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Isaac is my 3Xgrgrandfather...his son, Paul B (brother of Thomas) is my
2Xgrgrandfather. That makes Thomas my great great uncle.
Again, according to Quaker records as well as Federal census records, Thomas
was born in Guilford Co., NC 24 Oct 1783, married Eunice MACY 16 Jun 1813 in
NC, probably came to Indiana in 1815 (the same time as his father and the
rest of the family came). He was definately in Union Co., IN at the time of
the 1830 census and from then until his demise. The census records for 1830
are: IN, Union Co., unknown twps., Image 5 (Ancestry) and 1850: same Image
35.
Donna Larsen; Sea Tac, WA (South Seattle)
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Subject: [INUNION] Re: GORDON, JAMES in 1830 Union Cty. census
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> Donna: Thank you for responding. I was in error - the result of engaging
the fingers without also engaging the brain. Yes - James Gordon's widow
(the former Ruth Maxwell 1806-1848) married Thomas Gardner who was the son
of Isaac. Ruth had 6 children by James Gordon and 3 by Thomas Gardner. Ruth
is buried in the Salem church cemetery where I had assumed James Gordon was
buried - though when we visited there I did not find a marker for James. The
reason for my original inquiry was to try to learn where James & Ruth Gordon
resided in Union County at the time of the 1830 census. Their son Charles
Williams Gordon (1830 -1891) was my g.grandfather. I would also be
interested in knowing where her second husband Thomas Gardner resided in the
1840's. Thank you again and Merry Christmas.
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Donna: Thank you for responding. I was in error - the result of engaging the fingers without also engaging the brain. Yes - James Gordon's widow (the former Ruth Maxwell 1806-1848) married Thomas Gardner who was the son of Isaac. Ruth had 6 children by James Gordon and 3 by Thomas Gardner. Ruth is buried in the Salem church cemetery where I had assumed James Gordon was buried - though when we visited there I did not find a marker for James. The reason for my original inquiry was to try to learn where James & Ruth Gordon resided in Union County at the time of the 1830 census. Their son Charles Williams Gordon (1830 -1891) was my g.grandfather. I would also be interested in knowing where her second husband Thomas Gardner resided in the 1840's. Thank you again and Merry Christmas.
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According to my research records (information mostly derived from Quaker records, some from J.H.Beers 1848 Atlas of Union County, Indiana), Isaac Gardner Sr. was b 24 Dec 1760 Nantucket, MA...he emigrated to Guilford Co., NC 26 Nov 1774, was married 29 Nov 1780, removed to Whitewater MM, IN 26 Aug 1815 and subsequently to Union Co., IN (Center Twp. in the Fall of 1818, where he remained until his demise.
I didn't know of a second marriage...are you sure it was this Isaac? It may be his son, one of eleven children, Isaac b 1787 Guilford Co., NC.
I'll do some more looking this evening and get back on this.
Must go celebrate Jesus birthday with family now.
Happy holidays.
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I note that James Gordon is said to be on page 214 of the 1830 Union Cty. census & Isaac Gardner is on page 215 of that census. Can anyone tell me in what township James & Isaac were in when the 1830 census when enumerated? Or in what part of the county they were in when the census was taken. (James died on 16 Oct.1839; his widow later married Mr. Gardner)
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Thank you so much, I really appreciate your response. Let me know what you find.
Rick Ward
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I have access to the sexton records-tombstone or not they would be in that book. I'll look after x-mas.
Ave
Hi Lora: I think it's wonderful that you are transcribing bios. from this
book. What a nice contribution to those looking for Union Co., Indiana
ancestors. (Mine are Hoffa and Dungan.)
