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John Burton Thompson

John Burton Thompson (December 14, 1810 – January 7, 1874) was a United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky.

Born near Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Thompson completed preparatory studies and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Harrodsburg, becoming the Commonwealth's Attorney.

Thompson was elected to the Kentucky Senate in 1829 and served until 1833. In 1835, Thompson was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives where he served two, two-year terms.

In 1840, Thompson was elected as a Whig to the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy in Kentucky's 5th District caused by the death of Simeon H. Anderson. He was subsequently reelected in 1842 and served until March 3, 1843. After a time out of Congress, he was again elected to represent the same district, serving this time from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1851. During this time he was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on the Militia.

Thompson was the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1852.

In 1852, Thompson was elected to the United States Senate as a member of the Know-Nothing party. He served from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1859.

Thompson died January 7, 1874 in Harrodsburg and was interred in Spring Hill Cemetery.
In Happy Valley

In Happy Valley is a collection of short stories written by John Fox, Jr.. It was first published in 1917.

## Description

Happy Valley and St. Hilda's are the center of the comedy and tragedy in which Allaphair, Christopher, Parson Small, the Angel, the Pope, the Marquise of Queensberry, and the Goddess play their parts, sometimes amusing, sometimes pathetic. Always they stand out as real people of the mountains - notable additions to the gallery of Kentucky mountaineers with which Mr. Fox has for so many years enriched our literature.

"Mr. Fox here makes notable additions to those Kentucky mountaineers which his "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" and "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" have endeared to so many thousands. The characters are revealed in all their rough and simple charm in such a way as to give a view of an entire mountain community." -New York Tribune

"There is in them so much sincerity, so genuine a knowledge of and tenderness for the mountain people, so fresh and pungent a flavor in the dialogue, such real humor and pathos, that the stories must be counted as belonging to the real - as distinguished from the pseudo-literature of the Kentucky mountains." -Louisville Courier-Journal

"A notable addition to the stories of Kentucky mountain folk whom his 'Trail of the Lonesome Pine' and 'The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come' have endeared to so many thousands....There is always the same feel of sunlight on oak leaves, crisp hoar-frost, the spiky outline of ragged pines, blue smoke rising from a mountain cabin nearby, and the half-shy 'How-dye' from a barefoot girl on horseback. The present collection of stories adds a dozen or more new figures to his picturesque mountaineer gallery; a dark-haired goddess named June, and the Marguise, Allaphair and a strain of Indian blood, Jay Dawn, Lun Chapman, Jerry Lipps and King Camp - not to speak of the beguiling Angel from Viper." -Publishers Weekly

"This collection of short stories teems with interest. Mr. Fox knows how to capture the sometimes primitive instinct and passions of the hard-working, impoverished lives of the people of Happy Valley. They are tender as in 'The Goddess of Happy Valley;' humorous, in the Battle prayer of Parson Small; human, in the Angel from Viper, and tragic in His Last Christmas Gift. At all times they appear as the stories of real people, with their narrow, set views vigorously opposed to anything new, thus making the problem of assisting them more than difficult. Mr. Fox has made these people lovable in this happy addition to his work." -The New Republic

"A story of the Kentucky mountaineers, of blended comedy and tragedy." -The Bookman

## Contents

* The Courtship of Allaphair
* The Compact of Christopher
* The Lord's Own Level
* The Marquise of Queensberry
* His Last Christmas Gift
* The Angel From Viper
* The Pope of the Big Sandy
* The Goddess of Happy Valley
* The Battle-Prayer of Parson Small
* The Christmas Tree on Pigeon
Hugh Randall

Hugh G. Randall (October 31, 1933 – July 1, 1962) was an American racing driver from Louisville, Kentucky.

Randall was a veteran sprint car racer who attempted to venture into American Championship Car Racing in 1962.

In the spring and summer of 1962 he failed to qualify for races at Trenton Speedway and the Milwaukee Mile.

July 1, 1962 he arrived at Langhorne Speedway again attempting to make his Championship debut. His #46 entry failed to qualify but he stayed around for the race attempting to serve as a substitute or relief driver. The #63 Vargo Special was started by Bob Mathouser who pulled in after 60 laps due to poor handling. Elmer George got in the car and drove seventeen laps but was also dissatisfied with the car's handling. That led Randall to attempt to take over the reins. On his third lap behind the wheel the car caught a rut and vaulted end over end and landed upside-down, pinning Randall, who ultimately died of a broken neck.

The Vargo Special car that Randall died in was also the car in which Dick Linder and Van Johnson had been killed in racing crashes.

Elmer George later relieved Bobby Marshman in that same Langhorne race and drove Marshman's car to a fifth-place finish.

Randall was buried in Resthaven Memorial Cemetery in Louisville.
John Fox, Jr.

John Fox Jr. (December 16, 1862 – July 8, 1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer.

Born in Stony Point, Kentucky, to John William Fox Sr. and Minerva Worth Carr, Fox studied English at Harvard University. He graduated in 1883 before becoming a reporter in New York City. After working for both New York Times and the New York Sun, he published a successful serialization of his first novel, A Mountain Europa, in Century magazine in 1892. Two moderately successful short story collections followed, as well as his first conventional novel, The Kentuckians in 1898. Fox gained a following as a war correspondent, working for Harper's Weekly in Cuba during the Spanish–American War of 1898, where he served with the "Rough Riders." Six years later he traveled to Asia to report on the Russo-Japanese War for Scribner's magazine.

