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I don't know if this corresponds at all because I can't find any records, but my great grandfather was William Morris, born January, 1845, died 12/18/1913; and married Martha Elizabeth Osborne, born 1846. I have no other info on their ancestors, only their children, Commodore, Blaine, Blanch and Roscoe, my grandfather. I've heard he was French Canadian and Iroquois, but again have no records.
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Thanks. My family was early--Atkinson. Hope you can print something about
them.
Jerrym
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Subject: [INVIGO] Early History of Terre Haute, Vigo, IN
The following article by Michael McCormick contains many historical date and
events that can be incorporated into the timeline of one's ancestor's lives.
Source information:
Author Michael McCormick, Vigo County Historian; published in the Terre
Haute Tribune Star, Terre Haute, Vigo, IN, Section D, Page D5, on Sunday 16
Nov 2008.
******************
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: The early growth of the city of non-growth (Part I)
By Mike McCormick
Special to the Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE — For the past five decades, Terre Haute has been identified as
“a city of non-growth.”
That has not always been the case. Indeed, if nearly doubling its size every
ten years is an indication, Terre Haute was a “boom town” until 1920.
The first census of Terre Haute was an informal one conducted in 1829 by
future Vigo County Clerk Charles T. Noble. He concluded that the population
of the yet-to-be incorporated village was 579. The official Vigo County
census the following year (1830) fixed the county population at 5,766.
The energetic Noble repeated his exercise in 1835 and discovered that Terre
Haute, then incorporated as “a Town,” had 1,214 people within its
boundaries, embracing 40-square blocks. The 1840 census concluded that there
were 12,076 Vigo County residents.
Rich farmland, accessible timber and the Wabash River — navigable about nine
months each year — were largely responsible for the growth. The Terre Haute
Company, which platted the village in 1816, anticipated it would be a
logical site for a court house.
When Vigo County was established in 1818, the proprietors’ expectations were
realized. Terre Haute was named the county seat though the first court house
was not occupied until 1822.
Steamboats began arriving at the Ohio Street wharf in 1822, the year before
John Willson Osborn founded the first village newspaper, “The Western
Register and Terre-Haute Advertiser.” Benjamin Gilman’s pork house, the
community’s first, opened in 1824.
The river teemed with steamboats and flatboats. Lumber merchants in Vigo,
Parke and Vermillion counties catered to boat builders and coopers. Pork
houses needed vessels to transport product to southern ports in wooden
barrels.
The decision to locate a branch of the Second State Bank of Indiana in Terre
Haute in 1834 was a significant milestone.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under Major Cornelius A. Ogden, charged
with constructing the Cumberland (or National) Road from Vandalia, Ohio,. to
Vandalia, Ill, relocated its headquarters from Indianapolis to Terre Haute
as soon as Chauncey Rose provided a building for bank use. The new branch
bank on Ohio St. was ready in 1836.
Every branch had its own board of directors. However, Terre Haute’s Lucius
H. Scott was a member of the board of the entire State Bank of Indiana
system.
Congressman Col. Thomas H. Blake and state senator William C. Linton of
Terre Haute convinced legislators that the Wabash & Erie Canal — originally
planned as a mode of transportation between Lake Erie and Lafayette — should
extend to Terre Haute.
State insolvency placed most internal improvements on hold but even
bankruptcy could not stop construction of the 465-mile (some say 495-mile)
long Wabash & Erie Canal. During the late 1830s and early 1840s, the mere
promise of the canal made Terre Haute a popular destination for migrants,
particularly those of German and Irish descent.
The National Road was rough but serviceable to Terre Haute by the time
federal funding for its improvement was terminated by the Jackson
administration in 1840. Meanwhile, Major Ogden enlisted a number of West
Point graduates to assist him. Several chose to stay in Terre Haute after
their boss was transferred.
The decision to stay was enhanced by the presence of an elegant hotel built
by Rose in 1838 at the northeast corner of Seventh Street and Wabash Avenue
It was called “The Prairie House” because it was east of town, “far out in
the prairie.”
The arrival of Mother Theodore Guerin and five other Sisters of Providence
to found an undenominational girls boarding school west of the Wabash River
in 1841 offered many families an unusual educational opportunity.
The Wabash & Erie Canal arrived in Terre Haute during October 1849. Col.
Blake, Commissioner of the U.S. Land Office in Washington, D.C. between 1842
and 1845, returned to Indiana to serve as resident trustee at its Terre
Haute headquarters.
Col. Blake worked tirelessly for the success of his adopted community and
Indiana’s internal improvements, including the canals. Unfortunately, those
efforts cost him his life. On Nov. 28, 1849, he died of cholera contracted
from “the ditch” he championed. It was the largest manmade body of water
ever built in the western hemisphere.
On Jan. 26, 1847 — long before the canal reached Terre Haute — Chauncey
Rose, Samuel Crawford, James Farrington, Judge Elisha Mills Huntington,
Richard W. Thompson and James H. Turner united to secure a charter for the
Terre Haute & Richmond Railroad. Construction between Terre Haute and
Indianapolis began in 1849.
With all the commercial activity, it is surprising that the official 1850
census identified only 15,289 residents in Vigo County and 4,051 in Terre
Haute.
The telegraph arrived in Terre Haute in 1850 and rail transportation between
Terre Haute and Indianapolis commenced in February 1852. Population
escalated; the economy was diverse. Terre Haute chose to become a city at a
special election in April 1853.
Beginning Dec. 24, 1854, William D. Griswold’s Terre Haute & Crawfordsville
Railroad offered daily round-trips between Evansville and Terre Haute. Rail
access from Terre Haute to Alton, Ill., was available in 1856.
