ky-footsteps Thursday, January 23, 2003 Volume 03 : Issue 5 Today's Topics: # 1 [KYF] DEATH CERT: Daw Smith, 1918, Knox County # 2 [KYF] DEATH CERT: Eller Smith, 1970, Bell Co. # 3 [KYF] DEATH CERT: Jane Smith, 1917, Knox County # 4 [KYF] DEATH CERT: Jane Smith, 1914, Whitley Co. # 5 [KYF] DEATH CERT: Jane Smith, 1946, Bell & Knox Co. # 6 [KYF] DEATH CERT: Farmer Smith, 1929, Clay Co. # 7 [KYF] DEATH CERT: Dock Smith, 1947, Knox Co. # 8 [KYF] DEATH CERT: Dock Smith, 1940, Bell Co. # 9 [KYF] DEATH CERT: Felix Smith, 1922, Clay Co. # 10 [KYF] DEATH CERT: Melzelia Hooker, 1939, Bell & Clay Co. # 11 [KYF] WILL: John Wilhoit, 1814, Jefferson Co. # 12 [KYF] DEATH CERT: Mary Hooker, 1948, Clay Co. # 13 [KYF] DEATH CERT: Joe Rice, 1947, Bell Co. # 14 [KYF] DEATH CERT: Mary Jane Hooker, 1941, Knox Co. _____________________________X-Message: #1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Charlotte Miller Date: 19 January 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEATH CERT: Daw Smith, 1918, Knox County ------------------------------------------------------------ Cert. No. 35058 Daw Smith Place of Death   Flat Lick, Knox County, Ky. Male, White, Married Date of Death   Nov. 9, 1918 Date of Birth   Aug. 7, 1857 Age at death   61 years, 3 months, 2 days Occupation   Farming Birthplace   Ky. Father   John Smith, born Ky. Mother   Mary Leath, born Ky. Cause of death   Paralysis Informant   Henry Smith, Dewitt, Ky. Bertha Morehead, Registrar _____________________________X-Message: #2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Charlotte Miller Date: 19 January 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEATH CERT: Eller Smith, 1970, Bell County ------------------------------------------------------------ Eller Smith Certificate No. 70-23636 Date of death Sept. 11, 1970 Age at death 70 Place of death Sraight Creek, Bell County, Ky. Female, White, Widowed Date of birth Dec. 25, 1899 Place of birth Kentucky Occupation Housewife Business or Industry says own home Residence Straight Creek, Bell County, Ky. Father Dawl Smith Mother America Smith Informant Croley Smith Cause of death Myocardial Infarction, sudden, due to or a consequence of ASHD of years Buried at Red Hill Cemetery, Arjay, Bell County, Ky. Robert Walden , embalmer _____________________________X-Message: #3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Charlotte Miller Date: 19 January 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEATH CERT: Jane Smith, 1917, Knox County ------------------------------------------------------------ Jane Smith Certificate Number 14778 Place of death Fount, Knox County, Kentucky Date of death May 18, 1917 Female, White, Married Occupation Housewife Date of Birth Unknown month, 1867 Age at death 50 Birthplace Clay County, Kentucky Father Hiram Smith Mother Nancy Stewart Informant S. Smith Sproule? Kentucky Burial John O. Mills Undertaker John O. Mills Registrar F. F. Rowland _____________________________X-Message: #4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Charlotte Miller Date: 19 January 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEATH CERT: Jane Smith, 1914, Whitley Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Jane Smith Certificate Number 24762 Date of death Sept. 1, 1914 Place of death Whitley County, Kentucky Date of birth May 9, 1854 Age at death 60 years, 3 months, 23 days Parents unknown Birthplace Kentucky Cause of death Acute dilatation of heart, contributory Aortic regurgitation Burial Steely graveyard Informant Alexander Moses Registrar ? Davenport _____________________________X-Message: #5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Charlotte Miller Date: 19 January 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEATH CERT: Jane Smith, 1946, Bell & Knox Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Jane Smith Date of death Sept. 13, 1946 White, Female, Married Place of death Pineville, Bell County, Kentucky Age at death 58 Cause of death Tuberculosis of lungs Place of birth Knox County, Kentucky Date of birth May 31, 1888 Occupation Housewife Father Bill Hubbard, born unknown Mother unknown Burial Flat Lick, Ky. Informant Enoch Smith Funeral director N. T. Vernett? and son, Pineville, Ky. Registrar Helen Pearl _____________________________X-Message: #6 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Charlotte Miller Date: 19 January 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEADEATH CERT: Farmer Smith, 1929, Clay Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Farmer Smith Certificate Number 5954 Male, White, Married Date of death Dec. 12, 1929 Place of death Otter Creek, Clay County, Kentucky Age at death 78 Date of birth January 20, 1851 Place of birth Lipps, Kentucky Father James Smith, birthplace unknown Mother unknown Burial Smith Graveyard Undertaker Finley Smith Informant Floyd Smith _____________________________X-Message: #7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Charlotte Miller Date: 19 January 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEATH CERT: Dock Smith, 1947, Knox Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Dock Smith Date of death Feb. 16, 1947 Place of death, Barbourville, Knox County, Ky. Residence Fount, Knox County, Ky. Male, White, Married Wife Louisa Smith, age 65 Cause of death Chronic Myocarditis one year and congestive heart failure Date of birth Feb. 17, 1865 Age at death 81 years, 11 months, 29 days Name of father Harrison Smith, born Ky. Name of mother Jane McVey, born Tn. Burial Ben Smith Funeral Director Hopper Funeral Home, Barbourville, Ky. Informant Charley Smith, Detroit, Michigan Registrar Bessie McDonald _____________________________X-Message: #8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Charlotte Miller Date: 19 January 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEATH CERT: Dock Smith, 1940, Bell Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Dock Smith Certificate Number 3101 Date of death January 12, 1940, 2:15 PM Cause of death Diabetes Mellitus Place of death Middlesboro, Bell County, Ky. Date of birth unknown White, Male, Widowed Length