In Memory of Little Chester,
RAY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff BROWN, who died October 23, 1899, aged 1 year,
9 months, and 19 days; sentiments and poem follows signed, "his ever loving
Mama."
Volume
111
January
4, 1900:
In Memory of Little Chester,
RAY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff BROWN, who died October 23, 1899, aged 1 year,
9 months, and 19 days; sentiments and poem follows signed, "his ever loving
Mama."
M.
W. DICKEY of Flemingsburg visited his brother, Prof. J. H.
DICKEY.
J.
R. CALLENDER of Stewartsville is making a settlement as guardian for the
Anderson BLACKBURN heirs.
Tom
CLAY, respected citizen of Williamstown, died at home near town last week;
buried in the old CLAY Burying Ground; leaves wife and
children.
J.
T. DUNN, a Grant County farmer, 32, and Miss Mattie E. GODMAN, 23, daughter
of W. T. GODMAN of near Stringtown, were married by Judge LAIL at the court
house Wednesday; later Judge LAIL officiated at a double wedding for John
A. BROOKS and Miss Kate FLANAGAN and Charley MATTHEWS and Miss Stella HARP,
both couples of the Hinton neighborhood; the last couple were both 17.
--Cynthiana Log Cabin.
On
December 26, 1899, G. L. BURNS, 30, and Miss Sallie OSBORNE, of the Holbrook
neighborhood, came to town, secured a marriage license and were
married.
On
December 27, 1899, a double wedding: contracting parties were two brothers,
George and Alonzo STURGEON, and two cousins, Ella and Martha JUMP, all from
near Folsom - were married by Rev. G. W. HILL at the County Clerk's
Office.
G.
D. WESTOVER and Miss Lula THRELKELD were married at the home of W. H. WESTOVER
Thursday afternoon, December 28, 1899; groom, 32; is penitentiary guard at
Frankfort, where couple will live; bride has been school teacher in county
for the past few years; she is the daughter of Alonzo THRELKELD of
Mason.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Mrs. CHILDERS, 77, wife of the late Judge Henry CHILDERS, died at her home
near Delia Tuesday; her husband died a few months before; they were married
over 50 years; mother of many children; buried Wednesday in Williamstown
Cemetery beside her husband.
2.
A farcial romance between Miss Margie GRIZEL, who makes her home with the
family of S. BIRD, and her first suitor, HOWISON, of Ohio, and her second
suitor, McKINLEY, of Pendleton County, Kentucky - ended in marriage to HOWISON
in the Clerk's Office at Williamstown by a local
"Squire".
Jonesville
News:
1.
Born to D. L. STEWART and wife, a
son.
2.
"Uncle Kinley" BALLARD was buried in the Masonic Cemetery here last
Thursday.
3.
Tom THORNTON and Miss Alice STEWART were married last
Thursday..
January
11, 1900:
W. G. PETTIT of Walton and
a Miss VARNER of Sadieville, were married in the parlor of the Johnson House
Tuesday; will live in Walton where he is in the hotel
business.
E.
J. BEAGLE died Thursday, January 4,
1900.
It
turns out that the foreman of the chair factory, Mr. LAND, shot and killed
the prisoner at the penitentiary Friday night, instead of our Grant County
boy, N. J. SIPPLE.
Leonard
SEXTON, 30, and Miss Dora BISHOP, 26, were married at the home of William
McMILLAN, in this city, January 3.
R.
L. KINMAN gives notice as administrator for the estate of George W. JAMESON,
deceased.
Sherman
News:
1.
Charley CALDWELL is rejoicing over the arrival of a
daughter.
2.
Tom OGDEN received a telegram that his son, Fred, was very low with fever
in Kansas City.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Thomas GAUGH, son of G. K. GAUGH, died of typhoid fever, Monday, January
8. Burial in the GAUGH Cemetery near Salem Church.
2. Mrs. Elisabeth GREGORY, wife of Jessie GREGORY, died at her home, Newton,
Illinois, December 5, 1899; was 83 and daughter of Wm. and Rebecca WOODYARD
who settled just north of Williamstown in 1810; last of nine children; 3
girls and 6 boys; Baptist for forty years; many Grant County relatives
survive.
January
18, 1900:
Dry Ridge News: Miss Mary
BISHOP and cousin, James DAUGHERTY, visited friends near
Georgetown.
Corinth
News:
1.
Mrs. W. W. ALCOKE of Lexington visited her daughter, Mrs. H. R.
SIMMINS.
2.
S. H. IRELAND and wife who went to Kansas last fall and then to Texas have
returned [to live in Ky.]
3.
Walter BROOKS and Miss Molissy MORGAN were married last Friday; will live
in Rutland.
Eagle
Valley News: Willie MORGAN of Ohio visited his sister and
grandparents.
Mason
News: Born to the wife of Eli HENRY January 8, 1900, a boy; also to the wife
of Annie? FRANKS near Lawrenceville, a
boy.
Mrs.
Theodosia TEBBS died at her Belmont Street home Wednesday of peritonitis,
aged 44; will be buried in Lexington beside her husband, Geo. TEBBS, who
died in 1887; leaves her parents, Dr. and Mrs. George O. GRAVES, a brother,
Dr. Spencer GRAVES of St. Louis, two sisters, Miss Julia GRAVES and Mrs.
Richard SQUIRES of Chilesburg; also two children, Misses Kittie TEBBS and
Master Geo. O. Tebbs. --Winchester Democrat, January 11,
1900.
Miss
Musetta CRAM, eldest daughter of Judge C. C. CRAM, returned from New Orleans.
Her cousin, Miss Cora Cram, died not return with
her.
Frank
Lee CHANDLER and Miss Laura HEDGER were married on the
18th.
Charles
E. GIBSON and Miss Annie E. GIBSON were marred January 10,
1900.
Notice
from Mrs. Futha VIOLETTE, administrator of Dr. J. D. VIOLETTE,
deceased.
Notice
from R. L. KINMAN, administrator of estate of Geo. W.
JAMESON.
January
25, 1900:
In Memory of George Thomas
GAUGH, who died at the home of this father's, January 8, of typhoid fever,
aged 23; funeral at Salem Church, after which he was buried in GAUGH Cemetery.
Tom was son and brother.
In
Memory of Henry CHILDERS who died August 19, 1899, aged 83 years, 6 months,
and 8 [?] days and Elizabeth Brian CHILDERS who died January 2, 1900, aged
77 years, 1 months, and 8 days; poem follows signed, "Their Grand Daughter,
Corinne Childers."
In
Memory of George Thomas GAUGH, son of Kelly GAUGH, of Stewartsville, who
died January 18, 1900 of typhoid fever; left parents, one sister and seven
brothers; buried in GAUGH Graveyard; poem follows signed, "His loving friend,
Lenna YELTON."
Rev.
Samuel WILLIAMS, 88, Presbyterian clergyman, died recently.
--Elizabethtown News.
Born
to the wife of Steve R. WEBB, a boy; name, Thomas Dean
WEBB.
W.
C. JOHNSON Jr. of St. Louis if the father of a second
son.
Mrs.
Dr. J. T. SCOTT went to Dana, Indiana to visit her daughter, Mrs. G. W.
TUCKER.
Miss
Cynthia HUDSON of Crittenden visited her cousin, Mrs. Edwin
O'HARA.
James
A. O'HARA went to Frankfort for the funeral of Charles JULIAN, his
kinsman.
S.
T. PRICE of Stewartsville visited Pulaski County where his father settled
about 100 years ago.
Old
Squire Andy BEARD of Corinth is winding up the estate of the late John
MORGAN.
Master
Charley HOGAN has been with his brother Collins in
Cincinnati.
Crittenden
News:
1.
Born to the wife of S. E. HOGSETT, Wednesday, the 10th, a
girl.
2.
Miss Allie POOR will be married to Palmer McELROY of Springfield, Kentucky,
in Louisville in Wednesday of this week.
Downingsville
News:
1.
Miss Corinne CHILDERS is very much grieved over the loss of her schoolmate,
Thomas BROWN.
2.
Mark CARTER and sister, Montana, called on their sister, Mrs. Maggie VANCE,
of near Heekin.
Jonesville
News: Frank WRIGHT and Miss Hattie THORNTON were married in Georgetown last
Tuesday. Also Sam HERNDON and Miss Sarah
WRIGHT.
February
1, 1900:
James McMILLAN and Miss Mary
McMILLAN were married in the office of Rev. G. W. HILL on Wednesday, January
31, 1900.
Master
Charley HOGAN received a letter from his aunt, Phoebe COLLINS of Orlando,
Florida.
N.
H. PINCKARD and Mrs. Eliza MENEFEE were married at the home of the bride
on Thursday; will live at his home on Falmouth
Street.
Recent
Marriage Licenses Issued by County Clerk, L. M.
GROSS:
1.
James Jones, 21 - Luella A. HUGHES,
18.
2.
G. S. SOWDER, 30 - Bertie BROCK,
15.
3.
N. H. PINCKARD, 52 - Eliza MENEFEE,
50.
In
Memoriam of Mrs. Martha FERRELL who died August 17, 1899; "dear grandma";
poem follows signed, "Her granddaughter, M. E. CARTER, Eariville,
Illinois.
