From: KyArchives Sent: Friday, August 18, 2017 8:02 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Carlton.Lucretia.Cannon.1899.Breckinridge-Hancock.OBIT Lucretia CANNON CARLTON July 1, 1899 Breckinridge-Hancock County KyArchives Obituaries Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., Wednesday, July 5, 1899 Page 4, Obituary DEATH OF MRS. CARLTON Mrs. Lucretia CARLTON, aged about 75 years, died Saturday morning (July 1, 1899) at 5:00 a.m. at the home of Mr. Ed OGLESBY. She had been failing since last fall, and accepted the inevitable with beautiful resignation. She knew the end was coming, and passed away as gently and as peacefully as a child falling to sleep. Mrs. CARLTON'S maiden name was CANNON. Her brother, Capt. CANNON was a famous riverman, and was known throughout the county as the Master of that peerless floating palace and river grey- hound, the "Robert E. Lee", whose history is a part of the history of the southland. Mrs. CARLTON was married twice. Her first marriage took place when she was 17 years old, and she was then united to Mr. POWELL, pilot of the "Marguerite", a famous Mississippi River Steamboat. Two years after her marriage, a tragedy occurred that left her a widow. The steamer "Marguerite" was scheduled for a race from New Orleans on the river to Natchez with another boat. A full head of steam was on, and while Pilot POWELL was standing at the wheel in the "Texas", with a watch in his hand waiting for the moment for the start, an explosion of the boilers took place, and he was among the killed. His body was found 15 months afterward in the river delta fifty miles below New Orleans. A number of years transpired, and the deceased married to Capt. CARLTON, a noted steamboat man whose home was at Hawesville (Hancock County), Ky. They lived happily together for a few years, and she was again left a widow. Mrs. CARLTON was a member of the Methodist Church. She possessed a beautiful character, and her disposition was so sweet, so sympathetic that, as one friend expressed it "she was a woman everyone calls Aunt". She made her home all during her widowhood at Ed OGLESBY'S. The Funeral was held on Sunday (July 2, 1899), at the OGLESBY home, and was largely attended. Among those present were: Mrs. BLACK and Mrs. LONGEST of Hawesville, Ky., and Mrs. STARKS of Louisville, Ky. The remains were sent to Frankfort, Ky. on Monday to be interred beside those of her brother, Capt. CANNON. Submitted by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com Additional Comments: This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/