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First United Methodist Church
Prestonsburg, Kentucky
�The art glass windows of our church are a true treasure, and could probably
not be replaced today by a congregation of our size.
The church's windows are of high quality, and were executed by the R. Mueller
studio of Cincinnati (a firm about which little is known, and which is absent from
internet references). The windows were contracted for the church by the building
committee as a part of the original plans and were always meant to be paid for by
memorials from the congregation. The intervention of World War I and the
Spanish Flu Pandemic greatly upset those plans as several leading members of the
building committee and congregation were killed by the epidemic, and church
services were cancelled by the Public Health Service for months. Amidst pleas
from the Muler Company to make payment as quickly as possible due to rampant
inflation the windows were eventually installed; and were even given a face lift in
recent times to combat the effects of time. One unattributed window was
removed from the back of the Historical Room to give access to the Education
Building. It is stored upstairs. Another stained glass window (built with a
different technology) was installed in the Family Life Center (also unattributed)
keeping the total number of stained glass windows in the building the same.
This study of our church’s windows is submitted by the church historian in hope
that it will stir memories of the past and kindle a new appreciation for the
treasures that surround us. I hope that this study will be kept current by future
church historians as new stained glass may be added so that a comprehensive
record may always be available to every member of our congregation
Special thanks to Gary William for his excellent photography. F.D.Davis
��P. D. Harmison ( 1853--1892)
Mr. Harmison (Bud) was a Prestonsburg merchant and first husband of Josephine
Martin Harmison-Davidson (married 4/22/1880). Harmison was the business
partner of Isaac Richmond (Note the I. Richmond Store still standing on Front
Street; formerly known as Harmison-Richmond) and the younger brother of Frank
Harmison, a Baltimore capitalist who funded stores in larger towns along the Ohio
River. Josie Davidson indicates in her autobiography that she first saw Mr.
Harmison in a Methodist Church meeting in the old Floyd County Court House
(when we were an itinerate congregation) and thought him to be the most
handsome man she had ever met. (Ms. Davidson tactfully wrote this after the
death of her second husband.) Mr. Harmison built what we now know as the
Layne house just across the parking lot from the Church. Mr. Harmison died in
1892, Isaac Richmond purchased his business interest, Will Layne bought the
Harmison House, and his widow, Josephine, married A. J. Davidson. P.D.
Harmison is buried in the Harmison Family Cemetery in West Virginia.
��William Keith: (1809—1877)
Rev. William J. Keith (Preacher Billy) was the oldest child of James Keith & his
wife Amy Morrison who came to Floyd county, Kentucky, from Patrick county,
Virginia. Rev. William J. Keith married Ann Clark a daughter of Lucy Clark, a
widow, in Patrick County, Virginia, December 31, 1835. They migrated to Floyd
County about 1840, coming through the Cumberland Gap in a covered wagon.
After a three week trip, they settled in what was known at the time as the “Old
Mayo Settlement”.
"Preacher Billy", as he was affectionately called, probably married more couples
than any other minister in the early period of our county. He was a Methodist
minister; William Keith’s father, James Keith, was also was a Methodist preacher.
William J. Keith buried the Unknown Soldier, whose grave is located on Bull
Mountain a few miles from Prestonsburg. (Actually, the soldier’s name is William
Byrd, and he is buried in the side yard of Nancy Davis’ childhood home in the gap
of the hill where US 23 crosses from Prestonsburg to Allen.) Rev. Keith probably
buried other unknown confederate casualties of the war (because of our Church’s
affiliation with the Southern Methodist Convention). His picture hung in our old
church building on Court Street for many years.
**Parts of this information were taken from an essay prepared Mrs. Irene James
McIntosh, and was used with slight modification and addition for this monograph.
