Benjamin Woodrow Holbrook and
Nancy Quillen
Benjamin Woodrow Holbrook b Mar 1850 KY, s/o
William B Holbrook and Sarah Adams. Benjamin Woodrow Holbrook m. 30 Mar 1871 Letcher Co KY to Nancy Quillen
b 28 Nov 1853 Letcher Co KY d 16 Dec 1928
Greenup Co KY of Influenza, d/o
Richard Teague
Quillen and Catherine Yonts. Children of Benjamin Woodrow Holbrook and
Nancy Quillen;
Sarah E Holbrook b 1872 Letcher Co KY d 1907 Greenup Co KY; buried Bentley
Cemetery, off Big White Oak, Greenup Co KY; m. 6 Nov 1892 Letcher Co KY to
Albert Newton Evans b 10 Jan 1864 Paintsville, Johnson Co KY d 5 Jan 1946
Troy, Miami Co OH; s/o William Wilshire Evans and Louisa Yonts. Albert
Newton Evans m. 8 Apr 1888 to (1) Sarah F Collins b 1864. Children of Albert
Newton Evans and Sarah E Holbrook;
I. Nancy Jane Evans b 28 NOV 1893 in Letcher Co, KY d 12 Jul
1953 Troy, Miami Co OH; m. 15 May 1909 Greenup Co KY to Cuge Bentley b 13
Nov 1881 Letcher Co KY d 13 Jul 1962 Troy, Miami Co OH; s/o Daniel Bentley
and Virginia Jane Ruth "Jennie" Hall. Cuge Bentley m. Lettie Potter b 1878
KY d 16 Feb 1956 Boyd Co KY; d/o Isaac "Shooter Ike" Potter and Elizabeth
Anderson. Lettie Potter m. Bascom Burke b 1889 d 1932. Children of Cuge
Bentley and Nancy Jane Evans;
1. Edna Bentley b 21 NOV 1910 KY d Oct 1989 Troy, Miami Co
OH; m. Male Collett
2. Virgil Bentley b 13 SEP 1911 KY d Oct 1982 South Bay, Palm
Beach FL
3. Ishmael Bentley b 13 DEC 1913 Greenup Co KY d 20 Apr 2005
Troy, Miami Co OH
4. Benjamin C. "Benny" Bentley b 28 APR 1916 KY d 9 Feb 2004
Tipp City, Miami Co OH
5. Cecil I. Bentley b 13 APR 1918 KY d 19 Sept 1999 South
Bay, Palm Beach FL
6. Homer U. Bentley b 1921 KY
7. Thelma P. Bentley b 26 AUG 1923 Greenup Co KY d 29 Jul
1999 Troy, Miami Co OH; m. Glenn Abdon. Children of Glenn Abdon and Thelma P
Bentley; i. Billie Abdon ii. Roger Abdon iii. Charles Abdon iv. Betty Abdon
m. Hollis Martin
Obituary Thelma P. Abdon,
75 of Troy OH, died Thursday, July 29th, 1999 at Harborside Healthcare
Center, Troy. Survived by husband, Glenn Abdon, three sons, Billie of Troy,
Roger of El Paso TX, & Charles of Nashville, a daughter, Mrs Hollis (Betty)
Martin of Troy, three brothers, Ishmael of Troy, Bennie of Tipp City, and
Cecil of South Bay FL, nine grand children and nine gr grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by her parents , Cuge and Nancy (Evans) Bentley; two
sisters, Edna Collett, and Phyllis Hughes, and two brothers Homer and Virgil
Bentley. Mrs Abdon ws born Aug. 26, 1923, in Greenup KY. She was a member of
First Baptist Church of New Carlisle OH and Campers on a Mission. She was a
seamstress with Atlas Underwear for many years. Service will be held at 10
a.m. Mondy at Baird Funeral Home, Troy, with Pastor Rick Shoemaker
officiating. Burial will be in Miami Memorial Park, Covington OH.
