This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hurt, Anderson, Stamper, Ray, Simpson, Long, Newby, Tudor Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xAB.2ACI/2151 Message Board Post: Newspaper story detailing my grandfather's drowning: The body of Jess Hurt, 37 years old, was found floating face downward in Kentucky river early Tuesday morning by his father, Smith Hurt (my note: his parents were Lige and Susan Hurt, Smith was a cousin), after a search of several hours had been made for the missing man. He left his home near the mouth of Paint Lick creek Monday night in a boat and was to return in a few hours. Just how the accident occurred will never be known, as there were no eye witnesses. He was employed by his father as assistant ferryman and was considered a good boatman and a very good swimmer, it is said. The body was found near the Garrard side of the river, lying across a wire that had been stretched from the Garrard to the Jessamine side of the river and about 12 feet from the bank. His boad was found on the other side of the river and about 200 yards from where the body was discovered. Coroner S. H. Anderson was called and an inquest held, the verdict being that he came to his death by accidental drowning. Hurt is survived by his widow and four children. Burial took place at Gunn's Chapel Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock. NOTE: Grave is unmarked. He was married to Iva Dale Simpson, daughter of Mike and Mary (Anderson) Simpson of Buckeye. His children ranged in age from 14 years to 2 months old.