CONFESSIONS OF A COLLEGE DROPOUT, REVISED By Jess Wilson I suppose the one assignment I received in college that interested me most was one that required us to read a play. I read every play I could find in the college library. The report that I turned in received a D-. In algebra, my roommate was the leader in the class. At mid term we received ten practical problems. Every other boy in the class that lived in our dorm came into our room to get Roomy to tell them how to solve the problems. I interrupted my reading of English history to set down the equations for all the ten problems. I think that is what you call them. Every boy in the room could then get the answers. I could have using my own method but not the one the teacher was using.. Within a week I was asked to drop the course or get an "F". I learned the history of every King of England from William, the First to George the Fifth. I got no grade for English History, I was not taking the course. You learn some interesting things in history. For instance, Queen Victoria was so prudish that it is almost unbelievable that she could have conceived all those nine children, And do you know why she became queen? Upon the death of her uncle, William IV in 18371 it was found that there were no legitimate male heirs that knew enough to come in from the rain. She had many strong male cousin that would have been ahead of her in the line for the throne, but they were all conceived on the wrong side of the blanket. She was to reign as Queen of England from 1833 to 1910. This period of history was known as the Victorian years. She was the most prudish, straight laced monarch that had ever ruled in England yet when she died, her son George V was a rake, a royal one of course, but still a rake, See, how much more interesting history is than X plus Y equals Z. Some years after I had dropped out of college, during a family discussion of whether or not other members of our family should go to college, my father remarked, "Well, Jess went to college and nothing came of it." I remarked . "My college was a complete success. I went to college for two reasons: one to have a good time, and to find a good wife. I got both, not every college student is that successful."

CONFESSIONS OF A COLLEGE DROPOUT By Jess Wilson I suppose the one assignment I received in college that interested me most was one that required us to read a play. I read every play I could find in the college library. The report that I turned in received a D-. In algebra, my roommate was the leader in the class. At mid term we received ten practical problems. Every other boy in the class that lived in our dorm came into our room to get Roomy to tell them how to solve the problems. I interrupted my reading of English history to set down the equations for all the ten problems. I think that is what you call them. Every boy in the room could then get the answers. I could have using my own method but not the one the teacher was using.. Within a week I was asked to drop the course or get an "F". Although I did not remain in college long enough to graduate I have extension credits at Eastern, Western, Morehead, and Berea College I learned the history of every King of England from William, the First to George the Fifth. I got no grade for English History, I was not taking the course. You learn some interesting things in history. For instance, Queen Victoria was so prudish that it is almost unbelievable that she could have conceived all those nine children, And do you know why she became queen? Upon the death of her uncle, William IV in 18371 it was found that there were no legitimate male heirs that knew enough to come in from the rain. She had many strong male cousin that would have been ahead of her in the line for the throne, but they were all conceived on the wrong side of the blanket. She was to reign as Queen of England from 1833 to 1910. This period of history was known as the Victorian years. She was the most prudish, straight laced monarch that had ever ruled in England yet when she died, her son George V was a rake, a royal one of course, but still a rake, See, how much more interesting history is than X plus Y equals Z. Some years after I had dropped out of college, during a family discussion of whether or not other members of our family should go to college, my father remarked, "Well, Jess went to college and nothing came of it."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EBB.2ACE/2606 Message Board Post: February 23, 2005 Wednesday Hamilton Journal-News, Hamilton, Ohio Marie Johnson Marie JOHNSON, Age 84, of Hamilton passed away at Huntington Court on Monday, February 21, 2005, at 3:45 p.m. She was born in London, [Laurel County], Kentucky on January 8, 1921, the daughter of Ezra and Ellen (Rush) Johnson. Marie was a member of New Life United Baptist Church. On January 22, 1938, in London, Kentucky, she married Ben H. Johnson, who preceded her in death in 1987. She is survived by five sons, Tony Johnson and his wife Ruth of Columbus, Ohio, Ray Johnson and his wife Anita of Corbin, Kentucky, Carl Johnson and his wife Eva of Fairfield, Gary Johnson of Hamilton, and James Johnson and his wife Jaye of Orlando, Florida; one daughter, Bobbie Everhart and her husband William of Gratis; one sister, Chesney Whitaker of London, Kentucky; ten grandchildren; and seventeen great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents. Funeral service will be held at the Brown Dawson Funeral Home, 330 Pershing Avenue, on Friday, February 25, 2005, at 11:00 a.m. with ! Rev. Dennis Fields and Rev. Charlie Brock officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Burial Park. Visitation will be held Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home.

