Volume 111

At this point on the microfilm a full volume of The Williamstown Courier is missing,
i.e., covering the dates September 12, 1901 through September 4, 1902, inclusive.

September 11, 1902:
Having decided to locate in a distant State, I will offer at public sale on Saturday, September 20, 1902, all of my real estate and personal property to the highest bidder, at my residence on North Main in Williamstown, Kentucky. --John H. Westover.

Dry Ridge News: Jacob RENAKER and two sisters, Mrs. America ROYER and Mrs. Sarah JUETT, of Clayton, Illinois, visited their brother, Wm. RENAKER, here; they visited the old home of their childhood near New Eagle Mills, where old cousin, James HEDGER now lives and is a fine violin performer.

A friend of the Editor in his youth, Hon. I. W. TWYMAN of Hodgenville died September 2, 1902.

No social event of the season has in any degree surpassed the wedding of Charles M. CARPENTER to Miss Mary HENDY last Tuesday at the Cynthiana Presbyterian Church by Rev. Dr. McELROY; bride is a niece of Mrs. Laura RANKIN, Crittenden, and Dr. W. H. McCLURE, Williamstown; maid of honor was her sister, Miss Laura HENDY; bridesmaids were a favorite cousin, Miss DOLIN of New Orleans, and Miss Martha HENDY; another younger sister; best man was Dr. Marshall McDOWELL; ushers were Mssrs. FRISBY and Hayden HENDY; will make their home in Pittsburg; bride is eldest daughter of Captain Frank HENRY, prominent Harrison County citizen; groom is New York native, Harvard graduate, is employed by the great Carnegie steel works.

About People [column]:
1. Miss Mayme JOHNSON visited her sick sister, Miss Pauline at Indianapolis.
2. L. L. KROGER, wife, and little daughter have moved to Hamilton, Ohio where he will go into the dry goods business with his brother.
3. Pierce KENT, probably the oldest man in the county, visited the Courier office; was born in Ireland May 28, 1805 and landed in New York May 28, 1840

Miss Rose LAWRENCE has moved to Nicholasville, Kentucky to be piano instructor at Jessamine Institute.

On last Friday, Mrs. Pauline NEAL SHERIFF, young wife of John SHERIFF of Cherry Grove, died after a short illness at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Pauline PRICE; had been married only about two years and leaves a little babe only about 11 weeks old; she was herself an orphan, raised by her aunt, Mrs. PRICE, who now has the care of the orphan's orphan; large funeral Saturday at the Baptist Church [Chandler's Grant County Cemeteries, Volume III, Page 156, infers that the deceased is buried in the Old Clark Cemetery near Cherry Grove, although a gravestone is not cited. --Abstracter.

Land for Sale belonging to the estate of Wm. P. GREEN, deceased, near Zion Station, Ky. R. C. GREEN, Exor, Walton.

Sherman News: John MITTS, wife and daughter of Missouri, visited his brother-in-law, Daniel POINTS; was born in Grant County and has lived in Missouri for 47 years.

Lawrenceville News:
1. Jett ROLAND and wife of Ep. Kentucky, visited their son, James.
2. Geo. WINTER visited his Cincy sons, Geo. and Walter.
3. Miss Zella JONES and little brother, Ralph, o Covington, visited relatives here.
4. John C. HOLBROOK and wife spent Monday and Tuesday at Sparta, the guests of Dr. and Mrs. E. E. BICKERS.
5. Miss E. K. HOLBROOK spent several days last week with her niece, Mrs. E. E. BICKERS, at Sparta, who is very low with typhoid fever.
6. Henry STEPHENS of Illinois was called here by the death of of his father, Lewis STEPHENS.

Rev. Julius E. WRIGHT, presiding elder of the Shelbyville district of the M. E. Church, South,  was married at the Willard Hotel in Louisville, Monday, September 1, to Miss Rose JESSEE, County School Superintendent of Henry County, who resigned her office; Rev. W. T. Roland of Carrollton solemized the rites; bride is daughter of Col. G. M. JESSEE who served with Gen. John MORGAN in the [Civil War]; groom was three times the pastor of the Williamstown Methodist Church; his first wife, a Miss BROWINSKI of Carrollton died.

September 18, 1902:
Crittenden News:
1. Mrs. Jennie MITCHELL returned from a visit to her sister, Mrs. SHEARER at Erlanger.
2. Mrs. Eliza MURPHY returned from a visit to her brother Joe MITCHELL in Covington.
3. James PERKINS of Mt. Zion wants to move here; was recently badly injured in a shooting scrape there; is brother-in-law of Harve RICHARDSON.

Dry Ridge News:
1. Frank A. TUCKER and wife visited his parents, George W. TUCKER and wife.
2. Caleb BROWN and wife of Hustonville, Casey County, visited their aunt, Mrs. T. J. BROWNING here.

