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Hartford Herald - January 12 & 19, 1881

THE HARTFORD HERALD

Lycurgus Barrett, Local Editor

The following items are excerpted from microfilm ordered from the University of Kentucky Microfilm Center a number of years ago, and are published here with the hope that they will provide helpful and interesting information about early Ohio Countians. Creases and folds in the newspaper have deleted various characters within some words a well as some words within sentences. This caused deciphering problems where folding occurs.

Compiled by Janice Cox Brown,

Tyler, Texas.

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Wednesday, January 12, 1881

Our Agents

The following persons are authorized to receive subscriptions and renewals, advertising in the HERALD, orders for job work, etc., etc.

John T. Martin, Rosine

Will Cooper, Cromwell

Dr. V. M. Taylor, McHenry

John W. Mahhan, Rockport

David Rogers, Buford

Jno. C. Hoover, Pleasant Ridge

Jno. T. Smith, Jr., Fordsville

A. S. Aull, Sulphur Springs

R. P. Magan, Magans

Geo. M. Rowe, Ceralvo

Dr. G. R. Sanders, Centertown

Jno. T. Neal, Caneyville

T. J. Bunch, Morgantown

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PERSONALS

Armistead Jones, Esq., county Assessor, left for Princeton, Ky. last Monday.

T. Payne Faught, Jr., Rochester, passed through here Monday on his way to Powhattan, Ark.

Mr. John C. Riley, an enterprising tobacco merchant, returned from a short trip to Louisville yesterday.

Joslas Chinn, of this county, who moved to Muhlenburg a few years ago, has returned and located near Beaver Dam.

Miss Katie Hardwick, who has been visiting relatives and friends in Owensboro for several weeks, just returned home last week.

Miss Lizzie Morton, of Hartford College, a charming and accomplished young lady, spent the Christmas with Miss Grace Thompson. Princeton Banner.

Willie Bailey, of Hartford school, and Willie Whitson, of South Carrollton school, came home to spend the holidays and see their girls. Madisonville Times correspondent.

We were honored with a visit from Judge H. G. Barkwell of Boonsville, Ind. The judge was for years a successful lawyer practicing at Rockport and surrounding courts. He is a firm, unflinching Democrat.

Miss Katie Hardwick, after a visit of three weeks at Mrs. Verda Nalls, Fourth street, returned to her home in Hartford yesterday morning. Miss Hardwick’s departure has dampened the aspirations of several young men, including a Main street shoe merchant. -- Messenger and Examiner.

-- New lard at the Red Front.

-- The days are lengthening now.

-- Ladies and children’s leggings at Anderson’s Bazaar.

-- I will pay a good price now for some fat turkeys. Gittings Williams.

-- A few more of those eight dollar clocks at Anderson’s Bazaar.

-- That blue thing over the eye of our new compositor is a badge of mourning for his cousin, George Eliot.

-- Married, Sunday, January 9, 1881, at the residence of the bride’s father, Wing K. James, in Ohio County, Ky., by Dr. W. P. Bennett, Mr. Leslie Iglehart and Miss Hattie James.

-- The matrimonial mill of Ohio county, Capt. Sam K. Cox, proprietor, ground out 172 splicing privileges in 1880. The privileges are being exercised in every instance.

-- Mr. John D. Bell, of Point Pleasant, had about two hundred hogs being fed on slop at Perkin’s distillery, near Owensboro, about seventy of which died recently of some fatal disease. We regret to learn of Mr. Bell’s loss.

-- Please call without delay and pay what you owe me. Our Town Marshal, W. H. Griffin, has consented to assist me settle up my books.

Respectfully,

J. T. Miller

-- Marriage licenses issued in 1881:

John W. Tanner and Miss Maria C. Miller;

Albert Renfro and Miss Littie Ezell;

George T. Warren and Miss Sarah Anderson;

Leslie Iglehart and Miss Hattie A. James;

George W. Hipsley and Miss Blanche M. Turner;

Alfred Patterson and Miss Manda J. Melton.

-- The meeting here conducted by Revs. Bennett and Arvin, which has been progressing for a week and a half, is still being protracted, but up to this writing, very little interest seems to be manifested upon the part of the people in regard to the salvation of their souls. We hope, however, that a greater interest may yet be awakened ere’ the close of the same.

-- John T. Martin, Esq., of Rosine, has consented to act as agent and correspondent for the HERALD. Our friends in that locality will do us a kindness by reporting any item of news to Mr. Martin. Persons in that part of the county who desire to subscribe for the HERALD, renew their subscription, in need of job work or wish advertising in the HERALD, can be accommodated by calling on Mr. Martin.

-- Salt, $2.00 per barrel at Rogers and Kling’s, Buford, Ky.

-- From a private letter, we learn that the scarlet fever has about disappeared in Greenville.

-- Howey and Carson are accommodating fellows. Five cents a bucket for carrying coal.

-- We are blessed with moonlight nights again, which affords a good opportunity for skating.

-- Mr. J. F. Wallace sold and delivered a hog to G. B. Williams last Wednesday that tipped the beam at 595 pounds.

-- Angeline Taylor, colored, charged with petit larceny, as stated in last week’s HERALD, has been tried and acquitted.

Those wishing good coal at fair prices should read the advertisement of J. W. Ashford.

-- Mr. Robt. R. Holbrook of Buford, qualified as Constable last Monday, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of John H. Bales.

-- A delighted dad is “Tommie” Phipps, of Centertown world. It’s a girl, and “Tommie” gets up every hour in the night and lights a lamp and takes a look at her.

-- Born to the wife of (?) T. Barnard, Sunday morning, January 9, 1881, a son, Garfield. Weight 11 pounds. This is the eleventh son, nine of them now living. They also have two daughters.

-- We regret to learn of the afflictions of our friend, Garl S. Hamilton of Bartlett’s. The “Squire” is almost blind. We trust he will soon recover as his usefulness to the community would be seriously missed.

-- When going to Owensboro, be sure to take the warm route. That genial fellow, Frank Rice, will be found on the mulican-roof giving orders, in musical tones, to that starboard mule. He takes you through on time, all the same.

-- The school house near (?) C. Turns, in Cool Spring district, was consumed by fire sometime last month. Mattie Turns was teaching at the time. The fire originated from a defective flue; when discovered it was too far gone to save. The district trustees have rented another house and the school is going on again. The school house was an excellent one and built but about two years ago.

-- Minstrel show at the courthouse tonight.

-- Go to the courthouse tonight to see the Young Americas.

-- Infant’s rubber drawers, at Anderson’s Bazaar. They can be sent by mail. Price, including postage, 40 cents.

-- The Young Americas Minstrel Troupe are in town. Will exhibit at the courthouse tonight. The boys composing this troupe are all good boys and have excellent recommendations.

-- A telegram received here yesterday from Warsaw, announcing the death of Miss Binnie Pulliam, of that place.

-- Dr. Tyler Griffin had seven sheep killed by dogs last Thursday night. The dogs were tracked and found to be those of Dr. J. F. Pendleton. They were promptly killed.

-- Mrs. Sallie Amanda, wife of Chas. Johnson, near Magan’s, died last Thursday morning of typhoid fever. She leaves three infants, one about 15 days old.

-- S. D. Turns, of the Cool Spring district, will, we understand, start for Texas soon. He will go to Ellis county. He will leave his family with his father-in-law, Jordan Wade, until next fall.

-- An infant son of N. B. Smith, who lives four miles southwest of Fordsville, died on Tuesday morning of last week of spasmodic fits. The remains were interred in the graveyard on the farm of J. H. Jones on the following evening.

-- Mr. Wiley Jarvis, an old man living on the farm of Harrison D. Taylor, just below town, died last Sunday rather suddenly. He had been complaining for a month or so. He had lived _____ _____ allotted to man, three score and ten. He was up in town the week before his death.

-- There has been a mail route established (daily) between Beaver Dam and Rochester, taking effect on the 20th. The contractor should by all means establish a stage line, as the trip can be made from Rochester to Beaver Dam in ample time for the first train.

