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Mrs. (Donithan) Adams
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, February 24, 1938
Pneumonia Fatal To Mrs. Adams
  Mrs. Henry Adams, 19, died at her home near Stepstone Tuesday, February 22, after a brief illness of pneumonia.
   Mrs. Adams, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Donithan, and a grand-daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sam McClain, was a native of Bath county.
   Funeral services were held at the Sugar Grove Church Wednesday, followed by burial at Old Virginia.

Elizabeth Lewis Alexander
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 23, 1939
Prominent Woman Dies At Salt Lick
   Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis Alexander, 76 years old, widow of the late Dr. S. C. Alexander, passed away at her home at Salt Lick shortly after midnight Saturday morning, March 18, after a brief illness.  While she had been declining in health for the past two years, Mrs. Alexander had not been critically ill, and was in her usual good spirits as late as Friday afternoon.  Her death came unexpectedly and was a severe shock to her family and friends.
   A daughter of the late Dr. H. H. Lewis and Mrs. Melvina Moore Lewis, she came of an old and socially prominent Bath county family.  Her father, a widely known physician of his day in this section of the state, was also a wealthy land owner.  Her husband, also a widely known Bath county physician, passed away several years ago.
   She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Eugene Stuart, Louisville; Mrs. W. A. Owen, Poseyville, Ind.; Misses Christine and Elizabeth Alexander, at home; one son, Clyde Alexander, former county Judge of bath county, and two sisters, Mrs. Effie Cassity, of Demopolis, Ala., and Mrs. J. L. McCoy, of Lexington.
   Funeral services were held at her late residence at Salt Lick Sunday afternoon, March 19, at 3 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Henry S. Ficklin and the Rev. Howard Daulton.  Interment was in the Lewis family graveyard at Salt Lick.
   Paul bearers were: active, C. H. Cheap, Claude Shrout, Travis Karrick, Dr. Audrey F. Ellington, T. B. Staggs, Garnett Chenault, Lewis McCoy and Ed Wright; honorary, W. J. Shouse, Chas. Crain, Hiram Kelsey, J. H. Maze, Clell McCarty, T. H. Perry, Preston Karrick, Van Y. Greene, Sherman Gullett, John Greene, Rolla Greene, Ben T. Wright, Dr. C. T. Jones, Dr. D. C. Dotson, Dr. O. T. Evans, Dr. F. P. Gudgell, Thomas J. Barnes, B. F. Wills, Ben Shrout, Walter Jones, W. R. Razor and Ed Fanning.

Okie Roberson Alexander
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, January 7, 1938
Accident Fatal To Mrs. Alexander
Flat Creek Woman Dies From Injuries
   Mrs. Okie Roberson Alexander, 59, died at the Winchester hospital shortly after noon Monday from injuries sustained when she fell from a moving automobile near her home on Flat Creek a short time before.
   In company with her son, R. C. Alexander and son-in-law, E. L. Moore, Mrs. Alexander was in route from her Flat Creek home to Mt. Sterling Monday morning when she fell from the open door of the car in which they were riding.  Whether she opened the door for some reason, or whether the door was not well closed and she attempted to fasten it is not definitely known.  However, the draft from the moving car pulled the door wide and threw Mrs. Alexander out of the car, throwing her to the roadside, where her head struck a post supporting a mail box.  She sustained a fractured skull, a broken arm and leg and internal injuries.  When the other two occupants of the car reached her she was unconscious.  She was taken to Mt. Sterling and later to Winchester where she expired.
   The wife of James H. Alexander, and the daughter of the late George and George Ann Williams Roberson, she was one of the more prominent women of the Flat Creek section.
   Besides her husband and son, R. C. Alexander, she is survived by one other son, George Alexander, Miami, Fla.; a daughter, Mrs. E. L. Moore; four sisters, Mrs. Simps McClain, Mrs. Ed Given, Mrs. Cole Ratliff, of Mt. Sterling, and Mrs. Strib Williams, Middletown, O., and two brothers, R. G. Roberson, Louisville, and William Roberson, Perry, Mo.
   Funeral services were held at the residence Wednesday morning, January 26, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey and the Rev. R. L. Bailey.  Interment was in Machpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling.
   Pall bearers were: active, Herman Orme, Roy Hon, George Foley, Garrett Denniston, Jesse Pendleton, John A. Thomas, Joe Sorrell and Dr. P. K. McKenna; honorary, W. E. Foley, Seth Botts, Alfred Crooks, Allen Prewitt, R. H. Amburgey, James Toy, Roy Stephens and C. C. Chenault. 

Nannie Anderson
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, September 7, 1939
Miss Nannie Anderson Claimed By Death
   Miss Nannie Anderson, 75 years old, died Friday, September 1, at the home of Mrs. James Stewart, with whom she had made her home for the past two years.
   A daughter of the late Cornelius and Mahalia Hunt Anderson, she was born in this county June 27, 1864, and was the last survivor of her immediate family.
   Funeral services were held at the Stewart home at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, September 3, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey.  Burial in the family graveyard. 

Callie Jones Arnett
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, April 7, 1938
Mrs. James Arnett Passes At Bethel
   Mrs. Callie Jones Arnett, 50 years old, wife of James Arnett, died at her home at Bethel Tuesday, April 5, after a long illness.
   A native of this county, Mrs. Arnett was a daughter of Rice and Sarah Catherine Vie Jones.  She was prominently connected with social and religious affairs at Bethel and leaves a host of friends to mourn her loss.
   Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Miss Helen Louis Dykes, and a son, Hanson Dykes, children by a former marriage; one sister, Mrs. C. T. Lowery, Carlisle, and two brothers, Alban Jones, Texas, and Emery Jones, Chicago.
  Funeral services were held at the residence this afternoon (Thursday), at 2 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. H. Myron Kauffman, pastor of the Bethel Christian church.  Interment was in Longview Cemetery. 

William F. Arnold
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 10, 1938
Prominent State Methodist Passes
Dr. William F. Arnold, 76 years old, of Winchester, Ky., Dean of Kentucky Methodism and author of two volumes on the history of his church in the Bluegrass State, died Wednesday at St. Joseph's Infirmary, Louisville.
   Dr. Arnold, a native of Nicholas County, had been in the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Kentucky, since his graduation from Kentucky Wesleyan College.  Following his retirement as a minister after serving a score of pulpits, Dr. Arnold wrote two books captioned, "The History of Kentucky Methodism."  He was at work on a third volume at the time of his death.
   Dr. Arnold was editor of the Central Methodist, church organ, and a former educational secretary of the church.  He had served as presiding elder in virtually every district in Kentucky, and was named to various honorary positions by the church. 

Thomas M. Arrasmith
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, July 21, 1938
Bath County Man Dies In North Carolina
   Relatives here were notified last week of the death of Thomas M. Arrasmith, who passed away at his home at Hillsboro, N. C., on July 9.
   Mr. Arrasmith, a native of this county, was born and reared near Bethel, the son of John and Fenton Taylor Arrasmith.  He moved to North Carolina many years ago and engaged in the horse business.
   His survivors include his wife and five children; three sisters, Mrs. W. A. Sharp of Sharpsburg, Mrs. Ben Hopper of Lexington, Mrs. Howard Anderson of Iowa, and two brothers, the Rev. Morris Arrasmith and Charlie Arrasmith, of Iowa, all of whom are natives of this county. 

Henry Atchison
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, June 30, 1938
Respected Colored Man Dies
   Henry Atchison, 74, respected colored man of this town, died at his home here last Friday after a two weeks' illness of heart trouble.  Born at Wyoming, he was reared by the family of Judge J. L. Atchison, and made his home about Wyoming until some years ago when he came to Owingsville.
   He was highly respected by both the white and colored people.  He is survived by his wife and two daughters.  Funeral services were conducted here Sunday followed by a burial in the colored cemetery. 

Robert Atchison
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, January 6, 1938
Prank Ends Fatally For Salt Lick Man
Taken For Burglar; Shot By Sister-In-Law
   Mistaken for a burglar, Robert Atchison, 21, Salt Lick, was fatally wounded by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Catherine Atchison, at the home of the latter last Thursday night, December 31.  He was taken to a Lexington hospital but died from loss of blood.
   According to reports here, Atchison and his wife had gone to call at the home of his brother, Emmett Atchison, on the evening of December 30.  Shortly after they arrived, Atchison excused himself and went out, leaving the two women alone.  He returned to the home shortly afterward and in fun attempted to frighten his wife and sister-in-law by knocking on the windows and doors.  The two women became frightened, it was said, after Atchison failed to answer when they called to ask who was there and Mrs. Emmett Atchison fired through the window at close range with a shotgun, striking her brother-in-law in the arm and shoulder.
   Deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Atchison and besides his wife, is survived by several brothers and sisters.  Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon followed by burial in the Salt Lick cemetery.
   No complaint has been made to officers here, it was said today, in regard to the incident and no move has been made to hold any kind of investigation into the circumstances surrounding Atchison's death.  It was said, however, that some sort of investigation will be made later in the month.


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Martha Ellen Coyle Horseman Bailey
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, May 5, 1938
Old Citizen Passes
   Mrs. Martha Ellen Bailey, 87, widow of the late John S. Bailey, died at the home of her son, Tom Horseman, near Harpers Monday, May 2.
   Mrs. Bailey, one of bath's oldest citizens, was a native of this county, a daughter of the late James and Rebecca Kincaid Coyle.  Her first husband , the late Omer Horseman, died many years ago.  She had been ill since a fall, in which she broke her leg, more than a month ago.
   Besides her son, Tom Horseman, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Marsh Bailey, of Millersburg, Ky.
   Funeral services were held at the residence Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. D. L. Bailey.  Burial was in the Bailey graveyard.

Virgil H. Baird
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, October 13, 1938
Appellate Judge Dies At Lexington
   Judge Virgil H. Baird, of Glasgow, appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor A. B. Chandler February 3, 1937, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Basil Richardson, died in a Lexington Hospital Tuesday, where he was attempting to gain strength for an operation.
   Judge Baird's term would have expired January 1, 1939, and since he had not filed for re-election, he will be succeeded by Judge Will H. Fulton, of Bardstown, who was nominated last August on both Democratic and Republican tickets from that district.

Fredrick D. Ballou
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, February 9, 1939
Dies in Connecticut
   Friends here will be interested in a clipping from the Jewett City, Conn., Bulletin, received here this week, which carried an account of the funeral, January 29, of Fredrick D. Ballou, father of Mrs. Carroll Estill Byron of Owensboro, and one of the outstanding textile men of Connecticut.
   Mr. Ballou was for many years in charge of the Slater Mills and later connected with the Fisk Rubber Company.  He was 66 years old.

Jesse Barber
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, November 17, 1938
Funeral Of Jesse Barber Held Here
   Funeral services for Jesse Barber, 77 years Old, who died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Della Hart, in Louisville Saturday night, November 12, were held at the Barnes funeral home here Monday afternoon, November 14, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey, pastor of the Owingsville Christian church.  Interment was in the Allen Graveyard at Wyoming.
   Mr. Barber was a native of Wyoming, where he had lived the greater part of his life, and was well known throughout this part of the county.  He moved to Louisville some years ago to make his home with relatives.  Mr. Barber was taken ill with pneumonia about ten days ago.

Lena Barber
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, June 15, 1939
Dies At Mt. Sterling
   Miss Lena Barber, 24 years old, of Peeled Oak, Bath county, died at Mary Chiles hospital, Mt. Sterling, Sunday, June 4, after a brief illness.
   She was a daughter of Thomas Barber, deceased, and since the death of her father about twelve years ago she had made her home with her uncle, George Hart, she being a niece of both Mr. and Mrs. Hart.
   Besides her widowed mother, Mrs. Mary Hart Barber, she is survived by three sisters and two brothers.

Lewis J. Barber
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, July 28, 1938
Lewis J. Barber Dies At Salt Lick
Was Last Union Veteran In County
   The death of Lewis J. Barber at his home in Salt Lick Friday, July 22, marked the passing of the last veteran of the Civil war on either side in Bath County.  Mr. Barber, who would have celebrated his 90th birthday on October 1, had been an invalid for several years and had been very feeble for some time prior to his death.
   A son of the late Captain George Barber and Mrs. Sarah Johnson Barber, he was born near Fairview, Fleming county, October 1, 1848.  His father, a captain in the Union Army, formed a company in Bath and Fleming counties in 1864, in which Mr. Barber, then 15 years old, enlisted.  He served under his father until the close of the conflict, when he received his discharge.
   The greater part of his life was spent in this county, where he became a leading figure in Republican political circles and several terms as magistrate of the Forge Hill district, representing that part of the county on the Bath fiscal court.
   Surviving him are three sons, Commander Ernest Barber, San Diego, Calif.; Earl and Espy Barber of this county, and one daughter, Mrs. Jack Rice, of Forge Hill.  He is also survived by 31 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren, 7 great-great-grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Marion Moore, of Forge Hill.
   Funeral services were held at the residence at Salt Lick Sunday afternoon, July 24, conducted by the Rev. R. T. Moore.  Interment was in the family lot at Fairview cemetery, Fleming county.

