Waverly Hills Nursing Chief Dead at 66.
Courier Journal in 1954

Mrs. Esther Maxwell Barrens, supervisor of nurses in the colored division at Waverly Hills Sanatorium since 1928, died at 1:50 a.m. yesterday at her residence, 2227 W. Madison. She was 66.

Mrs. Barrens was one of the first graduates of McHarry School of Nursing, Nashville in 1906. She came to Louisville the following year.

She was a member of the executive board of the McHarry Alumni Association and of the school's Parent-Teacher Association. She also was active in Sunday school and church work.

Survivors are her husband, Charles Barrens; a daughter, Mrs. Percy Lively, and a sister, Mrs. Mayette Foley.

The body will be at Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church from 11 a.m. tomorrow until the funeral there at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Nashville.

Statement from Jillian Becht: She was born in TN and moved to Louisville in 1907. She served as the Head Nurse of the Negro Ward at Waverly Hospital for over 28 years. She passed in 1954. - Donated by: Jillian Becht - 2008

The Women's Exponent [Salt Lake City, Utah] June 15, 1872

Name of Deceased: Mr. Georrwine

Mr. Georrwine, of Louisville, a German 62 years of age, accidently walked into a cistern and was drowned. Submitted by C.H. - July 2009

New York Times 4 Apr 1897

Death of Albert Fink

He Was Carried Off by Pneumonia, Yesterday in a Sanitarium at Sing Sing.

ONCE RULED RAILWAY RATES.
His Autocratic Sway of the Old Grand Trunk Pool Led to the Passage of the Interstate Commerce Act -- A Busy Career.

Albert Fink, the originator and for many years sole Director of the old trunk line system of railway pooling, died in a sanitarium at Sing Sing yesterday morning, of pneumonia. He went to the sanitarium some time ago to obtain treatment for a complication of ailments, which had kept him in poor health ever since his retirement from active business in the Summer of 1889.
No single man ever wielded so potent and influence directly upon the railway traffic of this country as did Albert Fink during a period of twelve years, beginning in 1877. In the last half of that period the pool organized and directed by him controlled the traffic operations of the Eastern lines. It was in fact, the autocratic sway of that pool that led to the passage of the Interstate Commerce Act.
Albert Find was a man of striking personal appearance and strong personality. Tall and of massive proportions, he was in his prime a fine type of physical manhood. He was born in Lauterbach, Germany, Oct 27, 1827, and was educated as an engineer in his native city. Soon after attaining his majority he came to this country and settled in Baltimore, where he entered the service of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. At that time the entire railroad mileage of the United States was a little less than 9,000 miles. Young Fink secured the appointment of assistant in the engineering department of the Baltimore and Ohio, and for a year or two he was employed in bridge and depot construction west of Cumberland. Subsequently he was resident engineer of the same railroad at Parkersburg, and in 1857 he also became consulting engineer of the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad.
After living Baltimore and vicinity for eight years Mr. Fink removed to Louisville and accepted the dual post of Chief Engineer and Superintendent of the Louisville and Nashville Road from 1865 to 1870 he was a General Superintendent of that road, and in July of the latter year he was made Vice President. The election of James Guthrie, President of the road to the United States Senate increased Mr. Fink's field of activities considerably. While under his control the Louisville to Memphis branching off at Bowling Green toward Nashville.
The earlier experience of Superintendent Fink was both arduous and exciting. Within the territory in which his road operated some of the fiercest conflicts of the rebellion were fought and the road was alternately in the possession of the Federal and Confederate troops, the later on more than one occasion destroying the company's rolling stock, bridges and other property. Mr. Fink's engineering ability was brought into constant play throughout this trying period.
It was while Vice President of the Louisville and Nashville that Mr. Fink undertook a minute investigation into the cost of railroad transportation, the result of which he embodied in a report to the Board of Directors of that company. That report stood for many years as the standard for similar railroad investigations. Soon afterward Mr. Fink formulated a method for the pooling os railway earnings, which was adopted by the Southern Railway and Steamship Association in 1875. This system developed so successfully that it attracted the attention of the Trunk Line managers, and in 1877 Mr. Fink was offered and accepted the joint Commissionership of the New York Center, The Pennsylvania, the Erie and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Companies. The four lines named had been engaged in rate cutting to such an extend that the restoration of harmony had become a serious problem.
The trunk-line pool was organized by Mr. Fink in June 1877. At the outset he represented four railroad systems and had ten assistants. Within six years he represented forty of the largest companies in the United States, and employed a state of several hundred clerks. For nearly twelve years the great pool was kept intact, and with the exception of a few outbreaks, uniform rates were maintained. Charles Francis Adams publically commented as follows on Mr. Fink's pooling system:
"While susceptible of many improvements, it is certainly a great advance on any solution of the railroad problem which has yet been suggested.  It is at once far more philosophical, more practical and more in consonance with American political usage and modes of thought."
     Although often accused of being brusque and autocratic, Mr. Fink was a warm-hearted man, and enjoyed the close friend-ship of the distinguished railroad men with whom he came in contact. His resignation as pool Commissioner was accepted in 1889, after several months' delay on the part of the Presidents of the pool roads.
     Mr. Fink was able to retire from active business on a competency, he having realized large revenues from a bridge truss which he invented and patented early in his career.  As Pool Commissioner his salary was $25,000 a year. He resided at the old New York Hotel until that building was demolished, and subsequently made his home while in this city at one of the up-town hotels. A married daughter, who resides in Louisville, survives him. In recent years Mr. Fink had been a Director of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
     The body of the dead railroad man will be brought to this city to-morrow morning, and will be sent at once to Mr. Fink's old home in Louisville for interment.  Donated by: Gene Phillips - 2009

LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY
UNION COUNTY ADVOCATE - 02/03/2005

Sister Josephine Cecil, SCN, formerly Sister Ann Raymond Cecil, 81, died Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at Nazareth Home in Louisville, Ky. Sister Josephine was a native of Howardstown, Ky. and was a member of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth for 63 years. She was a member of the Nazareth Home Community since 2000. Sister Josephine served as a teacher, food service manager, librarian and archivist in Kentucky and Virginia. She taught at St. Agnes School in Union town from 1949-1962. Survivors include nieces and nephews and her Sisters in the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. Services were held Friday, January 28 at St. Vincent Church in Nazareth, Ky. Burial was in the Nazareth Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to SCN Missions, PO Box 9, Nazareth, Ky. 40048. - Donated by: Francie Ede - 2008

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES OBITUARY – 02/07/2004
Jefferson County, Kentucky

Connie McCay, 84 of Lynwood, IL, passed away on Thursday, February 5, 2004. She is survived by her children: Richard C. McCay, Susan D. McCay and William D. (Judy) Scott; grandchildren: Jack Paul McCay, William D. Scott, Jr. and Kristie Kirschmann; great-grandchildren: Andrew and Alex Kirschmann. Also survived by special friend, Clyde. Visitation will be held Sunday, February 8, 2004 from 2 to 8 p.m. at the Schroeder-Lauer Funeral Home, 3227 Ridge Road, Lansing, IL. Prayer service Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Burial will be in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY on Wednesday, February 11th. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The American Heart Association or The American Cancer Society, in Mrs. McCay's memory. - Donated by: Francie Ede - 2008

COLONEL R. T. JACOB
The Day's Death Roll. Colonel R. T. Jacob, Who Saved Kentucky to the Union
LOUISVILLE, Sept 18.—Colonel R T. Jacob, a picturesque figure during the Civil War, died at his home here today, aged
78 years. Colonel Jacob was widely, known as the man who saved Kentucky from secession and also as the captor of
General John Morgan.
      Colonel Jacob's career began with a trip across the plains in 1845. He crossed in time to join Fremont's command for
service in the Mexican War.. Returning to Kentucky he was elected to the Legislature as a Democrat ; The secession
question came before the Legislature, and Colonel Jacob created surprise by refusing to vote with the Breckinridge party,
his vote giving plurality of one for the Unionists against secession.
       When active hostilities opened—Colonel Jacob organized the Ninth Kentucky (Union) Cavalry. He participated in the
smashing of Morgan's raid and it was to Colonel Jacob and his command that the Confederate leader and a number of his
followers surrendered. Near the close of the war Colonel, Jacob became Lieutenant-Governor of Kentucky.
Colonel Jacob's wife, Sarah Benton, died many years ago.   Contributed by Brenda Wiesner

DALLAS MORNING NEWS Date: 1933-05-10

MINNIE RUTH HUBBARD
Rites Here for Woman Who Died in Kentucky
Last rites were observed Tuesday for Mrs. Minnie Ruth Hubbard, 58, wife of G. E. Hubbard, who died unexpectedly Sunday
at Louisville, Ky.
The service was conducted at 4 p. m. at the residence, 6681 Lakewood boulevard, by H. B, MacRae. Burial was in Grove
Hill Cemetery
Mr. Hubbard, a well-known Dallas oil man and Mrs. Hubbard had gone to Louisville to attend the Kentucky
Derby when she was seized suddenly with the illness that caused her death. She had lived in Dallas thirteen years.
Besides her husband Mrs. Hubbard is survived by a son, R.E. Hubbard; a daughter, Mrs. Hazel Moran, Dallas,
and three sisters, Mrs, Leona Calvert and:Mrs. Eva.Jenke of St Louis and Miss Delia Dowscki of Radon, Ill.  Contributed by Brenda Wiesner