February
8, 1900:
Photo of Governor William
GOEBEL who was shot by an unknown assassin Tuesday, January 30, 1900 and
died February 3, 1900 and buried, all in
Frankfort.
Executor's
[i.e Charles W. RIDDELL] sale for the estate of Wm. STROUD Sr., deceased,
Saturday, March 10, 1900 - 100 acres and house about one mile southeast of
Williamstown.
In
Memoriam. Dr. George W. FERREL[L] was born September 1, 1866 and died October
9, 1899; poem follows referring to "dear uncle" who "has gone to meet his
dear old mother"; was only 31; signed, "His loving niece, Mecca
SANDERS."
Stone
J. PERKINS and Miss Sallie B. LYTER of Berry, Kentucky, were married Thursday,
February 1, and were entertained at the home of his brother, J. A.
PERKINS.
John
L. KINSLAER died at his home on Clark's Creek, near Hopewell Church Thursday,
February 1, 1900 and was buried in the Williamstown Cemetery Friday; member
of large family; raised at Dry Ridge; 4 brothers and 4 sisters - the first
of them to die.
"Grandmother's
Story" written for the Courier by Mrs. Estelle M. BLICK, mentions
her mother, little Don, Hubert, Christine, and herself; her grandmother was
born in old Virginia 75 years ago; her parents decided to move to Kentucky
which was nearly a wilderness when she was 8; tells of their trip from Virginia
to Kentucky and gives description of her parents; Silas, a hired servant;
tells of an Indian who nearly killed her
brother.
Crittenden
News: Mr. GARDNER and daughter, Maude, of Virginia, are visiting friends
and relatives.
Folson
News:
1.
Henry BERKELEY and wife visited their daughter, Mrs. Lola
NEW.
2.
Arthur BLACKBURN of Dry Ridge visited his mother, Mrs. Martha B.
JOHNSON.
Sherman
News:
1.
Richard McGUIRE, our postmaster visited his son, William at Jellico,
Tennessee.
2.
Thomas OGDEN returned from visiting his sick son, Fred, in Kansas
City.
Delia
News: Ollie CARTER and Tom REDNOWER were married last
week.
February
15, 1900:
Grant Circuit Court proceedings
are cited with names of Grand and Pettit Jurors listed. The case of Ona LUCAS
vs. J. D. DAUBMAN on account of seduction cleared DAUBMAN on the paternity
charged by LUCAS, who was a half witted girl who gave birth to a
child.
Elizabethtown,
Ky., February 6. Mrs. Alfred M. BROWN, one of the most beloved women in this
section, died here this morning of dropsical tumor, aged 82. Survived by
her aged husband. --Larue County Herald, February
8.
On
last Thursday, At. T. STEWART and Miss Nannie ASHCRAFT, were married at the
Clerk's Office.
Mrs.
Carrie STEPHENS, daughter of Rev. Elijah PETTY, returned from Indian Territory
to visit her father, brothers, and
sisters.
Wm.
J. HUSKE, editor of the Greenup Democrat, and Miss Phoebe Margerite PHILLIPPI
married Thursday at the home of the bride Portsmouth. --Bracken
Chronicle.
James
DAUGHERTY who has been living with his grandfather, David BISHOP, on the
Williamstown and Fork Lick Pike, has moved to Rogers
Gap.
Hon.
H. Clay WHITE celebrated his 70th anniversary last Monday and can read and
write without glasses.
John
BRUMBACK, 17 and the son of Lafe BRUMBACK, who lives near town, escaped from
the Central Kentucky Asylum February
5.
S.
B. NORTHCUTT of Cynthiana visited his sister, Mrs. S. A. MERRILL of near
town; he is an old Grant County boy.
In
memory of Tommie LANDRUM who died at his home at Branch, Harrison County,
of typhoid fever, aged 18 years; refers to 3 brothers; died 4 months ago;
signed, "His Mama."
Mason
News:
1.
Dr. J. B. ALEXANDER from McPherson, Kansas is visiting his brother
here.
2.
Cora McGLASON visited her son Joe GILTNER at
Williamstown.
Sherman
News: Leonard ADKINS and wife were called to Butler for the death of Mrs.
ADKINS' sister; funeral took place
Friday.
Crittenden
News:
1.
Miss Frederica BROWN was called to Carrollton for the illness of her little
niece, Mary Alice GEIR, who is not expected to
live.
2.
Chas. GARDNER and little daughter, Maudie, returned to their Mammoth, West
Virginia home.
Died
in Cincinnati January 26, 1900, John WEATHERS, 36, (colored) son of Louisa
Ann WEATHERS; he was buried here [Williamstown] beside his sister; thanks
to Dr. WEBB; signed, Louisa Ann
WEATHERS.
In
Memoriam of our loving father, W. F. BISHOP, who died August 6, 1899; poem
follows, signed, Sarah May BISHOP.
February
22, 1900:
Speed SMITH, clerk of the
House, died in Richmond, Ky.
Mrs.
William CONRAD appealed in circuit court for an increase from $400 to $1000
annual support for the care of her 4 children vs. her husband; increased
to $550 and father was granted custody of his son who had been cared for
by his mother the last 5 years [son not named]; case to be
appealed.
Thomas
STITH of Pleasant Ridge died last Saturday from blood poisoning; was buried
Sunday, the funeral being conducted by the brother Oddfellows of the Champion
Lodge, Knoxville, Ky.
Dr.
J. T. SCOTT visited his daughter, Mrs. G. W. TUCKER at Dana,
Indiana.
John
W. HALL has sold his farm near Heekin to Frank SEE of Scott County, who is
a son-in-law of W. P. METTS.
Birth
of Roberta Linnell KENNEDY to Dr. and Mrs. Linn Lithgow KENNEDY of Louisville
(nee Roberta RICHARDSON of Brandenburg.) -- Meade County
Messenger.
Charles
BROCK and Miss Jennie ASBERRY were married at the Clerk's Office, Wednesday,
February 7.
A.
T. STEWART and Maoni ASHCRAFT were married at the Clerk's Office, Thursday,
February 8.
Marian
DANCE and Mrs. Rosa ROGERS were married Wednesday, February 14, at the residence
of W. T. HARRISON on Main Street.
Friday
morning last the large home of Hon. Elijah PETTY, near Cordova, burned; one
of his daughters, Maude, was very ill; Elijah has 17 children, 13 of whom
lived at home.
The
little child of John BENSON died in Covington and was brought to Williamstown
for interment Sunday morning.
In
Memory of Mary Alice BALLARD who died at her home near Downingsville, Kentucky,
January 31, 1900; was the wife of Mitch BALLARD and mother of 4 children;
poem follows, signed by Mrs. Minnie E.
Ballard.
In
Memory of John L. KINSLAER who was born January 26, 1948 and died February
1, 1900, aged 51 years and 6 days; poem mentions he has gone to meet his
children and parents; signed, "His
Friend."
Mrs.
Lucinda SWITZER died at the home of James N. SKINNER Saturday. Funeral and
burial at Rays Fork Sunday.
C.
H. HARRIS and daughter of Portsmouth, Ohio, visited his mother, Mar. Katie
HARRIS.
Mr.
and Mrs. Al MARTIN visited their daughter, Mrs. Georgie Martin at Greensburg,
Indiana.
Crittenden
News: Theodore WEBSTER, who went to Bowlder [sic: Boulder], Colorado for
his health is much worse, according to a telegram received by his father
here; his brother, Ernest, will bring him back if
possible.
March
1, 1900:
Crittenden News:
1.
Mary Alice GEIR, a granddaughter of Dr. BROWN, died at Carrollton last
week.
2.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed BROWN attended the funeral of her brother, Ed GRIFFITH, at
Vevay, Indiana last week.
Mason
News: Born to the wife of William SLEETE, February 22, a boy; to the wife
of William WEBB, February 23, a girl.
Jolly
Ridge News: Miss Laura CHILDERS is entertaining her cousin, Lucelia BEARD
from Frankfort.
Delia
News: Miss Millie DUNLAP visited her aunt, Nannie
CHILDERS.
Sherman
News: Richard VALLANDINGHAM of near Mt. Zion, died from a fall on the 23rd
of February 1900. Funeral and interment at Mt. Zion on the 25th; commonly
called Dick; leaves a young wife.
George
M. DAVID, one of the best lawyers in Kentucky, died in New York City last
Thursday.
William
PRESTON, 76, died February 19, 1900; was buried in Williamstown Cemetery
on Tuesday.
Mr.
and Mrs. SHAW were called to Ripley, Ohio Wednesday for the death of her
mother; funeral was Friday.
Notice
to Creditors of the estate of Joseph FOREE by A. J. and Lafe Foree, Mt. Zion,
Ky.
In
Memory. On the 17th of January [1900], Mrs. Lou C., 35, wife of A.
C. MAINS died; daughter of James and Elizabeth MANN of Flingsville, Ky.;
Methodist for 8 years; leaves a husband, mother, and several brothers and
sisters; funeral at the old homestead by Rev. Wm. McMILLAN; buried in the
family burying ground.
Francis
M. KINSLAER, administrix of John L. KINSLAER, deceased, announces estate
sale at his home 2 miles west of Williamstown on the Owen Line Turnpike,
Thursday, March 8, 1900.
