Wolfe County News - March 5, 1971 MRS. TAULBEE, 74 DIES AT HAZEL GREEN FEB. 25 Mrs. Bessie Taulbee, 74, of Hazel Green died at 7:50 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Lexington, following a long illness. Born March 6, 1895, in Breathitt County, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Bell Combs Landsaw. She was the widow of the late John A. Taulbee, who died in 1962, and she was a member of the Consolation Church. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Laura Noble of San Francisco, Calif. And Mrs. Lucille Brooks of Campton; three sons, Everett Taublee of Citrus Heights, Calif. Taylor Taulbee of Hazel Green, and Emerson Taulbee of Lexington; three sisters, Mrs. Hannah Williams and Mrs. Ollie Lindon and Mrs. Lillie Banks of Campton, and two brothers, Bill Landaw and Taylor Landsaw of Campton. Funeral was conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at the Childers Chapel Church at Lacy Creek Wolfe County, by Rev. Carl Faulkner. Burial was in the Rose Cemetery at Lacy Creek under the direction of Herald and Stewart Funeral Home. Carole

I'm researching ancestors and descendents of the following people, all of whom have ties to Wolfe County John M. NOBLE 1800-1880+ Married to Sarah TALBY, father of Sam Henry, Ira and Isom Noble Henry James BURCHAM 1824-1903? Married to Mary Banks and then Levisa Fletcher Reuben FLETCHER 1823-1900+ Married to Martha Puckett Morgan PUCKETT 1801-1890 Married to Susan Whitaker Please post this online MIke

Wolfe County News - July 30, 1971 GEORGE DICKEY BETHANY MAN DIES JULY 24 George Dickey, 79, of Bethany, died at his home Saturday, July 24 after along illness. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Christian Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eliza Banks Dickey, three sons, Earl, Weed and David Dickey all of Bethany, three daughters, Mrs. Eunice Taulbee of Campton, Mrs. Annie Maloney of Mary and Mrs. Florence Watts of Michigan, one brother, Robert Dickey of Campton, one sister, Mrs. Belle Banks of Campton, 29 grandchildren and a large number of great grandchildren. Funeral was conducted Monday, July 26 at the graveside with Rev. Herman Banks officiating. Burial was in the Dickey cemetery with Porter and son Funeral Home in charge. Carole

I'm not sure all of these people were in Wolfe County, but if not they were in neighboring counties - so thought someone might recognize the family. Hubert Sparks, James Sparks, Harvey Sparks, Mary Ann Sparks, Ephraim Sparks - I have this family back to 1610 in England. Hubert married Bessie Mays, James Mays m Nancy M. Stamper, John Mays married Mary Catron. Have this family back to 1829. Nancy M. Stamper, John Wilson Stamper married Ann Elizabeth Neeley, William Stamper m Nancy Wilson, Joel Stamper m Nancy Cannaday. Have this family back to 1590. Nan Ashley m Ike Mullins, Jesse Smyth Ashley m Frances Campbell, William Ashley m. Christina Perry, Jordan Ashley m Barbara Francis. This family back to 1800. Ike Mullins, Benjamin Mullins m Louisa Denton, Joseph Mullins m.Susanna Hammond, John Mullins m Nancy Gentry. Have this family back to late 1600s. Frances Campbell, Zachariah Campbell m Rebecca Howard, Caleb Campbell and farther. I don't have this data in front of me and I can't remember the lineage. If anyone has any data on any of these families, would appreciate exchanging information. Adelene Mullins