I married in the Robert Crawford and Malva Hensley Crawford family is that the same set you are asking about -----Original Message----- From: ChasCartri@aol.com [mailto:ChasCartri@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 4:48 PM To: KYLAUREL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYLAUREL-L] Re: eaton family - laurel co. ky Hello Would you happen to have any EATONs that married to CRAWFORD or CRABTREE ? Thank you in advance for your reply. Charles~ : This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: EATON/HUFF Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EBB.2ACE/2545.4 Message Board Post: would you happen to have a relative by the name of SYLVIA that married a CLYDE HUFF? ==== KYLAUREL Mailing List ==== To subscribe or unsubscribe to this list send an email to: KYLAUREL-L-request@rootsweb.com In the MESSAGE type the one word .... SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE)

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Hello Would you happen to have any EATONs that married to CRAWFORD or CRABTREE ? Thank you in advance for your reply. Charles~ : This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: EATON/HUFF Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EBB.2ACE/2545.4 Message Board Post: would you happen to have a relative by the name of SYLVIA that married a CLYDE HUFF?

My heart goes out to you. I lost my husband fourteen months ago and I miss him terribly, but I am not going to let it ruin the rest of my life. He would not want that. I have lost two husbands that I loved very much to cancer and I stayed right with them in the hospitals and the nursing home as much as the institutions would let me, seeing that they ate what they could and were getting the best care possible. I did all I could for them and do not regret the time I spent with them. I would not want either of them back now to suffer as they did. The next Sunday after each was interred, I went to church like we always did and sat in the same places. I joined the Sweet Adelines in 1980 but then I remarried someone I had known all my life and moved away. I lost him in December 2003 just after Christmas. In January 2004, I joined a dulcimer group and have been with them ever since having a great time. When I go home, it is a lonesome place but I know loved ones are there in my heart. Sometimes, I feel like crying when I hear certain music, but it can be either because of my sadness or the happiness they brought when we were together. Please don't sit and mourn. Get out and see people, get into voluntary work, do something to pass your time in a rewarding manner. It will be rewarding to you. I hope you good luck and happiness in the future, Maxine ----- Original Message ----- From: "oneacorn" <oneacorn@kih.net> To: <KYLAUREL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [KYLAUREL-L] SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT DEATH. > Jess, > Your thoughts on death opened my own thoughts and made me want to > share. I lost my husband one month ago. I am just now reaching a point > where I can talk a little about him. I have put off settling his business > simply because I could not discuss it with out crying. We had been > married 49 years and were planning a big 50th celebration this October. > He developed Bladder Cancer > last year at this time had several surgeries and was doing ok however in a > weeks time sicken unto death. > I lost my Mother in 1965 she was 62. I lost my Father in 1979 he > was 72. I was sad of course but nothing like this. I am an only child. > I met my Jim when I was a Freshman in High School. 13 Years old. He was a > high school football hero. You can imange my heartbeat every time I saw > him in school or watched him play football. We have laugh and played > across the years and times and country. People say to me he has gone to a > better place and is not suffering any more. I am sorry but that don't > help. I am so selfish. I would take him back anyway I could get him just > to smell him, look at him and touch his sweat hardworking hands. Thank > you for the opportunity to share with you. I know this is for geneology. > But, the death of a great Macedonian in Pulaski County is historic to me. > Thanks, > > I am lucky to have wonderful children however when I am with them > there is such a strong feeling of I don't belong to anyone any more. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jess Wilson" <jswlsn@prtcnet.org> > To: <KYLAUREL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 7:49 AM > Subject: [KYLAUREL-L] SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT DEATH. > > >> SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT DEATH. >> >> By Jess Wilson >> >> The loss of a parent or a sibling cannot be as emotionally disturbing as >> the sudden loss of one's child. Reflecting on some deaths in my extended >> family I recall parents who grieved a life_time for the child that died, >> yet, seldom did they speak of their grief for the loss of a parent. >> >> The lose of each of my parents was not unexpected. Dad had been holding >> on for ten years and those years had been, I suppose, the most care_free >> of his adult life. When he was slowed by failing health he no longer >> pushed him self to make more money. He relaxed and had several years of >> doing things he had always wanted to do. When he died suddenly of a heart >> attack it wasn't such a shock. I was grateful that he had enjoyed