March
8, 1900:
Dry Ridge News: On February
26, Claude WILSON and Miss Claudie DUNCAN married at the home of John ECKLER
on the Broad Ridge Turnpike; bride is 18; groom is
20.
Downingsville
News: Mrs. Anna HILL visited her parents and Mrs. James
SALYERS.
Delia
News: Bill CHILDERS' wife was buried at Clarks Creek last Monday, February
26, 1900.
Verona
News: Miss Ella MYERS, who lives with her aunt, Mrs. CLEMENTS, near Dry Ridge,
visited her father, Scott MYERS.
Doudton
News:
1.
Otis JAMES and Miss Dais EARL were married at the Gum Lick Baptist Church,
Sunday, March 4.
2.
Miss Zella CRIST received a certificate and testimonial of her service as
a nurse in the U. S. Army during the Spanish-American
War.
Prof.
J. J. DICKEY, formerly of Williamstown, but now pastor of the M. E. Church
South at Campton, Kentucky, has re-entered the field of journalism, having
founded the Mountain Messenger, a 3-column folio, published
at Campton, the first copy of which was issued during February. The
Messenger will be devoted to the "advancement of the Redeemer's kingdon."
--Mountain Echo.
Miss
Kate ROSS of Hamilton, Ohio visited her sister, Mrs. Joe WOLFE of near
town.
Charles
PETTY of Winchester visited his father, Rev. E. PETTY, near
Cordova.
In
Memoriam. Saturday, February 5, 1900. Richard VALLANDINGHAM, one of
Mt. Zion's noble young men, was buried in the cemetery next to the Baptist
Church; Dick was the only son of WM. and Bettie VALLANDINGHAM; he was born
January 19, 1868 being 32 years, 1 month, and 4 days old at his death; he
was married to Miss Anna FRANKS January 23, 1889; survived by his wife, parents,
and a sister.
In
Memory. Mrs. Allie BALLARD of Downingsville died January 31 of consumption;
leaves a husband, two sons and two
daughters.
In
Memory of Eliza CARTER who died February 26, 1900, aged 53 years, 4 months,
and 14 days; of la grippe and heart trouble; leaves an aged husband, two
sons, one daughter, three brothers, and a sister; was member of the Primitive
Baptist Church; poem follows, signed, "Her Daughter, E.
C."
March
15, 1900:
Married at the Gumlick Baptist
Church last Sunday: Otis JONES and Miss Daisy EARLES; reception at deacon
G. W. JONES' home; groom is prosperous young farmer of Grant County; bride
is daughter of Johnson EARLES of Pendleton
County.
Miss
Fannie SERGENT, daughter of Thomas SERGENT of Pendleton County, and the Rev.
Mr. EARLES, pastor of the Bethel Methodist Church, were married in Covington
last Thursday.
A
marriage license was granted last week to Amanda FORNASH, 23, and Albert
HENDERSON, 24. --Falmouth
Pendletonian.
We
failed to mention last week the marriage of Bert SHINKLE to Miss Fanny MITTS;
he is the youngest son of J. P. SHINKLE; bride is daughter of William MITTS
of near Heekin.
Albert
NORTHCUTT and Miss Lula BARNES were married at the home of the bride's parents,
Wednesday, March 14; groom is son of J. R. NORTHCUTT of near Gardnersville;
bride is daughter of J. O. BARNES of near
town.
Grant
RODGERS and Miss Bessie FURGESON were married at the home of the bride's
parents, Wednesday, March 14; bride is daughter of John FURGESON near Mason;
groom is farmer and 22.
Alonzo
DUNN and Miss Addie CROUCH were married at the home of the bride's parents
near town, Wednesday, March 14; bride is daughter of Taylor CROUCH and
21.
Robert
R. DUNCAN and Miss Aggie WEST were married at the home of the bride's parents,
near town, Wednesday, March 14; groom is son of Wm. DUNCAN; bride is daughter
of Richard WEST.
Ellie
MENEFEE and Miss Gertrude CHILDERS were married Wednesday, March 14, at the
Stewartsville Baptist Church; she is daughter of Robert
CHILDERS.
A
marriage license was granted to Jas. T. EPPERSON, 27, and Miss Katie GORNON,
16, the 27th.
In
Memoriam. Miss Elizabeth McGINNIS died at her home 1-1/2 miles west of Dry
Ridge Friday evening of paralysis; Aunt Betsy was born September 27, 1920
near the spot where she had always lived and where she died; professed Christ
18 years ago; belonged to the Dry Ridge Baptist Church; was last of a large
and prominent Grant County family; buried at Williamstown Cemetery. William.
In
Memoriam. Mrs. [Aunt] Joan CHILDERS died at her Grant County home on
February 25, 1900; she leaves a husband and three children; was
buried at the family graveyard at J. B. STEWART's in Owen County where her
father was buried some years ago; was wife of Wm. CHILDERS to whom she was
married December 1865; she was 55 years, 9 months, and 19 days old when she
died; Baptist Church member; poem follows, signed, "Annie
WHARTON."
Mrs.
Nancy J. FORTNER, 83, died at her home near Mason, Thursday, March 8, 1900;
maiden name was SIPPLE, a sister of the late Allen SIPPLE and of Uncle Jimmie
SIPPLE, now of Montana; "Aunt Nancy" was of course, being a SIPPLE, a great
Methodist who contributed more than any one else to the building of the Bethel
Grove Church; she was the mother of Sam ROBINSON's first wife and died at
the home of one of his daughters.
Frank
CARDER died at his High Street home Tuesday and was buried
Wednesday.
Mrs.
Kate CREIGHTON, 71, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carrie SUSONG,
in Covington, Monday, and was buried at Covington Wednesday; she was mother
of Mrs. Bud VANLEUVEN and formerly lived in
Williamstown.
Pretty
little Miss Irene PORTER is the daughter of C. O. PORTER, superintendent
of the Blue Grass Grocery.
Rev.
Robert HINER is the guest of his son, Rev. Welburn HINER of this place
[Brooksville, Ky.] --Bracken
Chronicle.
Letter
from a Grant County Boy - Claud ACKMAN - dated Versailles, Illinois, March
3, 1900.
Crittenden
News: George PALMER and Miss Belle GIBSON were married at the Hemmingway
Hotel last Thursday, March 8; bride is 18 and daughter of Phil M. GIBSON
of Flingsville; groom is son of prosperous Campbell County farmer; they will
live in Campbell County.
Folsom
News: Little Vergie HAMBRIC, 10 year old son of W. H. HAMBRIC, died February
28 after an illness of only 5 days.
Born
to the wife of R. L. ABERNATHY, a boy; to the wife of Ed NIX, a
girl.
Jonesville
News: [Reported too late for last week's paper.] Born to the wife of H. D.
BROCK, a girl.
Elliston
News:
1.
A. J. WILLIAMS visited her brother-in-law, Myrix JONES, who is low with
consumption, at Napoleon.
2.
Miss Pearl SIPPLE visited her sister, Mrs. Lula
SAXTON.
3.
Miss Etta SIPPLE and Lottie GREENWELL visited their grandmother, Mrs. Maryetta
SIPPLE of near Hanks.
March
22, 1900:
Dry Ridge
News:
1.
Mr. & Mrs. J. L. GAUGH attended the 63rd anniversary of their father
near Stewartsville last week.
2.
G. W. MILLER, wife, and little son were called to Felicity, Ohio last week
by the death of Mr. MILLER's only
brother.
3.
Mrs. Bertie WEBB of Dry Ridge died last Sunday of consumption; Tuesday was
her funeral and burial at Williamstown Cemetery; she was wife of young Will
WEBB and had only been married about a
year.
Crittenden
News:
1.
Mr. EASTON and Miss PECK were married on Sunday; they are from and will live
in Kenton County.
2.
William BARNES and Miss Virginia DRYSDALE were married at the home of the
bride's brother, Lawrence DRYSDALE, of near Flingsville on the 15th; wedding
supper at Mrs. W. H. McCLURE's.
Folsom
News:
1.
Mrs. Lola NEW visited her aunt, Mrs. Sallie
McMILLAN.
2.
William BARKLEY visited his sister, Mrs. Ira
NEW.
Richmond,
Kentucky, March 16. The Rev. J. J. DICKEY of Campton, Kentucky purchased
the outfit of the Blue Grass Printing Company and will move it to Campton
to publish the Mountain Messenger, a monthly; he was formerly editor
of The Jackson Hustler and is most widely known minister and educator in
Eastern Kentucky; who has been instrumental in establishing Jackson Collegiate
Institute, Campton Normal School, and Sue Bennett Memorial School at London.
[The campton Normal School was a competitor to Hazel Green (Ky.) Academy,
founded in 1880 and the alma mater of the
Abstracter.]
Eugene
WILSON is under indictment at Mt. Vernon, Kentucky for the killing of a woman
named Mary CLOYD.
Mrs.
Mary A. PHILLIPS (nee PENDLETON), wife of Wm. PHILLIPS of Cordova, Grant
County, was born in Owsley County, Kentucky April 17, 1836 and died March
9, 1900; was 63 years, 10 months, and 24 days old; mother of 9 children,
6 living and several grandchildren; not member but believer in Baptist
doctrine.
