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Surnames: Stewart
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My GGrandparents, John and Armenda (Pitser/Pitzer) Stewart born Feb.1, 1861 and July 25, 1861 respectively were married July 25, 1884 in Delaware Co., IN.
To this union were born 7 children with a son dying in infancy.
Bessie, Lillie Belle (my Grandmother), Myrta, Herman, Homer and Lavina.
They moved to Kansas shortly after their marriage and stayed a short while. They came back to IN. and lived at Shelby near Hebron in Porter Co. After a few years they moved to Minnesota and stayed for several years, coming back to IN. and living in Gaston, Delaware Co., IN.
In their later years they moved back to Boone Grove near Hebron and lived there until they died.
Armenda died Nov. 25, 1942, John died June 3, 1950.
If anyone could help me with information on them or their children, I would be very grateful.
Annette Wappes
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Greetings Porter County Genealogy Researchers,
I'm in the process of compiling a database of obituaries and death notices published in Porter County, Indiana, newpapers prior to 1900. Below is an index of names and the year of publication for an individual's death notice/obituary as entered in the database to date. I will be reposting an index after every 500 to 600 news entries have been made to the database. If you are interested in obtaining a full obituary or death notice of person listed below, then please email me directly [ woodisgood(a)moscow.com ] and I will send it to you with a full citation. There is no charge.
The database currently contains more than 600 death notices and obituaries fully transcribed from the Chesterton Tribune. Other county newspapers will be added to the database in the future. Note that the Chesterton Tribune was very much a county newspaper prior to 1900, covering local news as far as Miller Beach to the west, Hebron and Kouts to the south, and LaPorte and Michigan City to the east. Many obits and death notices do not contain a given name; these were typically for
infants. Also, some individuals had more than one obit or death notice published in the newspaper.
=*=*= CURRENT INDEX =*=*=
ADAMS, Anna Newby - 1884
ADAMS, John - 1888
ALLEN, George - 1895
ALLEN, Clarrissa - 1884
ALLISON, Robert - 1884
ALYEA, - 1884
ANDERSON, - 1884
ANDERSON, Charles - 1885
ANDERSON, John - 1886
ANDERSON, John - 1886
ANDERSON, Andrew - 1887
ANDREWS, Myron - 1888
ANGER, Mrs. George - 1886
ANSBRO, C. - 1887
ARMSTRONG, Ipatia Corey - 1894
ASPBUND, Mrs. - 1886
AUSTIN, Will - 1895
AXE, Cyrus - 1894
AYLER, Mat - 1884
AYLESWORTH, Mrs. James - 1895
AYLESWORTH, Jane Beeles - 1895
BAKER, Conrad - 1885
BANCROFT, William A. - 1884
BANCROFT, Lyman - 1885
BANTA, Rhoda Bates - 1885
BARNARD, William - 1887
BARNES, Sarah Jane - 1895
BARNEY, Mrs. David - 1884
BARRETT, Benton - 1895
BATHOLOMEW, Mrs. Stephen L. - 1895
BEACH, Truman - 1885
BEACH, Walter - 1887
BEAM, Paul - 1885
BECK, Charles H. - 1896
BEDELL, Lucy A. Hall - 1888
BEDELL, Lucy A. Hall - 1888
BEECH, Minnie - 1886
BENHAM, Fred - 1885
BERGSTROM, Frank - 1884
BERGSTROM, Frank - 1884
BERGSTROM, Albert Gustavas - 1886
BERTHOLOD, Fredrick - 1885
BERTRAND, Mrs. John B. - 1886
BEVINGTON, Emma Stanton - 1894
BEYER, Mrs. - 1886
BIGELOW, - 1885
BIGGART, Mollie - 1885
BILLINGS, Margaretta Miller - 1887
BLACHLEY, Christena - 1895
BLACHLEY, Christina Laughlin - 1896
BLANK, Nelson - 1888
BOND, Calvin - 1885
BOND, William - 1885
BOND, Lorenzo - 1885
BOOHER, Adolph - 1896
BOOHER, Adolphus - 1896
BOSTWICK, Jasper B. - 1895
BOWMAN, Charles Luke - 1885
BOYD, Isaac - 1886
BOYE, Otto - 1895
BRADLEY, James - 1887
BRADY, Mrs. John - 1888
BREWER, Arlington - 1887
BROADY, Mary M. Caskey - 1894
BROADY, - 1895
BRODY, Lura E. - 1887
BROWN, - 1895
BROWN, Charity M. - 1895
BROWN, George W. - 1895
BROWN, - 1895
BROWN, James - 1884
BROWN, - 1884
BROWN, John Jerome - 1886
BROWN, John Jerome - 1886
BROWN, Bertha - 1887
BROWN, Agnes - 1887
BRYANT, S. R. - 1886
BUCHANAN, - 1896
BURGE, Walter - 1895
BURKHARDT, Charles - 1884
BURROWS, Morley - 1895
BURROWS, Peter Morley - 1895
BUSGROVE, Joe - 1884
BUSHHOUSER, Charles - 1888
BUSSE, Lillian Hageman - 1888
BUSSE, Lillian Hageman - 1888
BUTLER, James - 1884
CAMPBELL, - 1895
CARLSON, - 1885
CARLSON, - 1885
CASGROVE, - 1884
CASSLER, Mrs. Nettie - 1895
CHAMBERLAIN, - 1894
CHAMBERLAIN, Hultgren - 1895
CHELBERG, Annie - 1896
CHELLBERG, Annie - 1896
CHELSTROM, - 1886
CHELSTROM, - 1887
CHETHAM, William - 1886
CHETHAM, Mrs. William - 1886
CHILDS, Lorenzo W. - 1886
CISSNA, Mrs. Robert - 1888
CISSNA, Mrs. Robert Greene - 1888
COALMAN, - 1896
COATES, H. C. - 1894
CODER, - 1888
COLE, Peter - 1885
COLE, Sally Dillingham - 1886
COLLINS, Jud - 1895
COLLINS, Mrs. Henry - 1885
COMSTOCK, Fannie - 1885
CONCANNON, Thomas - 1895
CONKLING, Roscoe - 1888
COOK, Alex - 1895
COOPER, Emma Sheeley - 1886
COREY, Earnest Albert - 1895
COULTER, John C. - 1895
COYNE, Cecelia - 1895
CRAWFORD, Russel - 1887
CRAWFORD, Russel - 1887
CRAWFORD, George - 1887
CRAWFORD, Ellen - 1888
CRISPIN, Jennie Long - 1884
CROSBY, Morgan B. - 1895
CURRY, Jospeh G. - 1887
CUTLER, S. W. - 1885
CZIZEK, Margaret - 1887
DABBERT, Christine - 1885
DABETT, - 1884
DAHLBERG, Ida - 1888
DAHLBERG, Ida - 1888
DALTON, Patrick - 1884
DALTON, Patrick - 1884
DALY, - 1895
DALY, Philip - 1895
DANIELS, Marretta - 1887
DEVERE, Edward - 1896
DIEDRICH, Mrs. - 1884
DODDRIDGE, Willie - 1896
DRAGER, - 1884
DRAGO, Olive H. Young - 1884
DRAGO, Paschal - 1885
DRAPER, Elizabeth - 1884
DUROCHER, Peter - 1887
EARLY, William - 1895
ECKLUND, John - 1896
EDMUNDSON, Bennie - 1895
ELIASON, John - 1886
ELIASON, John - 1886
ELIEL, Francis A. - 1887
ELLIS, Elizabeth - 1885
ELY, Frank - 1887
ENGLISH, Thomas - 1885
ERICSON, - 1885
ERLANDSON, Olof - 1887
ETTA, Baker Brown - 1895
EVANS, Mrs. Ed Bond - 1885
FAHRNHEIM, August - 1888
FELKER, John M. - 1886
FELTON, John M. - 1894
FIELDS, Douglass - 1884
FINNEY, Mrs. Lansing - 1885
FISHER, Annette Tillottson - 1894
FISHER, Edith - 1887
FLANNERY, Johnny - 1894
FLANNERY, Ann Kennedy - 1895
FLANNERY, Patrick - 1885
FLEMING, Jacob - 1885
FLEMMING, - 1887
FLYNN, Ellen - 1885
FOSTER, Doc - 1887
FOX, Jake - 1895
FOX, - 1884
FOX, - 1885
FOX, Anice C. - 1885
FOX, Anice C. Bronson - 1885
FRAME, Billy - 1895
FRAME, - 1895
FREDERICK, Mrs. Daniel - 1895
FREEMAN, Azariah - 1885
FREEMAN, Azariah - 1885
FREER, - 1895
FRESE, - 1886
FRIDAY, Liddie - 1886
FRIDAY, Liddie - 1886
FRIEZE, Louisa - 1186
FRIEZE, Louisa - 1886
FULLER, Abram - 1895
FUNK, James Maurice - 1895
FUNK, James Maurice - 1895
GAGEL, Henry - 1896
GAGEL, - 1896
GANER, Anna - 1884
GENSEN, Christina - 1896
GEORAN, Gustave E. - 1895
GILL, John A. - 1888
GOERG, Peter - 1895
GORMAN, Margaret - 1885
GOSSETT, Charity - 1885
GOSSETT, Charity - 1885
GOSSETT, John - 1887
GOSSETT, John - 1887
GRADY, Mary Kerr - 1884
GRAVES, Alfred - 1896
GRAVES, Alfred - 1896
GREEN, - 1884
GREEN, - 1887
GREEN, Amer C. - 1887
GREENING, Daisy - 1896
GRIMSHAW, - 1888
GRISWOLD, Ada Luella - 1887
GRUBB, George G. - 1886
GUSTAFSON, John - 1885
GUSTAFSON, Nelson P. - 1885
GUSTAFSON, - 1885
GUSTAFSON, Gustaf - 1886
GUSTAFSON, Minerva - 1887
GUSTAFSON, Minerva Lenora - 1887
GUSTAFSON, Mary Ette - 1887
GUSTAFSON, John - 1887
GUSTAFSON, John - 1887
GUSTAFSON, John August - 1887
GUSTAFSON, - 1888
HAGER, - 1895
HALL, Samuel - 1887
HALLAN, Stephen - 1888
HAMERECK, - 1884
HAMILTON, Angeline - 1885
HAMILTON, Gavin - 1887
HAMMON, John - 1894
HANSEN, John - 1887
HANSON, Henry - 1884
HARBAUGH, Mrs. - 1887
HARGERS, - 1885
HARNESS, Adam - 1885
HARPER, Emily Amelia Atwater - 1894
HARPER, A. R. - 1895
HARPER, Archibald Reed - 1895
HARRINGTON, Samuel - 1896
HARRINGTON, Hattie - 1896
HARRINGTON, Conn - 1888
HARRIS, Jackson - 1885
HARRISON, Mrs. John - 1887
HARRISON, Mrs. John - 1887
HARRISON, Andrew - 1888
HARRISON, Andrew - 1888
HARRISON, Mrs. A. J. - 1888
HAWKENSON, C. J. - 1884
HEATH, Mrs. - 1884
HECK, Wofley - 1887
HECKER, Mrs. George - 1896
HERRON, George - 1888
HIGHLANDER, August - 1896
HILL, William - 1885
HILL, Martha Ann Chickner - 1886
HILL, Reuben - 1886
HILL, Charles - 1887
HILLSTROM, - 1896
HINELINE, - 1894
HOGAN, James - 1885