Though he occasionally wrote for periodicals, after 1904, Fox dedicated much of his attention to fiction. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (published in 1903) and The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (published in 1908) are arguably his most well known and successful works, entering the New York Times top ten list of bestselling novels for 1903, 1904, 1908, and 1909 respectively. In The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, the character Devil Judd Tolliver was based on the real life of "Devil John" Wesley Wright, the sheriff of Wise County, Virginia. Many of his works reflected the naturalist style, his childhood in Kentucky's Bluegrass region, and his life among the coal miners of Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Many of his novels were historical romances or period dramas set in that region.

John Fox Jr. died in 1919 of pneumonia in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, and was buried in the family plot in Paris, Kentucky. His marriage to Austrian opera singer Fritzi Scheff in 1908 lasted just over four years. He had no children.

The John Fox Jr. House in Big Stone Gap was turned into a museum after the death of John's sister in 1970. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Fox is buried in Paris Cemetery in Paris, Kentucky.
Charles Neville Buck

Charles Lunsford Neville Buck was born on April 15, 1879 in Midway, Woodford County, Kentucky to the Honorable Charles William Buck and Elizabeth Crow Bullitt.

Charles studied at the Cincinnati Academy of Art around 1898 to 1899. It is possible he graduated from the art academy in 1899, although I can't confirm this. After he left the art academy, he then became a cartoonist on the staff of the Louisville, Kentucky newspaper 'The Evening Post' from 1899 to 1900. Around 1900, Charles moved over to the editorial staff of the Louisville Evening Post and Morning Herald. He worked as a reporter on the staff until around 1908.

While on staff at the newspaper, Mr. Buck studied at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky; where he acquired a law degree in 1902. Although he passed the bar in 1902, he never practiced law.

It was from 1908 on, that he tried his hand at writing short stories, and he culminated his writing ambitions with his first novel 'The Key to Yesterday' in 1910. From that point forward, his writing career soared with the author totaling 24 novels in the period spanning 1910 to about 1932. Nine of those novels were scripted and made into silent films. Unfortunately, only one of those silent films still exists today.

Charles married Margaret Field DeMotte in New York City on June 20, 1918. Margaret had a son John F. DeMotte, from her previous marriage to Lawrence DeMotte; but Margaret and Mr. Buck never had any children.

Buck died August 10, 1957 in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Inside the Magic

Inside the Magic is a novel written by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones. It was first published in 2009.

## Description

Oh, no! Mr. Leery has been kidnapped by the evil Queen of the Boggarts. It's up to the apprentice Keyholders Penny, Luke, and Natalie to rescue him. Together with their links, a unicorn named Kirin, a dragon named Dracula, and a rat named Buttercup, the three Keyholders cross the border to the land inside the magic - a place where anything can happen. Will they find Mr. Leery in time?
Jim Viox

James Harry Viox (December 30, 1890 – January 6, 1969) was a professional baseball player who played for five seasons in the National League from 1912 to 1916, all of them with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played second base for much of his career, and played in the middle infield with Honus Wagner during the latter's final seasons.

Viox made his major league debut on May 9, 1912. In 33 games that season, he hit .186 while spending time in the field at third base and shortstop. The following season, in 1913, Viox became the team's regular second baseman, replacing Alex McCarthy at that position. In his first full season, he hit .317, setting a rookie record for batting average by a second baseman that was not matched until 2007 when Dustin Pedroia also hit .317. During the season, Viox finished in the top 10 in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, runs scored, doubles, and sacrifice hits.

His batting average fell over the next two seasons, to .265 in 1914 and .256 in 1915. He showed a good batting eye during those seasons, however, as in both years he was ranked among the top 10 in walks. In his final season in the major leagues, he played in only 43 games and batted .250; his time with the Pirates ended when the club made major changes to its roster.

After his playing days were over, he managed for a time in the minor leagues. During this time, he won two Virginia League championships in 1920 and 1921 while managing Portsmouth.

Viox died on January 6, 1969 in Erlanger, Kentucky. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Jane Mayhall Bibliography

## Poetry Collections

* 1968 – Givers and Takers
* 1973 – Givers and Takers II
* 2005 – Sleeping Late on Judgment Day