The creation of volunteer fire departments in 1854, the incorporation of the
Terre Haute Gas Light Co. in 1856, the proliferation of churches and the
construction of many schools — first private and, then, public — gave Terre
Haute a cosmopolitan aura. By 1860, the city population had reached 8,594
while Vigo County boasted 22,517 residents.
Sentiments were divided in Terre Haute during the Civil War but there was
little disloyalty. More than 2,000 Vigo County men served in the Union Army.
When Indiana State Normal School began accepting students on Jan. 6, 1870,
the population of Vigo County was 33,546. Of that number, 16,103 resided in
Terre Haute.
The city was beginning to wave a banner reading: “Terre Haute: The Pittsburg
of the West.”
End of Article Part I (Part II to be published next week).
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The following article by Mike McCormick contains many dates and places of events of the early days of Terre Haute and Vigo County IN that can be incorporated into the timelines of Vigo County IN ancestor's lives.
Source information:
Author Michael McCormick, Vigo County Historian; published in the Terre Haute Tribune Star, Terre Haute, Vigo, IN, Section D, Page D5, on Sunday 16 Nov 2008.
http://www.tribstar.com/archivesearch/local_story_320202953.html (This website article posting may be short lived.)
******************
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: The early growth of the city of non-growth (Part I)
By Mike McCormick
Special to the Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE — For the past five decades, Terre Haute has been identified as “a city of non-growth.”
That has not always been the case. Indeed, if nearly doubling its size every ten years is an indication, Terre Haute was a “boom town” until 1920.
The first census of Terre Haute was an informal one conducted in 1829 by future Vigo County Clerk Charles T. Noble. He concluded that the population of the yet-to-be incorporated village was 579. The official Vigo County census the following year (1830) fixed the county population at 5,766.
The energetic Noble repeated his exercise in 1835 and discovered that Terre Haute, then incorporated as “a Town,” had 1,214 people within its boundaries, embracing 40-square blocks. The 1840 census concluded that there were 12,076 Vigo County residents.
Rich farmland, accessible timber and the Wabash River — navigable about nine months each year — were largely responsible for the growth. The Terre Haute Company, which platted the village in 1816, anticipated it would be a logical site for a court house.
When Vigo County was established in 1818, the proprietors’ expectations were realized. Terre Haute was named the county seat though the first court house was not occupied until 1822.
Steamboats began arriving at the Ohio Street wharf in 1822, the year before John Willson Osborn founded the first village newspaper, “The Western Register and Terre-Haute Advertiser.” Benjamin Gilman’s pork house, the community’s first, opened in 1824.
The river teemed with steamboats and flatboats. Lumber merchants in Vigo, Parke and Vermillion counties catered to boat builders and coopers. Pork houses needed vessels to transport product to southern ports in wooden barrels.
The decision to locate a branch of the Second State Bank of Indiana in Terre Haute in 1834 was a significant milestone.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under Major Cornelius A. Ogden, charged with constructing the Cumberland (or National) Road from Vandalia, Ohio,. to Vandalia, Ill, relocated its headquarters from Indianapolis to Terre Haute as soon as Chauncey Rose provided a building for bank use. The new branch bank on Ohio St. was ready in 1836.
Every branch had its own board of directors. However, Terre Haute’s Lucius H. Scott was a member of the board of the entire State Bank of Indiana system.
Congressman Col. Thomas H. Blake and state senator William C. Linton of Terre Haute convinced legislators that the Wabash & Erie Canal — originally planned as a mode of transportation between Lake Erie and Lafayette — should extend to Terre Haute.
State insolvency placed most internal improvements on hold but even bankruptcy could not stop construction of the 465-mile (some say 495-mile) long Wabash & Erie Canal. During the late 1830s and early 1840s, the mere promise of the canal made Terre Haute a popular destination for migrants, particularly those of German and Irish descent.
The National Road was rough but serviceable to Terre Haute by the time federal funding for its improvement was terminated by the Jackson administration in 1840. Meanwhile, Major Ogden enlisted a number of West Point graduates to assist him. Several chose to stay in Terre Haute after their boss was transferred.
The decision to stay was enhanced by the presence of an elegant hotel built by Rose in 1838 at the northeast corner of Seventh Street and Wabash Avenue It was called “The Prairie House” because it was east of town, “far out in the prairie.”
The arrival of Mother Theodore Guerin and five other Sisters of Providence to found an undenominational girls boarding school west of the Wabash River in 1841 offered many families an unusual educational opportunity.
The Wabash & Erie Canal arrived in Terre Haute during October 1849. Col. Blake, Commissioner of the U.S. Land Office in Washington, D.C. between 1842 and 1845, returned to Indiana to serve as resident trustee at its Terre Haute headquarters.
Col. Blake worked tirelessly for the success of his adopted community and Indiana’s internal improvements, including the canals. Unfortunately, those efforts cost him his life. On Nov. 28, 1849, he died of cholera contracted from “the ditch” he championed. It was the largest manmade body of water ever built in the western hemisphere.
On Jan. 26, 1847 — long before the canal reached Terre Haute — Chauncey Rose, Samuel Crawford, James Farrington, Judge Elisha Mills Huntington, Richard W. Thompson and James H. Turner united to secure a charter for the Terre Haute & Richmond Railroad. Construction between Terre Haute and Indianapolis began in 1849.
With all the commercial activity, it is surprising that the official 1850 census identified only 15,289 residents in Vigo County and 4,051 in Terre Haute.
The telegraph arrived in Terre Haute in 1850 and rail transportation between Terre Haute and Indianapolis commenced in February 1852. Population escalated; the economy was diverse. Terre Haute chose to become a city at a special election in April 1853.