HOLLAND, John - 1895
HOLLAND, Ira - 1885
HOLMS, - 1885
HONCHIN, Joseph - 1886
HOWARD, Mrs. James - 1885
HOWARD, J. M. - 1887
HULBERT, David - 1896
HULCE, Charles - 1888
HULTGREEN, - 1886
HUTZE, Paul - 1886
HYDEN, - 1885
HYDINE, Minnie - 1884
INSLEY, Mrs. H. Wolf - 1887
ISBEY, Louisa Hylander - 1885
JACOBSON, John - 1884
JACOBSON, - 1886
JAMES, Mrs. Allen - 1882
JANSEN, H. L. - 1888
JARVOZ, Joseph - 1895
JOHNSON, Nettie - 1896
JOHNSON, Mrs. Jonas - 1894
JOHNSON, Pearl - 1894
JOHNSON, Pearl - 1894
JOHNSON, Bertie - 1894
JOHNSON, Oscar - 1895
JOHNSON, Richard - 1895
JOHNSON, - 1895
JOHNSON, Andrew - 1895
JOHNSON, Fred - 1895
JOHNSON, Annie Eleanor - 1895
JOHNSON, Charlie - 1884
JOHNSON, - 1885
JOHNSON, Mrs. William - 1885
JOHNSON, - 1886
JOHNSON, Amanda - 1886
JOHNSTON, Mrs. Jonas - 1894
JOHNSTONE, Mrs. Oscar - 1895
JONES, David F. - 1895
JONES, Mrs. F. P. - 1885
JONES, G. W. - 1887
KAISER, Mrs. William - 1885
KARKOSSKI, Eva - 1895
KARROS, Felix - 1886
KELLEY, John - 1884
KELLEY, - 1886
KELLOGG, Alfred - 1886
KELLY, George - 1895
KELLY, John - 1884
KEMP, August - 1895
KEVIN, Matthew - 1884
KITHCART, Ella - 1884
KLEIN, George - 1896
KLEIN, Joseph - 1894
KLOPP, Matthias - 1888
KOSSAKOWSKI, - 1886
KOSSOKOWSKI, Mrs. Frank - 1895
KRAUSE, John - 1895
KUHL, Barney - 1887
LAHAYN, - 1895
LAHAYN, - 1895
LAHAYNE, Charles - 1885
LAHAYNE, Ella - 1887
LAHAYNE, Ella Elsybet - 1887
LAHINE, Charles - 1885
LANE, Nathan - 1886
LANSING, Robert - 1894
LAPELL, A. F. - 1885
LAWSON, Johanna Whalberg - 1887
LEMSTER, Charles - 1894
LESTER, - 1887
LETHERMAN, Joseph H. - 1886
LETTS, Albert E. - 1886
LINDAHL, Blende - 1885
LINDAHL, Blenda Sophia - 1885
LINDERMAN, Henry - 1886
LINDERMAN, Minerva - 1887
LINDERMAN, Emma - 1888
LINDERMAN, Emma - 1888
LINDERMAN, Emma - 1888
LINK, John - 1886
LITKEY, John - 1896
LOCKYEAR, Mrs. - 1894
LOFGREN, Mrs. - 1895
LONG, George - 1895
LONG, David - 1887
LONGLEY, - 1884
LONGLEY, Emma - 1884
LONGLEY, John - 1886
LONGSTADIUS, Charles - 1888
LOOMIS, Seth - 1886
LOOMIS, Justin - 1887
LOWE, J. D. - 1884
LUNDQUIST, N. P. - 1886
LUNDQUIST, N. P. - 1886
LYMAN, L. - 1888
LYNCH, Fannie - 1887
MAGEE, Daniel - 1887
MAHER, Julia - 1894
MALTZ, Frederick - 1885
MANN, - 1896
MARGINSON, Melvin - 1894
MASSEY, Lincoln - 1885
MAXWELL, Sadie L. - 1895
MAYNARD, Mrs. - 1885
MCALPIN, Joseph L. - 1888
MCAULEY, - 1887
MCCOLLUM, Frank - 1885
MCCOOL, Mrs. A. W. - 1894
MCCOOL, Mrs. William - 1885
MCCOOL, Mrs. William - 1885
MCFARLAND, - 1896
MCFARLAND, Charles - 1884
MCHENRY, Birdie E. - 1895
MCLELLAN, Gordon - 1886
MCNAMARA, Michael - 1894
MCNAMARA, Mrs. Michael - 1885
MCNEFF, John - 1885
MCNIECE, Lizzie - 1887
MEAD, Mrs. Harvy - 1885
MEIES, William - 1887
MENTZER, Mrs. Charles - 1895
MERRIFIELD, Mrs. E. S. - 1894
MERRIMAN, Louis - 1886
MICHAELS, Frederick - 1884
MICHAELS, Frederick - 1885
MICHAELS, Frederick - 1885
MILES, Mrs. - 1895
MILLER, Helen - 1895
MILLER, Minnie Miller - 1886
MILLER, Mrs. Fred - 1886
MISKIMNS, Glen - 1888
MONTZ, John - 1895
MOORE, Ed - 1896
MORGAN, George C. - 1895
MORONEY, - 1885
MORONEY, - 1885
MORONEY, Thomas J. - 1886
MORONEY, Thomas J. - 1886
MOYNEHAN, - 1888
MULDOON, - 1882
MULLEN, Hugh E. - 1895
MUNSON, Mrs. - 1884
MURPHY, Lucy - 1886
NELSON, - 1885
NEWBERRY, James - 1887
NICHOLLS, - 1894
NICHOLS, Ralph - 1895
NICHOLS, Mrs. W. B. - 1888
NICHOLSON, - 1896
NICKELL, Allen - 1895
NILSON, Nils - 1887
NORDSTRÖM, Fredrika P. - 1888
NORTON, Melvin - 1887
NOYES, Will W. - 1887
O'BRIEN, James - 1895
O'CONNOR, Patrick - 1896
O'CONNOR, Michael - 1884
O'CONNOR, Peter - 1888
ODELL, Alvaretta - 1886
ODELL, Alvaretta - 1886
OLSON, - 1884
OLSON, D. - 1884
OLSON, - 1885
OLSON, Peter - 1886
OLSON, Arthur - 1888
OLSSON, John - 1888
O'REILLY, Michael - 1887
OSBORNE, George - 1895
OSGOOD, John - 1886
OWEN, Jessie C. - 1885
OWEN, Jessie C. - 1885
PARKE, William F. - 1885
PARRIOT, Knighton - 1895
PARSON, - 1895
PASCHEN, - 1895
PASCHEN, - 1895
PASCHEN, Fred - 1886
PATRICK, Robert - 1886
PEARSON, Louisa - 1895
PEARSON, Peter - 1885
PEARSON, Christine - 1886
PEARSON, Joseph - 1887
PECK, Mrs. Beham - 1888
PEER, Isaac - 1886
PERKINS, Louis - 1885
PETERSON, August - 1895
PETERSON, Esther - 1895
PETERSON, - 1895
PETERSON, - 1884
PETERSON, - 1886
PETERSON, Lydia - 1888
PHILLIPSON, - 1887
PILLMAN, - 1888
POWERS, George - 1888
PRIEST, Elijah - 1895
PROSEUS, Mrs. Leonard - 1895
PUGH, James - 1885
PUGH, James - 1885
RABE, Mary - 1886
RADKE, - 1887
RAPP, Mrs. Charles - 1887
REILLY, William H. - 1886
REYNOLDS, Anderson - 1895
RHODA, Christopher - 1886
RICE, Mrs. Walter - 1886
RICH, Catherine - 1887
RINKMAN, Carls - 1887
RITTER, George - 1886
ROBBINS, - 1885
ROBBINS, Emily J. Gaylord - 1885
ROBBINS, Emily J. Gaylord - 1885
ROBBINS, Emily J. Gaylord - 1885
ROBINSON, Miriam - 1884
ROMINE, Jacob - 1895
RONBOLD, David - 1887
ROSENBAUM, Mrs. - 1895
ROSENKRANZ, August - 1895
RUHE, Joseph - 1888
RUNQUIST, Hattie Hageman - 1886
RYAN, Lizzie - 1895
RYAN, Lizzie - 1895
RYAN, Dennis - 1886
RYDBERG, Swan - 1888
SACKETT, Richard - 1884
SALISBURY, Darius J. - 1884
SALISBURY, Darius J. - 1884
SAMUELSON, Alfrieda - 1886
SANDBURG, Mrs. R. T. - 1896
SASS, - 1896
SCANLON, Lewis - 1885
SCHELLMAN, C. A. - 1884
SCHENEK, Clarence - 1887
SCHNEIDER, Charles - 1888
SCHROCK, Emma Carline - 1886
SCHWEIR, - 1896
SCOTT, Henry - 1888
SEIDLER, Mary - 1895
SEVERS, Mrs. Claus - 1885
SHEATSLEY, Samuel C. - 1886
SHELDINE, Mary - 1887
SHELDON, Benjamin - 1888
SHERWOOD, Archie - 1888
SHERWOOD, Archie - 1888
SHILLIES, - 1884
SHOLL, Ida - 1884
SHUNK, Magdalena - 1895
SIMPSON, Joseph - 1888
SIRKS, Mrs. John - 1885
SKELLEY, - 1895
SKINNER, Emily - 1885
SMALL, Anna E. - 1887
SMIDTHS, - 1895
SMITH, Margaret - 1895
SMITH, - 1895
SMITH, Henry - 1895
SMITH, Truman - 1884
SOGMAN, - 1884
SOMMER, - 1888
SOUBURSKI, Albert - 1896
SOWERS, Robert D. - 1895
SPERB, Anna J. Ansbro - 1887
SPERB, Mrs. Ansbro - 1887
SPERB, Anna J. Ansbro - 1887
SRAGUE, - 1884
STAFFER, Abram - 1887
STEVENS, Mrs. Melvin M. Carr - 1894
STEVENS, Lewis - 1884
STEVENS, Lewis - 1884
STICK, John - 1886
STICK, John - 1886
STODDARD, Mrs. - 1895
STOKES, Mary - 1895
STUDEBAKER, J. F. - 1887
SULLIVAN, Mrs. Timothy - 1884
SWANSON, C. - 1896
SWANSON, T. John - 1894
SWANSON, Alex - 1885
SWANSON, - 1885
SWANSON, Mary - 1885
SWANSON, Andrew - 1886
SWANSON, Mrs. A. P. - 1887
TAYLOR, William - 1887
TEEPLE, Mrs. John P. - 1887
TERRY, Mrs. Dolph - 1895
THOMAS, John - 1884
THOMSON, James - 1888
THUN, Jacob - 1886
TILLOTTSON, - 1894
TORPHY, - 1887
TRATEBAS, William R. - 1895
TRATEBAS, William R. - 1895
TRATEBAS, William R. - 1895
TROWE, Mrs. - 1885
TROWE, Carl - 1885
TURNER, - 1884
TURNER, Myrta - 1885
TURNER, Minnie A. Kettle - 1885
TURNER, Mrs. George - 1885
UNDERWOOD, Thomas - 1888
UNKNOWN, - 1895
UNKNOWN, - 1885
UNKNOWN, - 1885
UNKNOWN, - 1886
UNKNOWN, - 1886
UNKNOWN, Sam "The Coon" - 1886
UNKNOWN, Sister Angeline - 1887
UNKNOWN, - 1887
UNKNOWN, - 1887
UNKNOWN, - 1887
UNKNOWN, - 1888
UNKNOWN, - 1888
UNKNOWN, - 1888
UNKNOWN, - 1888
VALINE, - 1887
VAUX, John - 1885
VEAUX, John - 1885
VOIGHT, - 1896
WAFER, - 1886
WAGNER, - 1896
WALLACE, William - 1895
WALLACE, Mrs. H. J. - 1886
WANDRY, Mrs. Louis - 1896
WARNOCK, James - 1887
WARREN, Robert - 1885
WARTENA, Wiebern - 1886
WAY, Allen P. - 1895
WAY, George - 1885
WEBSTER, William A. - 1894
WEITZEL, - 1896
WELCH, Mrs. - 1886
WELSH, - 1885
WELSH, - 1885
WENNEGAR, Mary - 1887
WENTWORTH, Nelson M. - 1888
WESTRAND, - 1885
WHEELER, Homer - 1895
WHIPPLE, - 1885
WHITE, Mrs. Herman - 1895
WHITE, Daniel - 1884
WHITE, - 1884
WHITLOCK, Nancy - 1887
WHITMYER, Lyda Jane Sweet - 1884
WHITTEN, Liddie Brainard - 1884
WHITTEN, Liddie Brainard - 1884
WILCOX, - 1884
WILLIAMS, Mary Marine - 1895
WILSON, - 1896
WILSON, Mrs. S. - 1895
WILSON, John D. - 1895
WINDLE, Temple - 1885
WINSLOW, S. R. - 1884
WINTERFIELD, John - 1887
WINTERS, Patrick - 1884
WISE, - 1887
WIXON, - 1886
WIXON, - 1886
WOLF, Josephus - 1895
WOLF, Charles - 1895
WOODRUFF, Sam - 1884
WOODS, Cornelia - 1888
WRIGHT, Elizabeth - 1895
ZELIBOE, - 1888
ZIMMERMAN, Erdie - 1884
Greetings Porter County Genealogy Researchers,
I'm in the process of compiling a database of obituaries and death
notices published in Porter County, Indiana, newpapers prior to 1900.
