Volume
1V
January
7, 1904:
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Miss Cora SMITH, daughter of N. M. SMITH, was home for Christmas
dinner.
2.
Mrs. HOPPER of Dry Ridge and children visited her sister, Mrs. E.
FRANKS.
3.
Mrs. Ettie CALENDER and daughter, Myrtle, visited her
father.
4.
Mrs. J. T. FRANKS and daughters, Misses Ackie and Sallie, visited Newt
FRANKS.
Hon.
John P. NEWMAN of Campbell County died on the eve of his becoming Circuit
Judge.
Col.
Tom CAMPBELL, 58, died in New York City, Monday, January 4, 1904 from shipwreck
exposure on December 10, 1903 on one of the Bahama Islands; noted criminal
lawyer born in Rochester, New York.
January
14, 1904:
John A. WEBB, son of W. F.,
is home for the winter; has been in Arizona and Alaska (Cape Nome)
for 13 years; has large gold mining interests; too cold for his warm Kentucky
blood.
Miss
Mary A. RICE, the bright editress of The Ghent News, was married yesterday
at the home of her father, Luther RICE in Ghent, to Wm. K. WALL, assoc. editor
of the Mayfield Daily Messenger; will live in Mayfield. --Carrollton
Democrat, January 7, 1904.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Miss Verdelia BRACHT, teacher of the Greenville School, visited her sister,
Mrs. J. S. STEERS.
2.
Harland CLARK and Henrietta CLEMENTS, daughter of J. H. CLEMENTS of Key West,
Kentucky, were married by Elder J. S. STEERS, who was t the Dry Ridge Deposit
Bank last Thursday afternoon [January 7,
1904]
In
Memoriam. Julia Cordelia NORTHCUTT, daughter of Jas. Franklin and Amelia
FOX [nee McCLURE] NORTHCUTT, was born in Monroe County, Missouri, March 4,
1865; being a child of the covenant, at the age of 12 she was baptized and
confirmed a member of the Perry Presbyterian CHurch of Rolls County, Missouri
[her parents' church]; was a teacher for ten years; gave ten percent of her
income to the church; her mother died in 1899, preceded in death by her father
and three sisters; came to Kentucky to live with her uncle, Moses McCLURE;
joined Williamstown Presbyterian Church; died December 14, 1903. [signed]
M.
A
Poem In Memory of Geo. W. SALYERS, who died December 13, 1902; in patience
he suffered"; signed, His wife, Ollie SALYERS, Downingsville, Kentucky, December
13, 1903.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Miss Lizzie BOWMAN of Porter visited her aunt, Mrs. Wm.
STEWARDS.
2.
Mrs. L. M. GROSS and little son, Jennings, of Tipton, Indiana, visited her
father, Judge J. A. LEMON.
3.
Marriage announcement by Mr. and Mrs. D. L. CUNNINGHAM for their daughter,
Lucy Ladoo to B.J.K. SLAUGHTER, January 20, 1904 at
Williamstown.
Miss
Florence WESTOVER of Dallas, Polk County, and W. D. WESTOVER of Seattle,
Washington, visited their brothers, J. H. and R. L. (Bob) [in Oregon City,
Oregon].
January
21, 1904:
James (Uncle Jim) MACKLIN
died at the County Infirmary Wednesday, January 13, 1904, after a struggle
of 80 years vs. adversity and appetite; had been industrious, hard working
farmer, about two years ago went to the infirmary; related to SIMS, BILLITERs,
DAYS, and COLLINS; family thanks John W. HALL, the
keeper.
County
Court Orders:
1.
D. S. CLAY, administrator of his deceased aunt, Mrs. Rebecca
KUHN.
2.
W. Z. STEPHENSON, guardian of Ada Hazel
STAFFORD.
3.
Moses McCLURE, administrator of deceased niece, Miss Julia
NORTHCUTT.
Mrs.
Catherine RENNECKAR BENSON, 72, mother of Forest B., E. W., J. T. and M.
F. BENSON, died at Forest's home, January 8, 1904 - just one year to the
day after the death of her brother, Wm. RENNACKER of Dry Ridge; Baptist for
50 years; buried in Williamstown
Cemetery.
Card
of Thanks from Mr. and Mrs. J. R. MITTS reference the death of their aunt,
Elizabeth MITTS, who died January 10,
1904.
Executor's
Notice [Jno. S. STEERS] for Ben
THOMAS.
80
acre farm for sale by W. L. ATKINS, Dry Ridge [ill
health].
Last
week in Erlanger, Wm. SECHRIST, who was born and reared in Crittenden, committed
suicide by a bullet to the brain; was son of Mort SECHRIST, well-to-do Crittenden
citizen; cause not known; buried in Crittenden January 7. [left out last
week].
Marriage
of B. J. K. SLAUGHTER and Miss Lucy Ladoo CUNNINGHAM at the bride's home
[January 20, 1904]; daughter of El L. CUNNINGHAM; groom is roofer and tinner
from Stewartsville.
Ad
for personal property sale of A. H. DUNLAP,
Downingsville.
Administrator's
Sale (1/29/1904) for late Rebecca
KUHN.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Mrs. Martha RENAKER had a family reunion at her home last Sunday; present
were: J. A. LITTELL and wive, E. B. RENAKER family, Robt. RENAKER family,
Dr. and Mrs. J. G. RENAKER, Misses Marietta GOUGE and Adah LITTELL, T. J.
GOUGE, and Kirt RENAKER.
2.
M. E. McCLURE and wife went to Dr. SIMONS at Corinth last Thursday for a
SIMONS reunion prior to Joe HORNER and wife going to
Florida.
January
28, 1904:
Miss Etta May GOUGE, the frail
daughter of James M. GOUGE, who made a brave battle vs. consumption, died
Monday, January 25, 1904; was only remaining child of her parents, as her
sister, Lenna, died of the same disease 8 years ago; Etta died at the home
of her grandfather, Geo. N. WEBB in Williamstown, where she lived; burial
was in Williamstown Cemetery.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. A. BURGESS will live with her son in Granite City,
Illinois.
2.
Joe F. WEBB Jr. of Fleming County visited his father, W. F.
WEBB.
3.
Miss Cora CRAM visited her cousins, Miss McDONALD and Mrs. RANSOM in
Covington.
4.
Mrs. Dr. G. W. TUCKER of Dana, Indiana visited her parents, Dr./Mrs. J. T.
SCOTT, here.
5.
T. Porter DORSEY of Hopewell visited his brother in Flemingsburg and his
sister, Alice, in Maysville.
Grant
County Marriage Licenses issued since December 16,
1903:
1.
Harman SMITH - Miss Belle
COURTNEY
2.
Tilden LAWRENCE - Miss Leona
SEBREE
3.
Jesse ANDREWS - Miss Hattie
SAID
4.
W. H. CLARK - Miss Henrietta
CLEMENTS
5.
S. D. BONAR - Miss Emma BENNETT
6.
B. J. K. SLAUGHTER - Miss Lucy L.
CUNNINGHAM
7.
G. W. MILLION - Mrs. Jane GROVES.
Cartersville
News:
1.
Mrs. Jennie BARNES and little daughter visited her daughters, Mrs. Kate and
Myrtie CALLENDER in Indiana.
2.
A. H. THOMAS of Estill County visited his sister, Mrs. A. W. BARNES, of this
place; was given party in his honor by A. W. BARNES and
wife.
Mt.
Zion News: The home of Marion VARNER was destroyed by fire last Saturday.
No insurance.
February
4, 1904:
In the February term of Grant
Circuit Court a divorce was entered for Ben KELLS vs. Ora
KELLS.
Holbrook
News: Mrs. Nancy HEARN of Covington was at the beside of her sister, Mrs.
Steve POE.
Claysville
News:
1.
Mrs. Jake BARNES and son visited her daughter, Mrs. Lula NORTHCUTT near
Knoxville.
2.
Mrs. Jas. WALLACE and small son visited her sister, Mrs. David McGEE near
Keefer.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Hiram KINMON of this place will move to Daviess
County.
2.
Cards are out announcing the marriage of Fred BROCK and Miss Nola JUMP on
January 28, 1904.
3.
Miss Malissa KENDALL is the aunt of Mrs. Sarah YANCEY of
Lexington.
4.
Mrs. J. F. HIGGASON, daughter of Joe CHIPMAN and sister to Jack, died at
her home near Holbrook Tuesday [February 2, 1904] after an illness of about
5 days.
Dry
Ridge News: The home of T. J. HUTCHINSON,, four miles East of Dry Ridge,
burned down last Friday; his four children were rescued but his wife was
horribly burned by oil from an exploding lamp; she died Saturday [January
30, 1904] and was buried in the Knoxville, Kentucky cemetery.
.
February
11, 1904:
Local and
Personal:
1.
Thos. Theodore VANLEUVEN visited his granddaughter, "Dimple" MUSSSELMAN at
Mason.
2.
Misses Alice and Virgie DICKSON of Cincy visited their cousin, Miss Cora
B. McGLASSON.
3.
Geo. P. MARTIN and wife visited his sister, Mrs. E. W. ELLIOTT at
Eminence.
Card
of Thanks from Mr. and Mrs. Marion CHILDERS reference death of mother, E.
S. AMBLER, on January 27, 1904.
Stewartsville
News: Mrs. Dr. DAY visited her sister, Mrs. Grant MITTS, near
Mason.
Crittenden
News: Last Thursday [February 4, 1904] Dick SLEET of Verona committed suicide;
no cause given; was a bachelor 64 years of age.
February
18, 1904:
Local and
Personal:
1.
Miss Edith REID visited her cousins, R. L. SCOTT and wife at
Erlanger.
2.
Mrs. Judge C. C. CRAM visited her sick daughter, Miss Mae, at COlumbus,
Kentucky.
3.
Miss Jane BECK of Nicholasville visited her aunt, Mrs. J. D.
COBB.
4.
Lewis McGLASON, son of J. J. McGLASSON, just completed three 3-year enlistments
and is now located in Pekin, China; is quartermaster; term expired March
12, 1904.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Arthur McBEE went to Greensburg to the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. JOHNSON,
daughter of later Wm. POINTS.
2.
Mrs. Cora HOGAN of Williamstown visited her daughter, Mrs. M. E.
McCLURE.
3.
Ed CLARK and Miss Anna BUTLER, daughter of N. P. BUTLER, were married by
Elder John S. STEERS Wednesday of last week [February 10,
1904].
4.
Claude NOLAN, 20, only son of John and Susan NOLAN, died last Friday [February
12, 1904] of typhoid fever; sister sick with same disease and unable to attend
funeral.
February
25, 1904:
Murder cases tried in Circuit
Court: (1) Jasper McCOMAS for killing his father-in-law, HUTTON, in a
Downingsville fight. (2) James CLAXTON for killing John WEBSTER at
Elliston.
Corinth
News:
1.
Miss Erie BEACH of Covington visited her aunt, Mrs. Maggie
PARRISH.
2.
Dr. B. N. SIDEBOTTOM of Owenton is going to Oklahoma
soon.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
B. F. ROBINSON, 63, and Mrs. Margaret MOREHEAD, 57, were married at the home
of Wm. JUSTICE last Saturday [February 20, 1904] by Elder J. S. STEERS.
2. Edward ASBERRY, 16, son of Frank ASBERRY, died last Friday [February 19,
1904] from typhoid fever; buried at Keefer last Sunday.
Sherman
News:
1.
Mrs. Jas. COLLINS and husband of Covington visited her father, I. R. FRANKS
at Mt. Zion.
2.
Mrs. Vevie BLACKBURN and little daughter of Berry Station visited her mother,
Mrs. POINTS, at Sherman.
3.
Mrs. Elva BLACKBURN of Jonesville and little daughter visited her mother,
Mrs. Hattie POINTS.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Rev. W. R. ELLISTON and little daughter, Elizabeth, of Latonia visited Mrs.
Hiram ELLISTON.
2.
J. C. BROWN of Owenton is the son-in-law of J. T.
SCOTT.
3.
Mrs. ROGERS of Munice, Indiana visited her daughter, Mrs. Martin
STAMPER.
4.
Mrs. WIGGING of Grassy Run area is dead and was buried Tuesday [February
23, 1904]; was old and very worthy woman; her husband has been dead several
years.
5.
Geo. Bain FRANK, a student at the Cincy College of Music, visited his sister,
Mrs. W. C. JOHNSON.
6.
Foldy KARGER who moved to Hamilton, Ohio last year returned to his farm near
Cherry Grove.
On
January 27, 104, Claude BOYERS and Miss Minnie KNAUS, both of Cincy, were
married by Rev. G. W. HILL in Covington; he is a baker in Hyde Park; they
married secretly.
Robert
M. RATCLIFF, nearly 79, died at his Cunningham, Kansas home Saturday, February
14, 1904; former resident of Crittenden area and father of Mrs. C. C.
VALLANDINGHAM; moved to Kansas in 1885; left 600 acres; surviving sister
is Mrs. Martha McKENZIE, past 80, mother of R. R. McKENZIE; obituary from
Cunningham, Kansas, CLIPPER, Friday, February 19, 1904: born in Grant County,
May 25, 1825; Presbyterian; buried at MAUD Cemetery near Cunningham; came
first to Cimmeron, later moving to Isabel, where he married Miss Allie MATTHEWS
on October 4, 1884, who with 9 children by a former wife, survive him: Dr.
J. T. RATCLIFF, Morris, Indiana; F. M. and E. M. RATCLIFF, Seattle, Washington;
Mrs. Mary VALLANDINGHAM, Williamstown, Genie VALLANDINGHAM and Miss Bettie
RATCLIFF, CRittenden; Mrs. Dr. COTTERELL, Guthrie, Oklahoma; E. S. and J.
M. RATCLIFF, Cunningham, Kansas.
The
mystery surrounding the untimely death of Andy TOMLIN in the lonely cabin
home of his absent son, about 2 miles south of town, remains unsolved; had
come for a visit from his home near Atwood, Kenton County on Thursday, February
11, the same day his bachelor son went to see his parents; is believed his
father fell face down to the floor, where he was found Sunday; his remains
were shipped to his home Monday; no
inquest.
March
3, 1904:
Sherman News: Mrs. James PRICE
died [February 28, 1904], aged 81; was a sister of Dr. W. J. ZINN and mother
of J. L. PRICE, Com PRICE Carrie RATCLIFFE (in kansas), and Aggie [Mrs. James]
WAYLAND, and Newt PRICE, deceased; interment will be in Price burying ground,
2 miles east of Sherman.
W.
H. WESTOVER requests your presence at the marriage of his daughter, Prisilla,
to Arthur MARSHALL, Thursday, March 3, 1904, at the home of the bride, Oak
Ridge, Ky.
Ad
placed by Mrs. Emma TOMLIN, Atwood, Kenton County, for Sale or Rent, a tract
of 50 acres and house, one mile south of Williamstown; inquire of Curtis
TOMLIN.
The
McNAY Twins. After the funeral of her father, W. G. CRAM, Sunday, MRs. J.
T. McNAY with her family went to the home of Frank McNAY; J. T. and Frank
are brothers; of 11 McNAY children, there were three sets of twins: Walter
and Harry, 8, Edna and Edith, 6 months old - children of Frank and wife;
and Lula and Julia, 14, children of J. T. and
wife.
Local
and Personal:
1.
N. B. "Poley" STEVENS and his wife of W. Kentucky visited his parents, W.
L. STEVENS and wife, here.
2.
W. H. CRAM of Pendleton County qualified as administrator of his father,
W. G. CRAM, deceased.
3.