Last Sunday was a family reunion at W. L. STEPHENS'; present were all six children and wives of the two that are married and their three children; Water [as shown in book] married Miss LAFFERTY of Dry Ridge, and Ben married Miss CARTER of Canton, Illinois.

About People:
1. Miss Rita DeJARNETTE visited her sister, Mrs. W. E. SULLIVAN in Glencoe, as were Mrs. Owen HULETT and son, Calvert.
2. Perry HARRISON and wife will visit his brother-in-law, James SIMPSON in Pratt, Kansas.
3. Mrs. DURR and Miss Carrie SMITH of Nicholson, Kentucky visited Miss SMITH's uncle, Isom SANDERS.
4. Miss Nancye VANLEUVEN visited her brother, J. T. VANLEUVEN at Cincy.
5. C. L. HARRISON of Heekin was happy - it's a boy - born some days ago.
6. Rev. W. H. H. DITZLER and his wife visited her mother, Mrs. HARRISON, near Heekin.
7. Ben J. STEPHENS, second son of W. L. STEPHENS, his wife and children of Canton, Illinois, visited his father here.

Last Monday, September 15, 1901, a party was held for Miss Ruth Anna JOHNSON's 6th birthday; is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. JOHNSON.

Born to the wife of Holly WIGGINTON, Tuesday, September 16, 1902, a girl; the first grandchild for both Silas WIGGINTON and Marion CLARK.

Lt. Col. J. B. KERR, an ex-Kentuckian and a brother of Mrs. Dr. J. M. WILSON of Williamstown, was a guest of honor at a dinner given by Emperor William at the new palace at Potsdam; KERR is a U. S. Embassy military attache.

An article and in the Journal-Advance of Gentry, AR, is about former Grant countian and Gentry's Mayor C. C. LALE who came from Kentucky; no one has done more for Gentry than him.

Jonesville News:
1. Les BROMLEY, Lexington, visited his sister, Mrs. A. CALENDER.
2. Mrs. Laura DEROSIT of Bloomington, Illinois visited her mother, Mrs. John BRAMLET.

Mt. Zion News: Married, Wednesday, September 3, 1902, F. M. FRANKS and Miss Delia BEACH.

Corinth News: George LYNN and Mrs. Kate KENDRICK were married last Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. R. H. MITTS request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Anna Lura to Walter CHILDERS, September 24, 1902 at the Stewartsville Baptist Church Wednesday, 2 o'clock.

September 25, 1902:
Dry Ridge News:
1. H. H. AMMERMAN went to Doudton last week for the funeral of his father-in-law, Mr. Jones.
2. Mrs. Mat BENSON died last Wednesday and was buried at Williamstown Friday; leaves husband, father, two brothers, and several sisters.

Lawrenceville News:
1. Born to the wife of Willard FORTNER, a boy.
2. Ben STEPHENS and wife of Illinois visited his aunt, Mrs. George WINTERS.

Keefer News: Mrs. Julia HUTTON married John McFARLAND at Cincy, September 15.

New Eagle Mills: Miss Kate LAFFERTY expects to move to Cincy.

Corinth News: Miss Minnie HENRY died at her home near here; was 19 and was to have married October 1; only child of Jim HENRY.

About People:
1. Miss Bessie TANNER visited her aunt, Mrs. COLEMAN in Cincy.
2. The three German brothers, Andy, Mike and Joe GUTMAN, of Sherman, were in town for the WESTOVER sale.
3. Frank A. TUCKER and wife of Texas visited his father, G. W. TUCKER, of Dry Ridge. Frank will to into business in Mt. Sterling.

Public Sale of the land and stock of Sylvester GOUGE "as I desire to change my location", on the Cherry Grove and Heekin Turnpike, Saturday, October 11, 1902.

October 2, 1902:
Crittenden News:
1. Dr. B. Merrill RICKETTS of CIncinnati, one of the leading specialists of the city, was in town last week having been called by Dr. SAMS to see Mrs. Ran ALLPHIN [nee Nannie BICKERS, daughter of Uriah and Debby Henry BICKERS of Holbrook]. We understand that he advised an operation at once, but we do not know whether or not it will be performed.
2. Mrs. Wm. UHL and children of Burnside, Kentucky visited her mother, Mary SECRIST.

Robert Monford LUCKY, a native of Williamstown, Kentucky, has just completed a new story, Governor of Kentucky, about the late [assassinated] Wm. GOEBEL's battle for the governorship.

Hon. Wm. WHARTON, twice in the Kentucky Legislature from Trigg County, died at his home near Cadiz, Sunday, September 21, 1902; a leading Democrat, faithful Baptist, and friend of the editor.