## Poems

* 2005 – Too Much Is Not Enough
* 2005 – Uncensored Note to Auden
* 2005 – Spending the Unspent
* 2005 – Token
* 2005 – In New York
* 2005 – The Apple Accident
* 2005 – The Whittled Forest
* 2005 – Experience
* 2005 – Wastebaskets
* 2005 – Righteousness Is Kleenex
* 2005 – The Cane
* 2005 – 2001, a Backward Glance
* 2005 – The Tides of Andre Gide
* 2005 – Say
* 2005 – Protection (Elegy for James Still)
* 2005 – Brueghel's Games
* 2005 – My Nephew and His Wife
* 2005 – Photographer
* 2005 – Healing and Light
* 2005 – Picking Up
* 2005 – Crude Thoughts
* 2005 – Wish Fulfillment
* 2005 – William Stafford, Coincident with Easter
* 2005 – Unaccountably
* 2005 – To "Even"
* 2005 – Sun on the Kitchen Wall
* 2005 – Source Books
* 2005 – The Snow Goose
* 2005 – Shape of Sentences
* 2005 – "Never Apologize, Never Explain"
* 2005 – Miss P
* 2005 – Listening and Heeding
* 2005 – Like Oscar Wilde
* 2005 – Glad
* 2005 – A Distant Trumpet
* 2005 – Disobedience
* 2005 – Emergency Room Enjoyments
* 2005 – Ballad of Playing Tennis with Theodore Roethke at Yaddo
* 2005 – Opinion
* 2005 – Kirstein's Table
* 2005 – The First Death
* 2005 – Postcard from a Dream
* 2005 – Wendell and Schubert
* 2005 – Youth, Age
* 2005 – Presumptions
* 2005 – Vesper Hours
* 2005 – The Conrad Aiken Dream
* 2005 – Voice
* 2005 – Altar
* 2005 – The Risk
* 2005 – Notes for a Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary
* 2005 – His Speech
* 2005 – Species Talk
* 2005 – You Think That
* 2005 – The Beacon
* 2005 – The Forbidden
* 2005 – Paean
* 2005 – Sturdy Truth in a Rarified Fog
* 2005 – Untitled
* 2005 – Flesh and Nature
* 2005 – The Tree of Necessity
* 2005 – The Shelter
* 2005 – Early Spring
* 2005 – Why a Corner in the Apartment Puts Me
* 2005 – Love Is
* 2005 – The Superstition
* 2005 – I Can't Distance Myse
* 2005 – The Guess
* 2005 – Leslie's Glance
* 2005 – Painkiller
* 2005 – The Gilded Shadow
* 2005 – At a Recent Cinema
* 2005 – The Comb
* 2005 – Easter Music
* 2005 – Grief
* 2005 – Inadvertent
* 2005 – Jingle Dream
* 2005 – Name
* 2005 – Occupancy
* 2005 – Pigeon Wings
* 2005 – Restoration of Trust
* 2005 – Renewed Hope
* 2005 – Serenade
* 2005 – Twilight Rain
* 2005 – Untitled 2
* 2005 – Polly's Legacy
January 22

**January 22nd**

* 1791 – Charles Stewart Todd born.
* 1813 – John Allen died, aged 41.
* 1819 – Thomas Laurens Jones born.
* 1824 – Reuben T. Durrett born.
* 1842 – Lot D. Young born.
* 1843 – Albert Shelby Willis born.
* 1870 – George D. Prentice died, aged 67.
* 1875 – D. W. Griffith born.
* 1877 – Charles Wickliffe Roark born.
* 1890 – Frederick Moore Vinson, Sr. born.
* 1896 – Oscar Turner, Sr. died, aged 70.
* 1897 – Benjamin Franklin Bradley died, aged 71.
* 1906 – Willa Brown born.
* 1913 – Woodridge Spears born.
* 1924 – Charles Lisanby born.
* 1929 – Jack Littrell born.
* 1948 – Anne Northup born.
* 1957 – Terry Meiners born.
* 1968 – Olive Tilford Dargan died, aged 99.
* 1973 – Larry Birkhead born.
John J. Hardin

John Jay Hardin (January 6, 1810 – February 23, 1847) was a U.S. Representative and militia general from Illinois.

Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, the son of Martin Davis Hardin and Elizabeth Logan, Hardin pursued classical studies and was graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Kentucky in 1831 and commenced practice in Jacksonville, Illinois. He served in the Illinois Militia during the Black Hawk War of 1832. He was brigadier general in command during the Illinois Mormon War in Hancock County, Illinois, in 1844. He later attained the rank of major general. He was appointed prosecuting attorney of Morgan County in 1832. He served as member of the Illinois House of Representatives 1836–1842. His son Martin Davis Hardin was born in 1837, and his daughter Ellen Hardin Walworth was born in 1832.

He was co-editor/founder of the Illinoisan newspaper in Jacksonville in 1837. He was credited with helping to avert a duel between Abraham Lincoln and State Auditor James Shields. In February 1844, Harding was present on the USS Princeton when one of its guns exploded, and he helped manage the aftermath of the disaster, staying on the ship for nearly a week.

Hardin was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845). Despite large popularity in his district, he was not a candidate for renomination in 1844. It has been suggested that Hardin's premature death helped Lincoln's rise to prominence in Illinois politics.

Despite being an unabashed Whig, Hardin was a fervent supporter of the Mexican-American War that was advocated by James K. Polk and many expansionist Democrats. During the war, he recruited the First Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, of which he was commissioned colonel. On February 23, 1847, he was killed at the Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico, after attempting to lead a charge against a Mexican battery. The outpouring of grief over his death was immense, and Hardin's funeral procession was attended by 15,000 people. He was interred in City Cemetery (East), Jacksonville, Illinois. Hardin County, Iowa, was named in honor of the Colonel and his legacy.
Historical Marker 1473 - Dr. Phillip's Birthplace

Historical Marker 1473 - Dr. Phillip's Birthplace is located at 303 South Main Street in Nicholasville, Kentucky. It was dedicated in 1973.