-- Mrs. Nancy Mansfield, an old lady about 65 years of age, living in Cool Springs precinct, has gone about blind, and yet her eyes look as natural as ever. She attributes the loss of her eyesight to sewing by candle light to a severe spell of sickness in summer of 1880. She is an estimable woman and we sincerely regret her affliction.

Alexander’s School House

The following is the average standing of the pupils for the month ending December 31, 1880.

Allen Barnett, 10; Emma Milligan, 9, 7; Alex Foster, 10; Wayne Stevens, 10; Willie Foster, 9, 7; James Williams, 8, 7; Hugh Ellis, 9, 8; Joseph Foster, 10; Joseph Stevens, 9, 9; Isaac Foster, 10; Sherman Williams, 8, 5; Robert Barnett, 9, 7; Elmer Milligan, 9, 5; Stevens Ellis, 4; Laura Williams, 9, 6; Pearl Ellis, 6, 3; Sudie Bennett, 5; Gertrude Mills, 6, 5; Richard Foster, 8, 6; Sherman Stevens, 9, 5; Ida Carson, 9, 8; Nora Stevens, 9, 5; Hardin Baird, 5; Rufus Baird, 5; Ollie Anderson, 9; Virgil Stevens, 5; Samuel Baird, 10; Samuel Snell, 9; Minnie Baird, 9; Alex Bennett, 9; Antha Snell, 8; Lottie Sorrels, 9; Charlie Ellis, 9; Allen Anderson, 8; Lowry Mills, 9; Samuel Anderson, 10; Uzall Barnett, 10; Morris Snell, 8; David Stevens, 8; Lulu Milligan, 10; Nora Sorrels, 9; Prudie Baird, 9.

-- Lizzie Clark, Teacher

BUGGY SPOKES WANTED

Mr. H. F. Mustain, of the firm of Mustain, Wells & Co., Hart County, Ky., is in town for the purpose of making contracts for buggy spokes, to be delivered on Rough Creek. Those wishing to engage in this business will find it to their interest to call on him at once at the Hartford House.

CLAYTONIAN SOCIETY

Proceedings of the Society, Friday night, January 7, 1881.

The Society met and was called to order by Prof. J. S. Glenn, President.

1st. Roll call.

2nd. Ex-President, Prof. Glenn delivered his closing address, after which J. W. Bishop, President-elect, delivered his inaugural address and took his seat.

3rd. Reading - C. R. Robertson.

4th. Debate. Subject: “Resolved, that the pen is mightier than the sword.”

Affirmative, W. M. Alexander, G. W. Short, W. J. Dulin, , J. B. Furgeson.

Negative, S. P. Render, F. L. Felix, J. A. Smith, W. N. Bailey, J. W. Bishop, A. Karns. C. B. Iglehart, J. E. Ruby, W. P. Roll, were appointed judges.

5th. J. B. Furgeson, C. R. Robertson, and A. Karns were appointed Committee on Arrangements.

Subject for debate next meeting: “Resolved, That war is greater evil than intemperance.”

After finishing all the business before the house, the society adjourned.

J. W. Bishop, President

W. J. Dulin, Secretary

Coon Hides.

Gross Williams wants them all, by paying the most money at the Red Front.

OBITUARY

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DEATH OF HUMPHREY BROOKS

At Brooks’ Mill, Ohio county, Jan. 4, 1881, of cancer, Humphrey Brooks, aged 72 years, 3 months, and 12 days. Mr. Brooks was born in Carolina Co., Virginia, September 23, 1808. In 1837, he migrated to Kentucky and resided in Ohio county until his death. He was married to Miss Fannie W. Davidson, December 5, 1849. He leaves a widow and nine living children. On the morning of the fifth, his remains were interred in the family graveyard on his farm.

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MRS. VIRGINIA T. HARDIN.

Died, four miles southwest of Fordsville, Ohio county, Kentucky, Jan. 5th, 1881, of consumption. Virginia T., wife of James Hardin, aged 23 years, 7 months, and 27 days. She was the daughter of Captain M. and Elizabeth White, and was born near Owensboro, Daviess county. She professed religion a few months before she died, and died in the full hope of a blessed immortality. On the evening of the sixth, her remains were interred in the Hardin graveyard, near Mount Etna, Ohio county.

Somewhere there is rest for the worker,

A halo for the burdensome soul.

A crown in the kingdom of glory,

Far away where the life waters fold.

And when our life’s work here is over,

And we’re borne to the Kingdom so fair,

Far away on that bright shining river

We’ll meet all our loved ones somewhere.

The holy reunion! air, who can decry,

The wisdom and trust of the Allseeing Eye.

The sadness and parting only were given

To brighten the joy of this day in heaven.

A VALUABLE RESIDENCE IN HARTFORD FOR SALE

A lot of six acres of ground with a two-story frame residence, containing seven rooms, a hall, back porch and two-story portico in front, good cellar, good well of water which never fails, a milk-house, a hen-house, a cow-house, buggy-house, stable, corn crib, lasting water in lot, a nice garden, nice orchard, and in fact, everything in perfect order. It is the place now occupied by W. C. Chapman. It will be sold on reasonable terms. This is a chance for the most desirable home in Hartford. For further particulars, call at this office.

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KING’S

Livery, Sale and Feed Stable

Hartford, Ky.

Good horses and buggies, for hire or sale.

Special attention given to horses left at the stable.

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A portion of the County Directory is given below: Justice’s Courts

Fordsville

R. P. Withers, Mar. & June 1, Sept 1, Dec. 1

James Miller, “ & “ 3, Sept 3, Dec 3

Buford

P. D. Taylor, Mar 11, Jun 8, Sept 7, Dec. 7

J. D. Holbrook, Mar 11,Jun 10, Sep 9, Dec 9

Hartford

A B Bennett, Mar 23; Jun 22; Sep21:Dec 21

J. D. Byers, Mar 22, Jun 21, Sep 20, Dec 20

Rockport

A N Brown, Mar 23; Jun 22; Sep21:Dec 21

W. L. Howe,Mar 25; Jun 24; Sep 23, Dec 23

Rosine

Wm Cannon, Mar 15;Jun14; Sep 13, Dec 13

J. D. Miller, Mar 17; Jun 16; Sep 15; Dec 15

Cromwell

K O. Porter, Mar 18; Jun 17; Sep 16, Dec 16

Melvin Taylor,Mar19;Jun17; Sep17, Dec 17

Kentucky is the seventh State in point of population, and the second of the Southern States.

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A Lodge of the Knights of Honor, also of Good Templars, have been organized in South Carrollton recently.

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John P. Barrett, senior editor of this paper, was qualified as Master Commissioner, Receiver and Examiner of Ohio County Circuit Court last Saturday.

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Mr. A. H. Stephens, Ex-Vice President of the Southern Confederacy, who by the way is one of the most liberal, intelligent, Southern politicians, gives a true picture of the South, which is published in this issue.

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Friday was for a long time called hangman’s day, but recently the hangmen have given poor Friday a rest. There were five executions in this country by hanging last Thursday.

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THE HARTFORD HERALD

Lycurgus Barrett, Local Editor

Wednesday, January 19, 1881

-- Francis M. Berry, of Butler county, a soldier of the war of 1812, died on the 11th inst., aged 90 years.

-- The mania for suicide is increasing. S. B. Vance, Jr., a son of Judge Vance, formerly of Henderson, now of Evansville, committed suicide last Friday in Mount Vernon, Ind. A full account taken from the Courier-Journal will be found elsewhere.

-- A colored man named Dennis Campbell, living in Marion County, died last week, aged over 100 years. Strange to say, he was not a servant of George Washington and what is worse and more wonderful, never even saw him. He, however, remembered many incidents connected with the Revolutionary War.

ROSINE RUMORS

Editor Herald:

If you will allow the space in the columns of your excellent paper, I will endeavor to give you a few items that will probably be read by some few of your readers.

It is not my intention to worry anybody with a lot of nonsense, but simply to give them a few fixed facts.

