Going After the Cows

Going After the Cows

My grandmother, Eva (Smith) Cox (1889-1988) was the daughter of James Thomas and Sarah (Sanders) Smith.  She grew up on their family farm near Select (pronounced SEE-lect, she said), about two miles or so from Cromwell. She said when she was about eight or ten, one of the daily chores for her and some of her younger brothers and sisters was to go after their eight or ten milk cows and heifers every evening and bring them home to be milked. 

Cows had to be milked twice a day, morning and evening. With a family household of eleven people, they used a lot of milk. Their mother first strained the milk, and then used it to cook with, to churn and make butter with, and to drink three times a day at each meal.  Sometimes her mother made yellow cheese.  Any left-over buttermilk or soured milk was fed to the pigs, ducks and chickens. 

After the cows had been milked in the evening, they were penned overnight, and then milked again the next morning.  Then the gate to the barn lot was opened, and the cows were turned out to the pasture to stray and graze where they pleased.  Most of the time, they wandered over a high hill on the backside of a large pasture about a quarter mile from their house near the woods.  They watered quite a distance away in a nearby spring-fed creek.  Another pasture held their ten or twelve sheep, and the children could always hear them bleating while they were looking for the cows.  

At milking time in the evening, the children went after the cows to be milked and always listened for the tinkling bell that one old mama cow wore around her neck.  All the other cows followed her lead and were always grazing nearby.  When they heard the tinkling of the cow bell, Grandmother said it sent them in the right direction to find the other cows.  Then they herded all of them together and started driving them up to the top of the hill, following a well-worn path toward the barn on the other side.  At the bottom of the hill, they each grabbed a younger cow’s tail, started them to running up the hill, and let the cows pull and drag them to the hilltop. The bell on the old lead cow would always be ringing like crazy while they were running.  

When they got to the pen lot at the barn, the cows were driven through a gate and put in stalls, where they waited their turn to be milked by the older children.

Going after the cows was one of their regular chores, but the kids made it great fun.  She said if her daddy had known what they were doing, he would not have been happy!  And they would have been in big trouble!   In that day and time, kids thought up all kinds of games and activities to entertain themselves.

                                                                                                   ~ Janice Brown, Tyler, TX

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LEE - MILLER - NATION

SARAH LEE (b. May 6, 1773) was also a Charter Member, when the Church was organized in her log-cabin home on July 16, 1836. She continued in the membership until her death, on October 20, 1852, at age seventy-nine.

Her kinsman, Samuel Lee, was converted in the revival of 1838. It is possible he was her son, and was born about 1802. His wife, Lydia, according to the Ohio County Census for 1850, was born about 1804. Sarah Lee was living in their home at that time. 

HANNAH LEE, who also a Charter Member, was probably a daughter to Sarah Lee and a sister of Samuel Lee. She married William H. Porter on December 21, 1848. She was born about 1816 and died in the year 1888, at the age of   seventy-two and after having been a member of the Green River Church for fifty-two years. In the 1870 Ohio County Census, Samuel Lee was living with the Porters. Sarah and Lydia Lee are buried in the Green River Cemetery, near Cromwell. 

A Sesquicentennial History of the Green River Missionary Baptist Church 1836 - 1986, Written and Compiled by Wendell Holmes Rone, Sr., For the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Church, 1987.

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RICHARD H. MILLER, a son of Andrew Miller, and an older brother of the well known Dr. A. B. Miller, and Dr. A. J. Miller, was a native of LaRue [sic] county, but was carried by his parents to Ohio county where he grew to manhood with but a few educational advantages. He was converted in early life, and was baptized into the fellowship of Mt. Zion church, in Ohio county. In this church he was raised up to the ministry, and, in 1856, succeeded his brother, A. B. Miller, in its pastoral charge. He was also pastor at Cool Spring, and, perhaps, of some churches, in Goshen Association. He was a warm, animated preacher, and "labored with great zeal and good success." The Lord was pleased to take him away in the prime of life. 

A History of Kentucky Baptists, From 1769 to 1885, by J. H. Spencer, 1886, Reprinted by Church History and Archives, 1976, Lafayette, TN. Gasper River Association. 

