his last marriage joined the Methodist church. In politics he is a Republican. Mrs. Emily D. Hearne died Mar. 23, 1899, and was buried in Highland cemetery, four miles out of Covington on Lexington Pike. The pallbearers were four negro men, employees of the family. Jonathan D. Hearne died June 15, 1905, after a year's illness with kidney trouble. The latter part of his illness was attended with great suffering. He was buried in Highland cemetery beside his wife Emily.

Jonathan D. Hearne, after his father's death, went, Jan. 1, 1840, to Grandfather Clement Hearne's to live, being placed there by his guardian, Uncle Wm. Hearne. Franklin and William were also placed there, where we remained two years, going to school at Leesburg one year. Mr. James Flournoy, a native of the neighborhood, was the teacher, and the other year a Mr. Whittlesey was teacher. He was a New York man, and both were good teachers. On Saturdays Franklin and Jonathan worked on the farm for Uncle Joseph, who had charge of grandfather's affairs. Uncle Joseph charged one hundred dollars per year board for the three of us. At the end of two years, Franklin and Jonathan then being old enough to choose their own guardian, renounced Uncle William and chose Uncle Thomas Owen, and both went to live with him and to work on his farm for wages. During the year 1844 Jonathan lived with Sister Nancy Stone, and he and his brother William went to a country school taught by Mr. Dyer W. Elderkin, a New York man. During 1845 and 1846 Jonathan served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade. Jan., 1847, found him again living with Sister Nancy Stone, attending a high school in the neighborhood taught by Mr. Thomas Hart and John Augustus Williams, where he continued till March, 1848. It not only cost him nothing while living with Sister Nancy, but she gave him much of his clothing, and did all his sewing, which she did for all her brothers when living at her house.

In March, 1848, a building of Mr. Stone's was burned at night, and in it was the tool chest of Jonathan, containing all his carpenter tools. He was so discouraged at the thought of buying a new outfit of tools (they cost high in that day) that he went to North Middletown to work in the dry goods store of Richard Mason at a salary of two hundred dollars per year. At the close of the first year he bought the store from Mr. Mason and commenced

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Thanks to Catherine Bradford for transcribing this page.

Photos:

1. Jonathan D. Hearne
2. Nancy K. (Hearne) Stone