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Bedford (IN) Weekly Mail, December 30, 1898, p. 3.
W. M. Lewis received a telegram Monday announcing that his wife's father,
William Wilson, had died at his home in Paoli, Indiana, and would be buried
Thursday at ten o'clock A. M.
Connie,
Thank you for the research that you did on this. There may be no
connection between my Gibson family and Henry Gibson but it is always
worth checking it out.
Mary
On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:02 PM, Connie Shotts, CG wrote:
> Hi Mary,
> I checked the census records on ancestry.com and did not find a
> Henry or an
> Ivy Gibson listed in Washington County, or an adjoining county in
> the 1900,
> 1910 or 1920 census. I checked for an Ivy Gibson in general
> records, and
> did not find any males who would have been born about 1898. It may
> be that
> the newspaper got the name wrong, or it could be a nickname that
> was not
> reported for the census, and it appears that the family was not
> living in
> Washington County at the time of the census taking, or they were
> missed by
> the census taker. That certainly makes it more difficult to
> determine it
> there could be any connection to the Gibson family you cite. Maybe
> someone
> else will know more information.
> Connie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: in-south-central-bounces(a)rootsweb.com
> [mailto:in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary F
> Kelley
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 2:47 PM
> To: in-south-central(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Washington County: Ivy Gibson, Son
> of Henry
> Gibson of Campbellsburg, Injured by Falling Chimney in Burning
> Building
>
> I would like to learn more about the family of the Henry Gibson
> listed in
> this newspaper article. I am wondering if he was related to Isaac
> Gibson
> (1814-1904) who lived in Washington Co, IN near Martinsburg circa
> 1833, then
> in the Short Settlement for a couple of years and finally at the Judge
> Harrison Farm near Salem for several years. From there he and his
> family
> moved back to Clark Co, IN and eventually to Iowa and finally to
> Nebraska.
> Isaac Gibson was the son of Burwell Gibson and Kiziah Jackson
> Gibson and
> brother of William, Julia, Harriette, James, Kiziah, Elizabeth,
> Joseph and
> perhaps others.
>
> Thanks for any assistance.
>
> Mary F Kelley
> Researching the Harlow, Booker, Gibson and Walker Families of IN,
> IA and NE
>
>
> On Sep 24, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Connie Shotts, CG wrote:
>
>
>> Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 23, 1911, p.
>> 1.
>>
>> FIRE AT CAMPBELLSBURG CAUSES LOSS OF $50,000.
>> Fire of unknown origin, which started in the store of K. M. Hons at
>> Campbellsburg, twelve miles north of Salem, raged for several hours
>> Sunday morning and endangered the entire town. It destroyed sixteen
>> business houses covering an area of two blocks square and caused a
>> loss of more than $50,000, on which there is $40,000 insurance. While
>> standing near one of the burning buildings Ivy Gibson, 12 years old,
>> son of Henry Gibson was severely crushed about the arms and limbs,
>> the
>> result of a falling chimney.
>>
>>
>> Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM)
>> CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for
>> Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board
>> certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board
>> name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.
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>> who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as
>> defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties
>> of:
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>> Lawrence,
>> Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington.
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Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, January 6, 1898, p. 3.
DIED
Mrs. Elizabeth Rebber, an old and respected lady of this city, died at her
home on East Fourth Street at one o'clock Thursday morning, January 6, 1898,
with paralysis. She was born in Germany sixty years ago this month and came
here in 1872. She was an exemplary Christian lady and was held faultless by
all that knew her. She was a consistent member of the German Lutheran
Church. Three daughters, Mrs. Anna Witt of DeSoto, Mo., and Misses Lizzie
and Amelia Rebber, both of this city, survive and have the sincerest
sympathy of their many friends. Date of the funeral will be mentioned
later.
Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, January 6, 1898, p. 3.
WANT TO SETTLE FOR $50
The Board of Commissioners has offered Truancy Officer Balsley $50 for his
services up to January 1 which is less than one third the amount of his
claim filed. Mr. Balsley will not consent to such a settlement as it is not
in accordance with the law. The claims of the other truant officers have
not been passed upon by the board as yet.
Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, January 5, 1898, p. 4.
Mrs. Thomas A. Ackley of Washington, after an enjoyable visit with her
mother, Mrs. Lucy Cobb, and family, went this morning to Louisville to spend
some time with friends.
Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, January 5, 1898, p. 4. NOTE: Surname was
difficult to read. Consider Deave a spelling variant.
