By: Linda Colston, KHS Library Technician and Genealogist Editor’s Note: The following report comes to us through the research that was conducted for the first Kentucky Ancestors Town Hall event in 2017. The information the family had indicated that General May had been a Deputy Sheriff in Laurel County, Kentucky …
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Book Notes – Nick and Viola: A Kentucky Family Tragedy in the Tobacco Wars
Nick and Viola: A Kentucky Family Tragedy in the Tobacco Wars (1904-1911). By Laura Muntz Derr. (2013. Pp. 175. $12.99. Paperback. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.) ISBN: 978-1482372052. Sometimes, it takes a murder or family tragedy to make us slow down and examine the historical context associated with the lives of our …