Hello, My name is Ann I was born any raised in Owensboro, KY. Daviess Co. The Bon Harbor they are talking about in the letter is just a place in the lower part of Owensboro. like the Western part. Talk to people from Owensboro, KY. Here is an address for Daviess Co. Hope this helps. DAVIESS COUNTY http://www.geocities.com/gsdownr_2000/daviess1.html

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_624c_1dd_7e70 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Wondering how far Hart county is from Davies..Mundfordville Ky to be exact, thank you. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------=_NextPart_000_624c_1dd_7e70 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Content-Type: text/plain KYDAVIES-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 128 Today's Topics: #1 [KYDAVIES-L] Bon harbor 1847-where ["Joyce & Jim Kelly" <jkelly4@austi] #2 [KYDAVIES-L] Bon Harbor, Daviess C ["Joyce & Jim Kelly" <jkelly4@austi] #3 Re: [KYDAVIES-L] Bon Harbor, Davie ["Ginny and Ike" <ebeachbums@worldn] #4 [KYDAVIES-L] Bon harbor [WPurc2540@aol.com] #5 [KYDAVIES-L] Maryville in Daviess ["Ginny and Ike" <ebeachbums@worldn] #6 [KYDAVIES-L] HEDGES family researc [KJMiller77@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from KYDAVIES-D, send a message to KYDAVIES-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------=_NextPart_000_624c_1dd_7e70 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Message: #1 Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 12:03:20 -0600 From: "Joyce & Jim Kelly" <jkelly4@austin.rr.com> To: KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <001901c16624$2cf082e0$88901942@austin.rr.com> Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] Bon harbor 1847-where? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have a letter dated May 13, 1847, from a son (Alex J. Bourgoin) to his father, Joseph Bourgoin. Alex says he is writing from Bon harbor and father lives in Cincinnati. Alex says he is sick with dysentery and is leaving this place, so father should direct replies to Owensboro, Kentucky. I am unsuccessful in locating any place called Bon harbor. Alex's handwriting is very precise, so I do not think he means Bar Harbor. I have tried the 1895 atlas site for locations along the Ohio/Mississippi river and have tried USGS GNIS with no joy. Any ideas? Jim Kelly Austin, Texas ______________________________ ------=_NextPart_000_624c_1dd_7e70 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Message: #2 Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 13:01:36 -0600 From: "Joyce & Jim Kelly" <jkelly4@austin.rr.com> To: KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <001b01c1662c$4b069000$88901942@austin.rr.com> Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] Bon Harbor, Daviess County, Ky Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To list members, especially Jan Hamilton, Harold Morgan, and STALLMW, many thanks for providing the location for Bon Harbor. Curious that the U.S. Gov't site USGS geonames doesn't know about it. But, fortunately, you helpful folks did. Just in case, then, would anyone recognize the names Mr. Allis and/or Mr. Triplett as local employers or important people in Bon Harbor in the 1847 time period? Was there more there than the coal mining? (Thanks STALLMW) My family member (author of the letter in my first message) was hired as a "superintendent" and paid twenty dollars per month plus board. He was ill with dysentery, didn't like the work, and was planning to return to Cincinnati as soon as he paid a debt to Mr. Allis. Jim Kelly ______________________________ ------=_NextPart_000_624c_1dd_7e70 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Message: #3 Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 14:25:51 -0500 From: "Ginny and Ike" <ebeachbums@worldnet.att.net> To: KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <00b401c1662f$b0ce7120$aaca6520@0945d> Subject: Re: [KYDAVIES-L] Bon Harbor, Daviess County, Ky Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does anyone know if there is or was a place named Maryville in or close to Daviess county? My grandfather may have lived in Daviess and the name Maryville was associated with where he lived as well, but I haven't found such a place in any gazetteer or other sources. Ginny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce & Jim Kelly" <jkelly4@austin.rr.com> To: <KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 2:01 PM Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] Bon Harbor, Daviess County, Ky >To list members, especially Jan Hamilton, Harold Morgan, and STALLMW, many >thanks for providing the location for Bon Harbor. Curious that the U.S. >Gov't site USGS geonames doesn't know about it. But, fortunately, you >helpful folks did. > >Just in case, then, would anyone recognize the names Mr. Allis and/or Mr. >Triplett as local employers or important people in Bon Harbor in the 1847 >time period? Was there more there than the coal mining? (Thanks STALLMW) > >My family member (author of the letter in my first message) was hired as a >"superintendent" and paid twenty dollars per month plus board. He was ill >with dysentery, didn't like the work, and was planning to return to >Cincinnati as soon as he paid a debt to Mr. Allis. > >Jim Kelly > > >==== KYDAVIES Mailing List ==== >To Subscribe to this list in digest mode, send a message to >KYDAVIES-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word >SUBSCRIBE >in the body of the message. >Turn off signature file for all commands. > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > ______________________________ ------=_NextPart_000_624c_1dd_7e70 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Message: #4 Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 14:29:31 EST From: WPurc2540@aol.com To: KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <c9.180d6c84.2918429b@aol.com> Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] Bon harbor Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Bon Harbor hills is next to Ben Hawes State park. North west of Owensboro. ______________________________ ------=_NextPart_000_624c_1dd_7e70 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Message: #5 Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 16:18:57 -0500 From: "Ginny and Ike" <ebeachbums@worldnet.att.net> To: KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <00e001c1663f$7e07d5a0$aaca6520@0945d> Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] Maryville in Daviess County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I sent this note earlier with the wrong subject, so I am sending it again in case anyone overlooked it with the other repeated subject. >Does anyone know if there is or was a place named Maryville in or close to >Daviess county? My grandfather may have lived in Daviess and the name >Maryville was associated with where he lived as well, but I haven't found >such a place in any gazetteer or other sources. >Ginny ______________________________ ------=_NextPart_000_624c_1dd_7e70 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Message: #6 Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 18:26:04 EST From: KJMiller77@aol.com To: KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <12b.6eb55bb.29187a0c@aol.com> Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] HEDGES family research in Daviess County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Is anyone researching the HEDGES (HEDGE or HODGE) family from Daviess County? One branch left Daviess County for Logan County, Illinois in about 1835. Thanks! Kevin Miller ------=_NextPart_000_624c_1dd_7e70--

