Grandfather Discribes Cannonsburg of 1901
Submitted by Kay Mason <KLMPIANO@aol.com on May 15, 2000

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	"So on the 17th of May, 1901 (or thereabouts), a beautiful sunny day, 
we arrived in Cannonsburg - the little place with the big name - and moved 
our plunder into the west side of "Uncle"  MIKE O'BRIEN's house and set up to 
operate a general store in the two story and basement Brick, built about 1850 
- the upper story used by the Masons and Odd Fellows as a lodge hall. 

	At this time there was an empty store house across the road, the 
Catlettsburg Pike, south of the Brick and a blacksmith shop east of it in the 
s.w. corner and east of the shop, across the Ashland Pike, in the s. e. 
corner, E. E. EASTHAM had a stock of goods in a frame store building and west 
of the Brick store was another blacksmith shop.  Two stores and two 
blacksmith shops - and not enough trade for one of each. 
 
	Across the road, in front of the brick store, Uncle MIKE O'BRIEN 
lived in a two story log house with his family - JOHN, BRIDGIE, MAGGIE, MIKE, 
KATE [O'BRIEN] - MAYME and DAN [O'BRIEN] all grown.  Their ban was west of 
their house on their triangular piece of land of about five acres.  EASTHAM's 
lived in the n.e. corner of the Pike Crossing in front of their store.  
WILLIAM H. NUNLEY & wife east of EASTHAM's on the opposite side of Marsh Run. 
J. M. "BABE'" ROSS east of NUNLEY's steam grist mill, north and west, on the 
bank of the creek; Mrs. AMANDA BROWN's residence; WILLIAM HANDLEY's residence 
and ALBERT JORDAN's under a big maple tree. 

	G. W. CALVIN, who owned the land north and west lived about a mile 
west near the East Fork Bridge on the south side of the Pike and his barn on 
a knoll east of his house on the opposite side of the Catlettsburg Pike. 
HENRY NUNLEY lived a short distance south east of EASTHAM's store on the 
hillside up a little branch beyond a vacant log house.  About a quarter of a 
mile south on the Ashland Pike on a hillside east of the Pike stood the 
Public School and a Methodist Church" 

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