ky-footsteps Wednesday, 10 September 1997 Volume 01 : Number 221 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Edie Suttle Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 21:25:46 -0700 Subject: KY-F: CD, Harrison Co: Page 18, Part 2 BUSINESS IS BUSINESS One of the leading firms of Cynthiana is that of Mattox & VanDeren at No. 35 East Pike Street. They keep abreast of the times always and do business on strictly business principles. Mr. Mattox is a native of Harrison county, and has lived in the city for twenty-two years. Has never held or run for a city office; is active in business, religious and moral issues. Mr. VanDeren is also a native of Harrison county and has lived in this city about twelve years. Like Mr. Mattox, he bears a high reputation for honor in business and in christian character. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 18 ------------------------------ From: Edie Suttle Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 21:40:07 -0700 Subject: KY-F: CD, Harrison Co: Page 18, Part 3 SOME CYNTHIANA MEN County Treasurer Chas. T. Wilson is a fine subject to head the list of Cynthiana men. Mr. Wilson may not relish a write-up, but the DEMOCRAT would be incomplete without referring to the fact that he is a nobel representative of the old school gentleman. Handsome, straight as an arrow, dignified, courtly, neat in the extreme, his very appearance impresses one deeply. He has been indentified with the interests of the city and county in one way or another for a number of years, and is now filling his second term as Treasurer, an office which he conducts with ability. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ R.M. Collier is another modest man whom everybody knows. He has held the office of County Clerk for a number of years, but retires of his own accord in 1898, not caring to again make a run for the place. Mr. Collier is a model business man, and a friend as true as steel. He has always taken a warm interest in politics and during his career has made a great number of political speeches, the length of which could be determined only by the X-rays. He always felt there was a lot of oratory in him, but, like Petroleum V. Nashby, out of respect to the memory of Patrick Henry, he always suppressed it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 18 ------------------------------ From: Edie Suttle Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 22:03:39 -0700 Subject: KY-F: CD, Harrison Co: Page 18, Part 4 SOME CYNTHIANA MEN Mr. Wm. Turtoy, is a well-known figure in Cynthiana. He has always been a man of strong convictions and brave in their expression. He has retired from active business life and lives quietly at a hotel. Mr. Henry Warfield is another courtly gentleman of whom Cynthiana feels proud, and he, too, lives a quiet restful life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Uncle" Henry VanHook and "Uncle" George Talbott are standbys, familiar to the community and are held in the highest esteem. Both were formerly active in farm live. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. T.H. Hood, after a long and faithful service as druggist on the corner of Pike and Main, has retired from business, but amuses himself writing life insurance. He always took deep interest in politics, and is yet ready for a discussion at any time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. John Spohn heads the list of bold fishermen. He can spin a yarn with the best of them, and when it comes to an exercise in the art of Isaak Walton, he is never less than first. He is still in business. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. S.J. Ashbrook, always cordial in his manner and careful in his business habits, is still engaged in active work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. B.F. Parks, considered a fixture of Cynthiana, has been in rather poor health for several months, but, like the stout old hero he is, refuses to give up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prof. James A. Brown remains at the head of the female college and is engaged in numerous progressive enterprises. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. Charles L. Talbott heads the list of traders, probably, in point of service. Serveral years ago he removed to town from his farm, and as usual, remains on "easy street." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. Hugh Keller and Mr. Thomas Rankin are still hale and hearty and delight in a political discussion as much as the liveliest of the boys. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 18 ------------------------------ From: Edie Suttle Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 22:23:56 -0700 Subject: KY-F: CD, Harrison Co: Page 18, Part 5 SOME CYNTHIANA MEN Dr. W.T. Hedges, one of the best physicians of the city, remains in active practice and continues in his holy mission of relieving the sick and suffering. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rev. W.T. Benton, a Methodist minister of note, makes Cynthiana his home and preaches with all fervor and eloquence of old. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. Paul Douglas is still in active business. