Conductor Jas. DAUGHERTY,
24, recently married to the daughter of J. W. SHIELDS, was badly injured
when uncoupling cars here [Jessamine County] Wednesday; raised near
Williamstown.
Volume
1V
January
1, 1903:
Conductor Jas. DAUGHERTY,
24, recently married to the daughter of J. W. SHIELDS, was badly injured
when uncoupling cars here [Jessamine County] Wednesday; raised near
Williamstown.
Oak
Ridge News: Mrs. Jas. DAUGHERTY of Ludlow went to the wedding of her aunt,
Miss Xenia BURROUGHS.
Aquilla
JACKSON was charged with the killing of Claud McGUIRE at Dry Ridge on Christmas
Eve; McGUIRE lived a short time after the cutting which was done in front
of JUDY's Mill with what is known as a "hawk-bill" knife; was acting as a
peacemaker between young JACKSON and an older man of the name name; JACKSON
claims he acted in self-defense.
On
Christmas Eve (December 24, 1902) in Cincinnati, George WARE, a prosperous
farmer of Grant County, was married to Miss Grace HEARN by the pastor of
the 9th Street Baptist Church; were accompanied by his brother Frank, his
cousin, Clifford NADAUD, the Misses Dameron, and Thos. DEAN and wife; will
live with his mother just out of
Williamstown.
Ezra
[where is is?] News: Miss Sophia CARTER visited her sister, Mrs. Stella
PERRY.
Sherman
News:
1.
Mrs. Mary B. ROSSEL died on Christmas Day [1902] and was buried at Mt. Zion
on Saturday.
2.
Claud McGUIRE was buried at Mt. Zion on Thursday [December 25, 1902 or January
1, 1903?].
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Mrs. Eugene ECKLAR/ECKLER of Harrison County died last Friday [December 27,
1902]; funeral at home of J. N. ECKLER, father of bereaved husband; buried
Sunday in Eckler Graveyard.
2.
Mrs. Charley YORK presented her husband with a girl for a Christmas gift
on the 24th [December 1902].
About
People:
1.
Thomas HICKS of Mexico, Missouri, oldest son of Mrs. Sarah HICKS of Mason,
is at his old Kentucky home for the first time in nearly 15
years.
2.
Prof. Ward DICKEY of Washington, Mason County, where he is teaching in the
old stone court house built in 1894, visited his brother, J. H. DICKEY, cashier
of the Deposit Bank.
George
W. SIMPSON Sr. of the Heekin neighborhood died very suddenly Tuesday, December
30, 1902, of a violent vomiting spell without having spoken a word; died
at the home of his son, General, where he lived; was father of a large and
highly respectable family of sons and daughters; all married and many of
whom live in Grant County; buried at Williamstown
Wednesday.
Frankfort,
Kentucky, December 26 [1902]. Edward ADAMS, 22, was shot and killed by George
BEAN over BEAN's testimony vs. him; ADAMS had stabbed BEAN seriously in the
neck.
In
Memory. Mrs. Kate CALENDER, daughter of D. H. and Elizabeth CALENDER, was
born February 22, 1874 and died December 20, 1902; married Ethelbert LOOMIS,
son of E. K. LOOMIS, son of E. K. LOOMIS, May 6, 1892, who died December
30, 1892; in 1894 she married Noah CALENDER to whom three girls were born,
two of whom are dead; Baptist since age 14; leaves husband, one little daughter,
parents, one sister, three brothers to mourn her; buried in Masonic Cemetery
at Jonesville; four verses follow, signed, Her Loving
Mother.
Jonesville
News: Finnie POINTS, son of Dr. J. T. POINTS, of Sherman, is learning banking
from his brother-in-law, cashier E. E.
BLACKBURN.
January
8, 1903:
Mrs. Addie E. ENGLISH died
January 1, 1903 at her cottage home near the Baptist Church [Williamstown],
where her funeral was held Saturday January 3; had accepted Christ as her
Savior.
The
marriage of Hon. Hugh P. COOPER of Lebanon to Miss Amelia PEARSON of Harrodsburg
will be January 28, 1903.
Rev
George NEEDHAM, 64, member of the Louisville Conference and oldest brother
of the editor, died at the home of his son, Charles A. NEEDHAM at Solway,
Hardin County, Kentucky, January 6,
1903.
Notice:
Elizabeth MUSSELMAN, Admx. of J. H. MUSSELMAN,
deceased.
Born
to the wife of James BROWN, Stewartsville, a boy, January 3,
1903.
About
People:
1.
Miss Dasie CUNNINGHAM of Switzer went to the funeral of her aunt, Mars. Addie
ENGLISH on Saturday and visited her sister, Mrs. D. C. POINTS.
2.
Mrs. Hiram BERRY, sister of the late Mrs. Addie E. ENGLISH, visited her niece,
Mrs. D. C. POINTS.
3.
E. C. CRABB and wife of Hardinsburg visited her brother, H. P.
WILLIS.
December
1902 Marriage Licenses, Grant County,
Kentucky:
Grooms
Brides
W.
J. NICHOLS, 28 - Louisa McCORMICK,
20
Albert
KING, 23 - Isabel OSBORN, 22
Joseph
WINTERLING, 32 - Maude FLORENCE,
17
John
BAXTER, 23 - Annie COOK, 19
J.
M. HENDERSON, 57 - Mrs. Eliza M. GUTHRIE,
55
Clarence
DEITZ, 20 - Cora GARRETT, 18
Tom
KARGER, 31 - Anna May POWERS,
20
John
A. ODER, 26 - Claudie WILLIAMS,
18
Henry
DUNN, 23 - Zena M. BURROUGHS,
23
William
SEBREE, 23 - Mattie LAWRENCE,
21
Samuel
DUNAWAY, 21 - Bettie MOZEE, 18.
January
15, 1903:
In County Court Monday, the
wills of Wm. RENNECKAR, Addie E. ENGLISH, and Louis GILTNER were admitted
to probate; Sheriff W. H. BARKER was appointed administrator of estate of
Hampton COLLINS, deceased; two sons, J. N. and J. D. RENNECKAR were named
executors of their father's estate; Mrs. ENGLISH gave everything to her niece,
Mrs. D. C. POINTS whom she raised; GILTNER names his wife executrix and leaves
all to her in her widowhood; COLLINS gave all to his daughter, Mrs. M. J.
HEDGES, and named her executrix, but she never qualified as
same.
In
Memoriam. Mrs. Nancy LUCAS died at the home of her son, Jos. LUCAS, on Main
Street [Covington, Kentucky], December 30, 1902; was born December 7, 1832;
lived much of her life in Grant County where she has many relatives; joined
Baptist Church about 50 years ago; married W. T> LUCAS on April 30, 1855;
he died about 16 years ago; funeral was by the writer, G. W. HILL, at son's
home Thursday, January 1, 1903; one son, two daughters, one brother, and
two sisters survived; buried Friday, January 2 beside her husband in the
Williamstown Cemetery.
William
RENNECKAR who died at his home near Dry Ridge on Friday, January 9, 1903,
was buried Sunday at Jonesville; was about 80 years
old.
Jolly
Ridge News: Born to the wife of J. P. BROWN, a
boy.
About
People:
1.
Henry SCOTT of Harrison County visited his brother, Dr. J. T.
SCOTT.
2.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. BROWN of Owenton visited her parents, Dr./Mrs. J. T. SCOTT.
3.
Mrs. Elizabeth PORTER visited her two daughters, Mrs. WORMLY and Miss Daisy
PORTER at Memphis, TN.
Heekin
News: G. A. WILLIS of Walkerville, Illinois visited his mother after ten
years.
Public
Sale of Land and Personality, near Crittenden Saturday, January 17, 1903,
Robt. KLINESMITH Sr. and Jr.
Mason
News:
1.
Born to the wife of Clarence Gray on the 5th, a
girl.
2.
Born to the wife of Ira ROBINSON on the 9th, a
boy.
3.
Born to the wife of John LAWRENCE, a
girl.
Holbrook
News:
1.
Born to the wife of J. C. STARNES, a
girl.
2.
The wife of Presley REED, who was a short time ago adjudged insane and sent
to the asylum, is dead.
Mt.
Zion News: Mrs. Rosa GLAUB and daughter, Allie, of Crittenden, visited Mrs.
Nannie COLLIER.
January
22, 1903:
Hon. T. J. (Uncle Jeff) GOUGE,
80, and his wife returned from visiting their daughters at Huntington, West
Virginia.
W. H. MOORE sold all his horses and livery stable; will leave for Oregon about the middle of February.
About
People:
1.
Louis DAHLING,s on of H. C. DAHLING, of Cincinnati, visited his
parents.
2.
Mrs. J. W. FISK and son, Henry, visited M. C. COLLINS.
3.
Miss Josie WEBB visited Mrs. Lilly B. SMITH, of Lexington, and her daughter,
Willye O'HARA SMITH.
4.
R. M. LUCKY visited his aunt, Mrs. W. C. ELY at Dayton,
Ohio.
Births:
1.
Last Thursday night the wife of Gus PRICE presented him with a
boy.
