ky-footsteps Friday, October 03, 2003 Volume 03 : Issue 155 Today's Topics: # 1 [KYF] NEWS: Mrs. Lucy Chadwell Charged, 1921, Bell Co. # 2 [KYF] DEATH: Arber B. Towery, 1921, Madison Co. # 3 [KYF] NEWS: Murder near Cumberland Gap, 1921, Bell Co. # 4 [KYF] OBIT: Fred Dugard, 1979, Monroe & Oldham Co. # 5 [KYF] CENSUS: 1860, Partial, Breathitt Co. # 6 [KYF] CHURCH: History of Pleasant Run Church, McCreary Co. # 7 [KYF] DEATH: Louis Curry, Green Co. # 8 [KYF] DEATH: Percy Cox, 1977, Green Co. # 9 [KYF] OBIT: Tony Howell, 1980, Hart Co. # 10 [KYF] DEATH: William Curry, 1974, Green Co. _____________________________X-Message: #1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by Mary Lou Hudson Date: 30 September 2003 Subject: [KYF] NEWS: Mrs. Lucy Chadwell Charged, 1921, Bell Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY Feb. 5, 1921 Superabundance of Religious Fervor Lands Holy Roller in Police Court There are some person who are emotional to such an extent that they completely lose control of themselves and let their emotions sway them. When persons of this nature are overcome by their emotions, they cannot control themselves and they are not in a position to judge of their actions. Mrs. Lucy Chadwell, a member of the church of "Holy Rollers," who lives in the East End, by her own admission in police court today, is such a person. When Mrs. Chadwell, accompanied by her daughter, attended the services last night in the Second Baptist church, and her religious feelings overcame her so that she shook and rolled, thereby throwing those present at the service into a state of alarm and disturbance, the Rev. A.L. Chadwell of the Second Baptist church, swore out a warrant for the arrest of Mrs. Chadwell on the grounds of disturbing the peace and breaking up religious services. When arraigned before Judge Wood in police court this morning. Mrs. Chadwell declared that she did not mean to create a disturbance or to break up the services. "I was so overcome with the spirit of religion." she told Judge Wood, "that I could not hold myself back. The Holy Ghost was within me and I could do nothing but give demonstration to my feeling." During the hearing, which was attended by a large number of the members of Mrs. Chadwell's church, a demonstration was given showing how services are conducted by "Holy Rollers." Judge Wood placed Mrs. Chadwell on probation, with the warning that if any more complaints of a similar nature are made, he will be compelled to deal more severely with the offender. _____________________________X-Message: #2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by Mary Lou Hudson Date: 30 September 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEATH: Arber B. Towery, 1921, Madison Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY June 22, 1921 Kentucky Boy Among Lost Crew By Associated Press Washington, June 22 -- Arber B. Towery of Berea, Ky., was among the crew of the lost naval tug Conestonga, according to an announcement made here today. The crew numbered about fifty. The Conestonga sailed from Mare Island on March 2nd for Samoa and has not been heard from since. _____________________________X-Message: #3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by Mary Lou Hudson Date: 30 September 2003 Subject: [KYF] NEWS: Murder near Cumberland Gap, 1921, Bell Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY June 22, 1921 Body Found Near Cumberland Gap Young Man Had Been Shot Three Times -- No Clue Yet As To Murderer: -- $100 Reward Offered Just at press hour a report of the finding of the body of Roy Sane near Cumberland Gap reached here. The body was found this morning just below the coal tipple near the railroad. A tag on the trousers worn contained the following: "Lynch Tailoring Co., Roy Sane. Date 11-15. No. 68342." A thorough search of the vicinity has failed to reveal any other clue as to the identity of the dead man or his murderer. He had been shot three times. It is reported that J. Frank White has offered a reward of $100 for the arrest of the murderer. Gibson Bros. are on their way over to take charge of the body. Several Middlesboro officers are working on the case and have wired Lynch in an effort to get further facts. _____________________________X-Message: #4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Sandi Gorin Date: 3 October 2003 Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Fred Dugard, 1979, Monroe & Oldham Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. Name: Fred Lee Dugard Residence: LaGrange KY Died: Saturday, 3 Feb 1979, Norton's Hospital in Louisville KY, age 66. Farmer Son of the late Arthur and Myrtie Lawson Dugard Survivors: Wife: Mrs Mary Rose Rhoton Dugard Daughters: Mrs Alice Clara Schlosser of Jeffersonville IN, Mrs Janet Gail Beemer of Indianapolis IN and Paul Jean Dugard of LaGrange. Sons: Jessie of Denvere CO, Billy of Louisville and Danny of WayneCity IL 33 grandchildren Sisters: Mrs Pearl Gilbert of Peoria IL, Mrs Emma Coulter of Glasgow KY, Mrs Edna Bowles of Route 5 Glasgow and Mrs Geneve Russell of Route 5 Tompkinsville KY Brothers: George of Montana, James of Glasgow and Oakleyof Route 1, Mt Hermon KY Services;Tuesday, 10 am, Hatcher and Saddler Funeral Home in Glasgow KY, burial Bethelehm Cemetery in Monroe Co. Barren County (KY) Progress, Thursday, 8 Feb 1979, p. 4. _____________________________X-Message: #5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by Darlene Tennille Date: 3 October 2003 Subject: [KYF] CENSUS: 1860, Partial, Breathitt Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ A partial transcription of the 1860 Breathitt Co. Census has been uploaded as follows: Pages 269-282 http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breathitt/census/1860/p269.txt Pages 283-294 http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breathitt/census/1860/p283.txt Pages 295-306 http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breathitt/census/1860/p295.txt Pages 307-318 http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breathitt/census/1860/p307.txt Pages 319-330 http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breathitt/census/1860/p319.txt Pages 331-342 http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breathitt/census/1860/p331.txt Pages 343-345 http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breathitt/census/1860/p343.txt _____________________________X-Message: #6 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by Mary Lou Hudson Date: 3 October 2003 Subject: [KYF] CHURCH: History of Pleasant Run Church, McCreary Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Pleasant Run Church The following account is based upon information handed from one generation to another. No attempt was made to make a written record of it. The story of the Pleasant Run Church is closely related to the settlement of the community at and around the headwaters of this creek. The older people have told me that their parents told them that the valley along the creek known as Pleasant Run, was, about the beginning the nineteenth century, one mass of canebrake from where the Old Jellico Creek Church now stands to its headwaters, a distance of about five miles. As the case usually is, a few bears, lots of wildcats, and other animals found this condition a paradise for them. So into this region marched the early settlers with their rifles in their hands, their family by their side, and a few household goods and clothing which they had brought with them from across the mountains. The first settlers who settled on Pleasant Run Creek came from the mountainous section of eastern North Carolina. They came through Cumberland Gap. Their life had been hard. With most of them it remained that way. In order to understand how the lives of these people were affected by settlements elsewhere, let us go to some of these places of settlement. Burnside became a small river port early. People came up the Cumberland River in boats from as far away as Nashville. Many of them brought their families, their livestock, and their few household belongings with them. One thing they did not bring with was salt. This was because of its scarcity. They had to get this necessity from somewhere else. There is a valley extending from where Careyville, Tenn. is up past Jacksboro and on past Lafollette, Tenn. on toward Cumberland Gap. This valley was settled early because it was a level region, bordered on the north by fairly high mountains and on the south by high hills. Somewhere in this valley there was a large salt lick or a large salt spring. The settlers learned to evaporate this water and get salt. They used large basins. They called the territory, immediately surrounding this salt lick, Goose Creek. The distance between Burnside and Goose Creek was about 100 miles. Today this distance can be covered by automobile in a few hours. A typical family at that time would leave Burnside early in the morning and if all went well they would camp somewhere about where Greenwood is today. They would pitch camp early in order to repair a wagon wheel, a piece of broken harness, or an oxbow. The second day they would camp at a large sulphur spring near where the Pleasant Run Chruch is located, the next day they would camp near the mouth of Briar Creek, and finally after a week or ten days of travel they would reach Goose Creek. here