Mrs. Thomas GULICK of Pendleton and Mrs. Dr. C. D. CRAM and daughter of Paris,
Kentucky, attended the funeral of W. G. CRAM, Sunday, as did Jack RENNAKER,
wife, and children and J. W. HIGHFILL and wife of Downingsville; he was their
father and grandfather, Willard G. CRAM; G. W. and F. M. McDONALD and Mrs.
Arritta McDONALD of Covington, were brothers and sister-in-law of Mrs. W.
G. CRAM; Dr. Elvy CRAM of Berling, Bracken County, and Ambrose CRAM of the
State College, sons of W. H. CRAM, are grandsons of W. G.
CRAM.
Jas.
R. RAMEY and wife announce the marriage of their sister, Ella MUNDY to Thos.
H. REED of New Liberty, on February 17 at their home near town; Bride is
sister of Mrs. R. Lee CONRAD.
Willard
Glydden CRAM, in 85th year, died at his home just south of Williamstown,
February 26, 1904; born in New York August 24, 1810; married in Kenton County
November 10, 1846 to Miss Maria McDANNOLD, who survives him; they had 11
children, all living: 6 sons and 5 daughters; lived for many years near the
old Short Creek Baptist Church, Pendleton County; he was a Trustee to the
Williamstown Graded Free School; three sons and three sons-in-law were
pallbearers: Judge C. C., W. H. and Edward T. CRAM, Hon. Horace J. POOR,
A. B. JUETT, and J. T. McNAY; remains placed in vault until later arrival
of children from the West.
In
Memoriam of little Robert FORTNER who died of pneumonia, February 19, 1904,
aged 16 months and 16 days; poetry follows written by his Mother. Lawrenceville,
Kentucky, February 25, 1904.
March
10, 1904:
Thursday, March 3, 1904, Arthur
MARSHALL and Miss Priscilla WESTOVER were married at the home of the bride
by Rev. J. M. McKINLEY; bride is daughter of W. H.
WESTOVER.
In
Memoriam. Mrs. America PRICE, wife of James PRICE, died Sunday, February
28, 1904, aged 82 years, 9 months, 4 days; born in Kentucky May 21, 1821;
married in 1846; had 8 children, 5 living; husband died July 3, 1896; had
lived with daughter, Mrs. Agnes WAYLAND; was a sister of Dr. W. J. ZINN of
Sherman and P. T. ZINN of Erlanger.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Miss Edith REED visited her cousin, R. J. SCOTT, in
Erlanger.
2.
Wm. GRACE of New Orleans visited his sister, Mrs. E. T.
CRAM.
3.
T. S. SHERIFF of Hamilton, Ohio was here for the death of his sister, Laura
HAZELWOOD (Mrs. Thos.), which occurred at the home of her father, H. B. SHERIFF,
March 3, 1904.
March
17, 1904:
Last Thursday [March 10, 1904]
clever Ed GARRETT, the mulatto hustler at Stroud's Livery Stable, was killed
in John PERRY's Williamstown Saloon by John REDDY, a Falmouth saloon keeper,
who was shot in the face by GARRETT.
In
Memoriam of Mrs. E. S. AMBLER who died January 27, 1904; poetry follows,
signed by her daughter, Rosa
CHILDERS.
Stewartsville
News: Born to the wife of Albert HAMMONDS, a
girl.
Card
of Thanks reference death of W. H. CHILDERS on March 10, 1904, signed, his
Sons and Daughters.
Foster
CROUCH died March 14, 1904 at his home near Stewartsville; marred daughter
of Mrs. Millie BURGESS; she and one child survive; he was not a church member;
buried Tuesday in Williamstown
Cemetery.
Local
and Personal: Miss JOSEPH, daughter of Ben JOSEPH, was married in
Cincinnati.
Jolly
Ridge News: Mrs. N. M. GIBSON of Crescent Springs visited her daughter, Mrs.
Alex. DUNLAP.
County
Court Orders:
1.
Margaret Sheriff HASELWOOD, 3 year-old orphan, was bound to Ernest CHIPMAN
until she is 18.
2
Mrs. Prudence PEEBLES appointed administrix of her late husband, Jacob H.
PEEBLES.
3.
The will of Joseph T. DOUD was probated, W. P. DOUD,
executor.
Grant
County Marriage Licenses since last Courier
publication:
1.
Ollie WILLIAMS - Lucinda OSBORN
2.
Edgar CLARK - Anna R. BUTLER
3.
B. F. ROBINSON - Mrs. Margaret
MOREHEAD
4.
Rolla ABERNATHY - Lora May
BENNETT
5.
Newton COBB - Artie BRUMBACK
6.
Willie KNIGHT - Emma BAUGHN
7.
R. H. ADAMS - Wealthy May
ALTERBRIGHT
8.
Arthur Marshall - Priscilla
WESTOVER
9.
R. J. BILLITER - Sallie McGLASSON.
March
24, 1904:
Dry Ridge News: W. H. "Uncle
Harvey" CHILDERS, 74, died March 10, 1904 at his Dry Ridge home; Kentucky
native; had three sons and two daughters; he made a trip to California gold
field in 1851 on foot via the old Santa Fe
Trail.
Mrs.
Dr. Matthew T. SCOTT, 44, of Lexington, committed suicide by shooting herself
due to depression from long illness, Monday, March 21, 1904; was daughter
of Squire BASSETT, president of Fayette National Bank; leaves two daughters,
Misses Elizabeth and Jane SCOTT; husband dead about 10
years.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Col. Thos. J. SMITH, a Spanish War veteran, died at his Bowling Green home
Monday, March 21, 19404 of Bright's
disease.
2.
W. P. STRATTON may move to California with his sister,
Ruth.
Sallie
BAILEY, past 40, died at her cousin's home in Mason on Saturday, March 19,
1904; she was buried there Sunday; suffered long from heart trouble, but
died of pneumonia.
Stewartsville
News: Mr. and Mrs. Edgar FRANKS visited their sister, Mrs. Newt
SMITH.
March
31, 1904:
Aunt Polly TOON, 89, widow
of Wm. TOON, died at Jonesville, Monday, March 9, 1904; member of Macedonia
Baptist Church for 50 years.
Abraham
McMILLAN, in his 88th year, died at the home of his son, Judge J. D. MCMILLAN
near town, Saturday, march 26, 1904; buried in Clark's Creek Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
R. H. MARTIN's father died at
Cynthiana.
2.
Jas. KENNEDY was buried near Verona last Saturday; bad health for years;
had been in Florida and returned home one week before his
death.
Mrs.
Susan RANSOM, widow of Phil RANSOM, deceased, and mother of J. L., J. R.,
Clay, and Ormps RANSOM, and of Mrs. B. L. NORTHCUTT of Covington, Mrs. Ed
BREEDEN of Kansas, and Minnie Ransom of Williamstown, died at the home of
her son, March, 24, 1904, in 72nd year; Baptist Church member for 30
years.
Sherman
News:
1.
Born to the wife of W. P. WILLIAMS, a
girl.
2
Born to the wife of Wm. MANN, a girl.
C.
C. NESBITT and wife returned last week from the funeral of Clarence's father,
F. F. NESBITT, at Warsaw; resolutions of his Methodist Church state he was
a member for 45 years.
Mrs.
Dwight L. RYTHER, 27, formerly Cary FENLY, died Sunday in Sacramento, California
before her mother, Mrs. W. M. FENLY of Covington, Kentucky, arrived; was
wife of Capt. RYTHER of the U. S. ARMY, having married soon after his return
from Cuba campaign where he was a Lt. in the fighting
6th.
Kentucky
Post 3/23.
April
7, 1904:
J. M. RIDDELL, born in Boone
County, Kentucky, September 10, 1823; enlisted in Mexican War; married Miss
Elizabeth WHITE in 1847; enlisted in Co. A, 55th KY Mounted Infantry Federal
Army, during the Civil War; moved from Burlington to Williamstown March 1877;
faithful Christian Church member; died at his Williamstown home Thursday,
March 31, 1904, in 81st year. Home funeral, then taken to Burlington vault
to be buried later with Masonic honors; leaves two sons and two daughters,
C. W. RIDDELL and Mrs. Hattie ARNOLD of Williamstown, Mrs. FICH of Burlington;
and H. B. RIDDELL of Covington; and granddaughter, Miss Nannie Arnold, who
was raised by her grandfather.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. S. G. TIFTON and two children of Rising Sun, Indiana visited her mother,
Mrs. J. D. CARTER.
2.
Senator W. A. BYRON was married this week to Miss Jennie C. STATON, daughter
of late J. W. STATON of Brooksville.
Three
Death in a Week:
1.
Last week, Ruth, little daughter of John W. HALL, keeper of the County Infirmary,
died after a short illness.
2.
A few days later, Mrs. Lena HICKS, wife of Jas. HICKS of Lawrenceville, died;
daughter of Wm. TURNER of Mason; leaves 3 small children, the youngest only
5 months old.
3.
Last Saturday little Icy J. KENDALL, 11 year old daughter of T. W. KENDALL
of Mason, died of lingering
pneumonia.
The
wifes of Mr. HALL and Mr. KENDALL are sisters to Wm. SIMPSON, of this place,
whose wife is a sister to Jas. HICKS.
April
14, 1904:
Abraham McMILLAN, 87, died
at the home of his son, Judge J. D. McMILLAN, Saturday, March 26, 1904; was
born in Gallatin County, September 27, 1816; lived at Elliston, then moved
to Williamstown about a year ago with his son, Henry, with whom he lived
for about 22 years; was twice married, first to Miss Ruth HENDRIX of Tennessee,
next to Miss Dulcenea KUHN; one son by Ruth: J. T. McMILLAN of Kansas survives;
five sons and two daughters by Dulcenea: Wm., J. D., F. S., Henry, and Allen,
and Mrs. Ruth CLEMONS, of Kansas, and Mrs. Emma FRANKS of Georgetown; Clark's
Creek Baptist Church member 50 years.
N.
H. JEFFERS, 66, died suddenly of heart paralysis yesterday at his home, 1503
Madison Avenue (Cincinnati) Times-Star, April 9; was Williamstown dry goods
merchant; faithful in Christian Church; was buried Monday in Williamstown
Cemetery beside his sons, Stanley and Lester, who both died entering young
manhood.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Fred HUTCHINSON and daughter, Marie, of Cincy, visited his sister, Mrs. R.
L. RENAKER.
2.
Mrs. J. B. SANDERS visited her daughter, Nina, at a Winchester
school.
3.
Arthur BROWN, 10-year-old son of Chas, BROWN who lived near this place and
now lives near Georgetown, died Monday of last week; buried Tuesday at
Williamstown.
Martha
Jane MORRIS died February 29, 1904 of pneumonia, age 2 years, 9 months, and
16 days; poetry follows, signed, Her Mother, Lawrenceville, Kentucky, April
10, 1904.
Stewartsville
News:
The
small child of Unie CHIPMAN died last Thursday [April 7, 1904] of whooping
cough and pneumonia.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Miss Pauline Helm HARDIN, State Librarian, was married Tuesday, April 12,
to Hon. S. L. VANMETER, of Fayette County, at the home of the bride's mother
in Hodgensville; will live at groom's "Shenandoah" estate near
Lexington.
2.
Miss Jessie MUSSELMAN of Oregon City, Oregon visited her sister, Mrs. Steve
WEBB.
3.
Judge John H. WESTOVER and family have sold out their interest (April 8)
in the Oregon City Courier, ending his connection as editor and
manager.
4.
Mrs. N. H. JEFFERS, son Russell and daughter, Pearl (with her husband, Hon.
Mr. ALLEN of New York City) brought the remains of N. H. JEFFERS to Williamstown
for burial.
Mrs.
E. J. OWENS, 73, mother of Hon. W. C. Owens of Louisville, and sister of
Geo. W. TUCKER and Mrs. N. H. PINCKARD of Grant County (both recently deceased),
died at her home in Millersburg, Kentucky Wednesday of last week [April 6,
1904].
Andrew
Dudley DELF, eldest son of Jackson and Marion DELF died at St. Elizabeth
Hospital in Covington, Sunday, April 3, from a blow (with a pool cue stick)
dealt by Anthony LUCK of Latonia; remains brought home and buried Tuesday;
was in his 38th year and leaves parents, two sisters, and four brothers.
The
marriage of Senator BYRON and Miss Jennie ASTATON which was to have taken
place April 6 has been changed to Tuesday, April 11 because the Catholic
Church prohibits marriages during the Lenten
season.
April
21, 1904:
Dry Ridge
News:
1.
Miss Lizzie MITTS' funeral will be preachd at the Primitive Baptist Church
here the second Sundy in May.
2.
Grant BENNETT and Miss Ida KASH were married last Sunday [April 16, 1904]
at the home of John CLARK, near Knoxville, Kentucky, by Rev. J. A.
DAVIS.
Last
Thursday [April 14, 1904] J. W. CHIPMAN of Downingsville shot himself in
the left breat and heart, from which he died; his wife and three children
survive; married a sister to T. J. JUMP.
[suicide]
Robert
BEARD and Miss Adah BRUMBACK of Williamstown, who recently married in Covington,
are housekeeping at Hamilton, Ohio.
April
28, 1904:
Judge Andrew Harrison WARD
died here [Cynthiana, Kentucky] today [Sunday, April 17, 1904], aged 90;
was Congressman immediately after the war; his son, Harry, lived with
him.
Bruce
H. FRANKS of Mt. Zion and Miss Nettie MORGAN of Cordova were married April
12, 1904.
Capt.
V. G. MULLIKIN, the well known Wilmore detective with famous bloodhounds,
and Miss Lillian B. CROWE, daughter of Calvin CROW of Jessamine County, eloped
Sunday, obtained a license and were married Monday, April 18, 1904, at
Williamstown by Rev. J. D. REDD at the parsonage on North Main
Street.
John
DUNN, born in Donadea, County Kildare, Ireland, 1844-46?; came to America
with parents in 1854 and settled in Chillicothe, Ohio; came to Mt. Zion,
1877; settled in Williamstown, 1878; was never married; died in Williamstown,
Monday, April 25, 1904 in his rooms at the Clark House; buried in Chillicothe,
Ohio, beside his parents and other relatives; owner of the Williamstown Marble
Works [gravestones); illness was pleurisy and neuralgia of the heart; faithful
Catholic locally; his nieces of Chillicothe, Mrs. Tim CLIFFORD and Miss Lillie
MURPHY took his remains to Ohio.
Letter
from Ann BRITTEN, from her brother's Iola Rance No. 1 [W. G. REED] in Woodward
County, Oklahoma, arrived April 9,
1904.
Dry
Ridge News: Miss Nina SANDERS is at home due to the death of her grandmother
GRAY.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Judge C. C. CRAM visited his daughter, Mrs. E. E. LOOMIS and his new
granddaughter.
2.
Mrs. HIXSON and daughter, Mrs. GILBERT, moved to the Forks of Elkhorn stock
farm.
Miss
Martha WITHERSPOON, youngest daughter of N. H. WITHERSPOON, and Wm. SPAHR,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. SPAHR, will marry May 10; is a cousin to our younger
WEBBS.
Letter
from NED Stone and E. C. DUNN of Iuka, Pratt County,
Kansas.
In Memoriam of Icie June KENDALL, 11, who died at the home of her parents in Mason, April 2, 1904, after long illness; was daughter of T. W. and Babe KENDALL; buried in Williamstown Cemetery.