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. James E. Talbott, who for so long and faithfully served in the queensware business, has retired and lives a quite life of peace. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. Alfred VanDeren, at one time a most extensive trader, boards at a hotel, but engages actively in no especial business. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. John VanDeren continues one of the substantial farmer of the county and, with his estimable wife, frequently entertains on a large scale. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Neal Renaker has retired from the drug business. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cynthiana Democrat, June 1896, Page 18 ------------------------------ From: Diana Flynn Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 21:49:15 -0400 Subject: KY-F: BIO: McNab, Philip MD, s/o McNab, Henry & Casandra Evans - Unknown Co MCNAB, EVANS, FORD, BROWN, MASON, WATERMAN, BEASON, BAILEY, BLAINEY "COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL." CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE BROWN TOWNSHIP AND MOORESVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA PAGE 229 PHILIP MCNAB, M.D., a native of Morgan County, Ind., only son of Henry and Casandra (Evans) McNab, natives of Kentucky, and of Scotch and Welsh extraction respectively, was born July 12, 1833. Philip was reared upon a farm and educated at the Northwestern Christian University at Indianapolis. In the summer of 1859, he entered the office of Dr. Ford at Wabash, Ind., and began the study of medicine, and the following fall and winter took a full course of lectures at Ann Arbor (Mich.) University. Returning to Wabash for the summer, he attended the succeeding fall and winter at Ann Arbor, from whence he graduated in chemistry in the spring of 1861, and in May of this year (1861), he opened an office at La Gro, Ind., and practiced medicine for the next two years. In March, 1863, he entered Long Island Hospital College, Brooklyn, and in June, 1863, graduated therefrom with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, and after another short stay at La Gro removed to Indianapolis, where in the beginning of 1864, he formed a partnership with Dr. R. T. Brown, Professor of Natural Sciences in the Northwestern Christian University, and for four years following pursued his profession of physician and surgeon. In the fall of 1868, he came into Morgan County, and the following year opened an office in West Newton, in Marion County, where he remained about three years. In November, 1872, he removed to Mooresville, Ind., where he immediately took rank among the leading men of his profession. On July 29, 1861, he was married at Bethel, Me., to Mary, daughter of Aaron and Rubie Mason, of that State, and by this union he has had born to him two children--Solon Mason, now a student at Butler University, and Howard Barlow, a resident of Arizona Territory. Dr. McNab is respected for the knowledge he has gained in his profession, in the practice of which he has enjoyed more than ordinary experience. Some years since, he was associated with Dr. L. D. Waterman, of Indianapolis, as expert in the chemical analysis of the stomach of a Mrs. Dr. Beason, who, it was alleged, had been murdered by her husband at Kokomo, Ind., and was one of the most celebrated cases of the day. Later on, in 1873, he was employed in the same capacity in the case of Basil Bailey, another notorious case, at Frankfort, Ind., and was the author of the exhaustive synopsis of the analysis published in the Mooresville "Enterprise", June 19, 1873. Upon the analysis in the case first named, he was highly complimented by the celebrated Prof. Blainey, of Chicago, who fully indorsed it in every particular. The subject of this sketch is a man of versatile ability. His lectures on "Medical Sciences" before the society of physicians and surgeons, upon Physiology before the high school, and upon temperance before the people, are noted for their purity of diction and originality of thought and eloquence of delivery. At this writing (November 1883), Dr. McNab is Secretary of the Mooresville Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons; member of both County and State Medical Societies, an active Republican in politics, an ardent "Prohibitionist," a consistent member of the Christian Church, and in the enjoyment of a lucrative practice in the community where he is best known, and therefore most highly esteemed. Diana Flynn Springville, Lawrence Co., IN. ivie@tima.com ------------------------------ From: Diana Flynn Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 22:25:23 -0400 Subject: KY-F: BIO: Stackhouse, Hugh Rev. - Breckinridge Co STACKHOUSE, NCNAB, HANNUM "COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL." CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE BROWN TOWNSHIP AND MOORESVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA PAGE 239 REV. HUGH STACKHOUSE, present resident minister of the Methodist Protestant church, Mooresville, Ind., was born in Breckinridge County, Ky., November 9, 1837. His parents, William and Jane (McNab) Stackhouse, natives of England and of North Carolina respectively, came to Indiana in the year 1841, settled in Orange County, and there ended