Volume
11
Looking Backward Over the Events of the Past Year - 1898:
JANUARY:
J.
M. RISEN dies at his home near
town.
Walter
BENNETT and Miss Rena BARNES married at Dry
Ridge.
Clarence
HENSLEY and Miss Nannie COOK married at
Holbrook.
E.
K. LEE and Miss Ola PARKER married at
Corinth.
Wm.
LOWE of Mason was sent to the lunatic
asylum.
Mrs.
J. D. DOUBMAN died at her home near
town.
James
REDNOWER and Miss Daisy LANCASTER eloped and married at Vevay,
Indiana.
F.
B. GREEN and Miss Hattie BARBOUR
married.
FEBRUARY:
Herndon
GUILL, 87, died at Corinth.
Charley
STONE and Miss Lou WEBSTER married at
Folsom.
Miss
Clyntabelle WESTOVER and H. G. SMALLEY married at
Corinth.
Isaac
ROBINSON and Miss Belle MOORE married at
Lawrenceville.
William
MUSSELMAN acquitted of the charge of
manslaughter.
Eugene
LAIR sentenced to the pen for two years for killing Arther
WILLIAMS.
Mrs.
Solomon NICHOLS died at Dry
Ridge.
Dr.
J. D. VIOLETTE died at his home on High Street,
Williamstown.
James
MARTIN died at Sherman.
MARCH:
Miss
Eva WEBSTER died at Sherman.
Joe
SHRYOCK and Miss Lola ROBINSON married at
Lawrenceville.
Mrs.
Matilda VICE died at Knoxville.
Chas.
ATKINS and Miss Addie BLACKBURN married at Dry
Ridge.
Ellie
BRUMBACK and Miss Ella GLACKING
married.
John
VAUGHN died at Mt. Zion.
Rev.
J. M. LOOMIS died at Holbrook.
John
CASTLEMAN fell from his horse and was killed near the
depot.
APRIL:
Elmer
GLACKING and Miss Ida ODER of Folsom, married in
Cincinnati.
Infant
child of Mr. and Mrs. James BURGESS of Stewartsville
died.
Dan
McGOWAN of Stewartsville died. [Date suspected to be in error: March 31,
1898 issue states that he died March 10,
1898.]
Mrs.
John H. NEW of Cordova died.
Mrs.
N. H. PINCKARD died.
A
boy named Doyle, from Lexington, stealing a ride on a freight train, was
killed near the depot by falling under the
train.
Miss
Nellie ZINN and Ed DUNLAP married at
Sherman.
Mrs.
Louis HARRISON of Heekin died.
MAY:
J.
H. THOMPSON died.
Leslie
VALLANDINGHAM of Corinth died.
Miss
Willie HALL of Heekin died.
C.
O. PORTER and Miss Belle SIMPSON
married.
JUNE:
Mrs.
EVANS died at Dry Ridge.
Mrs.
Mary A. McGINNIS died at Dry
Ridge.
Ed
BRUMBACK and Miss Clara ECKLER were
married.
Mrs.
Alf SPILLMAN died.
JULY:
Wheeler
HUMPHRIES and Miss STEWART married at Dry
Ridge.
Chas.
PETTIT and Miss Florida BEARD married at
Folsom.
John
WADE, accused of murdering Addison PEPPLAR, captured and lodged in jail.
The infant twins of W. E. BEACH and wife of Corinth,
died.
AUGUST:
Leonard
McGLASSON of Mason died.
William
HASANK adjudged a lunatic and ordered sent to the
asylum.
Infant
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas BRUMBACK
died.
Sam
SECHREST of Mt. Zion died.
SEPTEMBER:
Arch
MORGAN and Miss Annie HENRY married at Cherry
GROVE.
W.
T. WHITE and Mrs. Romania LOWE married at Falmouth.
Miss Mattie SIPPLE and Clarence BATES were married at
Folsom.
John
T. HINDS and Mrs. E. F> CONWAY married at
Corinth.
Perry
FRANKS of Mt. Zion sent to the lunatic
asylum.
OCTOBER:
W.
W. GODMAN and Miss Eva DAUGHERTY of Stringtown married in this
city.
Mon
ODER and Miss Melissa BEACH married at
Elliston.
Dick
BRADLEY of Jonesville died.
R.
F. LEMON and Miss Minnie May RANSOM
married.
"Aunt"
Sallie WHITTON died at Corinth, aged
80.
Otis
SCROGGIN and Miss Dora MENEFEE married at
Heekin.
John
BEATY and Miss Laura AYERS married at
Jonesville.
Harve
SANDERS, accused of murdering Dave FRANKS at Crittenden, captured at Owingsville
and brought home.
Albert
JEFFERS killed at Cartersville school house by Henry
JONES.
W.
T. BENNETT dies from a stroke of
paralysis.
NOVEMBER:
C.
E. O'HARA and Miss Mary McCLURE
married.
John
GUTMAN of Sherman died, aged 60
years.
DECEMBER:
Ellis
CLEMENTS and Miss Martha MOREHEAD married at Dry
Ridge.
Lewis
PATTERSON and Janie SWITZER married at
Corinth.
Will
J. WEBB and Miss Alberta GIBSON married at Dry
Ridge.
James
RANKIN and Miss Pearl STEVENSON married at Dry
Ridge.
Albert
TIBBLEMAN died at Cordova.
Sam
TURNER and Miss Xenia CHARBONNEAU married at
Corinth.
Wm.
STROUD Sr. died.
January
5, 1899:
Corinth
News:
1.
Rev. D. F. COBB and wife are bowed down with sorrow and very much humiliated
by the action of their daughter, Mrs. Laura VEST who has brought suit against
her husband, J. T. VEST of Owen County, for divorce and division of
property.
2.
The wife of D. W. WILLIAMS died last Saturday after an illness of several
weeks; body was embalmed and held until Wednesday so that all of her children
might attend the last rites at her home, followed by Catholic ceremonies
at her church; was buried in the Oddfellows'
Cemetery.
Thomas
[Tom] ORCUTT, formerly of the Fork Lick neighborhood, this county, was killed
in Menifee County while trying to evade a U.S. Deputy Marshal; he had married
there and with his brother, Charley [who escaped to the hills of Grant County],
was engaged in the manufacture of "moonshine" whiskey; were sailing under
the name of CHINN.
Born
to the wife of Frank McMILLAN, December 31, a
son.
Warren
E. STEVENS and family, after living a year in the Territory of Oklahoma have
returned to live in the Oak Ridge
neighborhood.
H.
J. JOSEPH and Joe MENDOZA were in Cincinnati last Friday for the funeral
of Mr. JOSEPH's mother.
Mr.
and Mrs. C. H. HITCHCOCK of Cincinnati visited his aunt, Mrs. James ZINN;
Mrs. HITCHCOCK was Miss Hazel REED.
Charley
CHILDERS, mechanic of Galesburg, Illinois, visited his mother, Mrs. W. H.
CHILDERS at this place.
Mrs.
Dr. N. S. MATHEWS was summoned Monday to Columbus, Ohio to the bedside of
her aged father who died before she got there; her son Raymond, 8, made the
trip by himself Tuesday.
Francis
H. WILSON and Eva M. WARLEY, of Cincinnati, came to Williamstown Tuesday,
took lodging at the Moore Hotel, secured a marriage, sent for the County
Judge [J. H. WESTOVER], and were quietly
married.
Fred
BRACHT, prominent young school teacher of this county, and Miss Belle BENNETT
of Heekin, were married in Cincinnati last Thursday; he is a son of Brutus
BRACHT of near Blanchet; she is a daughter of W. T. BENNETT of Heekin, and
a granddaughter of B. P. CLARK,
Williamstown.
Dry
Ridge News: Born to the wife of Marion BENNETT, January 1, a
boy.
Folsom
News: Mrs. Henry MORGAN of Avondale, Ohio visited her daughter, Mrs. Anna
PETTIT.
Elliston
News: Ed. KUHN and Miss CHAPMAN were married a few days before
Christmas.
Crittenden
News: Last Saturday a 49th birthday dinner for Jno. ANDERSON was held at
his and his wife's home.
Uncle
[Will] Wm. STROUD died at his home near [Williamstown], Wednesday, December
28, 1898; was born in Williamstown March 10, 1828, being 79 years, 9 months,
and 18 days old at his death; on December 16, 1847 he married Miss Jane MILLINER,
to whom was born ten children, seven living, three boys and four girls: Edward
STROUD of Pendleton County, Jas. and Wm. STROUD Jr. of this city, Mrs. W.
B. NEW of Kansas, Mrs. CHILDS of Pendleton County, Mrs. Jas. HART and Mrs.
Dave BIDDLE of this city; about two years ago his wife died; then his young
son, Hayden, was killed in getting off a train; was never a member of any
church; funeral was December 30, 1898 at his home; buried in Williamstown
Cemetery.
Mrs.
D. W. WILLIAMS of Blanchett died on last Saturday; buried Tuesday, leaves
a husband and several grown children.
Samuel
SIMPSON of Williamstown died of typhoid fever on Sunday; buried in Williamstown
Cemetery.
Mrs.
W. T. POINTS of Sherman died at her home on the Sherman-Mt. Zion turnpike
road on Monday night; funeral was Wednesday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church; buried
there.
Stewartsville
News: John CARR from Pendleton County visited his sister, Mrs. Eva
FRANKS.
County
Court, last Saturday:
1.
Samuel HENSLEY Jr. was dismissed on a charge of
rape.
2.
On Tuesday, James HUME qualified as the administrator of his father who died
49 years ago [calculated year: 1850]. This is probably as long after the
death as letters of administration have been granted to any one in this part
of the state.
January
12, 1899:
Corinth
News:
1.
Mrs. LANHAM and daughter, Pearl, of Indiana visited the family of J. W.
LANCASTER>
2. Mrs. Mary A. SKINNER of Stringtown, aged 74 years, died January 8 and was buried the next day in the Corinth Cemetery; was mother of our worthy townsman, Jas. SKINNER.
1898
Grant County Treasurers Settlement Mentions:
1. P. THORNHILL, idiot.
2.
Henry CARR, blind man.
3.
Digging graves for M. OWENS, Wm. BLACK, Tabitha HERRON, Chas. YORK and E.
KNIGHT>
William
OSBORNE, of the Flat Creek District, died last week; was brother of Wash
OSBORNE.
Married,
at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome MANOR, near this
city, Wednesday, January 4, 1899 - John BAIRD and Miss Lille D.
MANOR.
Eugene
Kerr WILSON of London, Kentucky visited the family of his father, Dr. J.
M. WILSON.
G.
S. FORWOOD of Shelbyville, formerly owned the Hedger farm and married the
daughter of the late John HEDGER.
Word
received Monday of the sudden death of John FORD of Elliston; leaves a family
of children; was buried in the old burying ground at Elliston
Tuesday.
Sam
KUHN, the Dean of the Old Bachelors Society in Williamstown, was married
last Tuesday to Mrs. Mary E. JONES, Mt.
Zion.
Dry
Ridge News: Marriage of W. T. STEERS and Miss Tilla BRACHT at the home of
the bride's father near Sherman; the groom's brother, Elder J. S. STEERS
officiating; groom was born in or near Dry Ridge and is now 25; the bride,
18, is the second daughter of Al BRACHT of near Sherman; will live in Valparaiso,
Indiana.
Lawrenceville
News: Isaac ROBINSON is rejoicing over the arrival of a girl, January
2.
Jonesville:
Lewis NOEL and Miss Mary ALLCORN were married last
Thursday.
Folsom
News: Wm. OSBORNE died Monday, January 2; leaves a wife and 5
children.
Elliston
News: James WILSON Visited his sister, Mrs. J. W. SASHER, at this
place.
County
Court Orders:
1.
Last will and testaments admitted to probate for Wm. STROUD Sr., Andrew M.
COCHRAN and Euphemia H.
McDOWELL.
2.
Guardianship settlements: D. C. POINTS [attorney], guardian of Baydie FRANK
and Elmer TANNER; Allan HOLBROOK guardian Jessie
MYERS.
3.
Jane McDOWELL qualified as exor. of estate of Euphemia McDOWELL, deceased;
Hettie COCHRAN, exor. of Andrew COCHRAN, deceased; J. M. OSBORNE appointed
administrator of estate of Wm. OSBORNE,
deceased.
January
19, 1899:
Corinth
News:
Funeral
director, C. W. MARSHALL, reports the following
deaths:
1.
January 10, infant child of John WAINSCOTT.
2. January 10, Mrs. E. J. CHILDS, near Mt.
Pleasant.
3.
January 11, Mrs. _____ MARTIN, aged 72
years.
4.
January 13, Mrs. John EARLES, of
Keefer.
Mrs.
D. F. COBB visited her daughter, Mrs. Ben RICKING of
Cincinnati.
Born,
January 16, to Jas. K. WRIGHT and wife, a
boy.
Thos.
FIGHTMASTER with his little 3-year-old son, left Sunday for Cincinnati to
search for his wife who left him about the first of September
[1898].
W.
L. LAMPTON was not born in Wolfe County, Kentucky, but was born about 4 miles
from the Kentucky line in Ohio; his mother was born in Harrison County, Kentucky
in 1816 and his [living] father in Clark County, Kentucky in 1813 and his
father near Winchester in 1791; his mother's father was the late Col. Isaac
MILLER of Cynthiana; "I came back to Kentucky at the tender age of 3;" still
a bachelor; was visiting his father, 86, ill with the
grip.
In
Memory: On January 3, 1899, Alice POINTS, wife of W. T. POINTS, died of
consumption at her home near Sherman, Grant County; was born October 8, 1871
and only passed her 27th birthday at death; October 5, 1892, she married
W. T. POINTS and one little girl, who survives, blessed thier union; funeral
was Wednesday, January 4, at the church at Mt. Zion; buried in the cemetery
near the church; had brothers and
sisters.
Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. HENSLEY request your presence at the marriage of their daugher,
Anna Lucille [of Owen County], to William L. ALLPHIN of Grant County, Tuesday,
January 24, 1899, at home.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Born to the wife of James ARNOLD, near Knoxville, January 14, a
boy.
2.
Born to the wife of W. R. STEPHENSON, January 10, a
doy.
3.
Mrs. Manless KIGHTLY died at her home in South Dry Ridge Sunday morning;
was buried in the church burying ground at Holbrook Monday; her infant child
is very weak and it is thought it will not
live.
Hanks
News: Miss Ella WEBSTER of Zion Station visited her sister, Mrs. Jas.
WEBSTER.
Jonesville
News:
1.
Mrs. Diana BROMLEY died at her home near Bromley last Saturday; funeral was
at Popular Grove, Monday.
2.
Born to the wife of John CALENDER, a
girl.
Public
Sale of the property of Wm. STROUD SR., deceased, Thursday, Janaury 26, 1899,
at his late residence one mile southeast of
Williamstown.
January
26, 1899:
Corinth News: G. T. BURROUGHS
and Miss Cora LILLIE were married
Thursday.
William
L. ALLPHIN and Miss Anna Lucille HENSLEY were married by her father, Rev.
J. A. HENSLEY at the residence of the bride's parents near Holbrook, in Owen
County, on Tuesday; groom is Circuit Court Clerk of Grant
County.
On
the 13th, Mrs. BILLITER, wife of Mark BILLITER, near town; buried in Williamstown
Cemetery, on the 10th.
Mrs.
James B. GOUGE of near Cherry Grove died of pneumonia on the 18th; buried
the 19th in the burying ground near that
place.
Mrs.
Jacob BROOKS of near Delia on the 16th from grip; buried in family burying
ground near that place on the 17th.
Mrs.
Nancy J. LOWE, mother of R. M. LOWE, died in Covington on the 13th at the
age of 91; remains brought here [Williamstown] and buried
Sunday.
The
infant child of Leslie GAUGH and wife died last Sunday evening and was buried
in Williamstown Cemetery Monday.
Mrs.
Pole SCROGGIN of near Holbrook died Monday; buried in the grave yard at Grassy
Run Tuesday.
The
wife of N. B. SCROGGINS of near Holbrook died Sunday and was buried Grassy
Run Cemetery on Tuesday.
Married
- E. C. CALDWELL, 23, and Miss Laura WORKS, 23, at Fairview Church on the
15th.
A
letter written by T. M. COMBS from Ohio Penitentiary in 1863 to this wife
[who lived in Williamstown at the time] was delivered to him at his Erlanger
home. He was in the famous Morgan Calvary Raid into Ohio. Mrs. COMBS still
lives.
Lafayette
LAWSON, 40, and Mrs. Agnes FERREL, 38, were married at the County Clerk's
Office last Thursday; will reside near Folsom, Grant County; her maiden name
was JUMP and she was the widow of John FERREL who committed suicide at the
Latonia Hotel two years ago. - Warsaw
Independent.
