Text Box: A History of Ashland, Kentucky : 1786 to 1954

Index
Editor’s Note: This index was created in part by merging a partial index created by Evelyn S. Jackson and a surname index created by Sherrie Pettit.  Jimmie Epling provided additional entries.

A & M Association   11

Aaronburg, David     20, 129

Abrams, Capt. Dick      77

Academy House      32

Adams, John Q. 44

Adams, R.     70

Adams, T.M.     88

Adkins, Dr. V.V.       68, 75, 78

Adkins, Lillie Campbell       68

Adkins, N.B.       29

Agudath Achim Temple      29

Aldine Hotel        8, 12, 69, 78, 102, 105, 121

Alexander, G.P.      9

Alfon Theatre          13

Alger House       71

Allen Family        5

Allen, Elliott        77

Allen, Fr. G.H.    26

Allen, Maj. John B.     70, 71, 72

Allied Ashland          53

Alvin Adams, Steamer     44

Amanda Furnace     63, 83

American Barge Line     54

American Legion     19

American Rolling Mill Co.      66, 87, 89, 95

American Union       8, 103, 104

Anderson Pharmacy     121

Anderson, James A., Jr.     77

Anderson, William         117

Apostolic Gospel Church    30

Apperon, R., Sr.      86

Apperson      85

Apperson, R., Jr.          86

Apperson, Wlliam         85

Apple, W.P.       88

Argillite Furnace       6, 83

Armco     15, 17, 18, 21, 54, 55, 56, 66, 77, 80, 81, 83

Armco Park        19

Armco Steel Carp.   107, 111

Ashland & Catlettsburg Street Railway Co.        51, 68, 74, 75

Ashland Academy         34, 35, 41, 42

Ashland Artificial Ice Co.      98

Ashland Banks         8

Ashland Board of Trade     19, 129

Ashland Boyd County Airport        19, 56

Ashland Bridge Co.       77

Ashland Cemetery        24, 63, 69

Ashland Census       19

Ashland City Hall 13

Ashland Coal & Iron Co.    12, 15, 43

Ashland Coal & Iron Manufacturing Co. 50

Ashland Coal & Iron Railway Co.    46, 49, 50, 63, 66, 86, 87, 88

Ashland Coal & Iron Shops     105

Ashland Coal Co.     86

Ashland Collegiate Institute     37, 38, 59

Ashland Culvert Works       15

Ashland Daily Commercial     104

Ashland Daily Independent    14, 16, 81, 104, 105, 115

Ashland Daily News     31, 104, 105, 115

Ashland Day & Night Bank     94, 95, 114

Ashland Drug Co.         15, 24, 28, 121

Ashland Dry Dock Co.        97

Ashland Electric Light & Power Co.  111

Ashland Fire Brick Co.       66, 98, 126

Ashland Fire Brick Works     12, 96

Ashland Fire Chiefs       21

Ashland Fire Dept.        13

Ashland Fires     13

Ashland Foundry & Machine Shops    12, 97

Ashland Foundry & Machine Works 128

Ashland Furnace Co.     66

Ashland High School     39, 40, 41

Ashland Holiness Tabernacle   30

Ashland Home Guard         12

Ashland Home Telephone Co.  124

Ashland Hotel          91, 102

Ashland Hub & Spoke Factory      12

Ashland Improvement Co.    92

Ashland Iron & Mining Co.    15, 66, 87, 95

Ashland Iron Furnace         12

Ashland Journal      8, 104

Ashland Junior Chamber of Commerce 19, 117

Ashland Junior College       16, 19, 26, 39, 40, 41

Ashland Kentuckian       8, 103, 104

Ashland Leather Co.     98, 128

Ashland Lumber Co.     97

Ashland Machine Shop       13

Ashland Mayors       19, 20

Ashland Milling Co.    96

