Geneolgical Records Samuel Kegley

Samuel B. Kegley: Pvt., Co., B, 5th Ky Inf., CSA. 1862 to 1863 (1 year, 2
months) In 1890, Samuel told the census-taker that he was “Shot through the
left breast, captured and Parolled”. His post office was Leadingham.
Samuel Kegley was the son of John Henry and Ann Moyers Kegley, ans was
born in Wythe Co, VA, Aug 15, 1841. Henry, as he was usually called, was,
in turn, a son of Martin Kegley and Mary Magdalene Meyers Kegley, ans was
born in 1807 in Wythe Co, VA. He resettled in what is now Elliott Co in
1859, where he died in 1898. Martin Kegley was a son of George Kegley,
Sr., who lived first in Annville, Pennsylvania. We know that George’s wife
was names Catherine, but her maiden name is unknown to us today. George
Kegley is considered to have been the progenitor of the Wythe Co, VA
Kegleys, and, for that matter, the Kegleys of Eastern Kentucky.
The first record I can find for Samuel Kegley is contained in the 1850
Wythe Co, VA census. At that time, he was 10 years of age and living in
the home of his parents, Henry and Ann Kegley. Since the Kegleys moved to
the present day Elliott Co in 1859, it may be correctly assumed that Samuel
would be found in the 1860 Carter Co census. This is further supported by
the fact that Samuel and Elizabeth Catron were married in Carter Co on May
17, 1863. Witnesses to the marriage were John Kegley and Mary Elliott with
C.W. Carter named as the presiding minister.
VA records indicate that the Kegleys and Catrons had close ties to that
state, and it may be that both families came into the Carter (Elliott) Co
area about the same time. We know that they all settled in the same
general area of northern Elliott Co.
Relatives tell the story that Elizabeth Catron and Samuel Kegley were both
present at a “working” somewhere in the Mauk Ridge area, and, upon seeing
Samuel, Elizabeth commented, “That man will be my husband someday”.
Elizabeth’s descendants also tell us that when she was a mere girl, barely
a teenager, her brother’s family was preparing to move from Wythe Co to our
Elliott Co. When the wagon was loaded and ready to begin moving, Elizabeth
climbed on and made the long journey across the mountains to eastern KY.
Although she lived to be very old, she was never back in VA and never saw
her parents again.
In 1870, when the first census of Elliott Co was taken, Samuel Kegley was
found living in the Moccasin Precinct. He was 30 years of age, Elizabeth
was 25. Three children were named in this census: William, age 6; Jackson,
3; and Sarah, 10 months.
The 1880 Elliott Co census reveals that Samuel Kegley was still a resident
of the Moccasin Precinct. He stated that he was 33 years of age, which
seems to be incorrect; Elizabeth was 35. Their children listed in the 1880
report were: William, 15; Jackson, 12; Sarah, 9; Virginia Carolina, 7;
Margaret A., 4; and James A., 1.
The 1890 Elliott Co Tax Assessments show Samuel Kegley the owner of 28
acres of land in the Moccasin Precinct. He indicated that his nearest
neighbor was James White.
When the 1900 Elliott Co census was taken, Samuel Kegley was a resident of
the Cracker’s Neck Precinct. At that time he said he was 59 years of age,
having been born in Jan 1841, which differs from the month of Aug indicated
on his grave marker. Elizabeth was 56, stating that she was born Sept
1843. Their children living at home with them were: Marget E., 24, born in
May 1876; James A., 21, Apr 1879; Julia A., 18, July 1882; and George, 7,
May 1893.
The oldest son, William F., called Frank by the family, had married Tinie
Conn. They established their home in Greenup Co, where Frank died on Dec
28, 1928. The next oldest son, Jackson, had also married and established a
home in the Moccasin Precinct. Sarah E., was the daughter called Ellen.
She married Sam Conn, a son of Freeling and Angeline Shelton Conn. Sam and
Elizabeth Kegley’s daughter called Virginia C., in the earlier census
reports, was Caroline, who married John Shelton. They established their
home in an area between Concord, on Brown Ridge and Caney Creek. They have
many descendants in this area today, mainly through Charlie and Johnnie
Shelton and Lizzie Shelton Dehart.
Samuel Kegley died Feb 17, 1910, therefore, he is not named in the 1910
Elliott co census. His widow, Elizabeth, still survived, and made her home
with her children until her death. Most of her later years were spent with
her widowed daughter, Caroline Shelton.
Samuel and Elizabeth Catron Kegley are buried in the tick Ridge Cemetery a
short distance out of Olive Hill.
The United States became involved in the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Descendants of Samuel Kegley say he went Immediately and attempted to
volunteer for service. Of course, being somewhat advanced in years, he was
not accepted for military service.