Adam
JOUETT, who killed Jess COLVIN near Robinson, Harrison County early last
year, was sentenced to two years in
prison.
Former
Laurel County Attorney, Eugene K. WILSON, son of Dr. J. M. WILSON and a native
of Williamstown, is in jail in London, Kentucky, charged with the murder
of Miss Mary CLOYD; alleged he attempted a questionable operation on the
young lady and she died from the effects of it last Sunday; she was a domestic
at the Catchings Hotel in London.
Crittenden,
January 23 - A party was given by Annie WEBSTER, the daughter of F. M.
WEBSTER.
In
Memory of Clarence MUNSON who died October 9, 1898, just 4 months ago
today.
Crittenden
News:
1.
Died January 19, Mrs. John DeJARNETTE; funeral was Friday, January
20.
2.
Mrs. Robert KLEINSMITH died Monday night of heart
trouble.
Jonesville
News:
1.
Forest BALDWIN, who has been in the West for several years, was married to
Miss Lily May NOEL last
Wednesday.
2.
John NOEL who was accidentally shot three weeks ago by his brother, died
last Wednesday of lockjaw. He leaves a wife and small
child.
3.
Mrs. Sarah MORGAN of Milldale, wife of Henry MORGAN, died suddenly at the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. George PETTIT, last
Thursday.
February
2, 1899:
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Stephen Redd WEBB and Miss Eugenie MUSSELMAN a the Baptist Church
on February 15, 1899.
Clifford
BROWN, son of Chas. BROWN, of Dry Ridge, died Tuesday morning of spinal
meningitis after one week's illness. Aged 15
months.
Wedding
Invitation: George EVANS and Iva May GROSS invite you to be present at their
marriage Wednesday, February 15, 1899, at the residence of L. M. GROSS,
Williamstown.
In
Memory: Jan BROOKS died at her home near Clarks Creek, this county, January
17, 1899; was born January 10, 1826, being 73 years and 7 days old at death;
in 1851 she married Jacob BROOKS, who survives her; to this union was born
four children, two sons, John and William, and two daughters, Mrs. Sallie
BARKER, the wife of Rev. T. W. BARKER of the Methodist Church, and Mattie,
a single daughter; Jan was an invalid confined to her bed for 14 years; funeral
was at Clarks Creek Church on Thursday, January 19, 1899; she was buried
near the church.
In
Memory: Nancy WATSON LOWE died at the home of her son, R. M. LOWE, in Covington,
January 13, 1899, aged 91 years, 9 months, and 19 days; was born March 24,
1807 in Bourbon County, Kentucky; her maiden name was PORTER; her father,
Robt. PORTER was a revolutionary soldier; Nancy was blind for many years;
leaves three sons: R. M. LOWE of Covington, Moses LOWE of Louisville, and
Mac LOWE of Kansas City, Missouri; and two daughters: Mrs. J. A. LEMON and
Mrs. Richard ASHCRAFT; funeral was at the Williamstown Baptist Church Sunday,
January 15, 1899. [Her gravestone in Williamstown Cemetery reads: "Nancy,
wife of Mos LOWE", with birth and death dates as noted above.
-Abstractor.]
Marriage
Licenses granted by County Clerk L. M. GROSS during
January:
John
BEARD, 24 - Lillie D. MAYNER,
26.
Francis
H. WILSON, 32, of Columbus, Ohio - Eva M. WARLEY, 24, of Hartford City,
Indiana.
W.
T. STEERS, 25 - Tillie H. BRACHT,
19.
J.
KUHN, 63 - Mary E. JONES, 55.
E.
C. CALDWELL, 24 - Laura WORKS,
23.
W.
L. ALLPHIN, 28 - Anna Lucille HENSLEY,
24.
Wm.
JUSTICE, 21 - Oteria MOREHEAD,
22.
Leslie
ROBINSON, 21 - Rosa DUNN, 19.
Dry
Ridge News: Born to the wife of Tandy BAKER, January 29, a
girl.
Crittenden
News:
1.
Mrs. DICKERSON of Georgetown, daughter of Poll BROWN of this place, died
at her home January 23, 1899; remains brought to her mother's house near
here; funeral was January 25 at the Christian Church; buried in the
cemetery.
2.
Died on the 24th of January, the Hon. John
DeJARNETTE
3.
The funeral of Mrs. Robert KLEINSMITH was conducted at her home; remains
taken to Cincinnati where she was buried
later.
Corinth
News:
1.
Henry HILES died last Thursday, aged about 80
years.
2.
Joe A. McCLAIN, a member of the 22nd, U. S. Inf., stationed at Ft. Crook,
Nebraska, has received an honorable discharge because of
infirmities.
Sherman
News: Vard VAWTER of near Mt. Zion died on the 28th. Funeral Sunday. His
remains were laid to rest in the Mt. Zion
Cemetery.
February
9, 1899:
Circuit Court murder cases
considered Monday:
1.
John WADE for the murder of Addison
PEPPLER.
2.
Harve SANDERS for the murder of Dave T.
FRANKS.
Born
to the wife of Joe ACKMAN at Mason, February 5, a
boy.
Born
to the wife of Pink NEAL at Mason, January 21, a
boy.
Born
to the wife of James STEWART of Heekin, February 3, a
girl.
Born
to the wife of William HICKS, Cordova, February 5, a
boy.
Rev.
J. W. MADDUX united in marriage, at the home of George SIMPSON on January
31, Leslie ROBINSON and Miss Rosa DUNN; groom is from Scott County. On February
1, at the home of Mr. MARTIN near Sherman, Alfred WILSON and Miss Belle MARTIN,
both of that neighborhood.
Three
weddings to be in Williamstown in one day, next Wednesday:
1.
Steven WEBB and Miss Junie MUSSELMAN at the Baptist
Church.
2.
George EVANS and Miss Iva GROSS at the residence of L. M.
GROSS.
3.
At the old CALDWELL homestead, J. D. DOUBMAN and Miss Mattie
CALDWELL.
Mrs.
R. E. BYERS died at her home at Ghent last Wednesday of consumption [contracted]
since the death of her husband in Williamstown with the same disease two
years ago; came to Williamstown 12 years ago and shortly became his wife;
her remains buried near her old home; her wish was for her husband to be
reburied by her side on the banks of the Ohio River; leaves 3 infant children
and her parents.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Mrs. Sallie MENEFEE of Brooksville visited her sister, Mrs. Nannie
VEST.
2.
Born to the wife of Lewis MILLINER on February 2, a
girl.
3.
Born to the wife of Joe GRIBBLE on January 30, a
boy.
4.
Born to the wife of Tom ASHCRAFT on January 30, a
boy.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Born to the wife of Jas. BURGESS, a
girl.
2.
Henry CALENDER has moved to the Coon [Uriah] BICKERS farm near Mason, which
he has purchased. [Uriah BICKERS lived at Jonesville at this time.
-Abstractor.]
Mt.
Zion News:
1.
Mrs. W. O. BUTLER and daughter, Myrtle May, visited relatives in
Owenton.
2.
Tom COATES of Owen County visited his sister, Mrs. A. J.
FOREE.
February
16, 1899:
Four Weddings in
Williamstown:
1.
J. D. DOUBMAN and Mattie V. CALDWELL were married at the Old CALDWELL residence
on Williamstown and Owen Line turnpike road; he is a prosperous farmer; she
is daughter of the late Milton C. CALDWELL; will live on his farm near Crittenden
in Kenton County.
2. Stephen Redd WEBB and Miss Eugenia MUSSELMAN were married at the Baptist Church; went to Hamilton, Missouri to visit the family of Henry CONRAD, whose wife is the bride's sisters; "Steve" is the son of William F. WEBB; bride is daughter of H. C. MUSSELMAN; Williamstown will be their home.
3. George EVANS and Miss Iva May GROSS were married in the residence of L. M. GROSS on South Main Street; went to Nicholasville to visit he groom's brother; groom is youngest son of J. C. EVANS; bride is daughter of W. M. GROSS, deceased, and sister of County Court Clerk, Luther M. GROSS; will live in Williamstown.
4. A pretty home wedding at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. BURCH on Main Street, united A. SIDES of Waynesville, Ohio and Miss Otellia BURCH; groom is son of wealthy Waynesville farmer; will live in Waynesville.
Last
Friday John WADE was sentenced to the penitentiary for 18 years for killing
Addison PEPPLAR on November 30, 1897; an argument over some stolen
whiskey.
The
case of Kentucky vs Harvey SANDERS for the killing of Dave T. FRANKS at
Crittenden on the 3rd of lat April [1898] ended in a verdict of not
guilty.
Charles
CROWLEY, the section foreman on the Queen and Crescent at his place, is rejoicing
over the arrival of a baby girl.
Last
Friday morning, February 10, Ransom STEWART of the Crittenden neighborhood
died at his home near that place; was born at South Fork, Gallatin County,
May 16, 1850 and was in his 49th year at death; leaves wife, two sons and
one daughter; was not a church member but was a moral man; funeral and burial
on Sunday by the Masonic Lodge.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Van ASBERRY, son of Frank ASBERRY of near Sherman, who has been in the 4th
KY, was mustered out last week and is now at
home.
2.
Miss Rena VANCE, daughter of Robert VANCE, died at her home last Friday;
funeral was at Salem Methodist Church Sunday; buried beneath the snow [in
Gaugh Cemetery]; stone reads: Larena VANCE, aged 29 years, 11 months, 14
days; died February 10, 1899. --Chandler, Grant County Cemeteries, Volume
I, Page 184.]
February
23, 1899:
1. Born to the wife of Dan
MANN, February 11, a girl; to the wife of Riley WARE, February 12, a boy;
to the wife of Port YELTON February 18, a
girl.
2.
The infant child of Enoch HUMPHRIES and wife died on the
18th.
Jonesville
News: On Saturday, February 11, Miss Olive GRAY died, aged 75 years; was
a sister of Wm. GRAY, near Downingsville; buried in the Masonic Cemetery
here Sunday; has been invalid for 50
years.
Mr.
and Mrs. A. S. WHEELER announce the marriage of their niece, Martha N. DUNLAP
to Lewis C. FRINK, Thursday evening, February 16th, at 7:30 o'clock, 6912
Lowe Avenue, Chicago. --She is a native of Bloomington, Illinois, her father's
childhood home.
Two
of the children in the Cordova country who were suspected to have leprosy
have died during the past few days: the eldest daughter of Louis MARTIN and
the son of Bud BROOKS.
Miss
Fannie FINCH of Burlington visited her grandparents, J. M. RIDDELL and
wife.
Charles
MITTS and Miss Eunice DAUGHERTY were married at the home of the bride's parents
near Doudton Wednesday, February 22; he is the son of John MITTS; she lived
in Williamstown years ago.
Ellsworth
PRESTON of Sherman, aged 20, and Miss Evaline HUGHES of Dry Ridge, aged 17,
were married at the home of Jack McLAIN, February
22.
J.
H. HODGES, father of Mrs. S. R. WILSON of the place, died at his daughter's
home February 11 and was buried in Williamstown Cemetery the next day; was
from Owen County and the Sparta neighborhood; children
survive.
Eugene
WILSON is charged with the killing of Miss FLOYD at London,
Kentucky.
Hanks
News: John JOHNSON of Sweet Owen and Mrs. Belle BLACKBURN were married at
the residence of the bride's sister, Mrs. James NEW, February 16; bride is
daughter of Samuel LAWRENCE, deceased; groom is son of Harry
JOHNSON.
In
Memory of Mrs. Martha F. VALLANDINGHAM who died January 2, 1899; poem follows,
mentioning "dear mother", since father and mother are not here," --By Her
Children.
In
Memory of Taylor KUHN who died November 26, 99 at his home at Cherry Grove;
poem follows mentioning "our dear brother." --Marion and Clara PRICE.
March
2, 1899:
Dry Ridge News:
1.
Miss Francis WILSON died at her home near here last Saturday; buried Sunday
at the family burying ground; was nearly 100 years
old.
2.
Miss Elizabeth BLACKBURN died suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
W. B> CHILDERS last Saturday; was in the act of lighting her pipe when
she dropped dead; presumably of heart trouble; funeral and burial was Sunday
at Clarks Creek burying ground.
3.
Uncle Joseph FOREE died at his home near Mt. Zion Sunday; funeral at Mt.
Zion Baptist Church, of which he was one of the oldest members, last Monday
where he was buried.
4.
W. P. EVANS died near Stewartsville last
Saturday.
Born
to the wife of Robert KILGORE on the 16th, [February], a boy; to the wife
of Henry SMITH on the 22nd, [February], a girl; to the wife of John BROWN,
a girl; to the wife of Frank VANCE, a
girl.
Corinth
News: Miss Ethel ALCOKE of Lexington visited her sister, Mrs. Dr.
SIMMONS.
Stewartsville
News: T. P. EVANS was buried at Salem
Saturday.
Mrs.
and Mrs. J. R. DOER visited their daughter, Mrs. Wilson
COOK.
Born
to the wife of Clark LITTELL of Cherry Grove, February 22, a
boy.
Jonesville
News:
1.
Harvey HOUSE and Miss Fannie KINMAN were married at Warsaw last
Tuesday.
2.
Geo. WALTERS, salesman for J. W. Brock & Co., were married last Tuesday
to Miss Tillie RUDKINS, of/at Cincinnati; she was a sales lady for Mabley
& Carew.
3.
Mrs. Dr. STEWART of Frankfort visited her father, Chas.
BRADLEY.
Crittenden
News:
1.
John U. [riah] ALLPHIN is going to build a Methodist Episcopal church at
Crittenden by the help of God and the people. Any one desiring to help in
the cause may send to John U. ALLPHIN, Crittenden, Ky. [John U. ALLPHIN's
parents were Ransom ALLPHIN and Nancy J. BICKERS, the daughter of Uriah BICKERS
[Sr.] and Debby HENRY - all of whom are buried in the White Chapel M. E.
South Church Cemetery in Holbrook. The land for this church and cemetery
was donated by Uriah and Debby.
--Abstractor.].
2.
Mrs. J. W. BRYAN of St. Louis, Missouri visited her brother, Littleton
FENLEY.
Heekin
News: T. Park EVANS died at his aunt Polly HARRISON's last Friday morning;
funeral was Saturday after which he was buried in the burying ground near
the church.
March
9, 1899:
For
Sale: the farm of Mary E. McGINNIS and T. J. McGINNIS, deceased, 1/2 miles
west of Dry Ridge; March 13,
1899.
Dry Ridge News:
1.
Dick CARTER, a Union veteran of the Civil War, was found in the stable loft
of Fred HUTCHINSON last Saturday, unconscious from an overdose of morphine;
he expired that night; was addicted to
drinking.
Downingsville
News:
1.
Died on March 2, the infant child of Charles BURGESS; interred at Mt.
Pisgah.
2.
Hayden DUNLAP and Miss Anna WEBSTER were married in Williamstown last
Monday.
3.
Died on the 1st, Al EDWARDS, of consumption; buried at Pisgah on the
2nd.
Crittenden
News: Bernard YOUNG, a cousin of James, Linden, and Walker YOUNG, died at
the home of Linden YOUNG Friday morning. After his death, a letter was found
which stated he had $165 in the bank, that he wanted to be buried
decently.
February
1899 Marriage Licenses issued by Clerk L. M.
GROSS:
1.
J. D. DOUBMAN, 43 - Mattie V. CALDWELL,
41.
2.
George EVANS, 24 - Iva May GROSS,
18.
3.
S. R. WEBB, 28 - Eugenia MUSSELMAN,
25.
4.
A. L. SIDES, 33 - Otelia BURCH,
29.
5.
Hez WEBSTER, 30 - Amy A. PETTUS,
24.
6.
Charles MITTS, 23 - Eunice DAUGHERTY,
22.
7.
John W. CARR, 23 - Maggie L. ANGEL,
21.
8.
Ellsworth PRESTON, 20 - Evaline HUGHES,
17.
9.
Thos. WILLIAMS, 26 - Sarah OGDEN, 21.
A.
H. DUNLAP and Miss Anna WEBSTER were married at Williamstown, Wednesday,
March 1.
C.
A. ASHCRAFT and Miss Mary FARRIS were married at Williamstown, Thursday,
March 2.
Richard
BICKERS and Miss Eliza EALS will be married near Keefer [south Grant County]
this morning, Thursday, March 9,
1899.
John
MILIKEN and Evaline HILES were married Wednesday, March
8.
