Hi Janice & All, I found that death record on a microfilm I rented, it was Grant County Vital Statistics, or something like that. Most of the records are very difficult to read, poor condition, and who ever wrote them, did so with a flourish. Martha was at the top of the page and fortunately, easy to read. Somewhere, I have a list of the known graves in the Ashcraft Cemetery on Peaceful Hollow Rd.; I have looked for it, but as usual my papers are scattered everywhere. I don't know if Martha was listed or not, but it is probably safe to say if she isn't, she is in one of the unmarked graves there, since she died in 1852 and the cemetery was definitely being used at that time, James Richard, her father in law was still living then. I tried to scan the letter from Ida Bethel Ashcraft but the print is so faded it is unreadable in that format. I will try to get to a copy machine this week but I don't know if it will turn out any better. In the mean time here is what it says: Knoxville, Kentucky, (Sunday is written vertically between Knoxville and Kentucky) February 23, 1903 Mrs. Cora Webb Ashcraft, Knoxville, Ky My dear friend, Replying to your kind and consoling missive of several weeks ago. I beg leave to say that it afforded me a great deal of consolation and encouragement! We know that we have a "Sincere Friend," in the hour of affliction; my dear companion has gone to that "Heavenly Mansion"; "from whence no traveler ever returns". And God being being my divine helper I will endeavor to meet him in heaven. I will also raise my "Little Ones" in the fear of Him that "Knoweth all things." Please accept my thanks for your proffered help also your "husband's" Nothing would afford me greater pleasure than to accept your kind and welcome invitation to join your "Happy Circle," but I greatly regret the inability to do so as the Children, and myself haven't been very well, since the death of my husband. But Cora, just as soon as the weather clears, I will come to see you. Thanking you for your sympathy and trusting to hear from you soon. I Remain as ever, Your Sincere friend. Ida Bethel Morehead The "being being" written above is how it is in the letter. The early years of 1900 were filled with loss for this close knit community. My great grandmother, Cora, mentioned in the letter, would loose her dear sister in a dreadful fire within the year. The following year, 1905, Cora herself would die from complications of pneumonia. Cora and her husband, Otho Stanley Ashcraft, had decided to move to a house in Dry Ridge the fall of 1905 so that my grand father and his little sister would be close to school. My grandfather, age eight, became ill with a virus, and Cora, while nursing him, caught the virus and died. My grandfather and his little sister, Audrey, lived with relatives for a couple of years until my gg grandfather married Ollie Dean Stephens. From all accounts, Ollie was a wonderful woman. My mother loved her dearly. Ollie and Otho had a daughter, but tragedy struck again and the daughter died when she was about two years old. My grandfather had known Ollie for quite sometime, as I have an autograph book that belonged to Ollie. On August 10, 1888, Ollie's birthday, my great grand father wrote "Remember well and don't forget, You have a friend in Knoxville yet." I don't know much about Ollie's family; I believe her father owned a store in Independence, Ky. I think she had a sister, Carrie, and a brother, Forrest. Cora was a member of the DAR, she made a remembrance quilt concerning it; my aunt, Barbara, now has the quilt. Other people, who's names I can read, that signed the autograph book were: Clarence E. Bagby, Carrie Stephens, Rosa, (looks like Sweeney), M. E. (looks like Sweeney), and Belle Yelton. Several signed with just their initials. Take care, Bonnie