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Nearly all the persons buried in the old cemetery were removed
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to the new at the expense of the company, and cach lot-owner in the old cemetery received a lot in the new one instead. Improve ments were immediately begun on the new grounds -- a good brick house erected for the sexton, grounds fenced in, surveyed, divided into lots, roads and some substantial brick drains made. This was done under the supervision of Mr. R. M. Hathaway, the first Pres- ident of the Elmwood Cemetery Company, and to his close attention, good taste and judgment is due much that is beautiful and substantial on the premises. In order to do all this, much money was expended by the company in anticipation of receipts, which, meantime, came in slowly, while expenses continued and interest accrued. In short, the indebtedness of the company increased constantly, the stockholders became weary waiting for returns and many of them sold their stock, the majority of which came into the hands of T. S. Anderson.
The debt had now (1878) accumulated to such a size that the annual interest on it, to say nothing of the necessary running expenses of the cemetery, amounted to more than the entire yearly receipts from all sources; and, the affairs of the company being in such a condition that each year's business increased the debt and decreased the assets (as the lots were sold), it became evident to the creditors that some change must be made in the finances.
The directors were urged to make arrangements to pay off the debt, if possible, but they seemed unable to do so. T. S. Anderson, being the largest creditor, then proposed to give the company one year's time, without interest, on his claim, if they would secure it, but this was declined. He then proposed to pay the entire debt of the cemetery, himself, if the company would transfer its prop- erty to him. It was generally conceded at the time that the entire property of the cemetery would not pay its debts at a foreed sale, a d, as before said, the debt was increasing yearly. The directors said the proposition was liberal, more so than they would be willing to make, and on the 25th of June, 1878, the cemetery and assets were conveyed by deed to T. S. Anderson, on condition that he should pay all debts of the cemetery, and that the grounds should be forever used as a burial ground and kept in good order.
Upon taking charge of tlie cemetery, and after consulting the best authorities (Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati; Cave Hill, Louisville, and Oak Hill, Evansville), he decided to divide some of the lots, heretofore entirely too large, into sizes to suit the wants of every family; and as the past experience of the company had
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shown that the old price of lots was not enough to keep the ceme- tery out of debt, the price of lots per square foot has been increased; but even now the prices of the best ground is only one fourth of that of the same in Cave Hill, and not more than one third of that in Oak Hill, Evansville.
The entire debt of the old company has been paid off and the cemetery is now on a firm footing. Some improvements have been made already, as can readily be seen, and others will be made. It is intended that Elmwood shall be a first-class cemetery in every respect, and much more labor and care will be given it than ever before.
The Catholic Cemetery is located about a half mile below town, on the Henderson road. It comprises about nine acres. It was laid out in October, 1861.
PUBLIC BENEVOLENCE.
The people of Owensboro exhibit that promptness in philan- thropic demands which is characteristic of Kentuckians.
March 8, 1867, a general relief committee, with auxiliary com- mittees throughout the county, was organized for the relief of the suffering poor in the South. This organization did something considerabie; but during the spring another organization was effected, which, it seems, did much more.
In the fall of 1878 the citizens of Owensboro raised about $1,200 for the relief of sufferers in the South.
Owensboro rallied nobly to the relief of the Chicago sufferers, after their great fire of Oct. 9, 10, 1871.
[See Chapter XIV. for philanthropic enterprises comprising the county.]
OWENSBORO POSTMASTERS.
In the days of President Polk, Jesse Bristow was Postmaster. The office was on the river, in one of the old Morton houses, where Ben Bransford's stemmery has since been. Mr. B. was consumptive, and therefore irritable; but was a good Postmaster. His successors in office have been George Holmes, Solomon How- ard, Thomas Higdon, James Watkins, Dr. Stephen F. Ogden, the Megill Bros., Jesse Moore, S. C. Wing (son of S. M. Wing), and Lawson Reno. Dr. Ogden was a jolly, faithful, patient official. Mr. Reno and his assistants seem to be as accommodat- ing as anybody could wish. Mr. Reno and his deputy, C. B. Mit-
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chell, have had the office since Feb. 2, 1880, and they are the best men for the place that could be found. Indeed, they are the most accommodating postmasters we ever saw.
Daily mail to Owensboro was first established in November, 1869, through the enterprise of Postmaster Foster, of Evansville.
BRIEF MENTION.