In
Memory: Alfred SKIRVIN, one of the old pioneers of Kentucky, died at his
residence, near Glencoe, Gallatin County, Kentucky, February 24, 1899; was
born in Gallatin County, September 4, 1818; was married to Elizabeth CASTLEMAN
January 21, 1847; to this union was born two sons and two daughters; one
son is dead; wife died in 1885; funeral held at his home; was buried in the
family burying ground near his home.
In
Memory: Thomas Parker EVANS "Park" was born August 22, 1834, died February
24, 1899 of bronchial trouble; poem follows: "He made his home with us during
the past year. Signed, C. L. and Susie M.
HARRISON.
In
Memory: Mrs. Elizabeth BLACKBURN, "departed mother"; poem follows, signed,
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. CHILDERS.
Mrs.
Ann RUDDELL of Glencoe visited her daughter, Mrs. W. E.
SPENCER.
Prof.
[J. H.] DICKEY married Miss Eddie SHIELDS of this [Clark] County, Kentucky,
and was educated at Wesleyan College and for several years had been Principal
of the Williamstown public schools. --Winchester
Democrat.
Born
to the wife of James REDNOWER on March 3, a
girl.
Before
the death of the late lamented R. E. [Bob] BYERS [about 2 years ago] no one
ever thought of going away from town to get a suit of clothes
made.
At
the residence of Mrs. Florence STROUD, near Williamstown, John W. CARR and
Miss Maggie L. ANGEL were married Thursday, March
2.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
John CARR and bride of Falmouth visited his sister, Mrs. Eva FRANKS, of this
place.
2.
James T. FRANKS of Folsom gave his two pretty daughters, Misses Accie and
Sallie, an upright piano. They are boarding with their uncle, Newt FRANKS,
and going to Prof. FLEGE's
school.
3.
Mrs. B. O. GAUGH entertained her brother, John CARR and bride
Friday.
Heekin
News: The infant child of William STEWART died Saturday and was buried at
Grassy Run Sunday.
Arthur
McBEE and Miss Mabel CLEMENTS were married Wednesday, the 8th, at Mt. Zion
Baptist Church.
Charley
LUCAS and his new wife from Shelbyville, Kentucky are visiting at his
father's.
March
16, 1899:
Mrs.
R. R. HUTCHESON returned home from a 6 week visit with her sick daughter,
Mrs. E. E. VALLANDINGHAM.
Mrs.
Clay WILSON and children of Lawrenceville visited her sister, Mrs.
WESTOVER.
Dry
Ridge News: Dick CARTER's death was a clear case of suicide; had not been
drinking to any great extent previous to his death, but had made statements
that he intended to kill himself.
Sherman
News:
1.
Stump BEACH and family of Covington visited his father, Morton
BEACH.
2.
Elmer FRANKS of Mt. Zion and Miss Amy SPILLMAN will marry on the
15th.
Jonesville
News:
1.
Born to the wife of Robert FURNISH, a
girl.
2.
Mrs. Lucy NEW, wife of Wm. New of Folsom, was buried here last
Thursday
Stewartsville
News: W. R. KEMPER of Glencoe visited his daughters, Mrs. Dr. SHUPERT and
Mrs. SLAUGHTER at this place.
Photo
and biographical sketch of J. W. LANCASTER, Williamstown businessman; was
born near Richwood, Boone County, Kentucky, in December 1861; married in
1885 to Miss Sallie A. SNOW; moved to Williamstown in March 1894 and opened
a grocery and butcher shop; father of three
children.
In
Memory: Uncle Joseph FOREE of Mt. Zion died at his home Sunday morning, February
26, 1899; was born April 2, 1828, bing 70 years, 10 months, and 24 days of
age at death; first marriage was with Miss Mary SKIRVIN, to whom two children
were born; second marriage was with Miss Isabelle SECHREST, November 28,
1861, to whom was born seven children, all living: 4 boys and 3 girls; funeral
was Monday, February 27 at Mt. Zion.
A
Grant County Boy, W. H. TOON, from Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri, renews
his subscription in his wife's, Lucretia, name; has lived there sixteen years;
"our milk brings us in quite a good deal, it beats working
tobacco."
William
Arthur McBEE and Miss Mabel CLEMENTS were married in the Baptist Church at
Mt. Zion, Wednesday, March 8, 1899; groom is young farmer of Sherman area;
bride is daughter of D. D. CLEMENTS of Mt. Zion; took train to home of grooms
parents in Norwood, Ohio; will live near
Sherman.
Clarence
W. WORTHINGTON and Miss Martha STEPHENSON were married in the office of the
County Superintendent Thursday, March 9,
1899.
In
Memory of Little Charles Clifford, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. BROWN, died
of spinal meningitis January 31, 1899, aged 14 months and 22 days; buried
in little white casket in the snow-covered cemetery; called
"Cliffie".
William
THORNSBERRY and Miss Effie WILSON were married at the Opera House at Dry
Ridge last Tuesday.
Two
Farms for Sale by W. A. PETTIE, Folsom, Ky.: "I am getting too old to
farm."
Fairview
News: Henry ASHCRAFT and Miss Mary M. FARRIS were married at Williamstown
Thursday afternoon, March 9 or 16?, reception at home of groom, Thomas D.
ASHCRAFT, his father; bride is daughter of D. FARRIS of Broad
Ridge.
Hanks
News: Aunt Lucy NEW died at her home at Folsom, March 8, 1899. Her remains
were laid to rest in the Macedonia
Cemetery.
A.
REDD states: "Williamstown was the first town I was ever in." Was about 6
years old; was born and reared 15 miles away in an adjoining county [not
named]; "Bishop marvin of the Maysville Conference in 1875 read us out as
preacher in charge of Williamstown circuit." While in Williamstown, "our
first, and at that time, our only child" died; our little Parrish sleeps
in the Baptist Church yard at Clarks Creek; I married Clarence NESBITT and
Miss Zella O'HARA; I retured for the funeral of my eldest sester, Mrs. W.
WEBB at 6,"Dean", my bright and beautiful sister, was going to marry; I was
"Alex", her brother.
March
23, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
"Buck" HEDGER of Knoxville died at his home at that place last Saturday evening
of consumption after a lingering illness; was buried at Williamstown
Monday.
2.
Mrs. T. J. BROWNING died at her home in South Dry Ridge Monday; leaves husband;
funeral was Tuesday; burial in family burying
ground.
Corinth
News: Orla ROBINSON went to Lexington and enlisted in the regular Army; is
now at Columbus, Ohio.
Stewartsville
News: Jess KINMAN has moved to Scott
County.
Col.
R. T. "Tol" DICKERSON and Miss Nettie WEBB were married in Covington last
Thursday; Tol is an old bachelor of 53 years; bride is the second daughter
of Hon. J. H. WEBB; will honeymoon in the West for 6 months, returning to
live on Falmouth Street,
Williamstown.
Thomas
BISHOP and brother Henry, of Rogers Gap, visited their old home
here.
A.
G. MILLER of Erlanger married Emma MERRELL who lived near town. [maybe some
time ago; not clear]
Elzy
HARRISON lives in Buffington; his father's family, G. W. HARRISON moved from
there to Erlanger.
James
H. ASHCRAFT and Miss Anna May WALLACE were married at the residence of Rev.
G. W. HILL on Wednesday, March 15,
1899.
The
families of Joe GRIBBLE, Wallace EVANS, and Sinc HARRISON moved last week
to Casey County, Ky.
On
Thursday, March 16, in the parlors of Cincinnati's Grant Hotel, Dr. O. B.
YAGER and Miss Stella THOMAS, of Glencoe, Kentucky, were married. Miss Nellie
THOMAS, sister of the bride, and H. N. GRUBBS, both of Glencoe, were present;
bride is a sister to Dr. R. P. THOMAS, who lived in Williamstown; will live
in groom's elegant Glencoe home.
Last
Friday, the 17th, J. W. GAUGH, having passed the 62nd milestone, celebrated
dinner with family and friends; his brothers there were G. K. GAUGH of
Stewartsville and F. M. Gaugh of Midway, with their wives; his sisters, Mrs.
Andy SHERIFF and Mrs. Jesse CHIPMAN; these 5 are all that remain of a large,
old Grant County family, having settled here when it was an unbroken forest;
three children there: J. L. and Clarence D. GAUGH and Mrs. William McMILLAN;
Mrs. GAUGH there; signed, W. M.
D.
W. WILLIAMS, Blanchett, Kentucky, offers for sale his home on Cynthiana Street,
known as the ZINN homestead.
March 30,
1899:
Dry
Ridge News: John S. LAFFERTY and Miss Lula WHALEY were married last Thursday
in Covington; groom is owner of Lafferty Hotel and
Saloon.
Corinth
News: Born to the wife of Justin DAVIS on the 28th, a
girl.
Last
Thursday James H. BISHOP was adjudged a lunatic and taken to the asylum by
his brothers, Thomas and Henry BISHOP; is the son of David BISHOP of near
town; was supposed his exciting life in the West for the last two years was
the cause of his malady.
Miss
Zada LITTELL visited her aunt, Mrs. Marietta GOUGE at Alexander,
Indiana.
Albert
BURNS< a farmer living near Delia, was instantly killed by lightning last
Wednesday evening in his house; his wife and four children were sitting near
him but not injured; was buried at Clarks Creek
Thursday.
Arch
WHALEY, son of J. W. WHALEY, and Miss Carrie Mae CHALFANT, young people of
Pendleton County, were married at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church March 23,
1899.
In
Memory: On March 20, 1899, margaret, wife of T. J. BROWNING, died in the
48th years of her age; his third loss of a companion; her maiden name was
CALDWELL; was born and raised near Gardnersville, Pendleton County; she married
in early life Marriet VALLANDINGHAM who died; was married to BROWNING just
4 years to the day; leaves husband, several brothers and sisters; funeral
at Gardnersville.
April 6,
1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Born to the wife of William H. STEERS, Sunday, April 3, a
boy.
2.
Born to the wife of Fred K. CONRAD on Tuesday, April 4, a
girl.
3.
Perry CONYERS, thought to be dead by some, returned to Dry Ridge after an
absence of 12 years.
4.
"Buck" HEDGER, whose body rests in the vault at Williamstown [cemetery],
will be buried Saturday, April
8.
5.
Mrs. Napoleon ASHCRAFT of the Broad Ridge neighborhood, died Sunday, April
2; was buried at Williamstown Cemetery
Tuesday.
Corinth
News:
1.
O. D. GUILL died March 31 of consumption; was youngest child of Leander
Guill.
2.
James MARTIN died very suddenly last Friday
night.
3.
Arthur HAMILTON and Miss Mary HUDSON were married at the Westover Hotel,
March 29.
4.
John W. CARR and Miss Mary A. HENDERSON were married March
29.
5.
The remains of young WILSON who was killed at the Battle of Santiago arriver
here Monday, and was taken to his home in Owen County for
interment.
6.
R. R. HUTCHESON received a telegram last Saturday concerning the death of
his daughter, Mrs. E. E. VALLANDINGHAM, of near New Liberty, Owen County;
leaves husband and four little children; buried in Owenton
Cemetery.
7.
J. F. HUTCHESON of Greenup, Kentucky went to the funeral of his sister, Mrs.
E. E. VALLANDINGHAM.
Jonesville
News:
1.
Mrs. L. F. STEWART died last Friday at her home one mile north of
town.
2.
Born to the wife of W. P. KINMAN at Downingsville, a
son.
George
DUNN of Lexington, Harlan County, Ohio, visited his uncle, John DUNN, in
this city. He was a member of the Second Regulars in the great battle of
Santiago.
In
Memoriam: Samuel Clay TURLEY was born at Napoleon, Gallatin County, Kentucky,
November 23, 1857; was the son of Joseph and America Turley; practiced law
in Missouri; youngest member of his family; lived with his aged mother in
Kentucky; is 42 years old; head injured from kicking horse; died Tuesday;
funeral at his home; buried beside his father and brother; survived by his
mother; brother, Joseph TURLEY of this county; and his only sister, Mrs.
Emma PENCE of lake City, Missouri.
J.
N. WILLIAMS and Miss Pearl B. HYAMER, both of Kenton County, were married
here March 29.
Obe
COLLINS and Miss Mary MYERS were married here Tuesday morning at the residence
of Rev. G. W. HILL.
D. M. CASE and Miss Lenora WILSON were married at the home of the bride's parents in Williamstown, Wednesday of last week, by the groom's father, Elder D. W. CASE, pastor of the Corinth Christian CHurch; bride is daughter of Dr. J. M. WILSON; groom is expert electrician; live at present with bride's parents.
April 13,
1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
George MYERS of Chicago visited his brother, Bruce MYERS and his sister,
Mrs. Fred HUTCHENSON.
2.
Miss Allie and Lillie BLANCHETTE visited their cousin, Mrs. George
SANDERS.
Jonesville
News: Born to the wife of Geo. W. HILL, a
girl.
Corinth
News:
1.
Miss Rosa SHAW of Covington visited her father, R. S.
SHAW.
2.
Paul, son of Rev. WEST, died at Frankfort, the 4th, of
pneumonia.
3.
Rev. COOK, formerly of Corinth, died at his home at Owenton the 6th. He was
buried here Saturday.
4.
Mrs. Adaline HUGHES, aged 84 years, died on the 9th. She was buried at New
Columbus Thursday.
5.
John ECKLER died Monday night.
Bernard
CAMPBELL of Baltimore, Maryland, is here looking after his interest in the
estate of the late Thos. CAMPBELL of
Corinth.
Mrs.
J. H. DICKEY is the sister of Mrs.
FORD.
On
Tuesday the Denny saw mill at Sweet Owen, in Owen County, blew up; the engineer,
Bunch LYONS, was blown to atoms; Jas. LYNN was mortally wounded, causing
his right leg to be amputated at the hip
joint.
April
20, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Born to Ed. MYERS and wife, Friday the 14th, a
boy.
2.
Mrs. Elizabeth CLEMENTS died at her home in Dry Ridge on Wednesday of last
week after a lingering illness; funeral held Friday at the house; burial
at the Concord Church.
3.
The two year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Nick YORK died at their home on Wednesday
of last week; was buried at Williamstown
Cemetery.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Born to the wife of James CLARK, a
girl.
2.
Mrs. Ben BURGESS received a telegram last Thursday that her aged mother,
Mrs. GEUNVEUR, was near death at her Alabama home; she died about two hours
before Mrs. BURGESS arrived.
3.
Mrs. R. R. HUTCHESON and Miss Minnie returned from the funeral of Mrs. E.
E. VALLANDINGHAM in Owen County.
4.
Undertaker G. W. MARSHALL reports two deaths since our last report: Wm. WORKS
of Owen County and H. H. DUNN of
Cordova.
Lawrenceville
News:
1.
Miss GAINES returned to her home in Owen County after visiting her sister,
Mrs. ABBOTT.
2.
Mrs. [Dr. E. E.?] BICKERS is rapidly recovering from a case of
pneumonia.
3.
Miss Adda HOWARD returned from visiting her sister, Mrs. CONROY, near
Cordova.
Delia
News: Mrs. and Mrs. H. L. BLANCHETT of Mt. Zion visited their daughter, Mrs.
A. DUCHAMP.
Miss
O'HARA and brother of Wisconsin visited their sister, Mrs. W. E. CLAY, near
town.
Miss
Mary Lynn DAVIS of Harrodsburg visited her aunt, Mrs. Will R.
ELLISTON.
A.
L. CHEATHAM and wife, of Louisville, visited her sister and brother-in-law,
G. S. WEBB
William
JULICK, wealthy and respected citizen of Falmouth, died
Monday.
$150
Reward. Escaped from the county jail March 28, 1899, one John H. WADE, white
man, convicted for murder and sentenced to 18 years in the State prison;
age 28 or 29; height, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches; weight 135 or 140 pounds, light
hair; blue eyes; farmer. Signed, Wm. CATES, Jailer, Williamstown,
Ky.
R.
ALLPHIN and Dr. E. E. BICKERS were appointed [among others] alternate Republican
Delegates to the Railroad Commissioners Convention at Richmond, Kentucky,
May 2.
April
27, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Born to the wife of Arther CONRAD on the 23rd, a
girl.
2.
Jeff RANKIN and Miss Cora GRAVES of this place were married in Cincinnati
last week, will live in South Dry
Ridge.
Corinth
News:
1.
John ECKLER was born November 26, 1834 and moved to Grant County in 1877;
was married to Mrs. Mary E. DUNN March 18, 1869; to this union was born 3
children: Thomas, Jasper and William Arther; only wife and one son, Jasper,
remain, with the others dying quite young; was buried beside his two sons
in the family grave yard at the home near Corinth,
Ky.
2.