J.
D. McMILLAN is the guardian of Badah
LITTELL.
W.
L. NORTHCUTT of Cynthiana is dead is the telephone message received Wednesday
morning.
Wm.
STROUD Jr. purchased Wm. STROUD's 100 acre farm at the executor's sale on
the 10th.
W.
W. SCOTT of Baxter Springs, Kansas visited his brother, Dr. J. T. SCOTT,
in town.
W.
E. SULLIVAN, wife, and daughter visited her parents, Capt. and Mrs.
DeJARNETTE.
Mason
News:
1.
Tom PAGE has joined the regular army and left for Minnesota
Saturday.
2.
Born to the wife of Tom WILLIAMS, a girl; to the wife of Frank FURGINSON,
a girl.
Stewartsville
News: A nice little crowd gathered at Mrs. Mary STEWART's on the eve of the
13th in honor of Pearl's 13th birthday; also at J. F. CLARK's on the 15th
in honor of Valerie's 13th birthday.
"Uncle"
John PAYTON who lived with H. Z. ALLPHIN, will now stay with his niece, Mrs.
David NIX, near Sweet Owen.
Downingsville
News: Born to the wife of A. KINMAN, a girl on the
13th.
March
29, 1900:
Mrs. Mary Eliza TRIMBLE, mother
of Hon. South TRIMBLE, died at her Franklin County home last Friday night;
was a daughter of the late Col. Jerry SOUTH and a sister of Elder, J.K.P.
SOUTH who preaches at Bethany, Owen County. --The Owenton
Herald.
The
oldest person living in Owensboro, Kentucky, with one exception, was Winnie
WILSON, colored, who died a few years ago, aged 95; was born in Louisiana;
purchased her freedom 60 years ago; was once a slave of General Andrew
JACKSON.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Tom PETTIT on the 23rd, a
boy.
2.
Mrs. Elisha BLACKBURN died at her Dry Ridge home on the 10th; was a young
woman who had not been married long; her remains were taken to her childhood
home at New Columbus, Owen County, for
burial.
3.
Mrs. Mattie A. BEACH, mother of Mrs. W. T. S. BLACKBURN, had 3 large tumors
removed by surgery in Cincinnati.
Crittenden
News:
1.
Born to the wife of John U. ALLPHIN on the 19th; a girl. [John's parents
were Nancy BICKERS and Ransom
ALLPHIN.]
2.
J. M. WEBSTER went to Missouri last week because of the death of his married
daughter, Mrs. Daisy WEBSTER, of
consumption.
Sherman
News: Rev. Richard WEST of Mason died at Eugene POINTS' on Saturday, while
returning from Pleasant View Church where he had just preached; POINTS' wife
is his niece.
Delia
News: Misses Lucinda and Lorena CHILDERS visited their sister, Mrs. Carrie
BROWN.
Holbrook
News:
1.
Miss Susie GROSS visited her uncle R. H. GREEN
here.
2.
Miss Isdora EVANS has secured the spring term of school at the BICKERS school
house and began teaching last Monday.
Enoch
CRAMER and Miss Ella WORKMAN were married at the home of the bride's parents
last Thursday.
Dowingsville
News:
1.
Born to the wife of Asa KINMAN, a
boy.
2.
Jake and Jeff RENAKER celebrated their 31st and 42nd birthdays at Jake
RENAKER's.
3.
Dan BROMLEY visited his brother, James BROMLEY, whom he had not seen for
18 years.
Jonesville
News: Born to the wife of Asa KINMAN, a daughter. To the wife of Wm. NOEL,
a son.
James
Welburn AMMERMAN and Miss Mary Lida MARTIN were married at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. MARTIN, near Breckinridge, Harrison
County, the 7th [March 1900]; Merritt AMMERMAN, groomsman; Miss Iva MARTIN,
maid of honor; Miss Flora MARTIN played the wedding march; groom's parents
are Mr. & Mrs. Daniel AMMERMAN; will live at Dry Ridge.
--Cynthiana Democrat.
Thompson
COLLINS, a Civil War veteran and pensioner, died last week; D. L. CUNNINGHAM
qualified as administrator; COLLINS was a member of Company B, 32nd KY Infantry
and was his own worst enemy. He left no estate except his
pension.
Mrs.
Dr. McGINNIS of New Castle died at her home March 18, 1900; sister to Mrs.
Dr. FRANK of this place and an aunt to Bain FRANK and Mrs. Bessie
JOHNSON.
County
Court Orders [in part], March
Term:
1.
Last will and testament of the late Leander GUILL admitted to probate; no
executor appointed; all property devised to his
wife.
2.
F. A. SCROGGIN and E. M. BEVERLY appointed administrators of the estate of
R. J. SCROGGIN.
3. Sheriff G. S. WEBB appointed administrator of Kitty HICKS'
estate.
4.
Dr. C. S. SIMPSON appointed administrator of Isaac PLUMMER,
deceased.
5.
J. W. and E. Z. WORKS, executors of the will of Herndon
GUILL.
April
5, 1900:
In Memoriam. Mrs. John H.
GLACKING (nee MITTS) died at her home about one mile from Williamstown, March
31, 1900; Baptist; leaves 4 sons, 2 daughters, one sister, several brothers;
buried Sunday in Williamstown Cemetery. she is the first to die of a family
of 11 brothers and 2 sisters, the youngest being
40.
Elmer
FRAKEY and Miss Ruth BUTLER, young people of Mt. Zion, this county, were
married in the Baptist Church there March
28.
There
is a $150 reward offered by the State for Noah REDNOWER for the killing of
Carl HIGHTOWER in the summer of 1896. He was thought to be in Dixon, Illinois
of late.
Charles
KELLS, 30, of Grant County, and Miss Lettie HARRIS, 15, were married at the
home of Rev. BOND at Cordova one day last week; they wanted to get married
in Falmouth about 6 weeks ago but could not secure the license because of
her youth.
--Pendeltonian.
An
addition to the family of Rev. J. W. SIMPSON is reported from Bloomfield,
a boy.
Joe
GLASCOCK was called to Maysville Monday due to the death of his sister, Mrs.
WALLINGFORD.
Mrs.
Hiram BERRY returned to Frankfort after a stay of several weeks attending
her sister, Mrs. Addie ENGLISH.
Dr.
Chas. VIOLETT, of Napoleon, is the father of a son born at his house, March
21. --Warsaw Independent.
Miss
Tom [female?] MUSSELMAN of Williamstown attended the Cynthiana funeral of
W. L. NORTHCUTT.
"Do
you know that I am very sick?" were the last words spoken by Porter DUDLEY
to his little son last Saturday afternoon, as he fell by the side of the
team he was driving home from Dry Ridge; he was 52 and had a wife and several
children; he was buried in Boone
County.
London
Lane News: A. J. MITTS of Peoria, Illinois and Dave MITTS of Indiana arrived
prior to the death of their sister Mr. J. H. GLACKING on Saturday; she was
buried Sunday at Williamstown.
Crittenden
News:
1.
Born to the wife of Charles HOPPERTON, April 2, a
boy.
2.
Chas. COLSTON (colored) received a pension last week of $850 and $6 per
month.
3.
Miss Alice WAYMAN of Indianapolis, visited her sister, Mrs. Ira
BIRD.
April
12, 1900:
Dry Ridge News: Mrs. Mary
E. SCROGGIN of Newton, Kansas returned home after visiting her son, Dr. W.
A. SCROGGIN.
Heekin
News: Albert PFANSTIEL of Morning View visited his brother, Alex, of this
place.
Sherman
News:
1.
A. Mr. RHYONES visited his cousin, Henry RHYONES, near this place, took pneumonia
and died last Thursday; his remains were taken to Falmouth for
burial.
2.
Mrs. Bettie LAWRENCE returned from visiting her daughter, Miss ROSE, at
Winchester, Indiana.
Jonesville
News:
1.
Born to the wife of J. G. PERRY, a
son.
2.
John STEWART and wife visited their son, Dr. A. L. STEWART at
Frankfort.
Mason
News: Born to the wife of Jim HIX, a boy; to the wife of Nick RUHALL, a boy;
to the wife of John HARRISON, a boy.
Delia
News: Miss Fannie BEARD visited her cousin, Miss Corinne
CHILDERS.
Harry
J. JOSEPH, a prominent WIlliamstown dry goods merchant, married Miss Eva
ELLISTON, daughter of Hiram ELLISTON, Wednesday, April 11, 1900, in a home
wedding with just the family present (due to serious illness in the family);
Will R. ELLISTON, brother of the bride, performed the ceremony; the couple
went to the Queen City [Cincinnati] to visit the sister of Mr. JOSEPH, who
live on Walnut Hills.
Laura
CAVANAUGH, 68, bank president, died Monday, April 9, 1900 at his rooms in
the Turner House; born in Wichlow, Ireland, 30 miles from Dublin in 1832;
emigrated to America (New Orleans) at 17 or 18; came to Grant County in 1849
or 1850; worked as farmer, carpenter, and financier; Hon. E. H. SMITH built
house for his youngest daughter, Mrs. Tim NEEDHAM; helped organize the Grant
County Deposit Bank in 1882, the 2nd band organized between Covington and
Georgetown; he never married; has no relatives in America; his will leaves
estate to his Irish relatives; member and benefactor of the Catholic Church,
recently built: his funeral Wednesday was first service there; his remains
placed temporarily in the vault pending final
interment.