2.
Sam SACHEM, who married Miss Cora RANSOM, is the father of a baby
boy.
3.
Born to the wife of John SKINKLE of Oak Ridge neighborhood, Sunday night,
a boy.
O. M. PAYNTER of Illinois and Miss Elizabeth BLAINE were married at the home of her father, R. C. BLAINE, Thursday, January 15, 1903 by Rev. J. D. REDD.
J. R. LEMON named Executor of D. W. WILLIAMS, deceased.
January
29, 1903:
John CONRAD is now at Henrietta,
I.T. [Indian Territory], setting up his three boys, Hugh, Guy, and Walter,
in farming.
Oak
Ridge News: Rev. PETTY is in Kansas settling the estate of his late
father-in-law, Wm. GRIFFITH.
Mrs.
Florence McIlvane JAMES, wife of W. P. JAMES, died Friday, January 23, 1903,
at her South Main Street home, Williamstown; leaves husband and two little
children; buried Sunday at Williamstown
Cemetery.
Judge
Horatio Washington BRUCE died in Louisville, Thursday, January 22,
1903.
Mrs.
Elizabeth TURNER, widow of John A. TURNER, died in Kansas City Saturday,
January 17, 1903, aged 82; her remains were brought to her old home at Mason
and buried beside her husband Tuesday, january 20; was sister of Mrs. Julia
WALLACE who died only 3 or 4 weeks ago; funeral at Mt. Pleasant Christian
Church the 4th Sunday in February.
Willard
FORTNER of the Lawrenceville area, who has been in the army since 1887, has
been allowed a pension of $10 a month; served at Ft. Keo, Montana, in Texas,
Mt. Vernon, Alabama, Ft. Thomas, Kentucky, and Ft. Houston, Texas; experiences
with Indians in far West.
Andrew
KUHN, 86, died at the home of his daughter, MRs. John BURK, Jonesville, Kentucky,
January 14, 1903 of heart trouble; left two daughters, Mrs. BURK and Miss
Susie KUHN; member of Macedonia Baptist Church; buried at Clarks Creek January
16.
In
Memoriam: Wellington SAYERS died of consumption at the home of his mother,
Mrs. Mary E. GOUGE (nee CASON) in Williamstown, January 13, 1903; was born
October 26, 1869; reared mostly in Williamstown; worked in Cincinnati for
Weber & Company, saloonists; died out of the church; buried in Williamstown
Cemetery; leaves his mother, three brothers, and one sister to mourn; one
brother lives in Tennessee. Signed
A.L.S.
Mrs.
Hettie F. SCROGGIN, 85, wife of G. W. SCROGGIN, died December 20, 1902; joined
Grassy Run Baptist Church at 14; in 1889 joined Mt. Olivet Christian Church;
kind, loving, devoted wife and mother. Signed Her Husband and
Children.
February
5, 1903:
Mt. Zion News: Mrs. Frank
WILLIAMS of near Richwood visited her daughter, Mrs. Robert
FRANKS.
Oak
Ridge News: Miss Florence WESTOVER visited her aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth CHARBONNEAU,
of Franklin Ohio.
Jolly
Ridge News:
1.
Misses Anna and Jennie BLAINE visited their sister, Mrs. John FLEGE, of
Salem.
2.
Miss Nell CHILDERS visited her cousin, Miss Anna
SCROGGIN.
3.
Ed. DUNLAP and of of Covington have returned to the home of his mother, Mrs.
Will DUNLAP.
Mrs.
James BEVERLY of Eagle Hill returned from a Cincinnati operation with a 2-1/2
pound cancer removed. --Folsom item in the Warsaw
Independent.
Howard
HUTSELL will serve 18 years of hard labor for taking the life of David BARTIN
in July, 1902. --Pendletonian.
About
People:
1.
Miss Kathryn REDDICK of Georgetown visited her brother, P. H.
REDDICK.
2.
Robert M. LUCKY returned from a Dayton, Ohio visit with his aunt, Mrs. W.
C. ELY, and will soon depart for New Orleans Mardi
Gras.
3.
Mrs. W. W. POINTS visited her sister, Mrs. E. T.
CRAM.
Mark
TWAIN [Samuel CLEMENS] bequeathed his skull to Cornell
University.
Fairview
News: C. GARDNER if the father of a
girl.
Mason
News:
1.
Tom HICKS and daughter of Mexico, Missouri visited relatives here.
2.
John SEBREE and Miss LAWRENCE were married at the Bride's home Wednesday
evening.
3.
Born to the wife of Pink NEAL of Cherry Grove, January 26, a
girl.
4.
Born to the wife of David GREEN of Heekin, January 31, a
girl.
February
12, 1903:
Another County Court Killing,
at Bart SIMMONS' Saloon, Frank MUSSELMAN the Victim; Ben F. LANTER charged
with Murder. "You have insulted me three time today [Monday, February 9,
1903]. I will not stand it longer!" cried LANTER to MUSSELMAN as he plunged
his knife into the side of MUSSELMAN's neck up to its jaws, severing his
jugular; was dead in less than three hours; MUSSELMAN cried out, "Why BEN!
What did you cut me for?"; MUSSELMAN had just inherited a fine estate from
his deceased father, J. H., and was perfectly sober; LANTER is a thrifty,
industrious, and successful farmer when sober but was drinking; funeral was
Wednesday with burial by his father in Williamstown Cemetery. [Tombstone
reads, "J. Frank MUSSELMAN, 1858-1903", according to CHANDLER, page
312.]
Aquilla
JACKSON was indicted for killing Claude McGUIRE at Dry Ridge on Christmas
eve.
Sherman
News: Elmer FERRELL of Mt. Zion visited his aunt, Addie
ATKINS.
New
Eagle Mills News:
1.
Lottie, daughter of F. B. ARNOLD, died January 27 after a few weeks of
consumption of the head; buried at Wesleys Chapel
Cemetery.
2.
Born to the wife of G. A. PETTIT, January 31, a
girl.
Card
of Thanks from the children [J. D., Ella, and Katie POWERS] reference the
death of their mother, Annie POWERS on January 24,
1903.
In
Memoriam:
1.
James Harvey BROWN died at his home one mile west of Dry Ridge, Friday, November
14, 1902; poem follows, signed "His brother and sister, Thomas and Corinne
Brown."
2.
George W. SALYERS died December 13, 1902 at his home, 1139 Sherman Avenue,
Cincinnati, aged 24, poem follows, signed, "His friends, Elmer KINMAN and
Wm. M. McCOY."
Eli
HENRY, 82, died THursday, February 5, 1903, on the farm of his son, Charles
HENRY, of Cincinnati, over near the Pendleton line; buried at Crooked Creek
Church Yard burying ground.
P.
J. RENNECKAR, Administrator of Wm. HUMPHREYS'
estate.
Stewartsville
News: Dan BOLES now lives with his mother-in-law, Ms. Ann
McGOWAN.
Sale
of personal property of James NORTHCUTT, Gardnersville, Kentucky, Thursday,
February 26, 1903.
February
19, 1903:
R. H. WARE, the manager at
Miller Restaurant, will be married Wednesday in Danville,
Ky.
Mrs.
S. M. BEACH died at her home near Mt. Zion, Grant County, Kentucky, Monday,
February 9, 1903 of consumption; was born June 21, 1850; joined Mt. Zion
Baptist Church at 15; married July 15, 1869 to T. J. BEACH; they had eight
children; five boys and three girls; six of whom are living--four boys and
two girls; devoted wife and mother; buried at Mt. Zion Church Wednesday,
February 11.
Letter
to the Editor from John F. BROWN and wife dated February 4, 1903, Alhambra,
California; tells of travels across
country.
Miss
Mary A. RICE has purchased the news newspaper plant at Ghent, Carroll County,
and on February 13 issued Vol. 1, No. 1, of The Ghent News.
Lawrenceville News: Green HOWARD visited his son, William, in Cincinnati.
Mt.
Zion News:
1.
Born to the wife of P. H. WEBSTER, February 13, a
girl.
2.
Mrs. Elizabeth STEWART of Sherman returned from a visit with her daughter,
Mrs. R. VAUGHN.
3.
F. M. LAWRENCE will spend several months with his son, G. H., in Avondale,
Ohio.
4.
C. M. FERRILL and son Elmer visited W. T. OSBORN and wife.
About
People:
1.
Mrs. Mary E. ARNOLD of Shamrock, Missouri is the cousin of Capt. A. G. DeJARNETTE
and Hon. M. D. GRAY.
2.
R. D. ADAMS visited his sister, Mrs. John ROGERS of Dayton,
Ohio.
Heekin
News:
1.
Mrs. Elizabeth GREEN and Mr. Ezekiel STEPHENS and wife ill move to Kansas
March 14.
2.
C. L. HARRISON, Mrs. Anna HARRISON, P. G. HARRISON, wife, and grandson visited
their sister, Mrs. Susie
DITZLER.
3.
Uncle Dan HARRISON's funeral was last Sunday at Mason.
February
26, 1903:
Corinth
News:
1.
