- Richard Dennis Purcell (1857-1941) (41 KB)
My GGgrandfather, Richard Dennis Purcell, was born at Colesburg, Hardin County, Kentucky, the son of Samuel L. Purcell and Paulina Sorrell. In 1882 he was married to Mary Anna Riddle. They moved their family to Taylor County, Kentucky in 1901.
- Jane Duvall Purcell (1807-1882) (36 KB)
My GGGGgrandmother, Jane Duvall Purcell, was the daughter of John Lewis Duvall and Lydia Hart. She was the wife of Dennis Purcell. They lived in Nelson County, Kentucky near Boston.
- Louis H. Johnson (1842-1927) (26 KB)
Louis H. Johnson was the son of Henry Johnson and Elizabeth Morris. Louis married Elizabeth A. "Bettie" Skaggs in 1867 He is my GGgrandfather.
- Dennis Purcell (1802-1874) (22 KB)
My GGGGgrandfather, Dennis Purcell, was the son of Samuel Purcell and Elizabeth Lawrence. He owned a large farm near Boston on the Rolling Fork River in Nelson County, Kentucky and was a justice of the peace. The land upon which he lived had once belonged to his grandfather, Solomon Lawrence, he having received a thousand acre land grant for service rendered during the Revolution. Dennis was married to Jane Duvall in 1826. They are buried in the Old Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Nelson County.
- Jerry Samuel Stillwell and Rillie Catherine Allen (37 KB)
My Great-grandparents, Jerry Samuel Stillwell (1884-1967) and Rillie Catherine Allen (1890-1976). They were married 1908 in Larue County, Kentucky. Jerry was the son of Henry Stillwell and Hiley Ann Caulk. Rillie was the daughter of Elijah B. "Bee" Allen and Lucy Frances Buley.
- Martha Hay McGavock Morris (49 KB)
Martha Hay McGavock was born 1830 in Wythe County, Virginia, the daughter of Hugh McGavock and Elizabeth Hay. Her father relocated to what became Larue County, Kentucky when she was a baby, settling on a 1400 acre land grant he had heired. In 1846 Martha was married to Jeremiah Morris (1822-1903) my GGGgranduncle. Jeremiah was the son of John Morris and Susannah Thorpe. About 1854 Jeremiah Morris resigned his office as coroner of Taylor County, Kentucky and with his wife and children and his 72 year old mother, relocated to Linn County, Missouri where he had an older brother, Thomas Morris, already living. Jeremiah was a Confederate soldier serving in Company K of the 2nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry, CSA. The family later moved to Oregon.
- John Marshall and Nancy Hedgespeth Shofner (26 KB)
John Marshall Shofner (1856-1931) and Nancy Ann Hedgespeth (1855-1921) were married in Taylor County on December 5, 1872. They are my GGGgrandparents. John Marshall was the son of Alexander James Shofner and Nancy Wright. Nancy was the daughter of Jeremiah Hedgespeth and Rebecca Jane Bell.
- Johnson Family Table (110 KB)
This table belonged to my GGGgrandmother, Elizabeth Morris Johnson (1809-1889). It is solid oak, dates from the 1870s and was called and extension table. This table is noted in the 1889 inventory & auction of Henry Johnson's estate. It was appraised for $2.00 and purchased by my GGgrandfather, Louis H. Johnson, for $2.65. It was told that Jesse James ate at this table. I have no evidence and it is probably not so. If Jesse James ate everywhere he was supposed to have, he would have been so fat he would have never mounted his horse.
- Jensey Martin Skaggs (1803-1889) (43 KB)
My GGGgrandmother, Jensey "Jane" Martin Skaggs, was the daughter of Hartwell Martin Sr. and wife Nancy who were early settlers to Green / Taylor County, Kentucky. Jensey married Richard Skaggs in 1820. At right is an original tintype image taken perhaps in the 1860s. At left is a digital picture that I took of the large charcoal drawing that her daughter, Elizabeth Skaggs Johnson, had drawn in the late 1800s from the tintype.
- Home of Turner & Mae Wayne (149 KB)
My Great-Grandparents, B. Turner and Mae Deener Wayne, built this house on the newly built Highway 210 about 1937 or 1938. My Granduncle, Edward Wayne, owns it today.
- R. D. Purcell and daughters Jennie and Zilpah (113 KB)
My GGgrandfather, R. D. Purcell, with two of his daughters, Jennie Elizabeth Purcell Beauchamp and Zilpah Leah Purcell, taken in front of the Purcell home near Old Mac, Taylor County, Kentucky about 1912. The family came to Taylor County from Larue County around 1902 and bought the farm that had once belonged to Elisha Roarks. The old log house pictured in the background was probably built by Roarks. The house consisted of one large log "pen", partitioned inside into a small hallway with rooms on either side. A "dogtrot" on the rear of the house connected it to a kitchen. The end of the main house, to the left in this picture, had a massive stone chimney. This house burned many years ago.