Prof. W. B. Hayward, one of the best teachers in the State of Kentucky, paid us a visit last Tuesday, the 11th inst., and at night delivered a lecture on Education, which was highly appreciated by all who heard him, hogs included. We do not deem it at all necessary to explain the “hog” business, as all those who were present will understand it. God knows that is enough. Come again, professor, we will remedy the hog pen.

We are sorry to chronicle the sad misfortune that happened to Mr. Had Raly who lives about two miles North of this place, caused by a runaway team. It seems that Mr. R. was hauling corn when his horses became frightened and started for parts unknown, and did not seem to be particular whether they selected a good road for their journey or not, for, in contact with a huge stump which completely upset the whole company. Mr. R. experienced some four or five severe cuts about the head and face, which we fear will keep him confined to his room the remainder of the winter.

Born to the wife of Henry A. Miller, Jan 12, 1881, a son, weight 13-1/4 pounds. The neighbors call him James Popham, after the soap agent.

Miss Lillie Paxton, a daughter of Pres. Paxton, Cromwell, Ky., returned to her home yesterday morning, after a two week visit among friends and relatives in this place. Miss Lillie, is a beautiful and accomplished young lady, and takes with her the kindest wishes of all her

acquaintenances.

Business is looking up. Mr. John Myers, the most popular bridge man on the P. & E. Railroad, is here with ten or twelve men for the purpose of rebuilding the two bridges near this place. Mr. Myers thinks he will be here about five months, so you see that will certainly be a great help to our little town, as the R. R. Company alone will pay out something near one thousand dollars a month right on our platform; and of course, it will pay these men to buy their goods here, as Mr. M. S. Ragland has the largest and best selected stock of goods ever brought to this country. Yours, etc. M.

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W. H. Murrell of Beaver Dam has been added as an agent for the HERALD

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From Another

ROSINE

Editor Herald:

Our little village, though yet in its infancy, is destined at no distant day to become one of the leading cities of Western Kentucky, for, we have inexhaustible beds of coal, while our forests abound with the finest timber. Our soil is equal to any for farming purposes and we have the finest and best water, consequently the health of this section is not surpassed by any. Capitalists who are looking for locations would do well to visit our little town before locating anywhere.

Rosine is situated on the P. & E. Railroad, 100 miles from the great metropolis of the State, Louisville. It will be remembered that but nine years ago, the present site of our town was a luxuriant field of corn, but now we are awakened by the shrill whistle of one of the best steam flouring mills in the State.

We also have five dry good stores, two drug stores, two tobacco factories, two blacksmith shops, one hotel and bar room, all seem to be doing a good business. But that is not all. While Hartford can boast of her fine College and High School, we can boast of having one of the finest Common Schools in the county, under supervision of Prof. D. M. Hocker, whose qualities and qualifications as teacher are seldom equaled.

Yours,

PostMaster.

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PERSONALS

-- Mr. James A. Rowe has the mumps.

-- Jimmie Phillips, son of our ex-sheriff, C. W. Phillips, is quite sick with fever.

-- Mr. G. W. Bunger, former deputy sheriff, has been quite sick for a few days past.

-- Mr. Wm. Mosely, of McLean county, is a visitor at the examination this week. He is the guest of Judge Mosley.

-- Mr. Samuel A. Asher, of Masonville, has accepted a position in the wood and wagon shop of Dan F. Tracy.

-- Misses Nannie Whittaker and Mollie Hayden, who have been quite ill for a week or more, are, we are glad to note, improving.

-- Miss Ferguson, of South Carrollton, is attending the examination at Hartford College this week. She is the guest of Mr. R. P. Rowe and family.

-- Try that 20 cent coffee at Magan’s, Buford, Ky.

-- Split peas and dried sugar corn at the Red Front.

-- Rev. G. J. Bean preached Sunday and Sunday night at this place.

-- The ice has broken up in Green River . The steamer made his regular trip down last Saturday night.

-- A little son of Mr. W. A. Grant, living near Pattiesville, in this county, died of brain fever, Tuesday, Jan. 12.

-- We learn from private sources that measles is prevalent in the neighborhood of Pattiesville, in this county.

-- A two-year old child of Buck McCoy, living at Seeley mines, caught fire from the stove last week and was so badly burned that it died in a few hours.

-- When you go to Calhoun do not fail to visit the tonsorial establishment of Elisha Young. He will shave you, shampoo you, or cut your hair in first-class order.

-- A protracted meeting began at the No Creek M.E. Church, South, last Saturday, conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. S. McDaniel, of the C. P. Church. There had been three conversions up to last Saturday.

-- The protracted meeting at Rockport, conducted by Revs. W. W. Williams, F. M. Sharp, J. T. Casebier and James Henry, closed last Friday with eight professions, sixteen approved for baptism and three accessions by letter.

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Going to Church

Some go to church just for a walk.

Some go there to laugh and talk.

Some go there for observation,

Some go there for speculation.

Some go there to meet a friend.

Some go there, their time to spend.

Some, the motive ne’er discover.

Some go there to meet a lover.

Some go there to sleep and nod.

A few go there to worship God.

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Arm Broken.

Mr. J. L. Collins, of this place, while walking Monday morning near his residence, slipped and fell, breaking his arm both above and below the elbow, and dislocating the elbow joint. This will make a quite painful wound, and probably a crippled arm for life. We hope that Mr. Collins will soon recover, as he is quite an energetic citizen.

A Fatal Accident at Earlington

A railroad employee, named George Kentzler, met with a fatal mishap at Earlington, Saturday night. He attempted to get on an engine that was backing at the time, missed his footing, fell under the engine and was horribly mangled, dying in about an hour and a half after receiving his injuries. Kentzler was an unmarried man, and quite popular with his fellow workmen. His home was somewhere in Indiana. Madisonville Times.

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“Small Favors Thankfully Received.”

No doubt my friend, Sutton, took this view when he announced in last week’s issue that myself and Carson only charged 5 cents per bucket for carrying coal. Now, this is not true, except in some instances where persons are not able to do their own chores, and our object is not so much for money as for the sake of charity. It is true that we did carry some coal for our friend, Herbert Kinsolving, at 5 cents per bucket, but as to carrying coal for an able-bodied man at any such price I would beg to be excused. Hoping I will not be further troubled, I am respectfully. Howey

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Marriage Licenses.

Wm. Crask and Melvina Crask; Sylvester Greer and Hattie Maddox; Orien T. Duke and Sarah J. Acton; Richard McDowell and E. C. Cooper; Edward Peyton and Martha Bratcher; Riley McKinley and Alice Ward.

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Obituary.

Dedicated to the Parents of the Deceased by George C. Wedding.

Died, on the 14th of January, 1881, in Hartford, Ky., Jennie, infant daughter of Prof. Alexander. (Because of its length, not all of this is printed here, compiler).

In memory of Jennie Wayland Alexander. Died, in Hartford, Jan. 14, 1881, aged 5 months. Jennie was a lovely little bright-eyed baby - but a bud not left to blossom on this earth.

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HARTFORD COLLEGE

Report of those students receiving the highest standing for the month ending December 24, 1980.

Names:

J. W. Bishop, Alva Karnes, W. P. Roll, C. R. Robertson, S. T. Burns, Dora Gibson, Bertha Gibson, Lucy Townsend, Emma Wilhite, Maimee Anderson, Hayden Berryman, Josie Duke, F. L. Felix, Anna Griffin, J. W. Hocker, W. B. Miller, S. P. Render, A. V. Thompson, Mary Woerner, Lula Walker, Maggie Craig, J. A. Smith, H. M. Eskridge, W. N. Bailey, G. W. Short, W. M. Alexander, Lilla Baird, Maggie Klug, J. J. McHenry, Alberta Murray, Etta Montague, Cora Ross, Mary Trible, Eddie Moore, Willie Iler, Jennie Berryman, Ernest Anderson, Antha Smith, Ida Smith, Charles Hardwick, Henry Taylor, J. M. Westerfield, Lida Dix, Ambrose Mercer, V. G. Barnett, W. J. Jones, and L. M. James.

Intermediate Department.

