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Salem (IN) Democrat, December 9, 1898, p. 1. NOTE: Due to a malfunction of
the reader/printer, part of this obit was omitted.
WONDER CHANGES OF A HUNDRED YEARS
About the time America was mourning the death of its most illustrious
citizen, George Washington, and when Napoleon Bonaparte was first consul of
France, there was born in this county William S. Walker who died at his home
near Chestnut Hill last week lacking but a few months of being 100 years
old.
He was a member of the M. E. Church and took a great interest in religious
affairs. He was laid away in Conway's Graveyard (and) followed to his last
resting place by the entire neighborhood.
Salem (IN) Democrat, December 9, 1898, p. 1. NOTE: Due to a malfunction of
the reader/printer, the end of this obit was omitted. Williard was
variously spelled Willard as noted below.
KATE NEWLAND WILLARD DEAD
At her home in Bedford, Sunday night, December 5th, 1898, at twelve o'clock,
Mrs. Kate Newland Willard died of uremic poisoning after an illness of three
weeks. The news came to us like a shock for the deceased and her sister,
Mrs. Laura Caress, were our guests one bright Sabbath day last October and
Mrs. Williard seemed unusually cheerful and in the enjoyment of excellent
health. Mrs. Willard was the youngest daughter of Dr. Benjamin and Louisa
Carry Newland, both deceased, and the sister of Mrs. Laura N. Caress of
Bedford. Mrs. Ann Thompson of this city is their aunt. Deceased was
married to Hon. James H. Willard, the son of ex-Governor Ashbel P. Willard,
and the union was a happy one. In their pleasant home at Bedford.
Jackson (MICH) Citizen, January 11, 1882, p. 2.
Samuel Denny, aged 79 years, was found dead in bed at Salem, Indiana, on
Thursday night. He had resided continuously in the same house in which he
was born.
Richmond (KY) Climax, December 22, 1909, p. 2. NOTE: A digitized image of
this item is available online at www.chroniclingamerica.com. The item below
was abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis.
The death of Mrs. Curran Smith, while not unexpected, came as a shock to the
many friends of this well-known family.Mrs. Smith, who was a daughter of
Judge William D. Goodloe, for so many years one of Madison's most prominent
citizens, came from one of the most prominent families in the state.She was
in her 75th year and was blessed with good health most of her life. She is
survived by the following children: Miss Curralene, Mrs. G. W. Evans of
this city; Mrs. James M. Benton of Winchester; Mrs. H. M. Rogers of
Vincennes, Indiana; and J. Speed Smith of Seattle, Washington. She also
leaves the following brothers and sisters: Rev. W. O. Goodloe, Scottsburg,
Indiana; Mrs. C. B. Neal, Lexington; Mrs. Robert Johnson, Danville, Ill.
(difficult to read); and Mrs. James Edgar, Detroit, Michigan. The funeral
services were held at the residence.
Shiner (TX) Gazette, May 31, 1894, p. 3. NOTE: A digitized image of this
item is available online at www.chroniclingamerica.com.
ALL CLEAR NOW
Louisville, Ky., May 23-Thirty years ago John Hazzard, a merchant of
Scottsburg, Indiana, near Jeffersonville collected a large sum of money and
started for Louisville ostensibly to buy a new stock of goods, but he never
returned home. His wife and two children believed him dead. The daughter,
Addie, married and died leaving three children. Two days ago the son,
George E. Hazzard, who is a poor man living near Scottsburg, received a
letter from Kansas stating that his father had died there leaving an estate
valued at $60,000 that he had willed to his wife and two children. Hazzard
will go to Kansas immediately to claim his fortune.
Stanford (KY) Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, February 20, 1900, p. 1. NOTE:
A digitized image of this item is available online at
www.chroniclingamerica.com.
Floyd Merrill, a groom of two weeks, committed suicide at Scottsburg,
Indiana, by taking morphine.
Maysville (KY) Evening Bulletin, September 19, 1882, p. 2. NOTE: A
digitized image of this item is available online at
www.chroniclingamerica.com. A related item was sent to this list earlier
under the name Morris West. Can anyone provide evidence as to the correct
name of this person?
Morrison Vest committed suicide at his home near Scottsburg, Indiana, on
Saturday.
Maysville (KY) Daily Evening Bulletin, April 9, 18865, p. 2. NOTE: A
digitized image of this item is available online at
www.chroniclingamerica.com.
