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Adrian B. Hoskins (1925-1944)

The Story of Adrian B. Hoskins who was Killed in Action in Holland in WW II - One of many Logan County men who never returned.

This is a wonderful write-up by a young student from the Netherlands (Rick Mommers) who adopted Adrian's grave at Margraten, Netherlands.

Howard and Ruth Hoskins became on May 6, 1925 the proud parents of Adrian Burr Hoskins. He was born in Auburn, Logan County, Kentucky. Kathy Wilcutt Hathcock (Adrian was her mother's first cousin) remembers "Uncle Howard as a small man in stature but a huge sense of humor and loved life. Adrain Burr was a little bit on the heavy side as a kid and most of the pictures we have of him as a child, he usually has a dog with him." His grandfather on his dad's side name was Nicholas. Read the full story as compiled by Rick ...........
 

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"Sweet Auburn! Loveliest Village of the Plain"
   
                                                                                                     by Oliver Goldsmith
 

RETAIL (historical - 1900s)
Aull & Company - Druggist
Jimmy's Radio & T.V. Clinic
Cox Variety Store
Neal & Turner
Forgy's Friendly Store
Dave Childres Groceryman
Jim Childres Nurseryman
Webb  Grocery
Goodie Garden
Arnett's Dry Goods
 

Auburn, KY - Looking West [2003]

       

 


 


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historic picture, taken circa 1900, looking west on Main Street.
 

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Electricity had not been installed to the town. The poles that are visible in this picture are telegraph poles. According to ...........
 


2009 Trick or Treat

The kids, and many adults too, had a wonderful time in Auburn on Saturday night. Main Street was busy with hundreds of children making their way with their buckets and plastic bags. The weather was very kind to all these kids too.
Here we give you a taste of the sunshine and the beauty.

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The History of Auburn ....by F. Marie Foley: If a concise history of Auburn were to be written, many volumes would be needed to contain it all. Because in my opinion one cannot write the history of a place accurately without.........

Soda Fountain Death: The tragic death of Guy Neal, eighteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Neal, of Auburn, which occurred, last Wednesday night, cast gloom and sadness over the town and ................

The Story of Adrian B. Hoskins: Adrian was born in May 1925 and served in WW II. He was subsequently killed in action on September 30, 1944 in The Netherlands. He was the son of Howard and Ruth Hoskins. Ruth and Howard died in 1983 and 1984 respectfully and are buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, ...............

Tidbits from Christine Rowe Hollins: Electricity had not been installed to the town. The poles that are visible in this picture are telegraph poles. According to Ms Christine Rowe Hollins in her article in the October 1991 issue of the News-Democrat & Leader; "It was December, 1919 when ...............

Entertainment in Auburn:.....  by F. Marie Foley: I was loading film on a microfilm machine and as the reel turned, the click, "clickity" sound transported me back in time to the old Marian Theatre in Auburn, when Gene Autry and Hopalong Cassidy rode across the big screen. I decided to let my mind go back to the Auburn of the 1950s and make ................

 

 

GENEALOGY

Aull Genealogy  (Webmaster files)
Aull Genealogy (by Teagon Gallager)
Childres Genealogy
Thomas Guy Neal Genealogy
G. W. Caldwell
 
 
 
 

Cemetery Pictures

Auburn Cemetery
New Friendship Cemetery
Bucksville Cemetery
 
 

Logan County Cemeteries

Auburn Cemetery
Bucksville Cemetery
New Friendship Cemetery
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

RELATED LINKS:   

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Auburn Memories by Charles Wood

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Auburn Historical Society
3 Auburn  Tourism Commission

 

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