his >> last years. He was 64. >> >> I am ashamed to admit it, but I was more emotionally grieved when a pet >> was killed than when I lost my father. I am speaking of my emotions not >> my intellect, if you know what I mean. My father I saw not more than once >> or twice a month. The pet lived with us. When the dog was killed it >> affected my eating I was so emotionally disturbed. >> >> My mother made several quilts her last winter and planted a big garden in >> the spring and died in June before she would have been 88 years old in >> September. With her went one of my best sources of family information. >> This I missed most. >> >> What really hurt was the deaths of two younger brothers. Brother Ance >> told me in the spring that he would probably not make it until Christmas. >> He died in the fall about 45 years old. Brother Clarence, nine years >> younger than myself died suddenly in bed. I still miss them both. >> >> Emotionally, I suppose I suffered most when my grandmother Wilson died in >> 1947, when I was almost 29 years old. Why this was so I have no idea, >> unless it was that when my grandmother died the little boy in me also >> died. >> >> >> ==== KYLAUREL Mailing List ==== >> To subscribe or unsubscribe to this list send an email to: >> KYLAUREL-L-request@rootsweb.com >> In the MESSAGE type the one word .... SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) >> >> > > > > ==== KYLAUREL Mailing List ==== > To subscribe or unsubscribe to this list send an email to: > KYLAUREL-L-request@rootsweb.com > In the MESSAGE type the one word .... 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Jess, Your thoughts on death opened my own thoughts and made me want to share. I lost my husband one month ago. I am just now reaching a point where I can talk a little about him. I have put off settling his business simply because I could not discuss it with out crying. We had been married 49 years and were planning a big 50th celebration this October. He developed Bladder Cancer last year at this time had several surgeries and was doing ok however in a weeks time sicken unto death. I lost my Mother in 1965 she was 62. I lost my Father in 1979 he was 72. I was sad of course but nothing like this. I am an only child. I met my Jim when I was a Freshman in High School. 13 Years old. He was a high school football hero. You can imange my heartbeat every time I saw him in school or watched him play football. We have laugh and played across the years and times and country. People say to me he has gone to a better place and is not suffering any more. I am sorry but that don't help. I am so selfish. I would take him back anyway I could get him just to smell him, look at him and touch his sweat hardworking hands. Thank you for the opportunity to share with you. I know this is for geneology. But, the death of a great Macedonian in Pulaski County is historic to me. Thanks, I am lucky to have wonderful children however when I am with them there is such a strong feeling of I don't belong to anyone any more. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jess Wilson" <jswlsn@prtcnet.org> To: <KYLAUREL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 7:49 AM Subject: [KYLAUREL-L] SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT DEATH. > SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT DEATH. > > By Jess Wilson > > The loss of a parent or a sibling cannot be as emotionally disturbing as > the sudden loss of one's child. Reflecting on some deaths in my extended > family I recall parents who grieved a life_time for the child that died, > yet, seldom did they speak of their grief for the loss of a parent. > > The lose of each of my parents was not unexpected. Dad had been holding on > for ten years and those years had been, I suppose, the most care_free of > his adult life. When he was slowed by failing health he no longer pushed > him self to make more money. He relaxed and had several years of doing > things he had always wanted to do. When he died suddenly of a heart attack > it wasn't such a shock. I was grateful that he had enjoyed his last years. > He was 64. > > I am ashamed to admit it, but I was more emotionally grieved when a pet > was killed than when I lost my father. I am speaking of my emotions not my > intellect, if you know what I mean. My father I saw not more than once or > twice a month. The pet lived with us. When the dog was killed it affected > my eating I was so emotionally disturbed. > > My mother made several quilts her last winter and planted a big garden in > the spring and died in June before she would have been 88 years old in > September. With her went one of my best sources of family information. > This I missed most. > > What really hurt was the deaths of two younger brothers. Brother Ance told > me in the spring that he would probably not make it until Christmas. He > died in the fall about 45 years old. Brother Clarence, nine years younger > than myself died suddenly in bed. I still miss them both. > > Emotionally, I suppose I suffered most when my grandmother Wilson died in > 1947, when I was almost 29 years old. Why this was so I have no idea, > unless it was that when my grandmother died the little boy in me also > died. > > > ==== KYLAUREL Mailing List ==== > To subscribe or unsubscribe to this list send an email to: > KYLAUREL-L-request@rootsweb.com > In the MESSAGE type the one word .... SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) > >