- Children of B. T. & Flora Campbell Wayne, ca. 1960 (64 KB)
The children of Benjamin Turner Wayne (1867-1932) and Flora Campbell (1872-1915) are shown about 1960, from left: George Wayne, Turner Wayne, Ruth Wayne Farris, Dalton Wayne and Ted Wayne
- Sylvester Price with his sons at Maple, KY (44 KB)
My GGGgrandfather, Sylvester Elder Price (1843-1924) with his sons standing behind: Charlie Price; Buck Price (my GGgrandfather); Sylvester Price Jr; and Sam Price. Sylvester was a Union Veteran of the Civil War having served in Company F of the 13th Kentucky Infantry. In the early 1900s he operated a grist mill near Maple in Taylor County, Kentucky.
- Eugene Hiestand Johnson and son, Wayne, ca. 1949 (61 KB)
My Grandfather, Eugene Hiestand Johnson, holding my uncle, Wayne Johnson.
- Rebecca Jane and Sarah Caroline Dotson (29 KB)
Sarah Caroline Allen (right)was born 25 July 1846 in Larue County, Kentucky and was the daughter of William J. Allen and Elizabeth Pickerell. On 22 January 1870 Sarah Caroline was married to John Robert Dotson, son of George Dotson and Rebecca Hedgespeth. At left is Sarah and John Robert's daughter, Rebecca Jane, born 20 November 1872. These ladies are my GGGgrandmother and GGgrandmother. Rebecca Jane had three children, each of them having a different father. Her child with Anthony M. Howell was my Great-grandfather, John Raymond Dotson.
- Jacob Wayne Johnson (43 KB)
The very newest little Johnson, my nephew, Jacob Wayne Johnson, born 3 September 2007.
- Elizabeth Skaggs Johnson (1845-1931) (103 KB)
These four photographs are all of my GGgrandmother, Elizabeth Skaggs Johnson, daughter of Richard Skaggs and Jensey Martin; wife of Louis H. Johnson. The top left photograph was taken sometime in the 1860s prior to her marriage - note the gold leafing on her jewelry. The top right photograph was probably made in the 1870s. The bottom left photograph shows her with her youngest son, Louis Earl Johnson (1887-1975) and dates to about 1890. The bottom right photograph shows her about 1915.
- Ralph and Estelene Dotson Stillwell (65 KB)
My grandparents, Ralph Stillwell (1930-2003) and Estelene Doston Stillwell. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 30, 2002. It is my grandmother who got me into all of this genealogy. Had it not been for her I'd have never given a hoot about my family tree.
- Ashton Brooke Johnson, 4 years old (63 KB)
My little niece, Ashton, at Mamaw's house, Easter 2008
- Henry Johnson Family Cemetery, Summer 2008 (89 KB)
It is hard to imagine that just a few short years ago this quaint cemetery was an overgrown briar thicket. Shown in the foreground are the tombstones of Henry Johnson and Elizabeth Morris. The Yuccas came back on their own. In springtime the cemetery is a sea of purple when the vinca blooms.
- Driving Miss Daisy? (70 KB)
Just Kidding. This is my Great-Grandmother, Edmonia Purcell Johnson - probably taken after church, circa 1960. The car is a 1956 Cheverolet Bel Air.
- Zilpah Leah Purcell with Mr. & Mrs. Wooldridge (113 KB)
My Great-Grandaunt, Zilpah Leah Purcell (1896-1916) with Mr. and Mrs. John Wooldridge, Mac, Taylor County, Kentucky. The Wooldridges were neighbors of the Purcell family.
- Sylvester Price and wife, Ruth Ann Hash, abt. 1910 (59 KB)
Sylvester Price (1843-1924) was the son of Thomas Price and Elizabeth Skaggs. Sylvester is my GGGgrandfather. Rutha Ann Hash (1868-1950) was his third wife, daughter of Wm. R. Hash and Sarah Dewitt. Sylvester and Ruth Ann were married January 26, 1909. Ruth was the widow of S. W. Akridge. Sylvester and Ruth had no children. Sylvester had been previously married to Elizabeth Skaggs and Margaret Jones.
- R. D. & Mary Purcell Family, circa 1916 (81 KB)
The family of Richard Dennis and Mary Riddle Purcell, about 1916. From left: Paulina Chloe Purcell Loyall; Jennie Elizabeth Purcell Beauchamp; Mary Anna Riddle Purcell; Edmonia Cessna Howard Purcell Johnson; Richard Dennis Purcell; and Thomas Owen "T.O." Purcell.
- Elizabeth Skaggs Price and son, Ves, 1890s (51 KB)
Elizabeth Skaggs (1846-1906) was the daughter of John Dover Skaggs and Elizabeth Underwood. She is my GGGgrandmother. Elizabeth was married to Sylvester Price on February 18, 1865 in Taylor Co., Kentucky. Elizabeth is pictured with her youngest son, Sylvester "Ves" Price Jr. (1889-1959).
- Mary Riddle Purcell and daughter, Jennie (50 KB)
My GGgrandmother Purcell with her eldest daughter, Jennie Purcell Beauchamp.