Lyda Alline Ledford Barnes
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, November 24, 1938
Mrs. George Barnes Dies At Eustis, Fla.
   Relatives here were notified Wednesday of the death of Mrs. George Barnes at her home at Eustis, Fla., following a paralytic stroke suffered Tuesday night.
   Mrs. Barnes, before her marriage, was Miss Lyda Alline Ledford, of Mt. Sterling.
    Funeral arrangements had not been announced, but it was thought that the interment would take place in Mt. Sterling.

Sylvanis Clarke Bascom
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, August 18, 1938
S. C. Bascom Dies Near Winchester
Interment In Owingsville Cemetery Monday Morning
   Sylvanis Clarke Bascom, 67, died at 11:45 o'clock Saturday night, August 13, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry C. Besuden in Clark county, five miles from Winchester on the Mt. Sterling road.
   Mr. Bascom's death was the aftermath of a paralytic stroke suffered August 7. Since last Wednesday his condition had been critical.
   A native of this county, Mr. Bascom was a son of the late A. W. and Nancy Dawson Bascom.  His father, a wealthy influential citizen of this county, was one of its outstanding figures, a leader in social and civic affairs and a large breeder Of fancy cattle.  Mr. Bascom was born and reared at the Bascom homestead, now the property of R. S. Cross, on Mt. Sterling road.
   Following his marriage to Miss Lula Grimes of Millersburg, he moved to Bourbon county, where he engaged in farming and merchandising.  Some years after the death of his wife, he moved to Clark county to make his home with his daughter.
   Mr. Bascom was a perfect type of Kentucky gentleman and is pleasantly remembered here by such of his old friends and acquaintances who survive him.
   Besides his daughter, Mrs. Besuden, he is survived by one half sister, Mrs. R. G. Owings of Montgomery county and a grandson, Henry C. Besuden, Jr.
   Funeral services were held at the grave in the Bascom family lot in the Owingsville Cemetery Monday morning, August 15 at 11 o'clock.
   Active pall bearers were Sam Owsley, Glen E. Perry, Will Saunders, Bascom Judy, Dawson Brother and Carroll Orear; honorary, Lander Skinner, Bud Waddel, Leslie Shrout, Connor Ewing, Ewing Conner, C. G. McAlister, George Bascom, Mack Grimes and Dick Grimes.

John Bashford
Owingsville Outlook, July 7, 1910
   Died, John Bashford, Saturday at 11:30 o'clock, at his home on Mud Lick near here. Burial at Lower Salt Lick Sunday at 11:00 o'clock. He was aged 63 years. he leaves a wife and four sons: Owen, Ashby, Oscar and Grafton. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved ones.

Caroline Kring Bates
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, June 2, 1938
Old Citizen Dies At Salt Lick
Mrs. Caroline Bates Passes at 95
   Mrs. Caroline Kring Bates passed away at her home at Salt Lick on Sunday, May 29, at the ripe old age of 95 years.  She had been in comparatively good health until a month ago when she suffered a paralytic stroke.
   She was a daughter of William and Sarah Ann Mynhier Kring, born February 22, 1843.  She was united in marriage to the late Joseph K. Bates October 6, 1867 and to this union were born seven children, three of whom survive her, Mrs. C. E. Whitcomb, Bethel, Ohio, and Mrs. Etta Bates Jackson and Mrs. R. C. Jordon, both of Salt Lick.
   Funeral services were held at her home Tuesday afternoon, May 31, conducted by the Rev. Howard Daulton.  Interment was in the family lot in Dickerson Cemetery.
   She leaves besides her children, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren and a host of friends to mourn her loss.

John William Becraft
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, December 22, 1938
John Becraft Dies At Mud Lick
   John William Becraft, 58 years old, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Sherman Crouch, at Mud Lick Springs Saturday, December 17, after a brief illness.
   Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, December 18, at 2:30 o'clock at the Baptist Tabernacle, Lower Salt Lick, conducted by the Rev. Herbert Spencer.  Interment followed in the Lower Salt Lick cemetery.

Judge William Beckner
Owingsville Outlook, March 17, 1910
Judge William Beckner Dead
  Judge William M. Beckner died at Winchester Monday. He was one of the most prominent men in the State and was a native of Bath county. He was aged 69 years.

George Bennett
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, January 13, 1938
Pneumonia Fatal To George Bennett
   George Bennett, 66 years old, died at his home at 6 AM Monday, January 10, following a two weeks illness of pneumonia.  Mr. Bennett's death was attributable to heart failure and came as a shock to his family and a host of friends.  His condition had improved following the attack of pneumonia and he was thought to be on the road to recovery which the complication developed.
    A native of this county, he was a son of John and Nancy Foudre Bennett.  He was a prosperous farmer and one of the county's most successful tobacco growers.
  Besides his widow, Mrs. Willie Smith Bennett, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Clarence Vanlandingham, and four sons, Johnson, Clyde, Sherman and Beckham Bennett.
    Funeral services were held at the residence Tuesday afternoon, January 11, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey, pastor of the Owingsville Christian church.  Interment was in the family lot in the Owingsville cemetery.

Samuel J. Booth
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, May 19, 1938
Booth Rites Held At Nicholas Home
   Funeral services for Samuel J. Booth, 75, prominent Nicholas county farmer, who died Sunday, were held Tuesday at the residence, the Rev. A. R. Robertson of Berea officiating.  Interment was in the Crown Hill Cemetery at Sharpsburg.  Pall bearers were Ernest Crouch, Albert Henry, J. Raymond Booth, Elmer Hinkle, Bertram Banta and Will Arnold.
   Mr. Booth was a native of Nicholas county and was married in 1885 to Miss Eliza Mildred Ralls, who died in 1918.  He was a member of the Moorefield Christian church.
   Survivors include one son, Ernest Booth, of Moorefield; six daughters, Miss Stella Booth, of Moorefield, Miss Gladys Booth of Carlisle, Mrs. Charles Whaley of Moorefield, Mrs. Roy Smart of Paris, Miss Elsie Booth and Mrs. John F. Berry of Lexington; one brother, J. D. Booth of Bourbon county, and five sisters, Mrs. Thomas D. Crouch and Mrs. J. W. Henry of Sharpsburg, Mrs. Jack Hinkle, Mrs. Frank Arnold and Mrs. John Banta, all of Wilmore.

Kathryn Ratliff Botts
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, July 21, 1938
Death Claims Mrs. Seth Botts
Interment at Sharpsburg Tuesday
   Mrs. Kathryn Ratliff Botts, wife of Seth Botts, former sheriff of Bath county, passed away at her home here Saturday evening, July 16, shortly after eight o'clock.
   Mrs. Botts had been in declining health for several years and had failed rapidly in the past two weeks.
   Funeral services were held at the residence on West Main street Tuesday morning, July 19, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey, pastor of the Owingsville Christian church, and the Rev. Henry S. Ficklin.  Interment was in the family lot in Crown Hill Cemetery at Sharpsburg.
   A daughter of Caleb and Ellen Baird Ratliff, Mrs. Botts was born at the Ratliff homestead a short distance north of Sharpsburg in Nicholas county February 21, 1863, one of the most prominent and widely known families in this section of the state.  Mrs. Botts received her early education in the Carlisle schools and attended the old Mt. Sterling Female College.  She was married to Mr. Botts September 18, 1881, at the age of 18 and was considered one of the most charming and accomplished young women of her generation.
   Besides her husband, she is survived by four daughter, Mrs. Ellen B. Wycoff, Louisville; Mrs. Dudley Ratliff and Mrs. Constance Honaker, Washington D. C., and Mrs. E. V. Brother, Owingsville; four sons, A. Ecton Botts, Richmond, Va.; Omer R. Botts, Winchester; Mason H. Botts, Sharpsburg, and O. Fassett Botts, Owingsville.  She is also survived by one brother, Claude C. Ratliff, Carlisle; thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Alice Hurst Boyd
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, May 25, 1939
Mrs. Boyd Dies In Argonia, Kan.
Was A Native of Bath County
   Mrs. Alice Hurst Boyd, 79 years old, wife of John A. Boyd, passed away at her home at Argonia, Kansas, Friday Morning, May 19, so relatives here were advised early this week.  Mrs. Boyd had been in declining health for the past three years, but only since April 22 of this year condition been serious.
   A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hurst, she was born in this county on East Fork in 1860.  About fifty years ago she and her family moved to the West where they have since made their home.  Her husband is a brother of George W. Boyd of Owingsville.  Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Wallace Cook, Wichita, Kan. 
   Funeral services were held at the residence Sunday afternoon.  Interment was in the Argonia, Kan., cemetery.

Elizabeth Boyd
Owingsville Outlook, March 17, 1910
Mrs. Boyd Dead
   Mrs. Elizabeth Boyd, aged 69 years, died of pneumonia at Sherburne Sunday morning and was buried here Monday afternoon. Further notice next week.

Jacob Boyd
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 24, 1938
Prominent Farmer Passes At Bethel
Funeral Held At Residence Tuesday
   Jacob Boyd, 80 years old, prominent citizen of Bethel, and widely known Bath county farmer, died at his home Sunday of a complication of diseases.  He had been in ill health for a number of years and for the past few weeks had been steadily declining. 
   Born in Bath county August 22, 1858, he was a son of the late Richard and Narcissus Myers Boyd.  In February, 1882 at the age of 23, he was married to Miss Eliza Hendrix and to this union three children were born, two of whom survive him.  He was a life long member of the Methodist Church and took an active interest in all religious, social and political affairs.
   He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Harry McCue, Sharpsburg; one son, Frank Boyd; four grandchildren, Carl Boyd, Ann McCue and Warren and Billy Rogers; one great-grandchild, Jimmie frank Boyd; one sister, Mrs. Billy McCarty, Fleming county; one brother, George Boyd, Reynoldsville; a half brother, Tom Boyd, Winchester, and a half sister, Mrs. Manley Vice, of this county.

Ashley Clark Bristow
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, May 26, 1938
Death Claims Mrs. Bristow
   Mrs. Ashley Clark Bristow, wife of Arthur Bristow, prominent Flat Creek farmer, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Richard Rushford, at Mt. Sterling Wednesday afternoon, May 25, at 1:45 o'clock.  Mrs. Bristow had been in ill health for several months.
   Mrs. Bristow, the only daughter of the late W. W. and Helen Shrout Clark, was born in Bath county January, 8, 1893.  She attended the schools of the county and the Owingsville High School.  Her father, a farmer of the Tunnell Hill section and a widely known nurseryman of this section of the state, died a year ago.
   She was a member of the Methodist church and took a leading part in all religious and social activities.
   Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Richard Rushford, Mt. Sterling, and a son, C. L. Bristow, of this county.
   Funeral services will be held at the residence on Flat Creek Friday afternoon, May 27, at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. J. E. Savage, pastor of the Mt. Sterling Methodist church, Interment will be in Machpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling.
   Pall bearers are William Mansfield, Oscar Shields, W. W. Shields, Charlie Honaker, Fred Rushford, Ralph Shrout, Kent Goodpaster, John A. Thomas; honorary, O. E. Hurst, Harry McCue, Dr. F. P. Gudgell, D. W. Doggett, Thomas Duff, R. B. Crooks, Leslie Shrout, Carroll Johnson, Sr., Earl Farris, W. S. Karrick.

