Old Photos and Articles
Mary Royston and Martha Melvina Royston Cook
February 7, 2012 at 11:10 pm
Kim McQueen HenlineMy ggg grandmother and my gggg grandmother awesome. I wonder what year this was taken?
February 9, 2012 at 6:24 pm
Irene GraefTony, I read that Mary Royston was from Germany and that when she was a little girl, she and another girl were playing on an ocean liner, and that while they were down in it, the vessel set sail for America and that is how she came to be here. Do you know if that is correct?
February 9, 2012 at 8:38 pm
Tony DavisAccording to my records, Martha Melvina Royston was born 18 Apr 1832 in Linville, North Carolina, and died 9 Apr 1891 in Annville, KY. Her parents were (Father) Preston Royston was born in Tennessee and died in Kentucky in 1870. (Mother) Mary E. Rieeston Royston Born in 1810 in Grainger, Tennessee and died 5 Apr 1884 in Jackson county, Kentucky.
February 9, 2012 at 8:58 pm
Irene GraefI don't know where I read that--somewhere on the internet, but then I saw it again in a book that Ruth Combs had. Someone had written a kind of biography of the family, and it was in her writings. Wonder where that comes from?
February 9, 2012 at 9:11 pm
Tony DavisMy records could be wrong, or it may have happen to someone in the tree. I can't be sure.
February 9, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Kim McQueen HenlineIrene, I had heard that same story from one of my relatives. Wonder if it's true. In this picture it looks like Martha is holding something in her hand. Do either one of you know what it might be?
February 9, 2012 at 10:39 pm
Tony DavisLooks a little like a plug of tobacco. LOL
February 9, 2012 at 11:20 pm
Kim McQueen HenlineYep, It just might be. LOL
February 9, 2012 at 11:22 pm
Ruth CombsSome of those old women smoked clay pipes. I had never noticed she is holding something. Mamaw Morgan said Mary Royston was "stolen" from England??
March 11, 2012 at 5:09 pm
February 7, 2012 at 11:09 pm
who is this?
February 8, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Grandpaw Cook.
February 8, 2012 at 8:42 pm
John Wesley Davis father-in-law and Mother-in-law.
February 8, 2012 at 11:26 pm
Tony, thank you for these pictures.
February 9, 2012 at 3:08 pm
That is my great great great grandfather. My g.g.g. grandmother was Martha Melvina Royston his first wife. Great picture. I haven't seen this one.
February 9, 2012 at 6:20 pm
Yes, He was first Married to Martha Melvina Royston (1832 – 1891) then he married Margaret Jane Hodge (1862 – 1939) in 1892 (a year after Martha's death.
February 9, 2012 at 7:18 pm
McKee KY Bond Foley Lumber Jess Wilson
February 7, 2012 at 11:09 pm
My dad has a whole collection of Bond Foley pictures. He has collected them for years and has studied the whole operation of the Bond Foley lumber co. If you're ever down this way I'm sure he would be glad to show them to you. He has made one wall in his basement nothing but pictures of Bond Foley. So interesting. He also has lots of family pictures.
February 9, 2012 at 10:44 pm
I'll make a point ot get over there. I hope to make it down sometime this summer.
February 9, 2012 at 11:17 pm
That would be great.
February 9, 2012 at 11:23 pm