TIP #327 - BEFORE SOCIAL SECURITY Before this week's post, I'd like to make a note about last week's tip on County Clerks. This list was supposed to be up-to-date, but PLEASE check the area codes before calling. There have been new area codes added and some changes. I will attempt to re-list the changes, but have been unable to at this time. So - check first and my apologies that some of them are not current! Now, to the topic at hand! I have been asked so many times about Social Security records and what pensions were available before the establishment of the Social Security Administration. I am showing scattered information below, with my source as the Social Security Administration itself as well as my own information. Before Social Security in America. Was help available? Yes - 1. Family. If the family had the means to help, this was normally the first step. 2. Guilds. These dated back to the Middle Ages. Merchants of the same goods banded together and provided a "benefit package" for its employees in times of illness or monetary need; even helping pay funeral expenses. 3. Friendly Societies. These are now called fraternal organizations and the beginning of trade unions. Eventually they began offering life insurance policies to their members. The main organizations were the Odd Fellows, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Loyal Order of Moose and Fraternal Order of Eagles. 4. Poor Laws. This tradition began back in 1601 - differentiating between the deserving and undeserving poor. The Puritans held to this law when they arrived on the American shores. 5. Almshouses and poorhouses. These were unpleasant as a general rule, some residents were required to wear a large "P" to let everyone know they were poor! It was noted that by 1915, about 25% of the government monies supported outdoor relief. 6. Agrarian Justice. Conceived by Thomas Paine in 1795. It called for the creation of a system whereby those inheriting property would pay 10% inheritance tax to create a special fund. Out of this fund, a onetime stipend of 15 pounds sterling would be paid to each citizen beginning at age 21 to give them a start in life as well as an annual payment of 10 pounds a year for those 50 years and older. Remember, people didn't live as long then! 7. After the Civil War: There were thousands of widows and orphans left by the way, as well as disabled soldiers, both north and south. A pension program was created. Known as the Civil War Program, legislation was passed in 1862 for benefits to be paid "incurred as a direct consequence of ... military duty." Widows and orphans could receive pension equal in amount to that which would have been payable to their deceased soldier if he had been disabled and not died. In 1890,any disabled Civil War veteran qualified for benefits. In 1906, even old age qualified one for benefits. By 1910, veterans and their survivors could participate in a program which resembled much the later-to-come Social Security program with over 90% of the still living veterans receiving benefits. The Social Security noted that there were widows still receiving benefits as late as 1999! (young soldier with a very young wife?) 8. Military Pensions. In 1893, $165 millions dollars were spent on military pensions. But, in earlier days, very few received benefits. Confederate soldiers and their families were barred from receiving any benefits! 9. Employer based pension plans. These predated Social Security, but was only provided by less than 2% of the American population. Some larger companies might offer a graduated older worker program, but most were just given a farewell party and the traditional gold watch! The first pension plan for "blue collar" worker was not introduced until 1882 by the Alfred Dodge Piano and Organ Company. 10. Help during the Depression times. As noted, when one thinks of the Great Depression, one thinks of the horrific depression of 1930's. But, there were other depressions before that, just as devastating to the people in America. They were in the 1840's and 1890's. Protests sprang up all over the county Following the outbreak of the Great Depression, poverty among the elderly grew dramatically. "The best estimates are that in 1934 over half of the elderly in America lacked sufficient income to be self-supporting. Despite this, state welfare pensions for the elderly were practically non-existent before 1930. A spurt of pension legislation was passed in the years immediately prior to passage of the Social Security Act, so that 30 states had some form of old-age pension program by 1935. However, these programs were generally inadequate and ineffective. Only about 3% of the elderly were actually receiving benefits under these states plans, and the average benefit amount was about 65 cents a day. There were many reasons for the low participation in state-run pension systems. Many elderly were reluctant to "go on welfare." Restrictive eligibility criteria kept many poor seniors from qualifying. Some jurisdictions, while having state programs on the books, failed to actually implement them. Many of the state-passed pension laws provided for counties within the state to opt to participate in the pension program. As a result, in 1929 of the six states with operating pension laws on the books only 53 of the 264 counties eligible to adopt a pension plan actually did so. After 1929, the States began enacting laws without county options. By 1932 seventeen states had old age pension laws, although none were in the south, and 87% of the money available under these laws were expended in only three states (California, Massachusetts and New York). State old-age pensions were also subject to the vagaries of state politics. In Louisiana in 1937, for example, the Governor issued an executive order cutting the old-age pensions of black citizens in half during the months of June and July as an inducement for elderly black pensioners to return to the cotton fields to help with the harvest. In many places throughout the cotton-belt local officials simply closed the relief offices during the harvest season." 11. State Old Age Pensions. According to the Social Security Administration, 4 changes came to America at this time that deeply affected our citizenry. a. The Industrial Revolution b. The urbanization of America c. The disappearance of the "extended" family d. A marked increase in life expectancy 12. The Stock Market . Many people were lured into the stock market and then came the crash. Investors were enticed with the promise of fast overnight wealth but many did not have the finances to invest. The rich excelled; the poor stayed poor. There were a lot of paper millionaires. When the market crashed, we all have read or been told by our family the results. Millions of people were unemployed, "hobos" wandered the countryside; elderly lived in total dependence. Something had to change. CHANGES IN THE AIR. PROPOSALS... 1. Share our Wealth: Enter Huey Long, Governor of Louisiana 1928-1932; U S Senate 1930. He was called a "radical populist." "He wanted the government to confiscate the wealth of the nation's rich and privileged. He called his program Share Our Wealth. It called upon the federal government to guarantee every family in the nation an annual income of $5,000, so they could have the necessities of life, including a home, a job, a radio and an automobile. He also proposed limiting private fortunes to $50 million, legacies to $5 million, and annual incomes to $1 million. Everyone over age 60 would receive an old-age pension. His slogan was "Every Man A King." The Share Our Wealth program immediately became a movement. Clubs were formed in every state in the nation. By 1935 the movement claimed 27,000 local clubs with 7.7 million members. 2. The Townsend Old Age Revolving Plan. Named for Francis E. Townsend, a doctor from Long Beach, California. In his plan, the government would provide a pension of $200 per month to every citizen age 60 and older. The pensions would be funded by a 2% national sales tax. Everyone could qualify if the person was retired; they were not criminals and, the money had to be spent within the U.S. by the pensioner within 30 days of receipt. 3. Fire & Brimstone - The Union for Social Justice. A radio minister named Father Charles E. Coughlin was the originator of this plan. He mixed his preaching with politics. He offended many people, including Roosevelt, international bankers, communists, and labor unions and he preached against all. He came up with a plan that included, among other things, a deliberate inflation of the currency and the nationalization of all banks. He spoke so strongly against these people and groups named above plus the Jewish population and others, that the Catholic Church censured him. 4. End Poverty in California. Upton Sinclair was a famous novelist and social crusader from California , He was also an avowed Socialist. The Democratic party convinced him to run for governor in 1934 based on his 12-point plan to end poverty in California." He wanted the issuance of scrip currency, the creation of large state-run bartering enterprises, a tax on idle land and floating a large state bond for $300 million. Point 10 of the plan was a proposal to give pensions of $50 a month to all needy persons over 60 who had lived in California for at least three years. There was a state pension plan in operation in California at the time, but its benefits were very low, and the eligibility requirements were so severe that most elderly Californians could not qualify. (This was true of many of the state pension programs around the country.) Sinclair's pension proposal was very popular because in one fell swoop it reduced the minimum age for pensions by 10 years, almost doubled their value, and eliminated restrictive eligibility requirements." 5. Ham and Eggs. Ham & Eggs was the idea of a "huckster" named Robert Noble. It called for the state government (California) to issue special currency called "scrip" that would be paid each week to every unemployed Californian age 50 and older. Enter stage left, a new president, a new policy called Social Security. (c) Copyright 7 February 2001, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ <>< RESEARCH: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios SCKY ARCHIVES: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/sck/sck.html Merged Surname Registry all counties in South Central KY: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/surnames/surnames.txt

TIP #326 - KENTUCKY COUNTY CLERKS To save you a lot of looking, here is a list of all the Kentucky County Clerk's addresses and telephone numbers. ADAIR: 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY 42728 (502) 384-2801 ALLEN: 201 W. Main, Scottsville, KY 42164, (502) 237-3706 ANDERSON: 151 S. Main St., Lawrenceburg, KY 40342 BALLARD: P.O. Box 145, Wickliffe, KY 42087, (502) 335-5168 BARREN: 924 Happy Valley Rd., Glasgow, KY 42141, (502) 651-3783 * Temporary Address. BATH: P.O. Box 609, Owingsville, KY 40360, (606) 674-2613 BELL: P.O. Box 157, Pineville, KY 40977, (606) 337-6143 BOONE: P.O. Box 874, Burlington, KY 41005, (606) 334-2112 BOURBON: P.O. Box 312, Paris, KY 40361, (606) 987-2142 BOYD: P.O. Box 523, Catlettsburg, KY 41129, (606) 739-5116 BOYLE: 321 W. Main St., Danville, KY 40422, (606) 238-1110 BRACKEN: P.O. Box 147, Brooksville, KY 41004, (606) 735-2952 BREATHITT: 1137 Main St., Jackson, KY 41339, (606) 666-3810 BRECKINRIDGE: P.O. Box 538, Hardinsburg, KY 40143, (502) 756-2246 BULLITT: P.O. Box 6, Shepherdsville, KY 40165, (502) 543-2513 BUTLER: P.O. Box 449, Morgantown, KY 42261, (502) 526-5676 CALDWELL: 100 E. Market St., Princeton, KY 42445, (502) 365-6754 CALLOWAY: 101 S. 5th St., Murray, KY 42071, (502) 753-3923 CAMPELL: 4th & York St., Newport, KY 41071, (606) 292-3845 CARLISLE: P.O. Box 176, Bardwell, KY 42023, (502) 628-3385 CARROLL: 440 Main Street, Carrollton, KY 41008, (502) 732-7005 CARTER: 300 W. Main, Grayson, KY 41143, (606) 474-5188 CASEY: P.O. Box 310, Liberty, KY 42539, (606) 787-6471 CHRISTIAN: 511 S. Main St., Hopkinsville, KY 42240, (502) 887-4105 CLARK: P.O. Box 4060, Winchester, KY 40392, (606) 745-0280 CLAY: 316 Main, Manchester, KY 40962, (606) 598-2544 CLINTON: 212 Washington St., Albany, KY 42602, (606) 387-5943 CRITTENDEN: 107 S. Main St., Marion, KY 42064, (502) 965-3403 CUMBERLAND: P.O. Box 275, Burkesville, KY 42717, (502) 864-3726 DAVIESS: P.O. Box 609, Owensboro, KY 42302, (502) 685-8434 EDMONSON: P.O. Box 830, Brownsville, KY 42210, (502) 597-2624 ELLIOTT: P.O. Box 225, Sandy Hook, KY 41171, (606) 738-5421 ESTILL: P.O. Box 59, Irvine, KY 40336, (606) 723-5156 FAYETTE: 162 E. Main St., Lexington, KY 40507, (606) 253-3344 FLEMING: Court Square, Flemingsburg, KY 41041, (606) 845-8461 FLOYD: P.O. Box 1089, Prestonsburg, KY 41653, (606) 886-3816 FRANKLIN: P.O. Box 338, Frankfort, KY 40602, (502) 875-8702 FULTON: P.O. Box 126, Hickman, KY 42050, (502) 236-2727 GALLATIN: P.O. Box 616, Warsaw, KY 41095, (606) 567-5411 GARRARD: 15 Public Square, Lancaster, KY 40444, (606) 792-3071 GRANT: 101 N. Main, Williamstown, KY 41097, (606) 824-3321 GRAVES: 101 S. St., Mayfield, KY 42066, (502) 247-1676 GRAYSON: 10 Public Square, Leitchfield, KY 42754, (502) 259-3201 GREEN: 203 W. Court St., Greensburg, KY 42743, (502) 932-5386 GREENUP: P.O. Box 686, Greenup, KY 41144, (606) 473-7394 HANCOCK: P.O. Box 146, Hawesville, KY 42348, (502) 927-6117 HARDIN: P.O. Box 1030, Elizabethtown, KY 42702, (502) 765-2171 HARLAN: P.O. Box 670, Harlan, KY 40831, (606) 573-3636 HARRISON: 190 W. Pike St., Cynthiana, KY 41031, (606) 234-7130 HART: P.O. Box 277, Munfordville, KY 42765, (502) 524-2751 HENDERSON: P.O. Box 374, Henderson, KY 42419, (502) 826-3906 HENRY: P.O. Box 615, New Castle, KY 40050, (502) 845-5705 HICKMAN: 110 E. Clay St., Clinton, KY 42031, (502) 653-2131 HOPKINS: P.O. Drawer 737, Madisonville, KY 42431, (502) 821-7361 JACKSON: P.O. Box 700, McKee, KY 40447, (606) 287-7800 JEFFERSON: P.O. Box 33033, Louisville, KY 40232, (502) 574-6374 JESSAMINE: 101 N. Main, Nicholasville, KY 40356, (606) 885-4161 JOHNSON: 124 Court St., Paintsville, KY 41240, (606) 789-2557 KENTON: P.O. Box 1109, Covington, KY 41012, (606) 491-0702 KNOTT: P.O. Box 446, Hindman, KY 41822, (606) 785-5651 KNOX: 401 Court Square, Barbourville, KY 40906, (606) 546-3568 LARUE: 209 W. High St., Hodgenville, KY 42748, (502) 358-3544 LAUREL: 101 S. Main, London, KY 40741, (606) 864-5158 LAWRENCE: 122 S. Main Cross St., Louisa, KY 41230, (606) 638-4108 LEE: P.O. Box 551, Beattyville, KY 41311, (606) 464-4115 LESLIE: P.O. Box 916, Hyden, KY 41749, (606) 672-2193 LETCHER: P.O. Box 58, Whitesburg, KY 41858, (606) 633-2432 LEWIS: P.O. Box 129, Vanceburg, KY 41179, (606) 796-3062 LINCON: 102 E. Main St., Stanford, KY 40484, (606) 365-4570 LIVINGSTON: P.O. Box 400, Smithland, KY 42081, (502) 928-2162 LOGAN: 229 W. 3rd St., Russellville, KY 42276, (502) 726-6061 LYON: P.O. Box 310, Eddyville, KY 42038, (502) 388-2331 MADISON: 101 W. Main St., Richmond, KY 40475, (606) 624-4703 MAGGOFFIN: P.O. Box 530, Salyersville, KY 41465, (606) 349-2216 MARION: 120 W. Main St., Lebanon, KY 40033, (502) 692-2651 MARSHALL: 1101 Main St., Benton, KY 42025, (502) 527-4740 MARTIN: P.O. Box 460, Inez, KY 41224, (606) 298-2810 MASON: P.O. Box 234, Maysville, KY 41056, (606) 564-3341 McCRACKEN: P.O. Box 609, Paducah, KY 42002, (502) 444-4700 McCREARY: P.O. Box 699, Whitley City, KY 42653, (606) 376-2411 McLEAN: P.O. Box 57, Calhoun, KY 42327, (502) 273-3082 MEADE: P.O. Box 614, Brandenburg, KY 40108, (502) 422-2152 MENIFEE: P.O. Box 123, Frenchburg, KY 40322, (606) 768-3512 MERCER: P.O. Box 426, Harrodsburg, KY 40330, (606) 734-6310 METCALFE: P.O. Box 25, Edmonton, KY 42129, (502) 432-4821 MONROE: P.O. Box 188, Tompkinsville, KY 42167, (502) 487-5471 MONTGOMERY: P.O. Box 414, Mount Sterling, KY 40353, (606) 498-8700 MORGAN: P.O. Box 26, West Liberty, KY 41472, (606) 743-3949 MUHLENBERG: P.O. Box 525, Greenville, KY 42345, (502) 338-1441 NELSON: P.O. Box 312, Bardstown, KY 40004, (502) 348-1820 NICHOLSON: P.O. Box 227, Carlisle, KY 40311, (606) 289-3730 OHIO: P.O. Box 85, Hartford, KY 42347, (502) 298-4423 OLDHAM: 100 W. Jefferson St., La Grange, KY 40031, (502) 222-9311 OWEN: P.O. Box 338, Owenton, KY 40359, (502) 484-2213 OWSLEY: P.O. Box 500, Booneville, KY 41314, (606) 593-5735 PENDLETON: P.O. Box 112, Falmouth, KY 41040, (606) 654-3380 PERRY: P.O. Box 150, Hazard, KY 41702, (606) 436-4614 PIKE: P.O. Box 631, Pikeville, KY 41502, (606) 432-6209 POWELL: P.O. Box 548, Stanton, KY 40380, (606) 663-4390 PULASKI: P.O. Box 724, Somerset, KY 42502, (606) 679-2042 ROBERTSON: P.O. Box 75, Mount Olivet, KY 41064, (606) 724-5212 ROCKCASTLE: P.O. Box 365, Mount Vernon, KY 40456, (606) 256-2831 ROWAN: 227 E. Main St., Morehead, KY 40351, (606) 784-5212 RUSSELL: P.O. Box 579, Jamestown, KY 42629, (502) 343-2125 SCOTT: 101 E. Main St., Georgetown, KY 40324, (502) 863-7875 SHELBY: P.O. Box 819, Shelbyville, KY 40066, (502) 633-4410 SIMPSON: P.O. Box 268, Franklin, KY 42135, (502) 586-8161 SPENCER: 2 W. Main St., Taylorsville, KY 40071, (502) 477-3215 TAYLOR: 203 N. Court St., Campbellsville, KY 42718, (502) 465-6677 TODD: P.O. Box 307, Elkton, KY 42220, (502) 265-2363 TRIGG: P.O. Box 1310, Cadiz, KY 42211, (502) 522-6661 TRIMBLE: P.O. Box 262, Bedford, KY 40006, (502) 255-7174 UNION P.O. Box 119, Morganfield, KY 42437, (502) 389-1334 WARREN 429 E. 10th St., Bowling Green, KY 42101, (502) 842-9416 WASHINGTON P.O. Box 446, Springfield, KY 40069, (606) 336-5425 WAYNE P.O. Box 565, Monticello, KY 42633, (606) 348-5721 WEBSTER P.O. Box 19, Dixon, KY 42409, (502) 639-7006 WHITLEY Main St. Williamsburg, KY 40769, (606) 549-6002 WOLFE P.O. Box 400, Campton, KY 41301, (606) 668-3515 WOODFORD 103 S. Main St., Versailles, KY 40383, (606) 873-3421 (C) Copyright1 Februrary 2001, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved.sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ <>< RESEARCH: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios SCKY ARCHIVES: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/sck/sck.html Merged Surname Registry all counties in South Central KY: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/surnames/surnames.txt