## Description

Dr. Lena Madesin Phillips, founder of National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, 1919, born here, September 15, 1881. Her work with the YWCA, 1917, led to interest in organization of business women. Instrumental in organizing and first President of the International Federation of B. and P. W., 1930. Died 1955; buried Maple Grove Cem., Nicholasville.
Infinity and the Mind

Infinity and the Mind is a book written by Rudy Rucker. It was first published in 1982.

## Description

In Infinity and the Mind, Rudy Rucker leads an excursion to that stretch of the universe he calls the "Mindscape," where he explores infinity in all its forms: potential and actual, mathematical and physical, theological and mundane. Here Rucker acquaints us with Gödel's rotating universe, in which it is theoretically possible to travel into the past, and explains an interpretation of quantum mechanics in which billions of parallel worlds are produced every microsecond. It is in the realm of infinity, he maintains, that mathematics, science, and logic merge with the fantastic. By closely examining the paradoxes that arise from this merging, we can learn a great deal about the human mind, its powers, and its limitations.
James E. Cantrill

James Edwards Cantrill (June 20, 1839 – April 5, 1908) was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky. He was elected the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky serving from 1879 to 1883 under Governor Luke P. Blackburn.

In the American Civil War he served as a Captain in the Confederate States Army Cavalry as a portion of Morgan's Men.

During his time as Lieutenant Governor, Jesse James robbed a stagecoach in Cave City, Kentucky, stealing a gold watch from Judge R.H. Roundtree, and a diamond ring from his daughter. Cantrill offered a reward of $1,500 for the arrest and conviction of the robbers. This reward was never collected for the proper criminal, as James was shot by a member of his own gang, but his guilt was shown by the possession of Judge Roundtree's gold watch.

Cantrill was married to Mary Cecil. Cantrill died April 5, 1908 in Georgetown, Kentucky. He and his wife are buried at Georgetown Cemetery in Georgetown, Kentucky.
Bettiola Heloise Fortson

Bettiola Heloise Fortson (December 29, 1890 – April 13, 1917) was an African-American poet, essayist, activist and suffragist. Fortson was one of the first African-American people in the Midwestern United States to write and publish a book.

Bettiola Heloise Fortson was born December 29, 1890 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky to Mattie Arnold and James Fortson. At age 12, she moved to Chicago to live with her aunt but she would periodically move to Evansville, Indiana to live with her mother when her aunt was traveling. She graduated in 1910 from Clark Street High School in Evansville, Indiana and returned to live in Chicago after graduation.

Fortson was a co-founder and president of the University Society of Chicago, a women's club (that included men in membership) that fostered literary studies and had a primary focus on "artistic and intellectual development" amongst African-Americans. Fortson was an active member and second vice president of the Alpha Suffrage Club, the first black women's suffrage association. For two years she was an organizer for City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs.

She was the author of the 1915 book, Mental Pearls: original poems and essays, published by Julius F. Taylor. In order to raise money for the publishing of her book, she was offered to publish her poems in The Broad Ax, a weekly African-American newspaper in Chicago. The newspaper sent 500 copies of the paper to sell at the National Federation of Colored Women's Clubs that year and they allowed the proceeds to go to Fortson. Her poems were included in the book, Six Poets of Racial Uplift, published in 1996 by G K Hall.

Fortson died from tuberculosis at her home 3413 Prairie Avenue in Chicago, Illinois on April 13, 1917, at the age of 26. Her eulogy was read by Ida B. Wells. She was buried at the Mount Forest Cemetery in Thornton, Illinois, which was primarily an African-American cemetery.
Jewel Carmen

Jewel Carmen (July 13, 1897 – March 4, 1984) was an American silent film actress.

Born Florence Lavina Quick on July 13, 1897 in Danville, Kentucky, Carmen made her film debut in the 1912 film The Will of Destiny. She went on to appear in Daphne and the Pirate (1916) opposite Lillian Gish, and in D. W. Griffith's Intolerance (1916). Carmen also appeared in films for Keystone Studios, including The Ragtime Band, as Evelyn Quick in around 1913. On 30 April 1913, she lodged a police complaint that two car salesmen had forced her into delinquency, and further stated she was 15 years of age. Investigations centered around a blackmail and white slavery ring, in which Quick was involved. It later transpired she was 23 years old, and the charges were dropped. No Keystone people were involved, but most of the studio's actors and directors departed for Mexico at this time, only returning when the case was dropped.

In 1917, Carmen contracted with Fox Film Corporation, but finding the deal unsatisfactory, she opened a new contract with the Keeney Corporation in 1918 while her first contract remained in effect. Fox sent Keeney notice of their prior contract, warning that they would hold Keeney responsible for assisting her in breaking it, and promising to indemnify Keeney against legal retaliation. Carmen launched two lawsuits against Fox, one to attempt to free herself of the obligation of living up to her contract and another to seek redress for their interference with her contract with Keeney.

Key to the issues was the question of where the contracts had been made: New York or California. Fox's offices were located in New York; Carmen was a resident of California. By California law, Carmen was an adult at the time of signing the contract; by New York law, which granted majority at 21, she was not. If not an adult, she could not be legally held to the document she had signed. Though Carmen initially won the first lawsuit, having the contracts set aside and receiving damages of $43,500 from Fox, the decision was overturned on appeal because she had "unclean" hands, having herself treated Fox unfairly. However, she won her second case because Fox's interference with her employment with Keeney had been outside the law, though Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo made clear that he did not approve of the legal loophole that allowed Carmen to break her contract with Fox.