they made salt for three or four weeks. In about six weeks they would return with their year's supply of salt to Burnside. So this trip to Goose Creek became an annual affair. Hundreds of people made the trip. Other people began to make the trip. The route they travelled became a well-worn and well-marked road. It became familiar far and wide. This route became known as the Jacksboro Road. It passed just in front of where the Pleasant Run Church now stands through the corner of where the cemetery is located. A man by the name of John Gilreath was young at this time. He married a woman by the name of Mary Gregory. He cleared up a few acres of land and built a two-story log house about a hundred yards off the Jacksboro Road and about a quarter of a mile east of the present location of the Pleasant Run Church and Cemetery. Mary and John prospered. Mary gave birth to (13) thirteen children. Their names were: Ben, Lewis, Hannah, Matt, Vina, Sallie, Wiley, Julia, Leroy, Jane, Little Gid, Sol, and Vira. So traffic over the Jacksboro Road increased. People on horseback, on foot, and in wagons shuttled back and forth. Later during the Civil War, both Confederate and Union Soldiers marched over this road. Missionaries of different faiths went over this road -- Baptists, Methodists, and a few Presbyterians were in the group. John and Mary Gilreath were inclined to be friendly toward strangers. Their home became a stopping place for many of these people. They were converted to the Methodist Faith. This happened about 1835. They with their relatives, the Neals, the Moores, the Lovetts, the Wilsons, the Ashtons, and others built a log church house near the center of where the cemetery is now located. Old Uncle Jeffy Moore's child died. It was buried near the church house. This child has the honor of being the first person buried in the Pleasant Run cemetery. Someone brought their slaves to work on a piece of land they owned on down the creek. One of these colored slaves died. He has the honor of being the second person buried in this cemetery. After about twenty years the people decided that they wanted a larger church house. After going through the usual habit of arguing and quarreling they decided to build it. The house was built with its front entrance about where the cemetery gate is now. The door to the entrance was on the left side of the front. The pulpit was to your right as you entered. As you entered you faced the audience. The wood stove was in the center. There was no piano. The song leader got his tune with the tuning fork. The sermons were long but filled with the Gospel. When the next generation came along there was a demand for a new church. This was in 1880. The brothers and sisters, together with the church officials made sure that everything was in order before they started this building. In 1883 they built this church. Many people had a hand in this work. Uncle Frank Neal was there. He was a young boy at this time. He and some others cut a board tree over on the side of the mountain opposite the church house. They dragged the tree trunks over to the church house with a yoke of oxen. The log was tied to a two-wheeled cart. Uncle Press Neal who lived on Osborn Creek gave the trees for the lumber. Willis Alcorn and his brother Bob Alcorn sawed the lumber free of charge. They had a sawmill on Osborn Creek at this time. As to who helped on the building, we will have to rely partly on a diary kept by Dr. McClancy. He was there. The Caddells, the Lovetts, the Gilreaths, the Neals, the Wilsons, the Moores, and many others were there, including the Ashtons and the Bensons and the Rosses. Many pastors have served this church. To name a few of them you will have to recall people by the name of Mercer, Mary Story, Lanham, Pruitt, Kingry, Wolf, Evans, Miller, Shadoan, Cox, Perkins, Godsey, McClancy, Braden, Ruggles, Jones and many others. This church has continued to hold its own throughout all of these years. Since its beginning in 1835, there has elapsed one hundred and thirty-five years. The church is still going, not strong but it is still alive. I believe that someday all of those throughout these years who have contributed a small part in founding this church and in keeping it going will receive a greeting of "well done". Note: Hoyt Meadors received this history in with a bunch of old papers given to him. The name of the writer is not known. It must have been written about 1970. Mary Lou _____________________________X-Message: #7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by Karen Jorgensen Date: 3 October 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEATH: Louis