At Scottsburg, Indiana, William Hobson, indicted for murder, and Morton
Chappel for carrying a concealed weapon, were both arrested and in default
of bail incarcerated in the county jail.
Fellow genealogists,
For the past few years, volunteers affiliated with FamilySearch in
partnership with the Indiana Genealogical Society have indexed and scanned
Indiana marriage records from 1811-1959. Within the past few weeks, the
work that has been completed to date has been made available online at
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:808
0/searchapi/search/collection/1410397.
According to the FamilySearch website, the collection is about 82 %
complete. Due to contract issues, however, some images cannot be viewed
online, but they have been microfilmed and can be accessed at various family
history centers.
In the south central district of Indiana, records for the following counties
have been indexed and are readily available: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark,
Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Lawrence and Orange. Additionally, the records
from Crawford, Scott and Washington counties have been microfilmed but have
not yet been indexed.
Although a number of marriages performed in Monroe County but registered
elsewhere are included in the index, it does not appear that those
registered in Monroe County have been indexed or scanned. (It was
previously my impression that marriages were registered in the place where
they were performed, but a review of the records indicates that assumption
was in error. I learn something new every day.) That may be true for some
of the other counties mentioned as well.
Additionally, remember that the index is only as good as the indexer and
subject to human error. For the best results, it is suggested that one may
want to search by the name of the city rather than the name of the county.
And a search for place of residence and place of marriage will often return
very different results, so search accordingly.
As additional records are indexed, they will be uploaded to the website. If
you would like to assist with this indexing project, contact the project
coordinator, Shirley Richison Fields, at indexing(a)indgensoc.org.
Randi Richardson
I can copy/paste to you or to the List - just let me know - I have it
copied/pasted from my Family Tree notes to Word Pad already so let me know
& it will go -
Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington)
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Randi Richardson <GFTL(a)bluemarble.net>wrote:
> Antoinette--
>
> It would be great if you would share that obit with the list. And thanks
> for letting me know that you found something of value on the
> IN-South-Central Rootsweb list.
>
> Randi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: in-south-central-bounces(a)rootsweb.com
> [mailto:in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Antoinette
> Waughtel Sorensen
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 11:29 AM
> To: in-south-central(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Washington County: William S. Walker Died
>
> Randi, this is my great great great grandfather <smile> - I do have the
> full
> obit if I recall.
> Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington)
>
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Randi Richardson
> <GFTL(a)bluemarble.net>wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Salem (IN) Democrat, December 9, 1898, p. 1. NOTE: Due to a
> > malfunction of the reader/printer, part of this obit was omitted.
> >
> >
> >
> > WONDER CHANGES OF A HUNDRED YEARS
> >
> >
> >
> > About the time America was mourning the death of its most illustrious
> > citizen, George Washington, and when Napoleon Bonaparte was first
> > consul of France, there was born in this county William S. Walker who
> > died at his home near Chestnut Hill last week lacking but a few months
> > of being 100 years old.
> >
> >
> >
> > He was a member of the M. E. Church and took a great interest in
> > religious affairs. He was laid away in Conway's Graveyard (and)
> > followed to his last resting place by the entire neighborhood.
> >
> >
> >
> > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians
> > 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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Randi, this is my great great great grandfather <smile> - I do have the
full obit if I recall.
Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington)
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Randi Richardson <GFTL(a)bluemarble.net>wrote:
>
>
> Salem (IN) Democrat, December 9, 1898, p. 1. NOTE: Due to a malfunction
> of
> the reader/printer, part of this obit was omitted.
>
>
>
> WONDER CHANGES OF A HUNDRED YEARS
>
>
>
> About the time America was mourning the death of its most illustrious
> citizen, George Washington, and when Napoleon Bonaparte was first consul of
> France, there was born in this county William S. Walker who died at his
> home
> near Chestnut Hill last week lacking but a few months of being 100 years
> old.
>
>
>
> He was a member of the M. E. Church and took a great interest in religious
> affairs. He was laid away in Conway's Graveyard (and) followed to his last
> resting place by the entire neighborhood.
>
>
>
> The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who
> have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by
> the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew,
> Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange,
> Scott and Washington.
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Fellow genealogists,
While at the Indiana Archives yesterday, a new index was brought to my
attention by Dr. Alan January. I think this is a valuable source of
information, and I encourage you to check it out. There were 133 cases for
Monroe County.
