for thirty years.

   The body arrived in Madisonville at 9:25 pm. Sunday and will be at Harris Funeral Home, 134 North Main, until the funeral.

   Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Georgia Eudaley Ligon; a daughter, Miss Ruby Ligon, 433 East Arch, who was the only child born of Mr. Ligon's first marriage, his first wife being Miss Minnie Osburn; six children by Mr. Ligon's second marriage, James D., Thomas D., Robert G., and Kenneth M. Ligon, all of Detroit; Mrs. John Mahan, Washington, D.C., and Mrs. William F. O'Bryan, Detroit; fourteen grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. John Bosquitt, Madisonville, rfd. 2.

**Madisonville Messenger,  date unknown

John G. Salmon Obituary (1950)

  John G. Salmon, Former Hopkins Clerk, Dies Here      John G. Salmon, Sr., 253 East Center Street, well known retired Madisonville business man and former clerk of Hopkins County, died i his home at 8:30 pm Thursday after suffering a heart attack.   Mr. Salmon, 79 years old, had been in decling health for several years.    Mr. Salmon was born Sept 30, 1871, in Christian County, near Empire, the son of the Late Lee and Fannie Salmon. He had been a resident of Hopkins County for practically his entire life.   A democrat, Mr. Salmon served two consecutive terms as Hopkins County court clerk during the years 1913-1921.  Prior to that he was associated with the McCleod Store on South Main for several years and in later years was interested in mining properties at Crabtree of the Norton Coal Mining Company.   Mr. Salmon had been a member of Madisonville First Christian Church for many years and was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Madisonville.   Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm Saturday in William L. Barnett Funeral Service, East Center Street, with the Rev. J. Edward Cayce, pastor of First Christian Church officiating.  Interment will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery.    Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Roxa Salmon; two sons, Dr. David L. Salmon, St. Petersburg, Florida, and John G. Salmon Jr. 306 East Center Street, Madisonville; a daughter, Mrs. Henry Thorring, Hudson, Mass.; a sister, Mrs. Carrie Wright, Masonic Home, Kentucky; seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.   The body is at the funeral home. **Madisonville Messenger (Hopkins County, Kentucky), Tuesday, 8 Dec 1950, Pg. unk