William L. HARKLEROAD

                   FROM JUDY MORRISSETTE-HE WAS A FARMER. UNION, CIVIL WAR - 1ST LT., CO. F 8TH KY INF.  17 SEPT 1861 - 17 MARCH 1864
                  

                   FROM JUDY MORRISSETTE
                  

                   FROM THE FILES OF PHYLLIS RICKARD - FROM THE SENTINEL-ECHO, LONDON, KY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1922 "MRS. MARTHA JACKSON  ...SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF WM. AND SALLIE HARKLEROAD.  SHE WAS BORN MARCH 25TH, 1843, WAS CONVERTED, RECEIVED AND BAPTIZED INTO THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH AT SLATE HILL AT THE AGE OF THIRTEEN, WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MONTGOMERY JACKSON, DEC. 6TH, 1860, WITH WHOM SHE LIVED HAPPILY UNTIL HIS DEATH WHICH OCCURRED AUG. 8TH, 1882.  SHE THEN BRAVELY ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CARE, TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF HER CHILDREN, AND IN THE FEAR OF GOD PERFORMED THAT ARDUOUS TASK WELL AND WISELY IS ATTENDED THAT HER CHILDREN ARE RESPECTED, HONORABLE AND USEFUL MEN AND WOMEN. THE WRITER HAVING KNOWN HER FOR SIXTY YEARS OR MORE CAN SPEAK WITH ASSURANCE OF HER CHRISTIAN CHARACTER AND OF HER LONG LIFE DEVOTED TO SERVICE IN THE CAUSE OF HER LORD, AND HER LOYALTY TO HIM AND THE CHURCH OF WHICH SHE WAS A MEMBER FOR SIXTY-SIX YEARS.  HER CHILDREN MAY TRULY ARISE AND CALL HER BLESSED.  ONLY A SHORT TIME AGO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF HEARING HER TALK OF HER EXPERIENCES IN LIFE AND HOW SHE HAD REALIZED THE TRUTH THAT 'THE LORD IS PRESENT HELP IN TIME OF TROUBLE,' AND SHE SPOKE WITH ANIMATION OF THE HOME ABOVE TO WHICH SHE HAS NOW GONE.  'BLESSED ARE THE DEAD THAT DIE IN THE LORD' -  D.R. BROCK"
                  

                   FROM JUDY MORRISSETTE