Events
of 1895 recounted.
Volume
11
January
2,
1896
Events
of 1895 recounted.
January
9, 1896
Mason
News:
1.
Miss Maggie DALY, daughter of Cornelius DALY, is home for the holidays from
attending school at Lexington.
2.
Uncle Dick JONES was stricken with paralysis sometime ago, from which he
died last week. His remains were interred in the Dunn Burying
Ground.
Elliston
News - Ezra WEBSTER and Miss Halla STURGEON were married at the residence
of the bride's parents by Rev. Tom B.
WEBSTER.
Americus
VALLANDINGHAM died at his home near Mt. Zion at one o'clock a.m. last Sunday,
January 5, from heart disease; was son of William and Parthena VALLANDINGHAM;
was born in this county January 20, 1843; he married Miss Maggie MANN who
survives him, on September 14, 1865, moving in the spring to the place where
he died; was commonly called "Mec"; funeral preached by G. W. HILL in the
Baptist Church at Mt. Zion; buried in Mt. Zion
Cemetery.
Jesse
HOPKINS and Miss Abasha GARDNER were united in marriage at the residence
of the bride's parents near Mt. Zion January 2, 1896. Rev. G. W. HILL of
Williamstown, officiating.
Mrs.
Adelia ROBERTS, of Constance, Ky., visited her mother, Mrs. E. J.
PACK.
Mr.
and Mrs. Charles NICHOLSON, of Nicholson, Ky., visited her father, U. HARRISON,
who has partial paralysis.
Mrs.
Julia A. COLLINS, widow of the late John A. COLLINS, died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. WITHROW, at Midway, on January 1, 1896, and was brought
here and interred in Williamstown Cemetery on the 2nd. She was a sister of
Uncle Bryan CLARK, and was 78 years of age at the time of her
death.
January
16, 1896
Sketch
of Rev. T. W. BARKER, from the Covington, Ky. Record; was born March 20,
1849 in Campbell County, Ky.; father was a Methodist preacher; in 1878, he
married Miss Sallie BROOKS, of Grant County; has charge now of the Dry Ridge
and Salem M. E. Churches; [apparently resides in
Williamstown].
Fire!
The Old CRIGLER Building burns. John DUNN's Marble Works destroyed [four
times in as many years].
Stewartsville
News - Mrs. ECKLER, of Corinth, visited her brother, Vol
STEWART.
Sherman
News - Homer FRANKS, of Tuscola, Illinois visited his father, F. M. FRANKS,
of Mt. Zion.
Miss
Hattie SPARKS, of Carthage, Indiana, visited her cousin, Miss Bettie
SPARKS.
Letter
to the Editor from Estelle BLICK, of Savannah, Ga., dated January 7, 1896,
mentions "my sister", Pauline.
January
23, 1896
Biographical
sketch of Rev. G. W. HILL; pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church for 12 years;
was born in Owen County, April 8, 1848 and is nearly 48 years old; is the
oldest son born to W. H. and N. J. HILL (nee SMITH), both native Kentuckians
of Virginia descent; October 30, 1877, he married Miss Elizabeth HAYDEN,
of Franklin County; to this union, 8 children - 4 boys and 4 girls, all of
whom are living; he was ordained a Baptist minister on September 15,
1882.
In
memory of Clarence Elzie ROBINSON, son of Squire and Mollie ROBINSON, who
died of diphtheria November 24, 1895, aged 6 years, 8 months, and 5 days;
poem follows, referring to "a brother", signed by Dora ROBINSON, Mason,
Ky.
Young
Dr. W. G. BAKER, a dentist of Dry Ridge, is missing - murder, suicide or
faking - which? He was in love with Miss Annie ASWERUS, a Dry Ridge teacher.
It turns out that the doctor left briefly for Science Hill to pull teeth,
as a joke.
Sherman
News - Mrs. Georgia BANNISTER and little daughter, Helen, of Covington, are
visiting relatives.
Willard
G. CRAM Jr., son of our grocer, E. T. CRAM, has abandoned the study of law
and will [likely take up preaching].
Proceedings
of the January County Court:
1.
Mrs. Maud WEST qualified as administrator of her late husband, Hannibal
WEST.
2.
J. M. and P. M. GIBSON qualified as administrators of P. W.
GIBSON.
3.
B. T. SECHREST, guardian H.
ANDERSON.
4.
Guardian settlements continued:
Annie
E. HARRISON guardian Willie E. HARRISON and O. Guy
HARRISON.
Dr.
W. H. McCLURE guardian Ira
JACKSON.
T.
J. CONRAD guardian Myrtie SKIRVIN,
&c.
P.
T. RENNECKER exor. for R. J. BLACKBURN, guardian Ada BLACKBURN and Aster
BLACKBURN.
Flingsville
News - Isabelle, little daughter of Thos. and Dora DICKERSON, died of whooping
cough and pneumonia.
In
Memory of L. C. BRADLEY, who died December 17, 1895, with typhoid fever;
buried in the Pettit Burying Ground; was a son of C. W. BRADLEY and a son-in-law
of W. A. PETTIT; he married Miss Emma Lee PETTIT September 9, 1886; leaves
a wife and little boy 6 years old; he was about 28; funeral at Macedonia
[Baptist Church near Jonesville?] on Sunday, January 12,
1896.
Miss
Minnie WALMAN, of Holbrook, is visiting her uncle, Robert
SIMPSON.
Mrs.
George M. SHIELDS and son, of Covington, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. F. WARE, near town.
Miss
Marietta GOUGE, of Alexandria, Indiana, visited her sister, Mrs. James A.
LITTELL.
Denny
BLACKFORD, of Keene, Jessamine County, and his cousin, Miss Jessie MUSSELMAN
visited relatives.
Mrs.
Romania LOWE is the mother of another girl baby, weight 10
pounds.
Sanford
DAUGHERTY, of Goforth, brother-in-law of County Clerk, E. D. WEBSTER, is
recovering from a bad rupture.
A
boy born to Mrs. Louis LUCAS (nee
WARE).
A
girl born to Mrs. Frank LOWE (nee
SPARKS).
Death
and a birth in the same family on the same day, in the home of WOSTER TANNER,
a few days ago:
1.
Death of his next oldest son, John TANNER, of fever and possibly consumption;
buried in the old Tanner Burying Ground on the headwaters of Coopertown
Creek.
2.
Birth of a boy, the same evening, by his
wife.
J.
B. ALEXANDER, after serving 2 years in the penitentiary for the killing of
W. H. McCLURE, of Crittenden, is at home again after being pardoned by outgoing
Democratic Governor BROWN.
The
brother of C. W. TANNER's father recently died in Fleming County, having
no children; when his wife dies, the estate will be divided among the 3 brothers
of the dead uncle, of which Dr. TANNER was one. [wife likely to die at any
time]
Marriage
of Dr. Lee TULLY and Miss Emma BUNNER, of Louisville, where they were married
at the home of the bride's parents Thursday evening, January 9; he is son
of Harrison TULLY, of Williamstown; marriage a surprise to all; report in
the Warsaw Independent.
Marriage
of E. B. ROGERS and Miss Josie B. LITTELL New Year's night at the home of
the bride's aunt, Miss GOUGE, on West John Street, by Rev. C. E. KIRCHER,
of the First Presbyterian CHurch; will reside at corner of John and West
Streets, in Alexandria, Indiana.
January
30, 1896
Biographical
sketches of J. H. WEBB and J. W. WEBB who have the oldest business Institution
in Williamstown (34 years) carried on in the same house (dry goods and clothing);
just last year, J. H. took his nephew, J. W. WEBB, into
partnership:
1.
J. H. WEBB was born in Stokes County, North Carolina, June 19, 1826; will
be 70 next June; was oldest of 5 sons born to William and Elizabeth WEBB:
the other four brothers live within a few miles of Williamstown; 49 years
ago, J. H.'s father migrated from North Carolina to Kentucky, settling at
Cordova, Grant County; William WEBB Sr. was a farmer of English descent and
died in 1864; one June 6, 1861, J. H. married Miss Corneal STROUD, to whom
was born 6 children, all living: Dr. A. D. WEBB, R. L. WEBB, Frank WEBB,
Mrs. Clay CONRAD, Miss Nettie WEBB and Miss Laura
WEBB.
2.
J. W. WEBB, "Jim", is the second son and third child of William F. WEBB and
Elizabeth Dean (REED) WEBB; was born April 24, 1859; was born in Stringtown,
Grant County, but later his father moved to Williamstown; he married February
15, 1888 to Miss Minnie BARBOUR, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. BARBOUR,
to whom four children have been born: 3 boys and 1 girl, all living - Edward,
Viola, Floyd, and Halloween [that is correct!
--Abstractor].
Sherman
News - Larkin BROWN, an aged citizen of Crittenden, died last Thursday
morning.
Sherman
News - Mrs. Dr. BANISTER, of Covington, visited her grandfather, Wm.
POINTS.
Great
Revival Meeting at the Methodist Episcopal Church, 40 conversions to date.
The following ministers or teachers are printed: T. W. BARKER, Rev. S. W.
SPEER, W. G. WEBB, Uncle Tom CLARK, Miss Rosella HOGAN, Prof. J. H. DICKEY,
Tim NEEDHAM, James SIPPLE, Charles O'HARA, and Miss Mattie
O'HARA.
