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Gleanings from The Crittenden Press
These articles were transcribed from digital images of issues of The Crittenden Press, The Crittenden Record, the Crittenden=Record Press, the Twice-a-Week Record-Press or the Crittenden Record-Press. Digital images of The Crittenden Press can be found on the Library of Congress' web site Chronicling America.
ESKEW Surname Gleanings
- ESKEW Gleanings - 1892-1905
- ESKEW Gleanings - 1906
- ESKEW Gleanings - 1907
- ESKEW Gleanings - 1908-1910
- ESKEW Gleanings - 1911
- ESKEW Gleanings - 1912-1913
- ESKEW Gleanings - 1914-1918
- ESKEW Gleanings - 1919-1922
LANHAM Surname Gleanings
- LANHAM Gleanings - 1895-1899
- LANHAM Gleanings - 1900-1905
- LANHAM Gleanings - 1906-1910
- LANHAM Gleanings - 1911-1912
- LANHAM Gleanings - 1913-1921
ROBERTS Surname Gleanings
- ROBERTS Gleanings - 1892-1901
- ROBERTS Gleanings - 1902-1903
- ROBERTS Gleanings - 1904-1905
- ROBERTS Gleanings - 1906-1907
- ROBERTS Gleanings - 1908-1911
- ROBERTS Gleanings - 1912-1913
- ROBERTS Gleanings - 1915-1922
STEMBRIDGE Surname Gleanings
Illustrated Edition - August 16, 1894
The August 16, 1894 issue of the Crittenden Press is a twelve page, three part "Illustrated Edition" containing information about Crittenden County's agricultural resources; its educational, religious and business institutions; biographical sketches of prominent people; and a review of the value of our mineral wealth.
| Part First. | Part Second. | Part Third. |
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| Page 1 | Page 5 | Page 9 |
| Page 2 | Page 6 | Page 10 |
| Page 3 | Page 7 | Page 11 |
| Page 4 | Page 8 | Page 12 |
Illustrated Issue - July 10, 1902
Community News Items
Local And Personal News Items
Marriage Announcements
Obituaries and Death Notices
Mining News Items
Burt E. Woody Letters
- November 2, 1899 - PORTO RICAN FARMS
- May 3, 1900 - FROM PORTO RICO
- February 21, 1901 - SOLDIER LIFE
- April 11, 1901 - SOLDIER LIFE [Cont.]
- July 2, 1903 - IN THE FAR EAST
- January 7, 1904 - LETTER FROM PHILLIPINES
- January 12, 1905 - FROM THE PHILIPPINES
- August 1, 1907 - Letter from Kansas
- October 10, 1907 - Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas
- January 16, 1908 - Letter From the Philippines
- April 9, 1908 - Unknown Philippines
- August 13, 1908 - The Taking of a Moro "Cotta"
- January 14, 1915 - Letter From Laredo, Texas
C. E. E. Letters
- July 8, 1907 - Honolulu Letter
- July 12, 1907 - Honolulu Letter
- July 15, 1907 - Honolulu Letter
- July 20, 1907 - Honolulu Letter
- July 24, 1907 - Honolulu Letter
- July 27, 1907 - Honolulu Letter
- August 4, 1907 - Yokohama Letter
- August 7, 1907 - Yokohama Letter
- August 20, 1907 - Letter From Japan
- August 21, 1907 - Letter From Japan
- August 24, 1907 - Foreign Letter
Miscellaneous Articles
- March 18, 1886 - Dr. John S. Gilliam
- April 29, 1886 - The Olden Time
- June 7, 1888 - Salem
- September 18, 1890 - Marion Brass Band
- September 25, 1890 - Twenty Minutes at Fredonia
- March 26, 1891 - Tolu
- June 25, 1891 - Blackford
- September 3, 1891 - Forty Old Men
- June 2, 1892 - Decoration Day
- March 23, 1893 - A Remarkable Old Man
- May 25, 1893 - Crittenden Springs
- April 6, 1893 - The Corner Stone
- April 13, 1893 - Col. E. W. Hill
- September 7, 1893 - She Will Shoot
- September 7, 1893 - Crittenden County in the Mexican and Civil Wars
- September 14, 1893 - Office Holders Past and Present
- September 28, 1893 - The Old Settlers - Part One
- October 5, 1893 - The Old Settlers - Part Two
- November 2, 1893 - Bird and Possum Supper
- December 21,1893 - Wily Wiley Riley
- September 13, 1894 - An Heirloom
- November 15, 1894 - Fredonia Valley Bank
- April 11, 1895 - Smithland
- May 16, 1895 - Sixty-Fourth Anniversary
- November 14, 1895 - Salem
- November 21, 1895 - Livingston County
