KY-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest 22 Aug 2000 Volume 00 : Issue 240 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X-Message: #1 Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:04:57 -0500 From: "Nancy Trice" Subject: JOURNAL: Clemons, 1900, Estill & Clark Co; part 5 [cont, part 5] Sunday, April 1 Stayed at Price's. C.T.A. & W. all day. Clear, Bright, Cool. Monday, April 2 Went to Winchester (To Lex) To P.G. to Waw, A. Fac, spent the night Bright Tuesday, April 3 Came from W.A. to P.G. Stayed PW Went to Mrs. Camels & I stayed till 8 O' Came to P.G. Cloudy Wednesday, April 4 Went to Winchester from there to Lexington Ky and to P.G. over N----W.F. also stayed all night. Clear, Bright, Cool. Thursday, April 5 Went Lex - Nich - Rich Irvine.* Spent night B.H.S. Fair, cool, warmer After noon. *Went to Lexington, Nicholasville, Richmond, and Irvine. Friday, April 6 Came from Irvine to Rich, Nicholas - Lex Stayed over night Jas. T. Adams Fair & Bright Saturday, April 7 Came from Lex to P.G. Horse back to Winch.---+ went to Price's fair Suits for children* Suit & case. Spent night at Price's. *His children were Leon and Homer Clemons. Sunday, April 8 Stayed at Price's till 10 o'clock Came to Winchester. Went to George Goosey's. Spent the night. Warm, Hazed up Clouds in Eve. Monday, April 9 Left George Goosey. Stayed in town Went to Winchester Hotel. Stayed one night. Hazy Cool Tuesday, April 10 Went Dawn in Town. Main Came in. Went to Lexington. NYL Office went to Southern Depot. Missed train. Went to Bro. Adams. Stayed till 6:45 Came to Richmond. Stayed Bro. Hamiltons. Rained. Wednesday, April 11 Stayed in Richmond till Noon. Gave inscriptions for Monument.* Came to Irvine. Drove out to Dr. Marcum's. Came back to Wallace Hotel. Went to Church. Came back to Room. Wrote up. Wrote letters. *I think that the inscriptions that William F. Clemons refers to are the inscriptions for Mattie Reed's tombstone at Log Lick Church Cemetery. The monument when completed read: Mattie G. Clemons, wife of Elder W. F. 6-25-1860--8-17-1899 Inscription: "Confessed her Savior 1874. Farwell Husband I'll wait for you there. Our unnamed babe born and died 8-5-1899." Footstone inscription: "She done what she could." Thursday, April 12 Stayed in Irvine till 1:15. Came to Lexington. Train on S.C. behind. Had to stay in Lex. Over night, Palace Hotel ----- 1-4 McG* Cloudy, Cold *This is probably some kind of reference to someone in the McGuire family. Friday, April 13 Went from Lexington to Clay City. Went in Buggy to Stanton. Bro Marcum and I saw cousin Bettie H.* Returned to Clay City. Took dinner. Came back to Winchester. Prepared. Went to P.G. To P.W. and spent the night. Cool, Cloudy. Saturday, April 14 Went to Lexington. K. & I stayed all day. Came back to P.G. & P.W. spent the night Bright Warmer. Sunday, April 15 Stayed P.G. & P.W. Cool. Fair. Read Tempest Sunshine, spent night. Monday, April 16 Came from P.G. to W---- from W--- to R.T. & Price's. Rained. Spent the night. Recd L from M& L and 1 rec from J.C.* *I think that this reference is to his older half-brother, James Clemons. Tuesday, April 17 Spent the morning writing. Wrote to Chilton, Ma, and children.* Went to Indian fields & to Winchester. Spent the night with Bro. Lowry. Let from M.E.L. Cleared up bright in P.M. *I believe that "Ma" refers to Mattie Reed's mother, Elizabeth Sales Reed. His two children are Leon and Homer Clemons. Wednesday, April 18 Stayed in Winchester. Clear and bright. spent the night with George Goosey. Thursday, April 19 Went from Winchester to Lex to Nich.