Hi friends, I received several replies regarding my query about the email address for the Marshall County Genealogical Society, and I'm afraid I didn't pass it along. I apologize. The new e mail is marcoky@ky.gov Please note the @ky.gov which wasn't part of the old one. On another note, I found the following article at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives: County of the Month http://www.kdla.ky.gov/resources/countyomonth/marshall.htm It's a bit dated, but new to me. Maybe new to some of you too. Regards and Thanks, Terry Winchester Evansville, IN --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? With a free 1 GB, there's more in store with Yahoo! Mail.

My friends - Today we are going to look at the names and owners of early newspapers in Calloway and Graves counties and, in later posts, at the other counties in the JP region. First, however, some housekeeping. As many of you may know, RootsWeb did some moving around last week with some of their mail servers, which caused some UP addresses to change. These addresses had been "whitelisted" by ISP's all over the country so that spam filters would not stop the delivery of RootsWeb messages. There were some notable problems, even after the ISP's were notified, in getting the new IP addresses whitelisted. This seems to have affected AOL users more severely than with some other ISP's. I understand that RootsWeb and AOL are working on getting all of that resolved, and hopefully, such will occur soon. I mention this here not to encourage any discussion of it, but just as a notification in case any of our AOL subscribers were unaware of it. Most AOL based mail seems now to be going through, and hopefully, it will all be flowing again without problems. This JP List, and the other county lists which I host in the JP region, have been relatively quiet over the past week, which may be good, since our AOL subscribers would not, as a result, have to explore the JP List Archives to see what messages had been posted. In the 1960's Victor Portmann did a considerable amount of research on 19th century and early 20th century newspapers in KY. We are going to look at what he found, insofar as the JP region is concerned. Shown below are those newspapers which he found for Calloway and Graves counties. Some of these lasted no more than a few years, while others endured. In looking at these different newspapers, we need to remember that, in many - probably most cases - there is little or nothing available in the way of copies of their issues, until very late in the 19th century and on into the 20th century. Just as an aside - I have not forgotten about the brief histories of the various Masonic lodges in the JP which I indicated I would be posting. I am working on those. They will be coming along in the near future. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Calloway County - Early Newspapers with Names of Publisher/Editor Murray Gazette - 1874 - Dr. E.S.Gaillard. Short lived. The Calloway News - 1879 - Calloway News Association, W.O.Wear, Manager.Last issue 1890 The Calloway Times - 1895 - W.O.Wear - continued until 1927; consolidated with the Ledger The Ledger - 1878 - Logan Curd & Brothers. Later owned by John McElrath Meloan. In 1927, the owner, Joe T.Lovett consolidated it with the Calloway Times The Saturday Item - 1893 - John McElrath Meloan. Went out of business in less than 2 years First District Republican - 1894 - 1894 - Thomas W. Patterson - Ceased operation within 2 years. ~~~~~~~~ Graves County The Southern Yeoman Democratic - 1860 - C.C.Coulter - Shut down by Union soldiers during the War Between the States and did not reappear. The Jackson Purchase - 1869 - A.C.Caperton; in 1870 sold to E.K.Warren. Name changed in 1885 to Mayfield Mirror by R.J. Beaumont, who had bought it. In 1905, name changed to Mayfield Sentinel. Paper ceased operation by 1908. Banner of Temperance - 1873 - B.F.Briggs & V.O.Watson. In 1875, name was changed to Mayfield Monitor. Publication suspended in 1907. Mayfield Leader - 1878 - R.S.Murrell & Ed Watson. Suspended operations in 1880. The Ripsaw - 1878 - J.W.Leech - a muckraking newspaper which ceased operatiopns within two years. Mayfield Democrat - 1894 - Erve Johnson - numerous ownership changes over a 5 year period, name changed to the Index-Democrat, ceased operations in 1900. Mayfield Messenger - 1900 - Lee Elmore - many changes in ownership over the years. Mayfield Times - 1916 - Gayle Robbins & Erve Johnson. Later merged with the Messenger. The Outlook(published in Wingo) - 1902 - Matt McNeely. Ceased operations in 5 years. The Tribune(Wingo) - 1913 - J.W.Lloyd - ceased operations in 1918. The Apostolic Church(Christian Church newspaper) - 1880 - C.H.Kimball & W.L.Butler. Operations moved to Louisville in 1884. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You know, that same message has been on several other lists I'm on at this time, and it looks suspiciously like 'spam'. I wouldn't reply to it until I knew. List admin, what do you think? MARTHA " He fought like a Titan and struck like a god, And his dust is our ashes of glory." (Written by Mrs. Virginia Frazer Boyle in honor of the dedication of the Forrest Monument, Memphis, 1905) MAY GOD SAVE THE SOUTH -----Original Message----- From: KYJacksonPurchase-D-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:KYJacksonPurchase-D-request@rootsweb.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 8:00 AM To: KYJacksonPurchase-D@rootsweb.com Subject: KYJacksonPurchase-D Digest V06 #13

My friends, Thank you all for the kind replies. You folks are the best!! I hope I can help sometime. Just ask. Terry Winchester Evansville (Vanderburgh County) IN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ There's no limit to what a man can do, or how far he can go, if he doesn't mind who gets the credit! Ronald Reagan Tampico, IL Whiteside County --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.