A SURPRISED ENDING TO A STORY. By Jess Wilson During my high school days at Berea I had a week-end job being busboy and driver for Mrs. Frost and her husband, then retired college president Wm. G. Frost. One Saturday my assignment was to drive President Frost to a baptizing, an event by the local people. I was later to learn that there was a double purpose in my assignment. The unspoken purpose was to get the old man out of the house while Mrs. Frost had a meeting with some of the town women. We drove to Silver Creek where a large group of the locals was gathered for a baptizing. The people greeted Frost as a long time friend. When the event was over, President Frost wanted to visit an old friend, Miss Fox, who lived some miles away. We drove there and while I waited in the car, he walked across the lawn to her house. Some time later, maybe half an hour, Miss Fox came out much distressed saying, "What is the matter with Professor Frost?" We hurried to the house as she explained that he had come in without knocking and had seated himself with out saying a word.. He was sitting quietly looking straight ahead, seemingly unaware of us or anything in the room. What was a 16 year old kid supposed to do? I finally got the courage to touch his arm and say, "Let`s go." Suddenly, like a marionette, he stood up marched to the door, went out and got in the car, without a word to poor Miss Fox. As I headed the car back toward Berea he began to talk. During the five mile drive he was a regular chatter-box. He related many incidents in his eventful life; his meeting with Theodore Roosevelt then commissioner of police of New York City and Woodrow Wilson when he was a professor at Princeton. I drove to the front of their cottage and we walked down the short path to their front door while President Frost chatted away. As we entered the front hall he immediately began greeting the women guest in the parlor as he shook hands and called each by name. Mrs. Frost joined me in the living room as I began to tell her what had happened. She said, "I knew what had happened as soon as he got out of the car." I asked how. She said, "He was talking too much." It was then I learned why he had to retire when he did. The condition had developed from over work in soliciting donations to build the best endowed small college in the nation. Some seventy years after these happenings I was invited to speak about them at a meeting of the Berea Women`s Club It was while I was talking about the walk down to the cottage front door that I realized that the meeting of women that I was talking about was a meeting of the same club of women that I was talking to., Then the members told me that the club had been started by Mrs. Frost. That may have been the very first meeting of the club that was seventy years old.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EBB.2ACE/2545.4.1 Message Board Post: No, sorry but neither of these names are are family members of mine

