This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: thompson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2422 Message Board Post: My ancestor Greenberry Thompson and wife Juliana Bowman Thompson are buried in the Rosedale Cemetery in Pembroke Ky. He died 5-18-1906 and was born 11-16-1827.Both are pictured in the Trail of Tears Museum in Hopkinsville. Need to locate Christian County death certificate since have been unable to locate one from state resources. Any suggestion? These ancestors arrived in the county in 1880's.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mAB.2ACE/947.1674 Message Board Post: where did you find the info on luriny coats

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wheelers of Mass/Connecticutt/NH/Vermont/NY/OH/IA/TX/CA Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mAB.2ACE/2361.1 Message Board Post: Still no reply from the Vaughns of Fairview Kentucky on the family Bible. Isabella "Libby" Shaw is the lost forgotten child, as the mother apparently had one every two years. The family went down to Chester/Chesterfield South Carolina, on to Georgia, and life was hard and so, they went back to Kentucky and stayed, while, the Richard Hoopers went on straight to Texas, probably through North Carolina/Tennessee, crossing the River south of Memphis, on through Arkansas up the river to Ft. Smith/Fayetteville, and Richard B or E Hooper, a military man, the richest man in Texas, c. 1835 started the dynasty. Life is still hard in Texas, and it's best to forget all of us etc. I hold no grudge or hatred, but I know that the Hooper Family like everyone in Texas in 1863 went to county seats to get their names on the List of Indigents and there are ten bound volumes of the Confederate soldiers, 2 inches thick each, just the name and list of company!! Julia Fulgham Engledow, b. 1829 in! Hardeman County, Tennessee, "on the trail, no doubt", daughter of Arthur and Alice McKinnie Fulgham married Oscar Engledow, b. 13 Nov. 1809 in Wythe Co. VA and died l Feb. 1868, married first to no doubt Miss Julia Ann Jewell (the secondth from Ohio) 16 April, 1838 and then to Miss Julia F. Engledow. Their child, Euphemia married the lawyer, eldest son of Judge Royall Tyler Wheeler, Walker Wythe Wheeler who went later on up to Oklahoma. Oscar and Creed Engledow were the sons of John and Elizabeth Simpson Engledow. They say, Julia Fulgham Engledow is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery a common name in Texas and so, we don't know if this is in Nacogdoches, Huntsville or Jefferson, Texas. Check out Miss Julia Ann Jewell of Wayne County, OH, the first and allied and/or related families of Judge R. T. Wheeler. Both friends, General Sam Houston and Judge RT Wheeler committed suicide in 1964 in Texas from the ravage of the Civil War. General Sam Houston went to the Union Soldi! ers to the horror of everyone to pay them a visit everyday, and caught pneumonia from his broken heart and depression. Found some family still down in Galveston.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McKnight Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2421 Message Board Post: GED COLORED MAN Harvey McKnight, Aged 95, Dies Near Crofton Harvey McKNIGHT, the only negro voter in Lantrip's district, died Sunday at the extreme old age of 95 years. He went into the Confederate army with Pink McKNIGHT, one of his young masters, and accompanied him as a cook throughout the war. He went to North Christian with T.T. McKNIGHT after the war and for many years has enjoyed the distinction of being the only negro voter in that precinct, which by his death is left without a single one. It is needless to say that this is the only precinct in the county so situated.--Hopkinsville Kentuckian. (Source: Madisonville Hustler, Fri., Apr. 24, 1896)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Steel, Reece, Carroll Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mAB.2ACE/784.1523.1 Message Board Post: James W. Carroll do you have another email address? I looking for information about steel cemetery in Christian Co. ky

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2420.1 Message Board Post: I'm not having any luck trying to email you directly. Please feel free to contact me at mamkmm2@prodigy.net I have a lot of info on the Fiese family. Kathy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2420 Message Board Post: Kathy, I would to share info with you. Pls email me and we can compare notes. Thank you Rosemary

