Was it someone on this list who was looking for information on the HOWES family? If so, please e-mail me as I am also a Howes descendant and have information on the Howes Association. Jennifer Pursell

I do not have local access to the "Kentucky Genealogist" Vol. 10. I have not found it in Central Arkansas where I live and LDS does not have it on film. Could someone please look up the following for me? It might be found at a kentucky library and I believe it is available at the Murray State Library as well. "Kentucky Genealogist" Vol. 10, Issue 4, page 124. America Burlin Dodson. It is in a small monthly/quarterly paper format. I believe this is the America Dodson I am looking for. Could someone let me know what it says about her? The information I have is that she was married to Joseph Oscar King 5 Nov., 1857 in Ballard Co., KY. Her father is most likely Warren Dodson. It is possible there may be more than one American Dodson and I am just trying to find out if this is the one I am researching. I am currently working on the King, Dodson and Tucker lines of Carlisle and Ballard Counties. I also have several family lines out of Graves Co. Thank you for any help you may be able to provide. Susan King

Epidemics in U.S. - 1657 - 1918 If you ever wondered why a large number of your ancestors seemed to disappear during a certain period in history, it may have been due to an epidemic. Epidemics have always had a great influence on people and therefore the genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people disappearing from records can be attributed to people dying during an epidemic or moving away from the affected area. Some of the major epidemics in the United States are listed below 1657 Boston: Measles 1687 Boston: Measles 1690 New York: Yellow Fever 1713 Boston: Measles 1729 Boston: Measles 1732-33 Worldwide: Influenza 1738 South Carolina: Smallpox 1739-40 Boston: Measles 1747 Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania & South Carolina: Measles 1759 North America (areas inhabited by white people): Measles 1761-61 North America & West Indies: Influenza 1772 North America: Measles 1775 North America (especially hard in New England): Epidemic (unknown) 1775-76 Worldwide: Influenza 1781-82 Worldwide: Influenza (one of worst flu epidemics) 1788 Philadelphia & New York: Measles 1793 Vermont: Influenza and a "putrid fever" 1793 Virginia: Influenza (kills 500 people in 5 counties in 4 weeks) 1793 Philadelphia: Yellow fever (one of worst) 1783 Delaware (Dover): "extremely fatal" bilious disorder 1793 Pennsylvania (Harrisburg & Middletown): many unexplained deaths 1794 Philadelphia: Yellow fever 1796-97 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever 1798 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (one of worst) 1803 New York: Yellow Fever 1820-23 Nationwide: "fever" (starts on Schuylkill River, PA & spreads 1831-32 Nationwide: Asiatic Cholera (brought by English emigrants) 1832 New York & other major cities: Cholera 1837 Philadelphia: Typhus 1841 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (especially severe in South) 1847 New Orleans: Yellow Fever 1847-48 Worldwide: Influenza 1848-49 North America: Cholera 1850 Nationwide: Yellow Fever 1850-51 North America: Influenza 1852 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (New Orleans: 8,000 die in summer) 1855 Nationwide (many parts): Yellow Fever 1857-59 Worldwide: Influenza (one of disease's greatest epidemics) 1860-61 Pennsylvania: Smallpox 1865-73 Philadelphia, New York, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis, & Washington D.C.: a series of recurring epidemics of Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever & Yellow Fever 1873-75 North America & Europe: Influenza 1878 New Orleans: Yellow Fever (last great epidemic of disease) 1885 Plymouth, PA: Typhoid 1886: Jacksonville, Fl: Yellow Fever 1918 Worldwide: Influenza (high point year) More people hospitalized in World War I more died from Influenza than wounds. US Army training camps became death camps --with 80 percent death rate in some camps ---------------- Finally, these specific instances of cholera were mentioned: 1833 Columbus, Ohio 1834 New York City 1849 New York 1851 Coles Co., Illinois 1851 The Great Plains 1851 Missouri Other epidemics in the US - mostly in "big" east coast cities: 1813: "spotted fever" which we know as cerebral spinal meningitis--6,000 died. 1813 to ?: tuberculosis also called "consumption" was on the rise. 1842-3: erysipelas [strep infection of skin and mucous membranes

