I believe Joe Letterman and wife who donated land for Fairview
are the grandparents of David Letterman (both his parents lived
in the Linton area.)
In a message dated 2/28/2011 3:09:18 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Today's Topics:
1. Looking for local history on John D & Susan Durrough Adams
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2. Re: Looking for local history on John D & Susan Durrough
Adams (gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com)
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:36:24 -0000
From: "gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com>
Subject: [INGREENE] Looking for local history on John D & Susan
Durrough Adams
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Author: sbechman1
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Hi, my great-great grandparents, John and Susan Adams, moved to the
Stockton Township in Greene County, Indiana in the 1860s from Iowa. They
apparently became quite prosperous, with a large estate NE of Linton where they
operated a coal mine and a cider mill as well as crop farming. I understand
they donated the land to establish Linton (Fairview) cemetery as well as
land to establish the Linton-Stockton School corporation.
I have most all of the vital information on their family, but I don't have
any history of their or their descendants' lives, eg., how did they or
their descendants lose the farm, why were they not buried in the cemetery for
which they donated the land, etc.? I am hoping someone here might have
that information.
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:51:59 -0000
From: "gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com>
Subject: Re: [INGREENE] Looking for local history on John D & Susan
Durrough Adams
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According to information about the beginning of the Fairview Cemetery,
from "Cemeteries of Western Greene County, Indiana, Volume III" compiled and
prepared by Loraine E. Kraus for the Greene County Historical Society (which
contains burial listings for Fairview), the initial 6 acres of land for
the cemetery was purchased for $240 from Joseph and Adalia Letterman in the
late 1800s.
There is an older cemetery called "Old Linton" Cemetery which is much
smaller than Fairview. There's no information included about when or how it
came to be established, however.
You might want to contact the Greene County Historical Society to see if
they have further information available about these cemeteries. Also, their
website is at the following URL:
http://greenecountyhistoricalsociety.org/
Hope this helps some! :)
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