DIED
William Deuve, an old pioneer citizen and prosperous farmer of Washington
Township, died at noon Tuesday, January 4, 1898, with infirmity in the 84th
years of his age. A widow and five children survive.
Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, January 5, 1898, p. 4. NOTE: Consider Lloyd
a spelling variant of Loyd.
MARRIED
Mr. Will A. Loyd and Miss Edith Heitman, both well known young people of
Seymour, were united in marriage Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, January 4,
1898, at the home of the bride's mother on East Third Street with Elder
Thomas Jones officiating. May their wedded life be pleasant and prosperous.
I would like to learn more about the family of the Henry Gibson
listed in this newspaper article. I am wondering if he was related
to Isaac Gibson (1814-1904) who lived in Washington Co, IN near
Martinsburg circa 1833, then in the Short Settlement for a couple of
years and finally at the Judge Harrison Farm near Salem for several
years. From there he and his family moved back to Clark Co, IN and
eventually to Iowa and finally to Nebraska. Isaac Gibson was the son
of Burwell Gibson and Kiziah Jackson Gibson and brother of William,
Julia, Harriette, James, Kiziah, Elizabeth, Joseph and perhaps others.
Thanks for any assistance.
Mary F Kelley
Researching the Harlow, Booker, Gibson and Walker Families of IN, IA
and NE
On Sep 24, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Connie Shotts, CG wrote:
> Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 23, 1911,
> p. 1.
>
> FIRE AT CAMPBELLSBURG CAUSES LOSS OF $50,000.
> Fire of unknown origin, which started in the store of K. M. Hons at
> Campbellsburg, twelve miles north of Salem, raged for several hours
> Sunday
> morning and endangered the entire town. It destroyed sixteen
> business houses
> covering an area of two blocks square and caused a loss of more than
> $50,000, on which there is $40,000 insurance. While standing near
> one of the
> burning buildings Ivy Gibson, 12 years old, son of Henry Gibson was
> severely
> crushed about the arms and limbs, the result of a falling chimney.
>
>
> Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM)
> CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for
> Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board
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Bloomington Telephone, January 27, 1899, p. 4.
Note: Nancy Houston Fish is the daughter of Levi and Rachel Alexander
Houston, married to Anderson Fish. John Alexander is John David Alexander,
son of William Bruster and Martha Long Dunn Alexander. Both Nancy Houston
Fish and John Alexander are cousins to Williamson Martin Alexander, son of
John and Margaret Clark Alexander, the Capt. W. M. Alexander of these items.
Bedford Mail: "Col. W. M. Alexander of Bloomington, who has been in the city
visiting his cousin, John Alexander and Aunt Nancy Fish, returned to his
home today. He will leave for Florida next week to visit his two sisters who
live in that state."
Bloomington Republican Progress, January 31, 1899, p. 1.
Mrs. Nancy Fish, the venerable mother of John R. Nugent, well known to many
in Bloomington, is quite ill at her home in Bedford. Capt. W. M. Alexander,
a cousin of Mrs. Fish, was at Bedford Wednesday last to see her.
Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM)
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Bedford Daily Mail, February 13, 1918
FUNERAL
Of Mrs. Susan Houston Was Conducted From Wallheiser Home Tuesday
Afternoon.
IMPRESSIVE SERVICES HELD
The home of Mrs. Julia Wallheiser was filled Tuesday afternoon with
relatives and friends who had gathered to pay the last sad tribute of
respect to her aged mother, Mrs. Susan Houston, who had passed away
Sunday.
Lying in sweet repose in her last long sleep she was surrounded with a
wealth of beautiful flowers, the symbols of affection for the deceased
and sympathy for the bereaved ones.
Rev. Gerald Culberson conducted the services and his remarks were
tributes to the beautiful Christian character of the mother, who after
such a long and useful life now lay asleep in Jesus.
Hymns were sung by a quartette composed of Mrs. Eugene Quackenbush, Miss
Bess Smith, Campbell Fields and Justin A. Rutherford.
The pall bearers were C. H. Strupe, H. D. Martin, Harry Gainey, Jesse M.
Winstandley, W. A. Mitchell, George P. Parks.
Interment was made at Green Hill.
Among those who were here for the services were Frank Wallheiser, of
Shelbyville, Tenn.; Fred Hoover, of Bloomington; Mrs. Martin Martini and
little grandson of Mitchell.
Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM)
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Bedford Daily Mail, Monday, February 11, 1911
DEATH
Of Mrs. Susan Carlton Houston Occurred Sunday At Home On Fourteenth
Street
FUNERAL TO BE TUESDAY
The Angel of Death descended Sunday at noon in the full brightness of the
beautiful winter Sabbath, and invading the Wallheiser home on West
Fourteenth street carried away the soul of the venerable and much beloved
mother, Mrs. Susan Carlton Houston, who had been declining for two weeks
her condition becoming critical last Friday. Her illness was not
generally known and the news of her demise came as a great shock.
Susan Carlton was born April 14, 1836 to Thomas L. and Palice Halbert
Carlton on the site of what is now known as Henderson's mill on Guthrie
creek, where Mr. Carlton was a miller for years.
In 1840 the family moved down to the old Carlton place, now the Halbert
Sheeks farm, on Guthrie creek, where the happy childhood and girlhood of
the deceased was spent.
In 1866 Mr. Carlton bought the home on the southeast corner of 17th and G
(Now the Mary Rae property) and moved his family there. One year later at
his home April 3, 1867, Susan Carlton and Franklin Alexander Houston,
oldest son of the pioneers Levi and Rachel Houston, were united in
marriage and went to housekeeping in the dwelling remodeled from the Bedford
Seminary, the first high school in Bedford, situated on the north side of
Fourteenth street, between I and J streets where their only child, a
daughter, Julia, was born to them.
In 1868 Mr. and Mrs. Houston moved to the Samuel Irwin place, later known
as the Houston place at the end of South H street, this city, where they
resided continuously until the husband passed away March 10, 1884, the
wife remaining there with her daughter, who later became Mrs. J. W.
Wallheiser, until Sept. 4th, 1912, when she came with her daughter to
occupy the home on West Fourteenth street, this city.
In her early girlhood she united with the Bathabria Baptist church at
Buddha (now extinct) and retained her membership with that denomination
for forty years, or until April 1898, when she joined the First Christian
church under the pastorate of Rev. Joseph Franklin during the second
wonderful revival service conducted by Rev. James Small, of Columbus,
coincident, her only grandson, Frank Wallheiser, then only a little boy
united with the church on that day.
While naturally unassuming and of quiet disposition she was always
gracious and hospitable. She was very domestic, all of her activities
centering in her home and her family. She was especially devoted to her
daughter and the affection she showered upon her grandchildren, Frank and
Mary Wallheiser, was tender and true which was repaid in kind as they
certainly adored the gentle kindly spirit who shed such a radiance in
their home circle throughout the years.
One of the happiest days in the family circle was the celebration of
Grandma Houston's eightieth birthday anniversary April 14, 1916 when of
the special guests there were Frank Wallheiser and his bride, who came
from Shelbyville, Tenn. for the momentous occasion.
She was strong in mind. Events and dates of the earlier times were ever
ready at command and she was generous with her knowledge.
She was ambitious and even in her later days took great interest in
affairs of the day. She was especially interested in Woman's Franchise
activities and created quite a furor when she and Mrs. Rebecca Daggy,
aged 91 years, the two oldest women in the city were among the first to
register last spring and it was one of her greatest desires to be able to
cast her vote.
She was also an ardent admirer of the soldier boys and was among the
first to get busy on knitting leaving a wonderful record of having
knitted twenty seven pairs of perfect socks for soldiers and even up to
last Wednesday she tried to knit, but had to lay it aside on account of
weakness. Her patriotic fervor will serve as a stimulus to many of the
younger and stronger, who will see that the work will go on.
She was the last of a family of eight children as well as the last one
who had married into the large Houston family to be called. Surviving her
are the daughter, Mrs. Wallheiser, granddaughter, Miss Mary Wallheiser,
and grandson, Frank Wallheiser, of Shelbyville, Tenn., who will arrive
here this evening.
The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Gerald Culberson at the
residence, 1117 West Fourteenth street Tuesday afternoon at two thirty
o'clock followed by interment in Green Hill.
Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM)
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Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants
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New Albany Ledger, January 27, 1882, p. 1, col. 2
Note: John Trisler, born in Jessamine County, Kentucky, lived in Monroe
County, Indiana, for many years before moving to Bedford, Lawrence County,
where his third wife, Jane Thornburg Trisler is buried in Green Hill
Cemetery, and he married his fourth wife, Rebecca Gray, in May 1880. No
record of John Trisler's burial location has yet been found.