Ashland National Bank   8, 63, 68, 92, 93, 94

Ashland Newspapers    8

Ashland Oil & Refining Co.    15, 17, 18, 53, 54, 66, 108, 109

Ashland Planing Mill Co.     98

Ashland Police Chiefs         21

Ashland Police Dept.          13

Ashland Post Office     114

Ashland Postmasters         20

Ashland Public Library        16, 19

Ashland Publishing Co.       115

Ashland Republican       104

Ashland Sanitary Milk Co.   110

Ashland Schools, History      32

Ashland Sheet Mill Co.       87, 95

Ashland Statistics         17

Ashland Steel Co.     16, 77, 88, 89

Ashland Stone Coal Furnace    96

Ashland Streets       8

Ashland Streets (original names)       62

Ashland Tannery         82, 128

Ashland Tanning Co.          98

Ashland Telephone Co.     22, 82

Ashland Times         105

Ashland Town Sites Sold      7, 8

Ashland Tragedy     69-72

Ashland Tunnel        85

Ashland Vocational School      41

Ashland Water Works        21, 66

Ashland Weekly Review     104

Ashland, Founding        13

Ashland, Incorporated        8

Ashland, Original Name 7

Ashland-Coal Grove Bridge    50, 77

Ashworth, James          78

Assembly of God          30

Assessor, First     9



B. T. Enos, Steamer     48

Bagby, R.     13

Bagley, ?   74

Bales, Cecil E.     114

Ball, M. A.          72

Ballard, Jesse     100

Bank of Ashland     11, 63, 68, 93, 94

Banks     8, 11, 63, 66, 68, 92-95, 103, 112, 114

Barber, Alma K.       113

Barney, James        77

Bates, Joe B.          78

Bates, John N.    20

Bath Avenue Gas Light Co.     96

Baugh, John    71

Baum, Rev. G.     27

Bay Queen, Streamer   48

Bay, George     47, 48

Bay, Sallie          48

Bay, William       47, 48

Baylen, James, Sr.       91

Bayless School     6, 24, 33, 39, 41

Bayless, Dr. John Clark    24, 34, 35, 37, 39, 41

Bayless, Mary    34

Beckett, O. F. L.     97, 110

Beech Grove Academy     6, 35, 37, 39, 43

Beech Grove Cemetery     24

Beech Grove Church       23

Beech Street Christian Church      30

Bell Family    5

Bell, Dr. George G. 21

Bell, William, Patent      14

Belle of Ashland, Steamer    50, 77

Belle of the Waves, Steamer        43

Bellefonte Country Club 81

Bellefonte Furnace     15, 16, 17, 63, 66, 68, 83, 84

Bellomy, Matthew    7

Belmont Baptist Church 30

Ben Williamson Memorial Bridge       16, 19, 56, 78

Berry, Andrew      47

Berry, Mary        35

Berry, Thomas J.          100

Bethel Holiness Mission 30

Bethesda Cemetery     22, 102

Bethesda Church     6, 27, 60

Bethesda Presbyterian Church      22, 23, 24, 26

Betsy Ann, Steamer   49

Bienville, M. Celeron de 44

Big Sandy News      103, 115

Biggs, M.      7

Biggs, R. M. (Robinson)     84, 85, 86, 90

Biggs, Thomas N.    90

Biggs, William     86

Bird, Thomas R.      72

Black, John G.    12

Blackburn, Gov. G. W.    71, 72

Blake, Henry      83

Blankenship, H.       70

Blankenship, Perry    12

Blazer, Paul Garrett      15, 108

Blazer, Rexford S.     95, 114

Blue Ribbon Bus Co.     51

Blue Ribbon Bus Line    16

Boal, William K.      12, 34, 93

Board of Trustees, First         9

Bob Ballard, Steamer    77

Boggess,  William S.          20

Boggess, Thomas, Jr.   20, 75, 77, 78, 94