In
Memoriam of Mrs. Minnie FIGHTMASTER, wife of John FIGHTMASTER, daughter of
John and Rebecca OGDEN and granddaughter of J. M. LAWRENCE, was born in Grant
County March 13, 1876 and died March 19, 1904; she married December 25, 1901;
moved to Illinois April 1903; joined her babe and grandparents in death;
survived by parents, four sisters, two brothers, husband, and little daughter
1 year, 4 months old; funeral and burial in Illinois; signed, Her Cousin,
L. L.
From
Bethel, Ohio Journal: former Grant Countian, Miss Bessie SHIELDS and O. A.
SLADE, both young people of near Bantam, were married at the home of Rev.
Rader at Amelia Wednesday, April 13, 1904; bride is only daughter of G. M.
SHIELDS and wife of Bantam and lived in Covington, Kentucky; groom is Railroad
conductor and eldest son of G. W. SLADE of Elk
Lick.
May
5, 1904:
Letter from R. L. WESTOVER
of Santa Ana, California, April 24, 1904, tells of Southern
California.
Stewartsville
News: Leonard FLINN of Dayton, Ohio visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
E. FLINN, here.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. H. J. JOSEPH visited her brother, W. R. ELLISTON, at
Latonia.
2.
Wednesday, several relatives and friends celebrated the 86th birthday anniversary
of A. J. DELPH near Elliston Station; is a veteran of the Civil War.
--Warsaw Independent.
May
12, 1904:
Resolutions on the death of
J. M. RIDDELL by the Williamstown Christian Church; he died March 30, 1904;
was consecrated member and officer for
years.
After
a year, W. P. STRATTON has repurchased the grocery business (in the Needham
block) from S. P. TURNER; STRATTON had sold groceries for 16 years before
that.
Letter
from former WIlliamstown businessman, H. L. WINKLER of LaFollette, Tennessee,
May 10, 1904, states that the town, his store, and 35 buildings were destroyed
by fire today.
Miss
Dixie HUMLONG visited her sister, Miss Clara, of
Lexington.
John
MORMAN sold his barber shop to M. H. FITZ of Urbana, Ohio; John and wife
will move to Pittsburg.
Mrs.
Frank Alvin BAKER of St. Louis was Miss Laura J. MAGERHANS of
Stewartsville.
Mr.
and Mrs. Henry BERKLEY has a son,
William.
Grant
County Marriage Licenses Issued Since Last
Report:
1.
L. F. RACE - Pearlie A. WORMAN
2.
J. M. SECHREST - Mary A.
McCULOCH
3.
Willie CHILDERS - Lula PARKER
4.
Home? PETTY - Nannie CLEMONS
5.
Grant BENNETT - Ida CASH
6.
V. C. MULLIKIN - Lillian B.
CROWE
7.
Thomas JACOBS - Zora PURNELL
8.
Wesley ELIOTT - Carrie NOLAN
9.
Jesse ACREE - Nellie ROBINSON
County
Cort Orders:
1.
C. W. RIDDELL qualified as executor of the estate of his deceased father,
J. M. RIDDELL.
2.
J. D. RENNACKAR qualified as guardian for his 3 children: Grover C., Luther
D., and Ben M. RENNECKAR.
3.
C. T. GRAY qualified as administrator of the estate of his mother, Mrs. Elmira
GRAY.
4.
J. D. McMILLAN and A. D. WEBB appointed as administrators of the estate of
John DUNN, deceased.
May
19, 1904:
Dry Ridge
News:
1.
The funeral of Mrs. Lucy ABERNATHY, wife of R. E. ABERNATHY (cashier of the
Leesburg Bank), who died at her father's home, A. C. WEBB, near Dry Ridge
last Friday evening [May 13, 1904], was preached in the Baptist Church last
Sunday; was taken sick with typhoid fever last
September.
2.
C. E. PRATHER went to the funeral of his father at Felicity,
Ohio.
Fletcher
EVANS, well-known farmer, died at his home near Stewartsville April 29, 1904,
was born in Grant County October 23, 1823; married Miss Nellie JEWETT in
August 1853, to whom 8 children were born: Wm., Alfred, marion, James, Edward,
mary, Maggie, and Altie; he joined the White Chapel Methodist Church in 1853,
but removed membership to Mt. Pisgah M. E. Church; leaves widow, three sons,
and three daughters.
Additional
Local:
1.
Miss Verdelia BRACHT visited her sister, Mrs. A. W. CARLTON in
Covington.
2.
Born to the wife of Robert DUNCAN, a girl.
3.
Born to the wife of John SIMPSON, a
boy.
4.
Claude, 20, son of R. M. CRIST, died at the home of his father near Doudton
last Monday.
James
MORRIS, who works for the railroad company here, was found dead beside the
track early Wednesday [May 18, 1904]; presumed killed by
train.
Local
and Personal: John RANSOM died Tuesday last at his mother's home of
consumption.
May
26, 1904:
Maggie Eloise, infant daughter
(9 months old) of Nathan F. and Minnie ASHCRAFT, died Thursday, May 19, 1904
of whooping cough and pneumonia, at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. ASHCRAFT.
In
Memory of little Wm. Goebel SANDERS [called Goebel], son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. SANDERS, who died March 31, 1904 of measles at his home, 1203 Ricky Street,
Covington, Kentucky, aged 2 years, 4 months, 21 days; poem follows, signed,
His Loving Father and Mother.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Thomas J. HASELWOOD of Lexington and Asa ASHCRAFT of Covington came to the
funeral of their niece, Maggie Eloise ASHCRAFT,
Friday.
2.
Mrs. J. C. B. CONRAD visited her mother Mrs. Mary GULICK.
--Pendletonian.
3.
The sister of Dr. W. H. McCLURE suffered a relapse and died at her Jefferson
City, Missouri home.
June
2, 1904:
Col. Jo L. ELLISTON of Covington
finishes this info from a western paper of the death of Capt. Josephus P.
DeJARNETTE who was born/reared in Grant County; he died at St. Joseph's Hospital,
Denver, Colorado, Friday, May 13, of pneumonia; buried at Chetopa, Kansas,
Monday, May 16, born in Grant County in 1838; Confederate Captain in Co.
A, 3rd Battalion, KY Cavalry; married Miss Fannie KENDALL in 1870 to whom
was born one son, J. W., who survives; moved to Chetopa in 1871; married
in 1879, Miss Virgarene LIGGETT; friend of widow and orphan; in 1890, moved
to Denver; widow, son, two brothers and two sisters survive; was a full cousin
to Captain A. G. DeJARNETTE and Hon. M. D. GRAY; father was Harrison DeJARNETTE;
mother was a Harrison County SWINFORD; was related to PERRINs of Pendleton
County; was born on farm now owned by Wash OSBORN on the Warsaw Road, about
1-1/2 miles west of Dry Ridge.
Grant
County Marriage Licenses Issued Since last
Report:
1.
Thomas JACOBS - Zora PURNELL
2.
Wesley ELLIOTT - Carrie H.
NOLAN
3.
Jesse ACREE - Nellie ROBINSON
4.
John J. Crittenden BURKS - Mrs. Leona SMITH, Dry Ridge, Kentucky, Atlanta,
Georgia.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Charley SANDERS of Norwood, Ohio visited his father, Ison
SANDERS.
2.
Brian FRANK of Cincy visited his sister, Mrs. W. C.
JOHNSON.
3.
Joe DOER and wife of Cincy visited her parents, W. T.
McKINLEY.
4.
Robert BEARD and wife of Hamilton, Ohio visited her parents, Frank BRUMBACK,
near town.
5.
Wm. KING, wife, and daughter of Cincy visited her parents, J. T.
HEARN.
6.
Rev. W. R. ELLISTON of Latonia and daughters, Virginia and Elizabeth, visited
relatives.
7.
J. A. ROUSE of Crittenden will move May 31 to Renton, King County,
Washington.
8.
Born to the wife of Theodore SIMMS last Saturday, a
girl.
9.
Born to the wife of Joseph WALLACE, may 25, a
boy.
Ezra
News: Mrs. Mary INGLES visited her father, James
RAVENSCRAFT.
June
9, 1904:
Dunaway News: Col. Jack BLAIR
of Marshall, Missouri visited his father at
Colemansville.
Lewis
McGLASSON, now a Quartermaster at Pekin, China in Co. G., 5th U. S. Infantry,
re-enlisted for another 3 years; his 4th enlistment without a break; son
of J. J. McGLASSON of Mason.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Miss Maud JONES and her cousins, Flora and Jas. PEEBLES, visited near Gum
Lick and Key West, Ky.
2.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. FRANKS of Folsom and little Joe and Portia STEWART visited
the latter's parents at Louisville (Dr. A. A.
STEWART).
3.
Tuesday, Judge CONRAD adjudged Willie JACKSON, colored, a lunatic and he
was taken to the Central Asylum near
Anchorage.
S.
P. (Sam) TURNER and wife have moved to Covington; he will work with the Street
Car Company.
Blanchet
News: Mrs. Geo. DUNGAN left for CIncy to visit her brother, F. BOUSCAREN,
who is not expected to live.
June
16, 1904:
The jury ruled B. F. LANTER
not guilty in the case of killing Frank MUSSELMAN February 9,
1903.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. CLARK of Cincy visited her sister, Mrs. O. B.
BEASLEY.
2.
Born to the wife of James ROBERTS, June 9, a
girl.
3.
Mr. and mrs. M. H. FRITZ and four little children of Urbana, Ohio will go
to housekeeping here.
4.
Dr. Drury J. McMILLAN of Kansas City, Missouri visited his sister, Mrs. Melissa
F. ZINN.
5.
James REAMER of near Elliston Station, who was living at Warsaw, died at
his home near Elliston as Saturday from dropsy and general debility; funeral
was Monday at Pleasant View Baptist
Church.
6.
Roberts DILLS of Grant County visited his sister, mrs. J. L. GAUGH, while
her sister, Miss Estella DILLS, returned to Grant County. Wilmore item in
Jessamine Journal.
Mason
News:
1.
Born to the wife of Marion RHYON on June 8, a
boy.
2.
Mrs. S. C. HICKS and sister, Mrs. Louisa RAMEY of Cordova visited Dr.
SIMPSON.
Claysville
News:
1.
Worth BARNES and wife visited her parents at Oak
Ridge.
2.
Misses Mary and Laura SAYERS of Fork Lick visited their aunt, Mrs. H.
DRINKARD.
Sheriff's
Sale ordered of the property of C. D.
CRAM.
June
23, 1904:
Claysville
News:
1.
Mrs. C. W. TANNER and little daughter, Ella May, visited her daughter, Mrs.
Worth BARNES.
2. Mr. and Mrs. John HALL and daughter, Hazel, visited relatives at Mason.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. Hattie ARNOLD and daughter, Nancye, and Mrs. E. E. THEOBALD left for
their new home in Petoskey,
Michigan.
2.
James ARNOLD visited his brother, Arthur, in
Louisville.
3.
Mrs. Maria SOWARD of Lexington visited the family of F. BURCH; she is aunt
of Mrs. BURCH, a great aunt of Miss Susie BURCH, and a great-great-aunt of
Miss Stella WHITE.
June
30, 1904:
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Ethel DAY visited his sister, Miss Ella Lea
DAY.
2.
Miss Bettie CHILDERS went to Quillan,Virginia to visit her sister, Mrs. J.
J. BROWN.
Jolly
Ridge News: Miss Leah McCOY visited her cousins, Misses Katie and Ruth
CHILDERS.
Born
to the wife of Charles ADAMS on Tuesday, a
boy.
Born
to the wife of Sam BOYD on Wednesday, a boy.
Local
and Personal:
1.
The remains of Mrs. Dr. W. H. BLANTON, who died at her Erlanger home a few
days ago, were buried at Georgetown where she was born and lived many
years.
2.
Miss Anna Belle STEWART of Cincy visited her
uncle.
3.
Mrs. Geo. BULLOCK and daughter, Viola M., of Covington visited relatives
here.
Fork
Lick News: A. T. [?] and family have returned from the Indian Territory and
settled in the same house they moved out of; bad health drove him back.
July
7, 1904:
Sherman News: Jesse FRANKS,
wife and daughter of Walton, and brother, R. P. Franks and son of Covington,
visited their brother, J. P. FRANKS at Mt.
Zion.
Heekin
News: Louis ACKMAN of Cordova visited his sister, Mrs.
HARRISON.
Clarksville
News: Miss Maud BARNES and brother Floyd left to visit their sisters at
Greensburg, Indiana.
Mrs.
Lucy McMILLAN of Kansas City, Missouri visited her aunt, Mrs. Melissa
ZINN.
Last
Thursday [June 30, 1904], Miss Mattie O'HARA, a popular teacher at the
Williamstown Graded Free School, left her Dry Ridge home on the train for
Cincinnati; there she married Dr. J. L. PRICE of Sherman at the Gibson House;
had been sweethearts for years.
Mason
News:
1.
Born to the wife of Benjamin EPPERSON of Heekin, June 26, a
boy.
2.
Born to the wife of William CHOWNING of Mason, July 2, a
boy.
July
14, 1904:
Patrick GOALEY, 74, died at
his home near Stewartsville, Friday evening, July 8, 1904, of dropsy after
a lingering illness; was successful farmer of about 300 acres; laid stone
in younger years (foundations of Salem Church, Ross KENDALL and Governor
CLARK homes); was a Catholic; buried at Williamstown
Cemetery.
"I'm
tired of it all. I'm going to kill myself because I am going crazy, as my
father did." Fred HUTCHINSON, 33, said this his wife nearby before shooting
himself in the head at his home, 715 W. 6th Street; he came here from Dry
Ridge, small chance of recovering.--Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune,
July 13.
Mason
News: Born to the wife of Rodney C. HEDGES of Cherry Grove, July 11, a
boy.
Letter
from J. B. PRICE, 310 Johnson Street, Covington, recounts old times of living
in Grant County over 20 years.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. Byron WHEATON and son, Harry, of North Vernon, Indiana, visited Mrs.
S. O. GILLINGHAM.
2.
Mrs. D. H. CALENDER returned from visiting her sons, Ezra and John CALENDER,
at Greensburg, Indiana.
3.
Mrs. Ella Elliston MEDDIS of Louisville visited her sister, Mrs.
COATES.
4.
A. W. HALLAN, wife and little daughter, Lorene, of Covington visited H. C.
DRINKARD and wife.
5.
The funeral of Wm. VANDEREN mentioned by the Cynthiana Times.
Fork
Lick News: Mrs. Maggie MARKSBERY visited her father, Wm. PHILLIPS, on the
Fourth.
J.
M. RILEY has a 40 acre farm in Jennings County, Indiana for sale or will
exchange same for residence in Williamstown,
Ky.
July
21, 1904:
The Honorable Joseph McCAIN,
58, was stricken with apoplexy this afternoon and died immediately; was prominent
attorney and member of House of Representatives; leaves wife and two children.
--Bedford, Kentucky Special in Courier-Journal, July 13.
Ezra
News:
1.
Stella LOOMIS visited her sister, Nora WELLS, at
Goforth.
2.
Wm. DANCE and wife of Covington visited her parents, J. M. ADAMS and wife
here.
3.
Charley PORTER and family moved here from
Covington.
On
Monday afternoon [July 17, 1904] several of the younger colored boys were
swimming in the railroad lake (about 35 feet deep) when George HUME, about
18 or 19, who could not swim, jumped in and would have drowned except for
the heroic efforts of Harrison WILLIAMS; after sitting on the bank a few
minutes, HUME plunged in again and
drowned.
