Note: I originally sent the message below to the Calloway County Mailing List on Fri. 20 Jan, 2006. Although it now appears in the mailing list archives, I never actually received a default copy. Therefore, I'm resending to the list. My apologies if you receive two copies. -RC List Members, I am searching for further information on Fountain P. JONES who married Lucretia HUNT. Lucretia was first married to John G. WYNN. Lucretia married second to Fountain P. JONES on 3 Dec 1827 in Sumner Co, TN. This family is located on the 1830 Sumner Co, TN census, 1840 Christian Co, KY census, 1850 Todd Co, KY census, and 1860 Calloway Co, KY census. In 1870, Fountain and Lucretia are living in Calloway Co. in the household of George W. MIMS, their son-in-law. In 1880, George and Mary MIMS and family are still living in Calloway Co, KY. Fountain and Lucretia are no longer in the household. I assume they have probably died. This is what I have been able to gather on the family from census records: Fountain P. JONES b. abt. 1800 KY d. aft. 1870 m. Lucretia HUNT WYNN b. abt. 1805 TN d. aft. 1870 dau. of Sion HUNT m. 3 Dec 1827 Sumner Co, TN i. Son JONES b. abt. 1828 TN d. aft. 1840 ii. Lysander JONES b. abt. 1829 TN d. aft. 1860 iii. Asher JONES b. abt. 1831 KY d. aft. 1850 iv. Sarah JONES b. abt. 1835 KY d. aft. 1850 v. Mary W. JONES b. abt. 1837 KY d. aft. 1880 m. George W. MIMS vi. Benjamin Franklin JONES b. abt. 1843 KY d. aft. 1860 I have some additional info on Lucretia's family, but nothing else on Fountain that I can prove. I'm hoping to find answers to the following questions: Who were the parents of Fountain P. JONES and in what KY county was he born? Did Fountain have any siblings? What are the dates of death for Fountain and Lucretia and where are they buried? What became of the children of Fountain and Lucretia? Whom did they marry? Any help with this family will be greatly appreciated. Robyn Collins

Looking for any information on the Gibson families in this area, and for the individual below. Thank you R.L. Holt JOHN THOMAS GIBSON, who has lived on his present farm in Goreville Township for the past ten years, was born in Calloway County, Ky., in 1855. He is a son of George E. Gibson, who was born in Middle Tennessee in 1824, and who is now a farmer in Goreville Township http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljohns2/bios/biogibsonjohn.html

List Members, I am searching for further information on Fountain P. JONES who married Lucretia HUNT. Lucretia was first married to John G. WYNN. Lucretia married second to Fountain P. JONES on 3 Dec 1827 in Sumner Co, TN. This family is located on the 1830 Sumner Co, TN census, 1840 Christian Co, KY census, 1850 Todd Co, KY census, and 1860 Calloway Co, KY census. In 1870, Fountain and Lucretia are living in Calloway Co. in the household of George W. MIMS, their son-in-law. In 1880, George and Mary MIMS and family are still living in Calloway Co, KY. Fountain and Lucretia are no longer in the household. I assume they have probably died. This is what I have been able to gather on the family from census records: Fountain P. JONES b. abt. 1800 KY d. aft. 1870 m. Lucretia HUNT WYNN b. abt. 1805 TN d. aft. 1870 dau. of Sion HUNT m. 3 Dec 1827 Sumner Co, TN i. Son JONES b. abt. 1828 TN d. aft. 1840 ii. Lysander JONES b. abt. 1829 TN d. aft. 1860 iii. Asher JONES b. abt. 1831 KY d. aft. 1850 iv. Sarah JONES b. abt. 1835 KY d. aft. 1850 v. Mary W. JONES b. abt. 1837 KY d. aft. 1880 m. George W. MIMS vi. Benjamin Franklin JONES b. abt. 1843 KY d. aft. 1860 I have some additional info on Lucretia's family, but nothing else on Fountain that I can prove. I'm hoping to find answers to the following questions: Who were the parents of Fountain P. JONES and in what KY county was he born? Did Fountain have any siblings? What are the dates of death for Fountain and Lucretia and where are they buried? What became of the children of Fountain and Lucretia? Whom did they marry? Any help with this family will be greatly appreciated. Robyn Collins