About People:
1. Mrs. Fanny GRIFFITH of Muscatine, Iowa visited her uncle, J. M. RIDDELL, of N. Williamstown.
2. Joseph McMILLAN of Rosemont, Kansas was the first arrival for the [Blue & Gray] reunion; is 1/2 brother to Judge J. D. McMILLAN and grocer Henry McMILLAN, and older than either of them.
3. John STEPHENS of Carlisle, Illinois, son of late Gran STEPHENS and grandson of Lewis STEPHENS, who died about a month ago, visited his uncle, W. L. STEPHENS, on Falmouth Street; is a stationary engineer, married, and prosperous.

Benoni BARNETT of Grant County left a bequest of $4,000 to the fund for superannuated[?] preachers of the M. E. Church, which he had earned by days' work, sometimes as low as 50c.

Frank STEGER of Owen County and Miss Fannie KINMAN of Downingsville, secured a license from County Clerk, R. L. KINMAN, and then were married, Saturday, September 27, 1902, while sitting in their buggy by County Judge Clay CONRAD, at the latter's home.

Rev. Willard G. CRAM and his devoted wife, Rosella HOGAN CRAM, will go as missionaries of the Kentucky Conference of the M. E. Church, South, to Corea [Korea]; will spend at least 5 years there; will sail from San Francisco, Tuesday, October 7, 1902.

Dry Ridge News:
1. Mrs. Albert CORBIN and accomplished daughter, Stella, of Cincy, visited Mrs. Elizabeth STEERS.
2. Miss Bettie NICHOLS of Missouri, daughter of Geo. NICHOLS, visited relatives here.
3. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. MOORE are rejoicing over the arrival of two bouncing boy [twins] visitors at their home.
4. The most dreadful accident that ever occurred in these parts was the killing [by a train running backward] of Uncle Solomon NICHOLS at this station last Thursday, September 25, 1902; being 92, Sol was blind and deaf; was so completely bruised and cut to pieces that he was scarcely recognizable; remains were gathered up as best they could be and taken to J. B. SANDERS & Company undertakers, then to his daughter, Mrs. Charles O'HARA; buried Friday in old family graveyard at Wm. RENAKER's.
5. Mrs. Addie HENDERSON of E. St. Louis arrived too later to see her father, Uncle Sol NICHOLS.

Sherman News: Geo. LUCAS and Annie Mary OGDEN surprised the people of this place by going to Cincy on September 23 and getting married; left for Kansas, their future home.

October 9, 1902:
Ezra News [first appearance of this column]: Charley WELLS and Miss Grace ANTROBUS were married Wednesday, September 24, at Falmouth.

Corinth News: Emmett E. HARRIS and Miss Sarah Elizabeth ROSE, accompanied by Miss Zoda MINOR and F. W. CHILDERS, went to Georgetown Tuesday, September 25, and were married by REv. WRIGHT, pastor of the Corinth Baptist Church; groom is son of Mrs. Kate HARRIS and works for the Queen & Crescent Railroad; bride is eldest daughter of Tobe ROSE and worked as a saleslady for J. W. KENNEDY & Co.

Mt. Zion News:
1. Mrs. Wm. JAMESON and bade died; buried in old Jameson Burying Ground near New Eagle Mills.
2. The infant child of Ira BOGGS was buried here October 4.
3. P. H. WEBSTER and wife attended the funeral of her mother, Mrs. SHELTON, at New Concord Sunday.

Mason News:
1 Henry VENARD of Newport visited his sister, Mrs. Eugene ECKLER.
2. Born to the wife of Thomas SEBREE, a girl.
3. Born to the wife of George SEBREE, a boy.
4. Born to the wife of R. A. BEACH, a girl.
5. Henry SHIELDS, who was raised in this vicinity but has been living in Kansas for 17 years, visited relatives.

About People:
1. W. Glyd CRAM of Columbus, Kentucky arrived Monday to attend his brother's funeral.
2. The wife of Any SHERIFF [nee Miss EVAN] of Covington, who was visiting here, died near Cherry Grove last Saturday and was buried here Sunday.
3. Death of Solomon NICHOLS: born August 4, 1811; married Martha GLASCOCK December 7, 1836; Sol died September 25, 1902, aged 91 years, 1 month, 22 days; devoted to principle; his kith fought with Wm. Henry HARRISON at Tippecanoe; when the Southern Confederacy in 1861 asked for men he offered up his eldest [unnamed] son, a living sacrifice; Sol was pioneer, loved his neighbors and friends.

Crittenden News: Wedding of Miss Mayne Eleanor VAHLSING to Samuel Mills SMITH is to be held at the Christian CHurch, October 22.

Lawrenceville News:
1. Dr. E. E. BICKERS and wife of Sparta were visiting the family of Uncle Isaac HOLBROOK last week.
2. Willie SCROGGINS and Miss Dora LIMERICK of this place were married at Williamstown last Thursday..

October 16, 1902:
Murder Trail. The Commonwealth vs. Dave JACKSON for the murder of Dick HAWKINS by shooting him in front of J. L. LEE's saloon on June 30, 1902; was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to two years in the pen.

