Volume V
Grant County News

January 4, 1907

• H.L.D. BLANCHETT, of Blanchett, at the age of 80, resided at Blanchett Station, this county, passed away at his residence last Thursday, December 27; born in New Jersey, September 26, 1826, removed to this county in his youth; acquired farm of nearly 200 acres of best land in the south end of the county; wife preceded him in death by several years; left a will.

• A boy born Monday evening to Mr. and Mrs. Riley BAKER of Lexington; mother is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. O'NEAL.

• General SIMPSON of Cross Roads and Miss Lizzie LAWRENCE, daughter of Milt LAWRENCE, prominent farmer of the Mt. Pleasant area were married at Covington last Tuesday; honeymooned in Cincinnati; he is a farmer and stock dealer.

• Arthur THOMPSON, son of J. M. THOMPSON of Williamstown, and Miss Nellie ECKLER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. ECKLER of Broad Ridge, were married in Covington Wednesday.

• Miss Nell CHILDERS, employed in Louisville, was married Christmas Eve to J. A. CASSADY in the same city; honeymooned at his parents near Louisville then on to Chattanooga, Tennessee to live where he works.

• R. H. STEPHENSON, Dry Ridge barber, was married several months ago [in 1906?] to Miss Mary Eliza CONRAD, daughter of Adam CONRAD.

• Willie BAKER and his bride [unnamed] from Ludlow came to Greenville to visit friends.

• Marriages Licenses issued at the County Clerk's Office [Williamstown] during the past week: (1) Jessie CHIPMAN, 21 and Carrie HARVEY, 24; (2) Pink MORGAN, 24, and Georgia BATES, 25.

• Gardnersville: Born to Mr and Mrs. Truman BEIGLE, a girl, on Christmas morning [December 25, 1906].

• Cordova News: One day last week James DARROUGH and Miss Bertha DOWD were quietly married at the home of the bride.

• Jonesville: Charley BEVERLY, formerly of this place, and J. T. ROBERTS, were in our midst Sunday. Chas. says there is no place like home.

• Jonesville: Born to Dr. COMBS and wife, a boy, on December 30, [1906].

• Holbrook: The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Hedger BEARD died December 22, 1906 and was buried at the grave yard here. It was said that the child had diphtheria.

• Corinth News: The 22-year-old grandson [unnamed] of Wood SHELTON died Monday.

• Corinth News: The six weeks' old baby of G. W. GREEN, of near Stonewall, died Sunday

• Corinth News: The 13 months old baby of Marion RHYON died December 31, 1906.

January 11, 1907

• Erastus "Ras" B. CLARK died in Memphis, Tennessee hospital from peritonitis (while undergoing an operation for appendicitis) last Saturday evening; recently a guard at the Frankfort Penitentiary, lately took a job as a conduction with the Pullman Car Company; mother in Williamstown; had wife and four year-old baby girl; was Williamstown Marshal for years and candidate for Sheriff; married several years ago to Miss Bertha SIMPSON, daughter of Rev. J. W> SIMPSON; her father's family at Somerset, Kentucky; body received Monday on the fast train from the south. [No mention of burial site.]

• Richard FRANKS, son of I. R. FRANKS of Mt. Zion, died at the Anchorage Asylum [Lakeland, Kentucky] Tuesday morning; lingering illness; underwent treatment for a mental derangement for some time; interred in Mt. Zion Cemetery.

• T. J. ANDERSON of near Verona died last Wednesday, January 2 of dropsy; buried at Bethel Church Cemetery, near Verona, Thursday; J. B. SANDERS of this place conveyed the remains.

• Mrs. Susan KENNEDY, an aged lady of the lebanon neighborhood near Crittenden, died Friday, and was buried at the Lebanon Church Saturday.

• Miss Carrie HARVEY, daughter of W. E. HARVEY of Mason, and Jessie CHIPMAN, son of J. W. CHIPMAN, were married at the home of the bride last Thursday, January 3 by Rev. CLARK of Williamstown; reception at the T. J. JUMP Home.

• Divorce and alimony suit filed by Ann FRANKS vs. J. C. FRANKS, one of the well-to-do farmer of the Stewartsville community.

• A marriage license was issued Saturday to Wm. A. NEWKIRK of Covington, age 26, and Miss Ada BURROUGHS of this county, age 18. The wedding took place at the home of the bride on the 6th [of January, 1907]

• Born to the wife of Wm. ASHCRAFT, a girl.

• Corinth, Kentucky, January 9: B. RATDLIFFE died Monday at New Columbus and was buried Tuesday.

• Corinth: Born to the wife of T. V. JENKINS, a son.

• Elmer ELLIOTT of the Cordova country, was married to a Miss JOHNSON at Leland, Illinois last week at the home of the bride.

• Cordova: Harry NEWKIRK and Miss Adah BURROUGHS were married by Rev. SNAPP at the conclusion of the services at Layton's Chapel Sunday. Covington believed to be their new home.

• Holbrook: Miss Lula SOUDER of near here and Bud SNELSON of Sweet Owen were married Wednesday.

• Holbrook: The little child of Ed DEITZ was brought to White Chapel [church] for burial Sunday; the child was burned to death. [Abstracter's note: the child was Zettie DEITZ, daughter of James DEITZ Jr., and was born November 27, 1897 and died January 5, 1907. She was a granddaughter of James K. and Louise A. (Louisa) (nee BICKERS) DEITZ, who was a daughter of Morgan BICKERS and his 2nd wife, Jemima G. WILLIAMS. Morgan is the Abstracter's 3rd great grandfather.

January 18, 1907

• Mrs. Mary A. [nee IRELAND] CROUCH, wife of Dr. W. S. CROUCH, died yesterday [date is undetermined because this is an account from the Stafford, Kansas newspaper] at her home on West Broadway [Stafford, Kansas]' funeral at the residence; burial in Stafford Cemetery; born in Scott County, Kentucky, December 22, 1843; first marriage to Dr. W. R. WOLF in 1861; six children; four living: Mrs. J. N. ROSE, Mrs. G. A. MIKESELL, Miss Musie WOLF and H. G. [Hally?] WOLF; married, second, in 1888 to W. S. CROUCH who survives her; member of the Christian Church.

• Williamstown: Marriage license issued Monday to Fred WEBSTER, 22, and Pearl HUTTON, 17.

• Will of H.L.D. BLANCHETT< deceased, probated at Williamstown, gives $100 to Blanchett Catholic Church and $1,000 to the Williamstown Cemetery.

• Corinth News Column; three deaths reported, dated January 17: (1) Miss Gertrude HOWARD died Monday morning at Canby. The funeral was preached Wednesday. (2) Wood Shelton died Monday and was buried 3 o'clock Thursday. (3) Miss Allie GLASS died Friday and was buried at the IOOF Cemetery Sunday. The funeral was preached by Rev. A. LUSBY.

• Born to the wife of W. M. LANTERN, January 15, a boy.

• Married By Telegraph: Sam Robinson of near Mason left last week for Missouri, wither he went for the purpose of getting married. The other party in this interesting affair is Miss Eliza HICKS, formerly of the same neighborhood. The wedding is said to have taken place by telegraph from St. Louis, the groom being unable to reach the side of his intended in time for the ceremony to be performed on schedule. The groom is the son of Samuel ROBINSON Sr. The bride was born and reared in this county. They will reside in this county after they return from a brief wedding trip in the west.

• Nearly four-score years, Jacob BROOKS died Sunday morning at his home on the Warsaw Road of complications to old age; native by birth of the county; born November 25, 1829; married in 1851 to Jane BERKLEY; four children [unnamed]; she preceded him to the grave by eight years; he was a consistent Christian, having united with the Methodist Church more than half a century ago; funeral at Clark's Creek [church] Tuesday morning; buried there.

• Cordova: Walter WHALEY and Miss Lula RYAN married at her home Wednesday of last week; will live in Greensburg, Indiana.

• Heekin: The one year old child of Wm. SIMPSON died of pneumonia the 9th, and the funeral was preached at the Baptist Church at Williamstown the 10th by Rev. WILLS.

• Walton [Boone County] News: Miss Cynthia ACKMAN, aged nearly 80, passed away January 10. She live at the old Albert Webster House two miles south of Walton,and leaves behind her sister, Sallie ACKMAN, 82 years of age, the last survivor of a family of eleven children. Several relatives live in Grant County, Kentucky, and many others in Posey County, Indiana.

• Gardnersville: Miss Lillie MULLINS, a young lady of near Demossville, was buried at the Gardnersville Cemetery on Sunday afternoon; the funeral was preached at Grassy Creek.

January 25, 1907

• C. W. REDNOWER, one of Williamstown's oldest citizens, died at his home in this city Saturday of last week as a result of an operation; George moved from this farm on Fork Lick, a very large tract; owner of a hotel and livery stable here; funeral at home Wednesday; buried in Williamstown Cemetery.

• S. B. MUNSON, of Fork Lick neighborhood, died at home Monday morning; brief illness; attack of brain fever; was in his 49th year; buried at Cordova's Morgan Burying Ground.

• Dr. J. W. ABERNATHY, a prominent physician of Mason, and Miss Cindah KING, of Bracken County, were married at the home of the bride at Willow Tuesday afternoon; will live at Mason where the Doctor has a large and growing practice; he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. ABERNATHY, Warsaw Road, near Hanks; Doctor taught school number of years in county, building a reputation as a pedagogue; studied medicine later; bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marquis KING, prominent in Bracken County.

• Mollie FLORENCE, daughter of John FLORENCE, and Ernest SIPPLE, son of James SIPPLE, were married Wednesday in Cincinnati; where they had eloped to.

• At the home of the bride's parents, south of Williamstown, Lula GRAVES and George E. PRITCHAD were united in marriage Wednesday evening. The bride is only 15 years of age; groom is 25.

• Lawrenceville: Born to the wife of Jasper COLSTON, a boy.

• Lawrenceville: Born to the wife of Thomas ROBINSON, a boy.

• Gardnersville: Mr. De BELOW died at his home near here last Friday; conscientious Christian life; leaves a wife, several children; buried in Gardnersville Cemetery.

• Mason: On the 25th at the home of Dr. C. S. SIMPSON, a gathering for his 55th birthday. His aged mother, Mary Ann SIMPSON, and many others present.

• Cordova: Wedding Invitation - Mrs. and Mrs. Thomas REDNOWER request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Ruby REDNOWER, to Luther DUNN, Wednesday, January 23, 1907, at 3 o'clock. At the home of the bride.....of Stringtown neighborhood.

• Cordova: Last Wednesday afternoon the marriage of Miss Mary MARSHALL and Walter BREWSAUGH was solemnized at the home of the bridge....of Stringtown neighborhood.

• Corinth News: (1) Mrs. Armela ABBOTT, of Natlee, died Sunday; funeral was Sunday; burial was in the New Columbus Cemetery. (2) The remains of Mrs. Maggie BROOKS, who died in Cincinnati, Saturday, June [must mean January] 19, were brought here for burial Tuesday, January 22.

