NEWS: Flemingsburg Democrat, 1869-1870, Fleming Co., KY ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Submitted by: Elizabeth Smith lizsmith@setel.com Date: 30 July 1999 ********************************************************************** Much of the information in the Democrat was related to the politics of that time. There is much talk of the "carpet-baggers" and "radicals." Many of the articles openly express racist views and use slurs against Black citizens and Asians. Flemingsburg Democrat Nov. 25, 1869 to Jan. 20, 1870 Thursday, Nov. 25, 1869 Married-At the residence of Thomas D. Byrum, Esq., of Nicholas co., Ky., on the 16th of November, 1869, by Rev. John B. Ewan, Mr. John Burns, of Nicholas county, Ky., to Mrs. Letetia Wade, of Cincinnati, O. - ---------------------------------------- Thursday, Dec. 2, 1869 Found Dead-A negro named Anthony Green was found dead in his bed one morning last week. He had attended a wedding the night before and retired apparently in good health. His brother was sleeping with him.-Mays. Eagle MARRIAGES At the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Dennis Belt, on Tuesday morning, Nov. 30th, 1869, by Elder E. B. Challenner, Mr. B. F. Bollinger, of Maysville, Ky., to Miss Matilda Belt. - ---------------------------------------- Thursday, January 13, 1870 A HORRIBLE AFFAIR A Man Strikes his Wife in the Head with an Ax and then Hangs Himself We learn that on Friday morning last, that Mr. Thomas Bradshaw, a wealthy farmer living near Sharpsburg in Bath county, assaulted his wife with an ax, striking her on the head inflicting a terrible wound which will probably cause her death. Bradshaw supposing that the lick he had struck had killed her, immediately secured a rope and hung himself dead. There are various rumours afloat as to the cause of this deed of blood, but as we know nothing of the truth of any of them, we decline to publish them.-Mr. B. and his present wife had only been married a few weeks, he being a widower and the father of a large and interesting family of children at the time of the marriage. He was a man of considerable wealth and is said to have possesssed an uncontrolable temper, when he got mad; his madness amounted to insanity. It is supposed that he was in this condition when the awful tragedy was committed. At last accounts his wife still lingers in an insensible condition and the chance for her recovery are decidedly against her. This is indeed a shocking affair and one deeply to be deplored by the public. Certainly, the causes which lend a man to commit such a crime as this in his own household must be great or he is a maniac. In fact, we do not think that any reasonable excuse could be made for so damnable an act. Mr. B. we understand was in the neighborhood of eighty-years of age. - ---------------------------------------- January 13, 1870 Murder On the 31st ult, a quiet inoffensive old citizen was killed by Wm. Guinnett at Cain's old tavern in this county. John Waller vends poisoned whiskey at this place, and on the day named a large crowd had assembled and were drinking and carousing. Guinnett had stated in the morning that he intended to kill somebody that day, but named no one. There was no difficulty so far as we can learn between him and his victim, nor was old man Payne drunk. Without cause or provocation, he was shot down and died in ten minutes. As soon as the intelligence was brought to town, a warrant of arrest was issued for Guinnett, and Capt. Tipton started immediately for him, but after thoroughly scouring the neighborhood was unable to find him. So far as we gather the facts, the killing was cold blooded and atrocious, and the murderer deserves to be hunted down with the full power of the law.-Mt. Ster. Sentinel. - ---------------------------------------- January 20, 1870 Another Patriot Gone-Caleb Morris, a soldier of the war of 1812, died on th 6th last, in Bourbon county, in the 80th year of his age. Died.-Alexander Miller, the oldest of the large and influential family of Millers, of Millersburg, died on Thursday, the 6th instant. Drowned.-Neal Murphy while crossing Licking river at Lair's on Monday 10th inst. Broke through the ice and was drowned. ------------------------------ Flemingsburg Democrat February 10, 1870 Death of Hon Lewis Collins (From the Maysville Bulletin) [first line lost in crease] . . . by the announcement of the sudden death of Judge Lewis Collins. He had been a sufferer for some months past from a mental affliction which rendered it necessary he shoud be placed in charge of the eminent Dr. Chipley at Lexington, where his disease was treated with all the skill and tenderness of a great humanity and a large experience. His bodily health had been regarded good, under the circumstances, up to a few days previous to his death, and some hopes were entertained for his ultimate recovery. Though our citizens were not wholly unprepared for this public calamity, the sad news was received with deep and regretful feeling. He was born in Fayette county in this State-within a few miles of Ashland-on Christmas day, 1797-and was, consequently, at the time of his deat, in his seventy-third year. His removal to this city took place in 1814, and he was married here to Mary Ellen Poers, who now survives him, on the 1st day of April 1823-having been married nearly half a century. He began life in this county as an apprentice to the printing business, and for a short time was the carrier, then foreman and associate editor of a small paper entitled the "Union" printed at Washington. He was afterwards one of the propriotors. He then purchased the Maysville Eagle in 1820 and continued his career as editor and publisher thereof, for twenty-seven years. In 1834, he began the completion of his "history of