8. Phyllis P. Bentley b 28 JUN 1929 Greenup Co KY d 5 Apr
1992 South Bay, Palm Beach, FL; m. Male Hughes
II. Louisa Evans b NOV 1896 in Letcher Co, KY m. 10 Mar 1915
Greenup Co KY to Edward Eggers b 11 Feb 1890 Greenup Co KY d 5 Nov 1940
Lexington, KY; s/o Joseph Smith Eggers and Martha "Mattie" Abdon. Children
of Edward Eggers and Louisa Evans;
1. Hazel Eggers b 1916
2. Richard Eggers b 27 NOV 1916 Greenup Co KY
3. Herbert "Kermit" Eggers b 3 FEB 1919
4. Charles Eggers b 11 MAY 1921
5. Blanche Eggers b 1 OCT 1923 Greenup Co KY
6. Mary Eggers b 6 FEB 1927
III. Benjamin "Son" Evans b 20 SEP 1899 in Letcher Co, KY d 6
Oct 1930 Greenup Co KY; buried Bentley Cemetery, off Big White Oak, Greenup
Co KY; m. 1928 Greenup Co KY to Ollie Kimbleton b 15 May 1912 Low Gap,
Johnson Co KY d 11 Aug 1934 Greenup Co KY; d/o William A Kimbleton and Josie
Belle Salyer. Children of Benjamin "Son" Evans and Ollie Kimbleton;
1. William Albert Evans b 21 Apr 1929 Greenup Co KY d 22 Jan
1990 Lakeland, Polk Co FL
IV. Pearl Evans b 25 SEP 1902 in Letcher Co, KY d Aug 1983
Troy, Miami Co OH; m. Grant Broughton b 3 Apr 1892 KY d 13 Apr 1989
Bourneville, Ross Co OH. Children of Grant Broughton and Pearl Evans;
1. Goldie Broughton b 1918 KY
2. Sanford Broughton b 1919 OH
3. Roy Broughton b 7 MAY 1922 Greenup Co KY
4. Dorothy Broughton b 21 NOV 1925 Greenup Co KY
5. Harold Broughton b 7 NOV 1927 Greenup Co KY
V. Robert B. Evans b 12 SEP 1905 in Letcher Co, KY d 15 Jun
1972 Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton OH
VI. Quillen Evans b 1907 Greenup Co KY d 1907 Greenup Co KY;
buried Bentley Cemetery off Big White Oak, Greenup Co KY
Robert Holbrook b 1874 d before 1900
William V Holbrook b Nov 1875 m. 25 Aug 1898 Letcher Co KY to Pauline Hall b
Aug 1878. Pauline Hall m. 2nd to William Valentine Holbrook b 1875 d 1956,
s/o Anderson Holbrook and Manerva Bentley.
Richard Quillen Holbrook b 25 Aug 1878 Letcher Co KY d 9 Feb 1948 Greenup Co
KY; buried Quillen Cemetery, Lynn, Greenup Co KY; m. 1899 to Nancy Isabelle
Bentley b 3 Nov 1883 Letcher Co KY d 5 May 1926 Greenup Co KY; buried
Quillen Cemetery, Lynn, Greenup Co KY; d/o Moses Bentley and Margaret White.
Children of Richard Quillen Holbrook and Nancy Isabelle Bentley;
I. Russell Holbrook b 22 OCT 1900 in Letcher Co, KY d 25 Mar
1976 Urbana, Champaign Co OH; m. 15 Feb 1920 Greenup Co KY to Martha A
Robirds b 1900 d 26 Feb 1973 Grady Memorial Hospital, Delaware OH. Children
of Russell Holbrook and Martha A Robirds;
1. Marinda Holbrook b 21 JUL 1921 Greenup Co KY
2. Hearl Holbrook b 1923 Greenup Co KY
3. Minnie Inez Holbrook b 22 DEC 1925 Greenup Co KY
4. Richard Holbrook b 1927 Greenup Co KY
5. Earl Holbrook
6. Living Holbrook
7. Robert E. Holbrook b 8 MAR 1933 Greenup Co KY
II. Cosbia Holbrook b 1903 in Letcher Co, KY d 14 Jan 1971
Greenup Co KY; buried Quillen Cemetery, Lynn, Greenup Co KY; m. Charles H
Carr b 1889 KY d 4 Nov 1980 Boyd Co KY; buried Quillen Cemetery, Lynn,
Greenup Co KY: s/o Joseph Carr and Mary Boyles.