I am showing in my data-base of family research a Mary Summers married abt 1854 Laurel Co Ky to a Thomas Lear JR. I am showing this Thomas Lear JR as a son of Thomas Lear and Druscilla Forbis-Lear. I am showing Mary Summers as the daughter of Allen Summers and Sarah Forbis ... (Sarah b abt 1812 ) as a sister to my gggrandmother Anna Forbis who married George W Henson of Laurel Co KY. Also showing a Doborah Summers married to John T. Lear June 1854 Laurel Co KY. Do you know who this 'Deborah Summers' is a daughter of? John T Lear is a brother of Thomas Lear JR, both sons of Thomas Lear and Druscilla Forbis of Laurel Co KY. Hope anybody reading this info can help out on the Lear-Forbis marriages, especially Thomas Lear to Druscilla Forbis on April 06, 1834 Laurel Co KY. Thanks for sharing. 'R.E.' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug & Melissa Simmons" <simmons1@fuse.net> To: "'ROATEN E HINSON, JR.'" <roaten@prodigy.net> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 12:53 PM Subject: RE: [KYJACKSO] Forbis/Etc ... Lear/Lair .... Metcalf ... Elkins ... McCammon ... Henson ... Cathers > I have a Thomas Lear (my ggrandfather) in my family who in his second > marriage, married Mary L. Summers. > He was born about 1820 in Kentucky. Our families have lived in Indian Creek, > Jackson County since before this time. Many still live on the Laurel County > side (Casteels, etc.) > I do not know his previous wife's name or the name of their children, even > though I know they had some. He left my ggrandmother Mary L. Summers long > after they married. He died December 13, 1921 and was buried in Bear Wallow > Road, off Gravel Lick off Red Lick Road at the foot of Big Hill, Madison > County, Kentucky > His son's name was William David Lear who married Roda Elizabeth Cole. They > had my grandfather Stanley Lear and 10 others. > > The names you mentioned all sound familiar, but I'll need to share this > information with my grandfather to see what he knows. > > > Surnames to mention: > LEAR COLE SUMMERS CASTEEL ROBERTS HELLARD METCALF CLAYPOOL MOORE CUNIGIM > MORRIS WARD > WILLIAMS GABBARD SEXTON DURHAM CARPENTER TAYLOR JOHNSON > > -----Original Message----- > From: ROATEN E HINSON, JR. [mailto:roaten@prodigy.net] > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 3:32 PM > To: KYJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [KYJACKSO] Forbis/Etc ... Lear/Lair .... Metcalf ... Elkins ... > McCammon ... Henson ... Cathers > > I have my gggrandmother Anna Forbis, married to George W Henson of Laurel Co > KY, had a sister Drucilla Forbis who married Thomas Lear/Lair on April 06, > '1834' Laurel Co KY (witness William Metcalf) .... Interested in anything on > Thomas Lear/Lair. Anna and Druscilla Forbis were daughters of William > Forbis and Sarah McCammon-Forbis who married Dec 02, '1808' Clay Co KY. > William Forbis is a son of Rev War Vet John Forbis who lived out his life in > Laurel Co KY. One of Rev War Vet John Forbis's wives was named Druscilla, > who was probably the mother of William and that is why he named one of his > daughters Druscilla (Anna Forbis was named after her grandmother Anna > Cathers who married William McCammon (Anna Cathers was a sister of Rev War > Vet Edward 'Ned' Cathers of Clay/Laurel Co KY). Now back to the William > Metcalf, mentioned above as a witness to the marriage of Druscilla Forbis > and Thomas Lear/Lair .... this William Metcalf (William Henry Metcalf) > married Elizabeth Elkins o! > n February 16, '1829' Laurel Co KY. William later moved to > Livingston/Grundy Co MO and became a Judge. Elizabeth Elkins-Metcalf had > brothers W.R.D. 'Dillard' Elkins and Jackson Elkins who married daugthers, > Sarah and Lucinda, of George W Henson and Anna Forbis-Henson while the > families were living in Grundy Co MO along with 'many other Laurel Co KY > families' who had moved to Livingston/Grundy Co MO in the late 1830's (the > Hensons and Elkins returned to Laurel Co KY mid 1840). Brother-in-laws > 'Dillard' Elkins and Elisha Henson (Elisha was a son of George and Anna > Forbis-Henson) both served as Constables in the 2nd District of Laurel Co > KY. An Isaac Jackson Forbis posted bond for the Sept 1853 appointment of > 'Dillard' Elkins so he could serve as Constable. Please share any > additional information on Thomas Lear/Lair and any of the many KY relatives > of mine mentioned above. 'R.E.' > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

I have my gggrandmother Anna Forbis, married to George W Henson of Laurel Co KY, had a sister Drucilla Forbis who married Thomas Lear/Lair on April 06, '1834' Laurel Co KY (witness William Metcalf) .... Interested in anything on Thomas Lear/Lair. Anna and Druscilla Forbis were daughters of William Forbis and Sarah McCammon-Forbis who married Dec 02, '1808' Clay Co KY. William Forbis is a son of Rev War Vet John Forbis who lived out his life in Laurel Co KY. One of Rev War Vet John Forbis's wives was named Druscilla, who was probably the mother of William and that is why he named one of his daughters Druscilla (Anna Forbis was named after her grandmother Anna Cathers who married William McCammon (Anna Cathers was a sister of Rev War Vet Edward 'Ned' Cathers of Clay/Laurel Co KY). Now back to the William Metcalf, mentioned above as a witness to the marriage of Druscilla Forbis and Thomas Lear/Lair .... this William Metcalf (William Henry Metcalf) married Elizabeth Elkins o! n February 16, '1829' Laurel Co KY. William later moved to Livingston/Grundy Co MO and became a Judge. Elizabeth Elkins-Metcalf had brothers W.R.D. 'Dillard' Elkins and Jackson Elkins who married daugthers, Sarah and Lucinda, of George W Henson and Anna Forbis-Henson while the families were living in Grundy Co MO along with 'many other Laurel Co KY families' who had moved to Livingston/Grundy Co MO in the late 1830's (the Hensons and Elkins returned to Laurel Co KY mid 1840). Brother-in-laws 'Dillard' Elkins and Elisha Henson (Elisha was a son of George and Anna Forbis-Henson) both served as Constables in the 2nd District of Laurel Co KY. An Isaac Jackson Forbis posted bond for the Sept 1853 appointment of 'Dillard' Elkins so he could serve as Constable. Please share any additional information on Thomas Lear/Lair and any of the many KY relatives of mine mentioned above. 'R.E.'