Best Regards, Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert
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> This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay;
it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not
researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore
about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any
additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not
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> LAWRENCE A. HANDLEY, formerly the popular and progressive mayor of the
fine old City of Richmond, judicial center of Wayne County, has here
maintained his home since his boyhood, has here marked the passing
years with worthy achievement, and here his is an inviolable place
in communal confidence and esteem, his circle of friends being
virtually coincident with that of his acquaintances. Mr. Handley was born in
Union County, Indiana, December 1, 1868, and is a son of Evan J. and
Margaret J. (Henry) Handley, the former of whom was born in Henry County,
Indiana, and the latter in Butler County, Ohio. Evan J. Handley was
a son of George and Isabella (Jones) Handley, who were born in that
part of Virginia that is now Greenbrier County, West Virginia, and
the paternal grandfather of George Handley came from his native Ireland and
settled in Virginia prior to the War of the Revolution, he having
been one of the pioneer!
> s of what is now Greenbrier County, West Virginia. After his
marriage Evan J. Handley settled at College Corner, Union County,
Indiana, where he was identified with the operation of grist and saw
mills. When the Civil war was precipitated he went forth as a loyal and
valiant soldier of the Union, he having been a member of Company K, Second
Ohio Heavy Artillery. In later years he perpetuated his association with his
former comrades by maintaining affiliation with the Grand Army of the
Republic. In the early 80’s he removed with his family to Richmond, and in
this city he was a stationary engineer during the remainder of his active
life, his death having occurred in 1903 and his widow having since resided
here in the home of one of her sons, she having been born December 31, 1831.
The rudimentary education of Lawrence A. Handley was acquired in the public
schools of Union County, and he was thirteen years of age at the time of the
famil!
> y removal to Richmond. Here he continued to attend school until he was
fifteen years of age, when he entered upon an apprenticeship to the printer’
s trade, which trade he continued to follow ten years—a discipline that has
well been termed the equivalent of a liberal education. He was one of those
who took the first civil service examination ever held in Richmond, and
after successfully passing that examination he was appointed a city letter
carrier, a position that he retained fourteen years. He was then appointed
superintendent of mails at the Richmond post office, and he retained this
executive office seven years. Upon retiring from this service Mr. Handley
was elected cashier of the American Trust & Savings Bank of Richmond, and
soon after the nation entered the World war he was made examiner in charge
of the local service of the Government bureau of labor, a position that he
retained until January, 1919, when he resigned. He then engaged in
the r!
> eal estate and insurance business, but he sold the same when he
was elected mayor of Richmond, in 1921. He gave a characteristically loyal
and effective administration during his original term of four years,
and the popular estimate placed on his ordering of municipal affairs
was shown in his reelection in 1925, his term expiring January 6, 1931. He
had previously served one term as a member of the city board of aldermen and
one term as a member of the board of education. Mayor Handley is stalwart in
the ranks of the Democratic Party, and his personal popularity rolled up for
him substantial majorities each time he was elected mayor, though other
candidates on the Democratic ticket were defeated. Mr. Handley is a past
master of Webb Lodge No. 24, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and in
addition to being secretary of Whitewater Lodge of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows he is also a trustee and grand warden of the Indiana Grand Lodge
of this frater!
> nity. He is a past commander of the Indiana department of the Sons of
Civil War Veterans, and is affiliated with the Travelers Protective
Association, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the National Association of
Letter Carriers. He is a director of the American Bank in his home city and
also of the Whitewater Loan Company. Mr. Handley is the owner of a
fine farm of 200 acres, the same being known as Greenbrier Farm and
being situated in the northwest part of Wayne County. He and his
wife have membership in the Christian Science Church. In September, 1889,
was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Handley to Miss Margaret Weir, who died
in October, 1930. She was born in the City of Indianapolis, this state, and
her parents, John and Mary (Simpson) Weir, were born in Glasgow,
Scotland. Robert V., eldest of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Handley, resides
in the. City of Chicago and is assistant manager of the rug
department in the great m!
> ail-order house of Montgomery Ward & Company. Martha A. was a
popular teacher in the Richmond public school, and was married in
August, 1930, to Merrill Hiatt, of Washington, D. C. They reside in
Baltimore, Maryland, where they are both engaged in teaching school. Miss
Marian S. remains at the paternal home.
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This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it.