• In Memory of little Eldred Cline SIMPSON, aged 11 months and 15 days. He was the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. SIMPSON. Cline died at his home near Heekin, January 9 [1907], of pneumonia. Funeral at Williamstown Baptist Church; burial in Williamstown Cemetery.

February 1, 1907

• Williamstown News: H. C. CALDWELL, son of O. G. CADLWELL, died at the home of his parents January 27 at 8:30 a.m. Buried in Williamstown Cemetery.

• Williamstown News: Miss Ethel KENDALL, daughter of Thomas KENDALL of Lexington, formerly of Mason, this county, died in that city Saturday; burial in Williamstown Cemetery; about 17 years old; neuralgia of the heart; Mr. Kendall was a Constable in the Mason District for several years.

• Williamstown News: The daughter of Frank HENNEGAN died at Paris last week; buried at Corinth; Frank a former resident.

• Williamstown News: The stork presented Mr. and Mrs. Clark LITTELL with a girl Tuesday evening.

• Williamstown News: Ralph MYERS and Mrs. Lula M. REYNOLDS were married here Wednesday. It is the second venture for each of the contracting parties on the matrimonial sea.

• Lewis BARNES, son of W. A. BARNES, was married in Covington to Miss Della ASHCRAFT Wednesday afternoon at the home of her parents [Mr. and Mrs. Asa ASHCRAFT]. They will live in Covington.

• Mrs. W. S. BUCHANAN of Marion, Indiana was formerly Miss Norah KINSLAER.

• Crittenden News: (1) There was a happy wedding part at Bracht Thursday of last week, the contracting parties being Miss JACOBS and Mr. COLSTON. (2) The remains of Harvey RICHARDSON's mother [unnamed] passed through here last Monday and were interred at Mt. Zion.

• Williamstown News: Geo. RICE of Covington died suddenly last Saturday. He was a brother-in-law to our Mr. FENLEY.

• Lawrenceville News: Mrs. J. C. HOLBROOK was called to the sick bed of her adopted daughter, Nannie, of Mason.

• Lawrenceville News: Preston ISAAC, whom we reported very low at the Kansas Soldier's Home, is dead, and was buried at Warrensburg Monday.

• Cherry Grove News: Born to Ott GOUGE and wife of Ludlow, a girl.

• Cordova News: Luther DUNN and wife, who were married last week, will soon leave for Hamilton, Ohio where they will make their future home.

• Cordova News: Monday afternoon, January 21, the angel of Death visited the home of Walter DUNN and called from their presence the small son, Buford. Survivors are father, mother, and little sister.

• Heekin News: The friends of T. W. KENDALL and wife of Lexington were shocked to hear of the death of their only daughter, Miss Ethel, aged 17 years, last Sunday. They were former resident of this place.

• Owen County Triplets - Three Girls Born to the Wife of Henry ESTES of Sweet Owen. Wife had twins three years ago, making 11 children total.

• In Memory of S. B. MUNSON who died at his home near Cordova, January 20, 1907, of brain fever; services at home Tuesday, January 22, burial in Cordova; member of IOOF Lodge #100; leaves wife, five children, an aged mother, sister, two brothers.

February 8, 1907

• Suspicious Circumstances - Corinth, Kentucky, February 7: Henry SNELLING and John FARRELL, intimate acquaintances, died in Cincinnati, the former on Wednesday and the latter on Thursday, from drinking a bottle of whiskey that was poisoned with arsenic, given them by a stranger; both bodies brought here [Cordova] for burial; both well along in years and lived here nearly all of their lives.

• Williamstown: James (Uncle Jimmy) KELLS died Wednesday morning of an attack of grip and extreme old age; born in Ireland December 17, 1820; came to America in 1847; married Maria CONNELLY more than 51 years ago; she lived with him more than twenty-five years; thirteen children, eleven living; eight boys and three girls: Thos., Robert, George, John [Newport], Chas. [Rising Sun, Indiana], Jas. C., Joe, and Benjamin KELLS, Mrs. Jennie SMITH [Moreland, Casey County, Kentucky], Nancy SARGENT, and Mrs. Elizabeth LAFOLETTE. Was veteran of Civil War; enlisted under the stars and stripes at the breaking out of hostilities in 1861; stayed in whole course of war; lost his leg in the Battle of Atlanta in 1865; on total disability pension payroll; Presbyterian; once owned over 1000 acres in Grant and Pendleton counties; given more than half to children. It is not known whether or not he mad e will. Burial to be at the burying ground near his old home.

• C. L. NORTHCUTT, prominent farmer of the Knoxville neighborhood, died Wednesday from stomach and other complications. Funeral held Thursday at Knoxville and buried in Knoxville Cemetery. Deceased was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. NORTHCUTT.

• Born to the wife of C. G. STEPHENSON, Sunday night, a boy.

• Mr. and Mrs. Lewis YORK, who were married a few weeks ago, live on the J. GRUELL property on the Broad Ridge Pike.

• Mrs. Matilday ATKINS died at Sherman Sunday night from consumption. Deceased was a young woman, being only 21 years of age; was buried in the cemetery at Clarks Creek.

• Williamstown News: Jerry S. TOMLIN of Illinois, and Miss Nancy GIBSON of this county, were united in marriage at the Clerk's Office here last Saturday; Squire WEBB tying the knot.

• Williamstown News: Ralph W. MYERS of this place, and Miss Lula May REYNOLDS, were married here last week; Rev. M. F. CLARK tying the knot.

• Williamstown News: The many friends of Mrs. Reba DAVIS, nee WILSON, the daughter-in-law of D. L. CUNNINGHAM, will be grieved to learn that she is lying at the point of death; with little hope of recovery at her home in Ironton, Ohio, with an attack of typhoid-pneumonia.

• Cordova News: Julius Hall and wife are welcoming the arrival of a boy, who glories in the name of Chauncey Ward HALL.

• Gardnersville News: Wm. BONAR of Portland, Kentucky died Saturday morning after a very brief illness; burial Sunday at Smith Graveyard; was the stepfather of Mrs. John GARDNER.

• Corinth News: Mrs. A. F. SHERFY died Sunday at her home about two miles west of this place; was excellent christian lady, the wife of Adam SHERFY; funeral was held at the home Monday with burial in the IOOF Cemetery.

• Lawrenceville News: Born to the wife of J. K. EVANS, a boy.

• In Memory of Buford, infant son of Walter and Nora DUNN, who died January 21, 1907, aged 9 months and 10 days.

February 15, 1907

• Two Marriages on Eagle Creek at the home of Rev. Henry FRAKES, officiating. (1) John FORNASH and Lillie NORTH were married Wednesday. Groom is resident of Pendleton County, 36 years of age. It is his second venture on the sea of matrimony. The bride is 28 years of age, a resident of this county, and is making her second trip on the same waters. (2) Willard FORTNER, aged 19, married Miss Laura B. POE, aged 18, Tuesday, the 12th; groom is son of B. C. FORTNER of the Cross Roads Precinct; bride is the daughter of Edward POE.

• Died in Cincinnati, Mrs. Alice Hall, nee ECKLER, Tuesday, February 5, at Bethesda Hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday following from the residence, 2431 Kemper lane, Walnut Hills. The deceased was a daughter of Jacob Eckler of this community [Williamstown]. She was the mother of Clarence CASEY of Knoxville.

• Crittenden: Chester WYNN, son of Arch WYNN, died at the home of his father of pneumonia Tuesday; ill about 10 days; 25 years of age, unmarried; funeral by Jr. O.U.A.M. of which he was a member; buried in the Goshen Cemetery.

• Downingsville News: Born to the wife of Riley WARE, a boy.

• Elliston News: Mrs. T. B. WEBSTER died with cancer on the 10th; was buried at the old family burying ground near Mt. Zion.

• Knoxville News: C. L. [Lum] NORTHCUTT died February 5 at this home in north Knoxville of stomach trouble; services conducted by Rev. M. S. CLARK of the Methodist Church; buried in the SIMPSON family burying ground in Knoxville; leaves wife, Eva, and a little daughter, Minnie; relatives in Grant and Pendleton counties; undertaker was J. B. SANDERS.

• Public Sale at the residence of the late J. T. BROOKS, deceased, 6 miles west of Dry Ridge on the Clarks Creek and Dry Ridge Pike, on Friday, February 22. John Brooks, Admr.

• News of the Week Column: Murder. Anthony LUCK, who killed Dudley DELF of near Elliston, this county, with billard cue three years ago {1904?] at Latonia, has been apprehended at last and is in the Covington jail awaiting a trial for his crime.

• In Memory of little Stanley Colledge SIPPLE who died at his home near Elliston, January 4, 1907, with pneumonia; buried in the family cemetery. Poem signed by "His loving sister, Lola and Etta. Card of Thanks signed, C. M. SIPPLE and Family.

• Harry CLINGER will be married Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock to Edna VICE of Knoxville. They will make their future home at Waynesville, Ohio.

• Corinth News: William BOWMAN died at 12:30 a.m. Saturday; one of the best blacksmiths in the county; leaves wife, daughter and son; buried in the Henry Graveyard, according to the rites and ceremonies of the K. of P., of which he was a member.

• Corinth News: Last Wednesday evening the remains of William WILSON, son-in-law of R. N. WHITSON, of this place, were brought here for interment, at the SKINNER Burying Ground. Leaves a bride of a few months; his death resulted from a complication of diseases caused by suffocation in a tunnel on the Southern Railroad where he was employed as fireman.

• Gardnersville News: Death of our old friend and neighbor, Uncle Billy MYERS, who sold out his farm here 9 or 10 years ago, and moved to Illinois with his family where he died.

• Gardnersville News: Mrs. Betsey TOMLIN, an extremely old lady of below Gardnersville died after a short illness Sunday; was buried at Carters Chapel Monday.

• Lawrenceville News: There is a rumor current to the effect Elzie HOWARD of this place, and Miss Mattie ROLAND of Williamstown, were united in marriage at the latter place last Saturday.

February 22, 1907

• Suffering from mental aberration, Mrs. A. J. LOWE of the Cartersville neighborhood, at the heads of matches last Sunday evening and, as a result, died Wednesday morning. Funeral was Thursday with burial in the Williamstown Cemetery.

• Death of Robert CHILDERS, formerly of near Delia, Grant County, in Covington on February 15 by being crushed between a refuse wagon and fence; he died instantly; was about 55 years old (with white hair and mustache) and was a helper on the city dump; he had been employed by the city for only ten days.

• Wedding Announcement: Mr. and Mrs. Joe ESKRIDGE request the honor of your presence at the marriage of the marriage of their sister, Ida Mae ESKRIDGE, to William A. COLLINS, Wednesday, February 27, 1907, at 3 o'clock at the Baptist Church, Dry Ridge, Kentucky.

• Knoxville, Kentucky: A beautiful church wedding at the Baptist Church here; contracting parties were Harry CLINGER of Doudton, and Miss Edna VICE of this place; bride attired in white; groom in conventional black; solemnized by Rev. J. S. STEERS of Dry Ridge; groom is the son of H. CLINGER, a prosperous farmer of the Doudton country; groom has barely reached his majority; bride the the daughter of J. C. VICE of this place; will make their home in Waynesville, Ohio.

