From: KyArchives Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2018 11:17 AM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Oglesby.Ella.B.Watkins.1928.Breckinridge.OBIT Ella B. WATKINS OGLESBY December 28, 1928 Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., January 2, 1929 Page 1, OBITUARY FUNERAL OF MRS. OGLESBY, SUNDAY. ONE OF CLOVERPORT'S PROMINENT WOMEN, DIED IN HOME WHERE SHE LIVED 50 YEARS ---- Mrs. Ella WATKINS OGLESBY, prominently known here, died at the old Oglesby homestead on Friday, December 28,(1928) at 12:00 p.m. Death was due to high blood pressure, from which she had been suffering for a year, but her last illness was only for two weeks duration. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon (December 30, 1928) at the home with the Reverend O. T. Nichols, Pastor of the Cloverport Methodist Church officiating, assisted by the Reverend V. P. Henry, Pastor of the Hardinsburg Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Scores of friends and relatives attended the service at the home followed by the commital service in the Cloverport Cemetery. Just six weeks ago, Mrs. OGLESBY was preceded in death by a brother, William WATKINS, who was buried in Sabetha, Kansas (located in Brown and Nemaha Counties). Out of a family of seven children born to William and Eliza Ann JENNINGS WATKINS, only three are living. Mrs. OGLESBY was the second oldest of the seven. Mrs. Carrie CHICK, a sister, died here at the Oglesby homestead nine years ago. The three living are: Mrs. Manie MOORMAN of Hardinsburg (Breckinridge County) Alfred WATKINS of Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County) Thomas WATKINS of Sabetha, Missouri (should be Kansas not Missouri) Mrs. OGLESBY was born in Louisville, Ky (Jefferson County) on September 30, 1854, her father being engaged in the tobacco business there at that time. The family moved from there here, and in his later years, Mr. WATKINS settled in Holt, Ky in Breckinridge County where he owned a large farm. His children were educated in the Cloverport school. On December 17, 1878 Mrs. OGLESBY was married in her father's home at Holt, to Edward B. OGLESBY of Cloverport, a pioneer of the town. Her husband died ten years ago. Her immediate survivors are: her only child: Mrs. Mary Finley (OGLESBY) CONRAD, wife of Shelby CONRAD two grandsons: Samuel Edward CONRAD of San Francisco, California (San Francisco County) David Henry CONRAD of this city (Cloverport, Ky) three granddaughters: Katherine CONRAD, Mary Grey CONRAD, and Ella Watkins CONRAD, who are at home. one great grandchild: Joseph David CONRAD, son of David Henry CONRAD, who made the fourth generation living in the Oglesby homestead since his birth four weeks ago. The rest are those from out of town who came to the funeral, too many to list! Submitted by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com Additional Comments: Breckinridge County Cemetery Book, volume 1, published in 1991: 0083 Cloverport Cemetery, Cloverport, Ky. OGLESBY, Ella B. WATKINS 1854 -- 1928 wife of Edward B. Edward B. 1844 -- 1919 husband of Ella B. THEIR SON ALSO HERE: OGLESBY, infant died Feb 1880 son of E.B. & Ella THEIR DAUGHTER ALSO HERE: CONRAD, Mary O. (OGLESBY) 1884 -- 1961 wife of Shelby V. Shelby V. 1882 -- 1947 (I posted Mary's obituary last year on this site. Her 5 children survived her. Mary died March 17, 1961.) Peggy Russell This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/