Each month, The Kentucky Explorer magazine receives literally scores of letters from our faithful readers. Among those letters we often find queries, ranging from requests for words to songs and poems to trying to locate former classmates and military buddies of long ago. Here are a few queries from our July/August 2003
Dent-Hambaugh Simmons-Hunt Seek info. on family of my g. grandmother, Margaret Simmons, b. 1/6/1854, Ireland (?), d. 2/27/1894, Soldier, Carter Co., Ky., dau. of William Simmons and Bridget O'Keefe, m. 2/28/1871, Boyd Co., Ky., Hiram C. Carroll. Who are Hiram's ancestors? Also, seek info. on family of my g. g. grandmother, Joanna Hunt, d. before 1867, possibly Wayne Co., Ill., dau. of Able Hunt, Barren Co., Ky., m. 1/15/1838, Barren Co., Ky., John D. Clay. Any info. appreciated. H. D. "Corky" Atkinson 6400 Trapper Lane NW Rochester, MN 55901 |