- Buck Price and Sally Shofner Price (87 KB)
My GGgrandparents, David Buckner "Buck" Price, and Sally Ellen Shofner Price. Buck was the son of Sylvester Price and Elizabeth Skaggs. Sally was the daughter of John Marshall Shofner and Nancy Hedgespeth.
- Henry Johnson and Elizabeth Morris (45 KB)
My GGGgrandparents, Henry Johnson (1809-1889) and Elizabeth Morris Johnson (1809-1886). They were married in Green County, Kentucky in 1828 by the Rev. John D. Oaks. Henry was the son of Isom Johnson and Sally Warren. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Morris and Susannah Thorpe. Henry was a farmer, miller and distiller of whiskey. During the Civil War he was one of the largest distillers in Taylor County, Kentucky and also an ardent Southern Sympathizer. The couple's oldest son, Jesse Johnson, served in Company F of the 4th Kentucky Infantry, CSA.
- Keziah Allen Harding, ca. 1860s (63 KB)
My GGGGgrandmother, Keziah Allen Harding (1823-1903), wife of Abraham Harding. Keziah was the daughter of Samuel Allen and Eliza Batsell.
- Audley - Historic House in Clarke Co., Virginia (40 KB)
This beautiful old mansion in Clarke County, Virginia was the home of Warner Washington Jr. and his wife, Sarah Warner Rootes. Sarah was the sister of my ancestor, Phillip Reade Rootes, who married Elizabeth Smith and came to Green Co.,(now Taylor Co.) Kentucky before 1810.
- Rebecca Jane Dotson (23 KB)
My GGgrandmother, Rebecca Jane Dotson (1872-1934). She was the daughter of John Robert Dotson and Sarah Caroline Allen.
- William "Bill" Stillwell (ca.1827-aft.1901) (71 KB)
My GGGgrandfather, William M. 'Bill' Stillwell was born ca. 1827, probably in Hardin or Green Co., Kentucky. He was the son of Stephen Stillwell and Matilda Skaggs. Bill was married first to Nancy Elmore, daughter of Jeremiah Elmore and Margaret McCume / McCown. Nancy is my ancestor. After Nancy's death, Bill remarried to Mary Allen, daughter of Elijah Allen and Sarah Pickerell. It is a popular tale in the family that William killed the last bear that was ever killed in Larue County. His first wife is buried at Levelwoods Methodist Church Cemetery but Bill was reportedly buried on his farm. He didn't have a tombstone but a small shedlike roof was built over his grave on posts.
- Uncle Will and Aunt Jennie Sullivan, 1890s (90 KB)
Elizabeth Jensey "Jennie" Johnson (1868-1942) was the daughter of Lewis Johnson and Elizabeth Skaggs. Aunt Jennie was married to William G. Sullivan (1862-1944) in 1889. He was the son of John Sullivan and Mary Parsons. Aunt Jennie is my Ggrandaunt.
- Young People of Mac, ca. 1907 (229 KB)
Seated: Malissie Ella Skaggs (1889-1966); her sister, Birdie Alice Skaggs (1890-1951); Ann Howell (1894-1978). Standing: Bessie Truman Young (1889-1976) - married Fred L. Parrot in 1913; Thomas Hendricks Johnson (1884-1956) - married Edmonia Cessna Howard Purcell in 1924; Ezra L. Skaggs (1888-1958) - married Lille Bea Sullivan in 1913; Ida L. Howell (1887-1965) - married Jefferson Lee 'Jack' Johnson in 1916. Malissie, Birdie and Ezra were children of Samuel E. Skaggs and Mary Morgan Smith. Ann Howell and Ida Howell were daughters of George W. Howell and Betty G. Hash. Bessie Young was the daughter of Joseph McFarland Young and Nannie Lee Hash. Thomas Johnson was the son of Louis H. Johnson and Elizabeth A. Skaggs, he is my great-grandfather. Note the fan in the bottom left corner.
- Walter Caulk (1873-1925) (37 KB)
My GGgranduncle, Walter Caulk, was the son of William Caulk and Eliza Jane Hoback of Larue County, Kentucky. Walter married Ada Belle Allen in 1897. They had several children. Walter was killed near "The Big Rock" on Otter Creek on 5 October 1925 by his nephew, Andy Brewer. It was said that the two had some sort of disagreement over some bootleg whiskey but exact details of the event are unknown to me. I have been to the location of the murder several times. Several men were gathered near the creek bank playing poker and indulging in liquor when the murder occurred.
- Nancy Ellen Price Dotson (1916-1996) (103 KB)
My great-grandmother, Nancy Ellen Price, daughter of David Buckner Price and Sally Ellen Shofner. Wife of John Raymond Dotson. She is the only of my great-grandparents that I ever had the pleasure of knowing.
