I did just check and my memory didn't fail me this time.... it later became Romona,
which is located in the Northeastern section of Washington Twp.
N.J.SkinnerWhite
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"Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past."(Deuteronomy
32:7a)
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From: N.J.SkinnerWhite <vwhite0901(a)aol.com>
To: nrscott30 <nrscott30(a)yahoo.com>; inowen <inowen(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sun, Sep 23, 2012 6:42 pm
Subject: Re: [INOWEN] Where is/was Munday's Station?
Just without looking, I thought that Munday's Station is what Romona was
originally called....that was going North out of Spencer.....but let me look to
make sure. Will have to dig through some things first.
N.J.SkinnerWhite
vwhite0901(a)aol.com
"Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past."(Deuteronomy
32:7a)
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From: Nancy Scott <nrscott30(a)yahoo.com>
To: Indiana Rootsweb <inowen(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sun, Sep 23, 2012 4:28 pm
Subject: [INOWEN] Where is/was Munday's Station?
Following up on the article we put together about our ancestors' travels as they
came to Owen County, I put together the following note, quoting some of our
correspondence, and received the response, which you will find at the end of
this. Can you identify the location of Munday's Station and Adam
Britton's/Brenton's Ferry on White River?
Russell Hamm lists Adam Britton's Ferry
at Munday's Station. That man is Adam Brenton, the older brother of
Robert Samuel Brenton. These two brothers came to Owen County, IN
from Clarke County, IN. Their father, William, having been granted
land there for his Revolutionary War service, took his family from
Bourbon County, Kentucky.
How might they have crossed the Ohio
River; that is, where were the landing sites? And how might the
brothers, who came independently to Owen County, IN travel from
Clarke County, IN?
The aforesaid Samuel Brenton later left Owen
County, IN about 1855 for Iowa or Nebraska with his wife, Margaret L.
Jean. They had a son, Adoniram Judson Brenton, born near
Ottumwa,Wapello County, Iowa in 1856 and a second son, Benjamin
Brenton, born in Nebraska. Their third child, a daughter, was born in
Owen County, IN. What route or routes might they have traveled?
Late
in 1861 Sam Brenton enlisted in the Indiana 50th,which mustered in
Seymour, Jackson County,IN. The unit then traveled, I know not how
nor by what route, to the camp of rendevous and instruction near
Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky. Sam contracted pneumonia enroute
and died before they reached the camp.He was buried in Bardstown, and
along with other soldiers was removed to the military cemetery near
Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky sometime after the war. Any idea how
those men went from Seymour to Bardstown?
Judson Brenton married
Mary Elizabeth Rice and they lived at one time in Farmer,or Farmer's
Station, Owen Co. IN. Their son Herman Orville Brenton, married Mary
Annette Gantz, a daughter of Dr. Thomas Gantz of Freedom, Owen Co.
IN. He was an only child. They moved to Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN
and after Judson and Mary died, the Brenton family was gone. Herman
inherited the house down by the railroad and general store in Farmer.
The old highway went up over the hill to the east of the present
highway; it still exists and a few families still live there. Mary
Annette (Gantz)Brenton's parents are buried in the Farmer Cemetery;
Judson & Mary Elizabeth Brenton and Herman Orville & Mary
Annette Brenton are buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Spencer, Owen
Co. IN.
We would love a reply with any information that you may
have. Thanks.
Nancy Scott, searching for a Brenton decendent &
for Owen County, IN research.
Response:
In this part of Indiana, the name
appears as "Brinton" in early records. I'm reading through
the early county commissioner reports of Monroe County, where one of
the first roads ordered to be constructed in the early days led to
"Brinton's Ferry" on the White River. Do you have any idea
where this was located in terms of section number/township?
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