their days. They had eleven children--eight sons and three daughters--and six of the sons and one of the daughters were older than the subject of this sketch. Up to eighteen years of age, Hugh Stackhouse lived upon a farm, and from his father (who was a superior scholar), and through a pretty regular attendance at the public schools, he received a good English education. About this time, he began his theological studies, and in the year 1859 was received into conference at Morristown, Ind., and two years thereafter regularly ordained Elder of the church. After being received into conference in 1859, he was at once assigned to Richland Circuit, which embraced twelve places for preaching, and held this charge three years. The year following he occupied the Monroe Circuit; and on April 29, 1863, he was married at Solsberry, Ind., to Nancy Jane, daughter of William and Mary Hannum, of Ohio, and has had born to him four children--Urbine, Charles H. (deceased), Arthur and Cora May. Since entering the ministry, the Rev. Mr. Stackhouse has been kept constantly on duty, and during the time has held some of the most important charges in the United States. He is a thorough theologian, and ranks high among the many eloquent ministers of the Methodist Protestant Church. In addition to his pastoral duties, he is the occasional correspondent for several Church periodicals, and holds the position regularly of Corresponding Elder for the "Methodist Recorder". He has represented his conference in four General Conferences and two General Conventions; is a Royal Arch Mason, a Republican in politics and a stanch advocate of the cause of temperance. Diana Flynn Springville, Lawrence Co., IN. ivie@tima.com ------------------------------ From: "Ken and Barb Roberts" Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 00:07:56 -0500 Subject: KY-F: WILL: White, 1825 - Madison Co This is the will of Nicholas White, filed in court in Madison Co. KY in 1825. Believe he is son of Thomas White (d. 1818 Madison Co.) and Margaret _________. Believe this family German, Weiss/White>PA>NC>KY Nicholas White m. Mary Ann_______ Issue: Nancy m. Thomas ROBERTS, before 1790 Polly b. 22 Feb 1770, m. David BRUTON 1788 Priscilla b.(twin to Polly) m. Nathan ROBERTS Jr. 1792 Madison Co. KY Charity, m. 1795 James ROBERTS Thomas Rachael m. 1790 Christopher OAKLEY Peggy/Kitty John m. 1794 Gracey ROBERTS In the year of our lord 1822 I Nicholas White of Madison County & state of Kentucky Enjoying a reasonable portion of health and in sound mind & memory but by reason of old age I expect not to remain long on the stage of action and wishing to make this my last will and Testament revoking all other wills is as following to wit. First of all I wish my body buried in a Christian like manner. 2ndly I wish all my Just Debts paid 3rdly I will unto my daughter, Kitty Peggy & her heirs, Rachael & her heirs One dollar each & Nancy one dollar. 4thly My will and desire is that all the ballance of my Estate Except my land be Equally divided between my son Thomas heirs and my daughter Siller & Polly. 5thly I will unto my son John my land 6thly I will unto my daughter Charity my bed & bed clothes -- lastly I appoint David Bruton my Executor to this my last will in witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this 27th of January 1822. Nicholas White seal acknowledged in the presence of us > David Bruton ??Milaco/Mordica White Kentucky Madison County I David Irwin clerk of this court for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that at a county court held for Madison County on Monday this 4th day of April 1825. This instrument of writing was produced in open court and proven to be the last will & testament of Nicholas White Dcd by the oaths of David Bruton & ??Milaco/Mordica White both subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded and the same has been done accordingly. att David Irwin Barb Roberts kenr@netins.net ------------------------------ From: StarrGaz@aol.com Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 02:16:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: KY-F: OBIT: Morris, 1997 - Paducah On Saturday, September 6, 1997, this dear sweet man fell off a ladder. He hit his head and suffered a massive hemmorage. The obit from the Paducah Sun Newspaper. Winfred "Dude" Morris, 91, of Paducah died at 3:22p.m. Saturday at Lourdes Hospital. He is a retired auto mechanic and a member of the Lone Oak Church of Christ. Surviving are his wife, Elsie Mae Hendon Morris, four Grand children, Cindy Walker of Paducah, Pam Barnhill and Bret Morris, both of Nashville, Tn., and Christy Barrow of Farmington; and four great grand children. He was preceded in death by his son Thomas F. Morris, and his daughter, Patricia Ann Morris. Services were held at 2p.m. Monday, September 8, 1997, at the Roth Funeral Chapel. Mike Tanaro will officiate, with burial at Mount Kenton Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Lone Oak Church of Christ Building Fund, 2960 Lone Oak Rd., Paducah, Ky. 42003 Submitted by Linda Starrgaz @aol.com ------------------------------ End of ky-footsteps V1 #221 *************************** 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. 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