- Breathitt County Images
- People
- Akemon,
John- Credited with killing Captain Bill Strong, killed
in 1911
- Amis, John- Ally of Captain Bill Strong was killed after the
Civil War
- Allen, John C. Breckinridge
"Whick"- Lead a take
over of the Breathitt County Courthouse
- Arrowood
Cousins- Mary Stamper and Mary E. Turner
- Bellamy,
Robert and Susan- raised a large family around Canoe in Breathitt
County
- Callahan, Edward "Ned"-
Democratic Sheriff and feudal leader,
killed in 1912
- Cardwell,
Ellen South- Daughter of J.W. South, married T.P. Cardwell,
Sr.
- Cardwell, Thomas Perrin-
Shot and killed on the Corner of
Main and Court Streets
- Cardwell,
Thomas Perrin, Jr-
Long time Police Judge in Jackson
- Cockrell, James- Town Marshall, shot and killed on Main Street
- Combs,
William H. Breckinridge Combs- Sheriff who hanged
"Bad" Thomas Smith
- Cox, Dr. Braxton D.- Killed while walking home along Court Street
- Hargis,
Henry Ward Beecher-
Shot and killed his father James
H. Hargis in 1908
- Hargis,
James Henderson- County Judge, shot and killed by his own son
- Herald,
David and Millie Stamper- raised their family on the Middle Fork
- Hogg,
William Pryce-
Jackson Dr. and son-in-law
of James Hargis
- Jett, Curtis- Served time in the Kentucky Penitentiary for the
Marcum killing
- Little,
Jeremiah- "Bad Jerry",
Feudsman, married Elvira Combs
- Marcum,
James Buchanan-
Commissioner and Republican, assassinated
in 1903
- Medlock,
William "Willie"- raised a large family on John Little's Creek near
Whick
- Morris,
Jason and America Family-
Some unidentified members
- Short,
Abraham Hunter- Wealthy merchant
who wielded great influence in Jackson
- Smith,
James Monroe-
Educator at Lost Creek
and Mt. Carmel School
- Spicer,
Asberry- Well-known "badman," confessed killer
of Dr. Braxton Cox
- South,
Jeremiah Weldon, III-
hired gun for James
H. Hargis, shot and killed at Frozen
- Strong,
Edward Callahan- County Judge
and Democratic Leader, heavily involved in feuds
- Strong,
Green Trimble- Attorney and
Mason, was very influential Democrat
- Strong, Nancy (Haddix)-
wife of E. C. Strong, inherited much of the Haddix land New 3/11/00
- Strong,
Thomas Jefferson- son of William and Jemima Deaton Strong
- White, Thomas- Spanish- American War Veteran involved in the Marcum Assassination
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- Places
and Events
- Breathitt County Courthouse-
The center of Breathitt County
until 1963
- Hargis
Commercial Bank- operated by
James H. and Alex Hargis
- Jackson Federal Building-
Located on Broadway
- 1912
L&E Wreck-
Train jumped the tracks and injured
two
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- SDB 3/11/00