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Indiana Cousins of Zerelda Elizabeth Cole-James Family


Before Lucy Cole of Woodford County, Kentucky married Jonathan Sebastian Cropper, the Cropper family’s ancestry reached back to 1685 and the birth of Ebenezer Cropper in Snow Hill, Worcester County, Maryland. After Lucy Cole Cropper died, Sebastian Cropper married Provey Dorsey of New Castle, in Henry County, KY. Sebastian & Lucy Cole Cropper’s son, Joseph Yates Cropper born in Woodford… (more…)

Campbell E. James Takes Bashi-Bazouk to Victory


From the Turkish, Bashi-bazouk translates as “damaged head,” “disorderly,” or as “leaderless.” The term was commonly applied to irregular soldiers in the Ottoman Army. In her book Filling the Chinks, Ermina Jett Darnell wrote about everyday life in Frankfort, Kentucky. As a descendant in the Cole family, Darnell was a 3rd cousin of Frank & Jesse James. Campbell Edmundson James, or… (more…)

C. E. James Authors History of Franklin County, Kentucky


CAMPBELL EDMONDSON JAMES (1852-1921)                                                      C. E. James was twenty-seven years old when he authored this short history of Franklin County, Kentucky. The work was Kentucky’s response to the resolution of the U. S. Congress encouraging celebration of the nation’s Centennial Anniversary of the American Revolution.  His father, the esteemed jurist A. J. James, already has served in the Kentucky State Legislature,… (more…)

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