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Volume IV

January 3, 1907:
H.L.D. BLANCHETT, 80, follows T. J. GOUGE to the grave. Lived in adjoining neighborhoods for many years. Born at Battle Hill, New Jersey, September 26, 1826; first visit to Grant County June 3, 1841; died at his Blanchett Station home Thursday, December 27, 1906; buried in Williamstown Cemetery beside his wife Saturday, December 29, 1906; was born of French parentage; was a courtly, scholarly, and elegant gentleman, dispensing generous hospitality on his 2500 acre estate; was married about 1845 to Miss Jane COOLEY at West Milford, New Jersey; she died childless August 10, 1899; funeral at Blanchett Catholic Church; pall bearers listed; his nephews, L. T. and D. M. BLANCHETT, of Gallatin, was present as was a Covington niece.

An inquest of lunacy Monday was held vs. Mason WEBSTER, 87, of near Elliston, who is an old Confederate soldier and lived at the Home in Pewee Valley; was sent to Lakeland Asylum.

Walton News: Mrs. B. F. FULLILOVE died [last] Thursday of asthma and heart failure; buried in Baptist Cemetery here; two daughters, one son, and grandchildren survive; was a sister of Dallas GRAYSBY, the noted millionaire of Dallas Texas.

Sixth letter from Con M. GORDON, former pastor of the Williamstown Christian Church, from Australia, October 9, 1906.

Miss Laura CARTER, daughter of J. D. CARTER, the coal merchant, was married to Elder Ward RUSSELL, former pastor of the church here, by Elder Fred CARTER, cousin of the bride; it was a Williamstown Church wedding [no date given], will live in Athens, Texas. [page 5] Robert, Paul, and David CARTER, of Somerset, came to the Thursday [December 27, 1906] wedding.

January 10, 1907:
Wedding: Miss Nellie ECKLER, who works in the millinery department of Williamstown's Wigginton and Clark store, and Arthur THOMPSON, one of their leading salesman, took the train to Covington and ere married; she is daughter of J. E. ECKLER of Broad Ridge, and a sister to Dr. ECKLER of Dry Ridge; groom is the only son of J. M. THOMPSON of the Thompson House here.

Miss Lizzie LAWRENCE, daughter of Milt LAWRENCE of Mt. Pleasant neighborhood and General A. SIMPSON went to Covington, Tuesday, January 1, 1907, and were quietly married.

Webb JOHNSON of Winchester was here for the Tuesday funeral of his cousin, E. B. CLARK, and was the guest of his uncle, J. H. WEBB.

E. B. [Ras] CLARK died last Saturday in a Memphis, Tennessee hospital; news was wired to his brother-in-law, Judge James D. McMILLAN of Williamstown; it was found that he died "under the knife" to relieve himself of congestion of the bowels; Ras was the youngest son of the late Bryan P. and Mary (WEBB) CLARK, born near Stewartsville, Grant County, September 16, 1872; was Williamstown marshal for several terms; December 1. 1898 he married Miss Bertha SIMPSON, daughter of Rev. J. W. SIMPSON, then pastor of the Methodist Church; his wife, little daughter, mother, one brother, and five sisters survive; funeral at Methodist Church; buried in Williamstown Cemetery.

"Papa" Riley BAKER. Born, Monday, December 24, 1906 to the wife of Riley BAKER of Lexington, a son, and all Dry Ridge has been smoking Grandpa O'NEAL's cigars ever since.

January 17, 1907:
The last will of H.L.D. BLANCHET was probated; he directs that his estate be converted to cash; leaves $1000 to Williamstown Cemetery co. and same to Father Bealer for the Catholic Church at Blanchett; 1/2 of the remainder of the estate goes to his sister, Miss Tise BLANCHET and the other 1/2 to the children of his other brothers and sisters.

Obituary from a Safford, Kansas Paper: Mrs. Mary A. CROUCH, wife of Dr. W. S. CROUCH, died January 2, 1907 at home [here]; funeral at the home; burial in Stafford Cemetery. Mary A. IRELAND was born in Scott County, Kentucky, December 22, 1843; was married to Dr. W. R. WOLF in 1861, and to them six children were born, of whom four are living: Mrs. J. N. ROSE, Mrs. G. A. MIKESELL, Miss Musie WOLF, and H. G. WOLF; after her husband's death, she married in 1888 to W. S. CROUCH, who survives her.

In Memory of little Delores LAWRENCE, aged 8 years and 5 days; died at her home near Williamstown, Tuesday, December 11, 1906; buried in the family graveyard near Mt. Pleasant, where she was born and reared; had been to school only three days; her parents, four sister and two brother survive; singed, a sister.

Col. R. T. DICKERSON, of this city, and his brother, Hon. W. W. DICKERSON of Cincinnati, went to Eminence yesterday [Wednesday] for a birthday dinner for their mother, 80; she lives with her son-in-law, Gov. Will P. THORNE.

Wedding Card: Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. McCARTY announce the marriage of their daughter, Obera, to Chas. Wesley TAYLOR, Wednesday, December 26, 1906, at home after January 1, Somerset, Kentucky; is the granddaughter of Judge O. D. McMANAMA.

Holbrook News: James DEITZ Jr. [related to the Holbrook BICKERS'] brought one of his children to White Chapel to be buried. The child was burned to death. [Abstracter's Note: This child was Zettie DEITZ who was born November 27, 1897 and died January 5, 1907; she was buried in White Chapel Cemetery at Holbrook, Grant County; she was a granddaughter of James K. and Louise A. (nee BICKERS) DEITZ; Louise was a daughter of Morgan BICKERS and his second wife, Jemima G. WILLIAMS. Morgan if the Abstracter's 3rd great grandfather.]

January 24, 1907:
From a paper in the Indian Territory: W. M. JACOBS is a candidate for County Jailer; was born in Kentucky in 1860 and moved to near Hitchita four years ago; is a brother-in-law of Tom JUMP.

George W. READNOWER, owner of the Moore Hotel, died Saturday, January 19, 1907, following a bladder operation the previous evening; funeral at the house; pall bearers listed; born July 9, 1836 and was in his 71st year; family will continue managing the Hotel.

Report from Siskiyou, California News, January 10, 1907: Monday, December 31, 1906, attorney Charles W. STROTHER and Miss Nancy ARNOLD were married at the home of the bride's cousin, Mrs. GRIFFITH, at 1051 Washington Street, Los Angeles; her mother, Mrs. Harriet ARNOLD, was present; will live in Yreka; bride was born and raised in Williamstown, the groom's native town; she taught at Carr-Burdett College at Sherman, Texas and at Hamilton College, Lexington, Kentucky; he graduated from Vanderbilt University.

C. R. NOE of Leon, Kansas writes that he left [Grant County] 50 years ago in December 1856.

Walton News: Mrs. Eliza GORMAN, 82, died Saturday at her home here; a son and daughter survive.

January 31, 1907:
Crittenden News:
1. Al COLSTON and Mrs. JACOBS were married last Thursday.
2. George RICE of Covington, a brother-in-law of L. FENLEY, died very suddenly last Saturday.
3. Harvey RICHARDSON's mother was buried at Mt. Zion last Monday.

H. Clay CALDWELL, son of O. G. CALDWELL, died at his father's home, Monday, January 28, 1907; buried at Williamstown Cemetery.

Miss Ethel KENDALL, oldest and only surviving daughter of T. W. KENDALL and wife, who lived near Mason, but now of Lexington, died at her Lexington home last week; buried at Williamstown Cemetery last Sunday.

Stroud MUNSON of the Fork Lick neighborhood died of brain fever, Monday, January 21, 1907; funeral at Cordova, but buried in Morgan Cemetery; in 49th year; widow and five children.

Little Eldred Cline SIMPSON, aged 11 months and 15 days, is dead; was youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Simpson; Cline died at his home near Heekin January 9, 1907 of pneumonia; was buried in Williamstown Cemetery.

Elmer JONES, 22, died November 14, 1906; was a son of Richard and Lizzie JONES who live near Doudton; was killed by being caught between cars when coupling them together; was member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church.

George E. PRICHARD and Miss Lulu GRAVES were married at the home of the bride, Wednesday, January 23, 1907, by Rev. E. J. KING; bride is daughter of Jas. GRAVES; groom is from Corbin, kentucky; lives with his cousin, Tom MATLOCK, here.

February7, 1907:
Marriage notice from Bracken Chronicle of Augusta, Kentucky, Dr. J. W. ABERNATHY of Mason, Grant County, and Miss Cindah KING of Willow, this county, were married Tuesday of last week by Rev. Davis of the Willow Baptist Church; she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus KING.

Mrs. Lula M. REYNOLDS and Ralph MYERS were married on Wednesday of last week; this is the second marriage for both; bride if the daughter of James H. CLEMONS, formerly of Harrison County.

