The paper in Breathitt County is called Jackson Times. I have only been in Jackson, Michigan for two weeks and all my geneology is on my home computer . I think I went to "Jackson Kentucky" and found their library. I hope this helps. Peggy "Young" Mitchell 1777 N. Sutton Road Jackson, Michigan 49202 ----- Original Message ----- From: "jschulke" <jschulke@cfl.rr.com> To: <KYBREATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 2:21 PM Subject: [KYBREATH-L] Breathitt Co., Library > How do I reach someone at the Breathitt Library who might look up a 1916 obit > for me or an article on the following? > > For a drowning that happened on or about 1 Jan 1916 on the North Fork of the > Kentucky River in Breathitt Co., KY? I am being told there is still a railroad > bridge in Breathitt Co., KY on the river so it probably happened in Breathitt. > > John Hill coming down the North Fork on the Kentucky River when his raft hit a > pier on the railroad bridge and drowned and his body was never found. There may > have been others on the raft/boat? > > I would think the news would be in the paper. A fellow researcher suggests that > it could be in a Breathitt Co., or Irvine, KY paper? > > Thanks for any help. Marge > > > > ==== KYBREATH Mailing List ==== > > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "jschulke" <jschulke@cfl.rr.com> To: <KYBREATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 2:21 PM Subject: [KYBREATH-L] Breathitt Co., Library > How do I reach someone at the Breathitt Library who might look up a 1916 obit > for me or an article on the following? > > For a drowning that happened on or about 1 Jan 1916 on the North Fork of the > Kentucky River in Breathitt Co., KY? I am being told there is still a railroad > bridge in Breathitt Co., KY on the river so it probably happened in Breathitt. > > John Hill coming down the North Fork on the Kentucky River when his raft hit a > pier on the railroad bridge and drowned and his body was never found. There may > have been others on the raft/boat? > > I would think the news would be in the paper. A fellow researcher suggests that > it could be in a Breathitt Co., or Irvine, KY paper? > > Thanks for any help. Marge > > > > ==== KYBREATH Mailing List ==== > > >

Can anyone tell me how this Joe Mulhatton could be related to the Hill families of Lee and Breathitt counties or to the Hargis family? A 1888 newspaper clipping in Lee says RC Hill is a distant relative. Our love of stories, in both the telling and the hearing, is one of the things that makes us human. We're prepared to give a little more credence to a gifted storyteller, to someone like Tucson folklorist Big Jim Griffith, than we would to, say, the anchor of the nightly news. We're willing to enshrine such figures as Babe the Blue Ox and New York sewer alligators in the body of our legends -- which often wind up as statements of fact. Joe Mulhatton (1851-1913), who spent nearly half a century in Arizona, knew how to tell a story, all right. He had been a traveling salesman for a few years, selling pipe fittings, tools and other bits of hardware at the doors of ranches and farms across the territory. He found then that sales came quicker if he could entertain a prospective buyer with a good tale, and he whipped up a repertoire that would make an ordinary liar blush with envy. To one Tucson-area cattle rancher, Joe confided that he had pulled down a passing comet from the skies while traveling through West Texas, and that he had had to hightail it to Arizona to avoid being lynched by angry sheep ranchers whose flocks he had inadvertently killed in the process. (A nice touch, that, given the animosity between cattlemen and shepherds back then.) To another ranch family, eagerly gathered around the supper table, Joe related his travels around the world on the back of an iceberg. No one thought to ask him why his vehicle didn't melt on the passage through the South Seas, but Joe doubtless would have had a good answer at the ready. Joe's greatest claim to fame was his story, widely repeated, that he had found a magnetic saguaro cactus along the banks of the Gila River. When he went into Florence to relate the tale of his discovery, Joe described how he had spent hours watching the giant cactus pull unsuspecting birds and rodents to its sharp spikes, and how he himself had narrowly escaped being dragged to a prickly death by turning back a hundred yards away from the wonderful plant. Why, just a few days before, he had learned, a couple of drifters had pitched a tent under the cactus and been swallowed up whole by the vicious -- and inexplicably carnivorous -- plant. Joe had a good explanation for the saguaro's existence. Southern Arizona is rich in mineral ores and in metals like copper, which have magnetic properties. Clearly, he theorized, this particular cactus had sunk a taproot into a positively charged vein. Just as clearly, he continued, this could not be the only specimen; the only reason others had not been reported was that the rugged canyon country around the great river was so little explored. Naturally enough, in fact, only he really knew the backcountry well enough to find the spiked lodestone again. It seems that Joe Mulhatton believed the stories he told, for he spent a few months in 1900 cooling his heels in the Territorial Asylum in Phoenix. On his release, he returned to southern Arizona, where he wandered from Tombstone to Tucson, Willcox to Why, telling his tales to whomever would listen, and he became a permanent fixture in regional folklore. Joe Mulhatton died in the winter of 1913 when he tried to ford the rains-swollen Gila River and was swept away. Perhaps by then, he thought that he could walk on water. Thanks, Marge

