Mary Fisher, daughter of George Fisher and Sarah Vaughn, was a young woman when the Civil War broke out and probably knew the young men who enlisted from her western Kentucky neighborhood. That was not the last time she would witness men leaving home to fight in a war. When she was middle-aged, newly-enlisted soldiers left to fight in the Spanish American War and, finally, when she was an old woman, the Great War (World War I) called men to fight in Europe.
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Miscellany of Tips, Records and Other Useful Things
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
She Saw Three Wars
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Rules for the County Jailer 1875
Being the Jailer in 1875 in Lyon County, Kentucky consisted of more than carrying the keys to the cells. Other duties were required and were spelled out in a document found among loose county court papers in the courthouse in Eddyville. How do these rules compare to the duties of present-day jailers?
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
William N. St. John - Steamboatman
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Friday, December 15, 2023
Destructive Fire at Smithland 1875
From the Evansville, Indiana Courier, 15 Oct 1875.
A special telegram to the Courier, received last night, brings the particulars of a disastrous conflagration that occurred in Smithland, Kentucky, on Monday evening, in which two fine store rooms were burned and a complete stock of goods destroyed. The fire originated in an old, unoccupied dwelling adjoining the store of Mr. Tom Leech. The flames communicated to the store and from thence to T.T. Cochran’s establishment, both of which were destroyed. Leech’s entire stock was destroyed before the flames could be extinguished, and the goods of Cochran were only secured after being somewhat damaged. The entire loss will exceed $10,000, upon which there was little or no insurance. The work is supposed to be that of an incendiary.Monday, December 11, 2023
Livingston County's Bowie Family Connection
Jim Bowie, who is often associated with the Bowie knife and who was killed at the Alamo in 1836, spent part of the fourth year of his life with his family in Livingston County, Kentucky. Rezin Bowie, Jim's father, can be found on the 1800 Livingston County tax list and was appointed appraiser of the estate of John Clark deceased that same year.[1]