My friends - I have spent a fair amount of time today with my pencil and calculator, looking at the numbers associated with the possibility of holding a genealogical conference in the JP region in the summer of this year. The sole purpose of this message is to give you a report on the findings. Those of you who are not interested in this particular subject can use your "Delete" buttons now, and avoid reading the rest of this rather lengthy report. Yesterday was the nominal cutoff date for those interested to send replies. We were hoping to have at least 100 positive responses so that consideration of whether to form a planning committee could proceed. As of this moment, we have had a total of 104 positive responses. From this 104 number, there were five withdrawals, leaving the number at 99. From that point, it was necessary to review the content of each response, in order to determine what restrictions, if any, possible attendees mentioned in their positive response, regarding their ability to attend. I think it goes without saying that most of us do not know where we may be, or what we may be doing, two weeks from now, much less seven months away. Nevertheless, all we can go on at this point is the reasonable beliefs which folks have about their ability to attend, and other events which might well prevent them from being able to attend. I separated the responses into several categories, which ranged from "Almost Certain" to attend, down to "Unlikely to Be Able To Attend, but would like to do so", with several categories in between. I counted the numbers of the two top categories("Almost Certain" and "Reasonably Sure")and totaled those to reach what is probably a good foundation count total for attendance. This number came to 67. Included in this number are any additional people, such as spouses, or others who would come with another attendee(s), who were mentioned in the responses. The remainder of the responses fell into the last two categories("Possible Attendance, but Major Conflicting Possibilities", and then the last category mentioned above). This number comprised the remaining 32 who responded. Into these categories went responses which indicated that there were family events already scheduled, or which might likely occur and could easily conflict with the time of the conference in late July, as well as those which indicated problems with the possible registration fee, the location, the ability to attend only if it is held on certain dates in July, ability to reach the conference location by air, and other potential problems which could easily affect the respondent's ability to be present. And, of course, there will always be situations which will arise in the weeks just before the conference, which would prevent people from being able to attend. But, as can be seen, the 67 number falls considerably short of the firm number needed to proceed. As a comparison, we started planning for the 2000 event a year in advance, in the Fall of 1999, rather than seven months out, as is the case with the current situation. When I sent out the request for responses of interest to the idea back then, I had, by the time three weeks had passed, received over 160 interested replies. Eventually, this escalated to 174. By the time of the actual conference, we had lost 33, which gave us an actual number of 143 paid attendees. In the case of the 2000 event, the only announcement arena used was the KYJacksonPurchase-L mail list. For the possible 2006 conference, I sent announcements to some 17 county lists, and 4 regional lists, in KY, TN and IL - far more announcement coverage than we had in 2000, but the interested numbers were far lower this time than in 2000. I suspect that inflation, especially associated with the price of gasoline and other travel cost increases, are responsible for much of the lower level of response. Many additional people would probably *like* to attend, but costs are prohibitive. This conference, if held, would incur costs between $5500 and $6500. One of the most often stated requests in the feedback forms we received from the 2000 conference was that we bring in speakers who could give a more broad based view of the JP region, relative to the rest of KY, IL and TN. There was much interest in having nationally known speakers give presentations. If we were to obtain two speakers of national genealogical prominence, the cost for each would very likely be in the $1000 neighborhood, after the speaking fee(usually $400-$500), the travel expenses, meals and lodging are totalled up, which accounts for at least $2000, plus several hundred dollars more for an historical/genealogical program presented after the banquet. We could also have speakers such as Kandi Adkinson from the KY Land Office, which would incur lesser costs that would be associated just with travel and lodging(without speaking fee), but which would be in the $200 range, approximately. When we then add up the hotel meeting room costs, the cost of the banquet, and the dozens of other expenses associated with such an undertaking, we reach into the cost range indicated above. Any speakers at the national level require written speaking contracts, negotiated some months in advance, which would cause us to have to start collecting registration fees very quickly, and with less likelihood of being able to refund a part or all of it, especially at a point 30 days out from the actual date of the conference if an individual found that he/she could not attend, in order to be sure to have the funds to meet the contractual obligations. Given all of the above, it is my view that it will not be possible for us to proceed with planning at this time for a conference in 2006. If we had a good buffer number between those who indicated that they were "almost certain" to be able to attend, and those who expressed considerable or definitive doubt about their ability to attend, we could proceed, as was the case in 1999/2000. It is always better, I think, to err on the side of caution in these things, rather than taking chances with the potential funding and having a shortfall. I know that this is very disappointing news, but we gave it a good try, and perhaps we can make the attempt again to hold a conference in 2007. Many thanks to all of those who expressed an interest in attending, and to those among them who so generously offered to do volunteer work, should the conference have become a reality. -B ====================================================================

I am seeking information on the family of John Virtue WILLOUGHBY, Jr., born June 25, 1867 in Tennessee. John married Sally 'Dollie' Elizabeth ELDRIDGE about 1894. They were the parents of: Brack, born March 1, 1897 Allie M., born March 22, 1908 Hallie, born about 1911. Is it possible to find the burial records for the Ferguson Cemetery? Thank you. Pat

I had said earlier I might be interested. Add me to the list. Ola Mae Redding From: <KYCALLOW-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <KYCALLOW-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 9:00 AM Subject: KYCALLOW-D Digest V06 #4

My friends - Just a quick note today to say that we have now reached the number 88 in our march to have 100 interested parties for a possible JP regional conference in Paducah in the summer. We are drawing closer. I will, of course, keep you posted. -B ====================================================================

