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Subject: [KYJESSAM] RE: Obits
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 08:31:23 EDT

Folks,

I "rethunk" my plans on these obits. Since you all are the "special" folks
in my life, I figure I'll send them to you and the others can obtain them
from the Obits Index site.

Shelia


GORDON, O. S. "One by one", the Southern soldiers are passing away, and
another answered his
"last roll call" on Monday afternoon in the death of O. S. Gordon. He had an
attack of acute indigestion
about ten days ago, which developed gastritous and his sudden death was a
great shock to his family.
Mr. Gordon was born in Mercer county, in April, 1838, and was married to Miss
Kitty Watson, of this
county, in November, 1865. Since that date, the deceased has lived in
Nicholasville. He was a
Confederate veteran, having enlisted in '61 under Gen. Basil Duke, 2nd
Kentucky cavalry, Morgan's
command, and served until the close of the war. On March 12, 1902, he was
commissioned Captain
Aid-de-Camp on the staff of Brigadier Gen. G. B. Taylor, commanding Ky. Div
United Confederate
Veterans. The deceased was quiet and unostentatious in his manner, strong in
his convictions and
loyal to his friends. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Mesdames
Emerine Coleman, Frank
Smith, E.B. Muir, Jr. and two sons, B. Duke Gordon, of Richmond and Jas. S.
Gordon of Fulton. Also
two brothers, J. B. and Frank Gordon of Mercer county and one sister, Mrs.
Betty Newton, of Owen.
Funeral services were held at the late residence on Wednesday at 2 o'clock,
Rev. J. M. Fuqua
officiating, assisted by Elder W. S. Irvin. Interment in Maple Grove
Cemetery. Obit from 10-9-1908
issue of The Jessamine Journal

MORROW, JUDGE THOS J. Judge. Thos. J. Morrow, a prominent lawyer and
politician, died at
his home near Hopkinsville on the 29th of April, 1898, aged 50 years. He
served in the Confederate
army and in 1872 married Miss Elizabeth McCampbell, daughter of J. H.
McCampbell, who was agent
at the old K. O. depot in Nicholasville. Mrs. Morrow will be remembered by
many Jessamine people.

STEELE, GEORGIA WELCH Mrs. Georgia Welch Steele died at the Infirmary in
Lexington,
April 29, 1898, aged 47 years, death being the result of a complication of
diseases. The deceased was
the daughter of the late Nathaniel and Mary Welch; was married to Capt. D. W.
Steele in 1880, and who
died five years ago. Mrs. H. S. Cox, of Lebanon, is the only surviving
sister of the deceased and the last
member of the family left. Mrs. Steele was a lady whom to know was to be her
friend and her death
caused a deep regret in Jessamine, where she had always lived. The funeral
took place from the M. E.
Church, South, Nicholasville, last Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. T. W. Watts in
the presence of a large concourse of friends, after which the remains were
interred in Maple Grove
cemetery.

SPURR, RICHARD A. Died at his home in Fayette county on the 4th inst, Hon.
Richard A. Spurr,
aged 68 years. He was one of the most prominent (?) in Central Kentucky,
being highly educated, and
held several offices of trusts, among which was trustee of the A. & M.
College and was also elected to
the State Senate in 1881. His wife, who survives him, was a Miss Shaffer,
and also three children,
Misses Julia H., Laura S. and Richard Spurr, also two brothers and one
sister, (?) Spurr, of Nashville,
Levi P Spurr of Fayette county and Mrs. Geo. B. Taylor of Nicholasville.
The mother of the deceased,
who is 84 years old, resides with Mrs. Taylor. (Rest of copy cut off) Obit
from 5-6-1898 issue of The
Jessamine Journal


BROCK, LULU COZINE Mrs. Lulu Cozine Brock, wife of John Brock, died at her
home in Meridian,
Miss., Saturday. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Cozine, formerly
of Lexington. The
deceased is survived by her husband and two children.
Obit from 12-4-1908 issue of The Jessamine Journal

