Author Archives: sdbowling

About sdbowling

Director of the Breathitt County Public Library and Heritage Center in Jackson, Kentucky.

Isaac Plummer

Posted on December 5, 2024 by sdbowling

Soldier of the Week
Isaac Plummer
5th Kentucky Mounted Infantry
13th Kentucky Cavalry
Confederate States Army Continue reading →

Posted in Breathitt County, Civil War, Confederate Army, Military | Tagged 13th Kentucky Cavalry, 5th Kentucky Infantry, Breathitt County, Civil War, Confederate Army, Evans Family, Jackson, Means Family, Military, Plummer Family | Leave a comment

John Dale

Posted on November 23, 2024 by sdbowling

Soldier of the Week
John Dale
147th Infantry
World War I Casualty Continue reading →

Posted in Breathitt County, Military, United States Army, World War I | Tagged Argonne, Breathitt County, Cannon Family, Dale Family, France, United States Army, World War I, ww1 | Leave a comment

John Wesley Huff

Posted on November 15, 2024 by sdbowling

Soldier of the Week
John Wesley Huff
Company D, 47th Kentucky Infantry
United States Army, Civil War Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War, Military, Union Army | Tagged 47th Kentucky Infantry, Burch Family, Civil War, Cope Family, Huff Family, Jackson County, Owsley County, United States Army | Leave a comment

Wreck Killed Five From Breathitt

Posted on November 13, 2024 by sdbowling

Five members of a Breathitt County family were killed in a tragic train crash in 1912. Learn more about the accident that claimed the Chaney family of Haddix. Continue reading →

Posted in Breathitt County, Disasters, Railroad, Tragedy | Tagged Accident, Breathitt County, Chaney Family, Haddix Cemetery, Haddix Family, Stanton Cemetery, Train Accident, Train Wreck | Leave a comment

Breathitt’s First Modern Deer Hunt

Posted on November 8, 2024 by sdbowling

Deer hunting was ended by the Kentucky Legislature in 1916 and would not return for 40 years until 1956. Learn about Breathitt’s first modern deer hunt. Continue reading →

Posted in Breathitt County, Entertainment, Hunting, Laws, Sports, Traditions | Tagged Bach Family, Breathitt County, Deer, Deer Hunting, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Drake Family, Game Warden, Hunting, Noble Family, Robinson Forest, Whitetail | Leave a comment

Cornwallis Irvine Pugh

Posted on November 7, 2024 by sdbowling

Soldier of the Week
Cornwallis Irvine Pugh
Company G, 45th Kentucky Infantry
United States Army
Civil War Continue reading →

Posted in Breathitt County, Civil War, Military, Religion, Union Army | Tagged 24th Kentucky Infantry, 45th Kentucky Infantry, Bailey Family, Civil War, Military, Pugh Family, Union Army | Leave a comment

John P. Gum

Posted on October 29, 2024 by sdbowling

Soldier of the Week
John P. Gum
5th Kentucky Mounted Infantry
Confederate States Army Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War, Confederate Army, Military, Tragedy | Tagged 5th Kentucky Infantry, Burton Family, Civil War, Company B, Confederate Army, Gum Family | Leave a comment

Woodrow Wilson Hays

Posted on October 24, 2024 by sdbowling

Soldier of the Week
Woodrow Wilson Hays
United States Army Continue reading →

Posted in Accidents, Breathitt County, Military, United States Army | Tagged Civilian Conservation Corps, Clemons Family, Hays Family, Snowden Cemetery, United States Army | Leave a comment

Cood Bowling took a lethal dose of morphine in the Breathitt County Jail allegedly to stop the ghost of his victim from visiting. Learn more about this little remembered Breathitt County tragedy. Continue reading →

Posted in Breathitt County, Feuds, Middle Fork, Murder, Tragedy | Tagged Bowling Family, Breathitt County, Callahan Family, Feuds, Griffith Family, Jackson, James H. Hargis, Louisville Legion, Morphine, Murder, Ned Callahan, Suicide | Leave a comment

James Epperson Jackson

Posted on October 2, 2024 by sdbowling

Soldier of the Week
James Epperson Jackson
10th Kentucky Cavalry
Confederate States Army Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War, Confederate Army, Military | Tagged 10th Kentucky Cavalry, Civil War, Confederate Army, Diamond's 10th Kentucky Cavalry, Jackson Family, Matney Family, Owsley County, Travellers Rest, Vincent Kentucky | Leave a comment