Rev. George T. BYLAND lost $1,300 in the Crittenden Bank robbery; was the son of _____ and Alice Barton BYLAND and was born near Flour Creek in 1843 where he lived until August 1861, when he enlisted in the Union in Captain Spears' Company, 23rd Kentucky Volunteers, Col. Mark MUNDY's regiment, where he served in until the end of the war; he was wounded mortally; it was supposed at the battle of Chickamagua and was left on the battlefield for dead; was later taken to the prison at Richmond, Virginia where he nearly died of smallpox. --The Pendletonian.

Joe MENDOZA and Ben J. JOSEPH, who will retire their firm (of the same names) from Williamstown, where they began in 1891; Mendoza will locate in Newark, New Jersey in the furniture and carpet business with Jake JOSEPH, son of Ben.

February 14, 1907:
On Wednesday, February 13?, 1907, James KELLS died at his home in the Oak Ridge area; was a veteran pensioner in his 87th year; was a Union soldier who lost a leg in the battle of Atlanta; was the father of thirteen children, eleven of whom survive, Thomas, Robert, Joe, _____?, John, Charles, Jas C., _____?, mrs. Jennie SMITH, Mrs. Nancy SARGENT, Mrs. Elizabeth LaFOLLETTE; buried in graveyard near his old home.

Gum Lick News: Willie CLEMONS, 13 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry CLEMONS, died January ?, 1907 and was buried in the Roanoke Cemetery.

Cordova News: Buford, 9 month old son of Walter DUNN and wife died January 21, 1907 of brain fever; was buried in THOMPSON Graveyard near stringtown.

Born to the wife of W. H. BARKER, Sunday, February 10, 1907, a boy.

Folsom News: Clorie WEBSTER, wife of Ben WEBSTER, died after an illness of several months with lung trouble.

Osmond ROBERTS, 92, was born in Russellville, Kentucky, January 30, 1815 and never wore an overcoat; is in excellent health.

February 21, 1907:
It was reported yesterday that the wife of A. J. LOWE, residing on the Eskridge farm, was dead as the result of phosphoric poisoning taken with suicidal intent; her mind had been impaired by bad health.

In Memory of Mrs. Narcissus LUCAS who died at home in Napoleon, December 23, 1906, aged 71 years and 9 months; poetry refers to "dear mother"; signed Zella McGEE.

Miss Sallie ACKMAN, 82, died at her home about two miles south of here; buried in the Baptist Cemetery last Tuesday.

Crittenden News: Mrs. Grif KIDWELL received a valentine in the shape of the "finest boy" ever.

Crittenden News: Born to Mrs. John Uriah ALLPHIN, Monday night, a deputy postmaster, a la Bill Taft, 14-1/2 pounds.

On October 24, 1906, Wm. Claud DAVIS of ironton, Ohio, came to Williamstown and was married to Miss Reba Leida WILSON, daughter of J. M. and Addie Cunningham WILSON; just four months later on Monday, February 18, 1907, Mrs. DAVIS, 20, died at home after an illness of three weeks; her remains were brought to the home of her grandfather, D. L. CUNNINGHAM; was buried in Williamstown Cemetery Thursday.

February 28, 1907:
Crittenden News: Mrs. Sarah HUTSELL's funeral was held in the Presbyterian Church last Monday.

Crittenden News: Mrs. CURTIS of Maderia, Ohio, who has pneumonia at her son-in-law's, J. U. ALLPHIN, was taken to her Ohio home Monday.

Grant County Marriage Licenses issued since January 1, 1907:
1. Wm. H. NEWKIRK, farmer - Miss Ada BURROUGHS, daughter of J. W. BURROUGH.
2. Walter WHALEY, farmer - Miss Lula RYON, daughter of J. N. RYON.
3. Fred WEBSTER, farmer - Miss Pearl HUTTON, daughter of Wainscot HUTTON.
4. Geo. E. PRITCHARD, farmer - Miss Lula Bell GRAVES, daughter of Jas. A. GRAVES.
5. Ralph W. MYERS, tinner - Miss Lula May REYNOLDS, daughter of Jas. H. CLEMENS.
6. Jerry S. TOMLIN, farmer - Miss Nancye GIBSON, daughter of William GIBSON.
7. Willard FORTNER, farmer - Miss Laura B. POE, daughter of Edward POE.
8. Harry W. CLINGER, farmer - Miss Edna G. VICE, daughter of J. C. VICE.
9. John FORNASH, farmer - Mrs. Lillie NORTH, daughter of Robert NORTH.

March 7, 1907:
Bob JONES, one of the best and most respected colored men about Williamstown, died Tuesday, March 5, 1907, of pneumonia; was superintendent of his church's Sunday School; buried today.

Mrs. C. D. REED, who died __?__ afternoon at a good old age, was buried here Tuesday; her husband died several years before; her maiden name was ____REYS? [not readable].

Card of Thanks from Frank CUNNINGHAM reference the death of Mrs. Reba Wilson DAVIS.

Walton News: J. L. ARNOLD of Crittenden died at his home Friday and his remains were brought to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Geo. MURPHY, here; she was the only daughter and one afflicted son survives.

Crittenden News:
1. Mrs. Elizabeth TUCKER died Wednesday of last week at their daughter's, Mrs. Benj. VALLANDINGHAM; was buried Friday in the Christian Church Cemetery; her nephew, Albert COLLINS, of Heekin, attended her funeral.
2. John L. ARNOLD died Friday and was buried at Walton Sunday.

Mrs. Frank CALDWELL was presented with a 9 pound boy Monday.

Last Wednesday, February 21, 1907, the wife of deputy sheriff, J. H. LEARY, gave birth to their first child, a 10 pound boy.

Grant County Marriages:
1. License was issued Monday for the marriage, the same day, at the home of Dr. ABBOTT at Holbrook of Julius SMITH to Miss Minnie WOLFE.
2. Monday, March 4, 1907, James H. KELLS, son of Robert KELLS, obtained a license to marry Miss Clara VALLANDINGHAM, daughter of Jas. VALLANDINGHAM; they were married by Rev. E. J. KING at his home.
3. W. L. MENEFEE, a Pendleton County farmer, procured a license Tuesday to marry Miss Ethel E. RACE, daughter of Marion RACE, at her father's home in Pendleton County on Wednesday, March 6, 1907.
4. Richard E. FULLER, a wholesale salesman of Chicago, was granted a license Tuesday to marry Miss Margaret CLEMENTS, Wednesday, at the home of her father, Joseph L. CLEMENTS.
5. Invitations were issued for the marriage of Charles H. MARKSBERRY to Miss Eugenia MARSHALL, daughter of Tom MARSHALL, at her father's home today, March 7, 1907.

From the Ironton, Ohio Paper reference the death of Mrs. Reba Wilson DAVIS; has been ill for three weeks from typhoid pneumonia; was 20 and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. WILSON of Williamstown, Kentucky; married Mr. DAVIS of Ironton at Williamstown about four months ago; was a member of the Christian Church; funeral was at the home of her uncle, Robert CUNNINGHAM.

March 14, 1907:
Walton News:
1. Willie BLACKBURN of Covington, formerly of Walton, committed suicide last Thursday at his home; was buried in the Baptist Church Cemetery here Sunday; his wife and two sons survive.
2. Richard ONES, who has been lingering for some two years with consumption, died Monday; spent a year in Arizona for his health, burn returned to his parents; parents and four sisters survive.

Howard F. MARQUETTE, son of Hon. J. J. MARQUETTE of Pendleton County, and Miss Bertha E. KING, daughter of Rev. E. J. King, of [Williamstown], were married Wednesday, March 13, 1907, at the home of the bride's parents, by her father.

On February 27, 1907 at Dry Ridge Baptist Church, Elder J. M. McKINLEY married W. A. COLLINS and Miss Ida May ESKRIDGE.

March 21, 1907:
Crittenden News: Captain Ran ALLPHIN's entire family, three sons and daughter and seven grandchildren took dinner with him last Saturday. It is not often that an old couple [he married Nancy BICKERS of Holbrook, a daughter of Debby and Uriah BICKERS Sr.] is blessed with such felicity. One son [Alfred] came from Detroit, Michigan, bringing his wife and baby. May the ALLPHIN family increase in numbers and prosperity.

Mrs. Sarah Jane HUTSELL, mother of Esquire T. M. HUTSELL of Crittenden who died recently, was perhaps the oldest person in the county at the time; she was born March 24, 1810 and wanted but 27 days of being 97 when she died.

The remains of Leslie BILLITER, son of Dan BILLITER, of Cincinnati, were buried Thursday in the graveyard at his grandfather's, George B. DANCE.

March 28, 1907:
Crittenden News:
1. Alfred LEWIS, an esteemed colored man, who has been an invalid for the past year, passed into the spirit world last Thursday morning and was buried Friday.
2. Born Thursday morning to Mr. and Mrs. Henry BISHOP a miniature Helen of Troy.

