Does anybody know how this Stokely Trent ties into the Wolfe County Trents? At first I thought it was Stokeley Trent, son of Henry Trent but that Stokely was born about 1848. Dying in 1972 that would have made him 124 and I'm sure would have broken all kinds of world records! So, logically, this Stokely must have been somebody's son and possibly the grandson of Henry Trent. If anyone can help me clear this up I'd be very appreciative! Thanks, Sandy

Hi Carole, Thanks for the obit on Hiram Eversole. His father Anderson was a brother of Sally Eversole who married Philip Elsbery Lacy. Hiram must have been named for his grandfather. His name was Hiram, too. Carolyn

Wolfe County News - Nov. 17, 1972 EARL L. HOBBS DIES IN MICH. Earl L. Hobbs, 60, died suddenly Nov. 5 at his home in Detroit, Mich. He was the son of the late Jesse D. Hobbs and Josie Shull Hobbs, and a native of Lee County. He was a veteran of World War II. He owned and operated a restaurant in Detroit. Survivors are a brother, Daniel C. Hobbs of Rochester, Mich., several nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles. Funeral services were held Nov. 10, at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel, Campton, with Rev. Doyle Thomas officiating. Burial was in the Hobbs Cemetery, Flat. Carole

Wolfe County News - March 24, 1972 STOKLEY TRENT DIES MARCH 19 IN LEXINGTON Stokley Trent, 106, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Gay Brewer, Sr., in Lexington, at approximately 8:30 p.m. Sunday, March 19, from an apparent heart attack. He is survived by eight sons, Osa Trent, Mort Trent, Charlie Trent, and Marvin Trent, all of Lexington; Hershall Trent of Huntsville, Ind., John Trent, Hamilton, Ohio; Lester Trent of Mt. Sterling, and Homer Trent of Owingsville; six daughters, Mrs. John Brewer, Matamorca, Mich., Mrs. Myrtle Collins of LaGrange and Mrs. Gay Brewer, Mrs. Phillip Litton, Mrs. Charles Rose, and Mrs. Ira Dunn, all of Lexington; three sisters, Melissa Bryant, Campton, Mrs. Ellen Smith of Mary, and Mrs. Rosie Wells of Stanton and a large number of grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 10 :00 a.m. Wednesday, March 22, at the Campton Baptist Church by the Rev. Al Gormly. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery with grandsons acting as pallbearers. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Porter and Son Funeral Home, Campton. Carole

Wolfe County News - March 24, 1972 MRS. SHACKELFORD PASSES AT ZOE Florence Hobbs Shackelford, age 74, died at her home near Zoe, Ky., March 14. She was the widow of Guy Shackelford and a member of the Church of God. Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Esther Tutt, Zoe, Mrs. Nona Chambers and Mrs. Margaret Gilbert of Middletown, Ohio, and Mrs. Betty Moore, Union City, Ind., one son Charlie Shackelford of Middletown; one brother, France Hobbs, Middletown; 18 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel March 16, by Rev. David Prater. Burial was in the Hobbs Cemetery, Big Andy Ridge, Wolfe County. Carole

Oops, Wolfe County News - March 10, 1972 -----Original Message----- From: Carole Bays [mailto:acbays@mrtc.com] Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 11:59 AM To: KYWOLFE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYWOLFE-L] Weldon Carthia Fletcher RITES ARE HELD WEDNESDAY FOR MR. FLETCHER, 62 Mr. Weldon Carthia Fletcher, 62, of Middletown, Ohio, died Sunday, March 5, at a hospital there. He was a native of Hurst, Ky. Mr. Fletcher is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lou Ellen Fletcher of Middletown; three daughters, Mrs. Wanda Faye Beckett, Mrs. Betty Wilson, and Mrs. Sandy Denny, all of Middletown; two sons, Billy Fletcher of Pontiac, Mich., and Wayne Fletcher, at home; four brothers, Shannon Fletcher of Mary, Ky., Price Fletcher and Everett Fletcher of Middletown, and Seldon Fletcher, Texas; 3 sisters, Elizabeth Taylor and Mrs. Carmon Morrison of Middletown, and Mrs. Martha Terrill of Monroe, Ohio, and 15 grandchildren. Funeral was conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 9 at the Shackelford Funeral Home by Rev. Oney Banks. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home in charge. Carole ==== KYWOLFE Mailing List ==== Be sure to visit the OFFICIAL website for the EasternKentucky list, http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyekg/

Wolfe County News - March 10, 1972 MRS. HATTON OF ROGERS PASSES Mrs. Emma Profitt Hatton, 86, of Rogers died at 1:30 a.m. Friday March 3, of a heart attack. She was a lifelong resident of Wolfe County and a member of the Church of God. Mrs. Hatton is survived by her husband, Oscar Hatton; two daughters, Mrs. Ida Mae South of Middletown, Ohio and Mrs. Inez Plummell of Indianapolis, Ind.; a son, Chester Hatton, at home; one sister, Mrs. Rebecca Short of Campton, 14 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 5, at the Campton Church of God by Rev. Doyle Thomas and Rev. Omar Spencer. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery under the direction of Shackelford Funeral Home. Carole