This tip is courtesy of Jim Foster who has given me permission to reprint. osterjl@flash.net. My deepest appreciation for his kindness, it is copyrighted material. It was during the early fall of 1854 when a small group of Kentucky settlers prepared for their overland journey to the Texas frontier. The caravan of eleven covered wagons left Monroe County, Kentucky and traveled first to Memphis where they crossed the mighty Mississippi River and then on to Little Rock and finally over to Pleasant Valley and Liberty Grove. The entire trip lasted forty five days, with all eleven wagons arriving on November 1, 1854. It was later reported that "all arrived safely and without hostile encounters." The entire Pleasant Valley-Liberty Grove area would later become extensively populated by members (or their descendants) of this 1854 wagon train from Monroe County, Kentucky. Samuel Compton, Benjamin C. Kirby, John R. Kirby, William Kirby, Jessee Nelson and their family members occupied the majority of these wagons. Nancy Barland Nelson, born October 21, 1796 was probably one of the oldest travelers in the group. The Nelson wagons were occupied by Jessee Nelson, along with his wife, Nancy, and their two children, William B. Nelson and Anna Jane Nelson. Anna Jane Nelson had married John R. Kirby while in Monroe County, Kentucky, and William B. Nelson married Daranah F. Armstrong about four years after arriving at Pleasant Valley. William and Daranah Nelson had fifteen children. The John Kirby wagons were occupied by John R. Kirby, his wife, Anna Jane Nelson, and their six children. Their son, Andrew Barland Kirby, married Sarah Ann Ballard, daughter of Ruben Ballard and Eliza Butler; daughter, Sarah, married Blufford Toller; daughter, Julia, married Ezechel Hughes, and daughter, Nancy Kirby, married Lewis J. Ballard. The William Kirby wagons were occupied by William Kirby, along with his wife, Lucinda Fitzgerald and their five children. William and Lucinda's daughter, Lucy, married Oscar Raney; daughter, Nancy, married Neely Ballard; daughter, Kibby, married Charley Tucker, and son, Jim, married Gertrude Sachse. The Benjamin Coy Kirby wagon wasn't occupied with a wife or children. It appears that Benjamin Coy Kirby was a single man upon departure, but wed Elizabeth (Nancy) McDaniel shortly after his journey was completed. Nancy McDaniel was the daughter of William and Polly McDaniel. Nancy's sister Sallie married Harvey Newman; her sister, Emeline, married Harmon Newman; her sister, Mary Clementine, married Smith Bennett Compton, and her brother, John, married Rachel Coomer. Benjamin Coy and Nancy Kirby had a total of five children. Their first child, John M. Kirby, was born the first year after arriving at Liberty Grove. John married Rachel Coomer, the daughter of Lee and Nancy Myers Coomer. Their second child was Kibby Ann Kirby. Kibby married the well known Joshua Lawrence Herring of Sachse. Kibby and Joshua had nine children total. Their fourth child was James William Kirby. James married Levina Coomer, the sister of Rachel Coomer. James and Levina had six children total. Their fifth child was Sarah Kirby. Sarah married James Madison Wells, the son of Glover Wells. Sarah died young and James Madison then married Louisa Ballard. The Compton wagons were occupied by Samuel Compton along with his wife, Keziah Kibby Kirby, and seven of their children. Their eldest son, Bishop, first married Melvina Little and, second, Lenorah Hargrove; daughter, Sarah Jane, married Thomas J. McClain; son, Smith Bennett Compton, married Mary Clementine McDaniel, and son, William Robinson, married Martha Jane Ballard, the daughter of Ruben and Eliza Butler Ballard. Descendants of these early pioneer wagon train members totaled several hundred by the late 1890's. And now, nearly one hundred and fifty years later, their descendants would easily total over a thousand. 1854 Wagon Train Roll 1. Andrew Barland Kirby 2. Anna Jane Nelson 3. Benjamin Coy Kirby 4. Bishop Compton 5. Columbus Kirby 6. James W. Kirby 7. Jesse Nelson 8. Jessee Kirby 9. John R. Kirby 10. Julia C. Kirby 11. Keziah Kibby Kirby Compton 12. Lucinda Fitzgerald Kirby 13. Lucy Ellen Compton 14. Mary J. Kirby 15. Mary G. Compton 16. Nancy A. Kirby 17. Nancy Barland Nelson 18. Riley Compton 19. Samuel Compton 20. Sarah Jane Compton 21. Sarah Trigg Kirby 22. Smith Bennett Compton 23. William Robinson Compton 24. William B. Nelson 25. William Kirby Other area pioneers were almost certainly members of this early wagon train. Many names have been lost through the ages of time. We will probably never know the name of every single person that came to this area as a member of the 1854 Wagon Train from Monroe County Kentucky. (c) Copyright of presentation only, 25 January 20001, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ <>< RESEARCH: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios SCKY ARCHIVES: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/sck/sck.html Merged Surname Registry all counties in South Central KY: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/surnames/surnames.txt

An * indicates a biography accompanied the name. I am unable as yet to find any write-up on the Bell and Caldwell Schools but assume they were also located in Boyle County. Caldwell was later known as the Kentucky College For Women. According to their web site: Centre College opened its doors in the fall of 1820, with a faculty of two and a student body of five. Classes reflected the classical curriculum of the day which included Latin, Greek, rhetoric, and logic. They were held in Old Centre, a building which has been used continuously since Centre's beginning and which today houses the College's administrative offices as well as a Heritage Room and a classroom. Old Centre had been built the previous year at a cost of $8,000. It was designed to hold up to 400 students in the College and also a grammar school. Despite early financial hardships, disputes within and outside of the Presbyterian Church, and six wars (including the occupation of Old Centre by both Confederate and Union troops during the Civil War), Centre has remained open and committed to its educational mission since its founding. The roots of the College, officially chartered by the Kentucky Legislature on January 21, 1819, lie deep in the history of the region. Presbyterians, eager for an educated clergy and educated people to teach their children, were laying the groundwork for the establishment of a college in what was then the Kentucky County of Virginia. At the same time, the Revolutionary War was being fought and the region west of the Allegheny Mountains was being settled out of wilderness. In 1780, the Virginia Assembly set aside 8,000 acres of land for this "seminary of learning." Three years later, a board of trustees met at Tom Crow's Station (still standing as a private home in Danville) to organize the school. Instruction began at the Transylvania Seminary near Danville in 1785. But the seminary fell on hard financial times. Unable to raise proper funding in the small community of Danville, the trustees moved the school to the larger settlement of Lexington in 1788. By 1794, the founding group of Presbyterians, alarmed by what it viewed as secular philosophies invading public institutions, moved to establish a more Christian school near Pisgah, Kentucky. The Kentucky Academy opened in 1795, funded by donations from the faithful. George Washington and John Adams gave $100 each to the new school, and Aaron Burr donated $50. By 1819, the Presbyterians began to realize that they had again lost control of their institution and its board of trustees. Once more they petitioned the Kentucky Legislature for a charter, and Centre College was established. The legislature placed some of its most important citizens in charge of Centre as its first board of trustees. Isaac Shelby, the state's first governor, was its chair. Dr. Ephraim McDowell, a Danville resident who 10 years earlier had made medical history by performing the first successful abdominal operation, was also on the board. (These two leaders shared family connections in addition to civic responsibilities, as McDowell was married to Shelby's oldest daughter, Sarah.) The struggle between the Presbyterians and others, who were eager for a more public institution of higher education, continued beyond Centre's opening two years later. While the Kentucky Legislature gave complete control of the College's board of trustees to the Presbyterians in 1824, it added an amendment stating that "the College shall at all times be conducted on liberal, free and enlightened principles, and no student shall be excluded in consequence of his religious opinions, or those of his parents, guardians or relatives." (Today the College maintains its affiliation with the Presbyterian Church but welcomes students, faculty, and staff of all faiths.) While the first 50 years of Centre's history was a period of preparation and planning, its second phase, from 1830 to 1857, was an era of consolidation and growth. Dr. John C. Young, Centre's president during the later period, found, according to Dr. Ormond Beatty (who served as Centre's president during the latter half of the 19th century), "the College without reputation, without endowment, without students....But, he was young, hopeful and earnest." Dr. Young's qualities and the support of loyal alumni and friends of the College helped Centre advance under his presidency. "Before his death, Dr. Young saw a permanent fund of $100,000 provided for the support of the school," Beatty noted. This occurred along with additions to the curriculum, enlargement of the faculty, and a five-fold increase in the student body. Under Dr. Young's tenure, Centre advanced to a position among the highest-ranking colleges in America. Founded primarily as an institution devoted to training young men for the ministry, Centre has changed throughout its history to keep pace with the educational demands of a growing region and nation. The Kentucky School for the Deaf, also in Danville, was founded in 1824 as the first state-supported institution for the deaf, and in its early years was controlled by Centre's board of trustees. From the 1890's until 1912, a law school was operated at Centre with J. Procter Knott, a former Kentucky governor, as its dean. In 1901, the Central University at Richmond was consolidated with Centre. Danville's Kentucky College for Women merged with Centre in 1926, becoming the College's women's department. (The department maintained a separate campus until the early 1960's when a unified campus organization was formed.) As the 20th century continued to unfold, many of the educational resources of Kentucky and the nation were committed to the establishment and expansion of state-supported land grant universities. These institutions were often vocationally oriented. But Centre remained steadfast in its mission of providing superior education in the liberal arts tradition. In this period Centre's image as a tiny school capable of startlingly large achievements was enhanced by its 1921 football victory over number-one-ranked Harvard (often referred to as the greatest sports upset in the first half of the 20th Century). Also during this period, Centre continued to educate persons who went on to achieve distinction in a variety of fields, many of whom later served as leaders in helping the College further advance its tradition of alumni loyalty and support. Throughout its long history, Centre has been supported and enhanced by its alumni, who have taken positions of prominence and usefulness in a variety of fields. Centre alumni have figured prominently in U.S. history. They include two U.S. vice presidents, one Chief Justice of the United States, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, 13 U.S. Senators, 43 U.S. Representatives, 10 moderators of the General Assemblies of the Presbyterian Church, and 11 governors. Other Centre alumni have been and are leaders in a variety of other fields including teaching, business, medicine, law and journalism. 1909: Mary Ashby Cheek - Boyle *, Mary E. Day - Clark *, Nell Huston - Henry *, Bell Teal Martin - Owen *, Isabelle South - Franklin *, Mattie Sallee - Boyle *, Bertha Taylor - Lincoln *, Gladys Merritt - Boyle *, 1910: Elizabeth Crutcher - Bourbon *, Julia Glenn - Shelby *, Alice Hughes - Jessamine *, Lucy Lee - Kenton *, Rebecca Kendall - Franklin *, Ollie Van Hook - Pulaski *, Elizabeth Veach -Nicholas , Nancy Wingate - Boyle , Minnie Woodson - Jefferson * 1911: Isabelle Caldwell - Boyle *, Carrilee Hardesty - Christian *, Vivian Hardesty - Boyle *,Nancy Logan - Boyle *, Mary McDowell - Boyle *, Louise Phillips - Boyle *, Hazel Seay - Atoka, KY 1912: Margaret Bean - Clark *, Jennie Graham Bright - Boyle *, Nell Crutcher - Bourbon *, Margaret Hann - Boyle *, Jane Letcher - Boyle *, Grace Otter - Boyle *, Helen Stevenson - Campbell *, Floss Taylor - Campbell *, 1913: Theresa Bethel - Boyle *, Frances Bradley - Boyle *, Addie Caldwell - Taylor *, Elizabeth Hunter - Mason *, Moiselle Johnson - Pulaski *, Stella Lee - Kenton , Mary Marrs - Anderson *, Elizabeth Metcalf - Bell , Elizabeth Offutt - Nelson *, Sara Robinson - Boyle *, Katherine Letcher - Boyle *, 1914: Eleanor Biggs - Greenup *, Lucy Burchfield - Bell *, Minnie Parker Durham - Boyle *, Edna Dyer - Kenton *, Nellie Hardin - Webster *, Margaret Huston - Nelson *, Minerva Hurst - Bell *, Mary Lucy Lowe - Adair *, Lavinia Reynolds - Laurel *, Hyla Snider -Nelson *, Adeline Wiseman - Boyle *. 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* indicates a biography was included.. 1881: Nannie Lillard - Boyle *, Nannie Stodgill - Boyle , Lillie Pettus - Pulaski , Benjamin Franklin Bedford - Bourbon *. Robert Letcher Blakeman - Jessamine *, Logan Wharton Caldwell - Boyle *, Joseph Weisiger Caldwell - Boyle *, Henry Jefferson Cowan - Boyle *, James Francis Greer - Nelson *, William Wilson Irwin - Boyle *, Joseph Abner Knox - Boyle *, George Welsh Metcalfe - Boyle *, Edgar Christian Newlin - Boyle *, John Matthew Newman - Pendleton *, Francis Slaughter Read - Adair *, William McDanald Shaw - Kenton *, William Bayard Thomas - Boyle *, Benjamin Vincent Tyler - Fayette *, William Price Vaughan - Shelby *, Robert Alderson, Stanley C. Archibald, William H. Briggs, Joseph W. Bell, Henry S. Dowling, Jerry M. Fisher, Maurice D. Gano, Frank Fox, Reuben Gentry, Oscar L. Gregory, Samuel T. Hickman, Winfred B. Hill, Charles H. Harrison, Sebastian C. Jones, John N. Randolph, Christopher C. Ricketts, Elliott W. Shanklin, John Tompkins, George B. Wagner. 1882: Mariah Caldwell - Boyle *, Sallie Tomlinson - Fayette *, Maggie Rowland - Madison *, Mary P. Shelton - Jefferson *, George Johnson Allen, John Logan Bosley - Lincoln , Albert Gallatin Craig Collins -Kenton, *, David Thornton Edwards - Mercer *, Andrew Forsythe Evans - Mercer *, Hartwell Preston Grider - Mercer *, Alexander Macy Irvin - Boyle *, Dwight Newcomb Marble - Jefferson *, William Leonard McEwan - Franklin *, William Thomas Overstreet - Mercer *, Thomas Wood Parry - Mason *, John McClure Rankin - Grant *, Bethel Bowles Veech -Unknown - Indian Hills, KY *, David R. Allen, Lucien L. Bridgeforth, Benjamin B. Brown, Robert Bosley, James C. Coleman, Wythe Denby, Samuel G. Earle, Charles A., Jr. Hardin, John Hawkins, Sidney J. Haydon, William Jarvis, Kobert L. King, James R. Knox, Denny W. Lewis, James C. Mahon, James H. Moore, Thomas C. Martin, John W. Murray, Charles A. Ray, Edmond E. Roby, Samuel D. Roser, John J. Samuel, James P. Shaw, Dudley H. Veal, Francis M. Wilson. 1883: Leila Owsley - Boyle , Laura Baker *, Mattie Brown, Bettie Craig - Boyle *, Hattie Farris - Fayette *, George Hauser Barbour - Pendleton *, Benjamin Franklin Blakeman - Fayette *, John Burgin - Mercer *, John Cowan - Boyle *, George Carroll Cowles - Bullitt , William Kenney Massie - Fayette, , Clarence Gilmore McAlister - Bath *, Leila Sara McKee - Adair *, James Lapsley McKee - Jefferson *, Charles Wesley Metcalfe - Lincoln *, Worden Pope Nicholas - Jefferson *, Robert Lee Pulliam - Lincoln *, Margaret Eleanor Randolph (Sprague) - Boyle *, Henry Clary Read - Adair *, Peter Gordon Smoot - Mason *, Theodore Turis - Grant *, Union Worthington - Boyle *, Sophie Bright - Boyle *, James D. Anderson, Henry H Banford, Joseph A. Bosley, Charles G. Caldwell, Samuel B. Cecil, Fisher D Gaines, Augustus B Graham, Edard E Hogg, Matthias J Holt, Ferdinand Heckinger, Charles H Irvin, William L Jarvis, Anderson W Jones, Andrew B Jones, William H Lillard, Obed P Nute, Henry M Pittman, Jown W Phelps, Robert G Price, Gustav W Rammers, William E Smoot, Orville T Skilman, Eugene F Vest, Kenneth Webb, Harry Whitghome, Henry C Wishard, Mabel R Wishard, DeLamiel L Yost, 1884: Sue McDowell - Boyle *, Sallie Pettus - Pulaski *, Bertie Newlin - Boyle *, Ama Van Meter - Boyle *, Marcus Marshall Allen - Scott *, Henry Kirby Bourne - Christian *, Boyle Gill Boyle - Boyle *, Clarence Kerr Crawford - Boyle *, Joseph Le Compte Davis - Mercer *, George Zophar Dimmitt - Mercer *, William Elliot Knight - Jessamine *, Robert Graham McKee - Jefferson *, George Edward Moore - Mercer *, Cleon Clinton Owens - Mason *, Augustus Rogers - Bourbon * Fouchee Warren Samuel - Boyle *, William Pleasant Sandidge - Cumberland *, William Royston Stout - Boyle *, William Alexander Tribble - Lincoln *, John A. Berry, William W. Bruce, Gelon R. Craft, Hugh B. Craft , John M. Craig, William Crutcher, John B. Dailey, James H. Fisher, Charles L. Grant, Hugh L. Harlan, James P. Hendrick, Joel H. Horton, Clarence Judy, William P. Linney, Sparrell McCall, Clarence Mathews, Nelson May, Daugherty W. Mahan, Willis S. Mullen, Charles H. Rowland, Collins M. Sumrall, Stark Taylor, Frank S. Thomson, Clarence E. Vaughan, James T. Vaughan. 1885: Ella Barker - Boyle *, Lettie Cowan - Fayette *, Sallie McRoberts - Boyle *, Jessie Schoffen - Boyle *, Laura Sandidge - Shelby *, Harry Lee Briggs - Boyle *, Edward Samuel Farrand - Garrard *, Benjamin Henry Fields - Catawba, KY *, Frank William Grossman - Jefferson *, Murray Rodman Hubbard - Larue *, Ernest Douglas Martin - Boyle *, Nicholas, Jr. McDowell - Boyle *, James Allen Williams - Boyd *, Garvin Easton, Jr. Wiseman - Boyle *, William B. Burke, James H. Cochran, William D. Cochran, T. Cleland Coleman, Simon T. Dwight, Walter G. Hall, Robert H. Horton, Scott M. Hudson, Howard J. Marrs, Charles M Mason, James C. Reid. William R. Rowland, Chester T. Sparks, W. Sparks, James C. Shelton, Luther B. Stodghill, Alfred F. Talbot, Joseph E. Thomas, Robert A. Watts. 