EDWARD AND NANCY NATION were also Charter Members of the Church, on July 16, 1836. He was already an ordained Deacon from Beaver Dam, and was elected as the first Deacon of the new Church together with Joseph James, on September 17, 1836. His was the first death in the membership, as he died on December 11, 1837. He was a Messenger to the Gasper River Association when it met with the Green River Church in 1837. Nancy Nation was lettered out of the membership shortly after her husband's death. She returned to the membership by letter on May 28, 1848, only to be lettered out again on February 11, 1865. She became a member again by letter about 1870 and eventually lettered out for the final time on September 8, 1877.

A Sesquicentennial History of the Green River Missionary Baptist Church 1836 - 1986, Written and Compiled by Wendell Holmes Rone, Sr., For the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Church, 1987. 

VAUGHT FAMILY

VAUGHT

Part 2 of 2. The following excerpts are taken from a 90 page document written by Pearl O. Smith, titled A CROM (CRUM) – MARTIN-VAUGHT (VOUGHT) CONNECTION, dated 2000. I found this document online at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. I have a pdf copy of this document and I can email it to you if requested.

Ms. Pearl Smith explains that a Vaught family migrated to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, in the late 1700’s, from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. In her book she traces this complex family, which I will not repeat because it is only relevant to Muhlenberg County, not Ohio County.  However, there are two places that Ohio County is mentioned in the Vaught portion of her book, as follows:

“JOHN VAUGHT, son of Christian and Hannah (Crum) Vaught, b. December 15, 1761, Hagerstown, Maryland; d. in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. His will was dated June 11, 1813, and probated in July 1813. John married in 1783/4 Elizabeth Martin, b. February 10, 1768, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; will dated October 2, 1843; daughter of Eberhard and Elizabeth (Wonderly) Martin.

The names of all members of John Vaught's family and their dates and places of birth are taken from the DAR application papers of Mary Endicott, a descendant, whose national number is 250081. She stated on that application that all these vital statistics were copied from the Vaught family Bible. John and Elizabeth (Martin) Vaught's children were: Margaret, Abraham, Eleanor, John, Jr., Daniel, Mary, Francis S., Simon, Martin, Samuel Fulton, and Christopher Martin Vaught.

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Francis S. Vaught, b. May 23, 1800} m. Elizabeth Graves, b. May 11, 1805; d. September 22, 1838, buried at Hamm Cemetery near Martwick, Kentucky; daughter of John Sanders Graves and Mary Susannah (Wooton) Graves. Francis S. Vaught and Elizabeth Graves m. June 26, 1828.

In her will, dated October 2, 1843, Francis S. Vaught's mother, Elizabeth Vaught (widow of John - see above) bequeathed all her property to Francis S. Vaught's children, who were:

(1). John S. Vaught, b. May 1, 1829; d. August 2, 1908, buried Oakwood Cemetery, Section II, Hartford, Kentucky; m. Rebecca Combs; d. August 23, 1913, at home of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Shultz, nephew and niece, in Livermore, Kentucky. Daughter Elizabeth C., age 7, is shown in 1860 census, but in no later one. The Ohio County, Kentucky, census of 1900 states that Rebecca was the mother of two children, neither living. In the 1860 census, John S. Vaught and wife Rebecca were "boarding house keepers." By 1870, he was a stage driver, hauling passengers and freight between Hartford and Beaver Dam. Rebecca was running the boarding house. Rebecca filed suit for divorce and a long proceeding ensued. A divorce was granted before December 18, 1892. (Divorce File 4672 (E), . Case 2935, Record Book 38, p. 158, in Ohio County.)

(2). William Martin Vaught, b. November 10, 1830, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky; d. June 23, 1878; m. December 18, 1859, Mary P. Cross, daughter of Robert F. and Elizabeth (Hunsinger) Cross. Children shown in 1880 census were Emily, b. 1862/63; Josephine, b. 1864/65; Molly, b. 1869/70; Robert, b. 1872/73; John, b. 1875/76.

In 1860, William Martin Vaught was a farmer; in 1870 he was a hotel keeper. In 1900, his widow, Mary, was a hotel keeper. Their daughter Josephine was a milliner and lived with her mother. This census states that Mary (Cross) Vaught was the mother of seven children, but only four were living. The youngest child, John Vaught, was a printer. He had lived and worked for a time in Hartford, Kentucky, where he was on the staff of the Hartford Herald & had boarded with his uncle John S. Vaught and his wife Rebecca.