Mrs. J. E. WESTOVER and daughter, Miss Pearl, visited Mrs. Clint SMALLEY
of Franklin, Ohio.
2.
Miss Erie CASON and mother returned from a cousin's funeral at
Knoxville.
Sherman
News: The Charley CALDWELL family left to reside at Saline County,
Missouri.
Married:
1.
W. C. WYNN, Owen County farmer, and Miss Lulie MOORE, daughter of Riley MOORE
of this county; after securing a license were married Wednesday, February
25, 1903 in Williamstown at the Moore
House.
2.
Miss Sallie UPDIKE, daughter of Bud UPDIKE of Clark's Creek, was married
at the home of W. T. HARRISON, to John COLSTON of Heekin, Wednesday [February
25, 1903] by Rev. J. D. REDD.
3.
February 4, 1903, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. BRACHT, their second
daughter, Miss Batta, was married to J. Robert CONRAD of Dry Ridge by Rev.
J. D. REDD; groom is son of Mr. and Mr. I. N.
CONRAD.
Miss
Hallie Rice MYERS of this [which?] county and R. H. WARE of Williamstown
were married last Wednesday at the home of the bride on the Lexington Pike
by Rev. H. C. GARRISON; bride is Boyle County native. --Kentucky
Advocate, February 20.
Lawrenceville
News:
1.
Born to the wife of Wm. ODOR, February 20, a
girl.
2.
William CLEMENTS and Miss Anna NORTH were married at the home of the groom
February 20.
3.
Willie WINTER visited his brothers, George and Walter, in the Queen
City.
J.
W. WEBB, cashier of the Bank of Williamstown was 42 on Tuesday, February
24, 1903.
Ben
F. LANTER who killed Frank MUSSELMAN was admitted
bail.
Marriage
Licenses Issued in Grant County - January
1903:
1.
Joseph WINTERLING, 32 - Maude FLORENCE,
17.
2.
Wm. CLAYPOLE, 21 - Jane BAXTER,
20.
3.
O. M. PAYNTER, 28 - Elizabeth BLAINE,
24.
W.
H. MORGAN, 26 - Susie T. BRACHT,
19.
J.
M. SEBREE, 29 - Lillie LAWRENCE,
22.
Riley
COOK, 27 - Mary LANDARD, 15.
Marriage
Licenses Issued in Grant County - February
1903:
1.
Samuel T. KINMAN, 28 - Emma CAMMACK,
20.
2.
W. B. WILLIS, 28 - Attie SCROGGIN,
21.
3.
N. W. McKINSEY, 30 - Rosa McKINSEY,
19.
4.
Robert CONRAD, 24 - Batta A. BRACHT,
25.
March
5, 1903:
About
People:
1.
Wm. PRICE Dry Ridge, is past
84.
2.
Mrs. Mary E. GREEN and her nephew, E. F. STEPHENS and family, left Heekin
Saturday for Stafford, Kansas where Mrs. GREEN's brother, Dr. J. N. ROSE,
lives; will make their home
there.
3.
W. W. BLAINE, son of R. C. BLAINE, left to farm in
Illinois.
4.
John C. TURLEY of Cincinnati reports the death of his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Charley TYE, of Cincy, February 15, 1903; was formerly Miss McGOWAN, a sister
of Daniel McGOWAN, deceased of the Stewartsville neighborhood.
Dr.
B. K. MENEFEE, a Grant County boy and brother to our Dr. A. V. MENEFEE, now
of Oakland, Illinois, will return to Kentucky and locate at
Walton.
Surprise
elopement of Miss Ethel McKINLEY with Joe L. DOER of Covington, were married
in Covington Monday [March 2, 1903?] by Rev.
CARLISLE.
Memorial
Resolutions for Florence M. JAMES by Rose Rebekah Lodge: was wife of W. P.
JAMES; died January 23, 1903.
March
12, 1903:
Sudden, unexpected death by
pneumonia of Anton GUTMAN, easily the first German citizen of Grant County,
at his home on the Myers place near Sherman, Tuesday, March 10, 1903; came
to U. S. as young man; married in early 1880s; had four children; funeral
Thursday, March 12 at Williamstown Catholic Church; pall bearers are kinsmen,
John, George, Wm. and Joseph GUTMAN, and John LEMPP, and W. H. WEBER; buried
in Williamstown Cemetery.
Mason
News: Miss Nettie MULLINS of Walton visited her sisters, Mrs. W. P. and J.
J. McGLASSON.
George
BOONE, Owen County, wife killer, got twenty-one
years.
Mrs.
Frank MUSSELMAN waived her right to Judge J. D. McMILLAN to be administrator
of her husband's estate.
The
remains of John William ECKLER, son of "Honest Sam" ECKLER, who died recently
at his home near Knoxville, Kentucky, were brought to the Williamstown Cemetery
for burial Tuesday [March 10]; due to caving of the walls of the grave, his
remains were placed in the vault.
About
People:
1.
Miss Ada TRISLER of Cleveland visited her aunt, Mrs. J. D.
COBB.
2.
Frank SNELLING of Bethel, Bath County, visited his uncle Squire J. M.
THOMPSON.
3.
Judge J. D. McMILLAN went to the Frankfort funerl of his brother-in-law,
Ed Porter THOMPSON, former Kentucky Superintendent of Public Instruction
under Gov. John Young BROWN.
4.
Mrs. Frank WARREN, Louisville, who was with her mother, Mrs. Hiram ELLISTON,
was called home for the Sunday death of her brother-in-law, Charles
WARREN.
5.
Wm. STROUD is the proud father of a 15 pound boy, born Saturday at home.
Photo
of S. B. SECHRIST and account of his fatal accident: Monday [March 9]. "Chuck"
accidentally shot himself in the abdomen while cleaning a pistol; died Tuesday
[March 10] with his sister, katie, and his brothers, J. T., H. A., and O.
G. SECHRIST present; buried Thursday at Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Richard
HIGHTOWER, past 90, father of Raleigh HIGHTOWER of the Gum Lick area, died
at the home of his son on Friday, March 6, 1903; was born August 6, 1812,
probably in Illinois; good health until six week ago when taken with the
grip.
W.
H. MOORE left Thursday for Oregon City, Oregon, where he may make his future
home.
Mrs.
Amanda Carter McDOWELL, 71, died Thursday [March 3?] at the home of Mr. E.
THOMPSON, buried Sunday in Georgetown Cemetery beside her husband, Jas. hervie
McDOWELL who died some years ago; --Georgetown Times.
March
19, 1903:
Corinth News:
1.
Jefferson [Jeff] MORGAN of Covington was brought here last Wednesday for
burial in Morgan Cemetery; was son of W. B. MORGAN, just entering manhood,
died of la grip.
2.
Prof. S. C. McINTOSH, principal of Corinth School, left for a college position
at Louisville, MS.
Worth
A. BARNES, son of J. O. BARNES< and Miss Grace TANNER< daughter of
C. W. TANNER, were married Thursday, March 12, 1903 by Elder J. S.
STEERS.
Alonzo
EVANS and Miss Maud May FRANKS were married at the home of W. T. HARRISON
in Williamstown, [Wednesday March 18, 1903] by Rev. J. D.
REDD.
G.
W. DAHLING, brother of H. C. DAHLING of Williamstown died at his home at
West Fork, Ohio last Thursday [March 12]; buried Sunday in Spring Grove Cemetery,
Cincinnati; nearly 52; leaves wife, three children, four brothers, and three
sisters.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Photo of Miss Utha DICKERSON, the step-granddaughter of Mrs. Kate
NORTHCUTT.
2.
Marion GIBSON and Miss Rebecca WEBB were married last Wednesday [May 11 or
18?] by Rev. J. A. Davis, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
WEBB.
About
People:
1.
Mrs. Rev. J. W. SIMPSON visited her daughters, Mrs. C. O. PORTER and Mrs.
E. B. ClARK.
2.
Mrs. C. O. HULETT and son, Calvert, visited Mrs. Effie MUSSELMAN at
Corinth.
3.
Miss Mattie WEBB of Cordova visited her sister, Mrs. SMITH, of
Covington.
4.
Mrs. Kate TERRELL of Covington visited her brother, J. M. RIDDELL, for the
first time in 15 years.
5.
Donald GUTMAN of Frankfort came over for the Thursday funeral of his brother,
Anton GUTMAN, as did his brother-in-law, John LEMPP, of Spring
Station.
March
26, 1903:
Dry Ridge News: "Did you see
those broad smiles on Wesley BARNES' face: Mother and baby boy are doing
well. Born Saturday March 21, 1903.
Mrs.
Ann ROGERS, 84, died at the [Grant County] Infirmary Monday, March 23, 1903;
was buried at the Clarks Creek Church
Tuesday.
Folsom
News:
1.
J. M. KINMAN's mother died last
Sunday.
2.
Born to the wife of Lee SCOTT, the 13th, a
boy.
Hanks
News: Miss Hattie DELPH of Hanks and F. WEBSTER were married at Warsaw, March
6, 1903.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Mrs. Roxie FLYNN of Cincy visited her parents, the Jack OATS
family.
2.