Mrs.
A. J. McCARTY and son Raymond will visit her daughter, Oberia, at Ursuline,
Ohio college.
Dr.
C. S. SIMPSON of Mason, Kentucky was present at the births of the following
children sine Jan. 1900:
At
L. HARRISON's, January 10, a
boy
Grant
COLEMAN's, January 10, a girl
Frank
FURGUSON's, March 9, a girl
John
CALENDER, March 19, a girl
George
WIGGINS, March 26, a boy
Sidney
CROOK, March 29, a boy.
John
BAXTER died suddenly of Apoplexy Monday, April 9, 1900 at his home near Doudton;
was a federal soldier during the Civil War and drew a
pension.
Christian
NORTHCUTT of Kansas and brother of our Bud NORTHCUTT, of this place, has
been here for the funeral of his brother, W. L. NORTHCUTT at Cynthiana; was
a Union soldier.
Robert
V. FLETCHER is at the bedside of his feeble father, J. M. FLETCHER; Robert
had married the daughter of W. H. CHILDERS of Corinth; had taught at Williamstown
Graded School and Corinth; is now practicing law at Pontotoc,
Mississippi.
Hon
J. C. W. BECKHAM, Governor of Kentucky, visited his mother, Mrs. Julia WICKLIFFE
BECKHAM, and his uncle, J. C. BECKHAM. Mrs. BECKHAM is the daughter of a
Kentucky Governor, Charles A. WICKLIFFE (1836); sister of Governor Robert
C. WICKLIFFE of Louisiana; and mother of a Governor. Her father and son were
both Lieutenant Governors who becomes Governors when the Governors died in
office. --Shelby Sentinel.
The
home of Mrs. Mary LITTELL was the wedding scene for Howard TRIMNELL and Miss
Badah LITTELL last Wednesday, April 4; bride is youngest daughter of the
late Wm. LITTELL..
April
19, 1900:
Mrs. Lily SMITH was in
Williamstown to attend the funeral of her niece, Miss Eloise
ELLISTON.
Miss
Lettie Eloise ELLISTON, 14, daughter of O. P. and Mary BRACHT ELLISON of
North Williamstown, died Easter morning; died of typhoid fever later complicated
by pneumonia; was born and spent most part of her life in the home of her
grandparents; white casket and hearse in charge of her uncle, R. H. ELLISTON;
funeral conducted by her uncle, Will R. ELLISTON; parents and brother
survive..
April
26, 1900:
Joe WEBSTER appointed guardian
of Pearly KINMAN.
Charley
KNIGHT, 10, and Landy Walker YOUNG, 11, bound as apprentices to G. A.
UPDYKE.
Ex-Circuit
Judge H. C. LILLY of Irving died of paralysis at his home, aged
71.
Judge
John P. NORVELL, 49, of Nicholas County, died at his Carlisle home, Monday,
April 16, 1900.
Resolutions
on Death of Lawrence CAVANAGH, president of the Grant County Deposit Bank;
copy sent to his only surviving sister, Mrs. Anna MALONE in Tellahaney,
Ireland.
Daniel
G. CRICK, 17, and Jennie L. GARTH, 16, were married in Hopkinsville, April
13, 1900.
Mrs.
Sue (REED) CONNER, widow of Dr. A. CONNER of Connersville, Harrison County,
died at her home April 11, 1900, and was buried in Battle Grove Cemetery
at Cynthiana.
Double
Wedding, April 18, 1900, at the Short Creek Baptist Church, of (1) Walter
L. CHILDS to Miss Carrie CONRAD, and (2) Nathan F. ASHCRAFT to Miss Mayme
MARQUETTE; attendants were Misses Margaret CONRAD and Pearl CHILDS and Ira
CHILDS and Frank PORTER; Rev. McMILLAN officiated; bride's parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Franks W. CONRAD; bride and groom will liver near Williamstown with
his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Henry ASHCRAFT.
--Pendletonian.
Born
to the wife of Samuel DALY of Oak Ridge, April 12, a boy; to the wife of
James FURGUSON of Heekin, April 19, a boy; to the wife of Holton KENDALL
of Heekin, April 25, a girl.
Mrs.
W. W. DICKERSON went to the bedside of her sister, Mrs. FLEECE, who
died.
Dry
Ridge: Born to the wife of Thomas HUDSON, the 22nd, a
boy.
Crittenden
News:
1. Mrs. CROOK, past 80, died at her home near Key West, Kentucky last Sunday
night of old age.
2.
Last Monday, Thomas ERVIN, 71, died at his home on the Gardnersville Turnpike;
pneumonia and heart trouble; "a member of no church, he was a moral man,
honest to a fault"; leaves only one child, the wife of Allie G. REED, who
was unable to attend funeral; he was buried in a vault at Independence in
the meantime.
Mason
News:
1.
On Saturday, the 14th, we learned of the death of Miss Elizabeth HARRISON
at her home 2 miles south of
here.
2.
Born to the wife of Samuel DAILY, on the 12th, a
boy.
May
3, 1900:
Photo of A. [Absolom] CARTER
of Dry Ridge who moved to Cincinnati; ad for his bankruptcy
sale.
J.
M. HARRISON, administrator, will have a sale for the estate of the late Eliza
HARRISON at her home one mile south of Mason, May
5.
In
Memoriam: Miss Elizabeth McGINNIS died at her home 1-1/2 miles west of Dry
Ridge, Friday, March 9, 1900; Aunt Betsy was born in Mercer County, Kentucky
and moved at age 3 to Grant County in same yard where she spent the rest
of her life; was last of prominent family of three brothers and two sisters;
verse written by her niece, Lizzie
EVANS.
Kelly
ODOR, son of Mary ODOR, died near Folsom April 14, 1900 of pneumonia, aged
17 years, 7 months, and 13 days; was buried Easter Sunday at Vine Run Church
burying ground; leaves a mother, two sisters, and one brother; written by
his cousin, Mollie ELLISTON.
Virgie
HAMBRICK died February 28, 1900 [male], aged 10 years, 4 months, and 18 days;
verse follows, composed by his friend, Willie
BERKLEY.
Dr.
George W. FERRILL was born September 1, 1866 and died October 9, 1899; verses
follow, signed by "His loving niece, Eliza A. LAWRENCE, Folsom, Kentucky,
April 1900.
Mrs.
Susan RICH ROGERS died at her home near Crittenden, Sunday, April 29, 1900;
was widow of the late Geo. W. ROGERS; her father, Stephen RICH emigrated
with his parents (who were closely related to Wm. PENN) from Pennsylvania
in 1790 at 6 years of age; her mother, Nancy DUCKER, descended from prominent
Woodford County families; her father's family noted for longevity; 3 brothers
survive from family of 6 sons and 5 daughters; she married Mr. ROGERS April
25, 1843; of 9 children, 7 survive, besides 19 grandchildren and one
great-grandchild; was member of Williamstown Baptist Church for many
years.
Mrs.
Anna Lucille ALLPHIN, wife of W. L. ALLPHIN, died November 29, 1899, age
26 years, 2 months and 7 days; poem refers to "our dear Lucille"; signed,
Lucretia ALLPHIN, Holbrook, Ky., March
1900.
Alfred
WHITE, the Cincinnati monument builder who has done considerable work in
[the Williamstown] cemetery, died Monday, April 30, 1900, and was buried
Wednesday, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati; was an Englishman by birth,
an Episcopalian, and a 32nd degree Royal Arch
Mason.
John
THOMAS died at his Glencoe home a few days ago of typhoid pneumonia; Dr.
R. P. THOMAS, formerly of Williamstown, was his brother; John was first of
family to die.
Anthony
FIELD, of color, who was sent to the penitentiary from Williamstown 7 years
ago, will be released on May 13.
J.
M. FLETCHER died April 30, 1900 at his home near the Falmouth Pike, about
2-1/2 miles from Williamstown; was buried Tuesday, May 1, at Short Creek
Baptist Church in the edge of Pendleton County; member of the Williamstown
Methodist Church; funeral held at his
home.
W.
P. WEBSTER and Miss Lillie LITTELL, of this place, were married at the Grand
Hotel parlors, Cincinnati, April 25, 1900; he is an ex-Sheriff and wealthy
citizen of Grant County and a younger brother to jolly Ezra WEBSTER; a bachelor
of about 40; she is daughter of the late Wm.
LITTELL.
Corinth
News:
1.
Lenard ADAMS, son of C. M. ADAMS, our Chief of Police, is now a soldier in
Havana, Cuba.
2.
The remains of Mrs. J. R. HUTCHESON were brought from Rockwood, Tennessee
and buried in the Oddfellows Cemetery
here.
Crittenden
News:
1.
Mrs. Walsh ROGERS of near Flingsville, died last Sunday; funeral and burial
to be at Fiskburg Monday; she fell a week before and being past 80 and in
bad health, did not recover.
2. Uncle John ELLIS who lives between here an Goshen, died Monday
morning.
3.