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            [In addition to the foregoing] There is in Ohio County, Kentucky, a Vaught family that must be included in this recitation. I have been unable to determine its connection with the Vaught family that came to Kentucky from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the late 1700's. It is thought by the oldest family member now living in Ohio County that the Pennsylvania ancestor might have been Simeon Vaught, the minister, son of Gilbert and Hannah (Crum) Vaught. However, I know of no document that would support that supposition. According to the 1820 census record, there were several children in the household of Simon (Simeon) Vaught, but he named only two sons in his will. Presumably, when he made his will, most of his children had married and left home.

A good deal of the information that immediately follows was supplied by Clarence Reid "Rusty" Vaught of Hartford, Kentucky, who gives his line of descent in this manner:

Simon Vaught (possibly, but not certain), gr., gr., gr. grandfather.

            William Vaught, gr., gr. grandfather.

                        William Netter Vaught, gr. grandfather b. 1862.

                                    John Harrison Vaught, grandfather b. 1888.

                                                William Lee Vaught, father b. 1912.

                                                            Clarence Reid Vaught, b. May 16, 1937.

[Starting with] William Netter Vaught, b. 1862; m. (1) June 1884, in Ohio County, Kentucky, Nannie Arrendell; m. (2) October 21, 1886, Almeda Grant. In December 1905, 100 acres of land owned by W. N. Vaught at Ceralvo were offered for sale, because of taxes due in the amount of $7.10. This was just one of several pieces of property, owned by as many persons, offered for sale for taxes due. Children of William Netter Vaught were: John Harrison, Clarence, Grace, Arthur, Annie, Horton, Carrie, and Edna Vaught.

i. John Harrison Vaught, b. October 8, 1888, Ohio County, Kentucky; d. August 30, 1969; buried September 1, 1969, Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery; son of William Netter Vaught and Almeda (Grant) Vaught. John H. Vaught m. August 29, 1911, at Hartford, Kentucky, Florence Elsie Sanders, b. 1892/3, daughter of Lee and Elizabeth (Baggerly) Sanders, both born in Indiana. (Ohio County Times-News, September 5, 1996, "85 Years Ago, August 30, 1911.")

John Harrison Vaught's obituary mentions his widow, Mrs. Thelma Bolin Vaught. Thus, it appears he was married a second time. The obituary names these surviving children: Mrs. Lucille Grigsby of Owensboro, Kentucky; Mrs. Jewel Bolin of Owensboro; Miss Daisy Vaught, at home, Beaver Dam, Kentucky; Miss Joyce Marie Vaught, at home; William Vaught, Beaver Dam; Marvin Vaught, Owensboro; Thomas Vaught, Central City, Kentucky; David Vaught, at home.

William Lee Vaught, son of John Harrison Vaught, b. April 28, 1912, at Wysox, Kentucky; m. September 22, 1934, Kathryn Slack, b. January 31, 1916, Shreveville, Kentucky; d. March 20, 1940, Wysox, Kentucky; daughter of Dempsey and Nannie (Shreve) Slack. Issue: Clarence Reid and Charles H. Vaught.

On December 4, 1954, William Lee Vaught was appointed guardian of his son Clarence Vaught. J. H. Vaught, William's father, was his surety. (Guardian Bond Book, Ohio County, Kentucky, p. 324.)

It appears that William Lee Vaught married a second time. When his son Clarence married in 1956, William Vaught and Myrl Casebier were shown as his parents. (Clarence's mother, Kathryn Slack, had died in 1940.) William Lee Vaught, a retired farmer and coal miner, is a Republican. His favorite sports are hunting and fishing.

Clarence Reid "Rusty" Vaught, b. May 16, 1937, son of William Lee Vaught; tn. April 7, 1956, Alice Josephine Spivey, daughter of Lloyd and Ruby (Sharp) Spivey. The marriage was performed at the Hartford Church of Christ at Beaver Dam, Kentucky. It is recorded in Marriage Book 70, page 70. Both the bride and groom were age 18. To this marriage were born Kevin B. and Kerry S. Vaught.