Dr.
A. L. MATTHEWS, of Stewartsville, and Miss Minnie LILLARD, of Folsom, were
married in Cincinnati yesterday.
Born
to the wife of Tom ARNOLD, a girl, January
27.
Hon.
Oscar TURNER, the distinguished lawyer and Congressman, died on Wednesday
the 22nd at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. J. ADAMS, in
Louisville.
Stewartsville
- on last Sunday Charles A. BRADEN was united in marriage to Mrs. Emma FLEGE,
widow of Henry FLEGE deceased.
Mr.
and Mrs. H. Tom WOLFE attended the funeral of his uncle, T. L. BROWN, at
Crittenden last Friday.
I.
R. FRANKS ordered the paper to be sent to his son, W. W. FRANKS, in Kansas
City, Missouri.
February
6, 1896
Circuit
Court Cases:
1.
Commonwealth vs. Milton BURGESS indicted for willful murder [of Arnold JOHNSON
at Dowingsville].
2.
Continued - A. BICKERS' administrix vs. N. F. EVANS
&c.
Biographical
sketch of Hon. Herman D. STRATTON; was born in Ross County, Ohio, September
10, 1822 and is in his 74th year; his parents, Eli and Joan STRATTON, were
New York natives, who moved from Delaware County to Ohio in 1805; friends
call him Esquire STRATTON; came to Kentucky in 1850 and has lived in Grant
County and Williamstown; he married June 17, 1851, to Miss Susan PENICK of
this county; 3 children born, all living: William P., Ruth, and Mrs. J. H.
HUMLONG; served in Mexican War with General
SCOTT.
Whitman
D. ROBERTS and Miss Nannie WILSON, daughter of Dr. J. M. WILSON, were married
in Lexington, last Saturday by Rev.
McELROY.
J.
H. POOR, of Kenton County, visited his son, C. H.
POOR.
Mrs.
E. L. GARVEY and daughter, of Erlanger, visited her sisters, Mrs. W. C. JOHNSON
and Mrs. Karl S. FRANK.
Willie
SMITH is the little 10 year old daughter of Mrs. Lily SMITH, of Woodland
Avenue, Lexington, and a niece of Mrs. William
BRASFIELD.
Wedding
Invitation - Mr. and Mrs. Harvey POWELL request your presence at the marriage
of their daughter, Lucille, to Charlie PRICE at the Christian Church, Mason,
Ky., Wednesday, February 12, [1896} at 2
o'clock.
Frank
WATSON and Sherley GIBSON are two blind children who in 1890 lived in the
neighborhood of Gardnersville.
Died
- Thomas Larkin BROWN, on the morning of January 23, 1886 [in error: misprint,
should be 1896] at 8:30 o'clock; was born in Scott County, Kentucky near
the "Great Crossing" on June 6, 1816 and was 79 years old June 6, 1895; his
parents were Thomas and Mary BROWN, who came from Culpeper County, Virginia
at an early date, settling first in Scott County and afterwards in Grant
County near Crittenden; Larkin was 7th of 9 children; married November 1,
1839 to Mary ROSE, daughter of Lewis and Martha ROSE, of Mercer County, Kentucky;
is survived by his widow and 3 children: the eldest, Mrs. Annie E. CALDWELL,
second, Dr. J. H. BROWN, and third, Robert BROWN; carried mail by stage from
Crittenden and Cincinnati; was in bad health for 20 years; funeral by Rev.
Lafayette JOHNSON at the Christian Church January 24, 1896. [signed] L.
F.
Stewartsville
News - B. J. K. SLAUGHTER and wife expect to visit their sick daughter, Mrs.
E. B. BOLES, at her home near the Forks of the Elk
Horn.
February
13, 1896
Dr.
A. G. ELLISTON is arraigned for the killing of R. A. DICKERSON at Elliston
last summer; synopsis of the testimony given. Photos of the lawyers involved:
W. C. P. BRECKINRIDGE, Capt. A. G. DeJARNETTE, Ex-Congressman W. W. DICKERSON,
and Commonwealth Attorney M. D. GRAY. One witness, A. J. WILLIAMS, stated,
"I have lived at Elliston since October, 1869. My first wife was a sister
of Dr. Gil ELLISTON." Harry DICKERSON: Am 10 years old. Lived at Elliston
when R. A. DICKERSON, my father, was killed. Dr. A. G. ELLISTON: I am 25
years old, son of J. D. ELLISTON, of Elliston. My mother was a sister of
J. T. and Dr. I. W. McGINNIS. Both are dad. Father died August 7
[1895].
Miss
Anna SCOTT, daughter of J. T. SCOTT, is attending a private Seminary in
Covington, Ky.
Last
Will of James T. WILLIS was admitted to probate last Monday; witnessed by
Dr. W. C. JOHNSON and Dr. J. D. VIOLETTE; one page long; all property bequeathed
to widow, Alice V. WILLIS, who waived her rights to D. C. POINTS to be
administrator.
February
20, 1896
Hon.
William POINTS, first President and its largest depositor and stockholder,
was born near Mt. Zion, Grant County, March 8, 1813 [March 18, 1811]; married
Margarette [Margaret] FRANKS in 1838 [October 8, 1838] and fathered 16
children.
President
Lara CAVANAGH was born in county of Witchlow, Ireland, in 1832, 30 miles
from Dublin; family of 5 girls and 3 boys, all dead except Lara and his two
sisters; came to U. S. in 1850 and to Williamstown in 1851; is a
bachelor.
Vice-President
R. H. O'HARA was born in Owen County in 1839; in 1868 he married Miss Martha
JOHNSON of Grant County; has 2 children: C. E. and J. A.
O'HARA.
Cashier
C. C. NESBITT was born near Dry Ridge, Grant County, on April 10, 1853; all
of his life spent here; married to Miss Zella O'HARA in 1886, to whom 2 children
have been born: Anna and Martha; known as
Clarence.
R.
F. LEMON, book-keeper, is the only son of J. A. LEMON; was born August, 1870
and is not yet 26.
Director
D. C. POINTS, 34, is the youngest son of Hon. William POINTS, born and reared
on the old Points homestead near Sherman; joint editor of the Williamstown
Courier for more than 7 years; married, in 1885 [September 21, 1887], to
Miss Clara CUNNINGHAM, to whom 2 boys and 1 girl have been
born.
Director
J. W. CHIPMAN is a son of William and Mary A. (JEWIT) CHIPMAN; is one of
12 children, 7 of whom still live; was 51 last November; he married Miss
Ellen WALLACE and, by this marriage have 6 children, one of whom is dead;
was born, reared, and lived on Eagle Creek; lives in Williamstown
now.
Director
R. P. CONRAD is a son of Hon. Isaac B. CONRAD, who died a few years ago;
there were 4 boys and 3 girls; 1 boy and a girl are dead [of his siblings];
Robert is about 40; married Miss Elizabeth RENAKER, to whom a boy has been
born; known as "Bob."
Director
E. D. WEBSTER was born on the waters of Ten Mile Creek on June 10, 1848;
is a son of Pendleton G. WEBSTER and from a family of 10 children, 3 of whom
are dead; he "is a bachelor by choice or accident,his friends do not know
which."
Director
Joseph GLASCOCK was born in Fleming County March 1, 1855; came to Grant County
in 1876; in 1888 he married Miss Bettie C. JOHNSON, to whom 5 children have
been born, 4 of whom are living; a
Republican.
Dr.
A. G. ELLISTON not guilty in the killing of R. A. DICKERSON is the verdict
of the jury last Saturday.
Uncle
Dic McGUIRE has recently moved to town and his years number
114.
Mrs.
Sarah GARRISON, of Union, Boone County, visited her sister, Mrs. Alice V.
WILLIS.
William
S. PRYOR, Kentucky's Chief Justice, over 70 years old, was the best Circuit
Judge this district ever had.
Poem
- "Mister Rabbit", by Willie SMITH, 10, daughter of Mrs. Lily B. SMITH, of
Lexington, Ky.
February
27, 1896
The
Bank of Williamstown, organized in 1880, is Grant County's oldest bank -
the first between Covington and Georgetown. A history of the bank is printed
along with biographical sketches and photographs of J. H. WEBB, T. L. CLARK,
J. H. HUMLONG, J. W. WEBB, A. G. DeJARNETTE, and R. H.
ELLISTON.
1.
President J. H. WEBB will be 70 next June; native "Tar Heel" by birth; had
6 children by his wife, Miss Corneal STROUD, who he married in
1866.
2.
Director T. L. CLARK, called the "Governor" or "Uncle Tom", was born near
Hardscrabble, November 4, 1812; will be 84 next November; 6 foot 6 inches
tall, broad shouldered, and 250 pounds; wife died several years ago and he
has no children; has given several thousand dollars to the Methodist
Church.
3.
Assistant Cashier J. H. HUMLONG was born in Bracken County, Ky., October
4, 1848; was a son of George H. and Eliza J. (WALTON) Humlong; of family
of 4, 2 are dead; he married twice: first to Miss Letta PAYNE WILLIS, of
Brooksville, to which 2 living children, Dixie and Clara HUMLONG; she died
in 1887; in 1892 he married Miss Elizabeth
STRATTON.