This is an exceptionally interesting obit! I wonder if the novel by James Weir based on Lonz Pennington is in the library. Sounds like a great novel of Lonz and Mary Powers. Does anyone know what the name of the novel was? JGW At 05:25 PM 9/21/2003 -0700, you wrote: >Must say, even though I'm not related to any of these people, I'm really >enjoying reading these newspaper excerpts! Marilyn > >-----Original Message----- >From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com]On Behalf >Of pennyrileprogeny@charter.net >Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 4:49 PM >To: KYCHRIST-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [KYCHRIST] Mrs. Emeline Pennington, b. @ 1805 d. Mar. 6, 1896 > > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Pennington, Davis, Weir, Harry >Classification: Obituary > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2418 > >Message Board Post: > >ALONZO PENNINGTON > >THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE RECALLS HIS CAREER AND DEATH > >The Only White Man Ever Hanged in Christian County--His Wife Believed Him >Innocent of the Murder for Which He Was Hanged > >(Hopkinsville Kentuckian) > >Mrs. Emeline PENNINGTON died at her home near Johnson's Mill last Friday at >the advanced age of ninety-one years. >A good old woman, esteemed by all who knew her, she had passed through >stirring times in her earlier life. She was the widow of the noted Edward >Alonzo PENNINGTON, the only white man ever hanged in Christian county. Lonz >PENNINGTON, as he was called, was executed in Hopkinsville in 1846, just >fifty years ago, for the murder of a man named DAVIS. At that time there >lived in this city a young lawyer named James WEIR. He wrote a novel taking >PENNINGTON as his central character, using the name Lonz Powers. He was >represented as a desperate, dangerous outlaw, the leader of a gang of >law-breakers who had a hiding place in the vicinity of Pilot Rock. A love >story was woven into the romantic career of "Powers" and DAVIS, the man >killed, figured in the book as a bright, good natured Irishman, one of the >principal characters. In the account of the pursuit, capture, conviction and >execution of the murderer, the devoted wife of the guilty man was the >heroine of the story. "Mary Powers" ! >refused to believe her loved one guilty of crime and clung to him to the >agonizing end. She concluded her farewell interview amid sobs and tears with >the couplet: "I know not, I care not what is in that heart; I know that I >love thee, whatever thou art." >Of course there was much in the book that was highly colored for the sake of >the romance. but the facts were substantially correct. Mr. WEIR still lives, >or was alive a few years ago, in Owensboro, where he afterwards made his >home. Many old citizens hereabouts remember the circumstances of the close >of PENNINGTON's career. In fact, one of the jurors who convicted him, Mr. >G.W. HARRY, still lives near this city. >He died declaring his innocence and many people were never satisfied in >their minds that he was really the murderer of DAVIS. It is needless to say >that the broken-hearted widow was one of them. Although she lived half a >century, she cherished her husband's memory, retained his name and died firm >in the conviction of his innocence. >The PENNINGTON family is a prominent and respectable one in North Christian. >Mrs. PENNINGTON raised several children and her sons made good and useful >citizens. (Source: Madisonville Hustler, Fri., Mar. 13, 1896) > > >==== KYCHRIST Mailing List ==== >Christian County KYGenWeb >http://www.kyseeker.com/christian > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go >to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >==== KYCHRIST Mailing List ==== >Christian County KYGenWeb >http://www.kyseeker.com/christian > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Metcalf Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2419 Message Board Post: A Good Man Gone Dr. V.M. METCALF, of Hopkinsville, died last week. He was 64 years old, and was well known in the State of Kentucky. He took a great interest a few years ago in scientific farming and delivered many valuable lectures over the State. We knew him well and always regarded him as a good man. (Source: Madisonville Hustler, Fri., Mar. 20, 1896)

I am researching the name of Tinsley. My greatgrandmother, Susan Jane Tinsley" Slone had a brother named Thomas C. Tinsley (sometimes he has just the initials of T. C. Tinsley in a census). He was last listed in the 1910 Christian Co., Ky. Dist. #1 census with his wife, Mariah E. Tinsley. He was born about 1843. His parents were John N. and Levinia Tinsley. His siblings were: Susan Jane; James H.; Benjamin F.and Gideon D. Tinsley. If anyone has any connection to this line of Tinsleys, I would like to get with them. Barbara