Most of the items given under this head are taken from that remarkable diary of Mr. Joseph Thomas, described at the begin- ning of Chapter XIII. Some of the events here referred to did not transpire in Owensboro, but in the vicinity; and as only a brief mention is made of them, we find it more convenient to col- late them all together in a sort of chronological table.
1844.
March 12, at five p. M., the steamers Sultana and Alex. Seott left New Orleans, and arrived at Owensboro the 17th at eleven o'clock, A. M., being out from New Orleans four days, seven- teen hours and forty minutes,-the quickest trip ever made to this place. The Scott beat the Sultana to the mouth of the Ohio by one hour. Average speed, eleven miles per hour. The Sul_ tana broke her cam-rod, and ran an hour and a half with one wheel.
May following, the Duke of Orleans came up, beating the Sultana one liour. May 25, military muster in Owensboro. Colo- nel Butler and Judge Owsley, candidates for Governor, delivered addresses. Heavy thunder-storm to-day also, the lightning strik- ing the court-house and market-house.
Measles prevalent.
June 1, meeting of the Clay Club. Speeches by Devereux, Johnson, Weir and Crow. The S. B. Montgomery made the trip to Louisville in four days, twenty-three hours and fifty min- utes, -the first boat that ever made it under five days.
Aug. 5, election very exciting; a great many drunk; only one or two fights, however. Much sickness during this month. River low. Rats worse than usual in their depredations in town.
September, Dr. Lockhart, above town, died. Sept. 26, Thanks- giving day in Kentucky.
Oet. 8, Wm. Watkins died, after a very severe and protracted illness.
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Oct. 2, Whigs raised a flag-pole 120 feet high; a large meeting of Whigs, with music and banners. On the 3d, a great barbecue; ad- dresses were delivered by McHenry, Letcher, Calhoon, and Dixon. Ladies were present, who sung and shouted and waved their hand- kerchiefs. On the 8th, boys march with lights. Streets dusty.
Dec. 27, Masonic celebration, by marching and ball.
1845.
Feb. 11, P. Triplett's fine barn burned; 15th, Athy's stable burned, with horse. A fire company was immediately afterward organized, and a subscription raised for ladders, cisterns, etc .; but the enterprise soon "fell through."
March, Sultana made the trip to Louisville in four days, twenty-one hours and fifty-eight minutes.
April 7, Dr. Conway's house burned.
June 9, C. Riley, Mr. Crow and A. Jones, candidates for Legis- lature, addressed the people.
No. 20, Thanksgiving.
1846.
Jan. 17, Mr. Clary's house burned.
March 26, Dr. Wm. Morton, Jr., died.
April and May, a deaf and dumb man gave writing lessons in town.
May, exciting news from the Mexican war, and a volunteer corps of ninety-three foot was formed, with G. W. Triplett for Captain; seventy volunteered in one day; all too late for acceptance, how- ever. McCreery raised a horse company.
June 15, geological lectures.
June 24, celebrations by the Freemasons.
July, several boats passed with volunteers for the Mexican war. Aug. 5, exciting election; 10, county court and trustee election. Nov. 24, Dr. Williams died of congestive fever.
December, two new packets-Courier and General Worth- running up Green River. Considerable excitement this month.
On the 17th, three men-Harris, Pugh and Galloway-were tried before a magistrate for the murder of a store-boat keeper, Roberts, on Green River. The latter was dismissed and the other two were committed for further trial.
On the 24th, the b'hoys about town got to shooting guns and bursting balls of twine filled with powder, and by so doing broke
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off' many pages of glass. The trastees met and ordered the "said blogs" to repair the damages ( 8%) within three days.
1847.
Jan. 1. Sons of Temperance have a public march, to the number of forty, and were addressed by Rev. Mr. Hunter.
Mich 8, first trip up the river. by the Alex. Scott.
Mar 23-29, a jubilee, Rev. Depareq, Coomes and Coghlan officiating; 22, Pugh cleared of the charge of murder.
June, Mexican volunteers of the previous year return home. 9, Thomas Field died.
July 11, steamer Wheel of Fortune burned about 3 A. M., six miles below town.
Ang. 2, exciting election. See Political chapter.
September, Captain McCreery's company raised for the Mexican war
Oct. 9, regimental master, and D. Province elected Colonel; 19th, the steamer Concordia makes her first trip down the river; 20th, S. D. Johnson died. During the month, Prof. Honfleur taught drawing lessons. Joseph Thomas' pork-house completed.
