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From: "Doris Petercheff" <>
Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Manchester, KY
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 14:58:20 -0500
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Dennis,
Note, Manirva born 1831 daughter of Pierce Cottongim &
Lucinda Cundiff. info on detailed email submitted earlier.
Doris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Johnson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Manchester, KY


> Thanks so much
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Doris Petercheff <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 5:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Manchester, KY
>
>
> > Dennis, Minerva does not ring a bell but will check record later on to
> see
> > what may come up.
> > Doris
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dennis Johnson" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 8:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Manchester, KY
> >
> >
> > > Doris
> > > My great grandfather Claiborn Gabbard was first md to a Minerva
> Cottongim
> > > from Clay Co.,KY I think her father was a Peirce Cottongim. Would you
> have
> > > any of those names in your files?
> > > Thanks
> > > Dennis Johnson
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Doris Petercheff <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 3:53 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Manchester, KY
> > >
> > >
> > > > Stephen, Absolutely beautiful, Thank you for the beautiful work
> > > picture.
> > > > My folks are from Little Goose Creek my Grandfather Cottongim is
> buried
> > in
> > > > Whitaker Cemetery. I think Clay County is in my blood though I was
> not
> > > born
> > > > there.
> > > > Doris at Acorn
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Stephen Hollen" <>
> > > > To: <>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 6:52 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Manchester, KY
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Dear Cousins,
> > > > > Manchester today is different in many ways, but is still the same
as
> > it
> > > > was
> > > > > years ago. Yes, there is a McDonalds and a Wal-Mart...and a new
> > > motel!!!
> > > > > (yippee), but the people are still as warm and friendly as they
were
> > > when
> > > > I
> > > > > was a kid.
> > > > >
> > > > > Some of the places I remember as a kid is Knuckles Dollar Store,
> > > Dobson's
> > > > > Store - Grandma used to do all her shopping there. Cap Hollen - a
> 3rd
> > > or
> > > > > 4th cousin, had a barbershop in town and there was either a Ben
> > Franklin
> > > > or
> > > > > a Woolworth's down the street just a way from Cap's place.
> > > > >
> > > > > When I went to Oneida Baptist Institute (Clay County high School
was
> > our
> > > > big
> > > > > rival) we used to go over to the jail - now the Historical
Society,
> > with
> > > a
> > > > > preacher and sing and give testimonies to those in the jailhouse.
> > They
> > > > were
> > > > > always friendly and gracious, even in the situation they were in.
> > > > >
> > > > > I was back last summer and went along Martin's Creek looking for
> > > Carpenter
> > > > > and Hollen gravesites in some of the cemeteries. I stopped at a
> > couple
> > > of
> > > > > houses trying to locate graves and folks I never met were like
> > long-lost
> > > > > family. One boy hopped on his atv and led us right to one of the
> > > > cemeteries
> > > > > I was looking for.
> > > > >
> > > > > We're from good stock, folks, and there are great people there.
If
> > you
> > > > > haven't been, listen to your blood. It is full of that yellow
dirt
> of
> > > > Clay
> > > > > county. It will call to you to come back to where the early
morning
> > > mist
> > > > > creeps down the mountain like molasses on a cold plate, where the
> June
> > > > bugs
> > > > > fly lazy circles in the heat of the day as you sit on the porch
and
> > > watch
> > > > > the road to see who's comin. and where the mountain laurel and
> dogwood
> > > > bloom
> > > > > on the hillside just above the old home place.
> > > > >
> > > > > Stephen Hollen
> > > > > Appalachian Storyteller and Humorist
> > > > > My Daddy says happiness is like moonshine; make your own and
you'll
> > > never
> > > > > run out.
> > > > >
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