ky-footsteps Saturday, 28 June 1997 Volume 01 : Number 127 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: WRFC71A@prodigy.com (MRS BEULAH A FRANKS) Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 06:56:55, -0500 Subject: KY-F: NEWS: Holman, 98th Birthday - Franklin Co MRS. HOLMAN CELEBRATES 98th BIRTHDAY Mr. and Mrs. Homer Jenkins of Frankfort, entertained with a potluck dinner Sunday, Oct. 22, in celebration of the 98th birthday of Mrs. Cornelia Holman. Mrs. Holman who was born at Milner, is the foster mother of Mrs. Jenkins. She was the former Cornelia Shryock. Approximately 16 persons attended the dinner including Marshall H. Shryock of Milner, Mrs. Holman's 92-year-old brother. >From the scrapbook of Irene Judge Wiley Irene's handwritten note: 1978 ------------------------------ From: WRFC71A@prodigy.com (MRS BEULAH A FRANKS) Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 06:56:53, -0500 Subject: KY-F: NEWS: Samples Anniversary - Franklin Co 50th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. William Samples will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house, Sunday, Oct. 16, at their home on Louisville Road. They were married Oct. 14, 1933 in Shelby County. They have one daughter, Mrs. Lowell Goins, and one son, Jerry Samples, and four grandchildren. >From the scrapbook of Irene Judge Wiley ------------------------------ From: cwatters@cswnet.com Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 07:58:50 -0500 (CDT) Subject: KY-F: WILL: Ashby, 1921 - Hopkins Co ties Last Will and Testament of THOS. H. ASHBY. Know All Men By these Presents, that I, THOS. H. ASHBY of Heber Springs, Cleburne County, Arkansas, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me heretofore made. To-Wit: First, all my of my just debts, if there be any, shall be paid as soon as possible. Then, I bequeath to my brother, GEORGE M. ASHBY of R.F.D. No.4, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, Two Hundred Dollars($200.) in cash at my death, and an annuity of Two Hundred Dollars($200.) per year payable annually as hereinafter provided; also an amount sufficient to pay all burial expenses of said brother and erect a nice monument at the head of his grave at his decease, should his estate be inadequate for this purpose. To my brother, HENRY W. ASHBY, of the same address, I bequeath a competency or annuity sufficient to supplement or replace, when exhausted, his own income and insure him every reasonable comfort during the remainder of his natural life, same to include besides living expenses, such expenses as Doctor's bills, operations, and any other costs or expenses which, in the opinion of the trustees hereinafter named, shall be desirable or conducive to prolong his life or improve his comfort. Said competency to be paid out of the trust fund hereinafter created by the trustees thereof at such times and in such amounts as they deem proper; provided, however, that such competency shall not exceed the residue of the interst and dividends accuring from the $10,000.00 trust fund to be established for this purpose, after the annuity devised above to GEORGE M. ASHBY has been deducted. To provide the above annuity and competency for my brothers. George and Henry, it is my will, and I hereby order and direct, that a trust fund of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) be raised out of my estate and invested in real estate, banks, mortgage notes or bonds, or other interest bearing or dividend producing securities, which in their judgment are safe investments, by the executors of this Will, as trustees, or in default of their accepting or retaining the trust, by their successor or successors in this trust, who shall be appointed by the proper Court. If the executors of this will, deciding not to accept this trust, shall, together with all of the parties beneficially interested therein, elect, and agree upon who should be appointed to receive this trust, it is my desire and will that the Court appoint such person or persons upon application therefor; to perform the duties of this trust as provided in this, my Will. At the death of my brothers, George and Henry the principal and unused interest and dividends of the aforementioned trust fund shall be added to and become a part of the trust fund hereinafter created for my daughter, ROSA M. ROBINSON, and be subject to the same conditions and stipulations thereof. If she survives me, I bequeath to my daughter, ROSA M. ROBINSON, Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) in cash, notes or real estate; also the interest and dividends that shall accrue from the remainder of my property, real and personal, less the expenses of the management thereof)which remainder shall be held and constituted