---Rich--& to Irvine. Came back to Lex. & to P.G. Clear & bright, Warmer Clouded up in night. Friday, April 20 Went from P.G. to W----. & then out to Price's. Rained in A.M. Cleared up in P.M. Stayed all night. Saturday, April 21 Stayed at Price's all day. Rained Cleared spent the night. Sunday, April 22 Stayed at Price's till p.m. Went to T.J. Bushes, Came back to Price's. spent the night. Clear and bright. Monday, April 23 Came to Town with Glemmore Oliver. Spent the day seen Bill Scroggins corpse Went to (Lex) P.G. Spent night. Tuesday, April 24 Spent the day (Prep papers) (took re'cpt) clear. Pleasant. Wednesday, April 25 Came to Winchester. Stayed all day. Ret to Lex, P.G. spent the note Clear Pleasant Thursday, April 26 Came into Lex. Receive L. from M.E.L. & Ansd.* Came in Lex. Clear & Bright Came to P.G. Spent Night *He is writing that he received a letter from M.E.L and answered it. I don't know who M.E.L. might be at this point. Friday, April 27 Came to Winchester & out to Price's. Found Policy. Came to Price's R.G. Clear & Bright spent the night. Saturday, April 28 At Prices. Went to Dunaways.* Came back to Prices. spent the night. Clear & Bright. *Dunaways is probably Dunaway Church in the Roundtree area, near Winchester. Sunday, April 29 At Prices, went to Dunaway's to church. Went to L. Brookshiers. took dinner Came to Round Tree to Church. Clear & bright spent night at Price's. *Dunaways is probably Dunaway Church in the Roundtree area, near Winchester. Monday, April 30 Went to Winchester with W.H. Rice. got there I went to Lexington & returned at noon, went to Richmond. stayed overnight Clear and bright spent the night with Bro Hamilton [end part 5] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X-Message: #2 Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:04:59 -0500 From: "Nancy Trice" Subject: JOURNAL: Clemons, 1900, Estill & Clark Co; part 6 [cont, part 6] Tuesday, May 1 Cane from Richmond. Took depositions in Beckner & Jowetts Office went to J.N.C. Tuttles spent the night clear and bright Wednesday, May 2 Took depositions at Beckner & Jowett's Office in Winchester. Came out to Price's and spent the night. Clear & bright. Thursday, May 3 Went back to Winchester. Secured livery went to Irvine and out to Chilton's spent the night. Bro Lowry went with me. cool and clear. Frosted at night. Friday, May 4 Went from Chilton's to Wm. Arthers. Came back to Chilton's took dinner came to Irvine Came to Prices. Spent the night. rained. Cloudy. Rained showers at night. Saturday, May 5 Came from Prices' to Winchester. Went to Lexington Came back to Winchester, went to P.G. spent the night clear, bright & warmer Sunday, May 6 Spent the day at Lexington, P.G. Rained, Cloudy Monday, May 7 Went to Irvine, Ky Dinner at Wallace H.* suppper, Mrs. Powell's spent the night, Wallace House Some what cloudy *I believe though am not sure that Wallace H. may be Wallace Hamilton, but there may be other people whom this might be. Tuesday, May 8 Went to Chilton's. Millers Creek. Wm. Arther's G. Estes, M.A. Neals, D. Powells, E.B. Scrivners Jas. Crawfords to Chilton's. Spent the night Cloudy, sprinkled rain Wednesday, May 9 Came from Chilton's to Irvine -Richmond Nicholasville: Lexington Winchester. Met Mrs. Nahuff. spent night at Hotel Win House Cloudy cool Thursday, May 10 Went to Lex - Nich - Rich - Irvine. Livery To M.A.N. & to E.B. Scriv* spent the night cool. clear. *These references are to M.A. Neal and E.B. Scrivner. Friday, May 11 Came to Irvine. Ma came with me.