Beginning Dec. 24, 1854, William D. Griswold’s Terre Haute & Crawfordsville Railroad offered daily round-trips between Evansville and Terre Haute. Rail access from Terre Haute to Alton, Ill., was available in 1856.
The creation of volunteer fire departments in 1854, the incorporation of the Terre Haute Gas Light Co. in 1856, the proliferation of churches and the construction of many schools — first private and, then, public — gave Terre Haute a cosmopolitan aura. By 1860, the city population had reached 8,594 while Vigo County boasted 22,517 residents.
Sentiments were divided in Terre Haute during the Civil War but there was little disloyalty. More than 2,000 Vigo County men served in the Union Army.
When Indiana State Normal School began accepting students on Jan. 6, 1870, the population of Vigo County was 33,546. Of that number, 16,103 resided in Terre Haute.
The city was beginning to wave a banner reading: “Terre Haute: The Pittsburg of the West.”
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End of Part I, Part II to follow next Sunday, 23 Nov 2008
**********************
David L. Bonnett
Indiana County Genealogist for Vigo County
davidbonnett(a)verizon.net
The following article by Michael McCormick contains many historical date and events that can be incorporated into the timeline of one's ancestor's lives.
Source information:
Author Michael McCormick, Vigo County Historian; published in the Terre Haute Tribune Star, Terre Haute, Vigo, IN, Section D, Page D5, on Sunday 16 Nov 2008.
******************
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: The early growth of the city of non-growth (Part I)
By Mike McCormick
Special to the Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE — For the past five decades, Terre Haute has been identified as “a city of non-growth.”
That has not always been the case. Indeed, if nearly doubling its size every ten years is an indication, Terre Haute was a “boom town” until 1920.
The first census of Terre Haute was an informal one conducted in 1829 by future Vigo County Clerk Charles T. Noble. He concluded that the population of the yet-to-be incorporated village was 579. The official Vigo County census the following year (1830) fixed the county population at 5,766.
The energetic Noble repeated his exercise in 1835 and discovered that Terre Haute, then incorporated as “a Town,” had 1,214 people within its boundaries, embracing 40-square blocks. The 1840 census concluded that there were 12,076 Vigo County residents.
Rich farmland, accessible timber and the Wabash River — navigable about nine months each year — were largely responsible for the growth. The Terre Haute Company, which platted the village in 1816, anticipated it would be a logical site for a court house.
When Vigo County was established in 1818, the proprietors’ expectations were realized. Terre Haute was named the county seat though the first court house was not occupied until 1822.
Steamboats began arriving at the Ohio Street wharf in 1822, the year before John Willson Osborn founded the first village newspaper, “The Western Register and Terre-Haute Advertiser.” Benjamin Gilman’s pork house, the community’s first, opened in 1824.
The river teemed with steamboats and flatboats. Lumber merchants in Vigo, Parke and Vermillion counties catered to boat builders and coopers. Pork houses needed vessels to transport product to southern ports in wooden barrels.
The decision to locate a branch of the Second State Bank of Indiana in Terre Haute in 1834 was a significant milestone.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under Major Cornelius A. Ogden, charged with constructing the Cumberland (or National) Road from Vandalia, Ohio,. to Vandalia, Ill, relocated its headquarters from Indianapolis to Terre Haute as soon as Chauncey Rose provided a building for bank use. The new branch bank on Ohio St. was ready in 1836.
Every branch had its own board of directors. However, Terre Haute’s Lucius H. Scott was a member of the board of the entire State Bank of Indiana system.
Congressman Col. Thomas H. Blake and state senator William C. Linton of Terre Haute convinced legislators that the Wabash & Erie Canal — originally planned as a mode of transportation between Lake Erie and Lafayette — should extend to Terre Haute.
State insolvency placed most internal improvements on hold but even bankruptcy could not stop construction of the 465-mile (some say 495-mile) long Wabash & Erie Canal. During the late 1830s and early 1840s, the mere promise of the canal made Terre Haute a popular destination for migrants, particularly those of German and Irish descent.
The National Road was rough but serviceable to Terre Haute by the time federal funding for its improvement was terminated by the Jackson administration in 1840. Meanwhile, Major Ogden enlisted a number of West Point graduates to assist him. Several chose to stay in Terre Haute after their boss was transferred.
The decision to stay was enhanced by the presence of an elegant hotel built by Rose in 1838 at the northeast corner of Seventh Street and Wabash Avenue It was called “The Prairie House” because it was east of town, “far out in the prairie.”
The arrival of Mother Theodore Guerin and five other Sisters of Providence to found an undenominational girls boarding school west of the Wabash River in 1841 offered many families an unusual educational opportunity.
The Wabash & Erie Canal arrived in Terre Haute during October 1849. Col. Blake, Commissioner of the U.S. Land Office in Washington, D.C. between 1842 and 1845, returned to Indiana to serve as resident trustee at its Terre Haute headquarters.
Col. Blake worked tirelessly for the success of his adopted community and Indiana’s internal improvements, including the canals. Unfortunately, those efforts cost him his life. On Nov. 28, 1849, he died of cholera contracted from “the ditch” he championed. It was the largest manmade body of water ever built in the western hemisphere.
On Jan. 26, 1847 — long before the canal reached Terre Haute — Chauncey Rose, Samuel Crawford, James Farrington, Judge Elisha Mills Huntington, Richard W. Thompson and James H. Turner united to secure a charter for the Terre Haute & Richmond Railroad. Construction between Terre Haute and Indianapolis began in 1849.