Death reported by the undertaker, G. W. MARSHALL, since last
week:
April
18 - wife of Jeff WAINSCOTT, Keefer,
consumption.
April
19 - James O' SULIVAN,
Slattonville.
April
22, Mary VAUGHN, Dunaway.
April
23 - child of W. T. STONE, Cordova.
Stewartsville
News: Mr. and Mrs. Joe STEWART of Glencoe visited their daughter, Mrs. Nannie
FRANKS, of this place.
Julius
KENDRICK, a Grant County boy and noted diving of the Christian Church, died
at his Danville home Tuesday of Bright's disease; funeral was in
Danville.
Letter
from Kate SIPPLE of Victor, Montana dated March
29.
On
next Sunday, the 30th, at Mt. Zion, will be the funeral of Mrs. HEARN, wife
of James HEARN.
Guy
S. WILLIAMS and Miss Edna May CASTLEMAN were married at the residence of
the bride's mother near Mason, Wednesday, April
19.
May
4, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News: Mr. and Mrs. A. C. WEBB request your presence at the marriage
of their daughter, Lucy, to Robert L. ABERNATHY, May 10, 1899 at the Dry
Ridge Baptist Church.
Sherman
News: W. A. WEST sold to his brother, Ben, 50 acres of land below Mt.
Zion.
Corinth
News: T. A. IRELAND, one of Corinth's students, was absent last week on account
of the death of his uncle, Rev. KENDRICK, at
Danville.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Mrs. Betsy DAUGHERTY, 83, entertained her daughter, Mrs. THRASHER, from Bath
County; Betsy is the mother of 14, grandmother to 88, with 32 great-grandchildren
and one great-great-grandchild.
2.
Born to the wife of James SIPPLE, April 25, a girl; to the wife of Noah CALANDER,
April 28, a girl.
Oak
Ridge News: Miss Mary NEWTON of Cold Spring, who visited the family of R.
A. HIGHTOWER, returned with her cousin, Miss Ora
Hightower
Born
to the wife of Sheriff G. S. WEBB, Saturday, April 29, a
boy.
William
J. CASH and Miss Katie ASHCRAFT were married in the County Superintendent's
Office in this city April 27.
Cards
are out announcing the marriage of Dr. E. E. BICKERS of Lawrenceville, to
Miss Edna TAYLOR of the same place. The marriage will be solemnized at the
Baptist Church at Lawrenceville at on o'clock p.m., May 11, 1899. Dr. E.
E. BICKERS is one of the rising yung physicians of Grant County. Miss Edna
TAYLOR is the daughter of W. W.
TAYLOR.
Mrs.
Anna ORR of Alexandria, with her two children, visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. Clay WHITE.
Charley
BEACH, son of C. P. BEACH of Mt. Zion, completed a business college course
at Lexington.
W.
P. "Cap" JAMES and wife, of Georgetown, visited his mother, Mrs. W. T.
JAMES.
Abe
ECKLAR's wife has sued him for divorce. She is his second wife and was a
young women when he married her. She alleges cruelty and inhuman treatment
and that Abe has been constantly and continuously drunk for the past six
months. To all her charges, he pleads not
guilty.
Who
pays the taxes of Grant County? [a list of taxpayers who pay on more than
$1000 of property. One example: Mason - Elizabeth
BICKERS........$1,100.
Mt.
Pleasant News:
1.
Mrs. W. L. SMITH and son Paul, from Emporia, Kansas, visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. WEBB.
2.
Miss Edna CASTLE and Guy WILLIAMS were married April
19.
May
11, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
George W. COLLINSWORTH celebrated his 64th birthday
Tuesday.
2.
Yesterday Miss Lucy WEBB, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. WEBB,
and R. L. ABERNATHY were married by the brother of the groom, Rev. Ross
Abernathy, at the church.
Sherman
News:
1.
Mrs. Annie FRANKS and husband, of Mt. Zion, visited her father, A. SPILLMAN,
at his place.
2.
Charley MARTIN is rejoicing over the arrival of a boy at his
home.
Corinth
News:
1.
The infant child of Gus HUGHES was buried last
Wednesday.
2.
The infant of Mr. MARTIN died Saturday
night.
Grant
County transactions last Monday: Guardian settlements
confirmed:
| Guardian | Of |
| 1. M. J. BICKERS | Jas. BICKERS [Martha Jane] |
| 2. U. [Uriah] BICKERS | Lettie ROGERS - continued for exception |
| 3. Travis BENNETT | Lynden and French BENNETT |
| 4. J. B. WILDS | R. H. PIERCE |
| 5. Perry Simpson | Nina SKIRVIN |
| 6. J. T. BEARD | Lillie M. IRELAND |
| 7. H. Clay REDMAN | Thos. REDMAN |
| 8. W. H. STEVENS | M. STEVENS |
| 9. Robert LAWRENCE | James. A., Albert, and Wm. LAWRENCE |
| 10. Americus MORGAN | Daniel MORGAN |
| 11. Ned STONE | Hattie DOUD |
| 12. D. A. FRANKS | William FERRELL |
| 13. D. A. FRANKS | L. STURGEON |
| 14. H. Z. ALLPHIN | PEYTON heirs |
| 15. M. E. TRAUTMAN | Jacob TRAUTMAN |
| 16. T. J. BROWNING | Everette, Durbin & Claude SLEETE |
| 17. C. S. DANIELS | Mary DANIELS |
| 18. D. C. POINTS | Elmer TANNER |
Settlements
Confirmed:
| Administrators | Estate |
| 1. C. H. HARRISON, | assignee for U. [Uriah] BICKERS |
| 2. E. N. BANNISTER | Ann WADE |
| 3. F. B. BENSON | E. BENSON |
| 4. Mary E. STEWART | Jesse STEWART |
| 5. A. E. McGOWAN | Daniel McGOWAN |
| 6. Jane MOREHEAD | W. H. MOREHEAD |
| 7. B. F. MENEFEE | M. B. FINLEY |
| 8. John A. NELSON | S. E. HUGHES |
| 9. W. N. BROWN | Chill BROWN |
Deaths
reported by the Convention of Christian Churches of Grant County at Crittenden,
April 29: J. S. KENDRICK, John DeJARNETTE, Nannie ASHCRAFT, Anna MITCHELL,
and Anna DICKERSON.
Mrs.
Adelia ROBERTS and children of Hebron, Boone County, visited her sick mother,
Mrs. E. J. "Granny" PACK.
In
Memoriam: Mrs. Jane BROOKS died January 17, 1899; verses follow, mentioning
"dear children" signed M. E. C.
In
Memoriam: Vincent MEDCALF was born March 26, 1835; died January 24, 1899
at Cordova, Kentucky; was Union soldier; survived by his wife; after funeral,
he was buried in the family grave yard; signed, A. F.
FELTS.
In
Memoriam: Elder C. M. RILEY, the venerable Baptist minister, died at his
home in Gratz, Owen County, Kentucky, March 10; had been to the funeral of
old friend, Jesse CROUCH, the previous Sunday and took a chill, dying of
pneumonia; was 78 and preached more than 50
years.
Suit
filed for Una LUCAS by her brother, Joseph [Joe] LUCAS; she being not of
sound mind; versus Jacob DOUBMAN for seduction while in his employ and as
the father of her child; until recently he was one of the best citizens in
Grant County and leading member of the Christian Church; two years ago his
wife died and recently he married Martha CALDWELL and moved just over the
Grant line in Kenton County..
May
18, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Born to the wife of Sam ECKLER, Friday, the 12th, a
girl.
2.
Mrs. John Will ECKLER died at her home on Broad Ridge turnpike Monday evening
of a complication of diseases; funeral was at the Baptist Church Wednesday;
then burial in Williamstown
Cemetery.
3.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff RANKIN, who were married some two weeks ago, have decided
to live apart.
Stewartsville
News: Jesse COLEMAN visited his daughter, Mrs. FARMER, at
Covington.
Corinth
News:
1.
John IRELAND and Miss Minnie SLATTON were quietly married at the home of
the bride's parents, Thursday, May 10; bride is daughter of M. SLATTON, deceased;
groom is son of John IRELAND.
2.
Judge ALCOKE and daughter, Miss Ethel, of Lexington, visited friends
here.
Guy
WILLIAMS accidentally shot himself last Thursday afternoon [May 11, 1899];
only lived a few hours; buried in Williamstown Cemetery; had only been married
a few weeks to Miss Edna May CASTLEMAN; her father died by falling from a
horse near this place about a year
ago.
Mrs.
Frank SEWARDS and little son, Albert, went to visit her parents in Galesburg,
Illinois.
James
D. WILSON of McPherson, Kansas, has returned to live with his niece at
Blanchette.
On
Sunday, May 7, B. J. STEVENS was married to Miss Della CARTER at the home
of the bride's parents in Ipava, Illinois; groom is son of W. L. STEVENS
of this place.
Last
Thursday [May 11, 1899] the Baptist Church at Lawrenceville, Grant County,
was filled to its utmost capacity with the friends and neighbors to witness
the marriage of two popular young people in the society of that community.
W. L. ALLPHIN and John BICKERS were the polite and efficient ushers. The
contracting parties were Dr. E. E. BICKERS and Miss Edna E. TAYLOR. The groom
is a promising young physician of that community. The ceremony which made
the two hearts one was performed by Rev. G. W. HILL of Williamstown. The
attendants were Robert SIMPSON and Miss Ella COOK, Lester SCROGGIN and Miss
Emma HOLBROOK.After the usual congratulations, the happy couple, accompanied
by Lester SCROGGIN and Miss Emma HOLBROOK, started for the home of the groom's
brother in Henry County, where after a sojourn of a few days, they will return
to Lawrenceville and go to
housekeeping.
May
25, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Last Monday, Richard ASHCRAFT, 78, died at his home near Dry Ridge; funeral
at the house Wednesday; burial in family burying
ground.
2.
Word received Tuesday that John T. McGINNIS had died at his Eminence, Henry
County, Kentucky home; was Grant County sheriff in the '60s; moved away about
15 years ago.
3.
J. S. WEBB, bachelor, and Miss Katherine MARKS, both of the Knoxville
neighborhood, were quietly married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry MARKS on Thursday, May
18.
Corinth
News:
1.
"Bert" WILSON, one of our boys who gave his service to Uncle Sam when he
called for volunteers last spring, returned home Thursday safe and
sound.
2.
Mrs. ROBINSON visited her daughter, Mrs. FAULKNER at Sadieville [Scott
County].
3.
Lost, strayed or stolen: John CASE, last seen
Saturday.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Rev. J. W. BEAGLE has moved to this place from Georgetown, and has charge
of the Baptist Church at this place [in which church Dr. E. E. and Edna (nee
TAYLOR) BICKERS were married.
2.
The little boy of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. VANCE, who had been hovering between life
and death for several weeks, died Sunday morning, May
21.
3.
John STONE and wife visited their sister, Mrs. Mary
STEWART.
Last
THursday, May 18, at the home of Samuel CHIPMAN, near Heekin, Wallace W.
EVANS and Miss Iona C. WILSON, both of this county, were married; groom is
son of J. C. EVANS; will live in Casey County, Kentucky where he purchased
a large tract of land.
The
wife of J. W. BALL, son of Frank BALL of this place, died at Cincinnati last
Saturday.
L.
C. HARRISON of Dry Ridge and Miss Laura BLACKBURN of Mason, will be married
at the home of the bride's parents at Mason on Saturday of next
week.
Charley
C. CLARK, member of the 3rd Kentucky VOlunteers, was mustered out of the
service at Savannah, Georgia last
Wednesday.
A.
S. DICKEY of Fleming County, Kentucky visited the family of his son, Prof.
J. H. DICKEY.
C.
E. BENNETT and Miss Mary E. LATTIMER were married at the home of the bride's
mother, near Doudton, Wednesday, May
24.
J.
M. DANIELS and Anna B. LOWE were married at the home of the bride, near
Williamstown, May 23.
J.
S. WEBB and Katharine MARKS were married at the home of the bride's parents,
near Knoxville, May 18.
Last
Sunday the infant child of William VANCE of near Heekin died of spinal
meningitis; funeral Monday with burial in Williamstown
Cemetery.
Born
to the wife of Tom ACKMAN, April 20, a
boy.
Born
to the wife of Alvin HICKS, May 4, a
boy.
Born
to the wife of Wood TAYLOR, May 4, a
girl.
Born
to the wife of Perry McGLASSON, May 5, a
boy.
Born
to the wife of John MILNER, May 23, a
boy.
June
1, 1899:
Bloody
Tragedy at Sherman, Saturday afternoon, wile fishing at the lake; 6 or 8
years ago at night, Jas. COLLINS, a hose thief was hanged here by a mob of
a hundred men; a little after this, NICHOLSON was drowned there; shots by
Jim TAPP, the brother of Sam TAPP, who is the station agent at Sherman and
formerly of Corinth; F. M. [Marion] FRANKS and his son, Elmer; old man Albert
CLEMENTS of Dry Ridge, shot in one leg; 8 year old son of Ben LEMMON shot
in the leg, Elmer FRANKS was shot in the arm and under the shoulder blade,
touching the spinal cord, paralyzing the body and later producing death,
he was carried to the home of his father-in-law, A. W. SPILLMAN; J. W. LANCASTER
of Corinth gave surety for Sam TAPP; young FRANKS had been married one month
to Miss Amy SPILLMAN.
Ruth
POLAND, 25, daughter of Jesse POLAND of Holbrook was assaulted by Jim SMITH
last Tuesday; was raped in the house when Ruth and a little 2 year old daughter
were left alone in the house while her father and all his hands were setting
tobacco.
John
JUMP of Owenton leaped from the train last Friday and received fatal injuries;
took home in a dying condition.
Joe
HENDRIX of Georgetown visited his sister, Mrs. Frank CARDER on High
Street.
Miss
Marion McDONALD of Covington visited her cousins, Matt and Cora
CRAM.
Mrs.
A. L. SIDES of Waynesville, Ohio visited her parents and returned home with
her brother, James BURCH.
Masonic
ceremonies will be performed at the grave of W. H. HEDGER, deceased, Sunday,
June 11, 1899.
Mason
News: Funeral of Mrs. COLLINS was at Mt. Pleasant
Sunday.
Dry
Ridge News: Born to the wife of Lum LIMERICK, May 23, a
girl.
Jonesville
News:
1.
George JAMISON, a well-known citizen of Grant County, died suddenly at his
home on Eagle Creek last Friday morning of heart trouble. His wife has been
in a demented state of mind for some time. The remains were buried in the
old JAMISON Cemetery.
2.
Cashier Edward BLACKBURN rejoices over the arrival of a baby
girl.
3.
Mrs. Fount COLLINS was buried at Vine Run last
Monday.
Sherman
News:
1.
Homer FRANKS of Illinois came to see his dying brother who was shot by the
TAPP brothers [Sam and Jim].
2.
Elmer FRANKS died on Monday morning. There is no language that can describe
this atrocious murder.
June
8, 1899:
Albert
CLEMENTS who was shot in the leg during the bloody tragedy at Sherman May
27, is slowly dying of blood poison.
In
Memory of little Robert Joseph VANCE, son of R. W. and Maggie VANCE, who
died at his home near Heekin, aged 4 years, 3 months, and 21 days; poem follows,
mentioning "Rob," "my little nephew", his mother and father, and "Bob"; signed,
His Loving Aunt.
Grant
County's biggest man is James L. DUNAWAY of Cordova, who stands 6 feet and
weighs 365 pounds; a farmer and
Republican.
Elmer
FRANKS who was killed by James TAPP at Sherman last Saturday week, was buried
in Mt. Zion Cemetery Wednesday.
Duke
INGRAM and daughter, Miss Maud, of Napoleon
visited.
N.
H. JEFFERS attended the trial of Henry JONES for the killing of his brother,
Albert JEFFERS, at the Cartersville school house about a year
ago.
F.
M. BROCK writes a letter from Havana, Cuba dated May 24, 1899 stating, he
is "one among the few who received discharges from the VOlunteer service
in Cuba."
The
trial of Eugene WILSON at London last week upon the charge of murder, resulted
in a hung jury; bail provided him by his father and uncle, Ben T.
RIGGS.
Died
May 29, 1899 at her home near Heekin, Mrs. Sophia NEAL, wife of M. P. NEAL;
was very old having lived past 70 years; leaves husband and several grown
children; buried at Grassy Run burying
ground.
John
T. McGINNIS died; was born of Hard Shell Baptist parentage; but he was a
thorough going Methodist; was married to Miss Mary HILL; lived in Eminence,
Henry County; died at the New Castle home of his sister, attended by his
brother, Dr. McGINNIS; wife, daughter, son, brother and sisters survive;
two daughters and a son were snatched away in the first blush of life's day;
died Sunday afternoon, aged about 68; granddaughter [and others above] survive
him; funeral was tuesday at the M. E. Church; interment in Eminence
Cemetery.
