Tuesday, June 8, 1909 Prof. Jacob Fisher died Sunday at the home of his nephew, Louis Fisher, near Tunnel Hill. Died from a complication of diseases, having suffered from dropsy and heart trouble for years. Born in Germany and came to this country when a young man. Taught school in Elizabethtown Graded School and later Lynnland Col- lege. He was also a musician. Moved to Boston, Nelson Co. about 10 years ago. Was 72 years old. Mentions a nephew, Sam Fisher, of near Elizabethtown. Member of Presbyterian Church. His wife died some years ago and no children survive. Burial in City Cemetery. Bink Trent and Robert Williams engaged in a knife fight at the Christian Church at Steel's Cross Roads on Sunday. Trouble was over a girl. Trent is in serious condition and recovery is very doubtful. The body of Joseph McKenzie was found floating in the Ohio River at West Point. He was a workman and fell of the Ky. and In. bridge. Son of John McKenzie of Louisville. Burial in that city on Sunday. E. H. Mentz died at the age of 60 years of hemorrhage of the brain. Was the owner of the Mentz Hotel at Glasgow Junction. Was deputy internal revenue collector, general manager of Mammoth Cave railway and a 32nd degree Mason and member of Louisville Commandery, No. 1. Born in Richfield, Wis. in 1849 and came to Ky. at the age of 19 years. Married Miss Molly Flynn of Colesburg when he was 20 years old. Survived by wife, 5 children and a brother. Tuesday, June 15, 1909 Gus Fields, formerly of Cecilian, died in City Hospital in Louisville yesterday as a result of being thrown from an I. C. Passenger train near Stithton Sunday. He was raised in Cecilian but recently moved to Louisville. While stealing a ride to the home of his brother, George Fields at Cecilian, where he intended spending Sunday, he fell or was pushed from an Illinois Central freight train near Stithton. He was found unconscious Sunday by a train walker and was taken to West Point and later taken to Louisville. He received a bad fracture of the skull at the base of the brain. A divorce was granted to W. D. Casteel from his wife, Minette Casteel in the Courts of Louisville on the charge of improper conduct on the part of the defendant. They were married in the county on Aug. 17, 1897 by Judge Horace English. They were from Stithton. Mrs. Casteel's maiden name was McCubbins. Tuesday, June 22, 1909 George Dent French, an aged citizen of Vine Grove, died suddenly there on Saturday of a heart attack. Was 69 years old. Lived in Vine Grove for 30 years. Was a bachelor and survived by a sister, Mrs. Mary Medley of near Rineyville. He was a painter by trade. Member of Catholic Church. Burial in St. Johns Church Cemetery yesterday. Capt. French served in the Confederate Army and served in Williams Co. under the command of Gen. H. B. Lyons. Later he was made Captain of a band of scouts doing duty in East Tn. Was 68 years old and had made all arrangements to go to the Confederate Home at Pewee Valley and spend his last days there with his old army comrades when death took him. Mrs. S. C. Black, who resides on Muldraugh Hill, between New Haven and Hodgenville, was born in Scotland and later immigrated to this coun- try where she married a soldier who died and she was granted a widow's pension. As time rolled on another man who has worn blue and was re- ceiving a pension for disability, on account of injuries received during the war, won her hand but later he too died and she was a pensioner as his widow, her first one having been surrendered when she married him. She received a pension until she gave her hand in marriage to Mr. Black, her last husband, who was receiving a pension of his own account of the States. Now as Mr. Black's widow she will receive a pension. This it will be seen that she has been granted three widows pensions, a record un- equaled by any other woman in the U. S. She will receive $500. Tuesday, June 9, 1909 Austin L. Wooldridge, son of John Wooldridge, a farmer in Howevalley, shot himself through the heart on Thursday at his home in Mattoon, Ill. He was married to the widow of Joshua Akers, his former employer. He was indicted by the Coles Co. grand jury for debauching his step- daughter, Iva Akers, then a child of 11 years. One day last fall, little Iva gave birth to a child. It was believed that her stepfather, Wooldridge, was the father. The child died a short time after birth. Wooldridge was about 30 years old and was born and reared in the Meeting Creek area of Hardin Co. He left the area about 5 years ago. He is a nephew of the late Andy Akers. A severe storm hit northern Hardin Co. on Saturday and Sunday. In Colesburg, the barn of Lev PURCELL was struck by lightning and partially destroyed with a horse and mule being killed by the flames. The peach orchard of John ROGERS was badly damaged, corn was laid low and wheat shocks were torn to pieces. Tom CLOAKLEY of near Bullitt Co. just across the Rolling Fork, was struck by lightning and is still unconscious and recovery is doubtful. He was driving with his horse and buggy when the rain started. He sought shelter in a neighbor's barn. The lightning struck the barn and killed his horse. He was rendered