My friends - I am again stopping by with a daily conference numbers update. But, before going to that topic, our good friend Mary Louise Gossum, one of our tenured subscribers and an excellent researcher, has made a major discovery of an error in the 1910 Graves County census. There are approximately 32 pages of this census which have been misplaced into the 1910 Floyd County census. These pages appear in both the Heritage Quest and Ancestry.com databases for the 1910 Floyd County census, which indicates that this was an error by either the census bureau originally in misplacing sheets(and I tend to believe these may have been loose sheets rather than bound ones, as was the norm)from Graves into Floyd, or by the National Archives, in having inadvertently microfilmed the Graves County sheets as a part of Floyd County. These 32 pages appear to be a part of Magisterial District #1 in Graves County. If you are not finding a family member who is believed - or known - to be in Graves County in 1910, it would be wise to check Floyd County. The indices for both HQ and Ancestry may actually indicate that an individual is present on a certain page in Graves County, but when the page is examined, the person is not there. This would be a prime candidate to be found on the Graves sheets misfiled in Floyd County. I will be sending this information along to ProQuest(owner of Heritage Quest), as well as Ancestry so that this error can hopefully be corrected. Many thanks to Mary Louise for calling this to my attention. As far as I can determine, this is the first time that the discovery has come to light. Moving to the proposed conference in Paducah in the summer, our list of interested parties has increased now to 83. We are continuing to attempt to reach 100 by 10 January for planning purposes. The TN county lists have been notified, as have two regional lists. The Illinois regional lists will be notified today, as well as county lists for the southern part of that state. I will continue to keep the lists updated on a daily basis. -B +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

My friends - Today, in addition to an update on the possible 2006 JP genealogical conference update, I am sending along another of the little essays written by Dr. Gordon Wilson in his little book entitled, "Fidelity Folks". He was born and grew up in Fidelity, better known to us as New Concord, in Calloway County. He was a well known writer and storyteller and was head of the Department of English at Western Kentucky University for a number of years. The title of today's piece is 'Over the Hills & Far Away'. Moving now to an update on the possible 2006 JP conference that may be held in Paducah in the late July time frame based in Paducah, I have received 78 expressions of interest and desire to attend such a conference, which is moving closer to the minimum number of 100 that will be needed to proceed. January 10 has been set(but not necessarily in concrete) as the date by which the goal of 100 needs to be met, so that planning can begin immediately. I will be posting an announcement of this possible conference on several other regional lists that cover central KY and the KY counties just east of the Tennessee River, as I know that we have folks there who have family connections in the 1800's in JP counties. In addition, I may also send announcements to the Massac and Pope County, IL lists, given the fact that crossover traffic was so great between McCracken County and those two IL counties, especially Massac. I will continue to keep the lists posted on a daily basis concerning the progress on conference numbers. -B +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY -Dr. A. Gordon Wilson "Fidelity Folks" "In spite of the barriers at Fidelity, we sometimes went beyond them as a splurge, risking a fearful working of horseflesh. When I was a small boy, I went with Father on one of his calls across the state line in Tennessee, my first journey outside my native state. Though Tennessee was only four miles away, we had no business in that direction, that is, none of us but Father, who took in some sixty square miles in his practice. I was excited as we neared the line, for I expected it to be a bold one, as it was pictured in my geography book. I may have expected a line fence or, as sometimes occurred in our neighborhood, two line fences between farms where the owners could not agree. To my surprise, I did not know when we crossed the imaginary line, for the poor farms seemed the same, the same mud holes were duplicated in the road, the same stolid people greeted the doctor. But the thrill of having been out of the state made me feel big for days; I was a sort of Marco Polo, who had traveled far and seen much. When I was big enough to drive the family buggy, my older sister and I decided to spend a weekend with one of our cousins, who lived in a Tennessee village all of twelve miles from our house. We stopped nearly everybody we met after we got out of our own neighborhood and carefully asked the way, receiving as many answers as there were people. In those days there were no markers on any road, big or little; you had to depend on what you could learn from people along the way. We finally arrived at our destination, elated at being bright enough to interpret all the directions we had received. While at the foreign village we visited a brick works; attended church and Sunday School in the strange church, where I saw my first pair of pressed trousers; asked innumerable questions about the odd manners of the people so far away and in another state; and came away feeling that it was queer how people who did not live at Fidelity had some likable characteristics. I determined then and there that I would grow up to be a rich man so I could travel even farther and see the big world. About once every two years I went with Mother to the west side of the county to visit the relatives on both sides of the house. Usually we had a hard time getting Mother to leave home, for she hated to be away enjoying herself when Father could have no vacation. Doctors did not have vacations then; neither did sickness. We hitched up the old family nag to the roomy old buggy, and away we went for four or five days, our clothes packed in the telescope. We were received royally wherever we went, and we should have been, for all the rest of the time we entertained every weekend some of the numerous Wilsons and Robertsons and their in-laws. I was put through my paces as a reader and singer of ballads, we ate enormous quantities of good plain food, and then we turned back to Fidelity and its humdrum life, away back in the hills. Ulysses, you remember, returned to Ithaca after his marvelous adventures in the Trojan War. Now "up the creek" was not so far, but a journey in that direction seemed an adventure to us all. The slightly different neighborhood up Beechy Fork and Blood River had its own ways of doing things; some of the ladies could cook things that tasted vastly better than our customary fare; family relics may not have been any better, but they seemed finer, up the creek. And some of our young bucks, including two of my brothers, went courting up the creek and married there, bringing their wives back to Fidelity and Beechy Fork. When the services up the creek at some church seemed particularly attractive, we would organize a party and go in a wagon, with our own private dinner on the ground. Church, as I have said, was our one chance of going somewhere, not because of our religious nature but because of our desire to go "over the hills and far away." When you consider that in winter the high-wheeled buggies of the time mired to the hub out in the flatwoods on the only road between Fidelity and the county seat[Murray], you can see why we did not make many long journeys in that direction. On two occasions I mired my mule down in the public road, not far from Sulphur Springs Church at that. We called such places quick­sand, but they were really just plain clay, the crawfishy kind of the bottoms or the red fire clay of the hills. In the many years since Father died, I have often thought of the bravery that he had to show by going everywhere on those trails and roads in all sorts of weather. We all think that his hard life ended when it did because of the strain on him; how he lasted forty-four years as a country doctor is still a puzzle to us who knew and loved him. Mud could not daunt him and his old yellow horse; not even the three-foot snow of 1886 kept him from going to the limits of his big practice area. What was for us younger people a pleasure jaunt in summer had to be for him an area to be covered to reach those in distress." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