Mrs. Mary STEWARD of Cincy went to the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Emma
BOLES.
3.
Born to the wife of Wesley BARNES, a
boy.
Mason
News:
1.
Born to the wifes of lewis COOK and Newt MIKEL each, a
girl.
2.
Born to the wife of John ROLAND and Wm. HARRISON each, a
boy.
3.
Died on the 23rd, the infant child of Frank LINKS, sick for 7 weeks in
CIncy.
Downingsville
News:
1.
Miss Gracie KENNEDY of Mt. Zion visited her sister, Mrs. Josie
PRICE.
2.
Miss Belle WEBSTER visited her sister, Mrs. Ed.
BERKLEY.
3.
Mrs. Annie HILL visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
SALYERS.
4.
Tom RENAKER has bought the Milton BICKERS from for $750 cash in
hand.
Letter
from Clinton, Kentucky attorney looking for Grant County heirs of the estate
of Henry and Harriett [nee Miss STEPHENS]; she bought Hickman County land
in 1848.
Mrs.
J. M. MIDDLETON [nee DAWALT], 39, died near Knoxville, Kentucky the 13th
of consumption; she said, "It is nothing to die when you believe."; leaves
a husband and four sons (the youngest nine months old), an aged mother, sister,
and three brothers; funeral was Sunday at Christian CHurch by Rev. Wm. NIX
of Sweet Owen, who married them 13 years ago; was buried in cemetery
nearby.
About
People:
1.
Miss Claudiana RATCLIFF of Oxford, Ohio visited her cousin, Miss Kate
VALLANDINGHAM.
2.
Richard SEE of Heekin left Wednesday to live at Rush Springs, I.T. [Indian
Territory].
April
2, 1903:
Public sale of residence and
saloon of J. L. LEE in Williamstown, April 16, 1903.
John
William ECKLER, aged 55 years, 1 month, 17 days, died March 11, 1903 at his
home 1-1/2 miles east of Dry Ridge, after long, painful illness of paralysis
of tongue and throat; eldest son of Samuel and Martha Ann ECKLER, deceased;
wife died about 3 years ago; survivors are one child, Geo. W. ECKLER, an
aged father, father-in-law and grandfather, Bro. DUNCAN (who has lived with
them for several years), three brothers (Abram, Esaw, and Geo.) and one sister,
Mrs. Rachael GRUELL; was born January 18, 1848; married Barbara Ann DUNCAN
October 21, 1869; buried at Williamstown Cemetery beside his wife after a
few days in the vault.
New
Eagle Mills News:
Jake
E. HEDGER and Jesse CHIPMAN left for California March 21st; james DEPP and
wife will go there soon.
Josie
CROOK WILLIAMS, wife of Ollie WILLIAMS, formerly of this place, died in a
Cincinnati hospital last week and was buried at Key West [KY]; leaves a husband
and three children; youngest only about a month
old.
Two
of Grant County's oldest men: "Gov." Thomas L. CLARK, 90, born November 4,
1812, and Robert "Uncle Bob" SHERIFF, 91, born March 26,
1812.
R.
H. O'HARA and Joe GLASCOCK visited their sister, Miss Pauline JOHNSON in
Cincy.
Judge
A. C. WHITE of Waynesville, Ohio visited his father-in-law, Fred
BURCH.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. G. BLACKBURN of Independence and Mr. and Mrs. Calvin FERREL
of Mt Zion visited their brother. W. T. S.
BLACKBURN.
2.
Mrs. G. W. TUCKER visited her daughter, Mrs. Sherlie POLLITT (mother of a
fine baby girl) at Ft. Thomas.
3.
John CONRAD is breaking prairie sod in the Indian Territory while his son,
Claud, run his farm here.
4.
Marion SAYERS will not go to
California.
5.
Mrs. O'NEAL and son, Corwin, of Verona, visited her daughter Mrs. Charley
RENAKER.
6.
Richard WAYLAND and Miss Ellie ALEXANDER were married last Thursday [March
26, 1903]]; live at groom's Dry Ridge
home.
Sherman
News:
1.
Broad smiles belong to Arthur McBEE - it's a
girl.
2.
Vardiman BEACH who left here in the [18]60s for Kansas City returned for
a visit.
Lawrenceville
News:
1.
Born to the wife of A. M. EVANS, March 23, 1903, a
boy.
2.
Born to the wife of Zona ROBINSON, a
girl.
April
9, 1903:
Rev. Joseph RAND, for seventeen
years a presiding elder in the Kentucky Conference and well-known in this
district, died at his Lexington home, Tuesday, March 31,
1903.
Williamstown
Personals:
1.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. BILLITER went to the Cynthiana funeral of his aunt, Mrs.
Mary NORTHCUTT.
2.
Mrs. Julia ANDERSON and two children visited her mother, Mrs. Lucy CLEMONS
at the Dry Ridge home of G. W. ECKLAR
Jr.
3.
The remains of the infant child of M. F. BENSON which died Monday night in
a Cincy Orphan Home, were brought to Williamstown Wednesday and placed in
a vault, to be buried next Sunday [April
12].
Dry
Ridge News: Geo. T. RENAKER and daughter, Miss Emma, of Robertson, Harrison
COunty, visited relatives here.
April
16, 1903:
Dry Ridge News:
1.
The John BROWN family who moved to California a few months ago are back.
2. Mrs. Amity BLANCHET and two daughters, Misses Allie and Lillie, visited
at Jerry S. CARTER's.
3.
Mrs. Effie BLACKFORD and little daughter, Edna, of Wilmore, visited her mother,
Mrs. Kate NORTHCUTT.
Dry
Ridge News: Geo. T. Local and Personal [this column replaces the one titled,
About People"]:
1.
Mrs. H. C. DAHLING, son Ralph, and daughter, Ruth, visited her sister, Mrs.
B. W. DAHLING, in Cincy.
2.
Pat GOALEY and wife of Stewartsville were summoned to the beside of her brother,
Mr. JONES, of Erlanger, who died
Sunday.
3.
Mrs. Mary DICKERSON and little sister, Tunis, and her father. Hon. W. W>
DICKERSON of Cincy, visited her uncle, R. T. DICKERSON in
Williamstown.
4.
M. W. DICKEY, brother of our J. H. DICKEY, was recently elected cashier of
the new bank at Milford, Bracken County; had charge of the Washington, Mason
County school for last two years.
Hon.
W. W. POINTS, former County Attorney of Grant, who moved to Pineville, Bell
County, to live and practice law.
John
B. KERR, brother of Mrs. Dr. WILSON of Williamstown, was recently promoted
to Colonel in the Army; graduated from West Point in 1870; was wounded at
the battle of San Juan Hill.
Barnes
Ridge News [first time column]:
Mrs.
J. O. BARNES was called to the Cincy bedside of her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
C. W. BARNES.
Public
Sale of personal property of Mrs. Jessie MUSSELMAN, including one of the
best libraries in Northern Kentucky, Saturday, April 18,
1903.
April
23, 1903:
Dry Ridge News:
1.
Tom CLEMENT, wife, and son Earle, of Covington, visited her sister, Mrs.
W. P. McLACHLAN.
2.
Misses Anna M. SCROGGIN and Lucy HARRISON visited their cousin, Miss Stella
LEMMON.
Sherman
News: Ira ROBINSON who moved to this place some two weeks ago and was employed
as a section hand on the railroad, was run over and killed by a tran Saturday
night [April 18, 1903] returning from Dry Ridge; remains shipped to Mason,
where his parents live, for
interment.
Miss
Cora CRAM visited her cousin, Mrs. Marion McDONALD of
Covington.
Walter
STEPHENS, son of W. L. STEPHENS, is now located at Bardwell, Kentucky, employed
by the Illinois Central railroad.
Stewartsville
News: Born to the wife of Jim BURNETT, a
boy.:
April
30, 1903:
Dry Ridge News: Elder Alson
W. STEERS of Seattle, Washington, visited John S. STEERS, his father and
grandfather are buried at Union, Boone County, Kentucky; may be related to
John.
Mason
News:
1.
The remains of Lawrence TRUITT were shipped here last Wednesday for
burial.
2.
Born to the wife of Wm. MORGAN on April 18, 1903, a
boy.
Sister
SPEER, the widow of Rev. S. W. SPEER, D. D. [who was in charge of the
WIlliamstown area circuit 10 or 12 years ago] died at Murfreesboro, Tennessee,
April 14, after only 10 days of
illness.
N.
B. STEPHENS, son of W. L., left for w. Kentucky to join his brother, Walter,
working for Illinois Central
railroad.
Mt.
Pleasant News: Ora HIGHTOWER visited her sister, Mrs. Clark
LITTELL.
Sherman
News: John PENICK and wife of Covington visited their daughter, Mrs. Alf
SPILMAN..
May
7, 1903:
Col. Wm. LINDSAY of Owen County
was buried yesterday; was president of Farmers Nat'l Bank; one of the best
lawyers; leaves wife, three children, two sons and one daughter, the wife
of F. C. GREENE, editor of News-Herald; older son, Joe LINDSAY, lives
at Winchester; Wm. LINDSAY Jr. lives here. -Owenton Special in
Courier-Journal, April 29.
