This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2671 Message Board Post: CROFTON Henry SMITH, a negro boot-black, of Hopkinsville, was returning from the Fair at Madisonville, fell from the rods of No. 75 at New Empire and was cut to pieces. (Source: Earlington Bee, Thur., Sept. 2, 1897)