4.
Director J. W. WEBB is the next to oldest son of William F. WEBB and has
lived near Williamstown all his life; in 1888 he married Miss Minnie BARBOUR:
they have 3 boys and 1 girl.
5.
Director A. G. DeJARNETTE, "Captain", was born in Owen County September 22,
1842; served briefly in Confederate army; in 1869 he married Miss Alice ELLISTON,
daughter of Joseph T. ELLISTON; they have 2 boys and 2 girls, all living;
oldest daughter married W. E. SULLIVAN, of Glencoe, about 2 years
ago.
6.
Director R. H. ELLISTON was born in Grant County among the Ten Mile hills
nearly 40 years ago; is the oldest child of 7 children born to Hiram and
Elizabeth ELLISTON; engaged in hardware and undertaking business now; in
1877 he married Miss Clara WILLIS, of Brooksville, Bracken County, Ky.: only
1 child is living from this union.
Death
of Judge J. R. GRACE in Frankfort last Thursday of heart failure; was from
Cadiz, Ky., where he was buried.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Mrs. Clara CLARK, of Covington, visited her cousin, Mrs. Belle
BRADEN.
2.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Tom HOFFMAN, a daughter. Weight 8
pounds.
Sherman
News:
1.
Thomas McGUIRE, said to be 105 years old, was buried at the private burying
ground on John WILDS'farm, west of Sherman,
Friday.
2.
D. H. FRANKS was buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery last
Thursday.
3.
P. C. MASSIE, of Vincennes, Indiana, visited his son, John MASSIE near
Lexington.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Miss Ella MUNDAY, of Harrisburg, Owen County, visited her sister, Mrs. R.
A. DICKERSON.
2.
Born to the wife of Jeff WILLIAMS, a
boy.
3.
Miss Pearl HUME, of Sherman, visited her aunt, Mrs.
AMMERMAN.
Saturday
afternoon was the funeral and burial of Miss Lena
GOUGE.
Miss
Daisy CUNNINGHAM, of Stamping Ground, visited her sister, Mrs. D. C.
POINTS.
Mr.
Winnie HENDERSON, of Brazill, Indiana, son-in-law of Sol NICHOLS, and his
sons visited in Dry Ridge.
Esq.
H. C. CHINN, executor of T. R. KENDALL and guardian of Newton KENDALL was
in town.
Miss
Lena GOUGE, granddaughter of G. N. WEBB and T. J. GOUGE, at the home of Mr.
WEBB last Saturday.
Mrs.
Francis SIMON, of Corinth, widow of the late Francis SIMON, on
Tuesday.
Thomas
McGUIRE, in his 114th years, on Thursday morning; he had recently moved to
town.
Administrator's
[F. B. BENSON] Sale, at the late residence of Z. BENSON, deceased, on the
Williamstown and Knoxville Road 3 miles east of Williamstown, Friday, February
28, 1896.
March
5, 1896
History
of the Grant County Building, Loan and Savings Association, with photographs
of its officers: R. H. O'HARA, president; J. H. WESTOVER, secretary; D. C.
POINTS, director; Joe GLASCOCK, Director; C. C. NESBITT, Treasurer; Tim NEEDHAM,
director, R. H. ELLISTON, vice-president; and Col. R. T. [Tol] DICKERSON,
director, is a brother to ex-Congressman, W. W. DICKERSON; was born and raised
in Sherman neighborhood; a bachelor
Sherman
News:
1.
William MUDDYMAN, living near Mt. Zion, died last Sunday after a short but
painful illness.
2.
D. C. POINTS and son, Jimmie D., visited
Sherman.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Mrs. Dan BOLES, of Georgetown, visited her sick father, Dan
McGOWEN.
2.
Born to Mrs. Rosa BLACKBURN, a
boy.
3.
Born to Mrs. Bob MITTS, a 10 pound
girl.
4.
Bob Lee KINMAN and Miss Sallie BLACKBURN were united in marriage last
Thursday.
William
FORKNER and Miss Dora ROBINSON, both of Mason, were married Thursday, February
27, 1896, at the residence of Rev. G. W.
HILL.
Henry
SCOTT, of Clairmon, I. T. [Indian Territory], visited his brother, Dr. SCOTT,
of this place and his father's family of Harrison
County.
Miss
Mortie CALDWELL, of Rutland, Ky., visited her uncle, Dr. J. T. SCOTT, and
grandfather, M. C. CALDWELL.
Miss
Anna SCOTT visited her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. T.
SCOTT.
Rev.
George NEEDHAM, Presiding Elder of the Southern Kentucky Conference of the
M. E. Church, visited his brother, Hon. Tim
NEEDHAM.
W.
W. POINTS will go to New Orleans until the 12th, when he will marry Miss
Eliza J. GRACE, the sister of Mrs. E. T. CRAM; they will return to live in
Williamstown.
Obituary
- Eliza A. SIMONS died at her home near Blanchet, this county, Tuesday, February
18, 1896; was born September 22, 1822; was 73 years, 4 months, and 26 days
at death; she married July 12, 1888 to Francis SIMON, to whom 9 children
were born, 6 reached maturity, and 4 survive: Jacob SIMONS, Mrs. NORTHCUTT,
of Cynthiana, Ferdinand SIMONS, and Mrs. CHILDERS, of Corinth; funeral preached
by writer, G. W. HILL at the old home Wednesday, February 19; she was buried
beside her companion in the family burying
ground.
March
12, 1896
Biographical
sketch of William RENAKER; has lived nearly all of his life in Grant County;
substantial farmer; was born in Harrison County, Kentucky December 27, 1822;
his grandfather moved from Baltimore, Maryland to Harrison at a very early
day; he married a Miss LEMMON and raised a family of 5 boys and 1 girl; George
RENAKER, the father of William, was born in November, 1778 and was the son
of Adam RENAKER; Adam's first wife was Miss Frankie JEWITT, to whom was born
5 boys and 5 girls: Wm. was the 3rd child and oldest son; his mother died
in May, 1839 and his father married the next year to Miss Betsie WILSON,
who still lives, In Adams County, Illinois; Adam and Betsie had 8 children;
of these total 18 children, 14 still live; Wm.'s father moved to Grant and
settled on Eagle Creek when Wm. was a young man; Wm. was married February
17, 1847 to Miss Mary HEDGER, daughter of Jacob C. HEDGER, deceased, a wealthy
land owner of Eagle Creek; there are 5 boys and 4 girls, all living except
2 boys who died in childhood; the living children are W. T. RENAKER, J. D.
RENAKER and J. N. RENAKER, all of whom live in the Downingsville and Jonesville
neighborhood; the daughters are Mrs. J. C. MARTIN, Mrs. A. JEWETT, Mrs. J.
M. MARTIN, all living near Cynthiana, and Mrs. Rodger MARTIN, who lives near
her father in the Dry Ridge neighborhood, where he moved in 1869 from his
Eagle Creek farm; he has 30 grandchildren and 3 great
grandchildren.
The
4th trial of Dr. MASSIE in Owen Circuit Court, for the murder of Jesse HONAKER
in 1892, reached the same verdict: life
imprisonment.
County
Court Orders, March Term, Last
Monday:
1.
J. J. LANDRAM's heirs vs. J. J. LANDRUM's widow. C. H. HARRISON appointed
guardian and litem for M. W.
ECKLER.
2.
Will of Lawrence O'HARA admitted; his widow, Mrs. O'HARA, qualified as
admx.
3.
S. Hardin LUCAS appointed guardian of J. N. KENDALL to succeed H. C.
CHINN.
4.
Laura B. MARSHAL's will admitted to
probate.
Misses
Bessie GUNNELL, of Lawrenceville, and Minnie WALMAN, of Holbrook, visited
their uncle, Robert SIMPSON.
In
Memoriam - Stella HALL, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. HALL, died
at her home on Fork Lick February 8, 1896, in her 18th year; near death,
she said, "I will soon see Mollie and Kate (her sisters who died a short
time since)"; "she died with the love of Jesus in her heart"; funeral held
at Mt. Pleasant conducted by Rev. Julius KENDRICK; "May God bless the [surviving]
father, mother sister, and lover..."; [signed by] Grace WEBB. [burial place
not mentioned]
March
19, 1896
Biographical
sketch of Col. Hiram BERRY, of South Frankfort, is a Pennsylvanian by birth
and a Kentuckian by adoption; his family consists of his wife, Miss Clarenda
J. CUNNINGHAM, a sister of D. L. CUNNINGHAM and Mrs. Addie E. ENGLISH of
Williamstown, whom he married in 1881, and James and George F. BERRY, of
Frankfort, and Mrs. W. L. CANON, of Midway, and Mrs. George WATSON, of Frankfort,
children by a former marriage, and their
families.
M.
S. MILLS and Miss Elizabeth DAUGHERTY were married in Christian Church at
Gardnersville Wednesday, March 11, 1896, at half past three o'clock p.m.,
Rev. G. W. HILL officiating.
A.
S. CATES, of Erlanger, visited his parents, jailer CATES and wife at this
place.
Death
of Hon. G. C. LOCKHART, lawyer of Paris, Kentucky, died last week in Cincinnati,
and his remains were buried in Paris on Wednesday the
12th.
