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Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer, August 14, 1879, p. 1. NOTE: The item below was
abbreviated from the original as shown by the ellipsis.
CAREER OF A CENTENARIAN
Death of the Oldest Man in Indiana
Lexington, Ind., August 13-Kinder Furgerson (consider Ferguson a spelling
variant), without doubt the oldest man in Indiana, died yesterday at 5 PM at
the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Gobin, who resides one and a half miles
from Holman's Station in Scott County. Had he lived to see the 23rd of this
month he would have been 108 years of age. He had been quite feeble for a
month past but sat at the table and ate his dinner as usual yesterday, and
at four o'clock told his daughter he would die in an hour, and he did.
Kinder Furgerson was born on Sunday, August 23, 1771, in Montgomery County,
Virginia. He was married in 1792 at the age of 22, and then moved to
Woodford County in the same year where he lived till 1794 when he migrated
to Shelby County, Kentucky. Here his first child, Nancy, was born in a
short time after their arrival at their new Kentucky home. He resided here
till 1825 when he moved with his family to what is now known at Otter
Village, Ripley County, where they remained but about one year, and then
removed to Scott County, Indiana, and located near Holman Station where he
has resided ever since, and where he died yesterday, for a period of 53
years. In 1837 Mr. Furgerson built a flour mill at Lexington for a man
named Robbins and run it for him for a period of ten years.
Kinder Furgerson and wife were the parents of fourteen children. The eldest
one, Nancy Priest, is now living in Sauk County, Wisconsin, and is 87 years
of age. Their youngest child died in her seventh year and had she live to
now would have been 48 years of age. His oldest son, Andrew Furgerson, is
now 84, and resides not far from here and is in good health, barring
rheumatism. Another son, Richard, lives near here and is 78 and in good
health. Margaret Richmond, a daughter, lives near Bedford, Ky., and is now
66 years old.
Of the remaining children born to them, five died before attaining their
majority, and the others lived to see their 50th birthday before they died.
Mrs. Furgerson, wife of Kinder, died in 1869 having almost reached the age
of 95, having resided with her husband for 72 years, one month and four days
from the date of their marriage.
He was himself engaged in numerous battles with the Indians up to the War of
1812 when he enlisted and served through that entire war, for which he was
at his death drawing a pension. He was a man of many eccentricities and
peculiar characteristics. He was never during life the possessor of more
than about $100 worth of this world's goods, yet never lacked for the
necessaries of life. After years of labor he erected a house that soon took
fire and burned down together with all its contents. He set to work good
naturedly and erected another. At this time his eyes were so badly injured
by close contact with the fire that inside of a year he lost his eyesight
entirely and has since been blind. He was very deaf, too.
Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal, Juy 26, 1888, p. 5.
FIGHT OVER A CROP
A Young Lady Land Holder Asserts Her Rights of Ownership
Considerable excitement was created at Lexington, Ind., yesterday on account
of a mixed legal squabble that involved some of the best people of the
place. Some four years since, John Parks, who drives the stage between
Lexington and Madison, rented from Mrs. Stephen Babbit (consider Babbitt a
spelling variant) four acres of ground that he was to sow in wheat, giving
her one-third of the crop when it was threshed. Mrs. Babbit is the daughter
of Thomas Amos, deceased, once well known here and in Jeffersonville.
The agreement between her and Parks has been kept up until the present time.
Recently the commissioner of the estate sold the ground to Miss Agnes
Braniff. Tuesday the threshing of the crop was commenced, and Miss Braniff
put in an appearance demanding one-half of the grain, claiming that it had
been raised on her ground. Mrs. Babbit and her husband were on the ground,
and a fight ensued resulting in Mrs. Babbit being knocked down. Miss
Braniff was arrested by Constable Ward yesterday and taken before a
justice's court receiving a fine of $15. Miss Braniff then had Stevens
(sic) arrested on the charge of drawing a knife upon her, and he was also
fined $15. Parks has entered suit against Miss Braniff for trespass and
several more actions will follow.
Leavenworth (KS) Times, September 24, 1882, p. 1.
Lexington, Ind., September 23-The boiler in Fisher's Rubber Factory exploded
today killing G. W. Harding, attendant.
Marion (OH) Weekly Star, August 8, 1885, p. 1.
John C. Broaly, living about ten miles southwest of Lexington, Ind., was
shot and killed as he lay in bed.
Indiana (PA) Weekly Messenger, October 31, 1888, p. 1.
Ed Davis of Lexington, Ind., died recently of lockjaw from a snake bite. He
was bitten by a black snake.
Springs Valley (IN) Herald, April 3, 1913, p. 6.
Frank Siler has resigned his position with West Baden Drug Co. to take
position in Joe Ballard's new drugstore located in the Homestead Hotel. Mr.
Siler has been in Chicago and Indianapolis for several days buying goods for
the new store.