How do I reach someone at the Breathitt Library who might look up a 1916 obit for me or an article on the following? For a drowning that happened on or about 1 Jan 1916 on the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Breathitt Co., KY? I am being told there is still a railroad bridge in Breathitt Co., KY on the river so it probably happened in Breathitt. John Hill coming down the North Fork on the Kentucky River when his raft hit a pier on the railroad bridge and drowned and his body was never found. There may have been others on the raft/boat? I would think the news would be in the paper. A fellow researcher suggests that it could be in a Breathitt Co., or Irvine, KY paper? Thanks for any help. Marge

Does anyone know about an accident on the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Lee Co., KY on 1 Jan 1916? John Hill coming down the North Fork on the Kentucky River when his raft hit a pier on the railroad bridge and drowned and his body was never found. There may have been others on the raft/boat? How can I get a news paper article on this event? Any help appreciated. Marge

I am sending this note to everyone in my address book. I didn't want to miss anyone ....... :-) I would like to take a minute to tell you of a new website done by my friend, Sherry Frazier. Her site is devoted to Owsley County, Kentucky .... it's families; their histories and genealogy. She has done an awesome job!! When visiting her site, you may also read about the formation of the much needed Owsley County Historical Society. We hope you will want to be a part of this group; especially if you have ties to the county. Take a peek.....! http://owsleykyhist.org Thank you, Golden ( goldie@prtcnet.org ) http://www.stampers.org PS: To my friends that have written and got no response during the past couple months; please accept my apologies. My husband has been very ill; been in and out of the hospital. Combining that with our move ... needless to say, things have been hectic. He is, however on the road to recovery (say a prayer!) and we are getting settled in.... I am now going back through my emails and trying to catch up..... thank you all for being so patient. You are the BEST!!

HILL JOHN C b4 apr 1917 mother: EASON GERTRUDE Father: ? HILL MARY b20 dec 1918 mother: SOUTHERN GRACE Father:?

Good Morning!! The Caney page is finished! There are a total of 48 pic's, hope you might find family there. 40 of the pic's you may copy for you files if you wish. Sorry if you get this post more than once. God Bless All, and have a good day!! :-) «:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»      Jean Hounshell Peppers   «:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:» http://jeanhounshellpeppers.com/mypage.html

Hello All, I would like to invite you all to my web site to see 3 new pages, 1 page is for Caney Creek College I have received 49 pictures from the 1920's of Caney College, which belonged to my great aunt Miss Thelma Daniels who just passed away in Sept 2002.  My mother inheritated these awesome pic's and has allowed me to use them to put on line to share with all of you, maybe you had realitives who attended there. So far I only have 9 of the fourty pic's on line, but within the next week or so I will have the others on line as well.  I do have a rightclick lock in place on this first page, but the other pic's will be availible for you to keep for your files if you like. Also visit my Wayland Ky, pages I have 2 of them done, but will be adding much more, old newspapers from the "Wayland Beaver" If you have time stop on by and see these pages! «:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»                Jean Hounshell Peppers   «:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:» http://jeanhounshellpeppers.com/mypage.html