John W. "Jack" Burbridge
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, July 28, 1938
Popular Mt. Sterling Man Succumbs
Was Native of Bath
   John W. "Jack" Burbridge, popular and widely known Mt. Sterling business man, died at his home in that city early Sunday morning of a heart ailment from which he had suffered for more than a year.  Mr. Burbridge had suffered a severe attack last year but had recovered sufficiently to be at his place of business up until a few days before his fatal illness.
   A native of this county, Mr. Burbridge was a son of the late Roland and Elizabeth Jones Burbridge.  However, he had made his home in Mt. Sterling the greater part of his life.  For many years he had been connected with the Walsh Company, a Mt. Sterling clothing firm.
   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lorema Wood Burbridge; two sisters, Mrs. N. B. McCoun, Mrs. Sam Carrington and Mrs. Lee Orear, all of Mt. Sterling.  Mr. Burbridge was a first cousin of Mrs. S. F. Owsley, Mrs. John Shrout and Mrs. John B. McKinnivan of Owingsville.
   Funeral services were held at the grave in Machpelah cemetery at Mt. Sterling Tuesday afternoon, July 26, at 4:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Olus Hamilton.
   Mr. Burbridge was well known in this county and had many Friends here who deeply regret his untimely passing.

Miller Burnaugh
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, May 5, 1938
Dies In Chicago
    Friends here were notified early this week of the death of Miller Burnaugh, 46, at a veterans' hospital at Chicago.  Mr. Burnaugh's death, which occurred early Monday morning, came unexpectedly.  He had been a patient at the hospital for several years, suffering from and affliction probably attributable to his World war service.
   A native of Bourbon county, Mr. Burnaugh was a son of the late James Burnaugh.  His wife the former Juelda Conner of Owingsville, survives him.  Funeral arrangements were not known here today, but it was thought interment took place in Chicago.

Bertha Gudgell Butcher
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, June 22, 1939
Long Illness Fatal To Mrs. Lee Butcher
Funeral Services Held Wednesday Afternoon
   Mrs. Bertha Gudgell Butcher, 50 years old, passed away at her home on the Reynoldsville road early Monday morning, June 19, after a several years' illness.  Her condition had been considered critical for several weeks and her passing, while a severe shock to her family and friends, was not unexpected.
   A native of this county, she was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Gudgell, born October 5, 1888.  A member of a prominent and well known Bath county family, Mrs. Butcher was widely connected throughout this county and enjoyed the esteem of a host of friends in all walks of life.
   Besides her husband, George Lee Butcher, she is survived by four sons, Earl Butcher, New Castle, Ind.; Ewell Butcher, Vanceburg; Bryan and Gene Butcher, of Bath county; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Gudgell; two brothers, O. S. Gudgell, Paris, and Wallace Gudgell, of near Wyoming.
   Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, June 21, in the chapel of Shrout, Piper and Shrout's funeral home, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey, pastor of the Owingsville Christian church.  Interment was in the family lot in the Owingsville Cemetery.
   Pall bearers were: active, Noel Gudgell, Billie Gudgell, Austin Gudgell, Norman Butcher, Norval Maddox, Herman Snedegar, Obert Garner and Raymond Butcher; honorary, Claude Maddox, Claudie Butcher, Tom Willie Butcher, George Snedegar, Ollie Riddle, William Roberts, Ed Daugherty, Sam Conyers, Dr. J. W. Lester, Dr. F. P. Gudgell, Gano Butcher and George W. Boyd.

David Earl Butcher
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, July 7, 1938
Infant Dies
   David Earl, the week-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Butcher, died Sunday morning, July 3, at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Webster.  This was Mr. and Mrs. Butcher's only child.  He was buried Monday morning, July 4, in Kendall Springs cemetery. 


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Stanley Robert Capps

Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, May 25, 1939
Child Drowns In Pool In Nicholas County
   Stanley Robert Capps, aged 10, of Mt. Zion, Nicholas county, fell into water nine feet deep Monday afternoon, May 15, in a rock quarry pool near his home, where he had gone fishing, accompanied by his mother and three small sisters.  Young Capps was under the water for several minutes.  Neighbors made futile attempts to rescue him, but when his father arrived at the scene from weeding a tobacco bed he dived down and brought him to the surface.
   The doctor, nurse, the CCC squad, friends and neighbors worked for hours to revive him, but to no avail.
   The body was taken to Mathers and Potts Funeral Home in Carlisle and prepared for burial.  He was then removed to the home of his Aunt, Mrs. Earl Maxey, of Reynoldsville.  Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Howard Stevenson, pastor of the Mt. Sterling Christian church, at the Christian church at Bethel.  Interment in Longview Cemetery, Bethel.
   Five of his cousins were pall bearers and five of his little playmates were honorary pall bearers.  HiS little school-mates sang two hymns.
   He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Capps; three sisters, Peggy, Mary Catherine and Helen; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Clavell, of Mt. Zion, and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Capps, of Bethel.

Annie Wilson Carpenter
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, September 8, 1938
Mrs. Carpenter Dies At Lexington
   Mrs. Annie Wilson Carpenter, 34 years old, died Friday, September 2, at the Good Samaritan hospital, Lexington, where she had been taken for an emergency operation.  She was the wife of Jesse Carpenter of near Stepstone, and the mother of fourteen children, twelve of whom survive her.
   Funeral services were held at the Sugar Grove church Sunday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Henry S. Ficklin.  Interment was in the Carpenter family graveyard.

James Carter
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, April 21, 1938
James Carter Dies At Flat Creek Home
   James Carter, 74 years old, died at his home on the Chenault farm on Flat Creek Wednesday, April 20, after a long illness.
   Mr. Carter, a carpenter by trade, was well known in this county.  He was a son of the late Henry and Malinda Griffith Carter.
   He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. James White, Miss Lottie Carter, Lexington, and Mrs. Henry Ginter, Montgomery county; two sons, Chas. Carter of Missouri and Ewell Carter of this county, two brothers, George and Newt Carter.
   Funeral services will be held in the chapel at Shrout, Piper and Shrout's funeral home Friday afternoon, April 22, at 2 o'clock.  Services will be conducted by the Rev. R. I. Bailey.  Burial will take place in the Coyle graveyard.

Robert Lee Case
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, June 16, 1938
Robert L. Case Dies At Olympia
   Robert Lee Case, 73, prominent citizen of Olympia and well known throughout the county, passed away at the home of his sister, Mrs. Clyde Young, at Olympia Monday afternoon, June 13, after a long illness.
   Funeral services were held from the Young residence Tuesday afternoon, June 14, at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. W. H. Cardwell, pastor of the Owingsville Methodist Church.  Interment was in the Jackson cemetery.  Pall bearers were: active, J. L. Jackson, C. O. Swartz, Foy Swartz, Andy Copher, Oscar Palmer and Arnold Swartz; honorary, Alf Sorrell, Jesse Pergrem, W. W. Penix, Kelly Richards, Glen E. Perry, A. H. Dawson, Catlett Clark and L. O. Kimbrough.
   A native of this county, Mr. case was the son of the late Henry D. and Armilda Shrout Case, born September 16, 1865.  An ardent Democrat, he invariably took a deep interest in local, state and national politics and was usually well informed concerning political situations in this county.  He was widely known and had a host of friends, who regret his passing.
   Besides Mrs. Young he is survived by one other sister, Mrs. Clay Jarvis, and a brother, Porter Case, Frankfort.

Mrs. Rawlings Cassidy
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 2, 1939
Brief Illness Fatal To Mrs. Ewell Cassidy
   Mrs. Ewell Cassidy, 23 years old, of near Bethel, died this morning (Thursday) at the Good Samaritan hospital, Lexington, where she had been a patient for the past ten days.
   Besides her husband, she is survived by two small children, Lewis Donnan and Lloyd Gaylord Cassidy, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Rawlings, and one brother, Gaylord Rawlings.
   Funeral services will be held at the residence of her parents Saturday afternoon, March 4, at 2 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Myron H. Kauffman and the Rev. W. H. Wilson.  Interment will be in the family lot in Longview Cemetery, Bethel.

Bessie Cassity
Owingsville Outlook, August 25, 1910
Poisonous Lemonade
   At the public school at Farmers Wednesday afternoon, August 17, the pupils were treated to lemonade, which was made in a galvanized iron tub. Some was left in the tub, and next morning more lemons, sugar and water were added to that in the tub and stirred up. The children drank freely of it and soon began to get sick.
   Bessie Cassity, aged 9 years, daughter of Jeff (Bud) Cassity and wife (a daughter of the late William Wyatt), took very sick and died Friday morning. Bud Cassity is a son of Walker Cassity and a brother of Mrs. Samuel J. Ratliff, of Owings House.
   The child was buried at Howard's Mill Saturday.

Emily Brother Catlett
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, February 2, 1939
Pneumonia Fatal To Mrs. Emily Catlett
Funeral Services Here Saturday Morning
   Mrs. Emily Brother Catlett, 57 years old, passed away this morning, Thursday, February 2, at the Mary Chiles hospital, Mt. Sterling, after a ten days' illness of pneumonia.
   Taken ill with a severe cold two weeks ago, Mrs. Catlett developed bronchial pneumonia last Thursday, January 26, and was removed to the hospital the following day, where her condition remained practically unchanged until Tuesday of this week.  Since that time she had lost ground gradually until the end came shortly after eight o'clock this morning.
   A daughter of Mrs. Allie P. Brother and the late J. R. Brother, she was born in Owingsville march 13, 1881.  She is survived by one daughter, Miss Lucille Catlett, instructor at the Morehead State Teachers College; her mother, Mrs. Allie P. Brother, one sister, Miss Elizabeth Brother, and one brother, Ene V. Brother, all of Owingsville.
   Mrs. Catlett's charming personality endeared her to a wide circle of friends, to whom her untimely passing brings a sense of loss and sorrow.
   Funeral services will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ene V. Brother Saturday morning, February 4, at 10:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey, pastor of the Owingsville Christian church.  Interment will follow in the family lot in Owingsville Cemetery.

Robert E. Catlett
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, February 10, 1938
Catlett Funeral Held Saturday
   The funeral of Robert E. Catlett, 60 years old, was held from the home of his sister, Mrs. Pierce Winn, at Mt. Sterling Saturday morning, February 5, at 10 o'clock.  Services were conducted by the Rev. Wilcox, the pastor of the Mt. Sterling Presbyterian Church.  interment was in the family lot in the Owingsville cemetery at 11 o'clock.
   Mr. Catlett died in his apartments here shortly after noon last Thursday, February 3, following a brief illness of lobar pneumonia.  He had been ill for more than a week, but the seriousness of his illness was not known until the day of his death.
   A member of  one of Bath county's wealthiest and most aristocratic families, he was the son of the Late Dr. John T. Catlett and Mrs. Elva Ewing Catlett, born in Owingsville, December 12, 1877.  He grew up here and received his elementary education in the local schools, later entering Kentucky Military Institution, where he was a student for several years.
   A farmer and sportsman, he was widely known throughout Kentucky and perhaps the best known man in Bath and surrounding counties.  His charming personality and exuberant generosity made friends for him in every walk of life, to whom his untimely death is a source of genuine sorrow.
   Besides his sister, Mrs. Winn, he is survived by one daughter, Miss Lucille Catlett, instructor at the Morehead State Teachers College.

John F. Clark
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, September 8, 1938
Rites At Sharpsburg For John F. Clark
   The body of John F. Clark, former resident of Sharpsburg, who died Sunday morning at Amarillo, Texas, arrived at Sharpsburg Wednesday afternoon.  Funeral services were held at the grave in Crown Hill cemetery the same afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
   He is survived by a son, Elwood Clark, of Amarillo, and a brother, Cleveland Clark, of Sharpsburg.

Charles Warren Clayton
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, May 12, 1938
Charles Clayton Buried Here
   Charles Warren Clayton died at his home at 1617 Lexington Avenue, Ashland, Ky., on Friday afternoon, May 6, 1938, at 4:30 p. m. after an illness of several months. 
   The funeral was held at his home on Saturday night, May 7, at 7:45, under the direction of Rev. J. S. Faulgoner, pastor of the First Christian Church of Ashland.  Burial Owingsville cemetery on Sunday afternoon, May 8, burial service conducted by the Rev. G. C. Frey of Owingsville.  Pall bearers were nephews of the deceased: William Lane, Sharpsburg; Ratliff Lane, Mt. Sterling; Clark Lane, Morehead; Ernest Clayton, St. Albans W. Va.; Morgan Clayton, Morehead; Leslie Flood, Ashland, and Henry Flood, Morehead.  Funeral arrangements were in charge of E. L. Barnes, Owingsville.
   Mr. Clayton was born in Bath County on July 26, 1852, the son of William and Virginia Smith Clayton.  He spent practically his entire life in Kentucky, though he lived for a few years in early manhood in Missouri, and from 1909 to 1915 he was located in south Texas.  He was engaged all his active life in the mercantile business and farming.
   He had been a member of the Christian church for many years.
   He leaves a widow, Tillie McGlosson Clayton; a daughter, Nell Clayton, at home, and a son, Paul Nelson Clayton, located in Wheeling, W. Va.