of time in community 45 years Age at death 68 years Place of birth Tennessee Occupation Mining, Load Coal Father unknown Mother Louvenia Smith, born Tennessee Burial Middlesboro, Bell County, Ky. Funeral Director Hobart Cawood, Middlesboro, Ky. Informant Ernest Smith, Middlesboro, Ky. Registrar Helen Pearl _____________________________X-Message: #9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Charlotte Miller Date: 19 January 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEATH CERT: Felix Smith, 1922, Clay Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Filix (Felix) Smith Certificate Number 548 Date of death 1-20-1922 Place of death Whites, Clay County, Ky. Male, White, Married Date of birth 1854 Age at death 68 Occupation Farmer Place of birth Clay County, Ky. Father Hiram Smith, born Knox County, Ky. Mother unknown Place of burial John Ruth, Clay County, Ky. Informant Taylor Ruth, Blue Hole, Clay County, Ky. Registrar ? Cobb _____________________________X-Message: #10 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Charlotte Miller Date: 19 January 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEATH CERT: Melzelia Hooker, 1939, Bell & Clay Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Melzelia Hooker (Nell Zealy Hooker on Certificate) Certificate Number 3025 White, Female, Married Date of death Dec. 28, 1939 Place of death Blanche, Bell County, Kentucky Date of birth Nov. 18, 1880 Age at death 59 years, 20 days Place of birth Clay County, Kentucky Name of father D______Y (Daugherty) Smith, born Clay County, Ky. Name of mother Janie Jackson, born Clay County, Ky. Cause of death Tuberculosis Pulmonary Occupation Housewife Burial Blanche, Bell County, Kentucky Undertaker Brandenburg Gibson, Pineville, Ky. Informant Frank Hooker Registrar Helen Pearl _____________________________X-Message: #11 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor John & Cindy McCachern Date: 19 January 2003 Subject: [KYF] WILL: John Wilhoit, 1814, Jefferson Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ In the name of God, Amen. I, John Wilhoit, of the County of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, being in bad health and of sound mind and memory, do constitute and make this my last will and testament in manner and form following to viz: In the first place, I desire all my just debts to be paid. In the next place, I lend upon my well beloved wife, Elizabeth Wilhoit, as much of my estate as she may think proper to take during her life or she ___ that part of my estate that she may not want, it is my desire, it may be sold and the money equally divided between my sons and daughters except Aaron Wilhoit who is not to come in for an equal proportion until each of my sons and daughters get one hundred dollars each and should the property which my wife may think proper to give up, sell for more, than will give each of my children except Aaron, one hundred dollars each. Then in that case, it is my desire that Aaron Wilhoit shall come in for an equal proportion of the balance at the death or intermarriage of my well beloved wife. It is my desire that my whole estate of every nature and property may be sold and the money equally divided among all my children. Lastly, I appoint my well beloved wife executrix of this my last will and testament to which I have subscribed my hand and seal this third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. Signed in presence: Owen Gwathmey and William Harding John Wilhoit (X) his mark _____________________________X-Message: #12 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Charlotte Miller Date: 19 January 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEATH CERT: Mary Hooker, 1948, Clay Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Mary Hooker Certificate Number 45958 Place of death Garrard, Clay County, Ky. Residence Garrard, Clay County, Ky, Age at death 54 Date of death August 18, 1948 White, Female, Married Date of birth July 20, 1897 Place of birth Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky Length of time in community 51 years Name of spouse Allen Hooker, age 54 Occupation Housewife Name of father Jim Gibson, born Clay County, Ky. Name of mother, Sudie Hibbard, born Clay County, Ky. Informant Allen Hooker Place of Burial Garrard, Clay County, Ky. Funeral director C. Fred Romminger, Manchester, Clay County, Ky. Registrar Ann H. Lucas _____________________________X-Message: #13 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Charlotte Miller Date: 19 January 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEATH CERT: Joe Rice, 1947, Bell Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Joe Rice Certificate Number 14223 (not real clear) Date of Death May 29, 1947 Place of death Middlesboro, Bell County, Ky. Male, White, Widowed Place of Birth Hopkinsville, Kentucky Date of Birth Feb. 20, 1874 Cause of death Unknown, supposed heart attack Age at death 73 years, 3 months, 9 days Occupation Retired (Carpenter) Name of Father Tom Rice, Born Kentucky Name of Mother Mollie Rice, Born Kentucky Embalmer Pope Cawood, Middlesboro, Ky. Burial Hensley Cemetery, Middlesboro, Ky. Informant Mrs. Mollie Williams, Middlesboro, Ky. Registrar Helen Pearl _____________________________X-Message: #14 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Charlotte Miller Date: 19 January 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEATH CERT: Mary Jane Hooker, 1941, Knox Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Mary Jane Hooker Certificate Number 22655 Date of Death April 24, 1941 Place of Death Heidrick, Knox County, Kentucky Age at death 57 years, 8 months, 23 days Date of Birth Dec. 1, 1883 Cause of death Hypertensive cardio-renal disease, 3 months Occupation Housewife Name of spouse Dill/Dice? Hooker, Heidrick, Knox County, Ky. Name of Father Andy Barnett, Born Bell County, Ky. Name of Mother Nancy Campbell, Born Bell County, Ky. Burial Patterson Cemetery Name of Funeral Director Walter C. Hopper, Barbourville, Ky. Informant Dill Hooker Registrar Mrs. J. S. 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