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DAILY ENTERPRISEHillbilly GoesHy « AKTLK RINK SMITH Kentucky mountaineers from David Smith came to America those benighted valleys cm the Iran Roam. Ireland He first other Bde of the mountain, lived at Hubbard Srpings. on the where all were presumed to be Virginia Bde of the Cumberland deeply ignorant and living in Mountain, where hr railed a povertylarge patch of tmips on the Creed's wife. Nancy, a mourtainnde Hu wife. Sallie daughter of George and Sally Romms, died there, and he RrNUIn. was a neat housekeeper mamcd Kltubeth Jennings. and liked to drew well, but In ISIS iiand crossed the (Yeed was never concerned Cumberland, and was enchanted about how he looked and the by the bowl like valley he found at the auction thoughtthere cradled by the Cum this hillbilly from the hln berland Wart Mooitams Many terlanda wouldn't own more than others have been enchanted by the ungainly animal he'd hitched this lovely valley since some distance away, and hadDavid decided to move here, probably been betrayed into a where hr reared a family of five feeling of affluence by a few nips daughters and one scm. Noble of mconahine Nobe. together with George Some of them got together and Ledford and Henry Skidmore, word was pawed up the auc made a survey and obtained a toncer to knock eff the farm to grant from the Commoiwelath U» backwmdsman. and see of Kentucky tor 16.000 acres, .hat he'd do beginning at a p«nt on Crank* -Sold' • cried the auctioneer. Creek and extending to Cum- banging hi* mallet To the berland Gap GENTLEMAN over there Nobe married Nancy Ledford. -Excuse me a minute. said and after her death Mary Creed, -while I gn the money ” Morgan Hi* sons were Creed. He walked over to his mule. Henry. David. George took a roll of bills from the Watfimgton and Nobe saddle hags and. to the eon(Yeed indented the bowl of stematxm of the seller of the Smith Valley He reared a Urge lt;nd dlIIMy 0, who family, and began to feel would be his netghbcrs. counted crowded when hi* older mu out the amount of the bid. pew up When he heard a farm profiling rocmderably by the near Rose Hfll was to be sold at boocnerangtng Joke auction he rode over to the tale 1 on a mule He brought the youngerrhdfren to the farm, and the There were many nudging* neighbors soon found the family 1 and covert smile* when he en was quite acceptable, even In tered Into the tedding Vlrpnia Virginia Many of Creed's j people looked down on the descendants are respected_____ PAGE SEVENTo Auctioncitiien* In Rose Hill and the reservoir, at will the surroundings today luxurious brick home of MarySmith Valley had been left to 'Mrs Lee Ledford', another the older sens Nathan Nobe daughter of Nathan and Carlo Nobe once had the Dr Pruitt served as the pastor Smith post office In his house of the Smith church for some After that Nath's son Oeed was years, and has remarked on the the pent master, and up until I9W fact that while it belonged to the ran a store where the Crank* Presbyterians, most of the (Yert road meets the Marlins people who attended were Fork highway Methodists, the hlerstuie usedNone of the original houses was from the Baptist board, still stands The large two Borry with a Church of Christ pastor log house where Carlo first lived Practical ecumenism!was recently lorn down to make Gecvge W ashington (Wash)way to the reservoir A lovely hvedon Cranks Creek the of his stair building took the place of sons. Marion, was m the tunbrr the Nath Smith house on the huBneas. and became one of the south slope overlooking the wealthy men of the county beautiful valley HI* daughter before the railroad came to Jerusha lt;Mr* Hoy Ball I Harlan recently left It to the Impending Henry and David lived oi reservoir “Judy was for years Catrons Creek Fred Schraeder a teacher and principal of the built one of hit fine houses for consolidated school at Smith David Later Henry lived In It.The present postmaster is and the house was a favccite Betty Langford, a daughter of stopping place cn the Hagan Carlo, one of Nath* ms Hrr TV ail and Henry a papular host, mother was Eleanor Palmer In I9«. when young Franklin D. Mia* Palmer was ovr of the Roosevelt was in Harlan on legal teachers who came to the buBnesa connected with the community center and school Kentenia Corporation hr stayed which the Presbyterian* at the Henry ftnilh house established in 1*1 J. John. Dr Dave Smith is the present another aot of Nathan, alao owner of the historic home Dr mimed oie of the teachers Dave I* the son of Dr David and They came to educate and uplift great grandson of the David who the mountaineers, and found came from Ireland He retired In men good enough to marry, and l(W. after U y ears as dentist m life in the valley attractive Harlan enough to remain.The picturesque atone church like the Virginia section of the on a grastv knoll at the fool of *Uh family, the Kentucky the Cun berland which was built descendants are valued eft I tens during the time the miaaion was «n Harlan. Cawood. New Yort. active, will also be a victim of various other places
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Harlan Daily Enterprise
Harlan, Kentucky, US
Mon, Jul 09, 1973
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