Kate Anderson, Vannette Barrett, Laura Chapeze, Effie Hill, Lulu King, Lizzie Moore, Mamie Morris, Tulsa Pendleton, Mary Render, Lonnie Render, and Hester Carter.

Primary Department

Maud Anderson, Eddie Berry, Ruth Combs, Verda Duke, Edgar Hurt, Pauline Hubbard, Lizzie Hill, Georgie Klein, Sallie Klein, Eugenia Klein, Jessie Moseley, Lem McHenry, Laura Render, Mattie Sanderfur, Stella Thomas, and Willie Taylor.

--W. Alexander, Principal

ROCKPORT RUMORS

January 15, 1881

Editor Herald:

J. H. Kimmel, our new deputy sheriff, left Rockport this morning in company with Henry Rowe, who goes to attend the Castle Sullenger Institute.

A young man named Curtis, but commonly called “Smart Aleck,” was tried by the criminal court of this city today, charged with disturbing public worship. He pays $20 and costs for his fun. He says he guesses he will not tie any more strings to the young ladies hats while they are kneeling in prayer.

The citizens of Airdrie and Paradise are emigrating fast to Rockport. The following persons have moved in the last week: Rumsey Roll, I. J. Roll, E. P. James, and B. F. Curtley started with his household goods and chattels on a boat Thursday evening and was frozen up in the ice. His boat sank during the night. He lost one trunk filed with fine clothing. His goods are damaged to some extent by getting wet, making them very disagreeable to handle this sort of weather. If anyone else wants to come to Rockport, they will have to wait till the ice gets thicker, put their ranch on skates and bring it along with them, as there is not another vacant shanty in Rockport.

T. Payne Faught, of Pleasant Valley, this county, took passage on the South bound train at this point last Tuesday en route to Arkansas. -- No Six.

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White Burley Tobacco Seed for Sale.

Grown by one of the best farmers in the Burley District... --- John C. Riley

McHENRY MUSINGS.

McHenry, January 15, 1881.

Editor Herald.

As H.B.T and D.R. have abandoned your correspondent corps, I concluded I would attempt the role of newspaper correspondent, or rather enter as a substitute until a better can be had.

McHenry, I am bound to admit, hasn’t such a future as Millwood, but it is at present one of the liveliest towns in this portion of the Green River country. McHenry was the first in the Green River country to connect the different business departments of the town by telephone, and herself with neighboring towns by the same mean, for the purpose of facilitating business transactions.

The McHenry Coal Co., and the Rockport & McHenry Coal Co., the latter company operating one-half mile east of Rockport, are connected by telephone and the line extended to Hartford, via Beaver Dam, so that Mr. McHenry, the President, living at Hartford, can keep himself as conversant with the details of business of both mines as he could if present.

Mr. W. G. Duncan, Superintendent, has a line from his office to the depot; also, from his office to his residence, so Mrs. Superintendant can know at 11 o’clock what the boss’ appetite craves for his dinner. Dr. Taylor has in contemplation the erection of a line from his residence to the Company drug store.

Besides these evidences of thrift and enterprise the moral and social status of our town can’t be excelled. This is evidenced by the absence of bar rooms, and by the existence of two church organizations, Methodist Episcopal and Presbyterian, with stated monthly services, a good Sunday school of six years’ standing, with an attendance averaging something near a hundred the year round. Lodge in Kentucky received its charter sixteen years ago, when W. J. Berry was Grand Worthy Chief Templar, and John P. Barrett, Grand Secretary. Also, a Lodge of Odd Fellows is in a healthy condition.

The McHenry Coal Company conducts a general merchandising business, also a drug store. The former department is attended by Uncle Dan (everybody knows who Uncle Dan is) and James Taylor: the latter by D. S. Duncan, manufacturer, proprietor and patentee of Duncan’s Champion Cough Syrup. Every bit of goods handled in their store is of the best brands. No effort is made to compel their employees to purchase their goods at the company store, which is so often the case when a business has so much the form of a monopoly, but they depend like other merchants upon the reliability of their goods and competition in prices.

Mr. Burton is the lightning manipulator; his efficiency in that department is attested by his having occupied that position for more than three years.

We have a good school kept in operation ten months of the year by Prof. H. B. Taylor. You will see that the Professor stands well with us as an educator when I tell you that his is his sixth season.

The Methodist brothers have a quarterly meeting in progress at this writing, with some fine preaching talent present.

A son of John Hocker, living near this place was thrown from a sled last Saturday while coasting. Result, a severe cut across the forehead, laying the parts open to the skull. Dr. Taylor was called to attend the case. He reports the wound painful, but not dangerous.

A little child of W. C. Webb, living at this place, died Sunday at 8 o’clock in the morning.

A daughter of Mr. Bushman, living at Hamilton, has been quite sick with typho-malarial fever, but is on the mend.

--- Correspondent.

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Mr. Thos. C. Glenn of Kuttawa, and Miss Lillian Huggans, of Eddyville, were married last Thursday in the Methodist Church at Eddyville by Rev. Mr. Pate.

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Madame Rumor contemplates several weddings shortly. We hope to be remembered with a piece of cake. We wish something in that order would occur to destroy the monotony of things.

--- Superb.

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Particular Notice

All persons indebted to the undersigned, either by note or account, are hereby notified to come forward by the 15th of February, 1881, and settle the same and save costs. Respectfully, John D. Holbrook.

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PADUCAH & ELIZABETHTOWN R.R.

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In effect Jan. 10th, 1881

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Trains Bound West

Leave Louisville.............................6:00 a.m.

“ Elizabethtown......................8:10 a.m.

Arrive Beaver Dam.......................11:23 a.m.

“ Paducah.............................5:30 p.m.

“ Hopkinsville......................3:15 p.m.

“ Nashville............................7:15 p.m.

“ Henderson..........................4:10 p.m

“ Owensboro.........................6:30 p.m.

“ Nortonville.........................1:30 p.m.

“ Madisonville......................2:15 p.m.

“ Evansville..........................6:10 p.m.

“ Princeton............................3:27 p.m.

“ Mayfield............................6:25 p.m.

“ Fulton.................................7:30 p.m.

“ Rives, Tenn........................8:35 p.m.

“ Troy, Tenn.........................8:59 p.m.

“ Cairo, Ill.............................2:00 p.m.

“ Metropolis, Ill..................10:00 a.m.

Trains Bound East

Leave Beaver Dam.......................4:25 p.m.

Arrive Elizabethtown....................7:50 p.m.

“ Louisville........................10:05 p.m.

“ Cincinatti.........................10:00 a.m.

Close connections made with connecting railroads at Nashville, Nortonville and Paducah. B. F. Blue, Passenger Ag’t. J. M. Doom, Agent, Beaver Dam

Mexican Veterans

Fellow Commrades: -- We have the pleasure of announcing the annual session of the National Association Veterans of the Mexican War will be held in Louisville, February 22, 1881. A committee, located in Louisville, has been appointed to make arrangements for the meeting. After consideration, the National Committee respectfully call on each veteran in the State to contribute has he is able toward the entertainment of our brothers from abroad. We desire to maintain Kentucky’s well-deserved name for hospitality, and while we are satisfied Louisville will do its duty, we do not feel it would be right to throw the entire burden on her citizens, therefore, we appeal to you for assistance. Send your contributions to Major J. H. Huber, Treasurer, Louisville, Ky., as soon as possible, that arrangements may be made accordingly.

Respectfully,

Thos. H. Taylor, Ch.,

Thos. Campbell,

Green Clay Smith

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HEAD LIGHT OIL

This is the name of a brand of coal oil just received at Thomas & Kimbley’s. This oil is 175 degrees test and can be relied on as genuine. The town has been flooded with mean coal oil for sometime past and it is to be hoped that this oil will give satisfaction. Try it and see.

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Note: No attempt was made to correct incorrectly spelled words because it might destroy what I think was the “flavor of the times.”

