Hickory Lickin's for a Buntin Boy by Carolyn Buntin Eveland To view this story please visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyhopkin/lore/hickorylickins.html To view other stories of Hopkins County Folk Lore please visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyhopkin/lore For comments to the author, send e-mail to: [email protected]

The Pantagraph August 27, 2000 Bloomington, Illinois McLean County Louise Kiper LeROY -- The funeral for Louise Kiper, 75, of LeRoy, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church, LeRoy, the Rev. Brent Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Oak Groves Cemetery, LeRoy. Visitation will be Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. at East Lawn Funeral Home, Bloomington. Mrs. Kiper died at 8:10 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 24, 2000) at her residence. Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, LeRoy, or to LeRoy Ambulance Service. She was born Jan. 28, 1925, at Falls of Rough, Ky., the daughter of Adain and Verna Spurrier Shain. She married Millard Kiper in 1945, in Kentucky. He died Jan. 6, 1971. She is survived by three daughters, Janet (Roger) Hibbs, Topeka, Kan.; Judi (Jon) Nus, Normal; and Amy (Dick) Mcdermott, Seattle, Wash.; three sons, Clayton (Donna) Kiper, Marshall, Texas; Edward (Rhonda) Kiper, Las Vegas, Nev.; and Robert (Brenda) Kiper, Minier. Also surviving are seven grandchildren, Michele Tuggle, Bloomington; Greg Hibbs, Lawrence, Kan.; Sarah Kiper, Las Vegas, Nev.; Cory Kiper and Josh Kiper, both of Marshall, Texas; and LeeAnn Kiper and Aaron Kiper, both of Minier; and two stepgranddaughters, Laura Evans and Dawn DeLaurelle, both of Long View, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Catherine Shain. Mrs. Kiper was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church, LeRoy, as well as a past member of the LeRoy Methodist Women's Club. ~DEBBIE AND RONNIE REDMOND~

The Pantagraph August 28, 2000 Bloomington, Illinois McLean County Bernice M. Kohler LINCOLN -- Bernice M. Kohler, 80, of DeWitt County Nursing Home, Hallsville, formerly of Lincoln, died at 10:15 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 26, 2000) at the nursing home. Her graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at New Union Cemetery, Lincoln. There will be no visitation. Holland & Barry Funeral Home, Lincoln, is in charge of arrangements. He was born March 21, 1920, at Campbellsville, Ky., a son of Obie and Jessie May Brockman Spurling. She married Philip S. Kohler on Sept. 12, 1943, at St. Joseph, Mo. He survives in Lincoln. Other survivors include one daughter, Dorothy Jean Spurling Krotz, Lincoln; three sisters, Lucille Mallinson and Geneva Ingram, both of Lincoln; and Thelma Rehder, Keokuk, Iowa; one granddaughter; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Carl Spurling, Merlin Spurling and James Patrick Spurling; four sisters, Elsie Snow, Leola Bosley, Hazel Sapp and Margarite; and two granddaughters. ~DEBBIE AND RONNIE REDMOND~

The Pantagraph August 29, 2000 Blooington, Illinois McLean County Thelma McIlvain FARMER CITY -- Thelma Miles McIlvain, 89, of Decatur and Farmer City, died at 12:30 a.m. Sunday (Aug. 27, 2000) at Heritage Manor, Mount Zion. Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Brintlinger's Funeral Home, Decatur. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Farmer City. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Baptist Children's Home, Carmi; or to the Osteoporosis Foundation. She was born April 30, 1911, at Fordsville, Ky., a daughter of Byron and Bertha Cheek Miles. She married Keith McIlvain on July 5, 1940, at Rolla, Mo. He died Jan. 22, 1994. Survivors include one daughter, Nancy Williams Sprau, Decatur; and one sister, Vivian L. Wood, Champaign. Also surviving are one grandson, Rod Williams, Citrus Springs, Fla.; two granddaughters, Laura (R.D.) Whitman and Sarah (Charles) Ward, both of Lebanon, Pa.; great-grandchildren, R.D. Whitman Jr.; Corey Whitman, Benjamin Whitman, Andrew Whitman and Austin Christine Ward, all of Lebanon, Pa.; Dylan Williams and Liza Williams, both of Hamburg, Pa.; one special aunt, Annie Bishop, Cloverport, Ky.; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Morris Miles Sr.; one infant sister; and one son-in-law, Carol Sprau. She was past president of Brush College PTA. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Farmer City, serving as secretary and Sunday school teacher. She had been past noble grand of Iantha Rebekah Lodge. ~DEBBIE AND RONNIE REDMOND~