November and December, Mountaineer and Hibernia, packets. Dec. 25, march by the Sons of Temperance.
1848.
Jan. 30, Mrs. Robert Triplett died, after a very short illness.
April 1, Kerney & Thomas take possession of grist-mill and commence running it.
Ang. 15, Thomas Kelly died.
Dec. 25, Sons of Temperance parade.
1849.
May 27, music in the Catholic church,-the first ever in the town; 19, S. P. Hart died, of consumption.
July 1, two deaths from Asiatie cholera.
Wheat erop destroyed by rust.
1850.
Jan. 5, P. S. Anderson died; 28, Captain Sharp died.
Feb. 16, T. B. Fitch died; 26, Charley Harsford died, of con- sumption.
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March, subscription for railroad.
April 4, at 8:25 P. M., a sensible shock of gearthquake; all the citizens were alarmed; 29, II. Kerr & Co.'s stemmery, filled with tobacco, burned early in the morning; 14, P. Triplett's cabin burned at night.
May 13, a negro man died of cholera in town.
July 8, W. Edson, of Hartford, got off a steamer here with cholera and died; 9, old Aunt Grace died; 17, Mr. Steyfel, an old gentleman, died of cholera; 21, another death from cholera; 24; Mrs. H. Stanley died also of the same epidemic, and the next day her husband died with it.
Wheat crop ruined again by rust.
Ang. 7, Yontz died of cholera. During the month there were four or five other fatal eases of cholera.
Sept. 28, M. McFarland died.
October, considerable building in town --- banking house, Bar- gess' store-house, M. E. church, R. P. Aull's dwelling, a splendid stemmery, and improvement of Main street.
1851.
Jan. 28, Fawn, a new packet.
April 17, Courtland, a packet.
May, from middle onward, locusts abundant; 14, two deathis from cholera. Fruit destroyed this month by frosts.
June 22, Charles Ogden drowned; 29, Joseph Ogden died. Crops promise fair. Several deaths from dysentery.
July, wheat good this season. A hot month.
Ang. 16, J. W. Lanham died; also Howard T. Taylor, one of the best fariners and citizens of the county, was accidentally killed by the discharge of a gun in the hands of Dr. Wilmot. Fif- teen buckshot entered his heart, three of which went through him. The gun was so near him that the flash set fire to his shirt. He fell, exclaiming, " Lord, have mercy on me; I am killed; " and was dead before those immediately behind him could raise him up.
Aug. 27, W. Murphy died of cholera.
Sept. 5, Joe Stout and T. Kincheloe died; 2, " Dumb Billy Adams " died; 7, Mrs. Hall's son died of cholera; 10, P. Triplett's girl died of cholera; 19, Mr. Hathaway, a painter, died; 22, James Jones died, aged ninety-one on July fourth preceding. River exceedingly low.
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October, about the second, A. L. Beard died; 4, T. O'Flynn died; about the twenty-eighth, Ralpli Calhoon died; 23, death of Mrs. Trible.
Nov. 1, J. Phelan died; 8, Samuel Morton died of apoplexy; 9, James Murphy died; 12, wife of Richard Thomas died.
Dec. 9, Robert Winsor died; 10, Simpson Stont died.
1852.
Jan. 8, death of Mat. Kirkpatrick; 10, of Robert Triplett, with erysipelas; 13, of V. A. Pegram, with crysipelas; also the deatlı of Fanny Mayo, with congestion of the brain; also of Mr. Stone, an old gentleman; 18, of Miss Allison; 19, of Dr. IIill; 23, of Miss Sarah Triplett, with erysipelas; 24, of Mrs. P. Trip- lett, with same, and Mrs. Hathaway and Thomas Worley; 26, Mr. Combe's slave " Louis," also with erysipelas. A month of extraordinary mortality.
Feb. 1, Miss De Lovell, a teacher, died; 3, Mrs. Combe died, some say of erysipelas; 7, death of F. W. Wall; 12, J. R. Kelly found dead in bed from apoplexy; 24, IIelena Pegram died.
March 24, first trip of the great steamer Eclipse; also, Marens MeDaniel's cabin and honses were burned, and two small negroes with them. The Eclipse was 360 feet long, and probably the largest that had ever been built in the West; cost, $135,000. March 23, Mr. Thixton died of consumption; 24, Miss Laura Triplett died; 30, Philip Triplett died of erysipelas.