In a message dated 11/13/2002 4:00:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, KYBREATH-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Does anyone know where I might find obits that Carole Bays posted from > > Lee, Breathitt and Wolfe counties on a Taulbee site some years ago? > > Thanks, Marge Marge, Here is where I found them on the internet now: <A HREF="http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=localities.northam.us a.states.kentucky.taulbeeobits">Ancestry Message Boards [ Taulbee Obituaries - a collection ]</A> If your email does not show links, here is the url address for the obits: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=localities.northam.usa.stat es.kentucky.taulbeeobits Debbie

Does anyone know where I might find obits that Carole Bays posted from Lee, Breathitt and Wolfe counties on a Taulbee site some years ago? Thanks, Marge

Would like to make contact with, or get information on Mattie Brewer, born about 1924 or 1925 in Breathitt County. Mother Stella Turner, father Jeff Brewer. Grandparents Bud and Lizzie Turner. Jeff Brewer is my grandfather. Thank you, Donna Brewer Boshell DMBoshell@aol.com

No, that would be to regain my LPN license. I wasn't able to renew my license as I was in the hospital after I was involved in a car wreck. The State Board of Nursing Examiners ruled I had to go back to school to regain my license. Just VIRES luck in play. The research is coming along slowly, but it is coming. I am presently in the Reconstruction/Feud period. Warm Regards, R. Edward Vires " The Sacred Rights of Mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam in the whole of Nature, by the hand of the Divinity himself; and can never be erased by Mortal Power. " ...... Alexander Hamilton _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

website of interest for county formation maps and census maps www.segenealogy.com/kentucky/ky_maps.htm floridamom

woul;d that be for a job there have a great day darryl how reserach coming? darryl

Good Morning Darryl, Nope I still live in the GREAT State of TEXAS. But I will be moving to Breathitt after I finish school. Warm Regards, R. Edward Vires " The Sacred Rights of Mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam in the whole of Nature, by the hand of the Divinity himself; and can never be erased by Mortal Power. " ...... Alexander Hamilton _________________________________________________________________ Get a speedy connection with MSN Broadband.  Join now! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp

Hello, Stephen Bowlings webpage in on the Breathitt Co site. Just log onto www.breathittcounty.com and go into the data before 2000. His page has info on the Civil War, veterans from the North and the South, also cemetery information on families from Breathitt, where they are located and how to get to them. I hope this helps, good luck Joyce Clemons Neace

Can someone tell me how to get to Steve Bowlings webpage. Thanks, Marge > Are you on the KYGENWEB site or Stephen Bowlings webpages? The genweb site > does not have a search engine set up yet, so it is not you! To search a > census list use the "Find on this Page" function from your menu.

there are a few readings out there, but not much written on this rag tag bunch darryl terry

Hello Carter, Have you checked the Breathitt County webpage? There is information on Stephen Bowlings homepage about most of the cemeteries in Breathitt Co, where they are located and how to get to them, and also who is buried there. I'm not sure about the other information that you requested, although my husband is a Neace, there were alot of Martha Neaces, and the Combs connnection, there is alot there as well. Have you heard about the book about the Neaces of Southeastern Ky. Im sure that this information would be in that book. The library in Breathitt County had a copy and if you write them, they could look this information up for you. They also have a wonderful genealogy room about most of the families from the Breathitt area, with books that are available for anyone to come in and look at, make copies if you like. The staff at the library are most helpful. I hope this helps, if not, email me directly and I will look through my notes to see if I can find the information that you need. Good luck Joyce Clemons Neace