. --PAGE 133 -- . Chapter Six: . Elizabeth Hill and Her Descendants . . Elizabeth Thompson, the fifth child of Thomas Thompson and Nancy Waddill Carter, was born January 19, 1779 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. On February 4, 1796 Elizabeth married John Hill, Jr. in Prince Edward County; her father was surety for the marriage. John Hill, Jr. died September 25, 1810, probably in Logan County, Kentucky. There is a headstone in East End Cemetery, Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky, which bears the following inscription: . In Memory of Majr. JOHN HILL Who Departed This Life on the 25th Day of September 1810 In the 31st Year of his Age. . This headstone does not mark the place of John's remains, as Cadiz was not settled until 1814; the stone was probably placed there many years after his death to honor his memory. Adjacent to John's headstone is one marking the resting place of his daughter, Jane Hill Thompson, who was the wife of James Edward Thompson. As the lettering and design of these stones is identical, they were probably placed at the time of Jane's death, perhaps in fulfillment of a promise by James to mark the graves of both his wife and her father. It is possible that John Hill. Jr.'s remains are in Prince Edward County, Virginia, or in the Grinter Cemetery, Logan County, where his widow Elizabeth was buried in 1867. Many of John and Elizabeth's descendants, including their daughters Sarah M. Grinter and Nancy Carter Grinter, are buried in the Grinter Cemetery. Elizabeth probably spent most of her lengthy widowhood with relatives in Trigg County. The 1860 Trigg County census places Elizabeth and a slave she owned in the household of her grandson Thomas H. Grinter, of Cadiz. In a letter written in 1891 to a Cadiz newspaper, The Kentucky Telephone, Cyrus Thompson reminisced that "when I was a small boy I . --PAGE 134 -- . was chaperon to my aunt, Mrs. Hill-- the grandmother of Mrs. Gunn and Miss Grinter, of Cerulean Springs-- on a trip to Canton . . . . My aunt and myself were the guests at Canton of Mr. James Cox, a merchant and a very pleasant gentleman, whose wife was a kinsman of my aunt." Alexander Baker, the stepson of Elizabeth Hill's brother James Thompson, journeyed to Prince Edward County in 1831 to sell Elizabeth's stake in land which was inherited by her deceased husband from John Hill, Sr. The land was situated on Spring Creek and was sold in separate parcels to John Morton and John M. Cunningham. The following is the text of Elizabeth's power of attorney for the sale of this land; it was recorded in Prince Edward County Deed Book No. 20, page 550: . Know all men by these presents that I, Elizabeth Hill, widow and relict of John Hill, Jr., deceased, of the County of Trigg and State of Kentucky here nominated, constituted and appointed, and do by these presents nominate, constitute and appoint Alexander Baker of the County and State aforesaid, my lawful attorney for me and in my name and for my use and benefit, to ask, demand, receive and receipt for, all such sum or sums of money which may or ought to be coming to me as one of the legatees of John Hill, senior, deceased late of the County of Prince Edward and state of Virginia in the hands of Robert Hill to be administered or distributed amongst the several legatees of the several legatees of the said John Hill, senior, deceased. And if necessary to sue for and recover the same, hereby certifying and conforming all and singular the acts by which my said attorney may carefully do in the premises as fully as if I were personally present acting and doing the same. In witness . . . I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 27th day of September 1828. (signed) Elizabeth Hill . John Wood's 1820 map of Prince Edward County marks the residence of Robert Hill, who was the above-mentioned executor of John Hill, Sr.'s estate. The map places the Hill family in the same area of Prince Edward County in which the Thompson and Grinter families lived in the last decades of the 1700s. Robert was a member of Buffalo Presbyterian Church. He is listed as a shareholder in the November 16, 1804 minutes of one of Virginia's first public libraries, the Buffalo Circulating Library in Prince Edward County (Joseph D. Eggleston, "Buffalo Circulating Library." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, July 1941, page 244). . . 6 Born Died Married To Whom John Hill, Jr. ca. 1778 Sept. 25, 1810 Feb. 4, 1796 Daughter of Thomas Thompson Elizabeth Thompson Jan. 19, 1779 April 10, 1867 and Nancy Waddill Carter Issue: 1. Nancy Carter July 2, 1799 Aug. 29, 1872 June 1, 1818 Samuel Grinter 2. Sarah M. Sept. 30, 1800 June 19, 1881 Nov. 1, 1820 James P. Grinter 3. Jane Mar. 2, 1805 Sept. 21, 1841 Oct. 30, 1829 see 2-4 . Elizabeth Thompson Hill's tombstone lists her birth year as 1779; this matches her birth date as found in the section of Carter Thompson's Bible which lists the birth dates of Thomas Thompson and Nancy Waddill Carter's children. It is likely that John Hill, Jr. and Elizabeth Thompson had more than three children. . --PAGE 135 -- . A probable son was described in Perrin's History of Trigg County (1884): the third merchant of Cadiz "was one John Hill, who opened a store in a little house where the Cadiz House now stands, and sold goods for about five years, when he disposed of his stock to Hiram Thompson, who continued merchandising some years later." A second, probable son of John Hill, Jr. and Elizabeth Thompson was the Thomas Hill who, along with William C. Thompson, was appointed to the Trigg County militia on September 15, 1823 (Trigg County Order Book A, page 118-119). A possible daughter of John Hill, Jr. and Elizabeth Thompson was Elizabeth Hill, who married George Venable on April 17, 1823 in Cadiz. George Venable, Cadiz' first physician, was a close friend of James Thompson and his son James Edward Thompson. The latter Thompson named one of his sons George Venable Thompson, while one of George Venable's sons was named James Edward Venable. . . . 6-1 Born Died Married To Whom Samuel Grinter May 12, 1797 Feb. 10, 1876 June 1, 1818 Daughter of John Hill, Jr. and Nancy Carter Hill July 2, 1799 Aug. 29, 1872 Elizabeth Thompson Issue: 1.James W. July 17, 1819 May 24, 1888 Feb. 1841 Nancy W. Milam 2.Sarah J. Aug. 6, 1821 June 1, 1865 X Single 3.Thomas Hill Sept. 12, 1823 Oct. 28, 1887 June 4, 1850 Mary Ann Redd 4.Mary L. Dec. 26, 1825 Feb. 1, 1848 John Wood 5.John C. Jan. 28, 1828 Frances C. Grinter 6.Samuel C. Nov. 1, 1830 7.Elizabeth C. Mar. 23, 1833 Nov. 24, 1923 X Single 8.Robert V. Jan. 6, 1835 9.Martha Addie April 11, 1837 June 17, 1929 May 19, 1856 Wesley Gunn 10. Daniel W. April 6, 1840 Jan. 6, 1903 Jan. 6, 1867 Ora Etta H. Davis . Samuel Grinter and Nancy Carter Hill were born in Prince Edward County, Virginia; they were married by Alexander Chapman, pastor of the Little Muddy River Presbyterian Church, in Butler County, Kentucky. Samuel and Nancy are buried in the Grinter Cemetery, which is located on Highway 68, four miles west of Russellville, Kentucky. The following is from Samuel Grinter's will, which he signed December 2, 1872: . I desire the payment of all my just debts. I will and devise to my daughter Bettie Grinter Five Hundred Dollars in consideration of her tender and kind and constant attention to my afflicted wife for a number of years. The remainder of my property and estate I will and devise to all my children including my said daughter Bettie Grinter share and share alike. I am the security for my son Robert Grinter on a note to my son Thos. H. Grinter. If any portion of said debt has to be paid out of my property said sum so paid is to be deducted from said Robert Grinter's share of my estate. I hereby appoint my sons Thos. H. Grinter and James W. Grinter Executors of this my last will and testament. Witness my hand & seal, the date first herein written. (signed) Samuel Grinter . --PAGE 136 -- . John C. Grinter moved to Kansas, where he married Frances C. Grinter, the daughter of Moses R. Grinter and Anna Marshall. John and his family are listed on the 1880 Wyandotte County census. His children were Nannie (age 17), Anna (age 12), and Kate (age 8). John's daughter Anna was born in December, 1869. She married Benjamin Smith, and had at least one child, Walter P. Smith, born August, 1895. Frances Grinter's father, Moses R. Grinter, the son of Frank Grinter and Susannah Reid, was the first white settler in Wyandotte County, Kansas. In January, 1831, he established the first ferry on the Kansas River, within the Delaware Indian reservation. Anna Marshall was born in Miami County, Ohio; her parents were a white fur trader and a Delaware maiden. Moses Grinter's house, which was built in 1857 and is called Grinter Place, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The life of Moses Grinter is explored in An Historic Outline of Grinter Place from 1825 to 1878, by Harry E. Hanson. Elizabeth C. Grinter, called Bettie, did not marry. After her parents died, she moved to Trigg County, where she is buried in East End Cemetery, Cadiz. The following is taken from her obituary in the Cadiz Record, November 24, 1923: . Miss Grinter was a native of Logan county, Ky., and was a daughter of Samuel Grinter, in his day a most prominent citizen of that county. She was the sixth child in a family of nine, and was born at what is still known as the old Grinter homestead five miles west of Russellville, on the road leading toward Elkton, on the 25th of March, 1832, and would have been ninety-two years of age had she lived until the 25th of next March. The big brick Grinter mansion house is still one of the landmarks of that section of the state. The mother died about 1871, and for five years she and the father composed the household so far as the immediate family was concerned. Miss Grinter was a woman of strong character, and aided materially in the affairs of the home and the transaction of the business of the large plantation. After the death of the father in 1876, she came to Cadiz and ever since had made her home with her sister, Mrs. Addie Gunn, in this city, and went to the home of Mrs. Garnett several years ago when Mrs. Gunn was rendered almost helpless by a fall. She had always lived a quiet, simple life, taking great interest in home affairs, and delighted always in her flower beds and things that made home bright and cheerful. Until fifteen or twenty years ago she regularly every year made a visit back to Logan county to visit friends of her earlier life, and to Kansas to visit a couple of brothers, who had long been residents of that state. Her last visit to Kansas was a number of years ago, and she and Mrs. Gunn made the trip together. Those who were intimately associated with her will long remember the many noble traits and her devotion to her household and those she loved. . Robert V. Grinter was living in the household of G. S. Mims on the 1860 Trigg County census. According to Perrin's History of Trigg County, one of Robert's slaves was executed on February 6, 1857, for planning to take part in a slave insurrection. Like many of the Grinters, especially the ones who moved to Kansas and Missouri, Robert V. Grinter fought for the North in the Civil War. He was captain of Company L, 8th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment. His uncle Robert . --PAGE 137 -- . Hill Grinter was also a member of this unit, while Colonel Benjamin Helm Bristow, who is mentioned elsewhere in this publication, was its commander. Daniel W. Grinter and Ora Etta H. Davis, who was born September 19, 1842, married in Logan County. They later moved to Kansas City, Kansas. They had two sons and two daughters, all of whom lived in Kansas City: Rupert H. Grinter, Thomas Grinter, Mrs. Dannie May Horton, and Mrs. Addie Lasley. Daniel was a member of Company A, 9th Kentucky Regiment, Confederate. He enlisted at Russellville on September 22, 1861. He was wounded at Resaca, Georgia, on May 14, 1864. . . The Life of John Grinter . Samuel Grinter was the son of John Grinter and Elizabeth Hill, who married February 24, 1786 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. This Elizabeth Hill probably belonged to the same family whose members John Hill, Jr. and Davis Hill, respectively, married Thomas Thompson's daughter Elizabeth and Carter Thompson's daughter Nancy. The Hill family lived in southwestern Prince Edward and northeastern Charlotte counties. They tended to have large families and to give their sons common names such as Robert, Thomas, John, and William-- two facts which make research on this family difficult. There is a voluminous Hill file among the genealogical papers of Dr. Joseph D. Eggleston at the Virginia Historical Society. Despite its size, the file was not very useful to this researcher in determining the exact relationships between all the Hills in Prince Edward and Charlotte counties. Much has been written about the life of John Grinter. Dr. Linton Elias Grinter, who recently died after serving as the dean of the graduate school at the University of Florida, compiled the following information on the life of his ancestor: . John Grinter was born in the year 1755. He landed in America an infant and an orphan, his father and mother having died at sea. It is not known from what country they came. Some say Germany and some say from Scotland or Wales. He was placed on the door step of one of the houses of the colony of Jamestown, Virginia. In some manner his name was understood to be [Grunter or Gunter]. At later dates two men came to the young man and told him, "Your name is not Gunter, but Grinter. We came over with you in the ship and we know what your name is." Young John grew to manhood in the Jamestown colony and when the war of the Revolution came on, he joined the Colonial Army. He was wounded in battle (believed to be the Battle of Brandywine) lying all night on the battle field with a British spear in his hip. He was cared for, later recovered from his wounds and served his time of enlistment in the army. John Grinter later went to Kentucky. His wife was Elizabeth Hill, who was born in 1756 and died August 17, 1830 in Logan County, Kentucky. After moving back to Kentucky, Mr. Grinter would often go back to Virginia, making these trips on horseback. One such trip was made with his son, James F. Grinter. Their . --PAGE 138 -- . route lay through what was called the "wilderness" where people were frequently robbed. They stopped one night at a little cabin on a hillside, to stay all night. The old man there was rather sullen and would not talk much. About dark a young man dropped in, and then another, and another, all carrying guns. Mr. Grinter and his son became alarmed, thinking they would be robbed. They agreed to watch and wait, one sleeping at a time. After supper the old man took out his pipe and sat out before the door, and began to smoke and talk. He related how he and three other men carried a cannon to the top of a hill to lay on the British. Mr. Grinter said, "I was one of those men." They immediately embraced each other, weeping like children. Mr. Grinter and son were no longer afraid. The young men who had come in set up their guns. They were the sons of Mr. Grinter's host, who had been out hunting. On another of these trips on horseback, Mr. Grinter was going in company with several others. They stopped and stayed all night at a tavern. Next morning they noticed that their flintlock guns had been tampered with-- the powder had been taken out of the pan. They primed their guns again and pursued their journey. When they had gone some miles from the tavern a big Negro stepped out into the road and demanded their money. They shot him, and returned to the tavern and told what they had done. The landlady there threw up her hands and said, "Ole, that was my husband. He had blacked himself and gone ahead to rob them." It is said that on one occasion a magistrate, who had been a Tory, tried to hold court in the vicinity where John Grinter was a resident. Mr. Grinter stopped the proceedings, saying, "No Tory can hold court for us." . John Grinter's Revolutionary War pension file at the Virginia State Library contains the following letter: . Prince Edward County, Virginia, May, 1783. I do hereby certify that John Grinter enlisted himself with me August 1, 1777, for to serve in the 12th Virginia Regiment and was advanced to Sergeant the first of December, 1779. (signed) Hezekiah Morton, Capt., 8th. Virginia Regiment. . One of John's descendants was P. N. Grinter, a biographical sketch of whom appears in A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri (1896). The following summary of John Grinter's Revolutionary War service is taken from that sketch: . John Grinter joined the Colonial forces and served in the Revolutionary war for six years and seven months. He was on board a vessel which was captured by the English and the crew made prisoners. At the Battle of Brandywine he was severely wounded and left for dead on the field. A spear was thrust into his body, but he killed the man who wounded him and kept the spear as a relic of the encounter all his life. (page 369) . --PAGE 139 -- . John's early adult years were spent among members of the "Buffalo Community," which was a group of Scot-Irish Presbyterians who worshipped at Buffalo Presbyterian Church in Prince Edward County. In October, 1776, members of the church presented to the recently-formed Virginia House of Delegates a document called "The Petition for Religious Liberty," which John Grinter signed. The petitioned reaffirmed the last article of the Virginia Bill of Rights and urged the new legislative body to "blot out every vestige of British Tyranny and Bondage, and define accurately between civil and ecclesiastic Authority. . ." John was almost certainly a blacksmith's apprentice at the time he signed "The Petition for Religious Liberty." Names appear on the petition in the order in which they were collected; the name John