I guess when I posted this three years ago I posted file number 8 twice since my files 8 and 9 are identical, Anyway Went back to the Louisville Library and got the part of this article I was missing. What looked like another Taulbee at a convention or in Congress turned out to be an account of the final speech Taulbee gave. I was able to follow the case thru the inquest and indictment by the grand jury, but I was unable to find the trial. Either I did not have time to search for it, or it was knocked off the front page by a devastating tornado that swept Form Jefferson County to Powell County in early April of 1890. This was the major news item for a couple of weeks. Maybe next time, or someone else will find it. Louisville Courier March 12, 1890. TAULBEE DEAD. The Ex-Congressman’s Life Ends in Washington Yesterday Morning. The Last Hours of the Sinking and Unconscious Man Painless. Morning Relatives and Friends Witness the Final Unsuccessful Struggle For Life. Mr. Kincaid Willingly Becomes a Prisoner to Answer For the Killing. His Physical Condition so Precarious That His Physician Forbids Him Seeing Visitors. The History of the Eleven Days Restated and the Treatment of the Wound By the Surgeons Reviewed. TO BE BURIED AT MT. STERLING. Washington, March 11. – (Special.)- Ex-Congressman William C. [sic!] Taulbee, who was shot on the 28th day of February, by Charles E. Kincaid, died this morning at 5 o’clock. In the room at the time of his death were his brother, Dr. J. B. Taulbee, of Mt. Sterling; James Taulbee, son of the deceased; Creech Ende, of Salyerville, brother-in-law of deceased; Mr. And Mrs. Richardson, of this city, and one of the Sisters of Charity. Dr. Coomes, the house physician at the hospital, had remained in the room until 4 o’clock, and when he left there he was confident that Mr. Taulbee could not live more than an hour or two, if that long. It was five minutes past three o’clock this morning when the last bulletin was sent, the Courier-Journal. At that hour the attendants reported, in answer to an inquiry that was made, that Mr. Taulbee was barely alive, and they were momentarily expecting his death. A half hour later the same report of his condition was given. All through the night he was delirious, according to the statements of the physicians, and apparently he suffered intensely, the pain was deadened by the opiates which were administered, and the delirium took away the consciousness of pain. Death came too late for the morning papers to make the announcement, and it was 9 or 10 o’clock in the day before it became generally known that Mr. Taulbee had passed away. It was much earlier that that, however, when most of the members of the Kentucky delegation in Congress were appraised of the death of their former colleague, and members of the delegation were at the hospital as soon as possible after getting breakfast. The police authorities were notified of the death shortly after it occurred and before 6 o’clock Sergeant Shilling left the station house for the apartments of Mr. Kincaid at 1325 F Street. Officer Oriani had been hovering around that vicinity since midnight having been specially detailed for that duty, although Mr. Kincaid had repeatedly said that he was ready to surrender himself promptly in the event of Mr. Taulbee’s death. Kincaid, having been informed at 11 o’clock last night that Taulbee was sinking rapidly and would hardy live till morning, sat up in his room until 3 o’clock, expecting any moment that the officers would call for him. He heard nothing, however, and almost completely worn out from anxiety, he undressed at the hour named and went to bed. It was must 6, o’clock when Policemen Shilling and Oriani knocked on his door. As soon as he heard the signal, Kincaid knew what it meant. On his being told that Mr. Taulbee had died, Kincaid replied: “I am ready to surrender to the law.” He dressed as quickly as possible and, accompanied, buy the officers, started for the Twelfth-street station house, only a few blocks distant. On the way Kincaid showed signs of nervous prostration, and no sooner had he arrived at the station, than it became necessary to send for Dr. Harrison, who has been his physician for nearly two years, and who attended him during several severe spells of sickness. Dr. Harrison found Kincaid in an alarming condition and did not deem it safe to leave hem until after 12 o’clock today. Kincaid was assigned to a room on the second floor of the station. In one end of the room is a couch, and on this the prisoner has lain all day, weak, nervous and pale, and a police officer is stationed constantly in the hall, near the door, and is held responsible for the prisoner. Mr. Howard Kincaid, a brother of the prisoner arrived at the station early this morning, and has been there all day. The constant strain through which Charles F. Kincaid has passed during the past few days has made a marked impression on him. He was badly broken in health before the unfortunate affair was brought on, and Dr. Harrison doubts very much if he will have the strength to stand a long confinement. Kincaid was, indeed, so prostrated throughout the day that Dr. Harrison forbade him receiving any callers except Mr. Maurice Smith and Senator Voorhees, his attorney, and two or three of his most intimate friends. *** When it became generally known at the Capitol this morning, and in other parts of the city, that Mr. Taulbee had passed away, the most poignant regret was expressed by everybody. This feeling of regret not only came from those who were acquainted with both parties to the affray, that so startled the community on the 28th ultimo, but from persons who were unacquainted with the principals. Mr. Taulbee was a man who had hosts of friends, and he was unusually popular with the people of the District of Columbia, among whom he had lived for the past four years. Early in the Forty-ninth Congress, of which he was a new member, he began to make his mark, both as a legislator and a debater. He was a man of pleasing ways and of a commanding figure, and his elocutionary powers were such that he soon took a high rank as a speaker in a body where oratory tells. He made friends here rapidly, and he was highly regarded by members of Congress with whom he served, and the members of his own delegation were greatly attached to him. It was to be expected therefore that his untimely death would cast a shadow of gloom over all who knew him, and especially those who served in Congress with him. *** Mr. Kincaid also has a large circle of warm and faithful friend, and many who were deeply attached to the deceased ex-member are also friends of Kincaid. It was therefore not strange to-day that many who had called early at Providence Hospital to express their sympathy to Dr. Taulbee. Should have gone afterward to the Station-house to say something of friendly and consoling nature to Mr. Kincaid, for whom they have the kindest sympathy now that he is prostrated and will have to go through a most trying ordeal, even should he bear up, for the legal process in the district are such that only a man of strong constitution could possibly stand the tedious strain Many of the Kentuckians were among Mr. Kincaid’s callers during the early part of the day, or just before Dr. Harrison concluded that it was best not to allow him to receive too many visitors. *** The body of Mr. Taulbee is resting in room No. 13, on the first floor of the hospital and on the bed on which he died this morning. Considering the terrible suffering through which he passed during the last for or five days, the face looks natural. It will be remembered that he was shot of Friday afternoon, the 28th of February, and the same afternoon was taken to the Providence Hospital. Dr. Bayne, who had been the family physician of the deceased, was called in to take charge of the case, and the next day an examination was made, and so favorable was the report of the physicians that the attorneys of Mr. Kincaid had no difficulty whatever in obtaining bail, Col. Von. Stamp going on the bond which was in the small sum of $2,000. Promptly after the shooting Kincaid, it will be remembered, gave himself up at the Capitol, and he was confined for about twenty-four hours in a private room in the New Jersey-avenue station, only a short distance from the Capitol. At the consultation held by the doctors there were in the case with Dr. Bayne Doctors Hamilton, Friederich, Taulbee, Morgan and Yoder, Dr. Morgan being a throat specialist who was considered amply able to locate the ball. The condition of the patient was so favorable up to Tuesday morning of last week, that nearly everybody thought that Mr. Taulbee would certainly recover, until it was announced later in the week that he was failing. *** It may be well to state just here, that Mr. Taulbee himself was despondent almost from the start, and on the Sunday and Monday following the shooting, he several times told his brother, Dr. Taulbee, that he believed he was going to die. Dr. Taulbee regarded the wound as exceedingly dangerous, so he told a Courier-Journal representative one week ago yesterday, from the very first moment that he made an examination, which was shortly after arriving here on Saturday, the 1st day of March, but some of the other physicians in attendance, did not then agree with him. *** The civil officers of the District were anxious to obtain an ante-mortem statement from Mr. Taulbee to be used at the trial, but the effort came to late. There were urged to take this precaution by some of Mr. Taulbee’s friends, but the said on Monday and Tuesday following the shooting that no effort would be made in that direction until they were officially notified that the patient was likely to die. *** The details of the shooting were given as accurately in these dispatches as it was possible to make them, and care was taken that justice should be done both parties to the affray. The Washington Star, which is a mose [sic!] conservative and careful newspaper, prints the following to-day, under the head: “A REVIEW OF THE TRAGEDY “Mr. Taulbee having died without making any ante-mortem statement, the case against Kincaid will rest entirely on the testimony of himself and two eyewitnesses of the tragedy. One of these eyewitnesses was Samuel Donaldson, of Tennessee, formerly doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, who has refused to make any statement for publication. Donaldson was with Taulbee at the time the shooting occurred. The other witness was a boy who can not be found. The stories of the shooting differ in one important particular. Kincaid and Taulbee had had an encounter some time prior to this shooting in the corridor adjoining the hall of the House of Representatives on the east. It was said, just after the shooting took place, that Kincaid had armed himself after the first encounter with Taulbee, and seeing him going down the stairs that lead to the basement, had run after him, called to him and as he turned, shot him in the face. Kincaid claims that he armed himself in fear of danger from a further encounter with Taulbee; that Taulbee had warned him to arm himself, and that Taulbee insulted and attacked him on their second encounter, rendering, in his opinion, resort to the pistol a necessity. The theory of self defense will be set up by Kincaid’s lawyer. *** Mr. Kincaid had a nervous chill this morning consequent from being taken from his room in his nervous condition. As stated in the dispatches above, he has been quite an ill man all day, but this evening rallied and into to-night, when visited by the Courier-Journal correspondent, he was in a very good condition. He has recovered his composure, and feels confident that he will get a good night’s rest. It may be some time before the case is brought to trial, as there are a number of cases on the docket which have precedence in the court. Mr. Kincaid will be defended by C. Maurice Smith. Hon. Dan W. Voorhees, Jere Wilson, the noted criminal lawyer of the District of Columbia, and perhaps Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio. Senator Voorhees spent an hour with the defendant this evening and afterward in conversation with your correspondent he gave his opinion that Mr. Kincaid had a case on which he could acquit him in Indiana. *** The remains of Mr. Taulbee were removed from Providence Hospital after this evening to the undertaking establishment of Zerhortz, on Pennsylvania avenue. The autopsy, as stated will be made about 10:30 o’clock to-morrow morning. Quite a number of distinguished men in the surgical profession will be present, including Surgeon General Hamilton. The inquest will not likely be held until the succeeding day. *** Mrs. Taulbee, the wife of the deceased, arrived in the city this evening, accompanied by Dr. J. A. Taulbee, of Mogoffin county, brother of the deceased. *** The death of Mr. Taulbee and the imprisonment of Mr. Kincaid are the main topics of conversation in public places to-night, and expressions of sympathy for both the unfortunates in the melancholy tragedy are heard on every hand. ____ Mr. Kincaid’s Condition Washington, March 11 – (Associated Press)- Mr. Kincaid was asleep at his boarding house when the police aroused him at 5 o’clock this morning and informed him of Mr. Taulbee’s death. He requested to be allowed to sleep an hour longer, but the orders of the officers were peremptory and Mr. Kincaid dressed himself immediately and was taken the First precinct station, where he is now in custody. A reporter visited the station-house soon after his arrest, and found Mr. Kincaid locked up in the women’s cell on the second floor, looking pale and sick. He seemed oblivious to his surroundings. Momentarily his muscles would twitch convulsively and a groan would escape his lips. The awful strain under which he has been subjected since the shooting has told on him. He is a wreck of his former self. As the reporter was about to leave the prisoner broke out in sobs and called for his mother. The scene was touching in the extreme. Within an hour after his arrest Mr. Kincaid was so prostrated with nervous exhaustion that it was found necessary to call his regular physician, who remained with him the most of the day. Mr. Kincaid’s condition is serious, and it is the opinion of many of his friends that he will not live to stand his trial. ___ TAULBEE AND M’KENZIE ___ Memorable Passage-at-Arms Between the Orators In the Late State Convention. The unhappy death of ex-Congressman Taulbee recalls the last public appearance of the young mountain orator in this city. It was in the State Convention held in May, 1887, which nominated Gen. Buckner for Governor. On the previous evening the Hon. James A. McKenzie had offered a resolution indorsing in strong terms the administration of President Cleveland. Mr. Taulbee, it will be remembered, was bitterly opposed to the President’s policy, and he vigorously opposed the resolution. Sentiment was almost solidly against Mr. Taulbee, but he made a memorable fight, and the speeches of himself and Mr. McKenzie will live long in the memories of those who heard them. Upon taking the chair Mr. Carlisle announced that the gentleman from Magoffin, Hon. Pres. Taulbee, had the floor. The Congressman from the Tenth district walked deliberately down the aisle of the hall until he reached a position near the platform, when he resumed the argument against the adoption of the portion of the platform indorsing the policy of President Cleveland, commenced the night before. He was attentively listened to, and his splendid voice could be heard in all portions of the building. His first opposition, as begun the night before, was to the indorsement [sic!] of the veto of the Pauper Pension Bill. He began at once a vigorous fight upon the veto of a bill restoring certain lands to the public domain. He referred to the resolution in the platform commending the action of the Forty-ninth Congress restoring 1000,000,000 acres of land to the public domain. Cleveland vetoed one of the bills which restored a large part of that domain. He said:” in doing son he closed to doors in the face of Congress returning to the people the land wrongfully taken from them. This measure passed both houses after careful and thorough consideration, but the President promptly vetoed it. In this I think he made a mistake. I accorded to him entire honesty and integrity in that matter, but can you now afford to commend this mistake? I think not, and therefore, I offer my motion to strike out the part of the resolutions commending it. I ask the gentleman from Christian, who is expected to take the other side, to deal with this question fairly. This is no school-boy affair. I am in the habit of talking plainly. I believe this resolution sanctions the President’s action on the Morrison Surplus resolution. Both houses of Congress passed this resolution in plenty of time for the President to sign it before the term expired. He allowed the ten days to expire, amounting to a veto. By so doing he kept in the already overloaded Treasury $40,000,000 that resolution proposed to pay off to redeem past-due interest bearing bonds. The resolution as it stands, sanctions this action. I am not ready to sanction it. Let us be brave and stand together. Let us be fearless, and correct those errors. Let no hope for personal favor daunt us. For myself I have nothing to ask. I am not used to bend the supple hinges of the knee that thrift may follow fawning. We could not afford for our own interest to indorse the President’s mistakes that we may not antagonize him. Let us settle our differences by honest, candid discussion. Let us commend nothing that is in error.” As soon as Mr. Taulbee had taken his seat the Hon. James A. McKenzie took the floor. He stated that he did not expect to hear an arraignment of a Democratic President and Democratic measures until the Republican convention assembled the next week. The gentleman should have reserved his remarks until thin. If the convention had understood the night before that the reason Mr. Taulbee opposed the resolution was because the President had vetoed the Pauper Pension Bill, he would not have been granted the hearing which was accorded him. The convention was not in sympathy with such expressions, even when they were to help certain candidates carry doubtful Congressional districts. It took more money to support the pension roll of the country than it did to support the armies of England, Germany, France and Russia. He did not propose to prevent any honest soldier who had been wounded in the war, from obtaining a pension. He did object, however, to pensioning those who fell out the back of an ammunition wagon and were crippled. The convention owed it to itself to adopt the resolutions. “I was exceedingly well pleased,” continued Mr. McKenzie, “to hear the gentleman pause in his remarks to give the President a certificate of good moral character. What a wave of joy that will cause to roll over the soul of Grover Cleveland. What in the name of God would Cleveland have done if the gentleman had not accorded him this certificate? When the President vetoed the Pauper Pension Bill he saved the country $75,000,000 per year. This convention should indorse his Administration. I am for him and want to see him nominated again, and on the ticket with him I want to see the name of the distinguished gentleman who now presides over this convention. The combination Cleveland and Carlisle would sweep the country and fire every Democratic heart.” Mr. Taulbee throughout his speech was subjected to uproarious hissing and clamor, but he never wavered, and his splendid voice was heard do distinctly above the noise that his opponents finally accorded him respectful hearing. It is needless to say that the resolution was adopted, however. ____ JUDGE HARGIS RETRAINED. ____ The Friends of Mr. Kincaid Secure Him As Associate Counsel. Judge Thomas F. Hargis has been retained as counsel in defense of Mr. Charles E. Kincaid, at Washington. Judge Hargis was requested several days ago, by a large number of the friends of Mr. Kincaid, who were acting in the latter’s behalf, to defend him. Now a letter from Mr. Kincaid to Judge Hargis has been received, urging the Judge to accede to his friends’ request and act in his defense. The following telegram was sent: “March 11, 1890. _Charles F. Kincaid, Esq., Washington City: We will assist in defending you with whatever ability we posses. Your numerous friends believe you incapable of doing an intentional wrong. HARGIS & EASTIN.” The Judge will leave for Washington in a few days. In commenting upon the subject of the impression that it will likely go hard with Mr. Kincaid, Judge Hargis said: “I will certainly make a vigorous defense. I have had placed in my possession proofs of a great many facts that, when they come out, will show that he was a much abused and persecuted man. The man has been hounded for years according to the proofs, and time will show it. As for the law of self-defense in the District of Columbia, Judge Hargis said that it was certainly a wrong impression the public had of it, if people generally thought the laws more strict there than elsewhere. The same general common law prevailed there as prevailed here in Kentucky and generally elsewhere. He said that a jury was selected there and a case tried much in the same way practically that it would be tried anywhere else in the United States where the common law governed, it was that common law under which the famous Sickles case was conducted. Daniel K. Sickles being tried for killing Philip Barton Key. The law of self-defense and sudden heat and passion, he said was given in the instructions of Judge Crawford in that trial. ____ DID NOT DESIRE RE-ELECTION ____ Mr. Taulbee Had Refused to For Congress Again, and the Kincaid Story Did Not Interfere With His Candidacy. The statement has been made since the shooting that an additional cause for Taulbee’s resentment was the fact that the story published about him was the cause of his defeat for re-election. It was announced several times in different newspapers, however, after his last canvass, that Mr. Taulbee would not again be a candidate. The following paragraph clipped from the last issue of the Hazel Green Herald, confirms this. The writer, Mr. Spencer Cooper, has always been a close friend of the deceased. “Some of the newspaper reports indicate that the scandalous report put in circulation about Mr. Taulbee by Kincaid was the cause of the former not running for a third term in Congress. This we know to be absolutely without foundation, for Hon. W. P. Taulbee, during his second canvass, told the writer that he would not under any circumstances offer for a third term; that he thought of going into the real estate business. Not only this, but the writer just before the Winchester Convention insisted upon his standing for re-election, and he again peremptorily refused.” ____ THERE WAS TOO MUCH PROBING ____ Dr. Cary Blackburn of the Opinion That the Surgeons Displayed Ignorance in Treating Taulbee’s Case. In yesterday’s Washington dispatches to the Courier-Journal the theory was advanced that the physicians had probably hastened Congressman Taulbee’s death, and that the wound in itself was not a fatal one. The opinion seems to prevail among the more prominent physicians and surgeons in Louisville that great ignorance was shown in probing for the bullet around the tonsils, and finding it after a week and a half at the base of the brain, some distance from where the surgeons had inserted their instruments. Speaking of the matter last evening, Dr. Cary B. Blackburn said: “I feel almost sure that the probing was overdone, to say the least. Of course, not having diagnosed the case, I can say whether or not the wound in itself was a fatal one. The physicians probed and probed until finally all the man’s strength was gone. If the wound was a fatal one, I am sure that it would not have hastened death if less effort had been made to probe for the bullet. With every effort the injured man grew weaker, and finally he was not able to hold up, and died. Had he been given time to recover his strength from one probing before another was attempted, his live would have been prolonged, and perhaps saved. Yes, sir, I repeat, I think the probing was overdone. Taulbee would have been allowed to gain strength after each effort.” That's all I can find of the articles I copied. I Know there is at least one more somewhere. Bob It is taking me a little time to get back into this,