1886: Ada Bonta - McCracken *, Mana Lackey - Jefferson *, Sue Smith - Jefferson *, Anna Crowe - Bell *, Mattie Crowe - Hardin *, John Little Anderson - Garrard *, Thomas Reed, Jr. Browne - Washington *, William Ellsworth Bryce - Jefferson *, Achilles Edward Davis - Mercer *, George Edwin Davis - Mercer *, Robert Walton Eastland - Mercer *, Hugh McKee Grant - Garrard , Samuel Henderson Hogsett - Grant , Thomas Samuel McWilliams - Shelby , Stonewall Jackson Pulliam - Lincoln , Shelley Dryden Rouse - Grant , John Montgomery Rupley - Boyle , James Alfred Stout - Boyle , George Washington Broadus - Madison *, David B. Allen, William A. Baker, Richard A. Chiles, Richard E. Crawford, John A. Davis, Martin O. Gilpin, Edward J. Grubbs, J. Carroll Hamilton, Kensey J. L. Hampton, William D. Irvin, John M. Jean, Wallace S. Knox, John P. Lapsley, Everett D. Middleton, Robert C. Miller, John R. McRoberts, William G. McRoberts, Chalres E. O'Hara, John B. Robards, Richards Scrugham, George W. Stevens, Eugene Wood. 1887: Mattie Hackley - Lincoln *, Jessie Hubbard - Larue *, Richard Givens Denny - Lincoln *, Edward Melvin, Jr. Green - Boyle *, Charles Dury Grubbs - Montgomery *, Frank Nelson Lee - Boyle , George, Jr. Nicholas - Jefferson *, William Lawson Sumrall - Boyle *, Frank Dillon VanWinkle - Boyle *, Eugene Kerr Wilson - Grant *, Samuel J. Baughman, Edgar Baum, Charles A. Bibb, Isaac C. Buckner , Joseph P. Burton, Henry C. Jr. Campbell, David Cohn, William B., Jr. Cecil, John H. Dunn, Joseph W. Irvin, John D. Johnson, William W. Johnson, Clarence Julian, Albert W. Lee, Louis B. Maxwell, James C. McElroy, John A. Mills, Herman Postal, Iames F. Robinson, William F. Rogers, Louie E. Rue, William L. Tarkington, Jesse B. Titterington, Max Wolf. 1888: Martha C. Bosley - Boyle *, Effie Bruce - Boyle *, Benjamin Franklin Bowen - Bourbon *, Obadiah Brumfield Caldwell - Boyle *, Nathaniel Clay Cureton - Henry *, James Graham Denny - Lincoln *, Edmund Lyne Hann - Boyle *, Edward Brierley Nelson - Boyle *, Lucien Doty Noel - Garrard *, William Mansfield Stodghill - Boyle *, Joseph Atwood VanArsdall - Mercer *, George Boone VanArsdall - Mercer *, James Madison Walton -Knox *, William S. Bomer, Hugh M. Grundy, Frank Guille, Isaac J. Heizer, Ebenezer Hemphill, Henry W. Huss, Hervy S. Keller, John H. Kerby, Alexander M. Kinnaird, Austin B. Kinnaird, Gabriel T. Lackey, William G. Lackey, Charles E. Powell, John Roberts, William O., Reed, Charles H. Sanford. 1889: Emily Cowan - Boyle *, Anna Hendricks - Pulski *, Emma Crawford Nichols - Boyle *, Caszada Briscoe Rupley - Boyle *, Robert Templeman Caldwell - Boyle *, James Marshall Givens - Hopkins *, Willis Green - Jefferson *, Edward Lee Grubbs - Boyle *, Patrick Pope Nicholas - Jefferson *, Augustus Owsley Stanley - Shelby *, Arthur Y. Ford 1890: Frances Hendrick - Fayette *, Mary McDowell - Boyle *, Daniel Hollingsworth Yeiser - Boyle *, Robert Hiner Winn - Montgomery *, John Frank Walton - Boyle *, John Sallee VanWinkle - Boyle *, Horace Greeley Turner - Jessamine *, Thomas Barnette Terhune - Boyle *, John Thomas Price - Fayette *, Robert Leonard Oelze - Breckinridge *, George Andrew McRoberts - Boyle *, Alexander Robertson Hann - Madison *, Haydon Young Grubbs - Boyle *, Henry Nelson Craik - Franklin *, John Rice Cowan - Boyle *, William Beckner Bush - Clark *, Edward Hardy Bull- Franklin *, Jacob Twyman Boyer - Henry *, Joseph Walker Bowen - Bourbon *, 1900: None 1901: Allene Pearce - Boyle *, Margaret Rodes - Woodford *, Amanda Rodes - Boyle *, Frances Tomlinson - Garrard *, Mary Tracy - Boyle *, Elizabeth Tunis - Boyle *, Zoe Walker - Boyle *, Lucy Spears - Boyle *, 1902: No graduates 1903: Lillie Anderson - Boyle *, Bessie Bolton - Mercer *, Lula Mae Bruce - Boyle *, Lillie Cecil - Boyle *, Martha Frances Cox - Harrison *, Kate Curry - McCracken *, Kathleen Foley -Kenton *, Angie Lester - Boyle *, Lorretta Mannini - Boyle *, Susan Rowland - Franklin *, Bessie Shumate - Laurel *, Polly Traylor - Estill *, 1904: No Kentucky born students. 1905: Nannie B. Adler - Boyle *, Georgia Black - Knox *, Nannie Bennett Caldwell - Boyle *, Margaret Deering - Franklin *, Leila Grant - Boyle *, Mary Hudson - Boyle *, Josephine Hudson - Jefferson *, Sarah Logan - Shelby *, Em Smith - Boyle *, Sadie Taylor - Boyle *, Mary Henderson Worthington - Jessamine *, 1906: Mary Louise Hutchings - Boyle *, Lula Mills - Boyle *, Margaret Roberts - Boyle * Mayme Underwood - Garrard *, Nancy Webster - Boyle *, Theresa Worthington - Jefferson *. 1907: Virginia Bennett - Franklin *, Ethel Grant - Warren *, Ellen Bruce Gray - Boyle *, Allene Hanna - Shelby *, Emmeline Harbison -Boyle *, Elizabeth Lee - Unknown *, Elizabeth Molloy - Shelby *, Frances Veach - Helena Station, KY *, 1908: Linda Barriger - Long Run, KY *, Inez Coleman - Boyle *, Brethitt *, Alma Fitzgerald - Jefferson *, Elizabeth Hays - Jefferson *, Ethel Lane -Boyle *, Anna V. Parker - Carroll *, Mary Wood - Boyle * To be concluded next week. (c) Copyright 11 January 2001, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ <>< RESEARCH: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios SCKY ARCHIVES: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/sck/sck.html Merged Surname Registry all counties in South Central KY: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/surnames/surnames.txt

An astersisk (*) indicates a biography included. 1872: Iva Ayres- Jefferson *, Ella Clore - Henderson *, Ella Colville, Lizzie Congleton Nicholson *, Camilla Irvine - Jessamine *, Julia Lyle, Mary Meyer - Fayette *, Hallie Robertson, Mary Robertson, Alice Stodgill *, John James Hogsett - Crittenden *, Arthur Weir Johnstone - Garrard *, John Thomas Lillard - Boyle *, William Owsley Rodes - Warren *, James Lafayette Sallee - Wayne *, James Benjamin Walton - Boyle *, James Breath Welsh - Lincoln *, Herman G. Bayless, Robert G. Brown, William O. Chenault, William Easley, Thomas J. Fry, Archie A. Gordon, Robert McMullin, Michael Nichols, Nicholas Ray , Charles Rogers, William H. Tomlinson, Harrison W. Wilde, James, Jr. Weir, Morris Yeiser 1873: Ora Durham - Jefferson*, Lucy McGrorty, Rosa Kenney, Jennie Matthews - Kenton *, William Ayres - Boyle *, John Morgan Bruce - Boyle *, Robert Crumbaugh Caldwell - Boyle *, Andrew McConnell Cochran - Mason *, Benjamin Jackson Durham - Boyle *, James Wesley Durham - Boyle *, Robert Harding - Boyle *, William Jackson Hendrick - Fleming *, William Porter Irvin - Boyle *, Alexander Scott McGrorty - Boyle *, Matthew Thompson Scott - Fayette *, Albert Gallatin Talbot Smith - Boyle, Edward LeRoy Warren - Jefferson *, John Byars Worrall - Jefferson *, John Watson Yerkes - Fayette *, Samuel Cotton, Charles J. Hunter, Joseph S. Ray, John Rogers, Thomas C. Shelby, George Douglass Sherley 1874: Lucy Cohen - Bath *, Sue Fox - Boyle *, Kate Gilkerson - Marion *, Lizzie Knox - Boyle *, Nannie Scrugham - Boyle *, Abbie Shinkle - Kenton *, Sue Whitley - Jefferson *, Theresa Worthington - Jefferson *, George Cristy Cohen - Boyle *, James Fletcher Combs - Bullitt *, George Lafayette Dunlap - Boyle *, William Henry McGranaghan - Mason *, James Frazer Read - Adair , Samuel Andrew Scott - Unknown, William Henry Shaw - Boyle *, Watson Andrew Sudduth - Bath *, John M. Allen, Gregory Ams, William G. Armstrong, Ira Bright, Thomas W. Brown, William L. Caldwell, John M. Campbell, John Cochran, Waller, 2d Chenault, Thomas Cruse, William S. Davison, James R. Downs, James E. Eggleston, Joseph B. Eifort, Frank M. Ewing, J. Wesley Ewing, David Field, William M. Finley, Richard M. Gartrell, Christian E. Gentry, Richard C. Gentry, Robert Gentry, John S. Higgins, Jehu W. Harlan, Thomas Hoskins, Hugh M. Lampton, Hartwell J. Luce, Robert G. Luce, Robert Burns May, John H. Malone, Nelson F. Potts, Belvard J. Prichard, John J. Rowland, Charles Rudy. Walker Richardson, Logan L. Russell, Nathaniel B. Russell, Horace Sanders, Garland P. Tarrant, Albert C. Taylor, James H. Taylor, John Troutman, Adolph F. Wieland, Thomas Webster, Furman C. Whitaker, Andrew G. Whitley 1875: Blanche Eggleston, Lena Gibbs - Unknown *, Sallie Reid - Boyle *, Emma Weisiger - Boyle *,Clifton Rodes Anderson - Boyle , John (Clinton) Barret - Jefferson, William McDowell Bent - Jefferson *, Samuel Robertson Cheek - Boyle *, William Henry Cooper - Jefferson *, Thomas Porter Curry - Mercer *, James Bailey Dunlap - Boyle *,John Crittenden Finnell - Kenton *, John Donaldson Fleming - Fleming , Henry Horace Grant - Kenton , Breckinridge Jones - Boyle, William McDowell McClure - Grant *, Joshua Bell Reid - Fayette *, John Thomas Vansant - Fleming *, Susan Cheek - Boyle *, John J. Acomb, Leslie T. Applegate, A. Kenneth Barbour, John M. Brand, William H. Brannon, John W. Bright, Richard Bruce, Samuel G. Boyle, Joseph C. Burrows, John T. Coakley, Samuel D. Coakley, John D. Carpenter, George B. Clarke, Thomas L. Crittenden, William H. Crow, James K., 2d Duke, James Duncan, John A. Dils, Isaac M. Dunn, Eli M. Ewing, Henry B. Ferrell, Charles W. Forman, William P. Givens, Henry W. Green, Basil Guest, William T. Guest, Walter S. Harkins, Camillus Hays, James Hendrick, Anthony Howell, Frank Hull, James M. Hurt, Marcus Kibbey, Frank Larue, Charles C. McChord, William W. Means, John R. Mock, William A. Mock, Samuel McKee, Robert E. McRoberts, William H. Park, Samuel T. Payne, James Rainey, Jasper N. Rawlings, William B. Roberts, William C. Read, J. F. Redford, Henry M. Russell, Edward Secrest, Nathaniel Secrest, Joseph H. Sharp, William T. Summers, William S. Tewmey, James L. Vanarsdall, John C. Venable, William H. Walter, William D. Waters, Irvin W. Williams, William W. Winston, William L Welsh, Charles T. Worthington, 1876: Archibald Burton - Lincoln *, Francis Jacobs Cheek - Boyle *, William Ridgely Griffith - Daviess *, John Hise Millikin - Simpson *, Joseph Smith Moore - Franklin *, Andrew Bonner Semple - Jefferson *, Joseph Henry Skinner - Jefferson *, James M. Bryant, William C. Cohen, Samuel T. Churchill, John M. Cowherd, William H. Crawford, Frank W. Elliott, Jesse D. Elliott, Hernando J. Harman, Arthur M. Joplin, William J. Leavell, John Y. Leming, James R. McRoberts, John C. Morehead, William G. Marks, John O. Odell, Heaton Owsley, John G. Owsley, William D. Powell, George B. Robinson, Edgar W. Reed, Carroll B. Reid, Millard F. Rout, James Spilman, Ephraim L. Van Winkle, John E. Waldeck, Isaac C. Watt , Maurice D. Wilson, Dwight Woods. 1877: Lillie Powell - Boyle *, Samuel Ayres - Boyles *, James Rollins Burnam - Madison *, Josiah Phelps Chenault - Madison , Thomas Elijah Cleland - Mercer , Thomas Lewis Edelen - Mercer *, John Marshall - Jefferson *, Edward Hickman Owings - Bourbon *, Edward E. Brown, James P. Brubaker, Gabriel I. Caldwell, Samuel M. Burbank, Robert A. Burton, Jacob E. Caldwell, John Y. Craft, William F. Davis, William J. Dean, Richard H. Dobyns, William L. Evans, Spencer C. Graves, J. F. Holdam, William P. Houchins, T. Love Lillard, Frank Mock, Luther C. Moore, George W. Pulliam, William H. Robinson, William D. Scrugham, Willis G. Short, John N. Steele, Carey I. Warren, James S. Winn, Winston W. Wiseman, Lester Wheat. 1878: Georgia Shears - Boyle *, Henry Chambers Brent - Bourbon , Kelly Brent - Bourbon , Samuel Lewis Curry - Mercer, Richard Pretlow Ernst -Kenton *, Fountain Rothwell Farrand - Boyle *, James George Givens - Lincoln *, John Adamson Heron - Boyle *, John Robert James - Boyle *, William Henderson Kelly - Bourbon *, William McCreary Kenney - Bourbon * Charles Euston Kincaid - Boyle *, Samuel McAfee Magoffin - Mercer *, Peter Muir McRoberts - Lincoln *, Charles Talbutt Thomson - Bourbon, Benjamin Logan Wheat - Shelby *, William C. Barnes, T. Benjamin Bright, Lynn B. Bohon, Mack L. Bosley, John N. Courtney, Robert L. Dunlap, Robert M. Durham, Edward H. Ernst, Speed S., Jr., Fry, Jackson Givens, Charles Hiner, Morton Hiner, Charles J. Hays, William H. January, Douglas H. Kincaid, Richard King, Hammond A. Miller, William P. Miller, James R. Moffett, William P. McMakin, Matthew V. Moore, William D. Moore, Walter W. Owsley, Richard N. Ratliff, John H. Stodghill, De Witt C. Taylor, George S. B. Thomas, Robert F. Thomas, Malcom Weisiger. 1879: Mattie McDowell - Boyle , Annie Wardroper - Boyle*, Thomas Botts Andrews - Mason *, William Kavanaugh Argo - Unknown *, Seth Botts - Fleming *, John Henry Clagett - Grayson *, Andrew Payne Darnall - Fleming *, Henry Palmer Dudley - Fleming , Woodford Gaines Dunlap - Garrard *, William Simpson Elkin - Garrard *, Arthur Henley Keller - Bourbon *, James West Kennedy - Hickman *, James Brown Kinnaird - Garrard *, Jacob Guest Owsley - Lincoln *, Hugh Reid - Lincoln *, James Albert Vansant - Fleming *, William Raymond Worrall - Kenton *, William P. Apperson, George Archibald, John J. Argo, John C. Brooks, Robert W. Deering, George H. Garland, John B. Foster, Warren B. Gore, Elijah H. Gregory, David J. Gregory, Roger H. Hardin, Edward W. Knight, Charles R. McDougald, Ezra F. McKee, Frank Mahan, Samuel D. Martin, Robert H. Newell, John B. Poyntz, Isaac 2d Pearson, Cornelius Skinner, James F. Vanarsdall, Edward T. Vaughan, W. Nicholas Vaughan, Charles A. Weber, Paul Weir. 1880: Maggie McRoberts - Taylor *, Mary E. Pettus - Pulaski *, Josie Smith - Boyle *, Bettie Lynn - Bath *, Hervey Barbour - Pendleton *, To be continued next week. (c) Copyright 4 January 2001, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ <>< RESEARCH: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios SCKY ARCHIVES: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/sck/sck.html Merged Surname Registry all counties in South Central KY: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/surnames/surnames.txt

TIP 322 - CENTER COLLEGE ALUMNI CONTINUED, DANVILLE, KY. 1862 THROUGH 1871 Note: For the remainder of these years, also included are Caldwell College (later Kentucky College for Women) graduates from 1861 through 1913. An asterisk (*) indicates there is a biography available. 1862: George Wallace Alcorn - Lincoln *; Edward Alcorn - Lincoln *; Mary Cowan Caldwell - Boyle *; Herschel Clay Baker - Cumberland *; William Reynolds Brown - Woodford *, Lewis Green Craig - Boyle *, Foster Brandenburg Crutcher - Nelson *; Mrs. J.H. Engleman - Boyle *, Joseph Madison Evans - Nicholas * Matthew Leander Forsythe - Mercer *, Mrs. D.C. Griffith - Daviess *. Mrs. R.P. Jacobs - Boyle *, John William Lewis - Green *, John Patrick McDugald - Jefferson *. James Brown McFerran - Boyle *, George Washington McMillan - Boyle *, Mrs. A.B. Nelson - Boyle *, Joseph Pettus - Garrard *, David Rodman Murray - LaRue *, James William Schooling - Marion *, John Milton VanMeter - Clark *, Richard Crutchfield Warren - Boyle *, Eugenia Young - Boyle -*, Lera Aiken, A. Gaines Armstrong, Lettie Ball, Pattie Bell, Mrs. W.C.P. Breckinridge, Lexington, KY.Mrs. Hiram Chamberlain, Danville, KY, Charles H. Clifton, Richard A. Cowherd, Andrew P. T. Cox, David Crozier, Mrs. Davis, David H. Davis, Mrs. Archie Denny, Stanford, KY, Mary Downton, James E. Ellison, William M. Fields, Martha M. Forbes, Bettie Givens, Louise Green, Leonora Hann, Mrs. D.H. Howard, Lebanon, KY, Edwin R. Lyle, Robert B. Lyle, Samuel W. Marshall, Emma Maxwell, John R. Miller, Mary Moore, Mrs. Moore, William L. Moore, Mary L. McCollough Henderson, KY, Ezra Offutt, Louis G. Pawling, Lizzie R. Scott - Frankfort, KY, Louise Scott, Henry C. Tompkins, Annie Walker Richmond, KY, Mrs. Charles H. Talbott, Burkesville, KY,Robert Underwood, Bell Weir, Martha Weisiger, Zillah Young 1863: Henry W. Alexander, Bell Antheney, William J. Anthony, Thomas F. Barbee, Jessamine Barclay - Jefferson *, Thomas Helm Bell - Boyle *, Romulus C. Biggs, Augustus Blake, Cabell B. Breckinridge, Thomas Hann Cleland - Woodford *, John Levi Cleveland - Kenton *, Joseph A. Cohen, Robert A. Colvin, William Cutter Condit - Mason*, Bell Crutcher - Henderson *, Iredale P. Davie, Ambrose L. Dickson, Eliza K. Downton - Unknown *, Marshall P. Drury, George W. Dunlap, James F. Fee, John B. Fee, John Duncan Goodloe - Boyle *, Frederick Goulding, John H. Grimes, Andrew January Grundy - Mason *, Wayne Hoskins, Gabriel C Irvin, Horace January, James S. Kalfus, James C. Kendrick, Edward Y Kilgore, William H. Lucas, Isaac W. McAfee, John McCullugh, Rufus P. McGoodwin, Virgil McGoodwin, Sarah McGrath *, George Meriwether, John M. Meyer, Uriah W. Miller, Charlese W. Moore, Daniel L Moore, James Q Moore, Thomas C. Moore, Thomas M. Mourning, Robert Posey, James Redmond, William C. Renfro, Frazier Robbins, James D. Simpson, Sarah E. Steele *, George H. Taylor, Volney P. Thomas, Nicholas D. Thurmond, Sarah L. Webster *, James J. Wheeler, James Wilhite, Samuel Wilson, William Henry Weedin - Boyle * 1864: James Foster Barbour - Boyle *, Obadiah Brumfield - Boyle *, Henry Marshall Buford - Fayette *, Edward William Cornelius Humphrey - Jefferson *, Robert Lyle Irvin - Boyle *, William Johnston Lapsley - Mercer * Samuel McKee - Madison *, James Graham Moore - Shelby *, Alfred Brierley Nelson - Boyle *, Joseph Scott - Fayette *, Edward Humphrey Semple - Jefferson *, Henry Anselm Scomp - Boyle *, Joseph McDowell Wallace - Boyle *. Alexander Beard, George M. Davie, Benjamin Gentry, Joseph Gentry , Richard L. Green, Gelon Hann, James S. Hawthorn, Ira Julian, George Lee, Lunsford L. Lewis, Alfred McChord , Joseph Meyer, Hugh A. Moran, Henry Neill, Thomas S. Orr, Lewis E. Pearce, Henry M. Semple, Logan Swope, John W. Talbot, Robert P. Townsend, Thomas J. Townsend, John L. Terry, H. Wood Wallace, Newton Williams, James T. Wilson Robert H. Wood 1865: Amanda Helm *, Bettie Hickman *, Henry Anthony Bell - Jefferson *, Victor Moran Brown - Jessamine* Alexander Greer Drury - Kenton*, Joseph Hamilton Forsythe - Mercer *, Harvey Glass - Spencer *, Benjamin Helm - Hardin *, William Martha Huston - Spencer *, Alfred Burton Robertson - Boyle *, Legh Walker Robertson - Mercer *, Eugene Clinton Warren - Jefferson *, George Winston Welsh - Lincoln *, Frank Allen, William Boyle Edward T. Berry, William A. Brown, James Caldwell, John C. Cameron, Samuel M. Cannon, Thomas L. Chaplin, Zachariah T. Chrisman, William S. Downton, Joseph M. Hibber, George C. Hillyer, Abram P. Irvin, James H. Kendrick, G. Whitfield McElroy, Eugene McGoodwin, John S. Mizner, Eugene McRoberts, Bacon R. Moore, Edward T. Noel, Benjamin H. Owen, Samuel C. Patton, Elbert J. Peacock, Charles Percy, William W. Price, John H. Rogers, Samuel B. Richardson, Albert W. Stokes, Henry T. Strattan, James S. Tompkins, James G. Vaughan, John T. Wallace, Zachariah G. Watkins, John G. Weir, John G. Weisiger, Joseph Weisiger, Thompson L. Welch, Stanley Young 1866: St. John Boyle - Boyle *, John Samuel Harbison - Shelby*, Alexander Pope Humphrey - Jefferson *, Ashby McKee - Madison *, George Robertson Pryor - Garrard *, James Richard Russel - Boyle *, Ella Thomas *, Caleb Clay Weedin - Boyle *, William Samuel Wilson - Green*, William Lovell Yerkes - Bourbon *, William R. Barbour, John R. Breckinridge, Roe Blakemore, John P. W. Brown, Joseph O. Clore, Francis T. Cowherd, Joseph L. Claybrook, Frank P. Helm, Thomas Helm, Alexander Humphreys, John M. Oder, William H. Richardson, Duncan J. Schooling, John N. Smith, John T. Shelby, Girard Skinner, Isaac Skinner, Isaac S. Warren, Hiram C. Wilson, Andrew Wood 1867: Mary Barrett - Madison *, Susan Barrett - Henderson *, Mary Gratz - Fayette * , Lula Ware - Boyle *, John Fulton Caldwell - Taylor *, Robert Wickliffe Cleland - Marion *, John Logan Grundy - Marion *, William Irvin - Boyle *, Eugene Wallace Lee - Lincoln *, Robert Alexander Lowry - Shelby *, Claude Matthews - Bath *, Clarence Underwood McElroy - Marion *, William Irwin Moore - Boyle *, James Stockton Ray - Metcalfe *, Charles Henry Rodes - Boyle *, Charles Cyrus Tevis - Madison *, David Akin, Willis S. Chapline, Cornelius P. Cullom, Theodore Daviess, Mayo S. Duke, John W. Dunbar, Charles E. Frith, James S. Givens, Robert M. Griffin, Thomas M. McFerrin, W. Hubert McGoodwin, Mordella Pearce, Robert B. Stockton, .R H. Tomlinson 1868: Lucy Lee - Boyle *, Fannie Lucas - Fayette *, Ella Moran - Madison, Maria Meyer - Boyle *, George Nicholas Biggs - Greenup *, John Boyle - Spencer *, William Letcher Burdett - Garrard *, George, Jr. Denny - Garrard *, William Wallace Evans -Nicholas *, William Edelen McAfee - Mercer *, Logan McKee - Madison *, John Wade Walker - Garrard *, George Crittenden Young - Boyle *, John Barkley, Jeremiah C. Caldwell, Granville Cecil, Jones W. Dickerson, William A. Dickerson, Lewis H. Durham, F. Walker Fry, Martha James - Boyle, James H. Gentry, Cabell C. Huguely, Le Moine Lowe, Alexander R., Jr. McKee 1869: Mary Able - Mercer*, Julia Gentry - Boyle *, Charles Lehman Hogue - Marion *, Robert Boggs Lyle - Bourbon *, Richard William McFerran - Boyle *, David Andrew Planck - Fleming *, Minnie Grimes - Boyle*, Cornelia Irvine - Boyle *, Nannie Barbee - Boyle *, Albert J. Ayres, W. C. Bailey, Abram I. Caldwell, G. F. L. Burkhardt, John B. Chambers, Overton H. Chenault, Thomas S. Clark, Richard Dunlap, William W. Embry, Napoleon Gentry, Peter T., Jr. Gentry, W. W. Landrum, J. F. Mathis, Thomas W. Metcalfe, William McKee, Robert C. Palmer, William G. Proctor, Samuel J. Pugh, Robert T. Quisenberry, William S. Rowland, Nehemiah K. Tunis, Joseph Wallace, H. G. Wild, Arthur W. Weir, William C. Woods, Henry E. Woolfolk 1870: Pattie Beatty - Boyle *, Mary M. Helm - Boyle *, Virginia Lee - Boyle *, Maggie McKee - Boyle *, William McKee Duncan - Garrard *, William Samuel Hogue - Marion *, Lewis Samuel McMurtry - Mercer *, George Moore - Boyle *, Henry Clifton Rodes - Warren *, William Turner - Garrard *, Angie Bosley - Boyle *, Laura Downton - Boyle *, Kate Robertson - Boyle *, William K. Archibald, Joshua M. Corbin, J. T. Cotton, Charles P. Cecil, William H. Davis, K. D. Dillon, William H. Gentry. James Gilkeson, James M. Hamilton, H. Hewey, I. T. Huguely, George B. Letcher, Julian McGoodwin, J. W. Miller, Sidney S., Jr. McRoberts, E. B. Magoffin, John Nichols, T. H. Paynter, W. E. Sharp, C. W. Short, J. Mac Shreve, A. W. Smith, William B. Thayer, M. Lindsay Wilson, Andrew F. West, J. Hood Worthington, J . C. Younglove 1871: Lulie Baldwin - Mason *, John Barbour - Boyle *, Thornton K. Boner, William P. Burgin, John Adamson Cheek - Boyle *, Lillie Collins - Kenton *, Nannie Caldwell - Warren *, Edward Dickerson , G. W. Duncan S. C. Dunn, F. W. Ernst, Robert G. Evans, Charles Crittenden Fox - Boyle *, Nora Givens - Bell *, Squire Glasscock , W. W. Hale, William L. Halsey, Samuel Heron, William Howard, Shelly Hudson, Sallie Hughes - Washington *, Lillie Irvine - Boyle *, Caleb Enoch Jones - Boyle *, D. L. Lander, Lyde Pierce Matthews -Kenton *, Nannie McElroy - Washington *, Montgomery May, R. A. Mitchell, Lizzie Patton - Bourbon *, Florence Pearce - Mason *, Pamela Perkins - Boyle *, Charles C. Philips, Lizzie Phillips - Marion *, Edward B. Pugh, John Ascum Quisenberry - Fayette *, E. R. Ray, Abner Rogers, Elizabeth Rowntree - Marion *, Leslie M. Rue, Henry W. Thompson, B. W. Vanmeter, Alphonso Freeman Weedin - Boyle *, Susie Weisiger - Boyle *, G. D. White, J. F. White, J. E. Williams To be continued. (c) Copyright 28 December 2000, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ <>< RESEARCH: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios SCKY ARCHIVES: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/sck/sck.html Merged Surname Registry all counties in South Central KY: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/surnames/surnames.txt

TIP#320 - OF CHRISTMAS DREAMS This is my annual Christmas message to you, my one non-genealogical post each year. If you wish to reprint this or any of the research tips, permission must be requested. Merry Christmas! It is December 21, 2000 as I write this. The lights are off in the house with the exception of a Christmas tree in one corner of my living room. Outside, our Christmas white lights and candy canes are glowing and revealing a soft coating of snow as it continues to drift from the skies. Freezing rain is on its way which will give the entire vista a magical appearance and yet a dangerous driving condition for our modern world. The cardinals, snow birds, chickadees and other of our feather friends I've been feeding throughout the day are silently nested in the tall shrubs by our house. The squirrel who had been gobbling every piece of corn I'd put out is asleep somewhere. Two stray cats that I have taken pity on are curled up in a box on the carport where I'd put an old blanket. No traffic zooms past the house and it is still once more. It reminds me of my past Christmases. When I count back how many Christmases I have celebrated with my family, it's a mixture of sadness and happiness all wrapped into one. The sadness comes with the memories of how many of our family are not here to celebrate with us as in years past. The happiness at childhood excitement over the arrival of Santa Clause and the most important meaning, the birth of the Christ Child. Recently, on a PBS program, a gentleman was showing old time decorations and explaining traditions of the past. He was so young and spoke of the olden days - days that I enjoyed! Whereas the last couple of Christmas seasons for my annul gift to you was about the settlers, this year it will be one of my memories with a touch of the past thrown in. I basically grew up in the country, or in a rural town with small population. It was the golden times I guess - one in which doors were left unlocked at night and the community knew each other by first name. We were able to sing Christmas carols in school and our classrooms were decorated with paper chains of red and green, popcorn and other handmade ornaments. There was always a Christmas program at school for the parents, as well as one at the church. Christmas carolers were always waited for and it was a special thrill to be one of those frozen, rosy cheeked singers! Santa was never seen except maybe on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day - no malls had he or his helpers in every department. The cookies and milk were left out just as today and the anticipation of what might be under the Christmas tree was just as real. I will never forget THE Christmas. We lived 2 miles out in the country and on Christmas Eve had seen 2-3 inches of snow fall. The next morning when I awoke with great anticipation, my parents told me to go look outside! I bundled up in coat, mittens, galloshes, sweater (remember those days!) and ran out into the front yard. I looked toward the house and lo and behold, on the roof were sleigh marks and little footprints! Gifts for the children were not quite as fancy in those days. I grew up past the age of a lump of coal if I'd been bad, but a perfect gift would be a doll, some oranges, some children's gardening tools, a sled, a teddy bear .... nothing electronic with batteries that needed recharging constantly. Games like checkers, Chinese checkers, Old Maid ... these would occupy us through the winter months. And know what? We were as thrilled as any child could be! The only year I wasn't happy with my Christmas presents was the year I found the secret hiding place and peeked at what my parents had gotten me. That sure took the fun out of it - and they knew it too, I didn't re-wrap the packages very well! My favorite gift of all times was a teddy bear I named Paddy O'Cinnamon. I don't know how many of you remember a 15 minute daily radio program that ran 2 weeks before Christmas up until Christmas eve day called "Paddy O'Cinnamon, the Cinnamon Bear." I loved that show and "my" Paddy is still with me at age 57 and showing every bit of his age. I was thrilled a few years back to find a tape of that show which I listened to after all these years with my girls who are not quite toddlers anymore, but who loved it too. So, in this Christmas season, take time to tell your children or grandchildren of your Christmas memories. Tell them of presents you remember, customs your family celebrated, funny things that happened, meals you enjoyed. We have always had certain customs of our own - simple things but it is the simple that can be the most beautiful. Our tree always goes up on Thanksgiving Day and comes down on New Year's Day. If we don't have snow on the ground, we have "magic snow" on Christmas morning. If you would like to know about magic snow, write me privately, many of my friends have used this technique with their younger children on snowless days. We always made our own decorations for the tree in addition to the "store bought" variety. Now when my youngest daughter married last year, she was allowed to go through the decoration boxes and pick her favorite decorations to start her own Christmas tree. Sometimes she chose the plainest of decorations because it reminded her of a time, a place, a person or an event that meant a lot to her. No matter where you live, or if you don't celebrate Christmas, it is so important to have a special time and a special way to celebrate an event. Sometimes this is by telling our descendants of our lives, or even stories that we have read of customs in other times and places. We have celebrated Christmas in the snows of Illinois and Missouri, to the Dallas area. Even at 5,000 feet on a mountain top 50miles outside of Tucson with Christmas lights shining from cactus (carefully!) and being able to be seen for miles ... to our beloved Kentucky. We've made memories, adjusted customs, added traditions; taking something from everyplace we've lived. It doesn't matter if there is one present under the tree or none - Christmas is love, is sharing, is loving. Our Christmas celebration will be small this year as our family circle narrows, but when I look out my front window and look out on the soft white stillness - I can still remember not only the Christmases of my past, but wonder how our settlers saw December 25th 200 years or so ago. With candles on their trees, lit only on Christmas eve, with homemade gifts of aprons, shirts, knitwork, oranges and apples ... they made their memories too. Merry Christmas to all of you. Sandi (c) Copyright 21 December 2000, Sandra K. Gorin. All rights reserved, sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. 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Continuation. An asterisk following the name indicates a biography was included. 1855: Heman Hoyt Allen - Caldwell *, George T. Barrett - Green *, William Cabel Preston Breckinridge - Fayette * John Young Brown - Webster *. Addison Craft - Boyle *, Thomas Theodore Crittenden - Shelby *, Thomas Hoard Ditto - Meade *, Fontaine Talbot Fox - Pulaski *, Thomas Marshall Green - Boyle *, John Oden Hodges - Harrison *, Robert Andrew Irvin - Fayette *, Thomas Zantzinger Morrow - Fleming *, John Finess Phillips - Boyle *, Henry Martyn Scudder - Fleming *, James Howard Thomas Hardin *, James Humphrey Thwaits - Fayette *, Boyd Winchester - Jefferson *, Thomas R. Young - Jessamine *, W. H. Abney, Samuel C. Alexander, James Baber Henry Ballenger, James L. Bruce, Seth W. Bolton, Albert Bunch, James G. Deadrick, Henry A. Droomgoole, Watson Gay, G. W. Harkins, A. T. Hodge, George L. Hodges, William B. Hoke, Lyte R. Hudson, Robert G. January, James M. Lea, Matthew P. Lowrie, James A. McBrayer, H. T. Meredith, John T. Miller, William G. Mount J. Clinton Patrick, R. H. Patterson, R. Berry Pittman, J. Newton Prather, George H. Philips, Hugh B. Ray, John M. Rice, John W. Rout, Edward Scott, Charles F. Spilman, George Vandyke, William C. Ward, I. Thomas Waters, John D. Wickliffe, J. D. Woods, J. L. Young 1856: Van Buren Carter - Garrard *, John James Cooke - Hancock *, Oliver Sproul Dunn - Green *, David Adams Gillespie - Boyle *, Speed Smith Goodloe - Madison *, James Leaper Griffith - Nicholas *, Charles A. Hardin - Adair *, James Hendron - Christian *, Alexander Henry - Woodford * , George Herschell Hill - Henderson *, Homer Hill - Henderson *, Francis Renshaw Matthews - Fayette *, James Presley McMillan - Cumberland * Robert Lapsley McGoodwin - Caldwell *, John Montgomery - Lincoln *, William Douglas Nicholas - Clark *, James T. Pierce - Russell *, William Leonard Scott - Shelby *, John Calvin Tate - Christian *, Robert James Waggener - Warren *, John Adams , David Bullock, Benjamin Burdett, George F. Burdett, Edward Carter, John Chilton, William E. Dailey, Thomas G. Duncan, William Dunlap, P. M. Everett, John Feland, Edward B. Fleece, James Funk, William P. Goodwin, James A. Graham, Daniel, Jr. Garrard, James Grubbs, Jacob Hammiter, James L. Hughes, Thomas G. Huston, E. Joseph Joffrion, William S. Lewis, John B. Litsey, Samuel MacDougald, W. G. Macintosh, Richard A. McGrath, John B. Madden, Thomas Moran, Marion Offutt, Joshua Owings, R. B. Patterson, Evan Pressley, George Quarles, Phillibert M. Rachel, Theodore Roberts, Joseph Sappington, Walter Sneed, Aylmer, L. Slack, Samuel M. Spencer, Adlai E. Stevenson, Wesley Strong, Charles H. Summers, Jacob N. Taylor, Robert Taylor, John Todd, William R. Tompkins, Daniel G. Venable, William Way, James Witherspoon, Daniel Yeiser, John Yeiser 1857: Joshua Barbee - Boyle *, Benjamin Bell - Boyle *, Joseph Clay Styles Blackburn - Woodford * Henry Buckner Boude - Mason *, James Henry Bruce - Garrard *, Moses Hall Burton - Shelby *, John Samuel Calloway - Henry *, John McElroy Crawford - Marion *, William Crow - Fleming *, Henry Harris Davis - Mercer *, William Le Roy Dulaney - Warren *, Isaac Wilson Duncan - Nelson *, Joseph Helm Engleman - Boyle *, Toulmin Jennings Garrard - Clay *, Henry Venable Harbison - Shelby *, Joseph Drummond Hunt - Fayette *, William Robertson Kinnaird - Garrard *, William Jennings Lusk - Garrard *, James Bennett McCreary - Madison * Enoch Edwin McKay - Nelson *, Evander McNair - Boyle *, Joseph Hamilton - Boyle *, Anderson Misceaux Morton - Shelby *, Benjamin Franklin Offutt - Jefferson *, Zachariah Clagit Offutt - Shelby *, Asher Owsley - Pulaski *, Alexander Galbraith Payne - Fayette *, Hobson Powell - Warren *, John Grant Praigg - Jefferson *, Willis Slaughter Roberts - Owen *, Miles Saunders - Washington *, John Graham Simrall - Fayette *, Alfred Shelby Stewart - Boyle *, Joseph Kincaid Sumrall - Mason *, Enos Stevens Swain - Henry *, Charles Henry Talbot - Boyle *, Robert Glass Vance - Jefferson *, Thomas Beattie Weakley - Shelby *, John Crittenden Young - Boyle *, Joseph Alexander, Thomas Barnes, Tipton Bradford, James T., Jr. Bramlette, Joseph C. Breckinridge , James Betty, Van Boddie, John, 2d Boyle, William P. Coons, John Cooper, John S. Cozine, Fleming Farris, James B. Forman, Hugh M. Fraizer, Charles H. Frith, George Gayle, James Gillespie, Lawson M. Gray, John H. Hammiter, Samuel 2d Hodge, James W. Harrah, David Hayden, John L. Irvin, Charles O. Kenney, William J. McClure, Robert McElroy, Tidball Milton, Hugh W. McKee, Joseph A. McKibben, George W. McNeil, Simeon Moore, Cyrus Marsh, James Nelson, Henry T. Noel, J. H. Parker, Alexander Patton, John W. Paxton, William Riqua, Edwin T. Rochester, James A. Roland, Alfred Ryors, Samuel R. Smith, William F. Singleton, Thomas Speed, William O. Speed, Thomas M. Stone, Frank Thatch, Samuel Yeiser. McKenzie Young 1858: James Bennett - Madison *, Oliver Lee Bradley - Fayette *, Thomas Walker Bullitt - Jefferson *, Samuel Dedman Everitt - Montgomery *, James Stevenson Ewing 1859: Thomas Adams Mercer *, Wilkins George Anderson - Jefferson *, Charles Rochester Beatty - Boyle *, John David Bryan - Lincoln *, Cabell Breckinridge Bullock - Franklin *, Felix Goggin Fox - Boyle *, John Duff Green - Fleming *, William Henry - Woodford *, Robert Powell Jacobs - Boyle *, George Johnston Lewis - Scott *, Samuel Magoffin Luckett - Logan *, Reid Leslie McMurtry - Garrard *, John Ball Powell - - Greenup*, John Lyle Scott - Shelby *, Robert Strange - Cumberland *, William Clark Young - Boyle *, William O. Boyle, Robert R. Bradley, Charles Breckinridge, William M. Beckner, Caleb A. Caldwell, Charles Carson, Edmond V. Conway, Edwin H. Cooper, Hiram Chamberlain, Albert D. Craig, Warren O. Cunningham, Thomas H. Clay, William C. Clayton, James M. Dodd, Thomas L. Dodd, Franklin D. Denton, Thomas R. Dickerson, William B. Dunlap, Benjamin F. Eastman, Franklin H. Enders, Lewis W. Gay, George R. Gill, James O. Green, Pinkney F. Green, John L. Harbison, James C. Hodge, Thomas P. Holliday, Constant W. Holt, Joseph T. Hood, James C. Jones, Thomas D. Knox, Charles H. Leffler, Dudley C. Logan, Joseph G. Lyle, Joseph W. Lyle, Charles De K. Matthews, Andrew W. Metcalfe, Lewis W. Miller, Robert McMurtry, Samuel K. Montgomery, Chalres C. Moore, John W. Moore, John G. N. Marshall, William H. Murray, Daniel H. Norwood, William C. Osborne, John A. Pawling, William S. Peck, Thomas H. Price, Charles G. Pumphrey, Upton B. Reaugh 1860: Edmond John Anderson - Jefferson *, Frank Oglesby Anderson - Green Co *, Thomas Philander Barclay - Warren *, Sprigg Joggels Brent - Bourbon *, James Bell Bullitt - Jefferson *, James Drummond Burch - Scott *, Edward Owings Guerrant - Washington*, Edward Hughes - Washington *, David Badger Jameson - Montgomery *, William Joel Lyle - Fayette *, Ezra McCall - Boyle *, James Letcher McMurtry - Calloway or Taylor*, Robert Miller - Adair *, Henry Partle Montgomery - Gallatin *, Henry Clay Palmer - Washington *, Thomas Edward Pickett - Mason *, Daniel Branch Price - Jessamine *, William Simrall - Fayette *, Cyrus Boys Trimble - Woodford *, James Edward Waring - Greenup *, Samuel Warren - Boyle *, Dandridge Spotswood Crockett - Franklin*, Hugh W. Adams, Richard Alexander, George Allen, George Barkley, Thomas H. Barnes, Philip B. Bate, Frank H. Bristow, John Berry, James W. Blackemore, D. P. Buckner, Andrew Bohannon, Anthony H. Bomaer, William Burke, Richard H. Bush, Henry W. Caldwell, Waller Chenault, Garnett T. Davis, William W. Deadrick, George W. Drye, Green C. Duncan, James W. Dunlap, Robert S. Evans, William, Jr. Fahnstock, William B. Fleming, Liberty B. Fields, Throckmorton Forman, Alexander Graves, Amos Graves, Andrew Gudgell, Archibald H. Goodloe, William T. Hanna, Basil N. Hobbs, Franklin Harned, J. West Jacobs, John Johnston, John Kennedy, Samuel H. King, George F. Lee, Francis M. Lowry, Erasmus D. Merrifield, William H. Miller, Andrew W. Mitchell, Ulric McKinney, John J. McRoberts, Thomas H. McRoberts, James Maclin, William E. Maclin, Beriah, Jr. Magoffin, Lawson A. Moore, Samuel Moore, Leslie H. Mannen, Thomas H. Mannen, Jesse Markwell, A. Brady Marshall, Erastus W. Parker, George Parker, Edward Payne, Marshall M. Pool, John T. Randle, William R. Rankin, Henry Robinson, Booker Read, Lawrence D. Read, William Rice. William H. Shackleford, William R. Sharpe, Edward Shrock, J. Pearce Tunstall, George O. Vick, Selden G. Waggener, James A. Warder, Andy Williams, George A. Winston, John W. Wharton, Meade Woodson, Ben H. Woolley, Henry Yerkes, John Young 1861: Alice Yerkes - Boyle *, Irving Chapen Bartlett - Jefferson *, Isaac Reynolds Best - Madison *, Champe, Jr. Carter - Lincoln *, Jason Walker Chenault - Jefferson *, Thomas Emmet Crutcher - Hardin *, Nelson Francis Dickson - Boyle *, Benjamin Rice Forman - Mason *, John Robert Hammon - Woodford *, Robert Washington Hays - Jefferson *, John Garniss Hunter - Mason *, James Harvey Lapsley - Mercer *, Crocket Barton McAfee - Mercer *, Richard Baxter Metcalfe - Logan *, James Berryman Milton - Fayette *, James Montgomery - Hardin *, John Rule - Oldham *., Christopher Columbus Scales - Kenton *, John Linton Stuart - Shelby *, Daniel Beall Waggener - Warren *, James Douglas Wallace - Warren *, James Stevenson Wasson - Fayette *, John Robert Wilmore - Jessamine *, Edward Rumsey Wing - Daviess *, William Lapsley Breckinridge Yantis - Boyle *, Owen Glass - Henderson *, Sophie Fox - Jefferson *, Affa Yeiser - Boyle *, Charles S., Jr. Brent, Leslie R. Brown, Samuel Bryant, William R. Buford, John H. Craig, Joseph D. Duncan, Albert G. Dunn, William O., Jr. Goodloe, George Givens, Richard W. Givens, Richard P. Gregory, Henry S. Halley, Charles H. Lucas, James H. Maxwell, Samuel G. McElroy, Scott B. McFerrin, John Messick, James A. Mitchell, Garland H. Mourning, Robert F. Nock, Robert S. Price, Joshua B. Sheppard, W. La Rue Thomas, Pryor Q. Tunstall, John F. Warren, Jane Watson, William T. Wason Bennett H. Young (c) Copyright 14 December 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved.sgorin@glagow-ky.com Col. 