Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Rosine General Store
Found on the National Register for Historic Places, the Rosine General Store was built in 1933.
Pendleton House
Found on the National Register for Historic Places, the Pendleton House is located at 403 East Union Street, Hartford. The home is named "Hillside" and was built between 1861 and 1866 by Dr. John E. Pendleton, a prominent Hartford doctor.
Railroad Depot - Fordsville
Found on the Register for Historic Places, the Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis Railroad Depot at Fordsville was built in 1916.
Bill Monroe Farm
Found on the National Register of Historic Places, the Bill Monroe Farm is located in the Rosine community, two miles west of the intersection of US 62 and US 1544. This is the homeplace of country music legend Bill Monroe and the home and the surrounding five acres is owned by the Bill Monroe Foundation. The home was constructed in 1920 by Monroe's parents.
Samuel E. Hill House
Found on the National Register for Historic Places, the Samuel E. Hill House is located at 519 East Union Street, Hartford. Samuel E. Hill was a prominent Federal military officer from Kentucky during the Civil War. This home was built in 1871.
Hartford Seminary
Registered on the National Register of Historic Places, the building that housed the Hartford Seminary is located at 224 E. Center Street. The building is also know as The Old Watterson Place. It was home to The Hartford Seminary from 1839 to 1880.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
County Grade and High Schools in Hartford, abt 1937
County Grade and High Schools in Hartford, abt 1937
Hartford College and Business Institute, W.H. Davidson 1880's-1890's
Hartford College and Business Institute, W.H. Davidson 1880's-1890's
Unknown School in Ohio County 1880's to 1890's
Sorry that I don't have the name of this school or the names of any of the people in the photo. The source was the "Superintendent of Public Instruction" and the only description is 1880's to 1890's.
Friday, October 19, 2012
THE NINTH HOLE
THE NINTH
HOLE
Ronnie
Bennett’s childhood story
The
morning April air was just bit cool as 14 year Ronnie left his family's farm
house to walk the three miles to the Hartford school house for a spelling bee
but as he climbed the hills and jumped the ditches along the dirt road the
temperature seemed just right to his short-sleeved arms.
Just
as he reached the half-way point which was the driveway to the County Farm he
heard someone call his name. Ronnie recognized the voice as that of the
operator of the facility. Old man Richner matter-of-factly walked down the
driveway to meet him.
Having
lived this close to the County House all his life the teenager had accepted the
atrocity as a fact of life and wouldn't really grasp its significance for many
years. The County Farm was the only
option for the very poor without family to take them in, the elderly too feeble
to care for themselves or anyone with mental problems. The county would hire an
operator for the farm and allow him to make all decisions for those unfortunate
enough to be sent to the facility by the court or their family.
"Would
you like to work today" the tall man asked the boy as they approached each
other in the driveway. "I was going to the spelling bee but if you need me
I guess I will help you today because I'm not that good a speller anyway,"
he replied. "Aunt Janie died last night and I've got to go to McHenry for
a box. Could you get the old mare and hook to the rock sled and go by the house
and get Rollo and you and him go dig a grave over by the fence in the far side
of the graveyard," the county house operator said. "O.K., where’s the shovels and dynamite
and I'll get right on it," Ronnie said. "The shovels, broad axe, and hoes are in
the smokehouse but you better not set off any blasts without me here and
besides the ground over there is not that rocky," Richner said. "O.K.," the boy said disappointedly.
Blasting was the favorite part of helping the old friend of his family with
clearing and other tasks last summer.
As
the teenager reached the porch with the mare, sled and other tools he saw Rollo
coming out of the house on his home-made crutches. The boy had worked with
Rollo last summer removing rocks from the fields on the county farm so he well
knew what the middle-aged man whom had spent most of his life at the county
farm could or could not do.
The
lame man made his way to the sled and sat down on the edge and laid his
crutches on the pile of digging tools. Ronnie walked along beside the sled and
drove the mare as close to the iron gate of the County Farm cemetery as
possible. Rollo took his crutches and
the broad axe and made his way to the gravesite while the boy tied the mare.
The
pair dug the grave in about two hours to the depth of five foot on the highest
corner since the hilly gravesite sloped slightly in two directions. As the boy
and slightly "Slow" man labored on the grave they talked about
hunting and fishing and other things until the conversation got slow and Ronnie
asked, "Rollo, how did you come to be here at the Poor House (another name
for the county farm)." My folks
died when I was 10 and nobody kin to me liked me being crazy so someone brought
me here in a wagon pulled by two black mules," the man replied. After another few quite moments the boy
chanced a second question very cautiously, "Rollo, you don't have to tell
me but I was wondering how come you are crippled." The man replied, "Mr. Hall, who used to
run this place, cut the leaders in the back of my legs when I tried to run away
from here right after I first got here and heaven knows I had my reasons for
running off. I made it to the church
house and everyone was mad because I was there being crazy and all. He used a
butcher knife and it hurt really bad for a long time.”