RITES ARE HELD WEDNESDAY FOR MR. FLETCHER, 62 Mr. Weldon Carthia Fletcher, 62, of Middletown, Ohio, died Sunday, March 5, at a hospital there. He was a native of Hurst, Ky. Mr. Fletcher is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lou Ellen Fletcher of Middletown; three daughters, Mrs. Wanda Faye Beckett, Mrs. Betty Wilson, and Mrs. Sandy Denny, all of Middletown; two sons, Billy Fletcher of Pontiac, Mich., and Wayne Fletcher, at home; four brothers, Shannon Fletcher of Mary, Ky., Price Fletcher and Everett Fletcher of Middletown, and Seldon Fletcher, Texas; 3 sisters, Elizabeth Taylor and Mrs. Carmon Morrison of Middletown, and Mrs. Martha Terrill of Monroe, Ohio, and 15 grandchildren. Funeral was conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 9 at the Shackelford Funeral Home by Rev. Oney Banks. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Home in charge. Carole

Wolfe County News - Aug. 1972 WOLFE COUNTY NATIVE PASSES Mrs. Lennie Hollon Land, Lancaster, died at 6:35 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, in the Gerrard County Hospital following an illness of about four months. A retired school teacher and widow of the late John Land, she was the daughter of the late J.B. Hollon and Rosa Bell Byrd Hollon. She began her education in Wolfe County and completed her studies at Hazel Green Academy. She attended Berea College for one year. It was not until 1961 that Mrs. Land received her B.S. Degree from Eastern State Teacher's college. She was 66 years of age at the time. This had been a life long ambition. She had previously taught in the Gerrard County School system. She was a community leader in numerous capacities. In 1934 she received national recognition for her work as a 4-H leader at the Chicago World Fair. She was a charter member of the Lancaster Chapter of the D.A. R. and the Gerrard County Homemakers and was recognized on a nation level as "Outstanding Rural Club Woman." She spent much of her spare time writing and had been correspondent for the Advocate Messenger of Danville for the past eight years. Mrs. Land is survived by a son, J.B. Land, Lancaster; three sisters, Mrs. B. Noel (Iva), and Mrs. Ruth Condon, both of Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. O.R. Henderson of El Cajon, Calif.; three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted on Monday afternoon of this week at 2 p.m. at the Lancaster Baptist Church where she was an active member until her illness. Burial was in the Lancaster Cemetery. Carole

Wolfe County News - April 21, 1972 FORMER CAMPTON RESIDENT DIES IN CLARK COUNTY Hiram Eversole, 90, Winn Avenue, Winchester died at 10 p.m. Sunday at the Clark County Hospital after a long illness. He was a retired farmer, a son of the late Anderson and Mary Deaton Eversole, a native of Lee County and a Baptist. The Eversole family lived at Campton many years before moving to Clark County. Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Kathleen Haggard, Mrs. Carrie Flickinger, Mrs. Vivian Reffitt and Mrs. Zellie Hall, all of Clark County, Mrs. Elizabeth Eldridge, Fayette County and Mrs. Gladys Gumm, Madison County; two sons, Thurman and Charlie Eversole, both of Clark County; 26 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Elam, Campton, and Miss Ollie Eversole, Wyandott, Okla, and a brother, Jim Eversole, Dayton, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Scobee Funeral Home, Winchester, Ky. by Rev. Linville Berryman. Burial was in the Bear Pen Cemetery in Wolfe County. Carole

Wolfe County News - Sept. 1, 1972 Mrs. Arbuta Alexander, 49, Campton, died at the U.K. Medical Center, Lexington, at noon Friday after a three-day illness. She was the daughter of Wiley and Bertha Harris Hollon, and a native of Wolfe County. She was employed at Control Data Corporation., and was a member of the Campton First Church of God. Survivors are her husband, John Alexander, five sons, Virgil Alexander, Dayton, O., James, Wendell, John Charles, and Michael, all at home; two daughters, Gracie and Kathy at home, four brothers, Glenwood Hollon, Mt. Sterling, John and Paul Hollon, Campton, Charles Hollon, Versailles, Ky; five sisters, Mrs. Alleen Allen, Middletown, O., Mrs. Magelene Adkins, Middletown, O., Mrs. Lucille Gevedon, Pine Ridge, Ky., Mrs. Gertrude Haddix, Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs. Bonnie Taulbee, South Lyon, Mich., two half brothers, Wiley Hollon, Jr., and Alva Gene Hollon, both of Pine Ridge; one half-sister, Mary Ellen Bush, Pine Ridge. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the Campton First church of God, with Rev. Doyle Thomas officiating. Burial was in Evans Cemetery with Shackelford Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers were Riley F. Harris, Donnie Harris, Wayne King, Willie Campbell, Reece King and Donnie Alexander. Carole