Below is an index of names and the year of publication for an
individual's death notice/obituary as entered in the database to date. I
will be reposting an index after every 500 to 600 news entries have been
made to the database. If you are interested in obtaining a full obituary
or death notice of person listed below, then please email me directly
and I will send it to you with a full citation. There is no charge.
The database currently contains more than 600 death notices and
obitaries fully transcribed from the Chesterton Tribune. Other county
newspapers will be added to the database in the future. Note that the
Chesterton Tribune was very much a county newspaper prior to 1900,
covering local news as far as Miller Beach to the west, Hebron and Kouts
to the south, and LaPorte and Michigan City to the west. Many obits and
death notices do not contain a given name; these were typically for
infants. Also, some individuals had more than one obit or death notice
published in the newspaper.
ADAMS, Anna Newby - 1884
ADAMS, John - 1888
ALLEN, George - 1895
ALLEN, Clarrissa - 1884
ALLISON, Robert - 1884
ALYEA, - 1884
ANDERSON, - 1884
ANDERSON, Charles - 1885
ANDERSON, John - 1886
ANDERSON, John - 1886
ANDERSON, Andrew - 1887
ANDREWS, Myron - 1888
ANGER, Mrs. George - 1886
ANSBRO, C. - 1887
ARMSTRONG, Ipatia Corey - 1894
ASPBUND, Mrs. - 1886
AUSTIN, Will - 1895
AXE, Cyrus - 1894
AYLER, Mat - 1884
AYLESWORTH, Mrs. James - 1895
AYLESWORTH, Jane Beeles - 1895
BAKER, Conrad - 1885
BANCROFT, William A. - 1884
BANCROFT, Lyman - 1885
BANTA, Rhoda Bates - 1885
BARNARD, William - 1887
BARNES, Sarah Jane - 1895
BARNEY, Mrs. David - 1884
BARRETT, Benton - 1895
BATHOLOMEW, Mrs. Stephen L. - 1895
BEACH, Truman - 1885
BEACH, Walter - 1887
BEAM, Paul - 1885
BECK, Charles H. - 1896
BEDELL, Lucy A. Hall - 1888
BEDELL, Lucy A. Hall - 1888
BEECH, Minnie - 1886
BENHAM, Fred - 1885
BERGSTROM, Frank - 1884
BERGSTROM, Frank - 1884
BERGSTROM, Albert Gustavas - 1886
BERTHOLOD, Fredrick - 1885
BERTRAND, Mrs. John B. - 1886
BEVINGTON, Emma Stanton - 1894
BEYER, Mrs. - 1886
BIGELOW, - 1885
BIGGART, Mollie - 1885
BILLINGS, Margaretta Miller - 1887
BLACHLEY, Christena - 1895
BLACHLEY, Christina Laughlin - 1896
BLANK, Nelson - 1888
BOND, Calvin - 1885
BOND, William - 1885
BOND, Lorenzo - 1885
BOOHER, Adolph - 1896
BOOHER, Adolphus - 1896
BOSTWICK, Jasper B. - 1895
BOWMAN, Charles Luke - 1885
BOYD, Isaac - 1886
BOYE, Otto - 1895
BRADLEY, James - 1887
BRADY, Mrs. John - 1888
BREWER, Arlington - 1887
BROADY, Mary M. Caskey - 1894
BROADY, - 1895
BRODY, Lura E. - 1887
BROWN, - 1895
BROWN, Charity M. - 1895
BROWN, George W. - 1895
BROWN, - 1895
BROWN, James - 1884
BROWN, - 1884
BROWN, John Jerome - 1886
BROWN, John Jerome - 1886
BROWN, Bertha - 1887
BROWN, Agnes - 1887
BRYANT, S. R. - 1886
BUCHANAN, - 1896
BURGE, Walter - 1895
BURKHARDT, Charles - 1884
BURROWS, Morley - 1895
BURROWS, Peter Morley - 1895
BUSGROVE, Joe - 1884
BUSHHOUSER, Charles - 1888
BUSSE, Lillian Hageman - 1888
BUSSE, Lillian Hageman - 1888
BUTLER, James - 1884
CAMPBELL, - 1895
CARLSON, - 1885
CARLSON, - 1885
CASGROVE, - 1884
CASSLER, Mrs. Nettie - 1895
CHAMBERLAIN, - 1894
CHAMBERLAIN, Hultgren - 1895
CHELBERG, Annie - 1896
CHELLBERG, Annie - 1896
CHELSTROM, - 1886
CHELSTROM, - 1887
CHETHAM, William - 1886
CHETHAM, Mrs. William - 1886
CHILDS, Lorenzo W. - 1886
CISSNA, Mrs. Robert - 1888
CISSNA, Mrs. Robert Greene - 1888
COALMAN, - 1896
COATES, H. C. - 1894
CODER, - 1888
COLE, Peter - 1885
COLE, Sally Dillingham - 1886
COLLINS, Jud - 1895
COLLINS, Mrs. Henry - 1885
COMSTOCK, Fannie - 1885
CONCANNON, Thomas - 1895
CONKLING, Roscoe - 1888
COOK, Alex - 1895
COOPER, Emma Sheeley - 1886
COREY, Earnest Albert - 1895
COULTER, John C. - 1895
COYNE, Cecelia - 1895
CRAWFORD, Russel - 1887
CRAWFORD, Russel - 1887
CRAWFORD, George - 1887
CRAWFORD, Ellen - 1888
CRISPIN, Jennie Long - 1884
CROSBY, Morgan B. - 1895
CURRY, Jospeh G. - 1887
CUTLER, S. W. - 1885
CZIZEK, Margaret - 1887
DABBERT, Christine - 1885
DABETT, - 1884
DAHLBERG, Ida - 1888
DAHLBERG, Ida - 1888
DALTON, Patrick - 1884
DALTON, Patrick - 1884
DALY, - 1895
DALY, Philip - 1895
DANIELS, Marretta - 1887
DEVERE, Edward - 1896
DIEDRICH, Mrs. - 1884
DODDRIDGE, Willie - 1896
DRAGER, - 1884
DRAGO, Olive H. Young - 1884
DRAGO, Paschal - 1885
DRAPER, Elizabeth - 1884
DUROCHER, Peter - 1887
EARLY, William - 1895
ECKLUND, John - 1896
EDMUNDSON, Bennie - 1895
ELIASON, John - 1886
ELIASON, John - 1886
ELIEL, Francis A. - 1887
ELLIS, Elizabeth - 1885
ELY, Frank - 1887
ENGLISH, Thomas - 1885
ERICSON, - 1885
ERLANDSON, Olof - 1887
ETTA, Baker Brown - 1895
EVANS, Mrs. Ed Bond - 1885
FAHRNHEIM, August - 1888
FELKER, John M. - 1886
FELTON, John M. - 1894
FIELDS, Douglass - 1884
FINNEY, Mrs. Lansing - 1885
FISHER, Annette Tillottson - 1894
FISHER, Edith - 1887
FLANNERY, Johnny - 1894
FLANNERY, Ann Kennedy - 1895
FLANNERY, Patrick - 1885
FLEMING, Jacob - 1885
FLEMMING, - 1887
FLYNN, Ellen - 1885
FOSTER, Doc - 1887
FOX, Jake - 1895
FOX, - 1884
FOX, - 1885
FOX, Anice C. - 1885
FOX, Anice C. Bronson - 1885
FRAME, Billy - 1895
FRAME, - 1895
FREDERICK, Mrs. Daniel - 1895
FREEMAN, Azariah - 1885
FREEMAN, Azariah - 1885
FREER, - 1895
FRESE, - 1886
FRIDAY, Liddie - 1886
FRIDAY, Liddie - 1886
FRIEZE, Louisa - 1186
FRIEZE, Louisa - 1886
FULLER, Abram - 1895
FUNK, James Maurice - 1895
FUNK, James Maurice - 1895
GAGEL, Henry - 1896
GAGEL, - 1896
GANER, Anna - 1884
GENSEN, Christina - 1896
GEORAN, Gustave E. - 1895
GILL, John A. - 1888
GOERG, Peter - 1895
GORMAN, Margaret - 1885
GOSSETT, Charity - 1885
GOSSETT, Charity - 1885
GOSSETT, John - 1887
GOSSETT, John - 1887
GRADY, Mary Kerr - 1884
GRAVES, Alfred - 1896
GRAVES, Alfred - 1896
GREEN, - 1884
GREEN, - 1887
GREEN, Amer C. - 1887
GREENING, Daisy - 1896
GRIMSHAW, - 1888
GRISWOLD, Ada Luella - 1887
GRUBB, George G. - 1886
GUSTAFSON, John - 1885
GUSTAFSON, Nelson P. - 1885
GUSTAFSON, - 1885
GUSTAFSON, Gustaf - 1886
GUSTAFSON, Minerva - 1887
GUSTAFSON, Minerva Lenora - 1887
GUSTAFSON, Mary Ette - 1887
GUSTAFSON, John - 1887
GUSTAFSON, John - 1887
GUSTAFSON, John August - 1887
GUSTAFSON, - 1888
HAGER, - 1895
HALL, Samuel - 1887
HALLAN, Stephen - 1888
HAMERECK, - 1884
HAMILTON, Angeline - 1885
HAMILTON, Gavin - 1887
HAMMON, John - 1894
HANSEN, John - 1887
HANSON, Henry - 1884
HARBAUGH, Mrs. - 1887
HARGERS, - 1885
HARNESS, Adam - 1885
HARPER, Emily Amelia Atwater - 1894
HARPER, A. R. - 1895
HARPER, Archibald Reed - 1895
HARRINGTON, Samuel - 1896
HARRINGTON, Hattie - 1896
HARRINGTON, Conn - 1888
HARRIS, Jackson - 1885
HARRISON, Mrs. John - 1887
HARRISON, Mrs. John - 1887
HARRISON, Andrew - 1888
HARRISON, Andrew - 1888
HARRISON, Mrs. A. J. - 1888
HAWKENSON, C. J. - 1884
HEATH, Mrs. - 1884
HECK, Wofley - 1887
HECKER, Mrs. George - 1896
HERRON, George - 1888
HIGHLANDER, August - 1896
HILL, William - 1885
HILL, Martha Ann Chickner - 1886
HILL, Reuben - 1886
HILL, Charles - 1887
HILLSTROM, - 1896
HINELINE, - 1894
HOGAN, James - 1885
HOLLAND, John - 1895
HOLLAND, Ira - 1885
HOLMS, - 1885
HONCHIN, Joseph - 1886
HOWARD, Mrs. James - 1885
HOWARD, J. M. - 1887
HULBERT, David - 1896
HULCE, Charles - 1888
HULTGREEN, - 1886
HUTZE, Paul - 1886
HYDEN, - 1885
HYDINE, Minnie - 1884
INSLEY, Mrs. H. Wolf - 1887
ISBEY, Louisa Hylander - 1885
JACOBSON, John - 1884
JACOBSON, - 1886
JAMES, Mrs. Allen - 1882
JANSEN, H. L. - 1888
JARVOZ, Joseph - 1895
JOHNSON, Nettie - 1896
JOHNSON, Mrs. Jonas - 1894
JOHNSON, Pearl - 1894
JOHNSON, Pearl - 1894
JOHNSON, Bertie - 1894
JOHNSON, Oscar - 1895
JOHNSON, Richard - 1895
JOHNSON, - 1895
JOHNSON, Andrew - 1895