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Continuation of graduates from Centre College at Danville, KY. An asterisk after the name means a biography was shown on that individual. 1847: Sidney Reed Grundy Clay - Bourbon *, William Henry Cunningham - Bourbon *, Hugh Sneed McElroy - Marion *, James Smith Montgomery - Lincoln *, Charles J. Morton - Shelby *, Henry Clay Read - Lincoln *, John H. Todd - Lincoln *. Richard - Fayette *, James Shelby Young - Marion *, Robert Extine Grundy - Union * William W. Ater, James W. Breck, William C. Carr, J. D. Clark, D. C. Daniel , Alfred H. Davenport, Robert Fletcher, Edward D. Garnett, W. A. Frizell, Charles Griffith, T. H. Hittell, L. F. Jones, J. Leffingwell, W. C. Letcher S. M. Matheny, W. H. McDannold, Edward B. McGee, A. L. McLeod, J. P. McLeod, Robert Montgomery, W. L. Moore, R. M. Marshall, Isham H. Nelson, Henry C. Morgan, D. H. Packer, J. M. Phipps, Isaac Shelby, E. J. Shields, James F. Singleton, James A. Talmadge, A. F. Vance, A. S. Voorhis, B. F. Williams, G. R. Wooley, William Wright 1848: Robert Parks Davidson - Nicholas *, William Marcellus Fleming - Boyle *, George O. Graves -Montgomery *, Thomas Proctor Hughes - Washington *, William Drake Irvin - Fayette *, William Cunningham Jackson - Unknown *, John G. Keenon - Franklin *, Thomas Sanders - Shelby *, Alexander Hamilton Sneed -Garrard *, Thomas H. Swope - Boyle *, Samuel Brown Todd - Fayette *, George Graham Vest - Franklin *, Clement Billingslea - Fayette *, George O. Yeiser - Garrard *, William Penkck Fleece - Marion *, George Batterton, E. Breck, Hugh T. Brent, Charles Berryman, Charles B. Bryan, Henry G. Davidson, George T. Erwin, Y. A. Gray, Doddridge C. Hornsby, H. M. Irions, Samuel Kirkman, George Lee, J. P. McGuire, John H. McHenry, Warren Montfort, W. E. Moore, J. W. Newton, Leonidas H. Sherman, B. C. Stewart, William C. Swope, P. Mason Talbot, Benjamin Thomas, James C. Turner, James B. Vaughan, S. G. Wilson, Daniel Webster 1849: William Alexander Brigham - Franklin *, Elias Davidson Clay - Fayette *, Robert Conover - Warren *, Edward Cook - Garrard *, Charles Buck Cotton - Woodford *, John Jordan, Jr. Crittenden - Franklin *, James Paul Hendrick - Jessamine *, John Read Hendrick - Franklin *, John Henry Kenney - Bourbon *, James P. McGoodwin- Caldwell *, John Lapsley McKee - Garrard *, William W. Metcalfe- Nelson *, John Henry Moore - Green *, Gelon Hann Rout - Mercer *, Joseph Scott - Fayette *, Andrew Lewis Wallace - Woodford *, William C. Baker, Thomas C. Ball, Henry C. Bard, J. G. Barkley, N. H. Bigham, Richard C. Burke, Valentine W. Bush, Georgie Caldwell, G. M. Caldwell, S. R. Caldwell, James Corrigan, B. Davenport, Robert H. Fields, Malcom Gill, William Henderson, James S. Hopkins, J. Hopper, George Jackson, James S. 2d Jackson, William A. Jones, David Kellar, James Kellar, Henry C. Lewis, C. L. Meredith, D. H. Merimon, Nathaniel F. McClure, D. B. McGirk , Hugh E. McHatton, Edward Mitchell, Thomas, Jr. Mitchell, James F. McKee, J. Calvin Moore, T. B. Morrow, Henry G. Morton, Henry D. Mullins, Thomas Owsley, William H. Owsley, Benjamin H. Palmer, Joseph L. Ready, Clifton, Jr., Rodes, L. M. Rogers, Edwin P. Shelby, William N. Shelton, Samuel W. Thomas, Morton G. Williams, Caroline Young, J. J. Yeiser, Fannie B. Young 1850: William B. Allen - Green *, Thomas Reed Browne - Washington *, William W. Duncan - Christian *, Thomas H. Fox - Montgomery *, Archibald Addison Harbison - Shelby*, James Harlan - Jefferson *, John Marshall Harlan - Boyle *, John H. Kinnaird - Jefferson *, William Milton Matheny - Mercer *, William T. McElroy - Marion *, Andrew J. Alexander, De Witt C. Armstrong, Joseph L. Ashby, Robert J., 2nd Breckinridge, George W. Breedlove, William A. Bright, Washington Berry, David Birdsong, Arthur Brown, James Brown, Samuel Brown, William P. Bryant, Richard M. Boone, Rufus I. Body, Samuel Burkes, J. C. C. Coleman, R. F. Coleman, James H. Connelly, William S. Carter, E. D. Covington, Benjamin F. Crook, Robert Daniel, John D. Daugherty, Robert Davis, William Davis, Ferdinand Flournoy, George D. Fisher, Marcus Garnett, James F. Ford, Samuel J. Fox, George T. Fritzlen, George C. Gilmore, John S. Green, B. L. Gregory, Thomas A. Hall, Belfort Heydell, Edwin Heydell, George Heydell, James H. Holloway, Charles B. Harrison, Charles T. Hawes, John R. Hawes, James D. Henderson, Joseph W. Irvin, Samuel Jewell, William F. Jordan, Thomas H. Kennedy, William A. Leavy, Charles P. Lennox, Charles H. Lewis, William McCray, Thomas McGrath, William E. Miller, John W. Mitchell, Alexander G. Morgan, William M. Pomeroy, John S. Philips, Boyle Read, Stephen Reid, Stancil H. Reynolds, Lewis L. Rogers, William H. Rodgers, H. Samuel Rountree, Tecumseh F. Royal, William H. Richardson, Kirtley Ryland, Thomas P. Satterwhite, James Shackleford, John M. Smith, Samuel Smith, P. Shortwell, George C. Stedman, Henry Stonestreet , Charles A. Stovar , William Talbot, John W. Taylor, George A. Turner, William Waggener, George Warner, Benjamin F. Warren, William S. Williams, Robert D. Windes, John Yeiser, N. L. Zimmermann 1851: John Gerrid Coster Berryman - Fayette*, George Cowan - Boyle *, John James Craig - Lincoln *, Willis Green Craig - Lincoln *, Moses Shelby Fields - Harrison *, William McFee Fox - Madison *, Abner Gaines - Boone *, Henry Grider - Warren *, Samuel Heron - Boyle *, Robert Yelverton Jarvis - Jefferson *, John Newton Lyle - Shelby *, Joel Hall Marvin - Scott *, Cyrus Neville Pendleton - Christian *, Charles William Price - Woodford *, Elijah Tate Scott - Calloway *, Isaac Patrick Simpson - Clark *, Lyman Beecher Todd - Fayette *, Charles G. Wallace - Kenton *, Samuel Moore Weedin - Boyle *, James Henry Wilkins Calloway *, David P. Ball, William Batterton, John, 1st Boyle, Abram M. Cowan, James C. Cowan, James L. Duke, David Dunn, Henry F. Fields, John A. Fleece, G. T. Gaines, Obadiah V. Garnett, E. Z. Gauthier, Duncan Greig, William Goodloe, James H. Harlan, James H. Hayes, J. T. Hughes, Eloi Joffrion, Benjamin Johnson, Thomas J. McCann, F. L. McChesney, Robert D. Meek, George F. McClure, James McFarland, Henry C. Miller, John B. Munford, Francis B. Norfsinger, H. Y. Offutt, David Pinckney, S. A. Ringo, E. Rochelle, William F. Richardson, John W. Smith, John H. Smock, Samuel Shelton, Albert G., Jr. Talbot, Samuel P. Weisiger, James L. Yarborough, J. Murray Yarborough, George Y. Woodward 1852: John Alexander Buckner - Boone * , Samuel Kelsey Nelson Caldwel - Boyle *, Peter Camden Fox - Pulaski *, George Helm - Nelson*, George Buckner Leavell - Christian *, James Curry Randolph - Mercer *, Richard Stites - Henderson *, Clinton Clay Vanmeter - Warren *, Richard Snowden Veech- Jefferson * Daniel Henry Hughes - Washington *, B. Anderson, Walker Bell, D. Cabeen, J. M. Burgess, O. L. Cook, Richard Clark, O. L. Crook, Brutus Crook, Frederick De Wolf, William A. Dixon, G. H. Ferguson, Arthur Grieg, Thomas Harbison, George Henry, John Irvin, Thomas Kerr, George T. Lightfoot, Henry Lockett, J. T. McAlpine, Walter McFarland, John O. Newton, John C. Mullins, W. H. Mullins, William Owsley, Lucien H. Ralston, J. W. Ratliff, Cyrus D. Robinson, Alfred T. Read, David Runnels, Joseph Smith, John S. Short, E. Sloan, J. Sloan, Isaac W. Sutherland, Daniel Upthegrove, J. S. Vandegriff, O. L. Vanmeter, A. Thomas Watson, John Williams, Tyler Wilson, E. M. Young, James Young 1853: Breckinridge Blackburn - Woodford *, Wallace Robert Bullock - Boyle *, Benjamin Hynes Charles Meade *, Green Clay - Bourbon *, James Preston Coleman - Fayette *, Robert Terry Glass - Henderson *, William T. Headley - Fayette *, Nicholas McDowell - Boyle *, Samuel McKee - Garrard *, Joel Henry Miller Miller - Christian*, William L. Morehead - Franklin *, Samuel Addison Newell- Pulaski *, John Bodine Owsley - Lincoln *, James Boice Rue - Mercer *, James Robinson Scott - Shelby *, Joshua Nichols Speed - Boyle *, John W. Taylor - Clark * , Thomas Harcourt Urmston - Bourbon *, William Henry Waggener - Logan * Benjamin D. Weedin - Boyle *, George M. Adams, James W. Alcorn, C. Armstrong, Henry T. Baldwin, Cavillo Barfield, George H. Baker, Thomas E. Bassett , Roland Brent, James Brewer, James D. Biggs, Joseph Brown, John L. Bryson, R. Boyd, James W. Bullock, J. P. Bush, J. L. Calloway, George Campbell, Horace N. Carter, A. G. Compton, J. N. Conkwright, P. J. Conkwright, Charles Corum, James B. Corum, David Castleman, Joseph Chambers, Charles, Cunningham, Alfred Davidson, William M. Daviess, W. S. Drye, George W. Dunlap, E. H. Fields, George Fisher, James M. Givens, William Glass, W. W. Handy, R. J. Harrison, John B. Hudson, A. L. Jameson, J. L. Jarvis , Thomas J. Johnson, William B. Johnstone, James W. Jones, S. Kalfus, J. F. Kenney, L. N. Kyle, Clinton A. Lewis, William E. Lewis, James F. McCaleb, John M. McCaleb, R. C. McCann, John E. Mathews, William M. Mathews, B. S. McDermott, Edward McDermott, Samuel McDowell, John McGavock, James O. Mabry, R. Martin, Ulysses F. Moss, Worden Pope, William Penick, William Price, E. Redmond, Wallace Shillito, George W. Spotts, George W. Swearingen, William P. Tate, James B. Thompson, James Todd, E. B. Thomas 1854: R.A. Alexander - McCracken *, James W. Blackburn - Woodford *, Robert Henry Cowan - Boyle *, John Miller Fraizer - Harrison *, Abram Walter Irvine - Fayette *, John Davis Jackson -Boyle *, John William Jacobs - Boyle *, Samuel C. Lackey - Lincoln *, James Venable Logan - Scott *, William Elza Minor - Nelson *, William Rice Moore - Green *, John Samuel Morton - Shelby *, Sampson Buckhanan Moxley - Shelby *, Samuel Alexander Mutchmore - Warren*, James Miller Ogden - Bourbon *, Michael H. Owsley - Cumberland *, Joseph Morgan Ranson - Kenton *, David Jones Ruckeh - Mercer *, Richard R. Scott - Jessamine *, Charles H. Swope - Boyle * John B. Tilford - Boyle *, Stanford Crenshaw Young - Christian *, Martyn Young - Christian *, O. L. Bates J. M. Bransford, C. H. Breck, J. C. Calhoun, S. T. Carpenter, Robert H. Carter, Charles Chambers, Heber Craft, Basil Duke, James K., 1st Duke, W. R. Denny, John Ditto, G. T. Gay, J. A. Gill , Siney Greig, B. P. Goff, J. M. Hill, Thomas Hunt, J. Hunter, J. M. Jackson, C. F. Kelley, W. R. King, H. Lyle, W. R. Messick, S. McKinney, T. C. Moore, Samuel Marshall, Joseph Morton, James W. Moss, Thomas S. Mount, R. C. Nourse, F. L. Phipps, Isaac 1st Pearson, G. Prewitt, Ion Rochelle, D. J. Russell, John D. Scott, John Smith, Walter B. Simrall, Robert Stuart, C. H. Tompkins, J. H. Tyler, Jospeh Yeiser (c) Copyright 7 Dec 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved, sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. 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TIP#317 - CENTRE COLLEGE CONTINUED - 1839 THROUGH 1846 Continued from last week. A * after name indicates a biography shown on the individual and will be posted on KYBIOGRAPHIES@rootsweb.com 1839: Joseph Walker Cogswell - Harrison *, Joshua Fry Green - Boyle *, James Thomas Lapsley - Mercer *George Francis Lee - Lincoln *, Henry Pendleton Thompson - Lincoln *, William Thomas Venable - Shelby *, Samuel Williams - Hardin *, Henry William Wood - Mason *, David T. Adams , George Adams, William Alexander A. S. Allen , John Allen, Richard H. Allen, Sidney Allen, John R. Barret, Robert T. Barret, John L. Branham, N. H. Brigham, James H. Bell, Thaddeus C. Bell, Benjamin Berry, Henry M. Beverly, Charles Bibb, William Buckles, B. W. Buckner, R. B. Buckner, Francis J. Boggs, H. B. Bohannon, S. E. Booker, Robert C. Bowling, A. S. Bowman, John S. Boyd, Thomas W. Bullock, Jeremiah Caldwell, Levi Todd Carr, George Cotton, Edward L. Davidson, Theodore H. Daviess, F. W. Desha, Henry C. Duralde, Floyd Earby, Easton, W. H. Edwards, Milton Ewing, Henry Fields, Joseph F. Fortier, W. M. Fox, Thomas C. Graves, William A. Griffin, John S. Groom, P. W. Goidy , James L. Hughes, James S. 1st Jackson, J. M. Jackson, W. W. Kelley, Samuel Lapsley, J. Fry Lawrence, James T. Little, F. McCall, James McCoun, F. M. Miller, Fayette Miller, Dixon D. Malone, Charles Moore, Jonathan Nichols, J. H. Norton, William P. Owens, Preston Patty, Joseph Richetts, John M. S. Sharp, John T. Smith, James H. Snedicor, Isaac P. Shelby, J. R. Skiles, Robert S. Taylor, F. H. Thompson, Joseph H. Thompson, William P. Townsend, Butler Thompson, Tucker, Floyd Usby, Louis Vimont, John Vontress, Abram T. Ward, Joseph Weisiger, George N. Woodson, James G. Yeiser 1840: William Alexander - Fayette *, Daniel Breck. - Madison *, Thomas Horace, Jr. Cleland - Boyle *, James Dickey Elder - Crittenden *, Presley Underwood Ewing - Logan * William Thompson Martin - Barren *, John Michael Meyer. - Boyle *, Thomas Dougherty Tilford - Jefferson *, Thomas Turner - Madison *, Joseph William Wallace - Fayette *, Robert Charles Wickliffe Nelson *, James Weir - Muhlenberg *, Richard Jones Browne. - Washington*, John A. Armstrong, Rowan Bridges, D. C. Brown, Joshua F. Bullitt, John Cosby, John B. Cotton, E. B. Chaney, W. H. Cheatham, Richard A. Clarke, A. B. Duke, M. D. Ector, George W. Feland, John P. Hughes, W. H. Jones, M. G. Knight, E. W. McBrayer, John McClarty, George Proctor, G. F. Robb, William Reynolds, William Runnells, Samuel Smith, Eli H. Stone, L. J. Summers, William H. Summers, George W. Taylor, J. Williams, E. S. Worthington 1841: Warren Jackson Burgess. - Lincoln *, Robert H. Crittenden - Fayette *, William Patterson Elder. - Hopkins *, Brice Gamaliel Fields - Harrison *, James Anderson Gaither. - Washington * Abram Samuel Mitchell - Fayette *, Matthew Branch Price - Jessamine *, John Mathew Sharp - Franklin *, Richard C. ("X") White - Clay * , Richard C. Wintersmith - Hardin *, Henry C. Wood - Hart *, John P. G. Bacon, J. H. Baldridge, Samuel Ball, Waller Bullock, Samuel Byrd, Robert H. Caldwell, James W. Caperton, Charles Collins, John E. Collins, H. C. Cook, Benjamin N. Cassiday, H. M. Clay, Thomas M. Crutcher, Joseph H. Davies, James Doneghy, John Doneghy, Philip Doneghy, Hervey Drake, Blanton Duncan, William J. Dickson, A. W. Dillard, Lafayette Dunlap, Walter A. Dunn, John T. Edgar, Henry Q. Ewing, Joseph W. Gill, John L. Hickman, John S. Holt, Ellison S. Harrington, Henry C. Helm, Harbin Hyatt, W. McClanahan Irvin, Thomas Jacobs, Willis F. Jones, William P. Kemper, Abram Lee, Ambrose Lee, James Love, Josiah Lee, Samuel Lee, William T. Leonard, Robert C. McChord, Oscar Mason, Frederick Montmollin, David B. Moore, N. E. Perkins, William F. Petit, G. N. Rogers, Clifton B. Ross, Marquis D. Richardson, Henry J. Saunders, Horace E. Stone, Francis Thornton, John W. Tompkins, Lewis A. Webb, Henry H. Wilcoxon, Lewis T. Wilcoxon, James M. Winston, James A. Youce, Henry Yeiser 1842: John R. Alexander - Bourbon *, Daniel Denison Atchison - Fayette *, John C. Bullitt - Jefferson *, Richard Henry Collins Mason *, Andrew Jackson Dunlap - Fayette *, Lowman Prince Hawes - Mason *, Joseph Helm - Lincoln *, Isham Henderson - Jefferson *, John Magoffin - Mercer *, Thomas Stamps Martin - Bourbon *, John Ebsworth Owsley - Russell *, James E. Thompson - Mercer *, John H. Akin, Richard Apperson, William W. Apperson, Lafayette Baber, Samuel Breck, G. R. Buckner, Wilkinson Call, George C. Carpenter, J. W. Carpenter, William P. Chiles, James Cowan, Benjamin F. Crutchfield, H. Daviess, Alfred O. Douglass, Thomas E. Douglass, Robert W. Durfey, John G. Gibson, John Gray, William H. Green, David C. Hewson, Samuel A. Hollingsworth, Finley Hays, James T. Lewis, John McCaw, Thomas Mitchell, John McKeage, James S. Offutt, C. Paran, Thomas C. Quirk, John M. Rice, Joseph Sellers, Robert H. Sellers, Joseph A. Smith, Hunter H. Southworth, Joseph W. Shelby, Isaac Taylor, Lewis S. Taylor, William S. Turner, William Wallace, Charles Wood 1843: John Alexander Bogle - Lincoln *, Charles Dabney Carr - Fayette *, Samuel Best Cheek - Adair *, Lewis Edwin Harvie - Franklin *, Llewellyn J. Harvie - Franklin *, John Green Hickman - Mason *, William Bratton Huston - Mason *, Joseph Horace Lewis - Barren *, Joseph Allen McClarty - Breckinridge *, William Logan McKnight - Shelby *, Nicholas Smith Ray - Marion *, Robert Rodes - Garrard *, Solomon Leander Sharp - Franklin * William Short - Christian *, Thomas Hart Taylor - Franklin *, Joseph Kerr Thompson - Barren *, George Rogers Clarke - Fayette *, Elisha Nicholas Warfield - Harrison *, William Hervy Woods - Mercer *, John B. Akin, William L. Baber, S. E. Ball , Augustus D. Battle, Robert J., 1st Breckinridge, Benjamin F. Bridges, Henry P. Bridges , F. Brooks, William S. Berry, George J. Bodley, Charles Caldwell, Joseph W. Caldwell, Thomas J. Caldwell, William R. Call, James Carpenter, Aurelian B. Coco, Adolphus Coco, David Coleman, David Castleman, Francis M. Cowan, John Craig, Isaac W. Cunningham, G. R. Davidson, Robert H. Davis, Henry Drake, H. N. Dedman, Joseph V. Folwell, G. F. Gates, David W. Griffith, John H. Hall, David O. Harris, Joshua B. Hopkins, William A. Hoskins, John Kennedy, Marshall Key, Samuel M. Long, William McClain, Thomas Miller, Thomas P. Mitchell, C. Moore, Isaac Moore, William, Jr. Marshall, O. M. Mason, James S. Newton, Edward H. Muldrough, Donelson C. Murphy, W. P. Owings, Pressley