MR. TAULBEE DYING ----- Physicians and Friends Give Up All Hope of His Recovery. ----- Anxious Relatives Gathered About the Kentuckian’s Couch. ----- Mr. Kincaic Prostrated By Bad Health and Excitement Over the Bad Affair. ----- The Surgeons Charged With Ignorance In Handling the Case – Some of Their Mistakes Pointed Out. ------ Washington, March 10 – (Special.)- Mr. Taulbee’s death is momentarily expected. He has been gradually growing weaker for the past forty-eight hours, and this has been perhops his worst day. He is in a delirious state constantly and the doctors and attendants have abandoned all hope. They can not, of course, tell just when the end will come, as he may probably linger for hours, possibly for a day; but it would not surprise them should death occur at any moment. The opinion of all the frends of the ex-Congressman, who called at the hospital to-day, is that Mr. Taulbee has no chance for recovery whatever. This belief is shared by his friends in the Kentucky delegation in Coungress, four of whom called to inquire after the condition of the patient to-day. Every report emanating from the hospital to-day was discouraging to those who had hoped that Mr. Taulbee’s strength would hold out until a favorable turn, no matter how slight, might be visible and thus render it barely possible for him to survive the injuries received. All through the day and evening a stricted watch was kept over the sick man than ever, and whatever was possible was done with a view of making him comfortable. There wasn’t much, however, that could be done. Dr. Taulbee, brother of the patient, James Taulbee, son of the dying man, as well as Mr. Taulbee’s brother-in-law, who arrived y esterday morning, are members of the dying man’s family who have been constantly with him through the day. Mr. And Mrs. Richardson in whose family Mr. Taulbee boarded last winter, and who are his warm, devoted friends, are at the hospital too, doing everything in their poser to alleviate his suffering. One of the faithful Sisters of Charity connected with the hospital has devoted herself unceasingly to the case, and leaves the roomonly when compelled to seek rest for herself. Through the day many friendscalled rightalong at the hospital, among thenumber being Senator Blackburn and many members of Congress, all of whom expressed their most poignant regret over the rapidly failing condition of the patient. Inquires were made hourly to-night as to the condition of Mr. Taulbee and each time the answer was that he was gradually sinking. At 11 o’clock he was more restless and uncomfortable than be had been at any time during the past twelve hours. Mr. Kincaid is,of course, suffering a great deal from mental anxiety. He had tried his best to nerve himself up to the inevitable of Mr. Taulbee ’s death, and yet it has been with the greatest effort. The slight physical frame and his ill health, from which he has been suffering for a year or more, render him hardly able to stand the mental struggle which he has endured since the unfortunate affray. He is in a nervous condition to-night, and it is a grave question whether he will be able to stand, considering his wek condition, the fatigue and anxiety which will be necessarily imposed upon him by confinement and the subsequent and annoying incidents of a trial for his liberty in the District of Columbia. He has many friends and much sympathy is expressed for him, as for the dying man. The ccriminal law of the District of Columbia is very severe, and that which may be regarded in Kentuchy and other States of the Union as a matter of self-defense is treated here as murder in the first degree, ar at least manslaughter. Mr. Kincaid has been under strictpolice surneillance for a week, and while he has not had the least idi of eluding justice, yet the authorities have deemed it wise to see that he did notattempt to leave the city. Four of fivespecial detectivesweredetailed for this purpose, andnotonly has Mr. Kincaidbeen closely watched, butalso your correspondent and the members of the Courier-Journal Bureau. Every effort has been made within the last thre or four days to obtain from Mr. Taulbee an ante-mortem statementbut his lucid intervals have been so short that thiswas impossible. The friends of Mr.Taulbee expressmuch disappointmentatthesfailure, andsome of them arecharging that it was the duty of the District Attornjey to have secured a statement from Mr Taulbee a day or two after the shooting. This however, was deemed by the authorities unnecessary, as Mr. Taulbee was not considered seriously, much less dangerously, hurt, until the doctors began probing for the bullet. It was a little surprising that, since anesthetics were administered to Mr. Taulbee, with a view of probing for the bullet on the Monday following the shooting , woith such unfortunate results, he has been in delirious and semiconscious condition, and only obtaining sleep by the frequent and abundant use of opiates. It is remarkable that the attending physicians of Mr. Taulbee, who stated repeatedly that they had located the bullet down near the tonsils, to use plain language, shoul now find on the eleventh day, that the bullet was at the base of the brain, where inflammation is now said to be setting in. All the facts, however. Will be brought out by the autopsy, and there may be a question whether Mr. Taulbee is the victim of Kincaid’s shot or the lack of intelligence of his attending physicians. ------- At 3 O’Clock This Morning. Washington, March 11. – (Special.) – At this hour, 3 o’clock a. m., Mr. Taulbee is still alive, but remains unconscious.