Is anyone researching the HEDGES (HEDGE or HODGE) family from Daviess County? One branch left Daviess County for Logan County, Illinois in about 1835. Thanks! Kevin Miller

I sent this note earlier with the wrong subject, so I am sending it again in case anyone overlooked it with the other repeated subject. > Does anyone know if there is or was a place named Maryville in or close to > Daviess county? My grandfather may have lived in Daviess and the name > Maryville was associated with where he lived as well, but I haven't found > such a place in any gazetteer or other sources. > Ginny

Bon Harbor hills is next to Ben Hawes State park. North west of Owensboro.

Does anyone know if there is or was a place named Maryville in or close to Daviess county? My grandfather may have lived in Daviess and the name Maryville was associated with where he lived as well, but I haven't found such a place in any gazetteer or other sources. Ginny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce & Jim Kelly" <jkelly4@austin.rr.com> To: <KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 2:01 PM Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] Bon Harbor, Daviess County, Ky > To list members, especially Jan Hamilton, Harold Morgan, and STALLMW, many > thanks for providing the location for Bon Harbor. Curious that the U.S. > Gov't site USGS geonames doesn't know about it. But, fortunately, you > helpful folks did. > > Just in case, then, would anyone recognize the names Mr. Allis and/or Mr. > Triplett as local employers or important people in Bon Harbor in the 1847 > time period? Was there more there than the coal mining? (Thanks STALLMW) > > My family member (author of the letter in my first message) was hired as a > "superintendent" and paid twenty dollars per month plus board. He was ill > with dysentery, didn't like the work, and was planning to return to > Cincinnati as soon as he paid a debt to Mr. Allis. > > Jim Kelly > > > ==== KYDAVIES Mailing List ==== > To Subscribe to this list in digest mode, send a message to > KYDAVIES-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word > SUBSCRIBE > in the body of the message. > Turn off signature file for all commands. > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >

To list members, especially Jan Hamilton, Harold Morgan, and STALLMW, many thanks for providing the location for Bon Harbor. Curious that the U.S. Gov't site USGS geonames doesn't know about it. But, fortunately, you helpful folks did. Just in case, then, would anyone recognize the names Mr. Allis and/or Mr. Triplett as local employers or important people in Bon Harbor in the 1847 time period? Was there more there than the coal mining? (Thanks STALLMW) My family member (author of the letter in my first message) was hired as a "superintendent" and paid twenty dollars per month plus board. He was ill with dysentery, didn't like the work, and was planning to return to Cincinnati as soon as he paid a debt to Mr. Allis. Jim Kelly

I have a letter dated May 13, 1847, from a son (Alex J. Bourgoin) to his father, Joseph Bourgoin. Alex says he is writing from Bon harbor and father lives in Cincinnati. Alex says he is sick with dysentery and is leaving this place, so father should direct replies to Owensboro, Kentucky. I am unsuccessful in locating any place called Bon harbor. Alex's handwriting is very precise, so I do not think he means Bar Harbor. I have tried the 1895 atlas site for locations along the Ohio/Mississippi river and have tried USGS GNIS with no joy. Any ideas? Jim Kelly Austin, Texas

anyone there that could do a lookup in the 1830 Daviess Co census for a Mary/Polly/Molly Smeathers/Smithers with a son abt 20 yrs old...found her there in 1820 son was 10yrs old, found them in 1840 in Spencer Co In, but cant find them for 1830...thanks kindly...Nena _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

October 1857 Sun 25 I went to Wm Winklers after dinner ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- M 26 I cut corn William Winkler helped me John commenced plowing a little wheet and harrowed some where we was cutting corn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tue 27 William & John ploughed and sowed wheet I cut corn assisted by Arch Smeathers in Reason McDaniels place ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 28 William plowed the tobacco patch for me John harrowed some and I cut some corn and fixed up some places for shocking and it rained and Ephraim commenced helping and the rain stoped us and in the evening I went to Charles Paynes and Reason McDaniel and engaged some beef ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Th 27 I cut and shocked corn assisted by E McDaniel John harrowed in wheet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fr 30 I went and helped R McDaniel kill his beef and got mine E McDaniel helped me cut corn and after dinner Wm Howard helped me cut corn John harrowed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sa 31 Wm Winkler sowed grass seed until dinner John brushed them in and in the evening we went to Knottsville after my boots William Howard broke the orchard and harrowed it and I sowed it in wheet and dug around the trees and stumps and finished cutting corn

October 1857 Sun 18 I was at meeting at Calhoun ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mo 19 I attended presbytery it was a rainy morning ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tue 20 We got through with our business in Presbytery and at 1 oclock I started for home and got home at 11 oclock at night John harrowed in wheet for Wm Winkler ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 21 We fixed around and I gathered apples John harrowed for Wm Winkler a part of the evening ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Thu 22 We made a hog pen and put up our hogs and after dinner we faned our oats and halled them to the house Ephraim helped us a little while in the evening ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fri 23 I went to George Husks to get him to come and get his oats and went on to William Winklers after roles and in the evening I killed a mutton John finished harrowing for William Winkler ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sat 24 We cut and hallled the corn out of the new ground and late in the evening I went to Knottsville to get my boots but they was not done

21 October 2001 Messenger-Inquirer LEWISPORT -- Delmar "Doc" Shadwick, 94, of Lewisport died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001, at his home. The Daviess County native was a retired farmer. He was a member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church and past president of Yelvington Camp Meeting. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Nannie Boswell Shadwick; a daughter, Reba Carol Basinger of Hawesville; and two grandchildren. Services are at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Taylor-Raymond-Spear Funeral Home in Lewisport. Burial will be in Owensboro Memorial Gardens. Visitation is from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday and after 8 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to Bethlehem United Methodist Church.