W. H. DURRETT, manager of Mr. SIMRALL's stock farm, and Miss Isabella Clay
SIMRALL were married in Covington on Wednesday of last
week.
Delia
News: Born to the wife of A. H. DUNLAP, a
girl.
Flingsville
News: Born to the wife of Ed TAYLOR, a daughter; to the wife of W. C. MENEFEE,
a son.
May
10, 1900:
William SMITH, 85, former
Circuit and County Court Clerk, died Monday, May 7, 1900; was born April
1, 1815 in Lincoln County which part is now in Boyle County, Kentucky; moved
with his father to Barren at age 9; came to Williamstown at 21 to work in
the office of his uncle, Hubbard SMITH, who was then clerk; he issued marriage
licenses to T. L. CLARK, now 88, of Williamstown, and to Lewis STEPHENSON,
now 83, of Lawrenceville; 5 years after coming here, he married his cousin,
Sarah SMITH of Lincoln County and to them were born 3 children, 2 of whom,
Mrs. Susan SPARKS and James P. SMITH, survive their father, and one, Mrs.
Mary WILLIAMS died only 2 or 3 years ago; he leaves 2 grandchildren, Mrs.
Romania WHITE, wife of Will WHITE, and Mrs. Bettie BILLITER, wife of Simon
BILLITER, and 5 great-grandchildren, 4 of them the children of Mrs. WHITE
by a former marriage and one infant child of Mrs. BILLITER; member of Christian
Church since 1856; large land owner who gave Susan and James nice farms;
oldest charter member of the Masonic Lodge; buried beside the wife of his
youth in Williamstown Cemetery.
Letters
to the Editor printed from Anne MALONE, sister of the late Lawrence CAVANAGH,
from Tinahely, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, April 27,
1900.
Miss
Flora CHILDERS of Covington visited her sister, Mrs. Zella
TAPP.
Bruce
CUNNINGHAM visited his brother, Robert, in Ironton,
Ohio.
Mrs.
Lily SMITH and her little daughter Willie and her sister, Mrs. Clara BRASFIELD
visited their sister, Mrs. O. P. ELLISTON and their aunt, Mrs. Lucy R.
HOGAN.
Judge
W. M. PURNELL, cousin to the wife of J. D. COBB of Corinth, was thrown from
his phaeton Wednesday of last week and instantly killed; his wife was slightly
hurt.
On
Wednesday, May 9, 1900, Gilmere TANNER, a young Grant County farmer, and
Miss Rosa ASBERRY from Oak Ridge were quietly married by County Judge J.
H. WESTOVER at the Clerk's Office.
Dry
Ridge News: Mrs. J. D. PERKINS of Cynthiana visited her sister, Mrs. J. N.
LEMMON of Broad Ridge.
Crittenden
News: Mrs. Allie REED died at her home near Flingsville Monday of last week;
her father died 8 days ago and was placed in a vault for a time when she
could attend his burial; she was married but a short time and was an only
child; she was buried at Independence on
Wednesday.
May
17, 1900:
Photo of first announced
democratic candidate for Congress: Col. D. Linn GOOCH of Kenton, Kentucky;
was born in McLean County, Kentucky 46 years
ago.
Dry
Ridge News: Mrs. James GLENNY of Lebanon, Ohio visited her daughter, Mrs.
A. L. LANCASTER.
Crittenden
News: Mrs. McCLURE died, of old age, at the home of her son, A. S. McCLURE
Thursday; she leaves two sons, A. S. and T. W. McCLURE; remains buried at
Lebanon Church Cemetery.
In
Memory of Mrs. Lydia CONN who died April 25, 1900, aged 86; verses follows,
signed, Her friends, May STONE and Ella M. JOHNSON, May
1900.
J.
W. JOHNSON Sr. of the Cherry Grove neighborhood, died Sunday and was buried
Monday at the old CLARK Burying Ground; 2-1/2 miles south of Williamstown;
was never a church member.
Judge
H. Clay WHITE visited his daughter, Mrs. GRANT of Circleville,
Ohio.
May
24, 1900:
Photo of John S. STEERS, candidate
for County Court Clerk: was born in Grant County October 30, 1868 and is
the oldest son of Wm. H. STEERS, deceased; his mother was a CONRAD; has been
a Primitive Baptist preacher since June,
1890.
Resolutions
of Respect from Grant Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons for William SMITH,
86, who died at his Williamstown, home May 7, 1900; a Mason for about 50
years.
Wills
probated for J. M. FLETCHER and Hattie REED, wife of Allie
REED.
Wills
offered for probate: James D. McMILLAN for L. CAVANAUGH; John B. BALLARD
for Kirtley BALLARD.
Four
WILLS offered for probate are printed
verbatim:
1.
Will of Lara [Lawrence] CAVANAGH of Williamstown, Kentucky, mentions friend
Mrs. Mary F. CLARK, Eva TURNER, Mrs. Bart TURNER, Johnie TURNER, Mrs. Jas.
D. McMILLAN, Mrs. Kit WEBSTER, Mrs. SHYRE, Fannie SECHREST, George SLACK
and Ed HEARN, WIlliamstown Catholic Church ($2,500), $2,000 for his monument,
$500 to the St. Joseph Orphan Asylum of Campbell County, Kentucky, and other
Catholic institutions; 1/4 of his estate to relatives in Ireland, such as
"my sister", Anna MALONE of Tinnehaley, County Wicklow, Ireland, and heirs
of Mary MURPHY (deceased), heirs of "my brother" John CAVANAGH of Wicklow,
his realty described; Mrs. Lafayette GOUGE has a dower in a 53 acre farm
at Mason, Kentucky; will dated March 13,
1900.
2.
Will of Kirtley BALLARD: to my son John S. BALLARD, my daughter, Susan MADDOX,
and Elizabeth BROCK [relationship not stated], my grandson, George Sleete
MADDOX, my son Charles BALLARD, my four children: Mitchell BALLARD, Sallie
MADDOX, Mollie MADDOX, and Bartlet BALLARD; dated August 15,
1900.
3.
Will of J. M. FLETCHER of Grant County; being about 21, bequeath all my property
to my beloved wife, Mary, and name her sole executrix [of his estate]. [no
date printed]
4.
Will of Mrs. Hatie REED: bequeath all property to "my dear husband, Allie
REED, except property as came by my mother, Isabel ERVIN, [which is] to be
distributed between my mother's heirs; dated April 30,
1900.
In
Memory of My Beloved Aunt (the only aunt left on my mother's side): Sarah
CARLTON died of pneumonia on Friday, May 11, 1900 at her home near Elliston
Station, Grant County, aged 65 years, 6 months, and 16 days; was the 9th
child and 4th daughter born in a family of 11 children, to John and Nannie
HENDRIX who moved from Tennessee, their native state, in 1833, and settled
on the farm where she was born and lived all her life; her loved one buried
near her home; of her large family only two are living: Henry HENDRIX
of Hancock County, Illinois and Elizabeth ELLISTON, wife of Hiram ELLISTON
of Williamstown; Sarah was married to Wm. CARLTON in 1856; they had seven
children (4 boys and 3 girls) of whom only four are living: Albert, May,
Charlie, and W. H., all happily married; funeral was at her home; was buried
in family burying ground beside her parents and three
children.
Fiscal
Court Settlements Confirmed:
Guardian
For:
1.
B. N. HARRISON - Sallie
HARRISON
2.
J. O. GIBSON - J. W. GIBSON
3.
J. R. CALENDER - Aster
BLACKBURN
4.
W. W. DICKERSON - Lizzie
MARKSBERRY
5.
James KINMAN - Pearlie KINMAN
Executor
For:
6.
John LAYLE - Margaret LAYLE
7.
A. J. & L. FOREE - Joseph
FOREE
8.
H. Z. ALLPHIN, admin - W. A. FINNELL.
Walter
ORCUTT and Miss Lula WILSON from Dry Ridge area were married Tuesday; will
live in Indiana.
Funeral
of old Bennett JOHNSON at Gardnersville, Kentucky; was raised a
Catholic.
Mrs.
Cora HOGAN announces the marriage of her daughter, Rosella, to Rev. Willard
CRAM on June 6, 1900 at the Williamstown Methodist
Church.
Miss
Rose LAWRENCE of Winchester, Indiana visited her mother and sister at the
old homestead near Sherman.
D.
H. BISHOP and wife will visit their sons at Rogers Gap and his brother and
sister at ELizabethtown, Tennessee, that latter whom he has not seen in 40
years.
Edward
PENICK, 31, of Dry Ridge neighborhood, and Miss Adeline SANDERS of Pendleton
County were married at the Greenwood Church in Pendleton County, May
16
J.
B. ORCUTT, 30, of the Fork Lick country, Grant County, and Miss Mary McDONALD
of Pendleton County, were married May
16.
Charles
STEWART, a railroad man, and Miss Lizzie PAGE, daughter of John PAGE, were
married at her father's home at Mason, May
16.
Stewartsville
News: Born to the wife of Ed. LANCASTER, a
boy.
Crittenden
News:
Will
SECHREST will go to Dawson City, Northwest Territory, to see the mining property
of his brother, J. J. SECHREST.
Corinth
News:
1.
Miss Anna V. THORNSBERRY of Cincinnati visited her parents
here.
2.