JOHNSON, Fred - 1895
JOHNSON, Annie Eleanor - 1895
JOHNSON, Charlie - 1884
JOHNSON, - 1885
JOHNSON, Mrs. William - 1885
JOHNSON, - 1886
JOHNSON, Amanda - 1886
JOHNSTON, Mrs. Jonas - 1894
JOHNSTONE, Mrs. Oscar - 1895
JONES, David F. - 1895
JONES, Mrs. F. P. - 1885
JONES, G. W. - 1887
KAISER, Mrs. William - 1885
KARKOSSKI, Eva - 1895
KARROS, Felix - 1886
KELLEY, John - 1884
KELLEY, - 1886
KELLOGG, Alfred - 1886
KELLY, George - 1895
KELLY, John - 1884
KEMP, August - 1895
KEVIN, Matthew - 1884
KITHCART, Ella - 1884
KLEIN, George - 1896
KLEIN, Joseph - 1894
KLOPP, Matthias - 1888
KOSSAKOWSKI, - 1886
KOSSOKOWSKI, Mrs. Frank - 1895
KRAUSE, John - 1895
KUHL, Barney - 1887
LAHAYN, - 1895
LAHAYN, - 1895
LAHAYNE, Charles - 1885
LAHAYNE, Ella - 1887
LAHAYNE, Ella Elsybet - 1887
LAHINE, Charles - 1885
LANE, Nathan - 1886
LANSING, Robert - 1894
LAPELL, A. F. - 1885
LAWSON, Johanna Whalberg - 1887
LEMSTER, Charles - 1894
LESTER, - 1887
LETHERMAN, Joseph H. - 1886
LETTS, Albert E. - 1886
LINDAHL, Blende - 1885
LINDAHL, Blenda Sophia - 1885
LINDERMAN, Henry - 1886
LINDERMAN, Minerva - 1887
LINDERMAN, Emma - 1888
LINDERMAN, Emma - 1888
LINDERMAN, Emma - 1888
LINK, John - 1886
LITKEY, John - 1896
LOCKYEAR, Mrs. - 1894
LOFGREN, Mrs. - 1895
LONG, George - 1895
LONG, David - 1887
LONGLEY, - 1884
LONGLEY, Emma - 1884
LONGLEY, John - 1886
LONGSTADIUS, Charles - 1888
LOOMIS, Seth - 1886
LOOMIS, Justin - 1887
LOWE, J. D. - 1884
LUNDQUIST, N. P. - 1886
LUNDQUIST, N. P. - 1886
LYMAN, L. - 1888
LYNCH, Fannie - 1887
MAGEE, Daniel - 1887
MAHER, Julia - 1894
MALTZ, Frederick - 1885
MANN, - 1896
MARGINSON, Melvin - 1894
MASSEY, Lincoln - 1885
MAXWELL, Sadie L. - 1895
MAYNARD, Mrs. - 1885
MCALPIN, Joseph L. - 1888
MCAULEY, - 1887
MCCOLLUM, Frank - 1885
MCCOOL, Mrs. A. W. - 1894
MCCOOL, Mrs. William - 1885
MCCOOL, Mrs. William - 1885
MCFARLAND, - 1896
MCFARLAND, Charles - 1884
MCHENRY, Birdie E. - 1895
MCLELLAN, Gordon - 1886
MCNAMARA, Michael - 1894
MCNAMARA, Mrs. Michael - 1885
MCNEFF, John - 1885
MCNIECE, Lizzie - 1887
MEAD, Mrs. Harvy - 1885
MEIES, William - 1887
MENTZER, Mrs. Charles - 1895
MERRIFIELD, Mrs. E. S. - 1894
MERRIMAN, Louis - 1886
MICHAELS, Frederick - 1884
MICHAELS, Frederick - 1885
MICHAELS, Frederick - 1885
MILES, Mrs. - 1895
MILLER, Helen - 1895
MILLER, Minnie Miller - 1886
MILLER, Mrs. Fred - 1886
MISKIMNS, Glen - 1888
MONTZ, John - 1895
MOORE, Ed - 1896
MORGAN, George C. - 1895
MORONEY, - 1885
MORONEY, - 1885
MORONEY, Thomas J. - 1886
MORONEY, Thomas J. - 1886
MOYNEHAN, - 1888
MULDOON, - 1882
MULLEN, Hugh E. - 1895
MUNSON, Mrs. - 1884
MURPHY, Lucy - 1886
NELSON, - 1885
NEWBERRY, James - 1887
NICHOLLS, - 1894
NICHOLS, Ralph - 1895
NICHOLS, Mrs. W. B. - 1888
NICHOLSON, - 1896
NICKELL, Allen - 1895
NILSON, Nils - 1887
NORDSTRÖM, Fredrika P. - 1888
NORTON, Melvin - 1887
NOYES, Will W. - 1887
O'BRIEN, James - 1895
O'CONNOR, Patrick - 1896
O'CONNOR, Michael - 1884
O'CONNOR, Peter - 1888
ODELL, Alvaretta - 1886
ODELL, Alvaretta - 1886
OLSON, - 1884
OLSON, D. - 1884
OLSON, - 1885
OLSON, Peter - 1886
OLSON, Arthur - 1888
OLSSON, John - 1888
O'REILLY, Michael - 1887
OSBORNE, George - 1895
OSGOOD, John - 1886
OWEN, Jessie C. - 1885
OWEN, Jessie C. - 1885
PARKE, William F. - 1885
PARRIOT, Knighton - 1895
PARSON, - 1895
PASCHEN, - 1895
PASCHEN, - 1895
PASCHEN, Fred - 1886
PATRICK, Robert - 1886
PEARSON, Louisa - 1895
PEARSON, Peter - 1885
PEARSON, Christine - 1886
PEARSON, Joseph - 1887
PECK, Mrs. Beham - 1888
PEER, Isaac - 1886
PERKINS, Louis - 1885
PETERSON, August - 1895
PETERSON, Esther - 1895
PETERSON, - 1895
PETERSON, - 1884
PETERSON, - 1886
PETERSON, Lydia - 1888
PHILLIPSON, - 1887
PILLMAN, - 1888
POWERS, George - 1888
PRIEST, Elijah - 1895
PROSEUS, Mrs. Leonard - 1895
PUGH, James - 1885
PUGH, James - 1885
RABE, Mary - 1886
RADKE, - 1887
RAPP, Mrs. Charles - 1887
REILLY, William H. - 1886
REYNOLDS, Anderson - 1895
RHODA, Christopher - 1886
RICE, Mrs. Walter - 1886
RICH, Catherine - 1887
RINKMAN, Carls - 1887
RITTER, George - 1886
ROBBINS, - 1885
ROBBINS, Emily J. Gaylord - 1885
ROBBINS, Emily J. Gaylord - 1885
ROBBINS, Emily J. Gaylord - 1885
ROBINSON, Miriam - 1884
ROMINE, Jacob - 1895
RONBOLD, David - 1887
ROSENBAUM, Mrs. - 1895
ROSENKRANZ, August - 1895
RUHE, Joseph - 1888
RUNQUIST, Hattie Hageman - 1886
RYAN, Lizzie - 1895
RYAN, Lizzie - 1895
RYAN, Dennis - 1886
RYDBERG, Swan - 1888
SACKETT, Richard - 1884
SALISBURY, Darius J. - 1884
SALISBURY, Darius J. - 1884
SAMUELSON, Alfrieda - 1886
SANDBURG, Mrs. R. T. - 1896
SASS, - 1896
SCANLON, Lewis - 1885
SCHELLMAN, C. A. - 1884
SCHENEK, Clarence - 1887
SCHNEIDER, Charles - 1888
SCHROCK, Emma Carline - 1886
SCHWEIR, - 1896
SCOTT, Henry - 1888
SEIDLER, Mary - 1895
SEVERS, Mrs. Claus - 1885
SHEATSLEY, Samuel C. - 1886
SHELDINE, Mary - 1887
SHELDON, Benjamin - 1888
SHERWOOD, Archie - 1888
SHERWOOD, Archie - 1888
SHILLIES, - 1884
SHOLL, Ida - 1884
SHUNK, Magdalena - 1895
SIMPSON, Joseph - 1888
SIRKS, Mrs. John - 1885
SKELLEY, - 1895
SKINNER, Emily - 1885
SMALL, Anna E. - 1887
SMIDTHS, - 1895
SMITH, Margaret - 1895
SMITH, - 1895
SMITH, Henry - 1895
SMITH, Truman - 1884
SOGMAN, - 1884
SOMMER, - 1888
SOUBURSKI, Albert - 1896
SOWERS, Robert D. - 1895
SPERB, Anna J. Ansbro - 1887
SPERB, Mrs. Ansbro - 1887
SPERB, Anna J. Ansbro - 1887
SRAGUE, - 1884
STAFFER, Abram - 1887
STEVENS, Mrs. Melvin M. Carr - 1894
STEVENS, Lewis - 1884
STEVENS, Lewis - 1884
STICK, John - 1886
STICK, John - 1886
STODDARD, Mrs. - 1895
STOKES, Mary - 1895
STUDEBAKER, J. F. - 1887
SULLIVAN, Mrs. Timothy - 1884
SWANSON, C. - 1896
SWANSON, T. John - 1894
SWANSON, Alex - 1885
SWANSON, - 1885
SWANSON, Mary - 1885
SWANSON, Andrew - 1886
SWANSON, Mrs. A. P. - 1887
TAYLOR, William - 1887
TEEPLE, Mrs. John P. - 1887
TERRY, Mrs. Dolph - 1895
THOMAS, John - 1884
THOMSON, James - 1888
THUN, Jacob - 1886
TILLOTTSON, - 1894
TORPHY, - 1887
TRATEBAS, William R. - 1895
TRATEBAS, William R. - 1895
TRATEBAS, William R. - 1895
TROWE, Mrs. - 1885
TROWE, Carl - 1885
TURNER, - 1884
TURNER, Myrta - 1885
TURNER, Minnie A. Kettle - 1885
TURNER, Mrs. George - 1885
UNDERWOOD, Thomas - 1888
UNKNOWN, - 1895
UNKNOWN, - 1885
UNKNOWN, - 1885
UNKNOWN, - 1886
UNKNOWN, - 1886
UNKNOWN, Sam "The Coon" - 1886
UNKNOWN, Sister Angeline - 1887
UNKNOWN, - 1887
UNKNOWN, - 1887
UNKNOWN, - 1887
UNKNOWN, - 1888
UNKNOWN, - 1888
UNKNOWN, - 1888
UNKNOWN, - 1888
VALINE, - 1887
VAUX, John - 1885
VEAUX, John - 1885
VOIGHT, - 1896
WAFER, - 1886
WAGNER, - 1896
WALLACE, William - 1895
WALLACE, Mrs. H. J. - 1886
WANDRY, Mrs. Louis - 1896
WARNOCK, James - 1887
WARREN, Robert - 1885
WARTENA, Wiebern - 1886
WAY, Allen P. - 1895
WAY, George - 1885
WEBSTER, William A. - 1894
WEITZEL, - 1896
WELCH, Mrs. - 1886
WELSH, - 1885
WELSH, - 1885
WENNEGAR, Mary - 1887
WENTWORTH, Nelson M. - 1888
WESTRAND, - 1885
WHEELER, Homer - 1895
WHIPPLE, - 1885
WHITE, Mrs. Herman - 1895
WHITE, Daniel - 1884
WHITE, - 1884
WHITLOCK, Nancy - 1887
WHITMYER, Lyda Jane Sweet - 1884
WHITTEN, Liddie Brainard - 1884
WHITTEN, Liddie Brainard - 1884
WILCOX, - 1884
WILLIAMS, Mary Marine - 1895
WILSON, - 1896
WILSON, Mrs. S. - 1895
WILSON, John D. - 1895
WINDLE, Temple - 1885
WINSLOW, S. R. - 1884
WINTERFIELD, John - 1887
WINTERS, Patrick - 1884
WISE, - 1887
WIXON, - 1886
WIXON, - 1886
WOLF, Josephus - 1895
WOLF, Charles - 1895
WOODRUFF, Sam - 1884
WOODS, Cornelia - 1888
WRIGHT, Elizabeth - 1895
ZELIBOE, - 1888
ZIMMERMAN, Erdie - 1884
Genealogical Notes from the Porter Vidette
April 7, 1881 - Sept. 14, 1882
Abstracted, compiled and indexed by Mrs. Kaye Griffiths
Oct. 27, 1881: John Crumpacker to Neb.