V\ Hi gang! Back in Louisville ready to start back to Phoenix to pick up the motor home and head for the Pacific Northwest. We are going to try to be back in Taulbee Country in late September or Early October. If not, then sometime next year. It depends upon what we find in the Northwest. As I told you earlier our list cousin Janet, one of our founding members, has advanced ovarian cancer, so we must wait and see. The counties of Wolfe, Breathitt, and Powell, the ones we got to, have to be some of the most beautiful in the country. Thanks to our list cousin Bill, we were able to link up with someone who could tell us about the way it used to be, we were able to correct and add a bit to Rose’s book, and have a plan for the next time we come down. Also got a plan to speed up the presentation of additions and corrections to her book from all the information we have received. I am finally getting back into this. The Inn in Jackson is very nice and well located. And Bill, thanks for the maps and I enjoyed talking to your sister on the phone. I find that my stamina is still not what I would like to be able to run around all day, but it is getting there. Here is the next installment of the deathwatch the Louisville Courier-Journal kept over William Preston Taulbee. To me this is the more interesting part of genealogy, not listing names of ancestors, but seeing how they talked, thought, and dealt with situations. I cannot imagine Kincaid ever walking away from this today. SLOWLY EBBING AWAY ----- The Light of the Day Turning to Darkness For Mr. Taulbee. ----- The Ex-Congressman Thought to Be Surely Sinking By His Friends. ----- Washington, March 9. Ex Congressman Taulbee continues to grow more and more feeble, and his hold on life more and more precarious. He is worse tonight than he was yesterday, and death may come before morning. His recovery now would be almost miraculous. ------ SLOWLY BUT SURELY SINKING ------ Mr. Taulbee’s Friends Give Up All Hope and Say He is About to Die. ------ Washington, March 9. – (Special)- Your correspondent called at the Providence Hospital late this evening to inquire into the condition of Mr. Taulbee. He sent his card to Dr. Taulbee, a brother of the wounded man. In a few minutes that gentleman came down to the reception room, looking pale, haggard and distressed, having lost a great deal of sleep by his constant attendance upon his brother, and worry of mind incident thereto. “Doctor, how is your brother this evening?” He replied with a choked voice, “My brother is worse. I am sure he is slowly but surely sinking.” “Is he still delirious?” “Yes, and constantly growing weaker. I have no hopes. His life is fast ebbing away.” Here the brother of the ex-Congressman broke down and he returned to the sick room. The opinion at the hospital was that Mr. Taulbee could not survive longer than to-morrow and that he might die at any moment. Mr. Kincaid has nerved himself up to face what now looks like the inevitable. He is still at liberty; but is kept under strict police surveillance. He is closely watched and followed wherever he goes, four special detectives having been detailed for that duty. Mr. Kincaid has never entertained a thought of getting away, of that of course to authorities have no knowledge and prefer to take no chances.