H. P. SUMMERS, handsome editor of the Smith's Grove Times, was recently married to Miss Eula FRAZER, daughter of Rev. A. G. FRAZER of the Louisville Conference.

April 4, 1907:
W. H. NORTHCUTT shot himself through the heart with a revolver and died at Covington Sunday; was a former resident of Williamstown; is supposed he was despondent over his poor health; was in a drugstore with his brother, Homer; lived on Russell Street in Covington with his two daughters; he was buried Tuesday in Williamstown Cemetery beside the grave of this wife.

Wm. O'Hara CLARK, 22, died unexpectedly last Tuesday, April 2, 1907; was born August 14, 1884, the second son of W. T. and Belle T. CLARK; known as "Willie Boy", he graduated from Graded School and attended the Kentucky Military Institute near Louisville for two years; for the last three or four years, he was and industrious farmer; was kind and helpful at home to his widowed mother, sisters, and younger brothers; funeral will be at home today and burial in Williamstown Cemetery.

In Memoriam. After an illness of about 8 months, Rev. W. D. WILLIAMS died at the home of his son on Main Street in Beardstown, Illinois, March 13, 1907, at the age of 87 years, 1 months, and 19 days; was born in Grant County, Kentucky, January 24, 1820; professed Christ at 30; entered the ministry 15 years later; leaves two sons and a daughter; was buried in the Beardstown City Cemetery; poetry follows, signed, His Granddaughter, Mrs. Ada JOHNSON, Beardstown, Illinois.

John LEACH, 109, died last Sunday at the home of J. S. FINK of bowel trouble; was born in 1798. -Henry County Local.

Homer J. NORTHCUTT, successful Covington contractor and builder, was here Tuesday to bury his brother, Hayd, who died in Covington Sunday.

Mrs. Theresa LAFFERTY, 65, late proprietor of the Lafferty House at Dry Ridge, died Wednesday, March 27, 1907, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. ida REESE, of Dry Ridge; was buried here [Williamstown]; maiden name was RENNECKAR; leaves four living children: John S., Mrs. Reese, Mrs. Walter STEPHENS, and Edgar.

Father George C. BEALER, who has been pastor of the Catholic Church in Williamstown for several years, has been assigned to the Cynthiana Church; he will be replaced by Rev. Charles ROLFES.

Marriages:
1. Charley BOYCE, son of Turpin BOYCE, of this county, was married Tuesday, March 26, 1907, to Miss Amelia HANKS, at Rugby, Indiana; will live in Covington where he works for street care co.
2. Evan E. SETTLE, son of the late Hon. Evan SETTLE, of Owenton, and one of the owners and editors of The Owen County Democrat, was quietly married to Miss Eula WALKER of Owenton, at the home of a "mutual friend" after meeting last Sunday night; there was more or less opposition to the match at the WALKER homestead, and hence the "coup.:

Doudton News: _____ JUSTICE died at the home of _____ AMMERMAN of pneumonia superinduced by the grip; was buried at Mt. Carmel; son of Jake JUSTICE, leaves a wife, one ______, and four brothers.

Walton News:
1. John L. VEST and wife were called to the Verona home of his father, Dud VEST, who died Friday.
2. Miss Emma GRAHAM went to the Monday funeral of Wm. ECKLER in Latonia; he was stricken with paralysis Saturday and died a few hours later; was elderly man well known in Walton and Grant County; a wife, four children (2 sons and 2 daughters), and eight grandchildren survive him.

April 11, 1907:
_____ HUDSON and wife are rejoicing over the arrival of a 9 pound girl.

This community was surprised and shocked to learn of the death of Miss Carey Lucille CLAYPOOL, under mysterious circumstances, at the home of Mrs. Dr. SHEARWOOD in Cincinnati on Monday; she had gone to Dr. SHEARWOOD's on Friday and asked to be taken in as she was suffering greatly; she gave her name as Katherine HUNT; the coroner claims that death was caused by a criminal operation [abortion?]; she was a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky where she was buried; she had been a teacher at the Williamstown Graded School and a graduate of Porter College in Bowling Green.

Marriages:
1. Wednesday, April 10, 1907, Daniel K. SHEARER of Wyoming, Illinois, was married to Miss M. Katherine McMILLAN, daughter of Judge J. D. McMILLAN, cashier of the Grant County Deposit Bank, by Rev. L. N. THOMPSON of the Baptist Church; a brother-in-law of the bride's father; groom is prosperous farmer; bride is gentle, affectionate, and popular, will live in Wyoming, Illinois.

2. Dr. C. D. O'HARA and Miss Tee VIOLETT, eldest daughter of the late Dr. J. D. VIOLETTE, left Wednesday for Covington to be married.

James ALEXANDER, 18 year old son of Thomas ALEXANDER, residing near Lebanon CHurch, died last Friday, April 5, 1907, and was buried Saturday at Mt. Zion; he never recovered from an appendicitis operation about five weeks ago.

__. P. ELLISTON was called to _____, Illinois Monday to attend the funeral of an uncle, Henry HENDRIX.

Crittenden News: On Saturday the infant son of Rev. and Mrs. H. R. OVERCASH died of brain fever; funeral was Monday at the Presbyterian Church; Mrs. ROBERTS of Cynthiana, sister of Mrs. OVERCASH, and her husband were present.

April 18, 1907:
Account of the Bowling Green, Kentucky funeral of Miss Carey Lucille CLAYPOOL at the residence of her aunt, Mrs. Alice WOODS; buried at new Fairview Cemetery amidst a profusion of flowers; brothers and sisters, Mr. and Mrs. SAMUELS and Reno SHORT mentioned.

2. Dr. C. D. O'HARA and Miss Tee VIOLETT, eldest daughter of the late Dr. J. D. VIOLETTE, left Wednesday for Covington to be married.

James ALEXANDER, 18 year old son of Thomas ALEXANDER, residing near Lebanon Church, died last Friday, April 5, 1907, and was buried Saturday at Mt. Zion; he never recovered from an appendicitis operation about five weeks ago.

__. P. ELLISTON was called to _____, Illinois Monday to attend the funeral of an uncle, Henry HENDRIX.

Old Tom SIMS died of a complication of diseases at his High Street home, Wednesday, April 17, 1907.

Keefer News: Mrs. Susan TAYLOR celebrated her 85th birthday last Saturday, surprised by her children.

Gum Lick News:
1. Uncle Charley LATIMER died last Friday and was buried Sunday in the Colemansville Church Yard.
2. Hawkins MARKSBERRY died suddenly, a well known farmer of near Fork Lick; is survived by a wife; three sons, and one daughter; buried in Phythian Grove Cemetery.
3. Garrard MOORE and Miss Alpha BARLOW were married.

April 25, 1907:
Thomas GRAY, son of our M. D. GRAY, died at his home near Gratz, in Owen County, on Wednesday, April 17, 1907 and was buried at Jonesville on the 19th, when he would have been 80 years old; once lived in Flingsville area where his brother still lives; he married an aunt of _. G. DeJARNETTE, who died several years ago; funeral by the Gratz Masons.

Rumor that James H. BLAIN went to Covington yesterday {Wednesday, April 24, 1907] with his cousins, Bettie and Lucinda CHILDERS, and was married to Miss BROWN of Cincinnati.

Thomas M. SIMS died of consumption in his 65th year on Wednesday, April 17, 1907; was born in Grant County, August 30, 1838; on May 31, 1860, when not quite 22, he married Miss Minerva WILLIAMS who died March 1, 1874; to them were born five children; four sons and one daughter: Theodore (in whose home the father died), John and Simon, survive; the daughter and other son are dead; joined the Baptist Church at 18; was an honored and respected member; was buried Friday in Williamstown Cemetery.

Born to the wife of W. P. WEBSTER, April 22, 1907, a 9 pound [sex?].

J. T. BROOKS of Georgetown and formerly of Williamstown was adjudged insane Tuesday and was taken to the Lexington Asylum; moved here 15 years ago and was one of the largest contractors in the city; was City Clerk for one term; ill health many years.

James H. STEERS, uncle of Seldon STEERS, cashier of the Dry Ridge Deposit Bank, died at his Dry Ridge home Sunday; funeral at Primitive Baptist Church at Dry Ridge..

May 2, 1907:
H. A. FORD, 36, married son of John FORD of Elliston, was caught between two freight cars which he was coupling in the yards at Cincinnati Saturday, April 20, 1907, was was instantly killed; worked for the PA Railroad; remains taken to Elliston for burial.

Miss Bettie CHILDERS, daughter of R. H. CHILDERS and sister of Robert CHILDERS, Circuit Clerk, was married, Wednesday, April 24, 1907, to Will R. THOMPSON, a farmer of Lynchburg, Ohio [where they will live] at the home of Walter CHILDERS in Covington.

