ky-footsteps Tuesday, 5 August 1997 Volume 01 : Number 177 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "C. Richard Matthews" Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 02:43:05 -0500 Subject: KY-F: Pineville Cem - Bell Co, part 47 Surname Given Name Born Death Miracle Thomas C. 03/13/1885 10/14/1975 Miracle Sarah M. 08/28/1897 08/29/1986 Bays Andrew J. 09/14/1907 04/14/1968 Bays Estille W. 08/13/1917 one date Mills Ross C. 02/15/1898 09/13/1973 Hall Robert B. 08/07/1923 12/30/1968 Evans Rosa 06/15/1904 07/18/1977 Ward Joe 07/21/1921 08/23/1995 Ward Ivena 11/26/1937 03/28/1982 Miller Noah Thomas Jr. 03/22/1948 12/31/1968 Miller Noah Thomas 07/02/1923 04/04/1993 Miller Virginia 10/20/1928 07/20/1992 Caswell Jim F. 09/20/1926 one date Caswell Mary Frances 07/14/1917 one date Wells James H. 12/31/1919 10/11/1970 King Willard 06/24/1921 04/15/1971 Shell Roy Lee 1933 1971 Thorpe Elsie Combs 11/17/1913 03/07/1972 Thorpe Raymond 07/17/1913 02/22/1966 Gillingham George G. 02/05/1905 01/16/1975 Gillingham Nell Grimes 05/26/1905 02/14/1987 Kidd Rotha 09/22/1910 03/05/1977 Kidd Emily 12/16/1900 05/06/1974 Brock Carrie 1897 1990 Brock Henry 10/08/1890 03/27/1971 Robbins Bertha 12/30/1894 10/13/1965 Robbins William Leonard 01/08/1882 03/19/1958 Vaughn Lena 12/31/1906 08/20/1960 Vaughn Jean 06/05/1928 one date Vaughn Herman Delmar 04/04/1927 09/21/1958 Stepp George W. 01/03/1888 03/30/1972 Stepp Lucy G. 03/04/1893 02/24/1974 Miller J. Emerson 02/20/1891 10/31/1971 Miller Caroline Huff 11/16/1864 02/16/1947 Miller Benjamin Selman 05/09/1864 12/26/1947 Hutchinson Antoinette Low 1883 1938 Hubbard Earl 04/23/1920 06/14/1983 Hubbard Marjorie 10/28/1924 one date Swafford James Lewis 04/03/1939 03/03/1991 Gibson W. Alvin 03/10/1915 08/05/1986 Gibson M. Lois 07/12/1924 12/09/1994 Hatmaker William Ed 05/27/1909 08/31/1986 Hatmaker Laura Smith 11/10/1909 03/25/1959 Miller Leonard 05/08/1893 10/12/1957 Miller Rachel 03/12/1898 03/04/1974 Miller Earl 1925 1996 Roy Margaret 01/22/1905 03/04/1990 Roy Bishop George Dewey 05/03/1898 08/12/1974 Lee Phoebie 08/20/1887 08/16/1966 Lee Henry H. 04/07/1886 07/12/1958 Lee Debbie 09/06/1915 11/13/1962 Lee Levi H. 10/18/1907 one date Cox Virgil 10/06/1910 09/17/1979 Cox Della M. 08/23/1915 09/26/1991 ------------------------------ From: "C. Richard Matthews" Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 02:43:02 -0500 Subject: KY-F: Tod Goodin Cem - Bell Co, part 2 Surname Given Name Born Death Miller Gladys 07/05/1936 02/24/1982 Jones Jump no dates Jones Columbus T. 07/15/1867 08/30/1923 Jones Margaret 03/28/1883 08/12/1975 Goodin Robert L. 08/09/1913 06/07/1978 Goodin Maggie 07/09/1919 07/05/1991 North Sally 09/08/1906 03/14/1949 North Charlie 05/20/1901 12/27/1953 Jones Casey 06/04/1922 02/25/1991 Jones Lester 06/26/1939 12/11/1976 Jones Bessie N. 06/02/1898 11/18/1965 Jones Randall 01/09/1921 07/26/1996 Jones William J. 02/14/1895 05/05/1940 Jones John P. 12/31/1934 02/09/1938 Jones Albert 01/20/1933 11/23/1936 Gibson Albert 08/16/1937 08/16/1937 Jones Glenda Faye Brummett09/14/1951 07/07/1994 Jones Bennie 11/02/1951 06/27/1994 Carmack Scott no dates Carmack Bethel no dates Carmack Bernice J. no dates Jones John N. Jr. one date 06/20/1976 Jones Ernest 11/11/1925 one date Jones Edna 10/09/1924 02/25/1990 Jones M.J. no dates Jones Cathy 12/28/1953 12/28/1953 Jones May 02/18/1950 03/06/1950 Jones Fay 02/18/1950 02/18/1950 Jones Bobby Ray 06/07/1945 07/10/1945 Jones Nervie W. 03/29/1894 03/02/1978 Jones Mack 04/22/1886 01/30/1941 Jones Lillie 05/24/1895 02/19/1972 Jones Charlie 07/22/1888 08/26/1957 Jones Kelly C. 10/14/1915 07/14/1947 Jones George 