Randi Richardson
Index to Cases Referred to the Supreme Court Now Available Online
An index to cases sent on appeal from local courts to the Supreme Court is
now available online thanks to the efforts of the Indiana Archives.
The index can be accessed at http://incite.in.gov/DataEntryApp/Public.aspx
and can be searched by name, county, plaintiff and defendant. As of January
2013, cases from 1817 through 1881 have been indexed and the project is
ongoing.
Often counties have little information about cases referred to the Supreme
Court and typically those cases that are dismissed are even more obscure
because no opinion was issued. However, documents related to every case
noted in the index, regardless of whether or not the case was dismissed,
have been preserved at the Indiana Archives. Consequently, the index is one
of considerable value to genealogists who have reason to believe the subject
of their research ever encountered legal difficulties.[i]
To access the documents in a case file, click on the name as it appears in
the index to reveal a box and record number. With that information, files
can be located at the Indiana Archives in Indianapolis. To review file, it
is recommended that the Archives be given at least 24 hours advance notice.
_____
[i] Opinions from those cases heard by the Supreme Court may be found in
volumes titled Report of Cases Argued in the Supreme Court of Judicature of
the State of Indiana, and many of the opinions may be found online with a
Google search. It is approximated, however, that more than one-third of the
cases sent to the Supreme Court are dismissed for one reason or another and,
therefore, no opinion was issued.
Paoli (IN) Republican, October 24, 1967, from the obituary collection of
Wilma Davis, Paoli, Indiana.
Mrs. Lillian Belle Allen, who resided with a stepson, Claude, Allen, French
Lick, R. 1, died Thursday evening at Orange County Hospital where she had
been taken that day. She was 85 years of age. With the stepson, the only
other immediate survivor is a brother, Noble Grider, of Indianapolis.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at Brosmer-Drabing Funeral
Home conducted by Rev. George Fleming. Burial was in Ames Cemetery.
Paoli (IN) Republican, February 12, 1942, from the obituary collection of
Wilma Davis, Paoli, Indiana.
Faucett Chapel-Mrs. Margaret Allen, who had been making her home with her
daughter, Mrs. William Abel, since having a stroke of paralysis some time
ago, passed away Sunday night. Mrs. Allen lacked just a few days of being
80 years of age.
Paoli (IN) Republican, March 2, 1944, from the obituary collection of Wilma
Davis, Paoli, Indiana.
Mrs. Paul Akers, aged 40 years, died suddenly at her home in Monticello
Wednesday evening. She was the former Bernadine Haworth, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Haworth.
Paoli (IN) Republican, August 8, 1923, from the obituary collection of Wilma
Davis, Paoli, Indiana.
Lester Akers, son of John T. Akers, died last Thursday night after an
illness of two weeks, aged about 13 years. The funeral services were held
at the home Sunday afternoon. Interment following in the I. O. O. F.
Cemetery.
Paoli (IN) Republican, May 28, 1963, from the obituary collection of Wilma
Davis, Paoli, Indiana.
Funeral rites were held Sunday afternoon at Ritter funeral home for Herbert
Akers, 72. Mr. Akers died early Friday morning in Jasper Hospital where he
had been a patient for 12 days. His home was on Route 2, West Baden. He
had been in ill health for the past 14 years.
Services were conducted by Rev. Herbert Mathers with burial in Mt. Lebanon
Cemetery. Graveside rites for the World War I veteran were conducted by
French Lick American Legion Post 87 of which he was a member.
Surviving with his wife, Mrs. Sadie Garloch Akers, are two sons, Charles
Akers of West Baden and Melvin Akers of French Lick, two daughters, Mrs.
Mary Allen and Mrs. Martha Davidson, both of West Baden; three sisters, Mrs.
Audra Overlin of French Lick, Mrs. Alma Emmons of West Baden, and Mrs. Ada
Bowar of Banning, Calif., and 13 grandchildren.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Courier, January 5, 1904, p. 1.
HUGHES BETTER
Although Severely Scalded, He May Recover
Special to the World
Bedford, Indiana, January 11-Charles W. Hughes, the plumber, is now getting
along very nicely, and there are fair prospects for his complete recovery.
Charles N. Campbell, father-in-law of Charles W. Hughes, the plumber who was
badly scalded, says he thinks it very doubtful if Mr. Hughes can recover.
In describing the accident, Mr. Campbell said the Lawrence County poor farm
where Mr. Hughes was working was a number of miles from Bedford and that
there was no telephone connecting the building with Bedford. When Mr.