The full file may be viewed at:
http://files.usgwarchives.org/ky/floyd/history/other/keithmor60nms.txt
��Caroline Hatcher Burns (1836—1915)
Ms. Burns was the daughter of John G. Hatcher and Theresa Stratton (Sam
Hatcher’s second or third great uncle, and who is the source of much of this
information). Born 11-21-1836 in Floyd Co. KY, she died 11-16-1913 in
Lawrence Co. KY, according to genealogical records, 11-16-1915 according to our
Church’s records.. She married Roland T. Burns who was born about 1834 in
Lawrence Co., KY, and died about 1880 in Lawrence Co., KY. She is listed by the
US Census as homemaker. Mr. and Ms. Burns had one daughter: Catherine Burns
born about 1859. Ms. Burns was the sister-in-law of Joseph M. Davidson and
close relative (by marriage) of Josephine Davidson-Harkins. The law offices of
her husband Roland T. Burns and his partner Alex Lackey still stand in Louisa as
historical structures. (Incidentally, Alex Lackey was the son of Elizabeth MartinLackey, the brother of Morgan Lackey, the uncle of Josie Davidson, and cousins to
Josephine Davidson and her sisters!) An entry in the Book of Golden Memories
indicates a death date of 11-16-1915 and contains a notation stating “Caroline
Hatcher Burns, wife of Roland T. Burns, was a perfect help-mate and mother, a
never failing friend to all who knew her, and a true undeviating Christian.” The
entry was made by Mrs. Lucien S. Johnson and Ms. Thurza B. Williamson.
��Lamar Combs (1912—1917)
Arthur Lamar Combs was the son of French and Minta (Perkins) Combs, brother
of Ballard Fletcher Combs, Leroy Combs, and Paul C. Combs. Lamar was the
third son of the family, born in 1912 and died as the result of an illness, I am
indebted to James A. Combs and Barkley Sturgill who provided this information.
Lamar is also listed in the Book of Golden Memories with a birth date of 2-1-1912
and a date of death of March 13, 1917. The memorial was recorded by his parents
Mr. and Ms. B. F. Combs.
��Martha Holifield (1849-1/14/1917)
Martha Holifield was a Charter Member of Adah Chapter No. 24, of the Eastern
Star in Prestonsburg. (The Chapter was instituted July 27, 1904.) She died
January 14, 1917. The last report of Chapter records that she was listed on
recorded the date of her death and bears an annotation which states (Honorary
Member of this Chapter). Carolyn Perkins, Grand Secretary of Kentucky Order of
the Eastern Star (who provided this information) speculated that she might have
been an early casualty of the Spanish Flu; a pandemic influenza that paralyzed the
community and took many lives.
Ms. Holifield was the wife of Jacob Holifield and was born in Virginia as per the
US Census of 1870. Given that her oldest child was born in Kentucky, Ms.
Holifield apparently immigrated to Floyd County shortly after the close of the
Civil War in 1865 or 1866. Vicki Ellis’ research indicates that Ms. Holifield was
one of the original 100 members of the Church (actually our oldest church register
shows her as member number one). Vicki also discovered that the “Book of
Golden Memories” contains a 1934 annotation that indicates she was known as
“Ma” Holifield and that she was born in 1814 and died in 1917, making her 103
years old at the time of her death if those dates are accurate. Data from the 1870
U.S. Census indicates that she was born between 1849 and 1850, and a grave stone
at the mouth of Trimble Branch indicates a birth year of 1850, which this author
accepts as a more likely date. The Book of Golden Memories entry was made by
Dr. Martin R. Leetie who added the annotation that “she is a saint in Heaven. A
picture of Jacob and Martha Holifield may be found in most published histories of
Floyd County genealogy.
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�James Morgan Lackey (1812-1889)
Prestonsburg merchant, an early Methodist, and leader of the Temperance
Movement (anti-alcohol) in Floyd County. Lackey settled in Prestonsburg in the
spring of 1839 and engaged in stock driving and selling goods in partnership with
John Preston Martin. He was the son of Floyd County Pioneer Alexander Lackey,
who owned a farm at the forks of Beaver Creek. (In all probability, he was the one
who managed the family business and provided his widowed relative, Elizabeth
Lackey-Martin; her under-aged children; and his two orphaned nieces (Josie
Martin-Davidson and her sister).
Perry states in his article “Wets vs. Drys” that Mr. Lackey succeeded in closing all
the saloons in Prestonsburg for a short period in the 1880’s (1887 being the year
mentioned). He was the bachelor uncle of Josie Davidson and was an important
part of her early life. He took Josie on her first steam boat trip to Cincinnati
traveling from Catlettsburg, Kentucky on the steamer Potomac, returning on the
steamer the Hudson. He is buried in the Porter Cemetery behind the May House
in Prestonsburg.