Died: Mary Herrick
Tom McGillin to be married
Jessie McCord to Iowa
Died: Mrs. Oscar Bagley
Born: Hi Concannan - twins - son and dau.
Carr - Winslow case
Born: W.A. Bryant - son
Mr Williams in Wis.
Nov. 3, 1881: Mr Hadcock to Canada
Mrs Edward Gregory to Minn.
Mrs Eri Hansford nee Johnson returned to Kan.
Will Philips and Charley Quinn to Ill.
Married: Robert Stankie to Helen Steaves
Addie Davidson to Mr Jones
R.H. Smith - Carrie Haxton
Hattie Younglove - Russel Munger
Wm Nichols brother died in R.I.
J.A. Burhams s-i-l of S.W. Smith
Ben Ketchell to Kan.
Mr Crane sis. is Mrs Wood
Nov. 10, 1881: Born: Jim Printice - dau
Mrs Janie Chip nee Campbell
J. Simpson to Kan.
Married: Jos Brown - Lena Shrouder - soon to be
Died: Nellie Gregg
Son of John Linvoy
Gedos Boulae of Canada
Sadie Skinner in LaPorte
Notice: Henry Goff - dec.
N.H. Williams s-i-l Mrs Steward
John Popenhagen stabbed by Earnest Meyers
Nov. 17, 1881: Married: Mr Herbright - Miss Rody
Sylvester DeNoll - Laura Rothwell
Mel Appleton - Hugh Fraser
Alice Riley - Joseph Salisbury
Died: Mrs Alfred Lomax s-i-l of Mrs Bryant
Frankie McLellan
Nov. 24, 1881: Enoch Baum to Neb.
Montgomery boys here from Wis.
Lyman Brooks to Kan.
Mrs Shol and Mrs Bentley are dau. of Thomas
Crisman
Married: C. Eastwood - Emma or Annie McHenry
Died: James Haley
C. H. Langelah
Dec. 1, 1881: Died: Mrs Lana Morgan
Matthias Brown
Mrs Clifford
Buried: Mrs. Kattie McDonold
Married: Dau. of Mr Lawrence
Born: Hank Kuhl - dau.
E. Cole s-i-l Benj. Crisman
Mrs. Vinton Blake nee Wolfe insane in Kan.
Dec. 8, 1881: Ashal Gregg in Colo.
Albert Jackson in Puget Sound
Catherine Mattox of Iowa sis. of Mrs. A. Sweet
Married: William Hathaway - Ellie Racter
Mr. Charles Taylor back to old home
Dec. 15, 1881: Cyrus Luddington and sis. Mrs Buggs
of Iowa visiting relatives
Born: Dolph Terry - son
Mrs Mary Loverugn nee Jones of Minn.
Married: Elias Philips - Bertha Sweet
Died: Mrs. P. Garrity
Rebecca Stoner
Mrs Aker
Dec. 22, 1881: Married: Leva Beech - Charles Tarr
Memorial Abbie Sheffield dec.
Leo Chapman in Iowa
Died: child of Mr Brunson
Mel Lewis in Louisiana s-i-l T.
Crumpacker
Mr. Hamilton s-i-l Warren Dunning of Mich.
Married: Jos Pagin - Carrie Post
McDonald divorce case
Married: Albert Yerex - Clara Garrison
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Porter County Vidette, Thursday, February 15, 1883
Furnessville notes:
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Quite a crowd assembled at the residence of Mr. Radke last Sunday night and were enjoying themselves by dancing, drinking, etc. About midnight a fight took place in which Mrs. Radke was stabbed in the breast and a man (whose name we do not know) in the head. A doctor was summoned immediately but we learn that the wounds are not dangerous. William Brummitt, J. P., was summoned at 2 o'clock the next morning by two men who got out a warrant for the arrest of Leo Martin. Later we learned that no one appeared against the defendant to prosecute him, the case being settled by Martin paying all expenses. This ought to be a lesson to the young people of this place to abstain from such amusement on Sunday evenings.
Stranger.
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Valparaiso Messenger, Thursday, February 15, 1883, pg 5
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Stabbing Affray.
Perhaps one of the most bloodthirsty and revolting fracases that has transpired within the limits of Porter county for years, took place at the residence of Mrs. Radke, near Furnessville, last Sunday night, the particulars of which are furnished to us by "Jumbo," one of Chesterton correspondents. A number of Germans had assembled at Mrs. Radke's to "trip the light fantastic toe," and while the dance was in its utmost stint, a young man by the name of Martenz, perhaps from a slight and imaginary grievance, became enraged at Mrs. Radke and producing a knife from his pocket proceeded to carve that lady. During Martenz' carving proces a young man - whose name we are unable to give, but who had a human spirit within him - rushed to Mrs. R.'s rescue, when the knife blade was plunged into his forehead, passing through the skull and there was broken off. Mrs. Radke received several wounds, the most severe and fatal stab was one in the breast. Dr. Marr was summoned to attend thei!
r injuries, and performed the hazardous operation of extracting the broken knife-blade from Martenz's [SIC] forhead. He is of the opinion that the injured parties will recover. Martenz has not been arrested.
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Apparently the article mistakenly used Martenz's name for the unknown vicim when reporting on the medical treatment.
Porter County Vidette, Thursday, February 22, 1883
Furnessville notes:
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Mrs. Pahl and son, of Michigan City, spent last Sunday with Mrs. Radke, who is slowly improving from the wound she received at the dance over a week ago.
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Porter County Vidette, Thursday, February 22, 1883
Furnessville notes:
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Wm. and Fred. Pahl, with their sisters Millie and Emma, of Morgan Prairie, visited relatives here last week, and while at Mrs. Radke's dance one of the gentlemen came very nearly receiving a wound being cut through the coat and vest though the knife did not enter his person.... The funeral of August Greyler, on Saturday last, was a solemn occasion and largely attended. The Lutheran minister of Michigan City officiated.... August Greyler, who received a wound in his skull by Leo Martin at the Radke dance, was able to walk to Chesterton last week Tuesday where Dr. Marr extracted the broken knife blade which remained in his skull. The next day he began to grow worse, and Thursday about 6 A. M. passed from among the living. A few hours after his death a complaint was entered before William Brummitt, J. P., for the arrest of Leo Martin. The constable, C. F. Way, with the assistance of the police, arrested him in Chicago on Friday. He was arraigned before Squire Brummitt on S!
aturday, where he plead guilty of the charge of stabbing Greyler and was committed to the county jail to take his trial at the next term of the Circuit Court.
Stranger.
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Porter County Vidette, Thursday, February 22, 1883
[NOTE: same edition and page as the last two transcriptions Note the spelling variations though.]
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Interview with the Murderer.
Leo Martin, charged with the murder of August Grockler [SIC] at the house of Mrs. Radkey [SIC], 1 mile east of Furnessville on Sunday, Feb. 11th, was arrested by detectives at the house of his brother in Chicago. Agreeing to return without a requisition he was placed in the hands of Constable C. F. Way who returned to Furnessville the same night with his prisoner. After a preliminary examination held the next day before Squire Brummit of Furnessville, Martin was brought here to await the action of the grand jury.
In an interview held at the jail, Martin, who is a German about 18 years of age, stated that he had been in America about 4 months, and since arrival in this country had been working on the farm of his brother-in-law near Furnessville. On the night of the murder he and Grockler, after having been on a spree together all day, started to the dance at Mrs. Radkey's where they got into a row in which Martin inflicted the wounds which caused Grockler's death two days after. Martin claims to know nothing of the cutting and says his reason for leaving the locality was a feeling of shame for having been drunk. He does not seem to realize the enormity of his offense and seems to think he will get out of his trouble all right.
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Valparaiso Messenger, Thursday, February 22, 1883, pg 5
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The awful tragedy enacted on the 12th inst., in Pine township, this county, furnishes our temperance advocates with another powerful arguement. Young Martin had only been in this country about six months, yet he had fallen into the pitfalls, into those gilded allurements and temptations to sin and crime with which the law besets the path of youth and innocence. Martin, while crazed by liquor, became a murder, and should he, with quivering lip and tearful eye, when he is told by the court to "stand up," plead for mercy on account of his condition at the time he struck the deadly blows with the knife, he will be told that his plea can avail him nothing, that drunkenness is by law an agrivation of the crime, for it is itself a sin and an offense. We might here give a temerance lecture, but on account of our pro tempore position we refrain from giving our thought to the readers ot THE MESSENGER, yet we are amazed that a Christian people should be so careless as not to remove,!
as far as possible, the cause of the "Pestilence that walketh in darkness and that wasteth at noonday."
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Valparaiso Messenger, Thursday, February 22, 1883, pg 5
[[same issue and page as last transcription]
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August Groehler, the young man who was stabbed at a dance in Pine township, one week ago last Sunday night, died Thursday. The day after he was stabbed he labored as a section-hand on the railroad, not knowing that a knife-blade was penetrating his brain, as the blade was broken off even with the surface of the skull. Monday night he could not sleep, and suffered with pain in the region of the injury. On Tuesday he visited Dr. Marr, of this place, who, upon making an examination, discovered the broken blade and removed it. Tuesday night inflammation of the brain membrams [SIC] ensued, which speedily terminated in death. Dr. Marr, under orders of the coroner, held a post mortem examination, which confirmed the cause of death. Leo Martin, who languishes in the county jail, is but 18 years of age, and, although but six months from Germany, was considered to be a peaceable, inoffensive boy. The free indulgence in beer and bad whiskey is no doubt the cause of the murder. !