>do you have a listing of the burials in the Wade Cemetery? I am looking for Bythe Wade or Blythe Wade? Thanks. From: KYJacksonPurchase-D-request@rootsweb.com >Date: Tue Nov 08 22:00:09 CST 2005 >To: KYJacksonPurchase-D@rootsweb.com >Subject: KYJacksonPurchase-D Digest V05 #197 >KYJacksonPurchase-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 197 > >Today's Topics: > #1 Wade Family Cemetery in Callloway [John Grubbs <jgrubbs@austin.rr.com] > >Administrivia: > >______________________________ > >Banister Wade and Patsy Terry, who are buried in the Wade Famly Cemetery on >the old homeplace in Callloway County, kentucky, were my 3G grandparents. I >visited the cemetery in the spring of 2000 and found that is was in >beautiful condition and well cared for, perhaps by descendants who still >live in Calloway County, Kentucky. I only recently figured out who all of >the persons were who were buried there, as, e.g., I had not known about the >Guier family before. I believe that one of the most recent burials was for >Dorris Rodger Gueir who died 14 Jan 1934. Dorris was the son of Terry P. >Guier and Lillie L. Wade, daughter of Joel Hampton Wade and Elizabeth >Stokes, and Joel, of course, the son of Banister Wade and Martha ("Patsy") >Terry. > >I would very much like to find out who is taking care of the cemetery and >living descendants in the area. > >John W. Grubbs >Austin, Texas > >P.S. Banister's granddaughter Anne Utley Wade married my great grandfather >William Grubbs.

Banister Wade and Patsy Terry, who are buried in the Wade Famly Cemetery on the old homeplace in Callloway County, kentucky, were my 3G grandparents. I visited the cemetery in the spring of 2000 and found that is was in beautiful condition and well cared for, perhaps by descendants who still live in Calloway County, Kentucky. I only recently figured out who all of the persons were who were buried there, as, e.g., I had not known about the Guier family before. I believe that one of the most recent burials was for Dorris Rodger Gueir who died 14 Jan 1934. Dorris was the son of Terry P. Guier and Lillie L. Wade, daughter of Joel Hampton Wade and Elizabeth Stokes, and Joel, of course, the son of Banister Wade and Martha ("Patsy") Terry. I would very much like to find out who is taking care of the cemetery and living descendants in the area. John W. Grubbs Austin, Texas P.S. Banister's granddaughter Anne Utley Wade married my great grandfather William Grubbs.

My friends - Today I want to mention to our subscribers about the fantastic project which the LDS Church has undertaken recently to place 20 *billion* names online within the next several decades, which will come from the 2.3 million rolls of microfilm which are stored in their vaults under Granite Mountain in Utah. Involved with this will be some 200,000 family histories which the Church has in its holdings. There was a modest announcement of this project several months ago, but the Church is not overly publicizing it as yet, because it will ultimately involve many thousands of volunteers(just like us)all over the country, who will have access to special software supplied by the Church for the use by the volunteers who will do various tasks(indexing, arranging data, and many others)with the images which are supplied, via the software, to the volunteers. You can imagine what a time sensitive project this will be - for example, it took nearly 30,000 volunteers 12 years to get the 1880 census ready for online use. Technology has improved significantly since then, of course, but this is still a staggering amount of work. The Church is beginning the project slowly, as they work with the new software and eliminate bugs, try different approaches to speed up the process without loss of accuracy, etc., and, in some cases, issues of permissions must be addressed. Once all of that is worked out, the Church will begin to publicize the effort more openly and begin asking for volunteers. We can be sure that they will undoubtedly get them. At this early point, they did not want an onslaught of volunteers coming forward when they are not yet ready to proceed "full bore" on the project. Stay tuned on this one - I will keep you posted. BTW, there are about 4200 family histories which are already one line through the BYU site at www.familyhistoryarchive.byu.edu - if you've not visited there, I recommend it, even if nothing is found on your family - yet. -B ====================================================================

Thomas Hugh Austin died Marach 20, 1933 at Paducah, KY aged 84, 9, 2 born June 22, 1849 service held at North Mt Zion Church Graves Co. KY Rev. Wayed Perkins Pall Bearers Mrs.Amy McHenry Mrs. Leona Fulkerson Mr. Alton Perkins Mr. Harold Perkins Mr. Lloyd Perkins Mr. Rudolph Austin Premitive Baptist Church Leona, Alton, Harold, Lloyd are grandchildren from Lera's family (my mother in law). She was living away. I have his obit also. Other children wee Lillie Minton, Alpha Austin, Nettie Perkins, elvis Austin, Mrs. M. H. Gilbert of Paducah. Rollie Austin of Viola.

