The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-03-03
LAFAYETTE UNISON. SR..
ANSWERS final Call
WELL KNOWN CITIZEN, Ex-coN.
FEpEaATE SOLDIER. DIES
At AGE 81.

on ruesday morning at Glen Hayes,
n wayne county. occurred the death
ef L. r. vinson, one OF the best known
residents OF the Big Sandy Valley. ana
long prominent In business ana polu-
cal affairs in Wayne county. Mr.. vim
40. who was past eighty yearsof age.
had been in declining health for sew
erni years. though he had retained his
phxricai and mental powers 20 rem
araable degree.
n. ,xns a member OF pioneer thh-
~ and one whose connection with the
Abandonment OF the Big Sandy Valley
4. tnseparably read into tho history
- that community. lafayette Ninson
-. one Of four brothers. all OF whom
llved 10 advanced years. and all Oh
whon were prominent In the anairs
- eouthern West Virginia and Eastern
kentucky. The other three died years
aro an the following order: Frank VIM
non. LAZARUS vinson and Col. p o
Vinson. whose death Mt his home IN
ReIioRE. near this city. will be remeih-
hered by thousands. These four proth-
-. were. in many ways. truly remark
ehIe characters. Lafayette Ninson ana
a q yinson, his nearest brother IN
noint OF age, were veterans OF the
civil war. having espoused the cause
- The Confedcracy They were men
- ,ntrenld cnurnge. They came OF n
re. and n time which knew no hard
ships and whose character Wers Hhap-
cd IN q measure 90 meet me steIh
necessities OF their environment lhs
brother who died yesterday was one OF
the few men who remained TO conhec.
the present with tho old order OF
things. His life extended back int"
the DAYS when slavery nourished. Wheh
railways were unknown In this secuon
- the United States, and when most
az the lands hereabout. even on the
eltes OF Huntington, ceredo ana Ken
ovn. were virgin forest.
Mr.. vinson spent the greater part
e his active life In the timber pusi-
ncn. He also maintained n farIn IN
the nelghborhocd where he was born'
ana A was at this homo OF his young
,.anhood tina no died under the
wnirht OF years. A few years ago ne
rr.Ided temporarily on tho Miller farrn
nenv Barboursville.
He waa widely known. and had nun.
dreds OF friends among business ano
trufeasional mon He was kindly In
diapoaition. and his homo was noted
FAR and wide for the genuineness OF its
hUpitaiity.
He is survived by two sons and Two
dauehtern, Blucher Vinson. who re-
ddes Mt BrAnchland: Mra. Ira smith
q the Guyan Valley; Mrs. David VIII
son OF Kellogg, and wellington Fin-
son. who lives at Glen Hayes. Among
he near relations OF Mr.. Vinson are
Col z. It. vinson. DR.. l.. T. Vinson, Mrs
James A. Hughes. Mrs. Donald Clark
nephews and nieces, respectively, John
H. Ratcliffe, and DIR. Richard Hard
wick and Sam Dock Smith. Hunting
ton Herald Dispatch.
Mr.. vinson was well known ana
highly respected by his many friends
in this city. where when he was IN
pod health he was FREQUENT visitor
He has many relatives In Louisa, being
closely related to X. +. Vinson. James
Vinson. r. l. vinson. Frank NJ Ninson
a. n. vinson and Fred NJ. Vinson. inc
funeral occurred with burial Mt the OLD
homo place on Wednesday morning.
IL vas a Masonic burial and was un-
der the direction OF Vinson Lodge.
Fort Gay. Those who attended from
this place were George II. Ninson. H.
u. Ferguson and F. NJ. Vinson.