Notice from the Tacoma Ledger of April 21, 1907: Miss Jane Mills SKEGGS, formerly of Williamstown, Kentucky, and Lance Richard McGRAW, of Bailey, Colorado, were married Sunday, April 14, 1907 at the home of the bride (717 South I Street) by Rev. Wm. G. SHENK of Epworth Methodist Church; only immediate relatives were present; Miss Cecil Hazelton SKEGGS was bridesmaid and Shelton R. WEBB of Richmond, Virginia was best man; will live at 2003 Second Avenue in Seattle; bride is daughter of C. B. SKEGGS who was a railroad agent at Williamstown and Corinth

General H. B. LYON, a West Point graduate and a brigadier in the Confederate Army, dropped dead of heart failure last Thursday at his home near Eddyville, Kentucky; he was 71.

Roy CHILDERS, son of James P. CHILDERS, obtained a license Tuesday to marry Miss Sherley C. COOK, daughter of W. F. COOK of Stewartsville area and former Grant County Assessor; marriage was to take place at the bride's home yesterday [Wednesday, May 1, 1907] "and we suppose it did."

Born to the wife of J. W. HALL, April 28, 1907, an 11 pound [sex not readable].

In Memoriam of Arms [RAN?]SOM, who died April 21, 1906; poetry follows, sign Wife and Children.

Double Wedding: W. C. SIMPSON of Stewartsville and Miss Mary F. HATCHER, and Ben COLLETT of Dry Ridge and Miss Rhoda WEBSTER obtained a license yesterday [Wednesday, May 1, 1907] and were married by Rev. J. M. McKINLEY at his home.

May 9, 1907:
Isom SANDERS, who died at his Newport home last Thursday, May 2, 1907, was buried Saturday at Williamstown Cemetery; for his health, he lived with his brother in San Jose, California; returned to live in Cincinnati, then Newport, but health failed again; was born near Independence, Kenton County, October 7, 1854; early in life he married Miss Jennie JACKSON to whom two children were born: Charley, the eldest is still living; his first wife died many years ago, the he married in 1891 Miss Mary HENSON, of this place; their three children are living.

On April 30, 1907 at the [Hinton} home of Rev. and Mrs. Wm. McMILLAN, their only daughter, Miss Viola Pearl, was married to James R. DOLIN; groom is one of Hinton's prominent merchants.

J. C. TOMLIN died yesterday [Wednesday, May 8, 1907] at his Mt. Zion home; will be buried today in the Mt. Zion Cemetery.

Rufus A. CHILDERS of Paris, Kentucky was born and raised in Dry Ridge, is now a contractor in house and barn raising.

May 16, 1907:
Wm. MARKSBERRY, administrator of W. H. MARKSBERRY, deceased, filed appraisement bill in county court.

William DUNCAN died at the home of his son, James, just over the Pendleton County line beyond Doudton, Tuesday, May 14, 1907, and was buried here yesterday; was past 70.

John RICHMOND, son of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice RICHMOND of Covington, secretly married Miss Hazel RHINOCK, daughter of Congressman Joseph L. RHINOCK, at Jersey City, December 1, 1906, by a Catholic priest. [1906 is shown in the book]

Miss Katie LAFFERTY and Arthur VANZANT were married Sunday, May 5, 1907, at the Central Christian Church in Cincinnati, of which was was an active member; will live in Detroit, Michigan.

The one year old child of J. S. LAFFERTY of near Dry Ridge was buried here [Williamstown], Wednesday, [May 15, 1907].

Born to the wife of B. S. [Banny] [B?]ANKS, Tuesday, a 10 pound boy.

May 23, 1907:
Sun, May 19, 1907, Miss Mabel CARNES, eldest daughter of Judge Wm. CARNES, and Delmar E. ERNST, a Tonapah, Nevada lawyer, accompanied by her mother, produced a Grant County license and were married by a Williamstown minister; bride was born here; groom is a "Buckeye" by birth, a Columbia law school student, and has lived in Tonapah for two years.

May 23, 1907:
After an illness of two days, the young wife of Richard LANTER died last Thursday [May 16, 1907] at the home near Cherry Grove; was a daughter of Lewis SAYERS and had been married only about a year; husband is a son of B. F. LANTER.

John DALEY of Cincinnati and Miss Hallie PENICK, daughter of S. D. PENICK, were married at the home of the bride, May 14, 1907, by Elder John S Steers.

May 30, 1907:
Alonzo THRELKELD died at his home near Mason, Saturday, May 25, 1907, was born October 8, 1845; ran away from school and joined Morgan's command at Lexington in 1862; after the war he returned to the old home in Scott County to assist his father and brothers; lived for two years in Champaign, Illinois; he married Miss Nannie JONES of Scott County, March 9, 1873 and lived at Sadieville a year or two; had three children; was successful farmer and merchant; his wife died August 8, 1879 and life was never the same; was buried in Williamstown Cemetery on Tuesday, May 28.

John POINTS of Ohio and Miss Rose REINHART of Erlanger applied for a marriage license at the Grant County Clerk's office Tuesday and gave their ages as 24 and 21; but she declined to swear that she was 21 and the license was refused her [and at Newport and Covington].

In Memoriam. William CARLTON, one of the pioneers of Grant County, died at his home Friday, May 17, 1907, with his wife, daughter, brother, and other relatives nearby; was second son of ten children born to Pleasant and Mary CARLTON in Gallatin County; six sons and four daughters; was born in 1831 and in 1856 married Sarah HENDRIX; to them were born four sons and three daughters; three sons (Albert, Charley, and Will) and one daughter (May TURLEY) still survive; in 1900 his wife, Sarah, died; in December 1905 he married Mrs. Anna ALEXANDER, widow of John ALEXANDER; a cancer developed on his face and it was operated on, but he died from it; Will CARLTON was a member of Ten Mile Baptist Church; his wife, four children, and four brothers survive; funeral was at home where he spent nearly all his life; was buried in the family burying ground near his first wife; written by his nephew, W. R. ELLISTON.

James MAKEMSON, wife, and daughter of Falmouth were here Wednesday to attend the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Bennie SEWARDS.

Henry WHALEY and Miss Minnie BILLITER, daughter of W. A. BILLITER were married in the Clerk's office May 22, 1907 by County Judge W. T. Simmons

Doudton News: Born to Mrs. Jessie HUTCHING last Saturday, May 25, 1907, a boy.

Doudton News: Born to Mrs. J. E. WELLS Saturday, May 25, 1907, a girl.

June 6, 1907:
Walton News: Mrs. Eva KENNEDY died Wednesday, May 29, 1907; her husband, mother, and three sisters survive.

Peter WALMAN, known here as "Dutch Jones" died at his Indianapolis home Friday, May 31, 1907; was a son-in-law of Mrs. Juda SIMPSON of Lawrenceville; was buried in Williamstown Cemetery Monday; was born in Scott County, Kentucky, March 6, 1953, and lived for many years near Lawrenceville, Grant County; was good member of the Improved Order of Red Men and the Maccabees; suffered for several weeks with stomach trouble but died of paralysis; leaves a wife, one son, and two daughters.

John PEEBLES and Miss Ollie GARRARD were married at the Covington home of the bride, Wednesday, [June 5, 1907?] by Rev. Ecton; accomplished daughter of Wm. GARRARD; he is son of H. H. PEEBLES.

Birthday celebration for "Uncle George" and Mrs. DANCE last Sunday was a successful family reunion; they have ten living children; forty-three grandchildren; and nineteen great-grandchildren; a total of 72 direct descendants.

Oscar ECKLER, about 80, father of Grant ECKLER, lived in Williamstown for years, died at the Grant County Infirmary Tuesday, June 4, 1907; buried at the Eckler burying ground near Dry Ridge Wednesday.

Mable RENNECKER, 12 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. RENNECKER of Dry Ridge died last week of spotted fever.

Mrs. C. O. PORTER and children went to the Somerset, Kentucky marriage of her sister, Miss May SIMPSON, daughter of Rev. J. W. SIMPSON, to Richard COLLIER of North Carolina.

Pat FORD, the old Confederate soldier who was taken to the Confederate Home at Peewee Valley about two months ago, died there; an industrious Irishman who did a great deal of hard work on the turnpikes of Grant County.

June 13, 1907:
Miss Pauline JOHNSON has decided to dedicate her life to the care of the sick and left this morning for Cincinnati's Christ Hospital to become a deaconess.

Circuit Court Cases:
1. Charles ORCUTT was found guilty of stealing a blind bay mare in August 1902 and selling it for $6; three years sentence.
2. S. R. BUTLER won a suit for $250 rent on land vs. his brothers, Nathan and Thomas.
3. Ruby HOPKINS cared for J. W. SECHRIST for two years before his death; was awarded $75.