- Samuel Purcell (1780-1855) (45 KB)
My GGGGGgrandfather, Samuel Purcell was reportedly the son of Dennis Purcell and Susannah Biggerstaff. Samuel married Elizabeth Lawrence (1785-1859) in 1801, Mercer County, Kentucky. They moved to Nelson Co., Kentucky in 1805 and settled on the Rolling Fork River near what is today called Boston. They are buried in the Old Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery there.
- Unknown - Lavina Hackley or Ruth Phillips (25 KB)
A lady, whose name I have forgotten, (perhaps a McKnight) shared this photo with me some years ago. The photograph is of the grandmother of Samuel B. Hackley (1877-1943) who was Mayor of Campbellsville around the 1930s. Unfortunately, it was not known whether it was his paternal grandmother, Lavina Jarboe Hackley, wife of R. D. Hackley, or his maternal grandmother, Rutha P. Eades Phillips, wife of Nathan Donaldson Phillips. The latter, Mrs. Phillips is my GGGGgrandmother. I would much like to positively identify this as either Lavina or Rutha. Mrs. Hackley was born around 1816 and died sometime in the 1870s. Rutha was born in 1819 and died in 1902.
- Ashton Brooke Johnson (82 KB)
The newest twig on the Johnson family tree, my lovely niece, Ashton Brooke Johnson, born May 24, 2004. She was born two months premature and weighed only 2 pounds and 13 ounces.
- Richard Skaggs Sr. family cemetery (119 KB)
These photographs taken March 2006 are of the Richard Skaggs Sr. family cemetery near the Green County line on the Gene Walker Rd. which is off of the Mac-Pitman Road. There are only three graves in the cemetery and all three stones are fallen. The stone to farthest left in the top photo is the monument of Greenberry Skaggs (1848-1875) s/o Richard & Jensey. Next is the monument of Jensey "Jane" Martin Skaggs and to the far right the grave of Richard Skaggs Sr. A small stone wall surrounds the graves of Richard and Jane.
- Henry Johnson Family Cemetery (184 KB)
These four photographs are of the Henry Johnson Family Cemetery near Mac in Taylor County. The top two photos were taken this Spring (2006). The lower photos were taken in early 2004 before I was allowed to clean the cemetery up. The previous land owner wasn't very nice and the lady acutally wielded a machine gun at my brother and I the day the two bottom photographs were taken. They have since sold the place to a person who allowed me to clean the cemetery off, restore the fallen tombstones and put a fence around it.
- Owens - Skaggs - Warren - Milby House, Green Co. (114 KB)
This large brick Federal Style house was built by Nathaniel Owens around, or before, the year 1800. He was one of Green County KY's wealthiest planters and a large slave owner. His daughter, Mary, refused Abraham Lincoln's proposal of marriage. Owens died in the 1840s and his son, John Y. Owens, got the house, known as Lashfield, and 450 acres around it. He, in 1851, sold the 450 acres and "mansion house" to my GGGgrandfather, Richard Skaggs (1801-1891). Richard moved his family there from Taylor County in 1852 and remained there until early 1856 when he came back to Taylor County. He sold off portions of the farm to James A. Howell and Lewis B. Skaggs while living there. The house and remaining 389 acres was sold to Rev. Hezekiah C. Warren around 1856. By the 1890s the house and land had passed to the hands of the Alexander Milby family. Unfortunately, this old home was torn down in the 1960s. It has been said that it was the largest home in antebellum Green and Taylor County. This photograph was taken by a member of the Warren family before the house was torn down.
- Owens House (57 KB)
This is a photograph of the Owens / Skaggs / Warren / Milby House in northern Green Co., KY near Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. My GGGgrandfather, Richard Skaggs, owned this house and lived here in the early 1850s. This photograph taken in the early 1900s when the Milbys lived there. This photo courtesy of Barbara Dewitt Webster, G-granddaughter of Alexander Milby.
- William T. Johnson, early 1860s (68 KB)
This photograph is of William T. Johnson (1837-1864). He was brother to my GGgrandfather, Louis Johnson. They were sons of Henry Johnson and Elizabeth Morris. William T. married Caroline Despain who was a granddaughter of Richard Skaggs and Jensey "Jane" Martin. According to family legend, William died while trying to save his father's horse from "Yankees" during the Civil War. He was being chased and caught his neck in a grapevine and was killed, whether from the fall or frome being shot, I do not know. He died 5 January 1864 in Taylor County, Kentucky.
- R. D. Purcell, 1882 (28 KB)
A textbook example of what not to let happen to your old photographs. This was the 1882 wedding photo of my GGgrandparents, R. D. Purcell and Mary Anna Riddle. Unfortunately, at some point, someone has spilled black ink all over part of the picture, covering most of Mary's face.
- Barbara Jean Wayne - May 1931 (39 KB)
My grandmother, Barbara Jean Wayne, taken May 1931, Taylor County, Kentucky.