Grinter falls immediately after "Jno. Thompson Senr," "Jno. Thompson Junr," and "Andrew Thompson," and immediately before the name "Jno. Thompson, Blacksmith." John was apprenticed to the last-mentioned Thompson, whose will was probated in Prince Edward County in 1797. John Thompson's son Robert and the Grinter family later lived in the same section of Logan County, Kentucky. In 1831 Robert gave testimony in Logan County court that John Grinter had been his father's apprentice (Lucy Kate McGhee, Logan County, Kentucky Abstracts of Pensioners, section 27). Robert's father was probably a harsh master. Herbert Bradshaw's History of Prince Edward County points out that, in an advertisement which was published in the Virginia Gazette (November 17, 1774), John Thompson the Blacksmith offered a reward for a runaway indentured servant and "a runaway apprentice boy, who like the servant left barefoot; his clothing consisted of an oznaburg shirt, Russian drill breeches, and a negro cotton coat" (page 671). On November 18, 1788 John Grinter purchased 244 acres of land in Prince Edward County. The land was located on Fort Creek and was previously owned by James Park, who was the son of a previous owner of Thomas Thompson's land. In the deed John was described as "of the County of Charlotte" (Prince Edward County Deed Book 8, page 11). He probably lived in a section of Charlotte County which was near the Cub Creek Presbyterian Church. This church served many of the same Scot-Irish families whose relatives attended Buffalo Presbyterian Church, of which John was a member in 1776 when "The Petition for Religious Liberty" was circulated. The following notation from the Buffalo Presbyterian Church Sessional Record, 1804-1871 was dated October, 1806; it proves that John was a member of the church just before he moved to Kentucky: "John Caldwell, his wife and two daughters, John Grinter, his wife and daughter, and Joseph Bigger were dismissed from Buffalo congregation to remove to Tennessee and Kentucky" (page 27). John first appears on a Logan County tax list in June, 1807. In Kentucky he was an elder of Caney Fork Presbyterian Church; the minutes of the church recorded his death in May, 1831 (Caney Fork Presbyterian Church Minutes, 1821-1845, page 7). Nearly all of the congregation's early members were John's neighbors from Prince Edward County. These included Moses Read and Thomas Thompson. In 1807 Moses deeded to William Hay, James Forgy, Hugh Porter, Jr., and Thomas Thompson the land on which the first Caney Fork Presbyterian Church was built (Logan County Deed Book B, page 61). John Grinter died May 27, 1831. He and his wife are buried in the Smith Cemetery, which is located in the northeastern corner of Logan County, near the Butler County line. . --PAGE 140 -- . 6-1-1 Born Died Married To Whom James W. Grinter July 17, 1819 May 24, 1888 Feb. 1841 Daughter of Benjamin Milam Nancy W. Milam May 23, 1817 Nov. 20, 1891 and Charity Campbell Issue: 1.Thomas W. ca. 1843 July 4, 1915 Oct. 7, 1879 Cornelia Grinter 2.Lucy E. Aug. 8, 1844 Feb. 12, 1912 May 30, 1872 William T. Jennings 3.Theodore C. ca. 1847 June 30, 1873 Nancy L. Grinter 4.Benjamin Samuel April 21, 1851 Feb. 19, 1859 X Died young 5.Mary C. Aug. 24, 1855 July 16, 1889 X Single 6.Martha J. April 2, 1858 Nov. 21, 1942 Oct. 15, 1879 George Neely Young . Nancy Milam's parents were born in Bedford County, Virginia. James and Nancy married in Logan County, Kentucky, where he was a preacher and a leading mason. James, Nancy, Mary, and Martha are buried in the Grinter Cemetery, Logan County. . . . 6-1-1-1 Born Died Married To Whom Thomas W. Grinter ca. 1843 July 4, 1915 Oct. 7, 1879 Daughter of Samuel A. Grinter Cornelia Grinter ca. 1849 Sept. 20, 1925 and Elizabeth C. Grinter No known issue. . Thomas W. Grinter and Cornelia Grinter married in Logan County, Kentucky, where both died. . . . 6-1-1-2 Born Died Married To Whom William T. Jennings April 2, 1846 Aug. 28, 1903 May 30, 1872 Daughter of James W. Grinter Lucy E. Grinter Aug. 8, 1844 Feb. 12, 1912 and Nancy W. Milam Issue: 1.Charles Sept. 2, 1875 Sept. 28, 1943 Nov. 28, 1900 1. Callie K. Crittendon " 2. Deanie Hadden 2.Benny Oct. 1877 . Lucy E. Grinter and William T. Jennings married in Logan County, Kentucky. They are buried in Grinter Cemetery, Logan County. . . . 6-1-1-2-1 Born Died Married To Whom Charles Jennings Sept. 2, 1875 Sept. 28, 1943 Nov. 28, 1900 Callie K. Crittendon Dec. 16, 1876 Feb. 24, 1905 Issue: 1.Leland 1905 1909 X Died young 2.Myrtle 2nd Marriage: Daughter of Samuel W. Hadden Deanie Hadden Feb. 14, 1873 Mar. 8, 1958 and Adicia Hardy . Charles Jennings and Callie K. Crittendon married in Logan County, Kentucky. They and their son are buried in Grinter Cemetery, Logan County. Deanie Hadden died in Russellville, . --PAGE 141 -- . Kentucky. Born in Todd County, Kentucky, Deanie is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville. The following is Charles Jennings' obituary, which appeared in the Russellville News- Democrat, September 30. 1943: . Charles Jennings, one of the oldest residents of the Whippoorwill section, and a prominent farmer of the county, died at his home Tuesday after a short illness. Funeral services were held for him at Hebron Church, of which he was a member, conducted by Rev. Sidney Shelton and Rev. John Hamilton. Burial occurred in the Grinter Cemetery. Mr. Jennings was born in Logan County September 2, 1875, the son of Thomas Jennings of Tennessee and Lucy Grinter Jennings of Kentucky. He had been a resident of the county all his life, were he was prominent in all activities and an outstanding influence for good. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Deanie Hadden, and one daughter, Miss Myrtle Jennings of Russellville. . . . 6-1-1-3 Born Died Married To Whom Theodore C. Grinter ca. 1847 June 30, 1873 Daughter of Samuel A. Grinter Nancy L. Grinter ca. 1855 and Elizabeth C. Grinter Issue: 1.Ernest ca. 1874 2.Philip May 1876 3.Annie G. ca. 1879 . Theodore C. Grinter and Nancy L. Grinter, called Nannie, married in Logan County, Kentucky. In 1880, they were living near Gordonsville, Logan County, in 1880. Ernest Grinter probably did not marry. He was living in his brother's house in Logan County in 1910. Philip Grinter was living in Harrisville, West Virginia in 1900, and in Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1920. He was not married on the censuses of those years. Annie G. Grinter was living in West Virginia in 1906. . . . 6-1-1-6 Born Died Married To Whom George Neely Young Aug. 13, 1852 July 23, 1898 Oct. 15, 1879 Daughter of James W. Grinter Martha J. Grinter April 2, 1858 Nov. 21, 1942 and Nancy W. Milam Issue: 1.Ethel L. July 1880 Nov. 2, 1946 X Single 2.Betty Kate May 20, 1883 Dec. 12, 1968 Robert M. Green 3.Georgia Belle April 2, 1887 Sept. 14, 1970 Dec. 19, 1906 Henry Clay Hampton 4.Eddie Lou Oct. 9, 1890 Aug. 1, 1974 S. R. Bowen 5.Clara A. Sept. 1891 Mar. 21, 1959 Oct. 15, 1918 L. B. Carpenter . Martha J. Grinter and George Neely Young married in Logan County, Kentucky. Martha, called Mattie, died in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and is buried in Corinth Cemetery, Logan County. . --PAGE 142 -- . Ethel L. Young died at Greenview Hospital, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Eddie Lou Young and S. R. Bowen lived in Bowling Green and later in Palatka, Florida. Eddie was educated at Western Normal School and College, the University of Tennessee, and Appalachian Teachers College in Boone, North Carolina. She taught school in Kentucky and Florida. She and her husband had no children. They are buried in Christian Union Cemetery, Palatka. Betty Kate Young and Robert M. Green, who was born in 1872 and died in 1929, are buried in Auburn Cemetery, Logan County. Betty and Robert had no children. Clara A. Young and L. B. Carpenter married in Warren County, Kentucky, where both died. A Bowling Green church leader and garden club enthusiast, Clara was a graduate of Franklin High School and the Bowling Green Business University. Clara and her husband, a building contractor in Bowling Green, had no children. They are buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green. . . 6-1-1-6-3 Born Died Married To Whom Henry Clay Hampton April 14, 1877 May 31, 1949 Dec. 19, 1906 Daughter of George Neely Georgia Belle Young April 2, 1887 Sept. 14, 1970 Young and Martha J. Grinter Issue: 1.George Clay 1910 2.Julian Y. 1912 May 20, 1919 X Died young 3.Martha Jeanette Nov. 13, 1913 living Wilbur Davenport 4.Garnett W. Feb. 21, 1917 Aug. 6, 1988 Zula Paul 5.Philip C. Sept. 1, 1919 living Margaret Moss 6.Charles Edwin Sept. 21, 1922 living 1941 Nellie May Ellis 7.Robert Wayne Nov. 21, 1925 living 8.Nancy Claire Nov. 11, 1931 living Eugene Bewley . Henry Clay Hampton and Georgia Belle Young married in Logan County, Kentucky. Henry was a farmer and merchant in Browning, Kentucky. He and Georgia are buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green. George Clay Hampton spent much of his life outside of the United States. He worked for the Bechtel Corporation in Saudi Arabia. His son Daniel lives in Michigan. Julian Y. Hampton died in Warren County, Kentucky. Martha Jeanette Hampton, called Jeanette, and Wilbur Davenport had one son, Robert Briggs Davenport, who is a retired F.B.I. agent. Wilbur is deceased. Garnett W. Hampton died in Woodburn, Kentucky, and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green. Zula Paul lives in Bowling Green. Garnett and Zula's sons are Paul Hampton and Garnett Hampton, who was born September 8, 1942 in Warren County. Paul is is a Baptist minister. Paul and his wife Barbara Britt have two children, Beth Hampton and Daniel Hampton. Philip C. Hampton lives in Bowling Green. Margaret Moss, a native of Bethpage, Tennessee, was born November 4, 1918, and died March 3, 1991 in Bowling Green. She is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green. Philip and Margaret's son is Henry Moss Hampton, who was born August 13, 1949. Henry and his wife Jean Boisilier live in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Henry and Jean's daughters are Hillary Hampton and Julie Hampton. Charles Edwin Hampton and Nellie May Ellis lived in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Their children, Ray Lewis Hampton and Phyllis Hampton, were born in Clarksville, Tennessee. . --PAGE 143 -- . Robert Wayne Hampton, called Wayne, lives in Fort Benton, Montana. Nancy Claire Hampton and Eugene Bewley live in Norcross, Georgia. Their sons are Adam Bewley and Blair Bewley. . . . 6-1-3 Born Died Married To Whom Thomas Hill Grinter Sept. 12, 1823 Oct. 28, 1887 June 4, 1850 Daughter of William Redd and Mary Ann Redd Feb. 16, 1827 Dec. 3, 1892 Frances J. Hackett Issue: 1.Frances Mar. 20, 1852 Feb. 27, 1937 Nov. 25, 1875 James Edwin Rankin, II 2.Samuel W. Sept. 22, 1853 Oct. 14, 1853 X Died young 3.Nancy Dec. 28, 1854 Jan. 13, 1907 Feb. 26, 1873 see 2-5-8 4.Georgia May 22, 1857 Sept. 8, 1887 Nov. 28, 1878 George T. McCain 5.Thomas Sept. 1859 X Died young 6.Mary Redd July 25, 1861 Jan. 31, 1939 Nov. 11, 1885 Edward Roberts Street, Sr. 7.Daniel Lee Mar. 25, 1864 Feb. 26, 1954 Jan. 14, 1890 Elizabeth McCarty 8.Hattie July 12, 1866 June 22, 1956 May 2, 1888 Dr. Norfleet Lynn Carney 9.Clarence Phillip April 20, 1870 Feb. 7, 1893 X Died young . Thomas Hill Grinter and Mary Ann Redd married in Trigg County, where their children were born. Clarence Phillip Grinter died of tuberculosis, and is buried in East End Cemetery. Samuel W. Grinter's death is listed in the Trigg County vital statistics. Thomas Grinter's age was listed as nine months on the 1860 Trigg County census. Mary Redd's father William Redd, Jr. was born January 13, 1786, in Caroline County, Virginia. His father was William Redd, Sr., who married Frances Tyler. Frances was a member of the same family which produced President John Tyler. The Redds and Tylers came west together, settling in Montgomery County, Tennessee. By 1816, William Redd, Jr. had moved from Montgomery County to near Cadiz. Thomas came to Cadiz on New Year's Day 1842. His first job was clerk in a dry goods business owned by Hiram Thompson. From this humble beginning, he became one of the richest men in the town's history. He made a great deal of money as a merchant, a mortgage underwriter, and a manager of widow's and orphan's estates. He is said also to have made handsome commissions for allowing the town's residents to store money and other valuables in his safe-- the only one in Cadiz-- during the Civil War. Known for his generosity, Thomas provided homes in Cadiz for his married daughters and raised Robert and Henry, the orphaned sons of Sarah Thomas. Late in her life, Thomas' grandmother Elizabeth Thompson Hill lived in the Grinter household. A large monument in East End Cemetery marks Thomas Hill Grinter's resting place. The following is his obituary: . Esq. Thomas H. Grinter, who had been in quite feeble health for the last twelve months, passed away quietly last Friday afternoon. Mr. Grinter was born in Logan county, Ky., the third of a family of nine children born to Samuel and Nancy (Hill) Grinter. Esq. Grinter moved to this county in 1842, and lived among its citizens until his death. He began business in Cadiz as a dry goods clerk, which occupation he followed for three years. He first clerked in Hiram Thompson's store; he then bought out . --PAGE 144 -- . James Edward Thompson, and after various changes in the style of the firm, it finally became known as Thompson & Grinter. This partnership continued two years, and at the end of this time the latter sold out. He afterwards purchased the office of Sheriff of Esq. James Garnett, who was entitled to it by virtue of his office as senior Magistrate under the old constitution, which position he held for two years. At the expiration of his term of office he and R. D. Baker engaged in the mercantile business for two years, under the firm name Grinter & Baker. Selling out, he again bought the office of Sheriff from Esq. Stanley Thomas, which position he held for two years. At the expiration of these official duties he began the management of estates. He held the office of Constable and Justice of the Peace for several terms. We remember the first time that we ever saw Esq. Grinter. We had been summoned before him while he officiated as Justice of the Peace, to testify in regard to the price of tobacco hogsheads. Several witnesses were introduced, and the testimony was quite conflicting, and we were anxious to see how he could render a satisfactory decision. When the testimony had closed, he remarked that the price of hogsheads differed in different localities, and that the testimony showed very clearly that three dollars was the standard price at the plaintiff's shop where those in controversy were made, and that he would render judgment against the defendant for that price. All parties, after hearing his clear reasoning, were perfectly satisfied with his decision. Just prior to the war and during the war and for several years thereafter, most of his time was spent in settling up estates. He was a fine judge of human nature, and did business upon strict business principles. Up to two years ago no man in the county was as well acquainted as he was as to the financial standing and condition of every man in the county. Having engaged extensively as a private broker, he usually knew at a glance what were good securities, and we have heard him say that after engaging in business as administrator and guardian in this county for thirty years, he had never lost a debt of his own creation. As an evidence of his foresight and fine business sagacity, he, it is thought, accumulated a fortune of $350,000 or $400,000. He was exceedingly fond of his family, and quite indulgent to them. He was one of the oldest residents of the town, and had a great many warm friends who will greatly miss him. . . . 