With all the commercial activity, it is surprising that the official 1850 census identified only 15,289 residents in Vigo County and 4,051 in Terre Haute.
The telegraph arrived in Terre Haute in 1850 and rail transportation between Terre Haute and Indianapolis commenced in February 1852. Population escalated; the economy was diverse. Terre Haute chose to become a city at a special election in April 1853.
Beginning Dec. 24, 1854, William D. Griswold’s Terre Haute & Crawfordsville Railroad offered daily round-trips between Evansville and Terre Haute. Rail access from Terre Haute to Alton, Ill., was available in 1856.
The creation of volunteer fire departments in 1854, the incorporation of the Terre Haute Gas Light Co. in 1856, the proliferation of churches and the construction of many schools — first private and, then, public — gave Terre Haute a cosmopolitan aura. By 1860, the city population had reached 8,594 while Vigo County boasted 22,517 residents.
Sentiments were divided in Terre Haute during the Civil War but there was little disloyalty. More than 2,000 Vigo County men served in the Union Army.
When Indiana State Normal School began accepting students on Jan. 6, 1870, the population of Vigo County was 33,546. Of that number, 16,103 resided in Terre Haute.
The city was beginning to wave a banner reading: “Terre Haute: The Pittsburg of the West.”
End of Article Part I (Part II to be published next week).
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My brother Frank Oder passed away last year and so I thought I would share his graduating class picture. Just email me for a copy. Any memories you have of him would be nice to hear.
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Shelley:
I forwarded your post Russell Wilhoit, the Indiana County Genealogist for
Decatur County IN.
He responded almost immediately to me:
Thanks David, I have posted it to some researchers I know that are doing the
Shafer family, I wish more would do this, take care, Russell Wilhoit,
Decatur County Historian
David L. Bonnett
Indiana County Genealogist for Vigo County
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Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 10:46 PM
Subject: [INVIGO] SHAFER Family Photographs including photographs from
TerreHaute IN
I've "rescued" an old photograph album which appears to have belonged to the
SHAFER Family of Indiana, Illinois, Colorado, Missouri, and Ohio. Based on
limited research I was able to locate a considerable amount of information
regarding the family and have included some of that information below along
with details of the photographs included in this album.
SHAFER Family Photograph Album
. John SHAFER, taken at the R. W. Snyder Studio in Greensburg, IN,
1870's or 1880's, in his 20's
John E. SHAFER b. Feb 1864 in IN, married Minnie N. DAVIS (b. Aug 1867 in
Decatur Co., IN) and had one son, Paul H. SHAFER b. Aug 1897 in IN.
1870 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Isaiah SHAFER, age 29, a Farmer, born IN
Cordelia SHAFER, age 28, Keeping House, born OH
John E. SHAFER, age 6, born IN
Ada M. SHAFER, age 3, born IN
Robert SHAFER, age 2, born IN
+ 1 Farm Laborer
1880 census of Jackson, IN:
Isaiah SHAFER, age 38, a Farmer, born IN, parents born PA/IN
Cordelia SHAFER, wife, age 38, Keeping House, born OH, parents born PA/OH
John E. SHAFER, son, age 16, Works on Farm, born IN
Effie M. SHAFER, dau, age 13, at Home, born IN
Isaiah SHAFER, son, age 10, at Home, born IN
William M. SHAFER, son, age 7, born IN
Bertie SHAFER, son, age 5, born IN
Willie SHAFER, son, age 3, born IN
1900 census of Jackson Township, IN:
John E. SHAFER, age 36, born Feb 1864, married 6 years, born IN, parents
born IN/OH, a Farmer
Minnie SHAFER, wife, age 32, born Aug 1867, married 6 years, 1 child/1
living, born IN, parents born IN
Paul SHAFER, son, age 2, born Aug 1897, born IN
. Etta SHAFER, taken at the Hudson Studio in Greensburg, IN, 1880's,
in her 20's, note name "Effie SHERA" is written on the photograph and then
crossed out
. Frank VANSCYOC, taken at the Neiberg Studio in Columbus, IN, 1880's,
in his 30's
1900 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Frank V. VANSCYOC, age 32, born Jun 1867, married 8 years, born IN, parents
born PA/OH, a Stationary Engineer
Elizabeth S. VANSCYOC, wife, age 30, born Sept 1869, married 8 years, 1
child/1 living, born IN, parents born OH/IN
Mabel M. VANSCYOC, dau, age 1, born Jul 1898, born IN
1910 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Frank VANSCYOC, age 42, married 17 years, born IN, parents born PA/OH, a
Farmer
Elizabeth VANSCYOC, wife, age 40, married 17 years, 2 children/2 living,
born IN, parents born OH/IN
Mabel VANSCYOC, dau, age 11, born IN
Verna VANSCYOC, dau, age 8, born IN
John BARTON, brother-in-law, age 38, married 3 years, born IN, parents born
OH/IN
Mary BARTON, sister-in-law, age 26, married 3 years, no children, born OH
1920 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Frank B. VANSCYOC, age 52, born IN, parents born PA/OH, a Farmer
Elizabeth VANSCYOC, wife, age 51, born IN, parents born OH/IN
Verna L. VANSCYOC, dau, age 18, born IN
Sarah E. VANSCYOC, mother, age 82, a widow, born OH, parents born PA/VA
. "Uncle Ike, Aunt Mollie, and Earl", taken at the Chicago Photo Co.
w/no location, 1880's or 1890's, couple in their 30's or 40's, boy about 4
years old
. Frank SHAFER, taken at the Lilly Wood Studio in Sumner, IL, 1880's
or 1890's, young man in teens
. Isa MORGAN, taken at the C. D. Walton Studio in Columbus, IN,
1880's, in her 20's
. Pearl SHAW, taken at the Cadwallader's Studio in North Vernon, IN,
1880's, girl about 12 years old
. "Bill, Zula, Eva, and Bert", tin type, no studio or loc, 1870's,
couples in their 20's, note "all Pught" written on the sleeve containing the
photograph
. Era EVANS, taken at the Neiberg Studio in Columbus, IN, 1870's or
1880's, girl about 10 years old
Era Ellen EVANS b. 15 Sept 1880 in Decatur, IN to parents Warner EVANS and
Anna Retta LOUGH. Era EVANS died after 1921.