The
grave was barely finished when they heard the sound of Mr. Richner's old ‘36
flatbed Ford Truck coming down the driveway toward the house. The pair took the
sled back to the porch of the house and looked at County Farm Operator and
waited for him to tell them what to do next.
Ronnie
helped Richner unload the very plain wood coffin onto the porch. Two old women
who were residents of the facility were finishing combing and brushing the hair
of the corpse as the box was unloaded. The 14 year old helped place the
deceased into the coffin by grasping the feet while Richner grabbed onto the
torso. They lifted her from a homemade slab of oak boards placed on saw horses.
The Operator then called for anyone who wanted to pay last respects to Aunt
Janie to come out of the house and do so. About ten weary, hopeless and feeble
men, women and one child filed by the coffin to view their friend for the last
time.
The
Old Man, the cripple and the boy loaded the coffin onto the sled since the road
was not firm enough to get over with the truck. This time they opened the
wrought iron gate and drove the sled in across graves with flat rock markers to
the open freshly dug hole. Richner told Ronnie to throw a couple big dirt clods
into the grave and the directions were followed. "Take the lines off the
mare and bring them over here," the county house operator told the
teenager. They placed the lines one on each end of the coffin and used them to
lower the box into the ground. The dirt clods allowed the lines to be removed
after the coffin was in place.
“Thank
you for helping today. Would you finish up here so I can take the Missus to
visit her sister, she hasn't been out of her bedroom today while this mess was
going on," the Operator said."
Ronnie and Rollo covered up the grave and placed a flat rock at the head
as a marker as the old truck roared down the driveway back toward town.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Judith (Benson) Mitchell
Judith
(Benson) Mitchell
August 27,
1787-Apri1 3, 1882
of
Shelby and
Ohio Counties, KY
with
An
Introduction to Chichester Benson
Abt.
1763-August 1826
Judith
Benson was the daughter of Chichester and Mary Benson, who reportedly came to
America from Ireland or Wales, date unknown.
Some researchers say that Chichester first settled in Virginia and that
he served in the American Revolution from Virginia. A man by that name is listed in the Historical Register Virginians in the
Revolution, Richmond, 1938, by John H. Gwathmey. The American Revolution, also called the
American War of Independence, was waged between the American colonies and Great
Britain (1775-1783).
If
we calculate that Chichester was possibly born between 1760 and 1763 and
married Mary between 1781 and 1784, we could conclude that he would have been
old enough to serve in the Revolution toward the end of the war.
It
is likely he and Mary had their first child within a year or two of their
marriage. That would tie in with the marriage of his daughter, Elizabeth
“Betsy” Benson, who married Elias Wood on February 6, 1805, in Shelby County,
Kentucky. Betsy was probably eighteen or
nineteen when she married which would put her birthdate between 1785 and 1786,
making her the oldest (she was named as the first child in Chichester’s
will).
One
Chichester Benson, who may possibly be our ancestor is documented in Surry
County, North Carolina. The 1784-1787
census of North Carolina, Captain Humphrey’s District, lists a Chichester
Benson, head of a family consisting of 1 male 21-60 and 1 female. This would seem to be compatible in time and
place for our ancestor. Possibly, Betsy was born a year or two after the North
Carolina State census was initially taken in 1784.
Tax
records in Surry County, if extant, would verify what year he moved into the county
and began paying poll or property taxes.
It would also prove when he left the county and what year his name
ceased to be listed on the tax rolls.
Census takers often missed our ancestors living in a county, but tax
collectors seldom missed them.
Chichester
and Mary (last name unknown) had seven known children (may not be in the
correct birth order) – but are given in the order cited in their father’s will:
1)
Elizabeth “Betsy” who married Elias Wood, Feb 6,
1805, Shelby County, KY.
2)
Judith who married Joseph F. Mitchell, December
29, 1807, Shelby County.
3)
George Benson, no further information.
4)
Zachariah Benson, married Elizabeth (?); moved
to Washington Co. IN.
5)
Sarah “Sally” married George Snelling, February
22, 1809, Shelby County.
6)
Roseanna “Rosey” who married John Mitchell,
August 25, 1813, Shelby County.
When they moved to Washington County, IN,
Zachariah moved with them.
7)
Ann
Benson, married George Tucker, February 7, 1827, Shelby County.
Chichester’s
name was first found in Shelby County, Kentucky in the 1803 tax records. In 1805, his daughter, Betsy, married Elias
Wood in Shelby County. Other records
document that Chichester Benson arrived in the county at least before the
August Term of Court 1807, when he was paid for "crying the sale for the Estate of Elizabeth Butler."