In
Memory of Leslie Bertram BEACH, son of Mary E. and Daniel M. BEACH, born
December 5, 1886, and died March 8, 1904 in Covington Hospital; was only
boy of 4 children; was working in Ludlow when struck with measles and pneumonia;
buried at the Mason Baptist Church Cemetery. Signed Alice
BISHOP.
In
Memory of Miss Nellie CARTER, who died of consumption at her home one mile
North of Mt. Zion; youngest of all the children; left parents, brothers and
sisters to mourn; "four sad weeks have hardly passed........."; signed Her
cousin, Addie HENSLEY.
Dry
Ridge News: William PRICE, 86, died last Saturday, July 16, 1904; was one
of the pioneer settlers of Grant County; Uncle Billy always had a smiling
face and a good word for everybody; was buried in the PRICE Graveyard two
miles east of Sherman.
Three
men left to register for the Rosebud Indian Reservation opening in South
Dakota; at Bonesteel, they will register for themselves and, by proxy, for
a soldier: G. S. WEBB for J. K. PAGE; S. R. WEBB for J. Q. BARBOUR; and Luther
HEDGES for his father, H. C. HEDGES. The drawing begins July
28.
Local
and Personal:
1.
James R. RICKETTS of New Orleans visited his sister, Mrs. J. Q.
BARBOUR.
2.
Overton S. HOGAN of Owenton has moved back to
Williamstown.
3.
Battie LONG, wife, and daughter, Miss Tanna, of Richwood attended the funeral
of her uncle, Patrick GOALY.
4.
Mrs. Martin STAMPER, son Luther, and daughter, Gertrude, visited relatives
in Owen County.
5.
Miss Willie O'Hara SMITH of Lexington visited her cousin, Miss Edith
REID.
6.
Miss Mary LONG and brother of Erlanger came to the funeral of their uncle,
Patrick GOALY, Monday.
7.
Dr. RATCLIFFE and family of Seattle, Washington visited his sister, Mrs.
C. VALLANDINGHAM.
8.
Dr. A. V. MENEFEE examined Fred HUTCHINSON's self-inflicted wounds at the
Cincinnati Hospital; found him cheerful and he may fully
recover.
9.
Misses Vesta PORTER and Reba WILSON joined the church at Mt. Olivet and were
baptized Sunday.
10.
Miss Stella WHITE of Waynesville, Ohio returned home after visiting her
grandparents, F. BURCH and wife, for two months; visited Matt BURCH's family
at Covington.
11.
Alex O'LEE of Lexington who moved away from Grant in 1881, visited
here.
July
24, 1904:
Patrick GOALEY born March
15, 1830; married September 27, 1853, died Friday, July 8, 1904 at his home
near Stewartsville, Grant County; suffered last 6 months from liver enlargement;
he had known for many days that the death angel was hovering near; talked
of loved ones who had died and longed to be with them; called his family
to his bedside and blessed each one; was born in Carbra in County Kildare,
Ireland; was third son of family of 4 boys and 2 girls born to Patrick and
Bridget GOALEY; his father died while he was a small boy; his mother with
the rest of the family, except himself, emigrated to America setting in New
Haven, CN; only one sister survives, Mrs. Henry KNIGHT; Patrick married Miss
Mary LONG of Dublin and came to America, landing at New York September 18,
1854, and afterward came to Sherman, Kentucky, April 10, 1855; they had 11
children, 8 surviving who were present when he died: Wm. H., Jos. P., John
D., Anna, Lizzie, Julia, Fannie, and Robt. E. GOALEY; was a stone mason by
trade until 1866; many Grant County structures bear his handiwork; was an
ardent Catholic; funeral was in his church with burial in Williams Cemetery.
"On whose soul sweet Jesus have mercy. R.I.P. His Sorrowing
Family."
In
Memoriam. [Written by his wife, Minnie.] Charley BALLARD died April 25, 1905
after long illness with liver trouble; was in 39th year; leaves wife and
4 children; two boys and two girls; the oldest 13 and youngest 2; was buried
at Holbrook; Baptist Church member of several years. Four verses follow;
Holbrook, July 1904.
Old
"Aunt" Hannah CALLOWAY, colored, doubtless the oldest person in Kentucky
[116], died in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Saturday [July 23]; was a slave of
a COLGAN, then sold to Ignatius BRYAN, then inherited by his son, Hilary;
retained her memory until death; was born in 1788; remembered early settlement
of Kentucky and battle of New Orleans and saw George WASHINGTON.
Ezra
News: Mrs. Sallie DAUGHERTY, about 76, died at the home of her son-in-law,
Nealy WELLS, near Butler last Friday [July 22, 1904]; lived her many years,
buried at Roanoke Cemetery Sunday.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Miss Flora Bell SHEPHERD of Frankfort visited her cousin, Mrs. R. A.
COLLINS.
2.
Misses Jessie FLINT and Mamie TEMPLE of near Omaha, nieces of Judge W. T.
SIMMONS, deceased, visited relatives
here.
3.
H. E. WALLACE of Union City, Tennessee is an elder brother of D. B. WALLACE
of Warsaw.
4.
Edward WEST of WIlmington, Ohio visited his uncle, J. H. WEBB and his mother,
Mrs. Henrietta WEST of
Williamstown.
5.
H. C. DAHLING and wife have hosted these Cincinnati relatives this month:
Florence, Irene, Clara, Lillian, Alma, Mary and Mr. and Mrs. B. W. - all
DAHLINGS, Paul HEITEPRIEM, Edwin JUCKER, Lizzie and Ida
JORDAN.
Hervet
ANDERSON, whose remains were placed in the vault Wednesday will be buried
in Williamstown Cemetery next Sunday by
Masons.
Mt.
Zion News:
1.
Misses Pet and Stella MORGAN of Corinth visited Bruce FRANKS and
wife.
2.
Misses Mildred and Joe NEWTON of Crittenden visited the Misses
BARKER.
Grant
County Marriage Licenses issued since our last
issue:
1.
Charles PULLIAM - Lizzie WINKLE
2.
John T. McCOY - Lucretia
ALLPHIN
3.
Rod McNEELY - Annie BRASHEAR
4.
Edward L. SIMCOX - Georgia B. ALCOKE.
August
4, 1904:
D. D. CLEMENTS, one of the
most successful and highly respected citizens of the Mt. Zion area, died
at his home Saturday, July 30, 1904; was buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery; was
a little past middle age; his health failed some years ago. Large funeral
on Sunday.
A
long letter from a Grant County military boy, Orla W. ROBINSON, from aboard
the ship Mayflower, posted Trieste, Austria, July 14, 1904; tells of worldwide
travel.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Born to the wife of Frank COOK, County Assessor, last Sunday, a
girl.
2.
Miss Willie O'Hara SMITH of Lexington visited her aunt, Mrs. Tim
NEEDHAM.
3.
Hon. Harvey MYERS and Miss Anna Belle MENEFEE were married last
week.
4.
J. D. COBB and family moved to Erlanger
Tuesday.
5.
The wife of Col. Jo L. ELLISTON of Covington died last week of ptomaine
poisoning; Col ELLISTON, well-known lawyer and politician; is a brother of
Mrs. Capt. DeJARNETTE of
Williamstown.
6.
Sydney CALDWELL, wife, and children have moved from Jonesville to
Cincinnati.
7.
W. D. LEMMON and bride visited her parents, L. M. CONLEY near Williamstown
and Elder J. W. LEMMON's family before departing for their home at Butler.
--Falmouth
Pendletonian.
8.
Miss Elizabeth BRACHT of Williamstown visited her cousin, A. L. PELLENS and
family at Seymour, Indiana.
August
11, 1904:
Jim COLLINS wrote his mother,
Mrs. R. A. COLLINS, that he lost a foot in a railroad accident last Saturday
somewhere in Illinois.
A.
L. SIMS and Miss Nora BONAR were married last Thursday at her mother's home
(Mrs. Charles BONAR); will live on Falmouth
Street.
Sherman
News:
1.
W. A. HUME and family are considering locating at Jellico, Tennessee where
there son Alvin has been for two
years.
2.
Daniel FRANKS, 76, died August 2, 1904 at this daughter's home, Mrs. Daniel
POINTS; was born and raised near Mt. Zion; married Miss Ararilla MITTS, daughter
of John MITTS, and soon after joined in the tide of emigrants to the then
far West and settled in Clark County, Missouri where he resided until the
[Civil] war broke out; joined the Confederate Army under Gen PRICE; after
the war he moved back to near Mt. Zion. spending the rest of his days near
his children; was buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Pall bearers were Floyd FRANKS
and Daniel Jr., Eugene, David, Jr., Wm. T., and Clarence, all surnamed
POINTS.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. D. J. CHARBONEAU & son Felix of Covington visited R. B. TURNER.
2. Two of the oldest citizens met in the Bank of WIlliamstown Monday: T.
L. CLARK, almost 92, and Pierce KENT who is past
99.
3.
Miss Elinor, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. KROGER of Hamilton, Ohio
visited W. T. HARRISON.
4.
R. W. WESTOVER, stalwart Dallas, Texas policeman is her visiting scenes of
his youth.
5.
Sam SHEPHERD met his daughter, Miss Flora Belle, here who is visiting her
cousin, Mrs. R. A. COLLINS.
6.
Hon. M. D. GRAY purchased and moved to the McMANAMA property from the
heirs.
7.
Mrs. J. H. WESTOVER, wife of editor, and two boys [twins] and mother-in-law,
Mrs. H. C. MUSSELMAN, and son Frank of Oregon City, Oregon, moved
here.--Santa Anna (CA) Morning Dispatch, July 30.
8. Mrs. [Sarah K.] G. W. YANCEY of the CWBN [Kentucky Christian Womens Board
of Missions] gave an address here last Sunday; her late husband was one of
the many illustrious men born/raised in Owen County. --Owen County
Democrat. [Abstracter's Note: The Abstracter, Robert L. BICKERS,
was a 1963 graduate of Hazel Green Academy, which at one time was sponsored
by the CWBN. One of the girls dormitories, which burned down, was named the
Sarah K. YANCY Home in honor of her contribution to the Academy.].
In
Memoriam of Henry [spelling difficult to read in spine of book, as microfilmed]
CLARK was born July 18, [year not readable] and married Miss Ora HOPKINS
[month not readable] 13, 1898; died June 7, 1904; funeral at Knoxville; buried
in LANDRUM graveyard nearby; leaves wife and three children. poetry follows,
signed, "His Loving Wife."
August
18, 1904:
The Harrodsburg Herald
reported the death of County Judge PREWITT recently; he served in the
mexican War and was twice at Buena Vista; at his death he had a $20 bill
given him by two young Confederate soldiers that he nursed to health after
the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky; PREWITT wrote on the bill, "This must
not be spent during my life time.
Additional
Local:
1.
Mr. and mrs. N. K. ASHCRAFT of Corinth visited their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. John A. SIMPSON.
2.
Miss Mamie HALE of Gulfport, Mississippi visited her cousin, Miss Lucille
CLARK on High Street.
3.
R. J. LYNCH of Frankfort, who succeeds John DUNN, deceased, in the granite
and marble works and tombstone business here, has 11 years
experience.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Morris CASE, wife and child visited her mother, Mrs. Dr.
WILSON.
2.
Mrs. hiram ELLISTON visited her daughter, Mrs. Frank WARREN, of
Louisville.
3.
Joe DOER and wife visited her parents, Wm. McKINLEY and
wife.
4.
Mrs. R. A. COLLINS is back from Danville, Illinois where she saw her son,
Jim, who lost a foot in a railroad
accident.
5.
Mrs. H. J. JOSEPH visited her sister, Mrs. Frank WARREN, in
Louisville.
6.
M. D. MARTIN, in his 82nd year, and Jas. VanDERIN, both of Cynthiana, the
father and brother-in-law of Geo. P. MARTIN and wife, visited the
latter.
7.
Misses Nancy Mae WESTOVER and Bertha BIDDLE visited the former's sister,
Mrs. Arthur MARSHALL, of Covington.
August
25, 1904:
Elmer ELLISTON and Miss Cecilia
O'HARA who obtained a license Monday in town, were married Wednesday, August
24, 1904 at Mt. Zion, the home of the
bride.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Little Miss Hildreth GREEN of Covington visited her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Q. BARBOUR.
2.
Miss Minnie NORTHCUTT of Knoxville visited her aunt, Mrs. Gus GILBERT, Dry
Ridge.
3.
Claud and Ada CONRAD went to Petoskey, MI to join their sisters, Misses Maud
and Anna Ray.
4.
Estelle M. BLICK has moved from Jefferson, Alabama to Fredericktown, Missouri
"to try our fortunes in the great 'Wolly
West.'"
5.
Robert E. VANLEUVEN visited his brother, Jas. T., in
Cincy.
Crittenden
News: Mrs. Dr. KNIFFIN of Philadelphia visited her sister, Mrs. Thomas ROUSE..
September
1, 1904:
On Tuesday, August 23, 1904
in Louisville, a wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. JENKINS
between their attractive niece, Miss Murray GARDNER and Erastus Gill McGINNIS
of Eminence; bride is daughter of Mrs. W. B. GARDNER; groom is son of the
late J. _. McGINNIS and nephew of Dr. _. W. McGINNIS of New Castle; he is
a prosperous young farmer who went to college,honeymoon at World's Fair;
will live at groom's mother, Mrs. M. A. McGINNIS, "Morta Place."
--Henry County Local.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Born to the wife of J. W. FLYNN near Dry Ridge, Monday, August 29, a boy.
But won't Grandpa CONROY be
proud!
2.
Misses Anna and Emma WOODHEAD, their mother, and little sister of Falmouth,
visited Miss Mayme JOHNSON.
3.
Mrs. [J. N.] Mary BROWNING LEMMON and little son, Lee, of Waynesville, Ohio,
visited her father, T. J. BROWNING of Dry Ridge and brother, S. F., of
Knoxville.
4.
Capt. Chas. WADSWORTH of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, his wife, and four daughters
visited his sister, Mrs. H. T. CLINGER. --Hog Ridge item in
Pendletonian. .
Corinth
News:
1.
Miss Bessie BEARD of Wilmore visited her grandfather, G. W.
MARSHALL.
2.
Mrs. G. W. TRIMNELL will return home with her sister, Mrs. lettie IRELAND,
from Virginia.
3.
Miss Stella, daughter of C. ADAMS, was buried in the WHEAT Cemetery this
morning [when? no reference to date cited]; died of
consumption.
4.
Mrs. John PARRISH and sister, Mrs. Wm. BEACH of Covington visited in Owen
County.
September
8, 1904:
Mrs. Sidney ESKRIDGE died
at her home on Baton Rouge Pike, Sunday [September 4, 1904]; left family
of five children, two boys and three girls; buried in Old CONRAD Cemetery
where her husband was.
For
Quick Reading:
1.
A daughter of the poet Nathaniel P. WILLIS was killed in a Boston elevator
accident.
2.
Addis E. NEAT, Louisville druggist, died at New Albany, Indiana, of
appendicitis.
3.
After a quarrel with her love, Miss Ada LAMAN of Scott County, committed
suicide with carbolic acid.
Sherman
News:
1.
Uncle Mashack WEBSTER's funeral was at Mt. Zion on the 28th [August
1904].
2.
Mrs. Margaret SCOTT of Missouri, who has been here since the death of her
father, Daniel FRANKS, returned
home.
3.
Mrs. Lena LAWRENCE and daughter of Indianapolis, Indiana visited her mother,
Mrs. Chapman CASON.