10/26/1922 04/11/1925 Collins Ailene 04/08/1946 05/14/1978 Jones George Gillus 09/02/1950 11/09/1950 Slusher Hank Wayne 05/28/1966 05/28/1966 Lawson William C. 05/31/1885 08/29/1982 Lawson Maudie 05/01/1899 07/18/1969 Lawson Sherman 03/27/1940 10/19/1958 Lawson Celia 04/29/1928 12/09/1924 Gibson Leslie 09/06/1937 09/06/1937 Cain Sarah 06/16/1880 03/20/1952 North Willie Lee 11/18/1927 03/23/1997 Baker Edd 04/01/1921 09/04/1985 Carmack Nolan 02/10/1950 02/27/1950 Webb Andy no dates Alford Mary 04/04/1882 02/09/1963 Alford Jim 08/04/1872 08/30/1957 Jones Gerdie 03/21/1940 03/24/1940 Jones Verdie 03/21/1940 03/21/1940 North Mary 12/05/1952 12/05/1952 North Maggie 04/15/1930 04/15/1930 North Isaac 04/18/1893 06/13/1954 North Mary Liz 10/09/1892 10/21/1978 North AY 09/11/1922 10/07/1991 North Annie Ray 12/15/1992 12/21/1992 Alford Clearance 10/01/1920 09/02/1980 Alford Mary 07/29/1900 03/20/1977 Alford John Martin 09/01/1898 07/03/1961 Russ Dorothy 05/14/1919 08/08/1986 Porter Hazel 1926 1980 Goodin Jim 1906 1979 Goodin Myrtle A. 10/04/1901 07/06/1993 Russ Celia 04/21/1910 01/03/1950 Russ Garrett W. 07/06/1906 12/30/1990 Russ Hobart 10/05/1937 12/26/1938 Mason Hubert 03/25/1927 12/05/1952 Brooks Charlie B. 06/29/1907 09/30/1989 Brooks Gertie Mae 12/08/1911 04/14/1977 Fuson Janie 04/23/1925 05/21/1971 Fuson Ben 01/31/1922 07/09/1954 Goodin Dewitt 06/23/1909 11/09/1968 Goodin Annie Mae Garrett 09/08/1914 02/16/1994 ------------------------------ From: Edie Suttle Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 11:36:54 -0700 Subject: KY-F: Cynthiana, Harrison Co Newspaper 1896 The Cynthiana Democrat 100 years ago.......The Cynthiana Historical Society/Museum printed a special edition of the local newspaper for Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky called the Cynthiana Democrat. The paper is full of rich history and tells of the lives of the citizens of Cynthiana in June, 1896. The price of the newspaper was ten cents and included 24 pages. The following post will be of the contents of the Cynthiana Democrat as they appeared in June 1896. My intent is to start posting the articles included in this newpaper, since the paper is large, and contain a lot of Harrison County History, each subject heading will be CD (for Cynthiana Democrat) Harrison County, page 1 part 1 etc.... My roots run deep in Cynthiana Kentucky, Harrison County. So I hope you really enjoy reading these articles as much as I did. Sincerely, Edie Suttle,jsattle9@idt.net ------------------------------ From: "C. Richard Matthews" Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 10:55:19 -0500 Subject: KY-F: Pineville Cem - Bell Co, Part 48 Surname Given Name Born Death Cox Elhanan 08/15/1896 04/21/1963 Onkst Homer C. 01/20/1912 09/07/1974 Miller Ruth A. 01/27/1928 09/28/1974 Potter Edith Eana 12/17/1901 03/31/1960 Jeffery John L. 04/30/1904 09/22/1970 Jeffery Hazel M. 06/01/1906 09/13/1991 Jeffery Robert J. 1900 1977 Jeffery Emily 1904 one date Hall Charles 03/04/1896 07/07/1969 Hall Martha 07/26/1897 12/14/1948 Garland Jess 09/27/1888 01/28/1972 Garland Myrtle 05/27/1900 08/14/1987 Garland Cynthia 04/16/1963 10/21/1983 Garland Katie 09/29/1980 10/21/1983 Foley Thomas S. 06/29/1908 08/03/1987 Foley Christine M. 07/22/1912 05/11/1995 McCarty Gertrude Leach 11/29/1879 10/10/1970 Castner Rebecca McCarty 09/30/1915 04/15/1952 Castner Robert F. 06/20/1894 11/04/1945 Chaffin Bertha S. 12/13/1907 07/29/1982 Chaffin Brownie V. 06/29/1907 11/03/1974 McCarty Fred 09/20/1902 09/05/1970 Lester Lillie 08/05/1899 11/06/1984 Elliott Walter C. 1909 1996 Elliott Elsie W. 1912 one date Elliott George W. 02/14/1867 08/16/1947 Elliott