Marriage
of Theodore W. WILSON and Miss Lorena DeVORS, of Owen County, Wednesday morning,
while they sat in the buggy, by and at the home of Rev. Wm.
McMILLAN.
Marriage
of Miss Amanda BROWN, daughter of J. P. BROWN, to Oscar CHILDERS, son of
Robert CHILDERS, Wednesday, March 11, at home; Miss Carrie HOLTON was the
maid of honor; Harve BROWN, brother of the bride, was best
man.
Sherman
News - W. W. POINTS returned from New Orleans last Saturday with is bonnie
Southern bride.
Mason
News - Born to the wife of Jesse BRYANT, a boy; to wife of J. A. TOMLIN,
a girl; to the wife of J. M. Harrison, a
boy.
Elliston
News - Geo. W. LAWRENCE, of Colorado, visited his brother, F. M. LAWRENCE,
of Folsom, and other relatives in this and Owen
County.
Public
Sale - March 26, 1896, of W. H. BEVERLY at his home, 1-1/2 miles west of
Williamstown.
March
26, 1896
Williamstown
has a wife beater - John WILSON pleaded guilty last Monday to the offense
of whipping his wife.
Death
of Col. Hiram BERRY, THursday [March 19?]; funeral was Saturday at the Baptist
Church and buried in the Frankfort Cemetery; was born in Morgantown, Pennsylvania
about 75 years ago; married his first wife, Miss Elenor HUMES, at Madison,
Indiana; brother, Geo. W. BERRY; some 13 years ago he married again (having
lost his first wife some 5 years ago), Miss Clarinda J. CUNNINGHAM, of Grant
County, who, with four children, Mrs. Alice WATSON, Mrs. Florence CANNON,
Dr. Jas. W. BERRY, and Geo. F. BERRY (children of his first wife, his last
wife having no children) survive.
Mrs.
M. NICHOLS died last Sunday at the home of J. T.
PRICE.
James
McMILLAN and Miss Annie HENSLEY, of this place, were married by Judge W.
E. BATES in the office of the County Clerk at Georgetown [Scott County,
Kentucky], on the 12th.
J.
P. GARVEY, aged 75 years, father of E. L. GARVEY, died at Madison, Indiana,
Sunday.
Robert
SNOW, of Walton, visited his sister, Mrs. J. W. LANCASTER, at this
place.
Lewis
C. TANNER qualified in Covington as the guardian of John C.
TANNER.
Dr.
J. D. VIOLETTE and sister, Mrs. Alice V. WILLIS, were in Frankfort last Saturday
attending the funeral of Hiram BERRY.
Messrs.
Claud BOYERS, son of Ben BOYERS, and Jas. T. BURCH, son of Fred BURCH, have
been constructing musical instruments [such as]
guitars.
April
2, 1896
Dry
Ridge News - Marriage of James ROBERTS and Miss Mollie VICE, at Fairview
last Wednesday, March 25th; Miss Carrie ASHCRAFT and Forrest BENSON were
attendants; solemnized by Rev. G. W. HILL; reception at home of J. B.
O'NEAL.
John
ELLISTON, of Elliston Station, brother of Uncle Hiram ELLISTON, of this place,
died at his home very suddenly on Monday afternoon; buried in burying ground
at Ten Mile Church on Tuesday; other recent family deaths in the past 2 or
3 years: Uncle Newt ELLISTON, first brother to die; followed shortly by Uncle
Wint and then by Uncle Jimmie.
Mrs.
Dr. O. P. HOGAN has filed for divorce from her husband, alleging cruelty,
neglect, failure to provide, continual dissipation, and wasting her property
[left to her by her late father, Hon. E. H.
SMITH].
Marriage
of Miss Eliza J. GRACE to William Walter POINTS, lawyer of Williamstown,
on Thursday, March 12, at home of bride's mother, Mrs. Eliza GRACE; best
man, William D. GRACE, groomsman, R. Henry WARRNIER; bridesmaids: Misses
Emelia WENCK, Laura SCHINDLER, and maid of honor, Miss Bertha HUYE; her brother,
Robert F. GRACE; married by Rev. Father FIRIE; will live in Ky.--New Orleans
Picayune.
Died
- Mrs. Albert LUCAS. Interment at Mt. Zion on Sunday evening. Funeral preached
by Rev. G. W. HILL.
Died
- Mrs. __ BLACKBURN, on Saturday evening; lived with Uncle Sim DAUGHERTY
and wife for 3 or 4 months; was found dead near the coal house; leaves 2
small children.
Mr.
GORDON, wife, and son, of Eminence, attended the funeral of their daughter
and sister, Mrs. Albert LUCAS, on
Sunday.
Folsom
News:
1.
Mrs. Sarah MORGAN, of Milldale, visited her daughter, Mrs. Geo.
PETTIT.
2.
Coart LILLARD, of this place, and Miss Maud FRANCIS, of Covington, were married
at the home of the bride's parents last
Thursday.
Stewatsville
News - Mrs. Lizzie BOLES visited relatives here but was called to Poplar
Grove because of the death of her
grandfather.
April
9, 1896
Born
to the wife of Hon. W. W. DICKERSON the April 6th a
daughter.
Mrs.
Susie GARRISON, of Union, visited her sisters, Mrs. Alice V. WILLIS and Mrs.
H. T. WOLF.
A.
W. SPILMAN and daughter, Miss Annie, of Mt. Zion, and T. Jeff SPILMAN, of
Sherman, were in town.
Miss
Daisy CUNNINGHAM, who visited her sister, Mrs. D. C. POINTS, left to visit
her aunt, Mrs. Hiram BERRY, in
Frankfort.
Miss
Marietta GOUGE, of Alexandria, Indiana, returned home from visiting her sister,
Mrs. J. A. LITTRELL.
Mrs.
H. H. ASHCRAFT, of Georgetown, visited her son, Asa ASHCRAFT, of near Dry
Ridge.
Miss
Angie DWIRE [or DWYER], daughter of Prof. DWIRE, of Quincy, Illinois, visited
her Bristoe school classmate (Covington), Miss Anna
SCOTT.
April
16, 1896
Shot
- Frank MUSSELMAN, the victim of Robert TULLY's pistol, in Williamstown last
Tuesday; TULLY is the son of Harrison H. TULLY; wounded is resting easily;
[has a wife].
Trial
of James A. O'HARA, son of Dr. R. H. O'HARA, for killing of John GLACKING,
continued in Burlington Circuit
Court.
About
two years ago Moses POINTS tried to find a permanent home for his little
grandson, Samie ALEXANDER; he went to his nephew, W. D. POINTS; Moses had
the care of his two sisters.
County
Court Orders, April Term, Monday, April 13,
1896:
1.
J. W. BELEW, deceased for over 3 months, had Sheriff W. P. WEBSTER appointed
administrator.
2.
Will of B. J. COOK admitted.
W.
H. McNAY qualified as guardian of Grace SMITH,
colored.
4.
Eva M. ELLISTON waived right to administer estate of John ELLISTON, deceased;
J. M. ELLISTON appointed
administrator.
5.
Guardian settlements confirmed:
Marion
Clements guardian Lafe MYERS
Harvey
POWELL guardian Lucille EDWARDS
D.
M. Hall guardian T. D. REED
Settlements
continued:
J.
EALES, com. Hiram BROWN
J.
C. MARTIN guardian Ross REDD
Tim
NEEDHAM - committee Helen SMITH
J.
O. GIBSON admr. E. M. GIBSON
A.
G. DeJARNETTE guardian Simon
BILLITER
A.
J. CHIPMAN, curator, James
CHIPMAN
T.
A. ANDERSEN, admr. J. M.
ANDERSON
D.
C. POINTS qualified as administrator of Ben
McGLASSON.
The
examining trial of W. D. POINTS for shooting and wounding R. H. ALEXANDER
on March 17th was held last Friday: found not
guilty.
Death
of the wife of D. B. WALLACE, the editor of the Warsaw Independent,
last Thursday; has been married but a short
time.
Miss
Nellie LAWRENCE, of Sherman, visited her sister, Miss Rosa M.
LAWRENCE.
Mrs.
W. A. VEST and daughter, Clara, visited Mrs. D. C.
POINTS.
Miss
Nannie SINCLAIR, of Georgetown, visited her sister, Mrs. Karl S.
FRANKS.
Mrs.
C. F. LAWRENCE and little daughter, Lorene, visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Chap CASON, at Sherman.
Delinquent
Tax List for 1895, gives names by precinct, and amount owed. For example:
Crittenden. BICKERS, Lewis D. -
insolvent.
Death
of Mrs. Ardor GAUGH, in Cogartown Monday; one week before she gave birth
to a boy baby, who is alive and ding well; died at home of her husband, Ardor
GAUGH, in Midway, March 16; she, Dora, was daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
PERRY; married less than a year ago; written by a friend, R. S. B.; funeral
at her home Tuesday by Rev. F. W. EBERHARDT, followed by burial in the Midway
Cemetery.--Clipper.
April
23, 1896
In
Memoriam of Stella HALL, daughter of H. C. and Syrelda HALL, in her 18th
year; survived by parents, brothers, sister, and lover; two sisters died
within the last 2 years (Kate and Mollie); other sentiments and poem follow,
signed, Her loving friend, Louisa
LAWRENCE.
