| ||||||||||
 
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details 
  
Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig 
Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... 
|
500 Names Plus: Jim makes some delightful additions Comments inspired by reading CM article 41979 Reading 500 words as poetry a wonderful experience Essay by Jon Halsey By "Jim In the course of past investigations into the realm of the dearly departed, a number of unusual names encountered have stuck in the dusty remnants of my mind. One gentleman, the ancestor of a dear friend, was given the cognomen Pleasant Green Meadors, while the married name of an ancestress was Obedience Hurt. A number of interesting names appeared in the 1860 Russell County census, my favorites including Spicy Glover; siblings Niagary (surname forgotten) and her sister Lake Erie; and the Barger brothers, Cortez and Desoto. Another name that I've puzzled over considerably is that of a (then) five-year-old female, Freelove J. Wolf. Thankfully, it wasn't common practice in that era for females to hyphenate their surnames upon taking a spouse, otherwise her married name would have been Freelove J. Wolf-Mann. (I couldn't make this up. Really.) In Adair County, there was Quintillion Montgomery, and goodness only knows how many 19th century males were named after Dr. Hector Owens and jurist George Alfred Caldwell. Of the latter group, the lucky ones got just the double name George Alfred but any number of unfortunates were given the full three names to lug around for a lifetime. Then too, there are the almost-alike surnames of Adair County (especially if scribbled by an overworked and underpaid clerk whose mind body occupied separate galaxies) such as Pelly, Petty, Polley and Jones, Janes, James. -"Jim." This story was posted on 2011-01-23 14:43:11
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know. (AD) - Many Reunion organizing efforts are also advertised in our REUNIONS category in our CM Classifeds. These are posted at a very low cost. See RATES & TERMS More articles from topic Local History:
100 years ago: News from the front page of the News Old House by George Rice photo: A Cumberland House 100 Years Ago: Lots of news from then just past Christmas Culture & Enlightenment: Origin of term Rime Mr. Charles Snow Harris spoke from the heart Jim finds old ad promoting Radon Water for health Cyrus/Christmas in Columbia, 1948 (Reprint from 2005) Sharon Harris Coomer recalls great grandparents Charles Snow Harris spoke from his heart JIM recalls outlook of editor Charles S. Harris View even more articles in topic Local History |
 
115 Jamestown St. Columbia, KY. 270-384-2496 
  
   
 Provided by the Adair Co Fiscal Court and the Adair Co. Emergency Mgt. Agency 
|
||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
|
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
| ||||||||||
