The Wayne County News, WEEKEND, MAY 7 & 8, 2016, Page 9A
Obituaries
Ronald Moore, Sr.
of Branchland
Allen J. Marcum
of Lavalette
Allen J. Marcum, 86, of
Lavalette, WV, formerly of
Wayne, WV, died Thursday,
May 5, 2016 at Lakeview Manor
in Lavalette, WV. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00
pm Saturday May 7, 2016 at
Morris Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial will follow at Marcum
Cemetery, Dunlow, WV. He
was born, January 27, 1930 in
Dunlow, WV, a son of the late
Charles Marcum and Goldie
Picklesimer Marcum. Allen was
retired from the Wayne County
Board of Education and was
a member of the Wayne Masonic Lodge #120 AF&AM. He was
an avid antique radio collector, loved old bicycles and loved sharing lifetime adventures with family and friends.
In addition to
his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Charles
Marcum, Jr., Roy Lee Marcum and Ralph Marcum Sr. and two sisters Viola Belle and Freedis Frye. Survivors include a son Allen Jr.
and daughter Hazel Lucille, two sisters, Lucille McCall and Hazel
Everson (Edgar) all of Grayson, KY, sister-in-law Louise Marcum
of Kenova, WV and numerous nieces and nephews. He is also
survived by a special niece and nephew Kathy and Dave Cathers.
The family would like to thank special friend and caregiver Peggy
McCluskey for all the loving care given to him until the very
end. Also a special thanks to friend and neighbor Eloise Crabtree.
Louise Waller-Salmons of Fort Gay
Louise Waller-Salmons, 89 of Fort Gay passed from this earthly Friends may call from noon until service time Saturday at Morris
life on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at the Martin County Health Care Funeral Home, Wayne, WV.
Facility and is now in the presence of her Lord and Savior.
She was born in Webb, West Virginia on August 19, 1926 to the
John Wilson Brooks
late Saul and Maudie Copley-Waller. Louise was a Homemaker
of Louisa
and a member of the Glenn Hayes Freewill Baptist Church in Fort
John Wilson Brooks 60 of Louisa, KY passed away May 1, 2016
Gay. Besides her parents Mrs. Salmons was preceded in death by
her husband Luther Salmons in 1981. She is survived by six lov- at Three Rivers Medical Center ER.
John was born Nov. 11, 1955 at Huntington, WV, the son of
ing children and their spouses Lawrence Salmons of Ceredo, West
Virginia, Wilts and Linda Salmons, Ruby and Bruce Shannon, Norma Norris Brooks and the late August Brooks Sr. He was a disRalph Salmons, Michael Salmons and Marcelle and David Meade abled electrical lineman and served in the United States Air Force.
Survivors include his loving wife Karen Workman Brooks,
all of Fort Gay, West Virginia; four siblings Elmer Waller of South
three
sons Jonathan Brian Brooks and wife Tiffany, Michael Brent
Point, Ohio, Ruffus Waller of Prichard, West Virginia, Bonnie Long
of Urbana, Ohio and Ray Waller of Bucyrus, Ohio; 11 grandchildren Brooks and wife Legina, and Justin Bradley Brooks and wife Donna
and 17 great grandchildren as well as many friends and extended all of Louisa; his mother Norma Brooks, two sisters Leann Spillman
also of Louisa and Joyce Summers of Richmond, KY; a brother
family all of whom will miss her dearly.
Funeral Service to honor the life of Louise will be held at the August Brooks Jr., seven grandchildren and six step grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Thursday May 5th at 11:00 am
Young Funeral Home Chapel on Monday, May 9, 2016 at 10:00
am with Pastor Kyle Peake and Pastor Ronnie Maynard officiat- at the Wilson Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy Osborne officiating.
ing, burial will follow at Webb Cemetery in Webb, West Virginia. Burial followed in the Yatesville Memorial Gardens. Friends called
Visitation for family and friends will be at the Young Funeral Home the family on Wednesday from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Wilson
Funeral Home. Care has been entrusted to Wilson Funeral Home.
on Sunday, May 8, 2016 from 6-9 pm.
Ronald Moore, Sr., 74, of
Branchland, WV, passed away
Monday, May 2, 2016 at his
residence. He was born April
8, 1942 at Harts, WV, a son of
the late Guy and Ruby Tomblin
Moore. He was a retired coal
miner at Amherst # 8 Mine and
was a member of the UMWA.
