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Mystery Person #49
Just a wild guess: C.M. Gilmore. Carlene Shackelford, Hazard, KY Still researching this one. I found a reprint dated 1920 about Hazard and it names the Editor of the Hazard Herald as John B. Norton. Well I just made a stab and then I ran across another old Editor of The Hazard Herald, a Mr. Trosper, and I think this was around 1913 or thereabouts. It was through my researching the No. 49 that led me to the Hardburly 1930 census records and there I found only two teachers listed, one a woman, and then John D. Adams. I had completely forgotten about this man but somewhere in my mind I remember reading more about him. I saw where someone had jotted a guess, Henry Clay Robertson. I remember him and he had the look of a professor but I thought he taught at Combs High School. Thanks again for I had a pleasant evening and would not have done so had I not been trying to solve old # 49. IdaLee Hansel, Spartanburg, SC I remember hearing about a teacher by the name of Coleman at Hardburly, but I can't remember if it was a man, or a woman. Lyndon Combs, Hazard, KY I am guessing Mr. Collins who Collins Field was named after. Sorry I cannot think of his first name, but seems like he was nicknamed "Pop" Vivian Benton, Stonewood WV Could this be G. W. Lewellyn or Pete Williams? Carol E. Williams, Perry County 'Tis another good one. The only person I remember ever having that name was a great teacher at Liberty High School by the name of A. D. Puryear. We all knew him as Prof. Puryear. I racked by brain of teachers, old and new, but this one did not surface. IdaLee Hansel, Spartanburg, SC Mr. Spencer?? Lyndon Combs, Hazard, KY My guess is J. Foley Snyder. Jean Willoughby Moates, Americus, GA Was it John Horton? Missy in Hazard, KY Roy Eversole? Sarah F Ritchie, Hazard, KY John D. Bowling? Lyndon Combs, Hazard, KY Could this possibly be J. Dryden Colliver? Carol E. Williams, Perry County I will guess Charles Wooton. He was an early editor of the Hazard Herald. Carlene Shackelford, Hazard, KY I am going to say that it was Bailey Wooton. He was a teacher
at one time and he was also the Editor of the Hazard Hearld at one
time. Carol E. Williams, Perry County This wouldn't be Mr. Warren would it?? Lyndon Combs, Hazard, KY Jesse Morgan. Hazardgal, Hazard, KY Here is my guess' John Stringer. Patrick in Hazard, KY Is it Mr. Robertson. When I was in high school he used to sub sometimes and was elderly then. Tammy Way, Lawrenceburg, KY Paul Taulbee. Derrick Hall, Hazard, KY |
Congratulations to Carol E. Williams in Perry, the first to identify
Mystery Person #49 as C. M. Gilmore. Carlene Shackelford of Hazard
also identified him. Gilmore came to Hazard in 1912
after graduating from Eastern State Teacher's College in Richmond.
He was a member of the faculty at Hazard High School and was
known as "professor."
He taught in the city schools until 1930 when he became principal
of Hardburly High School. At one time he was Editor of the Hazard Herald Newspaper.
In 1938, after a day of teaching, Gilmore started
suffering chest pains. The following day, his brother, Dr. H. S.
Gilmore, was called at his home in Owensville, Kentucky. The
doctor picked up the professor in Hazard and drove him to his home in
Bath County so C. M. could rest. His condition was not thought
to be serious until he became weaker after the trip. He had
suffered a heart attack. The following day he was dead at the age of
51. We'd like to know how Carol E. Williams solved the
mystery. 