Dry
Ridge News:
L.
C. HARRISON and Miss Laura BLACKBURN were married at Mason last Sunday; will
live in in Dry Ridge where he
barbers.
Mason
News: Married at the Baptist Church, Sunday, June 4, 1899, Leslie HARRISON
and Miss Laura BLACKBURN.
June
15, 1899:
Last
Thursday, Nick NORTHCUTT, a young farmer who lives on the farm of T. F. THOMAS,
was struck by lightning and killed on the porch; his wife and children were
in the adjoining room; was buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery Saturday the 24th;
was about 30 years old; had been married to Miss Mollie BONAR some five years
and had two children.
Last
Sunday at his residence near Williamstown, James ZINN died; was buried at
Williamstown Cemetery on Tuesday; was born in Grant County, February 10,
1827; was fifth in the family of twelve children born to Joseph and Nancy
TAYLOR ZINN; May 15, 1854, hi married Miss Malissa F. McMILLEN to whom two
children were born: Dr. W. J. ZINN and Mrs. Alvin LOWE; all three survive;
lived all his life in Grant County, mostly near
Williamstown.
Marriages
Licenses:
1.
J. E. ECKLER, 53 - Laura ODER,
45.
2.
Tom HUDSON, 22 - Lydia Belle JOHNSON,
16.
3.
Ezra Lee ASHCRAFT, 22 - Sherley M. HARRIS,
18.
Jim
TAPP was indicted for voluntary manslaughter in killing Elmer FRANKS at Sherman
three weeks ago; his brother, Sam TAPP, paid a fine for carrying concealed
weapons.
In
Memory of Mary A. LUCAS who died at her home near Sherman June 8, 1899; she
married Thos. LUCAS March 13, 1861, to whom was born eleven children, 6 boys
and 5 girls, three of whom have died; her funeral was Friday at the Mt. Zion
Church.
Mrs.
Dr. G. W. TUCKER of Dana, Indiana visited her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. T.
SCOTT.
Henry
JONES received two years in the penitentiary for killing Albert JEFFERS,
the father of Daisy JEFFERS, who JONES was
courting.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
J. E. ECKLER, 53, farmer, and Miss Laura ODER were married by Rev. J. A.
DAVIS, of Georgetown, at the home of Mason TUNGATE last Sunday
evening.
2.
William BROWNING of Harrison County visited his brother, T. J.
BROWNING.
3.
Mrs. Mary E. SCROGGIN of Burton kansas visited her son, Dr. W. A.
SCROGGIN.
Lawrenceville
News:
1.
Sunday School was organized [at the Lawrenceville Baptist Church] last Sunday
with Dr. E. E. BICKERS as
Superintendent.
2.
John BICKERS and Emma HOLBROOK attended Children's Day exercises at Layton's
Chapel [Methodist Church near Cordova, southeastern Grant County] last
Sunday.
Stewartsville
News: Miss Lucy REED of Owen County visited her sister, Mrs. Walter WINTER,
at this place.
Corinth
News:
1.
Miss Grace WESTOVER and her sister, Mrs. N. B. WILLIAMS, arrived
home.
2.
Willie WILSON of Lawrenceville visited his uncle, Jack
WESTOVER.
Mt.
Pleasant News: Mentions the funeral of Guy WILLIAMS a few weeks ago; he was
born and raised in our community; had lately been married to Miss Edna CASTLEMAN
of Mt. Pleasant; leaves his wife, parents, and brother; poem follows, mentioning
"only 20 years old", "2 months ago...they were wed", signed, A
Friend.
Mason
News: Last Thursday at the home of Richard JOHNSON, their daughter, Miss
Lydia was married to Thomas HUDSON of
Heekin.
Crittenden
News: John T. MAN of Gardnersville was recently adjudged
insane.
Mt.
Zion News:
1.
Mrs. Kate PEPPLAR visited her mother, Mrs.
SLAUGHTER.
2.
W. C. FRANKS and wife visited their daughter, Mrs. H. S.
GREENWELL.
3.
Mrs. Robert BEACH and her sisters, Bertie, Bessie and Katie SMITH returned
from Oklahoma.
4.
Miss Stella RANSOM of Williamstown visited her brother, Sid
RANSOM..
June
22, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
J. H. AMBLER of Jackson Township, Kansas, was with his father at death in
Hutchenson, Kansas; funeral was Saturday [date not specified]; burial at
Burton; was 76 years and 9 months old; leaves a widow in poor health and
several children. --Topeka Times & Hutchenson News. [an old Grant
County boy]
2.
Born to the wife of Ralph DAUGHERTY, Monday, June 18, a
girl.
3.
Born to the wife of L. DUNN, Saturday, the 17th, a
girl.
4.
Born to the wife of William SKIRVIN, Wednesday, the 14th, a
boy.
5.
A double wedding took place here last week at the home of and by Rev. HUGHES:
Miss Missouri SPIEGEL married Commodore TUNGAGE, and Miss Dora SPIEGEL married
George HAMILTON; all of Pendleton
County.
6.
Sunday, Rev. DAVIS married John E. ECKLER and Miss Laura
ODER.
Resolutions
adopted by Centurion Lodge No. 100, on the death of James ZINN, who was born
in Grant County, February 10, 1827 and died June 11. 1899; sympathy to widow,
son, daughter, brothers and sister.
Jerry
RUDICILL, lately of Wilmore, died at the home of his son, Thomas, near town
Tuesday; his wife died a few years ago; more children
survive.
Fred
BURCH went to Waynesville, Ohio, for his sick son, Jimmie, who was at the
home of his sister, Mrs. A. C. WHITE; Matt BURCH went with
Fred.
On
Tuesday, June 13, 1899, Joseph E. WALLACE and Miss Maud B. LILLARD were married
by Rev. Edward F. HURD at the Turley Hotel in Warsaw, Kentucky; supper followed
at the bride's Napoleon home; will live at groom's home in Grant County;
bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph LILLARD; groom, Joe, is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. James WALLACE of near
Williamstown.
Stewartsville
News: Mrs. DAUGHERTY received news of the death of her daughter, Mrs. Belle
HELMIC of Oklahoma. She died June 6.
June
29, 1899:
Corinth
News:
1.
Mr. and Mrs. MOREHEAD and little daughter, Ruth, have moved to New
York.
2.
Mrs. Prof. FLETCHER of Mississippi visited her parents at this
place.
Jonesville
News: Miss Kate RUSSELL visited her sister, Mrs. ROGERS, of Poplar
Grove.
Miss
Rosa Mae LAWRENCE of Winchester, Indiana is at her mother's Sherman home
for the death of her sister, Miss
Nellie.
Miss
Nannie BISHOP of Dunkirk, Indiana visited her grandparents, D. H. BISHOP
and wife.
Harry
HARRISON visited his brother, Sinc, at King's
Mountain.
James
BURCH returned home from visiting his sister, Mrs. A. C. WHITE at Waynesville,
Ohio.
Miss
Nellie LAWRENCE was buried in Williamstown Cemetery last Saturday;was stricken
with fever one day last week at the home of C. C. WEBSTER in Covington and
died last Thursday.
John
WOODSON of Falmouth was thrown from his buggy yesterday and broke his neck,
resulting in instantaneous death; was about 60 and a bachelor; was a son
of the late Wm. WOODSON, one of the pioneer setters of Pendleton County;
was buried in the burying ground at the old WOODSON place near town this
afternoon. --Pendletonian, June 22.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Born to the wife of A. B. CHILDERS, Saturday, June 14, a boy christened Thomas
Jefferson.
2.
Kirtley BROWN, young boy and son of James P. BROWN of this place, died of
consumption, on Thursday; funeral at Dry Ridge Baptist Church; buried in
Williamstown Cemetery.
3.
Miss Ida SIMPSON died Friday of consumption, aged about 25; funeral at the
Baptist Church, buried at the NICHOLS
Graveyard.
Lawrenceville
News:
Dr.
E. E. BICKERS and wife were visiting relatives and friends at Jonesville
Saturday and Sunday.
Sherman
News: Miss Nellie LAWRENCE, the daughter of Mrs. Hettie LAWRENCE, died while
on a visit to relatives in Covington; was buried in Williamstown
Cemetery.
Crittenden
News:
1.
A. S. McCLURE and wife and her father, Uncle Johnny RANSOM, of this place,
visited Robert ADAMS and
family.
2.
Mrs. Julia MERCHANT and daughters, Dora and Avvie, visited Mrs. Hattie ADAMS
near here.
Mt.
Zion News: I. R. FRANKS and wife, and F. M. SMITH and wife, attended the
funeral of Ida SIMPSON at Dry Ridge,
Sunday.
July
6, 1899:
Letter
from Santiago De Cuba, dated June 26, 1899, by Corporal Louis McGLASSON,
5th Infantry of Co. A. or G.
Albert
CLEMENTS died at his home in Dry Ridge last Thursday morning; never united
with any church; told his wife he was going to Heaven; funeral was at the
Williamstown Cemetery.
Miss
Bessie TURLEY of St. Louis, visited her sister, Mrs. G. S.
WEBB.
Mrs.
Charles LOCKWOOD of Ludlow visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
CATES.
D.
J. CHARBONNEAU invented and patented a lathing
machine.
Administrator's
Sale (R. L. KINMAN) for Geo. M. JAMESON, deceased, at his late residence
on the Jonesville and Elliston turnpike, July 13,
1899.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Mr. Fred HENDERSON and sister, Grace, of Illinois are visiting relatives
and friends near this place.
2.
Born to the wife of: W. S. ATKINS, June 27, a boy. Henry AMMERMAN, June 28,
a boy. Nick YORK, July 1, a boy. Willard McNAY, July 3, a
girl.
3.
Albert CLEMENTS died last Wednesday, brought about by a wound in the leg
from a piston fired by Jim TAPP in the shooting affray at Sherman; leaves
a family.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Born to the wife of John COX, June 18, a boy; to the wife of Louis SWEENEY,
June 29, a boy.
2.
B. C. GAUGH and wife visited their uncle, Morgan
SIMPSON.
3.
Mrs. B. J. M. SLAUGHTER visited her sister, Mrs. J. D. BROWN of New
Liberty.
Corinth
News:
1.
Miss Maggie JOHNSON of Carrollton visited her cousin, Miss Beulah
JACKSON.
2.
E. H. BRADLEY and wife, of Indianapolis, Indiana, visited her sister, Mrs.
Dr. GEORGE.
3.
Thomas TURNER of Blanchet, who was in Uncle Sam's service for nearly a year,
was killed a few weeks ago at Manilla [in the Philippines]. His remains arrived
at Blanchet Friday night and on Saturday were laid to rest in the cemetery
at Cordova.
Mason
News:
1.
Miss Pearl WEBSTER from Folsom visited her aunt, Mrs. Dr.
ALEXANDER.
2.
Born to the wives of James BARNES and Wm. BARKER,
boys.
July
13, 1899:
Miss
Augusta BRACHT and Albert W. CARLTON were married at the home of the bride's
parents on Wednesday, July 12, 1899 by Rev. J. W. SIMPSON; will live at groom's
home in Elliston; bride is third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. BRACHT of
Williamstown; she is 19, a teacher, and an 1897 graduate of Williamstown
Graded Free School.
Mrs.
Claude PAYTON died in Americus, Georgia, week before lat; was the daughter
of O. N. GREGG who engaged in the carriage building business in Williamstown;
her husband is a lawyer; the Americus Evening Herald reports that
she is survived by her husband and two children; funeral was at her home
on Church Street; buried in Oak Grove
Cemetery.
C.
O. PORTER has a new way of shaking hands now. Irene PORTER was born July
12.
A
marriage license was granted Tuesday to James HILES, aged 66, and Mrs. E.
EDWARDS, aged 56. They will be married at the home of Levi WORSTER on the
19th.
W.
P. WEBSTER visited his brother, Newton, at Linneus,
Missouri.
Miss
Nellie WHITE visited her sister, Mrs. GRANT, of Circleville,
Ohio.
Dry
Ridge News:
Born
to the wife of Frank C. CALLEN, July 9, a
girl.
Sherman
News: Misses Daisy and Stella FRANKS of Mt. Zion visited their aunt, Mollie
SLEET, of Boone County.
Corinth
News:
Miss
Batta LITTELL of Williamstown visited her sister, Mrs. Effie
MUSSELMAN.
Jonesville
News:
Miss
Laura SEARCY of Paw Paw, Illinois visited her brother, G. T. SMITH at this
place.
July
20, 1899:
Misses
Minnie and Irene CAHILL of Florence visited their sister, Mrs. L. L. CROGER
and family.
Miss
Ray JOSEPH, daughter of Ben J. JOSEPH of Cincinnati, visited her cousin,
Joe MENDOZA.
Mrs.
R. V. FLETCHER and little son, F. V. Jr., of Pontotoc, Mississippi, visited
her father and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. FLETCHER, near
town.
Joe
WILLIAMS, son of D. W. WILLIAMS, of Blanchet, will return from being a
trainmaster in Montana.
Detective
Jim CATES captured Tal STEVENSON at Lytle, Georgia last Friday; Tal is wanted
here for the murder of William JUMP of Holbrook, May 27, 1894; Jump, a widower,
insisted on courting STEVENSON's
daughter.
On
July 13, 1899, a 58th birthday feast was held at and for Perry HARRISON near
Lawrenceville; all brothers and sisters present: France ECKLER and wife of
Dry Ridge, W. T. and B. H. HARRISON and wifes of Williamstown, Phillip HARRISON
and family, C. L. HARRISON and sister and Mrs. Anna HARRISON and family of
Heekin.
Dry
Ridge News: Born to the wife of James P. WEBB, a
boy.
Mason
News: Joe THOMPSON from Cincinnati was here Friday attending his sister's
burial.
Corinth
News:
1.
Miss Grace WESTOVER visited her sister, Mrs. Clint SMALLEY at Franklin,
Ohio.
2.
Miss Maggie JOHNSON visited her cousin, Beulah
JACKSON.
Jonesville
News: Robert POWERS and wife went to the funeral and burial of his father,
who died suddenly of heart disease at
Verona.
July
27, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Mrs. W. T. S. BLACKBURN and two little girls, Beulah and Beatrice, visited
her mother at Mt. Zion.
2.
The one-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Tip STANLEY died last Monday. Remains
interred in the burying ground at William
RENAKER's.
3.
Miss Sherlie TUCKER will visit her brother, Dr. G. W. TUCKER at Dana, Indiana,
and her brother, Joe, at St. Louis.
Marriage
Licenses were granted to the following last
week:
Jackey
WEBSTER, 22 - Miss Letitia COMBS, 22 - July
18.
Matthew
JENKINS, 50 - Edwaella BLACKBURN, 40 - July
20.
A.
W. CARLETON and bride of Elliston visited
Williamstown.
Mrs.
A. J. McCARTY and children of Somerset visited her mother, Mrs. M.
McMANAMA.
Mr.
and Mrs. F. T. SIMMONDS of Corinth visited their daughter, Mrs. H. P.
MATHEWS.
Alvin
SIMPSON of Grenville, Hunt County, Texas, visited his cousin, Mrs. Gus GILBERT
at Dry Ridge.
Crittenden
News:
1.
Mrs. Annie DILLARD and children of near Nashville, Tennessee visited her
father, Ben T. SECHREST.
2. Mrs. Toss DYAS died Monday of last week; leaves a husband and large family
of children.
Corinth
News:
1.
Mrs. G. W. HENRY, 72, died at her home
Thursday.
2.
Born to the wife of Thomas DUNN, a boy. Born to the wife of W. E. BEACH,
a boy.
August
3, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News: Miss Mary CONRAD and her brother, F. I. CONRAD, celebrated their
birth last Monday, they being 18 and 14 respectively [born on the same day].
Mrs. Adam CONRAD is their mother..
Hanks
News: Mrs. Kate BERKLEY of Covington visited her mother, Mrs. Martha FERREL
near this place.
Robert
(Bob) RANTON attempted to terrorize the town and a colored boy, Tutor FRY;
the latter shot RANTON in Crittenden last Sunday night; RANTON killed Thomas
LAWRENCE several years ago; served time, then cut F. M.
ROBINSON.
Miss
Vina COOK and James SUGGS were married at the Oak Ridge Church July 27; both
of that neighborhood; bride is 21; groom is
22.
James
F. HOGSETT of Crittenden, 76, was adjudged a lunatic last Friday; lived in
Crittenden neighborhood all his life. two surviving sons live in Missouri,
one in Kansas City, Sam F. HOGSETT of Crittenden will manage his
estate.