. Empty slot with name "Earl SHERA" written underneath the photo slot
. Unidentified Female, taken at the Cadwallader's Studio in North
Vernon, IN, 1880's, girl about 5 years old
. Empty slot with name "Earl" written underneath the photo slot
. Mary RITTENHOUSE, taken at the B. W. Lawson Studio in Columbus, IN,
1880's, in her 20's or 30's
1880 census of Jackson, IN:
Willson RITTENHOUSE, age 29, born OH, a Farmer, parents born NY/OH
Mary RITTENHOUSE, wife, age 20, born IN, Keeping House, parents born IN
Daisy RITTENHOUSE, dau, age 2, born IN
1900 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Mary RITTENHOUSE, age 39, a widow, born Jun 1860, 3 children/3 living, born
IN, parents born IN
Celestia A. RITTENHOUSE, dau, age 19, born June 1880, born IN, parents born
OH/IN, a Student at School
Mae RITTENHOUSE, dau, age 17, born Nov 1882, born IN, parents born OH/IN
Maxa V. SEAL, brother, age 37, born Sept 1862, married 14 years, born IN,
parents born IN, a Carpenter
. Unidentified female and toddler, no studio or location, 1890's,
female in her teens or 20's and toddler about 3-4 years
. Empty Slot with name "Zula" written underneath the photo slot
. Empty Slot with name "Uncle Ike SHERA" written underneath the photo
slot
. Empty Slot with name "Ray SHERA" written underneath the photo slot
. Tom SHAW, taken at the Hudson Studio in Greensburg, IN, 1880's, man
in his 40's
. Lou SHAW, taken at the Hudson Studio in Greensburg, IN, 1880's,
woman in her 30's
1880 census of Jackson, IN:
Thomas SHAW, age 25, a Farmer, born IN, parents born IN/OH
Louisa SHAW, wife, age 22, Keeping House, born IN, parents born IN/OH
Pearly SHAW, dau, age 4, born IN
Fannie BAKE, cousin, age 11, at Home, born IN, parents born IN
+ 1 Farm Hand and 1 Servant
1900 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Thomas N. SHAW, age 45, born Jan 1855, married 24 years, born IN, parents
born OH, a Farmer
Louisa SHAW, wife, age 41, born Jun 1858, married 24 years, 1 child/1
living, born IN, parents born OH
Pearl B. SHAW, dau, age 24, born Feb 1876, born IN, Teacher of Music
+ 1 Farm Laborer and 1 House Servant
1910 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Thomas SHAW, age 55, married 35 years, born IN, parents born IN, a Farmer
Louisa SHAW, wife, age 52, married 35 years, 1 child/1 living, born IN,
parents born IN
+ 1 Farm Hand
1920 census of Westport, IN:
Thomas N. SHAW, age 65, born IN, parents born IN, a Retired Farmer
Louisa SHAW, wife, age 61, born IN, parents born IN
. Della MCKELVEY, taken at the Murdock Studio in Columbus, IN, 1880's,
in her teens or 20's
. Etta M. SHAFER, taken at the G. T. Wilkins Studio in Fort Collins,
CO, 1880's, in her 20's
. Unidentified Female, taken at Cadwallader's Studio in North Vernon,
IN, 1880's, girl in her teens
. Unidentified Male, taken at the Hudson Studio in Greensburg, IN,
1880's, in his 30's
. Unidentified Woman, taken at the Crutchfield's Studio in North
Vernon, IN, 1870's or 1880's, in her 60's or 70's
. "Billie, Grandma SMALL, and Nettie", taken at the Wallace Redding
Studio in Columbus, IN, 1880's, man in his 40's, woman in her 70's, and girl
about 8 years old
. Zula SMITH, taken at the Wager's Studio in Columbus, IN, 1880's,
infant about 1-2 years old
. Wilson SHAFER, taken at the Pomeroy Studio in Kansas City, MO, dated
1890, in his 30's
. Emma SHAFER, taken at the Pomeroy Studio in Kansas City, MO, dated
1890, in her 30's
1880 census of Jackson, IN:
Willson SHAFER, age 29, a Farmer, born IN, parents born IN
Emma D. SHAFER, wife, age 24, Keeping House, born IN, parents born IN/OH
1900 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Wilson M. SHAFER, age 49, born Jun 1850, married 23 years, born IN, parents
born PA, a Farmer
Emma SHAFER, wife, age 44, born May 1856, married 23 years, 3 children/2
living, born IN, parents born IN
Carl J. SHAFER, son, age 19, born Mar 1881, born IN, a Farm Laborer
Earl L. SHAFER, son, age 8, born May 1892, born IN