Boggs , Rev. S.D.    29

Bolinger, Charles     71

Bondurant, Joseph   85

Booker T. Washington School   24, 39, 41

Boone Furnace   84

Boone, Col. Daniel   66, 67

Boone, Jesse     67

Boone, Steamer      59

Bostona, Steamer    47, 50

Bowles, C. C.         93

Boyd County Electric Co.   111

Boyd County Express      104

Boyd County, Formation     62

Boyd, Linn     11

Bradley, John     76

Bradner, James W.    37, 39

Brass, Sully     43

Breckenridge, John C. (Abell)    12

Bridges    16, 19, 50, 77

Broadway Hotel       8, 94, 103

Brodess, H.A.     100

Brodess, H.E.          7, 8, 12, 19

Brodess, Henry M.   104

Brooks, F.M.      111

Brown & Eldridge (Brick Yard)      96

Brown, Judge George N.    70, 71, 72

Brown, Ralph L.       92

Browne, Dr. J. Dillon     74

Browning Club    14

Buckingham, John E.     93, 108, 115

Buckley, J.T.      12

Buena Vista Furnace     84, 85, 86

Buffalo Furnace    30, 84

Bullington, Thomas H.    62

Burdett, Joseph    9

Burdett. J.T.    12

Burgraff, George          103

Burial Mounds    21

Burnett, Alfred    69

Burns, Owen      9

Burr, B.H.    88, 89

Burwell, Mary     34

Bush, L.R. & Co.     102

Butler, Eugene    62

Butler, George   62

Butler, H.B.   111

Butler, John        62

Butler, Joseph C.          86

Butler, Luther 62

Butler, Mrs. H.B.      72

Byrne, Owen      21



C.W. Batchelor, Steamer   48

Cairns, John    96

Cairns, William    96

Calder, John    97

Callihan, R.D.     91, 102

Calvary Cemetery (Catholic)    23

Calvary Episcopal Church   29

Camden Interstate Railway Co.    51, 75

Camden Park     51

Campbell, A.C.(Abraharn Croysdale)    51, 68, 72, 75, 92, 93, 94, 96, 103

Campbell, Anna E.     103

Campbell, John       7, 83, 90

Campbell, L.M.     94, 129

Campbell, Mary E.   103

Cane, James      30

Canter, W.I.  79

Captain John, Steamer       50

Carico, Emma    69, 70

Carlisle, J.H.   46, 47

Carlisle, John     98

Caroline Furnace     83

Carpenter Electric Light & Power Co. 111

Carr, Fred     100

Carr, R. S. (Richard S.)   13, 21, 73, 105

Carroll, Rt. Rev. Bishop George Aloysius 26

Carter, H.C.  85

Case, Rev. Abel A.  6, 24, 32, 33

Casebolt, John   9, 13, 21

Casebolt, S. (Shadrach)     28, 100

Casino, Clyffeside Park      74

Cassity, Lester   110

Catherine Davis, Steamer   52

Catholic Cemetery (Calvary)     23

Catholic Church       43

Catholic School     41

Catlett Family     5

Catlett, Elliott     67

Catlett, Horatio   67

Catlettsburg       6, 91

Catlettsburg Advocate   104

Catlettsburg Daily Press     104

Catlettsburg National Bank     68

Catlettsburg News     115

Caudill, Victor     129

Cavalier, Rene Robert     43

Cavits, Samuel     12

Cemeteries   22, 23, 24, 63, 102

Centenary Methodist Church         28

Central Baptist Church  30

Central High School    35, 39, 40

Central Park      14, 19, 21, 39, 73, 74, 91

Central Park High School    39

Central School      34, 37, 39

Charles R. Hook, Steamer      54, 55

Charles Russell School    39, 41

Chatfield, O.P.   94, 114

Chattaroi Railway Co.    46, 47, 70, 71, 72, 98

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.  15, 19, 28, 47, 49, 55, 56, 76, 87, 98, 102, 103, 111, 123

