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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «owen county» AND «kentucky»

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By James Hulse, January 1, 2025
John Peter Smith Marker - Reverse Side
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1 ► Texas, Tarrant County, Fort Worth, North Side — 2800 — John Peter Smith — Oakwood Cemetery Founder —
Pioneer area settler John Peter Smith (1831-1901), who donated twenty acres for the establishment of this cemetery, came to Fort Worth from Kentucky in 1853. He served the community as a teacher, clerk, surveyor, and attorney, and became a noted . . . — — Map (db m264153) HM
2 ► Texas, Tarrant County, Fort Worth, North Side — 3659 — Oakwood Cemetery —
Founded 1879 by John Peter Smith, one of Fort Worth's first settlers, who became a civic leader, mayor, philanthropist. He gave 20 acres to city; cemetery since enlarged to 100 acres. The area contains three cemeteries: Oakwood, Calvary, Trinity. . . . — — Map (db m264151) HM

3 ► Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort — History of Kentucky's Formation —
Between 1776 and 1780 Kentucky was a single county of the commonwealth of Virginia. In 1780 the Virginia legislature divided Kentucky County into three smaller counties–Fayette, Jefferson and Lincoln. These became Kentucky's first three counties . . . — — Map (db m194233) HM

4 ► Kentucky, Owen County, New Liberty — 742 — Old New Liberty / New Liberty, Contd. —
Old New Liberty Settled before 1800, incorporated, 1827. Owen County formed, 1819. "Church on the Twins", organized 1801, first in the County. Now the New Liberty Baptist Church. One of the earliest log cabins, built 1806 by John . . . — — Map (db m175120) HM

5 ► Kentucky, Owen County, Monterey — 2374 — Harry Clark Karsner (1914-1971) / Karsner Air Field —
Harry Clark Karsner (1914-1971). Served Owen Court as a magistrate, the director of First Farmers Bank, Owen County Board of Education, deacon Old Cedar Baptist Church, and served as state Aeronautics Commissioner. He flew his . . . — — Map (db m205233) HM
 
 
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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