T. Owsley, C. Packer, Thomas O. Parran, J. L. Porter, Charles P. Phillips, G B. Rogers, Isaac W. Scott, Matthew T., Sr. Scott, W. C. Snail, John Sneed, Alfred Shelby, Joseph B. Stewart, G. C. Smith, J. A. Smith, William W. Sweeney, H. C. Wallace, John W. White, David W. Yandell, Edmund T. Woolfolk, B. Wren, James Yeiser, Mary B. Young 1844: William Atwood - Green Co *, Robert Douglas Baker - Trigg Co *, John Russell Butler - Shelby *, Isaac Washington Canfield - Shelby *, Gavin Hamilton Cochran - Jefferson *, Edward Rumsey Elliott Ohio *, William H. Fleece - Boyle *, Charles William Forman - Madison *, James Brown Harbison - Shelby *, Thomas Hungerford Morehead - Boyle *, Joseph Finley Ray - Metcalfe *, David Castleman Tandy - Mercer *, Edward Slade Worthington - Mercer *, James W. Armstrong, James L. Barnes, Thomas L. Barrett, Samuel M. Breckinridge, R. E. Caffrey, Albert G. Cage, Beverly B. Burge, A. Miller Carpenter, Walter Coleman, Oscar Cheney, Clinton E. Covington, William H. Cunningham, Henry Downs, Newton C. Drake, William W. Dunbar, John A. Garrison, W. E. Garvin, John S. Gill, Augustus D. Harris, Elisha B. Kilpatrick, J. S. Lander, James H. Macintosh, John W. McClung, John McKay, William H. Miller, Anderson J. Moss, B. E. Randolph, John Ray, William F. Ray, J. Webb Scott, Francis A. Speake, William H. Slack, Pressley Talbot, R. Henry Talliaferro, William H. Taylor, Henry Wiendahl, Evan S. Weisiger, Hugh L. White, Arthur F. Wood, Thomas T. Worthington 1845: William Clayton Anderson - Garrard *, George Owen Barnes - Garrard *, Robert L. Breck - Madison *, Thomas Brown - Shelby *, William Bell Craig - Lincoln *, William Lewis Green - Boyle *, William L. Harlan - Franklin *, Aaron Brightwell Knight - Todd *, Joel Kenney Lyle - Bourbon *, David Kinkead Newell - Pulaski *, William H. Pawling - Boyle *, Robert Campbell Sneed - Boyle *, Samuel Davies Ward - Caldwell *, Dwight Brown, W. B. Brown, McGavock Booker, James K. P. Caldwell, Lewis Castleman, J. Croom, Benjamin F. Fishback, Henry J. Hall, J. R. Harlan, W. H. Harrison, W. Hope, J. T. Hunter, Andrew L. Huston, H. A. Johnson, Sellman Key, Ebenezer P. Kilpatrick, G. A. Lackey, Tyler Mason, Oscar Mathews, P. May, Samuel E. McCullagh, J. W. Moore, G. H. Mason, William F. Patterson, William L Ramsey, L. S. Rice, Robert W. Sanders, J. R. Smith, J. L. Thomas, J. W. Tuck, Thomas Tynam, Edward H. Vontress, John Lucien Waggener, Amos V. Walker, Thomas H. Williams, William J. Weisiger 1846: Lewis Green Barbour - Boyle *, George Providence Bergen - Mercer *, Thomas Cleland Boston - Anderson *, Robert Garland Brank - Muhlenberg *, John Rochester Bright - Garrard *, Reuben M. Brown - Franklin *, John Coleman - Fayette *, Wellington "A." Cunningham - Bourbon *, William Parrish Hockaday - Clark *, Joseph Alexander Humphreys - Franklin *, Samuel Preston Humphreys - Woodford * Benjamin E. Johnson - Bourbon *, Patrick Joyes - Jefferson *, Samuel Porter Little - Madison *, John Andrew Lyle - Bourbon *, Thomas Cleland May - Boyle *, Volney Americus McCutchen - Logan *, Charles W. Mitchell - Boyle *, Henry Nold - Madison *, John B. Norton - Fayette *, William Chauncy Piper - Bourbon *, Robert Russel - Boyle *, Fouche Tebbs Taylor - Boyle *, Thomas Gibson Taylor - Clark *, David Drury Lacy Thomson - Lincoln *, Thomas Rice Welch - Jessamine *, William Logan Williams - Lincoln *, Leonidas Doddridge McCutchen - Logan *, Joseph W. Akin, Elias B. Brown, William M. Booker, S. L. Burdett, William Clendennin, Thomas Caldwell, James B. Casey, E. N. Cullom, John W. Frierson, H. C. Harlan, John Reed Hughes, William P. Johnstone, John, Jr. Kincaid, B. F. Kerr, Robert E. Lawson, Augustine O. Nelson, R. A. Morrison, James D. Smith, J. C. P. Smith, John Snively, William Stewart, E. R. Smith, Jesse F. Taylor, Nathaniel G. Terry (Barren Co), Robert P. Triplett, William S. Turpin, Hartwell Vick, John A. Warren, J. A. Westerfielde, Joshua C. Wood, Thomas A. Wright To be continued. (c) Copyright 30 Nov 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. 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Centre College, located in Danville, Boyle, Kentucky was founded by Kentucky legislature January 21, 1819. The first main building was completed in 1820. Lewis W. Greene, from the first graduating class in 1824 became it's president and served from 1857 until his death in 1863. William L. Breckinridge was president from 1863-1868. During the Civil War, the student body decreased with only seven graduating in 1863. Confederate soldiers occupied the Old Centre and later Union soldiers. During the next series of posts, graduates of Centre College will be shown in year order. If a student didn't graduate, there is no record. These are taken from the Centre College Directory of Alumni, 1890. *indicates a biography which will be posted on KYBIOGRAPHIES. (write me privately for subscribing information). If no * is shown, no other information is available. 1824: Lewis Warner Green - Boyle Co* Samuel R. Alexander John W. Cocke John Curd Andrew Dodd Preston W. Farrow Elias, Jr. Fisher William Forsythe James Garrard Theophilus Garrard Crawford W. Hall Benjamin H. Hallack Joseph Holt William Hudson Stephen J. Jones William Jones Andrew Kerr Samuel L. King John Miller Thomas B. Munford William B. Munford Joshua Nichols James V. Prather James H. Philips Duff G. Reed Richard H. Reed Thomas Shelton John G. Simpson Buford Spurr Michael L. Sullivant Joseph A. Thompson William Todd James A. Thomas Joseph A. Thomas Samuel Venable Samuel Williams Thomas Williams Creed Wilson J. L. Wilson Joshua H. Wilson 1825: James Pendleton Bryant - Boyle Co * Charles Pinckney McDowell - Boyle Co * William S. Burch G. H. Burrus Franklin Cochran William D. Carter Chapin George C. Davenport Garnett F. Forsythe Peter Fullenwider Joseph Fullenwider Alfred Hall John Hardin Heyden Henson Hocker Samuel Hodge Robert McAfee McCaleb James G. McCoun H. Miller John H. Miller McRoberts Samuel Maner Humphrey Marshall Robert Marshall Nourse Thomas Reid Nathaniel L. Rice Roland Andrew Rowland Alexander Sanders Benjamin Shaw Benjamin Shouse Joseph Sullivant Henry Wilson 1826: John Todd Stuart - Fayette * H. Beadles Broughton Thomas Bullitt Harrison Carter H. Farris W. Farris Thomas H. Forsythe I. Adair Hardin George R. Kenner B. F. Knox J. M. McArthur John Miles McMillan Henry Pope Alfred Robertson Samuel Smith 1827: William Daniel Jones - Unknown * George Greathouse McAfee - Mercer * Sidney Smith McRoberts - Lincoln * Jacob Fishback Price - Clark * 1828: Joshua Fry Bell - Boyle * James Mills Bush - Franklin * Thomas Coggeshall Nichols - Boyle * James Ford William B. Henderson Henry M. Linney 1829: John Newton Allen - Shelby * Robert Caldwell Grundy - Washington * George Robertson McKee - Garrard * Joshua Kemper Rout - Garrard* Robert Todd Stuart - Boyle Co * 1830: Philip Sidney Cleland - Mercer * William Whitty Hall - Bourbon * John Gaines Miller - Boyle * William Branham Rice - Jessamine * Henry Isaac Venable - Shelby * William Bray Charles Bedford Jesse H. Darden C. P. Jones 1831: William H. Dickey - Woodford * Caleb McDowell - Boyle * Deadrick John M. Sharp John Worthington 1832: William Youel Allen - Shelby * Joseph James Bullock - Fayette * David Irvine Caldwell - Madison * Henry G. Comingo - Mercer * 1833: George Taylor Fishback - Clark * John Boyd Huston - Nelson * John Lyle - Scott * Lewis L. Mason - Clark * George Whitfield McElroy - Nelson * John Moore Price - Jessamine * John Darnaby Stonestreet - Clark * Charles Francis Taylor - Clark * 1834: James Morris Bemiss - Nelson * Beriah Magoffin - Mercer * Joseph Platt - Clark * Charles Hannah Rochester - Boyle * Warrick Tunstall - Jefferson * 1835: Ormond Beatty - Mason * Thomas Walker Fry - Boyle * William Wallace Hill- Bath * John Montgomery - Boyle * William North Todd - Fayette * Samuel Hughes Woodson - Jessamine * 1836: John Clark Bayless - Jefferson * Daniel Boone Railey - Woodford * Thomas Todd - Fayette * 1837: William Wilson Alexander - Bourbon* James Baldwin - Mason * James Barbour - Boyle * Ezekiel Forman - Mason * James Spilman Graham - Boyle * Aaron Alexander Hogue - Mercer * Robert McCown - Boyle * William Robards - Jessamine * Lewis Thompson - Mercer * Jack Downing Thomas C. McCreary 1838: Ambrose Barbour - Boyle * John Cabell Breckinridge - Fayette * Samuel Redd Bullock - Fayette * Thomas Horace Cleland - Mercer * David McMurtry Irwin - Woodford * James Samuel Irwin - Woodford * Robert Alexander Johnstone - Boyle* Thomas Dobyn Lea - Montgomery * William Joseph Morton - Shelby * John Conley Richardson - Fayette * Eugene Underwood - Barren * Carey Allen Wylie - Garrard * John Grant Williamson - Boyle * John R. Alexander Thomas Allen James Alston W. G. Armstrong William F. Barret Walter C. Brashear Cardwell Breathitt T. R. Bridges Thomas Berry William Berry David Bird George I. Brown Preston Brown Scott Brown William Brown Richard A. Buckner Alexander S. Bullitt Benjamin Bowen Jeremiah T. Boyle Thomas Bullock Richard B. Burgess Thomas H. Burgess Timothy Burgess James Cambren William B. Crawford Marion A. Dailey Robert J. Dunbar James Depauw Theodore Dunlap James B. Fleece James R. Fleming James Gaines William Gamble Thomas Graves G. Gray William Green Asa P. Grover James T. Haggin Samuel W. Hall Thomas J. Hall John Hewey William Harrow William Henderson William Henry George Hewey Thomas Hood Samuel K. Hughes William T. Hunt William Jacobs Sylvester P. Jones Alexander Julian John T. Lilly Robert M. Linney Joel A. Levi Henry Lyne John McCaleb James McCall John McCall Decius McCreary Isaac Miller John Magoffin Thomas Moore Adolphus K. Martin Augustus E. Morris William Nock Charles C. Parkhill George W. Parkhill George W. Parkhill Robert Parkhill William M. Paxton Anderson J. Pool David Randolph Frederick G. Randolph John F. Randolph Robart P. Richardson A. H. Roberts Smith C. Reed Ambrose Reid Douglass Rowe Richard H. Richardson Michael G. Russell John T. Savage T. M. Seiver George G. Snedicor John Sneed Evan Shelby Blount Springfield Jacob F. Stonestreet Edward H. Taylor Junius Taylor J. L. Taylor Norborne Taylor Thomas B. Taylor Zachariah Thompson Cyrus Turner Edwin Tyson C. B. Wallace John L. Wallace Thomas H. Wallace Daniel White (c) Copyright 22 November 2000, Sandra K Gorin, All Rights Reserved, sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ <>< TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios SCKY ARCHIVES: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/sck/sck.html Surname Registry: http://sckyregistry.homestead.com/SCKYHome.html Merged Surname Registry all counties in South Central KY: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/surnames/surnames.txt

CANNON: Knox Co. On KY 11, 2 ½ miles NE of Barbourville. Town established 1901 by Henry L. CANNON, named for his family. CANNONSBURG: Boyd Co. Junction of US 60 and KY 180, ¾ mile N of I-64, 4 ½ miles SSE of Ashland. Name exists back to 1840 - presumably when in 1836, Jeremiah M CANNON bought land here. Post Office opened in 1839, John COLCIN post master; name changed from Cannon to Cannonsburg in 1850. PO closed 1932. CANOE: Breathitt Co. On KY 1877, 7 ½ miles SSW of Jackson. PO opened in 1891 as CANON FORK. William Little, PM. Became Canoe in 1894. CANOE FORK: See above. CANTERBURY: Lawrence. See Buchanan. CANTON: Trigg Co. 7 ½ miles SW of Cadiz. Early settled in 1799 with a party including Abraham BOYD, from NC. Town first named BOYD'S LANDING when PO opened in 1820, George A. Gordon pm. But changed to Canton. CANYON FALLS: Lee Co. Post office extinct, was the location of a church and mission school on KY 708 and Bear Creek, 6 ½ miles E of Beattyville. First known as CARTERS CHAPEL. In 1909, Andrew J. Bowman became post master, named town for local canyon and falls. Falls no longer exist. CARBON GLOW. Letcher Co. No current post office, 7 miles NW of Whitesburg. Was an early coal camp, named for the coal company. PO opened in 1908 with William CAUDILL (named for David CAUDILL); moved up the road and opened in 1926, named possibly for carbon. CARCASSONE: Letcher Co. 9 miles WNW of Whitesburg. PO opened as GANDER ELK CREEK in 1907; Harrison BANKS, pm. Maybe named for the wild geese found there. Renamed Carcassonne likely by a teacher when it reminded him of a valley in France. CARLISLE: Nicholas Co. 87 mile E of Louisville; founded 1816 on John KINCART's land. Possibly named for Carlisle, PA. PO opened 1817, Jesse BOULDIN, pm. CARLSBAD: Grant Co. See DRY RIDGE. CARLTON PO: Grant Co. See RABBIT HASH. CARMACK: Lyon Co. 2 ½ miles SWE of Old Eddyville. First known s POTTERTOWN for a pottery store here in the late 1880's owned by J. Frank OENNER. Renamed when moved ½ mile NE; named for Edward W. CARMACK. CARMEN PO: Pike Co. See VENTERS. CARNTOWN: Pendleton Co. No post office, 11 ½ miles NNE of Falmouth. Might have also been known as BARKER'S LANDING and also STEPSTONE. When Post office opened in 1938, it was called MONTIER with Francis CHALFANT, p.m. Closed in 1872, re-opened the next year with Hiram J. CARNES as pm. PO closed again in 1920. CARPENTER: Whitley Co. 10 ½ miles E of Williamsburg on KY 92. PO opened 1882,named for its first post master, E A CARPENTER's family. CARPENTERS MILL PO: Allen Co. See ALLEN SPRINGS. CARR CREEK: Knott Co. Post office recently closed, 6miles S of Hindman. PO established in 1905, renamed to Carr Creek to honor the school that had been there. Many other possibilities. CARRINGTON PO: Menifee Co. see SUDITH. CARROLLTON: Carroll Co. County seat, first named as PORT WILLIAM, possibly named for William PORTER, an early pioneer. Benjamin CRAIG laid out the town in 1792 with James HAWKINS. PO opened in 1807 with Robert PLUMMER, pm. CARROLLTON PO: Fayette CO. Dee DONERAIL. CARRS: Lewis Co. 6miles NW of Vanceburg. No post office, may have been called STOUTS LANDING for a pioneer family. Post office established originally as STATION LANDING in 1867, Ritcherson M SOUT pm. Renamed a year later for Frederick M CARR, then postmaster. Closed in 1953. CARRSVILLE: Livingston Co. 17miles north of Smithland. Likely settled by the LUSK family before 1803. In 1840 Billy KARR was there, named for him. PO opened 1854, Leander BERRY, p.m. CARSONS LANDING: Butler Co. See LOGANSPORT. CARTER CITY: Carter Co. Jct of KY 2 and 474, 11 miles NW of Grayson. The Kinniconick & Freestone RR ran in this area. In 1895, the GOBLE post office, which had been established 1886 was moved here. Town was called CARTER - still known as both Carter and Carter City. CARTER PO: Carter Co. See CARTER CIT. CARTERS CHAPEL: Lee Co. See CANYON FALLS. CARTERSVILLE: Garrard Co. No post office, 10 miles SE of Lancaster. May have been first called LINCHBURG until a Byham CARTER opened a gristmill and blacksmith shop there. Might also have been named for John B CARTER. Post office closed 1925. CASEY: Butler Co. Named for the George W CASEY family who became the first pm in 1919. 8 miles NNE of Morgantown. CASEYS LANDING: Union CO. See CASEYVILLE. CASEYVILLE: Union CO. No post office, 12 ½ miles SE of Morganfield. Opened in the early 1820's by Nicholas CASEY. First known as CASEYS LANDING. PO opened again in 1838 with John CASEY, pm. CASKY: Christian Co. 2 miles SE of Hopkinsville. Likely named for James CASKEY who donated the land for a depot there. Town began as CASKY STATION but changed to current name in 1880. PO closed in 1933. CASKY STATION: Christian.See above. CASTLE PO: Morgan CO. See STACY FORK. CAT CREEK PO: Powell Co. See ROSSLYN. CATHERINE: Russell Co. 10 miles NE of Jamestown. Established by John Wesley EADS, a local storeowner and its first pm,1908. Named for his wife, Polly Catherine Eads. CATLETTSBURG: Boyd Co. County seat, just SE of Ashland. Early settlers included Alexander CATLETT and son Horation from VA. Post office established in 1810. James Wilson FRY laid out down - his grandfather, James WILSON. CATO: Harlan Co. See CAWOOD. CATO PO: Pulaski. See EUBANK. CAUSEY: Leslie Co. No post office, 8 miles SE of Hyden. The po opened 1906 with John M. BAKER po, named for local family. CAVE CITY: Barren Co. 7 miles N of Glasgow. Laid out in1853 by the Knob City Land Co on land bought from Thomas T. DUKE, to develop around the Mammoth Cave area. Was originally known in 1860 as WOODLAND. CAVERNA PO: Hart Co. See HORSE CAVE. CAWOOD: Harlan Co. 5 ½ miles SE of Harlan. PO opened 1890, Wilson S. HENSLEY, pm. Named for the Berry CAWOOD family, he a Revolutionary War soldier. CAYCE: Fulton Co. 7 ½ miles E of Hickman, likely named for merchant James Hardie CAYCE, first pm when po established in 1860 - known then as CACEY'S Station. Word station dropped in 1880. PO closed in 1965. Not named for Casey Jones. CEBB: Caldwell Co. See COBB. CECILIA: Hardin Co. 1 mile NW of US 62; 3 ½ miles WSW of Elizabethtown. Possibly named for the family of Col. Charles CECIL who had 3 sons - Henry, Thomas and Ambrose D. Also known in 1870 as CECILIAN JUNCTION and CECILIAN. PO opened 1871 as Cecelia. CECILIAN: Hardin Co. See above. CECILLIAN JUNCTION. Hardin Co. See above. CEDAR CREEK: Cumberland Co. See BOW. CEDAR CREEK PO: Owen Co. See MONTGOMERY. CEDAR FLATS: Breckinridge Co. See CHENAULT. CEDAR SPRINGS: Edmonson Co. 7miles SE of Brownsville; named for a grove of cedar trees. No po. CENTER: Metcalfe Co. 11 miles NNW of Edmonton. Bylocal history first settled by Joseph PHILPOTT from Frederick, MD in 1800. First opened as CENTRE in 1838, Samuel W. THOMPSON, pm. Known first as LAFAYETTE. Possibly called Center because it is the central point from Glasgow, Edmonton, Greensburg and Munfordville - 4 county seats. Also known as FREDERICK. CENTERPOINT: LaRue Co. See MAGNOLIA. CENTER POINT: Monroe Co. No post office, 8 ½ miles E of Tompkinsville. Land first settled in the 1790's po opened in 1835 with William J DIXON, pm. Named for center point between Burkesville, Tompkinsville and Celena, TN. PO closed 1839. CENTERTOWN: Ohio Co. 4 ½ miles SW of Hartford. May have been called CENTERVILLE in the early 1860's since it is midway between Hartford and Point Pleasant. PO opened 1866, Charles H. DILLINGHAM, pm. CENTERVILLE: Bourbon Co. 6 miles W of Paris, KY. PO opened in 1812, Ayers STEWART, pm. Named for its locations between Lexington, Paris, Georgetown and Cynthiana. PO now closed. CENTERVILLE: Crittenden Co. See CRAYNE and SALEM. CENTERVILLE: Madison Co. See KIRKSVILLE. CENTERVILLE: Marion Co. See BRADSFORDVILLE CENTERVILLE: Ohio Co. See CENTERTOWN CENTRAL CITY: Muhlenberg Co. 3 ½ miles NNE of Greenville. Charles S. MOREHEAD, local farmer, early settler. Town called, in 1872, as STROUD CITY for John STROUD. PO opened in 1871 by George SHAVER and was called OWENSBOROUGH JUNCTION. Renamed in 1880 to STROUD and in 1882 as Central City. To be continued. (c) Copyright 16 Nov 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ <>< TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios SCKY ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Surname Registry: http://sckyregistry.homestead.com/SCKYHome.html Merged Surname Registry all counties in South Central KY: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/surnames/surnames.txt

MENIFEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, Route 460 W, P.O. Box 49, Frenchburg, KY 40322-0049 606-768-2212 FAX: 606-768-2212. Contact: Ebermann, Lilian MERCER COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 109 West Lexington Street, Harrodsburg, KY 40330-1542 859-734-3680 FAX: 859-734-7524. Contact: Ison, Robin METCALFE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 202 Main Street, P.O. Box 626, Edmonton, KY 42129-0626 270-432-4981 FAX: 270-432-4981. Contact: Glass, Rhonda MONROE COUNTY - WILLIAM B. HARLAN MEMORIAL LIBRARY, 500 West Fourth Street Tompkinsville, KY 42167-1497. 270-487-5301 FAX: 270-487-5309. Contact: Penick, Stephanie MONTGOMERY COUNTY - MOUNT STERLING-MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 241 West Locust Street, Mount Sterling, KY 40353-1352, 859-498-2404 FAX: 859-498-7477. Contact: Kasacavage, Karen MORGAN COUNTY - JOHN F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY, 408 Prestonsburg Street West Liberty, KY 41472-1140 606-743-4151 FAX: 606 743-2170. Contact: Griffitts, Michael MUHLENBERG COUNTY LIBRARIES Harbin Memorial Public Library 117 South Main St, Greenville, KY 42345-1597 270-338-4760 FAX: 270-338-4000. Contact: Williams, Anniesse CENTRAL CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY 100 East Broad St, Central City, KY 42330-1580 270-754-4630 FAX: 270-754-2591. Contact: Page, Ann NELSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 90 Court Square, Bardstown, KY 40004-1584 502-348-3714 FAX: 502-348-5578. Contact: Underwood, Irene BLOOMFIELD BRANCH Room 142, 3 Depot St, Bloomfield, KY 40008-0024 502-252-9129. Contact: Cecil, Jane BOSTON BRANCH Boston Comm. Center, Boston, KY 40107-8602 502-833-3381. Contact: Greene, Gladys NEW HAVEN BRANCH, 223 North Main St, New Haven, KY 40051-6344 502-549-6735. Contact: Head, Delores NICHOLAS COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY 223 Broadway, Carlisle, KY 40311-1149 859-289-5595 FAX: 859-289-4340. Contact: Reid, Becky OHIO COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 413 Main St, Hartford, KY 42347-1137 270-298-3790 FAX: 270-298-4214. Contact: Acquaviva, Melissa J. OLDHAM COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 106 East Jefferson St, LaGrange, KY 40031-1492 502-222-9714 FAX: 502-222-9714. Contact: Thurman, Libby MAHAN-OLDHAM COUNTY LIBRARY 12501 Harmony Landing Lane P.O. Box 145, Goshen, KY 40026-0145, 502-228-1852 FAX: 502-228-1852 Contact: Calvert, Janet SOUTH OLDHAM LIBRARY 6720 West Hwy 146, P.O. Box 365, Crestwood, KY 40014-0365, 502-241-1108 FAX: 502-241-1108. Contact: Oldham, Connie OWEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 118 North Main St, Owenton, KY 40359-9201, 502-484-3450 FAX: 502-484-3450. Contact: Somerville, Bettina OWSLEY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, #2 Medical Plaza, P.O. Box 280, Booneville, KY 41314-0280 606-593-5700 FAX: 606-593-5708. Contact: Marcum, Joyce PENDLETON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 228 Main St, Falmouth, KY 41040-1223 859-654-8535 FAX: 859-654-8535. Contact: Harter, Janie PERRY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 479 High St, P.O. Box 928, Hazard, KY 41701-0928 606-436-2475 FAX: 606-436-0191. Contact: Cornett, Connie PIKE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT. Administrative Offices, 161 College Street, Suite #1 P.O. Box 1197, Pikeville, KY 41501-1197, 606-432-9977 FAX: 606-432-9908 Contactt: Allen, Louella BELFRY BRANCH, P.O. Box 340, Belfry, KY 41514-0340, 606-353-9629 Contact: Duncan, Mary ELKHORN CITY BRANCH, 150 East Main St, Drawer L, Elkhorn City, KY 41522 606-754-5451 FAX: 606-754-7858 PHELPS BRANCH, 38575 State Highway 194 E, Phelps, KY 41553-9702 606-456-7860 FAX: 606-456-7860. Contact: Dotson, Mable M. PIKEVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 343 Main St, P.O. Box 471, Pikeville, KY 41501-1135, 606-432-1285. Contact: Cantrell, Kathy VESTA ROBERTS JOHNSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY, P.O. Box 548, Virgie, KY 41572-0548, 606-639-9839 FAX: 606-639-9839. Contact: Anderson, Georgia POWELL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 725 Breckenridge St, Stanton, KY 40380-2018 606-663-4511 FAX: 606-663-4346. Contact: Rogers, Linda PULASKI COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 107 North Main St, P.O. Box 36, Somerset, KY 42502-0036 606-679-8401 FAX: 606-679-1779. Contact: Burdine, Judith BURNSIDE BRANCH, French Ave, P.O. Box 7, Burnside, KY 42519-0007 606-561-5287. Contact: Halcomb, Joy NANCY BRANCH, Mills Spring Plaza, P.O. Box 88, Nancy, KY 42544-0088 606-636-4241. Contact: Stevenson, Mary SCIENCE HILL BRANCH, P.O. Box 448, Science Hill, KY 42553-0448 606-423-4221. Contact: Pfeiffer, Donna SHOPVILLE/STAB BRANCH, 331 Stab Rd, Somerset, KY 42501-5428 606-274-4812 ROBERTSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, East Walnut St, P.O. Box 282, Mount Olivet, KY 41064-0282, 606-724-5746 FAX: 606-724-5746. Contact: Mitchell, Carol ROCKCASTLE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 60 Ford Dr, Mount Vernon, KY 40456-0060 606-256-2388 FAX: 606-256-2388. Contact: Burk, Kristiana ROWAN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 185 East First St, Morehead, KY 40351-1631 606-784-7137 FAX: 606-784-7137. Contact: Williams, Helen RUSSELL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 94 North Main St, P.O. Box 970, Jamestown, KY 42629-0970 270-343-3545 FAX: 270-343-2019. Contact: Black, Irene RUSSELL SPRINGS BRANCH LIBRARY, 512 Main St, P.O. Box 244, Russell Springs, KY 42642-0244, 502-866-5200. Contact: Lawson, Mildred SCOTT COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 104 South Bradford Lane, Georgetown, KY 40324-2335 502-863-3566 FAX: 502-863-9621. Contact: Arnett, Earlene SHELBY COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT 309 Eighth St, Shelbyville, KY 40065-1209 502-633-3803 FAX: 502-633-4025. Contact: Federspiel, Pamela SIMPSON COUNTY - GOODNIGHT MEMORIAL LIBRARY, 203 South Main St, Franklin, KY 42134-1840, 270-586-8397 FAX: 270-586-8397. Contact: Phillips, Audrey SPENCER COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 168 Taylorsville Road, Taylorsville, KY 40071-8723 502-477-8137 FAX: 502-477-5033. Contact: Snider, Sue D. to be concluded next post. (c) Copyright 2 November 2000, Sandra K.Gorin, All Rights Reserved, sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. 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I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the words of encouragement that we've received from you via e-mail. It means more than you'll ever know. I think I'll be back on sechedule with a researching tip this week; the funeral is Thursday (delayed a week) but it's in CT and it appears we won't be able to attend. That's the hard part .... A special thank you to a wonderful lady who will recognize hereself - your concern and willingness to be a blessing is so apppreciated, I am deeply touched. Thank you one and all - Sandi Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ <>< TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios SCKY ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Surname Registry: http://sckyregistry.homestead.com/SCKYHome.html Merged Surname Registry all counties in South Central KY: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/surnames/surnames.txt

I will be unable to post this week; my former husband, Walt Gorin, has gone home to be with the Lord this morning at 1:32. Anyone who knows me will understand my grief and that of his four children - Barb, Robert, Kris and Shelley. Our hearts are broken but we rejoice that he is no longer suffering. Gary Craig, if you're still on the list, or if anyone knows how to reach him, please write me. I've lost your email address ... Thanks, Sandi Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ <>< TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios SCKY ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Surname Registry: http://sckyregistry.homestead.com/SCKYHome.html Merged Surname Registry all counties in South Central KY: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/surnames/surnames.txt

TIP #312 - KENTUCKY PUBLIC LIBRARIES PART 2 - HENDERSON THROUGH MEADE COUNTIES HENDERSON COUNTY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 101 South Main Street, Henderson, KY 42420-3599, 270-826-3712 FAX: 270-827-4226. Contact: Wathen, Donald L. HENRY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 172 Eminence Terrace, Eminence, KY 40019-1146, 502-845-5682 FAX: 502-845-4807. Contact: Ricketts, Tym HICKMAN COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY, 209 Mayfield Road, Clinton, KY 42031-1427 270-653-2225 FAX: 270-653-2225. Contact: Rushing, Valerie HOPKINS COUNTY -MADISONVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 31 South Main Street Madisonville, KY 42431-2577, 270-825-2680 FAX: 270-825-2777. Contact: Wigley, Lisa DAWSON SPRINGS BRANCH, 103 West Ramsey, Dawson Spring, KY 42408-1738 270-797-8990. Contact: Adams, Mary JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, David Street, P.O. Box 160, McKee, KY 40447-0160 606-287-8113 FAX 606-287-7774. Contact: Bingham, Betty L. JEFFERSON COUNTY: LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY 301 York Street, Louisville, KY 40203-2257 502-574-1600 FAX: 502-574-1693. Contact: Buthod, Craig BON AIR REGIONAL BRANCH 2816 Del Rio Place, Louisville, KY 40220-2349 502-574-1795 FAX: 502-454-0169. Contact: Huttenlocher, Geneva CRESCENT HILL BRANCH 2762 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206-2669 502-574-1793 FAX: 502-894-8505. Contact: Manning, Montie FAIRDALE BRANCH 10616 West Manslick Road, Louisville, KY 40118, 502-375-2051 FAX: 502-375-2016. Contact: Price, Polly FERN CREEK BRANCH 6768 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40291-3048 502-231-4605 FAX: 502-239-3336. Contact: Kelleher, Laura HIGHLANDS-SHELBY PARK BRANCH 1250 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40204-1303 502-574-1672 FAX: 502-574-1675. Contact: Leitner, Mona IROQUOIS BRANCH 601 West Woodlawn Avenue. Louisville, KY 40215-2436 502-574-1720 FAX: 502-367-1468. Contact: Decostes, Stacy JEFFERSONTOWN BRANCH 10635 Watterson Trail, Louisville, KY 40299-3950 502-267-5713 FAX: 502-266-6569. Contact: Whitehead, Nancy MIDDLETOWN BRANCH 200 North Juneau Drive, Louisville, KY 40243-1504 502-245-7332 FAX: 502-245-7038. Contact: Perkins, Margarette OKOLONA BRANCH 7709 Preston Highway, Louisville, KY 40219-3138 502-964-3515 FAX: 502-964-7025. Contact: Miller, Rebecca PORTLAND BRANCH 3305 Northwestern Parkway, Louisville, KY 40212-2043 502-574-1744 FAX: 502-776-9947. Contact: Pointer, Beth SAINT MATTHEWS/ELINE MEMORIAL BRANCH 3940 Grandview Avenue, Louisville, KY 40207-3837, 502-574-1771 FAX: 502-894-8709. Contact: Irving, Susan SHAWNEE BRANCH 3912 West Broadway, Louisville, KY 40211-2852, 502-574-1722 FAX: 502-776-9983. Contact: Umandavi, Raamesie SHIVELY/NEWMAN BRANCH 3920 Dixie Highway, Louisville, KY 40216-4120 502-574-1730 FAX: 502-449-3886. Contact: Watson, Pat SOUTHWEST REGIONAL BRANCH 10375 Dixie Highway, Louisville, KY 40272-3951 502-933-0029 FAX: 502-933-2782. Contact: Baugh, Susan WESTERN BRANCH 604 South Tenth Street, Louisville, KY 40203-2004, 502-574-1779 FAX: 502-589-9937. Contact: Samuels, Carmen G. WESTPORT COMMUNITY LIBRARY Westport Middle School, 8100 Westport Road - Suite B Louisville, KY 40222-3912, 502-394-0379 FAX: 502-394-0377. Contact: Oberhausen, Debra JESSAMINE COUNTY -WITHERS MEMORIAL LIBRARY, 600 South Main Street, Nicholasville, KY 40356-1839, 859-885-3523 FAX: 859-885-5164. Contact: Lawrence, Susan JOHNSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 444 Main Street, P.O. Box 788, Paintsville, KY 41240-0788 606-789-4355 FAX: 606-789-6758. Contact: Patton, Patricia KENTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 502 Scott Street, Covington, KY 41011-1530, 859-491-7610 FAX: 859-655-7960. Contact: Onkst, Wayne ERLANGER BRANCH 3130 Dixie Highway, Erlanger, KY 41018-1827, 859-341-5115 FAX: 859-344-7242. Contact: Carroll, Anita INDEPENDENCE BRANCH 6477 Taylor Mill Road, Independence, KY 41051-9399 859-363-0200 FAX: 859-363-4202. Contact: Silver, Julie KNOTT COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, Route 160, P.O. Box 667, Hindman, KY 41822-0667 606-785-5412 FAX: 606-785-4299. Contact: Collins, LaDonna KNOX COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 206 Knox Street, Barbourville, KY 40906-1428, 606-546-5339 FAX: 606-546-3602. Contact: Hale, Lana LARUE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 201 South Lincoln Boulevard, Hodgenville, KY 42748-1413 270-358-3851 FAX: 270-358-8647. Contact: Martin, Emily LAUREL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 116 East Fourth Street, London, KY 40741-1414 606-864-5759 FAX: 606-864-9061. Contact: Acton, Lori LAWRENCE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 102 West Main and Jefferson, P.O. Box 600, Louisa, KY 41230-0370, 606-638-4497 FAX: 606-638-1293. Contact: McGuire, Mary LEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 123 Center Street, P.O. Box V, Beattyville, KY 41311-0013 606-464-8014 FAX: 606-464-2052. Contact: Spencer, Sonya LESLIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 22065 Main Street, P.O. Box 498, Hyden, KY 41749-0498 606-672-2460 FAX: 606-672-4213. Contact: Collett, Mason T. LETCHER COUNTY: HARRY M. CAUDILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY 121 East Main Street, Whitesburg, KY 41858-1137, 606-633-7547 FAX: 606-633-3407. Contact: Tidal, Lina BLACKEY PUBLIC LIBRARY Main Street, P.O. Box 337, Blackey, KY 41804-0337 606-633-4013 FAX: 606-632-9808. Contact: Raglin, Mary Grace LILLIAN WEBB MEMORIAL LIBRARY Main Street, P.O. Box 236, Neon, KY 41840-0236 606-855-7913 FAX: 606-855-4565. Contact: Amburgey, Joyce MARY JO WOLFE MEMORIAL LIBRARY Main Street, P.O. Box 687, Jenkins, KY 41537-0687, 606-832-4101 FAX: 606-832-0040. Contact: Bentley, Peggy LEWIS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 422 Second Street, Vanceburg, KY 41179-1094 606-796-2532 FAX: 606-796-2532. Contact: Conway, Marilyn LINCOLN COUNTY - HARVEY HELM MEMORIAL LIBRARY, 301 Third Street, Stanford, KY 40484-1347, 606-365-7513 FAX: 606-365-7513. Contact: Peppard, Kay LIVINGSTON COUNTY See Ballard County LOGAN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 201 West Sixth Street, Russellville, KY 42276-7838 270-726-6129 FAX: 270-726-6127. Contact: Kompanik, Linda ADAIRVILLE BRANCH 101 North Church Street, Adairville, KY 42202-7838 270-539-6051. Contact: McKinney, Carol AUBURN BRANCH 433 West Main Street, Auburn, KY 42206-5239, 270-542-8180 Contact: Hodges, Geraldine LEWISBURG BRANCH 105 Front Street, Lewisburg, KY 42256-9127, 270-755-2025 Contact: Hodges, Geraldine LYON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 261 Commerce Street, P.O. Box 546, Eddyville, KY 42038-0546 270-388-7720 FAX: 270-388-7735. Contact: McIntosh, Vicki MADISON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 830 Eastern Bypass, Richmond, KY 40475, 859-623-6704 FAX: 859-623-2032. Contact: Hays, Sue BEREA BRANCH LIBRARY 319 East Chestnut. Berea, KY 40403-1508, 859-986-7112 FAX: 859-986-7208. Contact: Harris, Abigail MAGOFFIN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 141 Church Street, P.O. Box 435, Salyersville, KY 41465-0435, 606-349-2411 FAX: 606-349-1120. Contact: Howard, Carol Jean MARION COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 201 East Main Street, Lebanon, KY 40033-1133 270-692-4698 FAX: 270-692-4698. Contact: Hardin, Kim MARSHALL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1003 Poplar Street, Benton, KY 42025-1315 270-527-9969 FAX: 270-527-0506. Contact: Tucker, Kristi CALVERT CITY PUBLIC BRANCH 1315 Fifth Avenue, P.O. Box 465, Calvert City, KY 42029-0465, 270-395-5745 FAX: 502-395-8398. Contact: Petty, Nancy HARDIN BRANCH 104 Second Street, P.O. Box 12, Hardin, KY 42048-0012 270-437-4275 FAX: 270-437-4609. Contact: Darnall, Kimberly MARTIN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, Main Street, P.O. Box 1318, Inez, KY 41224-1318 606-298-7766 FAX: 606-298-0768. Contact: Crum, Patricia RUFUS M. REED PUBLIC LIBRARY P.O. Box 359, Lovely, KY 41231-0359, 606-395-5809 FAX: 606-395-5809 Contact: Copley, Janet MASON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 218 East Third Street, Maysville, KY 41056-1183 606-564-3286 FAX: 606-564-5408. Contact: Cropper, Evelyn MCCRACKEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 555 Washington Street, Paducah, KY 42003-1735 270-442-2510 FAX: 270-442-2510. Contact: Liang, Marie MCCREARY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, North Main Street, P.O. Box 8, Whitley City, KY 42653-0008, 606-376-8738 FAX: 606-376-3631. Contact: Morrow, Kay MEADE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 400 Library Place, Brandenburg, KY 40108-1045 270-422-2094 FAX: 270-422-3133. Contact: Gibbs, Laura to be continued: (c) Copyright 19 Oct 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. 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TIP #312 - LIBRARIES IN KENTUCKY - ADAIR THROUGH HART CO. Shown below is a list of the libraries in Kentucky, address, hours, contact numbers. Due to word wrap, you might need to print this list out! ADAIR COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY. 307 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY 42728-1488 270-384-2472 FAX: 270-384-9446, Contact: Jessee, Lee Ann ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 106 West Main Street, Scottsville, KY 42164-1121, 270-237-3861. FAX: 270-237-4095. Contact: West, Elaine ANDERSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 114 North Main Street, Lawrenceburg, KY 40342-1064 502-839-6420 FAX: 502-839-7243. Contact: Sauer, Jeff BALLARD/CARLISLE/LIVINGSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM 132 North 4th Street. Wickliffe, KY 42087. 270-335-5059 FAX: 270-335-5059. Contact: Mainord, Sonya BARREN COUNTY MARY WOOD WELDON MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY 107 West College, Glasgow, KY 42141-2496. 270-651-2824 FAX: 270-651-2824. Contact: Hyatt, James BATH COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY 24 West Main Street, P.O. Box 380, Owingsville, KY 40360-2015. 606-674-2531 FAX: 606-674-2531. Contact: Vance, Brenda BELL COUNTY - NEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY Tennessee Avenue and Walnut Street, P.O. Box 490, Pineville, KY 40977-0490. 