The Pantagraph Bloomington, Illinois Aug. 30, 2000 McLean County Buddy Watkins ATLANTA -- Buddy Watkins, 58, of Atlanta died at 2:05 a.m. Tuesday (Aug. 29, 2000) at his residence. He had been ill with cancer. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at McLean Christian Church, McLean. Tony Billingsley will officiate. He will be cremated later. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Quiram Funeral Home, Atlanta. Memorials may be made to the Visiting Nurse's Association of Springfield or the Atlanta Rescue Squad. He was born Nov. 25, 1941, at Lewisburg, Ky., the son of Willard and Elsie Felty Watkins. He was formerly married to Pamela Billington Fuller. Surviving are three daughters, Amy (Cletus) Ridgeway, Heyworth; and Angela Watkins and Amber Watkins, both of Atlanta; two sisters, Beverly Hoaglin, Lawndale; and Ruth Johnson, Louisville, Ky.; three brothers, Jack Watkins, McLean, Don Watkins, Buckley, Wash., and Jerry Watkins, Herscher; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents. Mr. Watkins served in the U.S. Army and later in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era. He was employed by the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. ---------------------------- ~DEBBIE AND RONNIE REDMOND~

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Kentucky Researchers: You're invited to a ONE-TIME chat for genealogy in KENTUCKY! Please join us this Thursday night: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm 10-11 pm Eastern Time; 9-10 pm Central Time; 8-9 pm Mt. Time; 7-8 pm Pacific Bring a list of your surnames, any genealogy resources, and hints & tips to share. If you've never been to a chat, let me know and I'll send you step-by-step instructions. If you miss the chat, you can go to the forum and post your surname queries and research questions at: http://forums.about.com/ab-huntsville Hope to see you Thursday! Jean Brandau [email protected]

Hello, These are the surnames I am researching in Kentucky. WILLIAM M STONEBRAKER b.1836 Oh d.1904 married:1856 SUSAN SPERRY b.1836 Lawrence Co,Ky d.1927 K.C. Mo children: MARY A. b.1858 Lawrence Co,Ky d.? m. WILLIAM T. DUNN in 1877 Lawrence Co Ky JOHN B b.1856 Ky JOSEPH W b.1861 Va MAGGIE b.1864 Oh LOU ELLA b.1867 Ks MATTIE b.1868 Ks JAMES G b.1871 Ks HARRY B b.1873 Ks SAMUEL V b.1874 Ks ELBA M b.1877 Ks MAUD P b.1881 Ks MARY A STONEBRAKER seems to have stayed in Ky,at least until she married WILLIAM DUNN, and then was in Leavenworth Ks in 1884. If anyone is researching these surnames, please contact me. Regards, Jerrie [email protected]

Hi folks, Remember me? I'm the web site manager of Surnames of Kentucky. As I told you early last spring we started a Kentucky Surname Registry that networks all Kentucky researchers together by the surname that they are researching. The So I called it Surnames of Kentucky Network, or SoKY for short. Well, It has been a monster hit. I was entering in over 20 entries a day, until I had to go to the hospital, and then lighting took out my whole system the night I got out. By that time I was 800 entries behind, so I bought some BBBS boards that post your entries in real time. That means once you hit the enter button you are listed. No more waiting for me to post them for you. *smile* For all of you who already posted at on the old system I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. Please post again. Please read this before you post. The boards are set up to display names alphabetically, so please read this carefully Post only names that begin with the name of the board that you are at I.E. Adams = the A Board. If you are trying to trace one person, instead of post their name as John Adams, post it as Adams John. This makes it a lot easier for people research that name to find your post. Another good idea is if the name/s you are researching are in one or two counties of Kentucky you can add that to your subject line along with the name. I.E. Adams- Magoffin/Breathitt Counties. The page can be found at http://www.skyn.net/ky/ I ask that if you have a Kentucky webpage to please link back to us. You can just make a simple link or get a graphic from http://www.geocities.com/baicon/thankyou.html I will be more then happy to return the link. Sincerely, Paul Bailey P.S. We have been around for five years, and will be here long after any copycat pages are long gone. ===== Magoffin Co. http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymagoff/ Magoffin County Historical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymhs/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