Laura Kring Clayton
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, February 2, 1939
Dies In Florida
   Mrs. Laura Kring Clayton, passed away Jan. 27th at the home of her sister, Mrs. Dora Gardner, in Jacksonville, Fla., after an illness caused by a fall sustained Dec. 26.  Deceased was born in Owingsville, the oldest child of Henry and Matilda Stone Kring.  She was a member of the Christian church and of the Morehead chapter Order of Eastern Star, a lovely Christian woman, gentle and kind to all, who will be missed by her large circle of friends.  She leaves three sons, Ernest, of West Virginia, Russell, of Indiana and Morgan, of Morehead, with whom she made her home, with the exception of winters spent in Florida.  She is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Gardner and Mrs. Maudie Mynhier, of Arkansas, and other relatives.  The funeral was conducted in Morehead Christian church Monday afternoon with burial in the family lot in Lee Cemetery.

Billie Coaksey
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, August 11, 1939
Local Colored Man Passes
   Billie Coaksey, 49, respected Owingsville colored man, died at his home here last Saturday afternoon of dropsy.  He had been ill for several weeks.
   Billie was reared by the Hughes family, with whom he lived until he was 25 or 30 years old.  For many years he worked in Cincinnati, but returned to Owingsville a few years ago to make his home.
    He is survived by his widow, Alice Coaksey.  Funeral services were held at the colored Baptist church Tuesday afternoon, followed by interment in the colored cemetery.

Mildred Vice Colliver
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, July 28, 1938
Mrs. Colliver Dies at Bethel
   Mrs. Mildred Vice Colliver, 23 years old, wife of J. Dryden Colliver, principal of the
Bethel Consolidated School, died at her home at Bethel Wednesday, July 20, after a long illness.
   A native of Nicholas County, Mrs. Colliver was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Vice.  She is survived by her husband and her parents.
   Funeral services were held at the home of Mr. Colliver's aunt, Miss Sudie Dicken, at Bethel, Friday, July 22, conducted by the Rev. J. Myron Kauffman, assisted by the Rev. Edwin Bobbitt. 
   Interment was in the family lot in Longview Cemetery, at Bethel.

Captain William Penrose Conner
The Owingsville Outlook Thursday, August 25, 1910
  Hall of the Bath Lodge, No. 55, and A. M., Owingsville, Kentucky, August 12, 1910.  Whereas the inexorable laws of nature have by death taken from us our brother, friend and neighbor Captain William Penrose, who died August 10, 1910, therefore be it resolved that, in his death while at a ripe old age, we deeply deplore his death, and that this lodge loses an honored and faithful member, the county a brave and gallant patriot and the community a kind and benevolent citizen.
   Resolved that we extend to his family, especially his son, who has so faithfully nursed him for the past several years, and who will so much miss his kindly presence, our sincere sympathy in their loss.
   Resolved that the brethren wear a badge of mourning and the lodge room be suitably draped for a period of thirty days.
   Be it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family of the deceased, a copy be spread upon the records of the lodge, and a third one be sent  to the Masonic Home Journal and one to The Owingsville Outlook for publication.  C. F. Martin, J. K. Wells, Albert Palmer, Committee.

Isaac Fielden (Jack) Conyers
Bath County News-Outlook, Thursday, March 7, 1940
Death Claims Old Citizen
J. F. Conyers Dies At Old Mason's Home
    Isaac Fielden Conyers, More familiarly known as "Jack" died at the Old Mason's Home at Shelbyville, Saturday afternoon, March 2, after a brief illness.  Mr. Conyers suffered a slight stroke of paralysis following a cold contracted about a month ago and death followed quickly.  He was past 81 years of age.
   A native of this county and one of its most widely respected citizens, he was born near Wyoming October 24, 1858, the son of Tom and Ellen Horseman Conyers.  Mr. Conyers had made his home in Owingsville for many years.  He was a member of the Christian Church and Bath Lodge No. 55  F. & A. M., in which he had held many responsible offices, including that of Master. 
   He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. A. T. Markland, Canton, O; Mrs. Robert Anderson and Miss Maggie Conyers, Owingsville; two sons, Lee Conyers, Canton, O., and Tom Conyers, Wyoming; one brother, William Conyers, Owingsville and two half-sisters, Mrs. Mamie Horseman, Millersburg, and Mrs. Lou Ann Horseman, of this county.
   Funeral services were held at Shrout, Piper & Shrout's funeral home here Monday afternoon, March 4, conducted by the Rev. Henry S. Ficklin. Interment was in the Bailey graveyard at Slate Valley.

Sam Conyers
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, June 2, 1938
    Sam Conyers, 70 years old, died at his home near Slate Valley at 2:30 o'clock Friday morning, May 27, after a several days' illness.  Mr. Conyers had been in declining health for the past year or longer and had been under treatment at the Mary Chiles hospital at Mt. Sterling for a short time early this spring.
   He was a son of the late Thomas and Ellen Conyers and was born in Bath County July 20, 1868.  He was well known in this section of the county where he had lived all his life.  Forty eight years ago he was married to Miss Fannie Jones, a daughter of the late Martin Jones, survives him.
   Besides his wife, he is survived by one daughter, Miss Nancy Conyers, Mt. Sterling, and three sons, Chester Conyers, Lewisburg, W. Va.; Frank Conyers, Cincinnati, O., and Tom S. Conyers, at home; two brothers, J. F. Conyers, Madisonville, O., and William Conyers of this county, and two half-sisters, Mrs. Ed Horseman of Millersburg, and Mrs. Jimmie Horseman of this county.
   Funeral services were held at the residence at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, May 29, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey.  Burial was in the Bailey graveyard.

Maude Rigdon Cooper
The Owingsville Outlook Thursday, October 6, 1910
Died of Heart Trouble
   Mrs. Maude Rigdon Cooper, wife of Aaron Cooper, and daughter of Lucien Rigdon, Of Grange City, died of typhoid fever complicated with heart trouble Monday.  She leaves her husband and a child about six months old.  She was an excellent young woman.

Arthur Copher
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, September 7, 1939
Funeral Services Held For Arthur Copher
   Funeral services for Arthur Copher who died at a Lexington hospital, Thursday morning, August 31, after a month's illness, were held at the grave in the Jackson cemetery Saturday morning, September 2, at 11 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. T. J. Crouch.
   Besides his wife, Mr. Copher is survived by one daughter, Grace Copher; four sons, Clark, Palmer, Edgar and Omer Copher; one sister, Mrs. Etna Clark, and five brothers, Henry Copher of Montgomery county, Jess Copher, of Bourbon county, Any, Clark and Will Copher of Bath.
   Mr. Copher was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Copher and was a popular and well known farmer of this section of the county. 

Fanny Copher Lawson Corey
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, January 19, 1939
Mrs. Corey Dies At Winchester
   Died, at her home in Winchester, January 12, 1939, after a two days' illness of pneumonia, Mrs. Fanny Copher Corey.  She was the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. French Copher, both deceased, and was born in May, 1869.  She was 69 years and 8 months old when she died.  She was married to W. M. Lawson of Bath county, and to this union were born five children: three sons, Edgar, Floyd and John, and two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth.  Mr. Lawson died several years ago in Breathitt county, and she later married W. M. Corey and moved to Clark county.  She had long been a member of the Christian Church, as her first husband was a Christian preacher.  The funeral services were held at the home, after which the remains were brought here to Jackson Cemetery and laid to rest. 
    Surviving her, besides her husband and five children, and three brothers, Bud Copher and Omer Copher of Thomas Hill and Tom Copher of this place, and two step-daughters by her first marriage, Mrs. Pete Pergrem and Mrs. Nora both of Middletown, O.

Katherine Martin Costigan
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, October 27, 1938
Mrs. Kate Costigan Dies At Olympia
   Mrs. Katherine Martin Costigan, 72 years old, life-long resident of Olympia, died in the General Hospital, Ironton, Ohio, Saturday morning, October 22.  Mrs. Costigan had been in failing health for the past Two years and was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Virgil Jones, at Ironton at the time of her illness.
   One of the most highly respected and best loved residents of Olympia, her passing is regretted by many friends and acquaintances throughout this section of the county.  She was a native of Maysville, Ky., born June 17, 1866.
   Besides Mrs. Jones, she is survived by a son, Herbert Costigan, of Maysville; Two brothers, John and Will Martin, and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Hurt, of Lexington.  She is also survived by seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
   Funeral services were held at Mt. Sterling, Monday morning, October 24.  The service was said by the Rev. Father Donnelly, followed by interment in St. Joseph's Cemetery.

Richard Coyle
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, May 19, 1938
Richard Coyle Is Taken By Death
Short Illness Fatal To Bath County Native
   Richard Coyle, 55, of Winchester, who was suddenly taken ill last Friday morning, died Friday night at 9:30 o'clock at the Clark county hospital.
   Mr. Coyle was a native of Bath county and was a member of the Christian church.  He was a carpenter and a mechanic.
   The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Etna Coyle; two sisters, Mrs. Fanny Kash, of Keystone, W. Va., and Mrs. Arthur Horseman, of Winchester, and a brother, Claude Coyle, of Columbus, Ohio.
   Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at two o'clock at the grave in the Winchester cemetery by the Rev. R. F. Miller, pastor of the Hickman Street Churches of God, Winchester.

Emily Young Dawson Crain
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, September 22, 1938
Mrs. George Crain Dies In California
   Mrs. George Crain of Glendorra, Calif., who was the former Miss Emily Young Dawson, of Lexington, died at 12:40 o'clock Friday morning at Covina hospital at Covina, Calif., according to word received Saturday, She had given birth to a daughter at the hospital Sept. 7.
   Mrs. Crain was a daughter of Mrs. Maxey Dawson and the late Elbert E. Dawson, former pastor of the Macedonia Christian church on the Winchester-Lexington road. 
   She was graduated from Transylvania College in 1935.  Mrs. Crain was poet of the senior class of that year.  While at Transylvania she was a member of the Y. W. C. A. and the Chi Delta Phi, honorary literary society.  One of her poems, "Second Wife," was published in the Pictorial Review magazine last year.
   Mrs. Crain is survived by her husband, George Crain, also a graduate of Transylvania College; her two week old daughter, Sarah Lois Crain; her mother, Mrs. Myrtle Dawson, who had been at her daughter's bedside for the past few weeks; a sister, Mrs. C. Frank Daily of Chillicothe, Ohio, and five brothers, Arnold, John, Ashby and Cecil Dawson of Lexington and Lewis Dawson of Aruba, Netherlands, West Indies.
   Funeral and burial were at Glendorra at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon.

Captain Simeon Crain
Owingsville Outlook, July 7, 1910
Captain Sim Crain's Death
   Captain Simeon Crain, who had been a constant sufferer for six years, died July 1 at his home in Salt Lick. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. G. J. Reagan July 2 at 2 o'clock p.m., the burial taking place in the Dickerson graveyard. The pall bearers were D. V. Lagrew, Sherman Gullett, Jas. G. Kimbrell, Dr. A. M. Laird, John Kautz, George J. Kautz.
   Deceased was a son of Lewis and Elizabeth Crain and was born in Fleming county October 9, 1834, being the youngest of thirteen children.
   He was married to Margaret Stone, daughter of Milton Stone of Bald Eagle, Bath county, February 21, 1867. Their eldest daughter Florence, died twenty years ago. The other four children survive.
   He became a member of the M. E. Church at the age of 15 years. He entered the Federal army in the Cival War and rose to be captain of a company in the Seventh Kentucky Cavalry (Metcalfe's), serving throughout the war.
   We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved ones.

Elizabeth Ingram Craycraft
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, April 21, 1938
Mrs. Craycraft Buried At Kendall Springs
   Mrs. Elizabeth Ingram Craycraft, wife of Walter Craycraft of Montgomery county, who died at Mt. Sterling last Wednesday, April 13, was buried in the Kendall Springs cemetery Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
   Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Oscar Hatton.  Besides her husband, she is survived by seven children one a week old infant; two brothers, Roscoe and Foy Ingram, and a host of friends.

