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...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 16, 2015 | Surname Saturday
These surnames emanate from different parts of Scotland, but all are rooted in the personal name Payne. The Old English word “payn” was a name given to a villager or someone who lived in the country. According to House of Names, the west coast of Scotland and the...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 13, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
Iredel Wright was born to parents Henry Monroe and Rebecca (Cordell) Wright in December of 1859, according to the 1860 Census, this despite the fact that his tombstone reads December 12, 1860. According to family historians, Henry who was born in 1826 had been...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 12, 2015 | Motoring History
Granted, the record didn’t last for long, but on this day in 1904 Henry Ford set a land speed record on the frozen surface of Lake St. Clair in Michigan. After founding the Detroit Automobile Company in August of 1899, only to have it go under by January 1901, Henry...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 10, 2015 | Surname Saturday
This English surname is occupational, an official one for a steward or bailiff. According to House of Names, the name can be traced back to the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain, and one that was given to the member of a family who “worked as a local representative of a...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 7, 2015 | Ghost Town Wednesday
This ghost town in Young County, Texas was named after a part-time Methodist minister and storekeeper from Tennessee, Robert S. Proffitt, who migrated to Hood County, Texas in 1852 and then moved to Young County in the early 1860’s. Robert and his sons were...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 6, 2015 | Tombstone Tuesday
Simpson Socrates Nix was born on April 10, 1841 in Weakley County, Tennessee to parents Riley and Mary Ann (Alexander) Nix. Riley and Mary Ann were born in North Carolina, both in 1820, and they married on October 17, 1838 in Henry County, Tennessee. Their family...
by Sharon Hall | Dec 20, 2014 | Surname Saturday
Noel is an English surname with French origins, according to most sources. Some Noel family historians believe the name may have originated among the Gallic tribes of Normandy in northern France, possibly those who lived in Noailles (pronounced no-ay). In France the...
by Sharon Hall | Dec 19, 2014 | Far-Out Friday
Their May-December marriage made headlines in early June of 1946, right along with worries over sky-rocketing milk prices (up one cent per quart!) and possible meat and bread shortages. One newspaper article noted that mothers were thinking about feeding their...
by Sharon Hall | Dec 17, 2014 | Digging History Magazine, Wild Weather Wednesday
From beginning to end, the year 1913 was a meteorologically-challenging year. Earlier this year, “Wild Weather Wednesday” articles covered two 1913 historic weather events: The Great Flood of 1913 (Part One and Part Two) and The White Hurricane. On July 10, 1913...
