Hello! Thank you for your very kind comments. Since I am a "H & P"
typist, it is comments like yours that keep me at this. I
promise.....more will follow. Thank you again, FRED
Fred's Family Page
Thanks for sharing this. Since I am from Martin Co, halfway between
Loogootee and the Dubois Co Line, I especially enjoyed your web site
also. I
grew up in Daviess Co and some of the names you mentioned were
familiar, but
not family.
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From: <eagleone36(a)juno.com>
To: <INMARION-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 4:23 PM
Subject: [MARION COUNTY, IN] More from my Great Aunt's Scrapbook
> Hello everyone. For those who are unfamiliar with the above, as I
can, I
> submit the text of my Great Aunt's collection of obits and newsy
things
> for the purpose of "maybe" helping someone break down a "brick
wall".
> These items were collected from newspapers covering a time frame
of the
> late 1800s to WW11. They don't always have locations or exact
dates in
> them, but were collected as my HARRIS family moved from PA., to
OH., to
> IN. The souces are not always there either since my Great Aunt
knew the
> people involved and most were related to her and as a result, to
me. I
> submit these for help as it may apply, not as a notorized
documentation
> of events. These articles come mainly from Mifflin Co., PA.,
Tuscarawas
> Co., OH and the area surrounding Daviess Co., IN. My Great Aunt
lived
> almost 90 years, so there are several scrapbooks full to pass on.
I hope
> this helps someone in their quest.
>
> OBIT
> Death From Smallpox
> Earl Penrod died at Mitchell on Thursday of last week of Small
Pox. He
> was buried that night without his parents or any relatives viewing
his
> body due to the nature of the illiness and to protect others from
this
> killer illness. He was well known here, where he lived many years.
He
> leaves a wife and three small children. William K. Penrod , Editor
of the
> Loogootee Tribune, was a brother. He had $1000.00 insurance.
>
> Mrs. Sarah A. Pershing, wife of Elijah S. Pershing after a
lingering
> illiness of three months, died of that dreadful disease
consumption,
> Saturday, June 6th at 8:00 pm., aged 41 years, nine months and 23
days.
> The maiden name of the deceased was Sarah Winklepleck, ( a cousin
of my
> Great Aunt), daughter of George C. and Susan A. Winklepleck. She
was
> married to Elijah December 9, 1869. She leaves a husband and
eleven
> children and a large number or relatives and friends to mourn her
loss.
> The deceased was a member of the U B Church and by her estimable
> qualities as a Christian wife and mother endeared herself to a
large
> circle of friends. She called her husband and children and friends
that
> were present to her bedside and told them to meet her in Heaven
and
> admonished her children to be good boys and girls. The funeral
took place
> Sunday at 3:oopm in Raglesville(IN.), buried at Raglesville
Cemetery and
> Revs., Scott and Councilman officiating. Rev. Scott of Odon
delivered a
> very able funeral sermon from the 15 chapter of Corinthians and
55 verse
> to a very large concourse of friends.
>
> Josiah P Winklepleck died at his home north of Odon Tuesday Night
of
> dropsy, at the age of thirty three years. He was the son of Jacob
> Winklepleck and leaves father, mother and one brother and two
sisters.
> The funeral services were held at his home north of Odon Wednesday
at
> 10:00am at Union Chapel with Rev. Key of Scotland in charge.
Burial was
> made at Union Chapel.
>
> Ann Shafer was born in Flat County, PA., October 4, 1817. Died
Decemeber
> 8, 1890, aged 73 years, 2 mos, and 4 days. When a child, her
parents
> moved to Ohio. She was married to Jacob Shafer November 24, 1839
and with
> him cam e to this area in 1843. The deceased ubited with the M E
Church
> in 1839 and lived a devoted Christian life. She leaves an aged
husband,
> one daughter and four grandchildren and a host of relatives and
friends
> to mourn her loss. Her funeral was preached at Good Hope and her
body
> laid to rest December 10, 1890.
>
> Dixson H. Bynum, (relative), Indianapolis attorney and former
chairman of
> the Indiana Industrial Board, killed himself with a shotgun at
his his
> home, 1527 East 12th Street, Sunday. Services were held at the
Ragsdale &
> Price Funeral home the next day. Burial will be at Washington, IN,
his
> former home. Mr. Bynum who was sixty three years odl, was former
United
> States District Attorney.
>
> NEWSY STUFF
> Clay City News
> August - 1912
>
> Terre Haute: Claude Trent, age eighteen, and Pansy Fuller, aged
fourteen,
> accompanied by his father and with a letter of consent from the
girl's
> mother, appealed first to the County Clerk and then to Judge
Fortune of
> the Circuit Court in vain for a marriage license. The Clerk said
that
> the law required the consent of the Circuit Judge for a girl under
a
> given age, and after Judge Fortune had questioned the youth and
the
> father he declined to give consent.
>
> Columbus: One tangible bit of good news for the farmers in
Bartholomew
> County is the fact that County Agent I B Johnson has managed to
bring
> down the price of crushed limestone the farmers use to correct
the
> acidity of their soil. They had been paying $1.97 a ton and now
the new
> price will be $$1.25 a ton! Really good news!
>
>
> I hope some of this helps some of you! Have a great SPRING!
> Fred HARRIS
> Fred's Family Page
>
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~findingyourfamily/fred.html
>
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