Kentucky," and after several years of diligent labor, produced the only authentic and reliable record of the early events and primal organization of this commonwealth. That history is now in every important library in the State, and is esteemed an invaluable work. In late years, he has held a great many offices of honor and trust at the hands of the people. He was the first Judge of the Mason County Court, Treasurer of the Sinking Fund, School Commissioner, for over fifteen years, Treasurer of the Maysville & Lexington Turnpike Road Company, President and Treasurer of the Maysville & Germantown Turnpike Road Company, and Secretary and Treasurer of the Maysville and Mt. Carmel Turnpike Road Company, all of which he filled with fidelity and efficiency. At an early age of twenty-four, he began his more active labors as a Christian, serving as a Deacon of the Presbyterian Church for thirteen years, frequently representing his Church in the Presbytery of Ebenezer, and in the Synod of Kentucky. In 1836, he was a Commissioner of the Presbyterian General Assembly at Pittsburg, a body of divines and laymen, that has seldom been equalled in great ability, theological learning and personal piety. He was all his life a *working* Christian.-He lived as one who realized that God required at his hands the constant exercise of all his talents. He did his duty unostentaiously always, always well and nobly. Judge Collins was a man so entirely out of the ordinary sphere, so unlike the "common run" of his kind, that his nearest friends could only wonder at the gentle and feminine delicacy of his organization. It was strange how he had withstood the attrition of so many years with a coarser and ruder world, and preserved so well all the higher virtues and refinements of a truly christian character. Few men have worked out the problem of life through the means of such a benign philosophy. Ever gentle and generous in all his transactions and relations with the world, he could say with perfect truth, that all men were his friends and he had never known an enemy. In this community, where the greater portion of his valuable life was passed, there are many lasting monuments to his memory. Not in the column and the arch: "The sculptured marble and the breathing gold," but in the sacred corners of all the hearts of the people. For more than fifty years he was the leading spirit and trusty guardian of the Sabbath Schools of this city. He felt a deep and abiding interest in the spread of christianity, and as a first means to insure it, his most zealous care for the moral culture of children. No hand was better capable of pointing the true path than his, for it only gave the direction of his own footway. He taught more by example than precept, and he bade none to follow where he dare not lead. His habits of life *were simple, frugal* and worthy of emulation. He was never wasteful of what his honest labor and economy had won, though-his bounty was large to the poor, and his charities bestowed at every appeal. No sufferer was ever turned from his hospitable door without having first shared his bounty and his blessing.-He sought worthy objects upon which to bestow the fruits of his industry and frugal care. He clothed the naked-fed the hungered and visited the sick and distressed, administering every where the panacea of his christian consolation. Only a few days previous to his death, we visited Judge Collins in his affliction at Lexington. We were accompanied by a large number of the editors of the State, all of whom were received by him with kind words and a generous warmth. He seemed at that time to be in the full possession of his memory and mental qualities. He knew the fathers and relatives of many of the young members of the fraternity, having been their associate in earlier years, and seemed glad to recall to them the past incidents of his life. When he entered his room, he came to us with open arms and with tears, inquired of his family and friends at home, and we hoped then, notwithstanding . . . [line lost in crease] . . . ed, for an all wise Providence parted at last the trembling thread it had been so long: "Can that man be dead Whose spiritial influence is upon his kind? He lives in glory; and his speaking dust Has more of life than half of its breathing mould." - ---------------------------------------- Marriage Licenses.-The following list of marriage licenses for the month of January 1870, has been kindly furnished us by Joseph Throop our most excellent County Clerk: John H. Foxworthy and Mary L. Foxworthy. Joseph A. Hunt and Martha J. Linley. Edward Barnaby and Sarah A. Eden. Wm. H. Clines and Celia J. Hunt. Eli Umstead and Lucy A. Williams. Salathiel E. Fitch and Fanny N. Wallingford. John W. Gordon and Ann Eliza Hyatt. Daniel W. Ham and Mary J. Nutigate. Oliver Jimmerson and Martha E. Wilson. - ---------------------------------------- MARRIAGES Married in Maysville, Ky., Jan 20th, Gilbert S. Judd to Miss Mary W. Miner. - ---------------------------------------- DEATHS Died Maysville, Ky., on Saturday morning, February 5, 1870, at 4 o'clock, of consumption, Martha, wife of Ben. W. Wood, Esq., aged forty-two years. ------------------------------ Flemingsburg Democrat June 2, 1870 to Aug 18, 1870 Thursday, June 2, 1870 CHILD DROWNED-A little son of L. D. Harbor, in Robertson county, only four years old, was found drowned in a cistern on his father's place, one day last week. It is supposed he was playing near the cistern and fell in.