Crittenden News:
1. Mrs. W. Y. CRIGLER of Florence visited her daughter, Mrs. Frank MITCHELL.
2. Thad ASHBY visited his sister, Mrs. WAYLAND.
3. Miss Anne LLOYD, daughter of John Uri LLOYD, of Cincy, visited her grandmother, Mrs. Thomas ROUSE.
4. Mrs. Omar JOHNSON, Covington, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bud ARNOLD.

Will [Wm. E.] SWEENEY, ex-Kentuckian and son of Rev. John S. SWEENEY of Paris has been nominated District Attorney in Wyoming.

Obituary of Henry Hampton CRAM, 25, born March 25, 1878, died Saturday, October 4, 1902 at Denver, Colorado; oldest son of Judge C. C> CRAM; was lawyer then life insurance solicitor and collector; resolutions of Grant County bar extend sympathy to his parents, brother, and sisters; funeral Thursday, October 9, and burial at Williamstown; pall bearers were cousins Mat and Dr. Elva CRAM, classmates James VANLEUVEN and Hubbard NEEDHAM, and friends Fred VALLANDINGHAM and Emmett HOGAN.

About People:
1. Mrs. Bennie SEWARDS returned home after visiting her son, Frank, at Galesburg, Illinois.
2. Nathan F. ASHCRAFT and family, of Ohio, visited his father, Henry, and then went to Frankfort to see his father-in-law, Hon. J. J. MARQUETTE.
3. Mrs. Mary STROUD who spends most of her time with her daughter, Mrs. R. O. CUNNINGHAM, of Ironton, Ohio visited her sister, Mrs. CHILDERS, here.
4. Dr. Lee TULLY of Rockport, Indiana is here about his father's and his brother, Robert's, estate.
5. J. H. SHIELDS of Groveland, McPherson County, Kansas is visiting; has been in Kansas last seventeen years; is kinsman of our J. W. SHIELDS of Oak Ridge.

Corinth News:
1. Frank BRADLEY of Augusta, Kentucky returned home from visiting his sister, Mrs. Dr. GEORGE.
2. Mrs. Wm. MASON of New Columbus visited her daughter, Mrs. Wm. DORMAN.
3. Mrs. Charles NORTON died at her home near here last Saturday.
4. Mrs. E. J. ALCOKE will visit her sister, Mrs. Robt. V. FLETCHER, at Pontotoc, MS.
5. Ellis HARRISON died last Thursday; was son of Wm. HARRISON who died only two week ago.
6. Harry JACKSON and his sister, Mrs. SEBREE, visited from Chicago.
7. James HUMPHRIES and Bessie RHULIN were married yesterday.

Sherman News:
1. Miss Stella FRANKS of Mt. Zion and Fred NORTHCUTT of this place were married the 9th [October 1902].
2. Mrs. Bettie LAWRENCE visited her son, Commodore, at Indianapolis.

October 23, 1902:
Second trial of J. N. LEMMON vs. Mrs. Kate CONRAD recover $25,000 in damages for libel.

Judge Guy H. FOSSETT to Miss Mattie BARKER, both of the place [Falmouth?], were married late Thursday at the Covington Methodist Church; groom is young lawyer and Pendleton County Judge; bride is sister of Judge John H. BARKER. --Pendletonian.

Crittenden News:
1. Mrs. James HOGSETT of Rushville, Indiana visited her sister, Mrs. S. E. HOGSETT and mother, Mrs. ALLPHIN.
2. Miss Ione VALLANDINGHAM and Joseph DOUD were baptized at Collins pond Sunday.

Jonesville News:
1. Miss Cora ROGERS, Carthage Missouri, Nora ALLEN and Stella HOSKINS of Paris, Illinois visited their cousins, E. E. BLACKBURN and wife.
2. J. J. BLACKBURN will make his home in Oklahoma and practice law.
3. Miss Lizzie and Maud BOURNE visited their sister, Mrs. WATT, of Gratz.

Dry Ridge News: Dan WEBSTER of Covington died last Monday of Brights disease; cousin to Mrs. STEERS.

Mason News: Clara Belle, only child of Henry and Mattie CALANDER, died of croup October 20.

Lawrenceville News: Married at the home of the bride last Wednesday, C. N. SCROGGIN and Miss Carrie GRAY.

October 30, 1902:
Dry Ridge News: One of Wm. MOORE's little twin infants died very suddenly last Sunday and was buried in the Williamstown Cemetery.