• Zion Station, Kentucky: Mrs. J. M. CARLTON died at her home Thursday, the 14th. Survived by her husband and an aged mother. Funeral held at Mt. Zion. Devoted member of the Baptist Church.

• Crittenden News: (1) Born on St. Valentine's Day to Grif KIDWELL and wife, a boy. (2) Born to J. U. [riah] ALLPHIN and wife Monday night, a boy. [The "U" is for Uriah, named after Uriah BICKERS, a great grand uncle of your Abstracter.]

• Cordova News: (1) One of the Cordova boys, Luther HILES, went to Greensburg [Kentucky or Indiana/} last week we supposed to visit his sister, but when he came back he brought his happy bride with him. She was Lyda HALEY, formerly a Cordova girl. Will make their home near Stone Wall, Kentucky on the farm of James MULLBERRY. (2) James BROOKS and wife are rejoicing over the arrival of a boy.

• Zion Station News: Many from this place attended the funeral of Mrs. Della CARLTON Saturday morning. The burial took place at the old home burying ground at Thos. McBEE's.

• Zion Station, Kentucky: Mrs. Mary MONTGOMERY died Monday night after a lingering illness at the age of 63 years. She leaves two sons to mourn her demise.

• Williamstown News: Miss Mary CAMBRON of Covington is to be married to Robert CLINTON of Nashville, March 4, 1907.

• Williamstown News: Mr. and Mrs. R. F. HARRIS arrived from Louisville Wednesday morning with nine children from the Orphan's Home in Louisville, four boys and five girls, and are at the John House [a hotel]. The little waifs will be placed in good homes among the good people of Grant County, if possible.

• Williamstown News: Mrs. Reba WILSON DAVIS died in Ironton, Ohio Tuesday from an attack of typhoid-pneumonia. Burial in Williamstown Cemetery Thursday. Was married a few months ago.

March 1, 1907

• At the Missionary Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the marriage of W. A. COLLINS and Ida ESKRIDGE was solemnized by Rev. J. M. McKINLEY. The bride's maid was Miss Anna BLANCHETT. Reception at the home of the groom's parents. Will reside at the J. C. EVANS place recently purchased by J. B. O'NEAL.

• Marriage of Rufus CUNNINGHAM and Miss Nannie VICE, two prominent young people of Williamstown,was solemnized Wednesday afternoon at the home of J. K. ROBERTS in that city by Rev. M. F. CLARK of the Methodist Church. Will live in Williamstown.

• Marriage of Chas. T. MARKS and Miss Minnie FRANKS at the home of the bride, near Knoxville Wednesday afternoon, Elder J. S. STEERS of this place officiating. The groom if a son of Henry MARKS and is a prominent young farmer. The bride is a daughter of J. V. FRANKS.

• Marriage of Alonzo MIDDLETON and Annie DRAPER, a young Pendleton County couple, in Williamstown THursday of last week with Rev. THOMPSON of the Baptist Church officiating.

• Marriage of Wm. FLORENCE and Daisy McKINSEY, at the residence of Rev. H. R. OVERCASH, the Presbyterian minister, at Crittenden, Wednesday afternoon. He, a resident of West Dry Ridge; she lives at Verona. Will live in Covington.

• Marriage of Artie KENDALL and Dora PLUNKETT, both from Elliston Station, Grant County, at the parsonage of Warsaw Christian Church THursday of last week at 11 o'clock by Rev. A. SANDERS. Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Sherman RICHARDSON of near Elliston. Groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William KENDALL and is employed at the Elliston office of the L&N [railroad] as a telegraph operator. She is the daughter of Larkin PLUNKETT; returned home [Elliston] after the wedding.

• Birth of a 10 pound girl, Tuesday, to Mr. and Mrs. J. S. STEERS.

• John Anthony GEX, wealthiest citizen in Gallatin County, died last Friday morning at his home near Warsaw. Celebrated his 87th birthday last Friday.

• Deputy Sheriff John LEARY is rejoicing over the arrival of a new boy.

• Birthday Party for Mrs. Emma A. PIERCEFIELD, February 26, aged 69; present her only brother, J. R. DENNIS and wife of Brooksville, and her children: Edwin PIERCEFIELD, Mrs. Carrie ELLIOTT, Mrs. Louis TAYLOR and their spouses plus a number of grandchildren.

• John ENGLAND of south Dry Ridge died Sunday evening of consumption. Deceased was about 40 years of age and had been a sufferer from that disease for three years.

• Joe DAUGHERTY of Kansas City, Missouri, the eldest son of O. S. DAUGHERTY; first visit to the home of his birth in several years.

• Ed YORK of Mt. Zion falls from wagon [near Aurora, Indiana] and died as a result of his injuries. Thursday of last week was helping move a neighbor; died Wednesday evening at Aurora Hospital; wheel passed over his chest; remains will be brought home for burial; leaves wife and five children.

• Cordova News: Last Friday Miss Barbe MARTIN and John RYON were married at the home of the bride.

• Canby News [first time in the paper]: Miss Gertrude HOWARD, daughter of D. T. HOWARD, died January 13, 1907, aged 21 years, 3 months, and 21 days. A school teacher stricken down with typhoid fever. Funeral at Corinth preached by Rev. Williams. Burial at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Leaves behind father, mother, and two brothers.

• Crittenden News: (1) John ALLPHIN's mother-in-law of Madison, Ohio, who has had a dangerous case of pneumonia has recovered enough to be taken home which was done last Monday. (2) The funeral of Mrs. Sam HUTSELL, who passed away the other day, was held in the Presbyterian Church Monday morning and the body was laid to rest.

• Walton News: Death of sisters, Sallie ACKMAN, aged 82, on February 10 and her sister [not named] on January 10. Farm and their home [given them by Albert WEBSTER] goes to Amanda ACKMAN, who nursed them 5 years. Will probated at Independence February 17.

• Flingsville News: Mrs. Sarah HUTSELL died at the residence of T. M. HUTSELL Saturday evening at the age of 97 years.

• Elliston News: (1) On the 21st, Mrs. Alfred LANDRUM, died at the home of Mrs. Polly Elliston, brief illness; burial Saturday morning at the Ten Mile Baptist Church. (2) Friday 22nd, Miller CONLEY, known as Dutch MILLER died leaving aged companion who is also expected to die at any hour. (3) Word has been received here that Mason WEBSTER, who was recently sent to Anchorage for treatment, is dead.

• Zion Station News: (1) Death of Mrs. Mary V. MONTGOMERY, 72, on February 18, at her son John's home, from complication of troubles; deceased was Wm. MONTGOMERY's widow and mother of five; two of whom are living: John of this place and Charlie of Mt. Zion; home funeral February 20, burial in Concord Cemetery. (2) Death of Theodore MILLER, February 22, at his home near here; afflicted wife survives; burial Saturday at Pleasant View Cemetery.

March 8, 1907

• Marriage of Miss Margaret CLEMENTS and Richard E. FULLER, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. CLEMENTS, near Sherman. Joined by Elder John S. STEERS of the Primitive Baptist Church. Courted over four years. Groom is a traveling salesman for Chicago seed firma and is of Michigan parentage. Will live in the Windy City.

• Williamstown News: Bob JONES, a well known colored man, died here Tuesday afternoon of pneumonia.

• Marriage licenses issued by County Clerk at Williamstown during the week: (1) W. L. MENEFEE and Miss Ethel RACE; (2) James KELLS and Miss Clara VALLANDINGHAM; (3) Julius SMITH to Miss Minnie WOLFE; (4) Richard FULLER and Miss Margaret CLEMENTS; (5) Chas. MARKSBERRY and Miss Eugenie MARSHALL.

• Mrs. C. D. REED, aged 79, mother of Coleman D. REED, died at her home near Sherman Sunday, March 3. Funeral at her home; burial in Williamstown; son Coleman ill and unable to attend. She lived fifty-eight years continuously where she died.

• Greenville News with Knoxville place line: Mrs. Nettie FRANKS of Covington came out Wednesday to attend the wedding of Miss Nettie FRANKS and Chas. F. MARKS.

• Holbrook News. Louis JONES, who has recently been married, brought his bride [not named] here Sunday.

• Holbrook News: (1) Mrs. JOHNSON of near here died last week and was buried at Pleasant Ridge. (2) Mrs. Mary GROSS died at her home near here Friday. Funeral at home by Rev. WALDROP. Burial in Owenton Cemetery Sunday afternoon.

• Card of Thanks from Martha ENGLAND on the death of husband, John ENGLAND.

• Eagle Valley/Elliston News: Elbert OSBORNE of Madison, Indiana and Miss Clar BEARD were married at the home of his brother, John OSBORNE, near Folsom, last week.

• Downingsville News: James WEBSTER and wife are rejoicing over the arrival of twin boys.

• Crittenden News: Mrs. Elizabeth TUCKER, long illness, died Wednesday morning of last week, buried in the Christian Church graveyard beside her father Friday morning. (2) John L. ARNOLD died Friday night, buried at Walton Sunday, all his family except one preceded him in death. (3) Born to the wife of Frank CALDWELL, Monday morning, a nine-pound boy; first grandchild of Arch CALDWELL.

• Sherman News: Mrs. Dudley Reed, of the place, died Sunday morning of old age. (2) Married on the 28th, John GORDON to Miss DANIELS; to reside in Sherman

• Mrs. Maggie Jane LOWE died February 21, 1907 at her home near Williamstown. Sister LOWE obtained a hope in Christ when about 16 years of age and united with the Baptist Church in Dry Ridge. Born November 5, 1865. Married A. J. LOWE who survives. Three children, all boys: Omer, Willie and Robert. "I do not believe she was responsible for the unfortunate act that resulted in her death." [This appears to be written by her pastor, J. A. Davis.] Remains carried to the Baptist Church at Williamstown.

• Mrs. Mary MONTGOMERY, widow of William N. MONTGOMERY, died at her Zion Station home February 13, 19078 at 72 years, 11 months. Funeral and burial at the Concord Baptist Church. Husband and three daughters preceded her in death. Survived by two sons, C. W. and J. W. MONTGOMERY.

• Mrs. C. D. REED died at her home March 3, 1907, was 78 years, 1 months and 10 days old. "My dear old mother.....by her son, C. D. REED."

March 15, 1907

• Wedding of Eugenie MARSHALL and Charles MARKSBERRY, by invitation, last Thursday evening by Rev. KING, the Baptist minister of the place [Oak Ridge]. She, the eldest daughter of Thomas MARSHALL, well-known, prosperous, and prominent citizen; he, the son of John MARKSBerry of just south of here. Now living at the J. H. GOUGE place south of town.

• Death of Martha CARPENTER, 82, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. N. P. BUTLER west of here [Williamstown?], last Friday of old age and grip. Burial at Lebanon Presbyterian Church where she was a devoted member. Four children survive her.

• Death of Leslie BILLITER occurred while employed in Cincinnati at the Palace Hotel; about 25, of consumption; remains arrived in Williamstown Thursday. Burial in Gum Lick Cemetery.