Just want to see if AOL has stopped the blocking of Mailing Lists. Gabby Hayes

OK, The mail came to this address but not to the GabbyHaynes@AOL.Com So is there any AOL member getting this. GabbyHaynes@aol.com wrote: Just want to see if AOL has stopped the blocking of Mailing Lists. Gabby Hayes ==== KYJacksonPurchase Mailing List ==== Have general questions about the Jackson Purchase? Visit the Jackson Purchase Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)web site at: http://users.arn.net/~billco/jacksonfaq1.html --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.

Do not reply to me I put the AOL information for those of you who have friends on AOL can pass the word. Go Rootsweb.com then help to read what I sent. Thanks Gabby Hayes

1 AOL not taking RootsWeb mail: 2006-01-22 To specifically state the message indicated in subsequent announcement below. AOL is blocking RootsWeb email Since RootsWeb relocated its servers, AOL has stopped receiving RootsWeb email. RootsWeb applied for fresh whitelist'ing of its mail servers overnight Thursday and is awaiting for AOL to undertake the whitelist action.AOL mail is still getting through to RootsWeb unimpeded.For AOL users wishing to keep up with the email to the mailing lists, please check the threaded list archives ARCHIVER. Gabby Hayes

Just to see if this mail gets to the list and back to me. Gabby Hayes

>From: GabbyHaynes@aol.com >To: KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [KYJP] Just to see >Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:54:12 EST > >Just to see if this mail gets to the list and back to me. > >Gabby Hayes > > >==== KYJacksonPurchase Mailing List ==== >Have general questions about the Jackson Purchase? Visit the Jackson >Purchase >Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)web site at: >http://users.arn.net/~billco/jacksonfaq1.html >

Does anyone know how to contact the Marshall County Historical and Genealogical Society by email? Their marcoky@vci.net address is no longer valid. Are they still meeting? --------------------------------- What are the most popular cars? Find out at Yahoo! Autos

The following article deals with a frightful time in Southern history. The 1856 Presidential election with Fremont as the first ever Republican presidential candidate was supposed to coincide with a slave insurrection in the South around Christmas Day of 1856. The iron producing area of the lower Cumberland and Tennessee River valleys was the epicenter of the fears of this planned insurrection, which spread terror and fears throughout the neighboring regions with lesser amounts of slaves. EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL Evansville, IN January 17, 1857 ____________________ The Hickman Times says that a flatboat is at this time floating down the Mississippi, having a gunsmith's shop on board, supplying the negroes with firearms. An attempt was made at Columbus, Ky., to mob the boat, but the owners pushed out into the river and escaped.

Does anyone know where Emma Outland Winchester is buried? Is Blood River Cemetery Gabby Hayes