Obituary of J. H. MUSSELMAN Sr., better known as uncle Harris, was born July 29, 1819 in Owen County near Lusby's Mills (where he grew to manhood) and died October 24, 1902, aged 83; was son of Jacob and Mary MUSSELMAN; married Miss Elizabeth LUSBY December 6, 1853; had eight children in all, only five of whom are living, to wit: three daughters, Mrs. D. R. BAKER, Mt. Zion, Mrs. GEorge TOOLE, Lawrenceville, and Miss Lizzie MUSSELMAN, and two sons, Frank and J. H. Jr. who are both married and settled in the neighborhood; after marriage he settled on the farm where he died and where all his children were born; was the largest land owner in the county; Democrat; lived near Keefer; buried Sunday, October 26, at Williamstown Cemetery; pall bearers were three nephews, Harris MUSSELMAN, J. D. and Manlius SIDEBOTTOM and three friends, Ross OSBORN, J. J. McGLASSSON, and D. L. ARTHUR.

About People:
1. Dr. W. H. McCLURE and wife went to the Cynthiana bedside of his sister, Mrs. T. F. HENDY, who has pneumonia.
2. Carl FRANK and wife, Walnut Hills, Cincy, visited his brother-in-law, W. C. JOHNSON and wife.

The remains of John R. BRYAN, for many years a Williamstown citizen, were brought here for burial last Friday from his Morehead, Kentucky home of 8 or 10 years; his widow and children came with body.

Keefer News: The funeral of Mrs. Stella BEAGLE of Ghent, Kentucky was preached October 23 and the remains were buried in the Antioch Churchyard.

Mason News: Born to the wives of Leslie HARRISON, Tom SHERIFF, George KENNEDY, and Ben SCROGGINS, all girls.

Mt. Zion News:
1. F. M. LAWRENCE of Jonesville visited his daughter, Mrs. A. T. JOHNSON.
2. G. W. FERRELL visited his sisters at Sherman, Mrs. POTTER and Mrs. STEWARD.
3. Mrs. RUDDELL of Glencoe visited her daughter, Mrs. C. FRANKS.

November 6, 1902:
Erastus Cullen, youngest son of Judge and Mrs. J. D. McMILLAN, died of diphtheria Saturday and was buried in Williamstown Cemetery Sunday; was a little over 3 years old.

Miss Zella CRIST, sister of Geo. CRIST of Doudton, died of typhoid fever; was brought home and buried here last Thursday; was a professional nurse before serving in Spanish-American war; later served in the West and South.

Dry Ridge News: Robert NEAL, wife, and four children of Cincy visited his brother, Watson NEAL, of this place.

John D. LAWLESS is seriously ill due to old age in the Dayton, Ohio Soldiers' Home Hospital; for 50+ years was a Williamstown fixture; is the sole Grant County survivor of the famous Lopez expedition to Cuba in 1847; served in the Civil War as a Union soldier.

Crittenden News: Mr. and Mrs. S. M. SMITH returned from their Central Kentucky bridal trip and have settled down in their pretty cottage.

Corinth News: James HENRY, a wealthy and highly respected farmer near here, who only a short time ago had his limb terribly lacerated by a hog, died Saturday from blood poisoning; only 6 weeks ago his only daughter died of consumption; the widow and mother is left alone in the world.

November 13, 1902:
Dry Ridge News:
1. Mrs. Elizabeth STEERS visited her daughter, Mrs. Fannie Lee LEMMON, in Georgetown.
2. Miss Mary NICHOLS sold her interest in her South Dry Ridge home to her sister, Mrs. Minerva GUTHRIE for $400.
3. Mrs. Laura DUDLEY died last week; buried at Wilmington Cemetery beside her husband; leaves five sons and one daughter.

John H. WESTOVER, former editor and owner of this Courier, is now the editor of The Oregon City Courier, according to the November 7 issue received here. 

Mason News:
1. Born to the wife of Harvey ACKMAN, October 31, twin girls.
2. Born to the wife of O. R. SCROGGIN, October 31, a girl.
3. Born to the wife of James TURNER of Cherry Grove, a girl.
4. Miss Lizzie WIGGINS of near Mason who has been an invalid for years, died October 30 of paresis; funeral was next day at Grassy Run Church.

About People:
1. Dr. J. T. SCOTT and family went to Dana, Indiana to visit the family of their son-in-law, Dr. G.W. TUCKER.
2. Mrs. Mary Wilson, a relative of Captain DeJARNETT, went to Ranton, Illinois.
3. J. H. AMBLER, an old Grant County man, lives in Hutchinson, Kansas.
4. Mrs. Fred LEHMAN of St. Louis and her mother, Mrs. Lucy STARK of Des Moines, Iowa, relative of Dr. W. H. McCLURE and Mrs. Laura RANKIN, visited the doctor.
5. Col. R. T. DICKERSON is cooing these days with his little daughter who arrived only last week.
6. Rev. George NEEDHAM of Hardin County, who has been the guest of his brother, this editor [Tim], will spend the winter in Hardin County with his son, Charles A NEEDHAM, of Solway, Ky.
7. R. Lee WESTOVER writes from Oregon City, Oregon November 3 to change his mail address from Snohomish, WA to that place; "I am working for J. H. [WESTOVER], he having bought the Courier-Herald; we took possession yesterday.

