NEWSPAPER: Adair County News, Jan. 23, 1901 USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. Commercial entities must ask for and receive permission from submittor before downloading. ======================================================================= File contributed by: Carol Moody ======================================================================= Some items of genealogical interest from THE ADAIR COUNTY NEWS Wednesday, 23 Jan 1901 Reprint from the Bowling Green Courier—Alfred ASTIN Disappears--A story of the mysterious disappearance of a well-known citizen of Allen county has been received. In the Western portion of the county lived Alfred AUSTIN, a worthy and industrious farmer. He was a married man with a family of wife and several children. They all lived together on the farm of Mrs. Malvina CALDWELL. –On Christmas eve, Austin left home for this city to purchase some holiday goods, and the mysterious part of it that he has never returned home. There can be no question that he reached this city, for he bought presents for each member of the family and sent them home to them. They naturally expected that he was detained on business and could arrive home in a day or two. But several days passed and a week, but he did not return. The family began to make an inquiry for him but could learn nothing as to his whereabouts. Still, they kept on hoping that he would return. But up to yesterday he had not come home and not a word had been heard from him. The last heard of him was in this city on Christmas eve. The family are heartbroken and have given him up as lost, fearing that he has been foully dealt with. What makes the mystery all the more mysterious is the fact that his relations, with his family, were of the most amicable nature, and it is not believed that he would intentionally remain away from them. Mr. Eugene MONTGOMERY, who left here with his family several weeks ago, has located at Pilot Point, Texas. He writes the News that he has been employed by a Railroad Company. Measels (sic) is prevalent at Milltown and Cane Valley. Fifteen or twenty cases at each place. Bery YOUNG, son of Mr. George A. Young, died at Anchorage last Saturday night. His remains were brought home for interment. Willie MONDAY, a little son of Mrs. Nannie Monday, Knifley, this county, was bitten by a mad dog last week. He was carried to a mad-stone and it stuck a number of times. At the close of the holidays a marriage, somewhat out of the ordinary, occurred in Taylor county just over the Adair line. About two years ago, Mr. William GADDIE was kicked by a mule, dying in a few days thereafter. He left his second wife, a handsome woman. His son, by his first wife, twenty-eight years old, soon fell in love with his step-mother, and after a courtship of eighteen months, they were happily married. All the parties are respectable people. Invitations to the marriage of Mr. E. W. HOPEWELL, the popular livery man of this city, to Miss Pearl HENDRICKSON, Cane Valley, have been issued. The ceremony will take place at the home of the intended bride, Tuesday evening, January 29, 1901 at 7:30 o'clock. Mr. Hopewell is a native of Spencer county Mr. Lawson W. HARDEN, who resides in this county and Miss Manlie M. VIER, of Taylor county, were married last Thursday. John Matthew ROYSE, some of Mr. Jomes D. Royse, who has been living in Missouri for a number of years, committed suicide by hanging at the home of his father, one day last week. It was first reported that his father was the one who suicided. John DICKERSON, Susan CHAMBERS, Jesse Dickerson, and S. T. Dickerson, three brothers and one sister, two in Lincoln county, one in Adair, and one in Russell are very old persons, their combined ages being 348, averaging about 84 each. Last Sunday at 2:30 in the afternoon Rev. J. C. COOK, a prominent Baptist minister, was married to Miss Pearl JONES, at Monroe, Hart county. The bride is a native of Columbia The couple will reside in Hart county. Perhaps the oldest man in Kentucky is Mr. Ben HOLT who resides in Russell county, in the Well precinct. He was 105 years old his last birthday and is enjoying splendid health. His eyesight is good and he frequently goes alone five and six miles from home. He was born and reared in Adair county near where the town of Glenville is located. Mr. Wm. L. FARRIS, one of Adair county's best citizens, is thus situated: He lives two miles from Cane Valley and twenty years ago he occupied the brick house on his farm now used for a grainery (sic). Two rooms of this house are in Adair county, one in Taylor and one in Green. The dwelling he now occupies is in Adair, but his farm is in three counties. His county taxes, by special act are paid to Adair county alone, though the lines show that his farm lies about equally in the three counties. Mr. C. R. CABELL, a prominent young farmer and trader at Camp Knox, Green county, will be married at 12 m. today to Miss Lynn DOWDY, a highly accomplished young lady, daughter of Mr. Tom Dowdy, who resides near Greensburg. Mr. A. C. JEFFRIES Dead—Last Sunday morning at the hour of 9 o'clock the spirit of Mr. A. C. Jeffries (Cook) went to God who gave it. The deceased had been in poor health for three years, but was able to look after his business affairs until fifteen days ago when he was stricken with pneumonia, both lungs being involved. He had close medical attention, and made a heroic fight for life, but the deadly disease proved the stronger, and at the hour above named he breathed his last. The deceased was a son of Mr. T. P. Jeffries. He was born in Russell county, but reared in Adair. Had he lived until the 6th day of April next he would have been forty-nine years old. His wife is a sister of Mr. T. P. DUNBAR and besides her the deceased leaves ten children. He was a good citizen, devoted husband and an indulgent father. He will be greatly missed from the neighborhood where he so long resided. The funeral services were conducted Monday by Eld. Z. T. Williams and the interment was in the family burying ground. >From Cane Valley—The health of our community is good excepting 80 cases of measles. >From Decatur---Jack BROWN has lately married and move to the place opposite Sam TARTER's. >From Milltown---Wyley BENNETT died a few days ago with pneumonia and brain fever. John HERRINGTON, of Nicholas county, is 103 years and 8 months old. He is well preserved and at the last November election walked two miles to his voting place. The County Court has just released him from papment (sic) of poll tax on the ground that a man who has leved (sic) in three centuries should be sxempt (sic). Miss Inez CULVER, aged 26 years, arose at daybreak at her home in Corydon, Henderson county, went out in the yard and swallowed an ounce of carbolic acid. She died in the afternoon. She had many times threatened to commit suicide, but left no explanation. Frank FLINCHUM was killed at a sawmill in Clay City by a slab striking him in the breast. Joe NOEL shot and mortally wounded Mark SPENCE at High Bridge.