Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
May 27, 1862, Brigadier General Jeremiah Tilford Boyle, a native of Mercer County, took command of the District of Kentucky. Halting guerrilla activity and suppressing Confederate support were two of his goals. The Civil War in Kentucky by Lowell H. Harrison
May 27, 1943, J.O. “Jack” Keene died of a heart attack at the Fair Grounds in Detroit.
May 27, 1953, Army PVT Cecil G. Martin from Grant County died in the Korean War.
Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Owensboro native Jeremy Mayfield, born in 1969.
May 27, 1971, Army CPT Paul D. Carter from Louisville died in the Vietnam War.