Death
of Walter S. BRONSTON of Lexington, Monday, by accidentally dropping a revolver,
like Chick SECHREST did.
Attorney
Alfred M. BROWN, 92, of Elizabethtown, died Sunday, May
3.
Sketch
of Hon. Wm. Pryor THORNE of Henry County, a candidate for Lt. Governor; in
1866 he married Miss Annie Withers DICKERSON of Sherman, Grant County, who
is a sister to Hon. W. W. DICKERSON, Cincy, and R. T. DICKERSON of
WIlliamstown.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Miss Flora Belle SHEPARD of Georgetown College visited her aunt, Mrs. R.
A. COLLINS.
2.
Mrs. Laura GROSS and little son Jennings left to live at TIpton, Indiana,
where she will be a canning factory
bookkeeper.
3.
Dr. J. N. ALEXANDER will sell his Mason property and move to McPherson,
Kansas.
4.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T> WOLFE are the parents of Wallace, now of
California.
5.
Mrs. H. C. MUSSELLMAN, son and daughter, Frank and Jessie, left to live at
Oregon City, Oregon.
May
14, 1903:
Sudden death of Joel COLLIER
on Friday, May 8, 1903; lived on Fork Lick; was born October 6, 1850 in sight
of where he died; lived in Kansas for two years; had twice married and leaves
a widow and five children, all by his first wife and three of whom are married;
Lewis ATKINS, Chicago, married his eldest daughter; Melvin CRAMMER of Fork
Lick is a son-in-law; nearly 53; buried on his own farm in sight of
creek.
Mrs.
Clara BRASFIELD of Lexington visited her sister, Mrs. O. P.
ELLISTON.
Miss
May CLARKSON of Covington visited her aunt, Mrs. Urial
HARRISON.
Mrs.
Hiram ELLISTON and daughter, Mrs. Harry JOSEPH, visited relatives, Mr. and
Mrs. COATES.
Emmett
HOGAN and Brent DeJARNETTE left for
California.
N.
Kerr TUNIS is the executor of the estate of his mother, Mrs. Mary P. TUNIS
of Danville, Ky.
Tim
NEEDHAM, Courier editor, dissolved his law partnership with D. C.
POINTS May 12, 1903 by mutual
consent.
Sherman
News: Calvin FERRELL of Mt. Zion visited his brother-in-law, Charles
ATKINS.
May
21, 1903:
Corinth News: On May 15 Mrs.
JONES died; lived alone at her home but tenderly looked after her stepdaughter,
Mrs. J. E. WESTOVER; buried at Oddfellows
Cemetery.
Ira
ROBINSON, son of J. Q. and Treasy ROBINSON of Mason, was killed by a train
at Sherman April 18, 1903, aged 23 years and 6 months; leaves wife, parents,
four brothers and four sisters; funeral and burial at Mason Baptist Church
Cemetery; poetry, signed His loving wife, Lucy D.
ROBINSON.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. A. BURGESS went to her ill son, James, at Granite City,
Illinois.
2.
Mrs. Jas. T. WILLIS, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Wallace GARRISON
of Union, Boone County, Jos. VIOLETTE and daughter, Miss Sadie of Crittenden
visited their father, D. C. F. VIOLETTE. --Napoleon item in Warsaw
Independent.
3.
Dr. R. H. O'HARA and son, C. E., were in Erlanger to see the doctor's
brother-in-law, Dr. Sam SCOTT, up in his 80s and feeble.
Married
on May 6, 1903, Garvey FORTNER and Miss Ina SKIRVIN, both of the Lawrenceville
area, and on May 7, 1903, Thos. B. STITH of Montgomery County, Kentucky married
Miss Ada SCROGGIN of Grant; both were married by Rev. W. T. ELLIS; Ina was
Grassy Run Church organist; STITHs will go to Montgomery
County.
May
28, 1903:
W. Lee HUME was stricken with
paralysis late Wednesday and taken to the home of his niece, Mrs. Minnie
NICHOLSON, where he died Saturday, May 23, 1903; elder brother of the HUME
Bros. firm; younger brother was J. M. HUME; was little over 72 and the son
of Joel B. and Mary K. HUME; was born, reared, and lived at the old homestead
north of Williamstown in sight of court house; never professed religion or
joined a church; buried in Williamstown Cemetery; only four left of family
of ten: J. M. HUME and Mrs. Mary HARRISON of Williamstown, Geo. H. HUME of
Missouri, and Mrs. Mildred CLARKSON of
Covington.
Mrs.
J. M. RIDDELL, sister of Judge H. Clay WHITE, died last Sunday, May 24; three
score ten, 5 years [what age?]; was wife and mother; buried at Burlington
[Boone County, Kentucky.]
Local
and Personal:
1.
Miss Laura LEVITT of Chicago visited her uncle, Jerome
MANOR.
2.
Mrs. Maggie HARRISON of Heekin visited her daughter, Mrs. J. Bon NEAL at
Hamilton, Ohio.
3.
Miss Susie BURCH visited her sisters, Mrs. A. L. SIDES and Mrs. A. C. WHITE
at Waynesville, Ohio.
Dr.
S. S. SCOTT formerly of Grant County died May 22 at his Erlanger home; buried
Williamstown Cemetery; fought at Lopez, Cuba; was a
Confederate.
The
remains of Manlius KIGHTLY, a stepson of N. P. POE, was killed Tuesday, May
26, 1903 in a railroad accident at Freedom, Pennsylvania - arrived Wednesday;
had been in Pennsylvania about a year.
June
4, 1903:
Fountain RIDDELL's funeral
was at Burlington Monday.
J.
P. FRANKS, foreman of the Grant Grand Jury. The case of Aquilla JACKSON for
killing Claud McGUIRE at Dry Ridge on Christmas Eve, 1902, was
handled.
Corinth
News: On Saturday, May 23, 1903, Harry ROSE died of consumption; was son
of T. B. ROSE and leaves his parents and two sisters; home funeral was on
Monday, then buried in family
cemetery.
The
remains of Mrs. Helen Grant MULLIKIN, who died at Anchorage May 12, 1903,
were brought home on the 15th; was buried in Williamstown Cemetery. [signed]
Martha A. ELLISTON, May 31, 1903.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Joe HANKINS of Cincy visited his aunt, Mrs. R. A.
COLLINS.
2.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. DOER of Covington visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
McKINLEY.
3.
Mrs. J. C. CALDWELL and brother, Evan SETTLE Jr. of Owenton, visited in
town.
4.
J. D. SEBREE and wife of Georgetown, Kentucky visited her mother, Mrs. Mary
L. CHILDERS, and sister, Mrs. Augusta
BARNES.
5.
Attorney Richard LEE, wife and two children of Georgetown visited the J.
L. LEE family.
6.The
remains of Mrs. Bettie RIDDELL, wife of Jas. M. RIDDELL, of Williamstown,
who died last Sunday were brought here and interred in the family lot in
the old cemetery; deceased was daughter of late Joel WHITE of Boone County,
and a sister of Wm. and Chas. WHITE; was in 76th year; leaves husband, two
sons, two daughters, and several grandchildren. --Burlington Recorder,
May 27.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Miss Ella MUNDY of Carrollton visited her sister, Mrs. R. L.
CONRAD.
2.
J. D. (Jeff) RENAKER, formerly of Jonesville, bought the home place of his
father, the late Wm. RENAKER.
3.
Mrs. Wm. GULICK of Falmouth visited her daughter, Mrs. J. C. B.
CONRAD.
Sherman
News: Mrs. (Everett) BLACKBURN of Berry and Mrs. Elva (Ed) BLACKBURN of
Jonesville visited their mother, Mrs. Hattie POINTS on Decoration
Day.
June 11,
1903:
Sherman
News:
1.
By a misstep in getting off the train Wednesday, May 26, during the storm,
Odus LUCAS was run over and killed; Christian Church
member.
2.
Wm. BOBBETT, of Crittenden and lately of Covington, was brought here to be
buried at Mt. Zion on Sunday.
Claysville
News:Born to the wife of W. E. CLAY, a
boy.
Frank
C. GREENE of the Owen News-Herald has sold his paper and plant to Messrs.
SALIN and BOURNE.
Mrs.
Dr. G. W. TUCKER and children of Dana, Indiana visited her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. J. T. SCOTT.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. Mamie O'BRIEN of Cincy visited her sister, Mrs. Jas. P.
WEBB.
2.
Albert CARLTON who married Miss Augusta BRACHT visited her
parents.
3.
Mrs. J. G. CARLISLE, son and daughter of Kansas, and Mrs. C. C> WEBSTER
of Covington visited her sister Mrs. Maude
BARNES.
4.
Mrs. J. D. REDD and son, Herman, visited her parents, Mr. and mrs. J. S.
MULLIKIN.
5.
Mrs. Tom NEAL of Birmingham, Alabama youngest sister of Mrs. M. D. GRAY,
died Thursday, June 4, 1903, leaving 7 children; was about
32.
6.
