Boyle County, Kentucky Genealogy Trails

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Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), September 5 1827
Danville, Ky, July 26.
The fall of rain on Sunday night last, has proved fatal to the lives of many of our citizens. Also much damage has been done to fencing, Mills and Mill Dams.
On Silver creek, Madison county, we are informed a Mr. Lackey after saving his family from the house which was in a floating condition, ventured back to save some of his property and was carried off amidst its ruins. His body has not yet been found.
A small boy supposed to be about seven years old, fair hair, freckled face, was found amongst some drift wood near Frankfort on Monday last; he was entirely naked.
Near the mouth of Sugar creek, Garrard county, a Mr. Huffman lost his whole family, consisting of a wife and three children, likewise a nephew who was lodging with them that night was drowned. Mr. Huffman with difficulty saved his own life by getting hold of the branches of a tree and climbing up into it where he remained till morning. Mrs. Huffman and two of the children were found the next morning lodged in the driftwood nor far from where they were taken by the flood. The other two children have not yet been found – Ky paper.  [Submitted by Nancy Piper]

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