Thanks Gene... charlotte Gene Stillings <g_stillings@charter.net> wrote: I will place your Aunt on the Church Prayer List. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "ronnie son" To: Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 7:13 PM Subject: [KYLAUREL-L] gerri... wanted to ask you if you > would please pray for my aunt Lois in Florida? > she has been in hosp for 10 days now. her husband only told me this past tuesday. > > she is very ill. down to 76#s. hasn't been able to eat. her heart & lungs are damaged from the orig round of chemo 6+yrs ago. it seems she has been going down hill since TG... > > have heard from my cousin Greg that she needs our prayers; she is not doing good... > i just called hosp & spoke w/her nurse and the only thing they can say is "unchanged." > Lois husband had just left hosp. am sure he is worn out. > > i hope you are doing great, Gerri! hope you have completely recovered from the surgery. > oh, have some gene news that would have made for such a happy email. but under the circumstances, this news is bittersweet. > will write more tonight.... > God bless and thank you very much! > lov, > c > > > > > ==== 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 .... SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE)

Some of my readers may be interested in knowing who I am. This is my chart , it is easy to read once you get the hang of it. HOW TO READ THIS CHART. Notice that all even numbered names are those of a male, all the uneven numbers are of females. Any one`s father is their number times two. For instance Nancy Baker is number 5. Her father Andrew Baker is Number 10. Add one and you have the number 11. Jane Gilbert, her mother. See, easy as pie. 1. JESS WILSON, BORN 8-8-1918 2. PLEASANT (PLEAS) WILSON 1899-1963 3. REBECCA JANE PIGG 1899-1987 4. ALFRED (LITTLE AL) WILSON 1840-1906 5. NANCY JANE BAKER 1871-1947 6. GEORGE HARVEY PIGG 1874-1960 7. MELDA JANE ESTRIDGE 1877-1964 8. PLEASANT WILSON 1816-1845 9. ELIZABETH (BETTIE) YORK 1817-1898 10. ANDREW BAKER 1842-1911 11. MARY JANE GILBERT 1841-1916 12. GABRIEL PIGG 1825-1890 13. ELVIRA HENSLEY 1832-1919 14. FRANCIS MARION ESTRIDGE 1852-1938 15. SARAH (SALLIE) LEWIS 1852-1915 16. JOHN WILSON 1794-1837 17. RACHAEL ROBERTS 1796-AFTER 1870 18. JEREMIAH YORK 1774-1843 19. ELIZABETH LEAH CLARK 1774-1856 20. RUBIN BAKER 1809-18 21. TABITHA DAVIDSON 1806- 22. ASA GILBERT 1805-1871 23. ANN HENSON 24. PAUL PIGG 1785-ca.1845 25. ELIZABETH DAVENPORT 1770-ca.1855 26. HENRY HENSLEY 1802- 27. SARAH HEDRICK 1814-1854 28. JOHN MUNCY 1828-1895 29. ELIZABETH ESTRIDGE 1833-1885 30. BAZEL LEWIS 1825-1863 31. REBECCA MAGGARD 1830- 32.PHILIP WILSON Ca. 1760-1825 33. REBECCA CONNELLY Ca. 1760-Ca. 1818. 34. JESSE ROBERTS 35. NANCY ANDERSON 36. JEREMIAH YORK, Sr. 37. SARAH ALLRED 38 WILLIAM CLARK Died 1818 39. LEAH JOHNSTON 40. BOWLING BAKER 41. PATSY MORRIS 42 JOHN DAVIDSON 44. FELIX GILBERT 1758-1855 45. NANCY JANE WALLACE 46.WILLIAM HENSON Ca. 1745-1831 47. ANN JACOBS Ca. 1770-AFTER 1860 48. WILLIAM PIGG 1735-1824 49. MARY

I will place your Aunt on the Church Prayer List. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "ronnie son" <dadamiro@yahoo.com> To: <KYLAUREL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 7:13 PM Subject: [KYLAUREL-L] gerri... wanted to ask you if you > would please pray for my aunt Lois in Florida? > she has been in hosp for 10 days now. her husband only told me this past tuesday. > > she is very ill. down to 76#s. hasn't been able to eat. her heart & lungs are damaged from the orig round of chemo 6+yrs ago. it seems she has been going down hill since TG... > > have heard from my cousin Greg that she needs our prayers; she is not doing good... > i just called hosp & spoke w/her nurse and the only thing they can say is "unchanged." > Lois husband had just left hosp. am sure he is worn out. > > i hope you are doing great, Gerri! hope you have completely recovered from the surgery. > oh, have some gene news that would have made for such a happy email. but under the circumstances, this news is bittersweet. > will write more tonight.... > God bless and thank you very much! > lov, > c > > > > > ==== 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) > >

