First Families of Fayette County Lineage Society 2024 inductees: Sue Ellen Rodgers Gilmore, Robert Daniel Mullins, and Audrey Levon Mullins. Not pictured are Dalton Daniel Mullins and Rena Beth Hogman.
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The Fayette County Genealogical Society recently held its annual Lineage Society Dinner at the home of caterer Jason Gilmore.
After members and their guests enjoyed a wonderful meal prepared by Gilmore, there were five inductees into the First Families of Fayette County Lineage Society.
Robert Daniel Mullins, Dalton Daniel Mullins, and Audrey Levon Mullins were inducted for their ancestors, Barnabus Cochran and Charlotte Stites Cochron, who came to Fayette County in 1810 from New Jersey.
Sue Ellen Rodgers Gilmore and Rena Beth Higman were inducted for their ancestors James Rodgers and Ann Short Rodgers, who came to Fayette County from Virginia in 1820.
All five inductees received their certificates and First Family pins. To be eligible to be a member of the First Families of Fayette County Lineage Society, individuals must prove their direct ancestor(s) lived in Fayette County by Dec. 31, 1820.
The two other Lineage Societies open to membership are the Century Families of Fayette County and the Civil War Families of Fayette County. To be a member of the Century Families Society, you must prove your direct ancestor(s) lived in Fayette County 100 years ago by Dec. 31 of the year in which that 100-year mark occurs.
To be a member of Civil War Families you must prove your ancestor(s) served in the Civil War in the Union or the Confederacy between April 12, 1861, and April 26, 1865, and either lived in Fayette County or served out of Fayette County.
Workshops will soon be announced to assist anyone interested in applying to any of these Lineage Societies in 2025 or who would like assistance with family research.
The Fayette County Genealogical Society’s next meeting will be a cemetery walk on Monday, June 17 at 6:30 p.m. The program will be “A Walk in St. Colman’s Catholic Cemetery” with Paul LaRue, local educator and historian, as the tour guide. This tour and program is free and open to the public. The cemetery is located at 116 S. Elm St. in Washington Court House.
For more information about this cemetery walk, society membership and meetings, Lineage Societies, or research, please contact president Peggy Lester at 740-495-5720 or [email protected], or lineage chair Cathy Massie White at 740-333-7227 or [email protected].