May Bratton Crockett
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, May 4, 1939
Mrs. George Crockett Passes
   Mrs. May Bratton Crockett, wife of George Crockett, died Sunday evening, April 30, at her home on Wells Avenue after a several years' illness.  She had been critically ill for several weeks prior to her death.
   A daughter of Samuel and Sallie Reeves Bratton, Mrs. Crockett was reared near Bald Eagle, this county.  She had made her home in Owingsville for the past eight or nine years.  Besides her husband, she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Bob Otis, Lexington; Mrs. Herman Moore, Mrs. Holman Stull, both of Mt. Sterling, and Mrs. E. P. Clark, Lexington, and two young sons George and Billie Crockett, at home.
   Funeral services were held at the Shrout, Piper & Shrout funeral chapel here Tuesday afternoon, May 2, at 2 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey.  Interment was in the family lot in the Owingsville cemetery.

Fred Crooks
Owingsville Outlook, January 17, 1910
  Died- Fred Crooks, aged 13, died at the home of his father, J. F. Crooks, near Salt Lick, last Sunday after a few days' illness of dropsy of the heart.
Owingsville Outlook, January 27, 1910
  Fred, 13 year old son of Tim Crooks of near here, was buried in the Dickerson Cemetery, MOnday last week. His school mates acted as pall bearers. We greatly sympathize with the bereaved family.

Beulah Donathan Crouch
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, November 17, 1938
Mrs. Crouch Dies At Salt Well
   Mrs. Beulah Crouch, 21 years old, wife of James William Crouch, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Donathan, on Salt Well Wednesday, November 16. 
   Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Sugar Grove church, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey.  Interment was in the Old Virginia graveyard.

Mary Gilbert Crouch
Bath County News-Outlook, Thursday, January 26, 1939
Mrs. Jeff Crouch Dies At Harpers
Funeral at residence this afternoon
   Mrs. Mary Gilbert Crouch, 73 years old, wife of Jeff Crouch, of the Harpers neighborhood, passed away at her home Tuesday afternoon, January 24, after several months' illness of a complication of diseases.  Mrs. Crouch was a daughter of the late George and Nancy Davis Gilbert, born January 27, 1866.  She was well known and widely connected throughout this section of the county.
   Funeral services were held at the residence at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, conducted by Rev George C. Frey, pastor of the Owingsville Christian church.  Burial was in the Bailey graveyard.
   Besides her husband, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. Dave Chandler, of Montgomery county, and one brother, John Gilbert, of Oklahoma.

Sherman Crouch
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, April 7, 1938
Heart Attack Fatal To Sherman Crouch
   Sherman Crouch, 65 years old, well known farmer of the Olympia neighborhood, died at his home suddenly Thursday, March 31, of a heart attack.  Mr. Crouch was stricken while sitting in his chair before the fire and died in a few minutes.  He had been in declining health for nearly a year.
   He was a son of the late Thomas Crouch, who came of one of the early Bath county families, and was widely connected in this county.
   He is survived by his wife and one daughter.  Funeral services were held at the residence Friday, April 1, conducted by the Rev. Welsh.  Burial was in the Crouch family cemetery 

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Joe Darrell
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, August 25, 1938
Local Colored Man Victim of Paralysis
   Joe Darrell, 67, well known colored citizen of Owingsville, died at his home here early this morning from the effects of a paralytic stroke suffered early Tuesday morning.
   Joe was found on Henry street, in the rear of the Kroger store early Tuesday morning in an unconscious condition.  He was taken to his home but failed to regain consciousness, although he seemed to improve somewhat during the day Wednesday.
   He was a state pensioned and had been in poor health for some time.  He was a good citizen, worked regularly at odd jobs around town and was well liked by both white and colored people.
   He is survived by his wife, Ann Darrell, two daughters and one son, Tommy Darrell.  Funeral services will be held Saturday at the Colored M. E. church with burial in the local colored cemetery.

Mrs. Squire B. Davis
Owingsville Outlook, July 24, 1910
   Dies at her home near here, Tuesday, July 5, Mrs. Squire B. Davis; burial Thursday at the McClain graveyard. Five children survive her: William Denton, Frank, John, Miss Della and Mrs. Debby Wills. Her husband died February 1908.

Bobby Day
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, June 23, 1938
Salt Lick Baby Dies
   Bobby Day, 11 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Day, of salt Lick, died at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Good Samaritan hospital, Lexington, six hours after his admittance.  The body was returned to Salt Lick for funeral services and burial.

Charles Franklin Day
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 10, 1938
C. F. Day Dies At Sherburne
   Charles Franklin Day, 71, died at his home at Sherburne Saturday, March 5.  He was a member of the Sherburne Christian Church and for thirty years had been superintendent of the Sunday school and was also a member of the L. N. Hull Masonic Lodge, No. 741.  Day is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nora Eden Day; one son, R. Summers day, of Sherburne; one brother, William Day, of Popular Plains; three sisters, Mrs. R. L. Williams, Cincinnati; Mrs. J. C. House and Mrs. Bessie Sorrell, both of Bath county. 
    Funeral services were conducted at the home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock with burial in the Bethel Cemetery.

Georgia Ann Deal
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, November 17, 1938
Deal Funeral Held At Old Springfield.
   Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia Ann Deal, 86 years old, wife of S. F. Deal of Stoops, Montgomery county, were held at the Old Springfield church this morning (Thursday) at 10:00 o'clock, conducted by the Rev J. T. Ray, Jr.
   Mrs. Deal was a native of Bath county but had lived in Montgomery for a number of years.  She was a member of long standing of Old Springfield.
   Surviving her are her husband and one sister, Mrs. Susan Manning.  Interment was in the Church yard at Springfield.

Sarah January Richards Denton
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, September 15, 1938
Death Claims Mrs. Denton
Funeral Services Here Wednesday Afternoon
   Mrs. Sarah Richards Denton, 72 years old, wife of A. N. Denton, judge of the Owingsville police court, passed away at her home on Slate avenue shortly after eight o'clock Monday night, September 12.  Mrs. Denton had been an invalid for several years and had been critically ill for the past two weeks.
   Funeral services were held at the residence at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, September 14, conducted by the Rev. E. M. Armitage, pastor of the Sharpsburg Methodist church, and the Rev. Henry S. Ficklin.  Interment was in the family lot in the Owingsville Cemetery.
   Sarah January Richards was a native of Fleming county, a daughter of the late Walter and Mary Ruth Kimbrough Richards, born at Hillsboro September 8, 1866.  Her father was a prominent and widely known physician of Fleming and Bath counties.  She was married to Andrew N. Denton April 11, 1888, and to this union were born six children, four of whom survive her.  Moving to Owingsville soon after her marriage, she had spent the remainder of her days here and was one of the town's best beloved citizens.  Since early youth she had been a member of the Methodist church and throughout her long life had been one of its most devoted supporters.  On April 11th of this year Mr. and Mrs. Denton celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.
   Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Frank Roberts, of Charleston, W. Va., and Mrs. Watson Thomas, of Owingsville; two sons, Edgar T. Denton And Andrew J. Denton, both of Owingsville; two brothers, Walter Richards, of Richmond, Ky., and T. Kelly Richards, of Owingsville, and one sister, Miss M. Ruth Richards, of this place.  She is also survived by six grandchildren.  A daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Crooks, and a son, Faris Denton, preceded her to the grave several years ago.
   Pall bearers were: active, Ene Brother, Sam Owsley, W. C. Lacy, T. J. Anderson, J. L. Darnell, Frank Stamper, Adair Richards, Haden Lacy; honorary, Dr. F. P. Gudgell, Newt Shrout, George Boyd, Mark Donaldson, Lee Palmer, A. N. Crooks, Turner Perry, Dee Conner, Clyde Byron, Lawrence Kinbrough, Davis Sorrell and S. O. Crooks.

Lucy Plummer Downs
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, June 15, 1939
Mrs. Harold Downs Dies At Forge Hill
   Mrs. Lucy Plummer Downs, 29, wife of Harold Downs, died at her home at Forge Hill
Saturday, June 10, following a brief illness.
   Mrs. Downs was a daughter of the late Wallace and Martha Jane Plummer and , besides her husband, is survived by several sisters and brothers.  Funeral services were held at the residence Sunday, June 11, followed by burial in the Polksville cemetery.

Roy Dudley
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday March 31, 1938
Flemingsburg Man Killed In Crash
Roy Dudley, 55, Flemingsburg, Ky., garage operator, died Tuesday a few hours after his car swerved from the road east of Cincinnati.
   Joseph Cunningham, Negro bell man from Maysville, Ky., who was driving, told police Dudley had been dozing beside him and unexpectedly grasped the wheel.  The automobile careened over an embankment.  Cunningham, taken to a hospital with Dudley, suffered only minor injuries.
   Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Lida Dudley; a son, Charles Harbison Dudley; his father, Charles L. Dudley past Commander of the Kentucky G. A. R., a sister, Mrs. Carrie Douglas Ewan, Chicago, and a brother, Bruce Dudley, spots editor of the Courier-Journal. 

John A. Dunaway
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, February 16, 1939
Dunaway Interment At Sharpsburg
   Funeral services were John A. Dunaway, 64, were held at the grave in Crown Hill Cemetery, Sharpsburg conducted by the Rev. E. M. Armitage, pastor of the Sharpsburg Methodist church, Monday, February 13, at 2 p. m. 
   Mr. Dunaway died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Nathaniel Everman, near Bald Eagle Saturday, February 11, after a brief illness of pneumonia.  A native of Fleming county, he was a son of Alfred and Abbie Jones Dunaway, born July 1, 1875.
   Besides Mrs. Everman, he is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Conner Tincher, of near Sharpsburg; two sons, O. H. Dunaway and O. B. Dunaway, both of Sharpsburg vicinity; four brothers, James frank, Thomas and Andrew Dunaway, of Fleming county; one sister, Mrs. Martha Gooding, Newport, Ky.; one half brother, Alonzo Dunaway, Newport, and eight grandchildren.  His wife preceded him to the grave ten years ago. 

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James W. Elgin
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, May 19, 1938
Maysville Insurance Man Dies In Florida
Was Former Citizen Of Sharpsburg
   James. W. Elgin, retired Maysville insurance man, one of the best known insurance men in the state and father-in-law of Supreme Court Justice Stanley F. Reed, died suddenly Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Fla., where he had been passing the winter.  He was 81 years old.
   Mr. Elgin collapsed on the street and died of a heart attack when being taken to a hospital in St. Petersburg.
   For more than 50 years he was general agent for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, with headquarters in Maysville, and only a few years ago retired.  He was a native of Clay County, Missouri, but came to Bath County when 21 years old, and lived for several years in Sharpsburg, later going to Maysville.  He was prominent in fraternal circles, a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a former Eminent Commander of Maysville Commandery Knights Templar and High Priest of Maysville chapter, Royal Arch Masons.
   His wife, Miss Mary Ella Sharp, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William Sharp, of Sharpsburg, died several years ago.
  Mr. Elgin is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Stanley F. Reed, of Washington D. C., and Mrs. Mary Hord Elgin French, of Maysville, and three grandsons, John and Stanley Reed and Clement French.
   Mr. Elgin's body was to arrive at Winchester this afternoon at 6:30 o'clock and will be brought to Shrout, Piper & Shrout's funeral home here, where it will remain until funeral services are conducted some time Friday.  Interment will take place in Crown Hill Cemetery at Sharpsburg.

Mrs. S. S. Crouch Estill
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, April 14, 1938
Mrs. Estill Dies At Mt. Sterling
   Mrs. S. S. Estill, 84, died at her home at Mt. Sterling at noon Wednesday, April 13, following a stroke of paralysis suffered three weeks ago.
   Mrs. Estill was a native of this county, a daughter of Cuthbert and Nancy Cassity Crouch, who were married in this county in February, 1831.  Mrs. Estill was a sister of Mrs. Martha Tribou and Mr. Curran Crouch, both of this place.  She is also survived by one other sister, Mrs. Mary Perkins; two daughters, Misses Nannie and Mary Banks Estill, of Mt. Sterling, and three sons, Donnan Estill of Lexington and David and Leroy Estill, Mt. Sterling. 
   Funeral arrangements had not been learned this afternoon. 

William Eubank Jr.
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 3, 1938
William Eubank, Jr. Killed at Mt. Sterling
   William Eubank , Jr., 42, was shot to death at Mt. Sterling early Tuesday morning by Carl Stockdale, 24.  The killing occurred about 2:30 o'clock at the Miller Tire Station and Lunch Room across Main Street from the old Beaumont Hotel.  Eubank was said to have been shot three times with a .38 caliber revolver.  Two shots took effect in his head and one in the abdomen.
   Accounts of the shooting vary somewhat but it is generally agreed that Stockdale was eating a "hot dog" in the Miller place when Eubank entered and suggested that he take Stockdale home.  Stockdale, who was said to have been drinking, resented the offer and started shooting.  Eubank lived several hours after the shooting.
   Stockdale escaped to the S. Q. S. road house at the east end of Mt. Sterling on the Owingsville road and was later taken by Mt. Sterling officers at the home of William French at Sewell's shop west of Mt. Sterling.
   Stockdale has a bad record, having spent the great part of his life in the reform school.  Judge Henry Prewitt committed him to that institution some years ago for attempting to wreck a fast C. & O. passenger train by placing ties on the track.

