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    1. Falmouth Outlook 16 Mar 1923
    2. Falmouth Outlook Friday 16 Mar 1923 V ol. 16 No. 41 Pg. 1 Col. 3 Capt. William J. Stone, Commissioner of Confederate pensions, died at his home in Frankfort, Tuesday, of pneumonia. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate Army and served under General John H. Morgan. He lost a limb at the battle of Cynthiana, and was nursed by Miss Cornelia Woodyard, whom he married. Captain Stone served ten years in Congress and also in the Kentucky Legislature. He was speaker of the Kentucky Legislature in 1875. He was a candidate for Governor of Kentucky in 1889, before the convention that nominated Wm. Goebel. When the Kentucky Legislature passed the Confederate pension bill, Capt. Stone was appointed Commissioner of Pensions. Falmouth Outlook Friday 16 Mar 1923 V ol. 16 No. 41 Pg. 1 Col. 4 J. William Moore, age 73 years, died Friday last at his home west of Morgan, after a short illness. Mr. Moore was the son of the late ex-sheriff James Moore, and was born at Pea Ridge, January 30, 1850. He spent his boyhood in Falmouth where his father served as sheriff of Pendleton Co. He served as a Union soldier in the Civil War. He is survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter; William and Carl Moore and Mrs. William Dance of Covington. Mr. Moore was a member of the Morgan Baptist Church. He was well known throughout the county, and rarely ever missed being in Falmouth on court days in years gone by. The funeral was held Sunday at the Morgan Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. C.E. Brown, of this city. Interment took place in Morgan cemetery. ============================== Items of interest to: Doug Harper Biloxi, MS

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