June 13, 1907 notice given by Joseph CHIPMAN, Williamstown, that he will not be responsible for the indebtedness of "my wife", Nancy CHIPMAN, she having separated from me without just cause or fault on my part."

Born to the wife of Ed HOFFMAN of Williamstown, last Wednesday, a boy.

Frank H. ARGENT and Miss Alice BLANCHETT, daughter of Amity BLANCHET, were married at the home of the bride, Wednesday, June 5, 1907.

Lee JUSTICE and Mrs. Myrtle JUSTICE, daughter of J. N. YORK, were married at the home of the William JUSTICE on Saturday, June 8, 1907.

Wm. WALLACE and Miss Clara ASHCRAFT, daughter of Kane ASHCRAFT, were married in Williamstown, Wednesday, June 12, 1907.

James W. CHIPMAN obtained a license Tuesday to marry Mrs. Mary E. LATIMER of Pendleton County, June 13, 1907, at the Pleasant Ridge Church in Pendleton; he is the son of J. W. CHIPMAN, president of Grant County Deposit Bank and himself a successful farmer and stock trader; bride is widow of the late L. L. LATIMER and daughter of Thomas ODER; she is a cousin to the groom's brother-in-law, J. W. ODER.

Mrs. Anna Hensley McMILLAN, daughter of Mrs. Sarah HENSLEY, and niece of W. L. STEPHENS, died at her home in Ludlow Saturday, June 8, 1907; was buried in Williamstown Cemetery Tuesday.

Walton News:
1. Wednesday, June 5, 1907, Miss Johnnie CARPENTER, daughter of Mrs. Lucy CARPENTER of Richwood, and Revelett DEMOISEY, young merchant of our town, accompanied by Woodford CARPENTER and wife, went to town and got married.
2. Tuesday, June 4, 1907, Miss Ella CRAIG, music teacher, and Ben KENT of Cincinnati went to the home of Rev. MITCHELL in Covington and were married; will live in Cincinnati.
3. Wm. COOK and wife went to the wedding of her sister, Miss Maggie TURNER of Latonia, to Jesse CLUTTERBUCK of Erlanger; will live in Cincinnati.

June 20, 1907:
After an illness of many years, W. L. STEPHENS, one of the best known men in Grant County, died in a Lexington sanitarium last Saturday; buried in Williamstown Cemetery; "BillY' had a tract of land in NE; was born in Pendleton County October 26, 1848, and married Miss Susan GREGORY December 28, 1871; seven children were born, one girl and six boys; the sons and wife surviving, member of Williamstown Baptist.

Court ordered J. C. HOLBROOK, trustee, to pay his father, Isaac HOLBROOK, $15 a month for spending money.

The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth [nee McKINLEY] CRIST, nearly 80, the mother of George W. CRIST, Doudton merchant, was held Saturday at the Methodist Church, of which she was a member for 58 years; was a school teacher in her youth.

Born on last Friday to the wives of Jas. A. O'HARA and Wm. BOND, each a girl.

June 27, 1907:
Mrs. Lillian Bracht SECHRIST, 29, died at the home of her father, Brutus BRACHT, near Blanchett, Sunday, June 23, 1907, of chronic peritonitis; was born May 30, 1878; member of Corinth Baptist Church; about 4 years ago she married Theodore SECHREST, a master mechanic with the Cincinnati Southern Railway Company; moved to El Paso, Texas for her health; buried in Williamstown Cemetery, Emmett, Blain, and Charley BRACHT were among the pall bearers listed.

Miss Kate MENEFEE of Crittenden was one of the bridesmaids at the MENEFEE-STITH wedding last week.

Due to the illness of the prospective bride, the surprise wedding of Miss Ada CONRAD, youngest daughter of Mrs. George P. MARTIN, and Elbert McMILLAN, son of Judge J. D. McMILLAN, was postponed from Wednesday of last week until spring.

Harvey Hayden ROSE, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. ROSE, Sherman, was born July 6, 1891 and died June 22, 1907, aged 15 years, 11 months, and 15 days; was one of the brightest and best young men of hi neighborhood; died a few weeks after an appendicitis operation; was not a church member; buried in the Gardnersville Christian Church Cemetery; he was the third child his parents have buried: one boy and one girl survive.

July 4, 1907:
S. P. HEDGES, nearly 45 and never married, living near Mason, died suddenly Tuesday before medical aid could be secured; buried in Moohn graveyard.

Two marriage licenses were issued [Wednesday, July 3, 1907] to:
1 Omer LOWE and Miss Elizabeth EVANS, daughter of Thomas EVANS.
2. Jas. S. DICKEY and Miss Maggie May JOHNSON, daughter of Robert JOHNSON of Harrison County.

Born to the wife of Ed PERKINS of Williamstown, Tuesday, July 2, 1907, a girl.

Round Up of the Week [new column]: We are authorized by Mrs. N. R. WILSON to announce the engagement of her daughter, Emma, to Prof. John L. Hill of Louisville. The marriage will take place in early autumn.

Card of Thanks reference death of husband and father, signed, Mrs. W. L. STEPHENS and sons.

July 11, 1907:
Letter #10 from Con M. GORDON written at Melbourne, Australia, May 9, 1907.

Two wills were probated Monday:
1. Captain J. C. TOMLIN Leaves everything to his wife, while she remains his widow, then to this children.
2. A. THRELKELD's children, by agreement, will share equally in the division of his estate, notwithstanding the will, which cut some of them off with only $100.

Walton News: Mrs. Thomas CRADDOCK, who lingered for months with consumption, died Wednesday of last week; eaves three sons and four daughters to mourn her loss.

G. C. TURNER of Scott County and Miss Nora May STEERS, daughter of W. H. STEERS of Dry Ridge, were married Monday, July 8, 1907, by John S. STEERS, cousin to the bride. .

Round Up of the Week:
1. Word comes from Ohio that the stork has just called at the home of Elmer JENNINGS and left his wife a girl baby. They have named it Ruth.
2. Silas WIGGINGTON and wife went to Scott County Sunday for the burial of his father, 83, at the old home place on the Covington and Lexington turnpike about 10 miles this side of Georgetown; he died of paralysis.

July 18, 1907:
Last Tuesday morning, July 16, 1907, James [Jim] EARLES of Eagle Station and Ida SCHROEDER were killed by a train near the town depot; Ida, about 6, was one of two grandchildren of John HARLOW, who was with the deceased, was instantly killed; the other child, a half-witted boy of 7 or 8, and a brother to Ida, and his grandfather barely escaped death. EARLES, a son-in-law of HARLOW, had a large family.

Mrs. Belle McMillan REED, wife of Rev. O. S. REED, died suddenly Friday, July 12, 1907, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dr. HITCHCOCK of Toledo, Ohio; was formerly of Grant County and an aunt of Mrs. Alvin LOWE and W. J. ZINN.

Round Up of the Week: Ed CLARK, wife, and little son, Marion, came from their Covington home to Williamstown last week to bury their baby.

Kathryn MaJean CLARK, not quite 5 months old, infant of Ed. CLARK and wife of Covington, died very unexpectedly after a short illness, Wednesday, July 10, 1907; was buried in Williamstown Thursday beside her grandfather, F. M. CLARK; Mr. and Mrs. Charles KING of Covington, parents of Mrs. CLARK, were present.

July 25, 1907:
An automobile from Ohio upset the funeral procession [near Mason] Wednesday; Charley WILLIAMS and his wife were with the corpse of their little child; the Sheriff was called.

Long letter from W. Glyd CRAM of Long Beach, California, June 26, 1907.

Round Up of the Week: Born to W. D. LEMMON and wife of 1233 Russell Street, Covington, on the 16th [July, 1907], a daughter; second heir, both girls.

Mrs. Harriet READNOWER, wife of Jacob READNOWER, died in Covington July 22, 1907 at the home of her son, W. V. SPARROW, who is in business on Pike Street; church member for 48 years, joining at at age 14; leaves two sons, W. V. and L. C. SPARROW, by a former husband; remains shipped to Corinth for interment.

Crittenden News: Last Friday Mrs. O. VALLANDINGHAM received a telegram announcing the death of her oldest brother, Dr. Thomas RATCLIFF of Morris, Indiana; his sister, Miss Bettie RATCLIFF went to the funeral last Friday at Morris.

August 1, 1907:
Mrs. Nancy C. CHIPMAN, wife of Jacob Chipman, filed a sensational suit vs. her husband Monday praying for divorce, alimony, possession of certain property and an injunction; they are above 60 years old and have been married nearly 50 years; all of their children are grown.

Mrs. Bart PERCIFIELD of Broad Ridge died Monday and was buried Tuesday at Mt. Pleasant near her old home in Pendleton County; was the mother of Mrs. J. C. ELLIOTT.

Round Up of the Week: An 8 months old child of Oscar CHILDERS was buried in the Williamstown Cemetery last Friday; this is the second of this children to die, but there are four living; the mother is the daughter of J. P. BROWN.

