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Showing posts with label Thomas H. Probert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thomas H. Probert. Show all posts
Saturday, February 28, 2015

How Are We Related?

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My brother, Tom, asked me to remind him how we are related to Thomas Probert. My brother, Dan, asked me what was it about Thomas that made m...
Thursday, February 26, 2015

Thomas Cannot Be Put in a Box

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Credit: freedigitalphotos.com I could have told you a lot more. I could have told you about how Thomas purchased four mules that he got ...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Thomas Probert - Gone But Not Forgotten

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Seven years after Thomas' death, this story appeared in the Mt. Sterling Sentinel: I love that Thomas and Judge Elliott thought to ...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

Thomas Dies at Age 52

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Grave marker at MacPhelah Cemetery T. H. Probert died at the young age of 52 on October 9th, 1876. He died of cirrhosis of the liver. I ...
Monday, February 16, 2015

Abigail Stephens - Murderer

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Thomas Probert was the jailer in Mt. Sterling for ten years from approximately 1866 to his death in 1876. In researching this time period, o...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

The Jail Business

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As a family historian researching an ancestor from 150 years ago, I feel very fortunate that Thomas Probert left such a great paper trail. A...
Monday, February 9, 2015

Thomas Probert Was an Odd Fellow

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I recall a conversation with a cousin who shares Thomas as a gg-grandfather. She wondered why Thomas' obituary described him as an ...
Sunday, February 8, 2015

The Montgomery County Jail

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Mt. Sterling went through a series of jails. The conditions must have been horrendous. The community solicited bids for a new jail in 1861, ...
Thursday, February 5, 2015

An Equal Opportunity Liquor Supplier

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Credit: Library of Congress Over the next couple of years, Thomas and various friends were indicted for various offenses. In addition...
Monday, February 2, 2015

A Fresh Start in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co., Kentucky

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Map of Mt. Sterling, 1879 Four months ago, I closed the chapter on the first phase of Thomas Probert's life. He was acquitted in t...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

It's Time to Recap

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We're about to begin a new chapter in the life of Thomas H. Probert. As discussed in a previous post , Thomas was acquitted of the murde...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

The Indictment

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Photo Credit: Chicago Tribune Illustration Murder in Bourbon "We understand that on Monday, a difficulty occurred in the bar room...
Monday, July 7, 2014

1854 - It Was A Very Bad Year

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Thomas lost his father at the age of 13. His father, William, died on the way back home from the War for Texas Independence in 1837. By the ...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Young Parents -- Thomas and Mary Elizabeth

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Thomas and Mary Elizabeth were married on December 23, 1846. By 1848, they were parents of a little girl. Although early records list her na...
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Monday, May 12, 2014

Thomas -- Young Husband and Entrepreneur

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The next time Thomas appears in the public record is as a young husband to Mary Elizabeth Diamond. They were married in Lexington on Decembe...
Monday, May 5, 2014

Thomas -- The Early Years

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Credit: Wikipedia.com Thomas H. Probert, the son of William and Mary (Polly), was born on August 29, 1824. Until I discovered a digital ...
Sunday, May 4, 2014

Fifty Shades of Thomas Probert

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No doubt about it. I have "favorite" ancestors. Thomas H. Probert, who always signed his name as T.H. Probert, is one of th...
Monday, July 25, 2011

Six Degrees of Separation

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Credit:  Wikimedia.com In a conversation on google+ a few days ago, Megan Smolenyak asked whether or not two cousins could be connected ...
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

A "Diamond" in the Rough

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As mentioned in the previous post, I had the opportunity to travel to Lexington to research my gg-grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Dimond Probert...
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