Information (per Pat Beadle) from records of Julian K. Wood of Bagdad Ky. See reverse side of Luther Wilson Ethington FGS.
See also Ancestral File AFN: BP14-85.
Letter from Reed Ethington of Chandler AZ to HDE 20 Dec 2000:"...In looking through some of my records I came across this old letter from L.C. Woods from Pleaseureville KY written in 1954. I thought you might find it interesting."
That letter follows:Pleasureville KY
Oct 7, 1954
Dear Mr. EthingtonIn reply to your recent letter, I went to Shelbyville to talk to Robert Ethington's widow regarding Annie Wood, wife of George Washington Ethington. She was the daughter of William Wood born in Va about 1800, and his wife was Sara Mueller born about 1806. We do not now where she was born, but William Wood met her at a quilting party in Middletown Ky. He used to wagon sugar etc. from Louisville--stopped there to spend the night to rest his horse. They were married in Middletown about 1826. She died when my father, Stephen Wood was born in 1848. Her father's name was Barton Mueller. William Wood's father was Richard Wood, born in England.
This is all the information we have. My father was the youngest child of eight, and we cannot find the old bible with the correct dates.
Hope this is the information you need. Am returning your check.
Yours truly
L. C. Wood
Notes by HDE:
1. "I went to Shelbyville to talk to Robert Ethington's widow regarding Annie Wood." This is probably a reference to Robert Lee Ethington (son of George Washington Ethington and Nancy Ann Wood) and Robert's wife Ida Mary Wood. Ida died in February 1959, just four years after this letter was written in Shelbyville. Robert had died earlier in 1932.2. Middletown Kentucky lies about 10 miles East of Louisville on present day US 60. It is about 30 miles from Shelbyville.
From Pat Beadle:
Sarah Miller was born about 1810, Jefferson Co. KY, died about 1857 in Shelby Co KY. Buried at Union Church. Daughter of Wendell Miller (?) and Nancy Stucky.
Moved to Missouri, died there.
Letter from Betty Ann Bowles to HDE dated 23 Aug 1992:
"Aaron Clark according to family tradition (from my grandfather and Cousin James W. Ethington of Seattle) brought his family to America from Northern Ireland when his daughter Eleanor was 9 years old. I haven't been able to prove this. I haven't been able to determine what year they came although several people have searched ships records for me. I do know he was in Bourbon Co KY by 1 Jul 1811 for he bought land there. This land was sold 16 Feb 1817 and then Aaron first appeared on Henry Co tax in 1819. His wife was Jane ______, and their issure were (see family group sheet)."
Will of Aaron Clark (Will book 2 page 297 Henry Co KY)
I Aaron Clark... to my wife Jame Clarke, sons Robert and Mathew Clarke, with Eleanor, Mary, and James, John, and Jeane Clark, the remaining children...
Proven in September term of Henry Co Court 1819.
Birth: Letter from John B. Clark to HDE dated 2 Jan 1995 shows date of birth as 1778, and place: Ireland.
Researcher on Shelby Co KY Clarke family is (Spring 1996):
Helen Ruth Renner
104 N Meadows Lane
Montgomery City MO 63361See correspondence in her file.
The mother of Eleanor Clark-13 married to James Ethington-10 is identified in the marriage record as "Jane".