Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 02:00:36 GMT To: ky-footsteps@sirius.dsenter.com Subject: ky-footsteps V1 #85 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Carol Moody" Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 16:28:47 -0500 Subject: KY-F: Tidbits from THE ADAIR COUNTY NEWS, Wednesday, 9 Jan 1901 Some items of genealogical interest from THE ADAIR COUNTY NEWS, Wednesday, 9 Jan 1901 OUR GLORIOUS COUNTRY --- Have you watched its marvelous growth? If not, the Weekly Enquirer wants to study the strides it has made. The first census of the United States was taken in 1810. Since then every succeeding ten years. The results has been as follows: 1810--- 7,239,881 1840---17,069,453 1870---38,558,371 1820--- 9,633,822 1850---23,191,876 1880---50,155,783 1830---12,866,020 1860---31,443,321 1890---62,622,250 Little Vara Aylme, the two year old daughter of Mr. and Short MOORE died the first day of January. She had been sick for five weeks and her death had been expected for several days. She is infinitely better off than to have remained in this world but it is hard for parents to drive away grief. Mr. Miller STAPLETON, son of A. S. Stapleton, who resides on Green river, was married last Friday to Miss Mary BRYANT, who was making her home at Mr. J. C. Dunbar's. Mr. B. RIGNEY who home was near Neatsburg on Green River died last Thursday and the body was conveyed to Pulaski county for burial in the following day. … The cause of his death was consumption and it seemed to get in its fearful work in a short while, as he was only sick 5 weeks. He was 53 years old and apparently enjoyed fair health. His wife died several years ago but no children survive. Mr. W. L. DOWELL, a prominent young man of Jamestown, will be married this (Wednesday) evening to Miss Ola BAUGH, who is also a resident of the capital of Russell. The intended bride is a sister of Eld. Arthur Baugh, and is one of the best young ladies of Jamestown. At the home of the bride, on the 26th ult. Mr. Willie HAYES and Miss Lillie SPEER, passed through the pearly gates of that solemn city, matrimony, Rev. Wells officiating. … Miss Lillie is … a daughter of Mr. Bill Speer. (Meadow Creek) Messrs. J. W. and Robt. WALKER two of our popular young men, will leave in a few days for the Lone Star State, to make their future home. Barrett HOWK, of Cynthiana, who cut his arteries in a suicidal attempt in Cincinnati, died yesterday. The burial icoured (sic) in Harrison county today. Jessie LIVINGHHD (sic), aged eighteen, was drowned near Farmers, Ky. Thr (sic) lody (sic) was recovered. Mrs. America Dayton ROGERS was burned to death in Robertson county. Thomas STEPHENS, aged eighty-eight years, married Mrs. CORBIN, aged sixty-five in Bath county. George COLLINSWORTH, of Middlesboro, a section foreman, was killed by an engine. ------------------------------ From: braimer@kiwi.dep.anl.gov (Happy Greer) Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 11:50:30 -0400 Subject: KY-F: Pleasant View Cemetery, Hopkins County Some Tombstone Inscriptions from PLEASANT VIEW Cemetery which is next to Pleasant View Baptist Church in Madisonville, Kentucky. Viewed in November 1995. Surnames: SLATON, O'BRYAN, SMITH, GREER. "Eva F./Wife of/Robert Slaton/Dec. 5,1874/May 5,1911/At Rest/ She is at rest in/heaven" "Mother/Polley Lee,/wife of/A. W. Slaton/Mar. 10,1824/June 18,1908/ SLATON" "At Rest/Arthur W./Slaton,/Born/Dec. 28,1810/Died/Jan. 19,1901/ SLATON" "SMITH/Mollie W. 1857-1938//James A. 1855-1937" "GREER/Walter Jan. 28, 1872/ Apr. 12,1941//Dora Aug. 20, 1872 [no death date on stone for Dora] "Mary E./GREER/Born/Jan. 31, 1849/Died/Jan. 2,1901" [indecipherable inscription below Mary's inscription] "J. C. O'Bryan/Born ______ 1826/Jan. 31, 1906// Martha E./ Wife of/J. C. O'Bryan/Born Aug. 15, 1831/Died Mar. 23, 1904/ OBRYAN" "Hollis G. Slaton/April 7, 1890/Mar. 2, 1972/At Rest" "Alma C. Slaton/March 3, 1889/July 11, 1936/At Rest" "Agnes Louise/Daut. of/H.G. & Alma/SLATON/Dec. 31, 1912/Nov. 27,1920" "SLATON/Rev. A.C. Slaton/1853-1925//Martha Jane His Wife/ 1856-1924" "Auburn W./son of/A.C. & M.J. SLATON/Jan. 18, 1897/Sept. 13, 1910/ Our darling one has gone before/to greet us on the blissful shore/ SLATON" (Personal NOTES: Slatons-- Rev. A.C. Slaton (Aurelious) was son of Arthur W. Slaton. Greer--My Great Grandmother Mary E. Greer was the daughter of John E. & Sarah (nee Foxwell) McCormick. She was the widow of John H. Greer, a native of Christian County. Her daughter Lenora (fraternal twin to my Grandfather Leman Greer) married A. C. "Preacher" Slaton's son Lonnie (Alonzo) Slaton. My father John R. Greer recalls when he was 6 years old going to the funeral of Agnes Louise Slaton who died at age 8, "a very very sad occasion, my first experience of the death of a child." Agnes was his Uncle Lonnie Slaton's niece.) Walter Greer was the son of Mary E. & John H. Greer. His wife Dora's maiden name was Mullinax or Mullinix and widow of a man named Tyson. She had a son Willie Tyson from that first marriage. She and Walter Greer had no children. Happy Greer braimer@kiwi.dep.anl.gov ------------------------------ From: Rita Stanifer Maggard Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 21:40:33 -0400 Subject: KY-F: MT. ECHO---new series!? Hello, world! With the recent problems with Maiser and all the confusion surrounding I am totally confused about what I have and have not posted on the last MT ECHO series we started. And to be totally honest, I just really do not want to try to figure it out right now! My "figure-outter" is all figured out after all that (plus 3 new counties!) except to figure out that at this point it would be best to back up and punt! Soooo...I'm just going to start a new series. We'll finish the other one later! In January 1899 an event happened in Laurel County that shocked the entire community. The case may sound vaguely familiar to you because of the parallels between it and a more recent case. A handsome, successful and well-known man became enamored (or at least fixated!) on a beautiful young woman of a lower economic status. The relationship progressed through the power of the man to manipulate and control the woman. When a situation arose that he could not control, he attempted to force events to conform to his desires