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Surnames in this biography are: SHROYER, Sheehan, Conner, Donahue, Connell, Barnard, Starr, Walker,
MRS. NELLE CONNFIR SHROYER, clubwoman and leader in welfare organizations in Wayne County, was born in Union County, Indiana, January 9, 1867, and her people have lived in Eastern Indiana since the early 1840s. Her grandparents, John and Nell (Sheehan) Conner and Joseph and Margaret (Donahue) Connell, all came from Ireland, the former locating at Connersville and the latter in Union County, Indiana. Mrs. Shroyer is a daughter of Michael and Nan (Connell) Conner, both of whom were natives of Ireland. Her father was born in 1836 and her mother in 1838, and they were married at Liberty in Union County, Indiana. Her father died in 1901 and her mother in 1903. Mrs. Shroyer was the only daughter in a family of nine children. She grew up in the country, attended district schools, taught one year in high school and her intellectual ambitions have never been satisfied. For a time she attended night classes and completed a special course in Earlham College. She was first married in !
September, 1889, to Mr. Perry Barnard, who was born in Union County, Indiana, in 1859. He was a skilled carpenter by trade. Mrs. Shroyer’s children by her first marriage are: Harold George, of Richmond; Paul, who died at the age of eight years; Gladys, Mrs. Charles F. Starr of Beverly Hills, California; and Claribel, Mrs. E. Brant Walker, of Grand Rapids, Michigan. On August 11, 1924, she was married to Mr. John Shafer Shroyer. Mr. Shroyer was born at Newcastle, Indiana, April 27, 1850, son of John Shroyer, who came from Greene County, Pennsylvania. Mr. Shroyer attended public schools and Earlham College, and as a young man was in the wholesale queensware business and for forty years was a director and teller of the Union National Bank of Richmond. He has lived retired since 1922. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the B. P. 0. Elks, and he and his wife are Republicans. Mrs. Shroyer is a member of the First Friends Church. For years she has been active !
in the Woman’s Club and is chairman of the County Federation of Clubs. She is a member of the Athena Literary Club of Richmond, is chairman of Public Health Nurses of Wayne County, and is chairman of the Social Activities Committee of her church. She has been a leader in the W. C. T. U. work since 1909.
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>From New Hope Cemetery
Freeman, Normal son of H.S. Freeman and M. Murphy died February 4 1871 aged 3 years 7 days
>From West Point Cemetery
Freeman Jamima 1892 85
Freeman Moses 1889 78 Lot 49, sec 4
Freeman Israel 1818 1893 75 Husband of Sarah m. 10/5/1843 343.1
Freeman Sarah Jane 1821 1895 74 Nee Ward 343.2
Freeman Infant 1882 0 Child of A&EFreeman
Freeman John M. 1851 75 Moved from New Hope 1933
Freeman James Monroe 1853 1934 81 Husband of Eunice m.1/16/1877
Freeman Eunice 1943 85 Nee Stanton
Freeman Flora May 1864 1939 74 Lot 2, sec 8
Bond Mary Melissa 1846 1917 71 Nee Freeman m. Levi Bond 1/28/1874
Freeman John F. 1879 64 Husband of Mary m. 4/24/1847
Freeman Mary Jane 1878 51 Nee Rose
Freeman Albert Monroe 1943 94
Freeman Clayton 1893 31 Lot 1, Sec 8.
Freeman Minnia L. 1946 84 Lot 5, Sec 6.
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My ggg grandparents, James F. & Mary B. (Rigsby) Ward are buried in the College Corners Cemetery according to death records. Has anyone transcribed the tombstones in that cemetery? I'm not positive that they even had a tombstone but thought I would give it a shot. Any help will be appreciated.
Rick Ward
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Are there any cemetery books for Union Co.,IN.? Am trying to find Fannie Robinson Freeman & husband James Freeman. Also, Emma Robinson Freeman & husband David Freeman. Thanks.
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Surnames: Miller, Troup, Kitselman, Moser, Ward, Howard, Macy, Watson, Johnson, Clark, Holton
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This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it.