Benjamin
F. FINNELL, a well-to-do farmer and leading politician of Kenton County,
was waylaid and shot to death on the road near Morning View, by his disgruntled
former son-in-law, Austin STEPHENS, who his daughter divorced a year
ago.
Mason
News: Born to the wife of Richard JOHNSON, twins, a boy and a
girl.
Marriages
Licenses granted last week:
J.
C. GROW, 40 - Pruella Francis RUTLEDGE,
37.
James
SUGGS, 22 - Vina COOK, 21.
C.
W. EADES, 20 - Loreta BAKER, 21.
August
10, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
J. G. BLACKBURN and wife will visit his brother, E. R. BLACKBURN, at Berry,
Harrison County.
2.
August 6: W. T. MAY celebrated his 50th birthday at his home near Dry Ridge;
present were C. E> FRY and sister, Miss America, J. L. NORTHCUTT and wife,
C. W. NORTHCUTT and wife; mentions his two daughters [not by
name].
3.
"Uncle" Solomon NICHOLS passed his 88th milestone last Friday; present, in
part, were Marion CLARK and two daughters, Maggie and
Anna.
Lafe
McGUIRE and his wife live in the Oak Ridge neighborhood near the Coopertown
Creek; last sunday, Will McGUIRE, Lafe's cousin, and Harve SANDERS, attempted
to rape Mrs. McGUIRE at her home; Lafe pursued them with a pistol and brought
them to jail at Williamstown; SANDERS is the man who killed Dave T. FRANKS
at Crittenden.
Clarence
E. HENSLEY, who is in the Philippine Islands as a private in Co. E., U. S.
Infantry, wrote home to his mother.
Miss
Cordelia HENSLEY of Owen County visited her sister, Mrs. W. L.
ALLPHIN.
O.
P. HOGAN and his son, Danson, visited O. P.'s sister, Mrs. Sallie YANCY in
Lexington.
Brothers
Thomas and John BISHOP of Rogers Gap and Charles BISHOP of Rushville, Indiana
went to the Sunday funeral of their brother, William F.
BISHOP.
Mrs.
Elizabeth GROSS, mother of County Clerk, L. M. GROSS, and son, Price, went
to visit her daughter, Mrs. T. B. LITTRELL, at Elwood,
Indiana.
Mrs.
J. Q. BARBOUR and her daughter, Mrs. J. W. WEBB, delayed their trip having
received word that her mother, Mrs. Mary RICKETS of Oak Valley, Kansas, had
died and will be buried at Marysville, Kentucky, her
home.
Crittenden
News: J. D. BOWLING died Saturday morning; was buried with Masonic rites
at Gardnersville on Sunday afternoon.
Jonesville
News:
1.
Miss Scena FULLILOVE of Verona visited her sister, Mrs. Robert
POWERS.
2.
Mrs. Isa REED of New Liberty is the guest of her sister, Mrs. U. [Uriah]
BICKERS.
Sherman
News: John JOHNSON of Indiana and Robert JOHNSON of Greensburg, Indiana,
visited their sick father, Andy JOHNSON, near Mt.
Zion.
William
F. BISHOP died last Sunday evening of consumption; he and nearly all of his
family belonged to the Oak Ridge Baptist Church; his aged father and mother,
his wife and several children survive him; funeral was at the church Tuesday;
buried in Williamstown Cemetery.
Lieutenant
DILLON of the U. S. Army was here Monday and secured two recruits, Chester
MORGAN and Frank COLLIER, who passed the exam and signed up for 3 years;
will go to Ft. McPherson, Georgia..
August
17, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Mrs. Clara MEYERS of Felicity, Ohio, visited her daughter, Mrs. Fred
HUTCHINSON.
2.
Russell O'BANION and Will N. BROWN enlisted at Williamstown Monday and were
taken to Cincinnati the next day.
Mt.
Zion News:
1.
Mrs. William GRATZ and son, Marin BLAIR, are visiting relatives in the Queen
City.
2.
Mrs. S. J. RANSOM gave a party for her nieces, Misses Rayma Lee and Hazel
Mary GREENWELL of Erlanger.
Isaac
PLUMMER, an inmate of the county Poor House, died of a chronic bowel trouble
at the County Infirmary last Sunday. Mrs. J. M. RISEN, in whose family he
was raised, had his body buried at the Oak Ridge burying
ground.
A
marriage license was granted Monday to John W. MURPHY, age 29, and Miss Elizabeth
TOMLIN, age 22.
N.
C. RIDGEWAY of Falmouth is a native of Brown County,
Ohio.
Mason
News:
1.
Born to the wife of Joe CLARK on the 11th, a
girl.
2.
The infant of Rich JOHNSON was buried
Friday.
In
Memory. Wm. F. BISHOP was born September 30, 1852 and died August 6, 1899;
was married to Miss Mary Francis PENICK December 31, 1873; funeral was Tuesday,
August 8, 1899.
Sister
E. J. WESTOVER died last Friday; was born October 15, 1844 and was 54 years,
9 months, and 26 days old; was married to W. H. WESTOVER April 11, 1861;
to whom were born 13 children; 7 boys and 6 girls; one boy and one girl have
died; funeral was at the home Sunday, August 13, 1899; buried in Williamstown
Cemetery.
Mrs. Jane COOLEY BLANCHET, wife of surviving H. L. D. BLANCHET, of Blanchet, Grant County, died last Friday, August 11, 1899; was born January 14, 1832; married August 30, 1864; funeral at her home on Saturday, August 12, 1899; leaves two brothers living in New Jersey and one sister in Hastings, New York.
August
24, 1899:
County
Court Orders: Guardianships:
Jo
HORNER guardian Emmett HOGAN
J.
K. PAGE for William CLARK
F.
M. SMITH for W. C. BEARD
Lucy
FERRELL for Lucinda FERRELL
Fiscal
Court: Guardianship Settlements
Confirmed:
Confirmed:
H. Z. ALLPHIN guardian PEYTON
heirs
Continued:
James F. DUNN for Maud DOUD
D.
M. HALL for Inis McGLASSON
Albert
BAKER, 27, and Miss Bettie Lee CLEMENTS< 18, both of Cross Roads, were
married by County Judge J. H. WESTOVER at the County Clerk's office last
Saturday.
George
W. BEASLEY, 74, lies a corpse at his home on Main Street as the
Courier goes to press; was born December 13, 1825 and died August
23, 1899; was married May 24, 1854 to Miss Sarah WEBSTER who survives him;
all five children survive: Mary, Anna, Oscar, Marshall, and C. H. BEASLEY;
funeral today [Thursday' in Williamstown
Cemetery.
Wedding
Anniversary dinner given August 13 for Mr. and Mrs. W. R. PORTER, near Doudton;
the day before Mrs. PORTER was 63; were 36 children and grandchildren
present.
For
Sale: a good farm of 60 acres on the Williamstown-Owenton turnpike by J.
S. JONES, Holbrook, Ky.
Joe
BROWN, aged father of James P. BROWN of Dry Ridge and Sol and William BROWN
of Stewartsville, died at his son's home in Stewartsville
Monday.
Marriage
licenses were granted last week to: Allie DUNNAWAY, 22, to Cynthia J. MILNER,
20, and Albert BARKER, 27, to Bettie Lee CLEMONS, 18, last Thursday, August
17.
Frank
WARE returned from visiting his sister, Mrs. Ann BISHOP at Rushville,
Indiana.
J.
Q. BARBOR left for New York City due to the serious illness of his brother,
Will, a prominent musician and director of some of the best orchestras in
this country.
County
Clerk W. P. SWOPE and Miss Ruth STAMPER, both of Owenton, were quietly married
at a friend's home in that city Sunday night; she had just obtained a divorce
from SWOPE at the last term of Owenton Circuit Court, her parents being opposed
to the marriage, it was necessary for them to
elope.
Judge
Henry CHILDERS died at his Grant County home August 12, 1899 of causes related
to old age; has passed his 83rd birthday; was born at Dry Ridge February
11, 1816; four years before Grant was formed and when it was a precinct of
Pendleton County; was youngest child of 9 children born to Henry and Mary
[C.] (THOMPSON) CHILDERS, the former Irish and the latter Scotch-Irish; they
were born and raised in Greenbriar County, Virginia; the father of Mary CHILDERS
was James THOMPSON, a Revolutionary war soldier, who was killed by Indians
at Point Pleasant on the Ohio River, after the war closed; ancestors of Judge
CHILDERS emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky shortly after 1792 and later
to Dry Ridge; an outpost in Pendleton County; they were among the pioneers
in the county; Henry CHILDERS Sr. agitated for the formation of the district
into a separate county; first county court held at his home; Judge CHILDERS
was married April 12, 1838 to Elizabeth Bryant CONYERS, daughter of James
and Kate DeHart CONYERS; Mrs. DeHART was the niece of Daniel BOONE; 17 children
were born to Judge CHILDERS and wife, 11 still live, of whom only 3 do not
live in Grant County: Robert H., Newton, Marion, W. C., and Sidney CHILDERS,
Mrs. Alice W. DUNLAP, Mrs. Martha J. BREWER, Mrs. Lorena MARKSBERRY, Mrs.
Elizabeth D. BEARD, and Miss Nancy C. CHILDERS; was a Whig and later a Democrat;
was county judge from 1878 to 1886.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Mrs. Anna PERKINS and children of Berry visited her father, T. J.
BROWNING.
2.
T. J. BROWNING was 64 last
Friday.
3.
Miss Maggie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. RENAKER died last Tuesday of
pneumonia; funeral this morning [Thursday]; to be buried in Conrad Cemetery
at Dry Ridge.
Sherman
News:
1.
Mrs. Carrie KENNEDY of Tuscola, Illinois visited her mother, Mrs. Sarah McBEE,
of Mt. Zion.
Mason
News:
1.
Mrs. and Mrs. Rodney HEDGE are rejoicing over a boy at their
home.
2.
Born to the wife of Garret WHITTEN, on the 17th, a
boy.
3.
Dan BEACH, in trying to punish is boy, hung him. If it had not been for the
prompt action of neighbors in cutting the rope, the boy would have
strangled.
4.
Mrs. J. B. ALEXANDER and son, Vivian, of McPherson, are visiting relatives
at Sherman.
Jonesville
News: Born to the wife of Marion BEVERLY, a
girl.
In
Memory: Mrs. Martha FERRELL, wife of Uncle George FERRELL, died at her home
near Mt. Zion, Thursday, August 17, 1899; was born July 13, 1825 and was
74 years, 1 month, and 4 days old at death; was married May 12, 1842 to George
FERREL, who survives; to them was born 12 children, of whom 3 boys and 4
girls are living; funeral at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Saturday, August 19,
1899; was buried in the cemetery near the
church.
August
31, 1899:
In
Memory: On August 22, near Stewartsville, Joseph BROWN died; was born in
Lee County, Virginia on December 25, 1821, being 77 years, 7 months, and
27 days old at death; his first wife and mother of his 8 children was a Miss
Anna HOBBS of Virginia; children survive; his 2nd wife who survives, is Miss
Martha HAYS of Grant County; he moved here about 20 years ago; funeral was
at Stewartsville; buried at
Williamstown
Mrs.
Anna WIGGS of Indianapolis visited her sister, Mrs. Will R.
ELLISTON.
Miss
Kate ROSS of Hamilton, Ohio visited her sister, Mrs. Joe WOLFE, near
town.
Mrs.
Nettie CHILDERS and two daughters, Misses Agnes and Edna, returned from visiting
her niece, Mrs. James MAKESON, at Morgan,
Ky.
The
infant child of J. H. MUSSELMAN, of near Cherry Grove, died of croup last
Wednesday.
O.
N. GREGG of Home, Ohio, formerly of Williamstown, is confined to his bed
with inflammatory rheumatism; his only daughter, Mrs. Claude PEYTON, has
died.
Hanks
News:
1.
Mrs. Henry MORGAN's funeral was preached at Wesley Chapel
Sunday.
2.
There was quite a sensation in this and adjoining neighborhoods Sunday, August
13, caused by the elopement of Marion WEBSTER and Hilena ASHCRAFT. Both are
married and have families.
September
7, 1899:
Family
Reunion on Wednesday, the 30th, [August], it being G. M. SIMPSON's 80th birthday;
he is oldest of 14 children; he has one brother and two sisters living, the
youngest is Mrs. Bertha BLAIN, 55; he has seven living children, all present
but one; his one and only wife if now 71; have been married 56 years; he
has 29 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. William PRICE, 81, joined
the 41 present.
Crittenden
News: J. V. VIOLETTE was called to Gallatin County last week by the death
of his mother.
Rev.
J. W. MADDUX and family returned from Central Ohio with his cousin, Mrs.
D. W. Hall, and her son and daughter of
Newport.
W.
H. ALLEN of Brocton, Illinois visited his native Grant County and Williamstown
for the first time in 32 years.
S.
J. EALES is a Grant County boy who writes a letter from his Burton, Kansas
home dated September 1, 1899; mentions his friend, Judge John W.
GREEN.
Mrs.
Andrew McCUE of Millersburg visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
HAVICUS.
Dr.
J. D. PERKINS and brother Andy of Franklin, Illinois, visited their sick
brother, George, who lives near Fork
Lick.
Tom
TURNER left to visit his brother in Missouri, where he will make his future
home.
September
14, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank LAUGHLIN of Paris visited her grandparents, William RENAKER
and wife.
2.
Miss Sadie MARTIN entertained at her home on the Dry Ridge and Mt. Zion turnpike
in honor of her cousin, Miss Iva MARTIN, of
Cynthiana.
3.
Born to the wife of Charley YORK, August 4, a
boy.
4.
Thomas J. BROWNING, of this place, aged 64, and Mrs. Kate SHAW, of Crittenden,
aged 56, were married [at Crittenden] last Thursday at the home of the bride's
nephew, Jos HALL; his first marriage, her
third.
Downingsville
News: Charley PETTIT and family, Oscar STEPHENS and family, Jake HEDGE and
family, visited their parents, James HEDGER and
wife.
Corinth
News:
Amanda
L. CASON of this place, aged 44, and Thomas NORTON of Pendleton County, aged
53, were married at the home of the bride last Friday; groom was a widower;
this was his third marriage and her second; she was a
widow.
Murdered:
M. C. MARKSBERRY, son of J. S. MARKSBERRY, near town, met death at the hands
of an unknown person or persons near Slater, Missouri last week; was about
30; had been in Missouri for a number of years; his remains were shipped
here and buried in Williamstown Cemetery Sunday; [report follows form the
Slater, Missouri Rustler]: body found one mile east of Corder Wednesday;
found near track; shot through the heart and head badly bruised; generally
believed he was attacked by freight tramps; he was over 6 feet tall and weighed
180 pounds.
Thirty
years ago Daniel Rice RAMEY lived on the water of Fork Lick; was married
with 4 children; is a brother of Jo RAMEY of Dry Ridge and T. B. RAMEY of
the Cordova country; one morning he borrowed the horse of his father-in-law,
Mr. TURNER, to go to the mill and until August 30, 1899 was lost to his old
home and family; returned, finding his wife unmarried and his children grown;
Daniel had gone to Switzerland County, Indiana, married, and had 3 children
by her; she found out he was married, but he then went to the valley on the
Wabash on the Illinois line, married again and had children; his last wife
is now dead; Daniel was a soldier in the Civil War and filed for a pension
claiming his wife died dead and she filed claiming him dead; when he left
the country he told a neighbor he had killed a man: this was never
believed.
Grant
County Court - September Term:
1.
Wills of Joe BROWN and Judge Henry CHILDERS
admitted.
2.
Guardianships Confirmed: F. M. SMITH guardian of W. C. BEACH; Lucy FERRELL
guardian of Linie FERRELL; Joe F. HORNER guardian of Emitt HOGAN, D. M. HALL
guardian of Ernie McGLASSON; Jas. S. DUNN guardian of Maud DAUD,
etc.
Denny
BLACKFORD of Keene, Jessamine County, visited his aunts, Mrs. H. C. MUSSELMAN
and Mrs. Silas WIGGINTON.
Fred
MARCUS of Foster, Ohio, about 45, attempted suicide with a razor last Monday
and was found by the railroad tract.
Realty
Transfers: G. T. SMITH to Dr. E. E. BICKERS, house and lot in
Lawrenceville.....$600.
Old
Aunt Mariam BAXTER died at the county poor house last Tuesday; was an old
darkey slave, almost 100 years old; had been crippled and invalid for many
years; buried Tuesday in the cemetery at this
place.