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/2601.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello, As I probably mentioned, these are not my ancestors. The information I gave to you came from the annotated 1850 Laurel Co. Fed. Census published by the Laurel Co. Gen. Society. Joyce Taylor Collins La Palma, CA p.s. The marriages were from the Marriage Index for Laurel Co. also published by the Laurel Co. Gen. Society.

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/2601.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your reply. The papers were actually for the children to be apprenticed out. It happened on 6 Jan 1864, I guess after Martha Hicks married Presley Cottrell. Where did you find the info about Elizabeth being Allen's dau.? Stella

BANG! BANG! BANG! TO SAVE HIS SOUL By Jess Wilson One night I got a call from a man, I made no notes as he said he was going to write me the details. I have forgotten his name but he said he was calling from Monticello, Kentucky. Among other things he told me a story about an Elijah Begley. He said that it was the Elijah Begley that was a Rebel soldier. The same Elijah R. Begley whose son William was the circuit judge for Jackson, Clay and Laurel Counties during the 1930's.. This Elijah R. Begley is buried on a knoll near the ridge between Abnertown (Old Collier School) and where my cousins, Robert and Edith McGeorge live near High Knob. This Elijah is one of only two Confederate soldiers buried in Jackson County in marked graves. Elijah R. Begley was a son of Henry Begley and Elizabeth Roberts who married in Clay County in 1813. Elizabeth was a sister to Rachael Roberts that married John Wilson in 1812, my great, great grandparents. However, there were two other Elijah Begley of near the same time. One of those Elijahs was a son of Pharis Begley and Polly York. This Elijah Begley was also known as "Hickory". As Hickory's mother was a York and therefore sharing another blood Line with me, I am inclined to believe if there is any truth in the story that the Monticello man told me that it may have been about "Hickory". The man promised that he was going to write me so that I did not take any notes as I was in a hurry to get back to bed. Anyway, here is the story: Elijah was a wild young man that ran around with a bunch of other wild lads. One day it came to Elijah that his way of life was leading him into Perdition, so he decided to "straighten up and fly right" and start by going to church. His old buddies took exception to his desertion of the gang, so they went to the church and began raising a ruckus. The preacher asked Elijah to go out and tell the boys to come in or go away and not disturb the worship. Elijah went to the door and addressed his former buddies as follows, "Boys, I am in here praying to save my soul from Hell. You had better come in and join me or go elsewhere with your drinking and shouting and pistol shooting." Elijah went back into the house and the noise continued. Again he came out and admonisher them to behave. He went out and talked to them a third time. The next time he went out he said, "Boys, I have warned you three times so I guess it takes this to settle it." With that he pulled out his pistol and BANG, BANG, BANG he killed them. The grand jury did not indict ELIJAH. This story sounds a lot like a recent happening on a New York City subway train, which only shows that while things may change they tend to remain the same.