Cam WHITE of Waynesville, Oho visited his father-in-law, Fred
BURCH.
Will
C. BAKER, former Falmouth lawyer, Grant native, and son of W. J. BAKER of
Mt. Zion, died of cholera in a Manila Hospital May 27, 1903; reared on a
farm near Williamstown; a true Christian
gentleman.
John
Daniel LAWLESS, 81, was a companion Filibuster with Dr. S. S. SCOTT 9who
died recently) in the Lopez Expedition to Cuba, a soldier in the war of the
Rebellion; lately has been an inmate in the National Soldiers Home, Dayton,
Ohio, visited Mrs. PECK here.
Jolly
Ridge News:
1.
Misses Anna SCROGGIN and Lucy HARRISON visited their cousin, Miss Nell
CHILDERS.
2.
John HAGGARD, wife, and daughter, Ida, visited the Will SALYERS
family.
June 18,
1903:
Local and
Personal:
1.
Mrs. W. C. ELY of Dayton, Ohio visited her nephew, R. M.
LUCKY.
2.
Mrs. W. E. SULLIVAN and two sons of Glencoe visited her parents, Capt. and
Mrs. A. G. DeJARNETTE.
3.
Misses Lula and Julia McNAY, twins of the Jesse McNAYs, visited their cousin,
Miss Ora JUETT of Williamstown.
4.
Mrs. J. C. BROWN of Owenton and her sister, Mrs. Dr. TUCKER, visited their
parents, Dr./Mrs. J. T. SCOTT of N.
Williamstown.
5.
Charles BENTON of Pittsburg and wife, formerly Miss Morton RIDDELL of Covington,
visited J. M. RIDDELL.
June 25,
1903:
Overton S. HOGAN, who will
move his family to Owenton; his great-grandfather, Col. Jas. O'HARA, his
grandfather, Hon. E. H. SMITH, and his father, O. P. HOGAN, were all
lawyers.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. Belle M. TULLY left to visit her son, Dr. Lee H. TULLY, at Rockport,
Indiana.
2.
Mrs. Warren ELLISTON is hosting her sister-in-law, Mrs. J. E. LOWE, of
Covington.
3.
Raymond MATTHEWS, son of Dr. N. S> MATTHEWS, went to his mother's INNIS
family reunion at Columbus, Ohio.
Dr.
J. W. HALL decided to move from a good practice at Bloomington, Illinois,
to Chicago; went to Illinois eleven years ago from Kentucky. --Bloomington
Daily Bulletin.
Mrs.
Harry HARRISON and two children, Vivian and Charley, Mrs. J. B. BOYER, Miss
Lula BOYER, and Robt. BOYER visited the Duke INGRAM family at Napoleon, Gallatin
County.
Thomas
HASELWOOD of Lexington was once town city
marshal.
Corinth
News:
1.
Mrs. Katie BEARD and daughter, Bessie of Wilmore visited her parents, G.
M. MARSHALL and wife.
2.
Misses Mary and Stella TRIMNELL visited their brother Tom at
Lexington.
3.
Judge DORMAN of Owenton visited his son, W. G.
4.
Dr. SIDEBOTTOM was baptized by Rev. TAYLOR, pastor of the Baptist Church
in Eagle Creek at Natlee,
Sunday.
5.
Miss ALCOKE of Lexington visited her brother Elmer and sister, Mrs. Dr.
SIMMONS.
July
2, 1903:
Charles B. SKEGGS died at
Colorado Springs, June 25, 1903; Charley was for many years a railroad and
express agent at Corinth and Williamstown, leaving Colorado about 1895-96
on account of health.
J.
W. STATON of Brooksville died at his home of paralysis, June 27, and was
buried Tuesday, June 29, M. E. Church
member.
Three
Weddings Last Tuesday, June 30,
1903:
1.
George W. ECKLAR Jr. and Miss Amanda C. BILLITER obtained license/were married
at her father's (Rev. Wesley BILLITER) by Elder J. S. STEERS; her brother,
Eliljah BILLITER, was accidentally killed last week, but requested that she
not delay her wedding.
2.
Ernest C. HARDIN, a Livingston County County school teacher and relative
of Gen. P. Wat HARDIN, and Miss Jennie C. BLAINE, daughter of Captain R.
C. BLAINE, of the Stewartsville area, were married at bride's home by Rev.
J. D. REED.
3.
S. Robt. GILBERT, a livestock dealer of Lexington and Miss Ida M. HIXSON,
who came recently to Williamstown from Carroll County, married at the DICKERSON
home.
4.
Wednesday, July 1, 1903, Fred McMILLAN, son of Henry McMILLAN and Miss Nannie
VANLEUVEN were married by Rev. G. W. HILL at his Covington home.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Miss May CLARKSON of Covington visited her aunt, Mrs. U.
HARRISON.
2. Miss
Anna Belle MENEFEE of Covington visited her uncle, Dr. MENEFEE.
3.
Miss Sallie K. YANCEY of Lexington visited her brother, O. P.
HOGAN.
4.
Mrs. R. H. ELLISTON visited her ill mother, Mrs. Judge WILLIS in
Brooksville.
5.
Mrs. W. R. ELLISTON and two children, Virginia and Elizabeth, of Latonia,
her sister, Mrs. WIGGS of N. Superior, MN are with Mrs. Hiram
ELLLISTON.
6.
Miss Flora PEEBLES visited her uncle, E. PEEBLES, near Key
West.
Jas.
T. ASHCRAFT has a baby not quite 7 months olds which weights 30 pounds and
measures 21 inches around the chest and 22 inches around the hips. His mother
was Miss Anna WALLACE, daughter of Grimes WALLACE. She weighs 120 and Jim
130 pounds..
June
1903 Grant County Marriage Licenses
Issued:
George
WHALEY - Minnie A. BISHOP
Jesse
LEMMING - Grace HENDRICKS
Wilbert
HUTTON - Minnie Belle WEBSTER
Charles
W. VESTAL - Mamie CALDWELL
George
W. ECKLAR Jr. - Amanda C.
BILLITER
Ernst
C. HARDIN - Jennie BLAINE
Samuel
R. GILBERT - Ida M. HIXSON
Fred
McMILLAN - Nannie VANLEUVEN
Elijah
J. BILLITER, youngest child of Elder and Mrs. Wesley BILLITER, was born January
15, 1883 and died June 24, 1903; his father has been married twice, the first
time to Kate RENAKER of Berry, Harrison County, Kentucky, and the second
marriage was to Mattie ISAACS, to which union was born two children, one
boy and one girl; his sister is Amanda; never joined church; his accident
recounted (horse falling backward on him); while suffering he talked much
to his sister and mother about Heaven: knew he would die, saying, "I am going
to live with Jesus;" buried June 26 in Williamstown.
July
9, 1903:
Local and
Personal:
1.
Stewart CLARK of Covington visited his kinsman, Oscar
BEASLEY.
2.
J. G. ADAMS is the son of Dr.
ADAMS.
3.
Miss Verdelia BRACHT visited her sister, Mrs. A. W.
CARLTON.
4.
Mrs. D. C. POINTS and children visited her mother, Mrs. Kate CUNNINGHAM of
Scott County.
5.
Mrs. J. L. GRAY of Conway, Fleming County, visited her brother, J. H.
DICKEY.
6.
Miss Pearl McMILLAN of Georgetown is the daughter of Rev. Wm.
McMILLAN.
7.
Silas M. PAYTON of Elizabethtown and his 15 year old son, Walton, visited
his cousins, Mrs. Tim NEEDHAM and Mrs. Lucy R.
HOGAN.
8.
Mrs. Addie CONNER's daughters are Miss Lorena and Mrs. H. C.
DAILY.
9.
T. Porter DORSEY who married the widow KINSLAER went to his old home,
Flemingsburg.
July
16, 1903:
Judge Patrick Upshur MAJOR,
82 year old bachelor, died Friday, July 3, 1903, of old age infirmities at
the Frankfort home of his sister, Mrs. Kate WILLIAMS; was native of Franklin
and friend of Theodore O'HARA, author of "The Bivouac of the Dead"; was a
brother of Hon. S. L. M. MAJOR, editor of the Kentucky Yeoman; was
a learned lawyer and eloquent
speaker.
W.
L. BARKER, 74, died on Friday, July 10, 1903 at his home in Crittenden; born
in Huron County, Ohio, August 4, 1829; came to Kentucky in early life and
married Mrs. Nancy McCLURE ANDERSON, daughter of W. P. McCLURE and settled
on farm near Mt. Zion, where he lived for about 47 years (where his son,
D. R. BARKER, lives); about 4 years ago moved to live with his only daughter,
Mrs. Addie CRUTCHER, wife of S. H. CRUTCHER; widow and three children; the
two mentioned plus W. H. BARKER, present popular Grant Sheriff; faithful
Presbyterian; buried Sunday at Williamstown
Cemetery.
County
Court Orders: Estate settlements of J. A. JUDY and D. W. WILLIAMS; WILLIAMS'
estate divided 1/4 each to Mrs. Nannie BLACK, Mrs. McMANUS, Mrs. Dr. ROBINSON,
and N. B. WILLIAMS.