Parental
Notice: My son, Jesse JONES, who is only 18 years old, has left my house
and I hereby notify any one who employs him not to pay him any wages as I
will claim all of the wages coming to him. I also notify all persons that
I will not be responsible for any debt he may make, as I am ready and willing
to provide for him at home myself. J. H.
JONES.
Mr.
and Mrs. B. B. BAIRD invite you to be present at the marriage of their daughter,
Cora, to Elmer KINMAN, Wednesday, September 30, 1899, at the Mason Baptist
Church at 3 p.m.
In
Memory of Kirtley BROWN who died at his home one mile west of Dry Ridge,
June 23, 1899, aged 17 years, 2 months, and 25 days; was buried in Williamstown
Cemetery. Written by Mother.
In
Memory of Maggie RENAKER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. RENAKER, who died
August 22, 1899, at 26 years, 5 months, and 26 days, after illness of 18
weeks; was born near Dry Ridge, February 27, 1873; leaves parents, two sisters
and three brothers, two sisters and two brothers have preceded her in death;
funeral was August 24 at Dry Ridge Baptist Church; buried in Conrad
Cemetery.
Last
Sunday, at the home of Robert SIMPSON, a dinner was held to celebrate the
22nd anniversary of Luther RUBY. Mrs. Edna BICKERS did her part by her melodious
voice and the use of the organ.
Jonesville
News: Old and respected "Uncle Sid" JONES of this community died last Friday;
member of Macedonia Church for 30 years; funeral there Saturday; buried in
Owenton.
September
21, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News: Miss Bessie KINNER of Hiatt, Missouri and Rosa NORTHCUTT of
Knoxville, Kentucky, visited their aunt, Rosa
GILBERT.
Tom
SOUTHWORTH, 49, with a wife and large family, and Stamping Ground Town Marshal
DUKE, 49 and a bachelor with relatives in Richmond, Virginia - shot each
other to death at that place; was with farmers of Harmony, Owen County;
Southworth killed Green BARR at the latter place a few years
ago.
Wills
of Judge Henry CHILDERS and Joseph BROWN, filed September 11, 1899, are printed,
verbatim:
1.
CHILDERS' will mentions his wife, Elizabeth B. CHILDERS; his son, Wm. B.
CHILDERS; his daughter, Nancy C. CHILDERS; other daughters, Mary C. DUNLAP,
Alice W. DUNLAP, Martha J. D. BREWER, Elizabeth D. BEARD, and Louisa Emma
MARCUM; his sons, Robert H., Newton, Marion, Wm. C., and A. S. J.
CHILDERS.
2.
BROWN's will mentions his wife, Martha BROWN; his son, Solomon BROWN; other
children: James BROWN, Bettie GRUBBS, Sarah Agnes BROWN and Ruth
BROWN.
Mrs.
J. C. BLACKBURN, 60, wife of ex-Senator J. C. S. BLACKBURN, died at her home
at Versailles Sunday of heart trouble; was married 41 years; was daughter
of Christopher Columbus GRAHAM, the centenarian and one of the most noted
Kentuckians of his day.
Mrs.
Dr. Julian W. ZINN and her two children, Donald and Doras, of Graymont, Illinois
visited Mrs. M. F. ZINN.
Mrs.
Charles L. SCHOCK and little daughter, Sylvia, of Las Vegas, New Mexico,
visited her brother, Hon. Wm. CARNES.
Marriage
Licenses were granted the past week to: Clarence MORGAN, 19, Cordova and
May BEARD, 22, Cordova; W. A. HENRY, 23, Corinth and Addie REDD, 26,
Corinth.
C.
C. PALMER, about 36, of Covington, son-in-law of C. C. WEBSTER who lived
here, died by falling from an electric light pole in Covington Thursday;
lived a few minutes; buried in Williamstown Cemetery; had wife and two
children.
Rev.
G. W. HILL preached the funeral of his cousin, Miss Jessie HILL, at Owenton
who died at her home Friday, September 15,
1899.
Elmer
KINMAN, 19, and Miss Cora BAIRD, 16, were married at the Mason Baptist Church
Wednesday, September 20; bride is youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
BAIRD; groom is son of Perry KINMAN of
Downingsville.
Corinth
News:
1.
Miss Rena HUTCHESON, daughter of Charles HUTCHESON, died at her Tennessee
home and was buried here Sunday in the Oddfellows
Cemetery.
2.
Walter WHITE has a 12 pound boy at his
house.
3.
Willie MARTIN and Miss Anna FRANKLIN were married at the home of the bride's
parents Sunday.
4.
William HENRY and Miss Addie REDD were married at the home of Grove RYAN
Sunday.
5.
Miss Mary BAIRD of Cordova was married to Clarence MORGAN the
13th.
Downingsville
News:
1.
Miss Nannie CROUCH returned to her Enterprise, Indiana home with her cousin,
Mrs. Sallie ORDER of New Eagle
Mills.
2.
Jack JOHNSON and wife of Lincoln County visited her parents, W. W. DUNLAP
and wife.
Cordova
News:
1.
Mrs. Gracie SMITH of Chillicothe, Missouri returned home after visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. WEBB for
months.
2.
Clarence MORGAN and Miss Maggie BEARD were married at this place the 13th
at the home of the bride's parents.
Born
to the wife of William DUVALL on the 12th, a
boy.
Miss
Daisy SKIRVIN thought she would surprise her many friends by getting married
and keeping it a secret, but the reporters got it, so it was no secret. Clarence
GAUGH won the prize.
Aunt
Susan GAUGH died at her daughter's, Mrs. TOMLIN's, last Saturday, aged 75
years; was born November 10, 1824; married to Josiah W. GAUGH August 31,
1843; they were blessed with 12 children; was buried in Salem Church Cemetery
Sunday; survived by her children: Enola, SKIRVIN, Mahala TOMLIN, Sarah CHILDERS,
Mollie ROBINSON, George and Taylor GAUGH, and a number of
grandchildren.
Cherry
Grove News:
1.
Born to the wife of Tom GRAVES, September 14, a
girl.
2.
H. B. SHERIFF and wife were called to Georgetown for the Friday death of
a grandchild; buried Saturday at
Williamstown.
September
28, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Henry BREWER and Miss Hattie BARNES, of near this place, were married at
the Lafferty Hotel here Wednesday; she is the daughter of Tom
BARNES.
2.
Mrs. JONES of near Owenton visited her sister, Mrs. Bell FRANKS, near
town.
Jonesville
News; Born to the wife of James HOUSE, a
son.
Corinth
News:
1.
Dr. Russ SPARKS of Stamping Ground visited his brother-in-law, S. K.
LEE.
2.
Bob PERKINS of near town died Sunday night after two days illness. He leaves
a wife and two children.
3. H. G. SMALLEY and wife of Franklin, Ohio visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. WESTOVER.
4.
Romeo LOWE of Covington visited his uncle, J. W.
PARISH.
Stewartsville
News: Mrs. Robert MITTS, little son and daughter went to Decatur, Illinois
to visit her brother, Mr. COLEMAN.
Ernest
CHIPMAN of Williamstown and Miss Marguerette SHERIFF of Cherry Grove, were
married yesterday [Wednesday, September 27] at the home of the bride's parents;
groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. CHIPMAN, 20 years old and a farmer; bride
is 19 and the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. SHERIFF of Cherry Grove;
will live in the CALDWELL homestead, near
town.
In
Memory of our father, H. CHILDERS (as he always signed his name), died August
19, 1899; was born February 11, 1816; leaves a wife and several children;
poem mentions "mother won't be long with us", brothers and sisters;
signed, His loving daughter, Nannie CHILDERS, Delia,
Ky.
Mr.
and Mrs. David BISHOP who resides near town, have been married 50 years,
spent the day Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. STEPHENS of Oak Ridge, who have
been married 41 years.
Miss
Lydia VAWTER of Mt. Zion, aged 18, had Edwin BUTLER of the same place, arrested
last week charging him with seduction; he agreed to marry her and did so
Saturday evening; he then took the train for parts
unknown.
Born
to the wife of John ROLAND, Heekin, August 31, a
boy.
Born
to the wife of Tom GRAVES, Cherry Grove, September 14, a
girl.
Born
to the wife of Tom SEBREE, Mason, September 18, a
boy.
Luther
SOUTHWORTH who is accused of killing C. R. DUKE, town marshal of Stamping
Ground, Scott County, was released on bail to visit his mother who is not
expected to live..
October
5, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Charles MANGO and Miss Ora THORNTON were married at the Pleasant Ridge Baptist
Church in Pendleton County, Wednesday; reception was at Mr. CRAM's home near
here.
2.
Aunt Sallie McGEE, an aged colored woman, died at her home here Sunday afternoon;
buried at Williamstown Cemetery Monday
afternoon.
3.
Rufus CHILDERS of Georgetown visited his parents at this place; his mother,
Mrs. W. H. CHILDERS is ill.
Corinth
News:
1.
Mrs. Geo. SIMS died suddenly and her body was laid to rest in the Oddfellows'
Cemetery Sunday; leaves a husband and several
children.
2.
Born to Mr. & Mrs. John T. MARTIN, September 28, a
son.
3.
Mrs. E. T. PARKER died quite suddenly Sunday morning; funeral was at the
Baptist Church; buried at Oddfellows' Cemetery; leaves a husband and three
daughters.
Mrs.
Bennie SEWARDS and son, William, went to Greensburg, Indiana to the bedside
of a relative.
Mrs.
Wm. C. ELY (nee LUCKY) of Dayton, Ohio, visited relatives; husband is prominent
in Gem City; have several children; the oldest is a convent student in Reading,
Oho.
Marriages
Licenses issued during September 1899: Frank ALEXANDER, 25, to Nora S. SKIRVIN,
20; W. N. NELSON, 37, to Edna Grace DAY, 20; J. H. COULSON, 24, to Maggie,
HYNER, 35.
About
a year ago a young man of Corinth named COULSON married a young lady named
HYNER. Last week COULSON's brother, J. H. COULSON, married the HYNER girl's
mother.
October
12, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News: Born to the wife of A. L. LANCASTER, October 10, a
boy.
Sherman
News:
1.
Mrs. Carrie KENNEDY of Tuscola, Illinois returned home with her nephew, A.
H. POINTS.
2.
Cul BURTON purchased a house and lot of J. T. PRICE, the same now occupied
by his brother, John BURTON.
Jonesville
News: Born to the wife of Headly BUTTS, a
boy.
Corinth
News:
Geo.
W. FERRELL of Elliston Station was instantly killed with a croquet mallet
by M. J. CASTLEMAN, a Gallatin County, farmer, at Glencoe Monday; Dr. Ferrell
was about 35 and leaves a widow and three children; he is a son of George
W. FERREL of near Mt. Zion; his wife is a daughter of Mrs. Emma GREEN and
a sister of E. K. GREEN, ex-Sheriff of Grant County; his brother, John FERREL,
killed himself by taking morphine in the Central Hotel at Covington some
2 years ago; his mother, Mrs. Geo. W. FERRELL was recently buried in the
Mt. Zion Cemetery, where this son was buried Wednesday after a
funeral.
The
trial of James TAPP for the killing of Elmer FRANKS at Sherman May 27 [1899]
rendered a not guilty verdict; mentions Albert CLEMENTS also dead from this
incident; Sam TAPP was the railroad agent and Jim's brother; Elmer was the
son of Marion FRANKS.
Tuesday,
two elopers from Shelbyville, giving their names as John KOBS, 23, and Margaret
E. STEWART, 21, secured a marriage license at the Clerk's office and were
married at the Johnson House; the girl looked very young; he claimed to be
a collector; had plenty of money.
Charley
WILLIS of Bracken County visited his sister, Mrs. R. H.
ELLISTON.
Born
to the wife of Sonnie JUSTICE, October 10, a
boy.
Dr.
FERRELL was killed at Glencoe last Tuesday. His brother, John FERRELL, committed
suicide at the Central Hotel in Covington about two years ago. John CASTLEMAN,
brother of J. M., was thrown from a horse near Williamstown and instantly
killed. His son-in-law, Guy WILLIAMS, accidentally shot himself hunting and
died from the wounds.
Public
Sale, October 26, 1899, at the home of the lat James ZINN by Mrs. Melissa
F. ZINN.
October
19, 1899:
John
Taylor BURCH died at his home on Main Street [Williamstown] last Sunday;
was born January 18, 1876; spent his life in this city; known as Jimmie;
of consumption; eaves parents, brother, and three sisters; buried Tuesday
in the cemetery.
Mrs.
W. H. HARRISON went to visit her son, Sinc, and family at Kings
Mountain.
Mrs.
A. C. WHITE and little son and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. SIDES of Waynesville, Ohio,
were at James BURCH's bedside.
Mrs.
Thos. J. TURNER and daughter, Miss Mary, of Chicago, visited their old Grant
County home and returned.
James
COLLINS and Miss Grace FRANKS were married in the Baptist Church at Mt. Zion
last Wednesday, October 11, 1899; groom was reared near Cordova but has lived
at Mt. Zion, where they will housekeep; bride is youngest daughter of our
esteemed I. R. FRANKS of Mt. Zion.
Dry
Ridge News: Died Friday at her home in Dry Ridge, Miss America FRY in her
59th year; invalid most of her life; of typhoid fever; leaves two sisters,
Mrs. BAKER of Ohio, and Mrs. J. W. GAUGH of Stewartsville; one brother, Columbus
FRY of Dry Ridge; buried at Richwood
Cemetery.
Corinth
News: Harry LANCASTER died October 11 and was buried at the Oddfellows' Cemetery
the 13th with Mason honors; was assistant cashier at Corinth Deposit Bank;
parents survive.
Heekin
News:
1.
Born to the wife of Ed RACE, a
boy.
2.
Born to the wife of D. M. HALL, a
girl
October
26, 1899:
John
P. SHINKLE married Miss Susie MITTS at the home of the bride's parents, October
18; he is the son of J. P. SHINKLE, prosperous farmer of near Oak Ridge;
she is the only daughter of Jesse MITTS, prosperous farmer of near Vin
Run.
In
Memoriam. Uncle Allen SIPPLE died at his home near Elliston October 13, 1899,
aged 81 years; in 1845 he married Miss Marietta COLLINS, daughter of Wm.
COLLINS, who survives with 8
children.
Mrs.
Kate WILLIS visited her aunt, Mrs. GARRISON at
Napoleon.
B.
H. and W. C. DELIN of Cincinnati visited their brother, R. A.
DELIN.
William
WIGGINTON, father of Silas WIGGINTON of Washington, D.C., is here for the
marriage of his grandson, Hollie B.
WIGGINTON.
Hollie
B. WIGGINTON of Williamstown and Miss Anna CLARK of Dry Ridge, will be married
at the Dry Ridge Methodist church Tuesday, October 13.
Marriages
Licenses granted during the past week: Alonzo MITTS, 31, and Nannie COLEMAN,
25; L. C. CROUCH, 23, and Lula A. LAWRENCE, 20; Charles DAVIS, 31, and Alice
WAGNER, 17; J. S. ACREE, 48, and Louisa MacLIN,
37.
Miss
Emma CROUCH of Williamstown married Silas TILTON in Carroll County (where
she teaches) some two weeks ago.
D.
Will CLARK of the Georgetown Sentinel and Mrs. Clara F. CLARK were
married at the residence of her brother, T. H. BRADEN
Wednesday.
In
Memory of Clay TURNER, 28, who died August 31, 1899 of typhoid
fever.
In
Memory of our Mother, Frances ROLAND who died July 13, 1899; was born August
6, 1840, being 59 years, 11 months, and 25 days old; was married 3 times;
survived by 5 children, a brother, and an aged mother; poem follows, signed,
her loving daughter, Nina.
Charles
C. PALMER died untimely in Covington, September 4, by accident; wife and
two boys, Tracy C., 8, and Clarence, 6, survive; was born in Aurora, Illinois,
February 26, 1864; when four his family moved to Oskaloosa, IA; married Miss
Amanda WEBSTER in Covington August 21, 1889; funeral held at his father-in-law,
C. C. WEBSTER, in Covington; Rev. F. PALMER of Keota, IA is a brother; buried
at Williamstown Cemetery; signed, Marguerite O'MALEY and Fairis
WEBSTER.
James
Taylor BURCH was born January 18, 1876 and died October 15, 1899; living
only 23 years, 8 months, and 27 days; parents, brother, and sister survive;
signed, Mollie V. WOLF.
Dry
Ridge News: The 3 years old son of mr. and Mrs. J. J. BROWN died Monday;
his remains were buried in Williamstown
Cemetery.