1910 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Wilson SHAFER, age 59, married 32 years, born IN, parents born IN, a Farmer
Emma SHAFER, wife, age 54, married 32 years, 3 children/2 living, born IN,
parents born IN/OH
Earl SHAFER, son, age 17, born IN, a Farm Laborer
. Carl SHAFER, taken at the R. W. Snyder Studio in Greensburg, IN,
1880's, boy about 6 years old
1920 census of Anderson Township, IN:
Carl SHAFER, age 38, a widower, born IN, parents born IN, a Real Estate
Agent
Carl John SHAFER, son, age 4, born IN, parents born IN/OH
Mary Viola SHAFER, dau, age 3, born IN, parents born IN/OH
+ 1 Housekeeper and 1 Lodger
. Empty Slot with name "Zula" written underneath the photo slot
. Ora EVANS, taken at the Theo Neiberg Studio in Columbus, IN, 1880's,
boy about 6 years old
1900 census of Greensburg, IN: living in the home of Easter & Hugh MCNEW
Ora E. EVANS, age 16, born Feb 1884, born IN, parents born IN, a Preacher
. Empty Slot with the name "Rolla TOLKINGTON" written underneath the
photo slot
. Empty Slot with the name "Zula" written underneath the photo slot
. Unidentified Male, taken at the S. P. Burgert Studio in Cincinnati,
OH, 1880's, in his 20's
. Mr. NELSON, taken at the D. H. Wright's Studio in Terre Haute, IN,
1870's or 1880's, in his 20's, note "Mama's Schoolmates"
. Nellie RHOE, taken at the E. Eppert Studio in Terre Haute, IN,
1870's or 1880's, in her 20's, note "Mama's Schoolmates"
. Mary MOORE WHITE, taken at the D. H. Wright's Studio in Terre Haute,
IN, 1870's or 1880's, in her teens, note "Mama's Schoolmates"
. Ezra AUTHRIE, taken at the R. W. Snyder Studio in Greensburg, IN,
1880's, in his teens or 20's, note "Mama's Schoolmates"
. Albert SMITH, no studio or location, 1880's, in his 20's
. Lydia MUNNS, taken at the S. P. Burgert Studio in Cincinnati, OH,
1880's, in her 20's
. LEVI BARNS, taken at the R. W. Snyder Studio in Greensburg, IN,
1880's, in his 20's
. Effie SHERA, taken at the R. W. Snyder Studio in Greensburg, IN,
1880's, in her teens or 20's
1880 census of Jackson, IN:
Elizabeth SHERA, age 62, born IN, Keeping House, parents born PA
John W. SHERA, son, age 41, born IN, a Farmer, parents born Ireland/IN
Catharine SHERA, dau, age 40, born IN, at Home, parents born Ireland/IN
Willson M. SHERA, son, age 24, born IN, a Farmer, parents born Ireland/IN
Sylvester SHERA, son, age 21, born IN, a Farmer, parents born Ireland/IN
Effie I. SHERA, granddau, age 3, born IN
+ 1 Farm Worker and 1 Servant
. Eldridge GENTRY, taken at the Weckman Studio in Cincinnati, OH,
1870's or 1880's, man in his 60's or 70's, note "Uncle"
. Mary GENTRY, taken at the Weckman Studio in Cincinnati, OH, 1870's
or 1880's, woman in her 50's, note "Aunt"
. Hamil SHAFER, taken at the H. A. Chandler Studio in North Vernon,
IN, 1870's, man in his 30's
. Em SEAL, taken at the R. W. Snyder Studio in Greensburg, IN, 1870's
or 1880's, woman in her 30's or 40's, note "Aunt"
1880 census of Jackson, IN:
John B. SEAL, age 46, a House Carpenter, born IN, parents born VA/KY
Emily J. SEAL, wife, age 43, Keeping House, born IN, parents born KY
Maxa SEAL, son, age 19, an Apprentice Carpenter, born IN
Lide SEAL, dau, age 15, at Home, born IN
I am hoping to locate someone from one of these families so that this
wonderful old treasure can be returned to the care of the family. If you
are a member of one of these families, please contact me.
Thanks,
Shelley
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I've "rescued" an old photograph album which appears to have belonged to the
SHAFER Family of Indiana, Illinois, Colorado, Missouri, and Ohio. Based on
limited research I was able to locate a considerable amount of information
regarding the family and have included some of that information below along
with details of the photographs included in this album.
SHAFER Family Photograph Album
. John SHAFER, taken at the R. W. Snyder Studio in Greensburg, IN,
1870's or 1880's, in his 20's
John E. SHAFER b. Feb 1864 in IN, married Minnie N. DAVIS (b. Aug 1867 in
Decatur Co., IN) and had one son, Paul H. SHAFER b. Aug 1897 in IN.