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Rosa Belle (Shrout) Finch
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, February, 2, 1939
Death Claims Mrs. Belle Finch
   Mrs. Rosa Belle Finch, 82 years old, died at the home of her brother, N. A. Shrout, Wednesday, February 1, at 7 p. m., after a long illness.
   A native of this county, Mrs. Finch was a daughter of the late Isaac. D. and Barbara Shrout, born December 5, 1856.  Mrs. Finch was twice married, her first husband being the late Mason Green.  Following his death, she also became the wife of Daniel Finch, who preceded her in death more than twenty years ago.
   Of late Mrs. Finch had spent part of her time in Mt. Sterling and part here with her niece, Mrs. Johnston Young.
   Besides her brother, Mr. Shrout, she is survived by two sons, Arthur Green, Plant City, Fla., and Frank Green, Corpus Christi, Texas.
   Funeral services will be held at the grave in Owingsville cemetery Friday morning, February 3, conducted by the Rev. Henry S. Ficklin.  Pall bearers will be Lennie Horseman, Robert Toy, Clay Tackett, Morton Vice, Ira Robinson and Frank Grider.

Moses Fitzpatrick
Owingsville Outlook, June 30, 1910
Moses Fitzpatrick's Death
   Moses Fitzpatrick died about 3:30 o'clock p.m., June 22 at the Eastern Kentucky Asylum, Lexington. The body was brought here Thursday morning and funeral services were conducted by Elder G. W. Mills at the home in the eastern suburb about two o'clock p.m. The interment was made at the Coyle burial ground on Washington Branch. Deceased had been in bad health for some years; in fact, he had been more or less afflicted from childhood.
   Deceased was about 50 years old and was a native of Nelson county, Va. He came here some time in the early eighties and married Miss Laura Coyle, daughter of Andrew K. Coyle, of Prickley Ash creek.
   Mrs. Fitzpatrick died March 14, 1910. Their two children survive. Hannah, wife of Charles Snedegar, and Earl, wife of John Lowry, both of this town. Of Moses Fitzpatrick's brothers and sisters there survive Mrs. Nannie Cutler, of Charlottesville, Va.; Oscar and Miss Sallie, of Nelson county, Va.; Mrs. Louella, wife of John B. Honaker, of Hustonville, Lincoln county, Kentucky,; and William of near Springfield, Illinois.
   Deceased was an industrious farmer when his health permitted work. Many friends sympathize with the bereaved ones in their sorrow.

Clell Foley
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, February 23, 1938
Clell Foley Dies At Mt. Sterling
   Clell Foley, 66 years old, died at his home on High street at Mt. Sterling Tuesday night, February 1, following a brief illness of pneumonia.
   While a native of this county, Mr. Foley had spent the greater part of his life in Montgomery, where he for many years he was connected with the Standard Oil Company.  For the past ten or twelve years he had made his home in Owingsville, where he was head of the maintenance department of the State Highway Department in Bath county.  Displaced about two years ago though changes in the political set-up, he moved to Mt. Sterling about a year ago.
   He came of a widely connected Bath county family and was well known throughout this section of the state.
   Besides his widow, Mrs. Margaret Jackson Foley, he is survived by five daughters, Mrs. J. E. Roberson, Mrs. Roy Soard, Lexington; Mrs. William Pennybaker, Mt. Sterling; Mrs. Strother Breeze and Miss Inez Foley, Owingsville, and one son, Morgan Foley, Bath county.  He is also survived by two brothers, Will Ed Foley and Joe Foley, both of Montgomery.
   Funeral services were held at the Eastin & Keal funeral home at Mt. Sterling this afternoon (Thursday) conducted by the Rev. A. C. Brooks, pastor of the Mt. Sterling Christian church.  Interment was in the family lot in Machpelah Cemetery at Mt. Sterling.

Lucy Foley
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 23, 1939
Mrs. Will Ed Foley Dies At Mt. Sterling
   Mrs. Lucy Foley, 78 years old, wife of Will Ed Foley, prominent Flat Creek farmer, died at the Mary Chiles hospital at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning, March 21, following a brief illness of pneumonia.
   A native of Bath county, Mrs. Foley was a daughter of the late Jefferson and Mary Mellvain Moore, born April 14, 1861.  She was a member of the Christian church and a woman who was highly respected and deeply loved by all who knew her.
   Funeral services were held at her late residence this afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by the Re. Mr. Henry Ficklin.  Interment was in Machpelah cemetery at Mt. Sterling.
   Pall bearers were Herman Orme, John A. Thomas, Joe Sorrell, Oscar Shields, George Foley, Raymond Moore, Robert Amburgy and Roy Stephens; honorary pall bearers, R. A. Chiles, Paul Weekesser, James Alexander, Henry Orme, W. C. Clay, Jesse Pendleton, Dr. J. F. Knox and Robert Moore.
   Besides her husband, she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Sallie Nyson, Bourbon county; Mrs. Albert Bristow, Mrs. James Toy, and Mrs. Roy Hon, Bath county, two sons, Joe Foley, of Montgomery county, and Ben Foley, of North Dakota.

Thomas Fox Jr.
Owingsville Outlook, August 4, 1910
Tom Fox Drowned
   Thomas Fox, Jr., son of Thomas Fox, Sr., the wealthy farmer of near Ewington, with others was seining Sunday in a pond on Jack Gatewood's Grubbs farm near Joshua Owings farm, Montgomery county. Fox started to swim across the pond and suddenly sank and drowned before help could reach him. It is supposed that heart disease or cramps caused him to drown. He was aged about 28 years and was well known as a popular society man throughout this part of the State. He is survived by his parents, brothers Will and Dave and Sister Mrs. Warren Stoner.

Mrs. Hendrix Boyd Fritts
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, February, 24, 1938
Mrs. Frank Fritts Dies In Chicago
Funeral Held Here This Afternoon
   Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Fritts, who died at 8:15 o'clock, February 21, at her home in Chicago, were held at the home of her brother-in-law, W. A. Power, on Bath avenue at three o'clock this afternoon.  Services were conducted by the Rev. T. J. Ray, pastor of the Menifee Memorial Presbyterian church.  Interment was in the Owingsville cemetery.
   Mrs. Fritts was a native of this county, was a daughter of the late T. J. and Ruth Palmer Hendrix and was born at East Fork.  She lived in Owingsville for some years during the lifetime of her parents, who spent their declining years here.  Her first husband was the late Dr. A. B. Boyd, of Carlisle, who died in 1905.  Following her marriage to Mr. Fritts, she moved to St. Louis, Mo., where she lived for a number of years before going to Chicago.
   Mrs. Fritts had been an invalid for the past eight years and had been in very poor health for some months prior to her death, which, however, was due to heart failure following a severe attack of influenza.
   Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, Thorpe Boyd, of Chicago; three grandchildren, Thorpe Boyd, Jr., Spencer Boyd and Edwina Boyd; one brother, Smith Hendrix, and one niece, Miss Ruth Power, of Owingsville.

Child of Mr. & Mrs. W. F. Fultz
Owingsville Outlook, Thursday, April 28, 1910
   Dies, the little six year old child of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Fultz, of Morehead, formerly of this place, last Sunday. Mrs. A. J. Cheap attended the funeral in Morehead. It was her sister's child. Earth's loss is heaven's gain. We extend sympathy to the bereaved.

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Dr. C. R. Garr
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 16, 1939
Flemingsburg Physician Dies in Lexington Hospital
   Dr. C. R. Garr, 80 years old, of Flemingsburg, a practicing physician in Fleming county for 56 years, died at a Lexington hospital Monday night.
   Dr. Garr first began the practice of medicine at Hillsboro and nine years later moved to Flemingsburg, where he practiced the balance of his life.
   He is survived by his wife and two sons, Dr. Clyde Garr of Flemingsburg and Dr. Charlie Garr, noted bone specialist, of Lexington.
   Funeral services and interment took place in Flemingsburg.

Ralph Gilbert
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, August 3, 1939
Ralph Gilbert Dies Suddenly
Was Candidate For Lieutenant Governor
   Ralph Gilbert, 57, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 6:30 am Sunday at the Seelbach Hotel, Louisville. 
   The Shelby county attorney, public figure for thirty years, complained of indigestion at dinner Saturday night.  However, he recovered sufficiently to deliver a political address over WHAS at 9:47 o'clock and to meet with his campaign advisers at The Seelbach afterward.
   In his public career of thirty years, Senator Gilbert served as Congressman from the old Eighth District; as Shelby County Representative in the State Legislature; as County Judge of Shelby and, at the time of his death, was completing a four year term as State Senator.  He also practiced law extensively at Shelbyville, and operated a farm at his home place on U. S. 60 a few miles east of Shelbyville.
   Mr. Gilbert's name will appear on the ballots in all precincts of Bath county at the primary election Saturday.  Since the ballots had been printed for the second time and just completed at the time of his death, there was not sufficient time before the primary to reprint them and eliminate his name.

Norman Gillon
The Owingsville Outlook Thursday August 11, 1910
  The Death Angel has again visited our community and taken away Norman, the little son of Oll Gillon and wife.  He was 8 months old and died Saturday night on cholera infantum.  He was sick about ten days.  No one knows what he suffered, Norman had always been a bright and healthy baby and was a great pet in the family and will be sadly missed in the home.
   God giveth and He Taketh away.  Jesus said "Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven."
    The burial was made in the Bailey burying ground Sunday afternoon.  The parents have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement.

Charles M. Gilmore
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, October 27, 1938
Gilmore Funeral Held Wednesday
Interment In Richmond, Ky.
   Funeral services for Charles M. Gilmore, who died at the home of his brother, Dr. H. S. Gilmore, here Monday morning, October 24, were held at the Gilmore residence Wednesday morning, October 26, at 10:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey, pastor of the Owingsville Christian church, and the Rev. Henry S. Ficklin.  Interment was in the Richmond, Ky., cemetery.
   Mr. Gilmore, who had been in declining health for the past two or three years, had come to his brothers home here for a brief visit on the day prior to his death, which came suddenly at 12:30 a. m. Monday.
   For a number of years, Mr. Gilmore had been connected with the Perry county school system and at the time of his death was superintended of the Hardburly graded and high school, a position which he had held for the past ten years.  For twelve years prior to that time he had been a member of the faculty of the Hazard, Ky., high school.
   A native of Fleming county, he was a son of the late John W. and Harriett McGregor Gilmore, born at Ringos Mills October 31, 1888.  He received his early education at the old Morehead Normal School and graduated from the Eastern State Teachers College at Richmond with an A. B. degree.  He also studied at the Peoria Polytechnic Institute at Peoria, Ill.  During his connection with the Hazard high school, he was professor of mechanical drawing and manual training.  He was a member of the Hazard Methodist church.
   He is survived by three children, Lucille, 14, Paul, 9, and Elizabeth, 5, and one brother, Dr. H. S. Gilmore.  His wife, Mrs. Geneva Baughman Gilmore, died some five years ago.
   Among those from a distance who attended the funeral Wednesday were M. C. Napier, County Superintendent of Perry County Schools; Sherrill Napier, Homer Jones, Miss Lucy Brock, Mrs. Betty Napier, Miss Sally Williams, Miss Ann Gabbard, Miss Virginia Cecil, teachers of Hardburly High School; Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lewellyn, Hardburly, Ky.; Rev. King, pastor of Hazard Methodist church; Wm. A. Hinton, Fred Hinton, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hinton, Mrs. James Hinton, Mr. and Mrs. John Porter, Miss Cleora Porter, Gilmore Cooper, and Miss Mary Jane Cooper, Flemingsburg, Ky.; Mrs. Henry Thompson, Mrs. Dora McGregor, Miss Laura Thompson, Clarkie Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. James Keerans, Mr. and Mrs. Boone K. Lynan, of Fleming county.