Chevalier, Steamer    48

Child Born, First       7

Chinn, C.C.     99, 121

Chris Green, Steamer     49

Church of Christ       30

Church of God    30

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints       30

Churches      6, 8, 21-30, 34, 37, 38, 39, 43, 60, 69, 75

Cincinnati & Big Sandy Packet Co.    63

Cincinnati & Ironton Barge Line Co.    46

Citizens Bank & Trust Co.      94

Citizens Telephone Co.      124

City of Ashland, Steamer    50, 77

City Ordinances, First     9

Civil War       11, 12, 91, 102

Clair, Darius N.     12

Clark, Barnabas   110

Clark, D.T.    21

Clay, Henry   45

Clayton, Walter S.   105

Clayton-Lambert Co.     17

Clendenen, Harvey E.   113

Clifton, ?    104

Clingham, ?   83

Clinton Brick Yard    96

Clinton Furnace       60, 83, 85

Clubs       13, 14, 19, 81, 117

Clyffeside Hill   74

Clyffeside Lake    74

Clyffeside Park   14, 15, 39, 51,74

Coal Grove & Ohio Bridge Co.      77

Coalton    12, 86, 87

Cob Cecil, Steamer   47

Coburn, S.    74

Colbert, Louis     12

Cold Springs Church     24

Coles, Col.    101

Coles, Col. Frank     62

Coles, Lucy, Steamer   71

Coles, Margaret, Jr. High School    39, 41

Coles, Samuel    86

Collins, Issac      12

Collins, Jerry      46

Commercial Club     14

Comus Club    14

Condit, Dr. (Rev.) William C.    24, 26, 30, 39, 41, 43, 58, 59, 60

Condit, Rev. John H.     24, 27, 60

Conley, Milton F. 115

Conlon, Charles      103

Constitution (Locomotive)      9, 45, 46

Conway, Charles     47

Cooper, Rev. Francis M.    81

Cox, William  117

Crabbe School   35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 73

Crabbe, Dr. John Grant     37, 38, 74, 79

Craft, Ellis     69, 70, 71, 72

Cramer, Zadoc   44

Crawford, A.J.    8, 13

Creasey, William D.      100

Crowell Bros. Lumber Co.    97

Crowell, Charles H.       97

Crowell, Samuel N.       97

Crown Hill, Steamer      52

Crum Chapel      30

Crum, L.D.    29

Crum, Thomas    20

Crump & Field Wholesale Co.    15

Crump, ?  43

Crystal Ice & Cold Storage Co.    77

Culbertson, John 83

Culbertson, William Wirt     19, 128

Curhing, Dr. Z.    85

Curry, Rev. Samuel H.    24

Cushing, George     129

Cutter Brothers     100



Daily Signal     104

Darby, Darrell     77

Darby, John W.  12

Darlington, George      83

Davenport, Harry     21

Davenport, S.L.  21

Davidson, Joseph A.     50

Davidson, Joseph J.   91

Davies, L.E.    94, 114

Davis, Capt. Steve   52

Davis, Carson L.      95, 114

Davis, L.N.    94

Davis, R.D.   74

Davis, R.D., Sr.  93

Davis, Samuel L.     46

Davis, T.J.    68, 94

Davis, William H. 36, 39

Dean, L.T.     88

DeBard, Belle     34

deBienville, M. Celeron       44

DeBord, Sam J.  93

Deering, Richard 6, 83

Deever, John      97

Delaney, Virginia 113

Delta Queen, Steamer  49

Demarrs, Thomas    72

Denver House     103

Diana, Steamer    44

Dickenson, Julia       34

Diederich, John T.    77, 95, 114, 129

Dixon, A.H.      72