J.
M. ELLISTON, admr. of John ELLISTON,
deceased.
R.
L. RENNECKER, admr. of J. W. HUTCHINSON,
deceased.
Mrs.
U. HARRISON = daughter, Mrs. NICHOLSON, of Nicholson, Kenton County,
Ky.
Mrs.
Elizabeth LAWRENCE, of Sherman = son, C. F.
LAWRENCE.
Mr./Mrs.
Chap CASON, of Sherman = daughter, Mrs. Lena
LAWRENCE.
Mrs.
Natty BLACKFORD, of Jessamine = sisters, Mrs. H. C. MUSSELMAN and Mrs. Silas
WAGNER.
S.
L. WEBB, cashier of Erlanger Deposit Bank = his father, James P.
WEBB.
Mrs.
Addie E. ENGLISH and niece, Miss Daisy CUNNINGHAM [who lives with her], visited
[her sister-in-law] Mrs. Hiram BERRY, of
Frankfort.
Mrs.
Sarah ROSE, 68, a daughter of Judge Matthew BURNETT of Grant County, was
adjudged to be of unsound mind and ordered sent to the Central
Asylum.
Sherman
News - Frank MITCHELL, an aged and respected citizen of Crittenden, died
last week.
Death
of James HUTCHINSON, of Dry Ridge, at his home last Wednesday after illness
of 3 months; buried Thursday in Williamstown Cemetery; leaves 2 children:
Mrs. R. L. RENOKER [probably RENAKER] and Fred
HUTCHINSON.
Administrator's
[J. M. ELLISTON] Sale for John ELLISTON, deceased at his late home located
one mile southwest of Elliston Station, May 2,
1896.
April
30, 1896
Mrs.
W. C. JOHNSON and sister, Baydie R. FRANK, and Mrs. Judge CRAM and son, Gliddie,
shopped in Cincinnati.
Miss
Pauline JOHNSON returned home from visiting her sister, Mrs. Estelle M. BLICK,
in Savannah, Ga.
May
7, 1896
Sherman
News - John A. VEST, aged 72 years, died near Mt.
Zion.
The
twin baby boys of the silver editor of the Courier [J. H. WESTOVER]
were given a silver half dollar a piece by old veteran of the Civil War,
Asa McHattan CHILDERS.
Mrs.
John HAYDEN, of Frankfort, at the bedside of her sister, Mrs. [Rev] G. W.
HILL.
Wm.
BARNES, of Denver, Colorado, visited his sister-in-law, Mrs. Jas.
ZINN.
James
WILSON, of Falmouth, visited family of his uncle, Dr. J. M.
WILSON.
Mrs.
Karl S. FRANK visited her parents, Judge and Mrs. J. T. SINCLAIR, of
Georgetown.
Mr./Mrs.
A. J. McCARTER and children, of Somerset, visited their mother, Mrs. Mariam
McMANAMA.
Oddfellows
memorial services by the Centurion Lodge No. 100 will be held last of May
or first week of June; tombs of the following faithful Oddfellows will be
remembered and visited: John ZINN, D. B. PRICE, Hubbard SMITH, W. T. SIMMONS,
J. W. SMITH, James T. WILLIS, Brother WEBB, of Champion Lodge, Brother Ham
HAYES and Alfred BICKERS.
Death
of aged John A. VEST, of stomach cancer last Friday, May 1; buried at Mt.
Zion Cemetery; survived by four sons: Wm. A., Thomas, John, and Benjamin
VEST and two daughters, Mrs. McELROY and Mrs. J. H.
FRANKS.
May
14, 1896
County
Court Orders, May Term, Held
Monday:
1.
W. A. VEST qualified as administrator of John A. VEST,
deceased.
2.
Will of B. J. COOK, deceased, ordered to
probate.
3.
Vernon BROCK qualified as guardian of Eva
BROMFIELD.
4.
E. J. MITTS qualified as guardian of J. H. GLACKING's heirs and gave bond
with Robert and Jesse MITTS,
surety.
5.
Will of William JEWITT, deceased, admitted to
probate.
6.
Settlements continued one
month:
J.
C. MARTIN guardian Ross REDD.
A.
G. DeJARNETTE guardian S.
BILLITER
A.
J. CHIPMAN curator Jas.
CHIPMAN.
T.
A. ANDERSON admr. J. M.
ANDERSON.
J.
O. GIBSON admr. E. M. GIBSON.
P.
N. JONES admr. Leonard HUGHES.
Warren
E. ELLISTON and wife, of Covington, visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram
ELLISTON and Mr. and Mrs. R. M. LOWE.
William
JEWETTE, of Holbrook, died suddenly at his home the latter part of last
week.
Death
of Mrs. J. H. LILLARD at her home on Falmouth Street early Tuesday; buried
in Williamstown Cemetery yesterday [Wednesday]; survived by husband but no
heirs.
Death
of old John METCALF, of Fairview, this county, suddenly at his home last
Monday, of heart trouble, while cleaning out a spring with his little grandchild;
was buried on Tuesday.
C.
VALLANDINGHAM, of Williamstown, elected by the Republican party of this district,
to attend the St. Louis Convention, to vote for McKINLEY as President; was
born in Grant County 51 years ago last Tuesday; is a son of William and Parthena
VALLANDINGHAM; is one of 4 boys and 1 girl who attained manhood and womanhood;
he married Miss Mary RATCLIFF February 9, 1871, to whom was born Fred and
Katie; has served 2 terms as Sheriff of Grant
County.
Dry
Ridge News - Marriage of Homer NORTHCUTT and Miss Delia HENDRICKS last Thursday
at the home of C. C. LEWIS, by Rev. DAVIS; Miss Flora LEWIS was maid of honor;
best man was James NORTHCUTT, brother of the groom; will live in central
Dry Ridge.
Elliston
News - Perry STEVENSON is the happiest man we have in this vicinity. He has
another baby girl at his home.
May
21, 1896
In
Memoriam - On May 15, Mrs. J. H. LILLARD (nee Louisa M. CLEMONS) died at
her home on Falmouth Street; was born in Harrison County on July 9, 1829;
married J. H. LILLARD November 19,
1856.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Mrs. Mania STEPHENS visited her mother, Mrs. CALDWELL, in Pendleton
County.
2.
Clarence HOGSETTE, of Crittenden will have a wedding to report soon--ask
Nellie.
Crushed
to death, Richard COLSTON, a laborer who lived in the Cordova country, by
a locomotive at Blanchet Monday night; was drunk, went to sleep, rolled off
platform to the track; his legs were cut off and his body frightfully
mutilated.
James
Green, of Ghent, Carroll County, visited his daughters, Mrs. R. E. BYERS
and Mrs. J. E. LOWE.
Attorney
Richard LEE, wife, and baby, of Owenton, visited his father-in-law, D. S.
CLAY.
C.
B. WILLIS, of Brooksville, brother-in-law to R. H. ELLISTON, visited his
sister, enroute to Frankfort to take his position as assistant State Librarian;
he recently lost his young wife who
died.
W.
N. BROWN is administrator of John METCALFE,
deceased.
DUNN
and SULLIVAN have the contract to erect a fine monument at the grave of Capt.
James T. WILLIS.
The
damage suit of Mrs. John H. GLACKING and children vs. James A. O'HARA for
the killing of her husband some 2 years ago, has been settled and dismissed
for $1,500 and all costs.
Charlie
WARREN, of Parkland, a Louisville suburb, and grandson of Hiram ELLISTON,
has developed into quite an athlete.
Centurion
Lodge received a handsome portrait of her oldest member, Bro. P. G., James
ZINN; other portraits will be presented in a short time, representing the
living and dead Oddfellows. [Alfred BICKERS was an honored and respected
Oddfellow: your Abstractor wonders if a portrait was ever painted of
him.]
May
28, 1896
Mrs.
Charles NICHOLSON, of Kenton County, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. U.
HARRISON.
Mr.
and Mrs. A. O. FRENCH and little daughter, Hattie, and their niece, Miss
Lucy McMILLAN of Kansas City, Mo., visited Mrs. Jas.
ZINN.
Sudden
death of R. F. HARRISON, a Major in the Confederate army, and for 28 years
Clerk of the Carroll County Court, died while serving on the Grand Jury at
the Carrollton Courthouse.
June
4, 1896
Photographs
of Grant Countians involved in the gold vs. silver standard (won by the
silverites); J. H. WESTOVER, H. Z. ALLPHINE, O. P. HOGAN, Wm. CARNES, John
T. McCLURE, C. D. REED, J. T. SCOTT, and A. T.
CARTER.
Miss
Edna HAYDON, of Frankfort, visited her aunt, Mrs. G. W.
HILL.
Mrs.
Eliza GRACE and son, Wm., of New Orleans, visited her daughters, Mrs. E.
T. CRAM and Mrs. W. W. POINTS.
F.
G. BRACHT went to Lexington after his daughter, Miss
Batta.
Grant
Circuit Court, Monday:
A.
BICKERS administrator vs. N. F. EVANS, &c,
continued.
June
11, 1896
Miss
Fannie FINCH, of Burlington, visited her grandfather, J. M.
RIDDELL.
Miss
Nellie B. LAWRENCE, of Sherman, visited her brother, C. F.
LAWRENCE.
