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1.
Surname: NAY
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, (Boone County) Indiana
Friday, 3 March 1902 page 3
Boone Co. Notes
Jas. A. NAY, a well-known farmer residing five miles south west of town of Lebanon, died
Tuesday of
complications of diseases of an extended illness. He was seventy-four and one day old.
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2.
Surname: THOMPSON& SHAW
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, (Boone County) Indiana
Friday, 21 MAY 1902 page 1
OBITUARY
Cleveland THOMPSON was born 28th July 1884, and died 26th April 1902, aged 17 years, 8
months and 28
days. After an illness of only nine days he passed from this life to meet his mother, who
preceded him
two years ago to that home beyond the skies. He was a loving, kind and obedient boy and
was loved by all
who knew him. Since the death of his mother he has made his home with his uncle, George
SHAW, and only a
few days before his death he looked up at his aunt and said, A I have no home now but 1
soon will have@.
This should assure the sorrowing ones that he is now in a happy home and they should not
mourn as those
who have no hope. Cleave, as he was usually called, attended the public school at
Jamestown the past year
and was one of ten of successful students to graduate. At the commencement exercises his
chair will be
draped in mourning. He will be greatly missed by his schoolmates and all others who knew
him. The
funeral was preached at Mt. ZION Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o=clock by Rev. LEDBETTER, of
Swayzee, and his
remains were laid to rest in the cemetery near the church. He leaves a father, one
sister, two brothers
and a host of other dear relatives and friends to mourn his loss.
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3.
Surnames: HEDGE, PIGG & ARMSTRONG
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, (Boone County) Indiana
Friday, 15 April 1902 page 4
DEATH of MRS. ANN HEDGE
Mrs. Ann HEDGE, wife of J.W. HEDGE, died at her home four miles southeast of Jamestown
Tuesday night after
an illness of twenty-one weeks. She was taken sick with a pain in her arm one evening
which continued to
grow worse until she was compelled to take her bed. For the past five weeks she has been
very low and her
and her death was expected at almost any time. Her ailment was a peculiar one and baffled
the skill of
several different physicians. It was believed she had gallstones and that the liver
failed to do its duty
in passing off the bile and that the secretion was thrown out through the skin as she
turned extremely
yellow. For the past few weeks members have kept constantly at her side rubbing her limbs
and body day
and night. Besides her husband she leaves three children as follows: Lee, Mrs. Orphia
PIGG and Mrs. Dora
ARMSTRONG. Deceased was a faithful member of the Christian Church at North Salem at which
place the
remains were buried yesterday morning after the funeral services which were conducted by
Rev. CRIM at the
church.
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4.
Surnames: CASSADAY, PLUMMER, WELLS, & DAVIDSON
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, (Boone County) Indiana
Friday, 18 April 1902 page 4
Died in the Woods
Milton CASSADAY, a log hauler for the Arm, Bracket and Pin Factory, was found dead in the
woods on the
John PLUMMER farm, south of Lizton, yesterday morning about half past nine. Mr. CASSADAY
left here early
yesterday morning after a load of logs. A neighbor noticed the team standing in one place
for a long time
and thinking something was wrong went over to investigate with the result that he found
Mr. CASSADAY lying
dead across the skid. He had been working for the factory about one year and moved with
his family here
shortly before Christmas from Greencastle, Putnam County, IN. His father was a timber man
and also died in
the woods. Word was telephoned here and Coroner CURTIS of Danville was sent for. The
coroner found the
cause of his death to be heart failure. The remains were brought here and taken to
SMITHs undertaking
establishment where the body was prepared for burial and then taken to his home. The
deceased was about
sixty years of age and leaves a wife and four children as follows: Mrs. Ida WELLS, of
Greencastle, Putnam
County, IN. Mrs. Frank DAVIDSON, of this place, Mrs. Clara CASSADAY and son about thirteen
years of age.
His remains will be interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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5.
Surname: EMMERT, DAY, CANADA & RODGERS
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, (Boone County) Indiana
Friday, 4 April 1902 page 3
Mrs. Nancy DAY died at the home of her son-in-law, James EMMERT, one and a half miles
northwest of
Jamestown, Monday night, 31 March 1902, aged eighty-one years. She was born in Union
County and was a
member of the M.E. Church. Her Husband Elijah DAY, was assessor of Jackson Township for a
long number of
years and was well known and highly respected. Mrs. DAY was the daughter of David CANADA
who was well
known in this vicinity. Mr. CANADA was the father of nineteen children all of whom lived
to have families
of their own and the children and grandchildren now number several hundred. Mrs. DAY was
the mother of
five children: Thomas of Mt. Clair, Neal, of near Advance, Mrs. Margaret RODGERS, of New
Ross, Mrs. James
EMMERT at whose home she died and a daughter whose home is in Crawfordsville. The funeral
took place at
Mt. ZION Wednesday morning. Rev. O.B. Ripptoe officiating. Interment in Mt. Zion
Cemetery.
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6.
Surname: BELT
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, (Boone County) Indiana
Friday, 4 April, 1902 page 3
BOONE COUNTY NOTES
Joseph BELT, a veteran of the Mexican War died at his home in Perry Township Monday at the
age of
seventy-nine years and twenty-nine days, Mr. BELT was born in Kentucky, and heard of the
breaking out of
the Mexican War while in Chicago with a drove of horses. He walked to Indianapolis and
enlisted in Co.
F., 5th Reg.
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7.
Surname: GIPSON
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, (Boone County) Indiana
Friday, 4 April 1902 page 3
BOONE COUNTY NOTES
Isaac GIPSON, a pioneer resident of Sugar Creek Township, died Tuesday of a stroke of
paralysis. He was
eighty-six years old and was born in Clay County, Kentucky, and came to Indiana in 1829,
stopping at the
site of Jamestown. His brother John built the first log cabin at Jamestown. In 1837 Mr.