Dixon, John     12

Doggett, Mrs. R.C.  106

Doggett, Robert C.  106

Donald, Charles      72

Doyle, R.E., Jr.  129

Dudley, Rt. Rev. T.U.    29

Duncan, George E.    88

Dunlap, Martin        71

Dunn, C.S.    129

Dysard, H.R.     19, 81, 129



Eads, Rev. J.R.  38

Eagle Club    19

East Kentucky Normal School   35, 36, 37

Eastham (Princess)Tunnel    85

Eastham, C.C.    70

Eba, W.H.          19

Eba, W.H.H.    111

Education      32-43

Eifort, Sebastian    84

Elam, Oliver M.  94, 114

Eldridge & Brown Brick Co.    96

Eldridge, Thomas    28

Election, First     9

Electric Lights     13

Elizabethtown, Lexington & Big Sandy R. R.        87, 98

Elks Club      14, 19

Elliott, Margaret       34

Ellis, George      69, 70, 71

Ellis, James   12

Ellison, Sarah     66

Emerick, Edward, Jr.    129

Enterprise Furnace    83

Ernmons, J.H.      21, 69

Etna, Steamer    47

Evans, James          39

Evergreene, Steamer    49

Everman House    103

Fair, First      9



Fairs   11

Fannie Dugan, Steamer 48

Fannin, C.E.    95, 114, 129

Fannin, I.N.     95

Fashion, Steamer    48

Faulkner, Anna M.   114

Faulkner, W.B.   95, 114

Fearing, ?         74

Fearing, Ben   102

Federal Ice Co.  77

Fell, W.W.     129

Ferguson, Dr. Hiram 12, 93, 99, 121

Ferguson, M.J.   98

Ferries     77

Field, M.T.    59, 93

Field, T.A.     74, 93

Fields, Gov. William J.  79

Figgins, Albert    29

First Baptist Church      28, 30

First Baptist Church of Pleasant Springs 29

First Baptist Mission     30

First Christian Church      29, 30

First Church of Christian Scientists    29

First Church of Nazarene    30

First Freewill Baptist Church         30

First Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Co. L (1898)            73

First Methodist Church    37, 38

First Methodist Episcopal Church    24, 25, 26

First Pilgrim Holiness Church    30

First Presbyterian Church    22, 24, 25, 60

Fisher, D.A.   19

Fisher, David A.      62, 63, 96

Fisher, Ed T.      38

Fisher, H.W.       114

Fisher, Nathan E.     96

Fisher, R.O.  93

Fitch, J.N.          93

Fleetwood, Steamer          47

Fletcher & Co.    100

Fletcher, B.S.     9, 34

Fletcher, Elias S.     20

Flood of 1884     97, 98, 100, 103, 105

Flood of 1937     16, 81

Floodwall      17, 82

Floral Hall, Central Park     73

Flye, Daniel   57

Flye, Henrietta    57

Flye, Huldah       57

Ford, Mary Condit   30

Forgey, B.F.  14, 78, 81, 95, 104, 114, 115

Forgey, C.E. 115, 129

Fortune, Z.C.      121

Foster, J.H.   88

Foster, William   84

Frailie, W.C.       20, 121

Free Holiness Mission   30

French, Henry R.     103, 104

French, Lizzie V.      104

French, T.R.    104

Friel, G.F.          14, 104, 115

Friel, Sara G.       20

Front Street    8

Fullerton, Bud     77

Fulton, Forge      43

Fults, Obadiah    12

Funkhouser, W.D.    21

Furnaces, Iron    6, 12, 15, 16, 17, 30, 60, 63, 66, 68, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 96