Hughes met with the accident, he had to suffer in great pain for three hours
before a physician could be secured from Bedford. As soon as Mr. Hughes got
out of the scalding pit he started to run and it required several men to
catch him and bring him back to the house. He walked up and down the rooms
suffering greatly while waiting for the arrival of the doctors.
The Bedford Democrat of Saturday says of the man's injuries: "The condition
of Charles W. Hughes, the plumber who was scalded Thursday evening cannot be
said to have changed very much since yesterday. His left arm is almost a
solid blister from his shoulder to his hand, and the right arm is also
blistered but no so bad. His neck is badly burned and there are a number of
blisters half as large as a man's hand and smaller over his back, hips and
legs. His body in front and his head were not scalded at all to amount to
anything, for the reason that he was stooping over and the barrel of
scalding water came down on his shoulder and back.
"Mr. Hughes is still at the home of the superintendent of the poor farm, his
wife and sister-in-law being with him, and everything possible is being done
for him. It will be impossible to move him for some time even should he
survive his injuries. He cannot be touched or move himself at all without
great suffering. He seemed to be suffering less this morning and to be in
good spirits, but his physician gives little encouragement to hope that he
will recover."
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Courier, January 26, 1904, p. 1. NOTE:
The item below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from the original in part
because of damage to the first column of a three-column article at the time
it was microfilmed. It seems likely that the Bedford newspaper would have a
similar story that is probably not damaged.
Joseph Heitger, a member of one of Bedford's most prominent families, was
formerly a student and athlete at Indiana University in Bloomington but had
been residing in Bedford at the time Sarah Schafer was murdered. It is
alleged that he paid unwelcome attention to Sarah.
The police have thoroughly searched his room at the Heitger home and he
absolutely denies any complicity in the murder. One of Sarah's roommates as
well as another woman reported that Heitger had insulted Sarah after she
spurned his advances.
Ellettsville (Monroe County, Indiana) Farm, January 29, 1904, p. 1. A
similar but different article appeared in the Bloomington Courier on January
26, 1904, p.1.
AWFUL CRIME AT BEDFORD
Last Friday morning Bedford was thrown into an excitement by the finding of
the dead body of a young woman in a shed within two blocks of the public
square. It proved to be the body of Miss Sarah Schafer, a brilliant little
woman aged 23 years and a teacher of Latin in the high schools.
The murder of the young woman is surrounded by mystery that up to this time
has baffled the officials and detectives who are working on the case. Miss
Schafer had eaten supper at Mrs. Johnson's boarding house and at about 6:30
started to the house where she roomed about three blocks away. On her way
to her room, it was necessary to pass an alley, and it was at this point
where she was attacked, and a few yards down the alley under a shed was
where the lifeless body was found the next morning by a cab driver who had
gone to hitch to his vehicle. Who the murderer was and what was the motive
are not known. It is the belief of many that she was assaulted by some
vicious brute and to suppress her cries and prevent detection she was
murdered. The skull was fractured in three places, the wounds having been
made by a piece of fire brick. The condition of the clothing of the young
woman indicated that a fierce struggle had been made by Miss Schafer and her
assailant.
Judge Wilson was telephoned to at Bloomington, and he was greatly shocked at
the crime and immediately offered a reward of $500 for the arrest of the
murderer. The city council of Bedford offered $500 making a reward of
$1,000. Judge Wilson, when at Bedford, boards at the time place where Miss
Schafer did and was very favorably impressed with her.
Miss Schafer's home was Elkhart. She was the daughter of a prominent real
estate dealer of that place. She has a sister and a brother who are
residents of Chicago. Miss Schafer was a graduate of the State Normal at
Terre Haute. It was her first year at Bedford, and she was succeeding well
as a teacher.
The public schools of Bedford were not in session for several days but have
reopened.
Every possible effort is being made to fathom the mystery and bring the
guilty party or parties to answer.
Various theories have been advanced, and a few arrests have been made, but
nothing definite has been brought out so far. A Chicago detective is
assisting the mayor and county officials on the case. Suspicion has pointed
somewhat to a medical student of Bedford named Joseph Heitzer, a former
student of the state university, but a thorough investigation seems to clear
the young man of any knowledge of the murder. He had called on Miss Schafer
several times and had acted in a manner that she was disgusted with him and
requested him to call no more.
The remains of the young woman were taken to Elkhart the first of this week
for burial.