• Gardnersville News: (1) Birth of a boy on Friday, March 1, to Mrs. Luther CASH. (2) Birth of a girl on Monday, march 4, to Mrs. Com. TONGATE [probably TUNGATE]. (3) Death of J. C. HIGHTOWER of consumption Tuesday morning, March 5. Burial beside his mother who died less than a year ago. "Colonel, as he was best known, was a good neighbor and a devout Christian man. Leaves a wife, five children, brother, and sister. Loving companion, kind father.

• Roundtop News: (1) Marriage of Henry CARTER, of this place, to Miss Rose LANDRUM, of Erlanger, March 5. (2) Marriage of Will MENEFEE, of this place, to Miss Ethel RACE, of near Mason.

• Holbrook, March 14: Mrs. David HENSLEY died in Covington, Friday, from an attack of typhoid and measles. Funeral at Christian Church by Rev. Dudley STARNES; burial in the church yard cemetery; was formerly of Holbrook.

• Cordova News: (1) Marriage of Miss Lula HILES to James NELSON at Greensburg, Indiana; both former residents of Cordova. (2) Luther GROVES, who left here two weeks ago to take a position in Indiana, has returned to Kentucky.

• Heekin News: Mrs. Annie J. ODER, very low for some time, unconscious for three weeks, first taken with mumps, now other complications, doctors not hopeful of her recovery. (2) R. L. DILLS is going to exchange single bliss for matrimonial blessings in the near future.

• Resolutions of Respect from the Lafayette Council 100, Jr. O.U.A.M., Mt. Zion, Kentucky, for faithful member, Edward YORK, who died February 28, 1907 near Rising Sun, Indiana; crushed by wagon wheel; leaves widow and five small children.

• Card of Thanks on death of our daughter, Reba WILSON DAVIS, from D. L. CUNNINGHAM and family.

March 22, 1907

• Crittenden News: Alfred ALLPHIN [wife and little daughter] of Detroit, Michigan, is visiting his father, Ransom ALLPHIN. The dinner bell sounded at Capt. Ran ALLPHIN's last Saturday when his good wife [nee Nannie J. BICKERS], four children and seven grandchildren, sat down to a delicious family reunion dinner/

• Gardnersville News: Death of Frank ERVIN, well-known farmer, funeral and burial at Carter's Chapel on last Saturday morn.

• Cordova News: The tombstone for the grave of Mrs. Thomas MORGAN arrived.

March 29, 1907

• Mrs. Terressa LAFFERTY, died at the home of her daughter [Mrs. Ida REESE], Wednesday, aged 65 years, 1 month, and 28 days; died at Dry Ridge, failing health for several years, consumption. Leaves four living children: John S., Mrs. Ida REESE, Mrs. Walter STEVENS [and husband of Morgan City, La.], and the youngest child, Edgar, all at bedside except Mrs. STEVENS. Funeral will be brief, at home, Friday, 2 p.m.; burial at Williamstown.

• Cordova News: Birthday party given for A. R. NELSON last Friday, March 22, aged 66, at his farm, by his daughters. All children except one present and all grandchildren except three.

• Folsom News: Martha MARCUM, daughter of John MARCUM, died Saturday morning; burial in church yard cemetery Sunday. Leaves husband and three little tots.

• Knoxville News. Death of Miss Bertha HARRIS of consumption at her aunt's, Mrs. J. J. JOHNSON, in Covington. Burial in Knoxville Cemetery Thursday. Deceased was granddaughter of Wayland KIDWELL of near this place.

• Crittenden News: (1) The elderly colored man, Alfred LEWIS, who suffered a paralytic stroke a year ago, passed into the unknown last Thursday. (2) Born Thursday morning of last week to Mr. and Mrs. Henry BISHOP, a little daughter.

• In loving remembrance of Mrs. C. D. REED who died March 3, 1907 at the age of 78 years, one months, and 10 days. Her loving son, J. M. Reed, Colusa, California. 

April 5, 1907

• Pistol shot to heart ends life of Hayd NORTHCUTT. Suicide at Covington, Kentucky. Talks on phone with brother, complains of ill health, but gives no hint of such intention. Sunday night at 7 o'clock, instant death, talking business with brother, Homer, son of respected Grant County people [not named], grew up near Dry Ridge, trader, stock dealer, well-to-do, but reverses came and he moved to Covington; was 47 years of age; remains taken to brother's home; burial in Williamstown [Tuesday]; a widower and leaves two daughters, both about grown. Brothers H. J. and J. E. (Jim) NORTHCUTT of Covington attended funeral.

• Death of Willie O'HARA at the home of his mother, Mrs. W. T. CLARK, High Street, Williamstown, Monday evening, of illness resembling epilepsy; death unexpected; about 23 years old. Being next to the youngest son of the late William T. Clark who was a prominent stock trader and contractor. Funeral the the home Thursday afternoon by Rev. G. W. HILL of Stamping Ground. Burial in Williamstown Cemetery.

• Mt. Zion News: I. R. FRANKS has presented each one of his ten living children with $750. "Uncle Ike" is 80 years of age, stands more that 6 feet 2 and is straight as an arrow.

• Greenville. Death of George RACE Friday evening, march 22. Funeral at the Knoxville Methodist Church; burial in the church yard cemetery. Leaves wife and six children...3 boys and 3 girls: Willie and Henry [third boy not mentioned], Mrs. CLEMONTS, Mrs. MARKSBERRY, and Mrs. WILLIAMS.

• Elliston: Born to the wife of J. K. P. ELLISTON, March 27, a boy.

• Competency Hearing of Isaac HOLBROOK, past 80, in Williamstown, settled in his favor: "was restored to the full possession of this property". One of the wealthiest citizens of Cross Roads Precinct.

• Greenville News: (1) F. D. ECKLER received sad news of the death of his brother, William ECKLER of Milldale, Kentucky and left Sunday morning to attend the funeral. (2) Mrs. Lena COLCORD of Tipton, Indiana came to attend the funeral of her grandmother, Mrs. Martha CARPENTER.

• Mt. Zion News: Born to the wife of Newt. WILSON, April 1, a boy.

• Oak Ridge News: Born Thursday of last week to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. PEOPLES, a boy.

• Gardnersville News: The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Bone ELLIOTT was buried at the Gardnersville Cemetery Sunday afternoon.

April 12, 1907

• Covington, Kentucky, April 11: At the Scott Street Methodist Church yesterday afternoon, Dr. Charles D. O'Hara, prominent physician, and Miss Tee VIOLETT, both of Williamstown, were married. Bride is eldest daughter of Mrs. F. B. VIOLETT; groom is one of Grant County's most popular physicians; graduated from medical college some 10 years ago.

• Marriage in Williamstown yesterday afternoon [article dated April 11] at the beautiful home of the bride's father, Judge James D. McMILLAN on Main Street, Miss Katie McMILLAN to Mr. D. L. SHEARER of Wyoming, Illinois, where they will live; ceremony at the Williamstown Baptist Church by Rev. THOMPSON. Bride is only daughter. Groom is a farmer, quite wealthy, excellent business man. Boarded train for home via Cincinnati.

• Crittenden News: The infant son of H. R. OVERCASH, the Presbyterian minister, died Saturday of brain fever. Burial in the cemetery at Lebanon. Pall bearers were young ladies: Jessie CRUTCHER, Adlai COLLINS, Mamie KENNEDY, and Rena DICKERSON.

• Mt. Zion News: In an effort to save his mother from burning to death [from burning trash and rubbish] Allen VAUGHAN was seriously burned [the flesh of both hands and forearms were burned to a crisp and will fall off]. Her clothing caught fire, but she will not suffer any serious effects.

• Gardnersville News: (1) Funeral of Mrs. Commodore HUTSELL attended by Charles HUTSEL, a Wilmore [college] student. (2) Birth of a boy at their home, the first child to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur YELTON [no date]. Arthur is wearing a broad smile.

• Roundtop News: "Uncle Dock" LATIMER and daughter, Lima, attended the funeral of his brother, Charles, who died in his 89th year at Colemansville, Harrison County, last week.

• Greenville News: Born to the wife of Edwin BROWNING, a 10 pound girl, March 29.

• Crittenden News: James CARPENTER, who has been ill for so long, and who was operated upon for appendicitis recently, died last Thursday and was buried Friday.

• Cartersville News: 55th birthday anniversary celebrated for J. R. CALLAHAN.

• Lawrenceville News: Born to the wife of Mack JONES, a 10 pound boy.

April 19, 1907

• Owenton, Kentucky, April 18: Thomas GRAY, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Owen County, died in this city Wednesday from old age. He was past 80 years old. Assessor of Owen County for several years; Sheriff two terms; once a resident of Downingsville, Grant County, where his brother, William lives; the father of M. D. GRAY, former Commonwealth's Attorney of Williamstown; probable burial in the Jonesville Cemetery, where rest the remains of his parents.

• Williamstown, Kentucky, April 18: Thomas SIMS died yesterday afternoon; lingering illness; death expected. One of the oldest and best known citizens of the county; lived her all of his life; being past three score and ten years. Burial this afternoon in the Williamstown Cemetery.

• Margaret DUCKWORTH, wife of Henry DUCKWORTH, of Stewartsville, died very suddenly Sunday morning due to old age. Mother of T. J. JUMP, present Pike Commissioner of this county; about 80 years old; burial in the old home cemetery on Eagle Creek Monday.

• In Covington. M. D. BLACKBURN, former resident of this place died Tuesday. Burial at Pleasant Ridge Church in Pendleton County Wednesday. Leaves wife and eight children.

• John W. REDDICK, brother of Pat REDDICK, of Georgetown, railroad station agent in Williamstown a few years ago was killed Monday evening near Tuscola, Alabama while arresting burglars who robbed a store; held one at bay with a revolver while others opened fire on him with buckshot; was county deputy sheriff.

• Mason News: Born to Mr. and Mrs. N. RUHALL, April 12, a baby boy.

• Marriage of Miss Lena PORTER of Corinth and Clarence BEACH in Newport [KY] Wednesday, April 10.

• Cordova News: Birth of a boy to Mr. and Mrs. William GILL.

• Elliston News: "Aunt" Pop ELLISTON who has passed the four-score and eleven year mark, is quite ill.

• Folsom News: Born to the wife of Charles ASHCRAFT, a nine-pound boy.

April 26, 1907

• Born in Williamstown, Tuesday, a nine-pound girl to W. P. [Pack] WEBSTER.

• Death of James H. STEERS at his Dry Ridge home, Sunday evening at 7 o'clock of Lagrippe, coupled with age. Uncle Jimmy was born November 6, 1836. Two children survive: William STEERS and Mrs. Elmer SANDERS. Funeral was Tuesday at the Primitive Baptist Church where he worshipped; burial was in the Williamstown Cemetery.

• Young daughter of Jett WEBSTER died at Zion Station Tuesday and was buried at Mt. Zion yesterday.

• H. A. FORD died in Cincinnati. Horribly mangled while coupling two freight cars Saturday night; burial Tuesday morning with his kinsmen in the old home burying ground; 36 years of age and married; a son of John FORD; raised in the Elliston area.

