KY-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest June 1 2000 Volume 00 : Issue 203 ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 08:45:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Jan Gillespie Subject: NEWS: Vanceburg, The Sun, March 15, 1917 - March 22, 1917, Lewis Co The Sun, known as the Vanceburg Sun from 1915 to Feb 11, 1917, Vanceburg, Kentucky March 15, 1917 Happenings in Town The C. & O. Employees Magazine for February mentions J. H. Reed, operator at Concord, for discovering a broken rail and at once notifying section men. Herbert Hodge, son, of the section foreman, at Quincy, is commended for the same thing. Walter Lang, of Newport, was a business visitor here Thursday. We understand that he has purchased a part of the John Montieth farm in Stout's Bottom. We are glad to welcome Walter and his wife back to Lewis county. Dexter Liles, of Records, and Ora Dummitt were married in Portsmouth last week. Mrs John Lewis visited her sister, Mrs. W. H. Flannigan, at Siloam from Friday till Sunday. Wm. Sample, an old Vanceburg boy, has been stricken with paralysis at his home in Huntington, we are sorry to chronicle. POPLAR FLAT Preston Zornes and family moved from this place to Valley last week. Robert Stout, aged 74 years died at his home here Saturday, February 24th and was buried in the Tolesboro cemetery Sunday. Rufus Emmons, of New Richmond, is visiting his aunt, MRS. SALLIE OSBORN. Born, February 22, to Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Boyd, a daughter, Sydna Florence. The roof of the Cabin Creek Bridge at Halbert's Ford fell in Saturday on account of the heavy snow. ___ Mrs. Robert Williams, of Ashland, visited her sister, Mrs. Frank Horsley and other relatives Sunday and Monday. Those from persons from Vanceburg attended the funeral at Maysville, Thursday, of Mrs. J. M. Wells, who died at Mt. Olivet last Monday: Mesdames: R. N. Jones, Joe Redden, W. A. Voiers, E. L. Hendrickson, Geo. Rice; Misses Besse Stamper, Laura Webster, Judge S. J. Pugh and wife, Wm. Grote and wife, B. R. Henthorn, C. S. Staggs, T. M. Bowman, H. C. Myers, W. C. Cox, Elder C. A. VanWinkle. The following from a distance attended: Perry Mann and son, Samuel, of Hamilton, O., brother and nephew of the deceased, Dr. Joe Wells and wife, of Cynthiana, Mr. Milton Manns and wife, Chambers Perry and wife, Mrs. W. C. Myers, Elder M. Phanstiel, of Mt. Olivet, Mrs. Chas. Rice, of Augusta, Mrs. John Schump, of Cincinnati, Mr. and Mrs. W. Groppenbacher, Mrs. C. S. Dale, Henry Shay and Mrs. H. C. Pollitt, of Maysville. Stringtown On the Pike J. W. Gillespie has sold the farm which he recently purchased from J. W. Bradford, to Henry Bradfork. (wonder if that is fork or ford - says fork) Mrs. Wilson Candell, of Indianapolis, Ind., who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Lucy Deatley has returned home. Mrs. Cord Rash is able to be up again after a serious illness at the home of her sister, Mrs. Myers. Jessie Kirkland is spending the week with his daughter, Mrs. Otis Brocton, at Maysville. _________________________ The Sun, March 22, 1917 Marriage License T. J. Mead 64, Marion, O., Cora B. Grumbert 46, Marion, O. Lonnie Lewis 33, Beuna Vista; Florence B. Sissel, 23, Beuna Vista. George W. Thoroughman 24, Martin, Mrya A. Butler 14, Martin. Thomas E. Bailey, 29, Manchester, Oletha A. Pixley 22, Manchester. William Sprinkle 20, Charters, Daisy L. Moore 16, Charters. CHARLIE WEBSTER DIES Charlie Webster, whose injury at Cincinnati, we mentioned last week, died Thursday. He proved to be more seriously injured than at first reported; arm broken, leg broken in two places, hip dislocated, one side of face terrible burned and bruised, and injured internally, but with all was conscious up to the last. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Webster and was born here. For quite a number of years Cincinnati has been his home. He leaves a wife, mother, and one brother, Claude, of this place. Burial at Cincinnati. __________ W. H. Cartee, of Wyoming, Ill., arrived here on a visit to his aunt, Mrs. Geo. Burris. He also visited his uncle, W. H. Ruark, of Portsmouth and J. L. and W. H. Burris at Hintington, W. Va. CONCORD Mrs. A. E. Parker, a highly respected lady of this place, died at the home of her daughter, Mr.s Will E. Curran, Saturday, March 10, 1917, after a long illness of paralysis covering most two years. Lulu Ruark, of Cincinnati, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. John Vance, of this place. _____ John W. Ashcraft, who for some time had been employed in the Biggs House, died Friday morning at the family residence, 1720 Eighth street. His death resulted from grip followed by complications. Mr. Ashcraft, who was 63 years old, is survived by three children, Arlie, Mrs. Myrtie Pope, of Bracken county, Kentucky and Urile at home, and one sister, Mrs. Becky Bush, of Vanceburg. - Portsmouth Times. ______ Card of Thanks We desire to thank all our friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us their their help and sympathy though or recent bereavement of our mother, Mrs. Wm. A. Fitch. Her Children ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 14:48:51 -0500 Subject: OBIT: Smith, Mrs Mary E, age 70+, 1902, Boone Co, IN & Shelby Co, KY From: John Price Jamestown Press Jamestown, (Boone County) Indiana Friday, 3 MAY, 1902 page 3 Mrs. Mary E. SMITH, over seventy years old was found dead Monday evening at her home in New Brunswick. About three o'clock she had retired for a brief rest. When her relatives went to call her for supper they found her dead. Mrs. SMITH had been almost helpless for some time as the results of paralytic stroke. Mrs. SMITH was born in Shelby County, Kentucky. She was married to Thomas SMITH in Kentucky. She leaves the following children: James T. SMITH, J.M. SMITH, Sarah E. OWENS, and Georgia A. COX. She was a member of the Christian Church with which she had been connected for over thirty five years. LEBANON REPORTER * Note from Janet ISLEY Price, I am posting obituary for the others. I am not related to the subject. No other information was given. End of ky-footsteps-digest V00 #203 ********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. 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