Mollie Gilvin
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, August 17, 1939
Mrs. Mollie Gilvin Dies At Sharpsburg
   Mrs. Mollie Gilvin, 68 years old, wife of Robert Lee Gilvin, of near Sharpsburg, died Saturday afternoon, August 12, at the St. Joseph's hospital at Lexington, where she was taken a few days before for treatment.
   Besides her husband, she is survived by four sons and seven daughters.  She was a member of the Methodist church and a woman of fine character.
   Funeral services were held at the residence Monday afternoon, followed by burial in Crown Hill cemetery.

Earle Wilson Ginter
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, June 1, 1939
Earl Ginter Killed Resisting Officers
Town Marshal Gregory Fires fatal Shot
   Earle Ginter, 23 years old, was shot fatally here last Saturday night when he resisted arrest by Town Marshal Ray Gregory and Jailer Jess Jackson.  A ball from the town marshal's pistol entered Ginter's right side just above the hip bone.  Taken to a Lexington hospital following the shooting, he lived until late Monday afternoon.
   Following Ginter's death, Gregory was placed under arrest by Sheriff Clark Rogers and lodged in the county jail.  He was released Tuesday morning under $10,000 bond pending his examining trail, a date for which had not been set today because of the condition of jailer Jackson, who suffered a serious injury to his hip in the struggle with Ginter at the time of the shooting.
   Ginter, it was said, was drinking and using rough and obscene language on the street when he was approached by the town marshal, who told him to go home.  Ginter ignored Marshal Gregory's request and a short time later was placed under arrest and started toward the jail between Gregory and Jailer Jess Jackson.  As the three stepped up on the side walk in front of the jail, Ginter broke loose from the two officers, knocked Gregory flat on his back with a blow from his fist on one side and Jackson on the other, Jackson suffered an injured hip in the fall and was unable to arise.  Ginter turned his attention from Jackson to Gregory and as the latter attempted to get to his feet, made an effort to wrest the marshal's pistol from its holder.  Gregory beat him to the gun and fired, the ball striking Ginter above the hip bone on the right side.
   Ginter was sentenced to the penitentiary at the October term, 1936, of Bath circuit court for three years for the killing of his cousin, Sam Clay Ginter, near Kendall Springs in June of that year.  He was released several months ago from the state penitentiary at Eddyville, having served his time.  Since his return he had made his home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ginter, in this county.
   Ginter's body was brought to Shrout, Piper & Shrout funeral home here Tuesday morning, where it was prepared for burial and later taken to the home of his parents at Kendall Springs.  Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Kendall Springs church, conducted by the Rev. Parks.  Burial took place in the Kendall Springs cemetery.
   Besides his parents, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Sam Hornback, of Mt. Sterling; Miss Imogene Ginter, Cincinnati, and Miss Anna Pearl Ginter, at home; three brothers, Clyde Ginter, Bourbon county, and Charles and Ollie Ginter, of Bath county. Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, June 15, 1939
In Memory Of Earle Wilson Ginter
   Earle Wilson Ginter, aged 24 years, died at the Good Samaritan hospital at Lexington Monday, May 29, of a pistol wound inflicted by Town Marshal Ray Gregory.  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ginter of Kendall Springs.  He was removed to his home for funeral and burial.  He was a member of the Christian church, and was in the CCC camp in California for 18 months.  He is survived by his mother and father and three brothers, Charlie and Allie of Kendall Springs, and Clyde, of Bourbon county, and three sisters, Imogene, of Cincinnati, Mrs. Sam Hornback of Mt. Sterling and Anna Pearl, at home.  We extend our deepest sympathy to the heart broken family.  He also leaves several uncles and aunts to mourn his loss, and who send their deepest sympathy to his lonely mother and father.  Weep not, dear mother, for God knows best and may we live and pray to meet him in a better world than this old sinful place.
Written by a cousin, Henry Ginter.

Edward L. Goddan
Owingsville Outlook, Thursday, August 11, 1910
Pete Goodan's Death
   Edward L. Goodan died about 8 o'clock a.m. Thursday, August 4, at his home near Preston. He was in town for the last time Friday afternoon, July 29, and took to bed when he got home. He has been in bad health for some years and tried in vain for relief from his disease. He wasted away until he was only a shadow of his former self, but he came to town regularly, and was always cheerful.
   Deceased was known from childhood by the nickname of "Pete." He was in his 46th year of age. He was the youngest child of Samuel Goodan and wife, both deceased, and was born and reared on the Preston pike near town. He was married to Miss Louisiana Jackson, daughter of George jackson, and she and their two sons, Roy and Clell, both married, survive.
   He followed farming. From his school days he was distinguished among his associates by a peculiar droll humor, and was a companionable, popular man. Pete will be greatly missed in his community and this town. His widow and sons have the sympathy of many friends in their loss.
   Of his brothers and sisters there survive Miss Mary Goodan and Mrs. Cynthia Williams, of near town; Daniel, of Stoops, and John ("Teague"), of Buffalo, Ill.

Christine Goodpaster
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, February 23, 1939
Short Illness Fatal To Christine Goodpaster
   Miss Christine Goodpaster, 14 years old, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Goodpaster, on the Salt Lick road, Thursday, February 16, after a brief illness. 
   Funeral services were held at the residence Friday, February 17, conducted by the Rev. R. L. Bailey, followed by interment in the family graveyard.

John A. Goodpaster
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, December 8, 1938
John A. Goodpaster Victim Of Tularemia
Was The First Death From The Disease In This County
   John A. Goodpaster, 69 years old, prominent Bath county farmer, died at his home Monday, December 5, following a ten days' illness of tularemia (rabbit fever).  Mr. Goodpaster and one of his daughters, Miss Louise Goodpaster, contracted the disease about ten days ago while dressing rabbits.
   A farmer and a stock dealer well known throughout this county, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George H. Goodpaster and came of one of the oldest and most widely connected families in the county.
   Besides his wife, Mrs. Nannie Warner Goodpaster, he is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Fidela Hedrick, Weston, Mo., Mrs. Allen Vanlandingham, Mrs. Howard Vinson, Miss Laura Goodpaster and Miss Louise Goodpaster, of this county, and six sons, Burnett and Osborn Goodpaster, of Weston, Mo., and Clifford, Russell, Floyd and Sherman Goodpaster, of this county.  He is also survived by several brothers and sisters.
   Funeral services were held at his residence Wednesday afternoon, December 7, conducted by the Rev. Henry S. Ficklin.  Interment was in the family graveyard.

Lucy Purvis Goodpaster
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday May 12, 1938
Mrs. Espy Goodpaster Dies At Forge Hill
   Mrs. Lucy Goodpaster, 40 years old, died at her home near Forge Hill Tuesday, May 10, after a short illness.
   Deceased was the wife of Espy Goodpaster and a daughter of Samuel and Lucinda Craycraft Purvis.
   Funeral services were held at the residence Wednesday afternoon, May 11, conducted by the Rev. Herbert Moore.  Burial was at Old Virginia graveyard.
   Besides her husband she is survived by six children.

Mary Elizabeth Markland Goodpaster
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, May 25, 1939
   Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Goodpaster, 70, who died in the Burge Hospital at Springfield, Mo., Friday morning, April 21, at 3:00 o'clock, were held Saturday afternoon, April 22, at 2:00 o'clock in the Church of Christ at Fordland with the Rev. J. C. White officiating.  Mrs. Goodpaster had been ill for some time.  Surviving are her husband, Joseph T. Goodpaster, three daughters, Mrs. Faris Watson of Fordland, Mrs. Gladys Thomas of Marshfield and Mrs. Clara Lile of Kansas City, and two grandsons.
Obituary
   Mary Elizabeth Markland was born in Owingsville, Ky., January 14, 1869 and departed this life April 21, 1939, at the age of 70 years, 3 months and 7 days.  At an early age she was united with the Christian church.
   On December 26, 1900 she was united in matrimony to J. T. Goodpaster.

Minnie Tapp Goodpaster
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, January 20, 1938
Prominent County Woman Passes
Mrs. Minnie Goodpaster Victim of Pneumonia
   Mrs. Minnie Tapp Goodpaster, 60 years old, died at her home in the Salt Well section at mid-night Friday, January 14, after a few days illness of lobar pneumonia.  Taken ill on the previous Sunday, Mrs. Goodpaster's condition became at once critical and little hope for her recovery was held as the crisis of her illness approached.  Her sudden death came as a shock to her family and friends.
   The widow of the late Robert Lee Goodpaster, she came of a prominent and well-to-do Bath county family.  She was a daughter of the late Richard and Cynthia Dawson Tapp, born August 10, 1877.  Her husband preceded her to the grave many years ago.
   Surviving her are two children, one daughter, Mrs. Enoch White, and a son, Omar Goodpaster, both of this county.
  Funeral services were held at the residence Sunday afternoon, January 16, at two o'clock, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey, pastor of the Owingsville Christian church.  Interment was in the family lot in the Owingsville Cemetery.
   Pall-bearers were Jeff Carpenter, Tom Duff, Espie Staton, Cecil Karrick, Bob Roberts, Walter Shrout, Clyde Brown and Fred Reynolds.

Thomas Goodpaster
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 2, 1939
Thomas Goodpaster Dies At Kendall Springs
   Thomas Goodpaster, 19 years old, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Carl Goodpaster, died at the home of his grandfather, Thomas Ginter, near Kendall Springs Monday night, February 27, after a long illness.
   His parents preceded him in death several years ago.  He is survived by several sisters and brothers.
   Funeral services were held at the Kendall Springs Christian church Wednesday, March 1, conducted by the Rev. Henry Ficklin, pastor of the Kendall Springs Christian church.  Interment was in the Goodpaster family graveyard.

William Worth Goodpaster
Owingsville Outlook, Thursday, July 28, 1910
Worth Goodpaster's Death
   William Worth Goodpaster died at the Eastern Kentucky Asylum, Lexington, Sunday, July 17. His health broke down about two and a half years ago, and he had been in the asylum since last January a year ago. Owing to failure to reach his family by telephone it was not notified until Monday. The body was brought to his home, at Kendall's Spring, Monday night. The funeral was held at the home at two o'clock p.m. Tuesday, July 19, services being conducted by Elder G. W. Mills. The interment was made on the home farm.
   Deceased was 59 years of age. He was the second oldest child of Perry Goodpaster and wife, both deceased, and was born and reared a few miles west of town. He was reared a farmer and followed that occupation. He was an industrious, thrift man and a good citizen, having many friends who esteemed him for his generous, social qualities.
   He married Miss Nannie Jones daughter of James M. and Martha J. Jones, both deceased. She and the following children survive: Mary, wife of Ely Craycraft, of Kendall's Spring; Bertie, wife of Albert Holder, of Roslyn, Powell county; Minnie, wife of B. Albert Shrout, of Pleasant Valley; Nora, of Mt. Sterling; Martha, at home; James, of Forge Mill; Oscar, of Oak Grove, Missouri; Laura Ella, wife of William Carpenter, of Kendall's Spring; and Carl, at home.
   Of deceased's father's family the brothers and sisters are, Bettie, wife of G. Wash McKinivan, of White Oak; Mary, deceased; Charles, deceased; Belle, who married Charles Chastain and died in the west; Ella, widow of Harrison Hamilton, of near Stoops; Nannie, wife of Lee Young, of Montgomery county; Tibbs, of Rogersville, Missouri.
   The bereaved family have the sympathy of a host of friends in their sorrow.

William Green
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, July 27, 1939
Bourbon Child Drowns While Playing On Well
   An adventuresome three year old child Friday afternoon climbed three feet onto the top of a well on the farm of Boone Hornback near Bethel, Bath county; lifted the hinged top of the well and peered inside.  Then he lost his balance and fell into 12 feet of water.
   The child, William Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Green, of near North Middletown, was dead when he was removed from the water a short time later by men who had been working on the road nearby.
   The Greens, who live with Mr. Green's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morton Green, in Bourbon county, were visiting the Hornbacks Friday when the tragedy occurred.
   When the body was recovered it was found the child had suffered a deep cut on the head in his fall.
   The body was removed to a Mt. Sterling funeral home.  Services were held at the Green residence at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon with the Rev. Jake Cunningham, pastor of the Somerset (Montgomery county) Christian church, officiating.

Allie Graves Grubbs
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, September 8, 1938
Mrs. Allie Grubbs Found dead
   Funeral services for Mrs. Allie Grubbs, 62, widow of the late J. Edward Grubbs, who was found dead Friday night at 6 o'clock at her home on west Hickman street, Winchester, were held at the home of J. C. Graves on the Montgomery-Paris road in Montgomery county at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon.  Rev. Floyd Rose, pastor of the First Methodist church of Winchester officiated.  Burial was in the cemetery in Mt. Sterling.
   Mrs. Grubbs was the former Miss Allie Graves of Montgomery county.  She is survived by a niece, Mrs. Clyde Lowery, of Huntington, W. Va. and several cousins.