The funeral of Lewis STEPHENS, deceased, will be preached at the Primitive Baptist Church, Williamstown, the 4th Sunday this month.

Crittenden News:
1. Miss Sarah CURTIS returned to her Cincy home after visiting her sister, Mrs. J. U. ALLPHIN.
2. Miss Julia STEWART, daughter of the late Ransom STEWART, died at her home Saturday; buried Monday at Lebanon; ill for a long time.

New Eagle Mills News:
1. Ella May JOHNSON and Charles TACKET were married at Vine Run Church last Sunday night.
2. Arthur PHILLIPS and Miss Mattie LAFFERTY were married in Cincy last Wednesday evening.

November 20, 1902:
Dry Ridge News:
1. Mr. and Mrs. John CONRAD bought a large farm in the Indian Territory and their sons, Hugh Lee and Guy will soon leave to take charge of it.
2. J. Harvey BROWN, son of Jas. P. BROWN, died of consumption last Friday and was buried at Williamstown Cemetery after a large funeral.

Lawrenceville News:
1. Sam HENSLEY's family moved to Covington.
2. Mannie and Elizie HOWARD of Cincy were called home by the death of their sister, Mrs. Annie CONROY.

Crittenden News:
1. Mrs. Martha ALLPHIN, 73, died Wednesday, November 12; buried at Lebanon Church Thursday; Presbyterian for 51 years.
2. Word received Saturday of the death of Mrs. Dick CUMMINS of Lexington, the sister-in-law of Robert CUMMINS of this place.

Stewartsville News: Born to the wife of Dock NEAL, a boy.

About People:
1. Miss Elizabeth of Ridgeway, Virginia will spend the winter with her sister, Prof. Mrs. WELBORN.
2. Miss Dora LEMON went to Cincy with her sister, Mrs. L. M. GROSS and little son Jennings, of WV.

Larkin WEBSTER, a brother of Mrs. Geo. W. BEASLEY and cousin to Nich WEBSTER, was a resident of Grant County for 30 years just prior to the Civil War and since resided in Iowa; has relatives near Crittenden and Sherman; article in Fort Madison [Iowa] News: Friday being the 70th birthday of Mr. WEBSTER; his friends gave a surprise part at his 2600 Webster St. home; presented him with an elegant oak chair.  

November 27, 1902:
Miss Achie FRANKS, daughter of J. T. FRANKS of Folsom, ran off with Joe CRAIG of Carrollton to Vevay, Indiana and were married November 17, 1902; took passage on a mail boat to Louisville [for honeymoon] but will return to Carrollton in a few days. --The Carrollton News, November 20.

Dr. J. G. RENNEKER of Dry Ridge married Miss Zadah LITTELL at the Primitive Baptist Church, Dry Ridge, Wednesday, November 19, 1902; he is a successful physician; she is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. LITTELL who lives just north of Williamstown.

Dry Ridge News: B. F. LEMMON, now of Georgetown, will move to Norwood, Ohio.

Danville, Kentucky, November 5, 1902: "Aunt" Pattie [Patsy] KINCAID, of color, died here yesterday; was 116 and lived in Danville since it was an open field with a few log huts; remembered when George Washington was President.

Harrodsburg Herald, November 13, 1902: Elijah BLEDSOE, 133, of color, probably the oldest man in the world, died at the poor house Monday, November 10, 1902; Captain P. P. THOMPSON, 87, and J. H. STAGG 85, both remember "Uncle Lige" being an old man when they were tots, recounted War of 1812 incidents [he could not read]; in 1824 Lafayette gave him a piece of silver for a drink of water, met Aaron BURR; cared for by KYLE family who did not know he was in the poor house.

Sherman News: 
1. Mrs. POTTER, an aged lady of this place, died Thursday and was buried at Lebanon Church on Friday; her brother, John FERRELL of Covington died the same day; Geo. FERRELL of Mt. Zion is the only living brother.
2. Alf SPILLMAN and Miss Stella PENICK were married January 25, 1902 and kept their marriage a secret from their parents until last week [10 months].

New Eagle Mills News:
1. J. F. WILSON of Crittenden visited his nephew, J. N. PHILLIPS.
2. Ransom SKIRVIN and wife visited her sister, Mrs. Tip STANLEY at Delia.

Commissioner's Sales Advertised, Describing Properties Of:
Plaintiff                           Defendant
1. P. J. RENNECKER -- I. L. TROWBRIDGE &c
2. Silver Queen Mfg. Co. -- Hiram ELLISTON's Admr.
3. Garr, Scott, & Co. -- Butler ALEXANDER &c
4. Herndon GUILL's Admr. -- W. H. RATCLIFF, W. B. ROBINSON
5. J. N. COLLIER &c -- Helen GARDNER &c
6. Sarah A. BURGESS Admr. -- A. E. BURGESS &c
7. Jas. L. DUNAWAY'S Admr. -- Jas. L. DUNAWAY'S  hrs./crs
8. J. GLASCOCK -- G. A. UPDIKE and others.

