Hello, I have just subscribed to this list. I am looking for any information on my great-grandfather, David Wilson Bethel (he also went by 'Wilson Bethel' and 'Willis Bethel'). He lived in Bath County only briefly, from about 1890 to about 1892, and he had to leave abruptly since he was implicated in some kind of horse fraud scheme. When he first moved to the area he was agent for the railroad at Preston, then he moved to Owingsville and practiced medicine in partnership with Dr. J. T. Catlett. He lived as if married with a woman and small child (the child's name was Mary -- I don't know the woman's). I have this much information thanks to two letters from Ben F. Perry, then the postmaster for Owingsville, to my great-grandmother, who was then trying to track him down. I realize this portrait of my ancestor is not very positive, but those are the facts, and I am committed to finding out more about him. Any information concerning D. W. Bethel or the other people mentioned above, or information concerning sources that might yield information, would be greatly appreciated. He probably made the local newspaper due to both his medical practice and his transgressions, but the microfilmed papers I purchased from U. of Ky. did not have anything relevant for the years in question. Thank you for any help. Sincerely, Charles Caldemeyer