III. Silas Holbrook b 31 AUG 1905 KY d 2 Mar 1980 Urbana,
Champaign Co OH; m. Lucy B Huffman b 1911 MI d 1 Sept 1988 Urbana, Champaign
Co OH
IV. Nettie Holbrook b 9 MAR 1908 KY d 28 Feb 1983 Champaign
Co OH; m. Joseph Anglemyer b 1 May 1883 MI d Mar 1975.
V. Norma Holbrook b 30 SEP 1911 Greenup Co KY d 4 Sept 1985
Urbana, Champaign Co OH; m. Casper H Geuy; m. (2) Roy McGary.
VI. Nora Holbrook b 14 MAR 1913 Greenup Co KY d 23 Feb 1947
Load, Greenup Co KY; buried Quillen Cemetery, Lynn, Greenup Co KY; m. Lonnie
"Sonny" Keeton b 1905
VII. Nancy Holbrook b 25 DEC 1915 Greenup Co KY d Apr 1987
Madison Co OH; m. Leonard Williams b 6 Aug 1910 d 11 Aug 1992 Madison Co OH
VIII. Alfred Gene Holbrook b 10 SEP 1918 Greenup Co KY d 26
Jan 1988 Cable, Champaign Co OH; military service, US Army WWII; m. Audrey
Isaac.
IX. Hillard Paul Holbrook b 12 JUL 1921 Greenup Co KY d 14
Jan 2004 Greenup Co KY; buried Quillen Cemetery, Lynn, Greenup Co KY;
military service, US Army, WWII; m. Bessie Mildred Brown b 28 Dec 1928
Greenup Co KY d 28 Jun 2007 Greenup Co KY; buried Quillen Cemetery, Lynn,
Greenup Co KY; d/o Hardin Brown and Maggie Yates. Children of Hillard Paul
Holbrook and Bessie Mildred Brown;
1. Paula Dean Holbrook b ? d 1989 m. Male Spears
2. Norma Holbrook m. Male Baker
3. Alice Holbrook m. Male Brown
4. Joan Holbrook m. Male Pelfrey
Obituary Hillard
Paul Holbrook, 82, of Greenup, Ky., died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004, in
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell, Ky. Mr. Holbrook was born July
12, 1921, in Lynn, Ky., a son of the late Richard Quillen and Nancy Isabelle
Bentley Holbrook. He was retired from Lawson's Hardware in Greenup after 45
years, was a World War II U.S. Army veteran, was a member and deacon at Load
Christian Baptist Church, was a former member of the Greenup Volunteer Fire
Department, and was a former member of the Wurtland Volunteer Fire
Department Board of Trustees. He was also preceded in death by a daughter,
Paula Dean Spears, in 1989. He is survived by his wife, Bessie Brown
Holbrook; three daughters, Norma Baker of Flatwoods, Ky., Alice Brown of
Lloyd, Ky., and Joan Pelfrey of Stanton, Ky.; one sister, Viola Cremeans of
Troy, Ohio; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral
services will be conducted at noon Friday at Reed Funeral Home in Greenup by
Brother Leonard McGlone and Brother Henderson Morris. Burial will be in
Quillen Cemetery in Lynn, Ky. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight and one
hour before the service Friday at the funeral home.