The
above data was researched, copied, and transcribed from Film 33970, part 2,
259,250: Shelby Co. Wills, page 172, Volume 2, Indexed, by George E. Kimble in
Florida from microfilmed records in Salt Lake City, Utah. He stated that lack of time prevented an
exhaustive study of the available records, but, however, that this data should
provide a basis for further study. Part
of his notes follow that included a photocopy of Chichester’s original will,
written in 1825, but not recorded until 1826.
The will of Chichester Benson, dated 26
September 1825, recorded August Term 1826, in Will Book No. 7, Pages 168/170, names
wife, Mary; children - Betsy Wood, wife of Elias Wood, Judy Mitchell, wife of
Robert Mitchell; George Benson, Zachariah Benson, Sally Snelling, wife of
George Snelling; Rosey Mitchell, the wife of John Mitchell; & Ann Benson;
grandchildren - John, Polly, Thompson and Jonathan Mitchell, children of Joseph
Mitchell, deceased. (Joseph was first
married to Judith Benson).
In his will, Chichester further provided for his
wife:
“whereas
my dear wife Mary Benson has been much aid to me in accumulating the property I
now hold, & for love I now hold for her, I do therefore give and bequeath
unto my said wife, during her natural life, the profits, interests & rents
arising from my entire property or so much of it as shall support her in care
& comfort for her to live in the dwelling I now inhabit during her natural
life, but nevertheless, if she chose not to reside therein, then they, the
executors hereinafter to be named, shall rent the same out for the support of
my said wife, during her natural life.”
~.~
In the Shelby County
Court, September Term 1826, on motion of William Bayne, Executor, ordered that
James Pierce, Jonathan Webb, Edmund Bull and James Bayne, or any three of them
being first sworn, to appraise the Slaves, if any, and personal Estate of
Chichester Benson, dec’sd and that they report thereof to Court. Attested by Jas. Whitaker, Clerk.
Appraisement of the personal property of
Chichester Benson, October 23, 1826, includes two negro women, Chloe and
Patsy. The Inventory and Appraisement
was examined and approved by the court on motion of William Bayne, Exectr,
ordered to be recorded. The Inventory
included 3 horses, 13 head of sheep, 6 head of cattle, 19 hogs, one ox cart,
plows, axes, hoes, spade, log chain, carpenters tools, 34 geese and ganders,
one rifle gun, kitchen and bedroom furniture, flat irons, loom, grindstone,
hay, oats, 75 barrels of corn, one flax brake, one wheat fan, tubs, barrels, 2
mowing sythes, etc.” (Values are given
in the original inventory, plus additional items.)
No
record has been found as to where Chichester was buried in Shelby County –
perhaps on his farm. He would have been
between 63 and 66 years old. It is
unknown what happened to Mary after her husband’s death, and whether or not she
chose to continue to live in her home.
Most likely, she eventually went to live with one of her children. An analysis and study of Shelby County census
and tax records could possibly shed light on where she lived after 1826.
Joseph F. Mitchell
1782-1816
At
age 20 in Shelby County, Judith Benson married Joseph F. Mitchell, said to be
of “Irish parents,” on December 29, 1807.
This couple had four children, born between 1809 and 1816:
1) John, born
April 24, 1809, Shelby Co, KY; md. Sarah Ann Smith in 1831
2) Mary
"Polly," born about 1811, md. William Miller, March 27, 1828, Ohio
Co.
3) Thompson,
born July 3, 1813, who md. Ann Miller, July 28, 1836, Ohio Co.
4) Jonathan,
md. Jenetta Ann Smith, September 9, 1840, Ohio Co.
Joseph apparently died in 1816, as documented in probate
records. Because he died intestate, an Administration was had for his estate in
the December court, settled by Judith Mitchell. In Will Book No. 3, pages
499/500 of Shelby County, Kentucky, is included an appraisement and inventory
of personal property sold by the Estate of Joseph Mitchell, deceased, by Judith
Mitchell, (her mark), Administrator, December Court of 1816.
A guardian for the minor children of Joseph and Judith
should have been appointed by the Court, and further study may prove this to be
William Mitchell, who was possibly a brother of Joseph. Court records need further investigation
after 1816 for the guardianship.
Robert
Mitchell
1783-1858
About three years after Joseph’s death in 1816, Judith
married Joseph's brother, Robert Mitchell. She was 32 and he was 36. Robert may have been the son of Robert
Mitchell (Sr.) and Elizabeth Campbell.
In a deed found in Deed Book N-O, 1816-1818, Shelby County, Kentucky, dated
June 20, 1816, Robert Mitchell and his wife, Elizabeth (her mark),
conveyed to Isaac Watkins, 143 acres, on
the Shelbyville-Louisville Road. Robert
and Elizabeth Campbell Mitchell settled in Washington County, Indiana and are
buried in the Mill Creek Cemetery, as evidenced by their headstone there.
As documented below in a marriage contract, Judith and
Robert probably married about June 1819.