I used all kinds of articles and notices just to let folks know what is there for the family historians to use from old newspapers – with the thought in mind that some of it would make nice background material for family stories and books. jb

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Marriage Licenses December 26, 1919

THE HARTFORD REPUBLICAN

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1919

LICENSED TO WED SINCE LAST REPORT

Everet Porter, McHenry R. 1, to Gussie Brown, McHenry R. 1.

John H. Stewart, Select to Ida Luck, Beech Grove.

J. W. White, Whitesville R. 2, to Lois Baker, Beaver Dam, R. 2.

Willie Allen, Horse Branch, to Artie Hazlelip, Rosine.

Ira Bartlett, Reynolds Station, to Agnes Evans, Fordsville.

Marion W. Bell, Centertown R. 1, to Nola G. Tichenor, Centertown R. 1.

V. B. Whittaker, Beaver Dam, to Geneva Leach, Beaver Dam.

Charlie Burton, Hartford, to Eva Mai Decher, Echols.

James Chester Tomes, Hartford to Lillian Stone, Hartford.

Bert Goodwine, Horse Branch, to Rena Martin, Horse Branch.

E. C. Craig, White Run to Pearl A. Keown, White Run.

Willard Baughn, Narrows R. 2, to Kathleen Keith, Hartford, R. 6.

Claud Weedman, Caneyville, to Lorine Davis, Renfrow.

John Ward, McHenry, to Bulah Walker, Huntsville, Ky.

John Willis, Hartford, to Lorine York, Hartford.

Lewellen Francis, Simmons, to Rosa Bell Young, Simmons.

Anderson Bratcher, Horse Branch, to Vergie Young, Horse Branch.

Sirgurl Gillstrap, Select to Ruthie Baize, Select.

Harrison Goodman, Hartford to Pearlie Hamilton, Hartford.

Clyde Keown, Hartford R. 6, to Eva Nevitt, Hartford, R. 6.

John Phelps, Morgantown, to Alvia Phelps, Cromwell.

Hebert Huff, Reynolds Station, to Amby Craig, Fordsville.

Clayborne Pirtle, Beaver Dam, to Effie Taylor, Beaver Dam.

Virgil H. Jordan, Leavenworth, Ind., to Ella Young, Horse Branch.

Note: I used the spelling from the newspaper, which is often inaccurate. Also, keep in mind that many people used their nicknames when applying for a marriage license.

Monday, October 1, 2012

THE TIGER HEAD LAP ROBE

A Memory of a Little Boy Growing Up in Ohio County, Kentucky

(Gilbert Cox)

THE TIGER HEAD LAP ROBE

This is a story for the children. One time when my parents came to visit us, our daughter Amy had a new red plastic cat clock on her wall that her dad had bought for her. It was called a “novelty” clock and it was shaped like a cat, with big eyes that moved back and forth, and its tail swung in unison from side to side. The ears, face, and tail were outlined in large fake diamond-like jewels that sparkled brilliantly. When my dad, (Gilbert Cox) saw it, he said he thought immediately of the tiger head lap robe that his Grandpa Smith used to have at his house when they went to visit family in Ohio County about 1917. My dad was Gilbert Cox. His grandparents were James Thomas Smith and his wife, Sarah (Sanders), who lived near Select.

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Grandpa and Grandma Smith used this lap robe when they went riding in their buggy to keep their legs warm. My source is an audio oral history tape, and this story is written from my father’s own words:

“When I was a little boy…I wasn’t very big…I slept on a straw mattress near the fire place at Grandpa Smith’s house when we would go to visit. They had a fire place twice as big as yours (our fireplace opening is about 36 inches). It took two men to carry the back log in. When they got up of a morning, they put a back log on – about this big around (measuring with his hands) – and shoved it in there. It was called the back log. They rolled it plumb to the back, too, and then all the fire was built in front of the back log. That log would be in there when you went to bed at night. Sometimes it would be burnt nearly in two, but most of the time, it still wouldn’t be, and that’s when they banked the ashes all up against the back log.

“But they had a lap rug made out of a tiger skin, see, and it had a tiger head on it with big white teeth and glass eyes that they used for a lap robe in the buggy. Well, it was a great big old room with high ceilings, and I slept on a straw mattress in there by myself. You could just crawl in that straw bed and mash it down and burrow down in it, you know. I don’t know what it is about a straw bed, but it would keep popping and crackling. There was always a mouse or two making little noises in the wood box. And the firelight would make shadows dance around on the walls. I would lay there and look at that old tiger head over there and then the fire would fall down a little bit, and it would make those old eyes sparkle and flash and nearly scare me to death.

“Because, of course, I had heard my grandpa and uncles and their friends telling about all kinds of animals they had hunted in the woods back then – panthers and bob cat stories. Some of them might have been so. But that fire would fall down and them old eyes would sparkle and gleam like Amy’s clock in there, and I would sink down in that straw mattress just as far as I could get!”

(Dad’s straw mattress was kind of the equivalent of the sleeping bags our kids use today when they go to visit.)

~ by Janice Cox Brown, Tyler, TX

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Korean War Remembrance

Please let me know if I have left anyone off the following list.

CPL HAYWARD C BALL

23RD INFANTRY REGIMENT

2ND INFANTRY DIVISION

ARMY

HOSTILE, DIED (KIA)

DATE OF LOSS: SEPTEMBER 25, 1951

SERVICE NUMBER: US52018656

BORN: MARCH 20, 1928

HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

OHIO COUNTY, KY

LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: HEARTBREAK RIDGE

BURIAL LOCATION

WEST PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CEMETERY, OHIO COUNTY, KY

Comments: Corporal Ball was a member of the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on September 25, 1951. Entered service Tazewell County, Illinois.

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PFC KENNETH LEE BEASLEY

1ST MARINE REGIMENT

D CO 2 BN

1ST MARINE DIVISION

MARINES

HOSTILE, DIED (KIA)

DATE OF LOSS: APRIL 6, 1953

SERVICE NUMBER: 12288189

BORN: MARCH 18, 1932

HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

FORDSVILLE, KY

LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: WESTERN OUTPOSTS

HILL OR OUTPOST: HILL 90

BURIAL LOCATION

OAK RIDGE CEMETERY, BUTLER COUNTY, KY

Comments: Private First Class Beasley was a member of Company D, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in Korea on April 6, 1953. Ambush near Hill 90 of patrol from COP-2.

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PVT ERNEST EVERETT EDGE

23RD INFANTRY REGIMENT

2ND INFANTRY DIVISION

ARMY

HOSTILE, DIED (KIA)

DATE OF LOSS: MAY 18, 1951

SERVICE NUMBER: US52018518

BORN: OCTOBER 25, 1927

HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

FORDSVILLE, KY

LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: CHAUN-NI

BURIAL LOCATION

ZACHARY TAYLOR NATIONAL CEMETERY

Comments: Private Edge was a member of the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on May 18, 1951.

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SFC JAMES WOODBURN MADDOX

BRONZE STAR

31ST INFANTRY REGIMENT

M CO 3 BN

7TH INFANTRY DIVISION

ARMY

HOSTILE, DIED WHILE CAPTURED (POW)

REMAINS NOT RECOVERED

DATE OF LOSS: DECEMBER 2, 1950

SERVICE NUMBER: RA15046510

BORN: MARCH 30, 1919

HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

ROCKPORT, KY

LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: CHOSIN RESERVOIR

TOWN OR AREA: EASTERN SHORE

Comments: Sergeant First Class Maddox was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. On December 2, 1950, as his unit pushed south towards Hagaru-ri, North Korea, he was taken Prisoner of War, marched to Reksil Li and died on December 20, 1950 of exhaustion and pneumonia. His remains were not recovered.

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CPL ARDELL NATION NEAL

8TH CAVALRY REGIMENT

G CO 2 BN

1ST CAVALRY DIVISION

ARMY

HOSTILE, DIED WHILE MISSING (MIA)

REMAINS NOT RECOVERED

DATE OF LOSS: NOVEMBER 1, 1950

SERVICE NUMBER: RA35982879

BORN: DECEMBER 16, 1926

HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

OHIO COUNTY, KY

LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: UNSAN

Comments: Corporal Neal was a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy near Unsan, North Korea on November 1, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.