The
editor of The Courier
[Tim NEEDHAM] returned from a trip
to his boyhood home in Hardin County, kentucky which he left more than 41
years ago; in his old brick house on Linder's Creek used to reside on
grandparents, parents, four sisters and a brother; now all are gone,
either to other states or to the grave; we walked in the family burying ground
which contains 5 generations from two great-grandfathers, who were soldiers
of the Revolution, down to brother's and sister's children; we went back
home for the funerals of our brother, Rev. Geo. NEEDHAM and that of his wife;
George's funeral was preached by our uncle, Rev. Henry W. SOUTH, now past
82.
Carl
and Lula A. CHILES, son Emmett and daughter, Viola, of Hamilton, Ohio, returned
home after visiting her father's
home.
Henry
C. CONRAD and Arthur CONRAD of hamilton, Missouri, and Edgar CONRAD of Covington,
were here Tuesday for the funeral of their sister, Mrs. Sidney
ESKRIDGE.
Dry
Ridge, Kentucky, August 30, 1904. I received from the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York, $2,000 on the policy of my late husband, D. D. CLEMENTS,
signed Mary E. CLEMENTS.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. Kate BRUMBACK visited her daughter in Hamilton,
Ohio.
2.
Mrs. W. G. WELBORN and little daughter returned from visiting her parents
in Virginia.
3.
Geo. Bain FRANK of Cincy visited his sister, Mrs. Bessie JOHNSON, then they
were called to the Wyoming, Ohio bedside of their sister, Mrs. Rosa
GARVEY.
4.
Mrs. Hiram BERRY of Frankfort took her niece, Miss Clint CUNNINGHAM to Toronto,
Canada to attend school.
5.
Dick DICKERSON who has been doing farm work for Sid MERRILL for his health,
will return to his studies at the University of Cincinnati to get ready for
football season.
Monday
[September 5, 1904] Miss pearl CONNLEY, daughter of M. CONNLEY, was married
to W. O. DAVIS of Newport [where they will reside]; wedding took place at
bride's home, being performed by Rev. Con M. GORDON of the Christian Church
here.
September
15,1904:
An unknown cripple--later
believed to be "Dan" from the DeMossville area, having both legs off at the
knees and walking on two stubby crutches, came to town Saturday night, procured
a pint of wood alcohol to rub his limbs with, camped near J. W. LANCASTER's
lot, where he was found dying Monday with the empty bottle by him and 60
cents in his pockets; was buried Tuesday at the public
charge.
Hon.
John T. McCLURE - the town was startled by his death Tuesday [September 14,
1904] at his Crittenden home; greatly esteemed in all parts of the county
as Sheriff and Representative; was cashier in the Tobacco Growers' Deposit
Bank at Crittenden; was about 70 but never married; was born and reared in
Grant County.
Ezra
News: Mrs. Chas. ARNOLD of Morgan visited her mother, Mrs. Jennie
ASBURY.
Mrs.
Sibelle Winston STEVENSON, 80, and widow of Gov. John W. STEVENSON, died
at Covington, Monday, [September 12,
1904].
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. Kate CHEATHAM of Louisville visited her sister, Mrs. G. S.
WEBB.
2.
John MANN and family went to the funeral of his uncle, Martin MANN, of
Crittenden, Sunday.
3.
Mrs. Frank WARREN and son, Charles, of Louisville, visited her mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth ELLISTON.
4.
Wm. COLLINS and sisters, Misses Rosa, Lillie, and Lettie, were guest of Misses
Bessie and Orie MITTS of
Covington.
5.
W. V. GRANT and wife of near Circleville, Oho visited his father-in-law,
Judge Clay WHITE.
6.
Miss Jessie MUSSELMAN, Williamstown, visited her sister, Mrs. J. H. WESTOVER
in Santa Ana, California.
Mrs.
Mary Ellen LAIR, past 69 and wife of Charley LAIR, and one of the most highly
respected colored women in the community, died Saturday, September 10, 1904
and was buried Sunday; was a member of the Christian Church; was born a slave
in the family of Dr. [Wesley] TULLY [who was believed to be the father of
Mary An TULLY who married Fielden BICKERS]; she married Charley LAIR of Harrison
County, who was free born, some time in the late 1850's and had one child
born to them before the Civil War brought her her freedom; always lived in
Williamstown; her husband and one son, Gene,
survive.
A
telegram was received Monday by Mrs. Bessie JOHNSON notifying her of the
death of her sister, Mrs. Rosa GARVEY; was second daughter of Dr. W. G.
FRANK.
September
22,1904:
Resolutions on the death of
Hon. John T. McCLURE by the Tobacco Growers Deposit Bank: he died at his
Crittenden home September 14, 1904; at 70; was bank's cashier since its
organization in 1892; was Grant County Sheriff twice and Representative
once.
Covington
Items in Times-Star, September
15.
1.
Mrs. Warren ELLISTON and son, Richard, of Brooklyn, visited Mrs. Carrie Lowe
of Scott Street.
2.
John T. McCLURE was laid to rest in the family lot at Linden Grove Cemetery,
this city, today; he died on Tuesday.
Sherman
News: Miss Stella PRICE of Joplin, Missouri visited her uncle, Dr. J. L.
PRICE.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Born to Mrs. Romania SPARKS WHITE, wife of W. T. White, last Saturday [September
17, 1904], a girl. [Abstracter's Note: This is one of the few times, if not
the first instance, when the paper has printed the given and maiden name
of the newborn's mother.]
2.
Miss Mayme STEVENSON of Lexington is with her aunt, Mrs. R. A. COLLINS.
3.
Miss Emma WILSON returned from a month visit to her sister, Mrs. Nancye CARRICK
in New York.
4.
Forest BARNES and Miss Ada RANSOM were married at the home of Rev. J. M.
McKINLEY last THursday afternoon [September 15,
1904].
5.
Born to the wife of Ralph DAUGHERTY of Falmouth Street, Saturday [September
17, 1904], a boy.
6.
Jas. WILSON, wife, and two children of near Geneva, NE, visited his sister,
Mrs. Jas. CLARK; WILSON is the son of Squire Allie WILSON who moved to NE
from Stewartsville some years
ago.
7.
B. J. and Gus STEPHENS of Canton, Illinois came on account of the serious
illness of their father, Wm.
8.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John BEARD, formerly of Williamstown, but now of Henryetta,
I. T. [Indian Territory] on the 8th [September 1904], a
girl.
9.
J. M. POWELL of Norwood, Ohio, and a former Courier attache, and his
brother-in-law, Mr. SMITH of Cincy, visited
here.
10.
Dr. John F. LOOMIS of Independence will soon move his family to Covington;
he visited the families of his father, E. K., near Heekin, and his brother,
Ezra, near Falmouth.
County
Court Orders:
1.
R. L. WEBB appointed estate administrator of Mrs. Dorothey E.
LOWE.
2.
Elzie HALL appointed Grant County Fish and Game
Warden.
3.
W. H. GUNNELL appointed guardian for his two children, Luther and Robert
GUNNELL.
4.
Edward WINTER appointed guardian of his daughter, Lutie
WINTER.
5.
Joseph ESKRIDGE appointed administrator of his mother's
estate.
6.
F. M. and L. L. PRICE appointed administrators of the estate of their father,
Wm. PRICE.
September
29,1904:
Corinth News: The 13-year-old
daughter of Rev. E. [Elijah] PETTY died Thursday morning [September 22, 1904]
of typhoid fever at her home near
Cordova.
Delia
News: Born to the wife of W. D. CARTER on the 31st [September 1904], a
boy.
Heekin
News:
1.
Miss Edith WADE of Lincoln returned home after a visit with her cousin,
Mrs.Mollie Chipman.
2.
Mrs. Ada STITH returned from visiting her parents, with her niece, Miss Eva
SCROGGINS.
Mt.
Zion News:
1.
Mrs. J. W. SLAUGHTER visited her daughter, Mrs. PEPPLAR of Norwood,
Ohio.
2.
Mrs. Ora FRANKS and son of Canton, Missouri visited her brother, Edwin
Butler.
3.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. O. W. SLAUGHTER, September 20, 2904, a
boy.
4.
Bruce FRANKS and wife will move to
Williamstown.
Mason
News:
1.
Born to the wife of Una CHIPMAN of Heekin, September 24, a
girl.
2.
Born to the wife of T. S. SEBREE of Mason, September 25, a
boy.
Holbrook
News:
Van
JACKSON and his twin daughters, Elzie and Elsie, are visiting the family
of R. C. JACKSON of Hannibal, Missouri for the first time in 21
years.
Large ad for the Admr. Sale of the estate of Wm. PRICE, Wednesday, October 12, 1904.
Local
and personal:
1.
Mrs. Nina FORTNER of Swope, Kentucky visited her sister, Mrs. M.
TAMPER.
2.
A marriage license was issued Monday to Charles M. KELLY of Latonia and Miss
Lilly M. CUMMINS of Dry Ridge.
3.
Miss Lillian ARNOLD of Dayton, Ohio visited her aunts Mrs. S. O. GILLINGHAM
and Mrs. J. M. RILEY on Cynthiana
Street.
4.
Mrs. Effie MUSSELMAN of Corinth visited her mother, Mrs. mary A. LITTELL,
and sister, Batta.
5.
Jas. RYMER and family of Illinois visited his father-in-law, David GREEN,
near Grassy Run.
6.
The Howard TRINMELL family moved from their farm near Cherry Grove to the
home of her sister, Mrs. Effie MUSSELMAN at
Corinth.
7.
Uncle henry DUCKWORTH, aged and respected citizen of near Stewartsville,
is a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted with Col. Matt MULLINS of
Falmouth and served 4 years or until the end of the war without a wound;
he draws a modest government pension.
In
Memoriam: Mrs. Sidney CONRAD ESKRIDGE died at her home September 4, 1904;
was born September 8, 1854 and was in her 58th year; suffered severe heart
attack on Sunday and peacefully passed away; she was married to Wm. ESKRIDGE
August 3, 1874, to whom was six children born; he was killed by a train near
his home in February 1887, after which she assumed the farm debt and nearly
paid off before raising her children--all who survive her except Bessie who
died about three years ago; joined Missionary Baptist Church in 1897; funeral
was at her home; a granddaughter of Uncle Wm. CONRAD; three brothers survive
and were at funerals: Henry C. and Arthur CONRAD of Hamilton, Missouri, and
Edgar CONRAD of Latonia, Kentucky; buried in old CONRAD Family Cemetery;
memorial written by her pastor, J. A.
DAVIS.
Dry
Ridge News: Charley KELLEY of near here and Miss Lillie CUMMINGS, who lived
at Pete KELLY's, were married at the Williamstown Catholic Church, Wednesday,
September 28, 1904.
October
6,1904:
Last Sunday night, John CLARK
formerly of Dry Ridge, now of Covington, and Miss Maud CONRAD, eldest daughter
of Wm. and Kate CONRAD (now MARTIN) eloped to Vevay, Indiana and were married
Monday [October 3, 1904]; drove through in a carriage accompanied by Emmett
HOGAN and Miss Maggie CLARK, sister of the groom; they will board with Mrs.
Fannie BURCH, Covington; he works for one of the largest Cincinnati dry goods
stores.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Elder Edward STEPHENS, 95, of near Florence, Boone County, preached at Primitive
Baptist Church.
2.
Blaine BRACHT and Miss Ada CLARK, of this place, are to be married next Sunday,
[October 9, 1904].
Corinth
News:
1.
Jasper ECKLER, wife, and mother of Corinth, will move to Berry, Kentucky;
he will run the B. Gross' store
there.
2.
R. A. (Dick) CROUCH of Delaware, Indiana has moved back to work for J. W.
KENNEDY.
3.
Mrs. Will DAY of Covington visited her parents, R. JACKSON and
wife.
Jonesville
News:
1.
Wm. BICKERS, a former resident of Grant County, now of Illinois, is visiting
Uriah BICKERS [Jr.], our postmaster, but familiarly known here as "Uncle
Coon."
2.
Joes CHAPMAN and Miss Gertie CAMMACK were married on the 2nd [September 1904]
at the home of J. D. CHAPMAN, by Bro. Henry HOLBROOK; were residents of Grant
County.
Our
genial and very accommodating County Clerk, "Bob Lee" [R. L.] KINMAN, who
patented his book holder, now controls the State of Kentucky for the new
butter churn, and has a controlling interest in a gum slot
machine.
Resolutions
of Respect by the Crittenden Lodge for the late John T. McCLURE who died
September 13, 1904; was born in Grant County, September 10, 1834; became
a Mason in 1862; McClure Chapter at Wilmington, Kentucky was named for
him.
Gerome
FORDYCE sought to have his foster son, John MIDDLETON, "bound over to keep
the peace." [case discharged].
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. Louisa HAYES of Cincy, visited her brother, Dr. J. T.
SCOTT.
2.
Born to the wife of J. D. ADAMS, near town, on the 25th {September 1904]
a boy.
3.
Mrs. Dr. Geo. W. TUCKER of Dana, Indiana visited her parents, Hon. and Mrs.
J. T. SCOTT.
4.
Mrs. Warren ELLISTON and little son Richard of Brooklyn, New York visited
Mrs. Hiram ELLISTON.
5.
Mrs. Mary STEWART died at the residence of her mother, Mrs. Dan McGOWAN,
near Stewartsville Tuesday [October 4, 1904] of consumption; buried in
Williamstown Cemetery Thursday.
6.
Henry C. CONRAD left for his Hamilton, Missouri home with his nieces, the
Misses EKSRIDGE.
7.
Ben and Gus STEPHENS of Canton, Illinois returned home after visiting their
dad, W. L. STEPHENS, in feeble
health.
Dudley
STARNES Sr. wrote an account of the dedication of the Holbrook Christian
Church, dated September 28, 1904.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Mrs. Jennie HARDIN (nee BLAINE) of new Albany, Indiana, returned home after
visiting relatives.
2.
Mrs. Bettie PAINTER of Bloomington, Illinois, visited her parents, Mrs. &
Mrs. Clay BLAINE.
3.
Newt McGUIRE and daughter Cora went to
Cincy.
4.
Mrs. mary STEWART of Cincy died of consumption at her mother's home, near
Stewartsville, last Wednesday [September 28 or October 5?]; is the last of
four girls, daughters of Mrs. Dan McCOWAN; she leaves a mother and three
children; funeral at Stewartsville Church where she was a member; burial
in Williamstown Cemetery.
Mt.
Zion News: Miss Earl SMITH visited her cousin, Clara
McCOY.
From
the Stafford, KS Republican of date September 22: Dr. and mrs. J. N. ROSE's
home was illustrated; he was born in Grant County, Kentucky in 1856; at
McPherson, KS, in 1888, he married Miss Emma WOLF, also born in Kentucky;
moved to Stafford in 1892; is wealthy now; on school
board.
October
13,1904:
Jonesville
News:
1.
Died on the 5th [October 1904] an infant child of Charles TACKETT; buried
in Owenton IOOF Cemetery on the
6th.
2.
Born to Harvey CAMMACK and wife, on the 6th [October 1904], a
boy
3.
Claud and Hugh Lee CONRAD, sons of John CONRAD, of Dry Ridge, put away their
30 acres of tobacco.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
R. E. HARRISON visited his daughter, Miss Lucy, at Notre Dame Academy, a
private school at Newport, Ky.
2.
Wm., Claud, and Hugh CONRAD left for a trip to Indian Territory where Walter
and John CONRAD Jr. are located.
