KY-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest	17 Dec 1999		Volume 99 : Issue 64


Message #1***********************
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 23:29:04 -0600
From: Jan Gillespie <gillespie1949@yahoo.com
Subject: NEWS: Vanceburg Sun, Lewis County, KY

2-21-1907 

T. R. Stricklett, formerly of this county, but now of Kansas City in a
letter to Judge Hillis, desires to be remembered to his many friends and
comrades. During the Civil War Mr. Stricklett was a member of Co. I, 10th
Ky., Cav. He also says he likes his Western home but has a warm place in
his heart for Lewis County. 

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Clarksburg 

Mr. Fielden Lewis and Miss Anna Be Webster were united in marriage at the
home of the bride's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Webster, last
Wednesday night by Rev Jess Hobbs. 

Hubert Calvert was the guest of his sister, Mrs. H. C. Gose, at Black Oak
Sunday. 
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Kinniconick 

Albert McClerg will move to Portsmouth this week. 

Francis Miller, of Columbus, O is operationg E. B. Gillmore's saw mill at
Beaver Pond. 

Mrs Sarah Smith is very ill. Mrs. Mazie Dyer, Pete Wintersole and Henry
Pappillion are are convalescing. 
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Tannery 

Born, to R! och Liles and wife, on the 12th, a fine girl. 

Jesse Lewis and wife, of Cincinnati, are visiting the former's parents here. 

John Armstrong, wha has been working in West Virginia for some time,
returned home one day last week. 

Misses Flora and Cora Osborne are visiting 
their sister, Mrs. T. P. Stone, at South Portsmouth. 

Lawrence Osborn and George Lewis, who have been working with the bridge
carpenters, are at home now. 

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Heselton

Died, at Noah last Friday, O. F. Payne, Consumption was the cause of his
death.  He was 41 years old and a member of the Baptist Church at Oak
Ridge.  He leaves a wife and four children, father and mother, three sister
and many friends and relatives to mourn his loss.  The remains were buried
at Oak Ridge Cemetery las Sunday; funeral services were conducted by Rev W.
S. Reynolds.

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Fearis

Mrs. J. W. Adams who has been very sick for several months, died at her
residence near here Tuesday morning, February 12th. She leaves a husband
and large family of children.

In last weeks's notes the type made us say what we did not write about
pensions.  We state there were many old exsoldiers about here that would be
benefitted by the new service pension bill recently passed.  Now we further
comment ed give the ex prisoners of war 50.00 a month and the old soldiers
won't grumble abut the salary grabs.  Several old soldiers called for an
explanation.  

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2-28-07

Mrs. G. B. Paynter, formerly of this place, died at her home at Fullerton
last Thursday at 5AM after an illness of several months with bronchal
trouble, and was buried at St. Paul Saturday.  Molly Sullivan was born at
Wilson's Bottom, this county, September 23, 1870.  She is survived by her
husband and two sons, Brinton, aged 16 and Russel, aged 14 father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Abram Sullivan, of St. Paul, a brother, Eugene
Sullivan, of St. Paul, two sisters, Mrs. Fleronce Wells, of Knoxville,
Tenn, and Mrs. Mable Blaine, of Fullerton.  Mrs. Paynter was a resident of
Vanceburg for several years and has many friends here who are grieved to
learn of her early death.

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3-14-1907

Heselton

Thurston Meadows died last Wednesday at Oak Ridge, and was buried at that
place Thursday.

Riverside Notes

There were four new pupils enrolled Monday.  Miss Mary Willim, of Valley
and Leroy Lewis, of Tannery, are now members of the preparatory class, and
Tom and Helen Rowland of the primary department.

The following members of the Normal Class spent Saturday and Sunday at
home:  Misses Stella Sanders, of Quincy, Gypsy Adams, of Black Oak; Edyth
Heath, of Rome, and Messrs. Lawrence Henry of Martin and Ellis Cropper, of
Kinney.

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Deaths

Jackson Polly, an old soldier, who has been making his home with Charles
Plummer on West Third Street, died at 3 am Tuesday after a short illness
with the grippe.

Mrs. Jas. Hobbs, aged about 40, died at her home on Slate last Friday afer
an illness of several months with consumption and was buried Saturday in
the Pell Graveyard.

The six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Webster, of Salt Lick, died
Saturday night of whooping cough and pneumonia, and was buried in the
Vanceburg Cemetery Monday.

The four year old son of Thos Ash, of Spy Run, died last Thursday.

The 16 year old daughter of Geo. Stapleton died of consumption at her home
in South Vanceburg on March 4th and was buried in the Pell Graveyard on
March 5th.

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Minister Dies after Short Illiness:  Rev. O. Q. Wiley, the Southern
Methodist Minister at Tolesboro, went to Mt. Hebron to preach on March 2nd
and was taken ill, with the grippe.  He became violently delerious and died
Tuesday.  His wife is dangerously ill with pneumonia at her home in
Tolesboro.

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Black Oak

Mrs. Ida Riggs, of Portsmouth, was visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Cogan, several days last week.

Dr. Fultz, of Vanceburg, was called to see Mr. Gose one day last week and
found him suffering with inflamitory rheumatism.

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J. F. Hoobler Dies

J. F. Hoobler, the well known ferry man, died about 5 o'clock Saturday
evening on his boat at the foot of Main Street, after a short illness with
the grippe.  The remains were buried at Black Oak Monday.  Mr. Hoobler was
62 years old and had reside din Vanceburg the greater part of his life.  He
leaves a wife, and five children by a former marriage.  They are Chalres,
and Albert, Mrs. Effie Cle ?? er, Mrs. Martha Moore and Mrs. Nora
Wisecarver, of Kansas City, Mo.

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Message #2***************************
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 17:47:04 -0500
From: "Allen Watts" <arwatts@kih.net
Subject: NEWS: Kentucky Newspaper Indexes (Floyd, Harlan, Perry, Letcher Counties)

I now have the newspaper indexes (subject and personal name indexes) for
the following newspaper in Eastern Kentucky online.  They can be searched
at http://www.hindexing.com


Floyd County - 1930 - 1932
Harlan County - 1922 - 1925
Perry County - 1911 - 1915
Letcher County - 1937 - 1940

Each of these counties have more databases to add and also soon Wolfe and
Owsley Co. will be online.  


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