Three sisters, Irene Kirk,
Geraldine Workman and Mavis
Adams, and two brothers, Gary
Moore and Forest Moore also
preceded him in death. He
is survived by his wife of 54
years, Judy Adams Moore; two daughters, Maelene Napier (Danny)
of Branchland, WV, and Misty Gibson (Nelson Lee, II) of Culloden,
WV; three sons, Richard Moore (Melody) of Taylorsville, GA,
Donald “Duck” Moore (Tracey) of Barboursville, WV, and Ronald
Moore, Jr. of Branchland, WV; three sisters, Anna Jean Webb of
Canton, GA, Wanda Kirk (Talmadge) of Harts, WV, and Linda Kay
Dingess (Robert) of Michigan; two brothers, Dean Moore of Harts,
WV and Larry Moore (Sandy) of Michigan; ten grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted 2:00 pm
Friday, May 6, 2016 at Morris Funeral Home Chapel, Wayne, WV,
with Pastors Jason Salmons and Kenny Kirk officiating. Burial followed at Community Memorial Gardens at Wayne.
JB Jude
of Dunlow
JB Jude, 55 of Dunlow,
West Virginia passed away at
his home on Tuesday, May 3,
2016. He was born on January
12, 1961 to the late Claude and
Artie N. Johnson Jude in Cabell
County, West Virginia. In addition to his parents he is also
preceded in death by one sister,
Fanny Brewer and two brothers, Daniel and L.D. Jude.
JB is survived by his wife,
Connie Jude of Dunlow, West
Virginia, one son, Jay B. Jude
of Fort Hood, Texas, three grandchildren; Hendrix Jude, Jacob
Hunter Hinkle and Orian Jude, along with 3 step-children Shelby
Sansom, Floyd Collins and Shaunna Brindley. He is also survived
by four sisters; Virgie Perry, Betty Esque-Jude both of Huntington,
West Virginia, Judy R. Spaulding of Wilsondale, West Virginia
and Sue Phillips of Pennsylvania, as well as four brothers; Nathan
Jude, Clarence Jude both of Dunlow, West Virginia, Jimmy Jude of
Nelsonville, Ohio, and Frank Jude of Fort Gay,West Virginia along
with a host of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at the Warfield Chapel of the
Richmond-Callaham Funeral Home on Friday May, 6 at 12:00pm
with Joe Mullins officiating. Burial followed at the Saul Perry
Cemetery in Dunlow, West Virginia. Friends called at the Warfield
Chapel on Thursday May 5th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Arrangements
are under the direction of the Richmond-Callaham Funeral Home,
Inez, Kentucky.
Mary Katherine Murphy-Bryant
of Catlettsburg
Mary Katherine Murphy-Bryant, 62, of Catlettsburg, Ky. passed
away Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at her home. Mary was born September
25, 1953 in Lawrence County, Kentucky a daughter of the late
Herman and Sarah Smith Murphy. Mary was a homemaker and was
of Baptist Faith.
Survivors include, her loving husband of 36 years, Larry Lee
Bryant of Catlettsburg, Kentucky; children, Stanley Skaggs, Jason
Skaggs, John Bryant, Jesse Bryant and Larry Bryant Jr.; siblings,
Alma Preston, Herma Coons, Cerry Smith, Robert Murphy, Lois
Chaffin, Ruth Childers, Naomi Scott and Mary Bowen; grandchildren, Dwayne Skaggs, Josh Skaggs, Johnny Skaggs, and Briana
Bayes, Ashley Slone and Ali Parker; numerous great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted 11:00 am Friday, May 6,
2016 at the Bryant Home, 7274 Hwy 707 Catlettsburg, Kentucky
with Danny Clarkston officiating.. Burial followed at the Bryant
Family Cemetery, Catlettsburg, Ky. Visitation was after 6:00 PM
Wednesday and all day Thursday at the Bryant Home.
Duel in highest echelons of America
Alexander Hamilton
As the countdown to the duel
began Hamilton asked that it
be halted so he could clean and
adjust his spectacles. It was done
and he repeatedly followed it up
by taking aim and sighting with
his pistol.
Once the duel commenced
Hamilton fired first, shooting his
.56 caliber shot into the air. It
wasn’t known if this was done
intentionally or not but once it
occurred, Burr held all the cards.
He could take his time and aim
before firing.
He proceeded to do just that.