Mrs. Radke, who was stabbed in the breast, is recovering.
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Valparaiso Messenger, Thursday, March 8, 1883 pg 5
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The Michigan City Dispatch says, "Wm. Johnston, of Valparaiso, the ablest attorney in Porter county, has been retained to defend Leo Martin, the Pine township murderer, who will be tried at Valparaiso at an early date. We understand that the defense will set up a plea of mal-practice as they allege that Groehler died from the effects of improper treatment.."
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Genealogical Notes from the Porter Vidette
April 7, 1881 - Sept. 14, 1882
Abstracted, Compiled and Indexed by Mrs. Kaye Griffiths, Porter County
Library
Sept. 1, 1881: John Pagin to Tx.
L.C. Pomeroy in Indianapolis on Trial
Obit. John Tredy
James Hunt and Mahala McKinzie on Trial
Minnie Schneewind back from Europe
E.J. Green relatives in N.Y.
Mr Ford of Tx. relative of John Pagin.
T.M. Shreve relatives in Ohio
Died: Hilda Clites
Sept. 8, 1881: Married: Frank Smith to Wis. Lady
Died: Child of N. Thoeson
Andrew Wilson obit.
Mrs Melvin Lewis nee Crumpacker
Geo. Hunter in Neb.
Warren Pierce to Kan.
Lilly Way aunt is Mrs King
Wm Gatchell sister in Pa.
Correction of Hunt and McKinzie trial
Died: Mrs Aker nee Mrs Freeland
James Tiney home is Iowa
Died: child of E.S. Merrifield g.m. Mrs John
Wolf
Mrs Chester Hurlbert sis is Miss Clara Blake
Ed. Ensign to Mich.
Mrs. Shaw of N.Y. sis. Mrs Dunlap
Mrs Payts of Ill. Sis. of Mrs Miles
Born: Issac Dillingham - dau.
Addie Harding father is F. Church
Vinton Blake of Kan.
Sept. 2, 1881: Died: son of Malpheus Frame
Jacob Freeman b-i-l George Shearer
Son of Ananias Freeman
Mrs John Crawford in Jasper Co.
John Thompson brother of Mrs G.A. Nichols
Mrs Merton nee Purdy
Almond Hayden of Neb.
Mr Walter Elder is son of Mrs W. Forbes
Married: Samuel Gordon - Mary Walsh
John Rose - Winnifred Furness
Crittender Cole - Annie Friend
Wm. Kessler relatives in N.Y.
Died: Mrs Whittemore sis. of Mrs M.
Salisbury and Chas. Mallary
Sept. 29, 1881: Died: Sara Melinda Freer nee Johnson
John Easton in Chi.
Married: Daniel Stancliff - Ester Pierce
Charley Lee's mother and sis. out west
A. Harper in Ill.
Died: Jacob Johnson
Married: Dwight Woodruff - Cynthia Turley
William Rick - Mary Heller
Oct. 6, 1881: Mrs Eri Hansford of Kan.
J. Morris in Neb.
Peter Bender to Kan.
Born: Jim Carson - son
Died: Charles Pierce in Ill.
Fred Pratt to insane asylum
Divorced - Bond
Clara De Clark in Oregon
Married: Theo. McCelland - Kittie Buell
Oct. 15, 1881: Mrs. Swick's dau. is Mrs Wooden
Ed Freeman sis. Mrs George
Shearer bro. in Wis.
Court Case: James Murrell adoption of
Luella Murrell
Josephus Blachley adoption of
Mabel Gilbert
Married: Elmore Nickols - Abbie Brough
Wm. Brough - Augusta Price
Jessie Sheffield - Lizzie Coad
Died: Roy Powell mother died 2 yrs ago
Mrs Mandeville relatives in N.Y.
Oct. 20, 1881: Benj. Long now of Goshen - sunstroke
Widow McFarland returned from the west
Albert Jackson went to Oregon - Indians
drove him away
Born: George Gregg - dau.
Born: Charley Freeman - son
M. Brot in Joliet
Died: son of G. Powell
Married: Elmer Blanchard - Essa Young
lost red pocket book - Wrolston Purdy
Ex. Sale - John Dutton
Adm. Sale Hiram Webster
Chesterton Tribune
December 3, 1885
The business houses of Chesterton closed on Tuesday, between the hours
of 3 and 5 o'clock p.m. on account of the death of Vice President
Hendricks.
Frank Johnson, who has been suffering from a severe attack of rheumatism
for some times past, was able to be out last Sunday for the first time
in two months.
The old soldiers say that the representations given by Gen. Packard are
true to life, and are exact representations of scenes as they appeared
during the war.
Swan Peterson and Peter John Anderson sold to Frank Anderson 90 acres of
land for $4,500 and Frank Anderson conveyed 26 acres of the same land to
Otto A. Johnson for $1,500.
The next holiday is Christmas, for which everybody except our business
men are preparing. Indeed if they are no one knows it, as they fail to
advertise the fact.
The Lake Shore road is being graveled between Miller Station and
Laporte. A large gang of workmen composed largely of men from Otis, are
at work at this place spreading gravel.
August Chelburg, lost a valuable horse last Sunday. The animal broke
loose Friday night, and got into the corn kept in the barn, and
floundered itself. This should be a warning to all owning stock to keep
grain in protected places.
The corn shuck has six covers, which indicates six month of winter -
that is six different months in which they will be snow. The snow will
be very deep and will greatly impede railroad travel.
What nicer present can you make to a friend than a photograph of
yourself. Bryant, the Laporte photograph is the finest artist in
Northern Indiana, and does his work cheap. By all means go to his
gallery and get a dozen cabinets.
Warden Murdock, of the Northern penitentiary has submitted his report to
the Auditor of State, for the quarter ending Oct. 31. The earnings for
the quarter were $24,484.04 and the expenses $21,785.18, leaving net
earnings $2,751.86. November 1 the institution had a surplus of
$24,266.05 to its credit.
Henry Dabbert, the Hageman Grocer, has just returned from Chicago, where
he has purchased a large and well assorted stock of Toys, for the
Children. He did not forget the old folks, for he secured a handsome
line of goods suitable for Christmas presents for wife and husband. Be
sure and call on him before purchasing elsewhere.
The lectures given by Hon. Jasper Packard at the M.E. Church last
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, were highly entertaining and
instructive. As lecturer, Gen. Packard ranks high. Illustrating his
lecture as he does by means of magic lantern pictures, he brings the
mind of the audience along with him through the scenes of the war. His
lectures were well attended, and his audiences were more than pleased
with his efforts.
A prominent weather prophet predicts that "the storms of December will
be very severe, both north and south; The Ohio, Mississippi and Wabash
rivers and lakes will be closed against navigation between Dec. 22 and
25 it will be very cold, and the thermometer in Wisconsin will drop to
between fifty and sixty degrees below zero. In New York chickens will
drop from the roost like leaves from maple trees in the month of
October.
Last Monday Hommes and Johnson, the two Crismanites who attempted to
annihilate each other sometime ago, were before Justice Blake. The
evidence went to show that Hommes was more to blame than Johnson.
Justice Blake fined Johnson $10 and costs, which amounted to near $20.
On account of having plead guilty to the charges against him, part of
this fine was released. When the justice came to Hommes, that
individual was short of funds, but offered his cow as security. But at
this juncture the wife objected, saving the cow was the support of
herself and the children. When asked by the Justice which she would
prefer, keep the cow, and send her husband to join, or keep her husband,
and part with her cow, she replied, "I'll keep my cow."
Consequently poor Hommes was obliged to languish in durance vile. The
sympathy of the people of the neighborhood seems to be on Johnson's
side.
SELLING POULTRY
Just at this time the surplus stock will be going to market, and as
there is usually a difference of three cents a pound between dressed and
undressed poultry perhaps some of our readers will be anxious to now how
to prepare the fowls. The following is recommended by an expert; To
scald the fowl is much the quickest and cleanest mode, but buys, for
some unaccountable reasons, object to them being scalded. The practice
is to hang up the fowl by legs, sticking it in the throat through the
mouth. In so doing care must be exercised, and the throat cut across
with the knife, which should be sharp, in order to server the vains, but
under no circumstances must the bird be cut on the outside. It must be
bled entirely through the mouth.
It is then picked as quickly as possible, as the feathers always come
out easily when the body is warm. Pick the carcass clean, leaving the
pin feathers that may be omitted to be finished by an assistant. Then
lightly singe the body and throw it into cold water, where it should
remain about twelve hours, which gives it a plump appearance. The
entrails should not be drawn nor the legs cut off. Pack neatly and send
to market in as fresh condition as possible, as inferior poultry is not
very saleable. Omit feeding twenty four hours before killing, as the
birds will better and have a fresher appearance.
The late Dr. Holland evidently thought there was a better way of
spending one's time than in card playing. He described it as "the resort
of the starved in soul and intellect, which has never in any way linked
to itself tender, elevating, or beautiful associations."
Congregationalist
A book has been published which advocates the eating of non-carnivorous
insects. As Abraham Lincoln once remarked "For those who like this sort
of thing it is quite probably that this sort of thing is just about the
sort of thing they would like."
The following item was provided by Steve, via gypsy's index and my lookup request. Thanks to both of you.
Death by Sunstroke.
Andrew S. Wilson, a respected citizen of Washington township and a prominent member and deacon in the Baptist church of this city, fell dead yesterday when plowing in his potato patch. He had been at the house for a drink only a short time before, and at near noon his horse came deliberately home alone. On search he was found lying with his face upon the ground, as if having fallen behind the plow, and without evidence of any cause unless it be by what is usually termed sun-stroke. The funeral will take place at his residence at 11 o'clock to-morrow. Obituary next week.
Porter County Vidette, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; August 18, 1881; Volume 25, Number 33, Page 4, Column 4 ===============================
Note that there was no obituary published in the following issue of the newspaper.
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I'm looking for the child born to Charles T. Billhimer and Ruth Jordan they were married May 19,1932 in Martinsville, Indiana any information would be appreciated. Rose Billhimer
Am searching for a cousin of my mother who lived in Valpo at some time in the last 25 years. She is Mary Ann (Tobin) McDonald. Her husband is Jack McDonald. She was born in Plymouth, Indiana ca 1920. They were married in South Bend in about 1950 and moved to Valpo around 1975.
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Chesterton Tribune - December 1885
IN AND ABOUT CHESTERTON
Insure with S.A. Harper
Get Swan Nilson to do your painting.
Room to rent - Inquire at Tribune office.
News for advertisers: Christmas is coming.
Now is the time to plant your holiday advertisements.
Try A. L. Harper on stoves, he is selling them dirt cheap.
Subscribe for The Tribune. Get your friends to subscribe.
Can't you add one name to The Tribune subscription list?
For Bargains in Hardware, Stoves, Wagons, etc., go to A.L. Harper.
Copies of The Tribune on sale at M. A. Salisbury & Co. every week.
Major Calkins lectures on "The Battle of Shiloh" at Cincinnati in the
near future.
Mr. Wright of Chicago, formerly of Furnessville, was in town last Monday
on business.
John Bergstrom makes boots and shoes to order. His work is first-class.
Give him a call.
Mrs. T. J. Johnson Chesterton's popular milliner spent three days this
week in Chicago.
The culvert on Michigan street, near Gable's is nearly completed. It is
a valuable improvement.