Gail. Both of the websites you refer to is rootsweb sites, this is true. But, the one Pamela Adams manages is a USGenWeb Kentucky Archives Website. This page online, http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/timetodo.htm May help describe the Archives project to you a little better. The Website , Wolfe County Genealogy and History , http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywolfe/ Is best explained at this website... http://www.kygenweb.net/about.html True, what you submitt to Pamela Adams does not show up on my website, unless I go looking there for files to link to. I can only link to them as it was not submitted to me, even tho I AM the USGenWeb Kentucky Archives Asst. File Manger for the state. You are more than welcome to submitt your files to this Wolfe County website. This website and mailing list is ran & managed by me, but the information is placed there for ALL Wolfe County researchers to share. The work i do here is all volunteer. I do it becuase I also have genealogical interest in Wolfe county . Sometimes it does get a little overwhelming and I fall behind, because I also have a regular job, two grade school children ( 5 yrs & 11 yrs)husband & house to care for, but I do my best. I welcome any files you send and will place them online as fast as I can. Yes, send them to this email address, wolfe_genealogy@yahoo.com Diane Montgomery Parsons Wolfe Co., mailing List Mom Wolfe Co., CC Kentucky Archives Asst. File Mgr. --- Fberisky@aol.com wrote: > Hi All, > > I have some Wolfe Co., KY files I'd like to share, > and was wondering if this is the email address I > should use when sending them. They are in .rtf > format, plus I have some pictures of gravestones > from 4 cemeteries there in Wolfe Co. > > I was wondering, too, what is the difference in your > Wolfe Co. website, and the rootsweb website that > Pamela Adams administers? I've sent her a couple of > files with pictures of some cemeteries in Wolfe Co., > but while they are on her site, they are not on > yours. Please advise. > > Thanks! > Gail (Rose) Berish ===== __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

Wolfe County News - Feb. 26, 1971 R.D. DAVIDSON OF HAZEL GREEN DIES SATURDAY Rash D. Davidson, 79, of Hazel Green died at 4:15 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, in the Daniel Boone Convalescent Center at Morehead following a long illness. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Methodist Church. Born March 6, 1891, at Daysboro, he was a son of the late John and Ellen White Davidson. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bonnie Stamper Davidson of Hazel Green; one daughter, Mrs. Bill Lacy of Hazel Green; a sister, Mrs. Stella Welch of Danville, Il., and three grandchildren, Lt. Danny Lacy with the army at Ft. Rucker, Ala, and Brenton and David Lacy of Hazel Green. Funeral was conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Hazel Green Methodist Church by Rev. E.B. May and Rev. Glen Lawson. Burial was in the Davidson-Patrick family cemetery near Daysboro under the direction of Herald and Stewart Funeral Home of West Liberty. Carole

Wolfe County News - Aug. 27, 1971 RAY HOLLON, 53, OF HAZEL GREEN DIES SUDDENLY Ray Hollon, 53, of Hazel Green died unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack at his job on the Wolfe County High School campus at Campton Friday, Aug. 13. He was a farmer and was employed by the Middle Kentucky River Development Council at Jackson. Born Feb. 27, 1918, in Wolfe County, he was a son of Mrs. Isabelle King of Campton and the late John Hollon. Survivors include his mother; his wife, Janie Trent Hollon of Hazel Green; six daughters, Mrs. Faye Stevenson of Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Lillie Mae Shelton of Cincinnati, Mrs. Elizabeth Gilbert of Campton, Route 1, Mrs. Juanita Ratliff of Hazel Green, Linda Sue Phipps of Daysboro, and Phyllis Hollon of Winchester; three sons, ____ Hollon of Winchester, ___ and David Hollon at home. Two sisters, Myrtle King of Campton and Geneva Taulbee of Indiana, and one half-brother, Bill Hollon of Campton. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the Hazel Green Methodist Church by Rev. B. May and Rev. Forest Bailey. Burial was at Bear Pen in Wolfe County under the direction of Herald and Stewart Funeral Home. Carole

Wolfe County News - March 12, 1971 WOLFE NATIVE DIES MARCH 3 IN POWELL COUNTY Mrs. Cora Francis Spencer, 64, Stanton, wife of Fred Spencer, died Wednesday, March 3. She was a native of Wolfe County and a member of Eve Chapter, No. 272, Order of the Eastern Star, Campton. Other survivors are three sons, Sam Spencer, Bill Spencer, and Brack Spencer of Lexington; a daughter, Mrs. Louise Curtis, Clark County; three brothers, John Wilder, Ed Wilder, and Sam F. Wilder, and several grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the Hearne Funeral Home by Rev. Otis Platt of the Maxwell Street Christian Church. Burial was in the Stanton Cemetery. Casketbearers were Leeoff Curtis, Sammy Spencer, Orville Bennett, John Cox, Charles Hobbs and James Congleton. Carole