- Solomon Skaggs house, Maple, KY (67 KB)
The log house pictured was likely built by Uncle Solomon Skaggs (1803-1868) around 1830. This house sets near the Old Zion Separate Baptist Church and cemetery which was founded by Solomon at Maple, Taylor Co., Kentucky. He was a farmer, miller and preacher. He is three times my "way back uncle" as I descend directly from three of his siblings, Matilda Skaggs Stillwell, John Dover Skaggs and Elizabeth Skaggs Price. When Solomon died the portion of his farm including this house and his mill, which sat in the creek in front of the house, went to his son, King Solomon Skaggs (1848-1920). King Solomon married my GGGgrandaunt, Mary Jane Allen, d/o Wm. Jefferson Allen and Elizabeth Pickerell. After King Solomon Skaggs died the house and land eventually passed into the hands of Waller "Walter" Shofner and wife, Bessie Skaggs Shofner. In the 1930s the Shofner's used this house as a tenant house and my Great-Grandparents, John Raymond Dotson and Nancy Ellen Price lived there for a while in the early 1930s when they were first married.. My grandmother, Estelene Dotson Stillwell, was born in the house in 1933. There are three other rooms of frame construction added "end-to-end" on the right hand side of the house. The farthest right room had a large stone chimney and fireplace so the frame rooms were built on to the earlier log section very early on, probably before the Civil War. At some point, a stone chimney which heated the log section was removed from the left hand end of the log house.
- Members of the Dotson, Pickerell and Morris Family (276 KB)
Members of the Dotson, Pickerell and Morris family gathered in front of the John Louis Morris home in the Levelwoods area of Larue Co., Kentucky in the early 1900s. The gentleman seated near the farthest left porch column is believed to be Benjamin Franklin Morris (1864-1952), s/o Wm. H. Morris and Perfectua Pickerell, a grandson of Cornelius Morris of Taylor County. The lady standing on the porch farthest to the right is his wife, Nancy Catherine Pickerell (1873-1949) daughter of Stephen Pickerell and Nancy Jane Roberts Ball. The younger lady standing in the center of the photograph, between the two gentleman I believe to be Emily Jane Pickerell (1871-1924), wife of William Holland Dotson. I cannot identify anyone else. This photograph was in the collection of photographs belonging to my GGgrandmother, Rebecca Jane Dotson (1872-1934). Her grandmother was Elizabeth Pickerell Allen but my research has not connected her family with this Pickerell family although they did live in the same area. However, my GGgrandmother was briefly married to a Eugene Morris in the early 1900s. I know nothing about his family but believe he must be a part of this family and is perhaps how Rebecca came to possess the photo. This was the home of John Louis Morris and Nora Jane Gaddie. John Louis was distantly related to Ben Morris and the families lived adjoining each other in the Levelwoods area. John Louis Morris was a son of John T. Morris and Rutha Jane Hash and was a great-grandson of Henry Johnson and Elizabeth Morris, my GGGgrandparents.
- Coffin Receipt for Elizabeth Jane Riddle, 1878 (53 KB)
My GGGgrandmother, Elizabeth Jane Norris Vowels Riddle died on 1 May 1878 in Nelson County, Kentucky. This is the receipt for her coffin.
- Jeremiah & Rebecca Bell Hedgespeth (47 KB)
Jeremiah Hedgespeth was born September 30, 1830 in Green Co., Kentucky and died December 25, 1913 in Taylor Co., Kentucky. He was the son of Matthew Hedgespeth (son of James Henry) and Sally Hedgespeth (dau. of Holland Sr.) who were married in Green Co. on August 6, 1823. Jeremiah was married to Rebecca Jane Bell on April 22, 1851 in Taylor County. Rebecca was born September 11, 1835 in Green County and died January 13, 1910 in Taylor County. She was the daughter of John Barnett Bell and Mourning Oaks. Her maternal grandfather was the Rev. John D. Oaks, a very early and active minister in the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. Jeremiah and Rebecca are my GGGGgrandparents.
- Edmonia Cessna Howard Purcell Johnson, 1916 (54 KB)
My Great-Grandmother, Edmonia Purcell (Mrs. Thomas H. Johnson), was the daughter of Richard Dennis Purcell and Mary Anna Riddle. She was born near Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky on 18 May 1898 and was the namesake of Edmonia Cessna, wife of Joseph Howard. She died in Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky on 6 October 1967. She was a school teacher and taught school in Taylor County for a number of years. This photograph was made in 1916, the year she taught her first school at Beech Point Schoolhouse on Bulltail Creek, Taylor County, Kentucky
- James W. Deener and Martha Woodson Marr (31 KB)
My GGGgrandparents, James W. Deener (1849-1940) and Martha Woodson Marr (1848-1923). He was the son of Edward C. Deener and Grace C. Stubbs. Martha was the daughter of Gideon Marr and Mary "Polly" Carlile.
- Warren Johnson (1817-1881) (24 KB)
Warren Johnson was the brother of my GGGgrandfather, Henry Johnson. Warren was born 24 January 1817 in Green County, Kentucky and was the son of Isom Johnson and Sally Warren. The Johnson family moved to Greene Co., Indiana in 1830. Warren was married to Sarah Roach Dobbins on October 3, 1838 in Greene County, Indiana. She died and on May 17, 1847 he married Nancy Baker. He died September 7, 1881 in Greene County, Indiana. The back of this photograph shows that it was made in Washington, Indiana.
