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Estill County, KY
Newspaper Article Abstracts
Submitted by Kellie
Scott
Estill Herald
- May 26, 1928
Arthur Brookshire's wife was Maud Benton, the daughter
of J.B. Benton of High Bridge in Jessamine County; no
children but raised: Mrs. Herbert Winburn, Thelma
Winkler and Dorothy Brookshire; also 2 colored children
Tom and Aaron Miller.
Irvine Times
- Dec 29, 1930
George Brooks, 35, a Negro camp cook for B.J. Walters,
forman of the L&N RR Co killed by Lozell Nettles, a
Negro of the Shops
Estill Herald - June 16, 1931
Buffalo Bill about 35, colored, killed in a Railroad
Camp Car at Ravenna; shot at a card game by Sam Bennett
(colored) with a shot gun; both from Alabama 8 years
ago.
Irvine Sun - All
Deaths
7 Dec 1913
William T.
McCarty-colored laborer from GA; killed while attempting
to board a moving freight train.
27 March 1914
Titus a black boy of 5
years died on Back St after falling into a basin of hot
water.
Oct 1914
Hazel Bernice Ross (colored) young daughter of Mrs. Nannie Ross; born in
Irvine.
24 April 1914
Frank Ivory, colored
man of Beattyville, convicted of killing James Ross;
given life sentence; attempted to break jail, was shot
by Crit Gable
19 June 1928
John Jones, Negro,
killed near Irvine Depot while unloading railroad ties;
no relatives located or not known whre he lived; buried
by BF Wilson
9 Jan 1929
Nancy Huguely, 82,
colored, wife of Uncle George Huguely, a slave before
the Civil War, joined the Union Army; had been married
60 years.
22 April 1930, colored man of Irvine, died of a
Jake leg.
31 July 1930
Salyersville, Ky Head
of negro found in open field near Coon Creek in Magoffin
County, thought to be that of George Keeton, 55, who
disappeared 2 weeks ago
20 November 1935
Oscar Marshall, 50,
negro, found on railway of Land N at Hargue, he was from
Woodstock Alabama.
Irvine Times
Aunt Amanda Park (colored) aged and respected woman
died at home at Rice Station
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