ky-footsteps-digest Wednesday, May 20 1998 Volume 01 : Number 020 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 05:37:19, -0500 From: DBXP64A@prodigy.com ( C L CRAWFORD) Subject: KFY: Mt. Vernon Signal Newspapers, 1897, Rockcastle Co July 9, 1897 LOCAL AND OTHERWISE (cont) Some one stole a calf from Fred Krueger's stable one night last week WANTED-10,000 pounds of wool, free from burrs and trash. Jonas McKenzie Rolla Pike who was newsbutchering on L & N has gone to the Southern News Co. Lee Porter, of Benge, Ky is the guest of his borther in law Dr. Monroe Pennington Miss Mattie McFerron was up from the farm this week to visit her sisters, Misses Georgie and ???? Dr. E.J. Brown was up from Stanford, Saturday. He still looks after a large practice in this county The steam drill man with Martin Hogland, boss. Murray's crusher have taken up the study of medicine W.D. Wallen of Crab Orchard who has been a subscriber to SIGNAL since it started renews his allegiance Bruce Richardson of Conway, Martin Hoaglard and Wm McHarge of Pine Hill wer at Brodhead Saturday John Shaw Edminston the candy man of Crab Orchard was at Saturday's picnic making delicious sweetmeats The funeral of T.J. Coffe will be preached at the Christian church at Wildie on the fourth Sunday in this month Harry Brownlee a talented young gentleman of Lebanon was the guest of the Misses McFerron on Sunday last The statement in last weeks issue of the Republican that I had government license to sell whisky is fales. J.J. Cook Jonas McKenenzie is agent for the Champion mowing machines and Birdsell Wagons now on hands. Miss Ida May Adams leaves tomorrow for Elizabethtown where she will take part in a Demorest contest and thence to the Nashville Centennial A.P. Pendleton of Rowland took the trip to the runion of the U.C. Veternas at Nashville. He has been thinking of going into the lumber business Mr. and Mrs W.H. Brannaman of Wildie and Mrs Tobe Lair, of Livingston were the guests of Mr and Mrs S.C. Franklin Tuesday last R.S. Martin, the man who has gained a big reputation on Brodhead tobacco is doing a big lot of advertising by tin signs also by neatley tagging each twist that is made in his factory Our thanks are due J.J. Mullins, A.E. Albright, R.H. Hamm, G.P. Ramsey, Fullen Francisco, J.H. Dunn, W.S. Cummins and others for courtesies extended while at Brodhead Saturday last The will of the late T.J. Coffey was set aside by the court and L.T. Stewart was appointed administrator J.J. Smith, W.G. Hiatt and J.B. Lair were appointed appraisers to set apart the widows share John Henzmann section foreman at Ford on K.C. was visiting relatives at Maretburg during pat two weeks. John is on of the best and trusted employees in the department of the L & N system Andrew Thompson, Bogue Brown and Wm Lawson, were over from Garrard attending the Brodhead picnic Andrew liked the swing so well he closed a trade for it and will take the road with it soon Judge Burnam republican member of court of Appeals from this district had a street fight at Richmond Friday or more properly possibly it might be called a "street whip". The trouble grew out of the fact that Burnam prevailed on some over zealous republican and boltocrat directors of the Madison Nation Bank, of which he was president up to his candidacy to subscribe $500 of the institutions funds to aid in his election. Settlement day came last week and ex Sheriff N.B. Deatherage, who is a leading democratic director objected to such use of the funds. This preciptated a quarrel and the result was that when the men met on the street aftwards, Mr Deatherage landed two vigorous blows with his fist on the appellate judg'es antomy before the judge could do anthing more than protest. Deathirage was an old Confederate soldier. Mrs R.A. Wlsh of Withers is visiting relatives here Joe Gatliff of this countyw as shot and killed at Big Hill Madison county Saturday afternoon by Green Chiles, of Jackson county. Chiles mounted his horse and fled pursued by Henry Ramey a half brother of Gatliff. After a two mile chase Chiles was overtken by Ramey who fired and killed the horse Chiles was riding. The horse fell and rolled over on Chiles who begged for his life. Ramey consented not to kill him. Chiles was taken to Richmond and lodged in jail. We failed to learn the particulars of the killing. Gatliff had the reputation of being an upright, honest man. MIDDLE FORK, KY M.D. Howard had a mule and horse stolen from his pasture last week James Morris is stll electioneering. Buf for a differnt purpose of that he has been for all spring John Lear returned from Goochland a few days since where he has been in the interest of Mrs Mary Lease's pension claim Rev Jospeh R. Tussey and wife Nancy tow ot the best old people in the world are here from Athens, Ky to spend the hot summer months BRODHEAD David Carter is quite sick Born to the wife of W.C. Cable a girl on the 28th Miss Brana Baker of Junction city is the guest of Miss Nannie Yeadon The infant of Ezra and Mary Shival was buried at the Maretburg buring ground Friday last Miss Gracie