Thomas
Pickett WILSON died Saturday, July 4, after two months illness; was youngest
of Dr. and Mrs. Jas. WILSON, born in Falmouth October 5, 1859; leaves four
brothers: Dr. John M. WILSON of Williamstown, Captain J. M. and W. Ed. WILSON
of Falmouth, and Newton WILSON of McCays, Tennessee; was married to Miss
Norah HOBDAY May 11, 1882, who survives with three children: Stella, Clarence
and Roy; a model husband and father; a Methodist. --Pendletonian.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Miss Mayme STEVENSON of Lexington is with her aunt, Mrs. R. A.
COLLINS.
2.
Mrs. Francis BONAR visited her son, G. M. SHIELDS, at Bantam,
Ohio.
3.
R. J. SCOTT and little daughter, henrietta, came to
town.
4.
Mrs. Jas. DAUGHERTY of Ludlow visited her father, J. W. SHIELDS, of Oak Ridge
area.
5.
Miss Mae CRAM visited her sister, Mrs. E. E. LOOMIS, at Falmouth.
6. Miss Rita DeJARNETTE returned from a visit to her uncle, Dr. S. M. ADAMS,
at Walton.
7.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. JACKSON of Anderson, Indiana visited her father, John
J. McGLASSON, near Mason.
8.
Miss Lillie and Master Perry JUETT of Cynthiana visited their cousins, Orie
and Harry JUETT.
9.
J. N. LEMMON leaves for his new home, Waynesville, Ohio,
soon.
10.
Geo. MASON, alias ST. CLAIR, and Orla JONES are charged with stealing the
horses of J. A. McPHERSON and Mrs. Lizzie GUTMAN last week.
11. Misses Queen and Willie TILLMAN are granddaughters of the late Mrs. Mary
E. ANDERSON.
12.
T. L. CLARK went to Buffington with his niece, Mrs. Wm. SIMPSON, and her
little daughter, "Dink".
Miss
Alice WILLIAMS, sister to Ollie and Jesse WILLIAMS and Mrs. Lou CAMPBELL,
died of consumption, July 10, 1903, at the home occupied by herself and sister,
Maggie, near the court house.
Full
text of the Last Will of Mrs. Sarah BEASLEY, deceased, probated last Monday:
"Williamstown, June 16, 1901. At my death I give to C. H. BEASLEY all the
real estate or money of which I may be possessed. Sarah BEASLEY. Witnesses:
Annie R. BEASLEY, Maggie BEASLEY.
Ezra
News: Mrs. Emma FORTNER died at her home last Friday; was aged widow; Saturday
funeral.
Fairview
News:
1.
Mrs. Letta METCALF and granddaughter, Maggie, of Covington, visited Mrs.
BROWN.
2.
May and Floyd MASON of Covington visited their aunt, Mrs. W. H.
BENNETT.
In
Memoriam. Guy KIRTLEY, little son of Charley and Missie BROWN died June 26,
1903, aged 18 months and 9 days; buried beside another little angel brother;
poem follows, signed, One Who Loved
Him.
Claysville
News:
1.
Geo. ECKLER and wife of Broad Ridge visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
BILLITER.
2.
There was a family reunion at Jake BARNES' Sunday with all children and
grandchildren present, as follows: Lon TUCKER, wife, and son, Oscar; Herbert
BARNES, wife, and daughter, Beatrice; Albert NORTHCUTT and wife; Walter BENNETT,
wife, and two children, Jake and Iva; Worth BARNES and
wife.
3.
Chancey SHINKLE of Oak Ridge visited his sisters, Mrs. Dell NORTHCUTT and
Mrs. Frank EVANS.
July 23,
1903:
Dr. J. M. WILSON, born March
5, 1832 in Falmouth, Kentucky, died July 20, 1903 in Williamstown, Kentucky;
was past 71 and oldest doctor and most successful in the county (45 years);
was happily married to Miss Nannie Robinson KERR of Bourbon County in 1860
and leaves large family; lifelong Republican; Methodist; buried in Williamstown.
Ben
THOMAS of Dry Ridge died last Saturday, July 18; was about 38 or 40; buried
in Williamstown; surviving wife who was a daughter of late Geo. Park
RENNECKAR.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. jas T. WILLIS of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania and sister, Mrs. GARRISON
of Boone County, visited their sister, Mrs. Mollie V.
WOLFE.
2.
Sisters Miss Emma and Anna WOODHEAD and their brother, Joshua, visited
Williamstown.
William
SHERRETT, train engineer, was crushed between his engine and a freight care
Monday; home was in Scott County; his brother, Tom, of Sadieville took charge
of his remains.
Mason
News: George TRUITT died and was buried here recently; survived by wife and
three children.
Sherman
News: The funeral of W. L. BARKER was at Crittenden, Sunday, July
12.
Obituary
of Mrs. Kate NORTHCUTT, daughter of John and Catharine RENAKER of Harrison
County, Kentucky, died July 1, 1903 at 63; first married the late John S.
CONRAD and had two children, R. L. CONRAD and Effie D. BLACKFORD; she cared
for his children of a previous marriage; on November 24, 1885, she married
Elijah NORTHCUTT; a Baptist; suffered from cancer 14 months; buried at
Williamstown.
July
30, 1903:
Gen. Cassius Marcellus CLAY,
one of the strongest and strangest characters ever reared on Kentucky soil,
died at his home, "White Hall", in Madison County, July 22, 1903, aged 93
years.
Claysville
News:
1.
Mrs. Jas. WALLACE and little son visited her sister, Mrs. David McGEE at
Keefer.
2.
Mrs. Lizzie REDNOWER and grandson of Cherry Grove visited her nephew, Joe
WALLACE.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Geo. Bain FRANK visited his sister, Mrs. W. C.
JOHNSON.
2.
Miss Mayme STEVENSON of Lexington visited her aunt, Mrs. R. A.
COLLINS.
3.
W. T. BENNETT and wife visited their daughter, Mrs. Fred BRACHT at Peoria,
Illinois.
4.
Mrs. W. P. THORNE and two granddaughters and Mrs. Agnes NORTHCUTT of EMinence
visited R. T. DICKERSON.
5.
Miss Kate TUNIS of Danville went to the funeral of her uncle, Dr. J. M. WILSON
last Thursday, then visited her sister, Mrs. J. S.
MARKSBERRY.
Wedding
Invitation: Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F. BRISCOE request your presence at the marriage
of their sister, Ida Florence LOUDON to Mr. Robert B. MATTHEWS on Wednesday
evening, July 29th, 1903 at 5 o'clock, 409 Seminary Avenue, Hoopeston, Illinois,
at home after September 1st, Crittenden,
Ky.
J.
N. LEMMON, former cashier of the People's Bank of Dry Ridge, organized a
bank at Waynesville, Ohio where he will remove his family in September to
a 76 acre farm.
August
6, 1903:
George W. TUCKER, 73, was
stricken with paralysis Saturday morning, August 1, 1903, and was dead before
noon; born in 1830; oldest member of Centurion Lodge of Oddfellows (since
February 1854), except friend, Moses McCLURE; leaves widow and four children:
Frank A. TUCKER of Mt. Sterling; Dr. G. W. TUCKER of Dana, Indiana; Joe M.
TUCKER of St. Louis, Missouri; and Mrs. Rev. F. S. POLLETT of Covington;
Tuesday funeral; buried in WIlliamstown Cemetery.
Six
wills made by Gen. Cassius M. CLAY have been
found.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Miss Pearl CARR of St. Louis visited her aunt, Mrs. Melissa
ZINN.
2.
Mrs. Julia ANDERSON and two children went to Cincy to see her husband, D.
C.
3.
Will C. JOHNSON of St. Louis visited his sisters, Mrs. GLASCOCK and Misses
Pauline and Mayme
JOHNSON.
4.
Mrs. Wm. LINDSEY and son, Wm., of Owenton, visited J. H. LINDSEY.
5.
Mrs. Minnie HOUSTON [nee NORTHCUTT] is matron of the Indian School at Pawnee,
Oklahoma; her husband has claim on 160
acres.
6.
Walter V. OGDEN of Indianapolis, nephew of John and Bob LEMON, visited
Williamstown.
Our
shoemaker, H. C. DAHLING, has as visitors his brother, B. W. and three daughters;
his sister, Miss Mary DAHLING, Mrs. DAHLING's Sister, Mrs. Lizzie GORDON
and daughter, and Mrs. DAHLING's son, Edwin
JUCKER.
Resolutions
of Centurion Lodge on death of Dr. J. M. WILSON: was born in Falmouth March
7, 1832 and died at his Williamstown home July 20, 1903; graduated from Ohio
Medical College in 1854, then located in WIlliamstown in 1857; married Miss
Nannie KERR in 1860, from which nine children were born, six living plus
their mother; a Methodist.
