Beginning March 2nd, 2020 the Mailing Lists functionality on RootsWeb will be discontinued. Users will no longer be able to send outgoing emails or accept incoming emails. Additionally, administration tools will no longer be available to list administrators and mailing lists will be put into an archival state.
Administrators may save the emails in their list prior to March 2nd. After that, mailing list archives will remain available and searchable on RootsWeb
Bedford (IN) Weekly Mail, September 17, 1915, p. 8.
Mrs. Oliphant of Harrodsburg, who visited her sister, Mrs. C. D. Driscoll
and family, M. Street, returned home Tuesday.
Barney Gould, who was accidentally shot in the face by Joseph Forney, Jr.
Editor H. J. Feltus went to Bedford this morning to attend the funeral of F.
X. Johnson, the well known theatrical man. Mr. Feltus and Mr. Johnson were
lifelong friends.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, July 27, 1900, loose
clipping from the Monroe County History Center. NOTE: In 1900, Isaac and
Mary C. Fidler were enumerated in Shawswick Twp., Lawrence County, Indiana.
Isaac was reportedly born in June 1857.
Bedford Republican: "A letter received by Thomas Coleman from his son, a
soldier in the Philippines, brings the news of the death of Louis Fidler,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Fidler, of this city. Fidler was a member of the
40th Regiment and was killed on June 14, in the same fight in which John
Haywood, also a Bedford boy, lost his life, but the first news of his death
was received in the letter to Mr. Coleman. Mrs. Fidler is almost prostrated
with grief."
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, November 24, 1908, p. 4.
"Chip" Johnson of Bedford, one of the best known theatrical men of the
state,, died this morning at seven o'clock at his home in the Stone City.
He had been sick only three days and a wife mourns his death.
Mr. Johnson for a time managed amusements in Bloomington and for years has
been manager of the opera house at Bedford. He was a member of the Catholic
Church and about 47 years old. He was also an Elk, having joined here but
later his membership was transferred to his home.
History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana (Indianapolis IN: B. F.
Bowen & Co., 1914), p. 51.
The (Spice Valley) Township is indebted to two branches of the powerful
Burton family that did so much in the development of the sister township of
Marion. Eight of the ten brothers settled in Marion, but two came to Spice
Valley, Hardin and Eli. The first was a Baptist preacher and farmer and a
great deal more. He was a splendid type of man. He reared an intelligent
family. Drs. John W. Burton and George W. Burton were his sons and did
splendid service in their profession. Two other sons, Isom and Hardin,
taught many schools in Spice Valley and were instrumental in bringing the
schools to the high place they have attained. A grandson, Jackson Burton,
also did yeoman service in the uplift of the schools of this section. For
the last twenty years he has been engaged in the mercantile business and is
now a leading merchant in this part of the country.
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, November 20, 1908, p. 4.
Edward Cates of this city, now clerk at the New Deckard Hotel in Bedford,
surprised his many friends on Nov. 9th by his marriage to Miss Viola
Brandon. The bride has been connected with the New Deckard since last
January as head waitress. The wedding occurred at the Dennis Hotel where
Miss Brandon has been stopping for a few days. Only a few friends were
present.
The young couple will make their home at the New Deckard for the present
after Mrs. Cates return from Clay City where she has been called by the
illness of her grandmother.
Seymour (IN) Weekly Democrat, October 13, 1887, p. 2.
Vernon-Died, October 7 at 4 AM, Miss Carrie Hill, aged about 23 years, after
a lingering illness of one year. Funeral services were conducted at the
residence by Rev. Sndyer after which the remains were deposited in the
Vernon Cemetery. The family have the sympathy of the people in their sad
affliction.
Seymour (IN) Weekly Democrat, October 13, 1887, p. 2.
Ex-auditor Shank has moved his family to Hamilton O., so that they may be
near his field of labor. We were sorry to lose them, but it is a gain to
Hamilton. Charley will be sadly missed here.
Seymour (IN) Weekly Democrat, October 13, 1887, p. 2.
Mrs. Mahala Roop and her son George, from Illinois, are visiting her sister,
Mrs. E. W. Johnson, and other relatives.
Marshall County (IN) Independent, August 26, 1898, p. 6.
Corydon, Ind.-The children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Kirkham spent Tuesday with them at their home in this county.
Mr. and Mrs. Kirkham are 86 and 83, respectively and have been married 63
years. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kirkham of this county have spent about 60
years of married life together. Robert and Michael Kirkman are brothers and
are among the early settlers.
Plymouth (IN) Tribune, June 26, 1902, Weekly Edition, p. 5.
