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Breathitt
There's a charm about
Kentucky,
found in not another place,
And the breath of life from Breathitt
is a gift to any race.
I have sailed the balmy
ocean,
I have trod this old earth o'er,
I have pierced the secret jungles,
where was never man before.
My heart has soared
towards heaven,
felt the darts of hell below,
I have climbed high up the mountain,
tried the darkest vales below.
I have made a billion
dollars
with the ciphers turned around.
I have vied for fame and honor,
just to find it all unsound.
And my friends, I tell
you truly,
all is vanity and loss
Were the Bible not our Guide Book,
nor we take up Jesus' cross.
And when my day is over,
and I have crossed the tide
Let them lay my sleeping body
in the hill near Riverside.
-- J. Gordon
Drushal
1914-1957
J. Gordon Drushal
was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Drushal,
founders of
Riverside Christian
Training Institute
at Lost Creek, Ky.
Fun at Lost
Creek, ca. 1950
Nephew, uncle, cousin-in-law,
cousin-once-removed..
who's keeping track?
James Alan Landrum, Philip Haddix,
Leslie Phillip Carnahan,
Albert Lloyd Sallee |
Generations
Philip Haddix
b.1946KY-d.1980?KY
m. Ruth Abner
Lived all his life at Lost Creek;
built a new house there
behind his father's.
Arthur Haddix
Lost Creek
b.1889KY-d.1974KY
m. 1st Maude Noble
m. 2nd Beatrice Tharp
William
Washington Haddix
Lost Creek
b.1857KY-d.1931KY
m. Orlena Deaton
John "Butter"
Haddix
Lost Creek
b.1815KY-d.1898KY
Henley Haddix
Lost Creek
b.1780VA-d.1856KY
m. Virginia Tate
In 1840 he owned
8,000 acres
in Breathitt Co.
Killed when thrown by a horse.
Col. John
Haddix
(brother of Henley)
1775-?
m. 1st Sally Niell
m. 2nd Rebecca Miller
Lived at Elkatawa
Veteran of the War of 1812
Justice, first Clay Co. Court
Member, Ky. House of Rep.
Samuel Haddix
Sr.
1742VA-1816KY
m. Nancy Ann Fugate
Came to Ky. ca. 1791
with four sons;
some of the earliest settlers
of Breathitt County.
Lived at the mouth of
Troublesome Creek.
Soldier in the
Revolutionary War.
John Haddix
VA
m. Mary Taylor |