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Trojans rejected for League

Old Trojans may find this to be incredible, but it is true.

SOC rejects expansion proposal
by John Stegeman, PDT Sports Editor7 days ago | 523 views | 0 | 2 | | For the fourth time overall and the first time in seven years the Southern Ohio Conference has refused to accept Portsmouth High School into the league.

The SOC chose by silent vote to deny membership to Portsmouth and South Gallia High Schools at a meeting on Thursday at Northwest High School.

Portsmouth which has spent time in several athletic leagues, has never been a part of the league that includes the other 11 high schools in Scioto County, as well as five others.

Portsmouth sought to join the SOC partially in response to costs incurred by traveling to their rivals in the Southeastern Ohio Athletic League which includes schools as far away as Marietta and Warren. Portsmouth is also one of the smaller schools in that conference.

"We're in the SEOAL and we're going to stay there," Portsmouth Athletic Director Joe Albrecht said. "Its a good solid league but we're a very small school in the SEOAL.

"We’re disappointed there's no question," Albrecht added. "We're disappointed for our kids. For us it was an ideal situation, but each school had their own vote."

South Gallia competes as an independent.

SOC Secretary Dave Frantz said the league's decision was based on how expansion would effect the league's members.

"It wasn't really a vote against Portsmouth or against South Gallia," Frantz said. "It was a vote against expansion of the league.

"A committee was formed from various schools within the league which consisted of superintendents, principals and athletic directors, some of which were on the Southeastern Ohio Athletic Board," Frantz added. "We tried to get all schools in the conference, schools with or without football and in the big and small divisions (on the committee)."

Any change in the league would effect all the members. Among the concerns Frantz cited were division alignment, non-conference schedules and the strong state of the SOC as it is.

"With any addition to the league there is a rippledown effect that gives all schools different concerns," Frantz said. "If one school comes in it changes the whole league... As of right now we feel like the league is in a good state. It's a highly competitive league."

Portsmouth and South Gallia needed a 75 percent of the vote to get in meaning that if all 16 SOC schools voted, 12 would have had to vote for acceptance. Because it was a silent vote, Frantz said individual school's votes could not be released. According to the SOC constitution, a request from one school is enough to enact a silent vote and Frantz confirmed that one school did request that.

"Personally, I feel for Portsmouth because I understand the predicament they are in with the travel and how far they have to go," Frantz said. "It wasn't what was best for the league as a whole."

Despite not being admitted to the league in other attempts, Albrecht thought this might have been the year.

"We were very optmistic as this process began...," he said. "We're just like anybody else that's graduating 110 people...That's why I really though we were going to be a good fit.

"I expressed to Dave that we appreciate everything they've done for us," Albrecht added. "In the future if the invitation is there we would accept. When they're ready we'll be waiting for them."

JOHN STEGEMAN can be reached at jstegeman02@hotmail.com

I like this e-mail Clay vice

I also like it, Clay- A LOT!

My brother, Jim, forwarded this, or something to the same effect, from Ebbie Glockner a while back:

This is good. C.V.


People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

-this version is credited to Mother Teresa

No religion? No problem USA Today 4-6-09

I am a Christian.

Obama tells the world that the USA is not a Christian nation. Perhaps we never were, but we had dedicated servant-leaaders who believed in christian principles. Their leadership and God's blessings have brought us the freedoms we enjoy in America. Our fighting men, not our politicians, have preserved those freedoms.

No Religion? No problem was in this past Monday's USA Today (15A), claiming 20% non-religious Americans by Nica Lalli. "Nothing: Something to believe in" is her latest book.

We will see many more articles and series such as this to be presented in the national conversation Mondays by USA Today. One can also go to religion.usatoday.com to read the series.