into a second trust fund by the trustees named herein or their successor or successors in this trust, who shall succeed and be succeeded as hereinbefore provided, and invested by them as are the funds of the first mentioned trust; the said interest and dividends be paid my said daughter annually, and I hereby will that nether the $5,000.00 devised to her above nor the principal, interest or dividends from any other property devised to her in this will shall be subject to the control, debts, or engagements of the sole and separate use of herself and her children, if there be any, such children to be provided for at her death as hereinafter stated; it is my desire and will that the last mentioned trust fund be continued and administered until the said trustees or their successors are convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the said ROSA M. ROBINSON has become competent, capable and disposed to properly manage such property thriftly and frugally, when they are free to convey such property or any part thereof to her subject to the same conditions as attend the above mentioned $5,000.00, as bequest. Any children of my said daughter, shall, at her death, be provided for as follows: A trust fund of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) shall be raised from the above property devised to her direct or in trust, by the executors of this will if her demise occur before their settlement has been made, or by the trustees of the above mentioned trust fund, if later, who shall invest the said $10,000.00 as shall be the foregoing trust funds, the interest and dividends therefrom to be prorated among said children by said trustees or paid by them to the guardian of said children and by him prorated equally among them; this arrangement to continue until all of said children are 21 years of ages when the principal and all remaining interest and dividends shall be divided equally among them. If, after, raising the last above mentioned trust fund there should remain a residue of property devised direct or in trust to my said daughter, it is my will that such residue shall be devided equally among my three nieces, KATHRYN and MADELINE KERCHEVAL of Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, R.F.D. 4, and GOLDIE K. ASHBY of Hanson, Hopkins County, Kentucky, their heirs and assigns. Should my daughter, ROSA M. ROBINSON die before the above said $5,000.00 shall have been paid her, and she is married at the time of her death, it is my will that One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)be paid her then husband from said $5,000.00 legacy; the remainder to go as above provided if she leaves issue; if she leaves no issue, said remainder shall be divided equally among my above mentioned nieces, KATHRYN and MDELINE KERCHEVAL and GOLDIE K. ASHBY, their heirs and their heirs and assigns. Should the trust fund to be established for my daughter, ROSIE M. ROBINSON, remain in trust at her death, assigns, by reason of her having failed to convice the trustees thereof of her ability to properly manage such peoperty and receive conveyance thereof, it is my will that same, together with any residue remaining from the above mentioned $5,000.00 bequest, shall be divided equally among my said neices, KATHRYN and MADELINE KERCHEVAL and GOLDIE K. ASHBY, provided she leaves no issue, but if she leaves issue, same shall go as hereinabove provided. The expenses of executing this will and each trust hereinbefore named shall be paid out of the legacy, or trust fund for which such expense is incured, by the executors or trustees thereof. I desire and will that all annuities and competencies shall take date from the date of the probation of this Will, and that all legacies not annuities, competencies, or trust funds, shall be paid within Eight(8)months form the same date. I hereby authorize and empower the executors of the will, and in the case of the trust fund for any children of my daughter, if raised after the executors settlement his been made, by the trustees thereof, to sell and convey any real estate of which I may die possessed, for the purpose of raising any or all such sums of money as shall be required for the trust funds, annuities, competencies and legacies hereinbefore directed to be created, given and bequeathed. All such sales to be made by public vendure, after notice thereof shall have been published in atleast one newspaper, nearest the property to be sold, at least 15 days prior to such sale. I hereby appoint W.E. KERCHEVAL of Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucy, and O.A. ASHBY of Hanson, Hopkins County, Kentucky, executors of this will and trustees of the trust funds herin created without bond, and I hereby waive and release them from any