There was indeed, a ferry, which ran across the Ohio River between Cannelton and Hawesville. I remember well traveling that way for many years as we visited family up in Breckinridge County. I remember being somewhat disappointed when the bridge was built between those areas. Oddly enough, I remember, as a child, wanting to be sure I got a small paper cup on the ferry and enjoyed the water they provided. I thought those paper cups were very special and a drink of water tasted better while "crossing the river" ! Even though I am positive that I crossed the river many times, I don't remember the ferry from Rockport area to the Owensboro area, however, I do remember the first time we traveled across the bridge from Spencer County to Owensboro. I was slightly concerned as we got into the middle of the river. It had to be the 8th wonder of the world! Now, I smile when I cross remembering the magnitude of my memory's bridge. >From all the wonderful descriptions of the area, I am getting a better picture of how the ferry crossed the Ohio down in the Newburgh area. Does anyone out there have any knowledge of ferries across the river in the mid-1800s or how one could find out about locations of ferries? Perhaps locations of river travel did not change over those years from the mid-1800s to the 1840s or so as far as crossing the river. I come from a line of river"men" who plied the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, first carrying salt and other goods down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers from Ohio state to New Orleans. Starting in the 1810 to 1820 time frame, they first went by flatboat and then gradually graduated to steamboats. A history of Vanderburgh County, IN states that another ancestor was one of the first operators of a ferry across the Green River..not sure if he crossed the Ohio River..that would have been in the 1820 to 1825 time frame. Marilyn

I appreciate all the information everyone is passing along. I have received some wonderful information on a ferry that ran across to Indiana where the landing was called "Cypress Beach". I have been wondering for years if there was a ferry (in the 1800s) which ran from a point on the Kentucky side across the river to Yankeetown, IN. I have tried queries on the Indiana side;however, I haven't received a definitive response at this time as to points of origin on either side of the river at that time. It is possible that the points changed over the years as access was provided across the river. I have ancestors whose home was in Daviess County; however, he went across the river to Newburgh, IN, to his own tailor shop. I have been told that he, according to family stories, would spend a few weeks in Indiana and then cross into Kentucky to visit his family. However, I do know that most of his children were born in Indiana so I would suspect that they had a home there, also, on t! hat side of the river for awhile at least. From the information received last night, I believe his home would have been on the Kentucky side, across from the Alcoa plant. This would have been in the 1850s and 1860s. Thanks. Marilyn

I am wondering where on the Ohio River a particular ferry boat would have crossed back and forth from the Indiana and Kentucky sides of the river. I have heard that there was a ferry that crossed the river, perhaps in the 1800s and early 1900s, from a point on the Kentucky side to the Newburgh, IN, area. Or, perhaps, someone can give me an idea of an avenue to pursue to get the answer to the question. It is possible that the Kentucky side was either near the Henderson County line or over in Henderson County. Would it have been located somewhere in the Reed area? Thanks for any suggestions. Marilyn Cossler Garrison

Looking for obit, cemetery record or anything comfirming the death of Samuel MORTON who I believed died in Daviess Co. KY in 1852 or 1853. His wife was Mary A. MORTON. Children Thomas, Mary A, Rebecca, Samuel, Jane, John, Isabella MORTON. Thanks Betty BB

Does anyone in Daviess Co. have any information on Jas. Watson Howard, born 1910,Travis Howard, born 12-06-1911. Mother, Julie ( Stroupe ) Howard,living with Watson Lynch, Hebberdsville 1910 census. Jackie None of these are in the "Whitesville Book". Tony

Lookin for Kevin Howard's date of death is a bit premature. Just contacted my uncle & aunt, his cousins, who are of his vintage and learned that he is living in Carmel Home in Owensboro. I try to go there abt once month to visit another aunt but seldom have time to check out other residents. Will look him up on the next visit. Tony Howard

Hello, Does anyone in Daviess Co. have any information on Jas. Watson Howard, born 1910,Travis Howard, born 12-06-1911. Mother, Julie ( Stroupe ) Howard,living with Watson Lynch, Hebberdsville 1910 census. Thanks, Jackie

From "Howards of Whitesville" by Anna Hamilton: Charles Kevin Howard b. 2/25/1910, s/o Joseph Patrick Howard & Stella Ann Mattingly m. 2/10/1931 to Mary Myrtle Coomes.. Children: (1) Charles Gilbert Howard, b. 8/14/38, m. 6/13/53, Joyce Evagean Jones (2) Mary Kevin Howard, b. 10/26/2934 (typo in book: date unknown) m. 2/2/57 Robert Ray Herman (3) Joseph Carl Howard, b. 11/26/2936 (typo again) m. 4/25/58, Jacqualine Mae Jackson (4) Wilma Marie Howard, b. 4/9/2939( (typo) m. 12/27/59 John Robert Olszewski (5) Doris Jean Howard, b. 3/2/1941, m. 12/26/1959, Arthur Lee Swartz (6) Joyce Ann Howard b. 9/9/50, m. 6/19/71, Danny Glenn Lane. Don't have Kevin's death date. Tony

