Searching for information on Henry S Cooper. He was born 1 Jan 1842 and died 30 June 1917. Burial was 1 July. (no funeral?) According to his death certificate he was poisoned by Strychnine, a homicide. A.L. Blair signed the death certificate. I am searching an obituary, any newspaper articles related to this incident, any coroner's reports, any trial information for the person that commited the murder. It seems to me that if the physician knew it was a homicide and it was strychnine, they must have known who did it to have that information. The death certificate reports his father's name as Fle K. Cooper, or even possibly Fleck Cooper, it's not clear to me which it might be. Mother's name is unknown. Roll Coffee is listed as undertaker (although I don't think that was his profession) Regarding his father's name I think it may have been Fielding based on some census information I found on the Internet. I'm going to search actual census records to try and make a connection there. He was also a Civil War veteran serving in what was first Company F 24th Kentucky Infantry, then became known as Company K 6th Kentucky Cavalry. He enlisted 20 Nov 1863 and discharged 6 Sept 1865. Will take any little piece of information I can get. Am willing to pay for some research, copies and postage. Thanking you in advance. Lori Ritchey dar292@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Ever wonder what state someone's S.S# was issued in? Here's how to tell. SAMPLE LETTER TO ORDER ORIGINAL SS APPLICATION AT BOTTEM OF PAGE WHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN: The nine-digit Social Security number is divided into three parts. The first three numbers generally indicate the state of residence at the time a person applies for his or her card.Originally, the lowest numbers were assigned to the New England states, and the numbers grew progressively higher in the South and West. However, in recent years, this geographical relationship has been disrupted somewhat by the need to allocate numbers out of sequence as state populations change. The middle two digits of a Social Security number have no special significance, but merely serve no break the numbers into blocks of convenient size. The last four characters represent a straight numerial progression of assigned numbers. SSA has issued more than 383 million Social Security numbers, and about 6 million new numbers are assigned each year. But even at this rate, there will be no need to reissue the same numbers, revise the present system, or devise a new numbering system for several generations. For this reason, SSA plans to continue using the nine-digit number. 001-001 New Hampshire 387-399 Wisconsin 004-007 Maine 400-407 Kentucky 008-009 Vermont 408-415 Tennessee 010-034 Massachusetts 416-424 Alabama 035-039 Rhode Island 425-428 Mississippi 040-049 Connecticut 433-439 Arkansas 050-134 New York 433-439 Louisiana 135-158 New Jersey 440-448 Oklahoma 159-211 Pennsylvania 449-467 Texas 212-220 Maryland 468-477 Minnesota 221-222 Delaware 478-485 Iowa 223-231 Virginia 486-500 Missouri 232-236 West Virginia 501-502 North Dakota 237-246 North Carolina 503-504 South Dakota 247-251 South Carolina 505-508 Nebraska 252-260 Georgia 509-515 Kansas 261-267 Florida 516-517 Montana 268-302 Ohio 518-519 Idaho 303-317 Indiana 520 Wyoming 318-361 Illinois 521-524 Colorado 362-386 Michigan 525&585 New Mexico 526-527 Arizona 575-576 Hawaii 528-529 Utah 531-539 Washington 540-544 Oregon 545-573 California 574-Alaska 577-579 District of Columbia 580-Virgin Islands 581-585 Puerto Rico, Guam 700-729 Railroad INVALID SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS 1. Three or more leadin zeros (000-08-8537) 2. Ending in four zeros (557-84-0000) 3. Leading numbers 73 through 79 (734-81-9559/791-32-7462) 4. Leading number 6 or 8 (687-44-3867/806-55-6823) 5. Leading number of 9 is suspect, very few issued (915-83-7836) http://julialevesque.friendpages.com/ Or <A HREF="http://julialevesque.friendpages.com/">CrazyJCL@aol.com Genealogist< /A> Or http://home.talkcity.com/MainSt/juliacarol/ MyTalkcity Homepage And Many Picture's on This Homepage! http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/v/Julia-C-Levesque/index.html <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/v/Julia-C-Levesque/index.html"> Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages Julia Carol GREGORY</A> Julis Carol GREGORY Lévesque For those who chose not to share information to aid me in my research "I did it My Way" +†+