Dr. B. [Ben] D. EDMONSON and his father have moved to McPherson,
Kansas.
Mason
News: Frank DUNN of Covington who visited his brother-in-law, Tom RAMEY,
and his cousin, Brutus ANNESS of near Cordova, learned he had smallpox upon
returning home.
New
Eagle Mills News: Misses Lilly and Mary GRUBBS visited their cousin, Miss
Maggie BROWN.
May
31, 1900:
Dr. W. H. HARRISON writes
a letter to the editor from Pensacola, Florida, May 23,
1900.
Robt.
J. SCOTT and daughter Evelyn went to Bloomington,
Illinois.
Death
of Maggie C. BROWN who died May 26, 1900 with consumption, was 14 years,
5 months, and 21 days old; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James P. BROWN who lives
near Dry Ridge; her birthday was November 27; leaves parents, two sisters
and seven brothers; buried next to her brother, Kirtley, in Williamstown
Cemetery.
Mason
News:
1.
Mrs. Benjamin ROBINSON of near Mason died on the 24th [of May, 1900] of stomach
cancer.
2.
Born to the wife of Allen DUNNAWAY of Mt. Pleasant, a
girl.
3.
Wm. EDMONSON and son, Dr. Ben, went to Kansas; the latter located at
McPherson.
June
7, 1900:
Crittenden [Pin Hook] News:
On last Friday, Uncle Alex HOGSETT, 80, of Crittenden, died; Sunday he was
buried in the Lebanon Churchyard Cemetery. Wm. HOGSETT of Kansas City and
Samuel HOGSETT of St. Louis were called her by their father's
death.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Mrs. James GORDON died at her home 3 miles west of Dry Ridge Sunday; buried
Monday in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
2.
Leslie THORNTON and Miss Artie Anderson will be married at the Mt. Zion Baptist
Church Wednesday of this week.
Rev.
Willard G. CRAM, in charge of the Erlanger circuit, and Miss Rosella HOGAN,
active church worker and teacher, were married on June 6 at the Williamstown
Methodist Church; groom is eldest son of E. T. CRAM and a graduate of Asbury
College, Wilmore, Kentucky; bride is oldest daughter of Mrs. Cora HOGAN,
widow of attorney Newt HOGAN and granddaughter of Judge Winston T. SIMMONS;
bridesmaids were Misses Edith HOGAN, sister of the bride and Cora CRAM, sister
of the groom; groomsmen were Emmet HOGAN, brother of the bride and Mat CRAM,
brother of the groom; ushers were Ellie HOGAN and Henry CRAM, cousins, and
Fred VALLANDINGHAM and Elwood
McCLURE.
Last
Sunday, Henry WAGONER and Miss Mary KUESTER were married at the Crittenden
home of her father; groom is a stonecutter and a gentleman of Mt.
Zion.
A.
L. "Jack" CHILDERS and Miss Katie PLUNKETT were married at Williamstown
Wednesday; groom is new in the grocery trade; bride is daughter of T. W.
PLUNKETT.
Alonzo
JOHNSON and Miss Ella LAWRENCE were married at the home of the bride's parents
near Folsom, Thursday of last week; groom is 21 and son of T. J. JOHNSON,
prominent Mt. Zion Farmer; bride is daughter of F. M. LAWRENCE of near
Folsom.
Card
of Thanks from "loving father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. P. BROWN Dry
Ridge, regarding "our daughter, Maggie, who died May 26,
1900."
Dr.
J. M. WILSON went to Mt. Sterling for the trial of his son,
Eugene.
Roger
D. RASH of Carlisle visited his aunt, Mrs. R. A. SHAW, of this
place.
Mrs.
E. E. THEOBOLD of Wallace Woods, Covington, visited her sister, Mrs. Dr.
R. H. O'HARA on South Main Street.
Miss
Missouri Davis EALES, daughter of James EALES of Burton, Kansas is in town
to visit friends.
Charles
B. CLARK who has been in Arizona for several months on sick leave from West
Point Military Academy, is able to return to the academy
now.
Mason
News:
1.
Born to the wife of Foldy CARGER of Cherry Grove on May 22, a boy; to the
wife of Wm. STEWART of Heekin, June 3, a
boy.
2.
Uncle Louis STEPHENS is lying critically ill at this writing and his death
is hourly expected.
3.
Edward STEPHENS of Geneva, Nebraska is at the bedside of his
father.
In
Memoriam. Millie ROBINSON (nee BISHOP) died of stomach cancer at her Grant
County home May 24, 1900; was born August 12, 1844 and had been married 34
years; was mother of six children, four of whom, two boys and two girls,
and her husband survive; Methodist.
Grant
County veterans who attended the Confederate Reunion at Louisville: Captain
H. C. MUSSELMan, [wife, and daughter, Miss Jessie], James P. WEBB, Jim Basset
GOUGE, John CONRAD, W. M. GRAY, Jo CARTER, and Sommerson RICHARDSON, Geo.
W. TRIMNELL, and James EALES of Burton, Kansas, an old time Grant County
boy, and his daughter, Miss Missouri.
June
14, 1900:
Mrs. Cleora Bright SAVAGE
died at her home on South Maple Street yesterday morning of stomach trouble;
was buried in Lexington; she was born in Lexington May 28, 1822 and was a
daughter of Dr. J. W. BRIGHT; at 26 she married Dr. G. S. SAVAGE and they
were married over 50 years; she was a writer, speaker, and poetess of power
and ability; leaves two children: Dr. John P. SAVAGE of Sioux City, Iowa,
and Mrs. Cleora BROOKS of this city. --Winchester Democrat.
Mrs.
C. KATCHAELHOFER of Bessemer, Alabama will stay this summer with her daughter,
Mrs. M. D. GRAY.
Cam
WHITE of Waynesville, Ohio, visited the family of his father-in-law, Fred
BURCH of South Main Street.
Dry
Ridge News: A young man named PEARCEFIELD, who used to live in the Dividing
Ridge neighborhood in Pendleton County, was fatally injured in Illinois last
week and died Saturday. His remains arrived here Tuesday evening and they
were taken to his home for burial.
Jonesville
News: Lummy KEMPER and Miss Ella PERRY were married last
Wednesday.
Sherman
News: Married at Mt. Zion Church by Rev. G. W. Hill, Miss Artie ANDERSON
of this place, to Leslie THORNTON of
Covington.
June
21, 1900:
Friday was the funeral of
Hon. John ELLIS, one of Kenton County's oldest citizens [84], at Piner; held
many county offices and was a member of the General
Assembly.
Theodore
WEBSTER died last Saturday of consumption; went to Colorado to improve; funeral
and burial at the Christian Church.
In
Memory. Sister Sarah A. McBEE, 82, died of old age Friday, the 15th, [June
1900] at the old homestead near Mt. Zion; was born October 8, 1817; was married
to Uncle Walter McBee in 1838, who died several years ago; this union was
blessed with six children; two boys and four girls, four of whom are living;
Wm. McBEE of Dry Ridge and Mrs. Lou FRANKS died some years ago; she professed
faith during the great revival of 1842; joined Ten Mile Baptist Church at
Napoleon, Gallatin County, then later Mt. Zion Church. was buried beside
her husband [at Mt. Zion?]
The
sister of Mrs. T. J. BROWNING died in Pendleton County and was buried
Sunday.
Stamp
STEPHENSON, the fireman at the mill, had an inquest of lunacy Tuesday and
was sent to the Lexington asylum.
Miss
Minnie E. POWELL, daughter of Harrison POWELL, and J. Len MAGRUDER, a well-to-do
farmer of Bullitt County, were married in Louisville on Tuesday of last week;
she has been a prominent Grant County
teacher.
Ben
BARNETT of West WIlliamstown Precinct died at his home near town on Wednesday
of last week; was buried at the Williamstown Cemetery
Thursday.
Last
Sunday was the 50th anniversary of the birth of H. C. DAHLING, and his married
sister, Mrs. SCHWARTZ with her husband and four children, his brothers, J.
W. DAHLING, wife and three children, B. W. DAHLING, wife and five children;
his wife's sister, Mrs. GORDEN and daughter, Miss Ida, his unmarried sister,
Miss Mary DAHLING and his son, Louis
DAHLING.
Charley
KENDALL of Bloomington, Illinois visited his brother, Tom KENDALL of
Heekin.
Miss
Mayme JOHNSON visited her brother John and family in
Indianapolis.
Miss
Bessie SQUAIR of Price Hill, Cincinnati, daughter of R. H. SQUAIR visited
her cousin, Miss Agnes FORD.
Mason
News: Edward SIMPSON died Sunday of Typhoid fever and was buried Monday at
Keefer.
June
28, 1900:
James P. SMITH, son of the
late William SMITH [who died about 6 weeks ago], hung himself; was never
robust or healthy; was never really happy; had one sister, Mrs. Susan SPARKS;
was born in Williamstown, September 2, 1843; was nearly 57; never married
or lived away from his father; no will; buried in Williamstown Cemetery beside
his parents Sunday, June 24, 1900.
Corinth
News: Louis WOLFE, well known in this community, died
Monday.
