My maternal grandfather RICE THOMAS was born 4 Nov. 1883. His marriage certificate says he was born in LAURAL County, KY. He married my grandmother DELLA MAE JOHNSON (daughter of MASON LAFAYETTE JOHNSON, commonly called Lafayette) on 29 June, 1905, in Laurel County. His father was LAFAYETTE THOMAS and his mother was ELIZABETH ISAACS. Lafayette died at the age of 38 and Elizabeth died at the age of 62. Rice had 5 brothers and 1 sister. LINA THOMAS (A.K.A. Big Lina) was born in 1876 and married WARREN HOUSTON in 1898 (see the MT ECHO below). The brothers were BLUFORD, ANDERSON, LEE, SAM, and BILL. Lina Houston lived in East Bernstadt and was a widow by the 1910 census of Laural County. Word is Warren went to the store one day and was never seen again. Rice and Della along with Lafayette Johnson and other Johnsons moved to SW Virginia to work the Coal Mines. Rice and Della settled in Dante, VA. I would like to hear from anyone having previous contact with Lina or her brothers. Fred Thomas South Goose Creek, SC At 12:10 AM 1/18/1999 EST, you wrote: >=============================================== >Reprinted with permission of the Laurel County Historical Society >=============================================== >May 11, 1898 >WANTS TO KNOW >Fairmont, Ill., May 7, 1898-To my relatives in Kentucky or elsewhere knowing >my birthday and year of birth: I was left with Jessie J. Lewis and Nancy >Lewis, near the mouth of Wallins creek, Harlan county, Ky., some ten years >back. They have treated me kindly. I can read and write, have been through >my primary arithmatic, considerable advanced in grammer, history, geography, >physicology, etc. Any one knowing the date of my birth will confer a great >favor on me by furnishing the information throught the columns of the Echo or >by letter. >ELIZABETH LEWIS > >LOCAL ITEMS > >A marriage license was issued Monday for Mr. Warren Huston and Miss Lina >Thomas, both of Altamont, to be united in the holy bonds of matrimony. > >Married, on Monday evening, at the residence of Mr. Campbell, Mr. John Thomas, >of Lexington, and Miss Susie Hammock, of this place, Judge Stanberry >officiating. This is the first marriage the Judge has solemnized since he has >been in office. Congratulations to all three. > >On the train from Barbourville, which passed here at 10:23 Wednesday morning, >were about seventy five volunteers on their way to Lexington to be mustered >into service in defense of the Untied States against the Spanish antagonists. >Jim Wrenn, John Lovelace, Willis Pearl, Theo. Greggary and Jim Huff, all >London boys, joined the company there. > >W.F. Baker, the partner of J.W. Goff in the liquor business in Pittsburg, who >fled to Rockcastle county about two months ago, was arrested last week on a >warrant issued to the sheriff of that county by Judge Stanberry, and brought >to London and placed in jail. There are about one hundred cases against him. >Liquor men are getting scarce in this county. > >Marida Bowman, son of ex sheriff I.A. Bowman, of Jackson county, died last >Thursday week of typhoid fever, after an illness of several weeks. Marida was >a good, straight forward young man and had many friends who will be sad to >learn of his death. He was the eighth one in the family of Mr. Bowman to have >this dreaded disease, all the others having recovered. We extend our >sincerest sympathy to the bereaved family. > >Died-On Monday May 9, 1898 at her home near Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Phenette >Mardis, the wife of Mr. Lee Mardis, a highly respected citizen of this >community. Her death was very sudden caused by failure of the heart. She was >a member of the Baptist Church at Mt. Pleasant and a devoted christian. Her >remains were interred at Old Mt. Carmel, Monday evening. > > >==== KYLAUREL Mailing List ==== > To subscribe or unsubscribe to this list send an email to: > KYLAUREL-L-request@rootsweb.com >In the MESSAGE type the one word .... SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) >