Now am a little confused as to the name of the paper I copied, the Times or the Courier. Three years is a long time to remember now. The Louisville Times March 8, 1890 DEATH WAVERING ------ The Dread Messenger Lingering By the Bedside of Mr. Taulbee. ------ Who is Likely to Receive His Chilling Touch At Any Moment. ------ Washington, March 7. – (Special.)- At this hour – 1 o’clock a. m. – Mr. Taulbee’s condition is unchanged. He is still under the influence of opiates, and his attendants say they do not know what turn the case may take at any hour. For the past two or three days he has been in a semi-conscious state, and most, if not all the sleep that he obtains, is while under the influence of opiates. /the general opinion is that he is in a very critical condition, and the friends of the patient have very little hope of his recovery, and this opinion has been expressed by the members of the Kentucky delegation and others who visited the hospital yesterday and to-day. There is, of course, a bare possibility of recovery; and some of Mr. Taulbee’s friends cling to that slender hope yet. Dr. Bayne, who is in charge of the case and who goes to the hospital several times daily, made the following statement this evening: “Mr. Taulbee is in about the same condition as he was when yesterday’s report was made. His case undoubtedly gives rise to grave apprehensions, but, at the same time, it has not arrived at that state where it can be said that there is no prospect of his recovery. His mind now is not in a sufficiently intelligent state to make an ante-mortem statement from him possible at the present, nor will it be unless it clears decidedly. Bad symptoms set in Wednesday, when he first became delirious, and has been growing constantly weaker ever since. He also suffers from exhaustion, as a result of the large amount of blood he lost at the time of the shooting. The eye near which the ball entered is substantially uninjured, and if he recovers, he will not lose the sight of either eye.” ------ There was only a short paragraph in the Times on March 9, 1890 Mr. Taulbee’s condition was slightly improved yesterday and Dr. Hamilton hopefully expressed the opinion that the wounded man now has a chance for life. Mr. Taulbee was easy under the influence of opiates at a late hour last night.

I am writing this from Jackson, Ky., which has a nice inn and is excellently located for my purpose. Many thanks to list cousin Bill Taulbee who recommended it and sent me some maps to find my way here. Located the Field Branch Cemetery and the Lower Taulbee Fork Road on what used to be called Negro Branch of Frozen Creek. The topo maps I have still show a town called Taulbee but if there ever was one, it is not there now and the distant cousin I encountered here tells me it was a post office rather than a town and that these old post offices have been long discontinued. Beautiful forest covered hills here. The individual Bill put me in contact with here told me that when he was a boy, the only road was the creek bed so it is easy to see how the inhabitants would have been hard pressed to move about much and could become clannish. Rained quite a bit today, but still enjoyed looking around. Here is the next installment of the William Preston Taulbee saga I am transcribing rather that get more wet. TAULBEE STILL ALIVE ------ The Ex-Congressman Hovering In the Valley of the Dread Shadow. ------- At Midnight the Wounded Man Sleeps the Sleep That Opiates Bring, -------- But No One Knows if the Slumberer Will Wake Again At Morning. ------- Statements and Denials of the Unfortunate Affair Repeated By the Principals. ------ Washington, March 6 – (Special.) _ At midnight Mr. Taulbee was asleep, and had been since 10 o’clock, but was under the influence of opiates, as the patient has barely been able to obtain much of any natural sleep for the past several days and nights. Dr. Bayne had not been to the hospital since early in the evening. From all the information that can be learned, Mr. Taulbee is probably in no greater danger at this writing than he has been at any time to-day. But his condition is still regarded so critical by the physicians that there is no telling what change for the worse the lapse of a few hours may bring. STATEMENTS AND DENIALS. Dr. Taulbee Tells His Brother’s Story Again, and Mr. Kincaid Denies It. Washington, March 6. – (Special.)- Mr. Taulbee’s condition changed again for the worse about 1 o’clock this morning. When Drs. Bayne and Hamilton went in the hospital this morning they declared, after making an examination of Mr. Taulbee, that he was in a precarious condition, but in spite of the unfavorable turn, Dr. Bayne was not willing to give up all hope, but he depends largely upon the recuperative powers of the patient, which have been manifested several times during the past three days. Mr. Taulbee has had right along, since Sunday, relapses from which he has rallied only to relapse again into a weak and delirious state. The Star of this evening has the following: “A pleasantly situated room on the first floor of Providence Hospital is occupied by ex-Representative Taulbee, who is hovering between life and death, the dread flight from the effects of the wound inflicted by Charles Kincaid, the Washington correspondent of the Louisville Times. The interview with himself and brother, as published in yesterday’s Star, occurred so late in the afternoon, that from necessity, only the main facts were given. Mr. Taulbee’s room is No. 13 and when the Star reporter entered yesterday, it showed that every attention was being bestowed on the sick man. Several bunches of flowers threw a fragrance over the scene of pain and sorrow. Dr. Taulbee, the brother, and the son of the ex-Representative, are devoted in their attendance at the sick-bed, scarcely leaving for the necessary hasty meals. Mr. Taulbee’s face is drawn and pinched rather than pale. A bandage covers his forehead and left eye. When the Star reporter saw him he was suffering only a small amount of pain, the most of which consisted in shooting darts of pain through the head. Mr. Taulbee speaks with difficulty and seems to have trouble collecting his thoughts. In fact it is a matter of considerable trouble for him to understand any one but his brother, or his son with whose voices he is familiar. The wounded man’s throat is sprayed, by means of an atomizer, almost constantly to overcome the dryness. When asked to say anything to the public Mr. Taulbee replied: “I do not know what statements have already been made, and besides it is almost impossible for me to concentrate my thoughts for any time.” Dr. Taulbee then told his brother that he was going to make a statement for the Star of the facts as he had gathered them from him, and to this Mr. Taulbee gave his assent. The full account of the affair, part of which appeared in yesterday’s Star as gathered from Dr. Taulbee is as follows: “When Taulbee and Kincaid met shortly after noon on Friday and Taulbee asked him to go somewhere and have a consultation, Kincaid said he could not go, as he was expecting to meet a gentleman, emphasizing the word gentleman; that he had made up his mind to have nothing to do or say to Mr. Taulbee and that he then (Taulbee) must leave the place. Kincaid said also that he had no arms, but would procure them if necessary. Thereupon Taulbee said that he had no arms either and that Kincaid’s conduct strongly indicated that he was a villain and a liar, and that he (Taulbee) should make no further efforts to compromise the unpleasant feeling between them. Mr. Taulbee then took Mr. Kincaid by the ear and beckoned him toward the door. After this encounter with Kincaid Taulbee re-entered the House upon some business with ex-Gov. McCleary and another Kentuckian, after which he had lunch in the House restaurant with Mr. Peel, of Arkansas, and another member from Indiana. After lunch he returned to the House and almost immediately started back toward the restaurant with ex-Doorkeeper Donaldson. “Kincaid must have seen Taulbee going down the stairs. As he approached him from the read, Mr. Taulbee turned his face and Kincaid shot him. There was no meeting or conversation on the stairway. Mr. Taulbee did not know who it was shot him until told some time afterward. Taulbee had no pistol or other weapon about him at the time.” “My lips are sealed by my attorney,” said Mr. Kincaid to a Star reporter about the shooting. “But I can’t remain silent in the face of unjust and untruthful statements published in yesterday’s Star and coming from Dr. Taulbee. If he had the authority of his brother for making them the latter must be dreaming. In the first place, I never asked Mr. Taulbee to give me a position. I had no need to ask for such favors outside of my own district, the Eighth, which was represented by my grandfather sixty years ago. I did receive a small position upon a letter from Gov. McCleary, which I subsequently voluntarily resigned. Taulbee had nothing to do with it. All this can be vouched for by Col. Perry Heath and C. A. Hamilton. “Now as to the attacks on his character. I never wrote anything reflecting upon him until after the Patent Office scandal and then after the whole affair had been ventilated at length in the Washington papers. In order to make no mistakes, even then, I based what I wrote on interviews with parties directly connected with the matter at the Department. Afterward I went three times to Mr. Taulbee and offered him any amount of space in the Times to explain, correct or deny what had been published, but he declined. I did not print the story to hurt Taulbee, but simply as a matter of news. I was attending strictly to business and no personal feeling entered into the matter. About our meeting I can not say anything, for as I told you, my lips are sealed.” Col. Wm. N. Staples, late of North Carolina, now of this city, a noted lawyer, to-day tendered his services free to Mr. Kincaid. He is an intimate friend of Judge Sterling B. Toney, of Louisville. Judge H. Clay McKee, of Mt. Sterling, has also proffered his services, in case they are needed.

