Clippings From The Big Sandy News
Lawrence County, KY
Formed 1821
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Clippings from the Big Sandy News transcribed |
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and generously donated by Kathy Burgess. They |
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are very difficult reading and some words were faded |
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and hard to determine. It is recommended check the |
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original source to assure accuracy. |
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Thursday September 3, 1885 |
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Robert Crutcher |
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Mr. Robert Crutcher, an old and well known citizen |
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of Louisa died last Saturday night. About the first of |
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January he was stricken with paralysis, only partial at |
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first, but about before his death it became general, |
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and his death was like the going out of a light. |
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Crutcher was known to about all Sandians, he having |
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lived in this country many years. We believe he came |
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from the neighborhood of Elizabethtown, KY, where |
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he has relatives yet living. He was an honest, |
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industrious man, liked by everybody. He was buried |
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with the honors of Masonry by Apperson Lodge, |
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Vinson Lodge, of Cassville participating. The burial |
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services were held at the M. E. Church South, Rev. |
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Hager, Smith, and Ri-le officiating, and the remains |
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were followed to the grave at Pine Hill Cemetery by |
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a large concourse of friends. |
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Thursday September 24, 1885 |
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Mrs. Fleming Stafford, of Fork Lick creek, died |
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Monday night of consumption. |
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Thursday September 24, 1885 |
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Died at his mother’s residence in Louisa KY, yesterday |
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morning, Guy Clark, of consumption. |
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Thursday October 8, 1885 |
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Mr. John T. Moore and Miss Nannie Holbrook, of Mouth |
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of Hood, were married by Esq. Sam Burton one day last |
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week. The parents of the young lady were disposed to be |
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hard-hearted in the matter, and the night before the |
marriage John attempted the elopement act but was | |
frustrated in the endeavor. Next day the old folks relented, | |
a license was procured, and accompanied by several | |
friends, they sought the squire. He was found, and in the | |
public road, on top of hill between Blaine and Rich | |
Creeks, the twain were made one flesh. We extend our | |
(picture of hand) of congratulation. | |
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Thursday October 15, 1885 | |
The general dullness and utter dreariness of the 11th | |
day of October, 1885, were agreeably lightened and | |
brightened by a society affair which culminated at the | |
residence of Mr. R. F. Vinson. It was no less than the | |
marriage of his second daughter, Jennie, to Mr. | |
Arnoldus J. Garred, the popular clerk of the Lawrence | |
Circuit and Criminal Courts. The bride is well known | |
in a large circle of friends and relatives as a young | |
lady of education, refinement and all those graces of | |
person and manner which constitute genuine feminine | |
worth. The gentleman, who is so fortunate as to | |
become her wooer and winner is too well known on | |
account of his sterling worth and character, and | |
because of the position he worthily fills, to require | |
introduction or commendation from us.The ceremony | |
was impressively performed by Elder J. F. Medley, of | |
the M. E. Church South, who married the bride’s | |
parents, after which the guests sat down to an elegant | |
dinner.In the afternoon Mr. And Mrs. Garred took the | |
North bound Chattaroi train, enroute for the principal | |
cities of the East. They were the recipients of many | |
elegant presents, among which we note the following: | |
Soltaire (diamond) ring, the gift of the groom, silver | |
sugar bowl, Col. And Mrs. Northup; silver spoon | |
(holder?), Mr. And Mrs. Lackey and Miss Quinn; | |
plush and crystal odor case, Mrs. Abbie Songer; glass | |
and silver pickle dish, little Ninnie Garred. | |
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Thursday October 15, 1885 | |
Two well known and popular young people were | |
quietly married last Thursday evening, Elder Shepard | |
officiating. They were Mr. Will Hutchison and Miss | |
Norah Eaves. The News wishes them a long and happy life | |
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Thursday October 15, 1885 | |
Mr. Edward Burgess, of George’s Creek, and Miss | |
Rebecca Bond, of Johnson County, were married last week. | |
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Thursday, October 29, 1885 | |
Married on the 14th, inst., at the residence of Sam Ferguson, | |
Wayne County, W. V.. Miss Georgia Ferguson to Mr. Lee | |
Dillon. | |
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Thursday Nov. 5, 1885 | |
In Memory of the Jus(t?) | |
"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes | |
and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor | |
crying neither shall there be any more pain, for the | |
former things are passed away"John L. Frasher was | |
born in Wayne County, West Va. October 28th, 1806 | |
died October 16, 1885, age 78 years, 11 months, 18 | |
days. Bro. John L. Frasher has lived all his life within | |
a few miles of where he was born and died. He | |
professed religion when about twenty-seven years old | |
and joined the M. E. Church South, in which he lived | |
a useful and acceptable member until he was called to | |
his reward on high.Bro. Frasher was a Free Mason. | |
And one of the oldest in the country. He was made a | |
Mason in Apperson lodge No. 195 and was one of the | |
charter members of Vinson Lodge No. 66, and was the | |
same until his death; he loved the order, and we don’t | |