According to the Mitchell History written by Mrs. W. L. Kimble in Ohio
County, KY - this couple after marriage first settled in Bullitt Co. KY, at Mt.
Washington, where they lived a short while. Before their marriage in 1819,
Robert and Judith (Benson) Mitchell, drew up the following marriage contract,
recorded in Bullitt County, Kentucky in Circuit Court, Deed Books D& E,
page 135 of Book D - (Microfilm No. 482,659).
In working together
with George E. Kimble, the document below was given to me by George in 1978,
who transcribed it from his meticulous notes made in Salt Lake City, Utah: (All
the original misspelled words have been left intact.)
“The following agreement
is this day made between Robert Mitchell and Judith Mitchell, both of the
County of Bullitt and State of Kentucky. 1th - That a marriage will shortly
take place between the two parties. 2th - That the said Robert Mitchell on and
after the celebration of such marriage hereby disclaims any and every right
which by law he might or would have to such property as is owned at present or
may be due or comeing to the said Judith from her father or otherwise. 3d That
the said Robert Mitchell will not at anytime hereafter pretend to either with
or without law to hold occupy & injoy any part or posess himself of any
priviledge over and about the property which may belong or may hereafter descend
or in any way whatever be given to the said Judith Mitchell. 4th - That the
said Judith Mitchell or the wife of the said Robert Mitchell, to be, or
whenever the said marriage shall take place shall hold and be entitled in
common to all the priviledges over any property which the said Robert may
posess or other married women are.
Witness our hands and
seals this 18th day of June 1819. (Signed) Robert Mitchell her Judith X
Mitchell mark " The previous agreement was duly acknowledged by the
parties before me in my office under this day, given under my hand as Clerk of
Bullitt County Court this 18th day of June 1819. (Signed) James Halbert.
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As already cited, Judith had four children by Joseph. By her union with Robert, she had two more
children:
1)
Julia Ann Mitchell, born Feb
17, 1820, who married Walker White, Oct 24,
1839. She died Feb 21, 1901. They raised a family of 10 children.
1839. She died Feb 21, 1901. They raised a family of 10 children.
2)
Joseph
Martin Mitchell, born March 19, 1822, (my ancestor). He married Susannah Caroline Acton, Aug 24,
1843. This couple raised a family of 9
children. Joseph Martin Mitchell (my
ancestor) was father of Mary Elizabeth Mitchell, who married James William Cox,
of Ohio County, KY, August 4, 1860.
James and Mary had 14 children.)
Robert Mitchell was found paying taxes for the first time in
Ohio County in the 1825 tax records. Five years later, by the time of the 1830
census, Robert was living with his wife and four children in Ohio County. In 1835 he was listed with 168-1/2 acres and
500 acres on Caney Creek, and Thompson was listed for the first time. The family was also shown in the 1840
census.
In
the 1850 census in Ohio County, Kentucky, Robert Mitchell's age is listed at
67, thus being born about 1783. His occupation is given as a shoemaker. Judith
Mitchell is 65; she was born August 27, 1787. Both are listed as being born in
Pennsylvania, No children are listed with Robert and Judith in 1850, but they
lived near Walker and Julia White, their daughter and son-in-law. Robert
died in 1858, but no record has been found as to his burial place.
In the 1860 census for Ohio County, Judith Mitchell, 72, is
listed as living in the Brigg’s Mill, Caney District, page 155, dwelling #1026.
Living with her was Elizabeth Pearson, 22. Next door, in dwelling #1025, are listed Walker
White, age 45, and Julia A. Mitchell White, age 37.
The
1870 census of Ohio County listed Judith Benson, 83, as born in North Carolina,
and living with the Walker White family.
Since Judith may have given the information herself to the census taker,
it is logical and I believe her accuracy in stating that she was born in North
Carolina. It lends a little more
credability to the story that Judith’s father, Chichester Benson, may have
resided in Surry County, North Carolina at the time of the 1784-1787 State
Census of North Carolina in Captain
Humphrey’s District.
In
1880, Judith Mitchell, age 95, was
listed as mother-in-law in the household of Walker White, 66, and Julia, his
wife, age 39, along with their youngest son, Christopher K. White, age 19. Judith’s birth year is listed “about 1785”
with birthplace as Kentucky. She is
listed as “widowed” and said her father’s birthplace was Ireland. Two years later, Judith Mitchell died in
1882, although there is some debate about the exact month and day of her death.
~.~
Reference
is made to Joe Taylor’s newspaper column for Ohio County, May 10, 1882, which
he said was pulled from the Hartford
Herald newspaper on microfilm for the year 1882. It cites the article
below. At the time, Judith Mitchell was
living near Rosine at the home of John Miller, believed to be her son. Not really an obituary, the article appears
to be more like a tribute to her life:
MAY 10, 1882 WEDNESDAY
“Died at the home of John Miller in Ohio
County, on the 3th of April 1882, Mrs. Judith Mitchell, in her 96th year.