Bertha Dill 05/29/1884 01/27/1970 Elliott Mary 05/30/1883 04/05/1977 Elliott Pauline 02/24/1923 01/01/1993 Collett Lawrence 06/10/1909 05/02/1988 Collett Margie 04/13/1914 12/25/1990 Collett Jackie Bruce 11/22/1935 07/07/1962 Jackson Nannie Lee 1903 1994 Jackson George H. 12/05/1899 07/30/1964 Shelton Mitchell 11/02/1914 10/29/1983 Shelton Lillie 06/28/1914 one date Elliott Ray 01/01/1927 05/17/1964 Helton Ethel 02/03/1904 12/10/1945 Helton Delia 09/30/1881 12/28/1971 Helton Isaac H. 05/29/1867 10/02/1951 Carpenter Cora 03/07/1897 09/15/1979 Carpenter Guy 02/24/1897 11/13/1967 Taylor Elsie T. 02/06/1910 09/04/1978 Taylor John 10/13/1908 05/17/1968 Blanton Virgie 01/05/1905 12/16/1989 Blanton Campbell B. 04/09/1904 10/20/1960 Selvy Floyd 05/20/1899 03/11/1978 Selvy Jessie M. 08/29/1907 03/04/1980 Selvy Muril 1923 1989 Doss James 11/06/1874 02/28/1955 Doss Mahaley Brock 12/25/1884 11/08/1944 Green Malcolm Richard 08/16/1917 08/16/1954 Mason Thomas Arthur 03/25/1918 01/14/1957 Wilson James Sparks 08/06/1908 04/07/1992 Wilson Willie Jean 04/12/1911 01/29/1992 Hufstedler Delbert Ray 02/20/1933 12/21/1954 Brooks Wint 05/21/1905 02/03/1963 Brooks Ora M. 04/29/1905 02/07/1979 Brooks Sillis C. 03/21/1897 04/23/1970 Brooks Jannie A. 07/22/1903 01/16/1977 Hall Homer Wesley 01/26/1905 11/19/1959 Hall Hazel Ann 07/05/1902 12/30/1960 Brock Andrew 11/07/1886 02/15/1955 ------------------------------ From: Edie Suttle Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 12:38:38 -0700 Subject: KY-F: CD, Harrison Co: Page 1, Part 2 F.J. Tebbs, Stock Dealer Out on the Connersville pike, about two miles from town, lies the sweet old Tebbs place. A grand old country house, smiling pastures, fertile fields, glorious groves through which roam the finest stock, constitute a picture appealing to the eye---inviting, attractive, almost irresistible. Here lives Mr. F.J. Tebbs who makes a specialty of fine stock. His attention is chiefly directed to short horn cattle and Chester White hogs. Six leading families of short horns are represented, the cream of an illlustrious family----Barrington Duchess, Garland Duchess, Kirk Livingston, Young Mary, Lady Troupe, and Flora. What more could appeal to a stock-lovers taste? They are all there---the greatest in the country and for sale cheap. Mr. Tebbs is proud of his Chester White hogs. They cannot be surpassed. To add a spice of variety and sport to the more solemn tribes, he has a lot of game chickens, a glimpse of which would drive a "dominicker" to suicide. Young stock always for sale. Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 1 ------------------------------ From: Edie Suttle Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 11:51:50 -0700 Subject: KY-F: CD, Harrison County: Front Page CYNTHIANA DEMOCRAT *** SPECIAL EDITION *** CYNTHIANA, HARRISON COUNTY, KY. JUNE, 1896 *** PRICE, TEN CENTS THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY M.W. Boyd, J.T. Hedges, Henry Yeager, J.R. Pope, Mayor F.S. Ashbrook, R.V. Bishop, J.I. Blanton, J.W. Megibben and J.B.Stevens ------------------------------ From: Edie Suttle Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 12:24:21 -0700 Subject: KY-F: CD, Harrison Co: Page 1, Part 1 THE W.L. NORTHCUTT CO. The Oldest Business House in Cynthiana After beginning active life as a carpenter, after clerking for several years, Mr. W.L. Northcutt, one of Cynthiana's most highly esteemed citizens, opened, in 1855, a dry goods house in the building now occupied by the The W.L. Northcutt Co., on the south-west corner of Main and Pike streets. The building in which business was begun in April, 1855 remains practically