FUNERAL LEDGERS – OHIO COUNTY, KENTUCKY
Transcription of funeral ledgers, partial
1914 to partial 1919. Transcribed by Mary Koegel, July 2006. Four account books
from an unnamed funeral home, listing payer, itemized costs, and payment
information for funerals from 1914 to 1939. The deceased is not always
mentioned. Note 1: the records are inconsistent and there are a lot of misspellings of names. Note 2: I have tried to
correct the formatting, as much as possible, to make the records easier to
read, but it's almost impossible. These ledgers are probably from Black & Birkhead Funeral Home. We have this data courtesy of Western
Kentucky University Library Archives.
This is a lot of material. The first post starts with the last month of 1914 and the first four months of 1915. This covers about 30 funerals.
1914
Dec 14 Joe T. Funk Estate
To Casket + Hearse $75.00
Jan 7 by Cash 50.00
Jan 14
by Cash 25.00
Rev. Miller
To Casket + hearse
for Child 40.00
settled by note
Dec 15 E. M. Woodward, for Ed Leach
To Casket 42.50
“
shroud 7.50
“ Hearse
+ services 10.00
60.00
Dec 15 Wayne Pirtle
To Child Casket 10.00
Dec 17 Ernest Wilson for Estill Merton
To Casket + Hearse 35.00
Dec
26 By Cash 35.00
Dec 25 Joe Snell
To Casket for Child 30.00
Jan 1915
By Cash 15.00
Mar
20 By Cash 10.00
By
Cash 5.00
1915
Jan 3 Mrs.
McCormick[?]
Casket, Shroud, Hearse 84.00
Jan
5 By Cash 84.00
Jan 3 David
Cooper
Casket 30.00
Jan
3 By Cash 30.00
Jan 4 Mrs. Martha Rowan[?]
Casket, shroud, Hearse. 92.50
Jan
7 By Cash 92.50
Jan 5 Rowans
Halbrook
Casket, Shroud + Hearse 87.50
Grave for father 4.00
Feb 12 By Cash 91.50
Jan 4 Buck Smith
Casket for Child 30.00
Jan
12 By Cash 30.00
Jan 4 Step
Sash[?]
Casket, Shroud + Hearse 65.00
Jan.
By Cash 65.00
Jan 20 W. H. Riley
To Casket for Bob Nall 35.00
Jan
23 by Cash
4.00
Oct. 28.1918. […] Ed Nall 7.00
Jan
20 Edwin + Belle Nall 10.00
To Bal on Bob [sic]
Casket 5.00
Nov 4 By
Cash 10.00
Jan.
7 By Cash 5.00
Jan 17 By Cash 40.00
Jan 26 Tub Harp
To Child Casket 11.00
Apr 10 By Cash 11.00
Feb 1 Energy
Moore
1915 To Child Casket 10.00
Feb 5 Jno
C. Harrell
To Casket + Hearse 72.50
Feb 5. 1915 by Cash 72.50
Feb 6 O. T. O’Bannun for[?] Mr. Burden
To Coffin 17.00 paid
Feb 8 Wm
Schroader
“ “ To
Casket for Wife 60.00
“ “ “
Shroud “ “ 7.50
“ “ “
Hearse + Services 15.00
Settled by note 82.50
Mar 4 Emergy[sic]
Moore for Mr. Austm
To Casket 32.00
Mar 9
By Cash 32.00
Mar 4 Ohio Co
To Bal on Mr. Austm Casket
8.00
Mar 5 James
W. Ward (Estate)
To Casket 47.50
“
shroud 7.50
“
Services 10.00
settled by note 65.00
Mar 6 S. A.,
J. A. Fred + A. K. Anderson
To Casket for Mother 75.00
“
Services 5.00
“ 80.00
“
digging Grave
4.00
Mar
13 Settled by note 84.00
Mar 9 T. C.
Brown
To Casket 60.00
“
Services 15.00
Mar 12 J.S. Bartlett for Son
Casket 55.00
Mar 18 Hardin
Hoagland
to Casket + Services
Mar 20 R. Holbrook
To Casket for John McFarlan
Child
15.00
Mar 29 Mrs. Hines
To Casket, Shroud + Services 50.00
Apr. 4 John
P. Foster (Estate)
Casket 70.00
“ Services 10.00
Apr. 12
Geo + Dan Moseley for mother
Casket + Services 37.50
Apr 12 Milton Black
Casket for Wife 32.50
1917[?] 20 By
Cash 20.00
Feb 7 By Cash 7.00
1919
Mar. 13[?] 1919 By Chk. 5.50
32.50
Apr 20 Jno W Fork[?]
casket
for daughter 50.00
Feb. 21 by cash 10.00
May 1915 by cash 25.00
June by cash 7.00
