Samuel Blentlinger and family
Back Row: Left to Right: Ruby's husband, name unknown; Ruby Blentlinger; Marion Lawson Duncan and his wife Rachel Blentlinger Duncan Front Row: left to Right Samuel Bruce Duncan, Samuel Blentlinger holding granddaughter, Garnet Irene Duncan Samuel's wife Ella Traylor Blentlinger holding two granddaughters: Ruby's daughter on left (name unknown) and on right holdilng Della Lois Duncan Millard Jefferson Duncan Marion Lawson Duncan is the son of Jefferson and Emily Jane Dixon Duncan Rachel Blentlinger Duncan is the daughter of Samuel and Ella Traylor Blentlinger Ruby Blentlinger is the daughter of Samuel and Ella Traylor Blentlinger The Duncan children belong to Marion Lawson and Rachel
For several years, I have been meeting with some cousins and my Uncle Bob Duncan in Portsmouth where on a Friday night, we would enjoy a dinner and socialize together, talking about our Poage, Cooper, Duncan, Rife, Robertson, Grizzell, Dunn, etc. families. The next day, Saturday, we would all meet and car pool over to Greenup and Carter counties to look at some of the places where our Kentucky families lived and listen to the stories about those people and about the places we would be visiting. During our October 2006 get-together, I and my family stayed overnight on Friday night in Portsmouth, and then stayed at Carter Caves Lodge on Saturday and Sunday nights. At that October 2006 get-together, my son Joe videotaped Uncle Bob as he walked the Kehoe Cemetery which is located in Greenup. Uncle Bob either knew personally or knew about the persons buried there. I would offer that video; however, Uncle Bob is dying of cancer and now doesn't seem a good time to make it public. The other video I have, which I will send to you if your are interested, was an interview I did with Ed Rife and Everett Robertson, Jr. -- both agreed that I could send this video to libraries. We did the interview on the patio outside my room at Carter Caves Lodge. Ed and Everett were born and grew up in Greenup, and they shared their remembrances of their ancestors, their families and the people who lived in the community--of the "life events" of some and the different relationships these families enjoyed. I will list below the persons and their birth dates and the places they spoke about: Samuel Blentlinger born 1856; Lizzie Burris; Daniel Boon; Orville Chinn Eli Cooper 1804; John W. W. Cooper 1834; Eli Fletcher Cooper 1839; Ranson Winchester Cooper 1845; Minnie Armanda Cooper 1867; Eunice Winifred Cooper 1915; Douglas Ewing Cooper 1922; John W. W. P. Cooper 1876 Kibby Family; Kitchen family Leroy Duncan 1779; Lawson Wheatley Duncan 1813; Caroline Duncan 1884; Edward Calvin Duncan 1862; Della Lois Duncan 1900 Razhel Duzan 1804 Stu Kiser The Harrodsburg Poages; Col Robert Poage 1765; William Lindsay Poage 1794; Harriet Eleanor Poage 1845 Cecil Edward Rife; Carlisle Edward Rife, Sr. 1919 Everett Robertson, Sr. 1904; Fighting Sam Robertson; Robertson Flats bought from Fletch Cooper French Robertson 1885; Samuel Green Robertson 1887; Duel Robertson 1899; Arch Robertson 1889 Carl Wooten, Minister, Kehoe Church; Rosella Frazee Wooten; Findley Worthington Mad Anthony Wayne; Worthington Family; Findley Worthington; Mad Anthony Wayne; Smith, Spicy and Kehoe Cemeteries Smith, Upper Threeprong, Threeprong, Tiger, and Buffalo Creeks Rob Bradford House; Minnie Cooper Duncan house, store, and postoffice Battle of Fall Timbers; Old log cabin built in 1835 by Eli Cooper (still occupied) The Poage land grant/purchase of 80,000 acres Old Town; Leatherwood; Sunrise; Rattlesnake; Iron Hill; Carter City; Tygart's Valley; Greenup; Salt Lick; Carter; Kehoe; Carter Caves; Boonsboro; Harrodsburg; Danville; Amanda Furnace; Fort Amanda; Duncan Fort; Duncan Farm; Phoebe King Farm; Robertson Flats; Dean Flats Pictures: John P. Cooper; Harriet Eleanor Duncan Bradford; The Kehoe Church before it burned; Ranson Winchester Cooper; Harriet Elinor Poage Cooper; Minnie Armanda Cooper Duncan; Edward (Ted) and Minnie Cooper Duncan wedding picture. Group pictures: Minnie Cooper Duncan as a young girl in a school picture; Cooper and related families standing in fron of the old Cooper Mansion built by Eli CooperSubmitted by: Phyllis Waddell
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