X. Viola "Nanny" Holbrook b 10 JAN 1924 Greenup Co KY d
Friday 25 Apr 2008; Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy, OH; buried Riverside
Cemetery, Troy, OH; m. 29 Nov 1941 Greenup Co KY to Elmer Cremeans b 4 Jan
1915 KY d 12 Aug 1996 Troy, Miami Co OH; s/o Howard Leslie Cremeans and
Samantha Ellen Blevins. Children of Elmer Cremeans and Viola "Nanny"
Holbrook;
1. Betty Cremeans b 1947 d 1 May 1971 Champaign Co OH; m.
Male Evans; s/o Julius E Evans and Kathleen Unknown.
2. Dorothy Sharon Cremeans b 1956 d 1 May 1971 Champaign Co
OH
3. Leon Cremeans
4. Danny Cremeans m. Marsha Unknown
5. Dennis Mark Cremeans m. Laura Unknown
6. Phyllis Cremeans m. Jack Vanover
7. Lois Cremeans
Obituary Viola
"Nanny" Cremeans, age 84, of Troy, OH died Friday, April 25, 2008 at
11:02AM. at the Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. She was born January 10,
1924 in Greenup, Kentucky to the late Richard Q. Holbrook and Nancy
(Bentley) Holbrook. She was married to Elmer Cremeans who preceded her in
death along with daughters, Betty Evans and Sharon Cremeans; grandson, Adam
Evans; great grandchild, Benjamin Gray & four brothers and five sisters. She
is survived by her three sons & daughters-in-Law, Leon Cremeans of Tipp
City, Ohio, Danny (Marsha) Cremeans of Troy, and Dennis Mark (Laura)
Cremeans of Troy, OH, two daughters & son-in-law, Phyllis (Jack) Vanover and
Lois Cremeans all of Troy, OH; eighteen grandchildren, 27
great-grandchildren and 5 step-grandchildren. Nanny was homemaker all of her
life and her joy was taking care of her children, grandchildren,
step-grandchildren, and neighborhood children. Service will be held 10:30AM
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at the Baird Funeral Home, Troy, OH with Pastor Jeff
Seekins officiating and interment in Riverside Cemetery, Troy, OH. Friends
may call at the Baird Funeral Home, Troy, OH from 4-8PM Monday. Friends may
express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.com
XI. Sherman Holbrook b 2 MAY 1926 Greenup Co KY d 19 Jul 1926
Greenup Co KY; buried Quillen Cemetery, Lynn, Greenup Co KY
Richard Quillen Holbrook m. Feb 1928 Greenup Co KY to Josie
Belle Salyer b 29 Apr 1880 Flat Gap, Johnson Co KY d 10 Oct 1951 Lynn,
Greenup Co KY; buried Quillen Cemetery, Load, KY; d/o Joseph F Salyer and
Mary Jane Blanton.