the same, though of course altered as to interior arrangemnts as the business continued to grow and flourish. In 1864 Mr. Northcutt removed to the corner now occupied by R.M. Collier, on account of his building across the street being cut up into so many rooms. After the experience of a year, in the meantime having been burned out of his new quarters, he returned to the original place, and has been there ever since. Mr. Northcutt is a native of Harrison county, born on a farm a few miles from town. He was married to a Mrs. Trimnell. They have four sons, Messers. J.K., Will, W.L. Jr., and Frank Northcutt, and one daughter, Mrs. J.G. Montgomery. He has always been recongized as a business man of superior ablility, and his present high standing testifies to what excellent use he puts his talents. W.L. Northcutt continued the business in his own name until January, 1894, when the W.L. Northcutt Co., was incorporated. The house has always had the reputation of carrying, not only the largest, but the highest class of goods in Cynthiana. If an article could not be found at Northcutt's it was useless to look further. Now, with the growth of competition and the advancement of trade, the W.L. Northcutt Co. has kept at the head of the procession, and today the same confidence and reliance is placed in the firm that has been its just reward during all the years that have passed. What would you have? Shall it be the handsomest silks, the daintiest muslins, the flimiest laces? Shall it be cottons, claicoes, or cambrics? Would you clothe the feet in lightest slippers or heaviest boots? Is it a carpet, a rug, a matting? Is there anything in the dry goods or notion line? The W.L. Northcutt Co. has them all. Run up and down the line----search the catalogue of human necessaries---consult the wardrobe of the wealthy or the poor----you will find it all here. And what of the prices? The very lowest commensurate with quality of the goods. Everything is good. Nothing bad. Special sales for those who like that sort of thing---continuous, everyday sales at figures that suit the purchaser. Watch carefully the weekly announcements in the DEMOCRAT, and clothe yourself comfortably and well. Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896 ------------------------------ From: WRFC71A@prodigy.com (MRS BEULAH A FRANKS) Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 19:22:08, -0500 Subject: KY-F: OBIT: Franks, Ora Butler - Grant Co KY/MO ORA BUTLER FRANKS DIES Funeral services for Mrs. J. G. Franks, who died at her home in Canton, Monday, December 2, will be held at the First Baptist church in Canton Thursday afternoon, December 5, with the Rev. A. F. Moncrief in charge. Music will be furnished by Mrs. W. B. Dodson with Mrs. Marvin Zenge at the organ. Pall bearers will be Lou Ellison, Paul Bixler, Oval English, Travis Boulware, Virgil Green and Albert Brown. Ora Alice Butler Franks, the daughter of William and Alice Hendricks Butler, was born on October 31, 1876, at Mt. Zion, Kentucky. She was united in marriage to J. G. Franks of Odessa, Mo., on April 13, 1899. They set up housekeeping on a farm in Kentucky, where Mr. Franks raised horses and mules. Since 1903 they have lived near and in Canton, with the exception of 20 years when they were in Colorado for her health. Mrs. Franks was a member of the First Baptist church of Canton where for many years she taught both the boys and girls classes in the junior department of Sunday school. As long as her health permitted she was also active in the women's missionary society and its circles. She was also active in the Woman's club of Canton, being one of its senior