She was well as usual
until a few hours before her death. She complained of pain in her shoulder and
chest. She said her time had come, her Saviour would take her home, she had
waited so long for her release, but she was going now.
She gave her dying charge,
when told she would soon be better, she said, "No, the messenger has
come." The pain ceased in a short
time, and she seemed to be sleeping sweetly, when she drew a long breath and
her granddaughter went to her, and she was dead, without a struggle, or a moan,
she had passed away. She died in peace with the world for she loved all and to
know her was to love her.
Though
she had not walked a step for 15 years, she retained her mental faculties to
the last, and with Christian resignation was ever cheerful and alert. For many
years, she had been a member of the Baptist Church, had been a widow the second
time in 24 years, raised six children, five of whom were present at her burial,
the youngest over fifty years old. Her living posterity at her death was 179.”
~.~
As
will be noted, we have a little dilemma here with differing dates about
Judith’s exact date of death. Two brief newspaper
notices found by Lynn Miller in the Hartford
Herald, edition of October 25, 1882, contradict the date of death
given in the first article cited above, in which Joe Taylor stated, “Died at the home of John Miller in Ohio
County, on the 3th of April 1882, Mrs. Judith Mitchell, in her 96th
year.”
To
quote Lynn Miller, a well-known, knowledgeable Ohio County researcher, who has
helped many other researchers, he said:
“Joe Taylor has it that she died April 3, 1882. So I did a newspaper search for Judith
Mitchell - for all of 1882. I got one
hit:
Hartford Herald, edition of October 25, 1882,” as below:
“Funeral of Judith
Mitchell, lately deceased
will be preached at Cane
Run Church near
Cane Run next month."
Lynn checked Cane Run Cemetery in Ohio County Cemeteries,
Volume 1, but she is not listed. Maybe unmarked or marker no longer there? If Judith Mitchell is buried there, most
likely her husband Robert was buried there, too. The brief article above provides the place
where her funeral would be preached.
Services at some churches were only conducted once a month due to their
circuit-riding preachers.
Another discovery Lynn made was
a second published notice of her death in the same newspaper edition on page 3
that mentions the preacher’s name and the name of the church where services
would be held, and it invited friends in the county to attend:
"Rev. Jordan
Armstrong, the well-known Baptist
minister,
will preach the funeral of Mrs. Judith
Mitchell, lately
deceased, at Cane Run church
near Horse Branch, Ohio
County, Ky., on the third
Sunday of next
month. Friends of the family and
the public generally are
invited to attend.”
The
conflicting dates are puzzling, because Lynn did a complete (1836-1922) search
(twice) of the Herald in pdf and
ocr-txt format at the Library of Congress site and the Kentuckiana Digital
Library site and could not find an obituary for Judith in April 1882.
When
he searched Joe’s clippings from the Ohio County newspapers which are on line
and downloadable, he found the May 10, 1882 tribute. Here’s what Joe said, “The following information
was pulled from the Hartford Herald
newspaper on microfilm for the year 1882.”
And
yet, her death appears in the October 1882 newspaper, which can hardly be
disputed. I’m strongly inclined to
believe her death occurred in October 1882.
Can anyone offer proof of the correct date of death for Judith Benson
and the cemetery where she is buried? If
you can, please help solve this mystery.
~.~
Numerous
descendants of the early pioneering families of Judith (Benson) Mitchell
continue to
live in Ohio County, Kentucky to this day, and many have raised respectable
families of their
own. We are fortunate to be among those
descendants.
~
Janice Cox Brown, Tyler, Texas
October 7, 2012
(Will welcome any corrections to this biographical sketch).
Updated 29 Oct 2012
Helen McKeown writes: Remember in that 1882 era, funerals may have been preached once a year for the ones of the community who had died. Some of those dates morphed to the church homecoming dates in future years. So suspect this was the same person Judith Mitchell died 4-1882 funeral preached 10-1882.
Updated 29 Oct 2012
Helen McKeown writes: Remember in that 1882 era, funerals may have been preached once a year for the ones of the community who had died. Some of those dates morphed to the church homecoming dates in future years. So suspect this was the same person Judith Mitchell died 4-1882 funeral preached 10-1882.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
KENTUCKY GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY - 1895-1896
Updated Oct 14, 2012 to add additional towns.
KENTUCKY GAZETTEER AND
BUSINESS DIRECTORY - 1895-1896
OHIO
COUNTY, KY
ADABURG.
A post office in Ohio county, 13 miles north of Hartford, the county
seat, and 8 from Whitesville, the banking and shipping point. Population100. J. W. Patton, postmaster. Combs, Wm., blacksmith.
Combs, Wm. blacksmith
Keown, J J teacher
Patton & Son General Store
Sapp, Rev. J H
Stewart, W H carpenter
Taylor, Rev. J T
Taylor, R. F. thresher
Ward & Co. Saw
Mill
Weller,
Alex
*****
AETNAVILLE.