April 22, Mrs. Ilall died.
May 2, J. J. Bowlds died; 13, a negro in the country died of cholera; 15, another case.
June 6, Z. Blanford died of cholera; 16, Miss Calhoon died of typhoid fever; 18, George Calhoon died of same.
July, spiritual rappings abundant.
Sept. 27, death of Miss Carico, Mrs. Campbell and a man below town.
Oct. 15, Judge Calhoon died at Lonisville, and remains brought home on the 18th. Joseph Thomas's steam flouring mill and carding machine were burned on the 1st of this month, by an in- cendiary; loss about $8,000. A store adjoining, with $12,000 worth of goods, was also consumed. No insurance.
Nov. 14, Mrs. Simmons (nee Sally Smith) died.
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1853.
Jan. 13, A. L. Shotwell first trip down; a fast boat.
March 5, twelve boats passed.
April 12, Telegraph No. 3 made the best time.
May 13, James Jones died; 18, Eclipse passed, -only three days and twenty-one hours from New Orleans, in a race with the A. L. Shotwell, which was sixteen to twenty minutes longer reaching Louisville. The latter left New Orleans three days after the Eclipse. 27, four white men entered Capt. Bob McFarland's house, dragged him from his bed at his wife's side, inflicted sev- eral severe blows upon his face with an ax, and then left him dead on the floor. They fired a gun, but no bullet wound could after- ward be found upon the body.
June 15, Dr. John Roberts died.
July 4, Mrs. Stirman died; 31, Pointers] Washington drowned. This month Joseph Thomas made arrangements in Philadelphia to introduce the stereoscope into Kentucky.
August and September, good crop of fruit of all kinds this sea- son. Town improving. Old court-house removed, to give place for a new building. Wharf enlarged, etc.
Dec. 28, J. Johnston died, of typhoid fever.
1854.
April 14, Mrs. Emma (nee IIawes) Nicholas died; 29, J. Hess died of cholera; there were two or three other cases of cholera during the month.
June 27, Dr. Macgruder died, of consumption.
Sept. 20 (about), Mr. Wilkinson died, of cholera, on board a steamer a few miles above town.
Oct. 2, Hathaway's store and three other buildings burned; 11, J. H. Mayhall died; 19, T. Burgess shot D. Murphy, and the latter died four days afterward.
Nov. 1, C. Richardson hung by T. Landrum; about 2,500 per- sons present; 3, W. Thornton and two others died of cholera; 4, Sydney Hewitt and J. Lambsen died of cholera; 5, J. Decker died. " Hard Times" for want of money.
Dec. 7, Owensboro Gazette commenced; 16, S. Collier died.
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1855.
Jan. 27, in the evening, at J. II. Daveiss' mill, Alex. Mason, a young man, was killed. He was putting a belt on the drum at- tached to the fly-wheel, and slipped and fell so that an arm of the wheel caught his shoulder and head and drew him into the wheel pit. His head was mashed to a jelly, and he lived but a few min- utes after he was taken out.
Times harder this winter than before for many years. Provis- ions high and poor. Potatoes, $2 a bushel, and hard to get at that price. Meal, 70 to 75 cents a bushel, and flour, $8.50 a barrel. No vegetables save turnips, and these were 80 cents a bushel, whereas the usual price is 12 to 15 cents. Corn, 60 cents at the crib and scarce.
April 9, John Combe died; 11, Wm. Rogers died; 18, Mrs. Thornton died; 30, Mrs. P. Johnson (Mrs. Ford) died.
May 3, S. Childers' brick store fell down.
June 11, Geo. W. Mason died.
Wheat erop fine, and cut carly.
July 4, corner-stone of court-house laid; 30, Know-Nothings hold a mass meeting; 24, Mrs. J. Davidson died; 29, T. W Watkins died.
Ang. 3, Mitchell Calhoon died; also, "Sister" Raphaella; 31, Evan Merriweather died.
Sept. 6, steamer William Garvin, a packet; 11, Weir's fruit- house burned; 16, Mrs. H. Dugan died.
Oct. 16-19, fair; receipts about $565; 2, Major Ben Read died; 5. Tom Sale shot his wife. Chills prevalent this month.
1856.