My friends - Since making my earlier posting today, one of our subscribers, Robert Webb, has been in touch with me and passed along a really excellent site which covers his findings after many years of research on the subject of these Primitive Baptist churches, not just in KY, but in many other parts of the US. I've looked at it, and it is well worth a visit. It is located here: http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/pbl.html The information on the Calloway, Graves and Marshall county churches on the site are very nearly identical with what I included in my earlier posting. But I felt some of our subscribers would be interested in other such churches in other areas of the country, and this site is a really outstanding resource. -B ====================================================================

My friends - I am stopping by today and pass along yet another update on a possible JP 2006 genealogical conference next summer, based in Paducah. I also have a little information on a few of the Primitive Baptist Churches in the JP region which I came across and want to pass along. As of today, at this time, we have 64 folks who have expressed interest in attending the second such conference in the JP region. We are edging closer to the minimum 100 mark necessary for us to proceed with planning. January 10th is the target date for determination of whether the numbers justify proceeding. I know that there have been people who have been out of pocket/out of town, etc., for the past week or more, so I will be stopping by each day with an update, in the event that some of our subscribers did not see the original and subsequent posts on this subject. One question which has arisen several times since I last sent an update has to do with a possible projected date for the conference, should it occur. The suggestions from the 2000 questionnaires most often placed the best time around the end of July - after the 4th of July holiday, but not past the first week of August, since many school terms in the country may begin as early as the second week in August. That is certainly not set in stone, and no one time frame will be workable for all people, but this was the most often suggested time in the 2000 questionnaires. I recently came upon some little bits of information about a few of the Primitive Baptist churches in the JP region, and I am showing that data below. I cannot, unfortunately, give a source citation for it, as it is contained in some old(very old, as the paper is turning yellow)notes that came to me from my original mentor, Ola Johnson Graham, of Murray, back in the early 1960's. Knowing the care that she took with her work, I suspect the information is reliable. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Primitive Baptist Churches(Partial) - JP Region Calloway County: NEW PROVIDENCE: KNOWN MEMBER SURNAMES: Galloway, Grogan, Hutchens, McKinney, McNeely, Miles, Paschal, Poyner, Summers, Swann SHILOH KNOWN MEMBER SURNAMES: Holland, Parker, Rose OLD CONCORD NO KNOWN EARLY MEMBERS SURNAMES ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Graves County: OLD BETHEL BRUSH CREEK ZION KNOWN MEMBERS' SURNAMES: Adams, Bell, Boaz, Bowden, Brandon, Chester, Craft, Cross, Darnall, Davis, Haley, Hamilton, Lawson, Mathis, Perkins, Pryor, Rudd, Saffer, Smith, Vaughn NORTH MT. ZION KNOWN MEMBERS' SURNAMES: Gilbert, Lock, Miller PILGRIM'S REST KNOWN MEMBERS' SURNAMES: Beard, Kaler, Overby, Owen, Wolford MT. PLEASANT KNOWN MEMBERS' SURNAMES: Boaz, Collier, Davis, Shaffer, Vandergriff HARMONY KNOWN MEMBERS' SURNAMES: Crouch, Pullen, Turner ~~~~~~~~~~ Marshall County: SOLDIER CREEK (1820-1821) Soldier Creek Church, which was originally on Clark's River, was constituted May 13, 1820, at the home of William Owens (on Soldier Creek) with twelve members, viz., Leonard Kayler, William Baker, Selah Baker, Abraham Copeland, Sally Copeland, Mary Smith, Parker Harrell, Deliah Harrell, Anna Baland, Gabriel Washburn, Martha Henson and Henry Darnall. The presbytery was composed of Elders Fielding Wolfe, Henry Darnall and an Elder Payne. Soldier Creek Church was, perhaps, the oldest church in Kentucky west of the Tennessee River. When it was organized the State Legislature gave it eight acres of land, on which is located one of the oldest and largest graveyards in the County. In 1830 the Church received a deed to the land signed by Governor Metcalf. Hugh Gilbert was the first pastor of the Church. The first meeting house was built of logs and for a long time had no floors. KNOWN MEMBERS' SURNAMES: Adams, Baker, Baland, Bell, Bowden, Chester, Copeland, Craft, Creason, Darnall, Free, Hamilton, Harrell, Henson, Kayler, Locke, Lyles, Mathis, Rudd, Smith, Vaughn, Washburn, Wiley ORIGINAL MT. MORIAH Original Mt. Moriah Church, on Mt. Moriah Road, west of Calvert City, was organized in 1844 under the leadership of Elder Isaiah King, who served as pastor for the first seven years of the church's history. The church met at first in a small log cabin. Later pastors have included Elders Thomas Harrison, J. N. Wallace, E. M. Brashear, J. D. Shain, R. N. Grave, Gordon Hearon, and Arlie Larimer, the present pastor. A frame building replaced the log structure in 1871, and another frame building was built in 1906. KNOWN MEMBERS' SURNAMES None beyond those shown above. ROUGH CREEK KNOWN MEMBERS' SURNAMES: None have been located. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