John R. SANDERS of the Kentucky Conference, who was on the Corinth circuit
last year, has been transferred to the Indian Territory, with his wife, Miss
Virgie DIXON, of Cincy, a niece of Mrs. J. J. McGLASSON of
Mason.
Judge Moses F. and Mrs. WILSON of Cincy recently celebrated their 37th wedding
anniversary, entertained at the Grand Hotel by Mr. & Mrs. John S. WOODS;
have Grant County relatives; a poem follows written by Moses to his wife
reference his eyesight: "Her whom I love I cannot
see."
Local and Personal:
1.
A. L. SIDES, wife, and baby of Waynesville, Ohio, visited her father, Fred
BURCH.
2.
Miss Dora THOMAS of Richmond visited her sister, Mrs. Calona
BARNES.
3.
Mrs. Irene EDWARDS of Louisville visited her daughter, Mrs. H. A.
ARNOLD.
4.
H. C. DAHLING attended the wedding of his brother, B. W., at Cincy last
week.
5.
Mrs. Jas. POOR of Walton visited her children near town, C. H. POOR and Mrs.
Jas. LINGENFELTER.
6.
Mrs. J. M. BAKER left with her daughter and son-in-law, Samuel BROWNING,
of Knoxville, left for the World's
Fair.
7.
G. B. HARRISON, a Grant County boy who has been in Jackson, Breathitt County,
for about 15 years, bought M. H. FITZ's barber shop
here.
8.
Born to Harris MUSSELMAN and wife, Sunday, October 2, 1904, a
boy.
9.
Pierce KENT, the ancient Irishman near Mason, is nearer the 100
mark.
10.
J. M. BICKERS who was raised near Downingsville, but now of Illinois, has
been visiting relatives in Jonesville and other points for two weeks, was
visiting the family of John HAGGARD near town
Sunday.
11.
WOODHEAD and REDDY of Falmouth are on trial for the murder of Ed GARRETT
several months ago.
Mt. Zion News:
1.
Miss Eva NEAL visited her aunt, Mrs. I. R.
FRANKS.
2.
Miss Fleeta TOMLIN leaves for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Eva COLLINS,
of St. Louis.
3.
Mrs. Wm. GATZ and daughter, Miss Geneva, left for Cincy to spend the winter
with relatives.
Heekin News:
1.
Miss Estelle DILLS visited her sister, Mrs. J. L. GAUGH, of
Wilmore.
2.
Mrs. Jane HALL and Miss Maude ROLAND visited J. W. and D. M. HALL in
Williamstown.
3.
Wm. HUDSON and Miss Priscilla GREEN, of this place, were married the 5th
[October 1904] by Rev. FRAKES; will live in
Illinois.
Mason News:
1.
Bessie SIMPSON is visiting her cousins, Nora and May
LUCAS.
2.
John BILLITER of Ludlow was brought to his father's with a case of typhoid
fever.
Cordova News:
1.
Fred NELSON of Leland, Illinois, son of Lewis NELSON, was buried here last
Sunday.
2.
Charley FAULKNER moved to Robinson Station, Harrison
County.
Church Dedication: On the fifth Sunday in October [30th, 1904] the new White's
Chapel Methodist Church on Eagle Creek will be dedicated. Rev W. A. PEEN
of Mt. Hope charge will be with us. Dinner on the ground. Those near enough
are asked to bring well filled baskets. Services at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Everybody come. J. D. REDD Preacher in
Charge.
Sherman News: J. F. POINTS visited his brother, Allen, at Salt Lick, where
he may go in business.
October
20,1904:
Jonesville
News:
1.
Mrs. POWELL visited her daughter, Mrs. Henry SECHRIST,
here.
2.
Lester ISAACS of Delavan, Caswell County, Illinois, son of Godfrey ISAACS,
visited his parents.
Mt.
Zion News: Mrs. HENSLEY and father, Uncle Pendleton WEBSTER, visited Williamstown
relatives.
Ollie
STEWART, little daughter of Mr. and mrs. Volney STEWART, died at her home
on High Street, Williamstown, last Tuesday [October 18, 1904]; she had stepped
on a nail, got better, then had lockjaw symptoms; Dr. FRAID attended her;
she would have been 6 next Saturday [October 22]; buried at
Corinth.
Ottis
Blaine BRACHT married Miss Adah CLARK, Wednesday, October 12, 1904; groom
is eldest son of F. G. BRACHT and carries mail on RFD Route #3; bride is
daughter of Geo. N. CLARK of Dry Ridge, wedding at bride's home; will live
in Mrs. THEOBALD's apartments.
Downingsville
News: Mrs. Mary POWELL of Mason visited her sister, Mrs. Bettie
SALYERS.
Lawrenceville
News: Jed ODER, who lived with the family of Isaac HOLBROOK, near Lawrenceville,
met with a shooting accident last Friday that resulted in his death Saturday
[October 15, 1904] while hunting in the woods, his shotgun fell to the ground
wounding him in the leg; had bandaged the wound and headed for the house;
was buried Sunday at Keefer.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mrs. Lenora CASE of Lexington visited her mother, Mrs. Dr.
WILSON.
2.
L. SIDES, wife and baby left from F. BURCH's for their new home in Spring
Valley, Ohio.
3.
Mrs. Luvine LENIGAR and Mrs. Kate ASHCRAFT and daughter, Telitha, of Cincy,
visited W. L. STEPHENS.
4.
Warren ELLISTON's family of New York City visited his mother, Mrs. H.
ELLISTON.
5.
Leonard WHALEY and his wife, the daughter of Wallace HUDSON of Heekin, left
to make Washington, DC their
home.
6.
Rev. J. D. REDD was called to Covington Tuesday [October 18, 1904] to marry
Miss Nannie SIMPSON of Broadridge, to a J. L. WOLF of
Covington.
7.
Enroute to the World's Fair, Edgar B. CARRICK and wife (nee WILSON) visited
her mother, Mrs. Dr. J. M.
WILSON.
8.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. DAHLING hosted Mr. and Mrs. B. W. DAHLING and two daughters,
Florence and Clara, and Mrs. Mrs. CLEMENS and Edwin JUCKER, son of MRs. H.
C. DAHLING, all who returned to their Fairview Heights, Ohio
home.
9.
Lewis, son of J. J. McGLASSON, is in the 5th U.S. Infantry at Pekin,
China.
10.
Jas. T. WILSON, editor of the Cynthiana Log Cabin, and Miss Georgia GOODWIN,
will marry soon.
E.
R. BAKER will be married today [Thursday, October 20, 1904] to Miss Edith
O'NEAL at her father's [J.B.] home by Rev. J. A.
DAVIS.
Heekin
News:
1.
Mrs. Alice STEPHENS of Stafford, Kansas visited her father, H. H.
STITH.
2.
Mrs. Eliza RACE visited her daughter, Mrs. Rosa MENEFEE of
Doudton.
HIGHFILL
vs RENNECKER was a suit settled by defendant paying a nominal price for the
disputed two acre strip of land on the banks of Eagle Creek, just below
Downingsville; JOHNSON heirs claimed it vs. his brother-in-law, RENNECKAR,
who claimed it vs. GRAY; case tried with array of attorneys and
witnesses.
Gardnersville
News:
1.
Miss Kate GIBSON visited her parents at Flingsville, then returned to her
aunt's, Mrs. Bettie JOHNSON.
2.
Dr. S. H. HOPKINS was present the other night [date?] when the wife
of Alex PORTLAND had a boy.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Robt. SNODGRASS of Dunlap, Ohio visited his uncle, Nix
BROWN.
2.
Robert MITTS and wife may move to Norwood,
Ohio.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Frank SARGENT of Clermont County, Ohio visited his uncle, Geo. W.
MILLER.
2.
Commodore COLCORD, son of Samuel COLCORD, who lives about 3 miles east of
here, died last Sunday [October 16, 1904]; took sick with typhoid fever while
visiting an aunt in Indiana, came home, died 15 days
later.
October
27,1904:
Jonesville
News:
1.
Born on the 17th [October 1904] to Beuna AYERS and wife, a
son.
2.
Born to Geo. PETTIT and wife on the 20th [October 1904], a
daughter.
3.
Born on the 21st [October 1904] to R. E. LAWRENCE and wife, a
girl.
4.
Mrs. Dora SNYDER (nee GARALY) of Verona visited her
parents.
5.
Joe HILER of California whose father was born in Grant County in 1818 and
moved to Illinois before the [civil] war, thence to California, is enjoying
his first trip to old Kentucky, seeing Jonesville
kin.
6.
Jas. DEPP, formerly of her, but now of Cincy, visited his old home; he married
a granddaughter of Uncle Milt JUMP, the old Democratic sage of Downingsville
precinct.
7.
Old Uncle Hugh SWEENEY, an inoffensive old man from County Cork, Ireland
was found dead [due to exposure] last Saturday [October 22, 1904] in Jonesville;
broke rocks on Grant County turnpikes for last 20 years and was known by
every chick and child in this area; but the "demon" [liquor] finally got
his clutches on him and he "gave up the ghost"; should be a lesson to all
young men; was buried in Jonesville Masonic Cemetery Sunday; county paid
$14 and citizens raised $15.
Heekin
News:
1.
Gray GOSNEY and Prof. BAILEY of Morgan visited their father-in-law, H. H.
STITH.
2.
Vester FLYNN of Georgetown visited his cousin, Alonzo MITTS,
here.
Gardnersille
News:
1.
C. P. BEACH and wife visited his mother, Mrs. Mary
BEACH.
2.
Jas. SAMS and wife visited their son, Dr. m. L. SAMS at
Crittenden.
Sherman
News: Young man, Alfred BRACHT and old residents, W. A HUME and family, have
moved to Jellico, Tennessee.
Miscellaneous
Personals:
1.
Mrs. L. M. GROSS and son, Jennings, of Elwood, Indiana visited J. A.
LEMON.
2.
Mike EDWARDS, 23, son of Perry EDWARDS, who was raised near Zion Station,
may die from injuries received Monday while falling from a fast moving train,
breaking on the L&N RR, near
Sulphur.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Nathan BUTLER of Odessa, Bath County, visited his wife's aunt, Mrs. H.
ELLISTON.
2.
Riley BAKER [who works] at the Grant County Deposit Bank, is away on his
wedding trip.
3.
J. L. GAUGH and brother, C. D., visited their sister, Mrs. Wm. McMILLAN,
at Catlettsburg.
4.
John LAYLE and wife of near Harrisburg, Owen County, came to the O'NEAL-BAKER
wedding.
5.
H. H. STITH of Heekin has a son-in-law, E. F. STEPHENS in Stafford,
Kansas.
6.
C. D. GAUGH of Cawker City, Kansas, son of J. W. of Stewartsville, returned
home with his wife.
Mat
CRAM, a Williamstown boy who has been living in Washington City for years,
married Miss Mary Wesley POWELL, a niece of U. S. Senator HARRIS of Tennessee,
on September 19, 1904.
November
3, 1904:
Miss Christine BRADLEY, daughter
of Ex-Gov. W. O. BRADLEY of Louisville, was married to Dr. John SOUTH of
Frankfort at the Governor's home Wednesday, November 2, 1904; groom is rising
young Dr. in the Capitol City of
Kentucky.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Jeff TURLEY of Owensboro visited his sister, Mrs. Jack
WEBB.
2.
Henry FISK and sisters, Lizzie and Frankie FISK, visited Rosa and lena
BUTLER.
3.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred MARLMAN's daughter, Sophia Marlmann DUFFIE, will marry
Martin Bartell REED, Thursday, November 17, 1904, at the Baptist Church,
Ludlow, Kentucky.
H.
A. PERKINS, formerly of Williamstown, who lived on a farm near Crittenden,
was burned to death early Friday, October, 28; his sick wife was able to
save the house, herself, and her new born baby, but saw her husband perish;
was buried Sunday at Williamstown Cemetery by Oddfellows, of which he was
a member.
Jonesville
News:
1.
Misses Lizzie and Maud BOURNE visited their sister, Mrs. S. P. WITT at Lenoir
City, Tennessee.
2.
Born to Albert WEBSTER and wife, on the 29th, [October 1904] a baby
girl.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Misses Lorena and Lute CHILDERS visited their cousin, Mrs. Earl SMITH, at
Mt. Zion.
2.
Miss Vena MITTS visited her uncle, F. M. COLEMAN, near Decatur,
Illinois.
Mt.
Zion News:
1.
Mrs. Jas. HART and niece, Ethel Franks, of Verona, visited the former's father,
Christian FRANKS.
2.
Mrs. C. P. BEACH visited her father, Dr. C. C. VIOLETTE of
Napoleon.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Mrs. Marietta McGINNIS gave a birthday dinner in honor of her nephew, Willie
PATTIE, of Sherman, last Sunday; present: A. C. WEBB and wife and families
of Alex SKIRVIN and Wm.
MULLIKIN.
2.
Mrs. Fannie ECKLER, wife of Wash ECKLER, who suffered from lung trouble,
died last Thursday, [October 27, 1904]; buried in Eckler Cemetery Saturday.
Holbrook
News:
Eldie,
13 year old daughter of Van JACKSON, died of smallpox Thursday [October 27,
1904].
November
10, 1904:
Gardnersvile
News:
1.
Mrs. John CALDWELL received a telegram that her niece, Miss Anna McLAFFERTY,
died Wednesday, [November 2 or
9?]
2.
Mr. and Mrs. William ACREE of Covington visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank WORKS.
Mt.
Zion News:
1.
Misses Bettie, Laura, and lena CHILDERS visited Miss Earl
SMITH.
2.
Miss Irene WEBSTER of Harrisburg visited her cousin, Lena
SOLOMON.
3.
E. D. McNAY and family of Sherman visited her mother, Mrs.
KENDALL.
In
Memoriam. Commodore Perry COLCORD, 18, died at the home of his father, Samuel
C. COLCORD, Sunday, October 16, 1904, of typhoid fever; in great physical
and mental suffering he returned from Indiana by mere force of will power
to his Kentucky home, dying in two weeks; buried at Pleasant Ridge Baptist
Church Cemetery in Pendleton County; joined Dry Ridge Baptist Church; leaves
parents, three sisters, and four
brothers.
The
marriage of Jas. T. WILSON, editor and publisher of the Log Cabin, to Miss
Georgia Augusta GOODWIN of Cynthiana will be November 16,
1904.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Joshua GRUELLE and wife of Broad Ridge have a daughter,
Martha.
2.
Miss Sadie MARTIN and brother, C. B., went to Cynthiana, Harrison County,
wedding of their cousin, Miss WAITE.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Enoch HUMPHREY, wife, and daughters, Letha and Lela, visited J. W.
FISH.
2.
Mrs. Maria CRAM, of Doudton, visited the family of her daughter, Mrs. J.
W. HIGHFILL.
3.
Hiram BROWN, who has been in the Anchorage Asylum about 6 years, died there
on the 2nd [November 1904]; was buried at Grassy Run
Sunday.
4.
Jeff BEACH and Miss Maud WEBSTER of near Elliston Station were married at
Cincinnati Thursday, October 26, 1904; she is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shack
Webster.
Nicholas
BURCH was born January 25, 1828 in Germany; came to the U.S. in 1847; came
to Williamstown in 1877; died Tuesday, November 8, 1904 in Williamstown at
the home of his brother, Fred BURCH; burn November 10 in Williamstown; tailor
by trade; lived with his brother who shared his barber shop in his store;
Uncle Nick was a Democrat and faithful Catholic; was nearly 77 but never
married; his property will go to Fred's wife who was always kind to him;
burial in Williamstown Cemetery today.
