On This Day: Birth of Jean Linton

Jean Linton was born October 15, 1921, in Denison, Kansas. She currently resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jean Linton is my 1st Cousin 1X removed. Jean Linton Hemphill at a granddaughter’s wedding in 2012 Jean Linton and her younger sister Frances Linton (born in 1924 and also still living) were the children of William Roy Linton… Continue reading On This Day: Birth of Jean Linton

On This Date: Marriage of John Wesley Laney and Cordelia Paris

John W. Laney and Cordelia Paris were married on October 15, 1877, in Greene County, Missouri. John and Cordelia Paris Laney were my great great-grandparents. John Wesley Laney's father, John Laney--my 3X great-grandfather John Wesley Laney's father, John Laney (1817-1894)--my 3X great-grandfather--and his brother, George Marion Laney (1829-1893), had relocated to Greene County, Missouri, from… Continue reading On This Date: Marriage of John Wesley Laney and Cordelia Paris

On This Date: Death of Rachel Agnes “Aggie” Curry

Rachel Agnes Curry Rachel Agnes Curry was born July 9, 1875, in Bloomington, Indiana; she died October 14, 1957, in Oskaloosa, Kansas. Rachel Agnes Curry was my great-grandmother. Agnes Curry and her family moved from her birthplace in Indiana to Jefferson County, Kansas, when she was five years old. She was one of six children… Continue reading On This Date: Death of Rachel Agnes “Aggie” Curry