unconscious and found in critical condition. Two horses of J. D. HARNED who resides on Cedar Creek were struck and killed. The southern end of the county hit Sunday. About 2 miles below Upton, the Louisville & Nashville track was washed out. Clyde HUNT, eldest son of Rev. J. B. Hunt, was struck by lightning in his room at Lynnland and was rendered unconscious. His brother, Walter, was sitting in the room with him but was not hurt. A bolt of lightning struck a tree near Tom MONIN's house in the same section. The crops were badly damaged. The residence of Charles JOHNSEY, 2 miles east of Upton, was struck by lightning and damaged by fire. Lightning also visited Will HANDLEY's house in Upton and caused considerable damage. Crops were badly damaged in the Middle Creek area. Ed E. PERRY and Ivan PATTERSON, both citizens and business- men of Sonora, were shocked by a stroke of lightning but not badly hurt. Friday, July 2, 1909 W. B. Duncan, former member of Louisville police force, but had been in Cloverport for the past year in the L. H. and St. L. R. R. shops, ended his life on June 30th by cutting his throat with a razor. A note was found near the body addressed to his sister, Miss Mattie Duncan. It is believed he killed himself over the despondency over the death of his mother, which occurred in Owen Co. a few months ago. Tuesday, July 6, 1909 Mrs. Carrie Jett of Elizabethtown is in critical condition at a hospital in Lexington and not expected to live. She was badly burned in an acci- dent in March and has been in the hospital since. She is the niece of Prof. M. C. Marion of Elizabethtown and formerly Carrie Day. Mrs. Emma Keys of Cloverport, widow of Jesse Keys, who was stabbed to death in a gasoline boat on the Ohio River some weeks ago by Selby and Wm. McCroker, has sued the Cook Brewing Co. of Evansville, claim- ing their beer caused the drunkenness of the men, which resulted in the killing of her husband. Friday, July 9, 1909 John Smith, aged about 40 years of Louisville, committed suicide by taking an overdoes of morphine at Hardin Springs on Sunday. Burial in St. Louis Cemetery in Louisville on Wednesday. Walker A. Honaker, a Louisville shoe merchant, committed suicide in an undertaker's establishment where his wife's body was taken after she had destroyed her own life by drowning.

I want to say how much I have enjoyed reading the news that has been posted about Hardin Co. from the 1909 Newspaper Abstracts. Some are unbelievable but true and some are just priceless. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Threesonsofpat@aol.com> To: <KYHARDIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 11:34 PM Subject: [KYHARDIN] 1909 Newspaper Abstracts > > Tuesday, June 8, 1909 > Prof. Jacob Fisher died Sunday at the home of his nephew, Louis > Fisher, near Tunnel Hill. Died from a complication of diseases, > having suffered from dropsy and heart trouble for years. Born in > Germany and came to this country when a young man. Taught > school in Elizabethtown Graded School and later Lynnland Col- > lege. He was also a musician. Moved to Boston, Nelson Co. > about 10 years ago. Was 72 years old. Mentions a nephew, Sam > Fisher, of near Elizabethtown. Member of Presbyterian Church. > His wife died some years ago and no children survive. Burial in > City Cemetery. > > Bink Trent and Robert Williams engaged in a knife fight at the > Christian Church at Steel's Cross Roads on Sunday. Trouble > was over a girl. Trent is in serious condition and recovery is very > doubtful. > > The body of Joseph McKenzie was found floating in the Ohio River > at West Point. He was a workman and fell of the Ky. and In. bridge. > Son of John McKenzie of Louisville. Burial in that city on Sunday. > > E. H. Mentz died at the age of 60 years of hemorrhage of the brain. > Was the owner of the Mentz Hotel at Glasgow Junction. Was deputy > internal revenue collector, general manager of Mammoth Cave railway > and a 32nd degree Mason and member of Louisville Commandery, > No. 1. Born in Richfield, Wis. in 1849 and came to Ky. at the age of > 19 years. Married Miss Molly Flynn of Colesburg when he was 20 > years old. Survived by wife, 5 children and a brother. > > Tuesday, June 15, 1909 > Gus Fields, formerly of Cecilian, died in City Hospital in Louisville > yesterday as a result of being thrown from an I. C. Passenger train > near Stithton Sunday. He was raised in Cecilian but recently moved > to Louisville. While stealing a ride to the home of his brother, George > Fields at Cecilian, where he intended spending Sunday, he fell or > was pushed from an Illinois Central freight train near Stithton. He was > found unconscious Sunday by a train walker and was taken to West > Point and later taken to Louisville. He received a bad fracture of the > skull at the base of the brain. > > A divorce was granted to W. D. Casteel from his wife, Minette Casteel > in the Courts of Louisville on the charge of improper conduct on the > part of the defendant. They were married in the county on Aug. 17, > 1897 by Judge Horace English. They were from Stithton. Mrs. Casteel's > maiden name was McCubbins. > > Tuesday, June 22, 1909 > George Dent French, an