Miss
Daisy CUNNINGHAM will visit her mother, Mrs. Kate CUNNINGHAM, of Switzer,
Franklin COunty.
Sheriff
F. S. McMILLAN, of Pendleton COunty, visited his brothers, Rev. Wm. McMILLAN
and Judge J. D. McMILLAN.
Birth
of boy to wife of J. N. LEMMON, of Dry Ridge on the
7th.
E.
E. BLACKBURN, son of the late Robert J. BLACKBURN, has been elected cashier
of the Jonesville Deposit Bank.
Dry
Ridge News - Mrs. Elijah NORTHCUTT, of Key West, visited his sister, Mrs.
LAFFERTY.
June
18, 1896
Memorial
Exercises, last Saturday, of the Oddfellows of Centurion Lodge No. 100 at
their hall and cemetery [Williamstown]. Eulogies upon their deceased brothers
by R. G. J. H. WESTOVER, included Alfred BICKERS [who is buried in the White
Chapel Church Cemetery].
Mrs.
Elizabeth PORTER requests your presence at the mariage of her niece, Mamie
Angerona JONES to James Valdor McLEMORE, Thursday evening, June 25, 1896,
at half-past eight o'clock, Christian Church, Williamstown, Ky. At Home,
Bailey, Tennessee.
Wedding
Invitation - Mr. and Mrs. J. F. WEBB request your presence at the marriage
of their daughter, Lydia Grace, to W. L. SMITH, Tuesday afternoon, June 23,
1896, at 2 o'clock p.m. at home.
Miss
Mollie CATES visited her brother's family (Al CATES), of
Erlanger.
Mrs.
Sallie BROWN, of Monterey, Owen County, visited her niece, Mrs. G. W.
HILL.
Mrs.
Anna BARNES, of Louisville, was called to the bedside of her sister, Mrs.
G. W. HILL.
Miss
Edna HAYDON, of Frnakfort, visited her aunt, Mrs. G. W.
HILL.
Mrs.
R. A. COLLINS was called to Frankfort by the death of the little babe of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam SHEPARD; died of
erysipelas.
Mrs.
Annie BURNS, of Luisville, has been at the bedside of her sister, Mrs. G.
W. HILL.
Esquire
H. Z. ALLPHIN went to the dying bedside of his brother-in-law, Milton TAYLOR,
of near Gardnersville, who is suffering from
consumption.
G.
W. TUCKER and wife, of Jonesville are visiting his brother, Frank A. TUCKER
and wife of East St. Louis; their son, Harold, is staying with his grandmother,
Mrs. J. T. SCOTT.
Samuel
C. [Cul} WILLIS, son of Alice WILLIS, graduated at Danville College last
week with the Bachelor of Science
degree.
Reunion
of Mexican War Veterans at Lexington, June 9-11 attended by the old soldiers:
H. D. STRATTON [oldest], David H. BISHOP, of Williamstown; J. W. HALL [youngest],
of Heekin; Thomas RYAN, Joe L. KENDRICK, of Corinth, the only survivors of
that memorable struggle now living in Grant
County.
June
25, 1896
94th
Birthday celebration of "Aunt Katie" HENDRIX at the home of J. L. [Jo] HENDRIX,
near Napoleon, last Sunday, the 21st; is widow of William HENDRIX, deceased,
formerly of Grant County.
Dr,
MASSIE, who killed Jesse HONAKER in Owen County more than a 1/2 dozen years
ago, will at last be imprisoned for life: 5 times tried, 4 times
convicted.
Sherman
News:
1.
Henry HENDRIX, once a Grant resident, was struck by a street car in Cincinnati
a few days ago and died at a hospital on Sunday; was buried in the Mt. Zion
Cemetery Tuesday.
2.
Ed BLACKBURN, of Jonesville, visited his brother,
Everett.
W.
L. SMITH and Miss Gracie WEBB, each of Cordova, were married at the residence
of the bride's parents on Tuesday, June 33 [23; a misprint],
1896.
Marriage
of John CHILDERS and Miss Katie STEWARD, on Wednesday, the 17th, at the
Georgetown home of her parents, by Rev. T. J. MARKSBERRY; will live in Grant
County; she is daughter of Nathan STEWARD, formerly of
Grant.
Mrs.
Mary P. TUNIS, of Danville, visited her daughter, Mrs. W. W.
DICKERSON.
James
GREEN, of Ghent, Carroll County, visited his daughter, Mrs. R. E.
BYERS.
Mrs.
W. G. O'HARA and children visited her sister, Mrs. Jos. F. HORNER, in
Corinth.
Miss
Bettie SPARKS and two little nephews, Clifford and Sparks LOWE returned from
visiting their aunt of Wilmore, Ky.
Messrs.
Jas. Valdor McLENORE, Walker McLEMORE, and Edward LANDSTREET, of Memphis,
Tenn., arrived here for the JONES-McLEMORE
wedding.
Last
Saturday, June 20, Dr. WILSON delivered a boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
James WALLACE. He may be named McKinley, Hobard, Hanna, or
Harrison.
July
2, 1896
Marriage
at the Christian Church last Thursday evening, of James Valdor McLEMORE
and Miss Mamie Angerona JONES, by Rev. W. L. MADDUX; best man, Walter McLEMORE;
maid of honor, Miss Daisy PORTER; Mrs. McLEMORE, formerly of Memphis, Tennessee,
is the niece of the late T. S. PORTER, of this place; he is from
Memphis; well-to-do in cotton plantation near Baily, Tennessee; their
summer home, will live in Memphis; he is a great nephew of the late General
Andrew JACKSON.
Sherman
News: Miss Carrie KENNEDY, of Tuscola, Illinois, visited her mother, Mrs.
Richard McGUIRE.
Mr.
and Mrs. Lee BEALL, of Rich Hill, Missouri, visited their sister, Miss Hattie
BARBOUR.
Miss
Carrie SINCLAIR, of Georgetown, visited her sister, Mrs. K. S. FRANK, of
Falmouth Street.
Miss
Mary LOWE, of Delia, Ky. visited her sister, Mrs. Romania
LOWE.
Mrs.
Nettie Childers will visit her sons, Prentice and Charles, in Galesburg,
Illinois.
Prof.
J. H. DICKEY, wife, and son Nelson Ford DICKEY will go to his old home in
Flemingsburg.
July
9, 1896
Death
of William LITTELL, about 65, at his home near Hardscrable or Cherry Grove
on last Friday morning; suffered from heart failure; born, raised, and died
in area he lived; wife was Miss CLARK, sister of B. P. CLARK and the late
O. D. CLARK; 8 children survive - 4 boys and 4 girls; the boys are Augustus,
Earnest, William Jr., and Clark; the girls are Mrs. Wm. Musselman, Lillie,
Badie, and Batta; man of considerable fortune; buried Saturday in Williamstown
Cemetery.
Death
of James PRICE, father of Dr. J. L. and Commodore PRICE, of Sherman, at his
home near Sherman last week; lived near Sherman for nearly 50
years.
Death
of Mrs. Bettie [Rev. G. W.] HILL, Sunday morning; husband nursed her for
4 months until he also took sick; she had pneumonia and fever; 8 children,
3 of whom took sick with typhoid fever before she died; married for nearly
20 years; funeral at the Baptist Church Tuesday morning; buried in Williamstown
Cemetery.
Upon
the death of County Assessor, J. R. JAMESON last year, G. Y. EVANS, of
Stewartsville, was appointed in his place. Evans now files for
election.
Sherman
News - Death of aged, respected James PRICE on Friday evening; buried in
the family burying ground, near his old
home.
Sherman
News - Mrs. Carrie KENNEDY returned to Tuscola, Ill. Her mother, Mrs. Sarah
McBEE is very sick.
Mrs.
Alice COLLINS, of Crittenden, entertained in honor of her cousin, Miss Mamie
BANKETT, of Union, Ky., and her niece, Miss Claude COLLINS, of
Covington.
George
HUME, of Missouri, was called here by the death of his aunt, Mrs. Ann
WADE.
Mrs.
Ed MILLINGER and two children, of Emporia, Kansas, visited the family of
her brother, County Attorney W.
CARNES.
Mrs.
John SATTERWHITE, of Peaks Mill, attended the funeral of his sister, Mrs.
G. W. HILL.
Mrs.
Mary P. TUNIS, of Danville, returned home after visiting her daughter, Mrs.
W. W. DICKERSON.
Sheriff
W. P. WEBSTER has met with first rate success in collecting the 1896 taxes,
taking into consideration the fact that times are so extremely
tight.
Marriage
of W. L. SMITH, of Eagle Grove, Iowa, to Miss Gracie, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. WEBB, at their home near here [Williamstown] on Tuesday, June
23; best man, W. B. WEBB; Miss Laura WEBB, the bridesmaid; married by Rev.
MORRISON, of the Stringtown Christian Church; groom, 22, is son of James
SMITH of this place; bride, 22, has always resided
here.
July
16, 1896
Old
John MYERS died at his home near Crittenden, last Monday of stomach cancer;
buried in Williamstown Tuesday; his sister, Mrs. Ann J. WADE, died two weeks
before; in his death the last of the family of Hon. Lewis MYERS has died;
John is survived by two daughters - Mrs. George HUME, of Missouri, and Mrs.