Christ died for each of us and will advocate to His Father on our behalf:

The Park Shoppe e-mail Frank Hunter

Here are a real bunch of Portsmouth names. The Clark twins, Carl and Clare, and I worked as ushers at the Ohio Theatre in New Boston during our senior year (49-50). We went to Grierson's Inn and Joe's and found that all high schoolers, boys and girls, spent time there. In contrast, it seems girls were rarely found at the Mound Park, the Sugar Bowl, or the Park Shoppe. I met my wife Jeanie there in New Boston, Carl met Emma Mills whom he married, and Clare (now deceased, dated a few of the New Boston girls.


Hi Kegley bros,
This was in our 3rd newsletter. If you have not read it, you may want to forward it


Dozens of classmates and others can call
themselves members of the Park Shoppe gang. I
was one of those and would like to remember
some of the group.
We went through at least three owners that I
can remember. There was Russ (can’t remember
his last name), Clarence Evans and George
Banchy. Clarence was the most irritable and
George was perhaps the most tolerant of the
three. Clarence was a bit like Basil Faulty of the
English tv comedy series, Faulty Towers. He was
high-strung and short tempered. He wanted our
business but would be quick to toss out anyone
for the slightest reason. His son Larry (a great
buddy of ours) was his waiter and busboy who
was frequently caught in the middle.
We spent hours playing the two pinball
machines at a nickel a game. We drank lemon or
cherry cokes or phosphates (nickel a glass) and
gobbled down their famous pork barbeque sand-
wich. As we neared drinking age(?), many an
elbow was bent in the back room. The best sell-
er was Burger beer, of course.
Some of the names I will not forget: Bill
Banchy, Mark Banchy, Nelson (Nellie) Barker,
Bob (or Phil) Bickham, Jackie Brown, Buddy
Burger, Jack (Bat) Burgess, Larry Coriell, Jack
Duschinsky, Larry Evans, Jim Gardner, Jerry
Gillen, Dick (Hans Gans Afghanistan) Hansgen,
Bill (Animal or Ank) Hilderbrand, Jim (Big
Animal) Hilderbrand, Jim Kegley, Dick Klitch and
his father, TerryKouns, Paul Ladomer, Marlene
Larch, Jim Lauter, Skip Martin, Dave Marting,
Howard (BI) McCoy, Val Minch, Dave Otworth, Al
Oxley, Lovel Pack, Ken Payne, Dick Purpura, Sam
Pollock, Fred Ramsey, Don Stamper, Barbara
Spears, J.B. Warden, (a newcomer from
Roanoke, VA), Nancy Witten, Dick Woolwine,
Mike Zuliani, and other names which are some-
where in my memory and others I have since for-
gotten. To them I apologize
Most of us just sat on the wall across the alley
and next to the tennis courts. We sat and talked
and waited for someone to drive up and give us a
ride around the boulevard or perhaps to the
Cycle Inn or the Shawnee drive-in. The cars had
names like “The Green Hornet”, or “The
Neltilus”. Help me remember...
This was our hangout, our watering hole and
a safe place where our parents knew they could
always find us. It was a place for tennis breaks, a
snow cone during the industrial league softball
games or a place to buy your out of town paper.
I always hoped that one of our classmates would
revive that institution called the Park Shoppe.

John Calipari- Refuse to lose 1996 Forward by R Pitino

I was fortunate to pick up a copy of the book: John Calipari with Dick Weiss and forward by Rick Pitino- at the Westerville library.

Here are a few nuggets I gleaned from the book:

In 1988, when RP, part of UMass's coach search committee, was called and told they had eliminated John Calipari from consideration, he asked them to schedule a special meeting. Rick gave an ardent speech for John Calipari. "They had offered John a $63,000 package. "But", they said, "we don't have $63,000. Would you be willing to kick in $5,000?" So I did.

The book is mainly about Caliparii's coaching days at UMass. He brought them out of the cellar to many wins and into the NCAA semi-final and a close 81-74 loss to Kentucky in 1996.

At the time the book was published, John was head coach for the New Jersey Nets. In the last paragraph of the book, John says:

"When I look back at my career, my definition of success is, did I make a difference? Did I make a difference on this campus? Did I make a difference in people's lives? Are my players better off now than they were when they arrived? Have I prepared them for life? If I can answer yes to those questions, and if I have accomplished those goals, then I've had success."

Of course, John Calipari has since had nine successful seasons at Memphis. We Kentucky fans are hoping he will have that many seasons and more at UK. We hope he will hang more banners. We hope for continued success for Coach Calipari.