1870 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Isaiah SHAFER, age 29, a Farmer, born IN
Cordelia SHAFER, age 28, Keeping House, born OH
John E. SHAFER, age 6, born IN
Ada M. SHAFER, age 3, born IN
Robert SHAFER, age 2, born IN
+ 1 Farm Laborer
1880 census of Jackson, IN:
Isaiah SHAFER, age 38, a Farmer, born IN, parents born PA/IN
Cordelia SHAFER, wife, age 38, Keeping House, born OH, parents born PA/OH
John E. SHAFER, son, age 16, Works on Farm, born IN
Effie M. SHAFER, dau, age 13, at Home, born IN
Isaiah SHAFER, son, age 10, at Home, born IN
William M. SHAFER, son, age 7, born IN
Bertie SHAFER, son, age 5, born IN
Willie SHAFER, son, age 3, born IN
1900 census of Jackson Township, IN:
John E. SHAFER, age 36, born Feb 1864, married 6 years, born IN, parents
born IN/OH, a Farmer
Minnie SHAFER, wife, age 32, born Aug 1867, married 6 years, 1 child/1
living, born IN, parents born IN
Paul SHAFER, son, age 2, born Aug 1897, born IN
. Etta SHAFER, taken at the Hudson Studio in Greensburg, IN, 1880's,
in her 20's, note name "Effie SHERA" is written on the photograph and then
crossed out
. Frank VANSCYOC, taken at the Neiberg Studio in Columbus, IN, 1880's,
in his 30's
1900 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Frank V. VANSCYOC, age 32, born Jun 1867, married 8 years, born IN, parents
born PA/OH, a Stationary Engineer
Elizabeth S. VANSCYOC, wife, age 30, born Sept 1869, married 8 years, 1
child/1 living, born IN, parents born OH/IN
Mabel M. VANSCYOC, dau, age 1, born Jul 1898, born IN
1910 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Frank VANSCYOC, age 42, married 17 years, born IN, parents born PA/OH, a
Farmer
Elizabeth VANSCYOC, wife, age 40, married 17 years, 2 children/2 living,
born IN, parents born OH/IN
Mabel VANSCYOC, dau, age 11, born IN
Verna VANSCYOC, dau, age 8, born IN
John BARTON, brother-in-law, age 38, married 3 years, born IN, parents born
OH/IN
Mary BARTON, sister-in-law, age 26, married 3 years, no children, born OH
1920 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Frank B. VANSCYOC, age 52, born IN, parents born PA/OH, a Farmer
Elizabeth VANSCYOC, wife, age 51, born IN, parents born OH/IN
Verna L. VANSCYOC, dau, age 18, born IN
Sarah E. VANSCYOC, mother, age 82, a widow, born OH, parents born PA/VA
. "Uncle Ike, Aunt Mollie, and Earl", taken at the Chicago Photo Co.
w/no location, 1880's or 1890's, couple in their 30's or 40's, boy about 4
years old
. Frank SHAFER, taken at the Lilly Wood Studio in Sumner, IL, 1880's
or 1890's, young man in teens
. Isa MORGAN, taken at the C. D. Walton Studio in Columbus, IN,
1880's, in her 20's
. Pearl SHAW, taken at the Cadwallader's Studio in North Vernon, IN,
1880's, girl about 12 years old
. "Bill, Zula, Eva, and Bert", tin type, no studio or loc, 1870's,
couples in their 20's, note "all Pught" written on the sleeve containing the
photograph
. Era EVANS, taken at the Neiberg Studio in Columbus, IN, 1870's or
1880's, girl about 10 years old
Era Ellen EVANS b. 15 Sept 1880 in Decatur, IN to parents Warner EVANS and
Anna Retta LOUGH. Era EVANS died after 1921.
. Empty slot with name "Earl SHERA" written underneath the photo slot
. Unidentified Female, taken at the Cadwallader's Studio in North
Vernon, IN, 1880's, girl about 5 years old
. Empty slot with name "Earl" written underneath the photo slot
. Mary RITTENHOUSE, taken at the B. W. Lawson Studio in Columbus, IN,
1880's, in her 20's or 30's
1880 census of Jackson, IN:
Willson RITTENHOUSE, age 29, born OH, a Farmer, parents born NY/OH
Mary RITTENHOUSE, wife, age 20, born IN, Keeping House, parents born IN
Daisy RITTENHOUSE, dau, age 2, born IN
1900 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Mary RITTENHOUSE, age 39, a widow, born Jun 1860, 3 children/3 living, born
IN, parents born IN
Celestia A. RITTENHOUSE, dau, age 19, born June 1880, born IN, parents born
OH/IN, a Student at School
Mae RITTENHOUSE, dau, age 17, born Nov 1882, born IN, parents born OH/IN
Maxa V. SEAL, brother, age 37, born Sept 1862, married 14 years, born IN,
parents born IN, a Carpenter
. Unidentified female and toddler, no studio or location, 1890's,
female in her teens or 20's and toddler about 3-4 years
. Empty Slot with name "Zula" written underneath the photo slot
. Empty Slot with name "Uncle Ike SHERA" written underneath the photo
slot
. Empty Slot with name "Ray SHERA" written underneath the photo slot
. Tom SHAW, taken at the Hudson Studio in Greensburg, IN, 1880's, man
in his 40's
. Lou SHAW, taken at the Hudson Studio in Greensburg, IN, 1880's,
woman in her 30's
1880 census of Jackson, IN:
Thomas SHAW, age 25, a Farmer, born IN, parents born IN/OH
Louisa SHAW, wife, age 22, Keeping House, born IN, parents born IN/OH
Pearly SHAW, dau, age 4, born IN
Fannie BAKE, cousin, age 11, at Home, born IN, parents born IN
+ 1 Farm Hand and 1 Servant
1900 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Thomas N. SHAW, age 45, born Jan 1855, married 24 years, born IN, parents
born OH, a Farmer
Louisa SHAW, wife, age 41, born Jun 1858, married 24 years, 1 child/1
living, born IN, parents born OH
Pearl B. SHAW, dau, age 24, born Feb 1876, born IN, Teacher of Music
+ 1 Farm Laborer and 1 House Servant