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Surnames in this biography are: Miller, Troup, Kitselman, Moser, Ward, Howard, Macy, Watson, Johnson, Clark, Holton
WILLIAM EDWIN MILLER. Although the career of William Edwin Miller belongs to the past of Winchester rather than to the present, his death having occurred November 6, 1916, no record of this part of the state would be complete that did not mention the achievements of this successful and honorable merchant and public-spirited citizen. A resident of Winchester for the last eighteen years of his life, he was the founder and president of the W. E. Miller Company, one of the largest department stores in Indiana outside of the large cities, and a man whose conduct in every phase of life was irreproachable. Mr. Miller was born at Germantown, Ohio, June 2, 1846, a son of Samuel and Nancy (Troup) Miller, the former of whom died in Ohio and the latter at Winchester. William Edwin Miller attended the public schools at Germantown, Ohio. During the Civil war he enlisted, in 1864, when only a youth of eighteen years, in Company D, One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infa!
ntry, with which he served until September, 1865, and after receiving his honorable discharge returned home to Germantown. On his return home after the war he learned the baker’s trade, at which he was employed for a time. He then went to Dayton, Ohio, and entered a commercial college, after which he secured employment as a clerk in a dry goods store in Dayton, where he applied himself energetically to learning every detail of the business, at the same time saving his earnings, with the result that he was able to open a modest establishment of his own of the same kind at Ridgeville, Indiana, which he conducted for nine years. He sold a half-interest in his store to Henry T. Kitselman, and still later sold out to his partner. Coming to Winchester, he founded a dry goods, clothing and carpet store, and in 1898 organized a stock company, known as the W. E. Miller Company, enlarged the building and increased the stock, and eventually developed one of the largest !
department stores in the state outside of the large cities. He continued to be identified with this business until his death, when he was known as one of the most substantial and capable businessmen of the city. In 1911 he erected a beautiful brick mansion on South Main Street, where his widow still lives. Mr. Miller was a man of high character. He was a Mason, a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and a Republican in politics, and at all times contributed of his ability, time and means to the development of beneficial civic, educational and religious movements. In October, 1871, Mr. Miller was united in marriage with Miss Mary Moser, who was born at Strausburg, Germany, and was four years of age when brought by her parents to Dayton, Ohio, where she was reared and attended the public schools. She is a devout member of the Presbyterian Church and one of the most highly esteemed ladies of Winchester. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller there were born the following children: !
Vora, of Winchester, is the widow of Thomas L. Ward, who has one son, Robert Miller, who married Martha Howard and they have two children, a daughter, Susan Ann and William Howard. John D., who succeeded his father as head of the W. E. Miller Company, married Kate Macy and has four daughters: Alice, who is Mrs. Neal J. Bly, of Winchester; Sarah, who is Mrs. Robert Watson of Indianapolis, and they have a daughter, Alice Miller Watson; Mary, who is Mrs. Norman Johnson, of Liberty, Indiana; and Elizabeth, at home. Olive is the wife of John Clark, of the W. E. Miller Company, who has one daughter, Ruth, who is the wife of Philip Holton, of Indianapolis.
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This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it.
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Surnames in this biography are: Handley, Henry, Jones, Weir, Simpson, Hiatt,
LAWRENCE A. HANDLEY, formerly the popular and progressive mayor of the fine old City of Richmond, judicial center of Wayne County, has here maintained his home since his boyhood, has here marked the passing years with worthy achievement, and here his is an inviolable place in communal confidence and esteem, his circle of friends being virtually coincident with that of his acquaintances. Mr. Handley was born in Union County, Indiana, December 1, 1868, and is a son of Evan J. and Margaret J. (Henry) Handley, the former of whom was born in Henry County, Indiana, and the latter in Butler County, Ohio. Evan J. Handley was a son of George and Isabella (Jones) Handley, who were born in that part of Virginia that is now Greenbrier County, West Virginia, and the paternal grandfather of George Handley came from his native Ireland and settled in Virginia prior to the War of the Revolution, he having been one of the pioneer!