November
2, 1899:
In
Memoriam. The funeral of George PERKINS who resided on Fork Lick, this county,
was at the Williamstown Baptist Church last Thursday, October 26, 1899; he
died of consumption; was 35; thirteen years and two months ago he married
the widow MINOR [mother of our county man, John MINOR, of Corinth); survived
by his wife, three brothers and a
sister.
Marriage
Licenses issued the past week:
Dan
POINTS, 22 - Lutie Pearl HINTON,
17.
B.
B. JONES< 43 - Laura VEST,
32.
H.
B. WIGGINTON, 27 - Anna Parker CLARK,
27.
Elmer
ADAMS, 21 - Ind RYAN, 19.
William
MULLINS, 24 - Effie ODER, 19.
Dan
POINTS and Miss Lula HINTON were married in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church last
Wednesday, October 25, 1899; groom is son of Daniel POINTS; bride is daughter
of John HINTON of Sherman.
Dry
Ridge News:
Miss
Anna CLARK of Dry Ridge and Hollie B. WIGGINTON of Williamstown, were married
in a Dry Ridge Church Tuesday; will live with groom's parents; bride is oldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion CLARK; groom is only son of Mr. and Mrs.
Silas WIGGINTON of Williamstown.
November
9, 1899:
James
K. "Jim" PORTER was killed Wednesday by an accidental discharge of a shot
gun in a hunting accident near town with his friend, Henry CRAM; Jim was
about 23; survived by a mother, brother, and five sisters; will be buried
in Williamstown Cemetery Friday by K. of P. Lodge No.
74.
Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey POWELL request your presence at the marriage of their daughter,
Berta E., to Arthur L. WOODYARD, Sunday, November 12, 1899 at Mt. Lystra
Church.
Heekin
News: Born to the wife of Grant MITTS, on the 2nd, a
girl.
November
16, 1899:
J. C. BROWN and Miss Anna SCOTT were married quietly Wednesday the the SCOTT
home; groom is from Owenton and now runs Williamstown drug store; bride is
youngest child of Dr. J. T. SCOTT, with whom they will live; she is little
more than 20 years old.
In
Memory of Eva May GOLDSBERRY, who died at her home near Mt. Zion Friday,
October 20, was born July 17, 1860, being 29 years, 2 months, and 3 days
old at death; was eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. JACKSON; funeral
was October 21 with burial beside her two little babes in Mt. Zion Cemetery;
verses follows mentioning sister; signed, Rosa E.
JACKSON.
Chas.
HENRY and Miss Nellie JOHNSON, of Mason, were married at the residence of
Rev. G. W. HISS, this city, last Wednesday, November 8,
1899.
The
wedding of Miss Berta POWELL and Arthur WOODYARD at the Mt. Lystra Church,
Mason, will be on the 19th, not the 12th as announced last
week.
Peter
AMMERMAN and Miss Arminta DAUGHERTY were married at the home of the bride's
parents, near Doudton last Wednesday, November 8, 1899; bride is youngest
daughter of O. S. DAUGHERTY of Pendleton
County.
Miss
Hattie ERVIN and Aleck REED will be married November 22 at the Crittenden
Christian Church.
Marriages
Licenses granted during the past
week:
Charley
HEDGES, 23 - Corda HOPKINS, 21.
Peter
AMMERMAN, 23 - Araminta DAUGHERTY,
18.
Harvey
L. KLEETE, 21 - Dora SARGEANT,
15.
Charley
HARVEY, 22 - Nellie JOHNSON,
22.
B.
N. REDDING, 22 - Lucy SHERFY, 22.
The
funeral of James K. PORTER was at this home last Friday; was devoted to his
widowed mother; untimely death in most frightful manner; mentions his mother,
sisters, and brothers [survivors].
Mt.
Pleasant News: Miss Lulu LAWRENCE, daughter of Milton LAWRENCE, married Carl
CHILES, the son of W. A. CHILES, on Wednesday, October 25, 1899; lady of
honor was Miss Bessie FERGUSON; best man was Grant
RODGERS.
Jonesville
News: Thos. BROCK of near Glencoe, who killed his son, Luther BROCK, one
day last week, has been adjudged a lunatic and will be sent to the asylum
shortly.
Heekin
News:
1.
Ida HARRISON died of typhoid fever the
10th.
2.
Last Tuesday at the home of Ed RACE, Charles HEDGES and Miss Corda HOPKINS
were married.
3.
Last Tuesday Charley JOHNSON and Miss Martha HUDSON were married in the Queen
City [Cincinnati].
November
23, 1899:
Clarence
EVANS, cashier of the Peoples Bank at Dry Ridge, died of typhoid fever at
his home in south Dry Ridge last Wednesday; was a son of J. C. EVANS of near
Williamstown; buried at Williamstown Cemetery Friday; no will; his estate
goes to his father.
Mr.
and Mrs. H. B. WIGGINTON visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion CLARK at
Dry Ridge.
Wallace
W. EVANS of Grove, Casey County, and Harry EVANS, of Nicholasville, came
home because of the death of their brother, Clarence EVANS, who died last
Wednesday at Dry Ridge.
Born
to the wife f Henry BOSWELL, November 20, a
boy.
Born
to the wife of Gus PRICE, November 17, a
boy.
Arthur
WOODYARD and Miss Bertie POWELL, daughter of Harvey POWELL, were married
at Mason Sunday.
Dry
Ridge News: Uncle Harry CARTER was 87 on November 12 and is nearly blind;
his children, T. E. CARTER, Anna B. CARTER, A. CARTER, and N. CARTER were
present with grand and great
grandchildren.
[Dr.
ALEXANDER attending:] Born to the wife
of:
1.
Ed RACE, October 2, a boy.
2.
George BAXTER, October 11, a
boy.
3.
Richard CRAMMER, October 15, a
girl.
4.
Barney ADAMS, November 8, a
boy.
5.
Bennie SCROGGINS, November 17, a boy.
Corinth
News:
1.
The funeral of Congressman SETTLE was at Owenton
Sunday.
2.
B. Walker REDDING, of Scott County, and Miss Lutie SHERFIE, daughter of A.
F. SHERFIE, were married November
15.
3.
Miss Beulah JACKSON, daughter of Judge Jackson, and Wm. B. DAY, of Covington,
were married November 22; will live
there.
November
30, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
"Uncle" Monoah LUCAS and wife of Georgetown visited their son-in-law, Mr.
FLORENCE, near here.
2.
Mr. and Mrs. H. BLANCHET of near Mt. Zion, both near 80 years old, are critically
ill.
3.
Robert NORTHCUTT, of the U. S. Army, returned to
Cuba.
Mason
News: Miss Eva EDWARDS visited her sister, Mrs. WOODYARD, at
Erlanger.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Newell HANNAH and sister, Grace, of Bracken County, visited their sister,
Mrs. J. W. BEAGLE.
2.
Miss Nannie [surname?] and Dick STEWART were married at the home of Adam
CHIPMAN.
Jonesville
News: Wednesday, Kirtley BROCK and Miss Hattie PERRY, both of this place,
were married at the Lindell Hotel, Warsaw; accompanied by Walter FITE and
Miss Artie ODOR.
Mrs.
Wm. L. ALLPHIN died at her Williamstown home Wednesday from giving birth
to two girl babies; both dead; all three will be buried in one grave at the
Oddfellows Cemetery in Owenton.
James
I. JOHNSON's (of Shelby County) grandfather was Elkahana
JOHNSON.
Marriages
Licenses Issued Within the Past 10
Days:
1.
Arthur E. WOODYARD, 23 - Bertie E. POWELL,
18.
2.
Daniel STEWART, 34 - Nancy CHIPMAN,
22.
3.
Moses Leslie PORTER, 26 - Ida Ann HARRISON,
18.
4.
W. B. DAY, 23 - Beulah A. JACKSON,
18.
5.
R. E. OSBORNE, 23 - Addie E. HOWARD,
22.
6.
Elsber MARTIN, 20 - Pearlie LANDRAM,
16.
7.
John SINCLAIR, 21 - Lucy ROLAND, 24.
Mrs.
J. L. SHIELDS and little daughter of Lockwood, Missouri visited her
brother-in-law, D. S. CLAY.
Jas.
DAUGHERTY of Bakersfield, California will make his home with his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. BISHOP.
J.
N. KENDALL of Leesburg visited his cousin, H. M. KENDALL on Grassy Creek
to hunt quail and rabbits.
Mrs.
W. H. HARRISON returned from visiting her son, Sinc, and family at Grove,
Casey County, Kentucky; he is the proud father of a boy, which arrived on
the 15th.
Capt.
D. J. HUTCHERSON of Denver, Colorado visited his Williamstown nieces, Mrs.
E. T. CRAM and Mrs. W. W. POINTS; is large owner of gold mines and gold
stock.
Fannie
WORKMAN died at the home of her daughter Friday, November 24, in her 85th
year; was born in Lexington and, being an orphan, was brought to Grant County
by her uncle Wm. BURROUGH; was married twice; first husband was James ODOR;
they had six children, only two living: Lizzie and William; second husband
was Commodore WORKMAN to whom three children were born, all living; he went
to the war and was never heard from again; funeral was at the residence
Sunday.
Born
to the wife of E. C. HUGHES, November 18, a
boy.
Mrs.
Lucretia FRANKS request your presence at the marriage of her daughter, Lulu
Dean, to Benjamin B. VEST, Tuesday, December 12, 1899, at Mt. Zion Baptist
Church, Mt. Zion.
December
7, 1899:
Matthew
HOWARD, 83, died at his home near Paris, November 29; was from a family noted
for their gigantic stature; was 6 ft. 8 inches tall and weighed 240 pounds;
his father, Paris HOWARD, was 6' 4"; his mother, who died May 14, 1870, near
Ruddles Mills, was 6' 1"; she has 12 brothers and sisters, each over 6 feet
high.
Mr.
and Mrs. Charles BISHOP of Rushville, Indiana have moved back to Grant
County.
George
KELLS and Miss Ella [PIKE] were married at the home of Rev. G. W. HILL Wednesday,
November 29, 1899.
Marriage
Licenses issued during the past
week:
1.
Andrew WINANS, 23 - Emma FLORENCE,
17.
2.
George KELLS, 32 - Ella PIKE,
22.
3.
Jasper N. RILEY, 27 - Nancy Ellen OLIVER,
27.
Dry
Ridge News: Born to the wife of Thomas DUNN, December 3, a
girl.
Mason
News:
1.
Wm. McGLASSON died at his home near this place November 30; funeral at Bethel
Church; buried at Williamstown
Cemetery.
2.
Born to the wife of Tom McCAINE, a boy; also to the wife of Ed FERGUSON,
a girl.
December
14, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1. Births - December 8 - to the wife of Jeff BROWN, a boy; to the wife of
V. S. METCALFE, a boy; to the wife of James ASHCRAFT, a
girl.
2.
Mr. BLANCHET died at the home of Joe BELEW last Wednesday; was one of the
oldest/best known citizens of Mt. Zion neighborhood; was buried at
Williamstown.
3.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. HOUSTON of Boston, Kentucky are at the bedside of her
sister, Mrs. Cora WARE.
4.
Jimmie LEMMON died at his home at Sandoval, Illinois; was buried at Miami,
Missouri; was reared near
Williamstown.
Sherman
News:
1.
William GOLDSBERRY was baptized by G. W. HILL on
Sunday.
2.
Hayden REED, brother of ex-Representative C. D. REED, died at his Crittenden
home on the 10th of pneumonia.
Memorial
Resolutions from the Rose Rebekah Lodge IOOF for Lucille H. ALLPHIN, 24,
wife of W. L. ALLPHIN, Grant County Circuit Clerk, who died November 29,
1899.
H.
L. BLANCHET, 81, died December 7, 1899; wife survives; they would have been
married 60 years next June; he, Henry, was born in Madison, New Jersey; his
father, Durest N. BLANCHET, was a West Indies native; he owned a sugar plantation
with 900 Negroes; his mother, Henrietta (nee ROE) was born in France and
came to America in 1809; he leaves a brother, H. L. D. BLANCHET of this county
and relatives in California, New York, New Jersey, and the West Indies; three
sons, Durest, Amedee, and Lovee, and three daughters live in the U. S.; H.
L.'s wife who survives was Caroline J. Marie DUPUY, born in Lausanne, Switzerland
and came to America in 1837; her father, Eugene DUPUY as a French native;
her mother was Clementine Frederique (nee BOUTNOT) DUPUY, also a French native;
was the first woman to ever ascend the top of Mt. Blanc; grandma, Mrs. H.
L. BLANCHET, spoke her native French but also spoke Italian, German, and
English; verse follows to grandpa, by his granddaughter, Annie BLANCHET,
13. Buried in Williamstown Cemetery.
According
to H. Clay EVANS, commissioner of pensions, there is now only one survivor
of the War of 1812, Hirman BRONK, of northwestern New York,
99.
Mrs.
Minnie HOUTSTON of Boston, Kentucky visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. U.
M. NORTHCUTT.
A
boy arrived at the home of Harry HARRISON Monday, December 11,
1899.
C.
F. DALY and Thenia FORNASH, daughter of Robert FORNASH, were married at the
home of the bride's father, near Doudton, last Tuesday; dined at the home
of A. B. JEWETT.
December
21, 1899:
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Alvin LANDRAM of Knoxville, 22, and Miss Maggie NORTHCUTT, 23, were married
at the home of the bride's father, J. R. NORTHCUTT, yesterday, December 20;
bride is eldest daughter.
2.
Alonzo ECKLER, 25, and Miss Myrtie E. LANDRAM, 20, were married at the home
of the bride's parents, near Knoxville, Wednesday, December 13; groom son
of Farmer ECKLER; ride is daughter of J. P. LANDRAM, of near
Knoxville.
Jonesville
News:
1.
Jessie RODGERS, a Harrisburg farmer, and Miss Clara McATEE, of Jonesville,
were married in Vevay, Indiana last Wednesday; accompanied by Alex WILHOITE
and Miss Nora McATEE, her sister; will live with groom's mother til
spring.
2.
The wife of Leslie CROSTHWAITE was buried in the Oddfellows Cemetery at this
place last Saturday.
3.
Born on the 14th to G. W. WALTERS and wife, a
son.
4.
Mrs. G. STEWART of Covington visited her sister, Mrs. Geo. WALTERS, who is
dangerously ill.
Mason
News: Born to the wife of Robert LAWRENCE, a
boy.
Wesley
AMMERMAN, 24, and Mary E. DUNN, 21, both of Harrison County, were married
in the parlors of the Johnson House in [Williamstown] Thursday, December
14; went to their Harrison County
home.
George
H. MARTIN, 19, and Lilly MARTIN, 16, will be married at the home of the bride's
parents at Cordova today, Thursday, December 21,
1899.
J.
H. [Harve] DUNN and Mrs. Mary METCALFE were married last Wednesday, December
13, near Cordova; groom is farmer of 62 winters and bride is blushing widow
of 57 summers; will reside at groom's home near
Cordova.
Tuesday,
December 12, 1899, Ben VEST and Miss Loulie FRANKS, both of Mt. Zion, were
married at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, by Rev. G. W. HILL; attendants were
John SLEET and Miss Claris FRANKS, Barnet Franks and Miss ____ CLEEK; Miss
Lizzie CLEEK, of Beaver, Boone County, bride's cousin; will live in home
recently built by the groom.
December
28, 1899:
Mr.
Edith STANDSIFER, daughter of J. M. SLEET, returned to Covington after visiting
her aunt, Mrs. J. T. CHIPMAN.
Uncle
Robert VANCE is 73 years old; has ben living in the same house and on the
same farm on which he now lives for the last 71
years.
A
novel wedding at the Lancaster Hotel, Corinth, last Sunday - Miss Eva LANCASTER
and Luther MARSHALL, of New Columbus, were married by Elder J. W. CASE; Agnes
MARSHALL, sister of the groom played the wedding march; bride is daughter
of Wm. LANCASTER, a farmer of near Owenton and cousin of Robert and J. W.
LANCASTER of this place.
Miss
Dell WESTOVER and Lester FARMER, of Corinth, were married in Cincinnati Sunday;
will live in Covington where he is employed; e is 20; she is a little more
than 15.
Oak
Ridge News: Mrs. R. A. HIGHTOWER of this place and daughter, Mrs. Clark LITTELL
of Cherry Grove, visited relatives near
Flingsville.
Sherman
News:
1.
Mrs. Vevie BLACKBURN and daughter of Berry spent Christmas with her mother,
Mrs. Hattie POINTS.
2.
Miss Stella BOOTH of Walton visited her cousin, Mrs. Ada
ATKINS.
3.
Albert LUCAS visited his brother, Charley, in Shelby
County.
This finishes 1899.