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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
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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
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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
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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
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'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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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