I plugged the date of birth into the SSDI and the KY Death Index and couldn't get anything to match. Could you give Charles Kevin HOWARD's date and place of birth and death? Thanks for your help. Wood DeLeuil

My Dad, Thomas Victor Howard, (1909-1943) s/o Francis Allen Howard was first cousin and good boyhood friend of Charles Kevin Howard (b. 2/25/1910) I don't remember Kevin but have heard lots of talk abt him frm aunts & uncles, 4 of whom are still living. My info on him comes frm Anna Hamilton's "Howards of Whitesville". Anna's book has some very serious errors, but I think what she has on Kevin is basically correct. What do you need to know? Tony Howard

September 1858 Sun 19 My horse was sick I could not get home ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Mon 20 My horse is no better John cut and housed tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Tues 21 I came home and left my horse he is not able to come home John cut and hung tobacco and after I got home we cut some more and housed all of it ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Wed 22 We cut tobacco for S W Allen ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Thu 23 We cut tobacco for Reason McDaniel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Fri 24 I fixed up my sled for halling tobacco and cut some tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Sat 25 We hung and housed tobacco until dinner and after dinner we went to Ohio ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------

See address listed for Randy. I have Mary Myrtle COOMES b 8 May 1911 Daviess Co, KY, d 21 May 1985 Daviess Co, KY, m Kevin HOWARD 1931 Daviess Co, KY. Sources: SSDI SSAN 404-40-2693; KY Death Certificate #85-14096; Daviess Co, KY Marriage Records, Book 74, p 24. Does this agree with your data? Does anyone have more data on Kevin HOWARD? Wood DeLeuil

Randy Dunavan asked me to look up some Howard information for him. I found the info but when I sent it to him it came back to me. If anyone knows his address please have him contact me. Thanks Judy

I live very far south and was only visiting KY. Do you remember any info on the book? Name, was it an Owensboro Burris family? Also where is the KY room? Perhaps I can order photo copies or something. Info on my family is very few and far between. I am very interested. Thankyou!!! Katherine

I want to thank everyone for all of the info sent. I am going through it now and comparing to my notes. I finally located notes on 1880 census where I found Thomas. It is as follows: Daviess Co. Census 1880 Whitesville District pg. 28 Enumerated 26 Jun 1880 HH# 246 Thomas Burris age 26 Wagoner Kentucky Nancy J. 27 Kentucky John Knott 13 Brother in law Kentucky The two most likeliest connections so far are a Nancy Knott born1855 Marion Co.,Ky to James and Sarah (Davis) Knott and a Thomas G. Burris Born 1856 Taylor Co., Ky to a William and Janes S. ( Pratt) Burress My G-Grandfathers name is William Leslie Burris, b: Jan 1881 in Daviess Co. Story has it that he had at least two brothers possibly named Thomas and Ernest and that their parents died when they were young. The kids were placed in an orphanage and William was the eldest, he ran away from the orphanage at the age of 12 and made his way south to Bainbridge, Ga. where he had family. That story is all I know. Anyway THANKS everyone for the help. Katherine

Hello Does anyone have access to marriages preformed between 1862 and 1879? Iam looking for a marriage record for William Miller to Mary Ann Rice or Phillips. She is the widow of Benjamin Rice of Hancock Co. On the 1880 census she is now married to William Miller living in Knottsville Daviess Co. Any help greatly appreciated. Thank You Candice Sutton

I am new to list. Hello all. I am seeking info on Tom Burris/Burres and wife Nancy J. listed in 1880 Daviess Co. census along with brother in law John Knott. I find no info after 1880 but believe these are my great grandfathers parents. They supposedly died when he was young (he was born 1881} and he was placed in an orphanage. Any info would be very helpfull in my search as I am at a dead end. Thankyou, Katherine Nichols

I am seeking information on Mary Myrtle COOMES, d/o Josph Ignatius COOMES and Clara Mary O'Bryan. I have no other info, other than she married a HOWARD, probably in Daviess Co, KY. She would have been born about 1910 or so. Any info greatly appreciated.