Wolfe County News - Nov. 12, 1971 NATIVE OF WOLFE DIES IN INDIANA Mrs. Esther Anne Housemeyer, 50, wife of Ralph Housemeyer, Rising Sun, Indiana, died Nov. 5 at Dearborn County hospital, Lawrenceburg, Ind. after a long illness. She was a native of Hazel Green, and attended Hazel Green Academy. Her parents were Western C. and Sana Taulbee. Other survivors are a daughter, Millicent, at home; two brothers; Henry Bryant Taulbee, Dayton, Ohio; and Robert Taulbee, Madison , Wisc. And fours sisters, Anita Salyer and Lena Lane Vancleve, of Irvine, Ky, Regina Ledgerwood, Madison, Ind., and Ruth Miller, Campton. Funeral services were held at United Church of Christ, Nov. 8. Burial was in Rising Sun Cemetery, Rising Sun, Ind. Carole

Wolfe County News - Nov. 1971 JOHN N. ROSE, 73, Wolfe Native, died in Ashland John Nelson Rose, 73, of Ashland, and a native of Wolfe County, died Friday in an Ashland hospital after an illness of one year. Born July 11, 1898, in Hazel Green, he was a son of the late Stephen S. and Rosa Little Rose. He was a retired grocer and had been a resident of Ashland for 26 years, moving here from Charleston, W.VA. He was a member of the Hazel Green Christian Church. Survivors include his wife, Lillian McClure Rose; a daughter, Mrs. Nell Bryant of Lexington; four brothers, Jim Rose of Cincinnati, Herbert Rose of Hazel Green, Steve Rose of Campton, and Charles Rose of Lexington; three sisters, Mrs. Arch Johnson of Hazel Green, Mrs. Graden Walter of West Liberty, and Mrs. Albert Elkins of Lexington; and three grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lazear Funeral Home by Rev. Harley Johnson and Rev. B.D. Nesbitt. Burial was in the Ashland Cemetery. Carole

Me: Marilyn Allen-Wible d/o Harry Walker Allen (md.Georgia Pauline Streets, b. Ohio) s/o Freeland Taylor Allen and Mattie Lou Taulbee Freeland s/o Caleb Allen and Rhoda Elam Mattie d/o Green Berry Taulbee and Caroline Shockey I have followed these four surnames, especially the three that have on-line information and web pages; however, I have not been actively pursuing this side of my family recently. I still enjoy keeping up, especially Carole's obits and News articles, and have found information on my grandfather's (Freeland) brothers, and military news items on my dad and his brother from WWII when they met up in Paris. Thanks Carole! And thank you, Diane, for your hard work on this!!! Please post on-line.

Wolfe County News - Nov. 1971 DEATH CLAIMS MRS. PUCKETT, 65 Mrs. Dovie Mae Puckett, 65 of Route 1 Hazel green died at 1 a.m. Friday, Nov. 12, at the UK Medical Center in Lexington following a sudden illness. Born April 11, 1906, at Helechawa, she was a daughter of the late Milt and Patsy Ritchie Poe. Mrs. Puckett is survived by her husband, Buford Puckett of Route 1 Hazel Green; three sons, James Puckett of Ruth, Nev., Arthur Puckett of Fairborn, Ohio, and Rodney Puckett of Cincinnati; seven daughters, Mrs. Mary Banks of Route 1, Jackson, Ky., Mrs. Ethel Dunn and Mrs. Ruth Davis, both of Marion, Ohio, Mrs. Bertha Howard of Loveland, Ohio, Mrs. Nora Sparks of Cincinnati, Mrs. Alice Hurt of Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs. Dorothy Perkins of Corina, Calif.: 30 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral was conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 at the old Grassy Christian Church by Rev. Forrest Bailey. Burial was in the old Grassy Cemetery with arrangements by Herald and Stewart Funeral Home. Carole