Carmen later became known for her connection to the scandal surrounding the death of actress Thelma Todd. She was the wife of Roland West, who had an extramarital affair with Todd and who came under suspicion following Todd's death of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Todd died in a garage at Castillo del Mar, the former home of Carmen and West, where Carmen's parents were living. There were a number of factors which made the death suspicious, including that Todd was allegedly spotted or spoken to several times the day after she died; Carmen herself testified before the grand jury that she had seen Todd somewhere with another man. After the scandal broke, Carmen's marriage to West ended, and she retired from the public eye.

Carmen died of lymphoma on March 4, 1984 at the age of 86.
John W. Cannon

John W. Cannon (June 17, 1820 - April 18, 1882) was born June 17, 1820 in Hawesville, Hancock County.

During his adult life, John W. Cannon built, owned, and commanded 15 large sidewheel riverboats. The most famous of these was the "Robert E. Lee."

In July of 1870, Cannon and the "Robert E. Lee" took part in a Mississippi River race against a rival steamboat, the "Natchez". The "Robert E. Lee" completed the 1200 mile journey between New Orleans and St. Louis in 3 days, 18 hours. The "Natchez" would finish nearly 7 hours behind the "Lee."

Cannon died April 18, 1882 in Frankfort, Franklin County. He was buried in Frankfort Cemetery.
January 15

**January 15th**

* 1794 – Thomas Alexander Marshall born.
* 1811 – Union County formed.
* 1837 – John William Caldwell born.
* 1844 – Joseph Duncan died, aged 49.
* 1869 – Ruby Laffoon born.
* 1884 – Joseph B. Crockett died, aged 75.
* 1891 – Ray Chapman born.
* 1915 – James Raymond Lawson born.
* 1970 – Will Oldham born.
* 2014 – Reid Patterson died, aged 81.
John Preston Martin

John Preston Martin (October 11, 1811 - December 24, 1864) was a political figure in Kentucky in the early 19th century. He was born on October 11, 1811 near Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia. He moved to Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Kentucky in 1828. He served in the State House of Representatives from 1841 through 1843.

Martin served in the 29th United States Congress from 1845 through 1847. He was not a candidate for renomination. He served in the Kentucky State Senate from 1855 through 1859, and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1856. He died in Prestonburg on December 24, 1864. He is buried in May Cemetery.

The back of his headstone reads:

*Prestonsburg lawyer from 1835 to 1862. US Congressman from 1845 to 1847. State Senator from 1855 to 1859. Known for his fine intellect, wide knowledge, and generous heart. Turned the tide against Knownothingism in the mountains. Delegate to Democratic Peace Convention in 1860. He nevertheless provided food and blankets to Confederate soldiers during rebellion period. Martin County formed in 1870. Was named in his honor.*
Images of America: Van Lear

Images of America: Van Lear is a book written by Danny K. Blevins. It was first published in 2008.

## Description

Van Lear was a sparsely populated farm community at the dawn of the 20th century. Known originally as Miller’s Creek, its pastoral nature was soon lost as it transformed into a thriving municipality. John C. C. Mayo, a young schoolmaster, was the force behind this development. With his geologic knowledge and his forward-looking business savvy, he foresaw the economic power of the veins of bituminous coal that lay undisturbed in much of Eastern Kentucky. Mayo and a small nucleus of businessmen acquired vast tracts of land and mineral rights. In the case of Miller’s Creek, these holdings were sold to a corporate behemoth, the Consolidation Coal Company (Consol). Mayo became one of Kentucky’s wealthiest citizens, and Miller’s Creek became Van Lear.
Ingram Crockett

Wyatt Ingram Crockett (February 10, 1856 - October 5, 1936) was an American poet and journalist.

Crockett was the son of John Watkins Crockett, a member of the Confederate Congress in Kentucky, and Louisa M. Ingram. Educated at public schools in Henderson, Crockett never went to college. On May 17, 1887 he married Mary Cameron Stites (1864–1955) and continued to play a prominent part in the business and public affairs of Henderson. With the exception of A brother of Christ, a novel about Kentucky Christadelphians, Crockett's literary output for magazines and in published collections was poetical. "One does not have to travel far in any direction today in order to find many persons declaring that Ingram Crockett is the finest poet living in the state today"

He and his wife were buried in Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson.
Jessie's Girl

Jessie's Girl is a novel written by Shiloh Walker. It was first published in 2017.

## Description

You can always come home. Second chances come a little harder.

Jesse and Zoe were the high school golden couple. Football captain, cheerleader, prom royalty. After graduation, though, Jesse couldn't resist the urge to experience life outside their small town. He didn't exactly expect Zoe to wait twelve years for him, but now that he's back, he finds some small part of him hoping she did.

It's no big surprise she's married. The kick in the face is she married his best friend.

Zoe was devastated when Jesse left, but she's filed those bittersweet memories under "Moved On". She loves her life, and loves her husband. She has all she needs. And Jesse keeps an honorable distance.