McCall of Mt. Vernon wa sthe guest of Molllie Carter Saturday and Sunday. Mr and Mrs James Hamilton of Lancaster were the guests of Mrs J.Thos Cherry Saturday last. MARRIED: Arch Roberts and Miss....Lute of near Gumsulpher on Tuesday last Mr. and Mrs Raymond Hazledon and Fisher Hughes of Lancaster visited the Albright family here last week AUGUST 20, 1897 Possum Holler, Ky Now in the days of the rein of Billy the first. Billy whose sur name is mcKinley I took up my pen to rite and i rit, for i had much to rite about that consurns my people. On my return from my unplesent trip i made last nov. i find times hard and getten, harder and munny scase and getten scaser; and that twin sisters of deth, that german corn of h-I-debt, rainin in lmost every house. The nuseof the passge of the tariph law by cong was haild with joy by our republican nabers but the Bryan men sat in sckcloth drest withashes and whin our only hannacrat learned that sd tariph had advanced shooger 1 cent per lb and that egs, "the pore mans dearest frend" had fallen to 4 cents per doz he kicked his self until he was too sore to st fur votin the aid society ticket last year, but we,ll just let him kick. It's the advance in shooger that hurts him not the advance in gold. Truly surkimstances do alter cases and the parable of the farmer and lawyer which is on record in that immortal book the blue back speller shood be read often by them with appropriate emphsis and comment. Corn crps air prospurous but trade is at a standstill, schools are better attended so fart his session than usual. Nothing is soken concernin election yet but we presume as the days get cooler pokitiks will bile fur the Bible sed when "Greek meets Creek the tug of war gegins" therefore we will look fur the fur to fly before the ides of Nov be past. Mr editor as "Job's turkey" has bin spoken of rovially when referring to poor burtes we would naturally suppose it to be the poorest living animal on earth but it now fills only a secondary place fur one of my nabors bot a hog last week of M.W. Deborard who had starved it untill it had to be soked in strong brine 3 days and nites before its hide wood hol slop, now spell if you can and ifs former owner was a kind harted man too but such is the effect of the Sing Gold Standard. Dr. Price affirms that sd hog had actully digested its own stomick. We presume that prosperity was frmly mounted on the wheel of confidnse when Bill Mc sined the tariph bil, but we predict that it will get frost bit bafore dog dase is out & the whole durnd thing will collapse before it reaches us. Yours in faith, Buck Varnon (spelled as written) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 12:25:59 -0600 From: "Phyllis Hill" Subject: KFY: BIO: Benton, Peter - Mercer Co History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885 Pike County, Washington Township, page 386 PETER BRENTON, one of the oldest native residents of Pike County, was born February 18, 1819. He received but little education in youth, partly owing to his dislike of school. Previous to his marriage, he followed various occupations such as wool-carding, flat-boating, etc. December 23, 1841, he married Nancy Tislow and soon after located on eighty acres of his present farm. He now has 200 acres of well improved land. He is the father of six children, three of whom, Helen A., widow of Daniel Hawkins, John and Wesley are living. Mr. Brenton is the youngest child of Peter Brenton, in whose honor Petersburg was named. The later was born in Mercer County, Ky., and came to this county about the beginning of the present century. His principal business was that of farming, though he at one time, ran a carding machine in Petersburg. When the seat of justice of Pike County was selected he gave the greater part of the land for the site. He was a man of consider- able ability, and was one of the first commissioners of the county. He was twice married. His first wife was Eleanor Smith who died in 1823. About three years later he married Elizabeth Johnson. He was a member of the militia during the war of 1812, and received a land warrant for his services. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 18:51:01 -0600 From: "Phyllis Hill" Subject: KFY: BIO: Conder - Boyle Co History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885 Pike County, Washington Township, page 390 MARTIN CONDER, a native of Boyle County, Ky., came to this county in 1863. He bought 120 acres of the farm upon which he has since resided, and to which he has added until he now has 200 acres. He gives considerable attention to stockraising, and has been very successful in his business. Mr. Conder was born December 10, 1829, and is the seventh of ten children born to Peter and Lucinda (Hack) Conder, natives of Germany and Virginia respectively. The father, when an infant came to the United States with his parents who located in Tennessee, and later removed to Kentucky. There Peter Conder was married, and, with the exception of a few months in Indiana, passed the remainder of his life. He died in 1865, and his widow afterward came to this county, where she lived until her death, which occurred in August, 1875. Martin was reared at home, where he remained until attaining his majority. He then rented land for three years, after which he bought a farm. He chose for a wife Rachel A. Gray, whom he married January 22, 1852. Four children have been born to this union: John F., the eldest, married Carrie Hawkins; Margaret E. is now Mrs. Jefferson Hollon; Nancy J. is the wife of Amos C. Hawkins; and Anna E. married George W. Lawrence. She died leaving one child, Bettie B. Mr Conder is a good farmer, and recognized as an honest, upright citizen. Both he and his wife are members of the Christian Church. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 18:53:20 -0600 From: "Phyllis Hill" Subject: KFY: BIO: Ely - Gallatin Co History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885 Pike County, Washington Township, page 392 EUGENE A. ELY, attorney at law of Petersburg, Ind. was born in Warsaw, Gallatin Co., Ky., October 21, 1847, and is one of six children born to the marriage of John E. Ely and Elizabeth Hatfield, natives of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Louisville, Ky., respectively. The father, who was a physician by profession, removed from Kentucky to Spencer County, Ind., in 1864, where he practiced his profession until his death, June 22, 1885. The mother died in Kentucky in 1863. Our subject followed the life of a farmer from the age of ten to eighteen years, and in the meantime prepared himself for teaching, which profession he followed in Kentucky until 1868, when he came to Spencer County, Ind., and taught school until 1871. While teaching he was an energetic student of Blackstone, and in 1871 was admitted to the Pike County bar and practiced law in that county until September, 1873. He then came to Petersburg and established a good and paying practice. At different times he was in partnership with G.G. Reily, Levi Ferguson, C.H. Burton and lastly, with W.F. Townsend and Martin Fleener. They are now together and may be said to control the leading practice in the town and county. April 7, 1869, Mr. Ely married Rhoda M. Frank, a native of Spencer County. They have three sons: Horace, Harry and Frank. Mr. Ely's political views are democratic. He is a member of the Masonic and I.O.O.F. fraternities. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is one of Pike County's most successful practitioners. He was nominated on the Democratic ticket for judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in 1884, but was defeated by a very small majority. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 18:55:21 -0600 From: "Phyllis Hill" Subject: KFY: BIO: Knight - Boone Co History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885 Pike County, Washington Township, page 400 WILLIAM P. KNIGHT, editor and publisher of the Pike County Democrat, was born in Boone County, Ky., October 24, 1844. He is the son of Joshua Knight, a native of Lynchburgh, Va. The latter, when a boy, came with his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he in time married Amanda Winans. Soon after that event he removed to Boone County, Ky., but remained there only a short time. He then returned to Cincinnati where he remained three years, after which he removed to Franklin County, Ind. He died there in 1852, and his widow continued to live in that county until 1872. William P. remained at home with his mother until the breaking out of the rebellion, when at the first call for troops, he enlisted in the army, and was enrolled in Company H, Sixteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He served with that regiment for one year. In August, 1862, he was mustered into service again as a member of Company B, Fourth Indiana Cavalry, which he had assisted in raising. He continued with this regiment until mustered out June 22, 1865. He took part in the battles of Chickamauga, Resaca, Murfreesboro, the siege of Atlanta, and was with Wilson's cavalry at the capture of Selma and Montgomery. After his return from the war he located at Cambridge City, Ind., where he learned the carpenter's trade. In 1867, he came to Petersburg and worked at his trade until 1872, when he pruchased the Democrat, which he has since published with the exception of one year, when he was publishing a paper at Tell City, Ind. December 7, 1871, he married Ella S. Harvey, by whom he is the father of five children, only two of whom: Cassie M. and Edna M. are living. Both Mr. Knight and wife are members of the Methodist Church. He is also a member of the I.O.O.F. (Encampment), A.O.U.W., K. of P. and K. of L. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 18:57:12 -0600 From: "Phyllis Hill" Subject: KFY: BIO: Ridge - Marion Co History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885 Pike County, Washington Township, page 407 JOSEPH C. RIDGE, recorder of Pike County, Ind., was born in Marion County, Ky., May 28, 1843. His parents, Isaac and Margaret H. (Nelson) Ridge, were natives of Maryland and Kentucky, respectively, and the parents of eight children. Our subject passed his boyhood on a farm and received a fair education. At the age of sixteen he left his native State and made his home with a brother who was living in Daviess County, Ind., until 1865, when he came with him to Pike County and located in Marion Township where he soon after served two terms as assessor, and at their expiration he was apointed county commissioner to fill a vacancy caused by death. In the meantime he resided on a farm and worked at tilling the soil. He has always been a Democrat in politics and in 1884 was elected by his party to his present office in which he is ably and efficiently discharging his duties. He is a member of the General Baptist Church, and is one of the enterprising and moral young men of Pike County and a trustworthy officer. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 18:59:14 -0600 From: "Phyllis Hill" Subject: KFY: BIO: Stucky - Breckinridge Co History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885 Pike County, Washington Township, page 408 SAMUEL H. STUCKY, a prominent farmer of Pike County, Ind., is a native of the county, born March 25, 1833. He is the eighth of twelve children born to the marriage of Frederick Stucky and Elizabeth Love, natives of Breckin- ridge County, Ky., and North Carolina, respectively. The father, at the age of eighteen, in 1814, came to Knox County, Ind., and later removed to Martin County, where he was married. In 1830 he came to Pike County and located in Petersburg and engaged in running a tannery with his father, continuing for two years. He then entered a tract of land which he owned until 1849, when on account of having to pay some security debts he sold it. He afterward bought a farm just south of town, where he lived until his death in May 1868, his mother died in 1856. Samuel H. was reared at home, receiving his education in Petersburg. At the age of eighteen he learned the blacksmith's trade which he followed for five years. He then worked on his father's farm until in September, 1861, when he enlisted as a musician in the band of the Twenty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry with which regiment he served one year. In July, 1863, he enrolled in Company A, Ninety-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry as a private but served as a musician until July, 1865, when the regiment was mustered out. He was in the Atlanta campaign and was present at the battles of Franklin, Nashville, and numerous lesser engagements. After the war he returned home and again engaged in farming. He is now the owner of 240 acres of land and raises and deals quite extensively in stock, especially hogs. In September, 1866, he was united in marriage with Amanda (Ent) Lamb, and to their union have been born three children, only one of whom, Pearl, is now living. Mrs. Stucky has one son, Leslie Lamb, by her former marriage. Both Mr. Stucky and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican, is a stockholder in the Pike County Agricultural Society and is general superintendent of the grounds. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 19:00:29 -0600 From: "Phyllis Hill" Subject: KFY: BIO: Wilson - Grayson Co History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885 Pike County, Washington Township, page 412 JOHN W. WILSON, attorney of Petersburg, Ind., was born in Grayson County, Ky., April 17, 1847. His parents, Vincent and Anna (Davis) Wilson, were also natives of Kentucky, where they lived and died. Our subject received a limited education and when thirteen years old, he came to Indiana and worked at manual labor in Spencer County, and in the meantime began pre- paring himself for teaching, and followed that occupation a year or two. In 1867, he went to Missouri, but returned the same year, and the next year moved to Bartholomew County, Ind., where he attended school, and graduated from Hartsville University. In 1872, he went to Warrick County and taught school, and worked as deputy county recorder one year. In 1873, he came to Petersburg and took charge of the public schools two years, and at the same time studied law. In 1876, he was admitted to the Pike County bar, and has since been very successful in the practice of his profession. January 1, 1878, he married Kate Longbotham, a native of Evansville, Ind. They have two children: Frank and John M. He is a Republican in politics, and was candidate in 1884, for judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, but owing to the hopeless minority of his party, he was defeated. He is a Mason and member of the I.O.O.F. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and bears the reputation of being a proficient and energetic member of the legal profession. He was chairman of the Republican Central Committee three years, and has been city attorney at times for four or five years. ------------------------------ End of ky-footsteps-digest V1 #20 ********************************* 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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