by Sharon Hall | Jan 27, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
Remember Elijah Soper was born on May 4, 1794 in Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont to parents Mordecai and Naomi (Owen) Soper. According to The New Soper Compendium by Earl Soper, Mordecai’s place of birth is disputed – some believe he was born in England while...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 24, 2015 | Surname Saturday
Blackwell Sources agree that the Blackwell surname was a locational name, a place in the counties of Derbyshire, Durham and Worcestshire. It was an ancient surname, traced back to Olde English and Anglo-Saxon orgins. The name was recorded in the Saxon Cartularium of...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 23, 2015 | Feisty Females
On January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in U.S. history to receive a medical degree at New York’s Geneva Medical College. Today, a momentous first of any kind would be trumpeted all over the world in a series of instant tweets. In 1849 it...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 21, 2015 | Digging History Magazine, Ghost Town Wednesday
According to Southern Arizona Guide, this is one of the best preserved ghost towns in Arizona. Off the beaten track and twelve miles south of Arivaca, visitors are warned to NOT rely on their GPS to find Ruby. The Spaniards discovered minerals there in the...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 20, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
Jesse Lovask Green was born on February 1, 1802 to parents Amos and Elizabeth (Searcy) Green in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Amos and Elizabeth were the parents of several children, possibly as many as twelve or thirteen. In 1810 there were eight household...