6-1-3-1 Born Died Married To Whom James Edwin Rankin, II Mar. 15, 1837 Feb. 10, 1891 Nov. 25, 1875 Daughter of Thomas Hill Grinter Frances Grinter Mar. 20, 1852 Feb. 27, 1937 and Mary Ann Redd Issue: 1.Mary Grinter Aug. 11, 1876 May 24, 1920 X Single 2.Anne Wardlaw July 21, 1877 Nov. 9, 1973 X Single 3.Eddie Hopkins Nov. 8, 1878 July 21, 1969 Nov. 6, 1907 Gracey Hobbs Luckett 4.Thomas Grinter Oct. 31, 1880 Feb. 9, 1923 Edith Chalmer 5.Chester Alexander Mar. 25, 1882 Oct. 12, 1968 Nov. 29, 1924 Mary Winifred Settle 6.Frances ca. 1888 Dec. 31, 1888 X Died young 7.Alice James Oct. 11, 1889 Nov. 11, 1969 April 14, 1910 1. Frederick W. McNeely " " 2. Norman Frederick Scholz . --PAGE 145 -- . James Edwin Rankin, II was the son of James Edwin Rankin, Sr. and the grandson of Dr. Adam Rankin, a pioneer surgeon of Henderson County. Adam Rankin's father was William Rankin, the son of Adam Rankin of Scotland and Ireland. William Rankin emigrated to American prior to the Revolutionary War, settling in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. His son Dr. Adam Rankin removed from Pennsylvania to Danville, Kentucky, where in 1792 he married Elizabeth Speed, the daughter of Captain James Speed and Mary Spencer. Dr. Rankin and his wife moved to Henderson where she died August 18, 1803. Dr. Rankin's second wife was Ann Gamble of Brandenburg, Kentucky. She died in childbirth. On September 3, 1807, Dr. Rankin married Susan Roane Anderson, who was born June 22, 1788 and died March 28, 1842. Dr. Rankin died October 10, 1817. Dr. Rankin's estate was called "Meadow Brook"; it was located three miles east of Henderson. While living there, Dr. Rankin became involved in the life of the famous naturalist John James Audubon. In 1811, Dr. Rankin befriended Audubon and his wife Lucy, a cultured and educated young woman from Pennsylvania. Audubon was then a struggling young merchant. Aside from being Audubon's best customer, Dr. Rankin and his family often looked after Lucy while John took frequent and lengthy hunting trips in the Ohio Valley, where he nurtured his passion for observing wildlife. While employed as governess to the Rankin children, Lucy gave birth at Dr. Rankin's house to her second child, John Woodhouse Audubon. The famous New Madrid Earthquake of 1811 occurred during the Audubons' stay in Henderson. John's description of this unusual and unsettling event is recorded in Robert Buchanan's Life and Adventures of Audubon, the Naturalist. James Edwin Rankin, Sr., who was born August 19, 1810 and died July 21, 1861, was the second child of Dr. Adam Rankin and Susan Roane Anderson. James married Anne Elizabeth Wardlaw in Henderson on November 3, 1832. Anne was born May 9, 1814 and died February 24, 1887. She was the daughter of James Coulter Wardlaw and Lucy Bugg Hopkins. Lucy was the daughter of General Samuel Hopkins and Elizabeth Branch Bugg. General Hopkins served on George Washington's staff during the Revolution War and as Commander-in-Chief of the Western Frontier (Illinois and Indiana territories) during the Indian wars of 1811-1812. Hopkins County and Hopkinsville, Kentucky, were named in his honor. James Edwin Rankin, II and Frances Grinter, who was born in Russellville, Kentucky, married in Trigg County. Their children were born in Henderson County. Mr. Rankin served as a Confederate officer in the Civil War and was one of Henderson's most successful tobacconists. The following account of his funeral was reported in a Henderson newspaper: . A fitting commemoration of the prominent social and commercial position of Major J. Edwin Rankin, and of the high character he bore in the community were his funeral obsequies yesterday afternoon. Men of all callings and classes came out to do honor to his memory, and the First Presbyterian church were the funeral services were conducted, could not contain the immense congregation. The funeral cortege started from the residence, the body being escorted to the church by the Knights of Pythias and the organization of ex-Confederate soldiers. Rev. Thomas Cummings read in the church several appropriate passages from the scriptures, but preached no funeral sermon. The procession to Fernwood was one of the longest ever seen in the city. It was headed by one hundred and fifty Knights of Pythias in march, under command of Capt. . --PAGE 146 -- . Jos. B. Johnston. Following were the ex-Confederates, and the employees in the tobacco manufactory of Thos. Hog Co., of which firm Major Rankin was a member. The carriages in line were over one-half mile in extent. At the grave Rev. Jno. L. Robinson, Chaplain of Ivy Lodge, took charge of the services. He delivered the beautiful burial address of the ritual, and referred to the deceased as having been one of the originators of the pythian lodge in Henderson, and of having given it the name "Ivy," which it now bears. The floral offerings that were presented by friends were magnificent and beautiful. At one end of the mound which marked the last resting place of this honored and beloved citizen was placed a floral design several feet high, and representing the "gates ajar." At the other end was a lovely cross of the same dimensions, while in the center was a large design of immortals. The departed sleeps beneath a wreath of roses. . James Edwin Rankin, II and his wife are buried in Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson; their unmarried daughters Mary and Anne are also buried there. Mary died in Henderson. Anne died at Church Home Episcopal, Louisville. Frances Rankin, called Fannie, died as an infant. Her death is listed in the interment records of the city of Henderson. . . . 6-1-3-1-3 Born Died Married To Whom Gracey Hobbs Luckett April 1877 May 10, 1965 Nov. 6, 1907 Daughter of James Edwin Eddie Hopkins Rankin Nov. 8, 1878 July 21, 1969 Rankin, II and Frances Grinter Issue: 1.Thomas Dade, II Nov. 4, 1908 living Sept. 16, 1939 1. Mary Thomas Camp " " Aug. 22, 1987 2. Frances Matton 2.Edwin Rankin Nov. 15, 1910 Sept. 8, 1987 X Single 3.Frances Grinter Dec. 20, 1912 living Carlysle A. Bethel 4.Gracey Hobbs May 2, 1917 living 1. Brooke Stoddard " " 2. Morris A. Bradley . Gracey Hobbs Luckett was born in Clarksville, Tennessee; his parents were Thomas and Maria Luckett. Gracey and Eddie Hopkins Rankin died in Louisville, Kentucky, where their children were born. They are buried in Cave Hill, Cemetery, Louisville. Edwin Rankin Luckett died at Norton Hospital, Louisville. He is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery. Frances Grinter Luckett and Carlysle A. Bethel's daughter Lois Ransom Bethel died unmarried. Their daughter Gracey Luckett Bethel married John W. McKeown, II; their children are Lois Bethel McKeown and John W. McKeown, III. Gracey Hobbs Luckett's first husband, Brooke Stoddard, died January 14, 1965. Their children are: Gracey Luckett Stoddard, who was born January 29, 1945 in Louisville and who married D. Pressley Sloterbeck, Jr.; Brooke Caswell Stoddard, who was born March 28, 1947 in Louisville and who married Marybeth Shaul; and Frances C. Stoddard. The Sloterbeck's children are Oscar Thomas Sloterbeck, born August 26, 1974, and David Caswell Sloterbeck, born April 9, 1976. . --PAGE 147 -- . The following is from Gracey Hobbs Luckett's obituary, which appeared in the Louisville Courier-Journal, May 11, 1965. . Gracey H. Luckett, who had been in the tobacco rehandling and export business here for more than half a century, died at 2:10 a.m. yesterday at his home, 2419 Longest. He was 88. He was president of Luckett Tobaccos, Inc., 1112 Bardstown Road, and of the Compaigne des Tobac, Comme Il Faut, which operates a cigarette factory in Haiti. He was one of the founders of the Luckett-Wake Tobacco Co. in Clarksville, Tenn., which was moved to Louisville in 1908 and for many years was located at 808 W. Liberty. A native of Clarksville, Tenn., Luckett was a descendant of James Patton, one of the founders of Louisville, and of Nicholas Hobbs, a founder of Anchorage. Luckett was a graduate of Southwestern University and was a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church and the Louisville Country Club. He was formerly a vestryman of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and a former member of the Pendennis Club. . . . 6-1-3-1-3-1 Born Died Married To Whom Thomas Dade Luckett, II Nov. 4, 1908 living Sept. 16, 1939 Mary Thomas Camp June 30, 1914 Dec. 1981 Issue: 1.Catherine Camp Mar. 19, 1942 living 2.Thomas Dade, III Oct. 11, 1945 living Jan. 3, 1976 Mary L. Dauer 3.Mary Patrick May 18, 1951 living 2nd Marriage: Frances Matton ca. 1924 living Aug. 22, 1987 . Thomas Dade Luckett, II is a retired architect. He and Frances Matton live in Louisville. Mary Thomas Camp died in Louisville. The Luckett children were born in Louisville. . . . 6-1-3-1-4 Born Died Married To Whom Thomas Grinter Rankin Oct. 31, 1880 Feb. 9, 1923 Edith Chalmer Issue: 1.Thomas Grinter, Jr. May 30, 1910 living Mary Scudder . Thomas Grinter Rankin and Edith Chalmer lived in El Paso, Texas, and later in St. Louis, Missouri. The children of Thomas Grinter Rankin, Jr. and Mary Scudder are: Gale Rankin; June Wardlaw Rankin; Thomas Grinter Rankin, III, who married Constance Anderson; Prentice Scudder Rankin; and John Duke Rankin. . --PAGE 148 -- . The following is taken from Thomas Grinter Rankin's obituary in the (Henderson) Morning Gleaner, February 10, 1923: . Following an illness of four weeks of complication of diseases Thomas Rankin, 41, died at the home of his mother, Mrs. Fannie G. Rankin, on North Main street at 6:30 o'clock Friday night. Four weeks ago Mr. Rankin, whose home was in St. Louis, came to Henderson for treatment. His condition gradually grew worse until death ended his sufferings. Several days ago his condition became so critical that his brother, Chester Rankin, and sisters, Mrs. Gracey Luckett of Louisville, and Mrs. F. W. McNeely of Evansville, were summoned to attend his bedside. . . . 6-1-3-1-5 Born Died Married To Whom Chester Alexander Rankin Mar. 25, 1882 Oct. 12, 1968 Nov. 29, 1924 Mary Winifred Settle Dec. 23, 1894 Sept. 19, 1970 Issue: 1.Caroline Grinter April 9, 1926 living May 12, 1951 James Patrick Mapother 2.James Edwin, III Mar. 23, 1929 April 9, 1986 Oct. 25, 1958 Martha Ann Driskill 3.John Settle Jan. 16, 1931 living Sept. 26, 1953 1. Jane Lee Almstedt " " Jan. 2, 1988 2. Martha Ann Driskill Rankin . Chester Alexander Rankin and Mary Winifred Settle lived in Louisville, where they married and where their children were born. They are buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville. Chester was a good friend of U.S. Navy Admiral Husband E. Kimmel; their friendship began while both were students at Centre College, in Danville, Kentucky. The following is from Chester's obituary, which appeared in the Louisville Courier-Journal, October 13, 1968: . Chester A. Rankin, 86, an executive of two tobacco firms, died at 4:25 a.m. yesterday at Kentucky Baptist Hospital. He lived at 519 Tiffany Lane. He was president and a director of the Luckett-Wake Tobacco Co. and was vice- president and a director of Luckett Tobaccos, inc., a tobacco exporting firm. He was also chairman of the board of the Ohio River Sand Co. Rankin, a native of Henderson, Ky., was a graduate of Centre College and was an elder in the Second Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the Louisville Country Club and the Filson Club. . . . 6-1-3-1-5-1 Born Died Married To Whom James Patrick Mapother Dec. 12, 1924 May 31, 1978 May 12, 1951 Daughter of Chester Alexander Caroline Grinter Rankin April 9, 1926 living Rankin and Mary W. Settle Issue: 1.Edith Rubel Feb. 27, 1957 living Mar. 20, 1982 Yelverton Peyton Wells 2.James Rankin Feb. 27, 1959 living X Single . --PAGE 149 -- . James Patrick Mapother and Caroline Grinter Rankin were born in Louisville; their children were born in St. Louis, Missouri. Caroline, who lives in Louisville, graciously provided most of the Rankin family information which appears in this publication. James was employed by General Electric Corporation. He died while on vacation in Hilton Head, South Carolina. He was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church, Louisville, and is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville. . . . 6-1-3-1-5-1-1 Born Died Married To Whom Yelverton Peyton Wells May 8, 1944 living May 20, 1982 Dau. of James Patrick Mapother Edith Rubel Mapother Feb. 27, 1957 living and Caroline Grinter Rankin Issue: 1.Caroline Rankin Mar. 27, 1985 living 2.Mary Peyton H. Sept. 11, 1991 living . Yelverton Peyton Wells and Edith Rubel Mapother live in Louisville, where they married and where their children were born. . . . 6-1-3-1-5-2 Born Died Married To Whom James Edwin Rankin, III Mar. 23, 1929 April 9, 1986 Oct. 25, 1958 Martha Ann Driskill Nov. 7, 1932 living Issue: 1.James Edwin, IV April 15, 1962 living X Single 2.Ann Driskill Feb. 7, 1967 living Oct. 14, 1989 Kenneth Coleman Fleming . James Edwin Rankin, III and Martha Ann Driskill married at the Douglass Boulevard Christian Church, Louisville; their children were born in Louisville. James was president of Park Aerial Surveys, Inc. He was a Korean war veteran, an elder of the Second Presbyterian Church, Louisville, and a member of the Rotary Club of Louisville and the Filson Club. He died at Methodist Evangelical Hospital, Louisville, and is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery. Ann Driskill Rankin and Kenneth Coleman Fleming married in Louisville. Their daughter is Katherine Coleman Fleming, who was born July 19, 1994 in Louisville. . . . 6-1-3-1-5-3 Born Died Married To Whom John Settle Rankin Jan. 16, 1931 living Sept. 26, 1953 Jane Lee Almstedt Aug. 10, 1931 Mar. 5, 1986 Issue: 1.Richard Alexander April 10, 1955 living Aug. 12, 1978 Sarah Thompson 2.Thomas Settle April 6, 1957 living Mar. 2, 1985 Evaline Ruth Ervin 3.John Almstedt Aug. 8, 1959 living X Single 4.Jane Lee Dec. 11, 1960 living X Single 2nd Marriage: Martha (Driskill) Rankin Nov. 7, 1932 living Jan. 2, 1988 . --PAGE 150 -- . John Settle Rankin and Jane Lee Almstedt, who was born in Louisville, married at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Louisville. Jane died in Louisville, and is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery. John and Jane's children were born in Louisville. John Settle Rankin and Martha Driskill Rankin married at Second Presbyterian Church, Louisville. . . . 6-1-3-1-5-3-1 Born Died Married To Whom Richard Alexander Rankin April 10, 1955 living Aug. 12, 1978 Sarah Thompson Aug. 18, 1957 living Issue: 1.John Taylor Jan. 18, 1981 living 2.Hunter Almstedt Aug. 11, 1983 living . Richard Alexander Rankin and Sarah Thompson married at Second Presbyterian Church, Louisville. Their children were born in Louisville. . . . 6-1-3-1-5-3-2 Born Died Married To Whom Thomas Settle Rankin April 6, 1957 living Mar. 2, 1985 Evaline Ruth Ervin Jan. 8, 1955 living Issue: 1.Thomas Julian Jan. 19, 1987 living 2.Charles Alexander June 26, 1991 living . Thomas Settle Rankin and Evaline Ruth Ervin, called Ruth, married in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. . . . 6-1-3-1-7 Born Died Married To Whom Frederick W. McNeely Sept. 14, 1885 July 5, 1952 April 14, 1910 Daughter of James Edwin Alice James Rankin Oct. 11, 1889 Nov. 11, 1969 Rankin, II and Frances Grinter Issue: 1.Frances Louise Jan. 17, 1912 living Feb. 6, 1937 Alfred Louis Bernardin, III 2.Frederick W., Jr. May 27, 1916 April 10, 1952 X Single 2nd Marriage: Daughter of James Edwin Norman Frederick Scholz June 6, 1895 Feb. 29, 1976 Rankin, II and Frances Grinter . Alice Rankin and Frederick W. McNeely married in Henderson, Kentucky. Their children were born in Evansville, Indiana. Frederick was also born in Evansville; his parents were Edwin T. McNeely and Lizzie Delang. Edwin was the last member of the McNeely family to be connected with the Evansville Press. His obituary appeared in the Evansville Courier, September 20, 1929: . Edwin T. McNeely, 77, life long resident of Evansville, son of the late John Hamilton McNeely, and former publisher of The Journal, died at his home, 1002 Riverside . --PAGE 151 -- . avenue Thursday night at 6 o'clock of heart disease after several years of ill health. McNeely entered newspaper work when a young man. He retired in 1920 when The Journal was purchased by a group of local business men. McNeely's uncle, James Henderson McNeely, once prominent editorial writer, and father, John H. McNeely, together with F. M. Thayer, purchased the local paper while Edwin was still a young man. James McNeely went to Richmond to take charge of The Palladium from which he had originally come to Evansville. He remained with this paper several years before returning here where he purchased Thayer's interest in The Journal. The newspaper then became the sole property of the two McNeely brothers. Edwin McNeely was made business manager soon after he entered the firm and at the death of his father, John H. McNeely he became half owner of the paper. At the death of James McNeely in 1902 Edwin McNeely took charge of the newspaper. Mrs. M. J. Compton, daughter of James H. McNeely, gained half interest in the paper at the death of her father. She and Edwin operated The Journal until 1920 when it was purchased by S. Wallace Cook, the late Samuel May, A. M. Karges, and W. H. McCurdy. These men owned the paper until it was purchased by The Courier in 1923. . The following is from the obituary of Frederick W. McNeely which appeared in the Evansville Press, July 7, 1952: . Funeral for Fred McNeely, 66, former Evansville resident who died Saturday at his Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., home will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the J. Max Lowe Colonial Chapel with the Rev. Joseph Baas officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Mr. McNeely was a pioneer in the automobile business in Evansville. In 1908 he became the third motor car dealer here, owning the Buick agency. He also sold electric cars. Later he worked for the Single Center Buggy Company, manufacturers of a friction- drive car. He was employed as sales manager for the Boetticher and Kellogg Hardware Company from 1925 to 1932, then joined Karges Furniture. In 1938 he opened his own retail furniture store, the McNeely Furniture Company, which he operated until 1946 when he retired. He built and owned two apartment buildings in Evansville and an apartment house in Ft. Lauderdale. . Alice's second marriage was to Norman Frederick Scholz, the son of Charles J. Scholz and Lucie Kamleiter. Mr. Scholz was a member of one of Evansville's most prominent families. His grandfather Frederick J. Scholz served as treasurer of the State of Indiana in the middle 1890s. Norman was the owner of the Hotel Vendome, which his grandfather built around 1910. Three streets in Evansville-- Norman, Frederick, and Scholz-- are named for members of this family. Norman is entombed in the Scholz mausoleum at Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville. . --PAGE 152 -- . The following is Alice's obituary from the Evansville Courier, November 12, 1969: . Mrs. Alice R. Scholz, wife of the former owner and president of the Hotel Vendome, died at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Scholz, of 419 Washington Ave., the former Alice Rankin, was the great-great- granddaughter of Gen. Samuel Hopkins, one of the pioneers of Henderson, Ky., and the great-granddaughter of Dr. Adam Rankin, who became the first doctor in Henderson in 1822. Her husband, Norman F. Scholz, was a member of the Park Board for 16 years, and Oak Hill Cemetery Board for five years. He was associated with the Vendome from 1909 until 1963, when it was sold, and then in 1968 served as a management consultant. Survivors: granddaughters Mrs. William B. Brown of Evansville, and Mrs. James Stewart of Chicago, Ill.; a great-grandson, Scott Rankin Brown of Evansville. . . . 