s of what is now Greenbrier County, West Virginia. After his marriage Evan J. Handley settled at College Corner, Union County, Indiana, where he was identified with the operation of grist and saw mills. When the Civil war was precipitated he went forth as a loyal and valiant soldier of the Union, he having been a member of Company K, Second Ohio Heavy Artillery. In later years he perpetuated his association with his former comrades by maintaining affiliation with the Grand Army of the Republic. In the early 80’s he removed with his family to Richmond, and in this city he was a stationary engineer during the remainder of his active life, his death having occurred in 1903 and his widow having since resided here in the home of one of her sons, she having been born December 31, 1831. The rudimentary education of Lawrence A. Handley was acquired in the public schools of Union County, and he was thirteen years of age at the time of the famil!
y removal to Richmond. Here he continued to attend school until he was fifteen years of age, when he entered upon an apprenticeship to the printer’s trade, which trade he continued to follow ten years—a discipline that has well been termed the equivalent of a liberal education. He was one of those who took the first civil service examination ever held in Richmond, and after successfully passing that examination he was appointed a city letter carrier, a position that he retained fourteen years. He was then appointed superintendent of mails at the Richmond post office, and he retained this executive office seven years. Upon retiring from this service Mr. Handley was elected cashier of the American Trust & Savings Bank of Richmond, and soon after the nation entered the World war he was made examiner in charge of the local service of the Government bureau of labor, a position that he retained until January, 1919, when he resigned. He then engaged in the r!
eal estate and insurance business, but he sold the same when he was elected mayor of Richmond, in 1921. He gave a characteristically loyal and effective administration during his original term of four years, and the popular estimate placed on his ordering of municipal affairs was shown in his reelection in 1925, his term expiring January 6, 1931. He had previously served one term as a member of the city board of aldermen and one term as a member of the board of education. Mayor Handley is stalwart in the ranks of the Democratic Party, and his personal popularity rolled up for him substantial majorities each time he was elected mayor, though other candidates on the Democratic ticket were defeated. Mr. Handley is a past master of Webb Lodge No. 24, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and in addition to being secretary of Whitewater Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows he is also a trustee and grand warden of the Indiana Grand Lodge of this frater!
nity. He is a past commander of the Indiana department of the Sons of Civil War Veterans, and is affiliated with the Travelers Protective Association, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the National Association of Letter Carriers. He is a director of the American Bank in his home city and also of the Whitewater Loan Company. Mr. Handley is the owner of a fine farm of 200 acres, the same being known as Greenbrier Farm and being situated in the northwest part of Wayne County. He and his wife have membership in the Christian Science Church. In September, 1889, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Handley to Miss Margaret Weir, who died in October, 1930. She was born in the City of Indianapolis, this state, and her parents, John and Mary (Simpson) Weir, were born in Glasgow, Scotland. Robert V., eldest of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Handley, resides in the. City of Chicago and is assistant manager of the rug department in the great m!
ail-order house of Montgomery Ward & Company. Martha A. was a popular teacher in the Richmond public school, and was married in August, 1930, to Merrill Hiatt, of Washington, D. C. They reside in Baltimore, Maryland, where they are both engaged in teaching school. Miss Marian S. remains at the paternal home.
> Kris,
>
> I tried to send you this e-mail message to your address on the Union Co.
> website, but it bounced.
>
> Please let me know if there are any references to the family of Thomas &
> Mary Ann (Skinner) Ridge, or John and Jane (Clark) Ridge in the book
> "History of Union County".
>
> Thomas was born 1800 in England, died April 20 1884 in Brownsville, Union
> County. Mary Ann was born 1801 in England, died January 26, 1875 in
> Brownsville. Their daughter Hannah was born 1832 in England, died in
> Brownsville. Their son William Apps Ridge was born 1836 in England, died
as
> a soldier in the Civil War in 1862 in Richmond KY, not sure if the family
> was living in Brownsville at that time or not.
>
> John was born in Kent, England, came to the Ripley Co., IN in 1839, moved
to
> Fayette Co. in 1852, moved to Union Co. about 1859, and died there in
1886.
>
> Hopefully the book has an index so it won't be too time consuming for you
to
> check.