Good news for UK Wildcat basketball- Calipari

This is old news by now, but the LCJ has this on John Calipari's hiring by UK:


Calipari hired to hang banners
New UK coach eager to accept challenge
By Brett Dawson • bdawson@courier-journal.com • April 2, 2009

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- John Calipari yesterday was placed in charge of the University of Kentucky's basketball future. It didn't take long for him to give a nod to its past.



During his opening statement at his introductory news conference, the Wildcats' new coach mentioned four former UK coaches, four former players and longtime equipment manager Bill Keightley, who died a year ago this week.

And just before he took questions from the media at the Joe Craft Center, Calipari gestured toward the wall where banners hang commemorating the Cats' seven NCAA championships.

"Can you imagine -- they don't put banners up here for anything else except national champions?" he said. "That's why you want to coach here. We want to compete every year and hopefully add to this wall."

Calipari, 50, replaces Billy Gillispie, who was fired last week not only for his 40-27 record after two seasons but for being -- in the words of UK athletic director Mitch Barnhart and university President Lee Todd -- a bad fit for the program.

Gillispie didn't understand the scope of the position, they said. He didn't deal well with the public nature of the job.

The hope at UK is that Calipari -- who was 252-69 in nine seasons at Memphis -- is more suited to the job.

"There's a variety of characteristics I think you've got to have to have to be successful at Kentucky, and he's got a lot of them," Barnhart said. "He's got the courage. He's not afraid of it. He's passionate. I think he's got a very good sense of humor. He has the ability to relate to people. He's a giver and not a taker."

Hiring that mix of characteristics didn't come cheap. Calipari signed an eight-year contract worth $31.65 million, plus possible incentives, over the life of the deal. It is believed to make him college basketball's highest-paid coach, according to UK.

In return, Calipari will be expected to do for college basketball's all-time winningest program what he did for Massachusetts and Memphis: lift it into national championship contention -- and in short order.

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Calipari took UMass to a Final Four in 1996 -- it was later vacated when the NCAA ruled that star Marcus Camby had accepted benefits from a sports agent -- and built Memphis into a national powerhouse that lost in last season's NCAA title game.



He inherits a UK program that hasn't advanced to the Sweet 16 since 2005 and hasn't been to a Final Four since 1998, when it last won the NCAA championship.

But Calipari sounded yesterday as if he's ready for the challenge. To hear him tell it, he's been preparing for it for more than 17 years.

"This is pretty heady stuff for me," he said. "But this is a dream I had since we brought our (Massachusetts) team down here (to play UK) in 1992. … I couldn't believe the environment. At that point I said, 'I would love to coach there someday.' "

He didn't get the chance two years ago, when UK hired Gillispie to replace Tubby Smith.

Barnhart said yesterday that not pursuing Calipari then was "my mistake."

This time around he targeted Calipari from the start, but he had to make sure he was finding the right fit.

Barnhart said he and Sandy Bell, UK's head of compliance, worked with the NCAA in a thorough examination of Calipari's background, and they came away satisfied.

"Our commitment at the University of Kentucky to compliance and discipline has always been strong, and that will not change," Barnhart said. "John's commitment to compliance and discipline has always been strong, and that will not change."

Further, Barnhart said, he believes he found a coach who "understands the demands of the job and the expectations of our fans and supporters."

Calipari addressed those demands and expectations yesterday, both with humor and with a more serious tone.

Asked about the second-guessing that's sure to come with the job, he joked, "Do they question coaches here?"

But he added that he and his wife, Ellen, will be involved in the community and that "there will be no bigger cheerleader for this place than me."

Calipari also sounded keenly aware that being the right fit means winning, early and often. Still he cautioned that fans shouldn't expect miracles.

The Cats' two best players -- sophomore Patrick Patterson and junior Jodie Meeks -- are candidates to enter the NBA draft, and though Calipari is a standout recruiter who could bring impact players with him immediately, UK already has more eligible players for next season, including three 2009 recruits signed under Gillispie, than it has available scholarships.

"I'm a regular guy, folks," Calipari said. "I do not walk on water. I do not have a magic wand. I'm day-to-day. I told Dr. Todd and Mitch, 'If you want something to happen in a year, do not hire me.' That's not how I do things. But when we get it right, you notice we're No. 1 in the country, we're No. 1 seeds (in the NCAA Tournament), we're playing in Final Fours -- when you get it right."

Brett Dawson can be reached at (859) 523-0706.