The Death of Engineer McAllister

“Charles McAllister, well-known C&O ferryboat engineer, died of consumption at his home in South Portsmouth at an early house this morning. Hea leaves a wife, Mrs. Maud McAllister. Miss Miriam McAllister, and Mrs. Stella McGlone, the latter of Vanceburg, Kentucky, were sisters. Charles was a son of James McAllister, also Continue Reading

Richard Doyle, D-Day Veteran, Killed As Plane Burns, Falls Into River

Body, Recovered Today, Reveals Fire Swept To Cockpit “Richard T. Doyle, 34, son of the late Billy Doyle, famous major league baseball scout, lost his life about 6 p.m. Wednesday when the plane he was piloting caught fire and plunged into the Ohio River.” “An unidentified witness reported he saw Continue Reading

The Passing of Mrs. June Royal

“Death Sunday claimed Mrs. June Royal at the General hospital at the age of 34 following an operation Saturday. She resides at 822 Murray street but has lived in South Portsmouth, Kentucky, virtually all her life. She is survived by her husband, John Royal, and five children, Carl, Opal, Lorain, Continue Reading

Virtual Tour: English-Thomson Cemetery

On February 20, 2023 we made a trip to English-Thomson Cemetery in Greenup County, Kentucky. The area has been known as Beattyville and South Portsmouth and was reached by traveling west on Kentucky Route 8 from the Carl Perkins Bridge to Sandy’s Lane which is less than a mile from Continue Reading

Poker Davis Dies

“Word was received at South Portsmouth Wednesday afternoon of the death of William Davis, a former grocer of that place, at Haline, Washington. The message stated no particulars but was forwarded to the young man’s parents and at St. Paul, Kentucky.” “Davis who was familiarly known as Poker, mysteriously disappeared Continue Reading

George Dever Crushed Beneath a Freight Train

George Dever, from the eastern part of the county, met a shocking death at South Portsmouth Tuesday afternoon. He boarded the FFV at Ashland and came to South Portsmouth, and for some reason left the vestibule train at that station, intending to continue his journey on a freight train. The Continue Reading

Fatal Accident in Springville

Last Sunday noon, Alfred Lybrook, a youth fifteen years of age, and son of Henry Lybrook, of Springville, Kentucky, shot himself through the head with a shotgun. The particulars are as follows. His brothers, William and Charles, had just returned from hunting, and they told him to take the guns Continue Reading