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From: "Gerri Sutton" <>
Subject: EXCERPTS from the MOUNTAIN ECHO 1877
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 19:30:35 -0400


Reprinted with permission of the Laurel County Historical Society
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JANUARY 1877

Married: At the residence of Judge Moren on the evening of the 26th by
Elder W. B. Landrum, Mr. F. R. Hillard and Miss Mollie Hunt.

Margaret Ann Kuhn, daughter of Solomon H. Kuhn, died at her fathers
residence one mile from London, of hemorrage of the lungs, on the 29th ult.
After an illness of three weeks.

Marriage license issued by the Clerk of the Laurel County Court, since Dec.
1st 1876
Dec. 3-Garrison Wilkerson and L. A. Garland
Dec. 12-H. A. Edwards and M. J. Dees
Dec. 24-Lewis Rudder and M. E. Robinson
Dec. 19- W. O. Harris and Mary E. Parsley
Dec. 20-James W. Boreing and Florence Faris
Dec. 16.-Newton Price and Emaline Whitaker
Dec. 25-F. R. Hillard and M. J. Hunt

MARCH 1877

List of Marriage license issued by the Clerk of Laurel County Court for
Mar. 1877
Mar 2-James Robinson and Nancy J. Taylor
March 4-William Justice and Mary A. Cobb
March 2-M. Jones Jr. and Rhoda Gilbert
March 6-James Little and Catherine Taylor
March 13- William cotttengim and Lucinda Jones
March 14-J. P. Mobley and S. A. Vaughn
March 14-John Hash and Malinda Adams
March 15- W. H. Blair and Sarah Engle
March 17, W. T. Evans and H. J. Jones
March 17-Gus Loib and J. A. Elliott
March 22-T. A. Fain of Fayette Co. and M. E. Nelson of this county.

Winfield Brown died at his residence near Subliimity a few days since.of
Malirial fever.

The election of town trustees and Marshal came off on Saturday last.
Trustees: Jarvis Jackson, J. T. Williams, W. H.H. Thompson, H. G. Litton,
Harvey Sutton. Marshal : James Dees

The tramp nuisance has set in earnest. Over a dozen pass through town
everyday, with all their worldly goods tied up in a red handkerchief and
slung over their shoulders.

The following is a copy of a note sent to the Clerk of a parish not a
hundred miles from London: "Mister, my wief is ded, and wants to be berried
tomarrow at wonnor clock. You know where to dig it, Close by my other wief,
but let it be dip."

Died on the 4th inst., At the residence of Samuel Jones on Raccoon, Laurel
County, Mrs. Martha Doughty wife of James Doughty, and daughter of Exekiel
Hendrickson.

Born to the wife of William Magee on the 7th inst. a daughter Sarah E.
Magee, weight ten and a half pounds.

Born to the wife of J. H. Wyane a daughter 14th inst.
To the wife of Samuel Stansbary a son. 14th inst.

There was eighteen moonshiners in the London jail last Tuesday.

A few good loads of coal and wood will be accepted in payment of
subscriptions to the Echo. Bring it along.

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