“Eighty-five years of life, begun in slavery, followed by service in the Civil war, and later service among many prominent private families in Portsmouth is being brought to a close, it is thought by the condition of Ben Lewis, an aged colored man. His mind is rapidly failing him and Continue Reading
Probate Court
Mrs. Baker Taken to Athens
“In charge of Deputy Sheriff Peter Smith and wife, Mrs. Nettie Baker, who was acquitted of the murder of John W. Morris by a jury in Judge Blair’s court last Wednesday, left Saturday morning over the B&O for Athens, where she was taken to be confined in the state insane Continue Reading
Bells and Smoke: A Blacksmith’s Wedding Night
“Neighbors and friends accorded 62 year-old Louis Smith, the village blacksmith of Fullerton, Kentucky, a warm welcome, when he returned to his home with his bonny bride from this side of the raging Ohio, Monday evening. At the Probate office Dr. Jackson united him in marriage to Mrs. Lina Webb, Continue Reading
Thomas Gaylor to Receive a Handsome Legacy
“A copy of the will of the late Mrs. Angeline Gaylord, the mother of Thomas G. Gaylord, of this city, was filed with the County Clerk of Jefferson County yesterday. It was dated at New York, June 26, 1876, and probated before Judge Isaac B. Matson.” “The instrument states that Continue Reading
Whispers of Madness: Taylor Burns’ Last Year
“Taylor Burns, who has been in jail in default of bond for his appearance in probate court, has displayed some evidence of insanity. The sheriff has written his parents and it is probable that an inquest will be held in lieu of prosecution on a criminal charge. He was arrested Continue Reading
An Old Farmer Adjudged Insane
“Jerome Snyder, an old citizen of Jefferson township, has been adjudged insane by the Probate Court, and is waiting transfer to the Asylum at Athens. Mr. Snyder, who is an unmarried man, is 56 years of age, and has resided all his life in Madison and Jefferson townships. He has Continue Reading
John Rose v. Elizabeth Rose
“Joseph H. Brant, guardian of John Rose, versus Elizabeth Rose. The petition alleges that Rose was married to defendant in Pike county in 1885, at that time being very weak in mind and body; that he is now an imbecile; that on divers occasions the defendant has committed acts of Continue Reading
Alma Huston Mitchell Dies at the State Asylum
Taken to Athens “Sheriff Ketter left over the B & O this morning, having in his charge Mrs. Oscar Mitchell, of Fifteenth street, who was last week adjudged insane in the probate court of this county and ordered committed to the state hospital at Athens. A sister of the unfortunate Continue Reading
Elizabeth Leichtner Adjudged Insane
“Mrs. Elizabeth Leichtner, aged forty-five, and for the past two years an inmate of the Infirmary, has of late manifested unmistakable signs of failing reason. This week her insanity assumed such a marked type that her arraignment before the Court, on a charge of lunacy, was deemed necessary by the Continue Reading