Jan. 12, Mrs. Webb died, of consumption; 14, Dr. Hodges died.
Feb. 3, Iloskins' child burned to death.
March 29, II. A. Reed died.
April 4, Wm. Sansberry died; 28, Mr. Athis died.
May 10, Gilly Jones died.
June 24, Mrs. Mellveny died; 25, Henry Faith died.
July 1, Joseph Thomas, Jr., died of pneumonia, aged ten years; 25. Mr. Delahunt died.
Aug. 6. National American, a Know-Nothing paper, pub- lished in Owensboro; 17, Mrs. McClarty died; 20, Solomon Kigel died.
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September, provisions high and difficult to be obtained, on account of drouth; 23, Frank Head died.
Oct. 11, Mrs. H. Decker died; 22, Mrs. J. Carlin died; 27, Mrs. Kate Craig died; 30, John Snyder died. A very sickly month.
1857.
May, small-pox scare; 29, a death in town from this disease; 27, G. W. Farrow died, from kicks given by Hugh B. Lea. The small-pox was introduced by a German who came to Kenney's Exchange. Several contracted the disease. Public meetings for- bidden.
June 7, nine cases of small-pox or varioloid in town. Dull time in a business point of view.
July 1, crops very promising; wheat excellent; 30, a little small- pox yet.
Sept. 4, Mre. Wall died; 21, John Talbott's child burned to death; 26, George Slangliter died; 30, W. B. Johnson died, of typhoid fever.
Oct. 5, Histrionic Association opened in "Lady of Lyons."
Nov. 7, Mrs. Sarah Thomas died of consumption; 20, H. Manzy killed his wife, and died in jail on the 24th.
1858.
Jan. 13, J. H. Daveiss died. Considerable sickness this month -- typhoid fever and pneumonia, and a few cases of small-pox and varioloid. In the country were some cases of scarlet fever. J. S. Dawson lost four children by this disease.
Feb. 2, J. F. Hunter died of typhoid fever; 19, Scioto No. 2, a packet.
March 9, three marriages at 4 P. M .; 26, Elijah Rafferty died.
April 20, Miss Mollie Whayne died, of consumption.
May 30, Mrs. McKay, an old lady, died.
Aug. 11, Mrs. N. Harlow died; 22, Mrs. Dean died.
Sept. 6, Mrs. McAtee died.
Oct. 17, death of Martin Watkins, and on 31st, Mrs. Story.
Nov. 6, death of Gray son Brooks.
January-deaths: 2, Mrs. Dan. Kennady; 3, Temp. Sublett; 10, Sam. Cottrell; 14, Dr. S. F. Ogden, and Mrs. E. Marks; 22, Mrs. Waters.
Feb. 7, Ada Roberts died.
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March 1, J. McKee died; 12, death of "old" Tom Grooms. April 12, death of J. B. Watkins.
July 3, Salmon's honse robbed and burned by negroes; 12, death of Mrs. Trubler; 16, of Mary Yeaman; 17, of S. Paxton.
Aug. 28, new African church dedicated.
Oct. 19, Mr. Ilicks's house burned; 22, Ben Allen died.
Nov. 24, Eliza W. Ilobbs died, of hemorrhage of the lungs and disease of the heart. Only twelve hours afterward her servant from childhood, Roselle, died.
Dec. 30, death of Mr. Harl and Mrs. Yeager.
1860.
Jan. 30, Mr. Pegram's house burned.
Feb. 22, spire of the Baptist church, just finished, was blown down, with scaffolding; damage abont $1,500. Whooping cough prevailing.
March 20, J. Mitchell's store, Dodson's stable and three or four houses burned.
April 29, death of Dr. Todd.
May 19, death of Mrs. Shelby.
Aug. 7, earthquake sensibly felt by everybody.
Sept. 10, James Hoskins died of typhoid fever; Mrs. John Long, of consumption; 16, Baptist church opened for services for the r st time.
Oct. 24, death of Mrs. Reinhardt; 25, Cumberland Presbyterian Synod commences.
Nov. 2, R. M. Dorsey died; 8, R. E. Cassiday died.
Dec. 9, Larry Murphy died; 17, Deposit Bank in operation; 22, John Allen died; 24, Pat Enright froze to death, while drunk; 31, a strect lamp lighted at night.
1861.