TAULBEE ON THE BRINK ------------- Conflicting Dispatches Regarding the Condition of the Ex-Congressman. ------------- The Wounded Man Reported Worse and Then Better At Midnight. ------------- Dr. Taulbee Gives His Brother’s Version of the Unfortunate Shooting Affray. ------------- Which Mr. Kincaid Pronounces As Erroneous and Preposterous On Its Face. ------------- STATEMENTS OF THE PRICIPALS ------------- Washington, March 5. – Mr. Taulbee’s condition is much worse to-night and more serious than it has been at any time since he was shot. At midnight he was so low that fears were entertained he might not live throughout the night. There is hardly any hope of his recovery. At 1 o’clock a. m. Mr. Taulbee was very low, and it is doubtful whether he will survive the night. ANOTHER ACCOUNT Washington, March 5, - (Special.)- At midnight, Mr. Taulbee was not worse than he had beet at any time during the day, and although he was not sleeping at that hour, he was slightly easier than he had been during the earlier part of the evening, and his brother, Dr. Taulbee, who has been his constant attendant for several days, was lying down in order to get some rest himself. This was at least an indication that the patient was in no immediate danger of being taken off. Dr Bayne had not called again at the hospital up to midnight, and it was thought that his presence would not be needed before to-morrow morning. On the whole, it can be said that Mr. Taulbee at this writing, 1 a. m. is probably no worse than reported earlier in the evening when he was really more restless and uncomfortable than at midnight. Dr. Taulbee, however, feels very solicitous, and insists right along that the patient is in a critical condition, though, of course, with possibility for recovery. NIGHT AND DAY. How the Patient Rested, and What Dr. Bayne Thinks of His Case. Washington, March 5 – (Special.)- Ex-Congressman Taulbee passed a comparatively comfortable night, considering the anxiety the doctors felt yesterday over his condition. He slept tolerably well from 11 o’clock last night until 4 o’clock this morning, and the physicians declared the first thing today that, even though the change for the better was slight, there was no set back, and this gave encouragement to hope that he might continue to hold his own. Dr. Bayne, who has been more hopeful than any of the physicians, made the following statement to-day: “Mr. Taulbee passed an easier night last night than usual. This was partly due, however, to hypodermic injections. This morning he awoke with violent pains in the head, due in all probability, to the injury of some branches of the nerves. The pain was allayed by proper medication, and the patient has since been resting comparatively easy. The temperature this morning was one degree less than at the same time yesterday, which is a good sign. The irritation and swelling in the throat have partly subsided, and the patient swallows with more ease. What changes have taken place are generally in favor of the patient. He is, of course, in a most critical condition; the chief danger to be apprehended being blood poisoning.” The physicians held no formal consultation today, as was done yesterday, [several words missing…..] remains constantly in the room doing whatever he can for the relief of the patient. MR. TAULBEE’S VERSION. The Sick Man Tells About His Trouble With Kincaid Through His Brother. Washington, March 5. – (Special.)- A Star reporter succeeded in ex-Representative Taulbee for a few minutes this afternoon. The patient was in no condition to talk. Dr. Taulbee, a brother of the wounded man, agreed to make a statement of the facts as he learned them from his brother. He was sure that all his statements were absolutely correct, and would be vouched for by his brother if he recovered. Dr. Taulbee said the disagreement began between the two men during Forty-ninth Congress, when Mr. Kincaid secured an appointment under the House Doorkeeper and employed a colored man to do the work at about half the salary he drew himself. Mr. Taulbee, by a resolution in Congress and other efforts, attempted to neutralize all appointments where sub-employees performed all the work, but got only part of the compensation. He insisted on the appointment of a young man by the name of Kendall from his own district. Kincaid tried to induce Taulbee to give him the position. Taulbee refused to indorse him; but preferred a man from his own district, whereupon Kincaid became offended and threatened to make him sorry. Kincaid made several statements in the Louisville times detrimental to Taulbee’s character, many of which he promised to correct. At length he published a scandal concerning Mr. Taulbee, subsequently to which Taulbee had almost entirely ignored him. On Friday, the 28th, soon after the hour of 12 o’clock, Taulbee and Kincaid met at the east door of the House. Mr. Taulbee asked Kincaid to go somewhere and have a consultation, but Kincaid said he could not go, as he was expecting to meet a gentleman, emphasizing the word gentleman; that he had made up his mind to have nothing to do with him. The rest of the meeting was substantially as reported in the papers until the time of Mr. Taulbee walking down the steps with Mr. Donelson. Kincaid saw the pair go down the steps and followed. Taulbee turned his face and Kincaid shot him. There was no meeting or consultation on the stairway. Taulbee did not know Kincaid was near him, and did not know who it was that had shot him until afterward. Mr. Taulbee had no pistol or other weapon. MR. KINCAID’S DENIAL Mr. Taulbee’s Statement Pronounced Incorrect and Absurd. Washington, March 5. – (Special.)- Mr. Kincaid says in regard to the above: “That statement is untrue. Indeed, it is preposterous. I never lived in Mr. Taulbee’s district. If I had an appointment which was to be charged to any district, it would be to the one in which I was born or to the Louisville district. I did hold for a time a minor place on the Door-keeper’s roll, but was charged to no particular district. The appointment was made by Capt. Donelson of his own motion, and was backed up by a letter from Representative McCleary, who represents the district in which I was born. I didn’t like the place, and resigned it of my own free will as I can substantiate. “There was not the slightest feeling on my part against Mr. Taulbee the time I sent the story to my paper, The Louisville Times. I had no animus against him, and, so far as I know, he dad none against me, until after that publication. I sent the story only because I conceived it to be my duty to do so.”

CRITICAL, NOT HOPELESS. ---------------- Mr. Taulbee’s Wound Takes a More Serious Turn In the Morning. ---------------- But At Midnight the Patient Rallies and His Condition Improves. ---------------- His Physicians Decide to Perform an Operation and Then Decide Not To. --------------- Doctors Who Think the Patient Will Recover and Doctors Who Think He Won’t. --------------- NEWS AT THE CAPITAL. --------------- Washington, March 4. – (Special.) – Ex-Congressman Taulbee was more restless during last night than at any time since he was wounded, His brother, Dr. Taulbee, of Mt. Sterling, was with him during the entire night, and one of the hospital physicians was also assisting in ministering to the wants of the sick man. It will be remembered that a slightly favorable chance occurred toward 12 o’clock last night, and Mr. Taulbee slept quietly for some time, but later be became restless and this morning his condition was evidently weaker than at any time since the shooting. At an early hour the patient seemed to grow despondent, and, in conversation with his brother, it is said that he expressed the belief that he would hardly survive the wound. Dr. Taulbee talked cheerfully to him and endeavored to convince him that he was unnecessarily alarmed, but the feverish condition in which Mr. Taulbee was at the time precluded encouraging an effect as might have been expected. A consultation was held the first thing this morning by the physicians Drs. Bayne, Freidrich, Hamilton. Yoder and Taulbee were present. After an examination of the patient the physicians named came to the conclusion that slight evidences of probably suppuration were manifest in close proximity to the bullet, and they thought that the ball should be removed if possible. It was then decided to call in Dr. Carroll Morgan, a throat specialist, and at a subsequent consultation, held at 11 o’clock a. m., Dr. Morgan was present. After a more thorough examination had been made Drs. Bayne and Morgan gave out the following statement: “The condition of the patient is still extremely critical. We think the ball passed through the cheek bone and downward in the direction of the throat, where we think we have approximated the location. It has, however, been impossible to locate the ball with that precision which would render a surgical operation justifiable. The patient, we think, is in no danger of dying suddenly – that is between now and to-morrow morning.” From what the attending physicians have said regarding their examinations, the greatest danger to be feared is in blood poisoning and the formation of abscesses. There have been no positive symptoms of either up to the present writing; but Mr. Taulbee has been suffering considerably all day from the swelling in the throat, and the fever which has possession of his system is detrimental to the wound and helps to weaken his system. A number of the members of Congress called at the hospital during the day to inquire into the true condition of Mr. Taulbee, including several of the Kentucky delegation, who have gone over each day since the shooting, as well as Messrs McMillin and Washington, of the Tennessee delegation. The reports put in circulation this morning were of such a sensational nature that nearly every one about the Capitol had the impression created in his mind that Mr. Taulbee was in a most alarming condition and not likely to survive the night. The Congressmen who visited the hospital, however, and made inquiry for themselves, found that while the patient was not doing as well as they had hoped, Dr. Bayne and the other [a few words missing……] hospital late this evening. He [relates?] to your correspondent that he regards Mr. Taulbee in “bad shape,” but believes that if he rallies within the next twenty-four hours he will pull through. Gen. Boynton states that from his knowledge of gun-shot wounds this was necessarily Mr. Taulbee’s worst day, and he thinks that if the doctors do not kill him, he will recover. Dr. Yoder, a member of the House from Ohio, and said to be a good physician, states that Taulbee can not survive his injuries and that he will die within a week. Dr. Yoder first attended to Mr. Taulbee after he was shot and has since been consulted frequently in the case, having paid three or four visits to the hospital daily. He is, however, a great friend of Mr. Taulbee, and that may to some extent have something to do with his opinion. About midnight a call was made at the hospital by a representative of the Courier-Journal, and Dr. Taulbee was seen. He said that his brother’s condition at that hour was slightly improved, and he was then sleeping under the influence of medicine which is administered from time to time, as it seems almost impossible for the patient to get any natural sleep. Dr. Taulbee was the only physician in attendance for the night, Dr. Bayne not having called at the hospital since his visit late in the evening. Dr. Taulbee further said that the most discouraging feature in the case of his brother was the continued high fever. At 10:30 o’clock he took the temperature of the body and found it to be 102, in spite of the anti-pyretics administered. Being asked if Mr. Taulbee was himself cheerful or hopeful the Doctor said that at times he became very despondent, and told him once or twice today that he knew he was going to die. “Then,” added the Doctor, “in an hour or two afterward, Mr. Johnson, formerly of Kentucky, and a friend of ours, called at the hospital, and my brother insisted on his being invited to the room. While Mr. Johnson was there my brother brightened up considerably, and talked as if his hopes had been greatly revived. He talked over a business matter with me, and seemed better right through the evening then he had been all day, until we finally got him to sleep. The wound is a difficult one to keep purged. The turns and twists in the channel cut by the bullet make a sort of honey-combed arrangement, and the drainage tubes, which a used to clear out any pus formation that may exist, are worked with some difficulty. Still, we have managed so far to keep the wound well purged, and it has been done with comparatively little or no pain for caine has been given when there was danger of causing pain. I am very apprehensive of course and if he does not begin to improve in a few days, I do not see how he can survive the injury. “It will simply wear him out unless there is a change for the better. Just now all that can be said is that his condition is critical, but there is a possibility of his recovery yet. His mind wandered a little this afternoon. He takes liquid nourishment with great difficulty. Late in the afternoon he also had terrible pains across the forehead and it was necessary to give him several hypodermic injections before he was relieved from those pains which were different from any he has experienced since being wounded.”