• Crittenden News: (1) Born to Mrs. Clara COX, a boy, Saturday night. (2) K. K. VALLANDINGHAM and Miss KENNEDY of Verona were married last Wednesday afternoon.

• Birth of a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. CLEMENTS.

• Miss Bettie CHILDERS, daughter of R. H. CHILDERS and sister of Robert CHILDERS, Circuit Court Clerk, and Will R. THOMPSON were married at the home of the bride's brother, Walter CHILDERS, in Covington yesterday afternoon [article dated April 25]. Will live in Lynchburg, Ohio where groom resides and farms.

• Gardnersville News: Mrs. Thomas MANGO was buried at the Gardnersville Cemetery Sunday afternoon; funeral at Christian Church; not more than 22 years of age; Christian; leaves devoted husband and baby less than 6 months old, mother, father, and brother. A sister, Mrs. DEATHERAGE, was buried a little more than a year ago.

May 3, 1907

• Jackson DELPH of the Elliston Community celebrated his 89th birthday on April 27 with seventy friends and neighbors at the dinner table.

• Two couples secured a marriage license at the Clerk's Office at the same time Wednesday afternoon; were married by Rev. J. W. McKINLEY; (1) Ben COLLETT of Dry Ridge and Miss Rhoda WEBSTER of Downingsville. (2) The other couple was W. C. SIMPSON and Mary Frances HATCHER of Downingsville.

• Mrs. ARNOLD, a resident of Sherman until sixteen months ago, died at her brother's home in Fort Thomas Saturday.

• Mrs. Ernest PLUNKETT died at her home in the Lebanon neighborhood last night [article date May 2] of consumption; about 35 years of age. Funeral arrangement not yet made.

• Walter BURDGE, lately of Crittenden, died at the home of his mother in Rosedale, Kentucky, April 30.

• Roy A. CHILDERS and Miss Sherley COOK married at the home of the bride's parents near Delia Wednesday afternoon. He is the son of J. P. CHILDERS. She is the daughter of W. P. COOK. Will reside with the groom's father during the coming season.

• Marriage at Lexington A.S. of E. Tobacco Growers Convention, April 25, James William WALLMAN and Miss Nancy Katherine MOORE, both of Grant County. Secured license in Lexington. Between twenty and thirty thousand at the convention.

• Folsom News: Birth of twins, a boy and a girl, to the wife of John STONE.

• Mason News: (1) Birthday of J. B. BRACHT, 70th, Sunday, May 5. (2) Birth of a girl to Mr. and Mrs. C. C. CHOWNING, April 24.

• Born to the wife of G. C. RENAKER at Jonesville, a girl.

• Williamstown News: Born to J. W. HALL and wife, April 28, an 11 pound boy.

• Heekin News: Born to Jerry RUBY of Doudton, Friday, a girl.

• Gardnersville News: Birth of a daughter, Tuesday, April 16, to the wife of John GIBSON.

• Doudton News: Lon MIDDLETON of Knoxville and the daughter of Philmore DRAPER "have since married" after her father had shot him last fall. [Article refers to many instances of misfortunes that befell Mr. DRAPER lately].

• Corinth News: Mrs. Ida COOK, late widow to Tom COOK, died Saturday of lingering consumption; leaves three small children.

May 10, 1907

• Mt. Zion, Kentucky, May 9: J. C. TOMLIN died yesterday morning at his home where he was born; about 65 years old; illness of more than a year, followed by a stroke a few weeks ago; born in the house where he died in 1842; eldest son of the celebrated Baptist preacher, Asa TOMLIN. Member of and always faithful to Baptist doctrine. Civil War veteran for the Union enlisting in 1861 til end [1865]; rose to rank of Sergeant as a non-companioned officer; marched with Sherman through Georgia to the sea; 18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, enlisted as private in Company B. Married Miss Fannie BONDURANT in 1865; two children; she died two years later and in 1873 he married secondly Dora STEVENS; six children, all living except two; all reside in Grant except one son, the first born, Archie; a brother, Dr. J. G. TOMLIN lives here, funeral at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Thursday afternoon, burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery.

• Death of Isom SANDERS, formerly of Williamstown, in Covington of consumption; burial Saturday, sufferer of the "white plague" [consumption] for years; located at San Jose, California to improve; members of many secret orders conducting the funeral.

• Millard MARTIN died at this home west of Dry Ridge Monday afternoon; in his 25th year; lived with his mother and two brothers; son of Mrs. Josephine MARTIN; young man and Baptist Church member; burial in family burying grounds Tuesday afternoon.

• Williamstown News: Born to the wife of Theodore SIMS, a boy, May 2.

• In Loving Remembrance of my dear sister, Mrs. Clara LEARY WOLFE, who died January 15, 1895. J. H. LEARY, Williamstown, Kentucky.

• Cordova News: Mrs. Dritha LIMERICK died Friday morning, 88 years old; five children, several grand and great grandchildren; member of Stringtown Christian Church; funeral was Saturday afternoon; burial was in the Stone Graveyard.

• Corinth News: Marriage of George EPP[E]RSON and Miss Mary THRELKELD, daughter of ALonzo THRELKELD near Mason at the home of the bride at Delaplain, Kentucky last Tuesday. Brief honeymoon in the Queen City [Cincinnati]; returned to Corinth where groom is employed with Signal Department.

May 17, 1907

• Marriage of Logan PAGE of Williamstown and Miss Mayme GOUGE of Cherry Grove in Covington last Friday; will live in Williamstown; bride is daughter of Mrs. Dora GOUGE; groom is son of J. K. PAGE; rural mail carrier on route two and a clerk in the railway Q.&.C. mail service.

• Zion Station, May 16: Robert Lee EDMONDSON, an off-duty L&N brakeman, 18 years old, was instantly killed by a fast train. "so horribly mangled that his features were unrecognizable"; taken to Verona; burial in the Bethel Cemetery.

• The 14-month-old child of John S. LAFFERTY died Monday evening of brain fever. Buried in the Williamstown Cemetery Wednesday afternoon.

• Born to the wife of B. S. FRANKS, a boy, Tuesday morning.

• William DUNCAN, oldest Mason in county, died at the home of his son east of Williamstown Tuesday; in his 80th year; funeral at the home; burial in Williamstown Cemetery Wednesday afternoon.

• Birthday of Miss Lee MIDDLETON, Knoxville, May 12, her 20th.

• Doudton News: Birth of a boy Sunday morning, May 12, to Fred CLINGER and wife.

• Gardnersville News: (1) Will GLACKEN and Allie IRVIN were quietly married in Covington on Wednesday, May 1. (2) We all missed Clint KENNEDY last Wednesday, May 8, and upon inquiring found that he and Miss Carrie CAMPBELL of near Walton were married on that day.

May 24 1907

• Williamstown, May 23: Sunday afternoon a quiet home wedding at the residence, on Main Stree, of Judge [and Mrs.] William CARNES. Contracting parties were daughter,  Mabel and D. E. ERNST of Tonapah, Nevada. Married by M. S. CLARK of the Methodist Church. Groom is a rising young attorney of this home town. Bride will remain with her mother for the present while groom will shortly leave for the gold fields of Alaska to seek his fortune.

• Death of W. A. CARLETON, 77, of Elliston where he resided for more than half a century on Friday, the 17th. Funeral conducted by his nephews, Rev. W. R. ELLISTON and Dr. Robert CARLETON of Latonia; buried beside his first wife, who died 7 years ago, in the family burying ground; wedded second wife two years ago; four surviving children: Mrs. J. A. TURLEY of Elliston, Albert CARLETON of Covington, Charles of Latonia and William of Parson, kansas; four surviving brothers: John M. of Mt. Zion, Thomas of Glencoe, James of Sweet Owen, and Taylor of Latonia. Robert of Glencoe passed away a few months ago.

• Gardnersville News: (1) Uncle Chess DICKERSON died suddenly Sunday. Rev. CLARK preached the funeral Tuesday. Interment at Chapel burying ground. (2) Albert SPIEGLE, consumption sufferer, died at home Saturday night. Leaves widow and three small children; aged mother, several brothers and sisters. Funeral held at Carter's Chapel Monday morning by Rev. WEBB.

• Child birth causes death of Mrs. Richard LANDER of Cherry Grove at home Thursday night. The child was born dead. A daughter of Lewis SAYERS of Fork Lick. Buried at Williamstown Saturday morning.

• Death of infant child at Sherman Tuesday. Lived only a few minutes. Born to Mrs. Rodger DALY. Buried at the Catholic Church Cemetery near Garnersville Wednesday morning.

• Cordova News: (1) Marriage of James Allen DUNN to Miss Lula YOUNG of/at Greensburg, Indiana last Sunday. (2) Death of Chester Lee DUNN, not yet a year old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney DUNN, Saturday. (3) Death of John Q. NELSON, 88, Monday. Funeral Wednesday morning at Layton's Chapel. Burial in Nelson Grave Yard. Father of eight, all living. Wife preceded him in death several years ago.

• Knoxville News: Death of the infant of Henry SLATER of Hog Ridge. Interred her last Wednesday.

May 31, 1907

• Victim of Spotted Fever: Mabel RENAKER, 12, victim of spotted fever, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. RENAKER, died at her home after an illness of less than a week, last Friday, of cerebral spinal meningitis. Funeral at the Benneckar [Renaker?] home Saturday. Burial in the Williamstown Cemetery.

• Alonzo THRELKELD died at his home near Mason Saturday night, 62 years old. Funeral at the Mt. Lystra Christian Church Tuesday. Burial in Williamstown Cemetery. Fourteen years ago was defeated in bid for Democratic County Representative; was a Magistrate in the Mason Precinct years ago; served one term as a member of the fiscal court. Owner of several hundred acres of land in the southern part of the county. Attacked by dementia a few years ago,had treatment in Lexington Sanitarium.Was a solder in Confederate army from 1862 to 1865; was with Morgan's men; captured and spent quite a long term in Camp Chase [Ohio]. Married in 1873 to Miss Nannie JONES of Scott County. Eight children survive.

• Death of Mrs. William SEWARDS, formerly of Williamstown, in Ludlow, Kentucky, suddenly Monday morning at her home, 14 Hay Street. Dr. CRIGLER attended. Survived by husband and two children. Buried Wednesday in Williamstown.

• Husband and wife wedded 64 years have a family of eight children, ten grandchildren, and thirty great-grandchildren, all of whom are yet living save one. W. F. BICKERS, respected among his fellow man, lives "out on the wast side of Big Eagle, hemmed in by the lofty hills that give to that part of the county a scenic and picturesque appearance." Was born and reared in this county, living here all his life. In his 85th year, he and his [unnamed] wife have lived together for 64 years without ever the grim shadow of death having visited their home. The death of a grandchild in its infancy was "the only death that has occurred in the BICKERS family for more than half a century." His good wife is 81 years of age, their ages when they were married being 17 and 20 years respectively. Mr. BICKERS comes of a long-lived race, his father having died at the age of 104 and his mother at the age of 101.