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pennington, Davis, Weir, Harry Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2418 Message Board Post: ALONZO PENNINGTON THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE RECALLS HIS CAREER AND DEATH The Only White Man Ever Hanged in Christian County--His Wife Believed Him Innocent of the Murder for Which He Was Hanged (Hopkinsville Kentuckian) Mrs. Emeline PENNINGTON died at her home near Johnson's Mill last Friday at the advanced age of ninety-one years. A good old woman, esteemed by all who knew her, she had passed through stirring times in her earlier life. She was the widow of the noted Edward Alonzo PENNINGTON, the only white man ever hanged in Christian county. Lonz PENNINGTON, as he was called, was executed in Hopkinsville in 1846, just fifty years ago, for the murder of a man named DAVIS. At that time there lived in this city a young lawyer named James WEIR. He wrote a novel taking PENNINGTON as his central character, using the name Lonz Powers. He was represented as a desperate, dangerous outlaw, the leader of a gang of law-breakers who had a hiding place in the vicinity of Pilot Rock. A love story was woven into the romantic career of "Powers" and DAVIS, the man killed, figured in the book as a bright, good natured Irishman, one of the principal characters. In the account of the pursuit, capture, conviction and execution of the murderer, the devoted wife of the guilty man was the heroine of the story. "Mary Powers" ! refused to believe her loved one guilty of crime and clung to him to the agonizing end. She concluded her farewell interview amid sobs and tears with the couplet: "I know not, I care not what is in that heart; I know that I love thee, whatever thou art." Of course there was much in the book that was highly colored for the sake of the romance. but the facts were substantially correct. Mr. WEIR still lives, or was alive a few years ago, in Owensboro, where he afterwards made his home. Many old citizens hereabouts remember the circumstances of the close of PENNINGTON's career. In fact, one of the jurors who convicted him, Mr. G.W. HARRY, still lives near this city. He died declaring his innocence and many people were never satisfied in their minds that he was really the murderer of DAVIS. It is needless to say that the broken-hearted widow was one of them. Although she lived half a century, she cherished her husband's memory, retained his name and died firm in the conviction of his innocence. The PENNINGTON family is a prominent and respectable one in North Christian. Mrs. PENNINGTON raised several children and her sons made good and useful citizens. (Source: Madisonville Hustler, Fri., Mar. 13, 1896)