6-1-3-1-7-1 Born Died Married To Whom Alfred Louis Bernardin, II Sept. 22, 1910 living Feb. 6, 1937 Daughter of Frederick W. Frances L. McNeely Jan. 17, 1912 living McNeely and Alice Rankin Issue: 1.Joan F. Sept. 1, 1939 living Oct. 20, 1962 William G. Brown 2.Mary Alice Oct. 27, 1942 living James Stewart . Alfred Louis Bernardin, II and Frances L. McNeely live in Evansville, Indiana; they married in Chicago during the flood of 1937. Joan F. Bernardin and William G. Brown married in Evansville. Their children are Heather Brown and Scott Rankin Brown. Joan lives in Evansville, as does her son. She is a certified chemical dependency counselor at Community Mental Health Hospital in Henderson, Kentucky. Mary Alice Bernardin and James Stewart are divorced, and have no children. The following biographical sketch of Alfred Louis Bernardin, II appeared in John D. Barnhart and Donald F. Carmony, Indiana: From Frontier to Industrial Commonwealth (1954): . The Bernardin Bottle Cap Company, Inc., of Evansville, is America's first manufacturer of metal closures for glass containers. Alfred Louis Bernardin, II, is the third generation from the founder to be president of this notable enterprise, whose story is worthy of preservation in print as the record of an historic industry and of the men who labored for its success. Born in Battle Creek, Michigan, September 22, 1910, Alfred Louis Bernardin, III, is the son of Alfred Louis Bernardin, Jr., and the former Mary McNally. His father, who died in 1922, was president of the Bernardin Bottle Cap Company, Inc. After graduation from high school and the LaSalle Military School at Oakdale, New York, their son completed his education in the Catholic University, Washington, D.C., and the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. The Bernardin Bottle Cap Company was founded in 1881 in Evansville, by Alfred Louis Bernardin, Sr. This started the first manufacture of metal closures in not only the . --PAGE 153 -- . United States, but as far as is known, in the world. Since Mr. Bernardin was in the wine importing business and they experienced trouble with corks blowing out in ocean shipments, he devised a metal clamp to fit over the cork and down around the neck of the bottle with a metal strap that tightened the clamp and prevented the cork from blowing out the in transit. Later, Mr. Bernardin invented many other types of metal closures for glass containers that are still popular and in current usage. He invented the beer cap, or crown cap, currently used on beer and soft drink bottles. He later manufactured metal screw caps and still later experimented with applying colored lacquers and enamels to these caps before they were fabricated from sheet form. Others of his inventions were the first double shell cap, first cap to be used on catsup bottles, and many types of machines for the manufacturing and applying of these closures. The plant was located on Northwest Fourth Street in the block immediately north of the Court House. Mr. Bernardin, Sr., died in 1916, leaving a daughter Emma, and a son, Alfred Louis, Jr. The latter continued to operate the company until his death in 1922. During this period an additional product was manufactured, consisting of metal cans for food products that were used during World War I. Later on the company added new products, such as the nationally known line of Bernardin two-piece mason caps for home canning. Alfred Louis Bernardin, II, entered the business in 1933, and he is now its president. In 1948 a new and larger plant was built on West Maryland Street, occupying ninety thousand square feet, to accommodate larger production and afford manufacturing economies. Lithographing equipment and ovens were installed for the coating and lacquering and designing of sheets of tin. Machinery for manufacturing plastics caps was also installed. Recently some diversified lines have been added, such as metal typewriter ribbon boxes, aluminum containers for home freezing and storage of food leftovers, fabrication of aluminum foil for household use, and other diversified products. The employment currently averages approximately four hundred, and the products of the Bernardin Bottle Cap Company, Inc., are shipped into the forty-eight states. . . . 6-1-3-4 Born Died Married To Whom George T. McCain Nov. 25, 1852 Feb. 20, 1885 Nov. 28, 1878 Daughter of Thomas Hill Grinter Georgia Grinter May 22, 1857 Sept. 8, 1887 and Mary Ann Redd Issue: 1.Carolyn Oct. 3, 1879 June 11, 1902 X Died young 2.Thomas Grinter Nov. 30, 1881 Jan. 28, 1908 X Died young 2.George May 27, 1884 Oct. 5, 1885 X Died young . George T. McCain and Georgia Grinter married in Cadiz. The McCain children were born in Cadiz, and are buried in East End Cemetery, where a large monument marks the resting place of this ill-fated family. George T. McCain was the son of John A. McCain, who was born in 1816 in North Carolina and died in 1867 in Graves County, Kentucky, and Caroline Wharton, who was born in 1821 in Paris, Tennessee, and died in 1860. John A. McCain lived in the Wallonia district, Trigg County, where he was a merchant and tobacconist. . --PAGE 154 -- . The following is taken from George T. McCain's obituary in the Kentucky Telephone: . Mr. George T. McCain died at Leesburg, Florida on last Friday morning, February 20, 1885 at 3 o'clock. He left his home in this city on the 7th ultimo in company with his wife and child. He was in feeble health and his object in going to Florida was to find a more congenial climate. It was not thought that he was in any immediate danger until a very short time before his death. T. H. Grinter started immediately but did not reach there in time to be with him in his last hours. He was thirty-two years old at the time of his death. He commenced business in this city about ten years ago and soon took rank as one of the best business men of the town or county. For honesty and integrity none stood higher. The following is Georgia Grinter McCain's obituary from the Kentucky Telephone: . Mrs. Georgia McCain died at her home in Cadiz last Thursday morning of consumption, after an illness of several months. Mrs. McCain was a daughter of Esq. Thos. H. Grinter, and the only child he has ever lost. At the time of her death she was only thirty-two years of age, was a member of the Christian Church, and had led an exemplary life, taking great pleasure in attending the meetings of her church and its Sunday School when able to do so. The Church has lost, in the death of Mrs. McCain, one of its best members; the community, an excellent Christian lady; her two little children (a son and daughter), a devoted mother. She will long be treasured in the memory of her many friends. May the Giver of all good bring consolation to her grief-stricken family. . Carolyn McCain, called Carrie Mae, and her brother Thomas, who was called "Grinter McCain" by his friends in Cadiz, were raised in Henderson by James Edwin Rankin and his wife Francis Grinter Rankin. Carrie died of tuberculosis, a disease from which Thomas also suffered. The following is Thomas Grinter McCain's obituary from the Cadiz Record, January 23, 1908: . Grinter McCain, formerly of Cadiz, who has been making his home with his aunt, Mrs. Fannie G. Rankin, in Henderson for several years past, died Tuesday about noon at El Paso, Texas. For several years he had been a sufferer with lung trouble and has been spending his winters in Texas. He had been much better this winter and reports received by relatives here were very encouraging. About ten days ago he suffered an attack of spinal meningitis and for a week before death had been unconscious. He was a son of George T. McCain and was born and reared in Cadiz. He was a grandson of the late Thomas H. Grinter and a nephew of D. L. Grinter and Mrs. E. R. Street of this city. He was 26 years of age last December. He is the last of the family, his father and mother, together with an only sister and brother, having preceded him to the world beyond. Burial in the East End Cemetery at Cadiz. Thomas Rankin, a cousin of the deceased who lives at El Paso, will accompany the remains to Kentucky. . --PAGE 155 -- . 6-1-3-6 Born Died Married To Whom Edward Roberts Street, Sr. Feb. 3, 1856 Feb. 11, 1915 Nov. 11, 1885 Daughter of Thomas Hill Grinter Mary Redd Grinter July 25, 1861 Jan. 31, 1939 and Mary Ann Redd Issue: 1.Virginia Hewell Sept. 1, 1886 Jan. 17, 1985 Sept. 1, 1886 Reuben Pollard White 2.John Lyddall Oct. 12, 1888 Sept. 17, 1969 Oct. 12, 1916 Margaret Atkinson 3.Edward Roberts, Jr. Feb. 4, 1890 Feb. 26, 1971 July 8, 1913 1. Mabel Woodruff " " Feb. 7, 1969 2. Mrs. Gladys H. White 4.Thomas Grinter Jan. 5, 1892 Jan. 26, 1946 Nov. 10, 1917 Louise Marie Hunt 5.Mary Grinter Oct. 8, 1893 Jan. 11, 1976 Clarence Denham 6.Frances Grinter Mar. 10, 1896 Feb. 19, 1987 1923 Phil Edward Chappell 7.Clarence Parke Nov. 11, 1900 Aug. 1984 Dec. 3, 1925 Ruth Howerton Wallace 8.Daniel Lee Mar. 25, 1904 July 1, 1978 Aug. 24, 1932 Frances Woodruff . Edward Roberts Street, Sr. and Mary Redd Grinter married in Trigg County, where their children were born. They are buried in East End Cemetery, Cadiz. Edward was a member of the firm of Jefferson & Street. He and Dr. J. W. Crenshaw founded the Trigg County Farmers Bank in 1890. Edward was also an elder in the Cadiz Christian Church. Edward's father was John Lyddall Street, who was born July 7, 1818 in Hanover County, Virginia, and died July 4, 1888. Edward's mother was Mary Roberts, who was born in Virginia on May 8, 1829, and died in Trigg County on May 29, 1857. John Lyddall Street is buried in East End Cemetery, as is his second wife, Amanda F. Hewell, who died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Susan Hewell Pettus, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on April 16, 1909. Mrs. Pettus was the wife of Mississippi governor John Jones Pettus and the sister of James Benjamin Garnett's first wife. There is a biographical sketch of John Lyddall Street in Perrin's History of Trigg County (1884). The following sketch was written by Cyrus Thompson, who was a close boyhood friend of Mr. Street: . I cannot forego the pleasure or omit the duty of mentioning in my brief sketches John L. Street, who so recently died in Cadiz after a residence of more than fifty years. It may seem to those in your community, who knew him so long and many so intimately, like a work of supererogation on my part to write anything about him, but I like to contemplate his beautiful character, and shall only, or more particularly, speak of some of the characteristics of his early life-- of which but few now living know anything outside of myself. He was, I think, born in Virginia, but may be claimed as a Kentuckian, as he came to the State in his infancy and was reared there, save a few years he spent with his uncle, John P. Wilkinson, at Jacksonville, Illinois, where he received a part of his education, going there after the death of his most estimable father, who lived about eight miles east of Cadiz, and who was one of the best citizens, intellectually, morally, and socially, that Trigg county ever had. After his short stay in Illinois he returned to Kentucky and entered the store of his uncle, Spotswood Wilkinson, amongst the first, and for several years, one of the most extensive merchants in Cadiz, and in his store and under him, Mr. Street received his mercantile education, which was thorough, as was evidenced by his success in business. . --PAGE 156 -- . He was one of my intimate associates in boyhood. I knew him well and was familiar with all of his prominent and leading characteristics, and a more lovely character in a boy I never knew. He was honest, modest, amiable, moral, liberal, kind, polite and cheerful, tho' the latter was not a characteristic of his family. I never knew him angry, sad, dejected or despondent in his boyhood. He had an unusual flow of spirits for one so quiet and unobtrusive as himself. He was mirthful and fond of anecdotes, with which he was well stocked. He enjoyed them when told by others, and told them himself with much zest. He was withal a pretty good mimic, and could personate to perfection some of the characters who used to come to Cadiz. He had an ear that quickly caught the sound and an eye that quickly observed and detected all that was unusual and ludicrous in dress, looks, manners or tune of conversation that characterized his fellow man, particularly the rough and uncultivated-- and there were some notable ones in Trigg county in those days-- and he could as accurately describe and imitate them as any one I ever saw. That he became a Christian and lived the life of a Christian was only what might have been expected with his characteristics in boyhood. It was an easy thing seemingly for him to become a Christian, as his thoughts, acts, and habits in boyhood, and doubtless from childhood, so closely conformed to the requirements and commands of our Savior that there was apparently neither room nor necessity for reform; and he seemingly had nothing to repent of outside of inherited or original sin. The world was undoubtedly made better by his having lived; and to him, it seems to me, that life was worth living; as it has been, is now, and will be to all who have in the past, are now imitating, and shall in the future imitate his example of life. With me his name was a synonym of honesty, and I believe it has been with all who ever knew or had dealings with him. I have been told that for many years no higher compliment could be paid a man in the section where he lived than to say that he was as honest as John Street. His children have much to reconcile them to their loss if they will meditate upon his pure, spotless, and useful life. . Cyrus Thompson also wrote about Major George Street, the progenitor of the Street family of Trigg County. In the following passage, Cyrus discusses George Street and his brothers- in-law: . In some of my previous communications I have incidentally made mention of Maj. George Street, Joseph Waddell and Turner Crump, who came to Trigg county about the time it was organized, and settled in the eastern part of the county, about eight miles from Cadiz--1 1/2 to 2 miles south of the old road leading to Hopkinsville-- their farms adjoining each other; and now it is my pleasure to speak of them at some length. Intellectually, morally and socially, no men in their day stood higher. They were all Virginians; were all brothers-in-law; were all educated; were all amiable and high minded; all occupied high social positions; all were farmers and slave owners; all were in well-to-do circumstances; all reared interesting families of sons and daughters, whom they liberally educated; all were in accord with each other morally, socially and politically, and all were Whigs. Maj. George Street was an unusually attractive, pleasant and popular gentleman. He was a fair type of the "Old Virginia" gentleman, and that means much in the way of . --PAGE 157 -- . character. He was intelligent, moral, honorable and unassuming; was characterized by much of the "suaviter-in-modo." He was a man of dignity, and in his day was personally and deservedly popular-- in evidence of which he, as a Whig candidate for the Legislature in Trigg, overcome a majority of fifty Democratic votes, and triumphed over Major Abraham Boyd, a Democrat-- the father of Linn Boyd-- who had before been considered invincible. . . . 6-1-3-6-1 Born Died Married To Whom Reuben Pollard White Aug. 30, 1885 Dec. 14, 1974 Oct. 23, 1912 Daughter of Edward Roberts Virginia Hewell Street Sept. 1, 1886 Jan. 17, 1985 Street, Sr. and Mary Grinter Issue: 1.Edward Street July 17, 1913 Sept. 13, 1992 Jane Shannon Taylor 2.Mary Grinter July 12, 1915 living X Single . Reuben Pollard White, called Pollard, and Virginia Hewell Street married in Cadiz, and are buried in East End Cemetery, Cadiz. He was the son of John F. White and Cordelia Hanberry. He earned English degrees from Georgetown College and Harvard University. The following biographical sketch of Reuben Pollard White appeared in Trigg County History, volume one (1986): . R. Pollard White, born August 30, 1895, the sixteenth child of John F. White and Virginia Hewell Street, born September 1, 1886, the eldest child of Edward R. Street, were married on October 23, 1912, and spent their first year in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he was head of the English Department in Ouachita College. In the summer of 1913 they moved back to Trigg County, Kentucky, where he bought a farm, and in time went into the farm supply and produce business known as the Trigg County Trading Company. The best known item of this enterprise was country hams, shipped into all states of the union and some foreign countries, and he became an expert in the testing for soundness, done by smelling a needle point inserted to the heart of the ham. Other interests which occupied time, thought and resources were the church where he followed his father in the Baptist faith; music which he practiced in singing, and the love of the land, where he walked in all seasons until he was over eighty years of age. He and his wife had two children, both of whom were trained in and practiced law; a son, Edward Street White of Atlanta, Georgia, and a daughter, Mary Grinter White, of Cadiz. . Edward Street White married the former Jane Shannon Taylor, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Edward was a graduate of Harvard Law School. He died in Atlanta, where Jane lives. Edward and Jane's children are Ben Taylor White, John McKowen White, David Pollard White, and Daniel Robert White. Ben and his wife Ramona live in Atlanta, where he is an attorney. Ben and Ramona have two children, Alexander White and Hillery White. John is single and lives in Atlanta. He has business degrees from Washington and Lee University and the graduate school at Emory University. . --PAGE 158 -- . David and his wife Sue live in Denver, Colorado. Their daughter is Taylor Christina White. David, a physician, earned his medical degree from Emory University. Daniel and his wife Floury live in New York City. Their daughter is Alyssa White. Daniel, an attorney, has degrees from Harvard University and Columbia University Law School. Mary Grinter White has degrees from the University of Kentucky and Columbia University Law School. She is an attorney in Cadiz. . . . 