Haunted Houses and Family Ghosts of Kentucky

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Publication ofthis volume was made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Copyright © 2001 by The University Press of Kentucky Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. All rights reserved. Editorial and Sales Offices: The University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008 12 11 10 876 5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Montell, William Lynwood, 1931Haunted houses and family ghosts of Kentucky / William Lynwood Montell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-1O: 0-8131-2227-9 (cloth: alk. paper) l.Ghosts-Kentucky. 2. Haunted houses-Kentucky. BF1472.U6 M662 2001 133.1'09769-dc21 2001003508 ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-2227-4 (cloth: alk. paper) This book is printed on acid-free recycled paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials.§@ Manufactured in the United States ofAmerica. ~..~..,I ~ Member of the Association of 'I~ - American University Presses Dedicated to the memory of family and community members who told supernatural and historical legends while I was a child in Rock Bridge, Monroe County, especially my father, Willie Montell, and grandfather, Chris Chapman. They ranked among the best. ...