members. Mrs. Franks was recognized for her skill in needlework, and after reaching the age of 75, took up oil painting. Her paintings were exhibited in a number of shows, and one of them received a second place ribbon in the Quincy Art show, the first exhibition she entered. Survivors include her husband; a son, Hendricks Franks of Canton; two grandchildren, Edward Franks of Canton, and Mrs. William R. Young of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., three grandchildren, Michele Franks, Mark Young and Vicki Eileen Young; and other relatives. She was preceded in death by three sisters and four brothers. Beulah Wiley Franks wrfc71a@prodigy.com ------------------------------ From: Edie Suttle Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 19:57:44 -0700 Subject: KY-F: CD, Harrison Co: Page 1, Part 3 THE CITY GOVERNMENT FIRST MAYOR AND BOARD OF COUNCILMEN Sam'l F. January Heads the List of Executives. Present City Administration.----List of Officers, Etc. Etc. Cynthiana may justly claim the reverence and respect due age, but as remarked elsewhere, compared to Damascus she is yet in her swaddling clothes. She is an old but ever young city. Evidences of her age remain in a few buildings that stood as monuments of the skill and substantial ideas of our fore-fathers, affections that cling about the few citizens who are left to connect us with the distant past. As in all other towns, a Board of Trustees controlled the affairs of Cynthiana for a great number of years before the dignity of a city, of any class, with a Mayor and Board of Council, was attained. The last board was organized on January 8th, 1859, when John W. Peck, now one of our wealthiest citizens, was elected chairman. The Trustees were: Messers, Thos. A. Frazier, F.A. Eveleth, Wm. Turtoy, Lawson Oxley. Of these all have gone to their last reward except Mr. Turtoy, who remains an honored citizen of Cynthiana, and who bids fair to round out a ripe old age. This Board elected Whiting Taber as Marshal of the city, and W.W. Cleary, now a distinguished lawyer and ex-judge, of Covington, was made city attorney. On April 11, 1860, the Board of Trustees passed out of existence, adjourning sine die, "to be supereceded by the Mayor and Board of Councilmen in pursuance of the city charter, approved March 2, 1860." Immediately after the retirement of the Board of Trustees, the first meeting of the City Council was held in Jno. W. Peck's store, on April 12, 1860. A count of the vote was had, and Mr. Samuel F. January was found chosen the first Mayor of Cynthiana. Mr. January is with us today. Entrusted with highest honor in the gift of the town, he wore it well and remains to testify to the struggles and embarrassments of getting the new machinery of government in motion. Ex-Mayor January keeps up with the times and has progressed with the age. In him we behold a model of the gallantry and chivalry of other days. Never a morning but the old gentleman appears with a fresh flower in his button-hole; never an acquaintance is met without a gallant lifting of the hat. He walks with all the vigor of youth, swings his cane with a winning non-chalance, and carries himself with the erectness of a soldier. Though deaf and dim of vision, he enters enthusiastically into the discussion of the themes of the day, eagerly devours the newspapers and keeps in perfect step with the age. The first city council was composed of these members: W.W. Cleary, Benson Roberts, Wm. Turtoy, M.L. Broadwell, Lawson Oxley, I.N. Miller, T.A. Frazier and John W. Peck. Thomas Ware was the first city clerk. John W. Peck, tresurer, and Wm. Smith, marshal and