Wolfe County News - Sept. 17, 1971 FORMER CAMPTON RESIDENT DIES IN OHIO SEPT. 12 William Sherman Roberts, 62, died Sept. 12 at 4:30 p.m. at General Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, after an extended illness. He was a native of Wolfe County and a son of the late Willie and Dixie Roberts. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Emma Crowe Roberts, Cincinnati; four sons, Mitchell, Harvey, and William of Cincinnati, and Chester of Lancing, Mich.; three daughters, Mrs. Ruby Neeley, Mrs. Betty Williams and Mrs. Gloria Duncan, of Cincinnati; two sisters, Mrs. Virgil Crowe, South Lyon, Mich., and Miss Gertrude Roberts, Cincinnati; two brothers, Chester Roberts, Ludlow, Ky., and Millard Roberts, Erlanger, Ky.: 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were conducted at the Roberts home place near Campton by Rev. Gill Sharp. Burial was in the family cemetery with Shackelford Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Carole

Wolfe County News - Sept. 17, 1971 OLA H. MILLER OF VORTEX DIES FRIDAY, SEPT. 10 Ola H. Miller, 84, of Vortex died at 11:40 a.m. Friday, Sept. 10, at the Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, following an illness of a few months; duration. He was a Wolfe County native, a farmer, and a former Wolfe county school teacher and a civil engineer. Mr. Miller is survived by his wife, Lura Carroll Miller of Vortex; a son, William R. Miller of Buffalo, N.Y.: a daughter, Mrs. Kathleen Miller Strunk of Tazewell, Va.; a sister, Mrs. Edna Miller Cecil of Hazel Green, and two grandchildren, J. Michael Miller, a student at the University of Kentucky, and Miss Deborah C. Miller of Buffalo, N.Y. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, at the Porter and Son Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Willie Taylor. Burial was in the Evans Cemetery at Campton with arrangements by Porter and Son. Carole

Wolfe County News - Sept. 17, 1971 FRED WIREMAN DIED IN OHIO Fred Wireman, 78, Campton, died at 11:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, at the Willows Nursing home near Middletown, O., after a long illness. He was a life-long resident of Wolfe County. He was a member of the Baptist Church, a retired blacksmith and farmer. Surviving are his wife, Myrtle; four sons Orville of Stanton, Ova of Middletown, Ohio, Virgal and Fred, Jr., of Campton; eight daughters, Mrs. Edna Hollon, Mrs. Violet Bailey, Mrs. Maxie Whitt, Mrs. Bertha Mae Combs, Mrs. Bertie Joyce Hollon, and Mrs. Betty Fay Banks, all of Middletown, Ohio, and Mrs. Vernia Roberts and Mrs. Jo Ann Spencer of Campton, two sisters, Mrs. Alma King and Mrs. Erna Campbell, both of Campton; 50 grandchildren, and 22 great grandchildren. Funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at the Baptist Church with Rev. Ballard Johnson, Rev. Ramah Johnson and Rev. Omer Spencer officiating. Burial was in the Hollon Cemetery near his home at Quillin Chapel. Shackelford Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Carole

Wolfe County News - Oct. 1971 J.P. SPENCER DIES AT ROGERS James Porter Spencer, age 52, of Rogers, died 12:00 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7 after suffering a heart attack. He was a native of Powell County, and a veteran of 18 years service in the Army. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Spencer, of Rogers, one brother, Frank J. Spencer, Jr. of Rogers, one sister, Mrs. Pauline Kennedy of Atlanta, Ga. Funeral services were held Saturday, October 9 at the Porter and Son Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Omer Spencer, Rev. Grover Craft, and the Rev. Charlie Spencer. Burial was in the Spencer Cemetery at Rogers. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Porter and son Funeral Home. Carole Note: Mother was Oma Bryant Spencer, d/o John Dudley Bryant and Margaret Taulbee

