COLLECTION NAME:
Oral Histories - KOHC 1974-1979
Record
Filename:
1976OH04.11b - Sinnott.mp3
Identifier:
1976OH04.11b
Title:
Cosette Shelton Sinnott (Side B)
Biographical Sketch:
Cosette Shelton Sinnott was born April 3, 1892 in Blandville, KY to Dr. Ed B Shelton and Ora Shelton. She married hotel proprieter Stewart S. Sinnott. Cosette died February 19, 1986.
Description:
Cosette Sinnott mentions her life and family. She remembers Blandville, businesses and families living there and names physicians in the area. She recalls the medical practice of Dr. Ed Shelton, treating people for pneumonia, treating a man by bleeding, and performing surgery in-home. Mrs. Sinnott speaks of her education in a one-room school in Blandville, Blandville Baptist College, and the Hamilton College in Lexington. She discusses her experiences in the hotel business, gives a history of the Sinnott Hotel in Paducah, names and comments on other hotels they managed. She also mentions the Ohio-Mississippi River Ferry "Three States" and the Cairo Bridge between Wickliffe and Cairo, Illinois.
Date:
8/8/1978
Creator:
Cosette Shelton Sinnott
Subject:
History
Subject:
Ballard County (KY)
Subject:
Rivers -- Ohio River
Subject:
Rivers -- Mississippi River
Subject:
Physicians
Publisher:
Kentucky Oral History Commission
Contributor:
John Marshall
Type:
Oral History
Format:
audio/mpeg
Language:
English
Coverage:
Ballard County
Rights:
Permission must be obtained from The Kentucky Oral History Commission, part of the Kentucky Historical Society, prior to reuse of these recordings.
Duration:
38 minutes
Bit Rate/Frequency:
64kbps