Married in Williamstown:
1. J. F. ALLEN of Adair County and Miss Agnes EVANS of Newport; obtained a license Tuesday and were married at the Johnson House by Rev. J. N. THOMPSON.
2. Robert HOUSE of Elliston and Miss Katie CRAMER, daughter of Darius CRAMER, of Downingsville; obtained license Wednesday and were married by Judge SIMMONS.

A Covington item in the Enquirer Monday says: Samuel MANN, 69, was struck and instantly killed by a train engine at Crescent Springs yesterday; landed 48 feet away; survived by his wife and seven children; was former Kenton County road supervisor; had lived near Dry Ridge; was an uncle of John W. MANN and father-in-law of W. W. BAIN; was buried Tuesday at Highland Cemetery near Covington.

Crittenden News: Thos. FRAZER was called to Greenville, by wire, last Wednesday by reason of his brother's death.

August 8, 1907:
Reuben GREEN, a worthy and well-known citizen of the Holbrook neighborhood, died Sunday last, August 4, 1907, of uremia; home funeral Monday after which burial was at Clark's Creek Church.

The deadly typhoid claimed Mrs. John BARNES of Mt. Zion last Sunday; she was buried Monday.

Mrs. Susan M. DITZLER, widow of Rev. W.H.H. DITZLER, was born February 2, 1855 and died Saturday, August 3, 1907 at the home of her brother-in-law, F. M. ECKLER on Broad Ridge Road; ill about two weeks of severe typhoid fever; was a daughter of P. J. and Mary HARRISON, and a sister to Perry, Phil, Wesley, Burwell, and Charley HARRISON and Mrs. F. M. ECKLER; joined the Salem Methodist Church in 1872; was married November 1901 and he died about two years ago; was buried Monday in the Salem Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Dr. S. J. MEADE was formerly Miss MULLINS.

August 15, 1907:
Political letters from John S. STEERS and H. BAIRD; BAIRD as born near Crittenden, Grant County, and is now 64.

Allen JUSTICE, son of Jacob JUSTICE and Miss Addie V. ADAMS, obtained a license Monday to be married at Fairview Church yesterday, August 14, 1907.

Last Thursday, August 8, 1907, Dr. F. M. CLINKSCALES, the dentist, and Miss Anna BLANCHET, were married in Covington, Kentucky; they vacationed at Winona Lake Chautauqua.

Bona SIMPSON, son of Jesse Simpson and Miss Lorena ROLAND, daughter of James ROLAND, all of Lawrenceville, were married Wednesday, August 7, 1907, at the home of Rev. Henry FRAKES>

Wednesday the Coroner went to Elliston for the body of a man named HAZLIP, who had been struck over the head by a railroad brakeman and died from the injury.

Family gathering of the W. T. AMMERMAN family August 4 at the home of his son-in-law, J. C. KELLS, on the edge of town; those present with their wive and children [if applicable]: W. T., John, George, jake, Peter, Sebree - all AMMERMANs, and John SHERIFF of Cumminsville, Ohio.

Last Friday, W. H. HARRISON, father of Harry Harrison, escaped serious injury from a head block that fell on him.

Mrs. M. A. PRIBBLE of Madison, Indiana and her daughter surprised her father, W. R. PORTER, near Doudton with a visit.

Walton News: Tobia DUDGEN, watchman on the Licking River Bridge, fell from that structure last Saturday night and was instantly killed. He was buried in Bethel Cemetery at Verona.

Mrs. H. Clay HEDGES, residing near Cordova, died Tuesday, August 13, 1907, after a few days' illness; a daughter of Thomas ODER and her mother was a MOZEE; husband survives; funeral today, Thursday, at Stringtown.

August 22, 1907:
Long letter printed from Evan Ellsworth OSBORNE to his family dated August 5, 1907 from Los Angeles, California.

Bain FRANK played music at the HILL-WILSON Wedding and the school commencement exercises.

The most imposing and elaborate home wedding that has been celebrated her in years was that of Professor John L. HILL of Louisville and Miss Emma WILSON, youngest daughter of Mrs. Dr. J. M. WILSON at the Paris Street home of the bride's mother, Wednesday [August 21, 1907]; married by groom's father, Rev. G. W. HILL of Stamping Ground.

Mrs. Susan FRYMAN of Harrison County was 101 on Wednesday, August 14, 1907; was surrounded by four generations of family and 300 neighbors and friends; oldest woman in Kentucky; she was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky on August 14, 1806 and was a daughter of Christopher and Mary WAGONER; in 1830 she married Henry FRYMAN who was born in Nicholas County in 1808; he died of small pox in 1902, at 94 years of age

Malinda Francis DEATHERAGE died at her home near Grant's Lick, Kentucky of heart trouble, June 17, 1907; was a daughter of J. V. and Elizabeth SIMPSON and was born near Gradnersville, Kentucky, September 18, 1857; was married to Owen M. DEATHERAGE March 3, 1881, to whom was born one child, which died when 7 months old; leaves a husband, father, three sisters (Sarah and Amanda SIMPSON and Mrs. Minnie VESSING) and two brothers (R. L. and E. W. SIMPSON); buried in Grant's Lick Cemetery.

August 29, 1907:
A suit for $50,000 was filed vs. the CNO&TP Railway Company and three employees by the attorneys of Wm. E. JOHNICA, deceased, who, on September 26, 1906, as a brakeman, was instantly killed when the train was started without notice of warning to him.

Mrs. Pat GOALY of the Stewartsville neighborhood died suddenly Monday of heart trouble; was the widow of Patrick GOALY who died two or three years ago; faithful Catholic; burial was in Williamstown Cemetery today beside her husband.

James T. BROOKS, who lived in Williamstown and went to Georgetown for contracting and building, until two or three years ago when his mind failed him, he went to the Lexington Asylum; died there last Sunday, August 25, 1907 and was buried Monday at Georgetown.

J. D. CALENDER, the liveryman, died Monday, August 26, 1907, after four weeks of wasting illness due to stomach and bowel troubles; came from Jonesville; was about 36; leaves a widow who is a sister to Tom HEARN; was a son of J. J. CALLENDER of Owen County; a nephew of D. H. CALENDER of near Stewartsville, who went to Indiana and died there; was buried yesterday in the Williamstown Cemetery.

Walton News: Mrs. Cynthia BLACK, who was low with cancer for many months, died Tuesday of last week and was buried in the Baptist Cemetery here; leaves two sisters; four nieces; and two nephews.

September 5, 1907:
Crittenden News: Cards are out announcing the wedding of Miss Ida L. McCLURE and Clyde B. STEPHENS.

September 12, 1907:
Conductor James THRELKELD was charged with killing Ransom HAZLIP by striking him on the head while trying to dislodge him and others for stealing a rider; trouble was at Sparta, but HAZLIP lived at Elliston, trying to get to his sister's home at Napoleon; he died at J. W. SASHER's.

William MIRE, 81, farmer, from Williamstown, Kentucky, applied for a license in Covington, Monday, September 9, 1907, to marry Hattie INGRAM, 38, of Walton, at the home of J. E. WOLF in Erlanger.

Samuel E. ROBINSON, son of Sam ROBINSON of Mason, bought the SEBREE farm near Mason, was recently married to Miss Eliza HIX, youngest daughter of Mrs. Sarah HIX, formerly of Mason, but now residing in Missouri.

Grant County: Alpha BLACKBURN, a PA telegraph operator, and Miss Ethel BROOKS, daughter of John BROOKS of Folsom, obtained license Monday to be married at the bride's home, Tuesday, September 10, 1907.

Currie J. HUTCHINSON, a Tampa, Florida druggist, born in Ohio, and Miss Harriet HATHAWAY, born in Francisville, Indiana, daughter of Elias HATHAWAY, were married in Williamstown, Monday, September 9, 1907, by Rev. M. S. CLARK of the Methodist Church.

E. B. DOUGLAS, a Seymour, Indiana farmer, and Miss Minnie E. BROCK of Houston, Indiana, were married in Williamstown, Wednesday, September 10, 1907, by Rev. L. N. Thompson; left for Cincinnati.

Four generations of the family of our postmaster, J. W. SHIELDS and wife were present Sunday: his mother, Mrs. Frances BONAR, his wife's parents and sister, Lewis N. BURROUGHS, wife, and daughter, Miss Gertrude; his two married daughters and their husbands and children: James DAUGHERTY, wife, and two children of Las Vegas, NM, and John LANIGAN and wife of Ludlow, and his only son, Cecil, and his wife.

Mrs. Lunetta CALENDER qualified as Administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, J. D. CALLENDER.

September 19, 1907:
The Courier-Journal of Tuesday announced the Saturday New York marriage of the local [Williamstown Courier] editor, Hubbard S. NEEDHAM, to Miss Alma RHINOCK, the daughter of Kentucky Congressman Joseph L. RHINOCK.