My friends - I have spent a fair amount of time today with my pencil and calculator, looking at the numbers associated with the possibility of holding a genealogical conference in the JP region in the summer of this year. The sole purpose of this message is to give you a report on the findings. Those of you who are not interested in this particular subject can use your "Delete" buttons now, and avoid reading the rest of this rather lengthy report. Yesterday was the nominal cutoff date for those interested to send replies. We were hoping to have at least 100 positive responses so that consideration of whether to form a planning committee could proceed. As of this moment, we have had a total of 104 positive responses. From this 104 number, there were five withdrawals, leaving the number at 99. From that point, it was necessary to review the content of each response, in order to determine what restrictions, if any, possible attendees mentioned in their positive response, regarding their ability to attend. I think it goes without saying that most of us do not know where we may be, or what we may be doing, two weeks from now, much less seven months away. Nevertheless, all we can go on at this point is the reasonable beliefs which folks have about their ability to attend, and other events which might well prevent them from being able to attend. I separated the responses into several categories, which ranged from "Almost Certain" to attend, down to "Unlikely to Be Able To Attend, but would like to do so", with several categories in between. I counted the numbers of the two top categories("Almost Certain" and "Reasonably Sure")and totaled those to reach what is probably a good foundation count total for attendance. This number came to 67. Included in this number are any additional people, such as spouses, or others who would come with another attendee(s), who were mentioned in the responses. The remainder of the responses fell into the last two categories("Possible Attendance, but Major Conflicting Possibilities", and then the last category mentioned above). This number comprised the remaining 32 who responded. Into these categories went responses which indicated that there were family events already scheduled, or which might likely occur and could easily conflict with the time of the conference in late July, as well as those which indicated problems with the possible registration fee, the location, the ability to attend only if it is held on certain dates in July, ability to reach the conference location by air, and other potential problems which could easily affect the respondent's ability to be present. And, of course, there will always be situations which will arise in the weeks just before the conference, which would prevent people from being able to attend. But, as can be seen, the 67 number falls considerably short of the firm number needed to proceed. As a comparison, we started planning for the 2000 event a year in advance, in the Fall of 1999, rather than seven months out, as is the case with the current situation. When I sent out the request for responses of interest to the idea back then, I had, by the time three weeks had passed, received over 160 interested replies. Eventually, this escalated to 174. By the time of the actual conference, we had lost 33, which gave us an actual number of 143 paid attendees. In the case of the 2000 event, the only announcement arena used was the KYJacksonPurchase-L mail list. For the possible 2006 conference, I sent announcements to some 17 county lists, and 4 regional lists, in KY, TN and IL - far more announcement coverage than we had in 2000, but the interested numbers were far lower this time than in 2000. I suspect that inflation, especially associated with the price of gasoline and other travel cost increases, are responsible for much of the lower level of response. Many additional people would probably *like* to attend, but costs are prohibitive. This conference, if held, would incur costs between $5500 and $6500. One of the most often stated requests in the feedback forms we received from the 2000 conference was that we bring in speakers who could give a more broad based view of the JP region, relative to the rest of KY, IL and TN. There was much interest in having nationally known speakers give presentations. If we were to obtain two speakers of national genealogical prominence, the cost for each would very likely be in the $1000 neighborhood, after the speaking fee(usually $400-$500), the travel expenses, meals and lodging are totalled up, which accounts for at least $2000, plus several hundred dollars more for an historical/genealogical program presented after the banquet. We could also have speakers such as Kandi Adkinson from the KY Land Office, which would incur lesser costs that would be associated just with travel and lodging(without speaking fee), but which would be in the $200 range, approximately. When we then add up the hotel meeting room costs, the cost of the banquet, and the dozens of other expenses associated with such an undertaking, we reach into the cost range indicated above. Any speakers at the national level require written speaking contracts, negotiated some months in advance, which would cause us to have to start collecting registration fees very quickly, and with less likelihood of being able to refund a part or all of it, especially at a point 30 days out from the actual date of the conference if an individual found that he/she could not attend, in order to be sure to have the funds to meet the contractual obligations. Given all of the above, it is my view that it will not be possible for us to proceed with planning at this time for a conference in 2006. If we had a good buffer number between those who indicated that they were "almost certain" to be able to attend, and those who expressed considerable or definitive doubt about their ability to attend, we could proceed, as was the case in 1999/2000. It is always better, I think, to err on the side of caution in these things, rather than taking chances with the potential funding and having a shortfall. I know that this is very disappointing news, but we gave it a good try, and perhaps we can make the attempt again to hold a conference in 2007. Many thanks to all of those who expressed an interest in attending, and to those among them who so generously offered to do volunteer work, should the conference have become a reality. -B ====================================================================

I would like more information. I was on vacation when the call went out on meeting this summer. Please tell me the dates. Pastor Weber 970-663-2494 manon2494@aol.com www.happyfeetweddings.com

My friends - A short message today to say that we have reached 94 of our needed 100 or more individuals expressing an interest in holding the 2nd Jackson Purchase genealogical conference in Paducah in the summer. We are close, and tomorrow is the tentative last day to send an expression of interest. I will have a tentative final numbers report for the lists on the 11th. Here is a little bit of trivia that I came upon recently, which is interesting. The question is: when did the last surviving widow of a Revolutionary War veteran die? Most of us would probably think it would have been, at the latest, toward the end of the 19th century. However, Esther Summer, wife of Noah Damon, died in 1906 - the last surviving such widow. She was 21 when she married Noah - he was 75. She was born in 1814, and he in 1760. She was about 92 when she died in 1906. There is currently a project in progress to try to locate as many very early photographs of surviving RW veterans, and their wives/widows, as possible. Photography first came to America in 1839-1840, but was not widespread until into the 1850's, except in some of the larger cities. It should be interesting to see how many of the faces of these venerable founding veterans can be located. -B ====================================================================

The previously unmarked grave of Marshall County Mexican War veteran Walter Chism Austin was marked with a military headstone at approximately 3:30 P.M., Sunday, January 8, 2006. The exact location of his grave site in the Peel-Peay Cemetery of Marshall County being unknown, his headstone was placed in the center of cemetery among the unmarked graves that dominant the small cemetery. Walter Chism Austin served as a Sergeant in Company B, Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, from April 5, 1847 to August 5, 1848, with service in northern Mexico.

Trying to identify the parents of my gggrandfather, Obediah Johnston, b 25 December 1822 in the Jackson Purchase territory, d 1900 in Texas. His obit states that his father was born in NC and his mother in KY, any help will be appreciated. Barney Frothingham

Dear Bill, I'm one of those who has been on holiday, and I would be interested in the JP conference this coming summer. Sincerely, Jan Porterfield families of interest: Quisenberry, Barton, Dobson

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