All those indebted to A.L. Harper will please call at once, as I must
clean my books. A.L. Harper
Bring your job work to this office. First - class facilities for doing
good work. Prices reasonable.
John Strom, Gust Widell, and John Nelson, of Chicago, spent last Sunday
with friends near Burdick.
FARM TO RENT - Cheap. Good home, barn, and 60 acres of more. Call on J.
H. Busse, Porter, Ind.
When you want elegant photographs taken, be sure to visit Bryant's
photograph gallery, of Laporte.
We call the attention of our readers to the announcement of Julius
Barnes & Co. in another column. Read what they say.
Painter Nelson has just finished an elegant sign for The Tribune office.
It is a beauty; and reflects credit on his workmanship.
Come and square up your subscription accounts. Christmas is coming and
we want to buy a present for the baby. Don't forget us.
Justice Blanks, Deeds, Mortgages, Notes, etc., for sale at this office.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
Cheap Ocean Tickets
Swanson and Son are agents for the Thingvalla Lines and sell excursion
tickets from Chicago to Sweden and return for $52. Tickets are good
until Jan. 1, 1897. Come and see us.
Herbert Miles bought of Millard Green a house and two lots in Hageman.
He then insured the house with S.A. Harper, in the Queen Insurance Co.
Mr. Henry Hageman picked a barrel of apples from one of his trees on
Tuesday, December 1. They were perfectly good and sound and had not been
frost bit.
Andrew Cary, a young grocery man of Princeton, this state, stabbed an
Air Line brakeman at Princeton in a row Sunday night. The brakeman,
mistaking Cary for a tramp, had smashed a lantern over his head.
The M.E. church of this place, has been in the hands of carpenters for
the past two weeks, and in consequence no services were held last
Sunday. When the improvements are completed, the church will present a
very cozy appearance.
The editor of the Michigan City Enterprise had a square meal last week.
This great event happened on Thanksday. His numerous friends presented
him with a beautiful timepiece. Some say it was a Waterbury make.
The man who prefers a metropolitan weekly to a home paper because "its
got more reading in it" reminds us of the Chinaman who picked out the
largest pair of boots in the box because they cost no more than a
smaller pair that fitted him better."
Statistics of the Grand Army in Indiana show that the net gain for the
third quarter of the year was 859 members, carrying the total membership
in good standing up to 17,085, the highest number ever attained by the
department. This remarkable increase is mainly due to the individual
efforts of commanders, zealously assisted by other officers and
comrades.
Rev. Father Kroll spent Monday in Michigan City.
No memorial services were held in Chesterton last Tuesday.
P.A. Muldoon went to Chicago last Monday, to visit his sick brother.
H.H. Francis, of the Michigan City Dispatch, is now in Washington, D.C.
Mr. D. Lindahl went to Chicago Wednesday to look after his stove
interests.
What has happened to our Hageman correspondent? His items are much
missed.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown went to Chicago to attend the funeral of a
friend's child.
Go to Henry Dabbert's at Hageman for your Christmas presents. He keeps a
fine assortment.
Eugene Forbes who has been in Dakota during the last four months remains
during the winter.
Work at the Michigan City Prison was suspended Tuesday, out of respect
of the late vice president.
Mr. John Bergh of Manhattan, Kansas, is visiting with the family of Mr.
A. L. Harper this week.
Mr. A.L. Harper went to Jasper county Wednesday, to look after some
property owned by him there.
Fred Dickinson who has been seriously ill with typhoid fever, is under
the care of Dr. Green, recovering.
The Busy Buzzing Beehive of Laporte is now making an Annual Closing Out
Sale. Bargains in Holiday goods for all.
Mr. D.P. Ingraham and family, of Koutts Station, were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. M. Young the three first days of this week.
Several carriages from Valparaiso filled with young gents and ladies,
stopped here Saturday evening. The young folks attended the skating
rink.
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The Chesterton Tribune
December 3, 1885
SUICIDE
Mrs. Mary Swanson Shuffles off This Mortal Coil with Rough on Rats
On Friday, Nov. 27th Mrs. Mary Swanson, wife of Chas. Swanson a well to do farmer living 2 miles south of old Porter, died from the effects of a dose of poison administered by herself. 56 years and 10 months.
On the morning of that day it appears that Mrs. Swanson had determined to take the poison; and to mislead the family, complained of having a pain in her side, and told her husband she did not think she would not live very long. Mr. S. thought but little of it, as she often complained, and after finishing his breakfast, went to the field to work as usual. Returning at noon, however, he found his wife in a very precarious condition. He immediately sent for a physician. Dr. Miller getting there about 12:30 p.m. finding her cold, almost rigid and evanosed, (that is of a blueish cast all over for want of proper oxidation of the blood or return of it through the venus system.)
The family thought Mrs. Swanson had taken something poisonous, judging from the remark she made in the morning, and from her daughter, aged 16, who saw her have a cup and spoon about 9 o'clock, just a short time before she manifested very severe symptoms. But even then they did not apprehend anything serious the matter. The physician questioned Mrs. Swanson, who was still able to talk. She admitted taking a spoonful of something from a box in the other room, but could not tell what it was. Search was then made, but the box could not be found. The daughter then asked her mother where it was, and was told "in the summer kitchen". Looking there, a box of rat poison (Rough on Rats) was found partly empty. This being shown to her, Mrs. Swanson said "that was the stuff she took." She had taken a spoonful. When she asked why she had done this she answered "I feel so sad and sorry sometimes". To the question if she would like to get well, replied, "yes, if I can" and took th!
e remedies given readily.
Counsel was deemed advisable and Dr. Green was summoned, who arrived in a short time, but all efforts were unavailing, so much of the poison having been absorbed into the circulation, and at about 4 o'clock p.m. she expired.
Why Mrs. Swanson committed the rash act, is hard to say. Surely not from want, as the family are comfortably situated in life, so much so that she could have lived in perfect ease the remainder of her days. It is sad that she occasionally had gloomy and despondent spells, and probably was in one of these moods when she took the poison.
The whole family are highly respected by all who know them and this calamity is a hard blow on them. The remains wee buried last Sunday.
Genealogical Notes from the Porter Vidette
April 7, 1881 - September 14, 1882
Abstracted, Compiled and Indexed by Mrs. Kaye Griffiths, Porter County
Library
July 7, 1881: Married: John Hagenty to Kate Morrison
John Mason to Aggie Raddick
Eliz. Pickel Beck and Mary Jane Pickel Fulton
in Kan.
Mr Quick in Tx.
Algitha Fowler in Iowa dau. of R. Cohoon
Died: Obit. George Livingood
July 14, 1881: Died: Mother of J. H. Bayles
Charles Small in Ohio
Mrs Ephraim Heck nee Jones
Mrs Deming nee Little
Molly Marshall of Mich. Uncle is N. Pettit
Millie Robbins of Mo. Sis. is Mrs Wilson Lee
Mr Barkley's is Mrs. Livingstone
Mr S Ransey from Ohio
Died: Alvah Wells
Adm. Not. Estate of Edmond Hayes - dec
Obit. Sara Bell
July 21, 1881: Mrs George to N.Y. dau. is Mrs Dodd
Born: D.E. Perry - dau.
Born: D.P. Ingraham
Died: Kittie Fitzgerald niece of Frank Brown
Obit. Truman Beach
Obit. Joseph Gordon
Correction of Mrs Bells obit.
Miss Luella McFarland is sis of Mrs Riley
and Mrs. McCallam
Mrs Louise Pagin sis is Mrs Adaline Ford
Delia Sargeant parents in N.Y.
Mrs. Fox nee Leeper
Born: Mrs Ketler - ?
July 28, 1881: Died: Mrs Mary Clineman nee McCool
Mrs Harriette Porter
Reuben Porter from Mich.
Mr Cross of Phila. nephew of Mrs Harper
Born: John Bergstrom - dau
Died: Mary Bayles
Harriet Porter
Adam Leeper
Laurence Cusic brother of Mrs Tim
Sullivan
Eliza Jones
Joseph Beyer
Mrs Jesse Summers nee Gallaway from Iowa
Court Case - Maggie Baum - Chas Unruh
Aug. 4, 1881: Born: ALbinus Winslow - dau
Mr. Noel - son
Married: Elmer Smith in LaPorte
George Patterson - Sara Brown
Austin Coleman - Mary Dwyer
William Egner - Emma Miles
Died: Mr Mason
Wiebke Nupnau
Aug. 11, 1881: Died: Infant son of Mr and Mrs Ramsey nee Coates
Married: Joseph Regnier - Exelda Dumas
Died: Willie stepson of Ed Hageman
Mrs Ellen Walsh
Married: Ornissaford Marteneau - Josephine
De Wells
Aug. 18, 1881: Married: Isaiah Miller - Mrs Mary Fox
Mrs John Stuart of Fla
Grandma Tabor's son is Jacob Shinabarger
Vene Aylesworth' mother in Ohio died
John Vantries mother in Ohio
Laren Pomeroy in Tx. Assumed name of Chas. Royal
Died: Cassius Robinson
Mrs Storm attended funeral of g.c. son of Ed
Hagerman her brother's name Isaac Harmon
Miss Alice Robbins is sister of Miss R.O. Willis
Mr A.C. Leas cousin of Prof. Banta
Mrs Rice nee Maulsby
Died: Andrew Wilson
Wm Bingham
Christ Timmerman
Ellen McKee
Born: Martin Ryan - son
Albert Tofte in Kan.
Aug. 25, 1881: Harry Derling in Jail
Died: Mr Mason
Geo. Clineman's mother in Jersey City
Died: Sara Eastwood
Born Wm White - dau.
James Hunt arrested
Mrs Winkler's dau. is Mrs Jennie Perry
T. McConnel in Wis.
Married: Dr. LaRue to Mrs Green widow of
E.E. Edwards
S.G. Boothe in Iowa
J.B. Decrow's brother in Ohio
Cor. Inq.: Andrew Wilson
William Bingham
William Keefe
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The Chesterton Tribune - December 3, 1885
SUICIDE
Mrs. Mary Swanson Shuffles off This Mortal Coil with Rough on Rats
On Friday, Nov. 27th Mrs. Mary Swanson, wife of Chas. Swanson a well to
do farmer living 2 miles south of old Porter, died from the effects of a
dose of poison administered by herself. 56 years and 10 months.
On the morning of that day it appears that Mrs. Swanson had determined
to take the poison; and to mislead the family, complained of having a
pain in her side, and told her husband she did not think she would not
live very long. Mr. S. thought but little of it, as she often
complained, and after finishing his breakfast, went to the field to work
as usual. Returning at noon, however, he found his wife in a very
precarious condition. He immediately sent for a physician. Dr. Miller
getting there about 12:30 p.m. finding her cold, almost rigid and
evanosed, (that is of a blueish cast all over for want of proper
oxidation of the blood or return of it through the venus system.)
The family thought Mrs. Swanson had taken something poisonous, judging
from the remark she made in the morning, and from her daughter, aged 16,
who saw her have a cup and spoon about 9 o'clock, just a short time
before she manifested very severe symptoms. But even then they did not
apprehend anything serious the matter. The physician questioned Mrs.
Swanson, who was still able to talk. She admitted taking a spoonful of
something from a box in the other room, but could not tell what it was.
Search was then made, but the box could not be found. The daughter then
asked her mother where it was, and was told "in the summer kitchen".
Looking there, a box of rat poison (Rough on Rats) was found partly
empty. This being shown to her, Mrs. Swanson said "that was the stuff
she took." She had taken a spoonful. When she asked why she had done
this she answered "I feel so sad and sorry sometimes". To the question
if she would like to get well, replied, "yes, if I can" and took the
remedies given readily.