August
13, 1903:
The wills of W. L. BARKER
and Ben THOMAS were probated: 1. BARKER gives all his estate to his [executrix],
wife, Nancy E. BARKER with power to sell; at her death it goes to his three
children and his stepdaughter in equal parts. 2. THOMAS gives $250 to his
stepmother, Mrs. Flora Jane THOMAS, and directs that estate be reduced to
money with fourths given to his sister, Mrs. E. P. RENNECKAR, his father,
T. F. THOMAS, and half to his wife, Mrs. Minnie THOMAS, so long as she is
a widow; John S. STEERS, executor.
Claysville
News:
1.
Mrs. Jas. WALLACE and son visited her brother, Joe LUCAS, at
Folsom.
2.
Mrs. Wm. FISH and daughter, Lizzie, visited the Merita COLLINS family at
Knoxville, Ky.
In
Memory of Wm. SCROGGIN who died July 9, 1903, aged 80 years; three verses
mentions Mother, brothers, and sisters; signed Etta FORTNER, Lawrenceville,
Kentucky, August 8, 1903.
In
Memory of Charles LIMMERICK who died at his home near lawrenceville on July
26, aged 64 years, 6 months, and 25 days; devoted husband and loving father;
four verses, signed by his daughter, Elzie LIMMERICK, Lawrenceville, Kentucky,
August 10, 1903.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. O. ISAAC (nee CHILDERS) and son of Cincy visited Mrs. Fred
McMILLAN.
2.
Mrs. Jas. T. SCOTT, son, and sister, Miss CLARKE, of Covington, visited Miss
Catharine VanLEAVEN.
3.
Pierce KENT renewed his Courier subscription, "a thing he will only have
to do once more before he is 100 years
old."
4.
W. D. BROWNING of Havilandsville, Bracken County, Kentucky, visited his brother,
T. J. at Dry Ridge.
5.
Mrs. J. C. JACKSON of Anderson, Indiana, who visited her father, J. J. McGLASSON,
returned home with her cousin, Miss Cora B.
McGLASSON.
6.
Tuesday, before Judge Clay CONRAD, Eden BILLITER was adjudged a lunatic and
sent to Lakeland Asylum.
7.
F. A. CUNNINGHAM, wife and two boys, Willard and Jim HOGAN went to the Lexington
fair.
8.
Luther GROSS came from Tipton, Indiana to visit his father-in-law, John A.
LEMON and his wife and son.
9.
Mrs. Lucy R. HOGAN, Mrs. Tim NEEDHAM and [son] Hubbard S. NEEDHAM went to
Elizabethtown to visit a cousin, Silas M.
PEYTON.
10.
Mrs. H. H. TULLY of Covington recently visited Dr. Lee TULLY Near Rockport,
Indiana by steamboat which "use to be a favorite mode of travel before the
advent of the railroads.
Letter
from Robt. L. CONRAD and Effie D. BLACKFORD, of Dry Ridge, Kentucky, dated
July 29, 1903, acknowledges receipt of life insurance check for $2,500 on
the life of their mother, Mrs. Kate
NORTHCUTT.
August
20, 1903:
Wm. F. STREUTER and Miss Daisy
ODOM, who live in the country were married by Magistrate MEGLEMRY in the
County Clerk's office [Louisville] yesterday. Courier-Journal, August
18. [believed to be Wm. F. STREUTKER and Elizabeth ODOR, late of
Williamstown.]
Letter
from [Courier Editor] Tim NEEDHAM from Grayson Springs, Kentucky, August
17, 1903 mentions Mrs. HOGAN, his wife and son Hubbard and cousin, Silas
M. PEYTON.
Curtis
JETT and Tom WHITE were given life sentences for the assassination of Jas.
B. MARCUM at Jackson, Kentucky.
L.
S. STARNS and wife of Breck, Kentucky visited his sister, Mrs. M.
STAMPER.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Col. Jim COLLINS and family of Cincy visited R. A. COLLINS and wife, making
the round trip in an automobile [first mention of autos in this
paper].
2.
Mrs. Dr. SCOTT returned from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. J. C. BROWN at
Owenton.
3.
Miss Lula BOYERS visited her aunt, Mrs. Sam BYLAND, at Bank
Lick.
4.
Born to the wife of Nathan ASHCRAFT last Thursday night, a baby
girl.
5.
W. Clyd CRAM, principal of Columbus, Kentucky High School, left with his
sister, Miss Mae CRAM and Miss Dixie HUMLONG, who will teach there
also.
August
27, 1903:
Letter from Mrs. Rosella HOGAN
CRAM, missionary to Songdo, Korea, dated July 20, 1903; of M. E. Church,
South.
Dry
Ridge News: John HENDERSON and wife will leave soon to make their home in
Los Angeles.
Joseph
R. CALENDER, who lives near STEWARTSVILLE, was 55 years old last Sunday;
his wife and children gave him a surprise birthday dinner; all children and
grandchildren present except Mrs. Effie FLORENCE and children of Covington;
present were Sam BOYD, wife and children, Ramon and Edith; Robert CALENDER,
wife and children, Gertie, Pearl, Iva, and Annie; Harvey CALENDER and wife;
and Mrs. Adaline RANDSELL, of
Owenton.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. A. J. RICE of Danville visited her sister, Mrs. W. A.
WARE.
2.
Miss Ella ROUSE of Covington visited her sister, Mrs. John
MORMAN.
3.
Mrs. C. O. PORTER and children Irene and Vaughan visited her mother, Mrs.
J. W. THOMPSON, at Somerset.
4.
Chas. K. HOGAN, a Cincy stenographer, visited his aunt, Mrs. R. A.
COLLINS.
5.
Frank M. MOORE of Greendale, Fayette County, is a sister [as printed] to
Uncle John EALES of Grassy Run.
6.
Miss Flora Belle SHEPARD of Covington visited her aunt, Mrs. R. A.
COLLINS.
7.
Miss Clara HUMLONG of Williamstown visited her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry WILLIS. Brooksville Review.
8. Elder Elijah PETTY, his son, Clifford, and grandson, Homer DUNN, were
in town.
James
H. KERR, 73, died at his Lexington home last Wednesday; survived by his wife,
nee BROOKS, and two daughters, Mrs. T. D. KELLEY of Lexington, and Mrs. E.
Gross of Florida; was brother of Col. John B. KERR of Manila, MRs. B. T.
RIGGS of Cynthiana, Mrs. J. M. CRAWFORD of Lebanon, mrs. J. M. WILSON of
Falmouth, and Mrs. Nannie WILSON of Williamstown; funeral and interment at
Lexington yesterday. --Cynthiana Log Cabin, August 22.
September
3, 1903
Frank C. GREENE of Owenton
announced as candidate for Commonwealth's Attorney in this district; is son
of Judge John W. Greene, who died while Judge of this district; was born
in Owenton June 4, 1875; educated at Owenton High School and Normal University
at Lebanon, Ohio; married Miss Elizabeth LINDSEY, daughter of Col. Wm. LINDSEY
of Owenton, October 17, 1899; was owner/editor of the News-Herald
at Owenton for two/three years.
Family
Reunion held Sunday at the HEDGER homestead near New Eagle Mills in honor
of Mrs. Wm. RENAKER, 79, and her brother, James HEDGER, 74, the only two
surviving children of the late Jacob HEDGER; about 30 present: 8 girls and
boys; piano music by Miss Bessie HEDGER, daughter of Jacob HEDGER; one of
the finest farms on Eagle Creek; Chas. PETTIT, wife and children; R. H. MARTIN,
wife, and little daughter; Raymond RENAKER and two sisters; Miss Anna RENAKER
of Jonesville; Mrs. Cinderella STEPHENS and daughter of Lawrenceburg, Indiana;
Grover and Joe CARTER; James HEDGER and wife and Mrs. Wm. RENAKER. "A visit
to the family graveyard, where 16 of the HEDGER family are buried, was the
saddest feature of the reunion. [Written by] Mrs. R. H. MARTIN, Dry Ridge,
Kentucky, August 31, 1903.
Jason
G. STRATTON of Cincinnati, youngest brother of the late H. D. STRATTON of
Williamstown, was killed by a train near Plainville, Ohio, Wednesday, August
26, 1903; had been fishing; was a teacher; remains brought to Butler, Kentucky
for burial.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. D. F. ANDERSON and children and her mother, Mrs. Lucy CLEMONS, visited
her brother, Henry CLEMONS at
Walton.
2.
E. C. TULLY and wife of Covington and Miss KLEINSMITH went to the Crittenden
funeral of Robert KLEINSMITH, Mrs. TULLY's
father.
3.
F. A. CUNNINGHAM, wife, and son Willard, went to the Florence
fair.
4.
Mrs. Jas. T. WILLIS and daughter, Kate, live in
Covington.
5.
Ezra and John CALLENDER, sons of D. H. CALLENDER and sons-in-law of Albert
BARNES, left to settle in Greensburg, Decatur County,
Indiana.
Arch
MORGAN, who has had failing health for several years and who went to Colorado
to recover, died at his mother's Corinth home,Sunday, August 30, 1903; buried
at Corinth Oddfellows Cemetery; married twice; last wife
survives.
Surprise
reception given for Mr. and Mrs. J. N. LEMMON at their new home in Waynesville,
Ohio.