Hogan YANCEY, a Grant County boy and crack athlete and ex-student, takes charge of Kentucky University's football squad; was a professional football and baseball player.

Mrs. J. O MYERS, who was a daughter of W. T. MAY, and whose husband is a grandson of Allen HOLBROOK, died Wednesday, September 11, 1907, of consumption.

On Tuesday a license was issued for the marriage of Ross CALENDER, 21, son of J. R. CALENDER, to Carrie FLORENCE, 16, daughter of John FLORENCE, who was present; they were married Wednesday, September 18, 1907, at the home of the bride, near Stewartsville, by Rev. henry FRAKES.

The Administrators of the late Ida SANDERS and her late uncle, James EARLES, both killed by a train at the same time at the Williamstown Depot, July 16, 1907, have filed suit vs. the railroad company for damages.

The old country homestead of R. E. HARRISON, near mason, now occupied by J. M. HARRISON, was the scene of a Harrison family reunion Sunday, September 15, 1907.

Born to the wife of Dr. O. C. HENRY of Sylvandell, Harrison County, September 17, 1907, a girl.

F. C. MENAUGH of the Courier office is granddad.

The wife of F. W. CONRAD of Goforth, Pendleton, gave birth this week of the 15th child, a boy, making in all seven boys and eight girls, all living, and only one married, the oldest daughter.

Walton News

September 26, 1907:
Mrs. E. GRAHAM received a telegram Tuesday of last week announcing the death of her niece, Mrs. Dr. H. C. BLACK of Dublin, Indiana, who died of typhoid fever; survived by husband, parents, brothers, and sister.

Crittenden News: Miss Fredrika BROWN went to the Campbellsburg funeral of her classmate, Miss Mary CHILTON.

George W. LIEBERTH, Collector of the Internal Revenue for the 6th District of Kentucky, was found dead in bed by his wife at their home in Newport Wednesday, September 25, 1907, of heart disease.

In Memoriam: Mrs. Patrick GOALY died at her home near Stewartsville, August 27, 1907, aged 73, her death a terrible shock; survived by three daughters and four sons; funeral was at St. Williams Church, Williamstown; buried beside her husband in Williamstown Cemetery.

Keefer News: Mrs. Eunice McGEE went to a family reunion at her sister's, Mrs. Pat GRIMES at Brooksville, Indiana; they had not seen their brother, George or I. N. MARKSBERRY for 24 years.

Mrs. Ed. MITTS of Covington died at her home Wednesday, September 18, 1907, after a brief illness; was a daughter of James WOOSTER and a granddaughter of O. S. DOUGHERTY; was buried in Williamstown Cemetery Friday.

Joe H. CUNNINGHAM of Huntington, West Virginia, son of D. L. CUNNINGHAM of Williamstown and Miss Maggie CLARK, daughter of F. M. CLARK, deceased, late of Dry Ridge, were married in Cincinnati, September 25, 1907, at the Palace Hotel; Joe is clerk at Hotel Frederick in Huntington; where they will live.

Howard SOUDERS of Dry Ridge and Miss Lena CHIPMAN, daughter of William CHIPMAN of Downingsville, obtained a license Wednesday, September 18, 1907, to be married at the home of the bride, who is but 15 years old.

October 3, 1907:
Crittenden News: A former resident, Joe MITCHELL, of Covington, died early last week.

Letter from W. Glyd CRAM, son of Judge C. C. CRAM, who is now located at Fresno, California.

Friday, Clyde COLEMAN, of Falmouth, was killed at the Falmouth Fair; he had 50 cents bet on the horse that won; he stepped on the track and the third place horse struck him in the back and killed him.

October 10, 1907:
Walton News: Our town received a sad shock last Saturday when they learned by phone that Mrs. Stella CONNER (nee TAYLOR) had died of typhoid fever after four weeks illness. She was a bride of only eight weeks and her family and young devoted husband have the heartfelt sympathy of her church and town.

P. C. GAUGH and Miss Clara SIMPSON, both of near Mason, were married in Covington, September 26, 1907; she was very well know and charming daughter of Jesse SIMPSON who lived at Lawrenceville; he is a telegrapher for the Q & C Railway.

Crittenden News: Mrs. Mary J. MENEFEE, widow of James MENEFEE, who died at the home of her daughter last Tuesday was buried at Flingsville Thursday.

Born to the wife of James PENICK, a boy.

C. W. RIDDELL received a telegram dated October 4, 1907 at Yreka, California from Charles STROTHER, announcing the arrival of namesake born to the former Miss Nancye ARNOLD.

October 17, 1907:
J. O. MYERS, who recently buried his wife, is himself now suffering from an attack of pneumonia.

Joseph FLANNELLY of Covington was married to Miss Julia McGINNIS of Newport, Tuesday, October 7, 1907, in the Immaculate Conception Church; she is the daughter of Mrs. John McGINNIS of Newport; he is the son of Michael FLANNELLY of Blanchett, Grant County; both are prominent families; witnesses were Miss Mary HALPIN and William McGINNIS.

October 24, 1907:
Born to the wife of W. J. DICKEY of Clark County, October 21, 1907, a boy.

Born to the wife of George W. MENEFEE of Covington, twins, October 9, 1907.

John D. CARTER is the biggest grandpap in Kentucky - his two daughters, Mrs. Ward RUSSELL of Texas and Mrs. C. DALY of Blanchet, having recently given birth to boys.

Mr. and mrs. J. H. HUMLONG announce the engagement of their daughter, Clara, to Horace KINGSBURY of Lexington, Kentucky, to be married in late November, 1907.

October 31, 1907:
Jack WILHOIT and Miss Lizzie SWANGO of Owen County were married in Williamstown, Saturday, October 26, 1907, by County Judge W. T. SIMMONS.

G. M. LANDRAM and his good wife, Marinda SIMPSON LANDRUM, who reside near mason, Celebrated the 50th anniversary of their wedding at their home, Tuesday, october 15, 1907; six of their eight children were present: W. L., G. R., A. R., C. R., and J. W. LANDRAM and Mrs. Emma HOUSTON; the children who died were named Thomas and Rosa; three persons were there who were at their wedding: her brother, W. H. SIMPSON and sister, Mrs. Bertha BLAIN, and Mr. LANDRAM's brother, W. L. LANDRAM.

Born to the wife of Harvey CALENDER at Stewartsville, October 24, 1907, a boy.

Capt. T. M. MOZINGO and wife of Greensburg, Indiana came back to his old home, Corinth, to see their young grandchild recently born to the wife of J. C. TRIMNELL.

November 7, 1907:
Born to Mrs. Henry CARTER, near Doudton, Tuesday night, twin girls.

Hon. Elijah PETTY, a former Grant County Representative and a successful minister in the Christian Church, died suddenly Friday, November 1, 1907, at Olive Hill, Carter County, Kentucky; he was buried Sunday at the old home place here near Fortner's Mill.

Ralph JUCKER, 12-year-old son of Mrs. H. C. DAHLING, died Saturday, November 2, 1907, of bowel trouble; was regular at Sunday School; he died in peace, telling mother and sisters he was going to Heaven and asking them to meet him there; funeral Williamstown Cemetery; these Cincinnati relatives attended: B. W. and Louis DAHLING and their wives, Misses Mary and Alma DAHLING, Edwin JUCKER, and George JORDAN.

November 13, 1907:
Mrs. Isaac FRANKS of Mt. Zion died Monday, November 11, 1907, and was buried Tuesday after services at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

Marriages:
1. W. D. ELLISTON, son of W. P. ELLISTON and Mrs. Annie CARLTON, a daughter of James CHRISMAN and widow of Wm. CARLTON, deceased, were married in Williamstown Thursday, November 7, 1907, by Rev. M. S. CLARK of the Methodist Church.
2. Robert Taylor RASH, tobacconist and brother-in-law of R. A. SHAW of Dry Ridge, and Miss Sadie C. MARTIN, daughter of Roger MARTIN of Dry Ridge, were married Wednesday, November 6, 1907.
3. Miss Edith WILLIAMS of Williamstown and Samuel CLARKSOn Jr. of Crittenden, were married by Rev. D. T. BUCK Sunday at the home of Samuel CLARKSON Sr.

The [25th] silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. RANSOM, near town, was celebrated last Sunday.

Mrs. Anna Marie MOSELEY of Chicago, whose mother, when she lived here, was Miss Bessie HEITER, visited Mrs. R. H. ELLISTON.

November 21, 1907:
After being rejected [last Saturday night, November 16, 2007, Doudton, Kentucky, Malcolm PAYNE, 20, son of Wm. PAYNE, committed suicide over Miss Golda JOHNS of near Knoxville; her parents were opposed to their dating; she turned down his marriage proposal after which he drove away, shot himself, and drove back to her; he was buried Monday at Mt. Carmel Cemetery; she is sick with grief.