THE MIRACLE OF BURNT BRIDGE By Jess Wilson Those of you who have never drived up or down Big Hill cannot appreciate the grandure and wonder of it. Burnt Bridge at the top of Big Hill is a "stringtown" of some twenty houses. All the land in every direction slopes and sometimes falls over high sandstone and limestone cliffs of the Pottsville escarpment into the deep valleys below. All the hillsides are covered with trees. When someone told me the name of the community, I said, "You mean Burnt Ridge?" "Nope" was the answer, "this place is called Burnt Bridge." Looking from the high ridge into the deep valleys in every direction, I asked, "Where in the world would you build a bridge up here?" The answer was, "I don*t know." However, the person I was talking with went on to tell me about a miracle that once happened at Burnt Bridge It was a dry season and the forest on the side of the ridge was on fire. Winds up the slope were carrying the fire and smoke up the mountainside until it looked like the world was on fire. All the people hurried to the little church at Burnt Bridge and began praying for rain. Lo and behold, a large cloud formed in the sky over the forest fire and it began to rain. It rained until the fire was out. It did not rain at Morrill, at the Big Hill Post Office, at Berea or at Disputanta. The only place it rained was on the forest fire. Was it a miracle, the answer to their prayers? When I heard the story, I remembered an experience that may be a scientific explanation. When Ruth and I were courting, we hiked one hot, humid day to the top of Pilot Knob. Pilot Knob is in the center of the Red Lick Valley. When you are on top of the cliff you can see Burnt Bridge ridge and the highway snaking up the Big Hill. We found that the coolest place to sit was on the edge of the tall cliff that circles Pilot Knob. A swift breeze was blowing up the side of the cliff. This thermal draft was being caused by the sun shining on the side of the cliff. The warm air rose like the draft on the side of a stove. Soon a little cloud formed in the cooler air over our heads. The cloud was about the size of the top of the knob, which must not be over an acre and a half. Then it began to rain. We were drenched. From this experience, I would say that the "miracle" was caused by the forest fire causing an up-draft of moist air that became rain when it reached the cold air above. Later, I discovered that at one time there was a gap across the ridge that was about twelve foot wide. To accommodate a road, it was bridged. Evidently, it was this "dry land" bridge that burned in that fire. The gap has been filled in so a dry land bridge is no longer necessary . Despite this legend, the highway sign now reads "BURNT RIDGE". Too bad they didn't stick to the original name, for in that name there was a legend and legends adds spice to our lives.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tuttle, Robbins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EBB.2ACE/2603 Message Board Post: February 13, 2005 Sunday Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio Emily Tuttle Emily Tuttle, age 87, of Rough Creek Rd, London, Ky went to be with the Lord, Sunday, January 30, 2005 at her residence. She was a former resident of Middletown, for 30 years until her husband "Bill" retired from Armco Steel in 1983 and they returned to the family farm in London, Kentucky. Born June 3,1917 in Berry, Kentucky, she was a homemaker and mother of 14 children. She loved sewing and quilting for her family and friends. She raised her children to love and appreciate music especially "Bluegrass" as she was a gifted guitarist and loved to sing and harmonize with her family as well. She and her family donated their time and talents to help organize charity benefits for such causes as the London Police Depts. "Shop With Cops" program and help organize many concerts to benefit the London area community need based programs. Even at the age of 87 she never tired of helping "her boys" from the police dept. to raise the much needed funds to keep their charity going. In 1990, Gov. Paul Patton of Kentucky, made her a "Kentucky Colonel" and in 1995 she was bestowed the title "The Lady of Rough Creek Road" by the state of Kentucky. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elisha "Buck" and Katherine Robbins, a sister Sara, brother, Chester Robbins and three children, Ella Mae, Bobby Ray, and Joe Dean. She is survived by her loving husband of 59 years, William R. Tuttle of London, Ky, and her children, Austin Sizemore (Charlotte) of Indiana, Geneva Hammons (Bob), Charles Tuttle, Billy Tuttle (Bernice) London, Ky, Norma Jean Ashley (Omar); Brenda Allen (George), Sherry Allen (John) Middletown, Ohio, Ruby Norman (Kenny) Carlisle, Ohio, Melissa Gray (Mark), Patricia Kenney (Herschel), and Debra Sharpe (Darrell) of Florida; 38 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great grandchildren. She is also survived by, a brother, Sherman Robbins of Corbin, Kentucky and a sister Peggy Doth of Cincinnati, Ohio. Funeral Services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 2, at the House - Rawlings Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ted Eversole and the Rev. Monty Hale officiating. She was given an "Honorary Escort" of Cruisers by the London Police Dept. Burial followed at the Tuttle Cemetery in London, Ky.

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/2601.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I am not related to you so far as I know. From your posting you include no dates so I cannot put any time frame on this indenture you are speaking of. Here is some information you may or may not have in your files involving "a" Allen HICKS. Laurel Co. Marriage Index HICKS, Allen to WEAVER, Racheal on Nov 22, 1874 HICKS, Allen to MOORE, Nancy on Dec. 26, 1916 HICKS, Allen, Sr. to SLAGLE, Mary E. on October 29, 1876 From the annotated Laurel Co. 1850 Fed. Census, a couple of listings referencing Allen HICKS: Dwelling 493 MOORE, Jesse, 71, b. VA (mar. 19 Jan 1838 in Laurel to Elizabeth HICKS) . .Elizabeth, 27, b. KY (d/o Allen HICKS, Sr. and Martha) HICKS, Rebecca, 23, b. KY (d/o Allen HICKS, Sr. and Martha) . Solomon, 25, KY (s/o Allen HICKS, Sr. and Martha) INABINETT, Racheal, 57, b. VA Dwelling 513 HICKS, Allen, 26, b. TN (s/o Allen and Martha HICKS) mar. 21 Feb. 1850 in Laurel) . .Phebe (nee YOUNG), 51, b. SC (d/o Rev. J. F. YOUNG mar. 1 to Joseph JOHNSON; mar. 2nd 3 Jun 1840 in Laurel to James WYATT; and mar. 3rd 21 Feb 1850 to Allen HICKS) JOHNSON, Hiram, 14, b. KY (mar. 2 Jul 1852 in Laurl to Martha KEEN WYATT, Eliza, 8, b. KY (mar. 3 Jan 1856 in Laurel to John VAUGHN JOHNSON, Bartheny (YOUNG), 63, b. SC (d/o John F. YOUNG and Susan E. PARKER, widow of William JOHNSON Joyce Taylor Collins La Palma, CA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dickson, Dixon, Hoskins, Jones, Owens, McCowan, Stringer, Stewart, Watkins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EBB.2ACE/2602 Message Board Post: I now know that my gg-grandfather Silas Hoskins' had two sons with Harriet Dixon/Dickson, my g-grandfather Robert Hoskins and Leander Hoskins. Silas & Harriet never married. Harriet Dixon married Robert Cody Burns March 12, 1882 in Clay Co., KY. I have copies of the Civil War Pension files requested by Harriett after the death of her husband. I scanned and posted a statement taken from Silas Hoskins that Robert & Leander are their sons at: http://www.pas01.com/s_e_ky_pictures_page.htm This Harriet Dickson / Dixon is the daughter of John C. Dickson & Eurotus Stringer who were married in Pulaski Co., KY Sept. 21, 1835. Harriet died in August of 1903 and is buried in the Bowling Farm Graveyard in Laurel County. I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has knowledge of Dixon / Dickson & Stringer families who lived in Pulaski, Clay & Jackson Counties, KY. Patti http://www.pas01.com/kentucky.htm

Reprinted with permission of the Laurel County Historical Soc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ September 21, 1875 Josephus Campbell, formerly of Rockcastle Springs, Pulaski county, has moved to London, He has rented the property of J. R. Baugh. Lieut. W. A. Miller has received a three months furlough and is now at his fathers. He will shortly visit his friends in this county. His command is stationed at Greenville, S.C. The funeral of Sophia W. Gray will be preached at Spruce Creek meeting house Whitley County, on the fourth Sunday in this month. The meeting will begin on Saturday at 11 o'clock. Elds R. Ewel, W.W. Pope and B. Chesnut will conduct the meeting. John B. Chesnut has been confined at home for three months by sickness, was in town on Tuesday looking rather thin and pale. We are glad to see him out again and hope he will soon regain his usual health. Sheriff Magee left on Tuesday for Frankfort, with Mr. Ray who was sent to the penitentiary for one year for stealing tobacco from McNeil & Mitchell, Little Bill Lovelace and John Jackson went with him as guards. Ray is a dangerous man. The man whom Bill Dillion shot at Livingston probed to be one of the robbers who robbed a bank at Huntington, W. Va. There were four of them when the bank was robbed and they were followed as far as Owsley county, where they abandoned their horses. From correspondence from Beattyville and Booneville, it seems that the robbers separated some where between those places, going in twos. Dillion says that he saw four men just before the fight began, two of whom went around the back of his store, after which he did not see them nor did they engage in the fight. It is possible that those two may have been pilots, for had they been the confederates of the two engaged, in the fight with Dillions, it is hardly possible that they would not have come to the rescue. Concerning these robbers there are several rumors and various statements made by parties in the neighborhood of Pine Hill, which appear at variance with each other and are difficult to reconcile if they all be true. The Cash! ier of the bank which was robbed came to Livingston and identified the wounded man as the leader of the robbers. Detective Bligh, of Louisville, thinks the robbers are the Jameses and Youngers, of Missouri, and that the wounded man was Jesse James and his companion Cole Younger. On Sunday about ten o'clock, the wounded robber died and was buried at the Grisham grave yard. He said nothing as to who he was and where he lived, and refused to make any revelation as to his past life. He died the possessor of the secrets of his own life and a stranger in a strange land, again showing that the way of the transgressor is hard. The Dillions deserve great credit for thus aiding to break up the most dangerous gang of outlaws in the whole county. OCTOBER 1, 1875 THE MAN KILLED AT PINE HILL THOUGHT TO BE THOMPSON, ALIAS CHARLEY MCDANIELS. A Kansas City telegram of last evening says: Chief of Police Speers today received a letter from detective Bligh, containing copies of the photographs found on the body of the Huntington bank robber. One of them the picture of a young man named Bob P. Ricketts who grew up a neighbor to Thompson McDaniels, says McDaniels was the only person who had his photograph A woman named Mrs. Hall, with whom McDaniels was living also has received a letter from Kentucky, containing a piece of scrap without any writing except the address and every one at all acquainted with the circumstances believes McDaniels to be the dead robber. OCTOBER 5, 1875 Allen Hicks killed a snake on his farm a few weeks ago, measuring eight feet and four inches in length, of brown color, with a grown rabbit in its stomach. Women are getting dangerous in Laurel. Tom Young had his mother in law, of sixty, and palsied, arrested last week on a peace warrant. Squire Lamond couldn't see it exactly as Tom did, and after a hearing the evidence released the old lady and required Tom to give bond to keep the peace. J. C. Coldwell has sold his town property to W. H. Jackson and will leave on Monday Next, with his family for Oregon "Crit" is a good fellow and we are sorry to lose him. He will be missed by his many friends in Laurel who wish him a safe trip and a prosperous one in the "far west" May his shadow never grow less. OCTOBER 22, 1875 Eds. Mountain Echo: A day long to be remembered by the people in the vicinity of old Mt. Pleasant, in Laurel County, and especially will the children and relatives of our dear sister ADALINE JACKSON, whose funeral was preached by old bro. William B. Landram and bro. Azbill, the writer participating. Adaline Jackson was born in 1812, and is a sister of Judge Pearl,, of London and a daughter of John Pearl, deceased one of the first families of the county. Her husband H. T. Jackson who preceded her to the promised land several years ago, is a brother of Gen. Jarvis Jackson, of this place and also of Hancock Jackson late governor of Missouri. Sister Adaline Jackson and H. T. Jackson both embraced the Savior and were baptized many years ago, and lived and died in the faith. Their home was always the home of the servants of the master especially the preachers and the very extra ordinary concourse of people that attended the funeral and the free flow of tears that flowed while the venerable old veteran of the cross discoursed the funeral remarks of sister Jackson well demonstrated the great love of all who knew her and her family had for them. There were present at her funeral seven of her children all of whom are faithful followers of the master, and who sang very beautifully! the sweet song "Shall we know each other there." which touched every heart and caused tears to flow. Three of her children Kerr, George and Harvey Jackson live in Missouri and as old Bro. Landram called out the children one by one and spoke of the separation of the family here,of the broken ties and shattered love and of the union that would take place in heaven, the meeting of all there of the joy that should fill their souls and the bliss that they should share the effect was indeed thrilling and every soul in the audience was overflowing with joy for the blessedness of the resurrection and the love of the savior who brought this to man. Let me say to the children and friends of Sister Jackson take courage and thank God, because they have a loved one in Heaven, and they can go to her. Oh! What a joyful meeting. Let us hasten unto its coming. R. L. Ewell

would please pray for my aunt Lois in Florida? she has been in hosp for 10 days now. her husband only told me this past tuesday. she is very ill. down to 76#s. hasn't been able to eat. her heart & lungs are damaged from the orig round of chemo 6+yrs ago. it seems she has been going down hill since TG... have heard from my cousin Greg that she needs our prayers; she is not doing good... i just called hosp & spoke w/her nurse and the only thing they can say is "unchanged." Lois husband had just left hosp. am sure he is worn out. i hope you are doing great, Gerri! hope you have completely recovered from the surgery. oh, have some gene news that would have made for such a happy email. but under the circumstances, this news is bittersweet. will write more tonight.... God bless and thank you very much! lov, c