- January 21, 1897 - Fight With A Catamount
- April 15, 1897 - Sam Davis Camp
- May 6, 1897 - Thirty Years Ago
- August 5, 1897 - A Venerable Patriarch
- August 5, 1897 - Near to Nature's Heart
- August 12, 1897 - Camp Hill
- September 2, 1897 - Nunns Switch
- November 24, 1898 - Matthew W. Hughes
- May 25, 1899 - A Texas Letter
- July 20, 1899 - Thomas S. Croft
- April 5, 1900 - G. L. Boaz
- November 21, 1901 - Tragic Memories
- April 24, 1902 - Steamer City of Pittsburg Burns
- May 8, 1902 - Dr. Daughtrey
- July 10, 1902 - Old Fiddlers Contest
- January 8, 1903 - The Year 1902 in Local History
- January 15, 1903 - MANY YEARS AGO
- January 29, 1903 - FAMOUS MEN
- February 5, 1903 - Indian Graveyard
- February 11, 1904 - Sugar Grove Congregation
- May 12, 1904 - THE YAKIMA VALLEY
- June 9, 1904 - Graded School Library
- August 18, 1904 - Piney Creek Congregation
- October 13, 1904 - MY WESTERN TRIP
- October 28, 1904 - Kentucky Settlement In Kansas
- November 10, 1904 - My Western Trip Continued
- December 2, 1904 - To Uncle Harvey Travis
- May 25, 1905 - SOME REMINISCENCES
- June 01, 1905 - SOME REMINISCENCES (Continued)
- June 8, 1905 - THE PLOT THAT FAILED
- July 6, 1905 - A DEADLY CYCLONE
- November 23, 1905 - First Thanksgiving Proclamation
- February 1, 1906 - Old Times In Crittenden
- June 7, 1906 - DYCUSBURG IN ASHES
- November 16, 1906 - A Soldier's Letter - Part 1
- November 23, 1906 - A Soldier's Letter - Part 2
- December 14, 1906 - A BIT OF HISTORY
- October 31, 1907 - An Old Deed
- January 21, 1909 - Shady Grove Lodge
- May 27, 1909 - The Northern Blue - The Southern Gray
- June 3, 1909 - New Methodist Church
- August 27, 1909 - The Frazer Family
- October 13, 1910 - A Brief History of Union Church
- January 26, 1911 - Death of Susan Brantly
- April 6,1911 - Orr and Brantley Family Reunion
- June 29, 1911 - CORNER STONE LAID
- October 5, 1911 - Nearly All Were Boys
- October 3, 1912 - Lost In A Cave
- July 10, 1913 - Fifty Years Ago
- July 24, 1913 - War Story of 50 Years Ago
- August 28, 1913 - Andy Woodall
- October 2, 1913 - The Mouth of Hurricane
- June 21, 1917 - Men in Crittenden County Who Are Subject to Draft
- March 28, 1918 - A Bad Man Of The Old Days
- December 5, 1919 - Memories of Early Days - Mrs. Electa M. Frisbie
- January 16, 1920 - Memories of Early Days - Mrs. Victoria B. Harpending
- May 27, 1921 - Marion - Part One
- June 3, 1921 - Marion - Part Two
- July 29, 1921 - In 1860
- November 11, 1921 - John Young Brown
- May 5, 1922 - Fredonia
- July 14, 1922 - Crittenden Press' 45th Anniversary
| Chased By The Sheriff | The Fishing Trip | Dog-Owner No. 3 | Dog-Owner No. 1 |
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| Part 1 of 9 | Part 1 of 3 | Part 1 of 3 | Part 1 of 3 |
| Part 2 of 9 | Part 2 of 3 | Part 2 of 3 | Part 2 of 3 |
| Part 3 of 9 | Part 3 of 3 | Part 3 of 3 | Part 3 of 3 |
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| Part 5 of 9 | |||
| Part 6 of 9 | |||
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| Part 8 of 9 | |||
| Part 9 of 9 |
| The Exciting Adventure of Abram Wright | The Hanging of Thorn Wallingford | The Ford Band of Desperadoes | The Clodhopper and the Bald-Headed Man |
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| Part 1 of 2 | Part 1 of 2 | Part 1 of 5 | Part 1 of 6 |
| Part 2 of 2 | Part 2 of 2 | Part 2 of 5 | Part 2 of 6 |
| Part 3 of 5 | Part 3 of 6 | ||
| Part 4 of 5 | Part 4 of 6 | ||
| Part 5 of 5 | Part 5 of 6 | ||
| Part 6 of 6 |
| THE 20th KENTUCKY VOLUNTEER INFANTRY An Interesting War Record by F. S. Loyd, of Fredonia, Lieutenant Company H. |
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| Part 1 of 11 | Part 7 of 11 |
| Part 2 of 11 | Part 8 of 11 |
| Part 3 of 11 | Part 9 of 11 |
| Part 4 of 11 | Part 10 of 11 |
| Part 5 of 11 | Part 11 of 11 |
