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    1. Re: [KYPENDLE] PRESTONs in "Shoemaker Town"
    2. Susan Shoemakertown is east across the Main Licking River from Falmouth. It never consisted of may houses. Some of them are still there. One crosses the river going east from Falmouth and enter Shoemakertown. About a quarter of a mile from the crossing there is a very long steep hill rising from the river. KY 22 and KY 159 are the two highways that cross the river at Shoemakertown. KY 159 is the one that goes up the high hill from Shoemakertown and probably where George and Bess lived. KY 22 runs along the east river bank for some distance before it climbs up over the hill also. I have done lots of work on the Falmouth Outlook and seem to remember something about George running for some office. The only reason I would have had an interest in him was because he and Bess lived across the street from us in Sunrise, KY in 1948-49 or about then when he operated the Sunrise Roller Mill which was next to our property in Sunrise. He took great pride in growing tomatoes with no seed in them. When the plants bloomed he had to paint the flowers with some liquid which kept the plant from producing seed in the tomatoes. After the mill closed they moved away and I forget where they went. There was a family with the surname of Shoemaker and I assume that the town got it name from that family. Good luck with your searching. You could check the Falmouth Outlook in 1925 issues to see if there is anything about him running for office. The papers exist on Microfilm at the Pendleton Co. Library as well as other places. To bad the subject line showed PRESTONs instead of PARSONS Doug Harper Biloxi, MS

    04/05/2004 12:07:09