Hal, Here is what I found at the Lexington library on Irvings. The first entry I found was in the 1890 city directory: Henry Irving msg boy for W.U.T. and Co. res at 96 N Upper Laetitia L. wd Thomas res at 96 N. Upper Margaret L. In the 1895 city directory were the following: David Irving C.S. Depot res 96 N. Upper Henry plumber " " Maria domestic servant Mary wd. Dudley 54 DeWeese Thomas hostetler " " William plumber 96 N. Upper Hope this helps in your search. Alan in Leington, Ky On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:54:11 -0800 "Old Hal" <lofmfo@att.net> writes: > Thanks Mary for the info...much too early for my Thomas who was born > 1839 or > 1840 in Scotland. Family history tells me that Letitia was a > "battleaxe" and > Thomas could no longer stand to live with her after last child was > born > 1876. He is said to have left the family with all property intact > and with > something like "shirt on back" and just walked away. Family story > saids that > a Lexington attorney report several years later that he had talked > with > Thomas at a cattle sale in St Louis, MO about 1885 and that Thomas > said that > he was returning to Scotland. I have found nothing to confirm or > dispute > this. One evening while scanning Lexington records I saw a brief > newspaper > article noting that Thomas Irving of Lexington was to stand trial in > the > shooting of another resident...I jotted down the data and have been > unable > to locate it since that evening. This shooting would have occurred > around > late 1880's and was report in a Lexington Newspaper.. > > I have visited Letitia's grave in the Long Family Plot in Lexington > Cemetery, and understand that the old house at 212 N. Upper St is no > longer > there....Thomas built three red brick homes just south of the new > Court > House several blocks but when there in 1988 I could not locate these > houses. > They were a corner lot and two lots to the east. There was a main > street > running N & S at that location.... > > Thanks again. > > Old Hal > > > ==== KYFAYETT Mailing List ==== > Your best bet to get the answers you need is to ask questions! > We're here to help each other out! > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > >