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From the Paducah Sun, December 30, 1910 Negroes Plan League Will Incorporate in Illinois – Southern Cities Chicago, Dec. 30 – Under the...

William R. Kelly was born in New York and was twenty-seven when he joined Company A. Kelly was a harness maker; he was 5’6”, with a light...

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, December 28, 1910 Louisville Negro Team May be in New Baseball League In all probability a negro...

William Jordan Ballard was born on July 22, 1845 in LaGrange in Oldham County, the son of Camden Montague Ballard (great name!) and...

From the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, July 9, 1905 The Sterlings, of Paducah, known as the best negro baseball team in Kentucky, will...

From The Louisville Courier-Journal, December 24, 1866 Academy of Music-Grand Christmas Eve Performance Miss Mary Mitchell and Mr. J. W....

James A. T. McGrath was born in 1832, the son of Robert McGrath and Emily Cardwell. Lieutenant McGrath was killed at the Battle of...

William H. Beatty was born in Shelby County and was about twenty-two when the war began. A farmer, he was 5’7” and had a light...

Joseph William Lyle was born in Shelby County in 1843, the son of John Newton Lyle and Mary Malvina Allen and the younger brother of...

Francis Adams Winlock was born September 7, 1841 in Shelby County, the son of Dr. Robert Bealle and Sarah Louise Adams Winlock. Winlock...

Henry Martin Lyle was born December 15, 1837 in Shelby County. Lyle was 5’9” and had a light complexion, gray eyes and dark hair. A...

Joseph L. Atherton was born on April 2, 1838 in Shelby County. He was 5’11”, with a dark complexion, dark eyes and black hair. Atherton...

From the Kentucky Gazette, Christmas Day 1823 The celebrated tragedy of Macbeth with the grand melodrama of Don Juan are advertised for...

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, October 10, 1919 Moran’s Men Clinch Baseball Honors of 1919 Moran’s Men Capture Series Through...

Coleman Daniel was born in Louisville on May 27, 1842, the son of William Augustus Daniel and Mary Elizabeth Cooper. A farmer, he was...

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, October 9, 1919 Cicotte Masters Reds in Third Attempt White Sox Play With Dash; Cicotte Shows Best...

John Samuel Churchill was born May 23, 1833 in Shelbyville, the son of John and Sarah Churchill. He married Margaret R. Deffenbaugh on...

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, October 8, 1919 Reds Again Bow to Little Dick Kerr Sox Win Ten Inning Game Through Steady Pitching...

David Andrew Wilson was born in Owen County on April 13, 1839, the son of Alec Wilson and Eletha Dillender. He was 5’11”, with a light...

Thomas W. Keene will add “King Lear,” “Brutus,” “Louis XI” and “Romeo and Juliet” to his repertory next season. William Stafford will...