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    1. [KYBARREN] TIDBITS FROM THE PAST
    2. Sandi Gorin
    3. Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne IN, Monday, November 3, 1890, p. 2. "Accidentally Shot. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 3. - James Quinton, aged thirteen, accidentally shot himself through the heart at his home at Glasgow, Ky., Saturday, with a revolver which a sister had left in a buggy. His father was so wrought up that he became insane, and a sick sister has become so much worse that she may die." Waukesha Journal, Waukesha, Wisconsin, Saturday, August 9, 1890, p. 7: "At Palmer's store near Glassgow, Ky., William Martin shot and killed John Bucks. Martin surrendered." Note; could this be Burks instead of Bucks? Sandusky Daily Register, Sandusky OH, Wednesday, 2 Apr 1890, p. 1. "Loss of Life at other Points. Louisville, Ky., April 1. - A special from Glasgow, Ky., says: "The news which arrived from the lower part of this and Allen counties is that the tornado of Thursday night did immense damage in that section. For ten miles beyond Barren river and five miles on this side, a total of fifteen miles, the storm swept everything before it, its track extending in width from 500 yards in some places to half a mile in others. It seems to have hugged the ground more closely and did not leave a house or tree standing in its course. So far as can be learned here now, Andrew Winn's house, in Allen county, was leveled to the ground and his wife killed; Geo Carver's house was wrecked and his wife killed; Samuel White, his wife and son were crippled. White had a fruit farm containing fifty acres and a large number of bee hives and every tree was blown down and every hive carried away. Joe Bush's home, in Barren county, was just on the edge of the tornado and was unroofed, while Alonzo Whitney's house, near by, was completely demolished, as was also Wm Button's. Seventeen lives in all are said to have been lost in Allen county, but there [sic] names cannot be learned except as above given." What a repeat of history; it was this area that was hit earlier this month with 4 deaths in Allen Co. Sandi SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html

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