REUNION OF
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
AND THEIR FAMILIES
AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, WEDNESDAY
The Reunion of the
Confederate soldiers who belonged to the company organized by Dr. J. E.
Pendleton in Hartford, after September, 1861. Was the most enjoyable feature of
the first day of the Ohio County Fair.
Of the 125 gallant young men
who enlisted under Dr. Pendleton, only a small remnant is left. Of the few surviving members, the following
were present:
Capt. J. W. Ford, Hartford, who is the only surviving officer
of
Company C., 9th KY Infantry;
Privates:
Dr.
James Morton, Hartford
J.
L. Collins, Hartford
Judge
L. Reid, Rockport
W.
R. Chapman, Beaver Dam
John
Chinn, Beaver Dam
James
Chinn, Beda.
Those present from other
commands were:
Frank Chinn, Heflin,
and W. O. Holbrook, Hartford,
with 10th KY;
Dudley Ford and C. A. Hudson, Hartford, with 8th KY.
The members of the families
of the old comrades and other invited guests were as follows:
Mrs. James Chinn, Beda;
Mrs. Mollie Boswell, Owensboro;
Mrs.
Fred Taylor, and son, Rumsey Barnes Taylor, and niece Miss Myrl Miller;
Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Cooper
Mrs.
John Chinn, and Mrs. Albert Chinn
Esquire
S. L. Fulkerson, Rockport
Mrs.
J. W. Ford
Mrs. Dudley Ford, and sons, Conner & James, and
daughters, Misses Lizzie and Lorena
Ford.
Mrs. Hettie Howard, and
niece Miss Hattie Glenn
Mrs. E. T. Williams
E. P. Barnett
Rev. N. F. Jones and family
Mrs. Lydia
Conner
Miss Nona Rhoads
F. L. Felix, Hartford
After taking good advantage
of the opportunity furnished the old comrades on this occasion, to exchange
pleasant greetings and talk over the trials and hardships of the war,
interspersed with the pranks played on one another in these trying times, the
good ladies announced dinner which had been prepared by the wives and daughters
of the old comrades. After the blessings
of Him who rules all, had been invoked by Rev. Jones, every one present partook
of as fine a dinner as was ever prepared.
In fact, the most epicurean taste could not have wished for better.
All having been bountifully
fed and plenty to spare, the old comrades organized by electing Mr. J. W. Ford,
President and Dudley Ford, Secretary, and after a unanimous vote of thanks to
the good ladies for the bountiful repast, as well as determining to have a
similar reunion each succeeding Ohio County Fair, an adjournment was had.
NOTES.—Mr. Dudley Ford exhibited a gold watch on this occasion that was formerly owned by his
father-in-law, Capt. J. W. Johnson, of Shelby County.
The watch was lost during a battle in 1862 and was plowed up and returned to
Capt. Johnson by the farmer who found it in 1863."
Source: The Hartford
Herald,
Ohio County, Kentucky
Issue of September 6,
1908
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Information from the Internet:
The 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an
infantry regiment served in the Confederate States Army during the American
Civil War. It was part of the First
Kentucky Brigade. The infantry is the branch of a
military force that fights on foot. As the troops who are intended to engage,
fight, and defeat the enemy in face-to-face combat, they bear the brunt of warfare and typically suffer the greatest
number of casualties.
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Men often enlisted in a
company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After
many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or
wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the
company recruited in his county first.
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This article was researched and submitted by Janice Brown