-Maysville Bulletin. DIED--Charles F. Lander a worthy and highly respected citizen of this county died at his residence near Flemingsburg on the 28th last. Mr. Lander was one of our most respectable and useful citizens and his loss will be deeply felt in our community. His remains were interred in the Cemetery near this place on the 29th. His funeral obsequies were attended by a large concourse of people, as a last tribute to his memory. GRETNA-GREEN--All young ladies and gentlemen who are troubled with cruel parents and who design an abandonment of the old "vine and fig tree," are informed that Squire Shelton "still lives" in the person of Squire Beasley, and that all marriages will be solemnized by him hereafter in a true and lawful way. Every marriage at which he officates will be legally recorded in the Clerk's office at Brown county, so that no question can be raised as to their validity. The old Squire is a thorough gentleman and will tie the knot so tight that only "death or divorce" can break it.-Maysville Bulletin - ---------------------------------------- Thursday, 9 Jun 1870 MARRIAGES . . . in Fleming county, May . . .to Miss Jennie Hammonds. [some parts obscured, because of bleed-through of an advertisement from the opposite side of paper] On Tuesday morning, June 7th, 1870 at the residence of the brides father, by Rev. Henry M. Scupper, Mr. T. C. Bayless, of Carter county, Ky., to Miss Lizzie Burnes of Bell Grove Springs, Fleming county, Ky. Attendants-Mr. Geo. Landsdown, Miss Helen Wallace Bayless, Mr. J. R. Ward, Miss Kate Burnes. The youthful and happy couple have our warmest wishes for their happiness and success in life. May the sweet flowers that. . .[much of the rest is also obscured.] - ---------------------------------------- Thursday, 14 July, 1870 MARRIAGES Married at the residence of Dr. George Aitkin in Sherburne, on the 22'd of June, by Rev. D. D. Duty, C. H. Daugherty to Miss Emma D. Aitkin, both of Fleming co. - ---------------------------------------- Thursday, 11 August 1870 DIED.--At his residence, near Lexington, Lafayette county, Mo., on the 1st day of August 1870, Thomas Proctor in the 71st year of his age. The deceased was formerly a citizen of this county. - ---------------------------------------- Thursday, 18 August 1870 Death of Wm. R. Pearce We regret to record the death of our former fellow-citizen, Wm. R. Pearce, at his residence in Cincinnati on Wednesday morning. On last Friday Mr. Pearce was struck with paralysis of the left side, and was immediately rendered insensible. For a time he rallied and recovered his speech and consciousness, and hopes were entertained of his recovery. But he was taken with a relapse, and died in the midst of his afflicted family and surrounded by sorrowing and affectionate relatives. The deceased had for several months been preparing for the rites of confirmation in the Episcopal church. He was about forty-six years of age. Mr. Pearce was formerly a prominent business man of Maysville, a member of the firm of Pearce, Tolle & Holton, and after accumulating a fortune here sought a wider field for enterprise, tact, and capital in Cincinnati. In the latter place we learn that he was very successful. His kindly disposition had won for him the friendship of many and his loss will be regretted by a very wide circle of acquaintences.-Maysville Eagle. ------------------------------ Flemingsburg Democrat Thursday, 25 August 1870 AN OUTRAGEOUS CRIME A Young Lady of the Highest Respectability Outraged The Inhuman Monster Captured and Hung. Our town and county was thrown into an intense state of excitement on this Tuesday evening by the excitement that the daughter of one of our most wealthy and influential citizens had been outraged by an inhuman monster in the shape of a negro. Soon after the report was circulated a large party of gentlemen from this place, Elizaville and surrounding country armed themselves and started in pursuit of the negro. The whole country was scoured, and the negro was finally captured at the residence of his father, Joe Timberlink, who lives near the railroad in the vicinity of Dr. Bells. He was brought to this place that night and lodged in jail. Yesterday morning he was taken by Sheriff Smith and posse into the presence of the outraged young lady who *recognized him instantly* as the man who had committed the crime. He was then brought back to town and his case was called before Judge Sousley, of the County Court. He not being ready for trial, his case was continued until Saturday morning next. The excitement was intense, and he would in all probability have been lynched but for the timely remarks of Judge Andrews who in an eloquent manner cautioned our citizens to let the law take its course, and do no violence. The negro was then placed in jail under strong guard to await his trial on Saturday. LATER A party variously estimated at from one to three hundred persons entered town last night about one o'clock and proceeded to the jail-overpowered the guard and took the negro to a lot near town and there hung him. Comment on this affair is hardly necessary. Our people are a law-abiding people and opposed to mob law, but this being the second offense within the last eighteen months and no punishment being administered to the first, it is doubtless more than the people could stand. We hope this will be the last occurrence of this kind that happens in our midst, at least let it be a warning to all. The party that did the hanging were orderly and not a word we believe was said by any of them. The negro's name was Frank Timberlink and was a notorious bad character. - ---------------------------------------- DEATHS. Monday morning, 14th inst., Laken Stockton, youngest son of Mr. John B. Dudley and wife, of this place is in the 15th month of his age. A bright interesting boy-the joy of his parents and the delight of his older brothers has thus been called away-another lamb of Jesus' fold taken to the bosom of the Great Shepherd. But we will not repine. God has done it and "all is now well with the child."