Sharon:
Thank you so much for responding to my query about < AYERS, ANTHONY, POWELL,
and ROUSH. > I'm doing genealogy for my children so my wife's family is
included in my interests. My mother-in-law was Lillie Marie (Ayers) Smith,
of Newburgh, IN. She was born in Story, Brown County, IN, on February 7,
1909, the daughter of Thomas Clifton Ayers and Sina Blanch (Anthony) Ayers.
They later moved to Nashville, IN, and she graduated from Nashville High
School in 1925. (She is pictured, with her high school class, in the book,
"If You Don't Outdie Me," a book about Brown County.) She attended Indiana
University and while in Nursing school in Indianapolis she met her future
husband, Carl Albert Smith, Technical High School, class of 1921.
I'm not sure but I believe Thomas Ayers' father was James Ayers. I have it
in some notes which are stored away (I'm just etting back into this genealogy
since I retired last fall.), but memory fails me for sure. Sina Blanche
(Anthony) Ayers, born July 19, 1886, was the daughter of Samuel Anthony and
(?) Roush. Samuel Anthony is pictured on the cover of "If You Don't Outdie
Me," with a group of his cronies on the famous Liars' Bench which sat on the
southwest corner of the courthouse square.
When I married Tom and Sina Ayers' grand-daughter, Peggy Smith, in May of
1952, Tom and Sina lived a couple of blocks south of the Nashville House,
almost directly across the street from the First Christian Church. I believe
a Long John Silver's or Captain D's fast food seafood restaurant is now on
the site. I fondly remember Nashville before it became such a tourist
attraction - visited there many times. I ate at the Nashville House several
times and now, here in Florida, live a few blocks from and attend church with
a fellow who was a cook there many, many years ago, 'Mike' Borno, a retired
Naval officer. Small world!
Sharon, if you could tell me where I can obtain the book on the Ayers family,
and also give me the name and page numbers of the book in the Dallas library,
I would be most grateful. Thank you in advance, or, TYIA!
I love this genealogy!
Cookie, in Florida