hesitate to say that he was a perfect Ashlar. He was | |
buried Masonically, October 18, 1885, on his old farm | |
near Cassville, Wayne County, W. Va. His funeral was | |
preached by Bro(s). Rev. S. T. Crabtree and Rev. B. | |
Akers, the text was Isaiah 10 ch. 31 v. "But they that | |
wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, &e. | |
Wherein God in his kind providence, has taken unto | |
himself one of our faithful workers, and whereas the | |
family and church, and Masonry sustain a loss in so | |
faithful a christian man. Therefore be it Resolved 1st | |
That as a society and a church, while we deeply deplore | |
our loss and sympathize with the broken hearted family, | |
we cherish his memory, emulate him in christian character, | |
and humbly bow to the will of Him that doeth all things | |
well. 2nd While we suffer his loss in sorrow, we yet | |
rejoice in that eternal gain _______ unto him in his | |
entrance upon the res(t) that remains to the people of | |
God. 3rd That these resolutions be spread upon the | |
record of Vinson Lodge No. 66, and that a copy be | |
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sent to the Central Methodist, Wayne Advocate, |
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Kentucky Democrat, and Big Sandy News, for |
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publication and a copy be sent to the widow. |
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To the W. M., Wardens, and Brethren of A F. and |
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A. M., your committee appointed to draft resolutions |
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in memory __ Bro. John L. Frasher, deceased ____ _ave |
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to submit the foregoing report. |
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Committee: C.C. Thompson |
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S. T. Crabtree |
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J. L. Bi___ |
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Thursday Nov 5, 1885 |
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Louisa has arrived at that period in her history |
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where it becomes necessary for her citizens to |
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go on wheels. In other words we have fallen into |
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line and opened a Rink. Drake’s Hall is the place, |
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and Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays the |
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time when young and old can put on skates and |
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show their agility. It will be managed by Milt |
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Burns, which is a guarantee that there will be |
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plenty of fun. Ten cents admission and an extra |
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dime if you put on the rollers. It is hardly necessary |
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to say that good order will be preserved. |
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Thursday Dec. 3, 1885 |
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Married in Louisa, Sunday afternoon, Nov, 29th |
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at the residence of W. W. Marcum, by Rev. J. M. |
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Lauck, Miss Nannie Marcum to Mr. Mack Baker |
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Thursday Jan. 21, 1886 |
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John Burchett |
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Our community was saddened Tuesday morning |
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to hear that John Burchett, one of the oldest and |
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most respected citizens of Lawrence county had |
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departed this life. Uncle John, as he was familiarly |
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known, had been a sufferer for many years from a |
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combination of physical ills, and his death therefore |
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not unexpected. He began several days ago to fail |
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rapidly. And Tuesday morning at three o’clock, he |
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quietly breathed his last, surrounded by his sons |
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and daughters-his venerable wife having some |
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years ago preceded him to the Land Beyond The |
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River. At this moment we know so little of the early |
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life of Mr. Burchett that we can not write of him as |
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we desire. He was born on the 6th day of November, |
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1806, on the spot now occupied by the drug store of |
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W. T. Evans, and has always lived in this county. At |
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the time of his death he had so far as we now |
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remember, four sons and three daughters.Uncle John |
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was a man of very decided character with him to like |
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a man was to like him; to dislike him was to hate him, |
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consequently he had some enemies, but his friends far |
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out numbered the latter. To men he was firm and |
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unyielding and to women and children he was |
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gentleness itself, and at his home his hospitality was |
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unbounded. We do not know if Uncle John was a |
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member of any religious body or not, but we do |
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know that he was the soul of honor in all his |
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relations with his fellow man. His word was indeed |
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his bond. He was buried Wednesday at the old |
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homestead where so many years of his life were |
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spent. To the family of our dead friend we (tender?) |
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our warmest sympathy. |
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