6-1-3-6-2 Born Died Married To Whom John Lyddall Street Oct. 12, 1888 Sept. 17, 1969 Oct. 12, 1916 Daughter of George Compton Margaret R. Atkinson Oct. 12, 1895 Aug. 21, 1985 Atkinson and Frances Miller Issue: 1.John Lyddall, Jr. Aug. 6, 1923 living X Single . John Lyddall Street and Margaret R. Atkinson, a native of Earlington, Kentucky, are buried in East End Cemetery, Cadiz. They married at her father's house on Main street, Earlington. The following biographical sketch of John Lyddall Street appeared in Trigg County History, volume one (1986): . The name of John L. Street is indelibly inscribed on the town of Cadiz, Trigg County. From 1888 until 1969 "Mr. John" was a strong influence on the community as a banker, as a Sunday School teacher, and a family man. His name is "etched on the town" from one end of Main street to the other. In the East End, the Trigg County Hospital was built with Mr. Street as a charter member of the Corporation and a leader in the fundraising campaign that built the hospital. The John L. Street Library and Youth Center was built in his memory in 1970 with a contribution of $15,000 by his wife, Margaret Atkinson Street, and his son, John L. Street, Jr. In the West End a huge stained glass window was installed in the Cadiz Christian Church dedicated to him by his wife and son. As a banker, John L. Street served the public all his working life. He began working for his father in the Trigg County Farmer's Bank in 1910. He retired as President in 1960. Miss Margaret said that Mr. John wanted to be remembered first as a banker by his friends. Many of the farmers of Trigg County remember him as a very dear friend; they say he helped them many times to keep them from losing their farmland. He really cared about the farmer and farming industry in Trigg County. He believed the farmers' welfare was so very important to Trigg County. Mr. Street was baptized in the Cadiz Christian Church in 1899 where he served throughout his life. He was Chairman of the Board for 33 years (1922-1954), Treasurer for 40 years (1913-1964), and a Sunday School teacher for 25 years. As a Sunday School teacher at the Cadiz Christian Church he spoke to the men's class in terms of their everyday life and their daily needs. Mrs. Street recalled that men in the community from other churches would attend his Sunday School Class then go to their own churches for worship services. He studied his Bible daily and applied it to his daily living. As a family man, he loved his family and was so very good to them. Mr. Street had four brothers and three sisters. He and his four brothers attended Vanderbilt University, . --PAGE 159 -- . Nashville, Tennessee. In 1916 he Margaret Atkinson on October 12, which happened to be both their birthdays. Mr. John and Margaret had their only child, a son, on August 6, 1923, John L. Street, Jr. Mr. Street's only hobby was enjoying his family-- his mother, father, brothers, sisters, wife and son. Each summer he took a nice trip with his wife and son and left all the worries of the banking business in Cadiz. Mr. John L. Street's life had an impact on his community--Cadiz and Trigg County-- through his love for his family, his church and his profession as a banker. His impact was undoubtedly due to the ideal by which he lived. He is remembered as a true Christian, and honest man, and always a perfect gentleman. . John Lyddall Street, Jr. is president of the Trigg County Farmers Bank. His biographical sketch appeared in Trigg County History, volume one (1986): . John Lyddall Street, Jr. attended grammar school in Cadiz and then spent five years at Columbia Military Academy, Columbia, Tennessee. He made the rank of major and was in the last class in a military school who received direct commissions as Second Lieutenant of Infantry. In 1942 he entered the army on active duty and was sent overseas to the European Theatre during World War II. He returned in March 1946 as a major and entered Vanderbilt University that summer. After graduation in May 1949 he went to New York City and worked in the banking business there for over twenty-five years. He worked in New York with The New York Trust Company, the Chemical Bank and finally with Bankers Trust Company. He lives in Cadiz in the house on Main Street built by Daniel Lee Street, and is president of the Trigg County Farmers Bank. . . . 6-1-3-6-3 Born Died Married To Whom Edward Roberts Street, Jr. Feb. 4, 1890 Feb. 26, 1971 July 8, 1913 Dau. of Willis Byron Woodruff Mabel Woodruff April 13, 1888 July 4, 1968 and Nathan Etta Laffoon Issue: 1.Mary Louise July 1, 1914 living John Burwell McClure 2.Katherine Laffoon Aug. 17, 1915 Mar. 25, 1953 Paul Magraw 3.Edward Roberts, III Feb. 8, 1920 Dec. 28, 1989 Mary Agnes Johnson 4.Frances Woodruff Jan. 6, 1924 Mar. 29, 1994 June 1948 Clifford Logan Walters, Jr. 5.John Cowherd Street June 2, 1928 Nov. 27, 1951 X Died young 2nd Marriage: Mrs. Gladys H. White Feb. 7, 1969 . Edward Roberts Street, Jr. and Mabel Woodruff married in the Cadiz Christian Church. Their children were born in Trigg County. Edward and Mabel are buried in East End Cemetery, Cadiz. Mabel was the sister of Frances Woodruff, who married Daniel Lee Street. Willis Byron Woodruff was born February 17, 1859; he died January 7, 1940. Nathan Etta Laffoon was born June 12, 1862; she died October 7, 1944. Willis and Nathan are buried in East End Cemetery. Katherine Laffoon Street and Paul Magraw had no children. She died at her father's house in Cadiz, and is buried in East End Cemetery. . --PAGE 160 -- . The following is taken from Edward Roberts Street's obituary, which appeared in the Cadiz Record, March 4, 1971. . Edward R. Street, age 81, prominent Cadiz businessman, died at 6:35 p.m., Friday, February 26, at Trigg County Hospital following an illness of four weeks. Mr. Street retired three years ago as manager of the E. R. Street Co., but maintained his connection with the store for two more years, after serving 61 years in the clothing store that has carried the Street family name in Cadiz for over 130 years. A former mayor of Cadiz, Mr. Street served two terms in the late 1930's and early 1940's. He was also a former Cadiz fire chief. He continued his position as a member of the board of directors of Trigg County Farmers Bank until his death. Mr. Street was a member of the Cadiz Christian Church and throughout his life he was active in his church, serving in many official capacities including an elder and member of the board. . The following is taken from John Cowherd Street's obituary, which appeared in the Cadiz Record, December 6, 1951: . A message reached here around six o'clock Tuesday night informing Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Street, Sr. of the death of their son, John Cowherd Street in Korea. The message came from Washington, D.C. and stated that he died in a vehicle accident. Last week Mr. and Mrs. Street received a letter from John Cowherd stating that his division would be moving back south soon from the front lines, and they were in the process of moving when the accident occurred. John Cowherd was one of the finest young men of Trigg County, always pleasant to both young and old, both wealthy and poor alike. He made no distinction of race, creed or color. When it came his turn to serve his country he accepted his responsibility like a true soldier and volunteered his service. He graduated from Trigg County High five years ago and entered Columbia Military Academy at Columbia, Tenn. From CMA he went to the University of Kentucky and later attended the Business University at Bowling Green. On December 7, 1951, he and young Henry Richardson of Golden Pond entered the U.S. Army together and have served together much of the past year. During the almost two and one half years the U.S. has been at war in Korea this is the first fatal casualty from Trigg County. It will be remembered that during World War II George Lawrence, Jr. was the first Trigg County casualty and Malcolm Riggin was second. These three boys were close friends over a period of many years of their young lives, even though John Cowherd was some years younger than they, he being only 23. . . . 6-1-3-6-3-1 Born Died Married To Whom John Burwell McClure living Daughter of Edward Roberts Mary Louise Street July 1, 1914 living Street, Jr. and Mabel Woodruff Issue: 1.Mary Louise 1936 living Wilson William Sick, Jr. 2.Elizabeth Katherine 1940 living Bennett Rosen . --PAGE 161 -- . Mary Louise Street and John Burwell McClure live in Fort Myers, Florida. Mary Louise McClure and Wilson William Sick, Jr. live in Bloomington Hills, Michigan. Their children are Wilson William Sick, III, Deborah Palmer Sick, and Robert Andrew Sick. Elizabeth Katherine McClure and Bennett Rosen live in Urbana, Illinois. Elizabeth has a Ph.D. in library science from the University of Illinois. Bennett is a Christian Scientist. The Rosens have no children. . . . 6-1-3-6-3-3 Born Died Married To Whom Edward Roberts Street, III Feb. 8, 1920 Dec. 28, 1989 Jan. 1941 Daughter of William Raymond Mary Agnes Johnson June 12, 1922 living Johnson and Cecil Bowles Issue: 1.Diane April 7, 1943 living 1. Jesse Scott Watkins " 2. Jan Clevenger Cates . Edward Roberts Street and Mary Agnes Johnson married in Trigg County, where their daughter was born. Edward is buried in East End Cemetery. Mary lives in Cadiz. Edward was the last member of the Street family to be connected with E. R. Street and Company, which was the oldest department store in Kentucky when its door's closed in March, 1990. Located in the courthouse square in Cadiz, the department store building now houses an antique mall. The following history of E. R. Street and Company appeared in History of Trigg County (1986): . The E. R. Street and Co. is one of the oldest businesses in Western Kentucky. Its originator, Spotswood Wilkinson came here from Virginia in the early 1800s. In 1844 John L. Street, I, another pioneer from Virginia was one of the merchandise industry developers in Trigg County. Mr. Street bought out Mr. Wilkinson's (his uncle) business and the store name was changed to John R. Street and Sons, the sons being Frank and Edward R. Street. In 1882 John J. Jefferson was hired as an employee by Mr. Street, later buying an interest in the store. In 1943 Mr. Jefferson sold his interest back to the Streets. Edward R. Street, Jr. became a partner in the store in 1915 and continued to operate the store until his death. Edward R. Street, III began work with his father in the 1930s and became a part owner and continued to run the business until his health caused him to retire in 1980. Now [1986] his wife Agnes Johnson Street operates the business. Diane Street and Jan Clevenger Cates, born June 30, 1939, live in Charlotte, North Carolina. Their daughters are Mary Scott Watkins, born September 29, 1971, and Virginia Street Watkins, born May 23, 1974. Mary is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire; she lives in Seattle, Washington. Virginia is a senior at Duke University. . --PAGE 162 -- . 6-1-3-6-3-4 Born Died Married To Whom Clifford Logan Walters, Jr. Aug. 17, 1918 living June 1948 Daughter of Edward Roberts Frances Woodruff Street Jan. 6, 1924 Mar. 29, 1994 Street, Jr. and Mabel Woodruff Issue: 1.Clifford Logan, III July 1, 1949 living Susan Simkus 2.Frances Lyle May 11, 1951 living Dec. 22, 1973 Byron Barksdale 3.John Edward July 24, 1952 living June 26, 1976 Sharon K. Ockerman . The children of Clifford Logan Walters, Jr. and Frances Woodruff Street were born in Shelby County, Kentucky. Clifford, a graduate of Washington and Lee Law School, is a retired Shelbyville attorney. Frances died in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Clifford Logan Walters, III and Susan Simkus live in Bradenton, Florida. Their children are Sarah Lyle Walters and Logan Andrew Walters. Clifford is an attorney, and a graduate of Washington and Lee Law School. Frances Lyle Walters, called Lyle, and Byron Barksdale are both pathologists. Their children are John Henry Barksdale, Katherine Barksdale, Jennifer Barksdale, and Byron Barksdale, Jr. The Barksdales, who married in Shelby County, live in North Platte, Nebraska. John Edward Walters and Sharon K. Ockerman live in Shelby County. Sharon was born December 1, 1947 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Their daughter is Sharon L. Walters, who was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on March 29, 1979. John is employed by Toyota, at Georgetown, Kentucky. . . . 6-1-3-6-4 Born Died Married To Whom Thomas Grinter Street Jan. 5, 1892 Jan. 26, 1946 Nov. 10, 1917 Daughter of Reuben Harrison Louise Marie Hunt living Hunt Issue: 1.Thomas Grinter 2.Robert Hunt 3.Katherine Louise Alfred Dandridge Sharp, Jr. 4.Edward Hunt . Thomas Grinter Street and Louise Marie Hunt married in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the Oak Street home of her father. Louise lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Thomas Grinter Street died of a heart attack following a long bout with pneumonia. The following is his biographical sketch from the National Cyclopedia of American Biography, volume 35, pages 381-382: . Thomas Grinter Street, architect, was born in Cadiz, Ky., Jan. 5, 1892, son of Edward Roberts and Mary (Grinter) Street and a descendant of John Street, who came from Bristol, England, about 1730 and settled in Hanover County, Va. From John and his wife, Hannah Waddy, the descent is through John and Frances (Parke) Street, George and Rebecca (Wilkinson) Street and John Lyddall and Mary J. (Roberts) Street, the grandparents of Thomas G. Street. His father was a banker. He attended Castle Heights Military Academy, Lebanon, Tenn., and was graduated B.A. at Vanderbilt University in 1913. He was subsequently employed as a civil engineer by the Louisville & Nashville railroad and by the Interstate Commerce Commission at . --PAGE 163 -- . Chattanooga and was cashier of the Trigg County Farmers Bank during 1916-18, while his brother, who was president of the bank, was serving in the First World War. In 1918 he became associated with the firm of R. H. Hunt & Co., architects, of Chattanooga. Following the death in 1937 of Reuben Harrison Hunt, his father-in-law, he became senior partner of the firm, which continued under the same name. Street became well known throughout the South for the construction of such buildings as the Federal building in Chattanooga, a post office which in 1937 was selected by the American Institute of Architects as one of 100 outstanding American buildings erected over a twenty-year period. Other buildings which he designed were the Memorial Auditorium, Children's Hospital, Chattanooga Bank and Electric Power Board building, all in Chattanooga, and many of Hamilton County's modern school buildings. The Oklahoma Methodist Memorial Church in Norman, Okla., erected at a cost of $500,000, and the Institute of Industrial Research of the University of Chattanooga were also of his design. He established a branch office in Dallas, Tex., in 1920 and designed buildings for the Texas College of Arts and Industries, Southern Methodist University and Baylor University. During the Second World War he was responsible for design and construction of Camp Tyson, Paris, Tenn., and he was resident in charge there for eighteen months. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects, B.P.O.E., Phi Delta Theta, Chattanooga Y.M.C.A., and the Civitas Exchange, Chattanooga Golf and Country and Fairyland (Lookout Mountain) clubs. His religious affiliation was with the Baptist church. Politically he was a Democrat. Street was married in Chattanooga, Nov. 10, 1917, to Louise Marie, daughter of Reuben Harrison Hunt, and had four children: Thomas Grinter; Robert Hunt; Katherine Louise, who married Alfred Dandridge Sharp, Jr., and Edward Hunt Street. Thomas Grinter Street died in Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 26, 1946. . . . 6-1-3-6-5 Born Died Married To Whom Clarence Denham Dec. 24, 1887 April 5, 1973 Daughter of Edward Roberts Mary Grinter Street Oct. 8, 1893 Jan. 11, 1976 Street, Sr. and Mary Grinter No issue. . Clarence Denham was a mining engineer in Hazzard, Kentucky. Mary died in Louisville. Kentucky. She and Clarence are buried in East End Cemetery, Cadiz. . . . 6-1-3-6-6 Born Died Married To Whom Phil Edward Chappell Aug. 13, 1896 Jan. 30, 1977 1923 Daughter of Edward Roberts Frances Grinter Street Mar. 10, 1896 Feb. 19, 1987 Street, Sr. and Mary Grinter Issue: 1.Mary Street April 10, 1930 living Aug. 9, 1952 Don Schardein . Phil Edward Chappell was named for his uncle, who wrote The Genealogical History of the Chappell, Dickie, and Other Kindred Families of Virginia (1895, 1900). The younger Phil Chappell was the son of Charles A. Chappell and Mattie Wilson. Phil's grandfather was the . --PAGE 164 -- . prominent Cadiz merchant, John W. Chappell, whose sister Ursula married Hiram Thompson in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in 1832. A series of interesting letters written to members of his wife's family by John W. Chappell appear in Appendix E of this publication. Phil and Frances are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville. The Louisville Courier- Journal published the following notice of Phil's death: . Phil Edward Chappell, 80, honorary chairman of the board of Planters Bank & Trust Co., died [in Hopkinsville] yesterday. Chappell had been with the bank since 1924. He was a former member of the Federal Reserve Board in Louisville and St. Louis. At the time of his death, he was chairman of the Electric Plant Board of Hopkinsville. He was a member of the Hopkinsville Golf & Country Club, the Athenaeum Literary Society, and the First Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, the former Frances Street; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Chappell Schardein of Bowling Green; a sister, Mrs. Frances Chappell Malone of Long Beach, Calif., and a grandson. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home here with burial in Riverside Cemetery here. . . . 6-1-3-6-6-1 Born Died Married To Whom Don Schardein Sept. 26, 1930 living Aug. 9, 1952 Daughter of Phil Edw. Chappell Mary Street Chappell April 10, 1930 living and Frances Grinter Street Issue: 1.Donald Philip May 9, 1955 living April 23, 1977 1. Lisa J. Gary " " Mar. 4, 1989 2. Ruth H. Bale . Mary Street Chappell and Don Schardein live in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Donald Philip Schardein's children are Donald Philip Schardein, born March 5, 1979, and Leigh Chappell Schardein, born January 10, 1983. . . . 6-1-3-6-7 Born Died Married To Whom Clarence Parke Street Nov. 11, 1900 Aug. 16, 1984 Dec. 3, 1925 Ruth Howerton Wallace Dec. 4, 1900 May 1987 Issue: 1.Ruth Wallace Dec. 29, 1927 June 1972 Charles Edward Ide, Jr. 2.Mary Grinter Jan. 10, 1930 living George Elias Nissen Montague 3.Jane Harrison Nov. 28, 1935 living 1. John Liles " " 2. Henry Steele 4.Edward Robert Nov. 15, 1938 April 5, 1990 Linda Brady . Clarence Parke Street was a magna cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt University. He was a Presbyterian deacon and president of McDevitt & Street Company, a construction firm in Charlotte, North Carolina. He and Ruth Howerton Wallace died in Charlotte. Jane Harrison Street and John Lile's children are John Liles, Jr. and Margaret Liles. Margaret is married to William Cassidy. Jane and Henry Steele live in Raleigh, North Carolina. . --PAGE 165 -- . 6-1-3-6-7-1 Born Died Married To Whom Charles Edward Ide, Jr. Oct. 21, 1924 Mar. 5, 1992 Dau. of Clarence Parke Street Ruth Wallace Street Dec. 29, 1927 June 30, 1972 and Ruth Howerton Wallace Issue: 1.Ruth Wallace May 6, 1951 living Oct. 1, 1977 Robert Jeffrey Fast 2.Charles Edward, III Oct. 3, 1954 living X Single . Charles Edward Ide, Jr. and Ruth Wallace Street lived in Toledo, Ohio, where their children were born. Charles and Ruth died in Toledo. Ruth Wallace Ide, called Tina, and Robert Jeffrey Fast live in Shaker Heights, Ohio. They have no children. Charles Edward Ide, III lives is Plano, Texas. . . . 6-1-3-6-7-2 Born Died Married To Whom George E. N. Montague living Dau. of Clarence Parke Street Mary Grinter Street Jan. 10, 1930 living and Ruth Howerton Wallace Issue: 1.George Elias N, II Mar. 8, 1953 living Helen Beal 2.Robert April 17, 1955 living Julie Gilmartin 3.William Parke May 20, 1961 living X Single . Mary Grinter Street and George Elias Nissen Montague live in Charlotte, North Carolina. George Elias Nissen Montague, II and Helen Beal's children are Elias Street Montague, Addison Montague, and William Parke Montague. Robert Montague and Julie Gilmartin's daughters are Bailey Gilmartin Montague and Brennah Montague. . . . 6-1-3-6-7-4 Born Died Married To Whom Edward Robert Street, IV Nov. 15, 1938 April 5, 1990 Jane Brady ca. 1938 ca. 1978 Issue: 1.Linda Brady living James McDonald 2.Margaret Atkinson living July 15, 1994 Luther Parke Cochran 3.Edward Robert, V. living X Single . Edward Robert Street, IV and Jane Brady lived in Charlotte, North Carolina. Edward was the chief executive officer of McDevitt & Street, a Charlotte construction company. He is listed in Who Was Who in America. He died of Lou Gehrig's disease. Jane died of cancer. Linda Brady Street and James McDonald live in Charlotte. Their children are Dillon McDonald and Brady McDonald. . --PAGE 166 -- . 6-1-3-6-8 Born Died Married To Whom Daniel Lee Street Mar. 25, 1904 July 1, 1978 Aug. 24, 1932 Dau. of Willis Byron Woodruff Frances Woodruff living and Nathan Etta Laffoon Issue: 1.Daniel Lee, Jr. Sept. 9, 1935 Jan. 22, 1942 X Died young 2.William M. Sept. 23, 1938 living . Daniel Lee Street and Frances Woodruff lived in Louisville, Kentucky, where her children were born. Frances live in a nursing home in Louisville. Daniel Lee Street, Jr. fell through the ice and drowned at Lighthouse Lake, in Jefferson County, Kentucky. William M. Street, a graduate of Princeton University, is an executive at Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation, Louisville. His daughter is Woodruff Street, called Woody. Daniel Lee Street earned bachelors and law degrees from Vanderbilt University. The following is his obituary from the Louisville Courier-Journal, July 2, 1978: . Daniel Lee Street, former president of Brown-Forman Distillers Corp., died at 2:25 a.m. yesterday at the National Health Enterprises-Northfield nursing home in Louisville. Street, 74, lived at 44 Calumet Road. Street was president of Brown-Forman from 1965 to March 1969. He had served on the company's board of directors from 1936 to 1965 and continued as a board member from 1969 to 1974. He succeeded George Garvin Brown to the presidency, becoming the first non- member in the firm's 96-year history, and only the fifth person to be elected to that position. Street also had served as chairman of the board of the old Oertel Brewing Co. of Louisville and had served as a director of the First National Bank of Louisville and the First Kentucky Trust Co. He was a former president and board chairman of both the Distilled Spirits Institute and the Kentucky Distillers Association, and a former director of the Licensed Beverage Industries organization. He was a member of the Pendennis, the Louisville Country and the Filson clubs. Street was a native of Cadiz, Ky. He was a graduate of the Vanderbilt University law school and practiced law in Nashville, Tenn., for a time. He came to Louisville in 1928 to practice law and joined Brown-Forman in 1938 as the firm's general counsel. Survivors include his wife, the former Frances Woodruff; a son, William M. Street; a grandchild; and two step-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Maple Lane in Anchorage, with a private burial service. The family will be at Pearson's, 149 Breckenridge Lane, form 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to charity or to the St. Luke's Episcopal Church Memorial Fund. . --PAGE 167 -- . 6-1-3-7 Born Died Married To Whom Daniel Lee Grinter Mar. 25, 1864 Feb. 26, 1954 Jan. 14, 1890 Daughter of Edward McCarty Elizabeth McCarty Dec. 1864 Nov. 19, 1937 and Martha A. Terry Issue: 1.Elizabeth Lee Jan. 10, 1891 July 13, 1975 Feb. 11, 1915 George Strother Lawrence 2.Mary Jan. 3, 1894 June 3, 1994 X Single 3.Thomas Hill Jan. 22, 1896 Sept. 30, 1953 Anne Dudley Gibbs 4.Martha Sept. 1899 July 1901 X Died young 5.Eleanor Terry 1903 Oct. 1, 1936 Oct. 1929 Thomas W. Morgan . Daniel Lee Grinter and Elizabeth McCarty married in Cadiz, where their children were born. Daniel and Elizabeth are buried in East End Cemetery, Cadiz. Edward McCarty's parents were Thomas McCarty and Elizabeth E. Chappell, who was born June 28, 1817, and died October 19, 1890. Edward died on November 22, 1869, at the age of thirty-two. Elizabeth E. Chappell was the sister of Ursula P. Chappell, who married Hiram Thompson. Martha A. Terry, called Mark, was the daughter of Abner R. Terry and Eleanor Dyer. Martha was born in Trigg County February 27, 1840; she died April 5, 1924, at Daniel Lee Grinter's house in Cadiz. She is buried in East End Cemetery, Cadiz. Mary Grinter worked for the Kentucky Public Assistance Welfare Service and was a member of the Cadiz Christian Church. She died at Allen Morgan Health Center in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of one hundred years. She is buried in East End Cemetery. Martha Grinter is buried in East End Cemetery. Eleanor Terry Grinter and Thomas W. Morgan married in Cadiz. She died at her father's house in Cadiz, where she and Mr. Morgan made their home. Eleanor is also buried in East End Cemetery. The following in from Daniel Lee Grinter's obituary, which appeared in the Cadiz Record, March 4, 1954. . Daniel Lee Grinter, 89, died at Trigg County Hospital at 11:30 a.m. Friday, February 26. He had been in declining health for ten years, but had only been seriously ill and hospitalized six days. Mr. Grinter was born of two families who have left a deep influence upon the making of Trigg and Logan counties, the Grinters having in pioneer days settled in Logan, the Redds in Trigg. Though illness had covered a period of several years, his interest in the management of his own affairs, as well as those of civic and church, continued up until his very last days. He was a Elder in the Christian church for a great many years, served on the school board and city council over a lengthy period and was a 50-year member of Kentucky Bankers Association. At his death he was serving as senior vice president of Trigg County Farmers Bank and was the eldest vice president of any bank in the state of Kentucky. In the passing from out of our community life, in the person of Mr. Grinter, we saw, and will miss, a perfect example of an older, more leisurely order of a southern gentleman's way of living and conduct. Ever gentlemanly and polished, bearing himself with a certain . --PAGE 168 -- . dignity that is but rarely seen in these days of carelessness as to the delightful old fashioned courtesy. To have seen him and known him in his own home, was indeed, to have seen him at his best. It was there in the family life and among friends who came to visit, one saw the genial, the delightful warmth of his nature, his personality. Such a man, in this era, which bridged two generations, we will possibly rarely meet again. . . . 6-1-3-7-1 Born Died Married To Whom George Strother Lawrence 1887 July 21, 1937 Feb. 11, 1915 Daughter of Daniel L. Grinter Elizabeth Lee Grinter Jan. 10, 1891 July 13, 1975 and Elizabeth McCarty Issue: 1.George Strother, Jr. Feb. 11, 1919 Nov. 8, 1942 X Died young . George Strother Lawrence and Elizabeth Grinter married at the home of her father in Cadiz. Elizabeth died in Nashville. George Strother Lawrence, Jr. was killed in action in Algeria; he was the first Trigg Countian to die in World War II. All are buried in East End Cemetery. George and his brother Henry published the Cadiz Record. Henry's indignant editorials in support of the night riders were re-published in many western Kentucky newspapers. The following is from George Strother Lawrence's obituary in the (Hopkinsville) Kentucky New Era: . The Rev. C. G. Sledge, Methodist minister, conducted the funeral service this afternoon for George S. Lawrence, 50, one of the publishers and the business manager of the Cadiz Record, who died suddenly yesterday of a heart attack following a twelve-hour illness. Burial was at East End Cemetery. Mr. Lawrence's death came as a shock to the family and many friends of Trigg, Christian and adjoining counties. He was a leader in civic affairs of Cadiz and the community, was a member of the Official Board of the Christian Church and was long active in the affairs of the church. He was the last of three brothers to operate the newspaper, and was the son of George H. and Teresa Lawrence. The two brothers, all of whom died within four years, were General Henry Lawrence and John Lawrence. Mrs. John Lawrence and George Lawrence published the Record jointly. As a youth Mr. Lawrence was a page in the State Legislature, was a prominent Democrat, and served during Governor Laffoon's administration as a district insurance examiner. He was connected with the Record since childhood, and had been in an executive position with the paper since 1914. . . . 6-1-3-7-3 Born Died Married To Whom Thomas Hill Grinter Jan. 1896 Sept. 30, 1953 Daughter of Harry Parker Gibbs Ann Dudley Gibbs July 19, 1898 Sept. 1986 and Carlotta Hargrove Issue: 1.Mary Elizabeth Oct. 14, 1926 living June 26, 1948 Richard Cunningham Hayes 2.Jane Gibbs Aug. 14, 1931 Jan. 1990 Thomas Richard Clifton . --PAGE 169 -- . Thomas Hill Grinter and Ann Dudley Gibbs lived in Memphis, Tennessee, where both died. Thomas Richard Clifton and Jane Gibbs Grinter adopted two children, Thomas Richard Clifton, Jr. and Elizabeth Grinter Clifton. The following is taken from Thomas Hill Grinter's obituary in the Memphis Commercial Appeal: . Memphis lost one of its most valuable and respected educators when Thomas H. Grinter, principal of Messick High School, died at 12:30 a.m. today at his home, 1625 Peabody. Mr. Grinter had been seriously ill two months. He was 57. Principal at Messick since 1930, he was, for some five years before that, principal at Lenox School. Earlier, he taught mathematics a year at Central High School, where he came from Whitehaven High School after serving a number of years as principal there. He had also been principal at Bolton School in the county. Born at Cadiz, Ky., Mr. Grinter received his bachelor's degree at Vanderbilt University and his master's degree from George Peabody College. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and won various scholastic honors in school. Former students and associates today spoke of his fine mind, his fairness and his kindness to them and credited him with aiding the careers of literally thousands of Memphis and Shelby County citizens through his teaching and advice. . . . 6-1-3-7-3-1 Born Died Married To Whom Richard C. Hayes living June 26, 1948 Daughter of Thomas Hill Mary Elizabeth Grinter Oct. 14, 1926 living Grinter and Ann Gibbs Issue: 1.Ann Grinter Aug. 30. 1949 living Robert Arlan Lulloff 2.Carolyn Cunningham Feb. 8, 1954 living Scott David Smith 3.Susan Elizabeth Dec. 14, 1955 living David Lloyd Corum . Richard C. Hayes and Mary Elizabeth Grinter live in Memphis, Tennessee. The Lulloffs have no children. The Smith children are Thomas Russell Smith and Catherine Cunningham Smith. The Corum children are Samuel Dixon Corum, Benjamin Hayes Corum, and Thomas Parker Corum. . . . 6-1-3-8 Born Died Married To Whom Dr. Norfleet Lynn Carney Sept. 21, 1854 Aug. 9, 1931 May 2, 1888 Daughter of Thomas Hill Grinter Hattie Grinter July 12, 1866 June 22, 1956 and Mary Ann Redd Issue: 1.Edwin Lee Feb. 18, 1889 Dec. 28, 1971 Dec. 24, 1938 Hazel Marie Joslin 2.Norfleet Lynn, Jr. Nov. 29, 1890 July 28, 1971 1926 Lois Malone 3.Clarence Grinter Oct. 2, 1892 Oct. 25, 1980 Nov. 8, 1914 1. Eleanor Stout " " 2. Eloise Hamill 4.Richard Rodney Dec. 31, 1894 Feb. 17, 1933 Maria Rose Walton . Norfleet Lynn Carney and Hattie Grinter married in Trigg County; they are buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee. Their children were born in Clarksville. . --PAGE 170 -- . Edwin Lee Carney was the plant manager of the Inglehart Milling Company, Clarksville. A veteran of World War I, he graduated from Southwestern University and was a member of the First Christian Church, Clarksville. He and Hazel Marie Joslin, who died August 12,1994, are buried in Greenwood Cemetery. They had no children. Clarence Grinter Carney and Eleanor Stout are buried in Greenwood Cemetery. Eleanor was the daughter of Judge Josiah Stout; she was born November 5, 1893 in Dover, Tennessee, and died in Clarksville October 6, 1970. Clarence and Eleanor had no children. Norfleet Lynn Carney was the grandson of Richard Carney, Jr., a Revolutionary War officer who lived in Portsmouth, Virginia. Following the Revolution, he moved his family to North Carolina. In 1809 he and his wife Sally Lewelling settled in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Norfleet's father was Christopher N. Carney, born August 15, 1782 in Halifax County, North Carolina; he died January 5, 1862 in Montgomery County. His mother was Margaret Lynn, who was born in 1818 and died April 6, 1871. Norfleet Lynn Carney spent his early years as a physician, and later was a businessman and politician. The following is from his obituary in the Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle: . At 4 p.m. today Clarksville's citizenry will bow in final tribute to the life and work of Dr. Norfleet Lynn Carney, 75, for fifty-one years a resident of this city and its great benefactor in professional, business and city governmental service, a man much loved and admired by all who were fortunate in having his acquaintance and association in any of the capacities in which he had served. Dr. Carney's death occurred at 4:15 a.m., Sunday at his home, 325 Franklin street, and followed an illness of complications dating from February 18. He had been confined to his bed since Wednesday, July 29. His passing was not unexpected by members of his family, but few of his friends knew his true condition. Since April, 1880, Dr. Carney's name has been indelibly linked with the business and civic progress of Clarksville, he having come here at that time as a practicing physician. He had received his M.D. degree from Vanderbilt university about 1877, and for two years thereafter was an intern in the Nashville city hospital. He had previously received his academic training at East Tennessee university, ancestor of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. His elementary education was received in the schools of the Port Royal community in District 5 of this county, where he was a student of the immortal Miss Kate Rogers, who subsequently served Clarksville's public schools for nearly half a century. Dr. Carney was born in District 5 on September 21, 1854, and was the younger of the two sons of the late Major Norfleet Carney, a native of North Carolina, and Mrs. Margaret Lynn Carney, who was born in South Carolina. The brother, R. R. Carney died two years ago, leaving Dr. Carney as the last member of his immediate family. For possibly twenty years after coming to Clarksville, Dr. Carney practiced medicine, gaining distinction for his skill and ability in that profession. In the meantime he had become interested in the old Street Railway, Light & Gas company, of which he was made president and manager. In order to discharge his duties in this connection he abandoned the practice of medicine about 1900. For a considerable time thereafter he was connected with the utilities concern. He became identified with the automobile business in January, 1911, when he and his son, Clarence G. Carney, established Clarksville's Ford distributing . --PAGE 171 -- . agency. Later he became interested with two other sons, N. L. Carney, Jr., and R. R. Carney, in the Buick distribution through the Montgomery Motor company. Described by many as "the balance wheel" of the municipal government, Dr. Carney had given much effort and time in service to Clarksville as mayor and member of the city council and in other capacities to which he was appointed outside the council. His three terms as mayor dating from 1892 to 1897 were marked by fine progress in city affairs and development. Dr. Carney was a thorough student of municipal government and was one of the best posted men along that line in the city. His counsel, made valuable because of his fine knowledge of the affairs of government, was frequently used by the board in matters of importance. The welfare of the city and county was always nearest his heart and he had headed or participated in many movements for the development and welfare of the city. Throughout his protracted disability Dr. Carney had remained cheerful. Spending much time on his front porch he was always glad to exchange greeting with friends and to have them sit for a chat with him. For a number of weeks his eyesight had been dimmed, but he recognized the voices of many who tendered him greetings as they passed and never failed to respond by calling the speaker by name and possibly passing a pleasantry with him. Possibly no one has contributed more in earnest, unselfish and interested service to a community than Dr. Carney has given to Clarksville. Not only has the community as a whole been benefited by his life in it, but there are hundreds of individuals who have profited by his personal ministrations in hours of need and sorrow. He aged gracefully and the burden of years taxed him but little until his recent breakdown. . . . 