Crittenden
News:
1.
Mrs. O. VALLANDINGHAM and daughters, Misses Bettie, May, and Marguerite,
visited in Cincy.
2.
Mrs. GIER of Carrollton visited her sister, Mrs. J. H.
BROWN.
3.
Mrs. Allen HERATT and children, Martha and Master Ben Allen, of Stockland
farm, visited her parents in Shelby
County.
4.
Mrs. Rebecca HEMINGWAY, confined to her bed since June, died Friday [November
4, 1904]; funeral Saturday at the Presbyterian Church; buried in Lebanon
Cemetery.
5.
The late H. A. PERKINS had a $1500 life policy payable to his wife, Mrs.
Lettie PERKINS.
Jonesville
News:
1.
Raymond CROUCH, 15 year old son of Jesse CROUCH of Poplar Grove, because
of a fall last spring, needed to have his leg amputated; his father took
him to Louisville but he died while on the operating table; he was buried
in the Jonesville IOOF Cemetery last
Saturday.
2.
Married on the 3rd [November 1904], Ab JUMP to Miss Cassie MARKSBERRY by
Rev. Henry HOLBROOK, who also married near Holbrook on the 2nd [November
1904], Jesse BEARD to Miss Katie
PERKINS.
3.
Thomas Todd KINMAN and Miss Jane WEBSTER were married at Concord Church the
5th [November 1904].
4.
Wm. WALLEN, the tombstone man of Owenton, erected a stone at the grave of
aunt Cresa STEWART last Saturday.
Heekin
News: P. G. HARRISON and wife went to Ohio to visit their daughter, Mrs.
B. J. NEAL.
November
17, 1904:
Crittenden
News:
1.
Mrs. Laura RANKIN will make her home with her son John (who works for Uncle
Sam) at Washington, DC.
2.
Born to the wife of Alvin ALLPHIN, a girl, November 8,
1904.
3.
Miss Josephine SIMRALL of Wallace Woods, Covington, visited her sister, Mrs.
W. H. DURRETT.
4.
Mrs. Dr. B. K. MENEFEE and daughters, Misses Cecil and Marie, visited her
parents at Gardnersville.
5.
Jim ALEXANDER and wife visited their daughter, Mrs. Alvin
ALLPHIN.
6.
Mrs. Virginia MITCHELL went to visit her sister, Mrs. P. H.
SHEARER.
7.
Link WEBSTER of Butler visited his sister, Mrs. J. C.
LINDER.
8.
Mrs. Alice COLLINS returned from visiting her daughter, Mrs. HALEY, of
Cincy.
9.
Mrs. Chas. HARVEY was baptized Sunday by Bro. Buck of the Christian
Church.
Local
and Personal:
1.
J. L. GAUGH, wife, and little son, Leslie B., of Wilmore, visited their parents
here.
2.
Sylvester EWING of Short Creek and Miss Maud Payne of ___? Ridge were
married Wednesday, November 2, 1904 at the Mt. Carmel Church.
3.
A. C. WHITE and son Dewey of Waynesville, Ohio, Mat BURCH of Covington, and
Al. L. SIDES of Spring Valley, Ohio, came Thursday for the funeral of Nicholas
BURCH.
4.
W. T. PAYNE of Hog Ridge and Mrs. Jennie WALLACE were married Sunday, November
6, 1904 at the bride's home near Knoxville by Rev. MORRISON of the Baptist
Church.
5.
Emmett HOGAN visited his uncle and aunt, Jo HORNER and wife, at
Chattanooga.
6.
John H. DICKEY of Williamstown married a Miss SHIELDS [some time ago] of
Clark County.
7.
Born to the wife of S. [Sid] M. CALDWELL of Cincy (late of Jonesville), November
19, 1904, twins, a boy and a
girl.
8.
Henry PRIBBLE of Madison, Indiana and his cousin, John DOAN of Newport, went
to Rushville, Indiana.
9.
Van JACKSON, who daughter died of smallpox near Holbrook, have 5 more cases
at his house: himself, his wife, daughter, sister, and hired man named
WILSON.
10.
Hon. W. A. WEBBER, with many Grant relatives, died at his Cynthiana home,
November 10, 1904; in his 88th
year.
11.
Dr. Charles LOOMIS of Florence, Indiana, formerly a Grant County boy, say,
"Switzerland County, Indiana is one green spot on
earth."
12.
Wedding invitation: Mr. and Mrs. Steve BEVERLY announce the marriage of their
daughter, Isa, to Cuthbert ROLAND on November 24, 1904 at the Baptist Church,
Holbrook, Kentucky.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Kirby RENAKER visited his sister, Mrs. B. F. LEMON, in
Cincy.
2.
Married at the home of the bride's father, Jerry NORTHCUTT, Henry COLCORD
to Miss Jessie NORTHCUTT, by Rev. J. A.
DAVIS.
Jonesville
News: Born to the wife of Jno. W. STEWART on the 8th [November 1904], a
son.
In
Memory of little Ollie STEWART, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Volney STEWART;
no facts but deep sentiments expressed by "A
Friend."
Card
of Thanks from Mrs. Lettie PERKINS, Crittenden, November 5, 1904, reference
death of my husband, H. A. PERKINS.
Family
of Centenarians: Mr. Fielden BICKERS who lives on the Moses McCLURE farm
near Williamstown with his son-in-law, John HAGGARD, is now 81 years of age
and has been married 61 years. They have raised 8 children, the youngest
of which is 36 years old. They has 28 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.
Death has never invaded the sacred precincts of this home. The father of
Mr. BICKERS [William BICKERS, a native of Orange County, Virginia] lived
to the ripe old age of 107 years, his mother 102. THis aged couple lived
on their farm near Holbrook, where they went to housekeeping for about 60
years. They have been member of the White Chapel Methodist Church for 63
years, and soon after their marriage they erected an altar to their Creator,
and at the birth of each child they dedicated it to Him and His service and
prayed continually that each child be commended to his keeping. May the tie
in the family of the consecrated couple be unbroken for many years to come,
and again united above where ties are never broken. [Fielden's father, William,
is the 4th great-grandfather of the Abstracter, Robert L. BICKERS, who descends
through William's first wife, Sally LEATHERS, also of Orange County,
Virginia. .
November
24, 1904:
Photo cut of Hon. W.C.P.
BRECKINRIDGE who died of paralysis at his Lexington home, Saturday, November
19, 1904, was a lawyer, soldier, orator, and
editor.
County
Court Orders:
1.
Mrs. Lettie A. PERKINS named admntrix of estate of her late husband, H. A.
PERKINS.
2.
Sheriff W. H. BARKER appointed administrator of late Allen W.
SIPPLE.
3.
Will of Mrs. Rebecca J. HEMMINWAY, deceased, probated; B. T. SECHRIST appointed
administrator.
4.
Will of Mrs. Fannie ECKLAR, deceased,
probated.
5.
Will of Nicholas BURCH, deceased, probated; Fred BURCH,
administrator.
6.
Melvin CRAMMER appointed guardian of Ethel
COLLIER.
7.
J. R. CALLENDER appointed guardian of Miss Elizabeth
STEWART.
Jailer
Joseph FINLEY purchased the JAMES FRANKS farm on Big Eagle in Grant County;
his two sons, Henry and Lewis, will work the farm until Joseph's term expires.
-Georgetown News.
Claysville
News: Miss Elva BARNES visited her sisters, Mrs. Lula NORTHCUTT and Mrs.
Rena BENNETT, near Dry Ridge.
Stewartsville
News:
1.
Miss Sallie CALLANDER visited her sister, Mrs. Wm. FLORENCE, of
Covington.
2.
Born to the wife of Chas. YELTON, November 2, 1904, a
girl.
Martha
McKISNEY was born in Grant County, April 5, 1916 [when it was part of Pendleton
County] and died November 18, 1904, aged 88, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. J. P. CHILDERS; buried at Lebanon Cemetery, Grant County, November 20;
at 16 she joined the Presbyterian Church and was a faithful member until
her death.
Hanks
News: Bailey BEACH and wife visited their daughter, Mrs. Wm. SKIRVIN, of
Covington.
Jonesville
News: Mrs. MYERS of Verona and her younger brother, Will COTTON, visited
her brother, Denton COTTON.
Crittenden
News:
1.
Albert COLLINS of Wilmore visited his sister, Mrs. H. L.
ROBERTS.
2.
Mrs. Tom VALLANDINGHAM went to her dangerously ill sister, Mrs. Billie WILSON,
of Butler.
3.
Mrs. Tude LEMMONS visited her daughter, Mrs. Will HUTSELL, of near
Lebanon.
4.
Mrs. Maggie WILLIAMS who lived with her niece, Mrs. Sam HOGSETT, died last
Sunday [November 20, 1904]; funeral was Tuesday at Christian Church where
she was a devout member; buried in Lebanon
Cemetery.
The
remains of Nimrod ASHCRAFT, father of Mrs. J. A. SIMPSON, were buried Wednesday
[November 23, 1904] at Knoxville.
Local
and Personal:
1.
W. DOZIER, wife and little son, Wm., visited her parents near
Stanford.
2.
Master Willie KING and brother Bula KING of Dayton visited the roller
mills.
3.
Mrs. S. O. VALLANDINGHAM and sister, Mrs. Oscar POLLARD, visited their brother,
W. E. ARNOLD, at Owenton.
4.
Mrs. Oscar POLLARD and son Orie and daughter Nellie of Harrison County, visited
Mrs. VALLANDINGHAM and Mrs. J. M.
RILEY.
5.
Born Wednesday, November 16, 1904, to J. A. JOHNSON and wife, a daughter.
-Owenton News-Herald.
6.
Col. John B. KERR and wife of New York visited his sister, Mrs. Dr.
WILSON.
Memorial
to Nicholas BURCH, by John G. SEHNEM, Chicago, November 1904: gives
a poetic description of the area in western Europe where BURCH was born of
a family of 5 sons and 2 daughters which moved to the New World during the
Civil War, his 3 brothers fought while he took care of his parents and the
homestead; in 1866 he went with the writer to live in Chicago, then St. Paul;
in 1877 joined a younger brother [Fred] in Williamstown and lived with him
until [Nicholas'] death; had a rich baritone voice; member of singing societies
and church choirs, had deep religious convictions: "the primitive expedients
to which his [Catholic] church had to resort in Williamstown filled him with
bitterness."
Elliston
News:
1.
Born to the wife of Chas. CARLTON, a son, November 6,
1904.
2.
Born to the wife of Thos. SCROGGIN, a daughter, November 17,
1904.
3.
A. J. WILLIAMS and daughter, Miss Mary, visited relatives at Cincy, Goshen,
Ohio, and Latonia.
Mt.
Zion News:
Hase
ALEXANDER's family are moving to Florence, Boone
County.
Cordova
News: Mrs. Sabina LAWRENCE, wife of Jeff LAWRENCE, died last Thursday; husband
and children survive.
December
1, 1904
Jonesville News: Born on the
23rd [november 1904] to the wife of Elzie JONES, a
boy.
Holbrook
News:
1.
Miss Lizzie PERRY and Daniel CHAPMAN were married at the home of Arch CHAPMAN
last Thursday, [November 24,
1904].
2.
Robert L. SCROGGIN sold his farm near Holbrook to his brother
Lester.
3.
Winifred MUNSON and wife of Rockdale, Ohio visited her parents, Mrs. and
Mrs. Sam HENSLEY.
4.
Miss Isa BEARD married Curthbert ROLAND at the Holbrook Baptist Church
Thanksgiving day [November 24, 1904]; attendants were Misses Naomi WOOD and
Lorena ROLAND and Messers. Evan ROLAND and Bona SIMPSON; ushers were Baker
HENSLEY and John TURNER.
Charley
HAMMOND died at the home of his uncle, Fred BURCH, Wednesday, November 30,
1904; was 37 last Saturday; will be buried from uncle's house today
[Thursday].
Crittenden
News:
1.
Mrs. W. H. DURRETT and son, Charles, visited her mother,Mrs.
SIMRALL.
2.
Ran ALLPHIN and wife [nee Nancy BICKERS] have been visiting friends and relatives
at Mason for the past week.
3.
Orr HEMMINGWAY visited his sister-in-law, Mrs. SCHRACK, in
Oklahoma.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
O. G. RAMSEY, our RR agent, is visiting his very ill mother at Concord, Lewis
County.
2.
Miss Marietta GOUGE of Alexandra, Indiana visited her sick sister, Mrs. J.
A. LITTELL.
Card
of Thanks from Mr. and Mrs. Vol STEWART reference death of their daughter,
Ollie.
Local
and Personal:
1.
nathan STEWART of Johnson County, Tennessee visited Volney
STEWART.
2.
Mrs. Jas. POOR and granddaughter, Mary Vernor POOR of Walton, visited
here.
3.
Ethel RANSOM and wife visited Sid RANSOM and Mrs. Annie ORR of
Cincy.
4.
Leroy CHILES and wife of Short Creek, Pendleton County, went to Walton where
their daughter, Miss Mable, was badly burned at school by pouring coal oil
on the fire.
5.
Craig WEBB, son of Gus WEBB, has returned from serving in the Army in the
Philippine Islands.
6.
Rev. W. E. MORRIS of Franklin, Indiana is a relative of Dr. MATTHEWS
here.
7.
Will LEMON and wife of Falmouth is a son-in-law of Matt
CONLEY.
8.
Mrs. W. G. HASELWOOD, 83, died November 18, 1904 at her Milford, NE home;
born and raised in Grant County; maiden name was Nancy THOMPSON; was aunt
of Mrs. H. H. ASHCRAFT of near
town.
9.
Max WALTHARD from Berne, Switzerland and Leipsic, Germany, visited his relative,
Mrs. M. D. GRAY; is a copy plate engraver of money for the
Swiss.
10.
Mrs. Rosella HOGAN CRAM is a missionary in Korea for the Methodist
Church.
December
8, 1904
Gardnersville News:
1.
Miss Viola WELLS of Indiana visited her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
CLAYCAMP.
2.
Mrs. Eliza JONES visited her daughter, Mrs. Frank HOPKINS of Rabbit
Hash.
3.
Mrs. Iris YELTON visited her sister, Mrs. Ernest MANN of Grassy
Creek.
4.
Mr. and Mrs. John GARDNER visited her mother, Mrs. BONAR, near
Portland.
Independence
News: matt McCOLLUM, who recently died, had two daughters, each of whom married
a man with the same initials (E.K.) and each were named for the same man,
Ezra K. FISH, and each of whose birthdays fell on the same day of the month,
March 16, and this was the day of the month their parents were
married.
Elliston
News:
1.
Mrs. Lizzie WEBSTER and children, Viana, Porter and Gracie, of Vevay, Indiana,
visited her mother, Mrs. Wm.
KENDALL.
2.
Miss Bessie CONLEY visited her aunt, Mrs. Robert SQUAIR of
Cincy.
3.
Mrs. Lafe JUMP visited her daughter, Mrs. Wm. DOWELL at Newport.
4.
Mrs. Lina SQUIRE and little son, Robert, of Cincy, visited her mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth CONLEY.
5.
Sam JACKSON of Decca, Indiana was called to the bedside of his dangerously
ill sister, Mrs. Bina DELF.
6.
Lafayette JUMP, son of Pendleton JUMP, has worked for the railroad for about
15 years; bought 109 acres from Louis
FORD.
