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The families gather at the home of Simeon and Katie Thomas on Georgetown Street in Lexington, Kentucky.

It is believed that this church was on the corner of Hanson and Thomas Avenue in Paris, Kentucky. The photo was likely taken between 1925 and 1930.

Ms. Edwards died in 1935. She is buried in the Cedar Heights Cemetery, then known as the Colored Cemetery.

This church could be St. Paul. It was known to be the largest church in Paris, Kentucky.

Shane Witt, of the Historical Committee for the Ruddles Mills United Methodist Church, describes the 1820 founding of one of the oldest continuously attended churches in Bourbon County KY. The founding pastor, Josia Whittaker, was a Methodist circuit…

Shane Witt, of the Historical Committee for the Ruddles Mills United Methodist Church, describes the 1820 founding of one of the oldest continuously attended churches in Bourbon County KY. The founding pastor, Josia Whittaker, was a Methodist circuit…

"Photo of my grandmother, her children Gloria. Leland, Talmenia and Loranzo and my mother Pheary who was unborn"
--Lindrell Blackwell

Mrs. Pat Simpson, daughter of Spears and Sallie (Lockheart) Catesby, discusses her parents, the Quakers, activism, and growing up in Paris, KY.

Mrs. Pat Simpson, daughter of Spears and Sallie (Lockheart) Catesby, discusses her parents, the Quakers, activism, and growing up in Paris, KY.

"Grandfather inserted his photo, crafting his trade, I believe"
-- Lindrell Blackwell, grandson of Mr. Edwards

Nellie Jean Brown moved from Harrison County, Kentucky at an early age and grew up in Brentsville in the countryside of Bourbon County. Her father was a sharecropper through the 1940s and 50s and Nellie recalls life on the farm with her mother and…