My friends - I want to stop by on this New Year's Eve and pass along my wishes for all of our subscribers to enjoy a healthy, safe and prosperous New Year. This past year has been a rough one in many ways with natural disasters as well as personal ones for many people. We can hope that 2006 will be a better experience. I also will give an update on the numbers associated with a possible JP genealogical conference in the summer of 2006. As of now, 44 individuals have responded as being interested in attending such an event, if it should occur. Our goal is at least 100, since a number under that plateau would not be sufficient to warrant all of the planning and preparatory work necessary. We have, I am sure, a number of our subscribers who are away on holiday, or necessarily tied up with family gatherings at this time. We'll extend the time frame for interested parties to let me know of their interest to January 10th. Should the conference "make", planning and preparation will have to start immediately thereafter. I also have received a number of questions, which I have answered in each case by private response to the inquirer, but I will repeat them here, as others may be interested in the answers to the questions: Q: Is there any speculated time in the summer when the event might be held? A: The time most frequently mentioned in the 2000 questionnaires was late July or very early August, so that is a possibility. Q: Are the only people who can attend subscribers to the maill lists you host? A: No. Anyone with an interest in Jackson Purchase genealogy/history(including those with an interest in the TN portion of the JP region)are welcome to attend. Q: Can family members of subscribers also attend? A: Absolutely, and, in the 2000 conference, they were wonderful links to an earlier generation and were delightful to have with us. Q: What sort of fees do the nationally known speakers charge? A: It varies considerably, but generally, between $300 and $500, plus transportation, lodging and meals. Q: Could someone from each county's genealogical/historical society give a short presentation of what resources they have available in their counties and where to find and access them? A: We would try to put this sort of presentation together. It was mentioned in the 2000 questionnaires as a possibility for the next conference. Q: Will there be genealogical book vendors present again? A: Probably a few. Q: Can a family have a surname table at the conference, as was done in the 2000 event? A: We would expect to be able to do the same thing this next time. Q: Will there be a Planning Committee as we had in 2000? A: Yes, if the conference reaches the needed attendee plateau, I will be calling for volunteers for this purpose. Those are the questions I have received so far, and I will continue to post and answer others as they come in. I will keep the lists posted on a daily basis in this subject area. ~~~~~~~~ And now, as we usher in the New Year, let us look back to the 19th century, and a group known as Father Kemp & His Old Folks, who presented songs of that era and earlier. A descendant brought this material to light recently. The program always closed with Father Kemp's slightly altered version of Auld Lang Syne, which seems very appropriate for those us who spend our mental energy peering through the mists of time, to know and honor our forbears. Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind; Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And songs of auld lang syne? To sing the songs our fathers sang In days of auld lang syne We've passed through many varied scenes, Since youths' unclouded day; And Friends and hopes and happy dreams Time's hand hath swept away. And voices that once joined with ours, Are silent now and blend no more In songs of auld lang syne. Yet ever has the light of song Illumed our darkest hours, And cheered us on life's toilsome way, And gemmed our path with flowers; The sacred songs our fathers sang, Dear songs of auld lang syne; The hallowed songs our fathers sang In days of auld lang syne. Here we have met, here we may part, To meet on earth no more; And we may never sign again The cherished songs of yore; 'The sacred songs our fathers sang In days of auld lang syne; We may not meet to sing again The songs of auld lang syne. But when we've crossed the sea of life, And reached the heavenly shore, We'll sing the songs our fathers sang, Transcending those of yore; We'll meet to sing diviner strains Than those of auld lang syne; Immortal songs of praise, unknown In days of auld lang syne. ~~~~~~~~~~ -B ====================================================================

I'm trying to find death or burial information for the following women: Nancy C. (WALKER) IVIE (wife of Robert C. IVIE; he died in 1901 and is buried in the Ivy Cemetery, Calloway Co, KY) Margaret Evaline WHITE/WITE(?) (daughter of Robert C. IVIE) Mary A. YOUNG(?) (daughter of Robert C. IVIE; mother? of Virgil and Joseph) Any help would be appreciated. Sylvia

Looking for anyone related to or researching the Gibson/Gipson families in the area, especially the ones that are from neighboring Henry county. Merry Christmas Robin Holt --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year.