Josie Belle Salyer m. 22 Dec 1899 Johnson Co KY to William A
Kimbleton b 4 Sept 1875 Morgan Co KY d 10 Oct 1927 Greenup Co KY; buried
Quillen Cemetery, Lynn, Greenup Co KY; s/o Preston Henry "Press" Kimbleton
and Sebra Ellen Holbrook. Children of William A Kimbleton and Josie Belle
Salyer;
I. Birthia "Birtie" Kimbleton b 1900 in Low Gap, Johnson Co,
KY d 1939 Greenup Co KY buried Quillen Cemetery, Lynn, Greenup Co KY; m. 31
Mar 1915 Johnson Co KY to James Keller "Kelly" Owens b 29 Aug 1896 Johnson
Co KY d 29 Aug 1957 Perry Co KY in an automobile accident; when the flatbed
truck he was in hit a school bus knocking him over an embankment where he
was killed; s/o Andrew J Owens and Phada "Fady" Marshall. Children of James
Keller "Kelly" Owens and Birthia "Birtie" Kimbleton;
1. Oba Owens b 21 JAN 1916 Johnson Co KY
2. Harry Owens b 20 FEB 1917 Johnson Co KY
3. Ola Owens b 15 DEC 1920 Johnson Co KY
4. Lola Owens b 3 JUL 1924 Johnson Co KY
5. Holly Owens
6. Ellis Owens b 30 JUN 1928 Greenup Co KY
7. Roy Owens
II. James M. Kimbleton b 26 APR 1902 in Low Gap, Johnson Co,
KY d 8 MAR 1949; Burial: Adkins Cemetery, Lenox, Morgan Co, KY m. Lina
Adkins b 17 JUL 1901 d 19 Dec 1984 Delaware Co OH; buried Oak Grove
Cemetery, Delaware Co OH; d/o Arie Adkins and Rachel Ball. Children of James
M Kimbleton and Lina Adkins;
1. Lucy Kimbleton b 22 MAR 1923 Morgan Co KY
2. Earl Kimbleton b 9 AUG 1925 Morgan Co KY
3. Verlie Kimbleton b 31 MAR 1927 Morgan Co KY
4. Nora B. Kimbleton b 1 NOV 1928 Morgan Co KY
5. Vina Jane Kimbleton b 8 MAR 1939
III. Mitchell M. Kimbleton b 1905 in Low Gap, Johnson Co, KY
IV. Ollie Kimbleton b 15 MAY 1912 in Low Gap, Johnson Co, KY
d 11 Aug 1934 Greenup Co KY; buried Bentley Cemetery, off Big White Oak,
Greenup Co KY; m. 1928 Greenup Co KY to Benjamin "Son" Evans b 20 Sept 1899
Letcher Co KY d 6 Oct 1930 Greenup Co KY; buried Bentley Cemetery, off Big
White Oak, Greenup Co KY; s/o Albert Newton Evans and Sarah E Holbrook.
V. Laura Mae Kimbleton b 27 FEB 1919 in Low Gap, Johnson Co,
KY d 26 Jan 1982 Boyd Co KY; buried Quillen Cemetery, Lynn, Greenup Co KY;
m. Harlen Braden b 5 Aug 1911 d 3 Jan 1996 Greenup Co KY; buried Boyles
Cemetery, Rt 2 Hoods Run, Greenup Co KY; s/o Hesbert Braden and Bertha
Boyle. Children of Harlen Braden and Laura Mae Kimbleton;
1. Wendell Braden
2. Roger Braden
3. Lewis Braden
4. Dottie Braden m. Male Harrington
5. Dania Braden m. Male Barnes.
Obituary Harlen Braden,
84, of Greenup County, died Wednesday in Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital.
Mr. Braden was born Aug. 5, 1911, at Worthington, a son of the late Hesbert
and Bertha Boyles Braden. His wife, Laura Kimblton Braden, died in 1981.
Surviving are three sons; Wendell Braden of Argillite, Roger Braden of
Chesapeake, Ohio and Lewis Braden of South Shore; two daughters, Dottie
Harrington of Mansfield, Ohio and Dania Barnes of Chipley, Fla.; two
brothers, Elmer Braden of Lynn and Billy Braden of Greenup; a sister,
Lucille Collier of Lloyd; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The
funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Reed Funeral Home in Greenup
by the Rev. Henderson Morris. Burial will be in Boyles Cemetery, Hoods Run,
Greenup Co KY.