Must say, even though I'm not related to any of these people, I'm really enjoying reading these newspaper excerpts! Marilyn -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of pennyrileprogeny@charter.net Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 4:49 PM To: KYCHRIST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYCHRIST] Mrs. Emeline Pennington, b. @ 1805 d. Mar. 6, 1896 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pennington, Davis, Weir, Harry Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2418 Message Board Post: ALONZO PENNINGTON THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE RECALLS HIS CAREER AND DEATH The Only White Man Ever Hanged in Christian County--His Wife Believed Him Innocent of the Murder for Which He Was Hanged (Hopkinsville Kentuckian) Mrs. Emeline PENNINGTON died at her home near Johnson's Mill last Friday at the advanced age of ninety-one years. A good old woman, esteemed by all who knew her, she had passed through stirring times in her earlier life. She was the widow of the noted Edward Alonzo PENNINGTON, the only white man ever hanged in Christian county. Lonz PENNINGTON, as he was called, was executed in Hopkinsville in 1846, just fifty years ago, for the murder of a man named DAVIS. At that time there lived in this city a young lawyer named James WEIR. He wrote a novel taking PENNINGTON as his central character, using the name Lonz Powers. He was represented as a desperate, dangerous outlaw, the leader of a gang of law-breakers who had a hiding place in the vicinity of Pilot Rock. A love story was woven into the romantic career of "Powers" and DAVIS, the man killed, figured in the book as a bright, good natured Irishman, one of the principal characters. In the account of the pursuit, capture, conviction and execution of the murderer, the devoted wife of the guilty man was the heroine of the story. "Mary Powers" ! refused to believe her loved one guilty of crime and clung to him to the agonizing end. She concluded her farewell interview amid sobs and tears with the couplet: "I know not, I care not what is in that heart; I know that I love thee, whatever thou art." Of course there was much in the book that was highly colored for the sake of the romance. but the facts were substantially correct. Mr. WEIR still lives, or was alive a few years ago, in Owensboro, where he afterwards made his home. Many old citizens hereabouts remember the circumstances of the close of PENNINGTON's career. In fact, one of the jurors who convicted him, Mr. G.W. HARRY, still lives near this city. He died declaring his innocence and many people were never satisfied in their minds that he was really the murderer of DAVIS. It is needless to say that the broken-hearted widow was one of them. Although she lived half a century, she cherished her husband's memory, retained his name and died firm in the conviction of his innocence. The PENNINGTON family is a prominent and respectable one in North Christian. Mrs. PENNINGTON raised several children and her sons made good and useful citizens. (Source: Madisonville Hustler, Fri., Mar. 13, 1896) ==== KYCHRIST Mailing List ==== Christian County KYGenWeb http://www.kyseeker.com/christian ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mullen Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2417 Message Board Post: Died of Exposure Mr. W.F. MULLEN, a well known saw mill man of the Crofton neighborhood, was found upon the roadside near his home Sunday morning in an unconscious condition. He was removed to his house, where he died a few hours later. Mr. MULLEN was at Crofton Friday and left for his home in an intoxicated condition. He did not go far before he was overcome with liquor and laid down near the roadside, where he was found as above stated. He was 55 years old and leaves a large family.--Hopkinsville Kentuckian. (Source: Madisonville Hustler, Fri., Mar. 6, 1896)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lacy Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2416 Message Board Post: Died Aged and Respected Benjamin LACY, a brother of Rev. N. LACY, of Madisonville died in Christian county last week in the ? (can't read) year of his age. His life had been a strange and peculiar one in many respects. He was a weakly child and was twice weaned, he learned to talk twice from losing his speech and learned to walk twice. Several years ago, he lost his hearing and it was almost impossible to converse with him. He had the misfortune to have one of his eye balls bursted from a bad case of erysipilas. He lost his wife several years since. He was for a long time a member of the Baptist church. It is said that notwithstanding his many afflictions that he was alway a cheerful and a happy man. (Source: Madisonville Hustler, Fri., Jan. 17, 1896)

Do you know what year Hopewell changed to Riverside? I'm trying to research g.grandfather/g.gr.mother, John and Parmelia Durham. They are interred in Riverside and I'm trying to determine who their parents were and whether they are also interred there. Can you help? John and Parmelia were parents of my grandfather, Wallis Durham,M.D./ m. Maggy Orten Durham and they are both there also. Have tried to find inf. on Wallis who was Superint. at Western Insane Asylum and died in 1928 while Superint. Lakeland Asylum, Louisville. They retained farms and resided in Hopkinsville until Maggy died in 1967. Are records from Hopewell intact? Thanks, Gayle Durham Hyder

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2414.1 Message Board Post: Just want to let folks know that I now have the obit. It's so nice to have such helpful people out there.....Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mead, Bozarth,Price,Morgan,Bonham,Barnhart,Funkhouser Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2415 Message Board Post: Help! Does anyone know of my Davis Mead in Christian County in 1800. He stayed there around 15 to 20 yrs. then he moved to Fayette, Howard County Mo. where he married Hester Bozarth. He died in 1840 leaving young children. My GGGrandfather Thomas was a 3 to 4 yr. old when his Dad died. Thomas went to live with his Mothers sister Elizabeth Bozarth- Parton. Bonnie

dsvass@kiva.net writes: John T. HANCOCK and Anna B. SCOTT. I didn't find either name in the county cemetery books or the Riverside Cemetery book. Sorry. The county cemetery books are at this time being updated and should be ready about Christmas. The ones we now use were done in the 1970s and very few old cemeteries were missed by the faithful compilers, but a few were. Perhaps you could check back at that time Jean~ ~

Dan, Someone else can answer this better than I but I can tell you that the marriage records are still at the old courthouse. Jean ~ ~

I am planning a trip to Hoptown and want to know what the setup is at the new Justice Center. I understood that all the court records were moved there. I am looking for a divorce proceeding; where would I find it there? Are the deeds and marriage records still at the old court house? Thanks Dan Vass.