In 1963, Clarence and Alice Josephine (Spivey) Vaught were divorced. Alice later married (unk) Montague and had son Mark Montague. They lived in Owensboro. On December 5, 1963, Clarence married Edna Burnstine; b. December 8, 1942, in Tennessee; daughter of Max and Josephine (Griffin) Burnstine. They are the parents of William Maxwell and Clarence Reid Vaught, II.

            ii. Clarence Vaught, son of William Netter Vaught, lived in Eldorado, Illinois, in 1969.

iii. Grace Vaught.

iv. Arthur Vaught.

v. Annie E. Vaught m. August 10, 1916, Thomas C. Taylor. Annie E. was age 18; Thomas C., age 21, son of James S. and Laura (Hunsacker) Taylor. (General Index to Marriages, Books S-Z, Ohio County, Kentucky, 28, 157.)

vi. Horton Vaught. Lived in Beaver Dam in 1969.

vii. Carrie Vaught, age 18, married December 26, 1919, Otis Maddox, son of S. W. and Laura (Adkins) Maddox. Otis was age 20. Lived in Louisville in 1969.

viii. Edna Vaught, m. August 18, 1920, Raymond Boyd.

SMITH FAMILY

SMITH

The following excerpts are taken from a 90 page document written by Pearl O. Smith, titled A CROM (CRUM) – MARTIN-VAUGHT (VOUGHT) CONNECTION, dated 2000. I found this document online at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. I have a pdf copy of this document and I can email it to you if requested. In my next post I will include additional excerpts concerning the Vaught family.

1. George L. Smith, son of Elias Guess Smith and Hannah Vaught, b. January 23, 1809; d. 1892; m. December 3, 1829, Margaret Fulkerson, in Ohio County, KY. He and his family moved to Uvalde, TX.

2. A brother of George L., above, was John Everett Vaught Smith, b. September 27, 1812; d. March 24, 1895; m. April 15, 1834, Elizabeth Brumley Kimbley, daughter of Francis E. and Easter (Vanlandingham) Kimbley. Elizabeth was born November 8, 1815; d. May 30, 1883. John Everett Vaught Smith, and his wife, Elizabeth Brumley (Kimbley) Smith, are buried in the Nellie Davis Cemetery, near Equality (sometimes called Kronos), in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Their children, according to John E. V.'s Bible record, were Francis E., Esther E., Louisa S., Martha J., Mary E., Susan A., Elias William, and John Kimbley Smith. Children:

(a). Francis E. Smith, b. April 4, 1835; d. 1836.

(b). Esther Elizabeth Smith, b. January 3, 1837; d. January 26, 1916; m. December 1858, John Allen Kirtley, b. June 20, 1835; d. November 7, 1919. Issue: John Frank, Finis H., William M., Elizabeth (Betty), Jake, Henderson K., Sunie, Hattie Lou, and Mollie (Mary?) Kirtley.

(c). Louisa S. Smith, b. May 26, 1839; d. at West Point, Kentucky; m. December 25, 1856, Alfred T. Coffman, b. September 11, 1837. Coffman served in the Kentucky State Legislature from 1869 to 1871. Issue: John Taylor, Francis Ollie, William, Mattie, Jesse E., Alfred Bertie, Charles, and Iva Coffman.

(d). Martha J. Smith, b. October 15, 1842; d. January 21, 1862. Did not marry. Buried in Nellie Davis Cemetery.

(e) . Mary E. Smith, b. March 16, 1845; d. March 17, 1920; m. (1) January 22, 1866, John E. Brown; (2) March 19, 1876, Willis Rowe; b. May 13, 1836; d. February 24, 1902. Both are buried at West Providence Church Cemetery. Willis and Mary E. (Smith) Rowe's children were: Nina May, Bessie Lee, Chester E., Lennie, and Nettie Rowe.

(f) . Susan A. Smith, b. April 7, 1848; m. Samuel Morton. Children were William E., Ida Mae, John, Ross, and Vigaberry Preston Morton.

(g). Elias William Smith, b. at Ceralvo, Kentucky, March 18, 1851; d. September 12, 1934; m. March 21, 1873, Mary Lucinda Baker, b. September 29, 1852; d. December 22, 1935. Both are buried at Nelson Creek Cemetery, Muhlenberg County. Children were William Edgar, Claude Everly, Lula May, Everett Andrew, Jesse Baker, and Paulina Elizabeth Smith.