- Mary Elizabeth Allen Stillwell , ca. 1870 (36 KB)
Mary Elizabeth Allen was born 12 February 1848 in Larue Co., Kentucky, the daughter of Elijah Allen and Sarah Pickerell. Mary is a half sister of my GGgrandfather, Elijah B. Allen. Mary was married in 1881 to my GGGgrandfather, William M. "Bill" Stillwell, after the death of his first wife, Nancy Elmore, from whom I descend.
- Daughters of Louis & Elizabeth Johnson, ca. 1890 (36 KB)
Pictured are my Great-Grandaunts; Mahala Johnson Lile (1870-1898); Caroline Barbee Johnson Sullivan (1872-1939); and Mary Etta Johnson Skaggs (1875-1931).
- Wm & Corilla Sullivan and dau. Willie, abt. 1890 (38 KB)
Pictured are my GGGgrandparents, William Houston Sullivan and Corilla Bowles Sullivan and my GGgrandmother, Willie Lear Sullivan Kerr Deener. Corilla Bowles Sullivan (1842-1919) was the daughter of John Bowles (1788-1859) and Elvira Rootes (1814-aft.1880). William Houston Sullivan was the son of Houston Sullivan and Mary Angeline Parrott. William and Corilla were the parents of eight children: John W. Sullivan m. 1st Nathal Tandy, 2nd Mary money; Robert Houston m. Mary A. Bowles; Mary Etta m. Rezin Hammond Davis; Martha m. Farris Bennett Jr.; Cordelia Ann m. 1st Thomas Jefferson Blevins, 2nd William R. Caulk, 3rd J. W. Wise; Joseph Marion m. 1st Georgia Ann Mills, 2nd Susan Frances Beard; Ida M. m. Sam D. Caulk; and Willie Lear m. 1st Howard Kerr, 2nd John W. Deener. William was a Union Soldier during the Civil War and served in the 13th Kentucky Infantry.
- Elijah B. Allen Family, ca. 1918 (52 KB)
Pictured in the center are my GGgrandfather, Elijah B. Allen (1857-1937) s/o Elijah Allen and Rebecca Martin with his second wife Mary Jane Underwood (1881-1957) d/o George Underwood and Julia Hazlewood. Allen's first wife, Lucy Frances Buley is my GGgrandmother. All of the children photographed are by Mary Jane. In back are sons Lee and Orville, beside of Grandpa Allen is William Curtis, beside of Mary Jane is Nellie and the little girl in front is Cassie Truman Allen. This family lived on Otter Creek, Larue Co., Kentucky
- Lashfield, The Nathaniel Owens House, ca. 1901 (54 KB)
Another photograph of the Nathaniel Owens House, Green Co., Kentucky. This was probably taken about 1901. From left are, Rhoda Elizabeth Perkins Milby (1840-1923), her grandson, Coakley Milby (b. ca. 1897) and her daughters, Mattie Milby and Mollie Milby. The people photographed are not my relatives. Note the crack in the house below the fourth second floor window from the left. When this picture was made the house was already very well over a hundred years old.
- Jerry Samuel Stillwell, ca. 1890 (27 KB)
My Great-Grandfather, Jerry Samuel Stillwell (ca.1884-1967) taken about 1890. He was the son of Henry S. Stillwell and Hiley Ann Caulk.
- Tombstones of Wm. & Corilla Sullivan (101 KB)
These are the headstones of Wm. H. and Corilla Bowles Sullivan at Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Taylor County.
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morris, LInn Co., Missouri (47 KB)
My GGGgranduncle, Thomas Morris (1811-1898), brother of my GGGgrandmother, Elizabeth Morris Johnson. Thomas was born in Madison Co., KY, reared in Green (now Taylor) Co., Kentucky and in the 1830s moved to Howard Co., Missouri where he married Elizabeth Warren (1812-1899)) in 1835. She was the daughter of William Briscoe Warren and Elizabeth Canida.
- Sylvester Price & Elizabeth Skaggs Price (23 KB)
This is a charcoal drawing of my GGGgrandparents, Sylvester Price (1843-1924) and Elizabeth Skaggs (1846-1906). They were first cousins, both grandchildren of Wm. Skaggs and Margaret Hoover. The original framed drawing, from which this snapshot was taken, belongs to Opal Goff of Campbellsville. She is their great-granddaughter. Sylvester was a Union Soldier in the Civil War, serving in Company F of the 13th Kentucky Infantry, U.S.A. He and Wm. Houston Sullivan, both my GGGgrandfathers, are my only ancestors who served in the Civil War, both serving in the same unit.