In case you ever wondered why a large number of your ancestors disappeared during a certain period in history, this might help. Epidemics have always had a great influence on people - and thus influencing as well, the genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people disappearing from records can be traced to their dying during an epidemic or moving away from the affected area. Some of the major epidemics in the United States are listed below: 1657_____Boston Measles 1687_____Boston Measles 1690_____New York Yellow Fever 1713_____Boston Measles 1729_____Boston Measles 1732-3___Worldwide Influenza 1738_____South Carolina Smallpox 1739-40__Boston Measles 1747_____CT,NY,PA,SC Measles 1759_____N. America Measles 1761_____North America and West Indies Influenza 1772_____North America Measles 1775_____N. America epidemic Unknown 1775-6___Worldwide Influenza 1783_____Dover, DE Bilious Disorder 1788_____Philadelphia and New York Measles 1793_____Vermont fever and Influenza 1793_____VA Influenza 1793_____Philadelphia Yellow Fever 1793_____Harrisburg, PA Unknown 1793_____Middletown, PA Unknown 1794_____Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever 1796-7___Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever 1798_____Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever 1803_____New York Yellow Fever 1820-3___Nationwide "Fever" 1831-2___Nationwide Asiatic Cholera 1832_____NY City and other major cities Cholera 1837_____Philadelphia Typhus 1841_____Nationwide Yellow Fever 1847_____New Orleans Yellow Fever 1847-8___Worldwide Influenza 1848-9___North America Cholera 1850_____Nationwide Yellow Fever 1850-1___North America Influenza 1852_____Nationwide Yellow Fever 1855_____Nationwide Yellow Fever 1857-9___Worldwide Influenza 1860-1___Pennsylvania Smallpox 1865-73__Philadelphia, NY, Boston, New Orleans Smallpox Baltimore, Memphis, Washington DC Cholera and a series of recurring epidemics of: Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever 1873-5___North America and Europe Influenza 1878_____New Orleans Yellow Fever 1885_____Plymouth, PA Typhoid 1886_____Jacksonville, FL Yellow Fever 1918_____Influenza Worldwide Finally, these specific instances of cholera were mentioned: 1833_____Columbus, OH 1834_____New York City 1849_____New York 1851_____Coles Co., IL, The Great Plains, and Missouri http://julialevesque.friendpages.com/ Or <A HREF="http://julialevesque.friendpages.com/">CrazyJCL@aol.com Genealogist< /A> Or http://home.talkcity.com/MainSt/juliacarol/ MyTalkcity Homepage And Many Picture's on This Homepage! http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/v/Julia-C-Levesque/index.html <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/v/Julia-C-Levesque/index.html"> Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages Julia Carol GREGORY</A> Julis Carol GREGORY Lévesque For those who chose not to share information to aid me in my research "I did it My Way" +†+

Has Anyone ever Heard of Here? just about 3/4's of a mile over the Rowan Co. Line into Morgan Co Ky Ditony Cemetery on Ditony Ridge. http://julialevesque.friendpages.com/ Or <A HREF="http://julialevesque.friendpages.com/">CrazyJCL@aol.com Genealogist< /A> And Many Picture's on This Homepage! http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/v/Julia-C-Levesque/index.html <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/v/Julia-C-Levesque/index.html"> Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages Julia Carol GREGORY</A> Julia For those who chose not to share information to aid me in my research "I did it My Way" +†+

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There have been several questions appearing on the list asking about the pictorial history book the Rowan County Historical Society is publishing. Here is, from the current society president, an explanation for the reason the book is late in being released. Hi All, It seems we have run into a few hurdles which have caused the finished date to drag on past the date we were originally told which was Spring 2000. We are getting calls and inquiries in every way and are now sending out cards to notify those who have already paid for their book. We feel we owe them an explanation so here goes. There seems to be a little more to it than just copying a few pictures on a Xerox machine and stapling them together and it's done. After advertising for people to donate pictures for the book we had very little donated and then as we got closer to the deadline date of submission we received over 2,000. Out of those we had to sort through the overwhelming amount and take enough out until we had the required 750 pictures that the publisher would only allow us to submit. This was not an easy task for our committee as there were always disagreements over the 200-300 pictures we had just taken out that were too good to take out. But we were only allowed the 750. Then we tried the task of selling pages to families and businesses. Again we set a deadline and again after struggling to convince people to purchase a page in memory of loved ones or for whatever reason, at the deadline date we were overwhelmed with requests from people who wanted us to wait until they could get their page put together. We were thrilled to have such interest in families of Rowan County. In working with the publisher there were some problems with communication at first which we later discovered there had been a changeover within the company. We chose to continue with the same publishing company as we were satisfied we would still be delivered a quality product. After settling on the cover design, writing the first pages of introduction and other finishing touches, it is finally being put together and they are now sending us a packet at a time to edit for mistakes. This takes time but again we all want a quality book. Next will be to send the edited product to the printer. We apologize for the delays but we never realized all of the work that had to go into putting this together. Our committee has worked very hard, and we will honor all orders. If anyone is dissatisfied with the time it has taken to get this book finished, we will gladly give them a refund. I apologize for all of the delays. There was never any intention of giving false promises, we just never realized it would take this long. We cannot give an exact date the book will be finished and ready to be mailed out but will give an update on the progress if anyone wishes. My email is ahsurmont@kih.net or snail mail to: Helen Surmont 660 Pleasant Valley Morehead, Ky 40351