Counsel was deemed advisable and Dr. Green was summoned, who arrived in
a short time, but all efforts were unavailing, so much of the poison
having been absorbed into the circulation, and at about 4 o'clock p.m.
she expired.
Why Mrs. Swanson committed the rash act, is hard to say. Surely not
from want, as the family are comfortably situated in life, so much so
that she could have lived in perfect ease the remainder of her days. It
is sad that she occasionally had gloomy and despondent spells, and
probably was in one of these moods when she took the poison.
The whole family are highly respected by all who know them and this
calamity is a hard blow on them. The remains wee buried last Sunday.
NOTICE
All persons knowing themselves indebted to me are hereby notified to
call and settle their accounts at once, and thereby save costs. All
accounts remaining unsettled after December 20, will be placed in the
hands of a collector.
Frank
Bergstrom
Patents Granted
Patents granted to citizens of Indiana on Nov. 24, 1885, and reported
expressly for the Tribune by C. A. Snow & Co., Patent Lawyers, opposite
U.S. Patent office, Washington, D.C.
Geo. M. Bates, Tipton, gate.
C.M. Collins, South Bend, tire welding machine.
J. DuShane, South Bend, wrench.
J.H. Dunn, Greensburg, bill file.
J. Fisher, South Bend, fire escape.
O.V. Flora, Madison, roller skate.
J.H. Frazee, Rushville, Cultivator.
S.L. Jenkins, Muncie, Poultry car.
Wm. Lehmer, Logansport, tire shrinker.
J.W. Maloney, Indianapolis, spark arrester.
S.S. Johnson, Jeffersonville, book rest.
M. M. Mock, Muncie, window ventilator.
C. Mussel, South Bend, filling kegs with liquors.
J. G. Roth, South Bend, vehicle spring.
CRISMAN
On the instigation of Joseph White and others, the would be night
assassins, Peter Hommes and Henry Johnston, were brought to trial before
D.P. Blake, J.P. on Monday of this week.
>From the evidence at the trial court was convinced that Peter Hommes was
largely to blame for the whole trouble. His fine was placed at $10.00
and costs. Johnston's at $5.00 and costs. Hommes on account of his
inability to give bail, was sent to the Palace de Thomas. Both are men
possessed of considerable learning, and it is a pity that they are so
weak in morals as to permit strong drink to bar them from being
respected. It is sad indeed for the good men and women of our country
to fully realize that strong drink has made more thieves, more fools,
more knaves, more debtors, more bankrupts, more paupers, more money
borrowers, more licentious preachers, more subsidized editors, more
prostitutes, more dupes of usurers, political and financial ignoramuses,
and places more farms under mortgage, more men out of work, and is the
cause of more mew out of money, more starving, demoralized then, more
unschooled children, more waiting weary women than all the plagues and
contagious diseases in our land, and that they are powerless to check
its progress.
OBITUARY
Died - On Saturday, November 28th, Mrs. Claus Severs at the age of 45
years after a long and painful illness. The funeral services were held
in McCool's chapel on Tuesday, Dec. 1st, and the remains buried in
McCool's Cemetery.
The subject of this notice came to the county about 12 years ago. And
during that time made many friends. For the past two years, she had been
an invalid, suffering intense pain. Death to her was a release. She
leaves a family of six children, - three boys and three girls, and
husband to mourn her loss. The funeral was largely attended.
MATRIMONIAL
The marriage of Miss Bird Dille, daughter of Mr. John Dille of
Chesterton, to Mr. Jacob E. Hillstrom, brother of C.O. Hillstrom of the
Organ Factory was solemnized at the residence of the bride's parents on
Thursday, Nov. 28th, 1885, by the Rev. Z. Lambert, of this place. The
bride appeared in a beautiful dress. The groom in a black dress suit.
The company was small, only the near relatives being present. The
presents were numerous and useful. Congratulations followed the
ceremony, after which came refreshments, consisting of turkey, ham,
chicken, _____, coffee, tea, and an abundance of delicious cake. The
young couple have gone to housekeeping. They have ______ of friends who
heartily wish them much joy and prosperity for the future.
List,
Is there ANYTHING happening in Porter for surname Curtis? They were huge
landholders, prevalent in the community, and around since just after 1820/30,
yet I find no reference to them just about anywhere in Porter (I do have all
marriage and cemetery records).
Does anyone have Curtis ancestors in Porter?
Thanks, Bonnie/IL
Chesterton Tribune - November 26, 1885 cont
School Items
The drama spoken of in last week's issue will be be given about the
middle of January. It is hoped that the proceeds will amount to at
least $60.
If that amount is obtained, we will have a Dixson's pencil-sharpener,
(which has a capacity of 60 pencils in five minutes,) three program
clocks, and matting for the stairway and aisles. We are disappointed to
hear that Mr. Peterson will not take part as hitherto stated as he going
to Chicago.
Many of our pupils will be pleased to know that Arthur and Will Morgan
are soon to be pupils in our school. The attendance of pupils from the
surrounding country and from neighboring towns goes to show the esteem
in which our school is held.
Our school was nearly struck dumb with surprise, but a pleasant surprise
however, by the announcement that the west upstairs ante-room is to be
enlarged into a recitation room, by removing the partition. An
additional teacher will be employed. The new order of things will begin
Dec. 7th, the beginning of the 2nd term. The cost of making the change,
it is said will be small and a great advantage is gained. The delight
of all was unbounded, as the change was sadly needed.
We are to have a short vacation in the holidays, from Wednesday,
Christmas week, and take up the following Monday.
The school boys have organized tinpan corps, and might be seen marching
in solemn (?) procession past the school house with soldierly and
orderly step, much to the admiration of all beholders. Let the boys
have their fun, for "boys will be boys."
Next Monday we are to begin with our new time. School will take up at a
time only 15 minutes before 9, as standard time is 12 minutes slow. We
will then have a session from 8:30 till 10:45 then 15 minute recess;
then another session from 11 till 12; then an hour and a quarter noon.
School takes again at 1:15; then another session to 3:30. This change
was necessary as by the old time it became dark so soon that on cloudy
days study was almost impossible for half an hour before school
dismissed. Another advantage of this change is that it encourages early
rising.
The institute held at Valparaiso this week necessitated the closing of
the schools of the county. This gives a short vacation for the pupils.
All our teachers are in attendance.
The exercises Friday afternoon were very enjoyable to all present. The
children were well trained and did justice to the occasion. The only
thing to cause regret was that there was not time enough to put out the
program in full, but will be exercises after school takes up again,
which will give those whose pieces there were not time to hear, an equal
opportunity. The visitors present were: Dr. Green, Miss Eva Corson, the
Misses Morgans, Miss Cora Green, Miss Celia Coyne, Charlie Williams,
Mrs. Lundberg, Mrs. Corson, Mrs. J. Hylander, Mrs. Swanson, Mrs. Jno.
Taylor, Mrs. C.O. Hillstrom, Mrs. Lindgreen, Mrs. Young, Miss Sophia
Wiesmann and Miss Ida Peterson, all of Chesterton, and Miss Jessie
Lytle, of Flint Lake. It was encouraging to see so many visitors
present, as it shows appreciation of our school work.
Valparaiso
Louis Perkins a well known former resident of this city died at
Columbia, Miss. Oct. 23rd. Mr. Perkins' children are living here and
they had not heard from their father until the receipt of the unpleasant
news.
Rev. D. K. Tindall has been conducting a revival meeting the past week
in the M.E. church. He seemed to have considerable success and made
many converts.
J.M. Fabing who has been operator and assistant freight and passenger
agent at the Nickle Plate depot, for the past two years, has occupied a
more lucrative position at Stoney Island, under the same company. Mr.
Fabing will leave behind many friends.
A disgraceful fight occurred on the principle street last Sunday night
and marks in the shape of blood were plainly visible, Monday evening.
The Forty Hours Devotion will commence in St. Paul's church Tuesday and
continue until Sunday.
Wm. J. Henry and wife are visiting the laters parents at Fowler, Ind.
Dr. James Breen the oculist has been in the city the past week and took
several orders for spectacles.
Miss Ellen Flynn who stopped here last summer with her aunt, Mrs. Mary
Leonard and returned to her home in New York City, die Nov. 4th of quick
consumption.
Wm. F. Parke an old resident of Valparaiso, and one well-known to most
of the citizens of Porter County as a lime dealer, went a few weeks ago
to Eureka Spring, Ark. for the benefit of his health. Last Saturday a
telegram was received by his wife that he was failing and probably dying
and she started to go to him. Later news came that he was dead before
his wife could reach him. He will be brought home for burial.
The teachers of Porter County are now gathered into the new Court House.
The reason of all this intelligence assembling is that the annual
institute is being held.
Cutler's Murderer Hangs Himself.
George Stevenson, the mulatto who shot dead C.W. Cutler, an account of
which appeared in The Tribune last week, hanged himself in his cell in
the Fort Dodge jail last Sunday.
LAKE STATION
Are you ready for winter yet?
Corn is good hereabouts, very little soft.
The wife of Thos. Lincoln who broke her arm recently, is fast improving.
Frank Isby well known hereabouts has been tendered a responsible
position with the Aetna Powder Works Chicago where he goes this week.
Gust Isaacson had a valuable horse stolen last week and thus far no
tidings of its whereabouts has reached here.
Word has just been received by telegram to Perry Blake, that Mrs. Wm.
McCool, widow of Wm. McCool, died at Bay City, Mich. Sunday 22d and will
buried at Chrisman Wednesday evening, she was there on a visit with
relations.
Chas. Ringling left his horse and buggy standing at the saloon here, too
late Saturday night when it broke loose running home leaving detached
portions of the buggy along the road.
The parties who slugged each other at Crisman a few days since, although
not well are fast improving. Warrants are out for their arrest as soon
as they can with safety be conducted before Esq. Blake.
T.J. Stearns our Lake J.P. has the family of Mr. Morton, boarding this
winter. They are from Chicago, Mr. Morton is a half partner in the
poultry yard east of town.
J.W. Harrold and wife of Otis were visiting with relations here over
Sunday.
We have been credibly informed that a certain chap near Salt Creek has
skipped the country, leaving a hitherto respectable young lady to bear
her disgrace alone.
A couple of our neighbors paid $10 each as costs, rather than settle
amicably for $3 worth of buckwheat, and are about as made over it as
before, tut tut.
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The Chesterton Tribune
December 3, 1885
MATRIMONIAL
The marriage of Miss Bird DILLE, daughter of Mr. John DILLE of Chesterton, to Mr. Jacob E. HILLSTROM, brother of C.O. HILLSTROM of the Organ Factory was solemnized at the residence of the bride's parents on Thursday, Nov. 28th, 1885, by the Rev. Z. LAMBERT, of this place. The bride appeared in a beautiful dress. The groom in a black dress suit. The company was small, only the near relatives being present. The presents were numerous and useful. Congratulations followed the ceremony, after which came refreshments, consisting of turkey, ham, chicken, _____, coffee, tea, and an abundance of delicious cake. The young couple have gone to housekeeping. They have ______ of friends who heartily wish them much joy and prosperity for the future.
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The Chesterton Tribune
December 3, 1885
OBITUARY
Died - On Saturday, November 28th, Mrs. Claus SEVERS at the age of 45 years after a long and painful illness. The funeral services were held in McCool's chapel on Tuesday, Dec. 1st, and the remains buried in McCool's Cemetery.
The subject of this notice came to the county about 12 years ago. And during that time made many friends. For the past two years, she had been an invalid, suffering intense pain. Death to her was a release. She leaves a family of six children, - three boys and three girls, and husband to mourn her loss. The funeral was largely attended.