Curry, Green Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Louis U. Curry, 81, of 711 W. Penn St., Hoopeston, ill, died at 10:15 am Sun 4 Apr at the Community Memorial Hospital in Hoopeston. Services were held at 3:30 Wed. 7 Apr at the Hamilton Funeral Home with burial in Floral Hill Cem. Rev. Jack Wagoner of the First Baptist church officiated. Born 21 Apr 1883, he was the son of William and Nancy Curry. In 1907 he married Lula Myrtie Beard, who survives. Other survivors are a son, Underwood (Dunk) Curry, Hoopeston; several grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Mr. Curry was a member of the Baptist church in Greensburg. From an undated clipping, unknown Green Co. newspaper _____________________________X-Message: #8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by Karen Jorgensen Date: 03 Oct 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEATH: Percy Cox, 1977, Green Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ Mr. Percy N. Cox, 80, son of the late Mr. Daniel Edgar Cox and Mrs. Sally Wilson Cox, was born 23 Apr 1897 in Green Co. and departed this life at 9:30 am Tues 17 May [1977] at the McDowell Facility in Greensburg. He had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church. He united in marriage to Miss Mary Lou Calhoon, 20 Feb 1929. To this union were born 4 sons and 2 daughters: Percy Cox Jr., Orlando, Fl; Harold W. Cox, Perry, Ga; Robert S. Cox, Greensburg; Edgar Louis Cox, Hodgenville; Mrs. Opal Smith, Nashville and Mrs. Sarah B. Mitchell, Greensburg. Mr. Cox is also survived by 1 brother: Wilson Cox, Greensburg; 1 sister: Miss Annie Cox, Greensburg; 15 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Funeral services were conducted at the Ebenezer Presbyterian church at 4 pm Thurs. 19 May by Rev. James Evans. Burial was in Cox Cem. Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Pallbearers were Fred Tate Cox, Crawford Cox, Edmond Lowe, Russell Lowe, Sammy Cox, and David Lee Givens. From an unknown Green Co. newspaper, undated clipped obit. _____________________________X-Message: #9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by E-mail Registry submittor Sandi Gorin Date: 3 October 2003 Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Tony Howell, 1980, Hart Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. Name: Tony N. Howell Residence: Route 2, Hardyville, Ky Died: 7:40 am Saturday, T J Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow KY, extended illness, age 22. 1979 graduate of Hart County High School through the Home Bound program. Survivors: Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Howell of Route 2 Hardyville Sisters: Misses Tammy Howell and Julie Howell, both at home Maternal grandmother: Mrs. Helen Graham Hill of Lancaster Paternal grandparents: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Howell, Route 2, Hardyville Services: 2 m Monday, chapel of Stearman Funeral Home in Munfordville, Rev. Harold Barnes officiating, burial Crosby Cemetery. Barren County (KY) Progress, Thursday, 16 Oct 1980, p. 4. _____________________________X-Message: #10 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by Karen Jorgensen Date: 3 October 2003 Subject: [KYF] DEATH: William Curry, 1974, Green Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ On 2 Sept 1974 in the hospital in Norwark, Connecticut, William B. Curry passed away. William was born in Green Co., 8 Aug 1922, as the son of the late Kate Frazier Curry and Ezra Curry. At an early age William joined Pleasant Hill Baptist church in the community in which he spent his childhood years. He attended Pleasant Hill Elementary School in Green Co. He attended Durham High, Campbellsville, Ky. Stat College, Frankfort. He was married to Elizabeth Jones who preceded him in death. To this union 4 sons were born: Charles Curry and Jimmy Curry, Columbia, Sammy Curry, Pa., William R. Curry who preceded him in death. Later he was married to Alice Gash of Louisville, who preceded him in death. To this union 1 daughter was born, Cozette Curry, Louisville. His work carried him to Norwark, Conn., about 10 years ago. His other survivors are 2 sisters, Harriett Penick, Campbellsville, Fanny Ivery, Greensburg; 5 brothers, G.V. Curry and Ezra Curry, both of Louisville, Reed L. Curry, Winchester, John Curry, Columbia, Exstell Curry, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl; 4 sister-in laws; host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Pallbearers: Kenneth Fisher, Archie Johnson, Willie Groves, H.R. Richardson, Willie Haskins, and Willie Groves. Interment was in Curry Cem., Green Co. B.J. Brown Funeral Home was in charge of services. 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