One cold, wet, miserable day, tragedy turns Zoe's world upside down. Jesse never expected her to simply fall into his arms, but a man can dream. Except his dream doesn't include the fact that this time, she's the one hitting the road... and he's the one left behind.
Images of America: Bell County

Images of America: Bell County is a book written by Tim Cornett. It was first published in 2002.

## Description

Bell County is a place steeped in history and imbued with a pioneering spirit. Its favorable location in southeastern Kentucky at the foothills of the Cumberland Mountains makes it the gateway to the Bluegrass State and beyond. Formed just after the Civil War from neighboring Harlan and Knox Counties, the area was explored by famous frontiersmen Dr. Thomas Walker and Daniel Boone, opening the nation's door to the West. From the 1750s until the last footfalls of the pioneers had been heard in the West, thousands trekked across this region. As the land became more accessible, travelers began to settle in this remote area. The discovery of coal, the advent of logging, and the coming of the railroad made Bell County a place to live and prosper, and its residents have always taken pride in their town's humble beginnings.

Images of America: Bell County celebrates the region's heritage with vintage images and informative text. Black-and-white photographs culled from a variety of sources highlight the spirit of a remarkable community, where self-made millionaires and peg-legged admirals were among the many unforgettable individuals to call the area home. This photo journal invites readers to rediscover Bell County and its treasures.
Images of America: Mammoth Cave and the Kentucky Cave Region

Images of America: Mammoth Cave and the Cave Region is a book written by Bob Thompson and Judi Thompson. It was first published in 2003.

## Description

Mammoth Cave National Park and the surrounding area comprise the world's most extensive cave system. The region is characterized by what geologists call "karst" topography, a landscape dotted with sinkholes and caves. One of America's first tourist attractions, the cave was opened to the public in 1816, and was preceded in popularity only by Niagara Falls. The 200 vintage images found in Images of America: Mammoth Cave and the Kentucky Cave Region represent a look back at over 100 years of photography and tourism at Mammoth Cave and other caves that make up the Kentucky Cave Region. Rare images of early transportation, hotels, cave guides, cave tours, as well as important cave discoveries, and cave explorers such as Floyd Collins are shown throughout the book.
Images of America: Paris and Bourbon County

Images of America: Paris and Bourbon County is a book written by Berkeley and Jeanine Scott. It was first published in 2002.

## Description

Images of America: Paris and Bourbon County takes readers back in time to the days when the horseless carriage was still a glimmer in Henry Ford's eye and the term horsepower meant just that. Those, too, were the days in Bourbon County, the birthplace of bourbon whiskey, when distilleries dotted the map, and saloons almost outnumbered churches. Nestled in the heart of the famed Bluegrass region of Kentucky, Paris and Bourbon are known for their beauty and charm. The communities featured in this volume revel in their rich traditions but also delight in their survival through changing times.

A variety of vintage images of long-forgotten treasures are included in this book. Some of the rare snapshots show the Interurban, which ran between Paris and Lexington; the Paris Opera House; early stores; church buildings and church groups; as well as many early schools. While time has changed many of the physical sites pictured in this volume, some-like the Cane Ridge Meeting House and the Bourbon County Courthouse-live on. Also showcased are the many people who contributed to the unique character of Bourbon County and its towns and hamlets, including renowned author John Fox Jr., Confederate soldiers, African-American church deacons, and lots of "everyday folks."
Jan Crutchfield

Jan Crutchfield (February 26, 1938 – October 30, 2012) was an American singer and songwriter.

Crutchfield was born February 26, 1938 in Paducah, McCracken County. He is best known for writing "Statue of a Fool", which was first recorded in 1969 by Jack Greene and was a No. 1 hit on the Hot Country Songs charts for him. Versions of the song by Brian Collins and Ricky Van Shelton also charted in the top 10.

Other notable compositions written by Crutchfield include "Tear Time" by Dave & Sugar, "My Heart Is an Open Book", and several singles by Lee Greenwood, including "She's Lying", "It Turns Me Inside Out", and "Going, Going, Gone".

Crutchfield died on October 30, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 74.

His brother, Jerry Crutchfield, is a record producer who also worked with Greenwood.
John Calhoon

John Calhoon (April 13, 1793 – October 15, 1852) was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Henry County, Kentucky in 1797. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced.

Calhoon was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1820, 1821, 1829, and 1830. He was unsuccessful candidate for election to the Twentieth Congress. He received the credentials of an election as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress, held November 5–7, 1827, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative William S. Young, but, in order to avoid a contest, resigned and, together with his opponent, Thomas Chilton, petitioned the Governor of Kentucky for a new election. He was again unsuccessful in this election.

Calhoon was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839) and was not a candidate for reelection to the Twenty-sixth Congress. After leaving Congress, he moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1839 and resumed the practice of law. He returned to Kentucky and was appointed judge of the fourteenth judicial district in January 1842.

Calhoon died October 15, 1852 in Louisville and was buried in the John Calhoon Family Graveyard in Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky.

