The record., 1911-03-09

ing, back of the present home of Fran
els Withcrs. There were only two
children left 10y this union. one Mrs.
Ia. J. Fleming who lives at rowdcrly.
the other Mrs. T. Withers who died in
lSo9 Only two of that party of fifteen
are alive today. John Day, and Mary
Oldham.
About this time Perry Clcmons
moved from south Carrolltou and built
a home near the Fortncy place ON the
.Grecnviuc and Central City road. The
house has long since gone to ruin but
a nearby hill is still known as the
Clcmons Hill The descendants of Mr.
and Mrs. Clcmons are scattered oyer
the country and many of them are
prominent citizens.
Travel i'm those days was on horse
back or in buggics, and the mail was
carried from Owcnsboro 90 Grccnville.
one of the Torlney boys was carrier at
one time, but great change was com
ing The first year ot the war also
marked the commencement of the
building Of tlS L. * =. raihoad through
this county Hume Harris was one of
the contractors and his crew made tlc
"cut" just north of Powderly. The
work was done with teams and dump
carts. The other contractors were
Podinger and Wilson. The engineers
were Chambers, Cobb. LaTrobc and
Wagonor. The old rdarkic" that
cooked for these men is living yet.
though feeble with age. She was n
slave of Jake Anthony of whom little
is known save that he was kind
master II is said that before his death
he called for papcrand pen with which
10 free his slaves. but the hand was
lifeless before the deed was done. and
today his grave, marked 10y "a quaint
slab, bearing this inscription. Sacred
To the memory of Jacob Anthony who
departed this life in 1sl2, aged -
years" Is familiar object to those
who frequently pass the home of Tom
Mitchell on the Harris farm, near the
ccdars which mark the site of the old
graveyard.
The war days were trying ones in
the thinly settled vicinity, nearly all
of the aforementioned inhabitants
were true Southcrners, and when the
Federal soldiers passed they took sew
cral fine horses and made some of the
women cook for them, but when the
Confederate soldiers camped on the
Weir farm near Cancy creek, the Brans-
ford's, Wcatherford's, Frazier's. and
those living nearest the cncampment
prepared supper and sent il 20 the sol
diers. and then the women cooked all
night that they might not start on
their march without breakfast. sad
were the people indeed. when they
heard the low thunder Cf the cannon
at TT. Donaldson, all day aud night,
as that was a death warrant, as it
were, sounded Harvey Snodgrass was
IN the W771'',,--r urned. at lis elass
| Though there was no blood shed near
there was gloom throughout the couu-
try. The year before the war closed
Bill Eaves built what is known today
as the Old Eaves place. Help was SO
hard TO secure at that time that he cut
the logs himself and in one week had
the house built. By great effort he
secured brick enough from the old
! Weir mill on Caney creek 20 make n
chimney. Some Jcrnigan men from a
different neighborhood helped him at
the vraisin." The house has been I'M
proved and is today occupied 10y the
widow, formerly Christine Fortncy,
alluded to in Part /. On Jan. II, 1911,
She passed her send birthday. Mrs.
Eaves was the mother of sin children
three Of whom are living, Charlie,
Levi and Eli. The others, girls, have
long since passed to another land.
Many years ago man was murdered
ON the ridge between the Eaves home
stead and the old Redman place and
the place has been haunted ever since,
so tradition says. 1t is claimed. that
the headless body has been seen on
the ridge, but whether he is like Iry-
ing's llegdlcss IIoracman. Gully time
will cell. II would be an interesting
experiment for some young matter-of-
fact kcntuckian to keep vigil near the
present Eaves graveyard. some night
when the moon casts ilickering shad-
ows and the wind shriebS through the
woods, and find out if the Headless
one still inhabits his old haunts.
One noticeable characteristic of all
the early homes is that they are all
marked by cedars, which stand litc
sontinels guarding the spot made sac
red by its association with the long
ago Whether the cedars were plant
ed by loving hands for beauty's sake
or were already there, and in mercy
left unmolested, or were brought from
the original home of the owned, to
keep the memory of the past ever
green, is "A mystery, however, every
old homestead place bears the mem
orable cedar. There are many old
homes and sites of homes around
Powderly which have not been men
toned in this sketch ON account of in
sufficient data.
Der twenty years after the war
closed the settlers unmolested lived