Hopkinsville Kentuckian A HEROINE DEAD MISS JUDITH VENABLE, who died at Shelbyville last week, was made the bearer of important dispatched from the Confederate minister to France to Richmond, Va., oin October 1861. she got through the lines via Nashvlle, Hopkinsville and Henderson and reached her destination with the dispatches in the soles of her shoes. She narrowly escaped arrest more than once but was saved by her ready wit and sharpness. Betty - Trigg Co KyGenWeb - http://www.comsource.net/~kyseeker/kylines/kytg.html Christian Co KyGenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~kychrist/christian4.htm WKy Families Database - http://www.dynasty.net/biz/kyseeker/public_html/wky/surnames.html * *****County Queries, Biographies and Surnames always welcome on the KyGenWeb County Pages!*****