This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------BFF19EEB4A4C7627E85D53A4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mr. Triplett was indeed a very prominent man in Daviess County,Ky. He and his partners. bought a great deal of land ,dabbled in the distillery business, coal mining. manufacturing business and into Texas speculation. For more details.See"History of Daviess County Kentucky"indexed by Humphrey..several pages long and at one point of the story it mentions his return for a short visit to Cincinnati. Mr. Triplett died in Philadelphia ,Pa. One ofThe major streets in Owensboro Ky is Triplett St. Beverly Thompson Tyler beverly_tyler1@excite.com KYDAVIES-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > 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. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] Bon harbor 1847-where? > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 12:03:20 -0600 > From: "Joyce & Jim Kelly" <jkelly4@austin.rr.com> > To: KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com > > 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 > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] Bon Harbor, Daviess County, Ky > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 13:01:36 -0600 > From: "Joyce & Jim Kelly" <jkelly4@austin.rr.com> > To: KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com > > 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 > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [KYDAVIES-L] Bon Harbor, Daviess County, Ky > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 14:25:51 -0500 > From: "Ginny and Ike" <ebeachbums@worldnet.att.net> > To: KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com > > 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! > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] Bon harbor > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 14:29:31 EST > From: WPurc2540@aol.com > To: KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com > > Bon Harbor hills is next to Ben Hawes State park. North west of Owensboro. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] Maryville in Daviess County > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 16:18:57 -0500 > From: "Ginny and Ike" <ebeachbums@worldnet.att.net> > To: KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com > > 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 > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] HEDGES family research in Daviess County > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 18:26:04 EST > From: KJMiller77@aol.com > To: KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com > > 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 --------------BFF19EEB4A4C7627E85D53A4 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="speed99.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for michael sandefur Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="speed99.vcf" begin:vcard n:Sandefur;Midhael x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:Speed99@bellsouth.net fn:Midhael Sandefur end:vcard --------------BFF19EEB4A4C7627E85D53A4--