June 2021 archive

The Railroad in Cloverport

Back Row, Left to Right: David Mattingly, H.D. Pate, Ben Miller, E.F. Pate, Joseph Lawson, Joseph Younger, Lee Wood, O.O. Lewis Middle Row, Left to Right: L.J. Behen, Warfield Collins, Charles Wagner, Al Purcell, ? Duncan, F. Whitehouse, C.O. Berry Front Row, Left to Right: Harry Weatherholt, Charles Jackson, John Lawson, Ira Behen Brothers Total …

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Will of William Stewart Haviland

W. S. Haviland, WILL. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, Williams S. Haviland, of Harrison County, Kentucky, have made and do hereby make, publish and declare my last Will and Testament, in manner and form following. FIRST: I direct the payment of my lawful debts and funeral expenses as soon as practical after …

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Virginia Campbell Rudder

FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY CYNTHIANA, Ky., Feb. 12 – Mrs. Virginia Campbell Rudder, 81, widow David N. Rudder died at 9 o’clock Thursday night at her home on Pleasant street. She was born in Bath County and was the daughter of John and Nancy Kendall McCue. Her father was a native of Scotland. Mrs. Rudder was …

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Walter Rudder

Returns After 16 Years Walter Rudder, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Rudder, this city, who left Paris 16 years ago, returned here this week from northern Michigan where he has been making his home. He talked with his father who failed to recognize him for some time. A year after Walter Rudder left home, …

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Letters Patent No. 279,411

Patent 279,411

UNITED STATES Patent Office.DAVID MCGLADERY, OF HAVILANDSVILLE, KENTUCKY.REIN-HOLDER.SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,411, dated June 12, 1883,Application filed March 10, 1883. (No model.) To all whom it may concern:Be it known that I, DAVID McGLADERY, Havilandsville, Harrison county, Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved Rein-Holder, of which the following is a full, …

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Mail Carrier Has Traveled 281,000 Miles

FALMOUTH, Ky., Aug. 5.-Frank King, who carries the mail from Havilandsville to Falmouth and return, has been working for the United States 40 years. He began carrying the mail on July 4, 1876, from Havilandsville to Robinson Station twice a week and continued for four years, and the next four years he made three trips …

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Interesting Bit of Kentucky History

An article in a recent paper told of a town being sold for $3,500. That village sale that might interest some of the older readers and be historical news for the young. In 1838 my grandfather, Robert S. Haviland, built a woolen factory at Havilandsville, where he and Alfred Warner of Fayette County comprised company …

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