Gainey, W.B.     21

Gallagher, John  72

Galt, Sam          100

Gano, Zazzam    88

Gartrell Hill      74

Gartrell, E.H.      24, 126

Gartrell, H.C.      9

Gartrell, Mrs. E.J.    96

Garvey, Joe  117

Gaylord, B.B.          86, 88

Gaylord, R.D.     97

Gaylord, W.F.    88, 96

Gehringer, William        21

Geiger & Powell      101

Geiger & Powell Hall     28

Geiger & Williams Lumber Co.      96

Geiger, D.D.    7, 70, 90, 91, 92, 93, 96

Geiger, Davis E.   78, 115, 129

Geiger, Powell   111

Geiger, Powell & Ferguson     69, 124

Geiger, W.L. 31

Geiger, Will   106

Geiger, William   43

Geiger's Addition     69

General Telephone Co. 124

George N. Verity, Steamer   54, 55

Georgia, Steamer    48

Gevedon, E.B.    129

Gibbons, Fannie      69

Gibbons, J. W.   69

Gibbons, Robert      69

Gibson, John      129

Gillespie, J.H.     12

Gillespie, Samuel     12

Gillis, Dr.       72

Gilpin, J.S.    29

Gilruth, Irving      83

Ginn, George P.   20, 115

Ginn, William A.      19, 74, 78

Gleim, John     9, 99

Glenn, James M.          47

Globe Furnace     83

Glover, Rev. J. W.   28

Goff, Clifford      117

Good Fellowship Club     14

Googler, L.N.          98

Gordon C. Greene, Steamer    49

Gospel Assembly    30

Gospel Tabernacle  30

Gosselin, Fr. N.N.    26

Graber Printing Co.  110

Grace Nazarene Church     30

Grand Theater    13

Granite State, Steamer     48, 71, 72

Grant, Irene  110

Gray, Porter N.  81

Grayson   12

Grayson Tract    5

Grayson, William     5

Green, Charles H.    88

Green, Grant     92

Greene Line    49

Greene, Capt. Gordon C.   49

Greene, Capt. Tom       49, 50

Greene, Edward      39

Greenup Association of Baptists Churches        22, 60

Greenup Record      59

Greenup, Christopher    5

Greer, James          96

Greer, Martin          72

Greer, Thomas   96

Greyhound Bus Line 56

Greyhound, Steamer     48

Griffith, Bing       12

Griffith, W.W.     122

Groverbeck, George     12

Gruver, R.S.      129

Guerilla Bands    11



H.K. Bedford, Steamer    49

Hackworth, W.W.    111

Hager, Andrew     69

Hager, Edgar B.   20

Hager, John F.      78, 79, 92, 94, 103

Hager, John F. School        39, 41

Hager, S.P.     92

Hager, S.W.    98

Hambleton, Dick      62

Hambleton, George      62

Hambleton, William       62

Hammond, Robert   12

Hampton, Frances A.    34

Hampton, J.W.   78

Hampton, Levi J. 7, 90

Hampton, Rev. W.H.     29

Hanging Rick Iron District       83

Hanging Rock Iron & Coal Co.      66

Hanging Rock, Steamer     48

Harding, Warren G.      73

Harrod, Col. James       66

Hart, Henry     12

Haskell, ?      43

Haskell, J.A.    12

Haskell, James     9, 34, 36

Haskell, James & Son     96, 100

Haskell, James, Sr.    12

Haskell, Mary     34

Haskell, Susan    34

Hassell, Jack 129

Hatcher, George      78

Hatcher, Robert, School     39, 41

Hatfield, R.    70

Hayward, Frank E.   126

Head, Joseph          94

Heflin, Marshall ?     69

Heibold, G.H. 78

Hemlepp, William     77, 117

Henderson Hardware Co.   79

Henderson, F.H.      78

Henderson, J. W. Co.   127

Henderson, J.W.      94, 97

Henry Clay Hotel 15, 19, 81, 104

Henry Logan, Steamer       48

Henry N. Stanley, Steamer   48

Hensley, Burns      21

Hensley, S.   29

Herbert, Thomas J.    78

Herbst, ?    74

Herbst, Henry     62, 101

Herman, H. Furniture Co.        97

Hermann Furniture Factory    12

Hermann, H. 12

Hibernia, Steamer    44

Hilton, Abigail Keene     57

Hilton, Henrietta Flye     57

Hilton, Joshua     57

Hilton, M.T. (Martin Tobey)     7, 12, 13, 57, 58, 59, 85, 88, 90

Hilton, Mary        34, 35, 59

Hines, A.A.      78, 129

Hite Drug Store    101, 102

Hite, Lewis    121

Hockaday, E.     67

Hollister, H. Ross     84

Holy Family Business College       39

Holy Family Church (Catholic)       21, 26, 27, 30

Home Guard, Civil War      12

Home Pharmacy      121

Honshell, Capt. Wash    47

Honshell, W.       88

Hook, Charles R.     81

Hoover, Pres. Herbert   79

Hopewell Furnace      83

Horse Racing Track     73

Hospitals