ky-footsteps Thursday, 14 August 1997 Volume 01 : Number 187 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "C. Richard Matthews" Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 01:44:02 -0500 Subject: KY-F: Hoskins4 Cem - Bell Co Surname Given Name Born Death Hoskins Millard 11/27/1898 12/04/1973 Hoskins Virgie 01/01/1900 06/02/1987 ------------------------------ From: "C. Richard Matthews" Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 01:43:22 -0500 Subject: KY-F: Saylor Cem - Bell Co Surname Given Name Born Death Lefevers Farmer 03/16/1913 08/15/1993 Saylor Angela C. 01/08/1960 01/27/1984 Neal Bessie 1910 1983 ------------------------------ From: "C. Richard Matthews" Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 01:49:50 -0500 Subject: KY-F: Lee Johnson Cem - Bell Co Surname Given Name Born Death Elliott Emma Jean 07/23/1932 03/19/1950 Wilson Infant 11/03/1953 one date Johnson Lee no dates Hoskins Ethel 1908 1960 Hoskins Glendon D. 1948 1982 ------------------------------ From: "C. Richard Matthews" Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 01:49:54 -0500 Subject: KY-F: Brock2 Cem - Bell Co Surname Given Name Born Death Brock Cordia 05/14/1905 one date Brock Infant 03/10/1994 03/10/1994 Brock Lewis 04/21/1889 04/24/1965 Crank Lucinda 11/19/1888 06/29/1969 Brock Dillard 1891 1975 Brock Arvel 06/23/1937 11/26/1974 Helton Carl 10/10/1877 12/24/1975 Helton Edna Mae 05/14/1917 01/11/1996 Platter William A. 12/05/1925 03/08/1992 ------------------------------ From: "C. Richard Matthews" Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 01:43:17 -0500 Subject: KY-F: Dewey/Cecil Brock Cem - Bell Co Surname Given Name Born Death Maxwell Charlotte K. 02/04/1951 03/15/1987 Brock Terry V. 1929 1995 Brock Doris 1931 one date Brock Dewey M. 10/28/1898 08/18/1982 Brock Cecil G. 07/30/1905 11/10/1991 Johnson Harlan 03/02/1936 one date Johnson Laura Ann 04/23/1937 01/02/1995 Brock Deneane 10/03/1923 04/14/1983 Brock Donald C. Jr. 03/23/1971 02/26/1989 ------------------------------ From: "C. Richard Matthews" Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 01:43:28 -0500 Subject: KY-F: Gross Cem - Bell Co Surname Given Name Born Death Gross Jerry Clifford 02/26/1924 09/29/1982 Gross Virgie Brock 04/10/1896 05/30/1975 Gross Jerry Grant 11/21/1889 09/03/1977 Henning Michael Anthony 10/14/1962 one date Gross Donald Wayne 1951 1951 Lefevers Carrie M. Howard 04/14/1899 08/25/1961 Howard Rose N. 01/04/1897 02/04/1969 Howard Joseph R. 12/26/1896 08/23/1943 Howard James Edward 01/16/1924 08/28/1943 Morris John A. 08/31/1891 03/12/1963 Morris Lucy Howard 07/11/1894 09/30/1983 Howard Sudie 01/30/1892 03/02/1896 Howard Calvina 08/04/1829 04/01/1903 Howard James L. 11/10/1867 11/12/1939 Howard Cornelia Fields 09/16/1875 02/02/1915 Asher Jesse Bill no dates Phillips Howard Ensor 01/26/1911 04/12/1987 ------------------------------ From: Edie Suttle Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 01:46:43 -0500 Subject: KY-F: OBIT: Wills, Edwin S., 1955 - Harrison Co EDWIN S. WILLS Funeral services for Edwin S. Wills, 74, proprietor of Wills Artcraft Shop on Falmouth Pike, were held Tuesday afternoon at Smith-Rees Funeral Home conducted by Rev. P. E. Claybrook. Burial was in Battle Grove Cemetery. Pall bearers selected were J. V. Lawrence, J. W. Switzer Sr., David R. Rees, C. C. Hall, William E. Boswell and Eureka Whiteker. Mr. Wills died at 4:40 P.M. Sunday, Feb. 20, 1955, at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, following a short illness. He fell at his home early Friday morning, sustaining a broken hip. Prior to opening his shop on U. S. Highway 27 at his residence, just north of Cynthiana, Mr. Wills operated a wood-working shop on North Main St. Prior to that he was proprietor of the Edwin S. Wills variety store on Walnut St. At the location now occupied by the J. J. Newberry Co. A native of Harrison County, Mr. Wills was born May 7, 1880, a son of the late Richard and Joella Howard Wills. He was a member of the Cynthina Baptist Church. __________________________________________________________ THE LOG CABIN, CYNTHIANA, KENTUCKY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1955 VOL. LX NO.8 ------------------------------ From: Edie Suttle Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 01:48:24 -0500 Subject: KY-F: WILL: Wills, William, 1835 - Montgomery Co WILL OF WILLIAM WILLS I, WILLIAM WILLS of Montgomery County do hereby make my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say: First I desire that all the perishable part of my estate be immediately sold after my decease and out of the money arising therefrom all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid. Should the perishable part of my property prove insufficient for the above purpose then I desire that my executors hereafter named may sell my plantation and out of the moneys arising therefrom pay and satisfy such of my debts as shall remain unsettled out of the sales of the perishable part of my estate. Secondafter the payment of my debts and funeral expenses I give to my wife Polly Wills all my perishable and real estate for and during her natural life and after her decease to be equally divided betwixt all my lawful heirs and be enjoyed by them forever. I make choice Robert Trimble and Thomas Egan as my Executors to settle all my business after my decease. My two Grandchildren William and James to live with my wife and have their maintenance out of my estate. As witness my hand and seal this 31st January 1834. Signed sealed and delivered before these witnesses, William Wills. Attest: William Ballard William C. Hopwood State of Kentucky ............. State of Kentucky, Montgomery County January Court 1835. A writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of William Wills was this day produced in court and proved by the oaths of William Ballard and William C. Hopwood. Subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded which is done according. Attest: M. Harrison, Clk The Last Will and Testament of Willian Wills can be found in Will Book "D" , page 487, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky ------------------------------ From: Edie Suttle Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 01:46:19 -0500 Subject: KY-F: WILL: Wills, Edwin S., 1955 - Harrison Co EDWIN S. WILLS MAKES BEQUESTS UNDER WILL Baptist Church, Midway Orphans Home, Hospital Are Among Beneficiaries The will of Edwin S. Wills, dated Aug. 4, 1954, has been probated on testimonies of W. W. VanDeren and Joe Richer, the subscribing witnesses. The testator after making several special bequests directed the remainder and residue of his estate go to the Cynthiana Baptist Church. Included among the special bequests is the following: To The National Bank of Cynthiana $500 in trust, the income to be used for maintenance of family graves in Battle Grove Cemetery and for flowers for the graves on each Decoration Day. The The Cynthiana Baptist Church, $500; to Harrison Memorial Hospital, $300; to Midway Orphan School, $300 in memory of Effie C. Wills, deceased. To each of the following , sums of $200: Marie Wills, widow of brother, Richard Wills, deceased; Joe Ella Wills, her child; Emma Wills, another of her children; Marie Wills, another of her children; and Richard Wills, her son, all of in or near Cincinnati. To Richard Wills and his wife, Eula Wills, Kansas City, Mo., $500 and the black inlay clock. To Eureka Whiteker, executor of the estate, the sum of $300 to be used in securing a good home for the testator's dogs, or if this is not possible, then whatever part of that sum needed to "put them to sleep permanently." To Hattie Wills, former wife and an employee, the sum of $500. The testator directs that necessary markers be placed at the graves of Joe Wills, Aunt Mayme Barnes and her husband, Ed Barnes; Aunt Carrie McLeod and her husband, John McLeod. Directed Pearl Jacoby, Lexington Route 3, to select a suitable marker with date of birth, date of death and his name on his grave and bequeathed to her his grandfather's clock. The executor is directed to sell all real estate, either publicly or privately, in whatever manner will secure the most money and orders all personalty sold for cash. Eureka Whiteker, who was nominated under terms of the will, has qualified under $26,000 bond with no surety required. Appraisers of the estate are Charles Marshall, W. W. Owsley and J. W. Switzer Sr. ____________________________________________________________ THE LOG CABIN, CYNTHIANA, KENTUCKY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1955 VOL. 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