��Judith Lackey-Davidson (1809—1874)
Ms. Davidson was the daughter of Alexander Lackey, the wife of Samuel Patton
Davidson, and mother of Alexander Davidson, Mary M. Davidson, Elizabeth
Davidson, Joseph Morgan Davidson, Martha Davidson, Green Davidson, Victoria
Virginia Davidson, Andrew J. Davidson, John P. Davidson, and Samuel P.
Davidson. Ms. Davidson successfully managed the family’s plantation holding
and business interests after her husband’s death on August 8th, 1854. The 1860
Decennial Census of the United States lists Ms. Davidson as one of the county’s
largest slave holders.
����Walter S. Wells (1888—1918)
Mr. Wells was born in Johnson County, but came to Floyd County to play baseball
for the Middle Creek Coal Company. He became a leading figure in Floyd
County’s early coal industry, and was perhaps its youngest operator. In particular,
he became manager of Middle Creek Coal and, later, various coal companies all
over the county. He joined our Church in 1911. He was married to Elizabeth
Archer, Daughter of George and Emma Archer and was the father of Emma Wells
May and Elizabeth Wells Spurlock. He was elected secretary of the building
committee for our Church and served in that capacity until his death from Spanish
Influenza. According to Emma Wells May’s history of our Church, our bell was
first used to toll out Mr. Wells’ thirty years of life which ended on October 4,
1918.
��There are two possible historical references for James H. Spradlin. I tend toward
the second Mr. Spradlin.
James (Jim) H. Spradlin (1830—5/26/1912)
JAMES H. SPRADLIN: born in Floyd County, KY, on April 6, 1836, enlisted in
1863 in Co. G of the 7th Btn Confederate Cavalry and served under Gen. John
Hunt Morgan during his last Kentucky raid and participated with Sid Cook's men
during a raid on Paintsville in 1864. He surrendered near Christiansburg, VA, on
April 12, 1865, and returned to Johnson County, where he lived in the Greasy
Creek section and in Paintsville until his death on August 24, 1912. He applied for
a Confederate pension on May 6, 1912, but died before action could be taken. He
is buried in the Old Paintsville Cemetery. He was first married to Amanda
Stafford and later married Jane Wheeler after his first wife’s death.
James Hogan Spradlin (1878—1916)
Son of James Laffayyete Spradllin and Calista Webb, Mr. Spradlin was a lawyer.
His death certificate indicates he died of pulmonary tuberculosis on April 10th,
1916.
��Samuel May (1820—1904) Mary Osborne May (1823—1909)
Samuel May, the uncle of Rev. Samuel May (the subject of our window) one of the
pioneer builders of Floyd County and is noted as being a Methodist. By turns a
carpenter, surveyor, contractor, ferryman, innkeeper, farmer, justice of the peace,
gold prospector, and politician, he built the county's first permanent courthouse,
established one of its first saw and grist mills, and, from 1832 to 1839, represented
the county in the state legislature. He was also the first Floyd Countian to sign a
contract involving the development of coal. In 1842, having overextended himself,
Samuel deeded the May Farm to his brother, Thomas May. He died in the
California gold fields in 1851.
Thomas May divided the original May farm into two parts and presented them to
two of his sons, William James May and Samuel May. Mary Osborne was
Samuel’s wife, married in Russell County Virginia on March 9th, 1843. We may
assume that Thomas made his gift at some point after the wedding.
David Herford of Prestonsburg, a descendant of this “Second Samuel May” provided the May House
achieves with this photograph of Samuel and his wife, Mary Osborne. During the second half of the 19th
Century, Samuel operated the saw mill and grist mill located at the mouth of Abbott Creek (the loss of
this same grist mill by confederate forces in 1862 being one of the deciding factors in Humphreys forced
retreat into Virginia in 1862). His residence was on the east bank of the Sandy, opposite the saw mill. He
was, of course, the son of Thomas May and the nephew of the original Samuel May, builder of the May
House in Prestonsburg.
Samuel is mentioned by Emma Well’s May’s history of our Church as Rev. Samuel May, as does the
window dedicated to his memory, and lists him and Mary as being among the first 100 members of the
Church. Given the other information collected, this author considers it probable that he at one time
functioned as pastor of our Church, although that will require additional research. The Book of Golden
Memories records a notation from Samuel’s son, Bascom May that “Samuel was a faithful soldier of the
cross, a consistent witness, both by his manner of life and personal testimony”. Both Samuel and Mary
are buried behind the May House in Prestonsburg.