606-337-3422 FAX: 606-337-9862. Contact: Brown, Beverly BELL COUNTY: MIDDLESBOROUGH-BELL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 126 South 20th Street, P.O. Box 1677, Middlesboro, KY 40965-3677 606-248-4812 FAX: 606-248-8766. Contact: Green, Virginia BOONE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 8899 U.S. 42. Union, KY 41091-7644 859-384-5550 FAX: 859-384-5557. Contact: Brown, Lucinda FLORENCE BRANCH 7425 U.S. 42. Florence, KY 41042-1994 859-371-6222 FAX: 859-371-0037. Contact: Chahal, Jasbir LENTS BRANCH 3215 Cougar Path, Hebron, KY 41048-9642 859-586-8163 FAX: 859-586-8215. Contact: Tanfani, Tillie SCHEBEN BRANCH 8899 US 42, Union, KY 41091 859-384-5550 FAX: 859-384-5556. Contact: Brown, Lucinda A WALTON BRANCH 21 South Main Street, Walton, KY 41094-1135 859-485-6777 FAX: 859-485-7049. Contact: Franklin, Sharon BOURBON COUNTY - PARIS-BOURBON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 701 High Street, Paris, KY 40361-1886. 859-987-4419 FAX: 859-987-2421. Contact: Rogers, Anne BOYD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 1740 Central Avenue, Ashland, KY 41101-7653 606-329-0518 FAX: 606-329-0578. Contact: Powers, Jim SUMMIT BRANCH 1016 Summit Road, Ashland, KY 41102 606-928-3366. Contact: Carter, Pat CATLETTSBURG BRANCH 2704 Louisa Street, Catlettsburg, KY 41129-1114 606-739-8332. Contact: Epling, Lisa BOYLE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 307 West Broadway. Danville, KY 40422-1691 859-236-8466 FAX: 859-236-7692. Contact: Benson, Karl BRACKEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 310 West Miami Street, P.O. Box 305, Brooksville, KY 41004-0305. 606-735-3620 FAX: 606-735-3378. Contact: Simons, Mary Lou BREATHITT COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 1024 College Avenue, Jackson, KY 41339-1016 606-666-5541 FAX: 606-666-8166. Contact: Shouse, Jeanette BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 212 South Main Street, P.O. Box 248, Hardinsburg, KY 40143-0248.270-756-2323 FAX: 270-756-5634. Contact: Drane, Debbie CLOVERPORT BRANCH 101 4th Street, P.O. Box 37, Cloverport, KY 40111-1307. Contact: Carver, Sandy IRVINGTON BRANCH P.O. Box 391, Irvington, KY 40146-0391 270-547-7404. Contact: Shilts, Mary R. BULLITT COUNTY - RIDGWAY MEMORIAL LIBRARY 127 North Walnut Street, P.O. Box 146, Shepherdsville, KY 40165-0146.502-543-7675 FAX: 502-543-5487. Contact: Matlow, Randall J. DOROTHEA STOTTMAN LIBRARY1251 Hillview Boulevard, Louisville, KY 40229-3062.502-957-5759 FAX: 502-957-5759. Contact: Cross, Barbara LEBANON JUNCTION BRANCH LIBRARY 276 East Main Street, Lebanon Junction, KY 40150-8506. 502-833-4648 FAX: 502-833-4648. Contact: Yocum, Mary MOUNT WASHINGTON BRANCH 113 Snapp Street, Mount Washington, KY 40047-7630 502-538-7670 FAX: 502-538-7670. Contact: Poteat, Charlette BUTLER COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY116 West Ohio Street, P.O. Box 247, Morgantown, KY 42261-0247.270-526-4722 FAX: 270-526-4722. Contact: Givens, Sibyl CALDWELL COUNTY - GEORGE COON PUBLIC LIBRARY 114 South Harrison Street, P.O. Box 230, Princeton, KY 42445-0230. 270-365-2884 FAX: 270-365-2892. Contact: Boaz, Judy CALLOWAY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 710 Main Street, Murray, KY 42071-1996 270-753-2288 FAX: 270-753-8263. Contact: Graves, Ben CAMPBELL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT 3920 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, KY 41076-1800. 859-781-6166 FAX: 859-572-5032.Contact: Doellman, Mike NEWPORT BRANCH Fourth and Monmouth, Newport, KY 41071-1695 859-572-5035 FAX: 859-572-5037 Contact: Bonney, Barbara PHILIP N. CARRICO BRANCH 1000 Highland Ave, Fort Thomas, KY 41075-1631 859-572-5033 FAX: 859-572-5038/ Contact: Cropper, Julie CARLISLE COUNTY See Ballard County CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 136 Court Street, Carrollton, KY 41008-1090 502-732-7020 FAX: 502-732-6753. Contact: Boyd, Mrs. Jarrett CASEY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 238 Middleburg Street, Liberty, KY 42539-3002 606-787-9381 FAX: 606-787-7720. Contact: Banks, Jan J. CHRISTIAN COUNTY - HOPKINSVILLE-CHRISTIAN COUNTY LIBRARY 1101 Bethel Street Hopkinsville, KY 42240-2087. 270-887-4263 FAX: 270-887-4264. Contact: Satterwhite, Robert CLARK COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 370 S. Burns, Winchester, KY 40391-1876 859-744-5661 FAX: 859-744-5993. Contact: Narvell, Julie CLAY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 211 Bridge Street, Manchester, KY 40962-1203 606-598-2617 FAX: 606-598-2617. Contact: Smith, Nancy CLINTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 205 Burkesville Road, Albany, KY 42602-1603 606-387-5989 FAX: 606-387-5989. Contact: Duvall, Gayla CRITTENDEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 204 West Carlisle Street, Marion, KY 42064-1727 270-965-3354 FAX: 270-965-3354. Contact: Pritchett, Janice CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 114 West Hill Street, P.O. Box 440, Burkesville, KY 42717-0440. 270-864-2207 FAX: 270-864-2207. Contact: Alexander, Richard DAVIESS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 450 Griffith Avenue, Owensboro, KY 42301-3699 270-684-0211 FAX: 270-684-0218. Contact: Mesplay, Deborah EDMONSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 503 Washington St, P.O. Box 219, Brownsville, KY 42210-0219. 270-597-2146 FAX: 270-597-2560. Contact: Munsee, Jeanie ELLIOTT COUNTY- RHETT BROWN MEMORIAL LIBRARY Main Street, P.O. Box 750 Sandy Hook, KY 41171-0750. 606-738-5796 FAX: 606-738-4980. Contact: Hargraves, Vicky ESTILL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 246 Main St, Irvine, KY 40336-1099 606-723-3030 FAX: 606-723-3030. Contact: Shaffer, Ruth FAYETTE COUNTY - LEXINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, 140 East Main St, Lexington, KY 40507-1376. 859-231-5504 FAX: 859-231-5598. Contact: Steensland, Ronald P. BEAUMONT BRANCH 3080 Fieldstone Way, Lexington, KY 40513-1717 859-231-5570 FAX: 859-231-5571. Contact: Raney, Doris EAGLE CREEK BRANCH 101 North Eagle Creek Drive, Lexington, KY 40509-1806 859-231-5560. Contact: Lancaster, Toy LANSDOWNE-EMRATH BRANCH 3311 Tates Creek Rd, Lexington, KY 40502-3407 859-231-5580. Contact: Olson, Judith NORTHSIDE BRANCH 1737 Russell Cave Rd, Lexington, KY 40505-9701 859-231-5590. Contact: Biles, Bill FLEMING COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 303 South Main Cross, Flemingsburg, KY 41041-1298 606-845-7851 FAX: 606-845-7045. Contact: Cooper, Beverly FLOYD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 18 North Arnold Ave Prestonburg, KY 41653-1269 606-886-2981 FAX: 606-886-2284. Contact: Hall, Homer Lee FRANKLIN COUNTY PAUL SAWYIER PUBLIC LIBRARY 305 Wapping Street, Frankfort, KY 40601-2605. 502-223-1658 FAX: 502-227-2250. Contact: Douthitt, Rita FULTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 312 Main St, Fulton, KY 42041-1699 270-472-3439 FAX: 270-472-6241. Contact: Allen, Elaine HICKMAN BRANCH 902 Moscow Ave, Hickman, KY 42050-1432 270-236-2464 FAX: 270-236-2464 Contact: Cagle, Melinda GALLATIN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 209 West Market St, P.O. Box 848, Warsaw, KY 41095-0848 859-567-2786 FAX: 859-567-4750. Contact: Hawkins, Brenda GARRARD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 101 Lexington St, Lancaster, KY 40444-1155 859-792-3424 FAX: 859-792-3424. Contact: Tussey, Joan GRANT COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 105 North Main St, Williamstown, KY 41097-1187 859-824-4723 FAX: 859-824-4769. Contact: Schneider, Elizabeth GRAVES COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 601 North 17th St, Mayfield, KY 42066-1449 270-247-2911 FAX: 270-247-2990. Contact: Bennett, Diane GRAYSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 130 East Market St, Leitchfield, KY 42754-1439 270-259-5455 FAX: 270-259-4552. Contact: Gillespie, Karen GREEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 116 South Main St, Greensburg, KY 42743-1562 270-932-7081 FAX: 270-932-7081. Contact: Givens, Evelyn J. GREENUP COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 614 Main St, Greenup, KY 41144-1097 606-473-6514 FAX: 606-473-6514. Contact: Griffith, Dorothy K. FLATWOODS BRANCH 1705 Argillite Rd, Flatwoods, KY 41139-1305 606-836-3771 FAX: 606-836-8674. Contact: Haines, Sharon MCKELL BRANCH RR 4, P.O. Box 330, South Shore, KY 41175-9805 606-932-4478 FAX: 606-932-4478. Contact: Evans, Sue HANCOCK COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 240 Court Square, P.O. Box 249, Hawesville, KY 42348-0249. 270-927-6760 FAX: 270-927-6847. Contact: Walton, Jacquelyn LEWISPORT BRANCH 17 Pell St, P.O. Box 372, Lewisport, KY 42351-0372 270-295-3765 FAX: 270-295-3765. Contact: Shillinglaw, Henry HARDIN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 201 West Dixie Ave, Elizabethtown, KY 42701-1533 270-769-6337 FAX: 270-769-0437. Contact: Macy, Brenda NORTH BRANCH 800 South Logsdon Parkway, Radcliff, KY 40160-1932 270-351-9999. Contact: Voge, Vi HARLAN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 107 North Third St, Harlan, KY 40831-2394 606-573-5220 FAX: 606-573-5220. Contact Creech, Thelma REBECCA CAUDILL PUBLIC LIBRARY 310 West Main St, P.O. Box 1244 Cumberland, KY 40823-2335. 606-589-2409 FAX: 606-589-2409 Contact: Evans, Ardelia HARRISON COUNTY - CYNTHIANA HARRISON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 110 North Main Street, Cynthiana, KY 41031-1205. 859-234-4881 FAX: 859-234-0059 Contactt: Ellis, Susan HART COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 500 East Third St, P.O. Box 337, Munfordville, KY 42765-0337 270-524-1953 FAX: 270-524-7323. Contact: Logsdon, Vicki HORSE CAVE BRANCH Woodlawn, P.O.Box 127, Horse Cave, KY 42749-0127 270-786-1130. Contact: Ballard, Denise to be continued: (c) Copyright 12 Oct 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ <>< TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios SCKY ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Surname Registry: http://sckyregistry.homestead.com/SCKYHome.html Merged Surname Registry all counties in South Central KY: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/surnames/surnames.txt

TIP #311 WHY ARE THERE SO MANY COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY AND COUNTY COURT DAY If you think about it, Kentucky has an lot of counties - 120 of them, being beaten out only by Texas and Georgia. Why did the State Legislature decide on so many for a state the size of Kentucky? They thought it would ensure that every resident of the state would be no further than a one day's journey from a county seat! Plus, if a citizen of a county didn't like what was going on with the local politics in their county, given enough backing and signatures, he could petition the State to create another county. Now, if by hapchance, that man's land just happened to be picked as the county seat of the new county, up went the property value! Finally, after the Civil War, people in Kentucky were getting quite upset at the creation of a county every time they turned around and by 1891, the State Legislature limited the ability to establish counties. Only one county was created after that time. As noted in the Kentucky Encyclopedia, Kentuckians are fiercely loyal to their county; it is more like a large community or town. This is the first state where I have resided where if you lived in the city, it is considered the city; but if you live in the country - here it is referred to as living in the county. The county was the most important part of Kentucky; everything centered around it and its activities. The Justices of the Peace in each county were responsible for minor judicial and law enforcement powers and formed courts and appointed most of the other county officials. The courts in turn could set the tax payments, handled will probations; took control over guardianships; saw to the development and maintenance of the county roads, heard cases involving illigetimacies, set the tavern rates and restrictions, took care of the poor of the communities - in other words, most of the day to day business affairs of the county. If was a normal circumstance for the senior Justice of the Peace to become sheriff and he served a two-year term. When a new Kentucky constitution was formed in 1850, the county judge office was created; he designed to preside over the county court when it was transacting business. The justices of the peace still sat in on the court of claims. Voters, in 1850, also elected all the county officers. The County Clerk's title was one sought actively as in the richer counties, this could be a very well paid position. The County Coroner position was created and many men were elected to this office even when many had no medical experience at all! And one old position almost faded into obscurity - that of the county surveyor. A special occasion should be noted here than many readers might remember in Kentucky - County Court Day. It is said that this day originated from the English county fairs and local government. Virginians brought the custom to Kentucky. Since the Justices of the peace were originally charged with the responsibilities shown above, County Court Day developed approximately when the voters of the state were allowed the responsibility of electing the county officials. County Court Day was a time when the citizens who had business at the county seat liked to come into town with their families and the day soon became also a day for people just to get together and catch up on the latest news. Later, the day also became a time for horse races and various athletic contests. Special events included most of the family including sledge throwing, bar heaving, foot races, plus just rough and tumble fighting. While all this was going on - the judges were on the bench hearing cases! During the second quarter of the 19th century, more events were added. It became also market day. Farmers would bring in all their livestock, farm produce and handcrafted materials to sell. Sadly to say, this also became a day to purchase slaves. Most courthouses had a place around the square or near the courthouse known as the slave block where the slaves were auctioned off. With all these activities going on: games, contests, races, slave selling, livestock and produce selling, this quickly became THE day of the year when the county folks would come into town and someone else soon took note of this. Much like the events of this current time of the year, the politicians saw a captive audience! Men appointed by the politicians would "work the crowd" - many times promising a big pot luck dinner or burgoos for anyone who would gather at a certain spot and listen to what the current candidate had to say. And, to add to the din and excitement, many counties, including the county where I live, Barren County, Kentucky, added the sale of mules. This was also called in some areas "Jockey Day". Mules were much needed and treasured by farmers as work animals and to add a little more clutter, mules were paraded around the squares with a stand where the auctioneer would sell the mules. Picture for just a minute what the little county seat towns would have been like in those days. The courthouse, a small log structure in the center of town, with the judges and county justices sitting in session. No air conditioning in those days, so the windows and doors likely open for a cool breeze even in the fall months. Citizens who were there for court business, dressed in their very best homespun clothes working their way towards the courthouse, making their way through the clutter of people and animals. The streets, not paved, would have been about a buggy wide or so, rutted, muddy if the fall rains had started. At one end of the square, an auctioneer auctioning off slaves who were standing their proudly despite their servitude, praying for at least a good master who might not sell off his wife or children to one man and he to another. Stripes possibly on his bronzen back from years of serving with a not-to kind master. Along another side of the square, mules and horses being auctioned off with the menfolk comparing the age, teeth, strength, legs of a horse they were considering buying, or a mule strong enough to pull a plow. Mothers keeping their children in tow so they wouldn't get trompled with the hooves of the nervous animals as they are paraded around for viewing. On the next side of the square, most of the womenfolk had gathered, selling their potatoes, corn, beans and other produce likely off the bags of their wagon. The grandmothers might have been seated on the wagon bed, proudly lining up in baskets the fruits of their gardens proudly, with the children perhaps fetching the chosen food or goods from the grandmother and taking it over to the purchaser. Women comparing their fruits and vegetables or handmade goods with the lady at the next wagon, commenting to herself or passerby's that HERS was much better, much fresher and oh so much tastier. And on the last side of the square, a roped off area possibly for the games of chance and skill. Here were the young, robust young men, too young to be worried about the horses and the mules, too macho to wander through the produce sections ... here they could show off their strength and muscles to an admiring crowd of shy young ladies who might have ventured from their mother's sides to see who would make a suitable beau. The laughing, the squealing, the applause rang through the square making it difficult for the auctioneers to be heard. Then, one of the streets leading off the square was likely chosen for the horse races. It is said that Race Street in Glasgow was THE racing spot in Glasgow, with laws passed later on forbidding the horses to be charged down the street endangering life and limb. Or, possibly, they had a course laid out on the outskirts of town - remember most towns were only several blocks wide and deep and the rest would be farm or timber land. Lastly, the politicians! Can you imagine one of his helpers quickly erecting a make-shift stage area and hustling all the willing listeners (who can turn down a barbeque?) to a clear spot where they would stand somewhat impatiently, waiting for the politician to either run out of ideas or voice, while smelling the aroma of the potlick awaiting them? And, I would imagine the moonshine or other alcohol were there too causing great distress to the sheriff and jailer and they walked or rode through the crowds trying to keep some semblance of peace and order? What an event it must have been! (c) Copyright 5 October 2000, Sandra K. Gorin. All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ <>< TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios SCKY ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Surname Registry: http://sckyregistry.homestead.com/SCKYHome.html Merged Surname Registry all counties in South Central KY: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/surnames/surnames.txt