That part of Greene County had lots of marshy land. As a child, I
remember "The Bee Hunter Marsh", "The Goose Pond," among others. The
strip mine closest to where we lived was Maume. Most of the western
part of the county was strip mined. I remember pit after pit after
pit filled with water after the strippers had moved on. An ecology
program made the mine owners reforested the ponds and it was that way
for many years. However, the big draglines came back again in recent
years and have gone down for another layer of coal; this time, they
are leaving the land flatten out so that it can be useful to farmers
again. Peabody has been a major company in the area; but there are
others.
Deep mining was done somewhat; I remember my dad telling about the
winter he dug into the ground and brought out coal to sell. I think
that venture was by hand.
Linton is in Stockton township and the next township to the east is
Grant which contains Switz City.
I checked my cemeteries of Western Green County, IN and found Walls
and Payne and did not find either one of the folks you were looking
for.
Erma Jean Loveland
-----Original Message-----
From: Naomi Wall <bevegan(a)mindspring.com>
To: INGREENE-L(a)rootsweb.com <INGREENE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Sunday, June 13, 1999 2:27 PM
Subject: Wall and Payne
I am researching my grandfather Forest Stewart WALL born Feb. 20,1891
in
Kentucky and my grandmother Ida Pearl PAYNE born Nov 24, 1898 in
Kentucky. The Payne's moved to Indiana about 1904 and the Wall's I
am
not sure when they moved there but they were living there in 1910. I
of
course would like to get more information on these two families but
would also like to know the following: Where were Grant twp. and
Stockton twp. located? The Payne's lived in Grant twp. and the Wall's
were in Stockton twp. I noticed on the 1910 census that almost
everyone
in Stockton twp. worked in a mine. (Including Forest and two of his
brothers)What was the name of the mine? Where was the mine located
and
where can I find info. on it? I would like to know things like what
the
wages and conditions were, etc. The census lists the following: Ida
Wall 49-Head-Married 29 years-8children 5 living. No husband is
listed. Don't know if he abandoned them but I would think she would
be
a widow if he had died. Children listed:
Morton 21 miner
Forest 18 driver in coal mine
McKinley H. 15 trapper in coal mine
Bertie (daughter) 12 in school
The Payne's lived in Grant twp. and Ulysses Grant (he used
Euell)Payne
38, born in Arkansas, married 15 years, worked for the railroad as a
laborer. It is listed as car.rep.RR. What does that stand for? His
wife was Mary Ellen Johnson Payne, 31,born in Kentucky, 8 children 5
living. Children: William 13
Ida 11
Lela 8
Pansy 6
Edna 4
I would appreciate any information you can provide. Thanks, Julie
Wall