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Classification: Query
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I was looking for any information that I could find about the home that is situated on the corner of Jefferson and Third St. in Decatur, IN, as my father has purchased it and is trying to restore it to a somewhat original condition. I know that it was built for John Niblick around 1877 and that his daughter Helen Niblick Stoner took possession of it after her parents' death. There were some pictures that came with the house that were taken for her wedding in 1918, I believe. We only have one photo of the outside of the house, and that one is titled "Our house before it was remodeled in 1893". I have seen some others in the newspaper files and recently won an auction on eBay for a postcard featuring our house. If anyone has any information about this house or the people for whom it was originally built, please contact Stacy at k.reckard(a)mchsi.com I would be thrilled to hear anything anyone has to tell me!!
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Surnames: Kimmel = Fulhart
Classification: Query
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I recently visited the Stahl Cementary in Wells Co. and found Jacob Kimmels stone. He is not the Jacob from Huntington Co.who was married to martha Fulhart.The stone has Catherine as his wife. Hope you have found your Jacob by this time . Bob
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are you related thru Richard & Hazel Reed of Bluffton ?
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Surnames: Kline, Ely, Hatch, Carpenter
Classification: Query
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I have a James Kline b. 8/11/55, married Emma Carpenter. James was the son of Jacob Kline b. 2/14/1828 married Elizabeth Melissa Hatch. Jacob was the son of John Kline b. abt. 1797, married Hester or Esther Ely. Please contact me, I would love to share all information that I have with you.
In regards to the writing of the Uniondale/Union Town history, I received the blessing of the Wells County Historical Society for the project. It is my hope that all of you that have connections to Uniondale will respond with your family histories, pictures and any other information you might have about Uniondale. It is important that every family is represented in this history. I don't like doing a half way job of things so if you don't assist with information you have I will not be able to do the justice to the project I would like.
So many of the small towns are forgotten and only the big cities are remembered in the history books. Please help.
Thanks for anything you may have and will share.
Connie Brubaker
The Cemetery Lady
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Surnames: Habegger, Moser, Neuenschwander, Stauffer, Reusser
Classification: Biography
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BIOGRAPHY OF Peter A. Habegger
From Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana
By Tyndall & Lesh – 1918
Page 793, 794
Peter A. Habegger
Devoting his time and energies to the occupation to which he was born and bred, Peter A. Habegger, a prosperous and progressive farmer of Monroe Township, is an excellent representative of the industrious and energetic men, who, though born in a foreign land, have been prominently identified with the development and promotion of the agricultural interests of Adams County, his well kept and carefully managed farm bearing testimony to his industry and thrift. He was born October 12, 1871, in Canton de Berne, Switzerland, which was also the birthplace of his father, Abraham M. Habegger.
His paternal grandparents, Peter and Elizabeth Habegger, crossed the ocean many years after their marriage, and with their family settled in Adams County, Indiana. Buying land in Monroe Township, they spent their remaining years on the farm now owned and occupied by Mr. Habegger of this sketch. Peter Habegger’s death occurred January 1, 1901, and his wife’s a few months earlier, on October 7, 1900.
Coming from Switzerland with his family to Indiana, Abraham M. Habegger secured title to eighty acres of wild land in Adams County and began its improvement. Clearing an opening in the forest, he erected the customary log cabin, and like his pioneer neighbors lived for a time on the products of the soil and the wild game then so abundant. He subsequently purchased twenty acres of adjacent land, and by dint of diligent toil cleared, ditched and tiled about forty acres of his farm, and replaced the log cabin with a substantial frame house, and erected good barns, and made many other improvements of value. He married, in Switzerland, Lena Moser, a daughter of Johannes and Lydia Moser. Ten children were born to them, as follows: Samuel, Jacob, Peter A., Mary, deceased, Elizabeth, deceased, Abraham, Eli, Dina, Robert, and Menno.
