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From: "Jess Wilson" <>
Subject: [KYLAUREL-L] Re: [ESTILLKY-L] Newspaper articles
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 08:42:39 -0400


Sonya, This story reminder me of my cousin Addie. Addie was the
widow of a World War I soldier. By frugile savings she had
accumilated a few thousand dollars in the bank drawing
interest. A smart fellow came along and started a whir-wind
courtship with Addie. They married and when Addie's money was
gone so was the groom and so was the pension..
Addie had a friend have herself hauled into the county
court and declared incompetant to handle her affairs, got the
marriage annuled and her pension restored and lived happily
thereafter to a ripe old age with enough moneyin the bank to
induce someone to care for her.
JESS WILSON
POSSUM TROT ROAD
MANCHESTER KY 40962

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> From: Sonya Schlesselman <>
> To:
> Subject: [ESTILLKY-L] Newspaper articles
> Date: Saturday, July 03, 1999 7:20 AM
>
> For those of you looking for you lost relatives in Estill Co.
try the KY
> Archives microfilms of newspapers for Madison Co,KY. There is
usually a
> section from various counties including Estill. Also one on
Irvine . It
> mention deaths, marriages and local new events . 1800's on.
> Her is an excerpt of one I got a chuckle out of
> while searching my Riddle name.
>
> Kentucky Register
> Richmond, Madison Co. Friday Jan. 16, 1880
>
> "A few days ago deputy sheriff Riddle committed to jail Mrs.
Elizabeth
> Farthing and John H. Karbin for living together not as man and
wife.
> She could obtain bail but Karbin could not. However she
refused to
> leave him in jail.. After a goof deal of parley they decided
to marry
> out. Accordingly license was procured and they were united in
holy bonds
> of matrimony by the County Judge. She had been drawing a
pension of
> $96 a year. Next morning Karbin skipped out for parts unknown
and left
> Mrs. Karbin minus a husband and $96 a year.. Finding another
husband may
> be easy but $96 a year is the rub.
> How things change.
> God Bless
> Sonya
>
>
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