collector, the offices being combined. A.H. Ward, afterwards congressman and pronounced by one of the judgesof the Court of Appeals, the best criminal lawyer in Kentucky, was the first city attorney. By-laws were passed and the new order of things put into operation. As in the case of the early Harrison County government, the city government was for a long time a peripatetic one, meeting here, there and everywhere, sometimes in stores, sometimes in the court house, often wherever it happened to be most convenient. A faithful record of the proceedings of the Council from its organization to the present day has been kept, and the pages of the record books reflect accurately the growth and developement of the city government. The following is the list of Mayors and years in which they were elected: Samuel F. January, 1860 M.L. Broadwell, 1861 J.S. Frizell, 1862 C.G. Land, 1863 to 1866 Geo. Lemmons, 1866 to 1870 Joseph Fennell, 1870 F.G. Ashbrook, 1871 Cale Musser, 1872 to 1873 Thos. V. Ashbrook, 1874 Cyrus B. Cook, 1875 to Dec. 1880 W.S. Wall, Dec. 1880 to 1883 Wm. Addams, 1883 to 1887 P.H. Crane, 1887 S.J. Ashbrook, 1888 to 1889 Geo. T. Mattox, 1890 F.S. Ashbrook, 1890 to 1892 R.V. Bishop, 1893 F.S. Ashbrook, 1894 to 1898 The present city officers are: F.S. Ashbrook, Mayor L.S. Williams, Clerk J.W. Renaker, Treasurer Ed. W. Smiser, Collector J.H. Taylor, Assessor N.W. Frazer, Street Commissioner B.D. Berry, Attorney T.J. Whiteker, Engineer M.G. Land, Police Judge James Desha, Chief of Police Henry Robertson, Night Policeman. Councilmen: R.V. Bishop, J.T. Hedges, J.I. Blanton, M.W. Boyd, P.H. Crane, John Stevens, J.W. Megibben, Henry Yeager, J.R. Pope. While Cynthiana has probably never had a council that has not shown a disposition to keep abreast the progress of the times, probably to the present the immediately preceding councils may be attributed the longest strides in efforts toward putting the city on a plane with the best of its size in the country. The most popular and beneficial projects pushed to completion recently have been the thorough lighting of the town with our lights and the splendid system of water works, than which there is no better or more complete any where. Mayor Ashbrook and council elected under the new charter took up the work where the preceding adminstration left it in the face of more or less opposition, carried the matter through. Cynthiana's city government ranks with the best. Policemen Desha and Robertson look after offenders on the streets, and Police Judge Land attends strictly to their cases in court. The city attorney, the clerk, the assessor, the collector, the street commissioner, each is careful in the discharge of his duty, while no fire was ever known to get away from the city engineer. Before the advent of waterworks a steam fire engine stood between the city and the devouring element. It was, and still is, one of the best manufactured, and in its retirement the people regard the faithful old machine with a deep affection. The fire department, recognized as unexcelled amoung volunteers, is capitally officered and ably managed. The city's interest are always uppermost in the minds of the men in control of the government, and the regulations are so admirabley arranged and so firmly enforced, that new citizens are being constantly attracted within our gates. Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 1 ------------------------------ From: Edie Suttle Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 20:19:43 -0700 Subject: KY-F: CD, Harrison Co: Page 1, Part 4 The assessment of Cynthiana property this year amounts to $1,318 - $885, a figure more than doubled within the past ten years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Portraits of the city officers are printed in this issue. That of Mr. L.S. Williams, city clerk, is omitted because he is out of town and no picture could be secured. Councilman Crane is also omitted. He unfortunately met with an accident a short time before the DEMOCRAT was published and was too ill to have a photograph made. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A DANIEL COME TO JUDGEMENT A Scotch Judge has decided that if you can get anything out of a nickel-in-the-slot machine and still keep your nickel you can not be held quilty of robbery. He holds that there must be a possibility of reciprocity in the matter of penalties, and if the machine will take your coin and give you nothing in return----as it will when it is out of order, or out of the commodity it dispenses----you are entitled to take advantage of it when you can. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BIOGRAPHY IN A NUTSHELL Born, welcomed, caressed, cried, fed, grew, amused, reared, studied, examined, graduated, in love, loved, engaged, married, quarreled, reconciled, suffered, deserted, taken ill, died, mourned, buried and forgotten. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ACCORDING TO THE LOCATION "I'm sorry I stole the preserves, ma." "Ah, your conscience is troubling you is it?" "I don't know, exactly. Where is my conscience, ma?" Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 1 ------------------------------ From: Diana Flynn Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 19:35:25 -0400 Subject: KY-F: BIO: Alvis, David - Shelby Co "HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES, INDIANA" GOODSPEED BROS. 1884. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY Page 853 DAVID ALVIS (deceased), a pioneer of Washington County, was born in about the year 1788 in the Old Dominion, which was also the native State of his parents, Jesse and Mary (Mallory) Alvis, Jesse Alvis was an old Revolutionary war soldier, and in about 1806 moved to Shelby County, Kentucky, where David Alvis, in 1812, married Ellen McKinley, and from whence he emigrated with his family, in February, 1816, to what is now Washington County, Ind., settling near Pekin on the South Fork of Blue River. In after years David returned to Kentucky and brought with him on his return his aged parents, who ever afterwards made Indiana their home. The Alvis family saw much of the hardships and inconveniences of pioneer life, and in some way have been identified with the prosperity of the county from its organization to the present. Mrs. Ellen Alvis died in 1863, followed by her husband in 1868, both members of long standing in the regular Baptist Church, and both passing away on the old farm they first entered from the Government in 1816. Perhaps the most widely known of their children is W. M. Alvis, who was born in Pierce Township, September 6, 1823, and has always made Washington County his home. Much of his life has been passed in teaching school, and for eight years he has served as Treasurer of the county, being elected to that office four different times. Miss C. D. Lapping became his wife in 1850, and J. Albert and J. D. were their children, the latter being the only survivor. The mother dying in 1856, Mr. Alvis married Miss A. M. Motsinger in 1858, and two children, A. C. and Charlie M., have been born to them. Diana Flynn Springville, Lawrence Co., IN. ivie@tima.com ------------------------------ End of ky-footsteps V1 #177 *************************** 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.