Reared to agricultural pursuits, Peter A. Habegger naturally adopted farming as his vocation, and his success as a tiller of the soil shows that he made no mistake. In October, 1905, he settled on his farm of eighty acres in Monroe Township, and during the years that he has occupied it has greatly improved the property, having entirely renovated the buildings, putting up new ones where necessary, and having placed the land in good yielding condition. The log barn erected by his grandfather is still standing and on account of its construction is not only a curiosity, but a landmark.
Mr. Habegger married, November 11, 1894, Anna Neuenschwander. Her father, Jacob Neuenschwander, a native of Iowa, became owner of several farms in Indiana, having bought and sold at an advantage, and is now living on a farm of eighty acres in Monroe Township, Adams County, being one of the prosperous and well to do agriculturists of his community. He married Elizabeth Stauffer, who was born in Adams County, and to them eleven children were born. Mrs. Habegger having ten brother and sisters, as follows: Adam, Lavina, Eli, deceased, Emanuel, David, Theresa, Caroline, Allen, Rosina, and Lydia, the five last named being deceased. Having accumulated a competency, Mr. And Mrs. Neuenschwander are now living retired from active pursuits, having a pleasant home in Berne.
Nine children have blessed the union of Mr. And Mrs. Habegger, namely: Andrew, born November 1, 1895, married Calista Reusser of Adams County; Martin, deceased, was born June 2, 1897; Clinton, born February 11, 1899; Erlina, born November 23, 1900; Sylvan, born May 6, 1903; Edna, born August 23, 1904; Arley, born May 31, 1908; Milo, born January 17, 1910; and Marcella, born February 5, 1914. Mr. And Mrs. Habegger, true to the faith in which they were brought up, are members of the Mennonite Church.
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Surnames: Neuenschwander, Zurfluh, Stauffer, Habegger
Classification: Biography
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Much of the history of the village of Berne in Adams County revolves around the name and activities of Christ A. Neuenschwander. Mr. Neuenschwander has lived in that old Mennonite community of Adams County for over half a century, has been prominent in the church, moral activities, and civic life, and has also supplied some of the enterprise for the business. He is one of the founders of the Bank of Berne, incorporated in 1891. He was one of the first board of directors, sin 1893 was made vice president, and since October, 1906, has been president of the institution.
Mr. Neuenschwander had been a member of the Berne community about five years when, in 1871, the tracks of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway were constructed through Adams County. In August of that year the first town lot was sold, the purchaser being T. P. Harris, who erected a frame building 20 x 45 feet, part of which was used for a general store and part for a residence. At that time Mr. Neuenschwander was employed as a cheese maker at a factory about a mile from Berne. He remembers when the first train ran over the railroad, consisting of one freight car and one passenger car, drawn by a locomotive burning wood as fuel. He personally knew both the conductor and engineer.
In 1872 Mr. Neuenschwander moved to the village, and with others established a general store on the present site of the People’s State Bank. This store flourished and developed a large trade throughout the country. In 1880 Mr. Neuenschwander bought a farm of eighty acres south of the village limits, put on most of the improvements and by the purchase of an additional forty acres developed a good farm in that community. To this he gave much of his time and energies until December, 1915, when he retired to his present home in the village of Berne. In 1904 Mr. Neuenschwander became a stockholder in the local electric light plant and since 1905 has been one of its directors.
Like many other pioneer families of this part of Adams County, Mr. Neuenschwander is a native of Switzerland. He was born in Canton Berne on the ridge of the Jura Mountains August 21m 1849. He has an authentic record of six generations of the family history in the old country. These various families, including his grandfather, spent all their lives in Switzerland. They early became identified with the Mennonite Church. Mr. Neuenschwander is a son of Abraham and Catherine (Zurfluh) Neuenschwander. Hew as the oldest of their children and the only one still living when, in 1852, the little family embarked on a small sailing vessel at Havre, France, with about fifty other Swiss colonists. For forty-three days they were driving across the ocean waves and finally landed at New York, going on to Wayne County, Ohio. They left Switzerland March 4, 1852, and were two months and two days in reaching Ohio. In Wayne County the Neuenschwanders lived for only a few months, and the!
y went to Riley Township of Putnam County, Ohio. On a farm there the mother died in 1865 at the age of thirty-eight. In 1866 Abraham Neuenschwander brought his children to Adams County locating on a farm in Monroe Township. Here he spent the remainder of his long career and died in January, 1904, when nearly seventy-four years of age. As a citizen he began voting as a democrat but later became a republican.