Hi gang! This is the third in the series of articles I copied from the Louisville Courier-Journal. Mar 4, 1890 HIS CONDITION IS SERIOUS Ex-Congressman Taulbee Not So Well as He has Been. Considerable Anxiety Expressed By Friends About the Result of the Wound. Physicians Probe For the Bullet and Finally Locate It In His Throat. The Brother of the Wounded Man Talks About a Statesman For the Press A PAINFUL ORDEAL Washington, March 4 – (Special,)- The physicians who are in attendance upon ex- Congressman Taulbee to-day made a through examination with a view of locating the exact position of the bullet. Before the probing commenced, ether was administered to the patient, but it was immediately discovered that his condition was such that it was dangerous to put him under the influence of that drug. Consequently the examination was conducted while Mr. Taulbee was perfectly conscious. It was necessarily fearful ordeal through which he passed, but he stood it bravely and without murmur or comment. Dr. Bayne, who has been his family physician for several years, had in consultation with him Dr. J. D. Hamilton, Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service, the latter having been called into the case yesterday, and Dr. Taulbee of Mt. Sterling, Ky., brother of the wounded man. Dr. Taulbee has been here since Saturday night, having started for Washington promptly on hearing of the affray. There were also several other physicians in the room when the examination was made. It was ascertained that the bullet is located just back of the uvula in the throat. After striking the bone near the left eye, the bullet ranged downward, and, coming in contact with the nasal bones and softer bones, deflected twice before lodging in the throat as indicated. The upper bone where the ball entered is badly fractured. During the day, and but a slight while after the examination was made, a report reached the Capitol that Mr. Taulbee had grown decidedly worse, and that he was in great danger. When Messrs. Carlisle and McCreary heard the rumor this afternoon, they immediately started for the Providence Hospital, feeling anxious and uneasy about the condition of Mr. Taulbee, but on arriving there they were agreeably surprised to find that the situation was nothing like as alarming as they had been led to fear. Mr. Taulbee seemed to rally considerably during their visit, their kind sympathy and cheerful presence having evidently had [sic!] a good effect on the patient who talked to them pleasantly with out exhibiting much pain. When Gov. McCleary came down town he gave quite a hopeful account, which was indeed assuring to the Kentuckians and others who he happened to meet. Later in the afternoon, however, Mr. Taulbee grew more restless, perhaps than at any time since the wound was received. A fever set in, and before 8 o’clock his temperature had gone up to 105 1-5[sic!] and that somewhat alarmed the physicians. They at once administered medicines intended to reduce the temperature, but it was several hours before there was a favorable turn in the patient’s condition. When liquid nourishment was given this evening, Mr. Taulbee, for the first time since receiving the wound had considerable difficulty in swallowing. This was caused by the soreness and sub-swelling in the throat. At a late hour to-night his temperature had been reduced to 103 1-5 [sic!], and he had fallen asleep and seemed to be resting well. The Courier-Journal representative was at the hospital late to-night and had quite an extended conversation with Dr. Taulbee, who is naturally solicitous and apprehensive about his brother’s condition until the crisis is passed. He has ever since arriving in the city regarded the wound as dangerous, and, consequently he has been in the room with Mr. Taulbee as much as possible. He is fearful that blood poisoning or inflammation may set in and thinks it will require several days yet to determine the condition of the patient. Dr. Taulbee seemed anxious in the conversation that the papers should treat his brother fairly and said that as soon as he was in condition Mr. Taulbee wanted to give his version of the encounter with Mr. Kincaid to the press. The friends of both parties have much anxiety to-night about the final outcome, but they are hoping for the best. While the condition of Mr. Taulbee is not considered critical, it is certainly ore serious to-night than has yet been [unreadable]. I think I mistyped the name of the paper in my earlier post. It was the Louisville Courier-Journal of 1890. Should go into Breathitt County tomorrow so not sure when I will get to where I can post the next article. Bob

I finally got my laptop going and I will try to find on it the passwords to the website so I can do some clean up on it. Keep fingers crossed. Three years ago this month I was in Louisville KY and spent some time in the library going through the Louisville Courier and found a series of articles on the shooting and death of William Prescot Taulbee in 1890. I thought I would repost them for any new members since then. I never got the final article posted and don't know where I may have put it. If I ever find it I will post it, if not if anyone is in Louisville, or anywhere else they have old newspaper microfilms, it would be nice to know what that last post said. Any way here is number 1 I may have put more than one issue in a post. Also, it looks like some of the issues were missing since I seem to jump from the first to the third. Hi gang! I spent the morning in the main Louisville Library going over the microfilms of the shooting of William Preston Taulbee by Charles Kincaid. I was hoping to find the Louisville Times articles that set off the feud between the two of them, but those microfilms were missing. I did find over a dozen in the Louisville Herald-Courier covering the death watch. I did not have time to get the trial itself. I had hoped to get copies I could scan from the microfilm, but the copies were barely readable so I will transcribe them before posting them. The first is March 2, 1890. This is either the first or the second article, I can't tell since the issue for March 1, 1890 is missing. By the dateline, it is probably the second. Anyway, here is the March 2 article: KINCAID AND TAULBEE ______ Condition of the Principals In the Unfortunate Shooting At Washington. ______ The Ex-Congressman's Wound Not Thought To Be Very Dangerous. _______ Mr. Kincaid Waiving Examination, Released on a Two Thousand Dollar Bond. _______ Opinions of the Press On the Affair As Related by a Correspondent. _______ COURSE OF THE BULLET _______ Washington, March 1. - (Special.)- Mr. Chas. F. Kincaid passed a comfortable night in the private room at the stationhouse, to which the police officials had assigned him, and this morning he was allowed to go to his own boarding place for breakfast. He was accompanied by an officer in citizen's clothes, and after remaining at his room for some time he was escorted to the office of C. Maurice Smith, one of his attorneys, and he stayed there until 3:30, receiving the calls of a great many of his friends, and then in company with Mr. Smith and a number of newspaper men he went over to the Police Court, where application for bail was made. This proceeding was brief and the bail was fixed at $2,000 by Judge Miller, and that of itself was a most favorable consideration. Gen. H. V. Boynton and Mr. Robert J. Wynne, of the Washington Bureau of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, Col. H. M. F. E. Von Stamp, the latter well known in Louisville, and your correspondent, as well as a number of others, including a wealthy Virginian, were present, ready and anxious to go on the bond of Mr. Kincaid. The Judge first examined Col. Von Stamp, and that gentleman, having sworn that he had property which would sell for from forth to fifty thousand dollars under the hammer and that he would be willing to put up the whole of it for Mr. Kincaid, Judge Miller decided that Col. Von Stamp was ample security for the amount, and Mr. Kincaid was thereupon, promptly released on bail. He was down town this evening, and everywhere his friends expressed their good wishes, and all day he has been in receipt of telegrams, letters and cards, bearing messages of warm friendship, the senders kindly offering to do anything in their power that would aid him. MR. TAULBEE'S CONDITION Mr. Taulbee, the wounded man, is resting comfortably at the Providence Hospital, and received a number of callers to-day. Among the number was Representative McCreary, of Kentucky. He said just after his return from the hospital this afternoon: "I found Taulbee doing well. His brain was clear, and he conversed easily and apparently without pain, and talked to me on a business subject in which we are both interested. He is going to recover. Kincaid will be cleared at the investigation, and then I hope the trouble will all be over. I will do for Kincaid all in my power. I am not connected with the case, but I cheerfully offered my services to Kincaid." Dr. Bayne the attending physician, made the following statement this afternoon regarding Mr. Taulbee's condition. "He is decidedly better. His temperature is 100, his pulse seventy and his respiration normal. The bullet has not been extracted as yet, and it is thought that in its present position it is doing no further damage, at it would be more dangerous to extract it, then to keep it, for the present. There is of course, considerable danger of inflammation still, but at present I am very hopeful of the recovery of the patient, "The ball," said the doctor, "struck just at the outer edge of the left eye, fracturing the bond and passing downward for a distance of probably two and a half inches form its entrance, and lodging in the maxillary bone, where at present, it is doing no damage." OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The Evening Star prints very good pictures to-day of both Kincaid and Taulbee, and that paper pays Mr. Kincaid many compliments, speaking of him as a man of the steadiest habits, of a peaceable and inoffensive disposition and who would be one of the last men to provoke or engage in a fight, and that he is not in the habit of carrying weapons; but procured one yesterday because he felt that his life was in danger. The Washington Critic printed the following this evening regarding the case: "The shooting was a general topic of conversation at the Capitol this morning, and the general feeling is that it was little short of a desecration to indulge in attacks of personal violence beneath the dome of the capitol. Yet, when it was learned that Taulbee had been pursuing Kincaid for months, and had insulted him previously to this, the only wonder is that the shooting did not occur earlier. He had been warned to let Kincaid alone, but contemptuously pronounced him a coward and continued his persecutions. The insult of yesterday was too gross to be let pass without being resented, and as the physical disparity between the two men precluded a physical encounter, there was nothing left but to shoot. Kincaid had endeavored to avoid the encounter, but in vain." NOTHING TO SAY Captain Sam Donelson, ex-Door-Keeper of the House, who was the only eye-witness of the shooting still refuses to talk of the matter. He says both Mr. Taulbee and Mr. Kincaid may talk all they want to, but as for him, he has only one story to tell, and that in the courts. He is a friend of both parties and they are, he says, friends of his friends, and while he deeply deplores the matter, he will not talk about it. Last night at the station-house a tall good looking man walked in bearing in his arms a huge bundle of bedclothes. He did not even know Mr. Kincaid; but said that he had read of his arrest and did not want him to lack for accommodations. This was a real kind and amusing offer; but as the officers had provided Kincaid with a private room upstairs, he did not need the bed clothing, though appreciating his unknown friend's good intentions. Only a short article appeared in the Louisville Herald-Courier on March 3, 1890 Inquiry at the Providence Hospital to-night showed the condition of ex-Congressman Taulbee was still entirely favorable. He rested all day, and seems to be on the road to recovery. His physician says that he is doing as nicely as he could wish, and he thinks he will soon be out of danger. Mr. Kincaid has recovered from the nervous shock of the affair, and is in a composed condition to-day. The friends of both parties hope that Mr. Taulbee will not enter into a serious prosecution of the case.

