#Lewis

Friends to the end: The story of David Kendall and Lewis Frank Templeman

I'm not sure how David Kendall and Lewis Frank Templeman met, only that they grew up only a few miles apart in rural Rowan County, Ky....

Jeff Kidd

Dec 29, 20152 min read

Prolific moonshiner, wealthy Ohio landowner among those in family tree with birthdays this week

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of Sept. 28: Sept. 28 Myrtle Kidd, (my first cousin once removed on my father's side), b. 1917...

thatsbug2u

Sep 26, 20159 min read

Wife of murder victim, German immigrant among those in family tree with birthdays week of Aug. 3

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of Aug. 3: Aug. 4 Melvina Manerva Catron Lambert, (my 3G aunt-in-law on my mother's side), b....

thatsbug2u

Aug 1, 20156 min read

Grievous turn ended life of one family member who celebrated a birthday week of July 20

Birthdays from my family tree from the week of July 20: July 20 Dudley Boone Wilson, (my 3G uncle on my mother's side), b. 1865 in the...

thatsbug2u

Jul 18, 20155 min read

'Doc Jerry,' noted country physician among those in my family tree with birthdays week of Ju

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of June 29: June 29 Joseph Harrison Coyle (father-in-law of James Edmund Hall, my 4G uncle on...

thatsbug2u

Jun 27, 20158 min read

Prominent attorney, homicide victim, wife of inmate among family-tree birthdays

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of June 22: June 22 Emile Roscoe Brinson (my wife Deborah Renee Ray Kidd's great uncle on her...

thatsbug2u

Jun 20, 20156 min read

This week's family-tree birthdays include my Papaw, a man with many tricks up his sleeves — and

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of May 25: My grandfather, Oliver Wilson, bounces me on his knee, not long after my parents...

thatsbug2u

May 23, 20157 min read

Triplets, wife of Revolutionary War soldier among those in my family-tree with birthdays during the

Birthdays in my family tree for the week of May 18: May 18 Delphina Kidd (my first cousin twice removed on my father's side and my first...

thatsbug2u

May 16, 20154 min read

Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan, my Uncle Kenny among those in my family tree with birthdays this we

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of April 27. My Uncle Kenny, at Christmas in the living room of the farmhouse where he grew...

thatsbug2u

Apr 26, 20155 min read

Corpulent land baron among family-tree birthdays for the week of April 6

Birthdays from my family tree from the week of April 6. April 8 Jacob Wilson (my 5G uncle on my mother's side), b. 1779 in Berkeley...

thatsbug2u

Apr 4, 20155 min read

Morehead, Ky.'s, first mayor, my paternal grandmother among family tree birthdays week of March 8

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of March 8. March 8 Andrew Catron (father-in-law of Elias Lambert, my 3G uncle on my father's...

thatsbug2u

Mar 8, 20155 min read

Family-tree birthdays: A Confederate soldier, 2 instances of close relatives who share birthdays

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of March 2. March 2 Mary A. Brinson (my wife's 3G grandmother on her father's side), b. 1844...

thatsbug2u

Mar 2, 20156 min read

College professor, noted 19th century soldier and politician among this week's family-tree birthdays

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of Feb. 16. Feb. 16 Henry Buchanan "Buck" Catron (husband of Genevieve Lambert Catron, my...

thatsbug2u

Feb 16, 20154 min read

This week's birthday includes a tale of intermarriage, my dear great-grandmother

This week's birthdays from my family tree: Dec. 9 John William Kidd (my second cousin once removed on my father's side, and my granduncle...

thatsbug2u

Dec 8, 20142 min read