About People:
1. The brother of Mrs. Hon. M. D. GRAY has been severely injured in a Lincoln County oil drill accident.
2. Capt. A. G. DeJARNETTE returned from a visit to his son, Robert, who manages a drugstore at Ripley, Ohio.

Wm. E. SULLIVAN, the son-in-law of our Capt. DeJARNETTE, established a bank in Wisconsin. --Warsaw Independent.

Lawrenceville News: Manie SIMPSON died Friday of consumption.

Crittenden News: Bettie RATCLIFF has a cousin, Mrs. Mary WAYLAND, in Texas.

Mason News:
1. Mrs. T. J. GOUGE will visit a daughter in Cincy and a daughter in Huntington, West Virginia.
2. Born to the wife of John FIGHTMASTER, a girl.
3. Born to the wife of Tom WILLIAMS, a boy.
4. Born to the wife of Wm. BAKER, a boy.

Death of "our dear sister" Mrs. Rinda S. ROLAND on November 18, 1902; was daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. STEVENSON who survive her; was born December 2, 1862; baptized into Bethany Baptist Church in 1882; married Neat ROLAND in 1883; two children were born, a son, Ira, and a daughter, Gertrude, who are living monuments to their mother's memory; large funeral at Bethany Wednesday; no mention of burial; signed, H.M.

December 4, 1902:
Dry Ridge News:
1. The marriage of J. M. HENDERSON to Mrs. E. Minerva GUTHRIE will take place at the M. E. CHurch on Wednesday, December 10, 1902.
2. Elder J. S. STEERS was called to Isaac FERRELL's near Elliston last Wednesday to marry their daughter, Miss Ridah, to Lonnie GORDON.
3. John F. BROWN and wife will move to California soon for their health.
4. Last Thursday C. D. and Richard DALY went to Blanchet for the marriage of their cousin, John DALY to Miss FANNELLY, daughter of Mike FANNELLY.

Sherman News: Moses BEACH of Ludlow, a Grant County resident 40 years ago, visited his nephew, Lewis STURGEON, of this place.

Heekin News: Jesse MITTS and family of Belltown, Illinois visited relatives after many years.

Levi GILMORE, one of the leading colored men of Williamstown, died Tuesday from a complication of internal troubles.  

November 1902 Marriage Licenses:
1. W. T. POINTS, 23 - Hattie COURTNEY, 23
2. Thomas DANCE, 19 - Corena ZUMWALT, 19
3. John W. STONE, 32 - Katie ARMSTRONG, 17
4. Charles CASEY, 22 - Sarah FORNASH, 19
5. John G. RENAKER, 25 - Zadah A. LITTELL, 21
6. Louis [Lonnie?] GORDON, 23 - Ridah B. FERRELL, 24
7. John DALY, 26 - Margaret FLANNELLY, 24
8. Emery KENDALL, 21 - Emma WEBSTER, 22
9. Everett LOOMIS, 21 - Dorah EVANS 21
Note: some of the "1s" and "4s" look alike in faded print.].

December 11 ,1902:
Charles W. STROTHER writes a lengthy letter from Yreka, California dated November 30, 1902. He and Wallace WOLFE left Williamstown September 1; gives description and conditions in California.

Ad for Executor's [Jas. D. McMILLAN Sale of the property of the Thomas and Mrs. Ann CONROY, both deceased, on Fork Lick near T. J. GOUGE, Saturday, December 20, 1902.

Mason News:
1. Alfred ISAACS, a wealthy widower from Indianapolis, visited relatives here after an absence of 26 years.
2. Wm. DUVALL Jr. did of typhoid fever and was buried her Saturday of last week; parents survive.
3. The children of Mrs. Tom CONROY, deceased, will soon leave for Texas to live with their aunt, Mrs. Eliza ROACH.
4. Born to the wife of Edmond LANDRUM, a boy.

Miss Agnes FORD died in Williamstown and was buried Tuesday; funeral at house.

Mrs. Julia WALLACE, widow of Jas WALLACE, died at her home about 1-1/2 miles west of town, Tuesday, December 2, 1902, aged 83; was buried in Williamstown Cemetery THursday, December 4; as mother of six children, four of whom survive: James G. and John WALLACE, Mrs. DORSEY who was Mrs. REDNOWER of Cherry Grove; deceased's main name was HUTCHINSON; came from Cordova neighborhood 50+ years ago to where she lived when she died.