On the O. F. of R. & G. H. R. (Deanefield station), in Ohio county,
25 miles
from Hartford, the judicial seat, and 5 miles from Whitesville, the nearest
bank
location. Population, 250. Exp.,Adams Tel. W.U. John J. Huff, postmaster.
Aetna Coal
Co. general store
Brown,
Henry barber
Canan, R L druggist
Carson, C T General Store
Haycraft, Mrs J M hotel
Heitzikng, Peter corn
mill
Jones, Alvah physician
Morrison, J A police
judge
Parson, J T marshal
Powell, Wm B general
store
Thompson Coal Co General Store and Coal
Thornton, H wagonmaker
*****
BAIZETOWN.
In Ohio conty, 16 miles from Hartford, the county seat, 7 miles from
Rosine, its shipping point, and 9 from Beaver Dam, its banking point. V. Embry,
postmaster.
Albin, J R general store
Baize, John
A mason
James, T F carpenter
Keown, A S General Store
Martin, R B constable
Worley, L N mason
Young, A physician
*****
BEAVER DAM. On the C. O. & S. W. Ry., 5 miles
southeast of Hartford, the county seat of Ohio county, and 110 from
Louisville. Daily stage to Hartford.
Exp., Adams. Population, 600. Emma Barnes, postmater.
Austin, A J carpenter
Austin, F O
& Co. general store
Austin, R H blacksmith
Baldwin, D
L carpenter
Barnes, John H, Cash Beaver Dam Deposit Bank
Beard, John barber
Beaver Dam
Deposit Bank B. Dampy, pres, John H. Barnes, cashier
Blankenship,
W H grocer
Coats, Mrs
G A dressmaker
Dampy, B, pres. Beaver Dam
Deposit Bank
Gray, B F livestock
Hocker
& Co general
store
Hudson, J M carpenter
Hunt,
Stewart & Leach genl store
Maddox
& Leach livery
Merrick, H railroad and exp
agt
Metcalfe, H
S hotel
Mitchell,
George F physician
Mitchell, I
F physician
Mitchell, S
I druggist
Rhodes, D J insurance
Taylor, C M saw and flour mill
Taylor, R T druggist
Taylor
& Austin livery
Taylor
& Co. meat
market
Tilford, E
D & Co groceries
Williams, J
D blacksmith
*****
BEDA.
In Ohio county, 5 miles north of Hartford, the seat of justice and bank
location. Beaver Dam, 9 miles south, is
the nearest shipping point.
Bennett, B.
M. blacksmith
Foster,
John B general store
Goodshaw,
A. general store
*****
BELLS STORE.
Ohio county. See Buford.
*****
BUFORD.
Ohio county, 9 miles northwest of Hartford, the county seat and bank
location and 20 miles south of Owensboro, the shipping point. Population, 80.
W H
Holbrook, postmaster.
Graves, B F
live stock
Holbrook Winfrey, General
Store
Hoover, F M general store and
flour mill
Hussey, C W hotel and blacksmith
Jargin, Rev
(Baptist)
King, John
W hotel
and livery
*****
CENTERTOWN.
In Ohio County, 5 miles from McHenry, its shipping point, and
7 miles
southwest of Hartford, the count seat.
Population, 150. Alvin Rowe,
Postmaster.
Balls, T F blacksmith
Chapman George, Physician
and Drugs
Ford Bros. blacksmiths
Heill, John shoemaker
King, H C physician and
drugs
Morton, L C miner
Rowe, W
V(?) harness maker
Rowe W Morton, General
Store
Stroud, B N flour and saw mill
Truster(?)
& Brown general store
*****
CERALVO.
On Green River, in Ohio County, 10 miles south of Hartford, the
County
seat, and 3 miles from Rockport, the nearest railroad approach. Ship
direct by
water. Population, 130.
Barnard, W
D hotel
Everly, Dr.
J M drgs
Fulkerson,
V D general store
Milner, P A blacksmith
*****
CLEARRUN.
A post office in Ohio county.
*****
CROMWELL.
On Green river in Ohio county, 12 miles southeast of Hartford, the
county seat and banking point.
Population, 200. J R Herald, postmaster.
Burden, B F blacksmith
Clark, B F, Dry Goods
Daniel, J W produce
Gentry,
John hotel
Gillstrap,
Hattie milliner
Gore, N W drugs
Kahn, A, Hotel
Leach, A K general store
Martin, W N
& Son general store
Shepard,
James blacksmith
Taylor, J W physician
Taylor, J X drugs
Tilford, W T, Dry
Goods and Tobacco
*****
ECHOLS. On the C O & S W
Ry, in Ohio County. Hartford, 11 miles
northeast, is
Duncan, W
G, railroad and exp
agt.
