Ginger Karrick Kincaid
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A Letter from WWI in Honor of Veteran’s Day
Jefferson Dawson Brother What follows is a letter written during WWI that Mr. Burl had kept in a box of his childhood mementos. The “Dawson” who wrote the letter is Jefferson Dawson Brother, who was a relative. I’ve checked the WWI registration cards to try to find out who Addrou… Continue reading
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Miss Jane Tells About the Horse Show and a Domestic Disturbance
Another letter from Miss Jane from the late 1940’s. … Continue reading
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The X-Ray Mobile Comes to Owingsville
In the summers of the late 1940’s, Mr. Burl, Reuben Kincaid, Henry Ficklin, and R.W. (Reuben’s son) went out west to harvest bluegrass seed. Don will write more about the harvesting part a bit later, but what I want to share with you are the numerous letters Miss Jane (Mr. Burl’s mother) wrote to… Continue reading
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Coon Hunting with Uncle Jim and Uncle John: A Bath County Folktale
Night hunters – this picture is courtesy of Oliver Hartley’s Hunting Dogs, a book you can read for free at Project Gutenberg. Hartley published the book in 1909. Several months ago, I shared a folktale that my father-in-law had written down. In that very short story, “Uncle John” and “Uncle Jim” jump a train to… Continue reading
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Old Pictures
Some old pictures you might like. Please feel free to leave a comment, especially if you have information that might be of benefit to others doing historical or genealogical work! May, Reuben, Sr., Jane, and Burl Sr. (Kincaid family), in front of what is now Marcelle Doggett’s home on East High Street in Owingsville. You can see U.S.… Continue reading
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Folk Tales (Uncle John & Uncle Jim)
“The past is not dead. It’s not even past.” ~ William Faulkner Jumping a train. In Mr. Burl’s folk tale below, “Uncle Jim” and “Uncle John” hop a train to Mt. Sterling. Folk and fairy tales have always been a source of fascination to me. As a child, I couldn’t get enough of Hansel and… Continue reading
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May Day
A May Day float, pulled by a tractor. Floats were often “pomped” by stuffing tissue paper or dinner napkins in chicken wire. Evidently, cardboard and glue are used more frequently now. Last year, I asked my youngest son, Boone, if he was coming in from college for May Day (our annual spring festival here in… Continue reading
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Old Photographs and Funeral Notices
Jefferson Dawson Brother, 1875 – 1975. Nephew of John William Dawson, below. He married Elizabeth Prewitt. We have a letter he wrote while in Germany during WWI that we will share soon. John W. Dawson 1849-1910. Son of Jefferson Dawson and Eliza Rice. Father of Emma, Elbert, Nancy Jane (WBK, Jr.’s mother), Ashby, Mary, and… Continue reading
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Rube Fields And His Gift
Rube Fields, circa unknown. From the January 12, 1899 issue of the Owingsville Outlook.Note the fourth paragraph about Rube Fields. The third paragraph is interesting too! Many of you have heard of Rube Fields already, but I hope the excerpt below brings a personal element to his story that might be missing otherwise. My father-in-law… Continue reading
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On Confederate Markers and Ancestors
Don Lee Kincaid by his great, great uncle’s burial place in the Owingsville Cemetery. On the ground in front of Don is a Confederate marker. T.L. (Thomas) was the brother of Isaac, who was the father of Jefferson Lee Darnell, Don’s grandfather. The names Jefferson and Lee point to what were at one time… Continue reading
Echoes of Owingsville 