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PFC FORREST JOSEPH THOMASSON

7TH INFANTRY REGIMENT

C CO 1 BN

3RD INFANTRY DIVISION

ARMY

HOSTILE, DIED (KIA)

REMAINS NOT RECOVERED

DATE OF LOSS: DECEMBER 12, 1950

SERVICE NUMBER: RA35722098

BORN: MAY 25, 1920

HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

OHIO COUNTY, KY

Comments: Private First Class Thomasson was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on December 12, 1950. His remains were not recovered.

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PVT EARL T WILSON

21ST INFANTRY REGIMENT

I CO 3 BN

24TH INFANTRY DIVISION

ARMY

HOSTILE, DIED WHILE CAPTURED (POW)

DATE OF LOSS: JULY 12, 1950

SERVICE NUMBER: RA35013028

YEAR OF BIRTH: 1918

HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

CROMWELL, KY

LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: CHOCHIWON

Comments: Private Wilson was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Chochiwon, South Korea on July 12, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on April 30, 1951.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Ohio County Poor Farm Cemetery

Ohio County Poor Farm Cemetery

There is an untold story about the Ohio County Poor Farm Cemetery. I regret

that I cannot find the facts as to what actually happened to this cemetery.

We have documents that prove Ohio County had a “Poor Farm” (sometimes

called a “Poor House” or “County Home”), and these documents include census

records and death certificates indicating burial in the Poor Farm Cemetery. According

to the 1920 census the Poor Farm was located in the East Hartford precinct. The

county also had people employed as administrators of the Poor Farm and its’ cemetery.

The 1920 census shows Charley Smith, age 42, as the “county farm manager.”

Additionally, a book was published for the City of Hartford 1808-2008 Bicentennial

that includes a researched list of the known burials at the Poor Farm (see below). It

appears certain that Ohio County owned and operated a Poor Farm and that there

was a cemetery at the Poor Farm. Neighboring Daviess County also had a Poor Farm

Cemetery as this was a common practice in the 1800’s and early 1900’s in Kentucky.[1]

Apparently the Ohio County Poor Farm ended its’ activities in the early 1960’s

but I have not found any documents to explain how or when it ended. I assume there

would be minutes of the Ohio County Fiscal Court or the County Executive that could

answer these questions, but I do not have access to these documents.

I am told that the existing County Club golf course is located where the Poor Farm

and the Poor Farm Cemetery was located (it was recently announced that the County is

purchasing the golf course from its’ current owner for $350,000 which means the county

is purchasing property it once owned). Although I do not have any personal knowledge of

the following, it has been suggested to me that the golf course and some of the buildings

associated with the Country Club were built on the Poor Farm property without removing

and relocating the Poor Farm graves. As most of you know, the Country Club is located

east of Highway 69 and on the north side of Country Club Road.

If these graves were not properly removed according to the procedures set forth in

Kentucky statutes, then that is a travesty and an injustice to those individuals and their

families. I hope that some day we will know the full facts about what happened to this

cemetery. If anyone reading this has any knowledge about this cemetery, please contact me.

I found a 1907 map of Ohio County that shows a “County House” located east of

Hartford in approximately the location of the Ohio County Country Club. I assume that

this was the Poor Farm. This 1907 map is shown below:

Compare the above map to the Country Club golf course, which is marked with a red X in the map below.

The Ohio County Poor Farm was in existence from at least 1880 to 1963. The cemetery no longer exists.

Here is a list of the known individuals buried in the Ohio County Poor Farm Cemetery:

NAME DATE OF BIRTH (if known) and DATE OF BURIAL

Elizabeth Ashcraft January 25, 1901

Marion Bailey May 18, 1929 (Death certificate)

Hannah Brown September 7, 1914 (Death certificate)

Marion Burgess May, 1889 (Hartford Herald)

W N Burgess June 9, 1856-August 1, 1912 (Death certificate)

Elizabeth Carter November, 1826-November 13, 1893

(Moved to Oakwood April, 1894. Served in Civil War, Hartford Herald)

Dave Chinn May 19, 1888

Newton Chinn 1846-February 21, 1914 (Death certificate)

George Clark January 24, 1940 (Death certificate)

Ann Cochran 1844-July 2, 1911 (Death certificate)

Joe Conner 1854-February 12, 1914 (Death certificate)

E W Davis June, 1892 (Hartford Herald)

Clifton Duggins June 23, 1917-July 31, 1917 (Death certificate)

Ike Duncan January 23, 1928-January 28, 1928 (Death certificate)

Harden Duvall August 23, 1931 (Death certificate)

James Early Civil War veteran

Lillian Hunt Eskridge December 15, 1915 (Death certificate)

Elizabeth Evans March 6, 1918 (Death certificate)

Thomas Faught February 13, 1937 (Ohio County News)

William Faught May 8, 1919 (Death certificate)

Rachel Gilstrap February 23, 1917 (Death certificate)

Susan Hardin August 14, 1917 (Death certificate)

Andrew Jackson Hardin 1863-February 25, 1910 (Hartford Herald)

Owen Harris September 7, 1888

Lafe Hicks June 30, 1930 (Death certificate)

S W Hodges 1847-November 30, 1912 (Death certificate)

Squire Hodges 1870-February 28, 1914 (Death certificate)

Fanny Johnson 1896-March 14, 1914 (Death certificate)

Henry Johnson June 18, 1929 (Death certificate)

Johnny Johnson February 6, 1939 (Death certificate)

Letha Johnson February 26, 1933 (Death certificate)

Lillian Johnson December 1, 1913-January 23, 1914 (Death certificate)

Ollie Johnson 1882-April 15, 1930 (Death certificate)

Mary Kay March 7, 1951 (Death certificate)

Ben Kaysinger 1830-February 19, 1914 (Death certificate)

George Kenedy November 26, 1923 (Death certificate)

Isaac Kinder June 9, 1921 (Death certificate)

Hardin Kuykendall October 20, 1919 (Death certificate)

Alfred Allen Leisure September 7, 1917 (Death certificate)

William Lewis November 28, 1938 (Death certificate)

Janey Loney June 1950 (Ohio County News)

Female Long August 28, 1901-August 29, 1901 (Ohio County Herald)

John Lynch August 24, 1856-September 5, 1925 (Death certificate)

Julia Lynch March 3, 1925 (Death certificate)

Julia Ann Martin November 29, 1917 (Death certificate)

Peter Martin 1831-July 26, 1911 (Death certificate)

Jessie Mathews June 16, 1904-March 2, 1920 (Death certificate)

Isom Matlock June 12, 1928 (Death certificate)(Civil War)

Winston Mauzy 1859-November 18, 1912 (Death certificate)

Tobe Midkiff January 10, 1848-July 24, 1935 (Death certificate)

C Walter Miller September 5, 1892 (Hartford Herald)

Infant stillbirth Moore April 22, 1922-April 22, 1922 (Death certificate)

Nannie Morgan February 25, 1936 (Death certificate)

S Morgan January 9, 1888

William Neitman August 15, 1882 (Hartford Herald)

Professor R D Newton 1868-April 1, 1928 (Death certificate)

W M P Paris 1853-August 3, 1918 (Hartford Republican)

Jim Bob Powers February 20, 1934 (Death certificate)

Redmon (Redivan) Prior May 9, 1922 (Death certificate)

Arvin (Aaron) Lee Pryor March 13, 1921-March 20, 1921 (Death certificate)

George Robinson March 16, 1857-April 8, 1936 (Death certificate)

James Royal April 12, 1886 (Hartford Herald)

Dave Sanders November 26, 1916 (Death certificate)

Frank Shrader August 6, 1869-October 17, 1938

Harry Smith 1890-October 25, 1912 (Death certificate)

Thomas Jefferson Stevens January 5, 1911 (Death certificate)

Ben Taylor April 9, 1888

James Tooley August 6, 1938 (Death certificate)

Amanda Tichenor February 1867-June 17, 1936 (Death certificate)

Henry Whitehouse May, 1935 (Ohio County News)

Malissa Wilson March 2, 1912 (Death certificate)

Virge Wise July 7, 1920 (Death certificate)

Miss Matt Woodward April 4, 1920 (Death certificate)

Thomas Wright April 13, 1924 (Death certificate)

Also:

Black railroad laborer, Mr. Flax, died 6-2-1907 killed at Centertown. Buried at “almshouse cemetery” in Hartford (Daviess County Historical Quarterly, Volume 11-12).