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Annie Hardin
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, January 5, 1939
Miss Hardin Dies Near Bethel
   Miss Annie Hardin, 79 years old, passed away at her home near Bethel Friday, December 23, after a few days' illness.
   A native of Bath county, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Hardin and came of one of the oldest families in that section.  She was an aunt of Mrs. W. N. Corbin of Owingsville.  She is survived by one sister, Miss Emma Hardin, at home, and one half sister, Mrs. Sam Manley, of Olympia.
   Funeral services were held at the residence Monday afternoon, December 26, conducted by the Rev. W. H. Wilson, pastor of the Mt. Pleasant and Owingsville Methodist churches.  Interment was in the family lot in Longview cemetery, Bethel.

Alfred Havens
The Owingsville Outlook Thursday, September 8, 1910
Alfred Haven's Death
   Alfred Havens, born March 1, 1822, died September 4, and was buried September 6.
   Deceased was one of the most prominent citizens of Grange City neighborhood, Fleming county, and was highly esteemed.
  He is survived by six children, thirty eight grandchildren and forty eight great grandchildren.
   The names of his children are; Mrs. Wellington Barnes, of Nevada, Mo.; Mrs. A. S. Thompson and Mrs. W. A. Bradley, of Fleming county; Mrs. Frank Miller, deceased; Mrs. J. T. Denton, of Grenola, Kansas; T. J. Havens, of Fleming county; Mrs. William Ratliff, deceased; S. L. Havens, of Athens, Ill.; A. L. Havens, deceased.

Russell Hayden
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, August 3, 1939
Colored Boy Tetanus Victim
   Russell Hayden, 22 year old colored boy, died at a Lexington Hospital late Tuesday night of tetanus which developed from a scalp wound received in a fight with another colored boy, Arthur Bassett Lacy, son of Sylvaneus Lacy, two weeks ago.  The wound was said to have been inflicted by a rock and was not considered serious until complications developed a few days ago.
   After being wounded, Hayden sought medical aid from a local physician, who dressed the cut and advised him to take tetanus serum as a preventative measure, which he refused to do.
   The dead boy is a son of Will Hayden, local tinner and respected colored citizen.

Alleen Beal Hedden
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, June 16, 1938
Mt. Sterling Editor's Wife Passes
   Mrs. Alleen Beal Hedden, wife of J. W. Hedden, Jr., editor of the Mt. Sterling Advocate, died at the Mary Chiles hospital last Thursday after a long illness.  She has been a sufferer from arthritis for about 17 years.
   Mrs. Hedden was a daughter of the late Leonard N. Beal and Mrs. Emma E. Beal, of Mt. Sterling, and besides her husband and her mother, is survived by one daughter, Miss Emily Hedden, and one sister, Miss Mary Beal.
   Funeral services were held at Mt. Sterling Saturday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. A. C. Brooks, the Rev. Olus Hamilton and the Rev. Howard S. Stephenson.

Paul Heflin
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, November 17, 1938
Fleming Banker Dies In Fayette
   Paul Heflin, aged 61 years, cashier of the Fleming County Farmers Bank and one of Flemingsburg's leading citizens, died Sunday night at 11:05 o'clock, Central Standard time, at the Good Samaritan hospital in Lexington, where he had been taken that afternoon.  Death was attributed to coronary thrombosis.
   Saturday Mr. Heflin became ill while at work in the bank and had just reached the offices of Dr. Clyde Garr, Flemingsburg physician, when he collapsed from a heart attack.  His condition was critical at the outset, Mr. Heflin failed to respond to treatment and on Sunday afternoon was taken by ambulance to the Lexington hospital.

Dora Hensley
Owingsville Outlook, July 7, 1910
Miss Dora Hensley's Death
   After a long illness Miss Dora Hensley, aged 67 years, died at her home on Coyle Street about 6 p.m. July 4.
   Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon by Elder G. W. Mills and the interment was made at the Owingsville cemetery about 4 o'clock.
   Deceased was a daughter of Dr. Alex Hensley, a surgeon in the Federal army during the Cival War. Her mother was a Crittenden, first cousin to the noted statesman John J. Crittenden. Miss Dora was reared at Kiddville, Clark county, she and her sister Miss Alice coming here to reside about 15 years ago. A brother, James of Winchester, and two sisters, Mrs. James McKee, of Chicago, Ill., and Miss Alice Hensley, of this town, survive her. All of them were with her in her last hours. She was a devoted member of the Christian Church and was a kind, good woman, being highly esteemed. The bereaved ones have the sympathy of many friends.

Lula Hess
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, February 2, 1939
Was Descendant Of Early Settler
   Miss Lula Hess, 77 years old, a native of Bath county, passed away at her apartment here Saturday, January 28, after a brief illness of heart disease, from which she had been a long sufferer.
   Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Barnes funeral home on East Main street, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey and the Rev. R. L. Bailey.  Interment was in the Polksville cemetery, where members of her family are buried.
   Born near Salt Lick, Miss Hess was a descendant of one of the early pioneers of this section of the state.  Her father, James Hess, was a native of Germany and her great-grandfather, Jacob Myers, was the contractor and builder of the old Bourbon furnace, which was begun in 1789 and put into blast in 1790 by the firm of Owings and Skidmore, composed of John Cockey Owings, Paul Skidmore, Willis Green and Christopher Greenup.  He also held several large land grants in this part of the state.
   She is survived by one sister, Mrs. J. M. Keene, of Florida, and one brother, Hogan Hess, of Cincinnati.  Another brother, the late J. Luther Hess, died here in March, 1936

Fannie Doyle Hiatt
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, June 2, 1938
Death Claims Mrs. Hiatt
   Mrs. Fannie Doyle Hiatt, 71 years old, died at the home of her son, Ernest Hiatt, on Bath avenue Friday, May 27, after a long illness.  She was the widow of the late R. A. Hiatt; who died some seven years ago.
   A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Littleton Doyle, she was born in this county on the head waters of White Oak March 26, 1867.  Most of her life was spent in this county and after the death of he husband, she moved to Owingsville to make her home with her son.
   Besides her son, Ernest Hiatt, she is survived by two other sons, John Hiatt, Mt. Sterling and James Hiatt, Dayton, O.; two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Mers and Mrs. John Emmons, Fleming county; two brothers, Davey Doyle and Alex Doyle, of Fleming county.  Another brother, the late John Doyle, of Sharpsburg, died several years ago.  She is also survived by 16 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
   Funeral services were held at the Hiatt home Sunday afternoon, May 29, at 3:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Farmer, of Mt. Sterling, followed by interment in the Owingsville Cemetery.

Elias Highley
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 16, 1939
Death Claims Bath County Farmer
   Elias Highley, prominent farmer of near Olympian Springs, died at his home Sunday morning, March 12, following a long illness.
   Funeral services were held at his late residence Tuesday, march 14, followed by burial in the Griggs cemetery.
   Besides his widow, Mr. Highley is survived by eight sons, Espy and Charles Highley, Middletown, O.; Jesse and Orval Highley, Ashland; Claud Highley, of Pennsylvania; Brooks, Arthur and Everett Highley, of this county; two daughters, Mrs. Bert Hood, Middletown and Mrs. Carl Penix, Ashland; five brothers and one sister.

Ruby Thompson Hinton
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, June 1, 1939
Mrs. Hinton Dies at Grange City
   Mrs. Ruby Thompson Hinton, 35 years old, died at her home near Grange City early Wednesday morning, May 31, following a few days' illness.  The wife of James Hinton, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bradley of Grange City.  Her father was the late George Thompson.
   Funeral services were held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at Fairview church, conducted by the Rev. Herbert Moore.  Interment was in the Fairview cemetery.
   Besides her husband, she is survived by six children, her mother and three sisters, Mrs. John Keinast, Cincinnati; Mrs. John Wells, Fleming county, and Mrs. Shelby Ginter, of Bath.

Judge Elijah Hogge
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, April 6, 1939
Death Claims Widely Known Morehead Man
   Judge Elijah Hogge, former special circuit judge of Rowan county and a member of the law firm of Hogge and Hogge, died at 5:30 o'clock Monday morning at his home at Morehead as the result of a heart attack.  He had been in ill health for two years.
   Judge Hogge was one of Rowan county and Morehead's leading citizens and, with the late Judge Allie Young, was instrumental in having the Morehead State Teachers College located there.  He was widely known also as a lover of thoroughbred horses and from 1922 to 1934 served as steward of the Kentucky Jockey Club.
   For many years he was a member of the legal firm of Young, Clay and Hogge, in which he was associated with the late William A. Young, the late Judge Allie Young and James Clay.
   He served as Rowan county attorney from 1913 to 1917, and mayor of Morehead from 1918 to 1921.  Since 1934, he had been a member of the legal firm of Hogge and Hogge, associated with his relative, Lester Hogge.
   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Allen Hogge; a son, Walter Hogge, of Lexington; two daughters, Miss Mary Hogge of Morehead and Mrs. Roy Cornette, wife of the Rowan county school superintendent.  Funeral services were held at the Morehead Baptist church at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. B. H. Kazee, pastor, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Arthur Landolt, pastor of the Christian church, and the Rev. Mr. Traynor, pastor of the Methodist church.  Burial will be in the Lee cemetery here.

Sarah Roberts Holt
The Owingsville Outlook, Thursday, December 29, 1910
Mrs. W. H. Holt Dead
   Mrs. William H. Holt, wife of Judge Holt, formerly of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, died of pneumonia at the family home at Pee Wee Valley at 11:30 o'clock Tuesday night.  Mrs. Holt had been ill two weeks.  Her maiden name was Sarah Roberts.  She was born in Philadelphia in 1841 and was a daughter of the late Thomas Roberts, at one time a prominent merchant in Philadelphia and a member of a prominent Philadelphia family.  She was married to Judge Holt in 1864.  They lived in Mt. Sterling for several years after the marriage.
   When Judge Holt was sent to Porto Rico to establish the judiciary system for the United States Government, Mrs. Holt went with him.  The climate was detrimental to her health and for that reason they came back to Kentucky.  They lived at Peewee Valley for seven years.
   Mrs. Holt leaves a brother, W. H. Roberts, of Engelwood, N. J.   Two of her brothers were killed in the Civil War.
   She leaves the following children: M. J. Holt, a local attorney, Mrs. A. J. Carroll and Mrs. Geo. H. Alexander, of Louisville, and Miss Elizabeth Holt and W. H. Holt, of Peewee Valley.  Courier Journal.

Charles Wesley Honaker
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 17, 1938
C. W. Honaker Dies In Kansas
Burial In Fredonia, Kansas Cemetery
   Charles Wesley Honaker, formerly of Owingsville, died Saturday, March 5, at the Masonic home at Wichita, Kan., after an illness of a month or longer.  His death was attributed to chronic nephritis.  He was 77 years old.
   A native of this county, he was a son of William and Mary Coyle Honaker, born January 6, 1861.  In 1896 he was married to Miss Alice Dean Jackson and made his home in Owingsville until 1917 when the family moved to Fredonia Kan., where he was employed in the laboratory of the Portland Cement Company.  Mrs. Honaker died January 9, 1926.  Following his wife's death, Mr. Honaker lived in Fredonia for several years and in 1934 entered the Masonic home at Wichita, where he died.
   Mr. Honaker was well known in this county.  He was a member of the Owingsville Christian Church and of the Bath Lodge No. 55 and was prominently connected with the Masonic affairs during his residence here.  After moving to Kansas, he transferred his membership to Constellation Lodge No. 95 and was active in Masonic circles there.  He was also a member of the Fredonia Christian Church and was the founder of a man's Bible class in that congregation.
   Funeral services were held Monday, March 7, at the First Christian church at Fredonia, conducted by the Rev. C. O. Wilson, followed by burial in the Fredonia cemetery under auspices of the Masonic order.
   Surviving him are three sons, James Lee Honaker and J. E. Honaker, of Pampa, Tex.; and Clay Honaker of Fredonia, and one sister, Mrs. Jennie Zimmerman, Nevada, Mo.

John L. Honaker
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 31, 1938
   John L. Honaker, son of Thomas and Anna Lathram Honaker, was born February 9, 1886, at Owingsville, Kentucky, and departed from this life at his home in Lebanon, O., March 19, 193