My friends - I want to take a moment to convey, on behalf of all of us, our hopes and prayers that those of our subscribers who were in the path of the disastrous tornado which struck KY and IN(and we have at least a dozen of whom I am aware who live in that region, and I am sure others, as well), were spared damage or injury. The fact that this storm struck in the middle of the night was extremely unfortunate, and was probably was a causative factor in the loss of some lives. I want to also note personally the passing of Diane Annala(Diane103@aol.com), who was, for a number of years, one of our most prolific volunteer lookup individual for Graves County and in one or two other areas, as well. I was aware, in the past couple of years, of her illness, which did cause her to have to retreat from handling as many areas of lookups subjects as she had handled prior to her illness. We have lost a good friend to the world of genealogy and to the realm of simple acts of kindness which Diane performed often. We send her family our collective sympathies in this loss. I will return later today with an update on the huge project which the LDS Family History Library is now undertaking to make more of their records accessible. -B ====================================================================

Hi all-- I was sorry to hear about the passing of Diane 103. She helped me with some research I did on my family before I moved back here and she was very helpful, very prompt. It's sad news. Shannon

I haven't worked on my husband's family in awhile, but I just found the obit for Thomas Hugh Austin, his great grandfather. I also have the book from his funeral. It is awesome..................... Bill's mom was the daughter of Tom Perkins and Nettie Austin of Graves Co. Anyone working on either of those lines. At one time, I was really up on it, but I don't remember any of the names right now. I'll have to look at the old notes and bible records. Sharon

Is Capt Tilford C. Edwards related to Col. Haden Edwards (son of John > Edwards b 1748 VA d 1837 KY)? John Edwards and wife Susannah Wroe Edwards > were the parents of the following children and possibly more: > > Col. Hayden Edwards b 1771 in Stafford Co.,VA and died in 1849 in > Nacogdoches, TX . He married Susanna Beall > John Henry Edwards Jr. b 1773 > Nancy Edwards b 1776 > Susannah Edwards b 1778 > Benjamin Wroe Edwards b 1780 > > We think Hayden left KY about 1809 and was in MS by 1820 where he and > brother Benjamin had a plantation. He had moved on to Texas by 1825. > Hayden Edwards was an East Texas Empresario and led the Fredonian Rebellion > after he migrated to Texas. > > Thanks, > Teresa

I have just been on the telephone with the individual that headed up the search on the burial location of Capt. Tilford Crittenden Edwards. He is a relative and his information came from an older family member. List members Don Howell, Bill Jennings and I have been researching Capt. Tilford C. Edwards for some years, with Don and Bill be related to Capt. Edwards. We have different dates of birth and death for him than what the individuals on the news piece have. Also, we have his death / obituary notices from the Paducah newspaper that verify his correct date of death and that he was buried in Mount Kenton Cemetery. The first death notice does have his first name wrong. His first name is verified as "Tilford" from several documents. We also know that he served in the war for Texas Independence, which the individuals from the news piece did not know. Please, everyone should be very careful that when ordering a Government military grave marker that you need to be correct on the information on it. As a veteran myself, I know that it is very important to have the correct information and proper credit to one's military service along with names and dates. Company G, Third Kentucky Infantry, Confederate States Army Edwards, Tilford Crittenden: Capt.; age 45, enlisted 7/11/61 at Camp Boone, KY; received $260 pay 6/27/62; received $130 pay 6/15/63; received $390 pay 8/7/63; received $130 pay 9/19/63 at Meridian, MS; on