Cut marble and carved granite a reminder of life after death
The Rev. Dr. Denis Kennedy is at rest at Hannibal’s Holy Family Cemetery, beneath a stone made by Alexander Chipley’s Hannibal Marble...
In 1851, traveling from Milwaukee all the way to Buffalo, N.Y., in just 44 hours
Railroads in Michigan, with steamboat routes on the Great Lakes. Drawn and engraved for Doggett's railroad guide & gazetteer. Published...
Triplets, a rarity in 1888, born to Hannibal couple
Triplets were featured in the Jan. 26, 1890 edition of The Cincinnati Enquirer. The newspaper sought out triplets from that era born in...
Future looked bright for Reichmann family until …
Dr. Philip J. Reichmann and Mary Katherine Hefel were married on April 20, 1904. Mrs. Reichmann died in December 1915, at the age of 35....
Comedy: ’My Aunt’s Heiress’ draws audience raves in 1877
Eliza Drane participated in a comedy at Covent Hall, St. Joseph’s Academy, on Thursday, Nov. 8, 1877. When she was 23, she married J....
Neva Howard Griffen shares courtship story
Neva Howard Griffen poses in the wedding gown made by her mother, Maggie Boyd Howard, in 1916. Shared by Lynne McGee Tutor. MARY LOU...
Child’s grave a reminder of family’s Civil War presence
A small tombstone among the oaks and pines at Hannibal’s Mount Olivet Cemetery carves out the details of a life cut too short, on the...
Contractor by trade, Wm. V. Evans took a turn at teaching penmanship
William V. Evans, photo originally submitted to ancestry.com by Stephen Evans in May 2013. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Long before there was...
Rough and tumble Hannibal boy transforms into a national hero
Lieut. Andrew M. Ramsey, as published in the Cincinnati Post Dec. 12, 1917. Newspapers.com. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY In January 1923, Lieut....
Night-blooming flower draws attention during river voyage
A night-blooming cereus in full bloom. Wikipedia. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY When Bettie (Williams Doxey) Whisler boarded one of the two Quincy,...