* Took depositions. Dined at Wallace H** Spent the night at Wallace House *Ma is Elizabeth Sales Reed, William F. Clemons' mother-in-law. Wallace H could stand for Wallace Hamilton, or just Wallace House. Right now, I am noting it in the index as Wallace Hamilton. Saturday, May 12 Stayed in Irvine took depositions till noon. Came to Lexington (P.G.) Fair day Sunday, May 13 spent the day at the P.G. Came to Winchester at 9 O'clock p.m. Fair day. spent the night at J.R. Stokely's Monday, May 14 Attended some business. Came out to Price's Fair day. Spent the night Tuesday, May 15 Stayed at Prices. Layed in bed most all day sick Fair day spent the night Wednesday, May 16 Stayed at Prices! Sick in bed most all day. warm weather clear after morning Thursday, May 17 Stayed at Prices. Sick. Clear. Friday, May 18 Price & I went to town. came back sick not able to sit up. went to bed. Clear Put Horses out on Grass. Saturday, May 19 Stayed at Prices. Sick Went to see Com. Richardson. sick child* & Lucy Hisle came back went to bed - in bed the rest of the day *I believe that this child was the younger of his two boys, Homer Clemons. Sunday, May 20 At Prices, Went to Dunaways to Church* Ed Allen Preached. cool and dry Sick not able to get about. *Dunaways is probably Dunaway Church in the Roundtree area, near Winchester. Monday, May 21 Stayed at Prices. Sick clear and cool. Dry Tuesday, May 22 Stayed at Price's. Sick! Cool & dry. Wednesday, May 23 Stayed at Price's in bed. Sick. Clouded up. Sprinkled rain in P.M. Jas. Clemons came from Grant Co. Ky* *I believe that this is James Clemons, born 1855 in Clark County, who was William F. Clemons' older half-brother. James Clemons parents were Leroy Clemons and Alice Barnes. Thursday, May 24 Stayed at Prices. Sick. Wrote to Ma, Chilton & Rained, Porely. Friday, May 25 Stayed at Prices. Sick. Flying Clouds. Sun shone. Saturday, May 26 Stayed at Prices Porely. some clouds. Sunday, May 27 Stayed at Price's Porely. ----- some Clouds Monday, May 28 Went to town. Came back to Prices. Porely. Cloudy. Rained some. Sun went into Eclipse. Took Bet & Serel off grass.* *I think that these names may refer to livestock, perhaps horses. Tuesday, May 29 Stayed at Prices. cut out and made letters for Decoration. cloudy, some rain Wednesday, May 30 Stayed at Prices. Rained in A.M. Cloudy P.M. Porely, not able to get out. Thursday, May 31 At Prices. Jas. & I went to Post Office. Fannie & I went to Log Lick to decorate Some clouds. Jas & I walked out to Dunaways.* *This is an interesting reference because this is the first mention of Fannie, his sister - and it is written as if she were in the immediate vicinity. Originally, I thought that the "Price" that is constantly referred to may have been Pryse McGuire, even though his name was spelled differently. However, I am inclined to think that when William F. Clemons sold his store in Estill County and moved to Clark County, he basically resided much of the time with his sister, Fannie (Clemons) Osborne and his brother-in-law, J. Price Osborne. "Price" must be J. Price Osborne - even though in several places in his journal, usually on travel elsewhere, he writes letters and refers to Price not as he usually does but as J.P. Osborne. I think that this may be part of his particular ethic in maintaining records of correspondence in his journal. The Jas. mentioned here is James Clemons, his elder half-brother, who also appears to be staying at J. Price Osborne's home, or better known as Price's." [end, part 6] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X-Message: #3 Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:05:02 -0500 From: "Nancy Trice" Subject: JOURNAL: Clemons, 1900, Estill & Clark Co; part 7 [cont, part 7] Friday, June 1 Stayed at Prices. Jas Here. some clouds, some sprinkles of rain Saturday, June 2 Stayed at Prices. Jas Here. some clouds, stayed in. Porely. Sunday, June 3 Stayed at Prices Porely Cloudy some sun shows some Jas here Jas left for Winchester Monday, June 4 Went to Winchester, Ky and to P. Webbers to take Leon H and Homer* to see relatives, at Pine Grove. fair. Jas Left Prices (this line is erased, apparently by W.F. Clemons but still just a bit legible.) *Leon H stands for Leon Haggard Clemons, William F. Clemons' oldest son. Homer Clemons is his second son. I don't know which relatives might have lived in Pine Grove. Tuesday, June 5 Stayed at Phillip Webbers.