i . William Edgar Smith, son of Elias William Smith, b. at Ceralvo, April 1, 1874; d. February 16, 1943, of an accidental injury; m. March 17, 1898, Ella Tilford, b. February 7, 1875, daughter of Sylvester Tilford and Elizabeth A. (Wood) Tilford; d. June 5, 1955. This couple, born in Ohio County, Kentucky, went to Crittenden County, Kentucky, shortly

after their marriage and spent the rest of their lives there . Issue:

aa. William Roosevelt Smith, b. April 20, 1899; d. August 6, 1977; m. November 27, 1944, Edna (Woolsey) Stephenson, d. July 18, 1974. As a young man, "Bill" worked in his uncle's lumber business in Alabama; in later years he was a Kentucky farmer.

bb. Leamon Ray Smith, b. February 24, 1902; d. July 24, 1974; m. March 8, 1923, Fleta Towery, b. September 5, 1903; d. March 25, 1979. They had no children; lived in Evansville, Indiana; buried at Marion, Kentucky.

cc. Roy Baker Smith, b. December 24, 1905; d. July 12, 1979; m. July 18, 1930, Clemmie Jane Beasley, b. December 30, 1905; d. May 17, 1983. They lived in Carbon Hill, Alabama, and Roy owned a company that made wooden handles for farm, mine, and industrial use. He helped build, and was an active member of, Pocahontas Methodist Church at Carbon Hill.

dd. Pearl 0. Smith, b. September 26, 1908; did not marry. After graduating from Lockyears Business College, in Evansville, Indiana, and working in that city a few years, Pearl went to Washington, D. C., on vacation. She liked the city so well that within a few days she found a job in private business and remained. Two years later, in 1938, she accepted a Civil Service appointment to the federal government and worked for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service for 37 years. During that time, she was secretary, administrative assistant, and executive secretary to eight successive directors of the FMCS, a record, it is believed. She spent numerous vacations in Great Britain, Western Europe, and the Middle East. She is an "amateur” genealogist who has researched, written and published the history of three of her ancestral families. Two other books she has published contain genealogical excerpts from Ohio County, Kentucky, newspapers from 1881 to 1911. In 1992, because of health problems, Pearl returned to Marion, Kentucky, to be near her family.

ee. Anna Maybell Smith, b. December 8, 1911. She had a twin brother who lived only a few hours. On August 5, 1939, she married Torian J. Collins, b. December 12, 1912; d. September 20, 1983. Anna graduated from Western Kentucky University at Bowling Green and earned a M. A. from Murray State University. She taught school in Crittenden County, Kentucky, 24 years and from 1957 to 1963 was supervisor of instruction in that county. In 1963, she went to High Ridge, Missouri, where she taught another ten years.

ff. Ada Margaret Smith, b. October 8, 1914; m. February 23, 1939, Collie Ray Brown, Sr., b. October 5, 1912; d. October 13, 1975. For a few years after their marriage they operated a restaurant in Evansville, Indiana. After Ada's father's death, they bought the Smith family farm in Crittenden County, Kentucky, which Collie farmed until his death. Ada received B. S. and M. A. degrees from Murray State University (Kentucky) and taught school a number of years.

3. Another brother of George L., above, was Claude Everly Smith, b. February 9, 1876, Ohio County, Kentucky; d. July 17, 1972, age 96. He taught school, edited an Ohio County newspaper and studied for the bar, to which he was admitted in 1898. He served as county attorney for six years then was elected Commonwealth Attorney for two terms. He practiced law in Owensboro, Kentucky, for many years and, at the time of his death, was believed to be the oldest practicing attorney in Kentucky. He was married three times. By the first marriage, in 1903, to Jessie B. Tatum, he had one child:

aa. Martha Mary Smith, b. February 5, 1909; d. May 27, 1958; m. May 29, 1932, George R. Taylor. They had one son, Larry Taylor.

4. A sister of George L., above, was Pauline Elizabeth Smith, b. October 5, 1887; d. April 17, 1956; m. November 4, 1908, William Arthur Johns, b. February 3, 1882; d. April 29, 1956. Both are buried at Nelson Creek Cemetery, in Ohio County, Kentucky. Children: Levi Joseph, Richard Earl, Thomas Marion, Mary Jane, William Arthur, Jr.: Della May, and Clarence Harvey Johns.

