An article in the March 8, 1899, edition of the Ohio County News reported that “Judge John B. Grider, as attorney for L.A. Jenkins, guardian of Effie Cherry, eight years of age, has brought suit to the Warren circuit court for a three hundred acre tract of Warren County land.”

The land was left to Effie’s mother, Mary, by Effie’s grandfather, A.A. Cherry. Sadly, Mary, who was unmarried, died in childbirth, and Effie was sent away to avoid scandal. A.A. Cherry died a few weeks after Mary in 1891. It’s unclear if he knew about Effie, but the property was divided and sold after his death.

– “Way Back When in Warren County” is compiled by researchers at the Warren County Public Library and appears twice weekly in the Bowling Green Daily News. For more information about the library, visit warrenpl.org.