Robert is the 5th Great Grandson of Robert Sheffield Haviland, the founder of Havilandsville, KY. Robert began researching his family tree in 1994.
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Jun 13 2021
Virginia Campbell Rudder
FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY CYNTHIANA, Ky., Feb. 12 – Mrs. Virginia Campbell Rudder, 81, widow David N. Rudder died at 9 o’clock Thursday night at her home on Pleasant street. She was born in Bath County and was the daughter of John and Nancy Kendall McCue. Her father was a native of Scotland. Mrs. Rudder was …
Jun 13 2021
Walter Rudder
Returns After 16 Years Walter Rudder, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Rudder, this city, who left Paris 16 years ago, returned here this week from northern Michigan where he has been making his home. He talked with his father who failed to recognize him for some time. A year after Walter Rudder left home, …
Jun 13 2021
Letters Patent No. 279,411
UNITED STATES Patent Office.DAVID MCGLADERY, OF HAVILANDSVILLE, KENTUCKY.REIN-HOLDER.SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,411, dated June 12, 1883,Application filed March 10, 1883. (No model.) To all whom it may concern:Be it known that I, DAVID McGLADERY, Havilandsville, Harrison county, Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved Rein-Holder, of which the following is a full, …
Jun 12 2021
Mail Carrier Has Traveled 281,000 Miles
FALMOUTH, Ky., Aug. 5.-Frank King, who carries the mail from Havilandsville to Falmouth and return, has been working for the United States 40 years. He began carrying the mail on July 4, 1876, from Havilandsville to Robinson Station twice a week and continued for four years, and the next four years he made three trips …
Jun 11 2021
Interesting Bit of Kentucky History
An article in a recent paper told of a town being sold for $3,500. That village sale that might interest some of the older readers and be historical news for the young. In 1838 my grandfather, Robert S. Haviland, built a woolen factory at Havilandsville, where he and Alfred Warner of Fayette County comprised company …
May 26 2015
United Methodist Church
To friends and members of the Cloverport United Methodist Church; We are indebted to a number of people and several sources for the brief history we have of our church. Chief of these sources is Mr. Edward Gregory’s (1863-1939) writings of local history published in the Breckinridge News in 1922 and preserved by his daughter Mrs. Frank Smith. …
May 22 2015
History Tour with Grace Bandy
Historical Society Gets Vivid Imaginary Tour Of Cloverport October 23, 1985 by David W. Hayes Mrs. Grace Behen Bandy of Cloverport hosted the monthly meeting of the Breckinridge County Historical Society at her home on Tuesday. October 8. She gave the members and visitors present a vivid and imaginative walk through the city of Cloverport. …
Oct 07 2014
Start Own Breeding Herds in Harrison County
4-H CLUB MEMBERS ——————————— Start Own Breeding Herds in Harrison County ——————————— Five Harrison County 4·H Club boys have purchased Angus cows with calves at side as foundations for herds of purebred beef cattle. They are George Midden, James Gray, Robert Haviland, Joe Marsh and Joseph Midden. The calves all be fattened for the fat …
Oct 07 2014
John Gerhard “George” Midden
George Midden came to Harrison County from Delaware County, Ohio. I’ve found a few census records of his but the one I’m chasing right now is the 1910 record. I know he was in Cynthiana in 1910 but where. There are several newspaper articles mentioning George in that era. An interesting note: Death certificate has “George …
Sep 08 2014
Kentucky Superstitions – Full Moon
In honor of this week’s “Super Moon,” here are a few Kentucky Superstitions. “To prevent toothache, make a wish by the full moon” “If you plant your seed in the full moon, you will have bad luck.” “Plant root vegetables in the dark of the moon, vegetables for leaves (as cabbage and lettuce) in the …