Where Did They Come From? Name Origin of Augusta Union Dead

Alpheus McKibben - Hillside Cemetery

Unlike most of Kentucky, which was settled from Virginia via the Cumberland Gap, the settlements along the Ohio River were founded by men and women not of Scots-Irish ancestry, but of mostly English.  The Ohio River route was traveled by those coming from the mid-Atlantic colonies and states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and the surnames of those men fighting in the Union home guard for the most part reflected that heritage.

Drake, Augustus C. - The name is either from Anglo-Saxon or Middle English origin and can mean dragon or snake.

Landen, Charles A. - An Old English name, most likely from Landon, meaning long hill.

McKibben, Alpheus - Irish (they are everywhere!).  The Gaelic form is Mac Giobúin.  Mc or Mac means "son of."

Story, William B. - Story is an old Norse name, which became ingrained in England as part of the numerous raids by the Norse, and occupation of parts of England.

Taylor, B.W.H. - Taylor stems from French and Latin and used in England as an occupational name. In Latin taliator means "to cut."

The Civil War Augusta group has an Adopt-A-Soldier program in place to mark those fallen Home Guard men.