Thank you all for your gracious responses to my fledgling attempts to put
on the net all of these old newspaper articles that I have inherited. (I
just wish they were in condition to scan). Several of you have not only
responded, but asked about your "brick walls". PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO SO!
But you need to understand, there are literally more than a few hundred
of these articles and they are in big scrapbooks in NO ORDER, OR NOT BY
FAMILY! They are just my wonderful Great Aunt's collections over her
lifetime. They relate to my HARRIS family, but they may be just friends
in some cases, or cousins 3, 4 or 5 times removed. And, once in a while,
they are in my direct line which are HARRIS' that originated in Germany
and came over during the Rev. War and then settled in Mifflin Cty., PA.,
for a while before then migrating to Tusc. Cty., OH and staying for a
generation and then ending up in central and southwestern IN. (And of
course going "everywhere " from there.
So, please continue to send your inquires as convenient, and I will do my
best to keep you emails for when I run across an article that relates to
your question and then recontact you? (I hope)! I also hope that I will
get some new leads also!! Thanks for your help and understanding.
FRED HARRIS
"FAMILIAR NAMES"
"Cornettsville in 1888 was a thriving business town and many of the
business men have names familiar to people now living in the county-among
listings under Cornettsville Business References were-JN Killion,
Contractor., Rolen Cloe, Painter; Elijah Tomey, Attorney; Samuel Clinton,
Attorney; Elmer E Hastings, Teachers; John A Hastings, Justice of the
Peace and Grocer; CW Freeman, blacksmith; Alfred S Meyers, contractor.
"ODON BUSINESS REFERENCES"
"Ezra Mattingly, Principal of Odon Schools; WJ Johnson, teacher &
minister; LM Courtney, minister; Howard Crooke, attorney; Joseph D.
Laughlin, attorney; Wm. H McCarter, township trustee; John Dearmin, MD;
Barton Sears, MD; SF Harris, MD (my GG uncle); Steve o Culmer, MD; JB
Crooke, teacher; WL Stoy, publisher of Odon Weekly Journal and manager
and proprieter of the Opera House.
Abraham & Danner, hardware store owners; JM Crooke, Dry Goods; George D
Abraham, Dry Goods, Harnesses and Saddles; Harvey Smiley manufacturer of
drain tile and brick;ED, SL and FW Jacobs, contactors; Redman & Chinn,
Contractors; Wm Dearmin, Contractor; Hitchcock & Winklepleck, Hardware
dealers; Dunlap and Pershing, lumber dealers; JB Crooke, proprietor of
Odon House; BJ Smiley, livery & feed; Regia Overton, livestock dealer;
and Wm Seneff, farmer."
"OBITURARY"
"Mrs. Ann Seneff, wife of Wm. Seneff, of this place, died Tuesday morning
at 1:00 at the home of her son, Dr. JH Seneff in Dubois County of
complications of disease. Mrs. Seneff was 63 years of age, a good
Christian lady, having lived a member of the UB Church 35 years, and an
indulgent mother. The funeral services will be led at 10:30 Sunday
morning by Rev John Breden. The remains were buried Tuesday in Dubois
County. The deceased leaves a husband, seven daughters, two sons and a
host of friends."