| Part 6 of 11 | |
| THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS by Rev. William Calhoun Love |
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| Part 2 of 2 | |
Poetry and Essays of Mrs. Ida May Roberts
Mrs. Ida May (Kemp) Roberts was born September 12, 1861 in Crittenden County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Martin Kemp and Mary Caroline (Vinson) Kemp. She married John Nelson Roberts December 22, 1882 in Crittenden County, Kentucky. They were the parents of six children: John Elmer Roberts, born January 17, 1884; Vienna Alice Roberts, born January 27, 1885; Elva Ross Roberts, born September 24, 1886; Elbert Owen Roberts, born October 8, 1890; Hugh Roberts, born August 6, 1892; Albert Lewen Roberts, born August 4, 1896.
In December of 1901 John Nelson Roberts and Ida May (Kemp) Roberts moved from the Iron Hill (Deanwood) neighborhood of Crittenden County to the Repton neighborhood of Crittenden County. John Nelson Roberts died June 6, 1909 and is buried in Repton Cemetery. Ida May (Kemp) Roberts died March 17, 1924 in Tallahassee, Florida and is buried in Oakman Cemetery, Oakman, Oklahoma.
Gleanings from The Prairie Farmer
The following poem was transcribed from digital images of issues of The Prairie Farmer found on Google Books.
Gleanings from The Bee (Earlington, KY)
The following Iron Hill and Mattoon news items were clipped from digital images of issues of The Bee (Earlington, KY) found on the Library of Congress' web site Chronicling America.
Gleanings from The New York Times
The following story is about the feud between the Belts and the Oldhams of Hardin County, IL. from the Chicago Times, July 17, 1879 and printed in The New York Times, July 27, 1879.
Gleanings from The Tennessean
The following article is about the first commencement exercises of the Nashville Medical College. Dr. Dewitt F. Eskew was one of the twenty-three graduates. The article was published July 4, 1877.
Gleanings from The South Bend Tribune
The following article is about Mary Sullivan and the Campbell-Sullivan gang of northern Caldwell County, KY in the 1870's and 1880's. The article was published April 28, 1883.
Gleanings from The Courier-Journal
The following articles are about Mary Sullivan and the Campbell-Sullivan gang of northern Caldwell County, KY in the 1870's and 1880's.
Gleanings from Idaho Statesman
"Experiences of a Pioneer" is the original title of a document written by Stephen Murphy Sisk in September of 1913. It was titled "A Trip to Idaho in 1862" when it was printed in the Idaho Statesman newspaper of Boise, Idaho in September of 1913.
Gleanings from the Hardin County Independent
The following articles are about the attack on Henry and Daisy Lanham by Marion "Pinkney" Hines in June of 1926 in Elizabethtown, IL.
Biographical Sketches
The following biographical sketches were transcribed from digital images of Kentucky. A History of the State. by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. F. A. Battey Publishing Company, 1885.
The following biographical sketch was transcribed from "History of Southeast Missouri", p. 1071, Goodspeed Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1888.
The following biographical sketch was transcribed from "History of Union County, Kentucky", pp. 279-280, Courier Company, Printers and Binders, Evansville, IN, 1886.
WWI - Crittenden County Inductees
The following is a list of Crittenden County men ordered to report for military duty in WWI. It was transcribed from the Ancestry.com database "U.S., Lists of Men Ordered to Report to Local Board for Military Duty, 1917–1918".
The Roberts Family of
Robertstown, Caldwell County, Kentucky
The following manuscript was compiled by Ila (Earle) Fowler in 1946. She was the daughter of Benjamin Prince Earle and Mary Ann Roberts of Hopkins County, KY.