Vivian, thanks, probably more Fleming than Rowan.Debbie

Dear Fellow ListMembers: The following newspaper article regarding the historical development of the railroad may be pertinent to those whose family may have worked on the railroad or benefitted from its installation. About Completed. Morehead, Ky., July 25, 1900. — The survey of the Cincinnati & Licking River railroad is about completed between Hillsboro and West Liberty, a distance of 40 miles. Work will begin in the early fall. This road will give Cincinnati direct access to the rich cannel coal fields of Morgan county. Source: Knott County Historical Society's Electronic Chronological History of Eastern Kentucky (1673-2000) EKH:R:WD0007310109b; Sincerely, David R. Smith, Pres. Knott County Historical Society P.S. If you can elaborate or have photos from this era in 1900, please share them with us. Thanks.

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Actually, Vivian, I understand why you posted to several sites. The counties in KY have such a history of change with the original ones being made into littler ones, etc. I'm always willing to explore any avenue. Amazing what you can find where you least expect to find it. And should this message offend others to the group, Vivian's e-mail addres wasn't anywhere in the message so I couldn't reply to her back-channel. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Let's stick to Morgan County, KY info, please! > > Ann > >Gee Ann, >Since all the families moved around in the 3 or 4 counties it seemed proper >to post to all of them in case someone else knew the families . >Not to worry tho......I Promise it will not happen again. >Vivian > >> > > >============================== >Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, >access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM > >

In a message dated 7/30/00 4:53:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, annapplegate@maysvilleky.net writes: << Subj: Re: [KYMORGAN] Some Bath Co. KY BASFORD marriages Date: 7/30/00 4:53:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: annapplegate@maysvilleky.net (Ann Lemaster- Applegate) Reply-to: KYMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com To: KYMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com Let's stick to Morgan County, KY info, please! Ann Gee Ann, Since all the families moved around in the 3 or 4 counties it seemed proper to post to all of them in case someone else knew the families . Not to worry tho......I Promise it will not happen again. Vivian >>

Book # 1 Nancy BASFORD m. John DONATHAN 8 Dec. 1818 Book # 2 Elizabeth BASFORD m. Samuel MCCULLEY 20 Sept. 1840 Book # 3 John L. BASFORD m Minerva G.Staton 13 Sept. 1866 Sarah E. Basford m. George C. WILLS 9 March, 1864 Book #4 Henry BASFORD m. Ellen WILLS 14 Oct. 1875 Book # 5 John BASFORD m. Elizabeth P. GOSE 5 Dec. 1855 John BASSFORD m. Alvira McCarty Oct. 24, 1880 Nancy Ann BASFORD m. Peter REID 27 June 1872 Book # 6 Lester BAsford m. Mary E. McCarty 8 Sept. 1901 Owen BASFORD m. Mary ROGERS 26 Feb. 1893 Sam BASFORD m. America McCarty 8 Sept. 1901 Maggie BASFORD m. Jesse MEEKS 21 Jan. 1897 Any comments on who they belong to? I need lots of help with this family since they are so few in the early census. As you can see, one of my BASFORDS married into a family of DONATHANS. In the 1850 BAth Co. KY Census it shows on page 73 [for those of you who have books that Alice Reynolds did] # 615 that the head of household is John Donathan Jr. age 21 farmer. Living with him is his mother Nancy [nee Basford] Donathan age 60 B born VA. I was always told I had Indian ancestry...What is this Black and Mulotto defination? The family above them # 614 is Sarah DONATHAN age 40 b. KY Evaline Donathan 25 George A. Donathan 13 B [female] Louisa 12 M Emily J. 10 Mary 11 B Jack 2 As you can see some of the children are not listed as anything so they were considered white? I would love to hear from some of the Donathan Descendents to see what their idea about this is?