In a message dated 2/12/2005 9:32:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, jswlsn@prtcnet.org writes: I was relating these matter to someone one time. After these and a couple more, my listened walked away saying, "Jess, I don`t want you to plan to come see me." Of all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been. Jess, What a great story! You are so right. Thank you for sharing it with us. Charlotte Miller _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlotteamiller/index.html_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlotteamiller/index.html) _http://www.geocities.com/c81371/index.html_ (http://www.geocities.com/c81371/index.html) _http://www.geocities.com/charlotte7274/index.html_ (http://www.geocities.com/charlotte7274/index.html)

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. By Jess Wilson I grew up knowing that my grandfather, Alfred Wilson had lived in Owsley County before he moved to Clay County. In my family we talked about who was related to whom more often that about who won the ball game. When I began work in Owsley County I soon found that in dealing with people that as soon as I said that I was a Wilson, I was one of them. Often people would be standing by their gate when my survey party came up the road. They wanted to talk "kinfolk talk". Almost every one I met that had a Wilson connection said that I should see James Bowman. At that time James Bowman was living at Corbin about ten miles from where we were living in Laurel County. I kept putting off to go see him. Then he moved to Covington then to Bowling Green in the western part of the state. One Tuesday, years later I was talking to Fred Gabbard in Booneville. Fred was Superintendent of Schools in Owsley County. I remarked to Fred that I had heard that James Bowman had retired and moved back home. I asked where he lived because I wanted to visit him on my way back to McKee. Fred said, "We buried him Saturday." He had been mowing on a hill side and the tractor overturned. When I began writing about the Clay County feuds and the Baker`s involvement, Mrs Bill Baker wrote me that Bill wanted to talk with me. With other duties I kept putting off going to see Bill. When I did go to his home he was in the hospital and died the next day. Tom Walters in Florida sent me a copy of some family information that Asbury Johnson had collected. Then I learned that a Mr. Johnson that lived at Lerose near our Booneville substation had some information about Asbury Johnson. I did not go see him for some weeks. One day before I left work I made preparation to go see Mr. Johnson the next day. Before going home I drove over to our garage to gas up my truck. As I drove up to the pump, Howard McQueen drove up to the other side of the pump. As he got out he said, 'Jess, know that old man Johnson that lived beside the Booneville substation? He came out this morning and was talking to us and dropped dead." I had spent part of an afternoon talking with 82 year old Lewis Johnson when he said, "My grandfather, John Wesley Gabbard, married three times and fathered 21 children. Want me to name them?" I saw that the old man was tired, so I said that I had been making a list of those children and that I should have the list to see if I had them right. I promised to come back in a day or two and bring that list. I put it off too long. One Friday I gathered up my list and drove the less than two miles to his house. The people that lived with him told me that they had taken him to the hospital the night before. He died on Monday. I was relating these matter to someone one time. After these and a couple more, my listened walked away saying, "Jess, I don`t want you to plan to come see me." Of all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been.

Jessie, our family has a chair like that that has been used by three and soon to be four generations. It is cherished by all of us. Our chair has a solid wooden seat. Several years ago, the kids who used it decided it would be a good idea to turn it upside down and carve the names of all the youngsters names into it, with dates of birth. We carved our names as small as we could so there would be plenty of room for future generations. Lainey ----- Original Message Follows ----- From: "Jess Wilson" To: KYLAUREL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYLAUREL-L] OUR BABY HIGH CHAIRS. Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 13:01:25 -0500 > OUR BABY HIGH CHAIRS. > > By Jess Wilson > > When I was six months old and Cousin Bill was one year old > , our grandmother Wilson bought each of us a home made > high chair. They were not the usual high chairs with a > tray but rather a table height chair so that we could sit > up to the dining table like grown-ups did. > > The chairs were made by Tom Lunsford and sold to our > grandmother for $2.00 each. They were made by the > traditional glueless method. The rounds and slats were > shaped and let season for a year. Then the posts were cut > and turned and drilled while still green. When assembled > they were let dry. As the green posts shrunk around the > seasoned slatts and rounds the chair became very rigid. > > Cousin Bill and I still have our high chairs. When I call > him, Tuesday, I will wish him a happy 87th birthday and he > will wish me greetings for my half birth day. We roomed > together during high school and have managed to keep it > touch at least once or twice a year since. > > The original hickory bark woven bottom of my high chair > disintegrated while it was being used by my niece Kathy. > However a grade school chum, Willie Eleton, did a > workmanship job of replacing it. With its crooked front > leg that gives it a sort of pigeon-toed look it certainly > is not in a class with a Chippendale but I value it more > than I would a Chippendale. > > > ==== 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) >