He is the namesake of Calhoun, Kentucky, the seat of McLean County.
Jeanine Scott Bibliography

## Non-Fiction

* 2001 – Images of America: Bourbon County 1860-1940 (with Berkeley Scott)
* 2002 – Images of America: Paris and Bourbon County (with Berkeley Scott)
* 2009 – Images of America: The Kentucky Bourbon Trail (with Berkeley Scott)
* 2009 – Postcards of America: The Kentucky Bourbon Trail (with Berkeley Scott)
* 2012 – Images of America: Keeneland Race Course (with Berkeley Scott)
* 2014 – Images of America: Kentucky's Horse-Drawn Era (with Berkeley Scott)
Historical Marker 1879 - Robert Penn Warren, 1905-1989

Historical Marker 1879 - Robert Penn Warren 1905-1989 is located on Third and Cherry Streets in Guthrie, Todd County.

## Description

A native of Guthrie, Warren was one of nation's most prolific writers, a world-renowned man of letters. Graduate of Vanderbilt Univ., summa cum laude, 1925; member of the Fugitives (writers group). Rhodes scholar at Oxford, 1928-1930; and twice a Guggenheim Fellow. He was professor of English at La. State, Minnesota, and Yale universities.

(Reverse) Robert Penn Warren, 1905-1989 - Designated "First Poet Laureate of the United States" by Congress on February 26, 1986. To date only person to receive a Pulitzer Prize in both fiction and poetry. Warren was a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize: 1947 in fiction for All the King's Men; 1958 in poetry for Promises; 1979 in poetry for Now and Then: Poems 1976-1978.
Hylozoic

Hylozoic is a novel written by Rudy Rucker. It was first published in 2009.

## Description

After the Singularity, everyone and everything is sentient and telepathic. Aliens notice and invade Earth. In Rucker's last novel, Postsingular, the Singularity happened and life on Earth was transformed by the awakening of all matter into consciousness and into telepathic communication. The most intimate moments of your life can be experienced by anyone who cares to pay attention, or by hundreds of thousands of anyones if you are one of the Founders who helped create the Singularity.

The small bunch of Founders, including young newlyweds Thuy, a hypertext novelist, and Jayjay, a gamer and brain-enhancement addict, are living a popular, live-action media life. But now alien races that have already gone through this transformation notice Earth for the first time, and begin to arrive to exploit both the new environment and any available humans. Some of them are real estate developers, some are slavers, and some just want to help. But how to tell the difference? Someone has to save humanity from the alien invasions, and it might as well be reality media stars Thuy and Jayjay.
James Knox

Colonel James Knox, Jr. (1740 - December 24, 1822) was a pioneer and a long hunter.

Born abt. 1740, son of James and Jean Knox, Scotch-Irish immigrants from the province of Ulster, in Northern Ireland. James lived his early years in Augusta Co., VA with siblings John (m. Sarah Robinson, dau. of Joseph, 1793) Robert, Abigail, Elizabeth, Jean, and Mary. His parents were also court-appointed guardians of orphan Ann Jenny Usher.

Some accounts say Revolutionary War veteran, Col. James Knox, arrived in the U.S. from Ireland at the age of 14, which would be abt. 1754; however, this is a disputed date since records of his father's guardianship of Ann Jenny Usher, the first fiduciary guardianship bond on record in Augusta Co., VA appear 11 Feb 1745. Perhaps James, Jr.'s year of immigration was actually abt 1744 (or at age 4), rather than 1754, or perhaps 14 was actually the age of his father who shared the same name when he, rather than his son, came to the United States from Ulster.

While in command of a military force of Augusta Co., VA emigrants, James went down the Holston River to Kentucky, where he built Fort Knox for the protection of the frontier, and which later became Knoxville. After many expeditions and a long military career, he was a member of the Virginia Legislature from Jefferson Co. (now KY), 1788, and of the Kentucky State Senate, from Lincoln Co., 1795-1800.

He married, January 1, 1805, Ann (Montgomery) Logan, widow of General Benjamin McKinley Logan, both buried in the Logan Family Burial Grounds, along with other Logan family members. James died December 24, 1822 in Shelby County, Kentucky. had no known children.

Historical researcher and author John Curry calls James Knox "one of the greatest, most successful Long Hunters who would ever live."
John Conlee

John Wayne Conlee (born August 11, 1946) is an American country music singer. Between 1978 and 2004 Conlee charted a total of 32 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and recorded 11 studio albums. His singles include seven #1 hits: "Lady Lay Down," "Backside of Thirty," "Common Man," "I'm Only in It for the Love," "In My Eyes," "As Long As I'm Rockin' with You" and "Got My Heart Set on You." In addition to these, Conlee sent 14 other songs into the Top Ten.

Conlee was born on a tobacco farm in Versailles, Kentucky. By age 10, Conlee had begun singing and playing guitar, and later sang tenor in a barbershop quartet. Conlee did not immediately take up a musical career, instead becoming a licensed mortician, employed by Duell-Clark Funeral Chapel, and later a disc jockey at radio station WLAC.

By 1971, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in pursuit of a musical career, signing to ABC Records in 1976. Conlee charted for the first time in 1978 with "Rose Colored Glasses," a No. 5 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts, as well as the title track to his 1978 debut album. This album would go on to produce his first two number one hits in "Lady Lay Down" and "Backside of Thirty."