Augustus E. WILLSON was born in Maysville, kentucky October 13, 1846; is a son of the late Hiram WILLSON and Ann Colvin ENNIS; his father was born in Winsor, Vermont and the mother in Westerly, Rhode Island; in 1887 he married Miss Mary EKIN, daughter of Gen. James A. EKIN of Louisville; one child, a boy, died in infancy.

H. E. SIMPSON, son of J. C. SIMPSON of Pendleton County, near Fairview, and Miss Clara ADAMS, daughter of J. H. ADAMS of same neighborhood, obtained a license to marry at Dry Ridge yesterday, November 20, 1907.

The marriage of Horace KINGSBURY of Lexington to Miss Clara HUMLONG will be solemnized at the Williamstown Christian Church next Thursday, November 28, 1907, Thanksgiving Day.

November 23, 1907:
John GAUGH, son of Kelley GAUGH, died at his father's home Thursday, November 21, 1907, after brief attacks like epilepsy; he was of very large and perfect build, about 36, and had never married.

Born to the wife of J. K. ROBERTS near Dry Ridge Monday, November 25, 1907, a boy.

Born to the wife of Lytle GLENN, November 23, 1907, a girl.

Card of Thanks from "The Bereaved Family" of "our dear mother and sister, mrs. Ella FARLEY who died November 21, 1907, and our sister and niece, Pearl FARLEY who died October 31, 1907.

December 5, 1907:
Miss Clara HUMLONG, daughter of J. H. HUMLONG, married in Williamstown Horace KINGSBURY, a native of Australia and a post-graduate in the Bible College, lexington, Kentucky; bride's sister was Miss Dixie HUMLONG, and her cousins, neal HUMLONG of Germantown, kentucky, and Turner C. RUSH of Lexington; the best man was James H. WILSON of Richmond; Prof. MORRO of Lexington was the minister; in January they will live in Harrodsburg, Kentucky where he will be minister of the Christian Church of 400 members.

Miss Flora HALL, eldest daughter of D. M. HALL, married Frank Chester PAULIN, a grad of the State College at Lexington, now living at Springfield, Illinois where he is a civil engineer and where they will reside; were married by Rev. J. W. WALDROP of Owen County at Williamstown.

Thomas F. LIMERICK and Mrs. Sarah E. Martin of the Cordova neighborhood, were married at the home of her daughter by Elder J. H. LIMERICK, a brother of the groom, November 21, 1907.

Dr. Robert C. BINGHAM of Beaver, Ohio and Miss DRUE E. BRANNON of New Hope, Ohio, got their license at Williamstown and were married at the Methodist parsonage Monday, November 25, 1907.

Alexander JENKINS and Miss Maggie MARTIN from Harrison County obtained a license from our County Clerk, November 29, 1907, and were married by Elder J. F. LIMERICK on November 30, 1907.

Born Wednesday, December 4, 1907, to the wife of C. L. HARRISON, of Heekin, a girl.

Keefer News: Mrs. Charles WILSON died at her home here, Sunday, November 10, 1907; was in her 56th year; her maiden name was Miss Sarah PRICE; was born near new Columbus, Grant County; she married at an early age and had one child, Mrs. Lydie GLENN; survived by her aged mother, two sisters, husband, and daughter; was buried in New Columbus Cemetery.

December 12, 1907:
Walton News: Word was received from Philipto?, Arizona that little Lula GLASCOX was dead; her parents and brother survive.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Clay WHITE will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at their WIlliamstown home, Monday, December 23, 1907.

On last Thursday, December 5, 1907, Joe SUHRE led Miss Olive C. GREENLEE to the altar in Covington.

Born to the wife of Rufus CUNNINGHAM, Monday, December [no day given], 1907, a girl.

Born to the wife of Ashley EWING, near Doudton, a girl.

Long letter printed from Evan E. OSBORNE of Los Angeles, California, dated October 24, 1907, to his parents.

Obituary of Mrs. C. W. [Sarah Ellen] WILSON who died at her home near Keefer, Grant County, November 10. 1907; was born November 3, 1850; on September 11, 1881 she married; in 1873 she joined the Baptist Church; she died very suddenly of heart trouble; was buried in New Columbus Cemetery; leaves her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Ada GLENN, and one grandchild.

December 19, 1907:
Walton News: Last Sunday Edd SECHRIST, a prominent Covington businessman, and Miss Ida GRAHAM, obtained a license from County Clerk YATES and going to the home of Rev. J. W. MITCHELL were married at high noon; attendants were Wm. DICKERSON and Miss EMMA GRAHAM, sister of the bride.

Albert CLUTTENBUCK, a Boone County farmer, was shot at three times by John MEEKS, a former Florence Town Marshal on Saturday; he died Sunday; MEEKS was hurried to the Burlington jail.

Perry SIMPSON named Administrator of the estate of Mrs. Mary FRANKS, deceased, with L. F. SIMPSON as surety.

Joe WALLACE, son of Grimes WALLACE, deceased, was adjudged a lunatic last week and was taken to the Eastern Asylum at Lexington on the train, December 11, 1907.

Marriages:
1. Charles Edward HOPPERTON, a Crittenden farmer, obtained a license Saturday to marry Miss Mary Irene DICKERSON of Crittenden, at the home of Rev. OVERCASH in Crittenden, Wednesday, December 18, 1907.
2. William F. LITTRELL and Mrs. Dora ELLIOTT, of Cherry Grove, were married Saturday last, December 14, 1907 at the home of Mrs. Effie MUSSELMAN, sister of the groom.
3. The Boone County Recorder of Wednesday, December 11, 1907, says: "Miss henrietta RIDDLE and A. B. RENNECKER, cashier of the Peoples Deposit Bank, will be married today at Lexington, Elder STEERS of Dry Ridge officiating; will return to Burlington; groom is a Grant County boy from prominent family.

Gum Lick News: Last Wednesday, December 4, 1907, Mrs. Nancy A. JONES who lives with her son, O. E. [Odis] JONES, in the Roanoke vicinity, was honored on her 73rd birthday.

Double elopement and wedding of Grant County people, December 18, 1907, near Falmouth at the home of Rev. SHORT, a Baptist minister: (1) Sam RUDICILL, son of Thomas RUDICILL and Miss lena CHOWNING, daughter of Wm. CHOWNING and (2) Carl CALDWELL, son of O. G. CALDWELL and Miss Nannie RUDICILL, a sister of Sam.

December 26, 1907:
Golden Wedding: Judge and Mrs. H. Clay WHITE celebrate their 50th marriage anniversary last Monday, December 23, 1907, at their beautiful home on North Main Street, Williamstown; all eight children and six grandchildren were present: Mrs. Anna M. ORR of Cincinnati and her three children, Mary, Jon and Nina; Henry of Columbus, Ohio; Juliette of Chicago; Mrs. Bettie GRANT and her husband, W. Vernon GRANT, and little son, John, and her stepson, Henry GRANT, of Ohio; Kate WHITE, W. T. WHITE, and two children, nellie C. WHITE, Mrs. Virginia RANSOM and her husband, Ethel RANSOM, these latter all of Williamstown; there has never been a death in the family; on December 23, 1857, both resided in Burlington, Boone County, when they were married by Elder Philemor VAWTER of the Christian Church.

Orin PERCIVAL who resides near Walton and was a cousin to our C. W. RIDDELL died Sunday, December 22, 1907 of cirrhosis of the liver; Tuesday funeral was at Walton Baptist Church.

Born to the wife of Charley MARKSBERRY on December 18, 1907, a girl.

On Friday, December 20, 1907, at his old home place near Cross Roads, Grant County, Isaac HOLBROOK, 88, died; his daughter, Mrs. Emma ROLAND lives there now; had been in feeble health for two or three years and had divided his property between his children; two sons are worthy citizens of near Cross Roads: John C., a farmer, and L. B., a merchant and trader; buried in Williamstown Cemetery.

Crittenden News: Mrs. George ELLIS was Miss RATCLIFFE of Kansas, but now of Cincinnati; they were married in Kansas on December 11, 1907; she is a niece of Mrs. O. VALLANDINGHAM.

Christmas afternoon, December 25, 1907, will witness the double wedding in Covington of Cyrus LAWRENCE's charming daughters, Miss Goldie and Pearl, to John SIMPSON, son of Wm. SIMPSON, and Oscar TOMLIN, son of Henry TOMLIN, all of Grant County; to be married at the home of Rev. Thomas ECTON of that city.

On Christmas Eve, December 24, 1907, in Covington, Thomas ELLIOTT, son of John G. ELLIOTT of Cherry Grove, and Miss Lida HIGHTOWER, daughter of Rolla HIGHTOWER, were married.

Last Issue Of The Year, 1907.

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