Taken from the book " You Can't Eat Peanuts in Church and Other Little-known Laws ", by Barbara Seuling, c1975: - In Kentucky, a man may not marry his wife's grandmother. - Sleeping on the floor of the Kentucky State House is prohibited. - According to Kentucky law, " burglary can only be committed in the night-time ". - In Owensboro, Kentucky, if a woman wants to but a new hat, her husband must try it on first. - In Lexington, Kentucky, you are forbidden to carry ice cream cones in your pocket. - In Kentucky, there is a law against sleeping in a restaurant. - In Kentucky, a wife must have her husband's permission to move the furniture in her house. - In Kentucky, you may not shoot clay pigeons during the breeding season. - A Kentucky statue reads: " No female shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless she is escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a club. " - A subsequent amendment to the original statue reads: " The provisions of this statue shall not apply to females weighing less than 90 pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds; nor shall it apply to female horses." Take Care, J. Larry Helton, Jr. " It isn't how you die, it's what you live for. " - Daniel Boone My websites: www.FrontierFolk.org/k-sites.htm (Simon Kenton sites) www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/madison.htm (Madison Twp. cemeteries) www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/8696/SPOORS.html (early schools) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hamilton/news.html (Butler Co. newspapers) http://yosemite.epa.gov/water/adopt.nsf/FTsearchForm?readform&Limit=10&Query=madison+twp (watershed)

> Found this somewhere, and I keep it around to remind me of my quest; makes me > feel even more elated when I find a grandparent! > > 1 1 ME > 2 2 parents > 3 4 grandparents > 4 8 great grandparents > 5 16 gg grandparents > 6 32 ggg grandparents > 7 64 gggg grandparents > 8 128 ggggg grandparents > 9 256 gggggg grandparents > 10 512 ggggggg grandparents > 11 1,024 gggggggg grandparents > 12 2,048 ggggggggg grandparents > 13 4,096 gggggggggg grandparents > 14 8,192 ggggggggggg grandparents > 15 16,184 gggggggggggg grandparents > 16 32,768 ggggggggggggg grandparents > 17 65,536 gggggggggggggg grandparents > 18 131,072 ggggggggggggggg grandparents > 19 262,144 gggggggggggggggg grandparents > 20 524,288 ggggggggggggggggg grandparents > 21 1,048,576 gggggggggggggggggg grandparents > 22 2,097,152 ggggggggggggggggggg grandparents > > Over 2 million ancestors!!!! > Susan in Cincinnati

Thought someone might be interested in this. Ida L. Taulbee Ida L. Taulbee, 93, of 1525 Old Kentucky #15, Campton, Kentucky died Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at Wolfe County Health Care Center following a long illness. She was the daughter of the late Burl Scott and Isa Ramey Rakes and a retired teacher from the Wolfe County School System. She was a member of Antioch Missionary Church and Wolfe County Retired Teachers Association. She is survived by her son, Darrell Taulbee, Campton, KY; 2 daughters, Carole Sue Collinsworth, Campton, KY, and Anna Jo Spencer, Smith Grove, KY; sisters, Ina Bentley, Ashville, NC, and June Rakes, Richlands, VA; a half brother, L.T. Ashby, Hudson, NC; a half sister, Alice Ashby, of TX; five grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 P.M. Friday at Campton United Methodist Church by Rev. Ron Barnett and Rev. David Gross with burial following Miller Cemetery. Visitation will be after 5:00 P.M. today at Campton United Methodist Church. Hearne Funeral Hom! e, Inc., Stanton, KY, in charge of arrangements. Guest book at Legacy.com. Published in the Lexington Herald-Leader on 1/23/2003.

Greetings Snowbirds! Hope everyone is staying warm! Mighty cold out there. Jan. 24, 2003 Updates... New !! BLAST FROM THE PAST U.S. statistics for 1902.... http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywolfe/funfacts.htm New page for you guys. Kindly submitted by J. Larry Helton, Jr. I thought is was great. Thanks J. Larry! Send us more. ***************** Wolfe County, KY., Births � Transcribed from the vital statistic film. Roll number S000130 Selected Surnames, 1861-1910 Submitted by Gail(Rose)Berish http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywolfe/births.htm Wolfe County, Marriages � Transcribed from the vital statistic film. Roll number S000130 Selected Surnames, 1861-1909 Submitted by Gail(Rose)Berish http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywolfe/Marriage.htm ***************** Wolfe County Pictures Update Alley M. King headstone http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywolfe/wpic80.htm Alley M. King and Daughter, Wanda Fay King http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywolfe/wpic81.htm Pic taken in the 1940's. Submitted by Sandy Muncy ******************* All for today. Stayed tuned for more updates. I will bw getting the rest of our Roll Call on line next. Regards, Diane Parsons Wolfe County CC Wolfe County List Mom ===== __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