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: EATON/HUFF Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EBB.2ACE/2545.4 Message Board Post: would you happen to have a relative by the name of SYLVIA that married a CLYDE HUFF?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Moore - Spivey Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EBB.2ACE/2582.2.1 Message Board Post: Connected to Spivey's -- oh yes....My great grandmother's mother was Mary Jane Spivey married Kary Lafayette Carter. What would else would you like to know? Becky

Reprinted with permission of the Laurel Co. Historical Soc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OCTOBER 29, 1875 Mr. J. C. Coldwell and family rolled out for Oregon last week. Rev. Russell Bails has recently removed from Laurel County to Lee Co. Virginia. MERSHONS X ROADS Our village is all in a ----- and not one knows where his neighbors lives, for all are moving Rev. W. B. Landrum is moving from his old home to your town, and Robert Baugh from London to Cross Roads tavern, and Col. O. P. Nelson from there to the premises now being vacated by preacher Landrum; and Willie: B. A. Landrum to his new home lately erected near the old homestead, and Esq. S. H. Jackson from their old home to his farm near by and Jasper Nelson is to go to the Jackson house in a day or two. Raccoon Bill Robinson says that preacher Landrum's rats will be astonished when they hear old man Nelson turn loose once. AN INTERESTING ARREST-On last Saturday a man by the name of Fredrick's accompanied by his sister, Matilda Alice, shot Esq. Lammon's dog, while passing his house about four miles from here. The Squire arrested the man and deprived him of his pistol. The woman indignant at such a procedure notified him that she carried an unlawful deadly weapon, and dared him to attempt her arrest. Lammon came on to town and placed a warrant of arrest in the hands of Sheriff Magee. She refused to be arrested. The sheriff summoning the bystanders to assist him proceeded to take her to the Courthouse which resulted in the intimidation of Park Baker, the piling up of Lee Mahan among the paints and dye stuffs in the drug store, and would probably have resulted in the killing or wounding of the sheriff had it not been for Mr. Mahan, who caught her hand when she was about getting hold of the sheriff's pistol. They had a long tussle,off which the woman seemed to be getting the better, until the sheri! ff happened to think of knocking her props from under her, which soon brought her to the floor, where she surrendered up her bowie knife and then went willingly with him to the court room, where she was held in a bond of $50 for further trial. It affords us pleasure to state that what commenced under circumstances so alarming was so amicably adjusted that the sheriff and others signed her bond, and she went on her way rejoicing stopping with our efficient deputy sheriff during the night, and was treated by him as well as the rest of our county officials connected with her arrest and trial with the marked courtesy that her prowess demanded. Her brother failed to give bond, and was committed to the care of the jailor but has since given bail. Matilda Cowan vs. Stephen Cowan A divorce was prayed for in this case on the ground of drunkenness and a total failure to make any provisions for the support of his wire. Judgment rendered divorcing plaintiff-Louisville Commercial. NOVEMBER 12, 1875 As we go to press we are presented with a large Gray Eagle, killed by John Hatcher, of Laurel on the 10th inst. It measures seven feet from tip to tip of wings, two and a half inches between its eyes claws eight inches from one tip to the other and its beak capable of baking in a three inch cubical block. When first discovered it was in the act of lighting on a four year old child, but was prevented from doing so by a dog which attempted to catch it every time it came near the child. It brought many citizens to the press room where it was on exhibition. DIED-In Yankee Hill, Butle county California, on the 21st day of October, 1875 after an illness of five days Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, wife of Doctor A. W. Thompson. The deceased leaves many relatives and friends in Kentucky and Illinois to mourn her loss. DECEMBER 3, 1875 From a letter received by General Jarvis Jackson we learn that Mr. I. C. Coldwell and family arrived safe in Oregon. Crit writes that his family are all well that they enjoyed the trip very much with the exception of being a little sea sick on ship between San Francisco and Salem, Oregon. He intends to locate on Six river about three hundred miles of which can be traveled by rail. He says that crops of all kinds are good in Oregon and that it is the best farming country he has ever seen. DECEMBER 17, 1875 Bill Jinks writes us a very interesting letter giving in detail the incidents &c of Mr. John Mullins in his Oregon tour, which informs us that although he made several hair breadth escapes from robbers &c he gained a vast amount of information and got back to the point in Raccoon, Laurel County from which he started at the meager expense of $500. That he stood on the Pacific shore and saw his partner Mr. J. C. Coldwell move off in the largest and strongest looking wagon that he ever saw. It was propelled he supposed by some magic power, he could not see the horses. The Ocean was too wide for him. John is sensible he don't want to be swallowed by a whale or have his fingers and toes eaten off by the smaller fishes.

