Caldwell Co., KY. Deaths
from
1873 - 1884
Some Deaths Reported In The Princeton Banner in the years from 1873- 1884
Submitted
by Richard Sheridan
CROSSING THE BAR
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell.
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For though from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.
.......Alfred Tennyson
Old Newspapers are valuable sources of genealogical and historical data.
Unfortunately, they
are scarce or non-existent in many cases. The Banner
was published every Thursday at Princeton, Kentucky for about 30 years but only scattered,
miscellaneous copies can be found in libraries and private collections.
The following deaths were compiled from a privately owned collection.
The first date given is the date of the newspaper.
Sept. 4, 1873. Jacob Sigler, 89, died August 31, 1873, at the home of Dan Sigler in Caldwell Co.
He was born in Loudon Co., Virginia on Dec. 4, 1783, was a
soldier in the War of 1812, and came
to Caldwell Co. in 1817.
Sept. 11, 1875. Mrs. Agnes L. McGoodwin, 28, wife of E. P. McGoodwin, died of consumption at
her home in Princeton on Feb. 5, 1875.
Sept. 12, 1878. Mrs. Minerva Pickering, 65, died at her home in Caldwell Co. on Sept. 4, 1878,
after a long illness. She was a native of Caldwell Co. and the wife of Thomas W. Pickering.
Jan. 2, 1879. Miss Polly Asher, a sister of Squire Jeff Asher, died on Dec. 27; she was an invalid
all her life.
June 5, 1879. James Pemberton Scott, 9 month old son of Joseph and Amanda Scott, died at the
family home near Scottsburg on June 2, 1879.
Sept. 4, 1879. John P. Gracey, depot agent at Princeton since 1872, shot and killed himself Sunday, leaving a wife and son.
Sept. 4, 1879. Mrs. John B. Downing died last Friday.
Sept. 4, 1879. James H. Hayes died at his near Friendship of consumption on the 22nd of August
1879. He was born June 15, 1828
and lived in Christian Co. before settling in Caldwell Co. in 1857.
He married Miss Elizabeth Mitchell in 1855.
Sept. 4, 1879. Frank McConnell, 10 year old son of Rufus McConnell of Donaldson, was shot and
killed by David Cantrell, age 16, an orphan.
June 28, 1883. Thomas Saunders, an old and respected citizen of this county, died the 15th inst.
June 28, 1883. Mrs. Thomas Hunter, an invalid for several years, died on Monday evening last.
June 28, 1883. Eb. Morse died at his residence near Farmersville in this county on last Friday, the
22nd in the 70th year of his age.
He came to this county 64 years ago from South Carolina with his
father's family.
Sept. 6, 1883. James Blanton Sassen died Sunday night at his home in Princeton. He was born
Mar. 15, 1807 in Garrard Co., Ky., came
to Caldwell Co. in 1812 with his father Lewis Sasseen, married Miss Elizabeth Bright on Sept. 13, 1832, who survived him. He was in the tombstone business at Princeton.
Sept. 13, 1883. John A. Satterfield died of typhoid fever last Monday at his home in Caldwell Co.,
Jan. 17, 1884 Dr. Timothy Brown Pool died in Princeton on Dec. 17, 1883, in the 82d year of his life.
He was born in Rowan Co., North Carolina and moved to Christian
Co., Ky. with his father Henry Pool in 1806. Dr. Pool married Miss Mary Brown and had a family of 4 boys and 4 girls. They moved to Caldwell Co. in 1853.