McHenry Coal Co., John H. Stevens, Mngr, General Store
*****
FORDSVILLE. On the O. F. of R. & G.R and L., St. L. & T. Rys. In
Ohio county, 20 miles northeast of Hartford, the county seat and 75 miles
southwest of Louisville. Population,
600. Exp., Adams, Tel.
W. U. J. T. Smith, postmaster.
Bristow,
Rev J W (Baptist)
Brite, G W grocer
Cooper, J D druggist
Cooper, J F general store
Ford, C E stationery
Ford, T S live stock
Fordsville Banking Co, J. T. Smith, pres. Ike C. Adair, Cashier
Hale, J W watchmaker
Howard
Hotel, J B. Howard, propr.
Johnson, L
T railroad and exp
agt.
Krawn Bros, livery
McCarty, J
W physician
McCuen
& Shawn general store
Matthews, D
M physician
Matthews, H
F lawyer
Miller, N J
carpenter
Osborne, T
W painter
Reynolds, J
S. flour mill and
feed
Roberts,
James deputy sheriff
Roland, Rev
T F (Methodist)
Smith, C M horse trainer
Smith, J T Jr, Harness maker
Smith, J W barber and
confectioner
Star
(weekly), I M Key, prop.
Stines, T P teacher
Tabor, C B police judge
Wallace, B
F farm implements
Wedding, T
S blacksmith
Wedding
& Dasch shingle mnfrs.
Wilson
& Co general
store
Wright,
Reuben blacksmith
*****
HARTFORD. The judicial seat of Ohio county, is located on Rough Creek,
110 miles southwest of Louisville and 4-1/2 miles from Beaver Dam, on the C.,
O. & S. W. Ry, its
shipping point. Population, 750.
Bank of
Hartford S K Cox, pres. G T
McHenry, Cashier.
Bean, G J undertaker
Bean, L B drugs
Bean, T M hotel
Carson
& Co, general
store
Casebier
& Burton livery
Duke, T S harnessmaker
Fair Bros & Co, General
Store
Fields, C L livery
Ford, J W
& Co flour mill
Foster,
John B general store
Griffin, Z
W & Bro druggists
Hardwick, W
G grocer
Jones, J C general store
Klein, George, Hardware
and Groceries
Manzy, W H carpenter
Martin, C R jeweler
Moseley, B
F & Co general
Potter
& Condict saw mill
Schapmier,
W F shoemaker
Thomas
Bros, saddlers
Thomas, J A general store
Thomas,
Owen J grocer
Weinshermer,
Henry jeweler
Westerfield,
O P meats
White, A D general store
Williams
Bros, blacksmiths
Williams, W
H general store
Williams
& Bell drugs
Woerner, L
Fred shoemaker
Yelser, F W blacksmith
*****
HEFLIN. In Ohio county, 7 miles from Hartford, the
county seat and banking point.
Ship to
Beaver Dam. R. A. Rowan, postmaster
Ford,
Robert L physician
Heflin, W M general store
McMillan, C
Z saloon
Newton,
Florence, music teacher
Rowan, R A, General Store
*****
HERBERT. A post office in Ohio county.
*****
HORSE BRANCH.
On the C. O. & S. W. Ry., in Ohio county, 15 miles east of Hartford,
the county seat. Exp., Southern. Tel., W. U.
Population, 50.
Autry,
Thompson & Co. general store
Daniel
& Parks grocers
DeHart, Wm. grocer
Leech, W C grocer
Myrtle, W general store
*****
HORTON. Ohio county, on the
C. O. & S., W. Ry, 7 miles east of Hartford, the
county seat
and bank location. Population, 100. H. T. Thompson, postmaster
Ashby, H M blacksmith
Hyatt, J J stave mnfr
Muir, J T photographer
Thompson, G B, General Store and Flour Mill
Thompson,
Miss Katie railroad agt.
*****
MC HENRY.
Ohio county, on the C. O. & S. W. R.R., 5 miles south of Hartford,
the county seat and bank location. Exp.
Southern Tel., W.U. Population, 500.
Central
Coal & Iron Co.
Ford, J W
& Co. general store
Hunter, R P grocer
McHenry Coal Co. General
Store and Miners
McHenry
Mfng Co. machines
Southard, J
P blacksmith
Williams
Coal Co.
*****
MAGAN. In Ohio county, 14 miles north of Hartford, the county seat
and 4 miles from Deanfield, its shipping point.
Bank at Fordsville, 5 miles distant.
Population, 60. J D. Ralph,
postmaster.
Gray, J M blacksmith
Ralph J D General Store
Roach, Joel
H physician
Westerfield,
Isaac physician
*****
NARROWS. On the O. F. of R. & G. R. R. R. (Phillips station), in
Ohio county,
15 miles
from Hartford, the county seat.
Population, 75. Exp.,
Adams. F. Renfro, postmaster.