I have lost the email address for Bob George & Gerald Taulbee. Would someone please emai them t me? Thanks you. Sharon Taulbee Whited

Here is a copy of an obit and a memorial for two of John CB Taulbee and Mary Ellen Stamper Taulbee’s daughters, Amanda Jane born 11 May 1884 died 29 Nov 1978 and Lousetti Loucinda born 21 Oct 1885 died 8 June 1958 Hayward Daily Review June 10, 1958 Lousetti Hatton Succumbs at 72 Mrs. Lousetti (Taulbee) Hatton, 72, who lived in Hayward, Calif. For 20 years prior to moving to Olivehurst two years ago, died Sunday in Marysville. Services will be held at 2 PM Thursday at the Full Gospel Tabernacle, 152 E. 14th St., San Leandro, with the Rev. E. L. Smith officiating. Wife of John William Hatton, Olivehurst, Mrs. Hatton was the mother of William Hatton, Oakland: Leonard and James Hatton, San Lorenzo, John Hatton, Newark; the Rev. George S. Hatton and the Rev. Robert Hatton, both of Arkansas; the Rev. Carl J. Hatton, Olivehurst; Thomas Hatton, Los Angeles; Mrs. Pearl Scarbrough and Mrs. Edna Griffin, both of San Lorenzo. She is also survived by 29 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Internment will be in Lone Tree Cemetery, Hayward. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Thursday, December 6, 1979 Mandy J. Burton In Memory To Mom In memory of Mandy Jane Burton who died one year ago November 19, 1978. Mom, do you know how we miss you here, how our loss seems almost too hard to bear. Our homes where you would meet us with a hug and a smile, will be so lonesome Mom, for a long, long while. The house echoes with an emptiness, it seems to share our loneliness. Your chair and couch is empty too, I wonder Mom, if they don’t miss you too. And your dog, though he is faithful to others, he misses you night till morn. Then the children they miss you more each day, their memories of you will always stay. You don’t need us now Mom, to help you walk and no longer is it difficult for you to talk. For as the sun came up that early morn, your soul left that body so tired and worn. And as you saw that city of gold, all of God’s glories were yours to behold. Although our hearts are broke and we are sad, we will always thank God that you were our Mom. Though you have left here Mom to be with God in the city so fair. Stay close to the Eastern Gate and some day we will meet you there. Sadly missed by your children, grandchildren and great, and great, great, grandchildren. By Mrs. Curtis Conley & Son James Conley

Thanks, Louise. Bess

> I have a double dose of Taulbee blood. > > William H. Taulbee son Of Luther Morgan Taulbee, son of James Perrry Taulbee, son of Jefferson Davis Taulbee, son of William Ashford Taulbee, son of Samuel Taulbee. > > son of Luther M. Taulbee, son of Eda Ellen Taulbee, daughter of William Taulbee, son of James Taulbee. > > Samuel and James were brothers and sons of William Hitchcok Taulbee. > > James settled in Wolfe County Kentucky and is buried in the James Perry Taulbee Cemetery on the old William Taulbee farm. William H Taulbee --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!

My Taulbee Line: Carol Carlisle My Grandmother Lousetti Taulbee married: 1st Bruce Banks 2nd John Hatton Lousetti’s parents: John CB Taulbee and Mary Ellen Stamper Siblings: Hulda – Mary – Amanda Jane (Mandy) ½ siblings: Martha – Margaret – Patrick Lewis – Barbara – James Henry – Isaac T, Roscoe – Alpha Sarah John CB Taulbee s/o: Isaac Taulbee & Lillian Margaret King Isaac Taulbee s/o: James Taulbee & Elizabeth Hayes James Taulbee s/o: William Hitchcock Taulbee & Mary/Margaret William Taulbee s/o: Samuel John Taulbee & Elizabeth Hitchcock

Another Taulbee Cousin saying Welcome Back. We all prayed and worried about you and very glad to hear you are doing better. Carol

> Kansas City Star, July 26, 2004 > Ann J. Taulbee > Ann J. Taulbee, 61, of Weston, MO, passed away July 24, 2004, > at her home. > Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 28, 2004, at > the Vaughn Funeral Chapel in Weston. Visitation will be 6:30-8 p.m. > Tuesday, July 27, at the funeral chapel. Interment will be in the Pleasant > Ridge Cemetery in Weston. The family suggests contributions to the > Alzheimer's Association. Ann was born August 14, 1942 in Orrick, MO. > She married Kenneth Ray Taulbee on September 15, 1962 in Orrick, MO. > She worked as a deputy county clerk for the Count Clerk's Office in Platte > County, MO. Ann was a loving caregiver to her husband. She loved to > read, work on crafts, and spend time with her grandchildren. > She was preceded in death by her parents, Clifford Jewell Dickey and > Margaret Jeanette Gooch Dickey; her husband, Kenneth, and one brother. > Mrs. Taulbee is survived by one son, Ken Taulbee of Kansas City, MO; > one daughter, Taryn Taulbee of Platte City, MO; and two grandchildren, > Kacie and Kailyn Saxer-Taulbee. This is Elijah Tipton Taulbee & Lida Bell Nichols' line, page 120 of Rose's book Elijah & Lida's son, Raymond T. md. Winifred L. Chapin and the above Kenneth Ray was their son. 1920 Platte Co., MO Census Weston Township Transcribed by Louise Gaskill 95-99 TAULBEE Elijah T. Head M W 54 KY KY OH Farmer Aggie wife F W 57 KY KY KY Clarance W. Partner M W 23 single KY KY KY Farmer Clara W. dau F W 24 single KY KY KY 1920 Platte Co., MO Census Weston Township Transcribed by Louise Gaskill 66-70 TAULBEE William D. Head M W 34 KY KY KY Farmer Ena H. wife F W 31 KY KY KY 1920 Platte Co., MO Census Weston Township Summer Street Transcribed by Louise Gaskill 268-274 TAULBEE Henry L. Head M W 33 KY KY KY Laborer/Tobacco Farm Lula F. wife F W 30 KY KY KY Lucien R. son M W 11 KY Edward C. son M W 6 KY Chester B. son M W 4 7/12 KY 1920 Platte Co., MO Census Weston Township Transcribed by Louise Gaskill 72-76 TAULBEE Tipton E. Head M W 30 KY KY KY Farmer/Tobacco Farm Lyda D. wife F W 25 KY KY KY Edna L. dau F W 3 7/12 MO Roger L. son M W 2 4/12 MO Raymond T. son M W 4/12 MO By the way, I did not receive the last 3 posts to the list, I got this obit from our archives. Wonder what's happening? Norma, is juno bouncing my list mail again! Louise

In Rose's book, John Talby is first mentioned as being in the Bay Colony in 1635. This is only 5 years after the founding of the colony, 15 after the landing at Plymouth. It is 4 years after the arrival of Roger Williams and a year before he founds Rhode Island. Since John, Dorothy, and family remain in the Bay Colony after this, they most likely were not part of this group. John, according to Rose's account, had a lot of land in Salem. He must have been among the earliest arrivals. Salem is north of Boston and Plymouth quite a bit to the South. Naumkeag became Salem in 1629. I do not know what Naumkeag was before, but a look at the history of towns shows that between the landing at Plymouth in 1620 and the founding of the Bay Colony in 1630, several towns were formed up and down the coast. My guess is that most of these were established wherever ships landed. Navigation errors were not unknown in those days. It seems to me that we want to look around the years 1628 to 1633 for ships leaving England, probably with puritans who were escaping the problems they were having with the Church of England. This is the time that the English Civil Wars are getting underway that will lead to the execution of Charles I. While we have a little of John's line via Stephan showing up in Rhode Island, just how they got to Maryland is uncertain. Maryland was established as a Catholic Colony, but also one that allowed freedom of religion, by grant from Charles I who lost his head in 1649. After this puritans from invaded Maryland and put a stop to religious freedom in Maryland. Since the earliest record we have (unless someone has found something else) is that we know Edward is in Maryland in 1699. This is 50 years after the death of Charles I and if Edward came as part of an invasion or normal migration is only a guess. I have a suspicion, nothing to really base it on, that Edward may not be part of the Bay Colony line at all, but a later migration from England. All that is needed is the paternal line descending from John and Dorothy to die out due to lace of male offspring during a generation. This is what will happen to my line as I have no male siblings, and my father's only male sibling had only girls. There is a possible male child from a half brother of my father's but I have no way of knowing. We may still have a descendent or two who descend from the Rhode Island Talbee, but 99% of us come from William Hitchcock Taulbee. So, we need to find either a missing generation between Edward and the Rhode Island Talbee or a name on a passenger list to Maryland in the later half of the 17 th century, It seems so unlikely to me that only 1 Talby would have migrated. The other option which will leave us dead in the water, is that our Edward came as an indentured servant and changed his name. I am not enough of a detective to deal with that. It is what makes this hobby fascinating though. One generation, the difference between one line and two. Talk to you later. It's 108 here, that's why I am willing to type so much. Air conditioning.