6-1-3-8-2 Born Died Married To Whom Norfleet Lynn Carney, Jr. Nov. 29, 1890 July 28, 1971 1926 Daughter of Henry Malone and Lois Wilkinson Malone Aug. 24, 1900 Dec. 20, 1989 Nancy Wilkinson Issue: 1.Norfleet Lynn, III Sept. 28, 1927 living 1. Marian Higgins " " 2. Evelyn Essex 2.Lois Malone July 16, 1930 living Carleton Walker Bousman . Norfleet Lynn Carney, Jr. and Lois Wilkinson Malone lived in Clarksville, Tennessee, where their children were born. During World War I, Norfleet graduated from flight school at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was commissioned a lieutenant in the flying squadron. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville. Lois was born in Trigg County, Kentucky; she died in North Kingston, Rhode Island. Three children were born to Lois Malone Carney and Carleton Walker Bousman: Ellyn Bousman, Carleton Walker Bousman, Jr., and Mary Alice Bousman. Norfleet Lynn Carney, III, a retired naval officer, and Evelyn Essex live in Cadiz, Kentucky. Marian Higgins was born April 11, 1920, and died October 13, 1983. Three children were born to Norfleet Lynn Carney, III and Marian Higgins: Norfleet Lynn Carney, IV, who was born February 16, 1947 in Clarksville, Tennessee; Roy Eugene Carney, who was born January 17, 1951 in Clarksville; and Estelle Jeanette Carney, who was born July 16, 1951 in Newport News, . --PAGE 172 -- . Virginia. Roy's children are Aaron Carney and Olivia Carney. Estelle's daughter is named Erica Kyle. The following was taken from Norfleet Lynn Carney, II's obituary, which appeared in the Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, July 29, 1971: . Funeral services for Norfleet Lynn Carney, Jr., 81, will be held Friday at 10:00 a.m. at McReynolds Funeral Home by the Rev. Wayne Drash. Mr. Carney died Wednesday afternoon at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He served as Montgomery County School Superintendent from 1933-1950, when he resigned to join the United States Office of Education in Washington D.C. as a Field Representative. He served in this post until his retirement. Mr. Carney received his B.S. degree from Southwestern Presbyterian University, his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, his M.S. from the University of Kentucky, and doctoral work at George Peabody in Nashville. He was a Mason, a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a life member of the Council of Educational Facility Planners, a member of the University of Tennessee Alumni Association, and a life-long member of the First Christian Church. . . . 6-1-3-8-4 Born Died Married To Whom Richard Rodney Carney Dec. 31, 1894 Feb. 17, 1933 Maria Rose Walton Feb. 9, 1893 Jan. 30, 1984 Issue: 1.Richard Rodney, Jr. living X Single 2.Walton Northington Sept. 4, 1927 July 5, 1985 X Single 3.Billie Rose Sept. 4, 1927 living X Single . Richard Rodney Carney and Maria Rose Walton's children were born in Clarksville. Richard and Maria are buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville. Richard, Jr. and his sister Billie, who is a twin, live in Portsmouth, Virginia. The following is taken from the obituary of Richard Rodney Carney, which appeared in the Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, February 18, 1933: The body of Richard Rodney Carney, 38 years of age, popular automobile salesman and World War veteran, was found on the second floor of Carney Auto Company at 1 a.m., today, apparently the victim of asphyxiation. Mr. Carney's body was found lying on the floor near his automobile and a bruised place on the right temple indicated that Mr. Carney possibly had driven a car from the path of the car to the elevator and in alighting from the automobile he may have fallen. It is thought his head struck the concrete floor and he was knocked unconscious. In the meantime the motors of his car and that of the automobile from which he had alighted were running and the carbon dioxide asphyxiated him. When Mr. Carney did not return to his home in Guthrie, Ky., Friday night, Mrs. Carney telephone his mother Mrs. N. L. Carney in Clarksville, and she in turn called C. G. Carney, his brother, and informed him that Mr. Carney had not returned. A search was made for him on the road between Clarksville and Guthrie, in the belief that he might have had an automobile accident. When this search failed to locate him, Mrs. Carney went to . --PAGE 173 -- . the garage on Commerce Street, Clarksville, and there on the second floor of the building the body was found. Mr. Carney joined the Sewanee ambulance unit in June of 1917 soon after the United States entered the World war and went almost immediately to France where he served on the front throughout the remainder of the war. His duties required him to drive an ambulance along the battle front and to convey the wounded to hospitals. At the close of the war he returned to Clarksville and entered business with his brother, Norfleet Carney, and organized the Montgomery Motor Company. Later, he became a salesman for Carney Auto Company. Mr. Carney graduated from Clarksville High School and had two years training at Southwestern Presbyterian University. He was a member of the Christian Church and belonged to the S.A.E. fraternity. Kind, friendly, but of a modest nature, Mr. Carney had many friends here and in Guthrie. Widespread sorrow was being expressed here today over his untimely death. . . . 6-1-4 Born Died Married To Whom John Wood Feb. 1, 1848 Daughter of Samuel Grinter Mary L. Grinter Dec. 26, 1825 and Nancy Carter Hill Issue: 1.Mary E. ca. 1855 1855 X Died young 2.Johnnie T. Mar. 13, 1865 Nov. 12, 1867 X Died young . John Wood and Mary L. Grinter married in Logan County, Kentucky. Mary and her children are buried in Grinter Cemetery, Logan County, Kentucky. The portion of Mary's headstone which contains her death date has been broken off. John and Mary may have had more than two children. . . . 6-1-9 Born Died Married To Whom Wesley Gunn May 1, 1819 Feb. 22, 1865 May 19, 1856 Daughter of Samuel Grinter Martha Addie Grinter April 11, 1837 June 17, 1929 and Nancy Carter Hill Issue: 1.Mary Elizabeth July 31, 1857 Dec. 6, 1940 Nov. 13, 1900 James Benjamin Garnett 2.Sterling Walker Oct. 5, 1860 May 22, 1893 Oct. 19, 1892 Anna Lindsay 3.Thomas Wesley Aug. 11, 1862 Nov. 17, 1949 X Single 4.Lillie Carter Nov. 2, 1864 Aug. 8, 1958 Feb. 26, 1885 Allen Garland Hall . Wesley Gunn was born in Robertson County, Tennessee. In 1854 he moved to Cadiz, where he engaged in the tobacco business and farming. Wesley and Martha Addie Grinter married in Logan County, Kentucky, where Martha Addie was born. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Both died in Trigg County. Their sons Sterling Walker Gunn and Thomas Wesley Gunn had no children; they are buried in East End Cemetery, Cadiz. Sterling Walker Gunn died not long after marrying Anna Lindsay in Trigg County. Sterling was a successful businessman and proprietor of the Cerulean Springs Hotel, a well-known resort and spa. His death was reported in the Hopkinsville Kentuckian: . --PAGE 174 -- . Mr. S. Walker Gunn, proprietor of the Cerulean Springs Hotel, proprietor of the store at that place and postmaster of the local office, died very suddenly Monday last about 1:30 o'clock. Just before the dinner hour he was in the store with the Depot Agent Settle and others. When the dinner bell rang he told Mr. Settle to go ahead to dinner, that he could not go just yet. He finished some matters he was attending to, went to the cash drawer and locked it and then walked rapidly towards the office of the hotel. He was observed to go into his brother's room adjoining the office. After waiting for him to come to dinner fifteen or twenty minutes longer, his sister Miss Mary Gunn or his aunt Miss Bettie Grinter-- reports differ on this point-- went to the room he was seen to enter to again call him to dinner. He was found lying on the bed, on his face, trembling violently and gasping in the last agonies of death. Dr. Harry Griffith, who was on the grounds, was hastily summoned but got there only in time to see him die. Subsequently Dr. D. A. Armoss arrived and gave his opinion that Mr. Gunn had died of apoplexy. Mr. Gunn was married Oct. 19, 1892, to Miss Annie Lindsay, of Cadiz. Mrs. Gunn was absent from home on a visit, but returned that night only to learn of her husband's sudden death. The funeral and interment took place at Cadiz Wednesday. Mr. Gunn was about 32 or 33 years of age. He was a young man of wide popularity and made a model landlord. Under his management the hotel at Cerulean had become one of the most popular watering places in this part of the State. The season was to open June 1st and it is not yet known what effect the death of Mr. Gunn will have on the hotel's summer plans. . Thomas Wesley Gunn's death was reported in the Cadiz Record: . Death came to Thomas Wesley Gunn Thursday morning, November 17, just after midnight at the Futrell Clinic, where he had been a patient for three weeks. He had been in declining health for several months of heart disease. Mr. Gunn was born on the Canton road August 11, 1862, the son of Wesley and Adaline Gunn He was 87 years, 3 months and 6 days of age, and one of the oldest citizens of Cadiz at the time of his death. For a number of years Mr. Gunn, with other members of his family, owned and operated the Cerulean Hotel during the time this spot was famous as a summer resort. After a fire destroyed the hotel he was employed with the Cadiz Railroad Company as conductor and later as clerk at Jefferson & Street's store. He has been retired for a number of years and residing at the Cadiz Hotel. . . . 6-1-9-1 Born Died Married To Whom James Benjamin Garnett July 29, 1845 May 27, 1921 Nov. 13, 1900 Daughter of Wesley Gunn and Mary Elizabeth Gunn July 31, 1857 Dec. 6, 1940 Martha Addie Grinter Issue: 1.Frances Feb. 18, 1904 Feb. 18, 1904 X Died young . --PAGE 175 -- . James Benjamin Garnett and Mary Elizabeth Gunn married in Trigg County. Born in Pembroke, Christian County, Kentucky, James was the son of Eldred Brockman Garnett, born May 10, 1813 in Albemarle County, Virginia, and Frances A. Pendleton, born January 30, 1810 in Orange County, Virginia. Frances died in Pembroke in May, 1893, at the age of ninety-three. James Benjamin Garnett's first wife was Virginia Hewell, who died November 30, 1878. She and her son Hewell Garnett are buried in East End Cemetery. Virginia Hewell was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; she was the sister of the second Mrs. John Lyddall Street and Mrs. Susan H. Pettus, the wife of Mississippi governor John Jones Pettus. James, Mary Elizabeth and Frances are also buried in East End Cemetery. James Benjamin Garnett was a prominent attorney of western Kentucky. He represented Trigg County in the Kentucky senate in 1875, and was elected county attorney in 1870 and Commonwealth's Attorney in 1880 and again in 1892. In 1872 and 1876 he was a delegate to the Democratic national conventions at Baltimore and St. Louis. Dr. J. W. Crenshaw said the following of James Benjamin Garnett: . He had a tenacious memory, the power of clear and convincing statement, and with it all a keen sense of humor which enabled him to hold the attention of even the unwilling juror. The picture of Judge Grace sitting on the bench wiping the unbidden tears from his expressive eyes, was not an unusual sight, though hearing Garnett almost daily in the rounds of his circuit. I never knew a lawyer who could stand before the wit and sarcasm of James B. Garnett. Among the many cases in which he measured lances with the greatest of lawyers, the case at Madisonville, Ky., where Senator Daniel Voorhees, of Indiana, was the opposing counsel stands out as unique. It was a murder trial, and Garnett was the District Prosecuting Attorney. It was the testing time with the young prosecutor, and full well did he meet the demands of the occasion. In fact so well that it is said that Senator Voorhees remarked when the impassioned appeal was closed, "That was a great speech. I would willingly give my entire fee in this case if I could only have fifteen minutes rejoinder." Voorhees had not known Garnett and had undervalued his opponent and his powers before a Kentucky jury. It is a great misfortune that some of the masterly speeches made in the legislative halls and before juries were not taken down and handed down to posterity. They would rank classically and for clear statement and in wit and sarcasm with those of Webster or Clay, or any of the great American statesmen and orators. . Mary Elizabeth Gunn's death was reported in the (Hopkinsville) Daily Kentucky New Era: . Mrs. Mary Gunn Garnett, 82, widow of the late James B. Garnett, died this morning at the residence here from a heart attack. She had been in poor health some time but became critically ill rather suddenly, and passed away in a short time. The late Judge Garnett was commonwealth's attorney of Trigg county for 20 years or more, and was one of the outstanding attorneys at the local bar. Mrs. Garnett was a member of the Methodist Church, and took a leading part in church and community work and was noted for her woks of charity. She was a member of . --PAGE 176 -- . the Magazine and others clubs of the city, and was one of the best known women in this county. . . . 