• Corinth News: (1) Death of Tom HUMPHRIES, of near town, last Wednesday; buried Thursday at the old Corinth Burying Ground. (2) Death of Miss Cynthia McCLAIN, Wednesday, at the home of her father, Will McCLAIN, after lingering illness of about a year.

• In Memory of Lucinda, daughter of William and Mary McCLAIN, who died at her home, May 27, 1907. Was good Christian member of Hinton, Kentucky M. E. Church. Was ever cheerful to the last and said Heaven was her home. Leaves father, mother, five sisters, and one brother. Submitted by Emma COOKE.

• Death of Mabel RENNECKAR, would have been 12 July 5th next. On the last day of school, just ten day before her death, she wrote a song, "We may never meet again", on the blackboard, which her schoolmates sung at her request. [This account,written by Mrs. R. H. Martin, gives facts similar to the entry, Victim of Spotted Fever, above].

• Locust Grove News: The infant child of Joe DAUGHERTY was buried in the Gumlick Cemetery Sunday.

• Holbrook News: Evan HULL was buried at this place Tuesday.

• Cordova News: Wife of Alonzo BAILEY of Greensburg, Indiana died last week. Sunday morning her body was brought to rest in the Bailey Graveyard, there to wait the Resurrection Day, when the graves must give up their dead.

• In Memory of our Dear Departed Mother, Mrs. Dritha LIMERICK, who died May 3, 1907, in the 88th year, just 64 years from the day she became a bride. Signed, her children.

June 7, 1907

• Marriage of Miss Allie BLANCHETT to Frank SARGENT of Ohio at her mother's home [Mrs. A. H. BLANCHETT] two miles west of Dry Ridge Wednesday afternoon by Rev. J. WILLIS, Baptist minister. Groom will visit parents [father is Charles SARGENT] in Moscow, Ohio before returning to live in Kentucky.

• 76th Birthday Party was held for G. B. ("Uncle George Berry") DANCE at his Gum Lick, Kentucky home May 26. Raised a large family of six sons and four daughters.

• Death of Pete [Peter] WALMAN suddenly of paralysis in Indianapolis last week. Familiarly known as "Dutch" JONES. He was former resident; wife was eldest daughter of Mrs. Judy SIMPSON, a sister of Jess HUBBARD and Press SIMPSON. Have three children, all married and living in the Hoosier State. Burial was Monday at Williamstown.

• Death of infant child of John LOWRY Tuesday night from an attack of diphtheria at Knoxville [KY].

• Oscar ECKLER, 80, died at the County Infirmary Tuesday morning.

• Crittenden News: (1) Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed WYNN, a boy. (2) Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ira VALLANDINGHAM, a girl.

• Crittenden News: Mrs. Mora A. SRACK died May 21, 1907 at Chandler, Oklahoma. Funeral at the Christian Church, May 23; burial at Oak Park Cemetery. Was born June 23, 1872, daughter of T. D. ANDERSON, sister of Mrs. O. D. HEMMINGWAY. Husband and little daughter survive.

• Cherry Grove News: Death of oldest brother of Mrs. W. H. SPICER Saturday night at Milford. Burial will be at Mt. Carmel Tuesday.

• Knoxville News: Burial of infant child of Frank SOUTHARDS of Bellefontaine, Ohio here on Tuesday.

June 14, 1907

• Will of late Alonzo THRELKELD was read in County Court Monday. Eight living children will ignore the will and share the estate equally. The oldest, Mrs. Lula WESTOVER, and the youngest boy, Milton, had been cut off with a legacy of $100.

• Wedding of bachelor [in his thirties], James CHIPMAN, and widow, Mrs. Mary E. LATIMER at the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Pendleton County Wednesday afternoon. Honeymooned in Cincinnati. Will live in Williamstown where he is a farmer and stock dealer.

• 87th Birthday party for James SAMS (Uncle Jimmy) given at his Mt. Zion home Thursday. Has five living children; the youngest, Dr. W. L. SAMS of Morris, Indiana was not there. His only surviving brother [unnamed] from Campbellsburg was present.

June 21, 1907

• Marriage of Rev. Thomas C. ECTON, prominent preacher, and Miss Harriet of C. PENROSE, in Covington at the bride's home, Thursday, June 13 by Rev. C. M. BRODIE. Honeymooning in east (Washington and Jamestown). He from Grant County; a Baptist minister for 12 years; graduate of Georgetown College and Longwell Theological Seminary; served Campbellsburg Baptist Church and new serves at Covington's Calvary Baptist Church.

• Wedding of Richard STITH of Heekin and Miss Maggie MENEFEE at the home of her mother, Mrs. Eliza PINKARD, Williamstown, Wednesday, June 19, by Rev. Henry McKINLEY, his first ceremony. Wedding reception at groom's home. Will make their home in the Hoosier State.

• Death of Jacob MADDOX, president of the Jonesville Deposit Bank since its organization [Owen-Grant County line], Thursday at Jonesville. Buried at Owenton Saturday.

• Death of William L. STEPHENS, formerly of Williamstown, Saturday in the Lexington Asylum from epilepsy [afflicted for years], about 60 years old. Burial Monday at Williamstown Cemetery. Member of two secret societies, the Oddfellows and K.P.s. Leaves widow and large family of children, most grown.

• Bride of a Year Passes Away: Mrs. Lenora HENSLEY, wife of Roy HENSLEY, daughter of Darius BREWER, expired in Covington Sunday after brief illness. On the 11th day of April 1906, when a child of 16 years, she and her sister who was two years older, were married to two brothers. Funeral at the Baptist Church and burial in Williamstown Cemetery.

• Cordova News: (1) Wedding of Wm. HAMPTON of Covington, formerly of here, married last week to unnamed bride. (2) Wedding of James DAUGHERTY to a Pennsylvania lady [unnamed and no date given].

• Doudton News: Death of Mrs. CRIST, mother of our merchant, R. M. CRIST, suddenly last Friday in her 80th year; buried in Williamstown Cemetery. (2) Marriage of Rilla WALLACE and Miss Clara ASHCRAFT, June 13. Bride from Grant County and groom from Doudton.

• Corinth News: Marriage of Miss Ora BREEDEN, daughter of Ed. BREEDEN of near town, and Carl AGEE of Holbrook, last Friday at Holbrook.

• Elliston News: Wedding of James WILSON and Miss Pearl SLAUGHTER on the 12th at the home of the bride's parents near Harrisburg by Rev. J. T. WATTS.

June 28, 1907

• Death of Mrs. Lillian B. SECHREST at her father's home [J. B. BRACHT] 1-1/2 miles north of Corinth on the Lexington Pike, Sunday morning, following a Saturday operation. Was in her 28th year. Sufferer of chronic peritonitis for many years and invalid. Married to J. B. SECHREST four years ago. He, a master mechanic of the Queen and Crescent railroad, lived in Chattanooga. Funeral Tuesday at the Williamstown Methodist Church; she was a devoted Baptist; burial in Williamstown Cemetery. Pall bearers were: Fred ELLISTON, Blain and Emmett BRACHT, and Frederick WEBBER. Survived by her father, four sisters, and a brother.

• Death of Harvey Hayden ROSE, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Mat. ROSE of near Sherman, June 22, 1907, aged 15 years, 11 months, and 15 days. Born July 6, 1891. Was sick and had operation for appendicitis a few weeks ago. Not a church member. Funeral and burial was Sunday, June 23 at Gardnersville Christian Church. Parents have buried three children and have a boy and girl left.

• Death of Millard MARTIN two months ago, one of three sons, from typhoid.

• Death of Sanford MARTIN last Thursday of typhoid, 26, Oddfellow member; burial in the family burying ground. At [mother's] home [Mrs. Josephine MARTIN] near here.

• Death of Ben BROMBACK, an old Cherry Grove resident, suddenly Thursday, 20th, of heart failure Burial Friday in the Williamstown Cemetery.

• Wedding of Worth COLLINS and Miss Archie CALDWELL at Warsaw Wednesday; accompanied by Miss Ada COLLINS, sister of the groom; are at the groom's parents.

• 41st Wedding Anniversary and reunion of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. WESTOVER at Corinth Sunday. Six of eight children present: Mrs. N. B. WILLIAMS, Mrs. H. G. SMALLEY, Mrs. Leslie FARMER, Mrs. Grace REDDICK, and Durrell and Errel WESTOVER. Two sons, Sid and Jim, of Franklin, Ohio, were unable to attend.

• Gardnersville News: (1) Birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Fred SIMPSON, June 11. (2) Birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar LAUBISCH, June ll.

July 5, 1907

• Death of Mary Katherine [Mrs. Will] BEARD, July 3, 1907, of lingering cancer, 42, at Corinth home of her father, G. W. MARSHALL. Leaves husband, daughter, parents, three sisters, and five brothers. Joined Corinth Christian Church at 14; funeral there; burial at Odd Fellows Cemetery.

• Marriage of Omer LOWE and Lizzie EVANS of Cartersville neighborhood; eloped to Falmouth Wednesday; now at the groom's father, A. J. LOWE.

• In Memoriam of Mrs. T. O. SECHRIST (nee Lillian BRACHT) who died Sunday, June 23, 1907, at the home of her father, J. B. BRACHT of chronic peritonitis, aged 28 years. Leaves a husband, four sisters and a brother, all of whom were with her except Mrs. Thos. WISE of El Paso, Texas. Married June 17, 1903.

• Crittenden News: (1) Birth of "piano player" [girl] to Henderson HOUSE and (2) birth of "wood chopper" [boy] to Clay WINN.

• Marriage of Rev. C. S. HUTSELL of Flingsville and Miss Florence GIBSON of Gardnersville, Sunday night. Will shortly leave for their home in Missouri.

• Death of little baby boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. LEMMING [of Elliston] last week; burial at Mt. Zion Sunday.

• Gardnersville News: Marriage of Miss Florence GIBSON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. GIBSON to Rev. Charles HUTSELL at Carter's Chapel, Sunday, June 30. To live in Missouri where he has charge of five churches.

July 12, 1907

• Marriage of Brooks NICHOLS of Hartford, Connecticut and resident of New York to Miss DUNLAP of Louisville, a second cousin of Williamstown's Dr. BLAINE, Tuesday, in Cincinnati. Wedding day plans deterred when his auto scared the horse and wagon tended by a small colored boy, son of Joe BROWN, of Williamstown. Resulted in the boy's broken ribs and internal injuries, believed to be fatal. He took boy to Dr. BLAINE but was arrested and posted bond. He sent his bride on to Cincinnati on the train, settled his affairs with the law and "declared nothing less than a charge of buckshot would stop him again" until he reached his bride for the wedding that evening. He is a Yale College graduate.

• Marriage of Ernest COOK of Cincinnati and Miss R. BAXTER at the home of the bride's father, George BAXTER, north of Williamstown, Sunday by Elder J. S. STEERS.

• Mason News: Death of Samuel P. HEDGER on July 3.

• Memorial to Stantford MARTIN, Odd Fellow for two years; 26 years old; died on June 20, 1907; funeral was at the house on Friday, June 21; burial at the family graveyard.