1910 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Thomas SHAW, age 55, married 35 years, born IN, parents born IN, a Farmer
Louisa SHAW, wife, age 52, married 35 years, 1 child/1 living, born IN,
parents born IN
+ 1 Farm Hand
1920 census of Westport, IN:
Thomas N. SHAW, age 65, born IN, parents born IN, a Retired Farmer
Louisa SHAW, wife, age 61, born IN, parents born IN
. Della MCKELVEY, taken at the Murdock Studio in Columbus, IN, 1880's,
in her teens or 20's
. Etta M. SHAFER, taken at the G. T. Wilkins Studio in Fort Collins,
CO, 1880's, in her 20's
. Unidentified Female, taken at Cadwallader's Studio in North Vernon,
IN, 1880's, girl in her teens
. Unidentified Male, taken at the Hudson Studio in Greensburg, IN,
1880's, in his 30's
. Unidentified Woman, taken at the Crutchfield's Studio in North
Vernon, IN, 1870's or 1880's, in her 60's or 70's
. "Billie, Grandma SMALL, and Nettie", taken at the Wallace Redding
Studio in Columbus, IN, 1880's, man in his 40's, woman in her 70's, and girl
about 8 years old
. Zula SMITH, taken at the Wager's Studio in Columbus, IN, 1880's,
infant about 1-2 years old
. Wilson SHAFER, taken at the Pomeroy Studio in Kansas City, MO, dated
1890, in his 30's
. Emma SHAFER, taken at the Pomeroy Studio in Kansas City, MO, dated
1890, in her 30's
1880 census of Jackson, IN:
Willson SHAFER, age 29, a Farmer, born IN, parents born IN
Emma D. SHAFER, wife, age 24, Keeping House, born IN, parents born IN/OH
1900 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Wilson M. SHAFER, age 49, born Jun 1850, married 23 years, born IN, parents
born PA, a Farmer
Emma SHAFER, wife, age 44, born May 1856, married 23 years, 3 children/2
living, born IN, parents born IN
Carl J. SHAFER, son, age 19, born Mar 1881, born IN, a Farm Laborer
Earl L. SHAFER, son, age 8, born May 1892, born IN
1910 census of Jackson Township, IN:
Wilson SHAFER, age 59, married 32 years, born IN, parents born IN, a Farmer
Emma SHAFER, wife, age 54, married 32 years, 3 children/2 living, born IN,
parents born IN/OH
Earl SHAFER, son, age 17, born IN, a Farm Laborer
. Carl SHAFER, taken at the R. W. Snyder Studio in Greensburg, IN,
1880's, boy about 6 years old
1920 census of Anderson Township, IN:
Carl SHAFER, age 38, a widower, born IN, parents born IN, a Real Estate
Agent
Carl John SHAFER, son, age 4, born IN, parents born IN/OH
Mary Viola SHAFER, dau, age 3, born IN, parents born IN/OH
+ 1 Housekeeper and 1 Lodger
. Empty Slot with name "Zula" written underneath the photo slot
. Ora EVANS, taken at the Theo Neiberg Studio in Columbus, IN, 1880's,
boy about 6 years old
1900 census of Greensburg, IN: living in the home of Easter & Hugh MCNEW
Ora E. EVANS, age 16, born Feb 1884, born IN, parents born IN, a Preacher
. Empty Slot with the name "Rolla TOLKINGTON" written underneath the
photo slot
. Empty Slot with the name "Zula" written underneath the photo slot
. Unidentified Male, taken at the S. P. Burgert Studio in Cincinnati,
OH, 1880's, in his 20's
. Mr. NELSON, taken at the D. H. Wright's Studio in Terre Haute, IN,
1870's or 1880's, in his 20's, note "Mama's Schoolmates"
. Nellie RHOE, taken at the E. Eppert Studio in Terre Haute, IN,
1870's or 1880's, in her 20's, note "Mama's Schoolmates"
. Mary MOORE WHITE, taken at the D. H. Wright's Studio in Terre Haute,
IN, 1870's or 1880's, in her teens, note "Mama's Schoolmates"
. Ezra AUTHRIE, taken at the R. W. Snyder Studio in Greensburg, IN,
1880's, in his teens or 20's, note "Mama's Schoolmates"
. Albert SMITH, no studio or location, 1880's, in his 20's
. Lydia MUNNS, taken at the S. P. Burgert Studio in Cincinnati, OH,
1880's, in her 20's
. LEVI BARNS, taken at the R. W. Snyder Studio in Greensburg, IN,
1880's, in his 20's
. Effie SHERA, taken at the R. W. Snyder Studio in Greensburg, IN,
1880's, in her teens or 20's
1880 census of Jackson, IN:
Elizabeth SHERA, age 62, born IN, Keeping House, parents born PA
John W. SHERA, son, age 41, born IN, a Farmer, parents born Ireland/IN
Catharine SHERA, dau, age 40, born IN, at Home, parents born Ireland/IN
Willson M. SHERA, son, age 24, born IN, a Farmer, parents born Ireland/IN
Sylvester SHERA, son, age 21, born IN, a Farmer, parents born Ireland/IN
Effie I. SHERA, granddau, age 3, born IN
+ 1 Farm Worker and 1 Servant
. Eldridge GENTRY, taken at the Weckman Studio in Cincinnati, OH,
1870's or 1880's, man in his 60's or 70's, note "Uncle"
. Mary GENTRY, taken at the Weckman Studio in Cincinnati, OH, 1870's
or 1880's, woman in her 50's, note "Aunt"
. Hamil SHAFER, taken at the H. A. Chandler Studio in North Vernon,
IN, 1870's, man in his 30's
. Em SEAL, taken at the R. W. Snyder Studio in Greensburg, IN, 1870's
or 1880's, woman in her 30's or 40's, note "Aunt"
1880 census of Jackson, IN:
John B. SEAL, age 46, a House Carpenter, born IN, parents born VA/KY
Emily J. SEAL, wife, age 43, Keeping House, born IN, parents born KY
Maxa SEAL, son, age 19, an Apprentice Carpenter, born IN
Lide SEAL, dau, age 15, at Home, born IN
I am hoping to locate someone from one of these families so that this
wonderful old treasure can be returned to the care of the family. If you
are a member of one of these families, please contact me.
Thanks,
Shelley
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