Benjamin Colby "Toby" Holbrook b 14 Dec 1880 Letcher Co KY d 31 Jan 1954
Greenup Co KY; buried Quillen Cemetery, Lynn, Greenup Co KY; m. Youra May
Quillen b 13 Feb 1886 Letcher Co KY d 26 Oct 1920 Greenup Co KY; buried
Quillen Cemetery, Greenup Co KY; d/o William Dow Quillen and Mary Francis
Vanover. Children of Benjamin Colby "Toby" Holbrook and Youra May Quillen;
I. William Oscar Holbrook b 18 AUG 1902 in Letcher Co, KY
II. Troy Lee Holbrook b 13 OCT 1904 KY
III. Juna May Holbrook b 30 APR 1906 KY
IV. Bessie Isabelle Holbrook b 24 JUN 1909 KY
V. Henry Alger Holbrook b 2 MAR 1912 Greenup Co KY
VI. Metta B. Holbrook b 6 MAR 1915 KY
VII. Leonard Quillen Holbrook b 27 SEP 1917 Greenup Co KY
Benjamin Colby "Toby" Holbrook m. Sue Ellen Sperry b 27 Apr
1884 KY d Oct 1969 Greenup Co KY. Children of Benjamin Colby "Toby" Holbrook
and Sue Ellen Sperry;
I. Phyllis Holbrook b 1924 KY
II. Benjamin Seth Holbrook b 22 Dec 1924 KY
Sue Ellen Sperry m. Unknown. Children of Sue Elle Sperry and
Unknown;
I. Nella Sperry b 1909 KY
II. Bernice F Sperry b 1911 KY
III. John P Sperry b 1913 KY
IV. Grace L Sperry b 14 Dec 1909 d 17 Feb 1990 Greenup Co KY;
m. Ted S Quillen b 16 Aug 1902 KY d 18 Dec 1967 s/o Sherman Quillen and
Nancy Catherine Wright.
Susan M "Suki" Holbrook b 7 May 1883 Letcher Co KY d 6 Jun 1956 Leander,
Johnson Co KY; buried May Cemetery, Asa Creek, Leander, Johnson Co KY; m.
George Rivers. Children of George Rivers and Susan M "Suki" Holbrook;
I. George Rivers
II. James H Rivers
III. Female Rivers m. Noah Spradlin
IV. Female Rivers m. Estill Blair
Susan M "Suki" Holbrook m. 26 Jan 1902 to Thomas Henry May.
Children of Thomas Henry May and Susan M "Suki" Holbrook;
I. Herbert May
Obituary Susan Rivers:
Leander Woman Dies Wednesday. Services Held Friday For Mrs. Susan Rivers.
Mrs. Susan May Rivers, 73, died Wednesday, June 6,at the home of her son
Herbert May, Leander, following an illness of several weeks. Born May 7,
1883, in Letcher County, she was the daughter of the late Woodford and Nancy
Quillen Holbrook. She was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. She was
married to Tom May, who preceded her in death, and later married George
Rivers, who also preceded her in death. She is survived by three sons,
Herbert May, Leander, George Rivers, Jr., and James H Rivers, both of
Leander, two daughters, Mrs. Noah Spradlin, Denver, Ky., and Mrs. Estill
Blair, Alvado, Ohio, and one sister, Mrs. Katherine Hannah, Greenup. Funeral
services were held Friday morning at the home with Millard Bryant and Etral
Baldwin as officiating ministers. Burial was made in the family cemetery
under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald
Wednesday 6-13-1956
Cassy Holbrook b Jan 1886 Letcher Co KY d 30 Nov 1960 Greenup Co KY; buried
Quillen Cemetery, Lynn, Greenup Co KY; m. Mantford Hannah b 1861 Johnson Co
KY d 14 Feb 1941 Greenup Co KY: s/o Ebenezer Hannah and Nancy Unknown.
Children of Mantford Hannah and Cassy Holbrook;
I. Benjamin Floyd Hannah b: 1905 in Letcher Co, KY
II. Nancy Hannah b: 1908 in KY
III. Ebenezer Cornelius Hannah b: 1911 in Greenup Co, KY
IV. Jessie Hannah b: 15 SEP 1917 in Greenup Co, KY
V. Jesse Hannah b: 15 SEP 1917 in Greenup Co, KY
VI. Frances M. "Frankie" Hannah b: 1 NOV 1921 in Greenup Co,
KY
VII. Lena M. "Liddie" Hannah b: 18 MAY 1925 in Greenup Co, KY
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