• Born to the wife of Ed. PERKINS, July 2, a boy.

• Telephone message from Covington Wednesday: 5-month-old child of Ed. CLARK had died early that morning after a very brief illness. Miss Maggie CLARK left on train to Covington.

• Remains of the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. CLARK arrived here for funeral [at Presbyterian Church] and burial on Thursday.

• Elder J. S. STEERS preached the funeral sermon of Samuel P. HEDGES [HEDGER?] at Mason July 4. Interred at family burying grounds near Cordova.

• Marriage of Grover C. TURNER of Scott County and Miss Nora STEERS at the home of the bride's parents near [Williams] town Monday by Elder J. S. STEERS. Will reside in Scott County.

• Death of Mabel HOUSE, 2-1/2 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter HOUSE near Roanoke Church in Pendleton County, Thursday, July 4, of brief illness [diphtheria and membranous croup).

• Corinth News: Mrs. E. D. MARTIN of Covington died Saturday at her home and her body was brought here for burial Monday. Leaves husband and three daughters. Funeral was at the Baptist Church. Interment in the IOOF Cemetery.

• Gardnersville News: Mrs. Tom ANDERSON of Fiskburg was buried at the Carter's Chapel July 4.

• Crittenden News: Marriage of Wm. DYAS and ora MUDIMAN Sunday. 

July 19, 1907

• Two instantly killed by train in Williamstown. Became excited when they heard the train, got on the wrong track, G. T. EARLS and his 8-year-old niece, Ada SCHROEDER. They were from Eagle Station in Carroll County visiting friends here. Their bodies shipped home for interment.

• Mrs. John M. ALLPHIN, of Frankfort, left for her old home in Wexford, Ireland. Her husband is a former Grant Countian.

• Marriage rumor that Richard MITTS, son of Jess MITTS, was married in Covington this Tuesday.

• Corinth News: Death of 3-year-old child of Bob MARCUS Saturday. Buried here Monday.

• Doudton News: (1) Death of Robt. McMILLAN Monday, July 15, 1907, in his 88th year; lived with daughter Mrs. John HUFFMAN for several years; Good Christian and Methodist Church member; stricken two weeks before death with paralysis of tongue and throat; never spoke again; was grandfather of Dr. G. W. McMILLAN of this county. (2) Death of Claude ASKINS, July 13, of typhoid fever in East Liverpool, Ohio hospital; 22 years old and member of Knoxville, Kentucky IOOF Lodge; buried in Short Creek Cemetery July 15; was grandson of Mrs. Belle COLVIN of this place; employed by Pennsylvania Railroad; remains accompanied here by his mother, Mrs. James UTTER of Aurora, Indiana, and his Uncles leslie, Levi, and Nim COLVIN, of Covington, and Will GRAVES and wife.

• Married in Owenton, Dr. K. S. McBEE and Miss Julia BIRCHETT at the home of Dr. BIRCHETT Wednesday, July 10, by Rev. CLARK of Sparta. Will live in Owenton. He was reared at Dry Ridge.

• Pending marriage of John L. HILL, prominent educator and presently teacher at Louisville High School, to Miss Emma WILLSON of Williamstown, announced for August 21 at home of bride's mother.

July 26, 1907

• Death of Mrs. Margaret DALY at her home near Sherman Sunday at age 27 after short illness incident to old age; funeral held at home Wednesday by Father ROLPHES of Nicholasville; remains buried beside her husband, Timothy DALY, deceased for a number of years, in the St. Mary's Cemetery, Erlanger; was mother of four sons, Cornelius, Roger, Timothy, and Richard, all of this vicinity, except Timothy, who is cashier of a bank at Alexandria, Kentucky.

• Death of small son of Mr. and Mrs. oscar CHILDERS Wednesday after brief illness; burial Thursday at Williamstown Cemetery.

• Born to the wife of Wm. BROWN, a girl.

• Ellitson News: Birthday party for Jeanette SASHER, 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and mrs. J. W. SASHER on Friday last. Grandma, Mrs. Jennie WILSON, and aunt, Mrs. James WILSON, there.

• Stewartsville News: Death of Mrs. Adeline RANSDELL, 80, at home of her son-in-law, J. R. CHANDLER, on Saturday, July 20. Buried Sunday at Jonesville. Mr. R. H. ELLISTON officiating.

• Cordova News: Birth of boy to Ellie MARTIN and wife.

• Corinth News: Burial of Mrs. Harry A. REDNOWER of Covington, Tuesday; sister of Tom GREEN, of here.

• Cherry Grove News: (1) Death of 8-month-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank MENEFEE of near Doudton on Thursday, 18th; burial next day at Grassy Run Church. (2) Mrs. Bessie SARGENT (nee TURNER) visited her parents, the C. W. TANNERs. (3) J. Mat. LAWRENCE, one of the oldest men in the county, visited granddaughter, Mrs. Lizzie SIMPSON, near Heekin.

• In Memoriam of P. WALMAN, our dear papa, who passed away June 31, 1907 [poem follows] by his daughter, Minnie WALMAN, 1109 East 19th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.

August 2, 1907

• Killed instantly by train Sunday at Crescent Springs, Samuel MANN, 69, tossed high in the air, landed 48 feet away; former Grant Countian; daughter, Mrs. W. W. BLAIN, lives near Stewartsville. Employed by Kenton County Fiscal Court as road supervisor. Survived by wife and seven children.

• Attempted suicide of Wallie HUDSON of Heekin, about 16, youngest son of Wallace HUDSON, local blacksmith, last Saturday, prevented by young friend [unnamed] wrestling rifle from him. An unbalanced mind is given as the cause of the rash act.

• Marriage of J. F. ALLEN of Columbia, Kentucky and Miss Agnes EVANS of Newport at the Johnson House, Williamstown, Tuesday, by Rev. L. N. THOMPSON, Baptist.

• Marriage of Robert HOUSE of Elliston and Miss Katie CRAMER of Downingsville, in Williamstown, Wednesday by Judge SIMMONS.

• Death of James RICE, old Clark's Creek resident, Saturday, of lingering illness due to old age; was past 80 years old; buried Sunday in Clark's Creek Churchyard Cemetery.

• Death of Mrs. GEORGE, one of the old landmarks of knoxville, in Pendleton County, nearly 90, Tuesday, of old age; lived there nearly all her life; splendid Christian woman. Funeral held Wednesday at the Knoxville Baptist Church by Rev. John SUMMEY; buried in the churchyard cemetery; was a widow; daughter, Mrs. Sam PETERSON of Fort Worth, Texas at the bedside - whose husband was pioneer settler of Ft. Worth 30+ years ago, wealthy planters, owns sever 100 acres there.

• Doudton News: Death of infant child of Frank MENEFEE last week of cholera infantum.

• Cordova News: Birth of a girl to John BURROUGHS Jr. and wife.

• Folsom News: Marriage of Earl STONE of this place and Miss Fannie KINMAN, Saturday, at Owenton.

• Corinth News: Marriage of William MARTIN and Miss Ora CROS[S]WAITE at the home of the bride's father, B. W. CROSWAITE, near Stringtown, Monday. Will keep home in the house purchased from his father, Joe MARTIN.

• Marriage license granted Thursday in last week to Wesley KINMAN, 21, and Miss Bessie L. REYNOLDS, 17, both from Downingsville country.

• Death of Mrs. Bart PERCEFIELD at her home, 3-1/2 miles east of Dry Ridge on the Knoxville Pike, Sunday, from stomach trouble; funeral at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Pendleton County, Tuesday, by Rev. M. S. CLARK of Williamstown; buried in the churchyard cemetery; Eunice Ann DENNIS was born February 26, 1839 in Boone County, Kentucky. Married Bartlett PERCEFIELD December 14, 1863. Twelve children; eight survive; three died in infancy. One boy (Clarence) died June 11, 1900 in Ogle County, Illinois, age 19. Living children are: Manual, Mrs. Lou TAYLOR, William, Cashes, Frank, Mrs. Carrie ELLIOTT, Arklus, and Edward. All present at death except Frank and William. She as oldest of family of eight and leaves one brother, James E. DENNIS of Brooksville. She was a faithful Baptist for 30 years.

• Suit for Divorce and Realty: Mrs. Joseph CHIPMAN vs. her husband, Joseph CHIPMAN, filed Monday in court. Request to pass on his sanity; ruled competent to take care of his business.

August 9, 1907

• Death of Mrs. Susan DITZLER while visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. F. M. ECKLER, Saturday, from typhoid fever. Had made her home with her youngest brother, C. L. HARRISON, near Heekin, since the death of her husband some two years ago; born February 2, 1855 to P. J. and Mary HARRISON. United with Methodist Church May, 1882. Married in November, 1901, to Rev. W. H. H. DITZLER, who died June, 1905. She lived a Christian life and wrote poetry. Funeral held Monday at the Methodist Church at Salem and buried nearby.

• Death of Mrs. John BARNES at her home near Mt. Zion Saturday of typhoid; ill only a few days; buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery.

• Death of Reuben GREEN [Holbrook, Kentucky] Sunday; suffered for long time; funeral held at Mt. Pisgah Monday by Rev. M. S. CLARK of Williamstown. Burial at Clark's Creek.

• Marriage of Dr. F. M. CLINKSCALES, dentist, and Miss Anna BLANCHETT, bot of Williamstown, August 8, in Covington by Rev. T. C. ECTON [former Grant Countian] at 618 Scott Street.

• Stewartsville News: (1) Funeral of David GREEN, at his home, near White's Chapel by Bro CLARK Monday morning. Interred in Clark's Creek Cemetery. (2) Funeral of Mrs. Susie DEITZLER, Monday, at Salem Church. Burial in GAUGH family cemetery nearby. Bro. CLARK preached.

• Cordova News: W. B. NELSON SR. had his 84th birthday Sunday.

• Marriage license granted to: (1) Robert HOUSE and Katie CRAMER Thursday, August 1; married by Judge W. T. SIMMONS. He is 21 and she is 22. (2) Marriage license granted to Bona SIMPSON of Lawrenceville and Miss Lorena ROLAND of the same neighborhood, Tuesday, married Wednesday at home of Rev. Henry FRAKES at the mouth of Grassy Run Creek; is son of Jess SIMPSON; she is daughter of James ROLAND.

August 16, 1907

• Killing of William HAZLETT at Elliston, Kentucky yesterday [article date line is August 15]. Struck on the head by a billet from one of train's crew for stealing a ride on the L&N freight, instantly killed.

• Marriage license obtained Monday by Allie JUSTICE and Allie V. ADAMS, both 19; married Wednesday at the Fairview Christian Church.

• Mason News: (1) Born to the wife of Alvin HICKS an 8-pound girl. (2) The infant child of Lum and Rosa CHOWNING died on the 13th. It had been separated from its mother during her illness...typhoid fever.

• Born to Mr. and Mrs. Irvin CONRAD, a boy, Powers Renaker CONRAD, Tuesday morning. Grandfather, Adam CONRAD.

• Born to Mr. and Mrs. H. T. BROWN, a girl, Monday morning.