Unknown infant died 1924 (Death certificate).

Unknown male murdered on ICRR tracks died April 10, 1936.

Lena Gary died there December 3, 1900.

[1] Wikipedia: Poor farms were county or town-run residences where paupers (mainly elderly and disabled people) were supported at public expense. They were common in the United States beginning in the middle of the 19th century and declined in use after the Social Security Act took effect in 1935 with most disappearing completely by about 1950.

Most were working farms that produced at least some of the produce, grain, and livestock they consumed. Residents were expected to provide labor to the extent that their health would allow, both in the fields and in providing housekeeping and care for other residents. Rules were strict and accommodations minimal.

Poor farms were the origin of the U.S. tradition of county governments (rather than cities, townships, or state or federal governments) providing social services for the needy within their borders; the federal government did not participate in social welfare for over 70 years following the 1854 veto of the Bill for the Benefit of the Indigent Insane by Franklin Pierce. This tradition has continued and is in most cases codified in state law, although the financial costs of such care have been shifted in part to state and federal governments.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Grand Jury for May Term, Ohio Circuit Court, 1895.

From: Library of Congress, National Endowment for the Humanities, Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers

The Hartford Herald Newspaper,

June 5, 1895, page 2

Grand Jury for May Term, Ohio Circuit Court, 1895.

Thomas A. Stewart, foreman, born in Ohio county, Ky., October 25, 1840, married Nancy Chapman in 1867, member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church, served as Deputy Sheriff under T. J. Smith and as Magistrate one term Was a private in Gen. N. B. Forest's command in the Confederate Army, a Democrat; has 3 children; a farmer and lives near Beaver Dam, Ky.

Elijah Miller, born in Ohio county, Ky., February, 6, 1834, member of the Methodist Church, South, married Elvira Barrett, of Ohio county, Ky., in 1855, had born to him 10 children, 5 of whom are dead, is a Democrat, occupation, farming; post office is Hartford, Ky.

Isaac M. Gidcomb, born in Butler county, Ky., July, 5, 1837, moved to Ohio county in 1882, married Jane Bowers, of Warren county, in 1859, has 12 children, 4 of whom are dead, member of the Concord Baptist Church, is a Democrat, occupation, a farmer; post office is Sulphur Springs.

Alfred T. Brown, born in Ohio county, Ky.. April 16, 1837, married S. C. Maddox, of Ohio county, in July 1858, has 9 children, 2 of whom are dead, deacon of Providence Baptist Church, is a Democrat and a farmer, post office is Rockport, Ky.

Phillip R. Robertson. Sheriff, born in Ohio county. Ky., May 28, 1838, married Bettie Wade, of Ohio county, Ky., September 14, 1865, has 10 children, 5 of whom are dead, is a People's party man and farmer, post office is Echols,Ky.

Francis M. Hoover, born in Ohio county, Ky., Feb. 9, 1850, married Georgia A. Warden, of Ohio county, in 1882, a Democrat and merchant, post office is Buford, Ky.

Geo. W. Hines, born in Butler county, Ky., Feb. 12, 1853, moved to Ohio county in 1863, married Virginia Bell, of Ohio county, Oct. 11, 1878, has five children, 1 of whom is dead, is a Democrat and a farmer, post office is Sulphur Springs, Ky.

John R.. Henry, born in Franklin county, Ky., July 19, 1839, moved to Spencer county when 18 months old and to Ohio county in October, 1857, married Tabitha Henry, Jan. 10, 1860, has 9 children, two of whom are dead, member of Christian church, People's party man and a farmer.

Eugene G. Kirby, born in Ohio county, Ky., September 20, 1864, married Ida Aston, Dec. 5, 1889, has 2 children, is a member of Mt. Vernon Methodist church, South, is a Democrat and a farmer, post office is Sulphur Springs.

Remus C. Hunter, born in Ohio Ky., March 2, 1862, married Sadie Engler, of Ohio county, in Augnst,1882, and Edna Riley, of Muhlenberg county April 23, 1895, has 3 children, two of whom are dead, is a Democrat and a farmer, post office is McHenry, Ky.

James B. York, born in Ohio county, Ky., July 14, 1860, married M. T. Acton in 1881, has 6 children, 1 of whom is dead, is a Republican and a farmer, post office is Rosine.

Lycurgus Reid, Clerk, born in Ohio county, Ky., November 11, 1842, served as a private in Co. C., 9th Ky. Vol., Lewis Orphan Brigade, Confederate Army, married Cally Nash, of Muhlenberg county, May 1, 1878, has 6 children, 1 of whom is dead, is a Democrat and a mechanic, post office is Rockport, Ky.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Revolutionary Soldiers Who Settled in Ohio County

I found the following book on the internet. It gives some valuable information about 15 men, so I hope it is helpful to some one. I do not think the book includes all of the Revolutionary War pensioners that lived in Ohio County.

Revolutionary Soldiers Who Settled in Ohio County

By: Annie Walker Burns of Washington, DC - published 1900

1. Arnold, Ziba or Zebra New Jersey

The above named soldier was living in the county of Ohio, state of Kentucky when he applied for pension of the date of November 5, 1832, at the age of 74 years. He enlisted in the county/town of Morristown, state not given, on March 1776. Affidavit of fellow soldier who served with him, by the name of William Meide, was made in Ohio County, state of Kentucky. He served with him in Elizabethtown and Mohawk River.

2. Barnard, William L. Maryland

The above named soldier was living in the county of Ohio, state of Kentucky when he applied for pension of the date of September 3, 1832, at the age of 73 years. Affidavit of fellow soldier who served with him, by the name of James Tannehill, was made in Ohio County, state of Kentucky. He served with him in Flying Camp.

3. Calloway, Chesley Virginia

The above named soldier was living in the state of Kentucky when he applied for pension of the date of May 6, 1833, at the age of 73 years. He states he was born in the county of Bedford, state of Virginia, in the year of 1717. He enlisted in the county of Bedford, state of Virginia on the date of May 1776. Prior to the Revolutionary War he lived in Bedford County, state of Virginia. Since the Revolutionary War he lived in Ohio County, state of Kentucky.

4. Carter, William (private, Va. Militia 5-25-1834, 3-4-1831)* Virginia

The above named soldier was living in the county of Ohio, state of Kentucky when he applied for pension of the date of November 5, 1832, at the age of 72 years. He states he was born in the county of Amherst, state of Virginia, on August 21, 1760. He enlisted in the county of Amherst, state of Virginia in the last of February or the first of March, year not given. Prior to the Revolutionary War he lived in Carter County, state of Tennessee, Washington County, state of Kentucky, and Ohio County, state of Kentucky. He moved to Kentucky in 1802 or 1803 from Carter County, state of Tennessee. His widow, whose name is Sarah filed her claim for widow’s pension on the date of Dec. 13, 1853, while residing in Ohio County, state of Kentucky. Her name before marriage was Sarah Williams. They were married in the county of Breckinridge, state of Kentucky on the date of January 7, 1809.

5. Campbell, William (Private, Lea’s Legion 5-6-1819, 7-13-1818) New Jersey

The above named soldier was living in the county of Ohio, state of Kentucky when he applied for pension of the date of November 13, 1820, at the age of 67 years. He enlisted in 1775 or 1777. His children were mentioned, but names not given: one girl age 18, girl age 15, one girl age 10.

6. Cooper, William (Private, Maryland line 5-21-1819, 7-13-1818) Maryland

The above named soldier was living in the county of Ohio, state of Kentucky when he applied for pension of the date of August 14, 1820, at the age of 70 years. He enlisted in the county of Hartford, state of Maryland, on July 15, 1776. His widow, whose name is Polly Cooper, filed her claim for widow’s pension date of Dec. 6, 1838, while residing in the county of Ohio, state of Kentucky. They were married on the date of Jan. 20, 1780.

