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  • Bellarmine University

    Wikipedia =Bellarmine University is an independent, private, Catholic university in Louisville, Kentucky. The liberal arts institution opened on October 3, 1950, as Bellarmine College, established by Archbishop John A. Floersh of the Archdiocese of Louisville and named after the Cardinal Saint Robert Bellarmine. The name was changed by the Board of Trustees in 2000 to Bellarmine University. The...

  • Cave Hill National Cemetery

    Cave Hill National Cemetery, located in Louisville, Kentucky, is comprised of six burial sections at the northwest corner of the privately owned Cave Hill Cemetery , (a separate project on Geni), a grand Victorian-era cemetery that provided a proper resting place for the dead within a beautiful park setting. The national cemetery features rows of marble headstones following the curvilinear path...

  • Nelson County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Nelson County, Kentucky.= Official Website =The fourth county created in what is now Kentucky in 1784, was named for Thomas Nelson Jr., the Virginia Governor who signed the Declaration of Independence. Adjacent Counties * Anderson County * Marion County * Washington County * LaRue County * Hardin County * Bullitt County * Spencer County

  • Ohio County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Ohio County, Kentucky.= Official Website =Ohio County was formed in 1798 and was named for the Ohio River, which originally formed its northern boundary. It lost its northern portions in 1829, when other counties were formed it.The first settlements in Ohio County were Barnetts Station and Hartford. In January 1865, during the America...

  • Wolfe County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wolfe County, Kentucky. Official Website Wolfe County was formed on March 5, 1860, and was named for Nathaneal Wolfe, a member of the legislative assembly. Adjacent Counties Menifee County Morgan County Magoffin County Breathitt County Lee County Powell County Cities & Communities Baptist Bear Pen Betha...

  • Morgan County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Morgan County, Kentucky.Morgan County was formed on December 7, 1822 and was named for Daniel Morgan, a distinguished general in the American Revolutionary War. Adjacent Counties * Elliott County * Lawrence County * Johnson County * Magoffin County * Wolfe County * Rowan County * Menifee County Cities & Communities

  • Maplewood Cemetery, Mayfield, Kentucky

    The cemetery is located in Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky, on the north side of E. Cemetery Road with entrances at its intersection with N 7th Street and N 6th Street. The cemetery has entrance monuments, called the "Confederate Memorial Gates in Mayfield", that were gifted to the cemetery by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The monuments consist of three pairs of stuccoed concrete p...

  • Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Taylor Mill, Kentucky

    Floral Hills does not give out locations to non-relatives. You will need to call office and get location to have photo request fulfilled. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 492265 (Floral Hill Memorial Gardens). It's located on 5336 Old Taylor Mill Road, Taylor Mill, Kenton County, Kentucky. Find a Grave

  • Owensboro, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Owensboro, Kentucky. Official Website Owensboro is the county seat of Daviess County. History Wikipedia Following a series of failed uprisings with British support, however, the last Shawnee were forced to vacate the area before the end of the 18th century. The first European descendant to settle in Owensboro was frontiersm...

  • Lexington, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.= Official Website =Lexington is located in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky and is known as "The Horse Capital of the World". History Lexington was founded by European Americans in June 1775, in what was then considered Fincastle County, Virginia, 17 years before Kentucky became a state. A party of...

  • Christian County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Christian County, Kentucky. Official Website History The county is named for Colonel William Christian, a native of Augusta County, Virginia, and a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He settled near Louisville, Kentucky in 1785, and was killed by Native Americans in southern Indiana in 1786. Jefferson Davis, President of the Confe...

  • Fleming County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Fleming County, Kentucky. Fleming County's first residents were nomadic hunters' who visited the Upper and Lower Blue Licks along the Licking River near the county's western and southern borders perhaps as early as 8000 BC. Adena craftsmen may have carved the enigmatic six foot diameter limestone bowl and lid shaped "kettles" which...

  • Spencer County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Spencer County, Kentucky. Official Website Spencer County was formed in January 1824, by the 32nd Kentucky General Assembly. The county was named for Kentucky's Captain Spier Spencer, who fought and died in the Battle of Tippecanoe. During the American Civil War, the courthouse at Taylorsville was burned by Confederate guerrillas i...