Good Question. Worthy of a little communications... Descendants of Joseph Ignatius Coomes Generation No. 1 1. JOSEPH IGNATIUS6 COOMES (IGNATIUS J. ' NACE'5, FELIX4, WILLIAM P.3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born February 21, 1886 in Daviess Co., Ky. He married CLARA MAY O'BRYAN April 10, 1907 in Daviess Co., Ky. She was born 1887. Children of JOSEPH COOMES and CLARA O'BRYAN are: i. JOSEPH OWENS7 COOMES, b. September 1908, Daviess Co., Ky; m. HILDA V. KOMISCHKE. ii. MARY MYRTLE COOMES, b. May 08, 1911. iii. MARION IGNATIUS COOMES, b. October 10, 1914, Daviess Co., Ky; d. 1951, Ohio, Co., Ky. Notes for MARION IGNATIUS COOMES: Stuck by lightening at the Wathen Coal Mine. iv. HELEN ANNA COOMES, b. April 18, 1917. v. JOSEPH B. COOMES, b. May 18, 1920. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Wdeleuil@aol.com> To: <KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 4:08 PM Subject: Re: [KYDAVIES-L] COOMES/HOWARD Look Up > I am seeking information on Mary Myrtle COOMES, d/o Josph Ignatius COOMES and > Clara Mary O'Bryan. I have no other info, other than she married a HOWARD, > probably in Daviess Co, KY. She would have been born about 1910 or so. > Any info greatly appreciated. > > > ==== KYDAVIES Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe to this list in digest mode, send a message to > KYDAVIES-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE > in the body of the message. > Turn off signature file for all commands > > ============================== > 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 >

September 1858 Sund 12 I went to Mr Winklers and to Knottsville after a coffin for Rebecca Winkler ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Mo 13 I went to Knottsville to get a copy of the postage of a horse and then after I got home I had to go to R McDaniels I bought 2 heifers from Warren Duncan and paid for them John worked in the tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Tues 14 I went to Owensboro to have my stray horse published in the papers John and James Richmond went to hunt my heifers and found 1 of them and got her to J W Barnetts pasture and John worked for James Richmond the balance of the day ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Wed 15 I went and helped James Richmond put some Tear poles in his barns and went to Wm Winklers and killed a mutton for him John finished the tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Thur 16 We shelled a turn of corn and John went to mill I fixed my buggy seat and painted it and took the Dr from Wm Winklers to R McDaniels ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Fri 17 I went a fishing with H C Brown and after dinner we cut tobacco and piled it and we went and drove our heifers home ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Sat 18 We halled and housed our tobacco and in the evening I went to Ohio ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Davis' brother -in -law was William Winkler Jr and he had a close association with the Winklers. Following is the family of William Winkler Sr. He had a daughter named Rebecca of whom I had no other record and I believe this Journal entry records her death The H C Brown he went fishing with was probably the same man who is married to Eliza Winkler (mentioned below) Descendants of William W. Winkler Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM W.4 WINKLER (ADAM3, CONRADT2 WINCKLER, ?1) (Source: 1850 Census Daviess Co. Ky.) was born Oct 03, 1801 in Washington Co. Ky, and died Oct 19, 1885 in Daviess Co. Ky. He married (1) ELIZA ADAMS May 16, 1822 in Daviess Co. Ky, daughter of ELI ADAMS and REBECCA MCDANIEL. She was born Abt. 1805, and died Jun 14, 1844 in Daviess Co. Ky. He married (2) ALCY HALE Jun 18, 1846 in Spencer County Indiana. Notes for WILLIAM W. WINKLER: History of Daviess Co Ky - 1883 EDITION , pg 630 William Winkler was born in Washington Co, Ky., Oct 3, 1801, is a son of Adam Winkler, a native of North Carolina, who settled in Washington Co. during the Revolution, and in 1812 brought his family to Daviess Co and settled in the woods in Knottsville Precinct. Indians and wild animals were plenty, but at that time, though the Indians were peaceable. Adam Winkler lived to see many changes in this county before his death. William Winkler married Eliza Adams. Of their twelve children but three are living- Hiram, William and Joseph F. Mrs. Winkler died June 14, 1844, and June 18, 1846, Mr. Winkler married Alcy Hale, who died Dec. 16 1881. Mr. Winkler has been a hard working man and is now, in his eighty-second year, enjoying a peaceful old age. Children of WILLIAM WINKLER and ELIZA ADAMS are: 2. i. HIRAM5 WINKLER, b. Abt. 1825, Daviess Co. Ky; d. 1906. 3. ii. WILLIAM WINKLER, b. Feb 1829, Daviess Co. Ky.; d. Mar 25, 1887, Daviess Co. Ky.. iii. GREENBERRY WINKLER, b. Abt. 1831; d. Bef. 1883. iv. EDWARD WINKLER, b. Abt. 1833; d. Apr 28, 1855. v. JOHN WINKLER, b. Abt. 1835; d. Jan 31, 1854. vi. ELIZA JANE WINKLER, b. Aug 15, 1837; d. Mar 25, 1874; m. HENRY C BROWN. vii. REBECCA WINKLER, b. Abt. 1839; d. Aug 12, 1858, Daviess Co. Ky. 4. viii. JOSEPH F. WINKLER, b. Jun 06, 1841; d. Jun 17, 1921. ix. EMILY WINKLER, b. Abt. 1843; m. GEORGE R CLARK, Feb 26, 1863.