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INDIANA WORLD WAR RECORDS, GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL: A Record of Indiana Men
and Women Who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied
Nations in the World War, 1914-1918, (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical
Society, 1921), p. 169.
Robert Emmett Brazil.Private
Son of Edward and Anna J. Brazil, born November 1, 1891, New Albany,
Indiana. Clerk. Entered service April 5, 1918, Champaign, Ill. Trained at
Camp Dodge, Iowa, Camp Grant, Ill, and Camp Sherman, Ohio. Assigned to
Company M, 131st Infantry, 33rd (Prairie) Division. Embarked from Hoboken,
N. J., May 22, 1918. Killed in action August 18, 1918, Briey, France.
Buried in American Cemetery No. 443, Vaux sur Somme, Grave 18, Plot 1.
INDIANA WORLD WAR RECORDS, GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL: A Record of Indiana Men
and Women Who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied
Nations in the World War, 1914-1918, (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical
Society, 1921), p. 169.
Hobart George Beach.Private
Son of John and Freda (Biel) Beach, born September 11, 1896, New Albany,
Indiana. Farmer. Enlisted in Troop D, 1st Cavalry, Indiana National Guard,
May 9, 1917, New Albany, Indiana. Sent to Camp Shelby, Miss.; assigned to
Replacement Draft. Went overseas June 12, 1918; assigned to Company H,
168th Infantry, 42nd Rainbow Division. Wounded in action July 29, 1918, and
died August 17, 1918, in hospital near Paris, France. Buried in American
Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.
Crawford County (IN) Democrat, January 12, 1899.
Mrs. Jessie Newkirk died on Monday at her home southeast of this place of
consumption. The remains were interred in the Riddle graveyard.
Crawford County (IN) Democrat, January 5, 1899.
Sheriff John D. Gilliland on Monday morning took "Buck" Jones to the
Jeffersonville Reformatory on an indeterminate sentence of two to fourteen
years for attempt to rob David Young sometime ago in the Patton tunnel.
Jones is the first man to go to prison under the indeterminate sentence law
from this county.
Crawford County (IN) Democrat, January 5, 1899.
Rev. D. B. Whimster returned from the sick bed of his son, Dr. W. C.
Whimster of Louisville, and occupied his pulpit on Sunday evening. He is
holding a series of meetings each night except Saturday during this week.
He will preach at Milltown on Sunday and at English on Sunday night. His
family is expected to arrive today.
Crawford County (IN) Democrat, January 5, 1899.
Thomas Job, Sr., aged 79 years, died on Thursday of last week at home at
West Fork. He leaves a widow, eight children and a large number of
grandchildren to mourn this loss. Mr. Job was a prominent merchant at one
time but has confined himself to farming these many years.
Jackson Citizen Patriot, January 3, 1900, p. 4.
KEPT DRUNK TILL HE FREEZES
John Glass, 45 years old, of English, Indiana, kept drunk from Christmas
even till Thursday night by his stepsons, John and William Greggans, and
then left out in the cold, died Sunday night. The boys, who treated
alternately, kept sober. Glass had been married scarcely a month. The boys
have fled.
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, August 25, 1865, p. 2.
Crime still rages at Jeffersonville, Indiana, and no one is arrested.
Last Tuesday the body of a negro soldier was found in the suburbs who
had been shot through the head by some person unknown. On Monday
morning another colored soldier was found in Port Falton (difficult to
read, consider Falten as a spelling variant) pinioned to the ground with
a bayonet. This crime was also committed by some person unknown.
A number of 1812 pension and bounty land applications for veterans of
the War of 1812 are available free of charge at www.fold3.com. The
information noted below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from the
documents available online for George Armstrong.
George Armstrong enlisted in the War of 1812 at Charlestown, Clark
County, Indiana, on February 27, 1813, and was discharged April 12,
1813. He had dark hair, blue eyes, a fair complexion and was 5’8” tall.
On April 7, 1840, he married Sarah Ann Wells in Oldham County,
Kentucky. Sarah was the widow of Francis Ishmael Wells who died in
Lagrange, Kentucky, March 21, 1839. George Armstrong died at West Port,
Kentucky, on March 11, 1850. After George died, Sarah continued to
reside in West Port. About 1854 she applied for and received bounty
land. In 1879, age the age of 69, she applied for a widow’s pension.
Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, December 12, 1853, p. 1.
Jeffersonville, Indiana—A man named Peter H. Stall committed suicide at
Jeffersonville last week. He called at a private boarding house, ate
supper and went to rest, and at nine o’clock was found lying on his bed
in a pool of blood, quite dead. From an examination of his body, it
appears that he had made horrible gashes with a razor across both legs
and, in like manner, had nearly severed both arms. Among his papers was
found a bank notice from Messrs. L. A. Benoist (difficult to read) &
Co., St. Louis, notifying him of $5,000 being due at their house between
the 15th and 21st of October.
Cincinnati (OH) Daily Times, July 16, 1874, p. 1.
JEFFERSONVILLE, IND.
Arrest of Corbin and Gordon—Public Indignation at the Murder
Jeffersonville, Indiana, July 16—Ed Corbin and Mike Gordon were
arrested at New Albany today and are now in jail here. Their victim,
Joseph Boyer (difficult to read, consider Bayer as a spelling variant),
died this morning. The coroner is now holding a post mortem
examination. Great indignation is expressed against Corbin and Gordon,
and there is some fear that an effort will be made to lynch them
tonight.
Southern Car Company Declares Bankruptcy
Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette, January 21, 1876, p. 4.
The Southern Car Company of Jeffersonville, Indiana, filed a petition
in bankruptcy yesterday.
Brown County (IN) Democrat, April 2, 1914, p. 6.
HE FORMERLY LIVED HERE
Philip J. Yockey, a former resident of Nashville, died at his home in
Columbus last Saturday afternoon. He was 76 years of age and was born
in Woodsfield, Ohio, and about eight years ago came to Nashville, he and
his family living just northwest of town for about a year.
When 14 years of age he became a member of the German Lutheran Church,
but since moving to Columbus he had affiliated with the M. E. Church.
Deceased leaves a widow and ten children: Mrs. Charles Rice, Loren
Yockey and William Yockey of Indianapolis; Mrs. Harry Truitt, Martha
Yockey and Laura Yockey of Columbus; Thomas Yockey and Emma Mahoney of
Woodsfield, O., and two children near wheeling, W. Va., by a previous
marriage. He was a brother to Henry Yockey who resides in Jackson
Township.
The funeral was conducted by Rev. Lowther of the Methodist Church
Tuesday afternoon and the remains were interred in the Garland Brook
Cemetery.
Brown County (Indiana) Democrat, April 2, 1914, p.6.
MRS. ALICE MCCOY IS DEAD
Mrs. Alice McCoy, age 32, wife of Lewis McCoy, died at the family home
at Trevlac Sunday evening at six o’clock. She had been ill for some
time, but her condition had not been considered dangerous until a few
days before her death. She was a member of a large family of boys and
girls who early in life were left without a mother and a short time
later without a father.
Fourteen years ago she was married to Lewis McCoy and to them four
children were born, three of whom with the husband, survive—Nettie, age
13; Samuel, 12; and Joseph, 6. The other child died in infancy. She is
also survived by five sisters and three brothers. The sisters are:
Mrs. Willis Richards, Mrs. Neal McCoy and Mrs. Samuel Chitwood of
Trevlac; Mrs. Lewis Prosser of Helmsburg; and Rosa Allen of Arkansas.
Her brothers are William of this county and George Croddy of
Ellettsville, and one who is absent.
The funeral was conducted by Rev. Jacob Frownfelter Tuesday forenoon
and was largely attended. The remains were buried in the Toney Cemetery
on Bear Creek.
Brown County (Indiana) Democrat, April 2, 1914, p.6.
“I have taken this,” said Mrs. Mathis as she held an empty bottle in
her outstretched hand.
“I HAVE TAKEN THIS,”
Said Mrs. Mathis as She Held an Empty Bottle in Her Outstretched Hand
We secure the particulars of the suicide of Mrs. Charles Mathis, a
brief notice of which we had last week from the Gilman (IL) Star.