liability for any and all losses arising from the investment of all trust funds or the administration thereof, during their trusteeship, except in case it is clearly shown that such funds were purposedly and malignantly misappropriated or misused. In Witness Whereof, I, the aforenamed testator, do declare this to be my last will and testament and have hereunto set my hand, this the 3 day of May 1917. Signed THOS. H. ASHBY Testor. We, the undersigned witnesses hereby certify that the foregoing will was read by us to THOS. H. ASHBY as and for his last Will and Testament; that he signed same in our presence and we signed same, at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other. Witness our hands this the day and year above written. R.M. DASHIELL W.C. JOSHNSON Witnesses. PROOF OF WILL. State of Arkansas, County of Cleburne. Personally appeared before me A.I. DAVIS, Clerk of the County and Probate Court of Cleburne County, Arkansas, W.C. JOHNSON to me well known, who being duly sworn says: That he is a citizen of Cleburne County, Arkansas, W. C. Johnson to me well known, who being duly sworn says: That he is a citizen of Cleburne County, Arkansas, 35 years of age and president of the Arkansas National Bank, of Heber Springs, Arkansas: that he was personally well acquainted with THOS. H. ASHBY in his lifetime and was one of the subsscribing witnesses to the foregoing instrument of writing perporting to be the last Will and Testament of THOS. H. ASHBY, deceased; that said instrument was executed at the time, place, and by the person therein named; that said THOS. H. ASHBY, the Testor, was at the time of signing said instrument upward of twenty-one years of age, and of sound and disposing memory, and in my presence and the presence of R.M. DASHIELL, THOS. H. ASHBY declared it to be his last Will and Testament, and subsscribed his name thereto in the presence of myself and R. M. DASHIELL; that at the request of said Testator said R. M. Dashiell and this affiant wrote their names to the said Will in his presence and in the presence of each other; that the subsscriptions to the foregoing instrument of writng are genuine, and that said instrument whcih is hereto attached is the identical one that affiant and R. M. DASHIELL so witnessed and saw the said THOS H. ASHBY sign. that the said R. M. DASHIELL is since deceased. W.C. JOHNSON Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of July 1921. A. Q. DAVIS. County and Probate Clerk (Seal) Note: I copied this Will as written. Is there anyone who can tell me who this ASHBY family is? I'm descendent of JOHN ASHBY(Coles Co., IL.) and I am interested to place THOS. Any help is much appreciated! Carol Ashby Watters Heber Springs, AR. ------------------------------ From: Diana Flynn Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 21:46:48 -0400 Subject: KY-F: BIO: Erwin, William h/o Elizabeth Dodd - Unknown Co WILLIAM ERWIN, deceased, was a native of Randolph County, NC from whence he emigrated with his family to Indiana Territoy in 1808, locating in Clark County, Indiana. In 1815 he removed to Lawrence County, Indiana where he became widely known, serving for a time as County Judge. Previous to this he served as one of the Territorial Magistrates under GOV. HARRISON. The eldest of his children and his name sake was the father of WILLIAM ERWIN, the present County Recorder. By BISHOP ROBERTS, William the second was married to ELIZABETH DODD, a native of Kentucky, in March, 1835, and to them twelve children were born. Mr. Erwin was a farmer throughout life, a member of long standing in the Methodist Church, and a man of undoubted honor and integrity. Early in life he espoused the Whig faith in politics, but in 1856 was one of seventeen in Marion Township who renounced their old party for Republicanism and cast their ballots for JOHN C. FREMONT for President. During the Rebellion he took advanced grouds for the preservation of the Union. His death, which occurred November 19,1881, was universally regretted. His oldest son, HUGH ERWIN, was elected to the Indiana Legislature in 1860, at that time being the youngest member, but in 1861 resigned, and enlisted in the Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was elected Captain of Company A. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Port Gibson, Champion Hills and Vicksburg, but by reason of failing health was compelled to resign his commission. He was twice elected Treasurer of Lawrence County, and was afterward appointed Government Gauger by PRESIDENT GRANT. He is now a resident of Cherokee County, Kansas. WILLIAM ERWIN, the third of that name here mentioned, and HUGH'S brother, was born April 11,1843, and with his brother was raised on a farm. July 9, 1861, he enlisted in the same company and regiment as his brother, served through the Missouri campaign and was honorably dischareed June 11,1862. For a time succeeding this he attended Asbury University at Greencastle, and in May, 1864, graduated from Bryant & Stratton's Business College at Indianapolis. In this same month he became a member of Company E, One Hundred and Thrity-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving until the expiration of his term of enlistment. After this he served as Deputy Recorder to fill the unexpired term of JOHN F. RICHARDS. In 1876 he was elected to this office and re-elected in 1880 with an increased majority. Mr. Erwin is a stanch Republican, a Free Mason and a member of the G.A.R. May 15,1878, Miss FLORA A. IRWIN became his wife, and MARY, born October 11,1879, is their only child. His mother, now in her sixty-eighth year, and one sister, now live on the old homestead in Marion Township; two sisters in Eureka, Illinois. His brother, THOMAS ERWIN, resides in Marion Township on his farm; one sister in Anchorage, Kentucky, one in North Vernon and one near Springville, Indiana. TAKEN FROM "GOODSPEED'S HISTORY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, INDIANA" 1884 NOTE: I am not researching any of these families. I just posted this in the hopes that it might help someone else. ------------------------------ From: Diana Flynn Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 22:35:12 -0400 Subject: KY-F: BIO: Glover, George W. s/o Mary McManus - Barren Co GEORGE W. GLOVER was born in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana, February 28, 1829, the fifth of nine children of JOSEPH and MARY (MCMANUS) GLOVER, native of Virginia and Kentucky, and came to Indiana at an early day. At the age of sixteen years, our subject, after having passed his youth on his father's farm, obtaining limited schooling, began to do for himself. He married ANN C. BROWN, October 21,1852, and to this union the following family have been born: CHARLOTTE, who married AYLETT WHITTED; GEORGE, who married NETTIE FERGUSON; JOHN whose wife was BELLE JACKSON; ROBERT, unmarried; EMMETT, whose wife was SARAH PALMER; WILLIAM and MARY, the last two being single and at home with their parents. Mr. Glover has follwed the occupation of farming, and now owns eighty acres of well improved land. He is a Republican and a member of the Masonic Lodge at Heltonville. He is an enterprising man and a good citizen and neighbor. TAKEN FROM "GOODSPEED'S HISTORY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, INDIANA" 1884 NOTE: I am not researching this family. ------------------------------ From: Diana Flynn Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 22:51:22 -0400 Subject: KY-F: BIO: Hostetler, Hon. A. J. - Unknown Co ties HON. A. J. HOSTETLER, owner and editor of the Bedford Banner, was born in Washington County, Indiana, November 22,1818, and is a son of JONATHAN and SARAH (RIBBLE) HOSTETLER, with whom he removed to this county (Lawrence County) when an infant. His father was a Kentuckian by birth, but in 1816 became a resident of Indiana and followed farming until his death in 1828, preceded by the death of Mrs. Hostetler five years. Being cast upon his own resources when yet a small lad, our subject was reared by relatives until seventeen years old, when he went to Decatur, Illinois, and learned blacksmithing. In 1837 he returned to Lawrence County, which has ever since been his home, with the exception of one year, while a resident of Orange County, Indiana. He was engaged in blacksmithing until 1854, and for the succeeding ten years farmed. In 1865 he engaged in merchandising in Bedford, at which he has largely been engaged until within the last few years. As a Democrat in politics Mr. Hostetler has been a faithful worker for his party, and from 1854 to 1858 served in the upper house of the State Legislature of Indiana, declining a re-election. In 1878 he was elected to represent the old Eighth District in the Forty-sixth Congress, and in 1880 was the delagate of his party to the National Democratic Convention at Cincinnati from the Second District. In September, 1883, he began the editorship of the Banner, which has thrived under his management. In February, 1842, Miss MARGARET NEWLAND became his wife, and JONATHAN N., JOHN F. (deceased), SARAH A. and KATE, are the names of their children. Mr. Hostetler is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and wife belong to the Christian Church. TAKEN FROM "GOODSPEED'S HISTORY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, INDIANA" 1884 NOTE: I am not researching this family. ------------------------------ End of ky-footsteps V1 #127 *************************** 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.