My friends - It is that time of the year again when families are gathering for the holiday season. I want to take this opportunity to wish all of our subscribers, on all of my lists, a very happy holiday experience and to encourage all to be safe if traveling is in your plans. If we revisit the 19th century, travel of any distance for Christmas, or any other holiday, was virtually impossible if long distances(which were perhaps 100 miles or more then)were involved. After the arrival of train travel, those with money enough could move to other places by that route, if the route passed to, or close by their destination. Recently, I have had a few inquiries about law dictionaries. Every dedicated genealogist should have a law dictionary in his/her resources. One resource that is online is the 1856 Bouvier's Law Dictionary (http://www.constitution.org/bouv/bouvier.htm), which is valuable for *some* of the ancient terms(as they are known)which do not appear in current law dictionaries, and there are others, such as Nolo's. The gold standard, however, is Black's Law Dictionary, published by West Law. It is now in its 8th edition. I would suggest, though, that if you are in the market for a law dictionary, that you peruse the used book dealer sites(www.alibris.com , www.abebooks.com , and others)to see if a 4th edition of Black's can be found. After the 4th edition, Black's abandoned the listings of ancient law terms, which we, as genealogists see very often in our work in deeds, wills and other documents, especially as we go further back into the colonial period. I have a very well thumbed 4th edition of Black's that I use very often in my own in-house resources. Shortly after the first of the year, I will have a poll question for our JP List subscribers, so stay tuned. Here are a couple of little puzzlers to think about over the coming weekend, if time permits. Is anyone familiar with the 19th century term "keeping batch"? And what quantity is a "turn" of corn? I'll be back next week with the definitions of the two terms. Happy Holidays! -B ====================================================================

My friends - I want to take this opportunity to wish all of you a pleasurable and safe Thanksgiving holiday. It was just about this time seven years ago when I established the KYJacksonPurchase-L List. We have a subscribership of roughly 750(it varies from about 730 to 810), and have established a network of folks who are always ready to assist others with their research needs in the Jackson Purchase region. Unfortunately, this year has been one of great time constraints for me, which has limited my postings considerably. However, there is light beginning to show at the end of the tunnel, and I expect my 2006 postings to increase substantially. While perusing some freemasonary material recently, I came across the following: "Temple Hill Lodge, Number 276, Shiloh, Calloway County, Ky. Received a Dispensation prior to August, 1854, Chartered August 18, 1854, Thomas Dodd being first Master. Reports 20 members in 1858." I am going to make an attempt, first through the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, to see if the names of those 20 1858 members can be located. The records of the smaller lodges are often fragmentary at the Grand Lodge, but that is the appropriate place to start, and I will keep you posted. As one whose father, grandfather, great-grandfather and gg-gf were Masons(including one 33rd degree Mason), I have always been interested in this area, and I know that we have a number of Masons on this List. Beyond that, knowing that an early family member was a Mason adds a bit of historical background and helps to flush out some of the more personal aspects that we all like to have, and it also tells us where that early family member resided when no other extant records might do so. Again, best Thanksgiving wishes to you all - and be safe in your travels - we need your expertise as we continue to peer through the mists of time in our ongoing efforts to track those who went before, and who made our Thanksgiving possible. -B =====================================================================