I just Click on the web page for marriages, I got to the site, but nothing in Red or Blue would open.Also went to this page http://www.rootsweb.com/~kylaurel/index.html, Couldn't open nothing, Am I doing something wrong??? Thanks, Geri Delph Fessel Quoting recordkeeper@prodigy.net: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EBB.2ACE/2605 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi Betty, > I am so glad you enjoyed the new additions. The marriages are online now and > I will be adding some more files in the morning. > > The marriages are located at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kylaurel/marriages/marrlisting1.html > > Hope it is of help to all of you. > > I would love to have more material to put on the site. > > Enjoy! > > Katy Hestand > > > ==== KYLAUREL Mailing List ==== > To subscribe or unsubscribe to this list send an email to: > KYLAUREL-L-request@rootsweb.com > In the MESSAGE type the one word .... SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) > >

Jess, Thank you so much for sharing this with us. It was beautiful. Charlotte Miller _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlotteamiller/index.html_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlotteamiller/index.html) _http://www.geocities.com/charlotte7274/index.html_ (http://www.geocities.com/charlotte7274/index.html) _http://www.geocities.com/my_ohio_photos/index.html_ (http://www.geocities.com/my_ohio_photos/index.html) _http://www.geocities.com/c81371/index.html_ (http://www.geocities.com/c81371/index.html)

This might help some on there lost searches Arvle George <A HREF="http://www.nwaonline.net/obituaries/">Click here: The Morning News :: Obituaries Page</A>

SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT DEATH. By Jess Wilson The loss of a parent or a sibling cannot be as emotionally disturbing as the sudden loss of one's child. Reflecting on some deaths in my extended family I recall parents who grieved a life_time for the child that died, yet, seldom did they speak of their grief for the loss of a parent. The lose of each of my parents was not unexpected. Dad had been holding on for ten years and those years had been, I suppose, the most care_free of his adult life. When he was slowed by failing health he no longer pushed him self to make more money. He relaxed and had several years of doing things he had always wanted to do. When he died suddenly of a heart attack it wasn't such a shock. I was grateful that he had enjoyed his last years. He was 64. I am ashamed to admit it, but I was more emotionally grieved when a pet was killed than when I lost my father. I am speaking of my emotions not my intellect, if you know what I mean. My father I saw not more than once or twice a month. The pet lived with us. When the dog was killed it affected my eating I was so emotionally disturbed. My mother made several quilts her last winter and planted a big garden in the spring and died in June before she would have been 88 years old in September. With her went one of my best sources of family information. This I missed most. What really hurt was the deaths of two younger brothers. Brother Ance told me in the spring that he would probably not make it until Christmas. He died in the fall about 45 years old. Brother Clarence, nine years younger than myself died suddenly in bed. I still miss them both. Emotionally, I suppose I suffered most when my grandmother Wilson died in 1947, when I was almost 29 years old. Why this was so I have no idea, unless it was that when my grandmother died the little boy in me also died.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EBB.2ACE/2605 Message Board Post: Hi Betty, I am so glad you enjoyed the new additions. The marriages are online now and I will be adding some more files in the morning. The marriages are located at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kylaurel/marriages/marrlisting1.html Hope it is of help to all of you. I would love to have more material to put on the site. Enjoy! Katy Hestand