Parole granted to Dr. J. L. MASSIE of Owen County who was serving [since c1894] a life sentence for the murder of one of Owen's most respected farmers, Jess HONAKER, about 13 years ago; will leave Kentucky; was popular physician. --Democrat.

About People:
1. Miss Cora CRAM  will visit her grandmother, Mrs. E. GRACE in New Orleans.
2. Mrs. Addie TULLY of Danville, Illinois visited her aunt, Mrs. John LEMON.

Agnes, daughter of Mrs. Nettie CHILDERS, died at her home Sunday, December 7, of lingering consumption; had just passed her 32nd birthday.

December 18 ,1902:
Missionaries, Rev. Willard G. CRAM and his wife Rosella HOGAN CRAM arrived at their destination, Songdo, Korea on the 14th of November.

Downingsville News: People shocked to hear last Saturday of the sudden death of George SALYERS of Cincy, the son of James SALYERS of this place.

Mason News: Ped HICKS died the 13th [December 1902].

Dry Ridge News:
1. Raymond SNOW is wearing a smile, it's a girl, born the 8th [December 1902].
2. Calvin MARTIN and sister, Miss Iva Dealtha, of Cynthiana, visited relatives heres.

Rev. Abner MEACHAM, father of Charley MEACHAM of The Kentuckian, died December 11, 1902.

Dry Ridge News:
1. J. M. HENDERSON and Mrs. Elizabeth Minerva GUTHRIE were married by Elder J. S. STEERS at the Dry Ridge M. E. CHurch last Wednesday; groom is half brother of Mrs. Sant WAYLAND; bride is daughter of Uncle Solomon NICHOLS, deceased; second marriage for both as they lost their former companions by death a few years ago.
2. J. Rob CONRAD and Charley CONRAD, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Newt CONRAD, left to buy land and locate at Hamilton, Ohio.

Death's Harvest:
1. Charley SARGENT, son-in-law of James KELLS, who lived over near the Pendleton line, died Wednesday, December 10, 1902 and was buried at Mt. Moriah Christian Church, near Falmouth, Thursday; leaves widow and two sons.
2. Lewis GILTNER died at his home near Stewartsville on Thursday, December 11, 1902 and was buried in Williamstown Cemetery Friday; leaves wife and 4 or 5 children, the youngest only a few weeks old.
3. George SALYERS, son of Jas. SALYERS [the Downingsville postmaster], died Saturday, December 13, 1902, at his Cincinnati home, married daughter of M. D. ELLISTON about a year ago; leaves a wife and baby only two weeks old; buried in Williamstown.

Born to the wife of W. P. WEBSTER at his new home on the TULLY farm, Saturday, December 13, 1902, twin boys; one of them died on Monday morning.

Clarks Creek News:
1. Mrs. Malinda CROUCH visited her sister, Mrs. Rhoda McKINSEY.
2. Lonnie GORDON of this place and Miss Rita FERRELL of Mt. Zion, were married at the bride's home Wednesday. [Abstracter's note: Mr. Gordon was a pall bearer at the recent funeral of Miss Agnes FORD, q.v., who died at a young age. One wonders if her youthful death prompted Mr. Gordon to propose to Miss FERRELL sooner than he might have otherwise.]

Ed FOGLE of Gum Lick died Monday in the striped[?] house near Sherman, and his remains were carried to Gum Lick Tuesday by Anton GUTMAN.

December 25 ,1902:
Dry Ridge News: Last Sunday Joe MOREHEAD died suddenly at home, alone with his three little children, while his wife ran 3/4 mile to summon a doctor at her neighbor's house, Mr. VICE; funeral was Tuesday at Knoxville Baptist Church.

Oak Ridge News: Ora HIGHTOWER will spend the winter with her sister, Mrs. Clark LITTELL, in Louisville.

Jonesville News:
1. Mrs. Katie CALENDER of Stewartsville was buried in the Masonic Cemetery at this place last Sunday.
2. M. T. WILSON and Miss Iva HARRIS were married at the home of J. D. RENNECKER last Thursday.

Mason News:
1. Earnest HARRISON, who was killed near Corinth last Thursday by a train, was buried here Friday.
2. Miss Hester BILLITER, daughter of John BILLITER, died at the Cincy Hospital THursday of pneumonia; buried here Saturday at Grassy Run Church.
3. Born to the wife of Lee FORTNER on the 19th [December 1902], a boy.

A Grant County boy, Dr. J. C. CHIPMAN, has a thriving practice and drugstore at Sterling, Logan County, Colorado.

Two marriages on December 18, 1902: Col. Dave COLSON married a Miss ELLIOTT of Texas, and Gen. Dave MURRAY married a Miss MOORMAN of Breckinridge County.  

Miss Artha DUNAWAY of Colemansville died at her home, December 19, 1902 of consumption; was a sister of Mrs. Wm. GRUBBS of this place.  

Last Issue of the Year 1902.

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