Wolfe County News - May 7, 1971 MR. TOLSON WOLFE NATIVE, DIES APRIL 22 John H. Tolson, 75, of 608 Burton Road, Middletown, Ohio, died Thursday, April 22 at a Middletown Hospital where he had been a patient since April 12. Mr. Tolson was a retired farmer of Wolfe County and had lived in Middletown since 1957. Surviving are his wife, Pearlie; two sons, Willard of Middletown and J.F. Tolson of Xenia; seven daughters, Mrs. Everett Salley, Mrs. Elisha Brewer, Mrs. Charles Spicer, Mrs. William Boggess and Mrs. Dennis McClanahan, all of Middletown, and Mrs. Henry Sheffield and Mrs. Bill Haddix of Franklin, two brotehrs, Kelly of Jackson?, Ky; and Warren of Middletown, two sisters, Mrs. Jesse Banks of Frenchburg, Ky.; and Mrs. Pearl Collins of Campton; 18 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services were held April 31? at the Enterprise Baptist Church at Middletown with Rev. Kelly Ratliff officiating. Burial was in North Cemetery at Monroe, Ohio. Carole

Wolfe County News - Feb. 5, 1971 BETHANY MAN'S FATHER DIES Green E. Banks, a 68 year old farmer of Van Cleve, Ky., died January 26 at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington following a three-day illness. Mr. Banks was a member of Breathitt Masonic Lodge No. 649 F. & A.M. Surviving Mr. Banks are his wife, Mrs. Kitty Turner Banks, Van Cleve; one daughter, Sarah Jane Oaks, Springboro, Ohio; one son, Green Banks, Jr., Bethany, Ky.; three half-sisters, Mrs. Polly Mayes, Middletown, Ohio; Mrs. Cora Banks, Franklin, Ohio; Mrs. Lucinda McIntosh, Middletown, Ohio; three half-brothers; Rex and Will Banks, Middletown, Ohio, and Jim Banks, Celina, Ohio, three grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were held Thursday, January 28, at 1 p.m. in the Breathitt Funeral Home chapel, with Rev. Herman Banks officiating, and Masonic rites conducted at the Banks Cemetery, Bethany, with Breathitt Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Carole

Wolfe County News - Feb. 5, 1971 NANNIE NICKELL MORGAN NATIVE DIES IN DAYTON Mrs. Nannie Nickell, 79, Dayton, Ohio, a former resident of Morgan County, died Saturday in Dayton. Born June 28, 1891, she was a daughter of the late Granville and Lou Ellen Bush Taulbee. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Bertha Ismael of Mt. Sterling, Mrs. Pauline Elam of Dayton, and Mrs. Dorthy Prater of Cincinnati; five sons, James Nickell of Cannel City, Herman Nickell in Florida, Herbert and Ralph Nickell, both of Detroit, Mich., and Bernie Nickell of Dayton, and a brother, Sam Taulbee of Insko. Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Amyx Church at Insko. Burial in the Burton Cemetery, Cannel City with Herald and Stewart Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Carole

Wolfe County News - Nov. 26, 1971 CLARENCE DAY OF HAZEL GREEN PASSES MONDAY Clarence Day, 81, of Hazel Green died at 7:30 a.m. Monday at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Day was a retired employee of Hazel Green Academy. Born at Helechawa Nov. 18, 1890, he was a son of the late John and Martha Stidham Day. Graveside services were conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Hazel Green Cemetery by Rev. C.L. Thompson, with Potter Funeral Home of West Liberty in charge of arrangements. Mr. Day is survived by his wife, Mary Gillispie Day of Hazel Green; four sons, Paul and J.C. Day of Hazel Green, Ted Day of Dayton, Ohio, and Jack Day of Miamisburg, Ohio; four daughters, Ruth Bottrell and Jerry Nell Breezky of Troy, Ohio, Mildred Holland of Hazel Green, and Dexter Milam of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; two sisters, Lula Williams and Zelma Richardson, both of Fresno, Calif., and a brother, Charlie Day, also of Fresno, Calif. Carole