�Thomas May (1787-1867)
Thomas May was the brother of Samuel May and one of the founders of Pike County. After Samuel
deeded him the May farm, Thomas paid off Samuel May’s mortgage and saved his brother from
bankruptcy. Since 1842, except for a brief period, the Samuel May House has remained in the hands of
Thomas May's descendants
�Belle Starke
Davidson (1854--1891)
First wife of A. J. Davidson, Belle and Andrew J. were married 1890. Belle died 1891. She was the
mother of one child, Andrew Jackson Davidson, Jr. Bell is buried in the Old Richmond Cemetery
on Earl Street in Prestonsburg.
�Mary Matilda (Davidson) May (18311901) [The reference could also refer to Mary Osborn May, included in the biography of Samuel
May. The records are unclear. Given the strong ties of most of the windows to the Davidson
Family, the author felt that Mary Matilda was the most likely subject of the window.]
�First wife of A. J. May, referred to by Mr. May with the pet name of Matt in a letter proposing
marriage. Mr. May was a prominent military leader during the Civil war and, after Prestonsburg
fell to Union forces, Ms. May was trapped in her mother’s house and was threatened with
imprisonment as the wife of a “confederate noble”. Ms. May was reportedly rescued by her
husband and taken safely to Virginia where she lived out the remainder of her life. Ms. May was a
sister to A. J. Davidson, and was the Aunt of A.J May’s second wife, Nelle Bly Davidson.
HOPKINS, Francis Alexander (1853—1918) Alice G. Hopkins (1857—1932)
Mr. Hopkins was a Representative from Kentucky; born in Jeffersonville, Tazewell County, Va., May 27,
1853; attended the public schools and the Tazewell High School; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
November 1874 and commenced practice in Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Ky. Mr. Hopkins was also
engaged in agricultural pursuits; was commissioner of common schools 1882-1884; was a member of the
State constitutional convention in 1890; was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth
Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907); and was unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to the
Sixtieth Congress. Mr. Hopkins was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1916; resumed
agricultural pursuits and the practice of law in Prestonsburg, Ky., and died there on June 5, 1918. He and
is wife Alice G. Hopkins are interred in Davidson Cemetery. Frank Hopkins was chairman of the
�building committee for our present sanctuary and died from Spanish Flu Pandemic which reached its
height in the year of his death.
He married Alice Gray Davidson in 1876, the daughter of Joseph Morgan and Mary Amanda Hatcher.
He was a mason of very high status, was instrumental in introducing improved livestock into Eastern
Kentucky, and—during the Constitutional Convention of 1890—introduced language simplifying Eastern
Kentucky mineral titles.
Alice Gray (Davidson) Hopkins was the daughter of Joseph Morgan and Mary Amanda (Hatcher)
Davidson. She acquired a very extensive liberal education, attending a female seminary and finishing
school at Steubenville, Ohio and a school at College Hill. She was a faithful Methodist. She was the
mother of Joseph Davidson Hopkins, Elizabeth Anne Hopkins, Mary Martha Hopkins, John Calvin
Hopkins, and Josephine Davidson Hopkins. She died in May, 1932.
Sources: (political graveyard, Floyd County); Kerr, Connelly, & Coulter; Emma Wells May
�Elizabeth Ann Harkins Johns (1839—1883)
Elizabeth was the daughter of Hugh Harkins and the wife of John Graham Johns Married 1865).
She was the mother of Hugh Harkins, Emma Archer, Elizabeth (Johns) Robinson and Tom Johns.
John Graham Johns, a graduate of Emory and Henry College in Virginia. He was a merchant and
served as both circuit and county court clerk through about 1874.
�Elizabeth
Lackey Martin (1814—1889)
Wife of wealthy Prestonsburg merchant and land owner John P. Martin (for whom Martin County is
named), and daughter of General Greenville Lackey. Elizabeth was the aunt of Josie (Martin) HarmisonDavidson and raised both Josie and her sister after Josie’s father’s and mother’s death shortly after the
Civil War. Ms. Martin’s household in 1870 was a prestigious one, containing merchant and temperance
leader James Morgan Lackey (Ms. Martin’s Bachelor brother), Josie Davidson and her sister, Josie’s
brother (who was actually being raised by a Tremble family in Paintsville), and Alex L. (who practiced as
an attorney). Ms. Martin moved to Pike County to be near Josie in her last years but returned with Josie
to Prestonsburg, dying of a stroke after a long illness.