- Jerry Samuel Stillwell and grandson (119 KB)
Jerry Samuel Stillwell was born 28 May 1886 and died 12 January 1967. He was the son of Henry Stillwell and Hiley Ann Caulk. On 8 January 1908 Jerry was married to Rillie Catherine Allen daughter of Elijah B. Allen and Lucy Frances Buley. She was born 14 July 1890 in Larue Co., Kentucky and died 13 January 1976. Jerry Samuel Stillwell is my Ggrandfather. Here Great-Grandfather Stillwell is shown, with his team of mules and one of his grandsons, cutting tobacco.
- Holliday Morris and wife Priscilla Hazard (36 KB)
Holliday Morris was born 1816 in Madison Co., Kentucky and died 1898 in Taylor Co., Kentucky. He was the son of John Morris and Susannah Thorpe. Holliday is pictured with his second wife, Priscilla Hazard, whom he married July 12, 1853 in Taylor Co., Kentucky. She was born September 15, 1836 and died November 18, 1917. Holliday's first wife had been, Eliza Jane Sympson, whom he married in 1838 in Green Co., Kentucky. Holliday Morris is my GGGgranduncle, he being the brother of my GGGgrandmother, Elizabeth Morris Johnson.
- Marriage Consent for Rillie Catherine Allen, 1908 (78 KB)
This is the marriage consent written by Elijah B. Allen for his daughter, Rillie Catherine, to marry Jerry Samuel Stillwell in 1908.
- Farm of Tom & Edmonia Johnson, 1940 (105 KB)
This photograph shows the farm of my Great-Grandparents, Tom and Edmonia Purcell Johnson in 1940. Highway 210 (aka: The Hodgenville Road) was brand new when this photo was made and was graveled. This photograph is looking southeast towards Campbellsville. The Johnson family store is shown near the road and the house, built 1939, stood a little further away. This farm was originally settled by Henry Shofner (1755-1847), a native German and veteran of the Revolution. He is my GGGGGGGgrandfather.
- Keziah Harding Campbell, late 1860s or early 1870s (37 KB)
My GGGgrandmother, Keziah Harding (1847-1921), was the daughter of Abraham Harding and Keziah Allen. She married Samuel D. Campbell (1840-1892) son of Andrew Campbell and Jane C. Spear.
- Barbara Jean Wayne Johnson & son, Wayne, 1949 (24 KB)
My Grandmother, Barbara Jean Wayne Johnson (1931-2002) with her son, Wayne.
- Willie Lear Sullivan, about 1900 (11 KB)
My GGgrandmother, Willie Lear Sullivan (1884-1972)was the daughter of Wm. Sullivan and Corilla Bowles. She was married to Howard Kerr in August 1900 and he died in July 1901. In 1903 she married John W. Deener, my GGgrandfather.
- John Raymond Dotson (17 KB)
My Great-Grandfather, John Raymond Dotson (1896-1982). He was the illegitimate son of Rebecca Jane Dotson (1872-1934) and Anthony M. Howell (1852-1913). His mother and grandmother lived on the land of and worked for Mr. Howell at Buffalo, Larue Co., KY. My Great-Grandfather married Nancy Ellen Price in 1932, Taylor County, Kentucky
- Benjamin Turner Wayne Jr. Family, early 1940s (35 KB)
My Ggrandparents, Benjamin Turner Wayne (1906-1980) and Annie Mae Deener Wayne (1907-1971) with their family, Edward on the left, my grandmother, Barbara Jean (1931-2002), standing in back, Marjorie in front and Pauline (1933-2004) on the right.
- Judy & Ashton Johnson, Easter 2005 (40 KB)
My mother, Judy Stillwell Johnson, with my niece, Ashton Brooke Johnson, Easter 2005.
- Cannie Beams, Elizabeth Johnson, Mrs. Beams, 1920s (49 KB)
This photograph was probably taken in the 1920s. From left are Canna "Cannie" Betty Lile Beams (1892-1984); her grandmother, Elizabeth Ann Skaggs Johnson (1845-1931) - my GGgrandmother; and Mrs. George Beams - no further info. about her.
- Edmonia Purcell Johnson and Ida Howell Johnson (86 KB)
My Ggrandmother, Edmonia Purcell Johnson (1898-1967), wife of T. H. Johnson, and Ida Howell Johnson (1887-1963) wife of Jefferson Lee 'Jack' Johnson. Ida was the daughter of George and Bettie Hash Howell and the granddaughter of Henry Hash a well known Taylor Countian.
- Deener Family, Early 1900s (188 KB)
From left are:
1. William Huston Sullivan (1836-1922). He served in Company F. of the 13th Kentucky Infantry USA during the Civil War. He was married 1st to Artimecia Allen and 2nd to Corrilla Bowles. He and Corrilla are my GGGgrandparents.
2. John William Deener (1876-1951) holding daughter Lillian. John was son of James W. Deener and Martha Woodson Marr. John is my GGgrandfather.
3. Willie Lear Sullivan Deener (1884-1972), wife of John W. Deener, daughter of William Huston Sullivan and Corrilla Bowles. Willie is my GGgrandmother.