September/October 1863 Muster Roll listed as absent, sick; received $260 pay 11/14/63 while under sick orders at Officers Hospital, Lauderdale Springs, MS; near Shannon, MS 8/5/64 to Secretary of War James A. Seddon: Being entirely unfit for duty in consequence of continued ill health-having served in the CS Army for over three years and being 48 years of age and believing that I shall not again be able for duty for a very long time if ever, I most respectfully tender this my resignation with certificate of Medical Examining Board annexed and earnestly request that it be immediately accepted; received Medical Certificate from Medical Examining Board at Lauderdale, MS 8/23/64 recommending 60 days leave of absence due to chronic dysentery and chronic rheumatism of two years; 60 days leave of absence approved; received $840 pay 9/2/64; discharged/resigned his commission 9/24/64. Born 1816 in Christian County, KY; died February 1, 1888 in McCracken County, KY; buried Mount Kenton Cemetery, McCracken County, KY; half brother of Charles N. Edwards, brother-in-law of brothers Henry J., Samuel, & Willis M. Casey, and first cousin of William Franklin Edwards, all of Co. G; son of Hugh Edwards; husband of Sarah (Casey) Edwards; 1860 Mars. Co., KY, Census: bp. KY, age 44, merchant. PADUCAH DAILY NEWS Paducah, KY February 1, 1888 ____________________ DEATH'S DOINGS. __________ Capt. Crit. Edwards, an Old Citizen, Passes Away This Afternoon. Capt. Thomas Crittenden Edwards passed away this afternoon shortly after 1 o'clock, at his residence, in the southern suburbs of the city. The news of his death will be received with universal astonishment, as but few of his friends knew that he was ill. A week ago today he went to Frankfort as one of the guards to the prisoners sentenced to the penitentiary at the last term of the circuit court. He returned on Friday night and complained of feeling badly, saying he was taken ill in Louisville. He took to his bed Saturday, however, from which he never arose. There were few better known men in Southwestern Kentucky than Capt. Edwards. Born in Christian County he lived, with the exception of a few years spent in Texas, nearly all of his life in some of the various Purchase counties. He was a captain in the Texan army in the struggle between Texas and Mexico, and for his services at that time he received a large tract of land from that republic, before it was admitted into the union as a state, some of which he owned at the time of his decease. At the commencement of the War Between the States he recruited a company in Marshall County and entered the Confederate field at its head, serving throughout the struggle. He was a man or undaunted courage and a soldier in all essential qualities. Honest, he was with all his rough exterior, kind-hearted to a fault. He served two terms as jailer of McCracken County and filled the position to the general satisfaction of the people who elected him. He was 72 years of age at the time of his taking off and leaves a venerable wife, a daughter, Mrs. Martin Woods, of the county, and a sister, Mrs. Monroe Edwards of Marshall County. The News is not advised as to the time and place of the funeral. PADUCAH DAILY NEWS Paducah, KY February 2, 1888 ____________________ The funeral of the late Capt. Crit. Edwards will take place from the family residence, in the southern suburb of the city, tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. All old soldiers are requested to attend. As Capt. Edwards was a Mason it is probable that he will be buried according to the rites of the order. The services at the house will be conducted by the Rev. Mr. Owen and the interment will be at Mt. Kenton Cemetery. PADUCAH DAILY NEWS Paducah, KY February 3, 1888 ____________________ The funeral of the late Capt. Crit. Edwards this forenoon was largely attended. Among those present were large delegations of the ex-soldiers of both armies. Services were conducted at the house by the Rev. Cap. Owen and the burial was at Mt. Kenton. The pallbearers were old officers and soldier friends of the deceased.