Please change my address to: mmcroweus@yahoo.com The old account is going to be closed. Thank you.

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This book of Green River Gravel by Ellis Ford , Does it have names of People who worked there? Thanks Ann ADaugh6398

You (and Davis) wrote: > - -------------------------------------------------- > Thu 15 > I went to Owensboro after our roles but they was not carded and there came > a hard storm and rained on me all the way home John went and took some > wheet to meet Reason McDaniel at Gatewoods he was going to Hawesville mill > and then John halled some tobacco for Ephraim McDaniel > - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just wanted to mention that my SCIFRES family in this area called Gatewood 'home' around 1857 and my ggg-grandfather, David E. SCIFRES was a storekeeper and miller there. If you'll remember, I wrote before because my gg-grandfather, William C. SCIFRES, son of David, and Davis DOUTHITT's first cousin, James Harvey DOUTHITT, were proprietors of DeGonia Springs Resort in Warrick Co., IN in the late 1880's. These families probably knew each other back as early as 1857, according to this entry! Come to think of it--David SCIFRES' 2nd wife was Delila MCDANIEL, d/o Joseph MCDANIEL. Don't know enough about the MCDANIEL line but I would be willing to bet that Davis' friend, Reason MCDANIEL, was somehow related. Don't know why I hadn't thought of that before! The SCIFRES/MCDANIEL marriage was 15 Oct 1824, 177 years ago today. Thanks again for continuing to post these journal entries! This sort of information adds much more to the picture than just barebones dates and places. Regards, Terri McDonald Hauk thauk@home.com

October 1857 Sund 11 We went to Reason McDaniels ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mon 12 We went and halled the fan home and faned our wheet assisted by William Winkler ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tue 13 I helped Reason McDaniel fan wheet John cut and halled some wood and wheet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 14 We helped Reason McDaniel fan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Thu 15 I went to Owensboro after our roles but they was not carded and there came a hard storm and rained on me all the way home John went and took some wheet to meet Reason McDaniel at Gatewoods he was going to Hawesville mill and then John halled some tobacco for Ephraim McDaniel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fri 16 I started to Presbytery at Calhoun and got to Jesse Moseleys John halled some tobacco for Ephraim McDaniel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sat 17 I went on to Calhoun and attended Presbytery ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- Thurs 15 Davis has mentioned going after "roles" several times. and I had no clue what they were. Since they had to be carded I'm guessing now that it was wool from his sheep. Who knew wool was such a big part of their life? I thought they kept sheep because they taste so good BBQed !

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The following book was donated for a used-book sale and I am wondering if someone on this list is interested in it. If so,please contact me at gnepat@interaxs.net Green River Gravel. by Ellis Ford Hartford and James Fuqua Hartford. Pub. 1983 by McDowell Publications, Utica KY. This is a soft-bound book in very good cond.ition

I'm posting this email, in hopes that someone can help this lady with info on James N. Alsop/Alsup, from Daviess Co.Ky. --Louise "Kelly" Vanover Diana Steele wrote: > Thank you for your help with this man. James N. Alsop was a fairly > prominent at the turn of the century and patented several milling machines. > The Bollinger Mill State Historic Site in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri > recently acquired one of his machines and wants to display it. James Alsup > was born in Owensboro on 31 July 1866 and I can find little to document > him. I find this odd considering he patented several machines. His last > patent was filed in 1917 and he appears on the 1920 census you graciously > shared. Thanks again for your help and please pass my name to anyone > working this line or who might be interested. Diana