Dr Silas Hall was born July 29, 1849, in Wood County Virginia to Bushrod and Mary Ross Hall.   He is shown living with his parents in...

Joseph Henry Worstell was born on September 18, 1843, to David Johnson and Naomi (Martin) Worstell in Clermont County, Ohio.   Joseph’s...

Sandy Sumner An obit published in a California paper states that “in Santa Maragrita California on June 1, 1906, Sandy S Sumner, a native...

In his Will, John Lester of Lawrence County left everything to his wife Mary and upon her death to be divided amongst his seven...

In the early 1800s a single woman enjoyed the same rights as a man to enter contracts and manage property. However, when a woman married,...

A nuncupative will or verbal will is sometimes called a death bed will. A person who is too sick to execute a written will and is not...

Emily Dickinson once said, “The heart wants what the heart wants . . . So, what happens when what the heart wants is generally considered...

Thomas J Kyle was born in Kentucky in 1810.  His parents James and Martha Anderson Kyle moved to Knox County Indiana in 1811.  In 1832...

September 5th, 1879 W L Gray sold his interest in the Bridgeport store of Buchanan & Co to J M Buchanan . Warner Bros rented the upper...

The definition of infanticide is the killing of any infant below the age of one. There is no infanticide statute in Illinois. Thus,...