Wolfe County News - June 23, 1972 DEATH CLAIMS STELLA MAY ELY Stella May Ely, 81, widow of F.C. Ely, of Gilmore, died at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, June 18, at the Harrison Nursing Home, Lexington, after a long illness. She was a native of Breathitt County and a member of the Methodist Church. She is survived by two sons, Maurice Ely, Gilmore, and Fred Ely, Ypsilanti, Mich.; five daughters, Mrs. Evalee Robinson, and Mrs. Ruby Scott, Ypsilanti, Mich., Mrs. Irene Mead, Dewitt, Mich., Mrs. Anne Perkins, Encinates, California. And Mrs. Joyce Leach, Dayton, Ohio, and a large number of grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 21 at the Gilmore Church of God. Burial was in the Hazel Green Cemetery, at Hazel Green. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Porter and Son Funeral Home, Campton. Carole

Wolfe County News - June 23, 1972 H.E. SWANGO DIES SATURDAY Harry Ernest Swango, 86, retired merchant and farmer of Mt. Sterling, died at 12:10 a.m. Saturday at the Mary Chiles Hospital after a long illness. A native of Wolfe County, he was a son of the late Harmon and Marguerite Cecil Swango and a member of the Hazel Green Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sarah Maloney Swango; a daughter, Miss Sara Ann Swango, Carlisle; a son, Winston Swango, Menifee County. Services were conducted by the Rev. Arthur Chandler Monday at the Eastin-Richey Funeral Home in Mt. Sterling. Burial was in the Hazel Green Cemetery. Carole

Wolfe County News - July 23, 1972 PEARL GIBBS, 76, OF LACY CK. DIES Pearl Carson Gibbs, 76, of Lacy Creek died July 20 in the Good Samaritan Hospital, Lexington, after a three-year illness. She was a member of the Church of God. Survivors are as follow - Her husband, Kelse Gibbs; five sons, Theodore Carson of Jamestown, Ohio, Armstrong and Ray Carson of Dayton, Ohio, William Carson of Lacy Creek, and Lester Carson of Rogers; three daughters, Mrs. Edith Winfield of Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Elizabeth Patton of New Vienna, Ohio, and Miss Marie Gibbs of Lacy Creek; one brother, Willis Brewer of Beattyville; two sisters, Mrs. Ella Jane Kash of Campton and Mrs. Frances Trent of Mize, and 29 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral was held Sunday, July 23 at 10 a.m. at the Rose Chapel Church with Rev. Omer Spencer officiating. Burial was in the Carson Cemetery on Lacy Creek under the direction of Shackelford Funeral Home. Carole

Wolfe County News - July 23, 1972 DEATH TAKES MR. ORA STEELE Ora Stele, 65, died July 17, 1972, at the home of his brother, after a long illness. He was a retired employee of the Duquesne Steele Works, Duquesne, Penn. Survivors are: His wife, Marie of Pennsylvania; five sons and three daughters, all of Pennsylvania; his mother, Elizabeth Jane Steele, of Kenwood Rest Home, Richmond, Kentucky; four brothers, Henry, Manse, and William, all of Campton, Ky., and Wellington of Dayton, Ohio; three sisters, Mignon Steele of Florida, Bonnie Steele of Campton, and Grace Rotellet of Xenia, Ohio. Funeral services were held on July 19, 1972, in the Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Doyle Thomas officiating. Burial in the Steele Cemetery. Carole

Wolfe County News - Jan. 21, 1972 GEORGE H. KING PASSES SUNDAY George Henry King, 80 of Route 2, Campton, died at his home at 2:45 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, after a long illness. He was a native of Wolfe County, a retired farmer, and attended the Baptist Church. He is survived by two sons, Gerry King of Frankfort, and Kelly King, of Baptist; four daughters, Mrs. Mary Jane Perkins, Fort Wayne, Ind., Mrs. Sarah Ritchie of Fairborn, Ohio, Mrs. Doris Shoop of New Carlisle, Ohio and Mrs. Garnett Trent of Frankfort; one step-son, Elvin Fletcher of Baptist; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Pearl May Ledford and Mrs. Helen Hays, both of Dayton, Ohio; two brothers, Thomas King of Baptist, and Ira King of Cincinnati; one sister, Mrs. Sophia Mossie of Campton, 27 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18 at the Porter and Son Funeral Home by Rev. Omer Spencer. Burial was in the Swango Cemetery in Baptist. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Porter and Son Funeral Home, Campton. Carole