Following ABC's merger with MCA Records, he released his 1979 album Forever on MCA. Its singles, "Before My Time" and "Baby, You're Something," respectively reached No. 2 and No. 7. A second MCA release, Friday Night Blues, produced two more No. 2 hits in the title track and "She Can't Say That Anymore," followed by the No. 12 "What I Had with You." 1981's With Love accounted for yet another No. 2 in "Miss Emily's Picture." John performed his song live on Hee Haw on January 3, 1981 with great reviews. In 2005, Conlee donated his performance of "Rose Colored Glasses" at a concert at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville to benefit the Lymphatic Research Foundation (New York). Conlee sang his signature song and auctioned off a pair of "rose colored glasses" with the proceeds going to LRF.

Conlee has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1981.

Conlee's 1982 album Busted was led off by a cover of the Harlan Howard song of the same name; the album's last single, "Common Man," returned him to the top of the charts in 1983. Three more number one hits came from In My Eyes: "I'm Only in It for the Love", cowritten with Kix Brooks; the title track; and "As Long as I'm Rockin' with You." MCA released a Greatest Hits album later in 1983.

Blue Highway in 1984, his last studio album for MCA, produced a No. 2 in "Years After You." A year later, a second Greatest Hits package produced his last MCA single in the No. 5 "Old School" before he moved to Columbia Records. Conlee's first Columbia release, Harmony, gave him his last number one hit in "Got My Heart Set on You" in 1986. A second and final album for Columbia, American Faces, took him into the Top 10 for the last time with "Domestic Life," followed by his last Top 40 at No. 11, "Mama's Rockin' Chair." From there, Conlee moved to 16th Avenue Records, releasing Fellow Travelers.
If You Know Her

If You Know Her is a novel written by Shiloh Walker. It was first published in 2012.

## Description

Nia Hollister doesn't scare easily. She's returned to Ash, Kentucky, with a vengeance - and with a mission: find the killer who brutally ended her cousin's life. What she didn't count on was trembling with desire every time she sees Law Reilly. If any man can help her escape the nightmares for a while, it's him. But can she allow herself to take comfort in those strong arms when her cousin's killer still roams free?

She may think she's a bad ass, but she should not have come back to his town. He is watching her - as she slips into Law Reilly's house, as she storms into the sheriff's office. These men won't be able to protect her when her time comes. Timing is everything, though he can't wait forever. She's nosing around the woods, looking for his hiding place. Yes, he's watching her...through the window...in her bed.... If she's not scared, she should be...because he is very good at what he does.
Interception

Interception is a novel written by Graham Watkins. It was first published in 1997.

## Description

What if your personal computer correspondence was no longer safe, if your most private thoughts were intercepted and used to lure you toward a horrifying fate?

A love affair was the last thing on Grant Kingsley's mind until he discovered the Internet—and New York psychotherapist Andi Lawrence. It wasn't what Andi was looking for, either. When her patients began leaving their husbands and wives to go to lovers they'd met in cyberspace, she decided to investigate; But when she met Grant on-line, she found herself as captivated as any of her patients. Soon, she was planning a trip to Los Angeles to meet him in person.

But, unknown to Grant or Andi, someone has been monitoring their relationship. E-mail they assumed was secure has been secretly intercepted and changed. Things begin to go eerily wrong when Grant expects Andi's flight to arrive in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and she expects him to be waiting for her when she lands on Tuesday.

When Andi arrives she is met by a man who says he is Grant, and he is the man whose pictures she's received over the Net. On Wednesday, Grant meets a woman claiming to be Andi.

But what no one knows is that there is another watcher, one who understands this deception's purpose, one who is determined not to let the impostors' plans for Andi proceed as intended. But, as Andi careens toward the nightmarish fate the deceivers have planned for her, the watcher frantically races against time to find a way to save her. She cannot do it alone; her only hope--and Andi's--lies in the fact that the deceivers do not know what sort of a man Grant Kingsley is...
James Howard

Captain James Howard (September 1, 1814 - October 14, 1876) was a steamboat builder. Considered by many to be the most successful steamboat builder in American history. Founder of the Howard Shipyards in Jeffersonville, Indiana on the banks of the Ohio River.

Steamboats built by Howard included the "James Howard" and the second "Robert E. Lee." Of Civil War Fame: the "Glendy Burke," the "General Buell" and the "Laurel Hill." From monument inscription: "In 1876 James Howard drowned when his buggy rolled backward from a ferry into the river." He was 62 years old. He was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.
John Sowders

John Sowders (December 10, 1866 – July 29, 1939) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of three seasons in the majors, between 1887 and 1890, for the Indianapolis Hoosiers, Kansas City Cowboys and Brooklyn Ward's Wonders. Sowders was the brother of fellow major leaguers Bill and Len Sowders.
John Reccius

John Reccius (October 29, 1859 – September 1, 1930) was an American Major League Baseball player from Louisville, Kentucky who pitched and played in center field during his two seasons for the Louisville Eclipse of the American Association.

John had two brothers who were also involved heavily in baseball. Phil Reccius was a Major League player for 8 seasons, much of which was with Louisville, and Bill Reccius was the founder and manager for the mid-1870s version of the Louisville Eclipse, though he did not manage or play when the organization while the teams was in the majors. John and his brothers were childhood friends of Pete Browning and Jimmy Wolf, as well as others from the area who had reached the Major Leagues.

John died in Louisville, Kentucky at the age of 70, and was interred at Cave Hill Cemetery.