regardless of the price others had to pay. The story proceeds through the death of the young woman and a completely innocent "bystander", the flight of the young man and his subsequent arrest, and the "media circus" that surrounded his trial. While the events happened in Laurel County and had little effect on anyone beyond it's boundaries, it should make interesting reading for a wider audience for several reasons: (1.) the vast change in the mores of eastern Kentucky in a little less than 100 years, (2.) the unchanging nature of basic human failings and weaknesses and (3.) the startling differences and, yet, somehow, the sameness of press coverage then and now. Keep in mind that this entire story was originally published in a local newspaper in a rural area in 1899 and was considered extremely risque. By the standards of today, the reporter's writing style is very formal, but in 1899 the public use of certain words and mention of certain topics was, in itself, scandalous...their publication shocking! And so, ladies and gentlemen, from Laurel County, Kentucky comes the story of the "trial of the century".....the 19th century, that is. Rita - -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Rita Stanifer Maggard Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 21:41:47 -0400 Subject: KY-F: MT ECHO 1899--People vs E.K. Wilson PART 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ People vs E.K. Wilson 1899 PART 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reprinted with permission of the Laurel County Historical Society from their book "Excerpts from the Mountain Echo 1899" Copyright 1996 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January 27, 1899 A sensation that had been smoldering and brewing in London the past four weeks burst forth with all its hideousness and desolating fury upon the peaceful inhabitants of our usually quiet little mountain city last Saturday and Sunday. It was the exposure of one of the most hideous, black and damnable crimes that ever disgraced our favorite town or blacked the record of our court. It was the story of the bewitching conduct of a wiley, cultured, daring and handsome young barrister, the betrayal, seduction, ruin and agonizing death of a sweet, innocent, confiding, pretty, though unlettered young lady and servant girl at the Catching Hotel. The young man implicated and charged with the crime is none less than Mr. E. K. Wilson, who, though he has been a citizen of our county only about nine years, has been honored more than once by the good people of this county, at one time chosen by the suffrage of the people to preside over the interests of the county as its legal adviser and representative as County Attorney, and came within a few votes of being called to preside over the county as its chief officer, County Judge. The young lady who met with such a sad misfortune and tragic death was Miss Mary E. Cloyd, daughter of Mr. Thomas Cloyd, who resides near McWhorter, this county, twelve miles north of London, but who has been serving in the capacity of a cook at the Catching Hotel for the past two and a half years. To be continued ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Rita Stanifer Maggard Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 23:34:38 -0400 Subject: KY-F: MT ECHO 1899--People vs E.K. Wilson PART 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ People vs E.K. Wilson 1899 PART 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reprinted with permission of the Laurel County Historical Society from their book "Excerpts from the Mountain Echo 1899" Copyright 1996 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JANUARY 27, 1899 According to the proof advanced at the examining trial the facts and Circumstances are about as follows: About two years ago Mr. Wilson began paying his respects to Miss Cloyd in the capacity of a sweetheart and continued to do so regularly about once a week, some time not so often, and sometimes oftener, calling on her in the parlor of the hotel, where Mr. Wilson was a border and where the girl was a domestic, Mr. Wilson, all the while using every means known to the wiles of man to accomplish his purpose to have carnal knowledge of her and her ruin. Finally, yielding to his persuasive genius and under the solemn promise of marriage, she yielded to his lusty desires and her ruin and death followed. Mr. Wilson's confession, the girls dying declaration, substantiated by a volume of other evi- dences is insurmountable proof belief the girl was a pure girl up to the time of his knowledge of her, that he had given her medicine and that with his own hands, after she had refused to use it he had used the instrument which caused her death. This interview closed, this meeting ended by Mr. Wilson saying that before he would be forced to marry the girl he would kill himself. With this Mr. Wilson left the room, the town, the county and was never again seen in our county until last Sunday morning when he was arrested by the authorities in Madison county at Richmond and brought back here under the charge of murder. The dying declaration of the girl, made in the presence of Mrs. McLear, and Drs. Ramsey and Pennington was in substance as follows: That she was 25 years of age, that no other man save Mr. Wilson knew her carnally, that he accomplished her ruin under the most solemn promise of marriage, that Mr. Wilson was the father of her unborn child, that he had given her twelve pills with directions how to use them, one three times a day, that she took seven of them, that two days later about Dec. 27, Mr. Wilson told her that the pills might bring her all right, but that she did not want to run any risk, that he wanted to use an instrument, that he inserted it into the uterus by the use of a wire, cut it off leaving a portion of it in the uterus, and by this produced abortion , caused her illness and destroyed her life. Dr. Pennington assisted by Dr. Ramsey, attended the girl during her entire sickness and everything known to medical science was done to save her life. To be continued ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End of ky-footsteps V1 #85 ************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genelaogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.