4. Man in background unidentified.
5. Henry Deener, son of James W. and Martha.
6. Bob Deener, son of James W. and Martha.
7. Clara Deener Warner, daughter of James W. and Martha.
8. Martha Woodson Marr Deener (1848-1923), wife of James W. Deener, daughter of Gideon Marr and Mary "Polly" Carlile. She is my GGGgrandmother.
9. James W. Deener (1849-1940) son of Edward Deener and Grace Stubbs. He is my GGGgrandfather.
The old house pictured in the background was willed to Martha Woodson Marr by her father, Gideon Marr, in 1877. The house is still standing near Willowtown in Taylor Co., Kentucky. It was built for William Carlisle and wife, Grisselda McColgan. Their daughter, Mary "Polly", Mrs. Gideon Marr, inherited the home and farm when her mother died in 1864. The house is of log constuction under the weatherboarding and was probably built, or atleast the first section, before 1820.
- Elizabeth Skaggs Johnson - Four Generations, 1920s (51 KB)
Four generations, from right: Elizabeth Skaggs Johnson (1845-1931); Caroline Barbee Johnson Sullivan (1872-1939); Lillie Bea Sullivan Skaggs (1897-1985); and Lena Ethel Skaggs Shofner (1924-1996).
- Corilla Bowles Sullivan (10 KB)
My GGGgrandmother, Corilla Bowles Sullivan (1842-1919).
- Richard Dennis Purcell and McHenry "Mack" Riddle (85 KB)
My GGgrandfather Richard Dennis Purcell (1857-1941) and his brother-in-law McHenry "Mack" Riddle (1861-1941).
- Mary Purcell, Sallie Beams, Jennie Purcell, 1910s (92 KB)
From left are my GGgrandmother, Mary Anna Riddle Purcell (1862-1938), Sarah Lillian Beams (b. 1877) - no relation; my Ggrandaunt, Jennie Purcell Beauchamp (b. 1890).
- Benjamin Turner Wayne Jr. Family, ca, 1933 (41 KB)
My Great-grandparents, Benjamin Turner Wayne (1906-1980) and Annie Mae Deener Wayne (1907-1971)with my grandmother, Barbara Jean Wayne Johnson (1931-2002).
- Tombstone of Lewis H. & Elizabeth A. Johnson (70 KB)
Tombstone of Lewis H. Johnson and Elizabeth A. Skaggs Johnson in the Henry Johnson Family Cemetery, Taylor Co., Kentucky
- Elizabeth Jensey Johnson (1868-1942) ca 1870s (49 KB)
Jennie Johnson Sullivan was the sister of my great-grandfather and was the oldest child of Louis H. Johnson and Elizabeth Skaggs. She married William Garrett Sullivan in 1889. They had no children.
- William Sullivan & Corilla Bowles, ca. 1910s (67 KB)
My GGGgrandparents William Houston Sullivan (1836-1922) and Corilla Bowles (1842-1919). The house was in the Willowtown area of Taylor County, Kentucky.
- Deener Children, Ca. 1909 (50 KB)
Robert Cullin Deener (1905-1987), Annie Mae Deener Wayne (1907-1971) - my GreatGrandmother, and Lillian Deener Richerson (1904-?). They were the children of John William Deener and Willie Lear Sullivan Deener.
- William Houston Sullivan & Corilla Bowles Sullivan (31 KB)
My GGGgrandparents, William Houston Sullivan and Corilla Bowles Sullivan. These pictures were shared with me by Renee Cave.
- Sally Ellen Shofner & her grandchildren, ca. 1934 (89 KB)
From left are my grandmother, Estelene Dotson Stillwell, Sally Ellen Shofner Price (1884-1965), Antha Mae Price, William Elgin Price, Louise Price and Aileen Price. Sally Ellen Shofner Price is my GGgrandmother.
- Barbara Wayne Johnson ca. 1960s (55 KB)
My grandmother, Barbara Jean Wayne Johnson (1931-2002).
- Richard Skaggs (1801-1891) (18 KB)
My GGGgrandfather, Richard "Dick" Skaggs, was the son of David Skaggs and Margaret Compton. His paternal grandfather was Henry Skaggs, the Longhunter. Richard was married to Jensey Martin in 1820 in Green County, Kentucky.
- Mary Anna Riddle Purcell (1862-1938) (45 KB)
My GGgrandmother, Mary Anna Riddle, was born June 17, 1862 in Nelson Co., Kentucky. She was married to Richard Dennis Purcell in 1882 and died on May 8, 1938 in Taylor Co., Kentucky. Her family background was quite interesting. Her mother, Elizabeth Jane Norris, was from a slave holding Catholic family near Culvertown in Nelson Co., KY. Her father, George Riddle, was half Irish, in religion a protestant and was a true Yankee having came to Kentucky from Butler Co., Pennsylvania. Odd as it may seem for the time period in which she lived, my Grandfather says that Mary, his grandmother, was an avid hunter. My Grandfather's sister well recalls the beautiful flowers, particularly roses, that her grandmother grew.
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