GIPSON hauled
wheat to Chicago in a wagon, ten or twelve days being required for the round trip.
Chicago was then but a
trading post.
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8.
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, (Boone County) Indiana
Friday, 4 April 1902 page 1
A PECULIAR OLD WILL
Speaking of old wills the Lafayette Journal has the following to say concerning an old
document in the
recorder=s office at Covington: Will R. WOOD, who has occasion recently to visit the
recorder=s office at
Covington ran across the last will and testament of William LAWLESS, It was drawn on May
29, 1851, and has
been recorded on page 280 of will record No.1. It is a unique document, and reads as
follows:
WILLIAM LAWLESS= WILL
May 29 1851
William LAWLESS in a state of noe county, Indiana. William LAWLESS makes his will to
James MORAN for pays
his debts after his death.
State of Michigan that in or at the Grand Rapids which I leave which James MORAN, having
no father or
mother, sister or brother, but James MORAN which I will him 80 acres of land having no one
but myself.
I William LAWLESS requesting of you James MORAN at the our (sic? , hour? ) of my death to
see that my
deaths paid and every expenses that follow me.
I request you James MORAN to pay all my debts which I give you account of. I William
LAWLESS on my death
bed.
David PRICE..............................15 cents
Thomas Mc CREW....................10 cents
John MURPHY............................5 cents
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9.
Surnames: CANADA, CALDWELL & SCOTT
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, (Boone County) Indiana
Friday, 27 January 1905 page 2
Nathaniel S. Caldwell
Nathaniel S. CALDWELL was a native of Lee County, Virginia, where his birth occurred on 3
April 1832. His
grandfather, Wm. CALDWELL, also a native of the Old Dominion, emigrated to Kentucky a
number of years ago
and died there of a ripe old age. Thomas CALDWELL, father of N.S. was born in Giles
County, Virginia 12
October 1799, emigrated westward in 1834, and settled in Boone County, Indiana, locating
in Jackson
township, where he purchased land and engaged in farming. Later he disposed of his
original purchase and
bought other lands which he improved, and at the time of his death, 13 July 1873 was owner
of 111 acres,
the greater part under cultivation.
Rachael SCOTT, wife of Thomas CALDWELL, was born 22 June 1799, in Virginia, and was the
daughter of
Samuel and Alice SCOTT, natives of the same state, where the ancestors of the family
settled at a period
antedating the war of Independence, in which struggle Samuel SCOTT bore a conspicuous
part. To Thomas and
Rachael CALDWELL were born the following children in order named: Nancy, Mary A.,
Nathaniel S., John W.,
Reuben, Jane Elizabeth and Alice.
In early days the home of Thomas CALDWELL was a favorite stopping place for all itenerant
(sic)
Methodist preachers of central Indiana, and it was at his house that some of the first
religious meetings
ever held in Jackson township were conducted.
Nathaniel S. CALDWELL was brought to Boone County when quite young. His early educational
advantages were
such of the indifferent country schools at the time afforded but such was his diligence
and application
that with in a few years he had made sufficient progress to enable him to teach, which
calling he followed
for some time in Jackson township, where he earned the reputation of a very careful and
painstaking
instructor. To him, as much as to any other man, are the schools of Boone County indebted
for much of the
efficiency for which they have been noted in the past years.
Mr. CALDWELL was a self made man in all terms implied, and the beautiful farm he owned,
supplied with all
modern improvements and latest agricultural appliances, represents the fruits of his
unaided industry and
well directed business thrift.
He was married in February 1857 to Francis CANADA, to which union the following children
were born:
Thomas. J., David, John M. and Chas. E. CALDWELL, all of which survive him except David
who died 16 May
1871.
Early last fall Mr. CALDWELL was stricken down with diabetes and compelled to take his
bed. During his
sickness he manifest great courage and was exceedingly patient at all times. One week
before his death he
called his wife, children and relatives to his bedside and bade them good-bye telling them
to meet him in
heaven. He passed peacefully away from the scenes of earth, 18 January 1905. He leaves a
widow, three
sons, a brother and a host of friends to mourn their loss.
-Reprinted from the Advance Hustler-
10.
Surname: SAMPLE
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, (Boone County) Indiana
Friday, 20 January 1905 page 2
Robert SAMPLE came in from Decatur Co., Tuesday evening, where he has been making his home
most of the
past two years. He met with a bad accident last Sunday, which gave him a very bad bruised
nose and face.
He was riding his bicycle from Columbus to Alert, a distance of fourteen miles, and when
he had covered
about half the distance his bicycle suddenly slid out from under him and he was thrown
onto the frozen
ground lighting upon his nose and face. His face and nose were badly peeled and bruised
and he also
received a severe bruise on the back of his right hand in attempting to protect his face.
Mr. SAMPLE
continued ton his journey and transacted his business at Alert.
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11.
Surname: MINOR
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, (Boone County) Indiana
Friday, 20 January 1905 page 1
James MINOR Barn Burns
James MINORS barn, one mile east of Max, was destroyed by fire early Thursday of last
week together with
all its contents, including about two hundred bushels of corn, five tons of clover hay,
fourteen tons of
shredded fodder, a carriage, threshing machine, corn sheller, several plows, a feed
cutter, carpenters
tools, a binder, a hay rake, harness and a number of minor articles. The barn was insured
in Boone Co.
Farmers Cooperative Insurance Co. for $250 and the contents for $500. Mr. MINOR estimates
the value of
contents destroyed at $447.75.
The fire is suppose to have originated from a lightened lantern which Mr. MINOR had hung
up in the barn
while he harnessed the horses. The fire was not discovered until Mr. MINOR had been away
for the barn some
little time.
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