7. Howell, John (Capt. New Jersey line 4-24-1828, 8-20-1818) New Jersey

The above named soldier was living in the county of Ohio, state of Kentucky when he applied for pension of the date of November 13, 1820, at the age of 65 years. He states that he enlisted in the year of 1775. He had four children but the names were not given. His widow, whose name was Eleanor, filed her claim for widow’s pension in the county of Ohio, state of Kentucky. They were married in the county of Ohio, state of Kentucky, date of Dec. 7, 1793.

8. Johnson, Moses (Private Va. Line 2-15-1820, 7-13-1818) Virginia

The above named soldier was living in the county of Ohio, state of Kentucky when he applied for pension on the date of Nov. 13, 1820, at the age of 71 years. He states that he enlisted in the county of Frederick, state of Virginia, on the date of 1777. He had no family except a wife, whose name was not given. He made affidavit in Ohio County, state of Kentucky on the date of Oct. 13, 1819. (Fellow Soldier). He knew him in two Virginia regiments in the Continental line.

9. Maddox, John Virginia

The above named soldier was living in Kentucky when he applied for pension of the date of November 3, 1834, at the age of 71 years. He states he was born in the County of Goochland, state of Virginia. That he enlisted in the county of Goochland, state of Maryland, on the date of 1777 or 1778. A fellow soldier made his affidavit in Logan County, state of Kentucky on the date of Sept. 5, 1834. He knew him in the county of Goochland, state of Virginia. In Revolution service locations not mentioned.

10. Mosely or Mosley, Robert (Lieut. PA line 2-5-1819, 11-11-1818) Pennsylvania

The above named soldier was living in county of Ohio, state of Kentucky when he applied for pension. Age of 69 years. He states that he enlisted in the army of Revolution 1776.

11. Monroe, John (Lt. Va. Militia 1-19-1834, 3-41831) Virginia

The above named soldier was living in the county of Ohio, state of Kentucky when he applied for pension of the date of October 9, 1832, at the age of 82 years. He was born in the county of Westmoreland, state of Virginia, on November 10, 1749. He enlisted in the state of Virginia on the date of Sept. 1775. Prior to the Revolutionary War he lived in Westmoreland, state of Virginia and King George County, state of Virginia. Since the Revolutionary war he has lived in Woodford County, state of Kentucky, Scott County, state of Kentucky, and Ohio County, state of Kentucky. He moved to Kentucky date of 1807 from the state of Virginia, county of Westmoreland. A fellow soldier made affidavit in Ohio County, state of Kentucky, on the date of Dec. 18, 1833. He knew him in the state of Virginia.

12. Parks, Peter (Private N.C. line 2-1-1825, 1-17-1825) North Carolina

The above named soldier was living in the county of Ohio, state of Kentucky when he applied for pension of the date of October 16, 1824, at the age of 60 years. He enlisted in the county of Northhampton, state of North Carolina, the date not remembered. His children’s names were Quinton Parks and Daniel Parks, the birth date not given.

13. Pender, Thomas (Private, Maryland 5-21-1819, 7-13-1818) Maryland

The above named soldier was living in the county of Ohio, state of Kentucky when he applied for pension of the date (not given), at the age of between 70 and 73 years. He enlisted in the county of Montgomery, state of Maryland, on the date of 1778. He had one child living with him age 2 years, six step children (four boys and two girls) boys ages 20, 13, 9, 6 and girls of ages 17 and 18. His widow, whose name is Anna Pender (age 43 years) filed her claim for widow’s pension date of May 2, 1853, while residing in the county of Davis (sic), state of Kentucky.

14. Shults, Matthias (Private, Va. Militia 11-7-1833, 3-4-1831) died 5-19-1834 Virginia

The above named soldier was living in the county of Ohio, state of Kentucky when he applied for pension of the date of January 7, 1833, at the age of 75 years. He states that he was born in the county of Philadelphia, state of Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the county of Frederick, state of Virginia, date of 1776. Prior to the Revolutionary War he lived in the county of Frederick, state of Virginia. Since the Revolutionary war he didn’t give where he lived. He moved to Kentucky in 1780 from the state of Virginia, county of Frederick. His widow, whose name is Didamah filed her claim for Widow’s Pension date of January 7, 1839, while residing in Ohio County, state of Kentucky. They were married in the state of Kentucky on November 7, 1784.

15. Taylor, Richard (Private Va. Militia 11-7-1833, 3-4-1831) died 5-19-1834 Virginia

The above named soldier was living in the county of Ohio, state of Kentucky when he applied for pension of the date of Aug. 8, 1842, at the age of 82 years. He enlisted in the county of Frederick, state of Virginia, date of 1777.

* The book did not disclose the meaning of these dates or if the named state was the state of birth. My guess is the dates had something to do with the date of the application for pension and the date of the granting of the pension, but that is just a guess.

Update: I found the 1840 census of veterans:

Name of Veteran Age Head of Household
where Veteran lived

Zebra Arnold 83 Bayliss Axton
William L. Barnard 81 William L. Barnard
William Campbell 87 William Capmbell
William Carter, Sr. 80 William Carter, Sr.
John Maddox, Sr. 78 John Maddox, Sr.
Francis Petty 87 Pinkney Petty
Peter Parks 81 Peter Parks
Diadama Shults 78 Joseph Shults
Chesley Calloway 81 William Simmons
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The following was added as an update 9/21/2012 with permission of Sandi Gorin. Sandi's Website is: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

A list of Revolutionary War soldiers that was drawn up by Anderson Chenault Quisenberry, Secretary of War to Congress in 1835 and published later by the Kentucky Society of the American Revolution. Quisenberry's original works were done in 1895.

These lists are all the pensioners under the Act of March 18, 1818 and the Act of June 7, 1832. Information includes soldier's name, rank, where served, date pension applied for, when pension was granted (often backdated), the amount of pension, age and/or date of death when shown. There were several times when the government offered these pensions and the information varies. If only one date appears, pension began at that time.

BARNARD, William L; Pvt; MD Militia; Feb 28, 1833; $20; age 75.
BRANDON, Peter; no rank; VA line; July 6, 1822; Aug 24, 1819; $96; age 84.
BURCH, Benjamin; Sgt; 3rd Regt, MD Line; May 8, 18223; $120; Died Dec 17, 1830.
BURTON, Seley; Pvt; NC Militia; Jan 19, 1833; $40; age 78.
CALLOWAY, Chesley; Pvt; VA Militia; June 11, 1833; $80; age 74.
CAMPBELL, William; Pvt; Lee'S Legion; May 6, 1819; July 13, 1818; $96; age 81.
CARTER, William; Pvt; VA Militia; May 23, 1824; $33.33; age 74.
COOPER, William; Pvt; MD line; May 21, 1819; July 13, 1818; $96; age 84.
HOWELL, John; Capt; NJ line; Apr 24, 1820; Aug 20, 1818; $240; age 73.
JOHNSON, Moses; Pvt; VA line; Feb 15, 1820; July 13, 1818; $96; age 85.
MONROE, John; Pvt; Sgt & Lt; VA Militia; Jan 10, 1834; $68.33; age 84.
MOSELY, Robert; Lt; PA line; Feb 15, 1819; Nov 11, 1818; $240; age 69.
PARKS, Peter; Pvt; NC line; Mar 1, 1825; Jan 31, 1825; $96; age 70.
PENDER, Thomas; Pvt; MD line; May 21, 1819; July 13 1818; $96; died Jan 14, 1833.
SHULTS, Matthias; Pvt; VA Militia; Nov 7, 1833; $29.76; age 76; died May 19, 1834.
SORRELS, John; Pvt & Sgt; NC line; Oct 11, 1833; $92.33; age 78.
In county 1840: Zebra ARNOLD, 83; and John MADDOX, Sr., age 78.
Total for county: 18.