THOMPSON, J. C. J. C. Thompson died at his home near Bethel church, Wilmore
neighborhood, Sunday morning, of tuberculosis, after a lingering illness,
aged 43. He leaves 3
brothers, Prof. N. D., E. C. and Bruce Thompson, and one sister, Mrs. Louis
Lowry. The funeral took
place Monday afternoon, the remains being intered in Maple Grove cemetery.
Obit from 10-9-1908
issue of The Jessamine Journal

THOMPSON, PHIL. R Col. Phil R. Thompson, Sr., veteran of two wars, noted
lawyer, (?) of the
Harrodsburg bar, died Saturday. His death was due to the infirmities of age,
having been confined to
his room for several months. He would have been 88 years of age on January
8, next, and for the past
three weeks, his death has been expected at any moment.
(Obit from 12-4-1908 issue of The Jessamine Journal)

PHILLIPS, ALICE S. Saturday afternoon, Nov. 28, 1908, Mrs. Alice S. Phillips
answered the call
of death, and her spirit, released from it's tenement of clay, has gone to
"that undiscovered country
from whose bourne no traveller returns." After several years of patient
suffering, peacefully, and, like
a tired child, she closed her eyes and went to sleep. Mrs. Phillips was born
in Versailles, Ind., 54 years
ago, being the eldest daughter of George and Eliza Dickerson Shook, and in
ner native town, she passed
her childhood and eary girlhood. A musician of marked ability and culture,
she came to Nicholasville
as a teacher of music at Jessamine Institute. She was married to Judge W. H.
Phillips, Oct. 19, 1880.
Her married life was singularly happy, not only in her dometic relations, but
in her friendships and in
the position she occupied in the community. Early in life she united with
the Methodist church and the
years which followed were devoted to her Master's cause. For more than
twenty-five years, she was
organist at the Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and no service
was complete without her
presence. Gladly and cheerfully, she gave her time and was a regular
attendant at Sunday school,
prayer service and the missionary society. For many years, she was President
of the Foreign
Missionary Society, and, though many times ill health prevented her
attendance in person, she never
neglected to send her contribution and her message of encouragement. (rest
of obit unreadable)


TURLEY, VIRGINIA Virginia Turley, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. R. E. Turley,
is dead. Word flew
over our city as on the wings of the wind. Wherever it touched, it left
sorrow, and the expressions of
sympathy from the bereaved ones were many and from the heart. Bright, happy
and cheerful, Virginia
Louise carried sunshine with her wherever she went. She had a smile and a
pleasant word for all. Her
death came as a dark shadow to friends and to her relatives who loved her so
dearly ---Richmond
Climax.The deceased was a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Spears, of this
county and had a great
many friends here who are deeply grieved. Obit from 10-9-1908 issue of The
Jessamine Journal

GORDON, O. S. "One by one", the Southern soldiers are passing away, and
another answered his
"last roll call" on Monday afternoon in the death of O. S. Gordon. He had an
attack of acute indigestion
about ten days ago, which developed gastritous and his sudden death was a
great shock to his family.
Mr. Gordon was born in Mercer county, in April, 1838, and was married to Miss
Kitty Watson, of this
county, in November, 1865. Since that date, the deceased has lived in
Nicholasville. He was a
Confederate veteran, having enlisted in '61 under Gen. Basil Duke, 2nd
Kentucky cavalry, Morgan's
command, and served until the close of the war. On March 12, 1902, he was
commissioned Captain
Aid-de-Camp on the staff of Brigadier Gen. G. B. Taylor, commanding Ky. Div
United Confederate
Veterans. The deceased was quiet and unostentatious in his manner, strong in
his convictions and
loyal to his friends. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Mesdames
Emerine Coleman, Frank
Smith, E.B. Muir, Jr. and two sons, B. Duke Gordon, of Richmond and Jas. S.
Gordon of Fulton. Also
two brothers, J. B. and Frank Gordon of Mercer county and one sister, Mrs.
Betty Newton, of Owen.
Funeral services were held at the late residence on Wednesday at 2 o'clock,
Rev. J. M. Fuqua
officiating, assisted by Elder W. S. Irvin. Interment in Maple Grove
Cemetery. Obit from 10-9-1908
issue of The Jessamine Journal

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