Cornelius
Dudley REED died June 22, 1900, born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, near the
old Cane Ridge Church, of Virginia parentage, February 12, 1825; married
to Miss Harriet A. HUMPHREY of Harrison, in 1846 and came to Grant County
in 1849; buried the 24th at Williamstown Cemetery; widow and five children
survive: three sons and two daughters, to wit: Coleman D. REED of Dry Ridge,
John M. and Franks McClelland REED, MRs. W. A. HUME and Mrs. William AMMERMAN
of Sherman.
H.
C. CONRAD, formerly of Grant County, now lives in Hamilton, Caldwell County,
Missouri.
In
Memory of Maggie C. BROWN who died at her home one mile west of Dry Ridge,
May 26, 1900, aged 14 years, 5 months, and 28 days; suffered with lung trouble
for 10 months; buried at Williamstown Cemetery; poem follows, signed, Her
Loving Sisters, Amanda and Nellie. Dry Ridge,
Ky.
Addie
Belle GORDON, 23, died Sunday, June 3, 1900 of consumption; born February
15, 1877; buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery; verse follows, signed, Her sister-in-law,
Rosa E. GORDON.
Ernest
PETTY, son of the Rev. Elijah PETTY, of Cordova, visited from his Jennings,
Kansas home, having married a fair daughter of that
state.
News
comes to us of the death of Mrs. Isaac BROWN of Crittenden. The funeral will
be preached this morning [Thursday, June 28, 1900] at the Christian Church,
Crittenden.
Will
AGEE, wife, and daughter, Mary, of Owen County, visited the Joe CARTER
family.
Mrs.
A. G. DeJARNETTE and daughter, Rita, returned from Glencoe with her grandson,
the son of Will SULLIVAN and her
daughter.
Mason
News: Born to the wife of John COOK, a girl; to the wife of Chas. McCLANAHAN,
a boy.
Sherman
News:
After
attending her mother's funeral, Mrs. Carrie KENNEDY, returned to her Tuscola,
Illinois home.
Delia
News: Born to the wife of Mike ROLAND, a
boy.
Marriage
at Walton Baptist Church Wednesday, June 20, of Miss Julia ADAMS and Walter
ROUSE, both of Walton, where they will live in their new home; she is only
daughter of Dr. S. M. Adams; groom is prosperous
businessman.
July
5, 1900:
"Pin Hook" Crittenden News:
Mrs. Lizzie BROWN, about 76, died at her home June 27; leaves only one son,
E. W. BROWN; belong to Christian Church for over 50 years; buried at church
burying ground.
Sherman
News: Miss Edith POINTS visited her aunt, Mary
KUHN.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Mrs. A. MAGERHANS of Cincinnati and her daughter, Irma, visited friends
here.
2.
Mrs. Addie STEPHENS and daughter, May, of Knoxville, Tennessee visited Mrs.
ROSE.
Dry
Ridge News: Louis WOLFE, 87, was killed instantly by a train between North
and Sough Dry Ridge last Thursday morning; made no effort to get out of the
way; was buried Thursday near
Cordova.
Last
Wednesday, the 20th, at the home of the bride's brother, Ed BIXLER, and Miss
Lela BIXLER were married. --Salvisa item in Harrodsburg
Sayings.
Rev.
W. T. ECKLAR, a native of Harrison County, was married last week in Salvisa;
groom's relatives live in Curry and Kelat vicinity; his first wife was a
daughter of Solomon BRANNOCK of Curry and a sister of Mr. A. T. FITZWATER,
of this city. -Cynthiana
Times.
George
R. RULE of Falmouth died Monday at his home in his native town; was a Mason
and Methodist.
July
12, 1900:
Dry Ridge News:
1.
Frank and Elmer SARGENT of Felicity, Ohio visited their uncle, G. W.
MILLER.
2.
Mrs. Teresa LAFFERTY visited her very ill daughter, Mrs. Kate BENSON at
Mullinsville.
3.
E. S. STEPHENSON, 19, of this place and Miss Mary Belle BAXTER of the Mason
area, were married at her home last THursday; "they met with some difficulty
in securing the license on account of the extreme youth of the contracting
parties. The father of the groom refused his consent to the marriage but
was quickly brought to time by the threats of his son [to] enlist as a soldier
to fight John CHINAMAN [the
Filipinos?]."
Crittenden
News:
1.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas BICKERS and daughter, Eliza of Holbrook, and Miss Lizzie
BICKERS of Mason, were visiting friends her last
week.
2.
Richard HOGSETT of Rushville, Indiana visited his uncle, S. E.
HOGSETT.
Mt.
Zion News: Mrs. Ora FRANKS and little son visited her homer, Mrs. W. O.
Butler.
Born
to the wife of W. A. STEVENS, a girl; to the wife of Charles BISHOP, a
boy.
A
press dispatch last Tuesday told of the death of Mrs. Dr. J. Whit HALL at
her Bloomington, Illinois home; was sister-in-law of Moody and John W. HALL;
once lived in Erlanger.
Mrs.
Margaret DICKERSON and daughter Utha of Dry Ridge, visited Margaret's sister,
Mrs. Jas. R. RAMEY, near town. --Carrollton
News.
Mrs.
NORTHCUTT, mother of Hon. W. W. and Col. Tol DICKERSON went to the Eminence
home of her daughter, Mrs. W. P.
THORNE.
Paschal
HIX of Richmond, Virginia attended the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Eva JONES
of Harrisburg, Owen County, who died in Indianapolis and was buried in
Owen.
Jack
JOHNSON, formerly of Williamstown but now of Indianapolis, visited his sisters,
Mrs. Joe GLASCOCK and Miss Pauline
JOHNSON.
David
BISHOP and his wife returned from visiting his brother at Carter Station,
Tennessee.
Mike
ROHAN formerly of here, died at his Erlanger home last Saturday; was employed
by the Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Company.
July
19, 1900:
Mrs. [Gertrude] Dr. J. W.
HALL died Monday at her home (210 East Grove Street, Bloomington, Illinois);
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. CRUMBAUGH of Leroy; died of internal ulcers;
she was born at home near Leroy August 27, 1868; was married in Leroy February
18, 1891; lived awhile in Erlanger, Kentucky; a daughter died when 8 months
old; her aged parents and brother, W. G. CRUMBAUGH, all of Leroy, survive.
[newspaper dated July 10.]
R.
P. WILLIS of Grassy Run area died at his home last Monday, July 16, 1900;
leaves children, nearly all grown; many of them teachers in our schools;
was buried Tuesday in Grassy Run Church
Yard.
Miss
Anna HILL and brother Harry are in Frankfort for a visit with their cousin,
Miss Maggie HAYDEN.
Miss
Susie BURCH returned from a visit to her sisters, Mrs. A. C. WHITE and Mrs.
A. L. SIDES at Waynesville, Ohio.
William
SEWARDS returned from a visit to his brother Frank in Galesburg,
Illinois.
John
A. JAYNE, formerly of Grant, who married Miss Laura CASON, sister of Chap
CASON of Sherman, is now pastor of Observatory Hill Christian Church, Allegheny,
Pennsylvania. [One of his discourses was published in full in the Pittsburg
Press.]
Sketch
of New Cashier: John Howard DICKEY, 34, was born in Fleming County, Kentucky,
April 11, 1866; Scotch-Irish ancestry; his father was a substantial Fleming
County farmer educated at Transylvania; who taught 15 years before settling
near Flemingsburg where H. H. was born and raised; came from a large family
of boys; has been principal of the WIlliamstown Graded Free School for nearly
7 years; went to Kentucky Wesleyan College at Winchester where he met a Clark
County teacher, Miss Eddie SHIELDS; they married in 1893; owens over 200
acre farm in Fleming County.
In
Memoriam. Elizabeth Mary Abbie KIPP died at her Walton, Boone County,
Kentucky home, Monday, July 2, 1900; was born in Walton December 2, 1874;
educated at Fosters, Ohio; taught at Erlanger, Verona, and Walton; united
with the Lutheran Church at 14; was an only sister to her brother; buried
in cemetery adjacent to the church.
Mrs.
Millie ROBINSON of Mason died May 24, 1900, leaving a husband, two sons and
two daughters; poem follows, signed, "Her loving daughter,
Lizzie."
Old
Gum Lick Springs was located near the Pendleton and Grant County line about
7 miles east of Williamstown; Henry WOODYARD, the original owner, finally
sold the place to Reuben COLEMAN, who was the landlord until his death in
1861; [references to his character]; William S. UTTERBACK on June 18, 1841
was robbed and left for dead there by Lyman CROUCH and Smith MAYES; the latter
two were lynched by a mob; UTTERBACK lived until
1885.
Letter
from a Grant County Boy: A. F. DUCHAMP Jr. from Chatham, New Jersey, July
8, 1900, mentions automobiles there and his cousin,
W.D.P.
Sherman
News:
1.
John NUGENT of Cincinnati visited his uncles, Charles and Marion MITCHELL,
here.
2.
John McBEE of Norwood, Ohio visited his son,
Arthur.
Locust
Grove [in Grant County?] News: Born to the wife of Quiller JACKSON, a
boy.
July
26, 1900:
On Thursday afternoon, July
19, 1900, W. C. FRANKS of Mt. Zion was shot and instantly killed by his step
son-in-law, Horace GREENWELL, at Erlanger, Kentucky