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John Madison Bingham and | |
Elizabeth (Woolum) Bingham |
Lucinda (Carnes) Bingham |
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John Madison Bingham and | |
Elizabeth (Woolum) Bingham |
Lucinda (Carnes) Bingham |
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Elizabeth Woolum  m: in Abt 1812 daughter of Andrew &Ursley(Woodward) Woolum b: 1794 Washington Co, VA d: 1853 Knox Co, KY |
Lucinda Carnes m: on 27 Nov 1855, in Knox Co, KY daughter of Abner &Margaret "Peggy"(Jackson) Carnes granddaughter of Micajah &Susan(LNU) Jackson b: 10 Mar 1835 d: 1910 |
"MY LIFE WITH ELLEN" by K.S. Sol Warren, her loving husband ~~~~~ My life with Ellen began in a very unusual way, and now almost twenty years, we've enjoyed each and every day. Each of us had lost our spouses, and we were widow and widower indeed, when at a funeral, a song was sung that supplied our every need. Although we were rank strangers, and never knew the other was in the world, when we happened to sit side by side, and thus our heads were set to whirl. Our lives together have been rewarding, to say more I could not tell, that after these twenty good years that for both of us all is well. These lines cannot express it all, but to know it was all God given, they do tell a part of the beautiful story of "My Life With Ellen." |
 "Barbourville [KY] Mountain Advocate" October 14, 1949, p. 5 |
"Barbourville [KY] Mountain Advocate" November 18, 1949, p. 8 |
Inquiries of Voters ~~~~~ Many citizens of the county have asked me concerning my past life since I have been a candidate for the office of County Judge. That is not an unfair question. The people are entitled to know the kind of man they are supporting for office, or in other words, the kind of man they are going to employ as their servant. My grandparents came to Knox county before the Civil War; my parents were born, lived and died in Knox County. My father spent his entire life in the log house in which he was born. I was born in that same home as well as two brothers and four sisters. My parents died in less than one year--March 1912 and January 1913, leaving six of us children as orphans, the oldest twelve years of age, the youngest seventeen months. Though young, we decided to remain together and do our best. We never did break up house- keeping. I was the oldest son and I worked at whatever I could and from whom I could procure work, and many weeks rode a mule ten miles to a mining camp in Bell County peddling on whatever we could raise and get hold of for our support. At the time of the death of my parents I was in the fourth grade of school; my schooling stopped until I was married, which was October 13, 1919 to Callie Warren, daughter of the late James A. Warren of Walker, Kentucky. I realized the need of an education so I managed to go to Berea College where I spent fourteen months. When I arrived there I had only ten dollars in money and I worked my way entirely while there and completed the eighth grade. The conditions of life in my case, over which I had no control, made me realize the hardships of an orphan child. I fully determined if health and hard work would permit me that I would lend every effort in the support my means would permit to orphan children. I believe that a higher power went into this arrangement with us. My wife and I were not fortunate to have children of our own; but we have had part in the rearing, training and molding the lives of thirteen orphan children. Some remained with us a few years, some of them from mere infants until they were married. All of these children from the time we took them into our home until they went into the homes of their own or about their choice of work they had selected were taught the best we could in the home and we didn't send them to church or Sunday School but my wife and I went and took them with us. Two of the girls that I have reared attended Knox Central High School, one completed her fourth year at the age of sixteen. She had been with us since two years of age, then we sent her to Andrew Jackson School of Nashville, Tennessee, where she completed a business course and is now holding a job in Dayton, Ohio. We have one boy in our home at this time fourteen years of age and another boy ten years of age. The older is in the eighth grade and the younger in the fifth grade. We had one orphan child, Leanna Warren, for several years but the last three years of her life she was ill and unable to go to school. During the three years of her illness we expended a large sum of money in hospital bills and doctor bills trying to restore her to health, and after all we could do and of the good services of the Board of Health in Barbourville, and the splendid services of Dr. C. B. Stacy of Pineville, to whom you may refer for records to sustain my statements, this child, at the age of thirteen years passed away. You can see that from practical experience I know some of the hardships of life. However, at an early age I made up my mind to meet, and if possible conquer any problem or difficulty which might come my way. Also, I believe, and the good book teaches "that no man liveth unto himself." My good wife and I have not only enjoyed life but our greatest happiness has been in the growth and progress that we have seen develop in children that have lived with us. God knows that both of us made sacrifices and denied ourselves some of the material things of life to make this investment in the lives of boys and girls. We know that we have been fully repaid. I hope this bit of information concerning my early child and home life will not be considered as any boast on my part. To confirm my statements I invite you to check with my neighbors and friends for confirmation or otherwise of these statements. I solicit your aid, your confidence, your votes, that I may serve you as County Judge for four years. I promise and assure you that my work in this office will have the same interest, care and consideration that I have had with my own life and business affairs. Respectfully M. G. Bingham |
Thanks Voters ~~~~~ To the citizens of Knox County: It is one of the foundation principles of our democratic form of government that the people elect their officials by an expression of the will of the majority at the polls. I feel highly complimented and deeply appreciative that you have just elected me your county judge for the next four years. It shall be my desire and aim to fill this position and discharge its duties in an efficient, impartial, friendly and honorable way that will meet the approval of all our fair-minded citizens. I, like you, am a friend of church and school, law and order, and will extend, as is their right, to those who appear in the courts over which I shall preside, equal justice under the law. And I assure you that the fiscal affairs of the county, looking to the economical conduct of the public interests and the people's welfare, shall have my constant attention and support. I ask the friendly wishes and active and outspoken cooperation of all citizens who desire to have our county and its several communities during the coming four years, better places in which to live. With these aims and wishes, and a further expression of my thankfulness for the confidence you have recently shown me, I beg to remain, Your faithful servant, M. G. BINGHAM County Judge-elect |
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