In The Book Days of Tears Days of Anger There is a picture of Samuel Smedley & Delilah BROWN My 3rd Great Grandparents someone told me can someone please scan it for me and email it to me please!!!!!!! Julia http://julialevesque.friendpages.com/ Or <A HREF="http://julialevesque.friendpages.com/">CrazyJCL@aol.com Genealogist< /A> And Many Picture's on This Homepage! http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/v/Julia-C-Levesque/index.html <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/v/Julia-C-Levesque/index.html"> Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages Julia Carol GREGORY</A> My AOL Homepage http://hometown.aol.com/sweetlevesque/myhomepage/index.html <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/sweetlevesque/myhomepage/index.html">CrazyJC LGenealogist</A> Julia

I am trying to find the evidence to prove Hannah BASFORD b. ca. 1815 who married William R. STATON b. 1798 Va. is not the Hannah CASSELDINE CHURCH that keeps appearing on all the records. >From the date of Hannah's birth I do believe she is the daughter of John b. ca. 1790 and Elizabeth ???BASFORD [some say Elizabeth was a NORRIS) On the LDS records I found HANNAH BASFORD who was christened 29 May 1815 St. Michales Coventry, Warwick England. It also stated her parents were John and Elizabeth Basford. Is this HANNAH? The dates match....the parents match? Any input will be appreciated. I still have no date of Marriage for William STATON to HANNAH? I also think this is the same HANNAH STATON who married my GGrandfather Thomas Thornburg 18 Jan. 1880 [his wife Eliza had died in 1877] However, when he died in 1896....there is no mention of a wife...just his children? I need help!! Thanks Vivian

I forgot to write down a book name days of anger is part of it by Juanita blair and brown Julia http://julialevesque.friendpages.com/ Or <A HREF="http://julialevesque.friendpages.com/">CrazyJCL@aol.com Genealogist< /A> And Many Picture's on This Homepage! http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/v/Julia-C-Levesque/index.html <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/v/Julia-C-Levesque/index.html"> Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages Julia Carol GREGORY</A> My AOL Homepage http://hometown.aol.com/sweetlevesque/myhomepage/index.html <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/sweetlevesque/myhomepage/index.html">CrazyJC LGenealogist</A> Julia ü

Attention Fellow List Members: Eastern Kentucky has been unfortunate to have had a mass ordering of tombstones from the Veteran's Affairs in Washington, D.C. wherein several veterans and non-veterans of the Confederacy or of any war at all now have two and sometimes even three headstones for the same man. Several complaints have been lodged here at the Knott County Historical Society from those who have the misconception that our Society has something to do with this. We do not! The complaints arise from the fact that many cemetery owners and family members have not been contacted in regards to this practice here in Knott County. Recently some stones placed in the Carr Memorial Cemetery are now taking up two distinct plots to allow a place for an additional tombstone for men who already have tombstones, one of which already had a military designated tombstone. Some complaints have been registered with us here at the Knott Society wherein Confederate markers have been placed on Union soldiers' graves much to the chagrin of the families involved. This abuse is a flagrant disregard for the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs' policy which specifically states the following: "Do not complete this application if the veteran's grave is already marked with a private monument even though the veteran's military data is not shown. Applicant must certify the grave is unmarked and a Government headstone or marker is preferred to a privately purchased headstone or marker. This restriction applies to companion markers. Companion markers identify two or more decendents buried, or to be buried, in the same or adjoining graves. A grave is considered marked if a monument displays the decendent's name and dates of birth and/or death, even though the veteran's military data is not shown. Applicant may be anyone having knowledge of the deceased. Headstones or markers furnished remain the property of the United States Government and may not be used for any purpose other than to honor the memory of the decedent for whom the headstone or marker is issued. A Government provided headstone or marker may not be used as a footstone or to supplement a private monument, or be affixed to an existing inscribed monument. I certify the headstone or marker will be installed on the veteran's unmarked grave at no expense to the government and all statements made are true and correct to the best of my knowledge." - Application for standard Government Headstone or Marker 40-1330 Veterans' Affairs. Please consider the above before signing any forms allowing a tombstone to be ordered in your name. If you have a complaint, please register it with or send photos of the duplicated and triplicated stones to: Office of Memorial Programs Dept. of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20420-0001 http://www.cem.va.gov/hm.htm U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers Washington Office 2470 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-4601 Fax: (202) 225-0940 Somerset Office 551 Clifty Street Somerset, KY 42501 Phone: (606) 679-8346 Toll Free: (800) 632-8588 Fax: 678-4856 Pikeville Office 806 Hambley Boulevard Pikeville, KY 41501 Phone: (606) 432-4388 Fax: 432-4262 Hazard Office 601 Main Street Hazard, KY 41701 Phone: (606) 439-0794 Fax: 439-4647 U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell. senator@mcconnell.senate.gov