Seldom are we called upon to chronicle a death so pitifully sad as that
of Mrs. Charles Mathis who on Monday morning took her own life by the
use of carbolic acid.
Only a few weeks ago Mr. and Mrs. Mathis suffered the loss of their
little two and one half year old son, Harry, his death being the first
break in the happy circle.
Although three other children were left in the home one an infant of
only six months, the fact of the little dead son and his prattling voice
were ever with the grief-stricken mother, and the result was a mental
condition in which she was not accountable for her acts.
When Mr. Mathis returned to the house after doing his work early Monday
morning, he found breakfast prepared and waiting and his wife in the
kitchen.
He went to the bedroom to dress one of the children, and she followed
him to the bedroom door and raised an empty bottle said, “I have taken
this,” and immediately became unconscious.
A physician was hastily called but reached the house to find Mrs.
Mathis beyond all earthly help.
The case is one of the saddest in the history of Gilman, and
expressions of sympathy for the bereaved husband and children and the
sorrowing relatives are heard on every side.
The funeral services for Mr. Mathis were held at the M. E. Church
yesterday at 2 PM and the remains of the wife and mother were laid to
rest by the side of the little son who had preceded her.
Anna Mathis was born near Nashville, Indiana, on August 15, 1888. She
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Roberts of Columbus, Indiana.
The deceased came with her husband last September to Gilman. She was
married to Charles Mathis on May 19, 1906. To this union four children
were born. Nolan, age 7; Elmer, age 4 years; little Harry, 2 ½ years
old; and baby Ruth, 5 months. Only four weeks ago little Harry was
buried. The deceased leaves her husband, three children, her father and
mother, three sisters and two brothers. She identified herself with the
church. She passed away at her home in Gilman on March 23 at 6 AM.
Those from out of town who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Roberts, parents of Mrs. Mathis; Mrs. Lillie Laurie, Nashville, Ind.,
sister; Mrs. Walter Mathis of Nashville, Ind., mother of Mr. Mathis;
Ambrose Mathis, brother, of Columbus, Ind.; Earl Stimson and wife,
Anchor; Robert Greenlee and wife, Colfax; Jessie Smith and wife, Colfax;
Myrtle Johnson, Colfax; and Walter Smith and wife of Lahogue.
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John F. Slinkard Died
Brown County (Indiana) Democrat, April 2, 1914, p.6.
John F. Slinkard, age 64, a prominent business man and well known
democratic politician of Greene County, died last Tuesday night at his
home in Bloomfield. Mr. Slinkard was the contractor who built the
Nashville and Columbus gravel road and had numerous acquaintances in
Brown County. He was a brother-i-law of Hugh T. Adams of Nashville.
Brown County (Indiana) Democrat, April 2, 1914, p.6.
James L. Rogers, a native of this county, died t his home in Oklahoma
City, March 11, 1914. Deceased was a son of William Rogers, one of the
earliest inhabitants of the Jackson Creek neighborhood seven miles west
of Nashville. He was a brother of William P. Rogers, dean of the law
school of Cincinnati University, and of Samuel B. Rogers of Seattle,
Wash. He served during the Civil War as a member of the 159th Indiana
Vol. Infantry
Mary Marlett to Work in Terre Haute
Columbus (IN) Evening Republic, February 11, 1897, p. 8.
Miss Mary Marlatt writes to friends here that she has an elegant
position in the schools at Terre Haute. She instructs four classes in
Latin and is a private secretary to the principals (sic
Columbus (IN) Evening Republic, February 11, 1897, p. 8.
Mrs. George Johnson is critically ill at the family home on Third
Street. Her mother, Mrs. Merrick, arrived from Shelbyville this
morning.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 5, 1911, p. 3.
GIRL ESCAPES FROM GYPSY CAMP
“Save me from them people,” said a 16-year-old girl to Chief of Police
Cooper at Columbus, Ind., on entering police headquarters yesterday.
The girl said she had escaped from a band of gypsies at Seymour, with
whom she had been since her babyhood, and that the gypsies beat her and
compelled her to steal. She said her name was Jessie Mayes, but that
the gypsies had given her their name. She said she had no knowledge of
her parents or of their whereabouts. An effort is being made to find a
home for the girl.