My friends - Today, I am posting the biography of Dr. Hugh M. McElrath, as taken from the Sesquicentennial History of Kentucky, published ion 1945. The McElrath family is well known in Calloway County, and this biography seems to be a full and complete one. As I locate other biographies for JP individuals in these various histories, they will be posted here. -B +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ HUGH McCORKLE McELRATH, DDS, FACD HUGH MCCORKLE MCELRATH was born in Murray, Kentucky on May 21, 1888. His father was John Calvin McElrath, a merchant in Murray, and his mother was Fannie (Nold) McElrath. His maternal grandfather, Henry Nold was the first principal, and his mother Fannie Nold, was one of the first teachers of Murray Male and Female Institute. She is now in her ninety-fourth year and is still vitally interested in the community life. His father, John Calvin McElrath, was one of the original trustees of this institution and served in this capacity for many years. Dr. McElrath attended the Murray Male & Female Institute, and later, from 1905-1908, was a student at Bethel College, Russellville, Kentucky. During the school years of 1909-1911 he attended the Louisville Dental College, which is now the School of Dentistry of the University of Louisville, and then went to Northwestern University Dental School at Chicago, Illinois, where he received the degree of D.D.S. in 1912. After his graduation from Northwestern University, he entered the practice of dentistry in Murray in October, 1912. World War I interrupted a thriving practice; from July, 1918 until July, 1919, Dr. McElrath was in the service of the United States Army. He was a member of the American Expeditionary Forces, and was on overseas duty from September, 1918 until June, 1919, attached to Evacuation Hospital No. 18. Upon completion of his army service, he returned to Murray and resumed the practice of dentistry. On October 27, 1920, Dr. McElrath married Gladys M. Thomas, who was the daughter of M. A. and Mary S. Thomas. Her father was a farmer and real estate operator of Calloway County, Kentucky. Gladys (Thomas) McElrath is a graduate of Georgetown College, having been a member of the Class of 1920. Mrs. McElrath has been active in Woman's Club work, having served three years as chairman of the Alpha Department. She also does a great deal of church work, and is the teacher of a college class of girls in the Sunday School of the First Baptist Church, and is also the sponsor of a missionary study organization with the same group. Church work has also played an important part in the life work of Dr. McElrath. As a member of the First Baptist Church, he serves that body as a member of the Board of Deacons. For more than thirty years he has been a Sunday School teacher and served as Sunday School Superintendent for eleven years. During that same period he has been church chorister. Dr. and Mrs. McElrath are the parents of four children. Their first child, Hugh Thomas McElrath, was born on November 13, 1921. He was graduated from Murray State Teachers College in 1943, and is now a student in the School of Sacred Music at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Kentucky. A daughter, Miriam, was born on July 25, 1923. Miriam McElrath is now a student at Murray State Teachers College. Mary Frances McElrath, who was born on August 4, 1924, is also a student at the same college. William Nold McElrath was born on March 1, 1932, and is now a student at the Junior High School of Murray, Kentucky. Dr. McElrath is active in the affairs of various associations and organizations, both professional and social. He is a member of the Kentucky State Dental Asso­ciation, which elected him its president in April, 1924. He had previously served The Southwestern Kentucky Dental Society as its president. In 1925, he was chosen as chairman of the Kentucky representatives for the program of the International Dental Congress, which met at Philadelphia during the Sesqui-centennial. In 1926 he was appointed a member of the Kentucky State Board of Dental Examiners, and has been in continuous membership on that Board since that time. He is a member of. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, literary fraternity; Psi Omega, dental fraternity; and Kappa Tau Epsilon, honorary fraternity. He was made a Fellow of the American College of Dentists in 1931. In 1940 he was president of the Murray Rotary Club, and in June of that year represented the club at the Rotary International at Havana, Cuba. Dr. McElrath is firmly embedded in the soil of Calloway County, and his activities are so much a part of his home community that he recently declined the most attractive offer of a chair at the School of Dentistry of Baylor University, at Dallas, Texas, to remain in Murray. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