6-1-9-4 Born Died Married To Whom Allen Garland Hall July 12, 1862 Nov. 28, 1915 Feb. 26, 1885 Daughter of Wesley Gunn and Lillie Carter Gunn Nov. 2, 1864 Aug. 8, 1958 Martha Addie Grinter Issue: 1.Glen Andrews ca. 1887 May 23, 1953 2.Fitzgerald Dec. 6, 1889 Feb. 7, 1946 Elizabeth Murphy Gardner . Allen Garland Hall and Lillie Carter Gunn married in Trigg County. Their children were born in Nashville. Allen died in Nashville. Following his death, Lillie was a dorm mother at Belmont College in Nashville. She died in Cadiz and is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville. Allen Garland Hall was an outstanding educator, having guided the Vanderbilt University Law School during its formative period. He was one of the few laypersons to be chosen moderator of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. The following is taken from his long obituary, which appeared on page one of the Nashville Tennessean, November 28, 1915: . Dr. Allen Garland Hall, dean of the Vanderbilt university law department, and one of the south's foremost educators, died at 1:05 o'clock this morning at his home on the Vanderbilt campus, after a period of ill health extending over many years, but which only took a critical turn during the past few months. He was 53 years old. Dr. Hall was one of the most widely known educators and lawyers in the entire south, and had achieved wide fame by the masterful manner in which he directed the department of which he was head at Vanderbilt. His death will be the cause of universal sorrow throughout the state, where he was known and beloved by an unusually wide circle of friends and admirers. He had been ill for many years with Bright's disease, but it was not until a few months ago that his active work at Vanderbilt was impaired. He had been confined to his bed for several weeks and during the past few days had been lingering at death's door. Dr. Hall was born in Lafayette, Ky., July 12, 1862. He was the son of Claudius Buchanan Hall and Selina Jefferson Garland Hall. His early life was spent at Lafayette, Ky., and he received his elementary education in the schools of that community. His family were strong and vigorous of mind, and marked by vigorous and forceful traits of character. During his college career at Vanderbilt he gave evidence of the qualities that later made him an influential and useful citizen. He was regarded then as a brilliant speaker, and a man of unusual intellectual attainments. He was prominent in the departments of school life, as it was then constituted, and was one of the leaders of the period. Here he formed associations that lasted throughout life. He was a college mate of Judge Claude Waller, Walter Stokes, C. C. Slaughter and Mr. Justice McReynolds and many other well-known and influential men. . --PAGE 177 -- . He came to the bar in 1885, shortly after he graduated, and practiced law with success until his health failed him in 1898. Shortly after coming to the bar he married Miss Lillie Carter Gunn of Cadiz, Ky., and by that marriage two sons were born, Glen Andrews Hall and Fitzgerald Hall, both of whom survive him. He was also greatly interested in politics and identified himself with the organized democracy of the county and state. He frequently took part on the stump in campaigns, and early made the reputation as a splendid campaign speaker, possessing not only vigorous eloquence, but a rare and trenchant wit. However, he never held office but once. He was a member of the forty-seventh general assembly of Tennessee that met in 1891, and was speaker pro tem of that body during the session. It was however, after the failure of his health and what appeared to be almost the close of his career, that he rendered the most conspicuous service both to the community and the state. After spending a year in Texas during the winter of 1898 and 1899, where he recuperated and became again comparatively well, he taught for several years in the city high school, rapidly taking a foremost position in that institution. In 1908 the board of trust of Vanderbilt university determined to have at least one man give his entire time to the law department of the university, and Dr. Hall was elected professor and secretary of the faculty. He left the public schools at that time and entered the faculty of the law school of Vanderbilt university, in which department he labored the remainder of his life. In a brief time he not only made an impression upon all of his associates and the student body, as well as upon the board of trust, as a brilliant teacher and executive, but he acquired a reputation that extended far beyond the borders of the state. He was promoted subsequently form the position of secretary to the position of chairman of the faculty, and when the late Mr. Justice Lurton went upon the supreme bench of the United States, he was chosen dean of the faculty, which position he held until the date of his death. During his administration as chairman and as dean of the faculty, the whole character of the law department of Vanderbilt university has been transformed. Visiting the most modern law schools throughout the country, and familiarizing himself with the strictly modern systems of instruction, he enlarged the curriculum from time to time, until finally he made the course a three-year course and placed the curriculum and all departments of work where it qualified the law school to become a member of the Association of American Law Schools. He also became persuaded that the system of instruction was not adapted to the demand of the period, and it was through his instrumentality that the case system was largely introduced. At the time of his death the Vanderbilt law school not only enjoys a reputation throughout the south and southwest as one of the strong institutions of the country, buts its work is recognized and appreciated by all educational bodies that have to do with such institutions. As a result of his labors in the law department, he has made the foundation of the future success of that institution, and it is and will be a monument to his genius and application. Not only did he evince during this period a wonderful capacity for executive and constructive work, but he developed into a remarkable teacher, particularly in the subject of contracts, in which he achieved great success. Few teachers brought more sincere earnestness and more legal acumen to bear upon their work, and rarely has any . --PAGE 178 -- . institution of this kind been blessed with a man gifted with the power of imparting knowledge as he did. For many years he was a successful teacher of the Bible class of the Moore Memorial Sunday school, and was actively identified with the work of the Presbyterian church throughout the south. Few men were as accomplished in this regard as he was. He brought to bear upon the study of the Bible and the history of the Bible the same character of mind that he brought to bear upon the study of all other subjects. He was never satisfied until he found the bottom of the principles, and when he found it, was courageous and bold in his views. So widespread was his influence in church work that in 1906 he was chosen moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church, U.S.A., an honor that has come to few laymen in the past fifty years. It was about this time, by reason of his prominence as an educator and churchman, and scholarship in general lines, that the Central university of Kentucky honored him by conferring upon him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. During the last eighteen years he was also vitally interested in political questions and allied himself with those leaders who advocated legislation that made for righteous living, regardless of the party platform. Always a teetotaler himself, he early espoused the cause of prohibition, and as long as his strength enabled him, he took an active part in the organization known as the Anti-Saloon league. At one time he was vice-president of that organization. . Glen Andrews Hall and his wife had two children, Phillip Hall and Jane Hall. Jane married Johnnie Craig. Glen Andrews Hall died May 23, 1953. The following was taken from his obituary, which appeared in the Nashville Tennessean: . Services for Glenn A. Hall, former sports editor of the Nashville Tennessean who died yesterday morning in a New York city hospital will be at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Dr. James W. Henley will conduct prayer services at the grave at Mount Olivet cemetery. The body will arrive in Nashville at 3:30 p.m. today. It will be at Martin's funeral home, 209 Louise Ave. Mr. Hall was the son of Mrs. Allen G. Hall of Cadiz, Ky., and the late Mr. Hall who was a former dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Law. Mrs. Hall is the former Miss Lillie Gunn. Receiving his B.S. degree from Vanderbilt in 1907, he was an all-around, outstanding athlete there, famous for his performances in football, basketball, baseball and track. After graduation, he studied at the Vanderbilt School of Medicine for two years. Mr. Hall started his career as a newspaperman on The Tennessean, where he succeeded Grantland Rice as sports editor. Leaving Nashville in 1913, he lived in Philadelphia and New York city and held positions on a number of newspapers in the East. . --PAGE 179 -- . 6-1-9-4-2 Born Died Married To Whom Fitzgerald Hall Dec. 6, 1889 Feb. 7, 1946 Elizabeth Murphy Gardner Issue: 1.Elizabeth Gardner living William Moore Clark 2.Mary Fitzgerald living Alex Pirtle, Jr. . Elizabeth Gardner Hall and William Moore Clark live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mary Fitzgerald Hall and Alex Pirtle, Jr. live in Nashville. Fitzgerald Hall was one of Nashville's most prominent citizens. Trained as an attorney, he taught at Vanderbilt University Law School, served as assistant U.S. attorney for Nashville, and argued precedent-setting transportation law cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He eventually became president of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, one of the largest railroads in the South. The following was taken from Fitzgerald Hall's obituary, which appeared in the Nashville Tennessean: . Fitzgerald Hall, 56, president of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, whose accomplishments in legal and industrial affairs have made him nationally prominent since young manhood, died at his home at Wellington Arms Apartments at 6:05 o'clock last night after a protracted period of failing health. He was born in Nashville December 6, 1889, and since his graduation from the Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1913, each year brought him greater success. Two years after graduation he was a law professor at Vanderbilt, at the same time serving as an assistant United States District Attorney. Only 29, he became general counsel for the N., C. & St. L., rising to the presidency of one of the South's major railway systems 16 years later. Mr. Hall suffered a heart attack at Monteagle several months ago and was brought to Nashville for treatment and observation at St. Thomas Hospital. Later, after a partial recovery, he went to Florida to recuperate and had returned to Nashville Thursday night. He made his home here all his life. The rail executive's broad experience as railway counsel under federal supervision of railroads during the First World War had prepared him to lead his railroad into a position of vital importance in the nation's transportation system in World War II and in preparedness for it. Despite failing health, Hall stayed at his post throughout the war, devoting his energies to seeing that the men, materials and munitions of war were kept rolling. Taking over the railroad in the midst of the depression, Hall refused to follow suit of other roads by obtaining heavy federal loans to survive, and not only weathered the crisis but instituted a modernization of the line. On the basis of his improvement program, the N., C. & St. L.'s freight and passenger tonnage reached an all-time high during World War II. The son of Allen Garland Hall, former dean of the Vanderbilt Law School, he taught his father's classes when the latter fell ill in 1915. His father died shortly thereafter and, in . --PAGE 180 -- . addition to his work as counsel for the railway, Hall taught in the Vanderbilt Law School for the next 11 years. "I don't think I had any idea until 1910, when I entered law school, that I would practice law," he once related. "I guess I did it just because my father was a lawyer. There was no particular aptitude on my part," he added. Despite that "lack of aptitude," young Hall made a brilliant record in law, winning the Founders' Medal in his senior year. He was president of Phi Beta Kappa, honorary scholastic society, and was editor of the 1912 college annual. James C. McReynolds, attorney general in President Wilson's cabinet and later an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed young Hall an assistant U.S. district attorney at Nashville in May, 1914. A year later he became assistant to Judge Claude Waller as general counsel for the N., C. & St. L. When Judge Waller died in 1918, Hall was elevated to the post as general counsel, and served until his election to the presidency on Nov. 30, 1934. He was chairman of the Southeastern (Railroad) Presidents' Conference and for several terms a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He was also a director in the National Chamber of Commerce and served as director in a number of Nashville organizations. His first lawsuit as a young lawyer was against a railroad, the L. & N., and his winning of the suit called the early attention of railroad officials to him. The suit involved the killing of a 13-year-old blind horse, he often recalled in later years. He wasn't supposed to try the case, and didn't know until cross-examination that the horse was old and blind. "But my client was awarded $75 for it and the railroad paid off. I've often wondered since if the horse was worth more than $10," he said. "Fitz," as he was known to his intimates, had comparatively few hobbies, except "hard work," his associates always added. He played scrub football, baseball and basketball at Vanderbilt, but never starred. He later tried golf and horseback riding and raising bird dogs, but eventually drifted into raising flowers as a hobby. As president of the N., C. & St. L., he was boss of a rail system operating over 1,200 miles of track, with an investment of some $80,000,000 to $90,000,000 including properties owned by others but leased by the N., C. & St. L. One of his first official acts after becoming president was the ordering of all steel cars, modernized and air-conditioned. He inaugurated the Chicago-to-Miami "Dixieland" and more recent years was to see the fast "Dixie Flagler," "Dixie Flyer" and "Dixie Limited" travel over the system, and the installation of Diesel engines for switching. "Fitzgerald Hall was an able lawyer and executive. His dominant characteristics were absolute sincerity and courage. He despised deceit wherever he found it and neither knew nor understood the ways of hypocrisy," commented W. H. Swiggart, general counsel of the N. C. & St. L., who was associated with Mr. Hall for many years. "He loved his country and the democratic ideals and was outspoken in his devotion to both of them. His chief pleasures were the performance of duty and the advancement of his friends. His friends, his railroad and his country have cause to mourn his passing," Swiggart added. . --PAGE 181 -- . Mr. Hall was easily accessible to railroad employees and in hearing their complaints. Usually he ate lunch in the Union Station lunchroom where the workers of all classes of the railroad gathered, and called most of them by name. He was a widely known speaker at civic and business meetings throughout the country. He was ranked as a "toastmaster supreme," rivaling even his father from whom he acquired much of the polish and poise that brought invitations to serve locally and throughout the nation. . The following editorial tribute is also from the Nashville Tennessean: . The death of Fitzgerald Hall, president of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, means the loss of one who owned an extraordinary variety of talents and abilities, and employed them with vigor and success. Few men of Mr. Hall's day and generation proved themselves in as many useful and exacting fields of endeavor as did he. Mr. Hall was a brilliant student in his school and college days without ever being classified as a grind or bookworm. His mind was restless and his attitude one of questioning and challenging in the effort to put to the test and prove the accuracy and validity of whatever came within his ken. He did not automatically accept the old or welcome the new in his student days, and it was the frame of mind in which he approached every task and responsibility that came to him. In the brief time he spent as a lawyer in private practice, Mr. Hall gave unusual promise, but most of his legal work was done with and for the railway with which he was long associated. He rose steadily by dint of his own efforts and demonstrated capabilities and turned out to be a most able executive as well as a forceful and resourceful advocate. For a term of years Mr. Hall taught classes in the Law School of Vanderbilt University. It is not of record that any student ever slept in one of those classes or obtained a passing grade without earning it fully. As a teacher he had the gift of provoking thought and inspiring analysis. Mr. Hall was a power for sane progress in the civic life of Nashville, and his disposition to challenge theses and programs of all sorts blighted many a rosily impractical suggestion. He was an eloquent and on occasion a militant, pugnacious speaker with his often biting comments now and again garnished with humor. He was the literally unrelenting foe of the New Deal and all its works. Though it won him a measure of animosity at times, he performed a substantial service by demanding critical inspection and analysis of New Deal proposals of all sorts. As president of the Southern States Industrial Council, Mr. Hall was active and successful in seeing that the business men and industrialists of this section got a hearing for their opinions on a wide range of matters of business interest. He served Vanderbilt University well as a member of its board of trust. By and large, Mr. Hall left a record of excellent achievement for which the South is the better. . --PAGE 182 -- . 6-2 Born Died Married To Whom James P. Grinter Sept. 10, 1799 Dec.20, 1869 Nov. 1, 1820 Daughter of John Hill, Jr. and Sarah M. Hill Sept. 30, 1800 June 19, 1881 Elizabeth Thompson Issue: 1.Elizabeth ca. 1822 April 3, 1843 Samuel A. Grinter 2.Nancy ca. 1826 3.Thomas A. Aug. 7, 1828 May 17, 1878 4.Sarah J. Oct. 19, 1832 Dec. 16, 1894 Feb. 29, 1851 William W. Gordon 5.John J. Nov. 18, 1836 April 7, 1886 6.Katherine ca. 1843 . Sarah M. Hill and James P. Grinter married in Butler County, Kentucky. Since Sarah was under twenty-one years of age in 1820, the consent of at least one of her parents was required for her to marry. Neither of Sarah's parents signed the consent, as her father John Hill had died in 1810 and her mother Elizabeth was probably living in Cadiz in 1820. Her mother's brother-in-law Seth Colley signed Sarah's consent to marry. James and Sarah are buried in Grinter Cemetery, Logan County. Nancy Grinter, called Nannie, and Katherine Grinter were single and living in there mother's household in the 1870 census. Thomas A. Grinter and John J. Grinter are buried in Grinter Cemetery. . . . 6-2-1 Born Died Married To Whom Samuel A. Grinter Dec. 13, 1815 April 3, 1843 Daughter of James P. Grinter Elizabeth Grinter ca. 1822 and Sarah M. Hill Issue: 1.Cornelia ca. 1846 Sept. 20, 1925 Oct. 7, 1879 see 6-1-1-1 2.Emma H. ca. 1852 3.Nancy ca. 1855 June 30, 1873 see 6-1-1-3 4.Mollie ca. 1858 Mar. 24, 1946 X Single . Samuel A. Grinter and Elizabeth Grinter, called Lizzie, married in Logan County, Kentucky. Samuel was the son of John Hill Grinter and Nancy Elizabeth Crewdson. Mollie Grinter was a farmer and extensive landowner in Logan County at the time of her death. . . . 6-2-4 Born Died Married To Whom William W. Gordon Sept. 22, 1826 Mar. 23, 1905 Feb. 29, 1851 Daughter of James P. Grinter Sarah J. Grinter Oct. 19, 1832 Dec. 16, 1894 and Sarah M. Hill Issue: 1.Willie G. Dec. 12, 1875 Dec. 4, 1877 X Died young . William W. Gordon and Sarah J. Grinter, called Sallie, married in Logan County, Kentucky. They and their son are buried in Grinter Cemetery, Logan County.