Posted in legal on Sep 9th, 2008
Ok, I think I’ve just about figured out what this document says!
First of all, I have uploaded it here as a .pdf, so if any of you legal-minded folks out there (Hi, Craig!) would like to take a look at it and tell me what you think, feel free!
Kennedy v Upshaw
Also, this whole situation has [...]
Posted in events on Sep 8th, 2008
Well, I guess it blocks a bit of sun, at least:
This lady is my third great-grandmother, Susan William Lee Martin Kennedy. She was the wife of Dr Nathan Blunt Kennedy, one of my Civil War surgeon ancestors. I guess as the spouse of a prominent physician in the Hill County, Texas of the 1800’s, Mrs. [...]
Posted in research sites on Jul 22nd, 2008
The Library of Virginia website has many online bible records- the scanned images. There are a lot of Lee bible images. Are they my Lees? I sure hope so, so I want to make this a reminder to search their records in depth when I look at my Lee ancestors. I hope to find Robert [...]
Posted in census on Apr 29th, 2008
While searching the 1860 Federal Census for Lauderdale County, Mississippi looking for Susan Martin, I found a 2nd enumeration for Dr John F Kennedy! I had previously found him listed with his brother, Dr Sidney P Kennedy and his family, living in Beat No 2 in Lauderdale County. In the second mention, also in Beat [...]
Posted in census on Apr 29th, 2008
A few days ago, I began a page-by-page search of the 1860 Federal Census for Sumter Country, Alabama, looking for my 3rd great-grandmother, Susan William Lee Martin, and her family. I had reason to believe that Sumter County was their home immediately prior to the beginning of the Civil War. Well…apparently not! Tonight I finished [...]
Posted in census on Apr 22nd, 2008
Susan William Lee Martin Kennedy, that is. I have spent the afternoon browsing the 1860 Federal Census for Sumter County, Alabama, which I believe is where the James H Martin family was living at the time Susan and Dr Nathan B Kennedy met, and later where they married in 1862. Before a couple of months [...]
Posted in research sites, timelines, web design on Apr 22nd, 2008
I did a bit more research on my 3rd great-grandmother Susan William Lee (Martin) Kennedy. Now that’s a mouthful! I was rechecking GenealogyBank, to check the dates on a couple of mentions, and I found a new interest of Mrs. Kennedy’s: she was the president of the Old Ladies Home Society of Texas, based in [...]
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