OUR BABY HIGH CHAIRS. By Jess Wilson When I was six months old and Cousin Bill was one year old, our grandmother Wilson bought each of us a home made high chair. They were not the usual high chairs with a tray but rather a table height chair so that we could sit up to the dining table like grown-ups did. The chairs were made by Tom Lunsford and sold to our grandmother for $2.00 each. They were made by the traditional glueless method. The rounds and slats were shaped and let season for a year. Then the posts were cut and turned and drilled while still green. When assembled they were let dry. As the green posts shrunk around the seasoned slatts and rounds the chair became very rigid. Cousin Bill and I still have our high chairs. When I call him, Tuesday, I will wish him a happy 87th birthday and he will wish me greetings for my half birth day. We roomed together during high school and have managed to keep it touch at least once or twice a year since. The original hickory bark woven bottom of my high chair disintegrated while it was being used by my niece Kathy. However a grade school chum, Willie Eleton, did a workmanship job of replacing it. With its crooked front leg that gives it a sort of pigeon-toed look it certainly is not in a class with a Chippendale but I value it more than I would a Chippendale.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCarty Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EBB.2ACE/2596.1 Message Board Post: I am interested in learning the parents of Jessie McCarty Listed in Laurel county 1900 census London district 2 living with George W McCracken, he was b-March 1817. He could have been dead before 1911. What is your charge for this service if he in listed and if he is not ? Homer Blevins

Does anyone have any information on Susan (Susannah) Johnson, b. June 1888, d. 1928, d/o Abrahama Lincoln Johnson and Mary Doan? Susan married first to James (Jim)JP. Hodge on 9 June 1904, married second to David Spurlock on 19 January 1917, and married third to Edward M. Spurlock on 27 August 1920. Susan and James Hodge had 4 children that I know of... Minne E. Hodge (md. Hillard McDaniel), William Hodge, Mary Ann, and Johnny. Susan and David Spurlock had 1 daughter that I know of... Nancy Spurlock. Susan and Edward Spurlock had 2 daughters... Anna Mae (md William H. Carmack) and Ruby Spurlock (my grandmother, she was born in 1927 and died in 2003; md James Russell Southard). If anyone can tell me anything about her I'd be very greatful. How did she die? Where is she buried? Any details about her would be helpful... a picture... anything. Or if you know anything about any of her children, maybe one of them is still living that might could help me. Thanks, Deronda

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Mark, do you have a list or schedule of presentations on cementary restoration. Do you ever do any presentations where you are doing the restorations. I would love to attend such a presentation. Thank you JJ Crouch Chandler-Combs-Taylor-Morgan-Marcum-Ledford -----Original Message----- From: Mark Davis <md9105@rogerscomputers.net> Sent: Jan 23, 2005 7:13 PM To: KYLAUREL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [KYLAUREL-L] Restoration of 13th St(Breastworks/City) Cemetery Thanks Charlotte, Last year we restored 1,694 stones. In 2003 we restored 1,089. And 2005 already has over 1800 stones scheduled...so we are busy. But we have had Breastworks Cemetery on our radar pattern for almost 2 years now..and we will be glad to get there and restore the diginity to the cemetery. Mark Davis Stone Saver Hartford City,IN ps- I see you are from OH.. I will be at Greenville,OH(Darke Co) doing a presentation on cemetery restoration on Feb 20th at 2pm. IF you are close to that area let me know and I will forward more info to you. ----- Original Message ----- From: <CharlotteAnneMlr@aol.com> To: <KYLAUREL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [KYLAUREL-L] Restoration of 13th St(Breastworks/City) Cemetery > Mark, > > That is a wonderful thing that you are doing! > > Charlotte Miller > _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlotteamiller/index.html_ > (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlotteamiller/index.html) > _http://www.geocities.com/c81371/index.html_ > (http://www.geocities.com/c81371/index.html) > _http://www.geocities.com/charlotte7274/index.html_ > (http://www.geocities.com/charlotte7274/index.html) > > > > ==== 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 .... SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com