aged citizen of Vine Grove, died suddenly there > on Saturday of a heart attack. Was 69 years old. Lived in Vine Grove for > 30 years. Was a bachelor and survived by a sister, Mrs. Mary Medley of > near Rineyville. He was a painter by trade. Member of Catholic Church. > Burial in St. Johns Church Cemetery yesterday. > Capt. French served in the Confederate Army and served in Williams Co. > under the command of Gen. H. B. Lyons. Later he was made Captain of > a band of scouts doing duty in East Tn. Was 68 years old and had made > all arrangements to go to the Confederate Home at Pewee Valley and > spend his last days there with his old army comrades when death took > him. > > Mrs. S. C. Black, who resides on Muldraugh Hill, between New Haven > and Hodgenville, was born in Scotland and later immigrated to this coun- > try where she married a soldier who died and she was granted a widow's > pension. As time rolled on another man who has worn blue and was re- > ceiving a pension for disability, on account of injuries received during > the > war, won her hand but later he too died and she was a pensioner as his > widow, her first one having been surrendered when she married him. She > received a pension until she gave her hand in marriage to Mr. Black, her > last husband, who was receiving a pension of his own account of the > States. Now as Mr. Black's widow she will receive a pension. This it > will > be seen that she has been granted three widows pensions, a record un- > equaled by any other woman in the U. S. She will receive $500. > > Tuesday, June 9, 1909 > Austin L. Wooldridge, son of John Wooldridge, a farmer in Howevalley, > shot himself through the heart on Thursday at his home in Mattoon, > Ill. He was married to the widow of Joshua Akers, his former employer. > He was indicted by the Coles Co. grand jury for debauching his step- > daughter, Iva Akers, then a child of 11 years. One day last fall, little > Iva > gave birth to a child. It was believed that her stepfather, Wooldridge, > was the father. The child died a short time after birth. Wooldridge was > about 30 years old and was born and reared in the Meeting Creek area > of Hardin Co. He left the area about 5 years ago. He is a nephew of the > late Andy Akers. > > A severe storm hit northern Hardin Co. on Saturday and Sunday. In > Colesburg, the barn of Lev PURCELL was struck by lightning and > partially destroyed with a horse and mule being killed by the flames. > The peach orchard of John ROGERS was badly damaged, corn was > laid low and wheat shocks were torn to pieces. Tom CLOAKLEY of > near Bullitt Co. just across the Rolling Fork, was struck by lightning > and is still unconscious and recovery is doubtful. He was driving with > his horse and buggy when the rain started. He sought shelter in a > neighbor's barn. The lightning struck the barn and killed his horse. > He was rendered unconscious and found in critical condition. Two > horses of J. D. HARNED who resides on Cedar Creek were struck > and killed. The southern end of the county hit Sunday. About 2 miles > below Upton, the Louisville & Nashville track was washed out. Clyde > HUNT, eldest son of Rev. J. B. Hunt, was struck by lightning in his > room at Lynnland and was rendered unconscious. His brother, Walter, > was sitting in the room with him but was not hurt. A bolt of lightning > struck a tree near Tom MONIN's house in the same section. The > crops were badly damaged. The residence of Charles JOHNSEY, 2 > miles east of Upton, was struck by lightning and damaged by fire. > Lightning also visited Will HANDLEY's house in Upton and caused > considerable damage. Crops were badly damaged in the Middle Creek > area. Ed E. PERRY and Ivan PATTERSON, both citizens and business- > men of Sonora, were shocked by a stroke of lightning but not badly hurt. > > Friday, July 2, 1909 > W. B. Duncan, former member of Louisville police force, but had been > in Cloverport for the past year in the L. H. and St. L. R. R. shops, > ended > his life on June 30th by cutting his throat with a razor. A note was > found > near the body addressed to his sister, Miss Mattie Duncan. It is > believed > he killed himself over the despondency over the death of his mother, > which occurred in Owen Co. a few months ago. > > Tuesday, July 6, 1909 > Mrs. Carrie Jett of Elizabethtown is in critical condition at a hospital > in > Lexington and not expected to live. She was badly burned in an acci- > dent in March and has been in the hospital since. She is the niece of > Prof. M. C. Marion of Elizabethtown and formerly Carrie Day. > > Mrs. Emma Keys of Cloverport, widow of Jesse Keys, who was stabbed > to death in a gasoline boat on the Ohio River some weeks ago by Selby > and Wm. McCroker, has sued the Cook Brewing Co. of Evansville, claim- > ing their beer caused the drunkenness of the men, which resulted in the > killing of her husband. > > Friday, July 9, 1909 > John Smith, aged about 40 years of Louisville, committed suicide by > taking an overdoes of morphine at Hardin Springs on Sunday. Burial > in St. Louis Cemetery in Louisville on Wednesday. > > Walker A. 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