>
> I found a notice of Thomas' death in the Apr 30 1884 edition of "The
> Connersville Examiner" today that read "Thomas Ridge, an aged & respected
> citizen, living south of town [Brownsville] died last week, and was buried
> in the cemetery on the hill." Would you have any idea what cemetery that
> might refer to? : - )
>
> Thanks very much for your help,
>
> Denise in KC
I came across this website:
http://www.countyhistory.com/fayette/index.html
which has Fayette & Union Co. biographies. I found the biography of Jacob Ridge, son of John & Jane (Clark) Ridge. I think John is the brother of my 3rd great-grandfather Thomas Ridge. John & Jane lived in both Fayette & Union counties, anyone on this list descended from them? if so please e-mail me.
To read the biography of Jacob Ridge, click on "Lewis Pub. Biographical" on the left side of the screen, then click on "R", then click on "Ridge, J."
Thanks,
Denise in KC
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This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it.
Typed by Lora Radiches:
Surnames in this biography are: SQUIER, Logan, Bossert, Beckman, Ivey,
WILLIAM CULLEN SQUIER, M. D., has the personality and the technical ability that connote definite success in the profession of his choice, and in his native State of Indiana he has been actively engaged in loyal service as a physician and surgeon nearly thirty years, his private ministrations having been interrupted only during the period of his service in the Medical Corps of the United States Army in the World war, in which connection he was an executive officer in army hospital service after his return from France. Doctor Squier was born at Billingsville, Union County, Indiana, January 19, 1876, and is a son of Dr. Ellis A. and Nancy A. (Logan) Squier, the former of whom was born in Ohio and the latter in. Kentucky. Dr. Ellis A. Squier was long engaged in the practice of medicine in Ohio and Indiana and was a leading physician and surgeon at Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana, at the time of his death, February 14, 1914, his wife having passed away March 1!
7, 1893. Dr. William C. Squier attended the public schools at College Corner, Ohio, until he had duly profited by the advantages of the high school, and thereafter he continued his studies in the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute. As a youth he determined to fit himself for the profession that had been signally dignified and honored by the services of his father, and he made that preparation specially comprehensive and effective. In 1907 he was graduated in the Eclectic Medical College at Indianapolis, and in the following years be was there graduated likewise in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, which now constitutes the medical department of the University of Indiana. In 1907 he received another supplemental degree of Doctor of Medicine, from the old and representative Eclectic Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio. In the period of 1907-14 he was established in practice at Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana, and he then removed to Milton, Wayne County, where h!
e continued his professional activities until the nation entered the World war, when he promptly volunteered for service in the Medical Corps of the United States Army. His enlistment occurred in May, 1917, and after preliminary training he was commissioned captain. In June, 1918, he was sent overseas and assigned to the duty of bringing back incapacitated soldiers suffering from the effects of gas attacks by the enemy. After returning with such patients to the United States he again went to France, in December, 1918, and in the following month he returned to the United States. He was made executive officer at General Hospital No. 36, Detroit, Michigan, and this Government hospital being now the Henry Ford Hospital. Him next assignment was to Fort D. A. Russell, at Sheridan, Wyoming, whence he was transferred to Mather Field, near Sacramento, California, where his professional service was with the Ninth Aerial Squadron. His next assignment was to the Knox-Mundorf Field, Fres!
no, California, in the forest and border patrol. At the Presidio, Monterey, that state, he was honorably discharged November 29, 1920, with the rank of captain. After the close of his service with the United States Army Doctor Squier returned to Wayne County, Indiana, where he has since been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession in the City of Richmond, the county seat. He is retained as a member of the Medical Reserve Corps of the United States Army, with the grade of major, and at the time of this writing, in 1931, he is serving as instructor in Indiana troop schools at Indianapolis and Richmond, such service being accorded mainly during winter months. The Doctor has membership in the Wayne County Medical Society, the Indiana State Eclectic Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the National Association of Military Surgeons, and is a member of the board of Government pension examiners for Wayne County. Doctor Squier maintains his residence and !