It was immediately apparent that
Hamilton was hit by Burr’s shot.
His pistol fell from his grasp
and he took two robotic stuttering steps forward and fell to the
ground. Burr, speechless, took two
or three steps forward as though
it was an automatic response,
indicative of sorrow. But Burr
was intercepted by one of his seconds and whisked away behind
an umbrella. Almost immediately the examining physician and
assistants were approaching the
dying combatant.
“I saw Mr. Alexander Hamilton
and his seconds disappear into the
woods just as I arrived,” Dr. David
Hosack entered into his account
of the events. “Soon I heard two
shots and I rushed to the area
where I found Mr. Hamilton was
wounded. I never saw Mr. Burr
though I believe he was hidden
behind an umbrella carried by
Mr. William P. Van Ness, Burr’s
second, as they quickly exited
the area.
“When I was called to Mr.
Hamilton’s side he had a fatal
wound. I found him half sitting on
the ground, supported in the arms
of Judge Pendleton, his second.
He had a countenance of death
which I will never forget. He
Aaron Burr
had little strength but he did say
to me, ‘This is a mortal wound,
Doctor.’ He then sank away and
appeared to be lifeless. I stripped
him of his clothing and alas,
found the direction of the ball
shot had gone through some vital
part. His pulse couldn’t be felt
and his respiration was entirely
suspended. I laid my hand on his
heart and perceived no motion. I
felt he was irrecoverably gone. I
told Judge Pendleton that his only
chance was to get him across the
water to New York City where he
could be treated.
“We lifted and carried him out
of the woods to the bank where
the bargeman aided us in putting
him in the bottom of the boat
which immediately left the shore.
During all of this time I could not
discover the least symptom of
returning life. I rubbed his face,
lips, and temples with spirits of
hartshorn, applied it to his neck,
breast, wrists and palms of his
hands. I poured some into his
mouth.”
Hartshorn was a source of
ammonia used in baking cookies or, as “salt of hartshorn,” it
was used as smelling salts in the
17th and 18th centuries. It was
derived from ground horn of a
male deer’s antlers.
Alexander Hamilton soon
began to revive and the case of
dueling pistols that had been used
not long before, caught his eye.
“He noticed the one he had
in his hand during the duel,” Dr.
Hosack said in continuing his
account of the events. “He said,
‘Be careful with that pistol; it is
undischarged and still cocked.
It may go off and do someone
harm. Pendleton knows that I did
not intend to fire at Mr.Burr.’”
(Hamilton most likely didn’t
recall his shot because of his
trauma and/or shock.)
“Yes, I have already made Dr.
Hosack aware of that,” Pendleton,
who was present, offered.
“He asked me if I found his
pulse and told me he had lost all
feeling in his lower extremities,”
Dr. Hosack recalled next.
He proceeded to give direction
to Dr. Hosack on how to break the
news to his wife Eliza.
“Send for her immediately but
let any news be given to her
gradually so she will have hope,”
Hamilton said to Dr. Hosack.
“Don’t dash her at once with bad
tidings.”
Hamilton then closed his eyes
and remained calm, not offering to speak except to answer
any questions from the doctor.
As they neared the wharf Dr.
Hosack noticed Mr. William
Bayard, Hamilton’s friend, who
was awaiting them.
“Seeing General Hamilton
lying prostrate in the bottom
of the boat and perceiving the
worst, Mr. Bayard clasped his
hands together with a most violent apprehension.” Dr. Hosack
recalled.
“Man, get a cot for the general,” I told him. “At that point
Mr. Bayard saw that Hamilton
had life left in him. He threw up
his eyes and with a smile of sorts
burst into a flood of tears and
lamentations. Hamilton himself
appeared tranquil and composed
at this time. We then carried him
as tenderly as possible up to the
house. He periodically had severe
pain and imperfect sleep but I
treated him with an anodyne.
In the morning his mind stayed
sharp and composed.”
Anodyne was a drug used to
lessen pain through reducing the
sensitivity of the brain or nervous
system. The term was common in
medicine before the 20th century.
“His anxiety was in sympathy for his wife and children.
The sight of his children when
brought to his bedside together,
seven in number, forsook him.
He opened his eyes, gave them
one look and closed them back
not to open them again ‘til they
were taken away. It was too hard
for him to bear.