Charity Richardson, colored, reported to be 106 years old, died at her home
in Corydon, Ind., Saturday night.
Daily Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville, Tenn., September 22, 1891, p. 1.
Conrad Bower of Bradford, Inc., suicided with a razor because the doctor
could not cure him of drunkenness in a day or two. He was seventy-seven.
Great Falls (MT) Daily Tribune, April 15, 1920, p. 6.
Conrad, April 14-The death of Dr. David C. Fouts occurred Tuesday morning at
five o'clock in this city. Mr. Fouts was a retired physician having
practiced in Bradford, Ind., for 25 years prior to coming to Conrad ten
years ago. He has lived on a ranch nine miles east of the city. He was 76
years old and leaves a wife, five children and a brother. The funeral will
be held here.
Huntington (IN) Daily Democrat, July 1, 1891, p. 1.
DASTARDLY WORK OF WHITE CAPS
New Albany, Ind., July 1-There was another brutal whipping by white caps in
Crawford County Sunday morning in which a young woman of 18 years was one of
the victims. William McGuire and his 18-year-old stepdaughter live near
Leavenworth, the county seat of Crawford County. They were suspected of
living in adultery, but there was no proof of this charge. About ten
o'clock Sunday morning twenty masked white caps, all armed with revolvers,
went to the McGuire residence, broke down the door and seizing McGuire, who
is about 50 years old, and the stepdaughter, they dragged them to the woods
and tied them face foremost to trees. Then the clothing of both the victims
was lowered to the hips and the white caps commenced the cruel work of
switching them on the bare backs, flaying them from the shoulders to the
hips. The young woman shrieked for mercy at every blow she received, but
her appeals were in vain until she sunk fainting from the pain. She
received over fifty lashes, and her shoulders, back and hips ae frightfully
lacerated. Old man McGuire was given about seventy-five lashes, he also
fainting under the savage punishment. After the whipping the white caps
notified their victims that if they were found in the county twenty days
later they would be hung up by their necks and left for buzzards to pick.
This infamous whipping of a helpless, defenseless girl has created the most
intense excitement at Leavenworth and in the neighborhood of that town and
is denounced with great bitterness. The victims will be confined to their
beds for two or three weeks. The charge against the girl is doubtless
false, though McGuire is a worthless fellow. He and his stepdaughter will
doubtless leave Crawford County as soon as they are able to travel.
There died at the United Charities Hospital in this city Sunday night a
soldier of 72 years named John Robinson. His wife, 68 years old, died in a
hovel in this city four weeks ago in the most abject poverty. Both these
old people died of exposure and lack of proper nourishment. About seven
months ago they lived in a cabin on a small farm on the bank of the Ohio in
Harrison County not far from New Amsterdam. One cold night the white caps
took the old people and another member of the family out and gave them an
unmerciful whipping, notifying them to leave the county as soon as they
recovered from their injuries. Before they were fairly recovered, the old
man and his wife, who were greatly terrified at the whipping, left and,
after wandering around in utter destitution and exposed to all kinds of
weather, made their way to this city. Both are dead from the hardships they
endured through the cruelty of the white caps.
____________________________________________________________________________
_____
Jeffersonville (IN) Weekly Journal, February 22, 1897, p. 1.
MARRIED IN NEW ALBANY
Mrs. Mollie F. Payne of New Albany, and J. A. Wilson of Franklin, Ind., were
married in New Albany at 6:30 o'clock this morning by the Rev. Charles
Hutchinson, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Wilson is a sister of
Mrs. J. S. Tibbetts of this city and wife of the late Prof. J. N. Payne who
at one time was superintendent of the public schools. The couple will
locate at Franklin.
Terre Haute (IN) Weekly Express, March 15, 1871.
>From the New Albany LEDGER we learn that the wife of the Rev. E. G. Wood,
presiding elder of the Jeffersonville District of the M. E. Conference, died
on Tuesday of consumption after a protracted and painful illness. Mr. Wood
is one amongst a few surviving pioneer Methodist ministers of Indiana, and
his deceased companion was universally loved and admired not only for her
pure Christian character but her many amiable qualities.
Terre Haute (IN) Weekly Express, March 15, 1871.
A shower of stones thrown by angry boys inflicted probably fatal injuries
upon Capt. E. C. Pennington of New Albany on Tuesday Evening.
Terre Haute (IN) Daily Gazette, September 6, 1870.
Mrs. Lucinda Monroe of New Albany attempted suicide on Saturday last with
arsenic. Runaway daughter.