Julia Ann POSEY

Julia married W. Shelby DIAL on 10 SEP 1856 in Logan County, Kentucky Near Auburn, Kentucky. The marriage ended in divorced, divorced, divorced.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Divorced: Divorced, 1864.

• Divorced: Divorced, 1864.

  Marriage Notes:

The following is information related by Ruth Lack Moore who was a granddaughter of Julia Lack.

Julia Ann Posey Lack was married 10 Sept. 1856 to Shelby Dial in Logan County, Ky. near Auburn, Ky. (marriage recorded in Russellville, KY). Shelby lived near Richliere (? hard to read) Kentucky. Julia lived between South Union and Buckner, Ky, now Rt. 73.

Shelby came from a well--to-do family who did not favor slavery. Julia's family had a 400 acre plantation and did have slaves. When they were married Shelby's father gave them a parcel of land and built them a homeas a wedding gift. Julia's father gave them three slaves consisting of one female (Julia's mammy), one male, and one house boy, these being equal in value to the land and house they had received. Shelby and Julia were the parents of three daughters: Elizabeth (Lizzy), Mollie (Sissy)and Lonnie.

Some time after the Civil War began a group of men came to their home and asked Shelby to ride with them in the war effort. Shelby declined, then was told by one of the men that they were going around gathering men to ride with them and would return in three days. Also that he would be ready to go with them or else they would kill his family and him. Julia and Shelby pondered this for 3 days. Julia said she did not want him to go because these men were guerillas and that she'd rather die honorably than have him ride with them. Shelby feared for the safety of his family so prepared to leave with the men despite Julia's threats never to live with him again if he went because he would not be fighting for the cause, either his parents or hers. Nevertheless, Shelby left with the men when they returned.

Julia carried on with her daughters as she saw fit. Guerillas frequently appeared in the area--stealing and robbing, etc. Julia often took her children into Auburn and would spend the night with the wife and son of a storekeeper who would take his money and hide out through the night to besafe from the guerillas. One afternoon as Julia walked past the store, a group of guerillas wearing bandana masks were on the store porch. One ofthe men made a flapping motion with his arms and crowed like a rooster. Julia turned and said to the man, "now shit, that's the next thing a rooster does." The man aimed his rifle at her and another man stopped him. Julia always belived the man who stopped him was her husband, Shelby.

One day Julia arrived at the home of the storekeeper to find the storekeeper lying dead in the yard, his small son holding his father's head on his lap and his wife fighting a fire on the picket fence that joined the house and store. He had been robbed and killed by guerillas.

Julia carried out her threat never to live with Shelby again. She obtained a divorce and about 1864 married William Lack. After the war, Shelby moved to Missouri. One day he came to the home of William and Julia and when he left to return to Missouri, Julia allowed him to take Elizabeth and Mollie with him as he was better off financially to providefor them. She kept the youngest daughter Lonnie with her. She never saw Elizabeth or Mollie again. Julia and William had four other children: Anderson Posey Lack, James E. Lack, Laurene Lack, and Bessie Lack.

Ruth Lack spent several of her childhood years living with her grandparents, William and Julia. Often Julia would relate to Ruthstories of her younger years and of her lonliness for her two little girls. The last time Julia had seen them was as they left in a wagon calling to her from the back "Come on Ma" Come one Ma' and of how at the time she married Shelby she had never combed her own hair. She had been raised with servants and accustomed to a life of leisure which she never knew again as William was somewhat of a ner-do-well. Julia died 24December 1910 (this is different from other DOD listed for her) and was buried at Cox Cemetery, Allegree, Ky. Todd County--near her daughter Bessie and her sister Elizabeth Cox. Julia was the daughter of Anderson N. Posey and Mary Ann Barker Posey.

Compiler: daugher of Ruth Lack Moore--Helen Ruth Moore Hartley.

Julia next married James William LACK, son of Eli LACK and Mary TINES. (James William LACK was born on 11 OCT 1846 in Smith County, Tennessee, died on 14 MAR 1917 in Allegre, Kentucky - Todd County and was buried in McColpin Cemetery - Allegre, Kentucky - Todd County.)