Bingaman-Rice Family Photo: Postscript
Five oldest sons of Josephus Bingaman (L to R): Henry, Frank, Oliver, Rice and Fred. About the time I finished writing my last post, correcting the record regarding the identification of several...
View ArticleFather and Son: Pioneers of Two States
Josephus Bingaman and his father, Henry Bingaman, were early pioneers in Kansas and Indiana, respectively John Tecumseh “Tauy” Jones House on Tauy Creek in Franklin County, Kansas. Stonemason Josephus...
View ArticleWeb Sightings: Kentucky Tax List Articles
Tax records are among the most under-utilized records by genealogists. Kandie Adkinson has a comprehensive series of articles on historic Kentucky tax records online that may help bridge that gap. A...
View ArticleIn the Name of God, Amen
The 1807 will of Henry Bingaman of Garrard County, Kentucky My brother has been following up on a theory about the wives of Henry Bingaman and his son, also named Henry Bingaman. He thought, perhaps,...
View ArticleJosephus Bingaman, Kansas Farmer & Inventor
According to his hometown newspaper, my 2nd great-grandfather, Josephus Bingaman of Kansas, had achieved “signal success as an inventor” We all know that physical traits run through a family, but what...
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