�Summary of those Honored by the Angel Window follows:
�Walter Scott Harkins (9/25/1857—2/24/1929) JOSEPHINE Davidson HARKINS (1859—1946)
Mr. Harkins was a lawyer, a business man, the founder and president of the Bank Josephine, and business
partner of John C. C. Mayo (Eastern Kentucky’s foremost coal baron of the last century). He married
Josephine B. Davidson for whom his bank was named. His biography noted that he was a devout
Methodist. He was a major contributor to the construction of our Church and his family continues to
support special projects (like the organ restoration) to the present day. He owned and developed
extensive mineral holdings which continue to be managed by his descendants. He and his sons also
developed and managed extensive oil and gas interests in Eastern Kentucky; connecting Louisville and
other cities to Eastern Kentucky’s gas fields by pipeline.
Ms. Josephine Harkins was a native of Prestonsburg, the daughter of Joseph Morgan Davidson and Mary
Amanda (Hatcher) Davidson; and the granddaughter of Samuel Polly Davidson and Judith Lackey
Davidson. She was a member of the Prestonsburg United Methodist Church. She was the wife of Walter
S. Harkins, a prominent Prestonsburg lawyer, banker, and business partner of coal baron John CC Mayo.
Her many contributions to our Church include our fabulous pipe organ, made possible by a gift of several
thousand dollars from Ms. Harkins and her family in 1935: A gift that would be worth over $238,000 as
measured in 2007 dollars (based on GDP Per Capita). She was the name sake of the Bank Josephine and
was known for her rail excursions to Right and Left Beaver Creeks to visit mining operations being
conducted on her husband’s extensive mineral interests. She was a cousin to Josie Davidson and was her
life-long traveling companion and friend.
�Hiram H. Fitzpatrick (1851—1924) Sallie (Mary) Fitzpatrick (1856—1935)
General Store owned by Thomas May and Hiram
Fitzpatrick: Sally Dingus’album). Harkin’s Law Office is in the background.
HIRAM H. FITZPATRICK, a native of Floyd County, Ky., was born July 25, 1851,
and is a son of Henry C. and Minerva (Hamilton) Fitzpatrick, also natives of
Floyd County. Grandfather Johnathan Fitzpatrick came from Virginia, and was
of Irish descent; the maternal grandfather was Stephen Hamilton. Hiram H.
Fitzpatrick has always resided in Floyd County, and in 1874 was elected
County and Circuit Clerk, being in politics a Democrat. In 1877 he married
Miss Mary S. Davidson, daughter of Joseph M. Davidson, of Floyd County. The Battle of Middle Creek
was fought on Hiram’s ancestral Farm on the Forks of Middle Creek.
** excerpt from: Kentucky; A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kiffin, 8-B, 1887 Floyd County
Marriage Record:
15 April, 1877
�Hiram C. Fitzpatrick, 24, resident of Prestonsburg, Floyd Co., KY,
occupation Clerk.
Mary S. Davidson, 21, daughter of Joseph M.
Both born in Floyd County, KY
Census Record 1880:
Household #32
Precinct#8 Prestonsburg
Fitzpatrick, Hiram H. 28 Circuit County Clerk, KY
Sallie 24, Wife
Henry D. 11/12 Son b. June 1879
Tidbit: Mary S. Fitzpatrick also went by the name Sallie Fitzpatrick,
and acted on occasion as a witness on marriage records signed
by her husband.
Hiram and Sallie Fitzpatrick are listed by Emma Well’s May’s history as being among the first 100
members of our Church. Sallie was active in the Lady’s Missionary Society and other Church functions
for many years. Hiram operated a general store at the corner of Court Street and Arnold Avenue in
partnership with Thomas May (see attached 1919 photograph). Hiram is the grandfather of H. D.
Fitzpatrick Jr. and the great-grandfather of Frank Fitzpatrick. Hiram and Sallie Fitzpatrick are buried in
the (Davidson-Harkins Cemetery, overlooking the old grade school in Prestonsburg.
Anna Martin Davidson Padgett (1864—1885))
Anna was the daughter of Joseph M. and Mary Amanda Hatcher Davidson and the sister of Mary Sallie
Davidson Fitzpatrick, wife of Hiram Hamilton Fitzpatrick; Josephine Beauregard Davidson Harkins, wife
of Walter Scott Harkins, and namesake of The Bank Josephine; and Alice G. Davidson Hopkins, wife of
Frank A. Hopkins. Anna’s first marriage was to Jacob Schumacher, chief clerk of Isaac Richmond Stores
�(and the man who introduced Josie Martin to her first Husband P.D. Harmison), and her second marriage
was to T. G. Padgett of Morgan County. Josie Martin-Davidson indicates in her autobiography that Ms.