  • First & Second Battles of Cynthiana (1862 & 1864), US Civil War

    During the early summer of 1862, John H. Morgan led his small cavalry force of Kentuckians, Georgians, and Texans on a raid that later had a direct impact on the Kentucky Campaign that same summer and fall. Morgan led his men to Cynthiana in mid-July, the town called later as the “best Rebel town of our Native State.” Indeed, in 1861 and 1862 nine companies of infantry were raised in Harrison C...

  • Caldwell County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Caldwell County, Kentucky. Official Website History Caldwell County was formed from Livingston County in 1809. Prior to that, Caldwell County had been part of Christian, Logan, and Lincoln Counties. In the early nineteenth-century, Caldwell County witnessed the passage of the forced migration of the Cherokee to the West on the Tr...

  • LaRue County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Larue County, Kentucky.The county was formed on March 4, 1843. It was named for John P. LaRue, an early settler. It is best known as the birthplace of United States President Abraham Lincoln, when it was part of Hardin County. The county sponsors the annual Lincoln Days celebration on the first full weekend of October, Friday through...

  • Commonwealth of Kentucky

    This subportal is part of the USA Portal . = Kentucky , officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth (the others being Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts). Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. ...

  • Sulphur Springs Cemetery, Franklin, Kentucky

    The cemetery is located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Sulphur Springs Church Road and Neosheo Road. The cemetery is identified as SW 56 (Sulphur Spring Cemetery) on page 282 of Simpson County, Kentucky Cemeteries, © 1983 Simpson County Historical Society, published by Simpson County Historical Society. Find a Grave

  • Warren County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Warren County, Kentucky. Official Website Warren County was the location of several Native American villages and ancient burial mounds constructed by earlier cultures. The first white men to enter the area were the long hunters in the 1770s. General Elijah Covington was among the first landowners. McFadden's Station, one of the earl...

  • Perryville Cemetery, Perryville, Kentucky

    Perryville Cemetery, also known as Hillcrest Cemetery , is located on Route 150 (or West 2nd Street) just one block west of the Junction of Route 68 and 150 in Perryville, Boyle County, Kentucky. Find a Grave Roots Web

  • Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those buried in Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Carlisle County, Kentucky. Find a Grave There are 1,789 Memorials Arlington, Kentucky, USA Coordinates: 36.78692, -89.00820 Cemetery ID: 1385799 Not to be confused with Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Carlisle County, Kentucky, USA with 63 Memorials: Cummings Street Arlington, Kentucky 42021 United States Coordinates...

  • 6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (CSA), US Civil War

    CONFEDERATE KENTUCKY TROOPS===6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry==6th Cavalry Regiment was organized during the summer of 1862 with men from the central and eastern section of Kentucky. It was mustered into Confederate service in September. For a time the unit skirmished in Kentucky attached to Buford's Brigade, then it fought with J.H. Morgan. Most of its members were captured at Buffington Island...

  • Resthaven Memorial Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky

    This project is for those buried in Resthaven Memorial Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. The cemetery is located on 4400 Bardstown Road and is also known as Resthaven Cemetery and Resthaven Memorial Park . Notable Burials Joe Guyon (1892-1971) - NFL & MLB Player Marvin Hart (1876-1931) - Professional Boxer Max Cullen Macon (1915-1989) - MLB Player Charles Franklin ...

  • Bethany Memorial Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky

    The Bethany Memorial Cemetery, located on 10917 Dixie Highway, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, was established in 1931. It has an on-site office that is open during regular weekday hours. The office staff is courteous and helpful. Note: It is important not to confuse the locations of graves in the Bethany Memorial Cemetery with those of the adjoining and non-related South Jefferson Ce...

  • Fairmount Cemetery, Central City, Kentucky

    Fairmount Cemetery is located on North Eighth Street in Central City, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, between Morehead and Reynolds Streets. It is a large cemetery still in use today. Find a Grave KY Kinfolk

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