I am researching African American Hobbs. Reuben, Annie and son Green that migrated to Pulaski County, Illinois. I would apprciate any help or clues into this line. Thanks, Deb Davis http://debdavis.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "PATRICIA RUITER" <par800@sbcglobal.net>, To: KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYJP] genealogy Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:39:49 -0500 > > Hello. > I've done research on my Hobbs, Fulgham, McCluskey, and Maxon > families for almost 15 yrs. and then stopped looking for 5 or so > years. It has only been a few months that i've started to seek > info. again. MY main interest are in Kirbyton, Blandville, and > Maxon Mill. > > Pat (Hobbs) Ruiter > > > ==== KYJacksonPurchase Mailing List ==== > Genius in Genealogy Is Less a Matter of Making Big Discoveries Than > of Knowing How to Connect the Small Things -- http://www.debdavis.org/ Home of the Grand Chain Gang http://www.afrigeneas.com/states/il/ African Ancestry in Illinois http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/IL-AfriGeneas Illinois African Ancestored Mail List -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10

Dear List, I know a lot of us asked Diane 103 to help us with look ups and she always did. I wanted to pass this along to everyone. We have lost a good friend. She had a heart of gold. I'm so blessed to have met her when I went down to Mayfield from Michigan. Renee Diane103 [6:35 PM]: Renee: My mother, Diane (Mowery) Annala of Mayfield, KY, passed away Nov. 2. She was active in the genealogy community for years and provided lookups and research for the Kentucky-Tennessee areas. Her husband asked me to pass this information along so her friends would be aware. If you have any questions or comments, please e-mail me (her son), at keith@darnay.com. Sincerely, Keith Darnay Diane103 [6:39 PM]: She was in the hospital for heart and lung issues. She coded three times for heart attacks and was revived, but she eventually succumbed to congestive heart failure at 5 pm, Nov. 2 at Western Baptist Hospital. The funeral was yesterday, Nov. 4. Diane103 [6:41 PM]: If you know any groups or people that should be contacted in the geneaology community, could you please let them know? I don't know all the people and places my mom knew in this regard. Diane103 [6:43 PM]: Thanks. Mom's husband, Walter, wanted me to get the word out -- he didn't know how to do this, Diane103 [6:45 PM]: But he recognized Renee's AOL name when she signed on a few minutes ago and immediately told me to contact her because she and my Mom were good friends. RobRe325 [6:46 PM]: Keith, I know your heart is broken along with Walters and the rest of the family. I will pass the bad news on to the ones that knew your Mom.Yes we were good friends and I will truly miss her, I'm shocked RobRe325 [6:47 PM]: She helped so many people, her heart was so BIG!!!!!!!! RobRe325 [6:48 PM]: Thank you so much for letting me know, I will truly miss her.Take care and God bless you all. Diane103 [6:48 PM]: Thank you. That means a lot to the family. She lived and breathed geneaology and loved the detective work. She always talked about it when she and I chatted. Thanks again. Diane Annala, 67 MAYFIELD, Ky. Friday, November 04, 2005Services for Diane C. Annala, 67, of Mayfield will be at 1 p.m. today at Byrn Funeral Home with the Rev. Ralph Austin officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Annala died at 4:46 p.m. Wednesday at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah. Surviving are her husband, Walter Annala; her mother, Lynda L. Mowery of Mayfield; two sons, Keith Darnay of Mandan , N.D., and David Williamsen of Brighton, Mich.; two daughters, Susan Poteracki of Pell City, Ala., and Lynda Hale of Lincoln, Neb.; and 10 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert Darnay; her second husband, James Williamsen; and her father, Clyde H. Mowery. Friends may call after 11 a.m. today at the funeral home.

The local television news out of Paducah tonight had a piece on the finding of the grave of Capt. Tilford Crittenden Edwards. Does anybody know the name of the cemetery that was given? I know they said it was at Reidland. Thanks Greg

Hello Everyone, I just wanted to pass along to the list that i found several old books belonging to the old Watkins Funeral Home in Paducah in a local Antique store. I've notified the McCracken Co. Special Collections in the Library last week so i thought i'd pass it along to the list now. I'm not sure on the number of books, but i was told they started in the 1880's or so and ran unto the early 1900's. If anyone is interested in more info on this collection give me a holler at westkygenealogy@yahoo.com and i'll tell you where they are located, i would announce the name here but they might not appreciate that too much :) Don Howell __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

It is my understanding from Ernie Rob Bailey, Pogue Library, and Ruth Cole, Calloway County Genealogical Society, that the cemetery and cedar trees will be preserved. The Murray Ledger and Times published a letter from Ernie Rob about his meeting with the head of the hospital. I know Ruth also had a meeting with him and both Ruth and Ernie Rob were satisfied that the hospital will take care of the cemetery. I haven't been by the property since the house was torn down but will make a point to drive by tomorrow to verify that the cedar trees are still standing. Sue O'Neill ----- Original Message ----- From: "steven63" <steven63@charter.net> To: <KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 6:24 PM Subject: [KYJP] Pettypool Cemetery at Murray, KY > Does anybody know whether the recent excavations at the Murray--Calloway > County Hospital have destroyed the old Pettypool Cemetery? It seems to me > that the location that had been pointed out to me as the location of the > cemetery and its corresponding cedar trees has been for all purposes > destroyed. > > > > Greg > > Murray, KY > > > > ==== KYJacksonPurchase Mailing List ==== > Check out the Rootsweb searchable mailing list archives at: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=KYJacksonPurchase-L > >

Copies of the above book are still available. Cost is $67.95 plus state tax of $4.08 for KY residents. If shipping is required, add an extra $6.00. Checks should be made payable to Calloway County Genealogical Society. Send check plus name and address to Calloway County Genealogical Society, 812 Main Street, Murray, KY 42071. If you have any questions, please contact me off-list. Sue O'Neill Murray, KY

Does anybody know whether the recent excavations at the Murray--Calloway County Hospital have destroyed the old Pettypool Cemetery? It seems to me that the location that had been pointed out to me as the location of the cemetery and its corresponding cedar trees has been for all purposes destroyed. Greg Murray, KY

Memorial Service for Calloway County Mexican War Veteran The Herman Eddie Roberts, Jr., Post # 6291, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be placing a military headstone for Paris M. Ellison, Thursday, November 10, 2005, at 9:30 A.M., at Murray City Cemetery on Chestnut Street, in Murray. Ellison volunteered as a Private in Company B, Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry from 1847 to 1848, with service in Mexico during the Mexican War. Ellison served Calloway County at various times as Deputy Clerk, County Court Clerk, Circuit Court Clerk, County Judge, and Master Commissioner, but his gravesite in the family plot has never been marked. The public is invited to attend. For further information call 753-3742.