My friends - There have been several posts yesterday and today about the old Winchester Cemetery in Calloway County. I covered this cemetery in a posting several years ago, from the standpoint that the current cemetery location was very near the water's edge created by the Kentucky Lake Project in the 1930's. A number of graves were moved to avoid water intrusion. Shown below is the first "reading" of the cemetery in 1965 by the Calloway County Genealogical Society, as well as the TVA report on relocated graves. There is some confusion about which were moved and which remained, but that is not overly unusual with TVA records. -B ========================================================================= Winchester Cemetery Calloway County, Kentucky Known Burials - 1965 ALLEN, Laney 1875 – 1910 BUTLER, Mary Elizabeth Oct 26, 1859 - Feb 23,, 1923 DUNN, Ben F. Jan 22, 1877 father DUNN, Alvie Feb 3, 1878 - June 15, 1927 mother GARRISON, W.T. died May 3, 1920 - age 73 years GARRISON, Rachel Ann Mar 10, 1849 - June 10, 1908 HENRY, Anna Mar 7, 1883 - Feb 13, 1913 Aged 29 years 11 months 6 days HUTSON, Mrs. Mark June 5, 1885 - Jan 31, 1957 KIMBRO, John W. - no dates Served in Co. C 33rd Tenn Inf C.S.A. KIMBRO, Margaret Elizabeth - no dates KNIGHT, Emery Oct 20, 1806 Aug 16 1856 KNIGHT, Martha Winchester Sept 8, 1810 - June 11, 1841 McCUISTON, John C. - no dates Served Co C 33 Tenn Inf C.S.A. McCUISTON, Martha Eveline May 14, 1834 - May 23, 1906 McCuiston, T.C. Nov 11, 1856 - Aug 4, 1887 VALENTINE, Myrtle May Oct 15, 1922 - July 12, 1924 WINCHESTER, William Feb 14, 1777 - May 14, 1863 WINCHESTER, Margaret Dec 15, 1785 - Dec 10, 1870 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Winchester Cemetery Calloway County, Kentucky TVA Grave Relocation Project =========================================================================== Grave # Name of Deceased Age Date of Death Information given by: 1. Margaret Winchester 85 1870 J. W. Winchester, great /g/son 2. William Winchester 86 1863 J. W. Winchester, great g/son 3. Wynn infant infant 1930 Mary Hutchen, mother 4. – 10. Unknown 11. James Arthur Dunn 1919 Ben F. Dunn, father 12. Alpha M. Dunn 49 1927 Ben F. Dunn, husband 13. Unknown 14. Emery Knight 50 1856 J. W. Winchester, great-nephew 15. Martha Knight 31 1841 J. W. Winchester, great-nephew 16. Eglandtine Knight 1835 J. W. Winchester, great nephew 17. Unknown 18. Mary E. Butler 64 1923 Jim McCuiston, brother 19. Butler infant 1905 Jim McCuiston, uncle 20. Mrs. M. L. McCuiston Jim McCuiston, brother-in-law 21. M[artin] L[uther] McCuiston 31 1887 Jim McCuiston, brother 22. John C. McCuiston 93 1930 Jim McCuiston, son 23. Martha E. McCuiston 72 1906 Jim McCuiston, son 24.– 25.Unknown 26. Myrtle May Valentine 2 1924 Taylor Valentine 27. Edna Estell Valentine 1 1919 Taylor Valentine 28.– 38.Unknown 39. John W. Kimbro 76 1920 Roland C, Kimbro, son 40. Margaret E. Kimbro 52 1898 Roland C. Kimbro, son 41. Willington Kimbro infant 1886 Roland C. Kimbro, brother 42. Jerry Mire Kimbro infant 1890 Roland C. Kimbro, brother 43. Betsy Kimbro 10 1895 Roland C. Kimbro, brother 44. Magdaline Kimbro Vinson 35 1902 Roland C. Kimbro, brother 45. Azubah Kimbro Gregory 25 1905 Roland C. Kimbro, brother 46. Unknown 47. Virgia Hutson 2 1918 Mrs. Lola Hutson, mother 48. Huston infant infant 1914 Mrs. Lola Hutson, mother 49. Earl Hutson 1 1909 Mrs. Lola Hutson, mother 50. Zana Allen 35 1910 Bob Cannady, brother-in-law 51. Pearl Allen Kimbro 23 1904 Roland C. Kimbro, brother-in-law 52. Lucy Kimbro infant 1902 Roland C. Kimbro, uncle 53. Kimbro infant infant 1902 Roland C. Kimbro, uncle 54. Rachel Garrison 57 1906 Mrs. Lola Hutson, daughter 55. William Garrison 72 1919 Mrs, Lola Hutson, daughter 56. Mary Ann Garrison 1880 Mrs, Mollie Wilson, daughter 57. Anna Henry 32 1917 Mrs, Lola Hutson, sister 58. Henry infant infant 1907 W. A. Henry, father 59. Henry infant infant 1903 W. A. Henry, father 60. - 62, Unknown 63. Kimbro infant infant 1910 Roland C. Kimbro, father 64. No grave found 65. Kimbro infant 1918 Roland C. Kimbro, father 66.– 69.Unknown 70, McCormick infant 1912 Adley McCormick, father 71. Betsy Eldridge 75 1890 C. V. McCuiston, grandson 72. Obadiah Eldridge C. V. McCuiston, grandson +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Would this Waters' family be connected to: Thomas Marion Waters b. 20 Jul > 1886 KY d. 18 Dec 1969 Paris, TN m. Effe Clara Berry b. 19 Jan 1901 Benton > County, TN d. 8 Dec 1991 Paris, TN. > > B. J. McCuiston > PO Box 2193 > Gilroy, CA 95021-2193 > 2B1?1 > IPA # R-38529 > > > In a message dated 9/30/2005 10:52:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > > steven63@charter.net writes: > > > > Seeking information on John Jefferson Waters of Calloway County, > Kentucky. >

My friends - I have recently been poking around in the 19th century large city newspapers for various items which appeared in connection with the JP region. As I continue to do that, I will turn today to a subject we have briefly mentioned in years past: the town liar. Just as many towns had a "town drunk"(or more than one), there was often an individual who was well known for telling stories which might have a small element of truth in them, but were, for the most part, fictitious, and the teller could present it in such a manner as to make believers out of most of those who heard him tell the tale. Murray, in Calloway County, had such a man. All that I have been able to find about him was that his given name was "Jake", and he was known as the "town liar". One of his stories has been preserved for over a century, which was told to me by my late Grandmother Utterback, who heard it from her father-in-law(my g-gf), to whom the event actually happened. This might be another item that could be brought to the JP-Lore List, but it demonstrates well that our 19th century families did have a good sense of humor about most things, so I am presenting it here. It seems that my g-gf, James Henry Utterback, was sitting on the courthouse square in Murray in the 1870's, in the company of his father-in-law, William Hardy Curd. Suddenly, Jake came galloping up on his horse at a furious pace, reining the horse in just as he reached the two men. As Jake got off his horse, one of the men said, "Hey Jake, come on over and sit down and tell us a lie". But Jake, who had already started moving quickly down the street, called back over his shoulder, "Can't do it today - old man Kirk Fallis fell over dead this morning out at his place, and the widow asked me to bring in his corpse to the undertaker. The wagon is coming along behind me." With that, Jake rushed down the street and went toward the mortuary. Just as he was lost to sight, a wagon came rolling through, with a long box in the bed, and with the driver of the wagon standing, which was the usual indicator in those days that there was a body being taken through. The men rose and removed their hats as the wagon passed, and it turned down the street toward the mortuary. My g-gf and his father-in-law both knew the deceased and decided to ride the 4 miles out to his farm to pay their respects to the widow. They did so, only to be met at the door by the supposed corpse himself! Jake had done it again. My great-grandfather was still chuckling about that elaborate practical joke some 50 years later. More newspaper items to follow shortly......... -B =====================================================================