“As proof of his extraordinary
composure of mind, let me add,
he alone could calm the frantic grief of his wife. ‘Remember
my dear Eliza that you are a
Christian,’ he said frequently with
a firm voice in speaking to her.
His words and the tone he used in
uttering them will never be erased
from my memory.”
The ball shot hit Alexander
Hamilton in the stomach on the
right side. It ricocheted off his
second or third floating rib causing it to fracture. It proceeded to
do extensive damage to his liver
and other body parts before lodging in the vertebrae.
Hamilton, mortally wounded,
died at about 2 o’clock the following afternoon.
Jadon Gibson, a native of
eastern Kentucky, is a freelance
writer from Harrogate, Claiborne
County, TN.
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forth until the 36th ballot no less.
Under the Constitution the House
of Representatives would determine the outcome when there was
no clear winner in the Electoral
College. Thomas Jefferson was
the eventual victor and became
our nation’s third president.
Aaron Burr became the vice
president because, at that time,
the Electoral College gave the
Vice Presidency to the candidate with the second most votes.
Thomas Jefferson, a democratrepublication became president
and Aaron Burr Jr, a federalist,
was vice-president.
The vice presidency had little power at the time except for
succeeding to the presidency in
the event of death or disability
of the president so Burr entered
the governorship race in New
York in 1804. Hamilton lobbied
New York Federalists to withhold
their support from Burr. Speaking
at a dinner party he characterized Aaron Burr as a dangerous
man who “ought not be trusted
with the reins of government.”
The general content of his talk
found its way to the pages of
the Albany Register newspaper.
Burr was incensed and wrote
Hamilton, demanding “a prompt
and unqualified acknowledgment
or denial of his comments.”
An intermediary delivered
a wordy yet vague reply from
Hamilton. Burr was unsatisfied
with the response and messages
between the two continued until
Burr challenged Hamilton to a
duel.
They’ve called Hamilton suicidal for agreeing to the duel
because he had little experience
with weaponry. The Treasury
Secretary felt he had no choice
but to accept and he promptly
did so. Hamilton had no desire to
have a duel with Burr. He wanted
to avoid it but thought his career
could be over if he didn’t accept
the challenge.
Some thought it was murderous of Burr to challenge Hamilton
because Burr was very proficient
in the use of firearms. His political career seemed to be waning and perhaps, he felt the duel
would put it back on track.
In the early morning hours of
July 11, 1804, the two adversaries took separate boats across
the Hudson River to a popular
dueling site in nearby New Jersey
called the Heights of Weehawken.
New Jersey was less rigid in their
penalties toward duelists.
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BY JADON GIBSON
The American people would
be surprised if two of our major
leaders were to settle a disagreement with a duel. We would collectively wonder, “what were
they thinking?” The participants
would not only be threatening
their own lives but also the future
of our country. Such duels have
occurred between our leaders in
our nation’s history.
Let us look back at Alexander
Hamilton, our nation’s first
Treasury Secretary, who has been
in the news recently. His likeness
will continue to grace our $10 bill.
Hamilton’s father-in-law, Philip
Schuyler, was a U.S. Senator and
a power in American politics in
the later eighteenth century and
early 1800’s. Hamilton was certainly considered to be a rising
star in American politics at the
time.
Aaron Burr Jr was none other
than the Vice President of the
United States, within a heartbeat
of becoming president should
anything happen to President
Thomas Jefferson.
The angst between the
two started over politics. Burr
was a Republican, Hamilton a
Federalist. Hamilton’s father-nlaw, Philip Schuyler, lost his bid
for reelection to Aaron Burr Jr
in 1791. It was a disheartening
loss for Schuyler and to Hamilton
as well because his father-inlaw supported his policies in the
Treasury Department and his
political career. It’s good to have
strong support.
In 1800 Aaron Burr acquired
a copy of letters Alexander
Hamilton wrote regarding the
conduct and character of President
John Adams. It was highly critical
of President Adams saying he was
emotionally unstable and should
not be reelected. The information
was not meant for public consumption yet Vice President Burr
had it published in a New Yok
newspaper.
It opened old wounds between
Hamilton and Burr. The Federalist
party was damaged at the worst
possible time… the presidential
election of 1800.
It featured a race between
President John Adams and
Thomas Jefferson. Hamilton had
bitterly opposed Burr’s political career for fifteen years and
he staunchly supported Thomas
Jefferson, aiding his candidacy.
The vote of the Electoral College
was a cliffhanger, going back and
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