* All day. Went to Athens to Strawberry Supper. came back to Phillips. stayed all night. some clouds. appearance of rain. cool in night. *Phillip Webber was a witness at the wedding of William F. Clemons and Betty Jackson Fluty, Clemons' first wife. Webber may be a relative as he mentions visiting relatives on June 4th. He would be taking his relatives to visit the Fluty side of their line. Wednesday, June 6 Stayed at Phillips till noon. Rained. came to Prices. Rained Hard! spent the night. Thursday, June 7 Stayed at Prices. Packed Grip for trip to hold meetings in Grand County. Dark and cloudy, rained some. Friday, June 8 Went from Prices to Win & Lex. & to Wmstown Ky.* to Jas Aschrafts spent the night Fair weather *His travel itinerary shows that that he headed from J. Price Osborne's home to Winchester, then to Lexington, and then to Williamstown, Kentucky. Williamstown is the county seat of Grant County which was founded in 1820. Saturday, June 9 Spent the Day at Jas Ashcrafts. went home with A.M. Clemons spent the night fair weather. Sunday, June 10 At A.M. Clemons Went to Fair View Church Came to A.M. Clemons from church. Preached at night came back to Marks* Fair weather. *I believe that Mark refers to Mark Clemons. There is a possibility that A.M. Clemons and Mark Clemons are the same person. Monday, June 11 At Marks. Went to Jas Ashcrafts. Spent the P.M. Went back to Marks, spent the night. Fair weather. Tuesday, June 12 Went to Brot Station. Stayed all night with H.T. Clemons* Saw Lee, Nora, and the rest of the children. Fair weather. *I believe that H.T. Clemons is Henry Clemons. Wednesday, June 13 Came from Henry's, to Jas Ashcrafts, Went to John Clemons spent the night fair & warm. Put Nelly back on grass.* *I believe that John Clemons is another older half-brother and that Nelly must be the name of William F. Clemons' horse. Thursday, June 14 came from John's to James Clemons. Spent the day and went to Jas Ashcrafts - Rained in A.M. Fair in P.M. Friday, June 15 Went from Jas Aschraft's to Mark Clemons stayed fair Saturday, June 16 Stayed at Mark Clemons Rained in P.M. No meeting, Rained. Sunday, June 17 At Mark Clemons' Preached at Fair View Came to Jas Ashcraft's took dinner came to H.T. Clemons spent the night clear. Monday, June 18 Stayed at H.T. Clemons Rained in P.M. not feeling well. Tuesday, June 19 Stayed at H.T. Clemons Clear and bright in A.M. & P.M. Wednesday, June 20 Stayed at H.T. Clemons till P.M. Came to Fair View Jas Ashcraft's. Fair weather, Letter from M.E.L. Thursday, June 21 At Jas Ashcrafts went to A.M. Clemons Fair weather. spent the day and night. Friday, June 22 At A.M. Clemons Went to Jas Ashcrafts in P.M. Came back to Mark's spent night Rained in P.M. Saturday, June 23 Came back from A.M. C's to Jas Ashcrafts, spent the day and night Rained in P.M. Sunday, June 24 At James Ashcrafts went from there to John Clemons' spent the night dark and cloudy in A.M. Monday, June 25 Came from WmsTown to Winchester Went to Pine Grove After boys.* Spent the night. fair weather Winchester Court *Homer and Leon Clemons, his two sons Tuesday, June 26 Spent the Day with P.W.* Looking at Stack Tab (or Job?) Wheat TC. Rained in P.M. Made screens for Ky W *P.W. is Phillip Webber. Wednesday, June 27 Went to Winchester from P.G. and out to Roundtree. Rained in A.M. & P.M. also Thursday, June 28 Went to Millers Creek stopped at Aunt K. Sales went to Chilton's. spent the night. Rained in Eve. warm Friday, June 29 Went from Chiltons to M.A. Neal's 4-5 Went to Green Estes, to Milty Estes to E.B. Scrivner's to Jas Crawfords, and back to Chiltons spent the night, fair weather Saturday, June 30 Came from Chiltons to Dr. Marcums. collected for survey. came to Irvine. Came over to Round Tree. spent the night. Fair weather. 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