Simpson Bible

Juriah Simpson's Mother, Hester Ann Sigler Simpson (1846-1916)
is shown holding the Simpson Bible.
I do not know where the Bible is today.
Fortunately, I have a copy of the Bible's Record page - shown above picture.
It shows Simpson birth dates from 1800 to 1907.

Five Union County Brothers Served in Cavalry

My paternal great-grandfather, Joseph Dixon Henry, served in the
10th (Johnson's) Kentucky Cavalry, C. S. A.
He served with his brothers: Alex, George, Thomas and William.

Descendants of Alex Henry have an excellent site at

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chryse/henry-am-1833.shtml

In the will of Alexander M. Henry (My Feb 17 Post)

Alex's Grandfather left him

"one horse saddle and bridle (worth seventy dollars)"

in 1848 dollars !

J. D. Elder House in Shady Grove (KY)

Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Elder and their five children lived in this house until September 1910.

I have not visited the house since I took this Polaroid photo in 1979

Have you seen this house ?

I would appreciate you appending your comments to this post.

Elders Boat Trip to Kentucky in 1790's

J. D. Elder's great-grandfather, Patriot William Elder, was probably guided

by a map like this. (Click above image for clearer view)

William Elder, and his brothers, trip from Spartansburg, South Carolina,

as recalled by a descendant:

"coming over the mountains to the Holston River and down that and the

Tennessee in a flat boat to the Ohio. Up that river and the Cumberland by poling

the boat until opposite this place" (Today's Dycusburg).

J. D. Elder House - Cedar Street, Providence, Ky

History of J. D. Elder House:
This four-room frame house was bought in 1910 by J. D. and Juriah Elder. They moved with their five children from nearby Shady Grove where J. D. owned a drug store. J. D.‘s great-grandfather, Revolutionary War veteran William Elder, had settled in the area in 1797. The house on Cedar Street was within walking distance to
J. D. ’s new drugstore at the southeast corner of Main and Broadway - a building registered as a Kentucky Historic Structure. The area’s bustling coal industry was evidenced until the 1940’s by two “company stores” across the street from the drugstore.
Called “Papa” by his family and known to associates as J. D. or Jeff, he was born Jefferson Davis Elder on February 2, 1863 while Jefferson Davis was President of the Confederate States of America.
In 1923 J. D. enlarged the four-room house by expanding to the rear. Indoor plumbing and electricity were added. The remaining three elevations and landscaping remain as they were a century ago. The lot is the largest in the neighborhood, and J. D. and Juriah fed their growing family from a large garden and assortment of fruit trees.
Following J. D. ‘s death in 1940 Juriah stayed in the house and operated the drugstore another two decades. After Juriah’s death in 1961 her daughter Mary lived in the house until her death in 1987. Her two sons, who once lived in the house, own the house now and are maintaining the house and grounds in memory of the pioneer druggist Jefferson Davis Elder and Patriot William Elder.

Mrs. Juriah Simpson Elder is shown on the steps of the house in an early photograph.

The color photos shows the house today.

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J. D. Elder's Neighbors

The 1930 Census identified the following four neighbors:
From the Historic J. D. Elder House, heading West, they were:
Photos (top to bottom) , taken in 2004:

Across their shared driveway (formerly a public alley to W. Main)
Duffy Brantley, age 39; Manager, Coal Yard
Edgar M. Young, age 42; Operator, Coal Mine
J. Ben Wallace, age63; Physician
House to left of High School;
Marion Simpson, age 32; Manager, Dept Store (Ruckmans)
Marion and his Father, J. B. Simpson (Brother of Juriah Simpson Elder)
are shown in the Providence Department Store (My Post, January 30, 2008)
Frances Jennings, age 52; Teacher, Public School (next door !)
The following link is to her photo in a 1918 Yearbook.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kywebste/prov/1918/1918faculty.htm


Bottom Photo: When Mrs. J. D. Elder moved from Shady Grove in 1910 she brought along her collection of quilts. A portion of one of the tops, not yet quilted, is shown here.

Ogilby's First Class Livery

Texts and Photo from Providence Enterprise 1940 (top), 1912