I have a Unity C. PATTERSON b. 19 Sep 1802 in VA{ I believe}....she was living in Mercer Co KY....as she met and married her husband there 10 Dec 1822....Noah Gilpin HAYDEN. I have been trying without much luck to connect her to a PATTERSON family that was in Mercer Co.KY at the time..... A William PATTERSON was the surety on her marriage records....leading me to believe that this was a relative....Father, brother or Uncle?? Her age and place of birth with have been right to have been a daughter of Armstead PATTERSON of Mercer Co.KY, but she is not listed anywhere as such.......thinking his son Wm. was the one who signed her papers?? Then I was thinking that possibly Armstead could be her Uncle and maybe she had moved to Mercer Co. with Armstead's family for some reason?? Too many unanswered questions.....If someone out there has knowledge of UNITY and her parentage I would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Thanks so much, N.J.Skinner White in MI.

Need parents, siblings of Thomas Silvers b in KY, M. Susanna Huff July 1819. He must have died prior to Dec. 1823 as Susanna remarried Elijah Harper Dec. 1823 in Spencer Co. In. Susanna and Thomas Silvers had two children, Hiram and Eliza. Susanna's parents were Lydia McCrary and Jacob Huff. Need help badly. Charleyrene Hines. [email protected]

Just finished uploading the last of the photos that Maria Troutman took of the tombstones of Americans killed in action during WWII buried at Lorraine, France. http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/history/lorraine/ Stop by and take a look. This is just a small sampling of the over 10,000 Americans buried there. Wish I could get a complete list. Enjoy! and thanks Maria! nt

Hello, List folks If you are looking for any stray ancestors with the surname PRESLEY or PRESSLEY, please visit the Presley-Pressley Family History site at: http://presley-pressley.com You will find a large amount of data there to help you in your search. Weekly additions are made to the information base, and your contributions are welcome. You are also invited to subscribe to a free Internet research mailing list comprised of over 230 Presley-Pressley cousins who are also looking for their ancestors. Please visit the Presley-Pressley Internet mailing list homepage at: http://egroups.com/group/presley-pressley These two sites are also excellent reference points for research of the many variations of the name Presley and Pressley, including Pressly, Presly, Pressler, Preslar, Pursley, Pursell, Priestley and others. Please stop by! Nancy Pressley

I AM TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE WHO HAS A CONNECTION TO THIS SURNAME. ESPECIALLY IN THE COUNTIES OF BULLITT,HARDIN AND NELSON. WOULD APPRECIATE ANY TYPE OF CONNECTION. FRED

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I show a John CARTER and Nancy WILLIAMS, being married 12-17-1804 in Cumberland KY. Does anyone have any information on this marriage... Parents, etc... Dick Carter [email protected]

Need parentage of Nancy W McWilliams, who married George Nutterfield, 6-24-1803, in Shelby Co., Ky. I Have her Name as Nancy Steppe Williams from family papers of Son Goalson Nutterfield, and the record shows Nancy W.McWilliams. Which is right?(What does the W stand for?) Also, a Nancy McWilliams is shown marrying Andrew Black 4-2-1801, and a Robert Simonton 8-25-1802... Are these 2 different women, or are they all, one and the same. Also, need parentage for George Nutterfield. Dick Carter [email protected]

Memories of a Country Boy by Carolyn Buntin Eveland To view this story please visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyhopkin/lore/countryboy.html To view other stories of Hopkins County Folk Lore please visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyhopkin/lore For comments to the author please e-mail Carolyn at: [email protected]

I show a John CARTER and Nancy WILLIAMS, being married 12-17-1804 in Cumberland KY. Does anyone have any information on this marriage... Parents, etc... Dick Carter [email protected]

I got onto the website for the archives and tried to use the search engine for the catalog with no success. I am trying to find out how to locate the agricultural census for 1850. Does anyone know how to locate this thru the website using the search engine? Dan Vass.