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Madeline 'Madge' Breckinridge (McDowell) Madeline McDowell Breckinridge was a leader of the women’s suffrage movement and one of Kentucky's leading Progressive reformers. She was also known a...

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Madeline 'Madge' Breckinridge (McDowell) Madeline McDowell Breckinridge was a leader of the women’s suffrage movement and one of Kentucky's leading Progressive reformers. She was also known a...

3/18/2024

Dr. Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, JD, PhM, PhD

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Desha Breckenridge (1867 - 1935)

Desha Breckenridge Breckinridge was the editor and publisher of the Lexington Herald from 1897 to 1935. In 1898, he married Madeline McDowell, who became nationally known as Madeline McDowell...

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Desha Breckenridge (1867 - 1935)

Desha Breckenridge Breckinridge was the editor and publisher of the Lexington Herald from 1897 to 1935. In 1898, he married Madeline McDowell, who became nationally known as Madeline McDowell...

3/18/2024

Edward Whitfield Knott Judge E.W. Knott of Kirkwood, Mo., died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edward Stubblefield, in Galveston, Texas, Saturday, July 16. Judge Knott was a brother of the late ...

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Edward Whitfield Knott Judge E.W. Knott of Kirkwood, Mo., died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edward Stubblefield, in Galveston, Texas, Saturday, July 16. Judge Knott was a brother of the late ...

3/13/2024

Professor William Thomas Knott

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James Proctor Knott U.S. Representative, Kentucky Governor & Attorney General Knott was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as the 29th Governor of Kentucky from 1883 to 1887....

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James Proctor Knott U.S. Representative, Kentucky Governor & Attorney General Knott was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as the 29th Governor of Kentucky from 1883 to 1887....

3/13/2024

Sgt. James Wilkins, Sr. MP (1748 - 1824)

James Wilkins served as a private, a sergeant, and a quartermaster in Colonel Winn's regiment. Serving under Captain Turner. James was wounded at the defeat of Charleston. James was in service mostly i...

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Sgt. James Wilkins, Sr. MP (1748 - 1824)

James Wilkins served as a private, a sergeant, and a quartermaster in Colonel Winn's regiment. Serving under Captain Turner. James was wounded at the defeat of Charleston. James was in service mostly i...

3/7/2024

Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. MP (1877 - 1963)

Morgan was born in Claysville,an almost exclusively African American community outside of Paris, Kentucky.His father was Sydney Morgan, a son and freed chattel slave of Confederate Brig. General John ...

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Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. MP (1877 - 1963)

Morgan was born in Claysville,an almost exclusively African American community outside of Paris, Kentucky.His father was Sydney Morgan, a son and freed chattel slave of Confederate Brig. General John ...

8/6/2023

Monk Estill MP (b. - 1835)

Monk Estill (died 1835) arrived in Kentucky in the 1770s as a slave but was later freed, becoming the first freed slave in Kentucky. He made gunpowder at Boonesborough, KY. His son, Jerry, was the firs...

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Monk Estill MP (b. - 1835)

Monk Estill (died 1835) arrived in Kentucky in the 1770s as a slave but was later freed, becoming the first freed slave in Kentucky. He made gunpowder at Boonesborough, KY. His son, Jerry, was the firs...

12/11/2022

Sgt. John Proctor (c.1765 - c.1847)

Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via son Ephraim Proctor by SmartCopy : Oct 21 2014, 23:53:47 UTC

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Sgt. John Proctor (c.1765 - c.1847)

Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via son Ephraim Proctor by SmartCopy : Oct 21 2014, 23:53:47 UTC

11/20/2022

Little Page Proctor (1760 - 1853)

Little Page served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He served in a number of different commands including as a scout for Rogers Rangers fighting in the Frontier. He enlisted ...

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Little Page Proctor (1760 - 1853)

Little Page served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He served in a number of different commands including as a scout for Rogers Rangers fighting in the Frontier. He enlisted ...

11/20/2022

Nicholas Proctor, Jr. (c.1725 - 1793)

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Rev. Joseph Proctor (c.1755 - 1844)

Military service : Mar 4 1831 - Kentucky, United States Military service : June 1 1840 - United States Residence : Estill Residence : 1820 - Ravenna, Estill, Kentucky, United States Residence :...

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Rev. Joseph Proctor (c.1755 - 1844)

Military service : Mar 4 1831 - Kentucky, United States Military service : June 1 1840 - United States Residence : Estill Residence : 1820 - Ravenna, Estill, Kentucky, United States Residence :...

11/20/2022

Joseph L. Endicott (1784 - 1867)

Pvt. Joseph Endicott fought as a calvary soldier in Colonel Richard Johnson's Mounted Kentucky Regiment, in the War of 1812. He was amongst those who joined in on the heroric charge that turned the tid...

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Joseph L. Endicott (1784 - 1867)

Pvt. Joseph Endicott fought as a calvary soldier in Colonel Richard Johnson's Mounted Kentucky Regiment, in the War of 1812. He was amongst those who joined in on the heroric charge that turned the tid...

10/7/2021

John A. Endicott (1789 - 1874)

Pvt. John Endicott fought as a calvary soldier in Colonel Richard Johnson's Mounted Kentucky Regiment, in the War of 1812. He was amongst those who joined in on the heroric charge that turned the tide ...

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John A. Endicott (1789 - 1874)

Pvt. John Endicott fought as a calvary soldier in Colonel Richard Johnson's Mounted Kentucky Regiment, in the War of 1812. He was amongst those who joined in on the heroric charge that turned the tide ...

10/7/2021

Purported to be the man who killed Tecumseh at the Battle of Thames. Last person elected to the presidency or vice presidency by the U.S. Senate using the 12th Amendment . 1804-1806 Kentucky State ...

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Purported to be the man who killed Tecumseh at the Battle of Thames. Last person elected to the presidency or vice presidency by the U.S. Senate using the 12th Amendment . 1804-1806 Kentucky State ...

10/7/2021

Joseph C Westerfield (1845 - 1934)

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Josiah Noah Boone, I MP (1726 - 1814)

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A012117 It appears that Josiah Boone Sr. was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. From the records of the Daughters of the American R...

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Josiah Noah Boone, I MP (1726 - 1814)

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A012117 It appears that Josiah Boone Sr. was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. From the records of the Daughters of the American R...

9/18/2019

Andrew Graham Beshear (born November 29, 1977) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd Governor of Kentucky since December 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the so...

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Andrew Graham Beshear (born November 29, 1977) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd Governor of Kentucky since December 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the so...

8/17/2019

Biography From History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties : With Illustrations and Bibliographical Sketches, Vol. 1, 1882, Page 509. MyHeritage Hon. Patrick H. Pope was born March 17, 1806, in...

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Biography From History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties : With Illustrations and Bibliographical Sketches, Vol. 1, 1882, Page 509. MyHeritage Hon. Patrick H. Pope was born March 17, 1806, in...

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