office headquarters at 29 North Twelfth Street. While his practice is of general order he gives special attention to the treatment of disorders of gastro-enterological type. Doctor Squier is a Republican in political adherency, in the Masonic fraternity his maximum affiliation in the York Rite is with the local Commandery of Knights Templars, and in the Scottish Rite he has received the thirty-second degree, besides which he is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He is affiliated also with the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Improved Order of Red Men, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Loyal Order of Moose, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, Order of Ben Hur and Degree of Honor. He and his wife have membership in the Central Methodist Church in their home city. The year 1901 marked the marriage of Doctor Squier to Miss Edna Marie Bossert, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, a daughter of Abraham and Caroline (Beckman) Bo!
ssert, the former of whom was born in Franklin County, Indiana, and the latter in Cincinnati, Ohio. Caroline Naomi, elder of the two children of Doctor and Mrs. Squier, was graduated in Earlham College, at Richmond, and is now the wife of Charles R. Ivey, of Bedford, this state. William B. remains at the parental home and is a student in the Richmond public schools.
Denise,
According to my map, Brownsville is about 12 miles due east of Connersville.
The county line for Fayette County and Union County about half way between.
About 2-3 miles southeast of Connersville is Village Creek Primitive Baptist
Church.
It is at the top of a small hill with a well kept cemetery. I was there
last summer.
There is no grave marked with the RIDGE family name, according to my list.
Suggest you check out the Fayette County USGenWeb page.
http://www.ingenweb.org/fayette/index.htm
Write, call or email to the Public Library - maybe they can check other
cemeteries.
More than likely, the cemetery is in Union County:
http://www.ingenweb.org/union/index.htm
They just started listing the cemetery records & I did not see a RIDGE name.
Kris Bain is listed as helping with lookups in the county history. Mabye
she can help.
Good Hunting,
Jay McCray
Kansas City, Missouri
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From: "Denise Ayers" <kcdenny(a)kc.rr.com>
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Subject: [INUNION] Thomas & Mary Ann (Skinner) Ridge
> Not sure when my Ridge family came to Union County IN, but know it was
sometime after 1870, because I found them living in
> De Kalb County IN in the 1870 census.
>
> Thomas was born in England in 1800, died in Brownsville, Union Co., April
20, 1884. Mary Ann was born in England in 1801, died in Brownsville January
26, 1875. Their daughter Hannah was born in England in 1832, died in
Brownsville.
>
> I found a notice of Thomas' death in the Apr 30 1884 edition of "The
Connersville Examiner" today "Thomas Ridge, an aged & respected citizen,
living south of town [Brownsville] died last week, and was buried in the
cemetery on the hill."
>
> Anyone researching this family? Anyone have a clue as to what cemetery
the notice might have referred to?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Denise in KC
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Not sure when my Ridge family came to Union County IN, but know it was sometime after 1870, because I found them living in
De Kalb County IN in the 1870 census.
Thomas was born in England in 1800, died in Brownsville, Union Co., April 20, 1884. Mary Ann was born in England in 1801, died in Brownsville January 26, 1875. Their daughter Hannah was born in England in 1832, died in Brownsville.
I found a notice of Thomas' death in the Apr 30 1884 edition of "The Connersville Examiner" today "Thomas Ridge, an aged & respected citizen, living south of town [Brownsville] died last week, and was buried in the cemetery on the hill."
Anyone researching this family? Anyone have a clue as to what cemetery the notice might have referred to?
Thanks,
Denise in KC
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The only existing Newspaper for Union County in 1902 is a Brownsville Banner and it was August 1st. The Herald did not keep a morgue until about 1932 so anything prior to that is VERY scattered and some years do not exist.
Sorry Ave
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Not related - just hope someone finds this helpful.
Lafayette Weekly Courier
Friday, April 11, 1902
Lafayette, Indiana
DANIEL PEEGARDEN
The death of Daniel Peegarden, an inmate of the Soldiers' home, occurred last Thursday at 11:30 o'clock, the result of chronic nephritis. He was born in Union county, Indiana, July 12, 1836, and served in the civil war in Co. H, sixty-eighth Indiana infantry. He was admitted to the home April 8, 1902. He leaves a widow residing in Indianapolis.