Kay that is great....... THANKS -----Original Message----- From: KLMPIANO@aol.com <KLMPIANO@aol.com> To: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, September 12, 1999 10:35 PM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] Hiram Grills >Hello everybody, > >Penny asked for a couple of quotes regarding her BROWN relatives... > >At this point, in 1901, grandfather's family moved to Cannonsburg and set up >to operate a general store in a brick building, and he was describing the >area: > >Page 202: > "Across the road, in front of the brick store, Uncle MIKE O'BRIEN lived >in a two story loghouse with his family - JOHN, BRIDGIE, MAGGIE, MIKE, KATE - >MAYME and DAN all grown. Their barn was west of their house on their >triangular piece of land of about five acres. EASTHAM's lived in the n. e. >corner ofthe Pike Crossing in front oftheir store. WILLIAM H. NUNLEY & wife >east of EASTHAM's on the opposite side of Marsh Run. J. M. 'BABE' ROSS east >of NUNLEY's on opposite side ofthe creek and Catlettsburg Pike and his barn >across the road north of this house. West of the Brick was CLARENCE HANDLEY's >blacksmith shop & his residence, with W. H. NUNLEY's steam grist mill, north >and west, on the bank of the creek; Mrs. AMANDA BROWN's residence; WILLIAM >HANDLEY's residence and ALBERT JORDAN's under a big maple tree." > >The following are some more excerpts regarding the same thing: > >Page 206: > "Marsh Run is a small stream that runs west through Cannonsburg and >empties into the East Fork of Little Sandy River about a mile away........... > East of Cannonsburg on the Catlettsburg Pike, J. M. 'BABE' ROSS lived on >the old Becker farm which stretched east about a mile on both sides ofthe >Pike and adjoined the lands of JAMES COLLINS and IKE O'BRIEN. On the Pike >were the lands of JOHN BROWN, Mrs. HALLEY, WILLIAM SPARKMAN and on the hill, >WADE KIRK." > >Hope that is helpful, Penny. > >Kay >