Carmickle,
James blacksmith
Powers
& Renfrow saw mill
Renfrow Bros. General
Store
Renfrow, J
B railroad and exp
agt
*****
OLATON. On the O. F. of R & G. R. R. R. In Ohio county, 15 miles northeast of
Hartford, the county seat and bank location.
Exp., Adams. Population, 38. W. B. McDaniel, post master and flour mill.
*****
PALO. Ohio county, 9 miles
from Hartford, the county seat and banking point.
Ship to Beaver Dam. E. Iglehart, postmaster and general store.
*****
POINT PLEASANT. On Green river in Ohio county, 14 miles west of Hartford,
the county seat and banking point, and 2 miles east of Island Station, its
shipping point. Population, 50. J. B. Maddox, postmaster.
Maddox, J. B., General Store and Blacksmith
Patterson,
L L leaf tobacco
Patterson,
L M & Co, brick and tile
mnfrs.
Tenny, T F hotel
Tichener, B
F physician
*****
PRENTISS. On Green river, in Ohio county, 12 miles southeast of
Hartford, the
county seat
and bank location. Population, 75. E. T. Miller, postmaster.
Dowell, M.
C. wagonmaker
Miller, E. T. General
Store
Shepard, G
B flour and saw mill
Swain, P A hardware and
blacksmith
Taylor,
Melvin & Son flour and saw
mill
Taylor, T M druggist
*****
RENDER. A post office in Ohio county.
*****
RENFROW. Ohio county, 12 miles
southeast of Hartford, the county seat and
bank
location, and 5 miles southeast of Rosine,
its shipping point.
Douglas P H
& Co. general store
*****
REYNOLDS STATION. On the O. F. of R.
& G.R.R.R., in Ohio county, 20 miles
from
Hartford, the judicial seat and 4 miles from Fordsville, the nearest bank
location. Population, 36. F. M. Reynolds, post master.
*****
ROCKPORT.
On Green river, in Ohio county, 11 miles south of Hartford, the
county seat
and bank location. It is on the C. O.
& S. W. Ry. Exp. Southern.
Tel.
W.U. Population, 500. M. J. Reid, post master.
Blivens,
Robert B shoemaker
Campfield,
M V general store
Culbertson,
J J barber
Daniel, J
& Co restaurant
Davenport, Mrs
M C hotel
Duncan, D J & Co., General Store
Fulkerson
& Rap livery
Graves, W P lumber
Iler, R E
& Co general
store and drugs
Iler, R R sadler
James, W B justice
Layton,
Charles W physician
Maddox,
John D physician
Monroe,
Felix lumber
Reid, L transfer
agent
Reid, Haden & Co., General Store
Rogers
& Brown saw mill
Rossen,
Wallace teacher
Smith,
Joseph railroad and
exp agent
Tilford, Wm fisherman
Tinsley,
Edward carpenter
Woodburns
& Dural saw
mill
Young, H J general store
*****
ROSINE. Ohio county, on the C. O. & S. W. Ry, 12
miles east of Hartford, the
county seat
and bank location. Exp. Southern.
Crowder, L
P confectioner
King, J W
& Co grocer
Ragland, J
M grocer
Ragland, M
S & Son general store
Watts, H P blacksmith
*****
SELECT. Ohio county, 15 miles southeast of Hartford, the judicial
seat, 10 southeast of Beaver Dam, the nearest rail approach and banking
point. Population, 55. J. J. Stewart, postmaster.
Baize, A
& Son grocer
James, S M general store
Langford, R
I physician
Shields,
Birch teacher
Stewart, J. J., General
Store
Stewart,
Miss Zada music teacher
*****
SHREVE. Ohio county, 18 miles northwest of Hartford, the county
seat, and 8 miles from Fordsville, its shipping point. Population, 25.
*****
SMALLHOUS. Ohio county, 12 miles southwest of Hartford, the county
seat. It is
on Green
river. Population, 30. T. R. Barnard, postmaster.
Barnard, E
K general store
Barnard, T. R., General
Store
Drake Bros. leaf tobacco
Ford, T J blacksmith
Moorman, A
C flour mill
Rayneer
Bros. saw and grist
mill
Richardson,
T J blacksmith
*****
TAFFY. Ohio county, 8 miles from Hartford, 5the county seat, And 9
miles from Whitesville, its banking and shipping point. B. C. Rhoads, postmaster and general store.
*****
TAYLOR MINES. A post office in Ohio county.
*****
WESTERFIELD. Ohio county, 12 miles
from Hartford, the judicial seat, and 17 miles from Beaver Dam, the nearest
rail approach. Population, 40.
Rhoads, C J general store
Smith, P A blacksmith
*****
WHITE RUN. On the C. O. & S., W. R.R., in Ohio County, 18 miles
east of Hartford, the county seat and bank location.
Alford, J F general store.