JOSEPH JAMES

JOSEPH JAMES was the grandson of Christopher and Lucy (Thompson) James, a wealthy Virginia Planter who lived near Jamestown. His father was John James (1750-1819), their son, and his mother was Lucy (Mosby) James, his father's second wife. He was born on February 5, 1791, and died on May 12, 1866, in Ohio County, Kentucky. His birthplace was in Buckingham County, Virginia. His father came to Kentucky and settled in Mercer County, in 1796. He later removed, before 1800, to Ohio County. He died on September 24, 1819, and is buried in the old Beaver Dam Church Cemetery. He owned a farm on the Ohio-Butler County line on Green River. 

Joseph James married ELIZABETH ROGERS, the daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Ray) Rogers on September 20, 1822, in Ohio County. Both of them became Charter Members of the Green River Church on July 16, 1836. He was elected as one of the first Deacons of the Church on September 17, 1836. He was ordained on June 16, 1838. Fifteen years later, in April, 1853, he was excluded from the membership for leaving the Baptists and uniting with the "Reformers" or "Campbellites". His wife was excluded for doing the same thing, in August, 1853. He is buried in the Green River Cemetery. She married twice, after the deaths of the first husband and second husband, and is buried elsewhere. 

A Sesquicentennial History of the Green River Missionary Baptist Church 1836 - 1986, Written and Compiled by Wendell Holmes Rone, Sr., For the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Church, 1987.

KOREAN WAR - Beasley; Edge; Maddox; Neal;Thomasson & Wilson

I found the following on the National Archives Web Site, in the "Online Public Access" section.

The official title is:

Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Defense Casualty Analysis System

Korean War Extract Data File

I realize that the following is difficult to read, but I simply copied what I found. At the bottom there is a partial explanation of this information. I hope the following is helpful to the relatives of these six men.

KOREAN WAR CASULITIES

128819|R|K|ACTIVE - REGULAR|BEASLEY KENNETH LEE|M|MARINE CORPS|
PFC|E02| ||19320318|M|FORDSVILLE|OHIO|US|KY|KENTUCKY|
UNKNOWN|||WHITE|NOT SPECIFIED|WHITE|UNKNOWN||||KR|ASIA|KOREA (KOREAN WAR)|D CO 2 BN 1 MAR 1 MAR DIV|Z|19990101|19530406|
1953|K|C|KOREAN WAR|KOREA|19530406||H|DECEASED|KILLED IN ACTION|||Y|BURIED - UNKNOWN DISP||||||

US52018518|Y|S|SELECTED SERVICE|EDGE ERNEST E|A|ARMY|
PVT|E02|04745|LIGHT WEAPONS INFANTRYMAN|19270000|M|
UNKNOWN|OHIO|US|KY|KENTUCKY|UNKNOWN|||WHITE|NOT SPECIFIED|

WHITE|UNKNOWN||||KS|ASIA|REPUBLIC OF KOREA|23 INF 2 DIV|Z|19990101|19510518|1951|K|C|KOREAN WAR|KOREA|

19510518||H|DECEASED|KILLED IN ACTION|||Y|BURIED - UNKNOWN DISP||||||

RA15046510|R|K|ACTIVE - REGULAR|MADDOX JAMES W|A|ARMY|
SFC|E07|02812|HEAVY WEAPONS ASSAULT CREWMAN|19190000|
M|UNKNOWN|OHIO|US|KY|KENTUCKY|UNKNOWN|||WHITE|NOT SPECIFIED|

WHITE|UNKNOWN||||KN|ASIA|DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA|

31 INF 7 DIV|Z|19990101|19501202|1950|K|C|KOREAN WAR|KOREA|19501220||
H|DECEASED|DECLARED DEAD|||N|NO REMAINS FOUND||CAPTURED|19501202|
POW|H|

RA35982879|R|K|ACTIVE - REGULAR|NEAL ARDELL M|A|ARMY|
PFC|E03|04745|LIGHT WEAPONS INFANTRYMAN|19260000|M|UNKNOWN|
OHIO|US|KY|KENTUCKY|UNKNOWN|||WHITE|NOT SPECIFIED|WHITE|

UNKNOWN||||KN|ASIA|DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA|8 RGT 1 CAV DIV|Z|19990101|19501101|1950|K|C|KOREAN WAR|KOREA|19531231||H|
DECEASED|DECLARED DEAD|||N|NO REMAINS FOUND||MISSING IN ACTION|
19501101|MIA|H|