John Trisler, an old citizen of Bedford, dropped dead from his chair
yesterday just after eating his dinner, from heart disease.
Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM)
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Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants
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Bedford Star, October 23, 1875.
Note: Rachel Alexander Houston, daughter of William and Agnes Brewster
Alexander, born 8 January 1796, died 21 October 1875. Wife of Levi H.
Houston; buried at Green Hill Cemetery, Bedford.
Mrs. Rachel Houston, wife of Levi Houston, died at her residence in
Bedford on Thursday afternoon, after a long and lingering illness. The
funeral took
place yesterday afternoon. We regret that we have not room for a more
extended notice.
Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM)
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Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants
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Bedford Star, June 17, 1876
Note: Levi H. Houston, son of James and Nancy Alexander Houston, born 5
March 1795, died 5 June 1876; buried Green Hill Cemetery, Bedford.
Mr. Levi Houston was buried yesterday. He was followed to his final
resting place by a large concourse of friends.
Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM)
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Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants
after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark
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Thanks much!
________________________________
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To: in-south-central(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 12:38 PM
Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] shinplasters
Shinplaster was a common name for paper money of low denomination circulated in the frontier economies of the 19th century.
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Why would anyone kill black snakes or blue racers? They are not poisoness
snakes and are very beneficial.
I guess people in that day and age were not aware of how helpful these
critters can be.
Jan Flowers
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To: <in-south-central(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: 09/25/2012 10:08 AM
Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Brown County: Roy Morse Plowed Up Snakes' Nestin
Brown County
> Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 26, 1911, p. 2.
>
> PLOWS UP SNAKES' NEST.
> Roy Morse, a farmer seven miles west of Nashville Brown county, killed
> twenty-one snakes recently. He was plowing and unearthed two large balls
> of
> the reptiles. In one there were nine blue racers. The rest were
> blacksnakes.
> Nearly all of the snakes were more than four feet long.
>
>
> Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM)
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Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 26, 1911, p. 2.
PAPA FINDS ELOPING COUPLE.
A Chicago dispatch says: "Miss Lillian Cox, daughter of Sheriff James Cox,
of Columbus, Ind., and Guy Michaels, son of a Noblesville, Ind., physician,
were arrested here today after they had eloped from the Indiana town. Miss
Cox, who is only 15 years of age, was found by her father, who had traced
her here, and she revealed the whereabouts of Michaels. Sheriff Cox left for
Columbus today with the two. They both asked to be allowed to be married,
and the sheriff said he would 'leave it to mother,' and they went with him
willingly."
Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM)
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Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants
after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark
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Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 26, 1911, p. 2.
OLD MONEY IS FOUND IN RECLUSE'S CLOTHES.
The home of Robert Craig, a recently deceased eccentric, at Bedford, was
searched today and large quantities of gold and bills of various
denominations were found. Practically everywhere the searchers looked they
found money, gold pieces of the coinage of fifty years ago and "shin
plasters" being found in old clothes. More than $1,200 of good United States
money was in the collection, and was deposited in the bank at Bedford by
Calvin Armstrong, the man's son-in-law. Although not yet through with the
search, more than $2,000 of foreign coins and bank notes of the issue of war
times has been found.
Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM)
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Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants
after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark
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Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 26, 1911, p. 2.
PLOWS UP SNAKES' NEST.
Roy Morse, a farmer seven miles west of Nashville Brown county, killed
twenty-one snakes recently. He was plowing and unearthed two large balls of
the reptiles. In one there were nine blue racers. The rest were blacksnakes.
Nearly all of the snakes were more than four feet long.
Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM)
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Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants
after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark
registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World Telephone, June 16, 1944, p. 1.
Local Man Held In Lawrence County Jail
Kenneth Charles Cain, 22, Bloomington Rural Route Three, is being held in
the Lawrence county jail for investigation following his arrest Tuesday
night Bedford city police. [sic]
Cain's apprehension followed a report received by police from Mrs. Gilbert
Fleming, of Bedford, who told the officers that Cain appeared at her home
and sought to procure a room. She said he told her he had recently returned
from the African battle front, but was unable to name the camp at which he
was stationed and recited numerous stories that caused her to suspect he is
mentally defective.
He was lodged in jail and Sheriff Lester Hayes said he would contact the
Monroe county sheriff.
A bill fold Cain carried contained a Selective Service registration card
from the Bloomington board which identified him as Kenneth Charles Cain, and
numerous other papers.
Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM)
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