Springs Valley (IN) Herald, April 3, 1913, p. 2.
MARSHAL RESIGNED
John Ballard has resigned the marshal's office. Mr. Ballard lost his foot
last summer and being incapacitated for active work as marshal, he decided
to resign the office. T. J. Davison, the deputy, was appointed temporarily
as marshal until time to elect one.
Springs Valley (IN) Herald, March 13, 1913, p. 1.
Orville Parks and Miss Lula Holland were married Sunday at the home of the
bride's mother, Mrs. Alice Holland.
Chuck--
I get so frustrated with myself when this happens. Thankfully this was an
item that I transcribed yesterday and I still have the photocopy of the page
from which I was working. The newspaper is the Bloomington Telephone,
January 6, 1948, p. 1, for both of the items noted above. Thanks for
catching this. I'm apparently trying to do too much too fast. If I drank
coffee, I'd quit, but unfortunately, I don't drink coffee and my tea is
decaf.
Randi
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Carey [mailto:cwcfamily@roadrunner.com]
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 2:27 PM
To: Randi Richardson
Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Lawrence County: Marvin G. Bough Lost His
Leg
Hi Randi,
Thank you very much for yet another batch of great news items, which I'll
upload later today to our Lawrence county site.
One question though -- What was the date (YEAR?) of the following news item?
It has to be 1946 or later, I guess. :)
Thanks,
Chuck Carey
Lawrence county webmaster
At 10:26 AM 11/23/2015, you wrote:
>
>Bedford, Ind., Jan. 6-Within half an hour after 23-year-old Marvin G.
>Bough broke his leg while playing outdoor basketball with a group of
>companions, he was ready to resume the game.
>
>The leg was an artificial one replacing the limb he lost when he
>stepped on a land mine in the Okinawa campaign in the Pacific. He had a
spare handy...
Bedford, Ind., Jan. 6-Within half an hour after 23-year-old Marvin G. Bough
broke his leg while playing outdoor basketball with a group of companions,
he was ready to resume the game.
The leg was an artificial one replacing the limb he lost when he stepped on
a land mine in the Okinawa campaign in the Pacific. He had a spare handy.
The veteran plays baseball as well as basketball and is also a member of a
bowling team.
Seymour (IN) Weekly Democrat, September 22, 1881, p. 3.
DROPPED DEAD
E. S. Duval, superintendent of brides and trestles on the O. & M., Railway,
fell dead at Mitchell at about 12 o'clock last night while walking from the
telegraph office to the platform. Deceased was a picture of robust manhood
and we are unable to learn from his most intimate acquaintances in this city
that he was ever troubled with heart disease. His lively temperament, his
kindness in dealing with those employed under him, as well as his admirable
social qualities made him beloved alike by his brother officers and all
others who knew him well. A large number of railroad men with their
families from this city will go on Nos. 1 and 9 to attend his funeral which
takes place at Mitchell tomorrow.
White River Standard, Bedford, Indiana, April 13, 1854, p. 3, c. 1. NOTE:
The item below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from a microfilm image of
the original available at the Lawrence County History Center. Unfortunately,
the microfilm reader/printer would not print, the abstractions were done by
hand and then typed.
Bradley Dolton (consider Dalton a spelling variant), died last Monday near
Bono from intoxication. He returned from the election intoxicated and died
suddenly.
White River Standard, Bedford, Indiana, March 30, 1854, p. 3, c. 1. NOTE:
The item below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from a microfilm image of
the original available at the Lawrence County History Center. Unfortunately,
the microfilm reader/printer would not print, the abstractions were done by
hand and then typed.
Mrs. Horton, age 68, died on March 6 of apoplexy.
White River Standard, Bedford, Indiana, March 30, 1854, p. 3, c. 1. NOTE:
The item below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from a microfilm image of
the original available at the Lawrence County History Center. Unfortunately,
the microfilm reader/printer would not print, the abstractions were done by
hand and then typed.
John Bristow's infant of died of scarlet fever on March 27.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, June 7, 1929, p. 1.
SEYMOUR WOMAN FACES PRISON TIME
Brownstown, Ind., June 7-Mrs. Nora Kreite, 40, of Seymour today faced a
sentence from two to 21 years in the Indiana Women's Prison following her
conviction in Jackson circuit court of voluntary manslaughter for the death
of Ralph Hodapp, 41. She was the first Jackson County woman to be found
guilty of a slaying.
A quarrel over the boundary line between lots owned by Mrs. Kreite and
Hodapp led to the slaying. Mr. Kreite on May 6, 1928, struck Hodapp over
the head with a fence paling (sic) He was kneeling on the ground to drive a
stake where he contended a fence should be built. He died several hours
later.
A widow and two children survived Hodapp, and Mrs. Kreite has a husband and
a son 21 years old.