RA35722098|R|K|ACTIVE - REGULAR|THOMASSON FORREST J |A|ARMY|
PFC|E03|04745|LIGHT WEAPONS INFANTRYMAN|19200000|M|UNKNOWN|

OHIO|US|KY|KENTUCKY|UNKNOWN|||WHITE|NOT SPECIFIED|

WHITE|UNKNOWN||||KN|ASIA|DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF 

KOREA|C CO 7 INF|C|19990101|19501212|1950|K|C|KOREAN WAR|KOREA|19501212||H|

DECEASED|KILLED IN ACTION|||N|NO REMAINS FOUND||||||

RA35013028|R|K|ACTIVE - REGULAR|WILSON EARL T|A|ARMY|
PVT|E02|04745|LIGHT WEAPONS INFANTRYMAN|19180410|M|UNKNOWN|
OHIO|US|KY|KENTUCKY|UNKNOWN|||WHITE|NOT SPECIFIED|WHITE|

UNKNOWN||||KS|ASIA|REPUBLIC OF KOREA|21 INF 24 DIV|Z|19990101|
19500712|1950|K|C|KOREAN WAR|KOREA|19990101||H|DECEASED|

DECLARED DEAD|||Y|REMAINS ACCEPTED - UNKNOWN DISP||CAPTURED|00000000|POW|H|

Partial Explanation of Listing Information:

Service Number of Individual/?/?/Type of Duty/Name/?/Branch of Service/Rank/PayGrade/Occupation Code/Occupation Name/Date of Birth/Gender/Home of Record City/Home of Record County/Home of Record State/?/Race/?/Ethnic group name/?/?/Casualty Region/Casualty Country/Member Unit/?/Process Date/Incident or Death Date/Year of Death/War Code K=Korean War/Operation Code/?/Location Name/Closure Date/Aircraft Type (if aircraft involved)/Hostile or Non-Hostile  H=Hostile/Casualty name/Casualty Category/?/Casualty Closure Name/Incident Casualty Name

LEONARD H. LEACH

LEONARD H. LEACH, son of Leonard and Mary (Cole) Leach, the former a  native of Ohio County, born in 1802, and died of small-pox in 1842; the latter born in Ireland in 1805, and died in Kentucky in 1873. Of his father's family there are now living: John A. Leach, Deputy Sheriff, Justice of the Peace and Assessor, a very prominent and influential man ( the husband of Vitula Williams, by whom he has nine children ); Rebecca J., wife of F. D. Sandefur (have three children), Mary A., wife of David Miller (have three children ), and Margaret, wife of C. G. Crowder ( have one child ). Leonard H. was born in Ohio County. On the 22nd of December, 1863, he married Martha Ann, youngest child of S. G. and Frances Sandefur, both of whom died of small-pox. She has five children: Lewis Herbert (a teacher, now a student at Hartford College ), Susan J., James Henry,  Charles Arthur and Leonard Luther.  Mr. Leach has been engaged in farming since childhood, and now owns a farm of 60 acres of good land, about three and one half miles from Cromwell.  He is a diligent reader, and has thus acquired a large amount of valuable knowledge, although his early advantages were limited.  He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He cared for his invalid mother fifteen years.  He is a strong temperance man, and a member of the Republican Party.

Ohio Co., KY. Perrin Biographical sketches (1885)

Feb. 27, 1920 Hartford Republican:  Mr. Leonard H. Leach, of Rob Roy, holds the remarkable record of having resided within the same building nearly 83 years, having been born within the four walls where his life has been spent.  In the 83 years Mr. Leach has never been absent from the home for more than ten days at a single time; this is also remarkable.  Many years ago, a Leonard Leach emigrated from Maryland to Kentucky, settling on territory where Louisville now stands; in whose home three sons were born, one of which was named Leonard.  Two of the Leach boys crossed the Ohio River into Indiana to make homes for themselves, while Leonard came to what is now Ohio County, settling near Mt. Zion Church, where he carved from the wilderness his future home.  Into the home of this member of the Leach family four sons were born, one of whom was likewise christened Leonard, who married and cleared from the forest and established his home, building his house from hewn yellow poplar of considerable dimensions, in which four sons were also born, and the youngest of these is the subject of this little article, who was given the first name of Leonard, born Nov. 18, 1837.  Into this home the ratio of sons was still maintained, four having entered therein, and the youngest of these is likewise known by the name Leonard, who himself has a son answering to the call of Leonard.