M. F. KINSLAER, of Crittenden.
Death
of Mrs. William STROUD Sr., at her home a mile east of Williamstown on Monday,
July 6; buried the next day in Williamstown Cemetery; was about 75; husband
and large family of grown children
survive.
Miss
Nora McMANAMA and niece, Miss Obera McCARTY, of Somerset, are visiting Mrs.
Mariam McMANAMA.
Mrs.
Alice V. WILLIS and daughter visited her sister, Mrs. GARRISON, in Boone
County.
Mrs.
C. F. LAWRENCE and little daughter, Lorene, visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Chap CASTON, at Sherman.
Mrs.
Clarinda BERRY, of Frankfort, visited her sick brother D. L. CUNNINGHAM,
of Williamstown.
Mrs.
J. M. WILSON and son, of Cynthiana, visited her sick father, D. L.
CUNNINGHAM.
Robert
F. GRACE, of New Orleans, returned home after visiting his sisters, Mrs.
E. T. CRAM and Mrs. W. W. POINTS, of this
place.
Administrator's
[E. N. BANNISTER] Sale, Friday, July 24, 1896, at the late residence of Ann
I. WADE, 1/2 mile sough of Sherman, Grant County, on the Cincinnati Southern
railway.
William
Jennings BRYAN nominated for President of the U. S. by the Democratic
Convention.
July
23, 1896
Stewartsville
News - Death of aged Howard RANSDELL last Friday morning; interred in burying
ground at Macedonia by the Masons.
Sherman
News: Miss Julia COLLINS, of Midway, daughter of Dr. Tom COLLINS, is the
guest of Esquire HUME.
Death
of W. T. JAMES, 68; born, reared, and lived in Williamstown all his life;
died at his home in Williamstown Tuesday night [July 21, 1896] after brief,
painful illness; was born in Williamstown, March 3, 1828; a son of John and
Clarissa JAMES; married in 1860 to Miss Anna KING, of Milton, Ky.; to whom
5 children born: 4 living; wife survives; was the oldest Williamstown citizen
who was born here; buried this morning [Thursday, July 23, 1896] in town
cemetery.
Administrator's
[C. H. HARRISON] Sale, July 30, 1896, at the late residence of John MYERS,
one mile south of Crittenden, on the Cincinnati Southern railway and Covington
and Lexington Pike.
Mrs.
A. C. WHITE and children, of Waynesville, Ohio, visited her parents, F. BURCH
and wife.
Miss
Morton RIDDELL, of Covington, visited her cousin, Miss Nannie
ARNOLD.
Tim
NEEDHAM and his son, Hubbard, left for Elizabethtown and the site of the
old NEEDHAM homestead in Hardin
County.
Mary
A. LITTELL gives thanks to insurance company for life insurance benefit paid
on the life of her husband.
Death
of aged John J. SCROGGIN, at Amsterdam, Mo. [living with sister, Mrs. Eliza
EALES, this summer]; was brother of Thomas and W. H. SCROGGINS, of near Heekin;
had moved to Kansas several years ago; one of his sons, Dr. W. A. SCROGGINS,
of Dry Ridge, had recently visited him; thinking he would recover; his body
returned to his native Grant County and was buried last Wednesday at the
church cemetery at Grassy Run [an old time place of worship]; was about 60;
his wife died many years ago.
July
30, 1896
Carl
HIGHTOWER, about 22, killed [shot with pistol] on his way home from Mt. Pleasant
Church last Saturday night, by a former friend, Noah READENOUR, among the
hills of Fork Lick, within sight of his home - about four miles south of
Williamstown on the north side of Fork Lick creek; Carl was the son of Rolla
HIGHTOWER and Noah is the son of Joe READENOUR; their father's farm join
each other; in early spring, they fell out over one Miss Lizzie ROBINSON
at the home of Joe WEBB, when his daughter, Miss Gracie, married Mr. SMITH;
mentions Noah's brother, Walsh READENOUR; Carl was buried Monday in Williamstown
Cemetery; READENOUR cannot be found
anywhere.
Miss
Artie GAUGH, of Owen County, visited her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. B. P.
CLARK.
Miss
Kate TUNIS, of Danville, visited her sister, Mrs. W. W.
DICKERSON.
Mrs.
R. S. BLACKBURN, nearly 85, of Keene, Jessamine County, visited her daughter,
Mrs. H. C. MUSSELMAN.
Mrs.
OWENS, of Georgetown, visited her sister, Mrs. N. H. PINKARK and her son,
Hon. W. C. OWENS>
H.
M. KENDALL, bachelor, visited his sister, Mrs. W. B. HAWKINS, at Centerville,
Bourbon County.
Hade
STROUD jumps from a moving train to his death, las Sunday night, because
he missed the stop at Williamstown; he lived 1/2 mile from the depot; leaves
a wife and two little children; his blind father-in-law, Jas. CARR, lives
with brothers, and four sisters survive him; was buried in Williamstown on
Tuesday.
Corinth
News:
1.
Sid WOOD, of Wilmore, was called to the bedside of his daughter, Mrs. J.
W. MARSHAL, who is not expected to
live.
2.
Mr. and Mrs. RICE, of Moscow, O., visited their granddaughter, Mrs. MOREHEAD,
of this place.
Crittenden
- Lewis SWOPE, a Negro employed by S. H. CRUTCHER< was prostrated by the
sun and no lies in a precarious
condition.
Sherman
News - Miss WINN, of Independence, visited her sister, Mrs. W. T.
POINTS.
Stewartsville
News - Dave CALLENDER and wife visited their daughter, Mrs. Eva LOOMIS, near
Falmouth.
August
6, 1896
Corinth
News:
1.
Mrs. HOGAN and daughters, Rosela and Genie, and Master O'HARA, of Williamstown,
visited Mrs. Joe HORNER.
2.
Miss Grace JACKSON, of this place, has been living with her uncle, John SEBREE,
in Chicago.
3.
Misses Anna, Lou and Edna HORNER, of Covington, visited their uncle, Jo
HORNER.
4.
Miss Edith HOGAN, of Williamstown, visited her aunt, Mrs. Joe
HORNER.
Crittenden
News: Thomas BIRD, of Kenton COunty, has moved to the home of his son, Ira
BIRD, of this town.
Walton
News - After the storm on Saturday evening, the 15 year old son of Gaines
ROBINSON, near Richwood, was found dead on a back porch; supposed to be killed
by lightning.
Sherman
News:
1.
Wig MANN and wife have the sympathy of the entire community in the loss of
their little boy.
2.
Mrs. BUTLER died near Mt. Zion on the 27th. Rev. McMILLAN preached the funeral
discourse.
3.
W. T. S. BLACKBURN, of Dry Ridge, was here Sunday attending the family reunion
at the old BLACKBURN homestead.
Stewartsville
News - Married - A. B. LEE to Miss WINN, of Kenton
County.
Born
to the wife of Samuel WILSON, August 3, 1896, a girl
baby.
Born
to the wife of William CLAY Jr. on Thursday, the 30th ]July 1896], a
girl.
Henry
COMBS, of near town, died of typhoid fever on Monday and was buried at Grassy
Run Church Tuesday.
Mrs.
T. J. TURLEY, of Glencoe, visited her sister-in-law, Mrs. Geo. S.
WEBB.
Chas.
TAYLOR and family, and sister, Miss Katie TAYLOR, visited their cousin, Mrs.
Jas. ZINN.
Miss
Lucy McMILLAN, of Utica, Mo., visited her aunt, Mrs. James
ZINN.
F.
S. McMILLAN, of Falmouth, Sheriff of Pendleton County and brother of Judge
J. D. McMILLAN, was in town.
Charley
WEBB, of Cincinnati, and son of W. F. WEBB, is home for a
visit.
Thomas
BEALL, who for 13 years has lived in Missouri, visited his brother-in-law,
J. D. DAUBMAN, of this place.
Wedding
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James WALLACE, near town, on last Tuesday - Sinclair
HARRISON, of this place, married Miss Hattie M. McKINSEY, of Delia, Ky.,
by Rev. Wm. McMILLAN; she is daughter of John McKINSEY, of Delia; he is son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. HARRISON of this county, and a brother of Harry
HARRISON.
August
13, 1896
Sherman
News - Ellie FRANKS, son of J. H. FRANKS, near Mt. Zion, while trying to
shoot a chicken, accidentally shot his brother Worth through the jaw. The
wound, though painful, is not considered
dangerous.
Stewartswille
News - T. N. HOFFMAN was called home by death last Monday. His father and
mother are both ill at this writing.
Corinth
News - Misses Emma and Bessie SHAW, of Covington, are visiting their father,
R. T. SHAW, agent at this place.
Elliston
News - Mrs. WILSON and son, of Harrisburg, Owen County, visited her daughter,
Mrs. J. W. SASHER.
Mrs.
E. M. DUNGAN kills herself by taking an overdose of cedar oil with criminal
intent, Tuesday, at the home of her husband, D. DUNGAN, about two miles east
of Blanchett Station; her 18 month old baby found sleeping near her laying
just outside the door; she was about 20 years old and was the daughter of
T. B. RAMEY.
Miss
Mary SETTLE, daughter of Hon. Evan SETTLE, the Owen County orator, visited
Miss Clara MATTHEWS.