Bob, I tend to agree with you about the red hair. Of course all is conjecture at this point, but if I were a betting man my money would be on Scotland or Ireland too. I am still dying to find out where our Edward Talbee came from, as I'm sure most of the rest of us are. It's especially frustrating to me, since I work about 5 miles where he lived and died. Sporadically, in years past, I've poked around a few of the local libraries here in the area for books on ancient Baltimore County history, but in the last few years, I've had very little time to devote to genealogy. I don't live in this area, which further limits my time. Also, my dad is now in the latter stages of Alzheimer's, so I've been running up home as much as possible over the last 2 years to help with him in my "spare time". It's heartbreaking for me and my family to watch him fade away. A horrible, horrible disease, especially considering what a brilliant mind and quick wit he once had. What a way to end one's life. Jerry -----Original Message----- From: Rlgjr1@aol.com [mailto:Rlgjr1@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 7:43 PM To: TAULBEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TAULBEE-L] Thoughts and a question about Birchfield I was wondering if anyone has made any progress in the Birchfield line of the spouses of William Asford and Samuel Taulbee. The comments By Louise and Jerry make sense to me. Before there were surnames, people had to have a way of distinguishing one John from another John. So we have identies based on where one lived, what one did, who their father, mother, brother, sister were etc. I read somewhere that in Iceland today, a person does not have a surname per se but is identified as I.e., David, son of John, however that is said in Icelandic. We will never find records that predate the Roman or early dark ages in the British Isles, but it is interesting to use that information on the origin of names to speculate about the really ancient roots of our line. We could be Celtic, Anglo, Saxon, Gallic, Picts, Norman or all of the above. England after the Roman expulsion was probably a true melting pot. Too bad, we have enough trouble finding 17th century roots, Would be nice to what kind of ancestors we had in the sixth or seventh centuries. It will all be speculation, but it is interesting speculation. I am betting on Scotland or Ireland, or both. Mostly because of the amount of red hair in the line. Not very scientific, but what the heck. By the way, it's been a couple of years or longer since I have said this. This list owes a great debt to several members and former members. Bill Taulbee who sent me his copy of Rose's book. I copied it and sent it to Louise Gaskill and Caroll Bays. They made the transcriptions I stuck on the web site and on the CD I sent some of you. Louise went even farther. She made and index for all the Taulbees of whatever spelling and another one of all other names. almost impossible to use the book without it. Can never say thanks enough to these two great girls. And to Bill also. He got it started. Wife and I are thinking of going back to England and also Ireland in a year or so, If I can keep the quacks from cutting on me again. Would like to go to Liverpool, but I need a bit more in the line of clues to make it successful. Somewhere the missing link is hiding. talk to you later. If I seem to run off at the mouth, or is it the keyboard, it is because I missed talking with all you and feel the need to catch up. Bob ==== TAULBEE Mailing List ==== GOING AWAY FOR MORE THAN A COUPLE DAYS? UNSUBSCRIBE FROM YOUR LISTS. TAULBEE-L-request@rootsweb.com or TAULBEE-D-request@rootsweb.com UNSUBSCRIBE is the command for both. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

I was wondering if anyone has made any progress in the Birchfield line of the spouses of William Asford and Samuel Taulbee. The comments By Louise and Jerry make sense to me. Before there were surnames, people had to have a way of distinguishing one John from another John. So we have identies based on where one lived, what one did, who their father, mother, brother, sister were etc. I read somewhere that in Iceland today, a person does not have a surname per se but is identified as I.e., David, son of John, however that is said in Icelandic. We will never find records that predate the Roman or early dark ages in the British Isles, but it is interesting to use that information on the origin of names to speculate about the really ancient roots of our line. We could be Celtic, Anglo, Saxon, Gallic, Picts, Norman or all of the above. England after the Roman expulsion was probably a true melting pot. Too bad, we have enough trouble finding 17th century roots, Would be nice to what kind of ancestors we had in the sixth or seventh centuries. It will all be speculation, but it is interesting speculation. I am betting on Scotland or Ireland, or both. Mostly because of the amount of red hair in the line. Not very scientific, but what the heck. By the way, it's been a couple of years or longer since I have said this. This list owes a great debt to several members and former members. Bill Taulbee who sent me his copy of Rose's book. I copied it and sent it to Louise Gaskill and Caroll Bays. They made the transcriptions I stuck on the web site and on the CD I sent some of you. Louise went even farther. She made and index for all the Taulbees of whatever spelling and another one of all other names. almost impossible to use the book without it. Can never say thanks enough to these two great girls. And to Bill also. He got it started. Wife and I are thinking of going back to England and also Ireland in a year or so, If I can keep the quacks from cutting on me again. Would like to go to Liverpool, but I need a bit more in the line of clues to make it successful. Somewhere the missing link is hiding. talk to you later. If I seem to run off at the mouth, or is it the keyboard, it is because I missed talking with all you and feel the need to catch up. Bob

Louise, An aquaintance of mine who is really into studying place-names told me a while back that the endings -by or -bee (commonly found in England) are derived from old Danish (essentialy Viking) suffixes meaning town or village, so this makes sense, given the two Danish invasions of England. Jerry -----Original Message----- From: Louise Gaskill [mailto:pgaskill@juno.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 9:59 PM To: TAULBEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TAULBEE-L] reintroducing my Taulbee Line Bob, I received your post to the list just fine. I have been looking for anything other that what Rose already has regarding the colonial Talby's or where they came from, but have found nothing, but I did find, by accident, that the word "talby" means a farm or town in Sweden, don't know how that information helps, but I thought that I would mention it. Louise On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:31:08 EDT Rlgjr1@aol.com writes: > It's been so long since I have been on line, that I thought I would > re-introduce myself. > > My claim to the Taulbee line is through my mother. My mother was > Dorothy > Brown, the daughter of Doloras Elim ( or Elam, no one is sure which) > and William > Edward Brown. William was 30 years to my grandmother, born in > Cumberland County > PA in 1865. My grandmother was born in Lee City, KY in 1895. > Haven't been > able to find anything else about my grandfather. My aunts say he > worked a while > in the Argentine for International Harvester so maybe I can find a > passport > record or IH may have its ancient employment records. I will have to > get around > to asking some day. > > Grandma was the daughter of Emily Bailey and John Elim. No one knows > if there > was a marriage between Emily and John Elim or not. She died before I > was born > but I remember as a small boy visiting the shack of her husband, > John (Jean?) > DuChene where the North Fork meets the Middle Fork of the Clearwater > River in > Idaho. > > Emily was the daughter of Gabriel Bailey and Paulina Taulbee. My > aunts > remember them, but they were long before my time. > > Paulina was the daughter of Jefferson Davis Taulbee and Tempy Hill. > Tempy was > the daughter of Nancy Taulbee and who knows who. Have no idea if > there was a > marriage here or not. I suspect there was not, and that would have > been more > of a problem for Nancy and Tempy then than it would be now. > > Jefferson Davis Taulbee was the son of William Ashford Taulbee and > mary > Birchfield. The rest is well known to all of us, > > William Ashford Taulbee < Samuel Taulbee < William Hitchcock > Taulbee < > Samuel < Edward etc. It is after William Hitchcock that the name > more or less > standardizes itself. There is certainly no standardization to the > way William's > name is spelled. > > > > This is the only one of my four lines I have been able to get an > extensive > handle on. My paternal grandfather dropped off the face of the > earth about > 1944 or so. Maybe space aliens took him or something. I only have a > photo of 3 > half siblings and a dog taken in the early 1940s with the children's > name on > it as a clue. I dont know much about my paternal grandmother except > she was the > daughter of George Cumberland Brady and Emma Lee. I have a picture > of Emma > about the age of 5 taken in Herfordshire England about 1875. George > was the son > of George Brady and Mary Dressback, and probably came out of the > line of > Martin Dreisbach. > > And that is really all I know about my lines. > > As for me myself, I was born at Camp Hood, Texas in 1944. I did most > of my > elementry schooling in Pasco, Washington where my father worked at > the Hanford > Nuculear Reservation. I attended college about 3 years in Mexico > City, got > tired of studying and went into the Air Force in December of 1964 > and got out in > 1973. I was sent right back to college at the Defense Language > Institues at > Indiana University and later at Monterrey, California where I > learned Russian and > French. Never did use the Russian much and remember enough to order > a beer > and get arrested. The French I learned well enough to marry a young > French > woman. We parted friends about 14 years later and my current wife, > Betty, is a RN > here in the Phoenix area. When she is at work, I still have a boss > at home in > the form of Billy, our King Charles Spaniel. > > I was a teacher in both elementary and secondary for many years then > in 2000, > I had to give that up altoghether when I developed a tumor on the > brain stem. > It is not cancer, but its location makes it just as dangerous. I > think they > finally have it under control and it will leave me alone. Anyway the > government > now says I am disabled and I am not going to argue with them as it > gives me > medical goverage through medicare years earlier than I would > otherwise be able > to get. I don't know if I will ever be able to really go back to > work. Unless > I can do it in a big way, I am hesitant to risk the loss of Social > Security > and Medicare. Still almost 5 years before I am 65. A moot point > unless I > improve a lot more than I have, but things are looking very good for > me and I am > much better than I was at this time last year. > > That's enough for now. Someone let me know if this came through the > list. My > last posting, of yesterday, did not come back to me like it is > supposed to. > > Bob > > I jsut accidently sent this from another screen name so the list > manager will > get a bounce probably from that name. 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