Submitted by J. Preston Swafford (descended from Josiah Hurt Swafford (b1894-d1965TN) named after his maternal grandfather Josiah Hurt (Jr.?) (b11/11/1833-d12/25/1901).) Josiah Hurt, along with his wife, was buried in the Hurt Cemetary #3 in Mt.Juliet area of Wilson County Tennessee til the graves were moved around 1965 for the making of J.Percy Priest lake. They…
John C. Hurtt, born June 5, 1807; died February 7, 1883 Francis Hurtt, born June 10, 1810; died May 7, 1883 Suffrona Hurtt, born November 4, 1838; died June 29, 1883 Moses F. Hurtt, born September 30, 1847; died July 8, 1921 Rachel L. Hurt, born October 29, 1890; died February 7, 1891 Lottie Hurtt,…
James O’Reilly married Patrick Cavanagh and Bridget Murray in 1868 in Cleveland, Ohio. Here is some info I found on him at http://www.irisharchives.org/pdf/PioneerPriests.pdf.
I recently found this nice booklet with some history of the Greenville Steel Car Company called, “A pictorial record of the Pittsburgh Forgings Company and the Greenville Steel Car Company” by Pittsburgh Forgings Company, published in 1946. You can download it here: http://www.clpdigital.org/jspui/handle/10493/844 Here is the cover shot: And some text from the booklet: Greenville…
Found at http://digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu/awweb/awarchive?type=file&item=488549.
Found these in a folder marked, “Greenville, PA” and “Meadville, PA”. She could be a member of the Fay or Wells family, or a related line. If you know this woman, please leave a comment below, thanks. Stamped in red ink on back: “Duplicates of this photograph $1.00 each / or 6 for $5.00 /…
My line of LeBlonds were French Huguenots and left France in the late 1600’s to escape persecution for their religious beliefs. 1440-1455 Guttenberg’s invention of moveable type enabled printing and distribution of Bible and other information to the masses, which enabled works of Martin Luther and other reformers to be circulated throughout Europe. ca. 1500…
The Palatinate (or Pfalz in German) was a region of Germany located along the Rhine River, roughly where the modern German state of Rhineland-Pfalz is located. It is named for the Count Palatine, a title held by a leading secular prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Prior to 1871, what is now Germany was a…
Today the Schleswig-Holstein area of Germany is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig. Its capital city is Kiel; other notable cities are Lübeck, Flensburg and Neumünster. The former English name was Sleswick-Holsatia, the Danish name…
The following information is available thanks to Teresa Kelley: Stevensburg Baptist Church, founded October 23, 1833, in Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia. Tombstone Inscriptions The following tombstone inscriptions were made on 26 April 1997 and 10 May 1997. Only two stones could not be read: one because it was completely worn off; and the other because…