Mrs.
Dr. N. S. MATTHEWS and son, Raymond, will visit her parents in Columbus,
Ohio.
Dr.
Drury J. McMILLAN and daughter, Miss Bessie, of Kansas City, Mo., visited
her sister, Mrs. Jas. ZINN.
August
20, 1896
Abe
STANSIFER, 82 years old on the 11th, had a reunion on the
16th.
Mrs.
Emma LERMOND attended the funeral of her grandson at Bedford,
Indiana.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Miss Eva CARR visited her sister, Mrs.
HOPPER.
2.
The funeral of Mrs. DUNCAN, who was called home last Sunday night, was preached
at the Baptist Church Monday by Rev.
McMILLAN.
Sherman
News - Perry MASSIE's child is lying at the point of
death.
Mason
News:
1.
Bonnie DUNN, a young man just blooming into manhood, died of
consumption.
2.
Aunt Sarah RICHARDSON is lying very low at this writing. She is 83 years
old.
Letter
to the Editor from Louis ROBINSON, of White Hall, Alabama - "and old slave
darkey": In 1844 I was sold out of the ROBINSON family as a slave by O. P.
HOGAN. He sold me to John A. MILLER on a cotton farm. After the late war
I was not able to come home [Grant County]. When I was sold I had two brothers
[Robert and George] and two uncles [Rankin and
Phillip]"
Mrs.
Agnes NORTHCUTT, who lives with her daughter, Mrs. W. T. THORNE in Eminence,
visited her son, W. W. DICKERSON.
Hon.
Eugene K. WILSON, of London, Laurel County, son of Dr. J. M. WILSON, visited
his parents here.
Mrs.
Mary WILLIAMS, daughter of William SMITH, died at the home of her father
in Williamstown on Monday night, August 17; was buried in Williamstown Cemetery
Tuesday afternoon.
Zadie
HOFFMAN died after an illness of only one week of typhoid fever at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. U. HOFFMAN, of Stewartsville, August 10,
1896; she was 8; funeral by Rev. Wm. McMILLAN at the Salem Church, followed
by burial at the GAUGH Cemetery; [signed by a church
committee].
Administrator's
[R. H. ELLISTON] Sale for W. T. JAMES, deceased, at his late residence in
south Williamstown, Friday, August
28.
September
3, 1896
Dry
Ridge News - G. W. MILLER received a telegram from Felicity, Ohio, last Sunday
announcing his father's death; he and his wife left for the funeral
there.
Crittenden
News - Miss Anda MOVIN, of Columbus, Ohio, visited her sister, Mrs. Henderson
ROUSE.
Miss
Minnie RANSOM visited her cousin, Mrs. A. S. McCLURE, of
Crittenden.
Miss
Mamie LORENZEN of Milan, Indiana, visited her uncle, J. Q.
BARBOUR.
Mrs.
J. Q. BARBOUR and grandson, Edward WEBB, returned from visiting her sister,
Mrs. W. W. NEWELL, of Maysville, Ky.
Mrs.
R. B. FORD, of Winchester, visited her sister, Mrs. J. H.
DICKEY.
Miss
Bessie TURLEY of St. Louis, and Miss Katie TURLEY, of Glencoe, visited their
sister, Mrs. G. S. WEBB.
Dave
WIGGINS, of Hamilton Ohio, son of uncle Billy WIGGINS, of near Heekin,
visited.
September
10, 1896
Death
of Rev. G. W. YANCEY at his Williamstown home on Monday, September 7, after
long illness; paralysis was cause of death; was born in New Liberty, Owen
County, on March [date not readable], 1849; when young, his mother was widowed
and moved to Missouri's prairies; June 9, 1871 he married Sallie K. HOGAN,
daughter of O. P. HOGAN, of Williamstown, who with three children survive,
the eldest born son, Graham, having died 5 years ago; died at old homestead
of his father-in-law, Hon. O. P. HOGAN; buried in Williamstown Cemetery
Wednesday.
Death
of Mrs. William BROMBACK at her home, one mile north of Williamstown last
Monday, of tumor operation; buried at Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday; leaves a husband
and children.
Death
of Robert F. WARE, at his home about one mile east of Williamstown Tuesday
morning; bad health for two or three years; recently overcame typhoid fever;
then contracted malaria; immediate cause of death was Bright's disease; was
born in Campbell County, September 4, 1828; twice married - first wife was
Susan MARTIN, dead for nearly 30 years; second wife, Miss M. L. DAMERON survives;
several children born to both marriages, seven survive: F. A. WARE, Dr. C.
D. WARE, Mrs. Josephine SHIELDS, Mrs. Fannie LUCAS, Wm. A. WARE, George F.
WARE, and Mrs. Anna BISHOP. He will be buried in Williamstown Cemetery on
Friday, pending the arrival of his son, Dr. Ware, from [Colfax],
California.
Mrs.
L. L. KROGER visited her parents at Dixon Station and returned with her sister,
Miss Nora CAHILL.
R.
W. VANCE, son of Robert VANCE, who lives on the Baton Rouge turnpike, is
very low with typhoid fever, which it is believed he contacted while nursing
the deceased, Thomas HUFFMAN.
Walton
News - Death of Sam HIND Sr. on Thursday; born in Hart County, Kentucky in
1819 and came with his father, a veteran of the war of 1812, to this section
in 1820; leaves a widow, 2 sons, and 2
daughters.
Stewartsville
News - Mrs. CROUCH, of Cincinnati, visited her sister, Mrs. Charlie
PRICE.
September
17, 1896
Ben
DUNN, son of John and Ellen DUNN died August 8, 1896; confined to bed for
five months with consumption; parents, brother, and sister survive; remains
conveyed to Baptist Church Sunday
evening.
Owen
HULETT and Miss Annise CLARK were married at the residence of the bride's
parents in Williamstown yesterday [Wednesday, September 16], by Rev. G. W.
HILL
Administrator's
[John F. VANCE] sale for estate of Thomas N. HOFFMAN, deceased, at his home
near Stewartsville, October 3, 1896.
Public
sale of the personal property of James LITTELL [living] just outside the
corporate limits of Williamstown; September 26,
1896.
Holbrook
News - Louis SWEENEY and Miss Flossie STEVENSON were united in marriage near
here the 5th.
Sherman
News - Homer CHAPMAN, of Mt. Zion, died of typhoid fever and was buried last
week.
September
24, 1896
Sherman
News - A Mr. HICKS, son of Sam HICKS, and Miss SPAULDING eloped on last Thursday
night [Robert Baird, pilot chief] and were married at Rising Sun,
Indiana.
Crittenden
News:
1.
Miss Alice CRAIG of Humburg, Arkansas, visited her cousin, Jennie
FINLEY.
2.
Floyd HOGSETT and sister, Alicia, of Stamping Ground, are attending Crittenden
School.
3.
N. J. GRIFFITH, of Vevay, Indiana, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Ed
BROWN.
Elliston
News:
1.
Our postmaster and telegraph operator, A. J. WILLIAMS, returned with his
parents from his home in Goshen,
Ohio.
2.
Mrs. Marius MEYERS, of Denton, Texas, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
SIPPLE.
Holbrook
News:
1.
George McCORMICK and Miss Nellie JUMP were married near Downingsville last
Thursday at the residence of the bride's
parents.
2.
Henry BEVERLY has returned from Hardin County, where he was called by the
death of his mother.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Wedding of Ezra FRANKS and Miss Eva CARR at Warsaw on Wednesday; Bob CHILDERS
and Miss Laura MAGERHOUS were attendants; wedding supper was held at his
father's home.
2.
Miss Laura AYERS visited her uncle, Joe
FRANKS.
Frank
A. Ware qualified as the administrator of his father, R. F.
Ware.
James
A. LITTELL's sale has been postponed.
Sale
of Mrs. Mary LITTELL, as administrix of Wm. LITTELL, deceased; was not
well-attended.
Wedding
of Calvert Owen HULETT and Mary Anaise CLARK at the home of the bride's parents
last Wednesday by Rev. W. HILL; he is Williamstown's grocer; she is daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. CLARK.
Miss
Anna SCOTT visited her sister, Mrs. Dr. G. W. TUCKER of
Jonesville.
Miss
Lucy DENMAN, of Cincinnati, visited her cousin, Mrs. James
ZINN.
Mrs.
Sibbie CARPENTER, of St. Louis, daughter of Will COLLINS, with her son, visited
family of R. A. COLLINS.
Mrs.
Eliza GRACE and son William, of New Orleans, visited
here.
Newlyweds
Owen HULETT and wife go to housekeeping on Mill Street in the McKINLEY
property.
October
1, 1896
Dr.
J. Whit HALL, of Bloomington, Illinois, visited his father and brothers at
Heekin; a Grant County boy.
Heekin
News:
1.
There is a new baby in our vicinity; the pride and joy of Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
GREEN.
2.
P. G. HARRISON and son, Lewis, went to
Cincinnati.
Sherman
News:
1.
Rankin BLACKBURN, of California, brother of the late R. J. BLACKBURN, met
his nephew, W. T. S. BLACKBURN, of DRy
Ridge.
2.
Mary SMITH, wife of uncle "Jimmie" SMITH, deceased, did at her home near
Mt. Zio