TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

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October 22, 1807, Kentucky 1^st Lady Mary Catherine Pope Greenup died in the old Kentucky governor’s mansion. According to later occupants, her image appears in clock faces and mirrors.

On October 22, 1813, Charles Scott, Kentucky’s 4^th governor, passed away. At the time of his death, he was one of the last surviving generals of the Revolutionary War. Buried initially on his Canewood Estate in Bourbon and Clark Counties, his remains were re-interred at Frankfort Cemetery in 1854. Scott County, Kentucky, Scott County, Indiana, Scottsville, Kentucky, and Scottsville, Virginia, are all named in his honor.

October 22, 1880, Town Marshal John R. Simpson, Danville Police Department, died from a gunshot while arresting three men firing weapons on 2nd Street. Marshal Simpson told the men they could have fun but could not fire the guns in town. The group moved further down 2nd Street and began firing again. When Marshal Simpson and another officer attempted to arrest them, they were both shot.

October 22, 1893, Night Policeman George William James, Georgetown Police Department, died from a gunshot on Main Street in front of the county courthouse.

Localtonians wishes a Happy Birthday to Morganfield native Earle Chester Clements, born in 1896. Our 47^th governor in 1947, he resigned in 1950 to become our U.S. Senator. His father was a popular county judge and sheriff in Union County and he graduated from Morganfield High School in 1915. In 1916, he played center on the UK football team and was named to the “All-Southern Team.”

Thursday night, October 22, 1902, Mr. and Mrs. James B. A. Haggin held their 1^stparty at Green Hills to dedicate the completed mansion. Over 250 guests dined and danced well into the night. Guest arrived at Elmendorf Farm entrance, off Paris Pike, in Lexington, where oil lanterns lighted the roadway. They entered the mansion from the west entrance (carriage porch) and took the elevator to the 2^nd floor. Then, they descended the main stairway into the main entrance hall, where the Haggins welcomed their guests.

On October 22, 1921, UK welcomed Georgetown on the gridiron for the 3^rd time. The Cats won 33-0. The two teams would meet three more times, and the series would end in 1924.

October 22, 1960, a Louisville hotel and cafeteria denied service to African American delegates to the international convention of Christian Churches. Convention leaders acknowledged the “embarrassing incidents” and discussed the issue during the convention.

October 22, 1970, Governor L. Nunn’s racehorse he gifted to the 30 sitting republican governors at the 1969 republican governors conference ran 5^th, by six lengths, in the colt’s 1^st race. The $12,500 claiming race had eleven entered; the governors’ horse did not get claimed. The race took place at Keeneland and all winnings would have been gifted to the Grayson Foundation for Equine Research.