Flingsville
News:
1. John R. SIMPSON and Miss Grace COOK were married at Williamstown [no date
cited].
2.
Frank SOUTHARD and daughter Ella and John MIDDLETON and two small sons of
Bellefontaine, Ohio, visited Mrs. I. F.
MIDDLETON.
Blackburn
News [first time column: where is
it?]
Tyler
DELPH and Miss Katie CROUCH were married Wednesday [December 7, 1904?] in
Williamstown.
Napoleon
[Gallatin County] News:
1.
Born to the wife of Eben MORRIS, November 28, a
boy.
2.
Mrs. Lizzie CRAIG visited her son, Joe Craig and wife in
Covington.
3.
Mrs. BAKER of Carter County visited her granddaughter, Mrs. S. C. JONES.
4. Miss Mayme CONNLEY of the place and Ira BEALL of Warsaw surprised friends
by be quietly married in Latonia, Wednesday, November 23, 1904.
Ezra
News: Charles CARTER is very low with
cancer.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Born to the wife of Arthur McBEE, a
girl.
2.
R. H. MARTIN and daughter, Miss Sadie, left Tuesday to attend the wedding
of their cousin, Miss Scottie ALEXANDER of near New Liberty, to B. F. O'NEAL
of Ghent.
Ads
for public of personal property of D. H. CALLENDER, Stewartsville, Kentucky,
and T. G. JACKSON, Crittenden,
Kentucky.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Born to R. B. MATTHEWS and wife, December 4, a
girl.
2.
Dr. J. W. McGINNIS of New Castle visited his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Lee PATTIE
of Sherman.
3.
Mrs. Sarah HUTCHINSON FORSYTHE, wife of W. H. FORSYTHE of the Fairview area,
died at her home Sunday, December 4, 1904; was buried Monday in Williamstown
Cemetery.
4.
Mrs. A. LINGENFELTNER attended the funeral of her mother, Mrs. Rachel Cole
HAYS who died at her home near Oddville on Monday, November 28, 1904, in
her 90th year; was last surviving daughter of Rev. Josiah WHITAKER, a noted
pioneer Methodist preacher.
5.
Chas. CALDWELL who moved to Slater, Missouri about two years ago, lost his
barn, feed, and mules to a
fire.
6.
Mr. and Mrs. Branch WELLS who live on the GUm Lick Pike below Doudton, have
been married 51 years and have lived on the same form for 47 years; he is
past 75 and both have been member of the Gum Lick Baptist Church for many
years.
Crittenden
News:
1.
Ollie SECHREST of Sparta and Henry SECHREST of Jonesville visited their
parents.
2.
Mrs. J. A. CURTIS of Maderia, Ohio visited her daughter, Mrs. John U. ALLPHINE.
3.
Miss Sue HUDSON of Nashville, Tennessee visited her sister, Mrs. Ed.
COLLINS.
4.
C. M. VALLANDINGHAM wife and two daughters, Edna and Sherlie, visited Tom
STEPHENS at Atwood.
Walton
News: Miss Margaret, daughter of Jesse E. FRANKS of this place, and William
James GEMMILL of Clarksburg, Indiana, were quietly married in Covington
Thanksgiving Day [November 24, 1904].
Folsom
News:
1.
Born to Flerry WEBSTER and wife, November 26, a boy.
2.
Miss Sallie FRANKS returned from Louisville, having been the bridesmaid of
Miss Ella PAYTON who was married to Dr.
BELL.
Zion
Station News:
1.
Mrs. Mollie CRAIG of Worthville visited her daughter, Mrs. Chas.
MONTGOMERY.
2.
Mrs. HENSLEY's father is P. G.
WEBSTER.
December
15, 1904
Dry Ridge News: Mrs. Ann CONYERS,
widow of the late Jas. R. CONYERS, died Saturday [December 10, 1904] of
pneumonia; was buried at Mt. Zion Sunday; and aged lady, afflicted for many
years; husband had been dead about four
months.
Walton
News:
1.
Mrs. Fannie HARRIS and Mr. STEVENS, of Kenton County, were married the 8th
[December 1901] at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John
WATSON.
2.
Miss Jean SMITH and Mr. BERRY will be married [December 20, 1904] at her
beautiful home on High Street.
3.
Miss Sallie HERNDON of Ludlow visited her sister, Mrs. J. G.
TOMLIN.
4.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim POWERS of Bracht moved to Ludlow for the winder months to
assist their mother, Mrs. MUIRHEAD, in her grocery
business.
5.
Mrs. Eva YOUELL of NE visited her niece, Mrs. Will
KENNEDY
In
Memoriam: James MITTS, 67, died November 9, 1904 at his home near Keefer,
of paralysis; united with Grassy Run Baptist Church more than 30 years ago
[where he was buried]; leaves a wife, three daughters, six sons, a sister,
and ten brother; [written by] His Niece,
Lura.
Heekin
News: John CALLON sold his house; will move to
Missouri.
Sherman
News:
1.
Mrs. BURTON Has moved to Cul BURTON's, her son, on account of bad health;
Kit BURTON and wife of St. Louis visited
her.
2.
Miss Edith POINTS visited her sister, Mrs. E. E. BLACKBURN, at
Jonesville.
"The
Marrying Parson," J. W. LEMMON, Riggs Street, Falmouth, Kentucky, is a Harrison
County native and is related to the [Grant County] CONRADs, BOYERS, and
RENNECKERs; is a Christian Church minister; had married 45 couples this year
and 732 couples during his ministry; is the father of W. D. LEMMON, a new
blacksmith who just located in
Williamstown.
B.
J. NORTHCUTT, in his 89th year and one of the most universally respected
men who ever resided among us, died Monday, December 12, 1904 in Williamstown;
was familiar in business circles many years; was at his son, Hade's home
when he died; surviving children are: Hayden of Williamstown, Home J. and
James of Covington, Mrs. J. W. BENNETT of Dry Ridge, and Mrs. CALLAHAN of
Verona; was buried Tuesday at old family burying ground near Bracht
Station.
E.
T. PARKER died at his Corinth home last Thursday [December 8, 1904] and was
buried in Oddfellows Cemetery Saturday; had a stroke three months ago and
had one just before his death.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Claude CONRAD and sisters Misses Anna Ray and Ada visited in
Cincy.
2.
Stanley HARRISON of Erlanger visited his uncle, Will
CALDWELL.
3.
Miss Marian McDANNOLD of Covington visited her cousin, E. T.
CRAM.
4.
Mr. and Mrs. O. S. DAUGHTERTY visited their son, Miles, at Dayton, Ohio,
stopping in Covington later to visit her children, George WARE and Mrs. George
SHIELDS.
5.
Friday night [December 15, 1904] Dr. COURTNEY shot and killed Dr. CARNEY,
both of neave, in Bracken County, about eight miles east of Falmouth, over
a grudge of long standing; CARNEY fell with revolver in hand, dying instantly;
bot were prominent physicians.
6.
Charles JONES was acquitted of the killing of Wm. WHACTER and seriously wounding
of Rube ELLIOTT at Falmouth weeks ago; was clearly self defense; JONES has
gone to Oklahoma City, have sold his property
here.
A.
B. JUETT received a phone call that Adam JUETT, his half brother, who lives
near Robinson Station, Harrison County, had been shot and instantly killed
by his son, Joel, Sunday [December 11, 1904]; he was a son-in-law of the
late Wm. RENAKER of near Dry Ridge; he was a man of gian stature and violent
temper, which led to his death; he beat up his son and told him he would
kill him but the boy killed him first, then walked 7 miles in the snow to
give himself up to the County Judge; young JUETT recently returned from serving
in the Army in the Philippines; later accounts make it look worse for the
son.
Little
Ada STROUD, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. STROUD, died Friday, December 9,
1904 and was buried Saturday after her funeral at the Methodist Church; she
died with her school report under her pillow; was 12 years old the Saturday
before she did and was in Mrs. Reed's 4th grade; four of her little girl
friends were pallbearers: Lura VIOLETTE, Monta ARNOLD, Roena BARKER, and
Frankie GILLINGHAM.
Ezra
News: After many weeks of suffering with cancer, Charles CARTER, about 35,
died Tuesday [December 13, 1904]; lived for several years at Carpentersville,
Illinois; had surgery in Chicago and came home to die at his father's, J.
W. CARTER; leaves a wife and one small child and his parents; burial at the
cemetery near Gum Lick Church.
December
22, 1904
Dry Ridge
News:
1.
Abe CLEMENS of Fairview and Miss Maud ASHCRAFT of Dry Ridge were married,
Wednesday, [December 21, 1903]; daughter of Richard A. ASHCRAFT of
Fairview.
2.
Born to Rube HOUSTON and wife Monday, [December 12, 1901], a
girl.
3.
Vic CHILDERS and Miss Nellie BROWN went to Cincy and got married last Thursday
[December 15, 1904] and returned Saturday to the home of his father, W. B.,
for a reception.
Crittenden
News:
1.
Lonnie MUDDIMAN, a Grant son now of Newport, Virginia, visited his brother,
Charles.
2.
Mrs. Will DURRETT returned from visiting her mother, Mrs. C. B. SIMRALL of
Covington.
3.
Mollie A., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. HOGSETT will marry Clarence M.
MENEFEE Wednesday, December 28, 1904, at the Crittenden Christian Church.
Napoleon
News:
1.
L. C. WHITE and family visited the family of her brother, S. A. TURLEY, of
Glencoe.
2.
Mrs. ira BEALL of Warsaw visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
CONNELLY.
Elliston
News:
1.
Miss Lillie JUMP of Covington visited her grandmother, Mrs. Jackson
DELF.
2.
Misses Nora and Nellie BARRETT of Boyd, Kentucky, visited their brother,
W. J.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther SELLERS of Waynesville, Ohio visited their cousin, C.
T. JONES.
2.
Mrs. E. S. CUNNINGHAM and daughter, Miss Emily, of Thomson, Clark County,
visited the J. H. DICKEY
family.
3.
Ford FILSON and wife (the former Miss Imogene NEALLE) of Corinth visited
their uncle and aunt, S. M. BILLITER and
wife.
4.
Mrs. S. R. WEBB and little son, Thos. Dean, left for Santa Ana, California
to visit her mother, Mrs. H. C. MUSSELMAN, and sister, Mrs. J. H.
WESTOVER.
5.
Mr. J. L. ATKINS of Chesterton, Indiana, and two children, Lelia and Royal,
visited her sister, Mrs. Melvin CRAMMER of Fork
Lick.
Walton
News: Rev. Robert WEST of Washington, DC, a nephew by marriage to Mrs. Dr.
BAGBY, preached at the Baptist
Church.
Stewartsville
News: D. H. CALLENDER and family left for their future home, Birney,
Indiana.
2.
Mrs. Lizzie CALLENDER left for Greensburg, Indiana, accompanied by her sister,
Miss Pearl STEWART.
Holbrook
News:
1.
Hedger BEARD of Cincy visited his parents, Mr. and mrs. Tom
BEARD.
2.
Robert Lee SCROGGINS recently purchased what is commonly known as the old
BICKERS farm.
3.
After nine months in Illinois, Ira AGEE has returned to his "old Kentucky
home."
December
29, 1904
William KUHN, 77, a former
Grant Countian, died at his New Castle, AL home December 14, 1904; leaves
one sister, Mrs. Mary McBEE of Mt. Zion, two daughters, Mrs. John McCARTY
and Miss Eliza KUHN; was a Confederate soldier; served twice as Grant County
Assessor.
Mrs.
Mike ROLAND, daughter of Sam ROGERS, of the Smoky Row neighborhood, died
last week at her home near Worthville, Carroll County, where she had recently
moved; funeral at Catholic Church here Saturday and she was buried [probably
in Williamstown Cemetery].
Walton
News:
1.
The event of the season was the wedding of Miss SMITH to Mr. NOEL on the
20th {december 1904]; maid of honor was Miss CARPENTER of Florence; honeymooned
at their Main Street home.
2.
Robert BAKER and Miss Bertha ROBERTS were married at her home on the 21st
[December 1904].
3.
W. J. GEMMELL and wife visited her parents, Jesse FRANKS and wife Christmas
Day.
Ezra
News:
1.
Miss Sophia CARTER visited her sister, Mrs. Stella
PERRY.
2.
Joseph LANTER died Thursday, December 22, 1904, of diphtheria at the home
of his father, Ben LANTER, of this place; had been in Illinois several months
and returned for holidays; buried Friday at Roanoke Cemetery; parents and
five brothers survive.
Col.
John Givens CRADDOCK, of Paris, an old and well-known newspaper man, died
at St. Joseph's Hospital in Lexington, Saturday, December 24, 1904 in his
80th year; was born in Bourbon County, August 25,
1825.
Additional
Local:
1.
W. H. KING and family of Cincy visited her father, J. T.
HEARN.
2.
A. W. DAVIS, of near Lexington, visited his son, Rev. J. A. DAVIS and
family.
3.
J. L. DOER and wife of Covington visited her father, W. T.
McKINLEY.
4.
Morris CASE and family of Lexington visited her mother, Mrs. Dr.
WILSON.
5.
Clarence and George BARNES of Clifty, Indiana visited their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson BARNES.
6.
W. L. STEPHENS received a fine Christmas box from his sons, Ben and Gus,
who live at Canton, Illinois.
7.
W. G. ELLIS, son of Rev. W. T. ELLIS, was married Wednesday [December 28,
1904?] to Miss Pearl PFANSTIEL of Heekin, at the home of the bride's father
and by the groom's father.
A
double wedding was solemnized by Rev. Henry FRAKES in his usual happy style,
Monday [December 26, 1904] at the home of Andy WORKS on the Fairview Road,
between Walter BENNETT and Miss Lula WORKS, daughter of Andy, and between
Frank JUSTICE and Miss Merta WORKS, daughter of James WORKS,
deceased.
Local
and Personal:
1.
Ethel BISHOP of Covington visited his sister, Mrs. R. B.
DOUGHERTY.
2.
Mrs. Dr. VARNON of Mexico, Missouri visited relative, Wesley
HARRISON.
3.
Ben ROBINSON, a pensioned Union soldier, died at his home in the Fairview
area last Friday, December 23, 1904.
Death
of J. L. (Jim) LEE, Friday, December 23, 1904 from injuries to brain by horse
kick in his face Monday; his brothers summoned from Georgetown, Sadieville,
and Owen County; came from Owen as young man settling in Williamstown; married
Miss Jennie CLAY, daughter of D. S. CLAY; wife and two boys survive; born
September 27, 1904; buried at New Columbus, Owen County, in old burying place
of his ancestors; was Knights of Pythias charter
member.
Doudton
News:
1.
Carlos MIRE and Grace PORTER of this area were married at/by Rev. W. A. RACE,
Sunday, December 25, 1904.
2.
Miss Lida COLVIN married Ira CHILES at Short Creek Church, Thursday, December
22, 1904.
Dry
Ridge News:
1.
Mrs. Maggie RUTLEDGE of Cincy visited her father, Wm. M.
CLARK.
2.
Craig WEBB and Miss Sallie CONRAD, daughter of Eldred CONRAD, were married
at her parents' home last Wednesday [December 21 or 28?,
1904].
Card
of Thanks reference death of J. L. LEE, from Jennie LEE, his brothers and
sons.
Joseph
LANTER, son of B. F. LANTER, died of diphtheria at the home of his father
near Gum Lick last Thursday, December 22, 1904, in the 24th year; death was
sudden and unexpected; lived in Illinois and was back home for about two
weeks; was buried at Roanoak Saturday.
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