"His Own Grandfather" This is how a man figures out the complex relationship of his own much mixed up family. He is Edmund Thomas of Saltillo, Ohio, and says: " I met a young widow with a grown-up step-daughter and I married the widow. Then my father met my step-daughter and married her. That made my wife the the mother-in-law of her father-in-law, and made my step-daughter my step-mother, and my father became my step-son. See? Then my step-mother, the step-daughter of my wife, had a son. That boy was of course my brother because he is my father's son, but he was also the son of my wife's daughter, and therefore her grandson. That made me the grandfather of my step-brother. Then my wife had a son. My mother-in-law, the step-sister of my son, is also his grandmother, because he is her step-son's child. My father is the brother-in-law of my child because his step-sister is my wife. I am the brother of my own son who is also the child of my grandmother. I am my mother's brother-in-law, my wife is her own child's aunt, my son is my father's nephew and I am my own grandfather."

Oops. One of the email addresses was listed wrong (mine - how I let an old one slip in ...) so I thought I would send the corrected announcement. Betty The Rowan County, KY Historical Society is sponsoring a genealogy workshop in August, and the local genealogy club would like to extend an invitation to the public to attend. "Diggin' Up Roots" Fourth Annual Genealogy Workshop Saturday, August 19, 2000 from 9:15am - 2:00pm at the Rowan County Public Library in Morehead, KY Featured Speakers will be: 10:00 – Teresa Klaiber, staff genealogist at the Boyd County, KY Public Library Topic: "Courthouse Research – Hidden Treasures and Understanding Documents" 1:00 – Tim Ramsey, local member of the Rowan County Genealogy Club Topic: "Tracking the Settlers of VA and the Records They Kept" Various personal & regional genealogy materials, resources, and local family histories will be available for research. Displays will include family heirlooms and family trees/pedigree charts. Beginner genealogy assistance will be offered as well as individual hands-on computer research training. A $2.00 donation for R.C.Historical Society members and a $5.00 donation for non-members is requested. Advanced registration preferred but not required. A pot-luck lunch will be provided. For a registration form or for more information please contact chairman Dana Mathews at 606-783-9944 or Snail mail: Rowan County Historical Society, P.O. Box 60, Morehead, KY 40351 or E-mail: Betty Sharp < bsharp@yesconnect.net> or Helen Surmont <ahsurmont@kih.net>

Anyone else having problems with GENFORUM besides me? I haven't been able to access it for about 3 days now. I hope its not just me.....LOL Thanks! Vivian

I still need help locating the parents/siblings of Amanda Brown [not the one who married John Botts LACY] My Amanda was b. ca. 1814 had the following children. [1] Elizabeth b. 1835 m Hezekiah HANEY [2] Mary b. 1842 m. Isaac HARDIN [3] Permelia Ann b. 1844 m. William Augustus"Gus" McKENZIE [4] James H. 1847 m. Francis "Teed" WELLS She might have been related to Amanda who married the LACY guy ...how I don't know . They were both in the 1850 MORGAN Co. Census. One of James Brown's decendants said the children were all fathered by a man known as Dr. or "Doc" WILSON and that he bought a farm for James and Permelia at Mordecia? on Elk Fork Creek. Apparently there is lots of confusion about this family due to a book written by Henry WELLS. He wrote in his book that Fancis "Teed" Wells had married James BROWN and that James Brown was the son of John BROWN and Abigail CASSITY. This is untrue. Can anyone tell me if they ahve ever heard referrence of a Dr. or "Doc" Wilson in Morgan Co. ? I did see someone who posted a querie about a Dr. Wilson from Rowan Co? Don't remember the dates tho. Thanks! Vivian