Jan. 4, a day of prayer and fasting generally observed by the citizens for the sake of reconciling the North and the South. Stores all closed and churches mostly opened. Business almost suspended during the month, on account of the pecuniary depres- sion caused by secession, etc. ; Jan. 19, Sam Hawes, died.
Feb. 2, Methodist revival; 20, Judge Stuart, on petition, deter- mined to render no judgments for debt this term, on account of the unsettled state of the country and consequent scarcity of money. There were 603 suits for debt on the docket.
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April 8, Fanny Grissom died; 15, Crockett and Yeaman spoke, on the occasion of the surrender of Fort Sumter, S. C .; 22, speeches by J. C. Breckenridge and A. Dixon; secession gaining ground; 21, Mrs. Clements died.
May 13, George Howard, died; 18, forty of the " Home Guards" paraded with muskets, for the first time; 28, " Dixie Guards " left for the Southern army; 31, death of Mrs. Nunn and McDaniel.
July 17, " Home Gnards" sworn by Judge Botts; 29, Mrs. J. Hathaway died.
Aug. 17, Wash Thompson died.
Oct. 16, death of Ben Hawes; 17, of Sid Gough.
Dec. 5, James Talbot died of typhoid fever; 6, Win. H. Kin- ney's father died; 7, death of Mat. Cushing; 23, Miss Mollie Long died; 24, Mrs. O'Callaghan. died.
1862.
May 12, R. Hughes died; 14, Mr. Dillman died; 1, Baptist As- sociation commences; 15, Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly con- vened; 17, Mrs. Henry Scott died of consumption; 29, " Old " Jerry Yewell dicd.
July 22, Mrs. McHenry died.
Aug. 1, Mrs. James Talbot died; 7, Jesse Mason and J. C. Tal- bot died; 10, Mrs. Green died in Danville.
Oct. 1, Methodist Conference commences; 29, Mrs. J. Bristow died; crops fair this year; imported groceries high and money scarce.
Nov. 30, earthquake at 9:30 A. M; 29, Willis Field murdered.
Dec. 3, Mrs. Whayne died; 6, carthquake; 8, Wm. Evans died; 9, death of Mrs. Wm. Talbott; 29, Mrs. J. G. Howard and Mrs. Mc Manus died. Greenbacks abundant and small change scarce; merchants issuing individual checks for 5 to 50 cents.
1863.
Jan. 18, Isaac Kerney died; 23, death of Rowell Robinson. Feb. 11, Mrs. Wm. Norris died.
March 16, Mrs. J. G. McFarland died; 20, Mrs. Wash. Jones died; 25, death of John Dugan. Solomon J. Howard's house fired twice this month by an incendiary, but the fire was extinguished both times without much damage.
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April 9, J. Rudd's house burned; 17, Mrs. Ann Read died.
May 19, death of John Moorman.
June 2, Andrew Jones died; 8, death of Allen Willioye, an old gentleman.
July 20, J. Fuqna died.
Sept. 27, Mrs. T. C. McCreery died.
Oct. 3, Wm. Phelan died; 5, Gregory Arns died from a stabbing received three days previously ; 13, Silas Mason died; 15, Slanghter Newton died of typhoid fever, and Jake Leffler also died.
Dee. 6, J. H. Tarascon, a new packet; 8, Henry Thomas died of peritonitis; 24, Miss Salmons died about this time.
1864.
Jan. 7, Mr. Campbell's house burned; 15, S. Stranss, returning from Louisville, drowned about this time; 17, Bill Watkins (“ Yel- low Bill ") died; 23, L. Siins's tobacco stemmery burned; 24, Mrs. Hayden died; 29, death of Cunningham.
March 5, Colonel Thruston died.
April 15, John Leaman died.
June 7, Miss Kim Smith died.
July 29, Mrs. Edlin (J. Lancaster's daughter) died.
Aug. 18, Q. D. Mitchell killed by a negro picket.
Sept. 22, new packet, Morning Star-first trip.
Oct. 17, death of James B. Anderson. He was born in Lexing- ton, Ky., in 1808. After living at Louisville a number of years, he came to Owensboro, about 1836 or 1837, and engaged in farming until the fall of 1849, when he was elected Cashier of the Owens- boro branch of the Sonthern Bank, which position he retained, the bank reorganizing as the Planters' meanwhile, until his death, Oct. 17, 1864. He was an Elder in the Presbyterian church, and an exemplary Christian citizen.
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