• Born to Cash PRINTY and wife, of near town, a girl.

August 23, 1907

• Wedding of Miss Emma WILSON  of Williamstown and John L. HILL of Louisville, at Williamstown, August 21, by Rev. G. W. HILL, father of the groom [his oldest son]. She is youngest daughter of the late Dr. John M. WILSON and Mrs. Nannie KERR WILSON. Groom is instructor at University School of Louisville. Will live in Louisville.

• Wedding of Alvin SKIRVIN and Miss Stella WAGNER, both of Grant County, in Cincinnati's St. Nicholas Hotel Tuesday by Rev. T. C. ECTON of the Covington Calvary Baptist Church. Were accompanied by G. E. VANCE and Miss Julia DEAN. Daughter of R. F. WAGNER of Cartersville neighborhood. He was a Grant teacher for many years; now employed in the railway mail service.

• Home wedding of Charles F. KENDALL and Miss Ora MITTS, both of Covington, Saturday [article dated August 22] at her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John S. MITTS of 111 West 3rd Street. Groom is son of Uncle Charlie KENDALL and a brother to Tom KENDALL, once a deputy sheriff of Grant County.

• Death of Judge James Pryor TARVIN of Covington. One of Kentucky's premier jurists; asthma sufferer, died suddenly August 20th. Body removed to Covington. Mother is Mrs. W. H. TARVIN, His wife, with him, is unnamed.

• The sale of the personal property of Mrs. Margaret DALY, deceased, near Sherman Tuesday.

• Remains of Jasper LOOMIS, who died in Cincinnati, arrived here Wednesday; buried at Gumlick.

• Cordova News: Death of Mrs. Missouri HEDGES, wife of H. C. HEDGES, at home Tuesday morning. Was member of Stringtown Christian Church for years. Leaves husband and four children. Funeral was Thursday at the church; burial in the grave yard.

August 30, 1907

• $50,000 Damage Suit filed at Williamstown for the life of William JOHNICA, railroad brakeman, killed September 26, 1906, at Crittenden while working under a train when it started without warning and cut him in two, killing him instantly.

• Mrs. Edna YAGER died in Covington Wednesday, youngest daughter of R. S. SIMS, formerly of Grant Co.

• Death of James T. BROOKS, formerly of Williamstown, at the Lexington Asylum for the insane Sunday. Buried at Georgetown.

• Marriage of Willis CHINN and Miss Eugenia BRINSTOWN, both of Covington, in that city, Monday, by Rev. T. C. ECTON. Honeymoon at Augusta, Kentucky. Will reside in Covington.

• Death of Mrs. Patrick GOALY, widow of the late Patrick GOALY, Tuesday at her home near Stewartsville; devout Catholic, in her 74th year, of heart disease. Funeral held at the Williamstown Catholic Church by the Priest; remains carried to the cemetery for interment.

• Death of J. D. CALENDER, the liveryman in Williamstown from an attack of typhoid. Funeral at the Baptist Church by Rev. THOMPSON, Baptist, and CLARK, Methodist. Buried here. Lived here for 5 or 6 years having moved from Jonesville.

September 6, 1907

• Conductor James THRELKELD of Latonia arrested for the murder of a tramp, Ransom HAZLIPP, near Elliston, August 13.

• Married at Crittenden, September 5, Jno. T. VALLANDINGHAM and Miss Margaret GIBSON at the residence of Rev. F. S. POLLITT.

• Obituary for R. L. RANSOM [by John S. STEERS, Dry Ridge]: better known as Bob Lee Ransom of near Sherman, Grant County; was born in Boone COunty, near Verona, Kentucky on the 27th of August 1866; married Miss Mattie ROBERTS, daughter of Mar and Mrs. Lawrence ROBERTS of Boone County, about 14 years ago. Had 4 girls. They joined New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Boone; later united with Primitive Baptist Church at Dry Ridge. About 2 years ago his mind became unbalanced and he went to a private Sanitarium back of Cincinnati, then later to the Asylum near Louisville about the first of the year 1906, where he died Thursday, August 19, 1907. Remains brought to his father's Verona home then to Old Salem Church near Walton for his September 1st funeral and burial there in the Old Church Yard. Was son of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie RANSOM of near Verona. Was devoted son, husband, and father.

• Doudton News: Marriage of Charlie CLINGER of Denver, Colorado about a week ago. Son of H. T. CLINGER. Parents did not know of his intentions. Couple will live in Denver.

• Crittenden News: Cards are out announcing the approaching marriage of Ida L. McCLURE and Clyde B. STEPHENS.

• Old Landmark Burned at Cherry Grove - the old school house building occupied by Lewis PEPPLAR was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning. Barely escaped with life.

September 13, 1907

• Groom [William MIRE] is 81; Bride [Hattie INGRAM] is 38. He of Route #3, Williamstown, lives just over the Pendleton County line; she is from Walton; secured license in covington Monday and married in Walton. he is "quite wealthy, being possessed of real estate and other property valued from $20 to $30 thousand dollars."

• Marriage of Louis McGLASSON and Miss Mamie CUSHMAN of South Dakota at Portsmouth, Virginia at midnight last night [article dated September 10], is son of J. J. McGLASSON of Mason; is doing his fifth hitch as soldier in the Army, is a sergeant.

• Born to the wife of Claude WILSON, September 11, a boy.

• Death of infant child of Albert and Clara BLACKBURN at their Crossroads home, September 3. Remain to Modoc, Pendleton County, for burial in the church yard. Was 6 months, 5 days old.

• Marriage of Clyde B. STEPHENS, young farmer of Piner, and Miss Ida May McCLURE of Crittenden, Wednesday, at the Crittenden Baptist Church, by Rev. W. A. Wolfe of Lexington.

• 20th birthday party given for George STEWART, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank STEWART, at their home.

• Mason News: Born to the wife of R. SMITH on the 10th, a boy.

• Corinth News: Death of Mrs. Bill RYAN, Monday, of lingering consumption; leaves husband and son; buried at Oddfellows Cemetery.

• Born to the wife of Millard CARTER, Monday, an 11 pound boy.

• Marriage license secured Wednesday by B. D. DOUGLAS and Minnie E. BROCK, of Seymour, Indiana.

• Marriage license issued Monday to Alpha BLACKBURN, 23, of Pennsylvania, formerly of Grant, and Ethel BROOKS of Grant County, 18. Married at home of her father, John BROOKS, of Clarks Creek.

• Marriage of Carrie J. HUTCHINSON and Harriet HATHAWAY, both of Tampa, Florida, on Monday, by Rev. M. S. CLARK; got off the train, stayed the night, and returned home the next day.

September 20, 1907

• Suits filed for October term of Grant Circuit Court by the Administrators of the late James EARLS and Ida SOUDER for damages in their deaths last July 16. [Note the different name spellings when compared to the July 19 issue. -Abstractor.]

• Lived More Than a 100 Years: "Aunt Maria", an aged Negress, died at Corinth, an ex-slave. Died last Friday [article dateline is September 19]; a colored woman of the antebellum days, who for more than an ordinary lifetime was a slave; was the property of James REDD; exact date of birth believed to be 1799, which would have made her 108 years of age at death. Had been married several times but few know her real name. Burial was in Corinth Saturday.

• Wedding of Hubbard [H.S.], the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Tim NEEDHAM of Williamstown, to Mis RHINOCK, daughter of Representative Joseph L. RHINOCk of Kentucky, Saturday in New York City. [appeared in Louisville Courier-Journal, September 17.]

• Birth of a girl to Mrs. O. C. HENRY of Sylvandell, Harrison County. Grandfather if Frank MENAUGH of Williamstown.

• The wife of Frank CONRAD of near Goforth gave birth to her 15th child this week, a boy, the 7th male member; there are 8 girls. None are twins and the eldest is only a little more than 20 years of age.

• Williamstown, September 19, Marriage License issued to Lena CHAPMAN, 15, and Howard SOUDERS of Dry Ridge, to be married by Rev. J. S. STEERS this afternoon.

• Marriage license issued to Carrie FLORENCE, 14, and Ross CALLENDER; married yesterday.

• Stewartsville News: Death of Robert CHIPMAN, 13 month-old son of Wm. CHIPMAN; was buried in the GAUGH Cemetery last Saturday.

• Doudton News: Marriage of Oscar ARNOLD of Sherman to Miss Minnie BLACKBURN; quietly married two months ago on a visit to relatives at Middlesborough, Kentucky.

• Cordova News: Born to the wife of F. M. COOK, Sunday, September 15, a girl.

September 27, 1907

• Long courtship of more than 12 years ends in marriage of Joseph H. CUNNINGHAM and Miss Maurquerite CLARK in Cincinnati, Wednesday, at the Palace Hotel. Bride is former Dry Ridge resident and youngest daughter of Mrs. Marion CLARK of that place. Groom is son of D. L. CUNNINGHAM of Williamstown; has engaged in Queen City as hotel clerk. After wedding, couple departed for Huntington, West Virginia where he will work at hotel and reside.

• Death of Geo. W. LEIBERTH last night of heart disease (Newport, Kentucky, September 28 dateline).

• Born to the wife of Willie YELTON on the 21st, a girl.

• Born to the wife of C. W. JOHNSON on the 18th, a girl, Amanda Ida.

• Marriage of Miss Mabella LEVIT of Chicago to Charles BARTELS in Chicago, August26, 1907. Visited her friends near Dry Ridge.

• Born to John J. BLACKBURN and wife of Williamstown, a boy last Friday.

• Obituary: Mrs. Nora Mae MYERS, wife of Jesse O MYERS, died at her home 1/2 mile north of Williamstown, September 12, 1907, in her 27th year. Second youngest daughter of W. L. and Sarah ROLAND MAY. Survived by husband and only living daughter, Silvia, both parents, three sisters, Mrs. Ida and Ada NORTHCUTT and Miss Shirley and one brother, Larnie MAY. Member of Dry Ridge Missionary Baptist Church. was married by J. A. DAVIS. Buried in Williamstown Cemetery.

• Corinth News: Marriage of Frank COOK of Georgetown to Miss Lily HUTCHESON, daughter of Kinzie HUTCHESON, Tuesday, at Cincinnati.

• SHERMAN News: Born to Mrs. Elva POINTS BLACKBURN of Marion, Indiana, a boy. Grandparents are J. T. POINTS and wife who have six grandchildren, three boys and three girls.

• Folsom News: Alpha BLACKBURN and Ethel BROOKS, who recently married, have returned to his home in Pennsylvania.

• Cordova News: Rev. SNAPP, pastor of the Grant M. E. circuit, moved back to his former home, near Carlisle, last week.

• Gardnersville News: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. DOWD Saturday, September 11, a girl.

• In Memoriam of Mrs. Patrick GOALEY who died at her home near Stewartsville on August 27, 1907, aged 73 years. Three daughters and four sons. Funeral conducted by Rev. Father ROLFES at St. Williams Church. Interred beside her husband in Williamstown Cemetery. Poem notes her husband died about three years ago and scarcely a year since dear Lizzie died.

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