Aspasia Utley (1868-1937)

Aspasia Utley

Son of William Obediah Utley & Cynthia Ann Wickliffe

 

 

Aspasia Utley was born March 4, 1868 in Seminary, Hopkins, Kentucky.  He was the second of five children born to William Obediah Utley and Cynthia Ann Wickliffe.  He was raised on the family farm in Seminary, Hopkins County, Kentucky.

On October 27, 1902, Aspasia married Susan Alyce Rutherford in Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky.  He was 34 years old and she was 17 years.  Susan was born on October 29, 1885 in the same county, the daughter of Robert and Mary Rutherford. 

After their marriage, Aspasia and Susan settled on a farm on Pleasant View Road in the city of Kitchen (Madisonville) in Hopkins County.  They remained on the farm the rest of their lives, and worked the land with their children.  Aspasia and Susan had seven children:

           

                        Mary Ann                   born August 8, 1903                       

                        Susan Korinne         born April 27, 1905

                        Sarah Delmont         born September 5, 1907

                        Robert Aspasia         born February 9, 1912

                        Mildred Douglass     born November 27, 1914

                        Theda Syble             born February 7, 1917

                        Norris Kirby               born October 3, 1919

Like his cousin, Hiram Luckett (son of John Luckett and Sarah Wickliffe), Aspasia served in the Spanish American War, which took place from April to August 1898.  He most likely served in the 1^st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry.  A brief history of that infantry is included in Hiram’s history. 

Aspasia Utley died on October 22, 1937 in Madisonville (Kitchen), Hopkins, Kentucky at the age of 69 years.  His wife, Susan, lived another 20 years before her death in 1957.  Susan Alyce Rutherford Utley died on October 11, 1957 in Madisonville as well.  She was two weeks and four days shy of her 72^nd birthday.

Notes for Aspasia Utley

Birth:  Ancestry.com, OneWorleTree – Aspasia Utley.  Accessed 9 August 2007.  See also: Year: 1900; Census Place: Kitchen, Hopkins, Kentucky; Roll: T623 528; Page: 8B;  Enumeration District: 73.

Marriage:  Ancestry.com, OneWorleTree – Aspasia Utley.  Accessed 9 August 2007.

Residence and Occupation in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: 7-Dist, Hopkins, Kentucky; Series: T624; Roll: 481; Page: 48A; Enumeration District: 99; Part: 2; Line: 7.

Death:  Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp.. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning.   Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

Notes for Susan Alyce Rutherford

Birth and Births of Children:  Ancestry.com, OneWorleTree – Aspasia Utley.  Accessed 9 August 2007.

Death:  Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp.. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning.   Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

 

Hiram Herbert Luckett (1866-1935)

Hiram Herbert Luckett

Son of John M. Luckett & Sarah Catherine Wickliffe

Hiram Herbert Luckett was born in 1866 in the city of Boggess, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was the eldest of six children born to John M. Luckett and Sarah Catherine Wickliffe.  He was raised on the family farm in Boggess.

In 1910, Hiram was living in his mother’s household in Boggess.  Like many others at that time, his occupation was that of a coal miner.  Hiram moved to the family farm in Graham, Muhlenberg County, during the Great Depression to help his widowed sister, Belle Southard, with farm work. He had her put the farm in the children's names to keep creditors from taking it.  

In the 1930 census, Hiram was listed as a veteran of the Spanish American War, which took place from April to August 1898.  He most likely served in the 1^st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry.  The following is a brief history of the infantry:

           

The History of the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry

By Patrick McSherry

                                                                                                                   

General:

                The First Kentucky Volunteer Infantry saw service as part of the U.S. occupation forces serving in Puerto Rico.

The History:

                The First Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was mustered into service between June 1 and June 10, 1898 at Lexington, Kentucky. The unit originally consisted of 48 officers and 1,251 enlisted men.

                While portions of the regiment were still being mustered in, the First Kentucky was ordered to report to Camp Thomas, located on the old Civil War battlefield at Chickamauga, Georgia. Initially it was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division of the First Army Corps but, on July 5, was reassigned to the Third Brigade of the same division.

                Conditions at Camp Thomas quickly worsened as it grew to a city of 30,000 men without adequate supplies or sanitation. At the peak of this crisis, the regiment was order to Newport News, Virginia to travel to Puerto Rico. Companies F, H, I, K, L and M left for Mayaguez, Puerto Rico on August 3 aboard the Transport HUDSON. They were followed by Companies A, B, C, D, E and G on August 9, with these companies bound for Ponce. The two forces arrived at their destinations on August 10th and August 17th respectively. The fighting ended on August 12 when Spain and the U.S. agreed to an armistice, too soon for the unit to find itself in action.

                The unit remained in Puerto Rico as part of the island's occupation forces until December 5, 1898, when it embarked on the Transport BERLIN to return to the U.S. arriving at Newport News a week later. While the regiment was enroute back to the United States, the Treaty of Paris was signed officially ending the war on December 10. The First Kentucky Volunteer Infantry immediately set out for Louisville Kentucky. The regiment remained in service until February 24, 1899, when it was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky. At the time of mustering out, the regiment consisted of forty-seven officers and 1,222 enlisted men.

                During its term of service, it lost 27 men to disease, one man suffered an accidental death and three men deserted. In addition, one man was discharged on disability.

Hiram Herbert Luckett died on December 5, 1935 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, at the age of 69 years. He is buried at Oak Grove Baptist Cemetery.

Notes for Hiram Herbert Luckett

Birth, Residence, and Military Experience in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Graham, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 772; Page: 29B; Enumeration District: 21; Image: 62.0.

Residence and Occupation in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: N Boggess, Muhlenberg, Kentucky;  Series: T624; Roll: 496; Page: 242A; Enumeration District: 88; Part: 2; Line: 1.

Information about the 1^st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry:  The Spanish-American War Centennial Website; http://www.spanamwar.com/1stKentucky.htm.  Accessed on 7 August 2007.

Death:  Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning.   Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of  Information Systems.