Martin was a beautiful woman who, tragically, died too young.
This window was an anonymous gift to the church in 1991 to complete the multipurpose room of the
Family Life Center. Costing over $5,000 in 1991, it is entitled Jesus with the Children and embodies the
spirit of the purpose for which the Family Life Center was created.
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History of First United Methodist Church of Prestonsburg
Description
An account of the resource
Item 1: Stained Glass Windows - When the contracts were let for First Methodist of Prestonsburg (then the Methodist Episcopal Church, South) the pewage and windows were exempted from the contracts. The Church's building committee contracted with a Cincinnati firm to equip the church's original sanctuary with stained-glass windows of extraordinary beauty. To pay for the windows, memorials were given by the members of certain individuals and windows were dedicated to their memory. Over a several year period, Floyd D. Davis tried to research the histories of the members to whom each window was dedicated. Gary Williams provided the photographic talent needed to capture the windows in their best lights.
The building of the sanctuary began in May 1916. Due to war and pandemics, it was not completed until April 1919.
Item 2: In 2008, to commemorate the church's 125th anniversary, this history of the church was compiled by Floyd D. Davis.
Item 3-4: Monographs written by Floyd D. Davis in April 2010 concerning the history of the church.
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Submitted by Floyd D. Davis/First United Methodist Church of Prestonsburg Archives
Relation
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<a title="First United Methodist Church of Prestonsburg" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/18" target="_blank">First Methodist Church of Prestonsburg (photos)</a> <br /><a title="Pledges for the construction of First United Methodist Church news clipping, 1916" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/42" target="_blank">Pledges for the construction of First Methodist Church news clipping, 1916</a>
Churches
First United Methodist Church
Prestonsburg
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Documents
Text
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Letter written by Floyd Davis while serving in WWII, 1945
Description
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A letter from Floyd Davis written to his family while he was a soldier in Europe. Though he was not well educated, the content of the letter shows the clarity of his mind and thought. His handwriting was normally much worse, suggesting he was in a relaxed setting with lots of time to write. This letter is suspected to have been done from a field hospital after he had been wounded the second time.
Date
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June 31, 1945
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Submitted by Floyd D. Davis
Relation
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<a title="Floyd Davis, WWII (photographs)" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/55" target="_blank">Floyd Davis, WWII (photographs)<br /></a> <a title="Arrena Hicks Davis (1888-1971)" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/56" target="_blank">Arrena Hicks Davis</a>
1940s
Military
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Documents
Still Image
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Highlands Regional Medical Center Dedication
Description
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Program, photographs, and newspaper clippings concerning the dedication of Highlands Regional Medical Center on November 26, 1972.
Rights
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Submitted by Floyd D. Davis
1970s
Hospitals
Newspaper clippings
Prestonsburg
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Text
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Title
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Documents
Text
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Kentucky Highlands Folk Festival
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Submitted by Floyd D. Davis
Description
An account of the resource
Item 1: First Annual Kentucky Highlands Folk Festival Program on June 24-26, 1966.
Item 2: News clipping from May 25, 1974 concerning the representation of the Kentucky Highlands Folk Festival at a Kentucky Bicentennial Events Celebration in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Item 3: News clippings from September 9, 2008 concerning the history of the Kentucky Highlands Folk Festival.
1960s
1970s
Music
Newspaper clippings
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Title
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Documents
Text
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Prestonsburg Glee Club news clipping, 1955
Description
An account of the resource
This news clipping is from the May 26, 1955 issue of the Floyd County Times.
Rights
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Submitted by Floyd D. Davis
1950s
Music
Newspaper clippings
Prestonsburg
Schools
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Text
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Floyd County Sesquicentennial Celebration
Description
An account of the resource
Items 1-2: Shave Permit and Cosmetic Permit. Participants were required to pay $1 for a permit to shave or wear makeup in the county.
Item 3: Newspaper clipping from the July 5, 1950 Courier-Journal.
Rights
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Submitted by Floyd D. Davis
1950s
Newspaper clippings