Eastern Kentucky

Benjamin Maynard, Civil War Veteran

Eric J. Hokanson November 4, 2023 No Comments

My Dad and I visited ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† where more than twenty cousins from my paternal grandmotherโ€™s side are buried. There was a directory and map at the entrance which made it easy for us to find their graves. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ was a Civil War veteran who fought for the North. He enlisted in the Union […]

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Marion Crider and Naomi “Oma” Maynard

Eric J. Hokanson October 18, 2023 No Comments

The first image is a portrait of my great-great-grandparents from my paternal grandmotherโ€™s side: ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ โ€œ๐—ข๐—บ๐—ฎโ€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ. Both were originally from Eastern Kentucky. Marion was born on June 30, 1856 while Oma was born on November 8, 1863. She belonged to the ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† of Appalachia. After the Civil War, her family […]

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