Christ A Neuenschwander married a neighbor girl in Adams Count, Miss Anna Stauffer. She was born in Monroe Township of Adams County in 1855, a daughter of Christian and Verena (Habegger) Stauffer. Her father was born in Alsace and her mother in Switzerland. Both had been married before and, as widow and widower, they were married in Adams County. After their marriage they settled on a 160 acre farm which they cleared up, and the father died in Monroe townships in January, 1892 when nearly ninety years of age. His widow survived him some time and was seventy-four when she passed away. Both were birthright members of the Mennonite Church. Mrs. Neuenschwander was one of twins and of a family of six children, all now married and having children of their own.
Mr. and Mrs. Neuenschwander were married in the fall of 1875. Most of their children are now in independent activities and have homes of their own. Their names are: Ella, Menno, Elmer, Wesley, Leon, Meta, Selma and Edna. All are active members of the Mennonite Church. Mrs. Neuenschwander has been a deacon of the church for twenty years, and since December, 1877, has served as secretary of the Sunday School. In matters of politics he is independent.
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Surnames: Bayha, Borne
Classification: Query
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Hi, Looking for information on Agnes Bayha b 1893 in Bluffton Indiana. Her parents were Frank and Eifie. I hope to hear from you.
Christi
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Surnames: Luginbill, Neuenschwander
Classification: Biography
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BIOGRAPHY OF ELI A. LUGINBILL
From Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana
By Tyndall & Lesh – 1918
Page 870
ELI A LUGINBILL
One of the factors in the business prosperity of the flourishing town of Berne is Mr. Luginbill, now manager, secretary and treasurer of the Berne Grain & Hay Company. This has been his chief business connection for the past eight or nine years, and prior to that he was an active and energetic clerk and merchant in the hardware lines. He has combined energy with good judgment and has been largely responsible for the success and prosperity of his present company.
This business was incorporated in 1901, and the head of the company is now D. C. Springer, president. With the rapid growth and development of the business at Berne a similar enterprise has been established at Geneva in Adams County, which is run and operated by the same board of directors. At Berne the company has ample facilities for the storage and marketing or many carloads of grain every year, and much of the field produce raised in and around this town finds its outlet to market through this company. They also handle large quantities of field seed, hay, straw, flour, salt, coal and other kindred supplies.
Mr. Luginbill was elected secretary and treasurer of this company on May 15, 1909. During the preceding fourteen years he had been associated with the Bumgardner Brothers & Company, hardware merchants at Berne. He started with that firm in 1895, and finally disposed of his interests a short time before taking over his present responsibilities. Mr. Luginbill has been a resident of Berne since 1891 and represents one of the pioneer families of that old Swiss and Mennonite community. However, he was born in Hickory County, Missouri, December 20, 1868, during a brief residence of his parents in that section.
Mr. Luginbill married at Berne Ella G. Neuenschwander. She was born at Berne, daughter of Christian A. Neuenschwander. This family also have had a prominent part in the various businesses and civic activities of Berne, and further mention of them will be found on other pages. Four children have been born to Mr. And Mrs. Luginbill: Paul, Anna, Arthur and Carl, all now attending the local schools. Politically Mr. Luginbill is independent.
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If you ever wanted a picture of any of the schools your ancestors attended, this may be your chance. I just added a page of over 2,000 images of various schools from all over the U.S.
The page is hosted by www.family-images.com at <a href=http://www.family-images.com/contents.htm>WWW.Family-Images.Com</a> and just click on the Miscellaneous Schools Page.
Please note that there is no real order to the listing so you will have to use the "Search and Find" Options of your browser or just plain or browse the listings to find schools of interest to you. I am looking for some volunteers to rename the images so I can better organize them but I have so many images to get online, I can't take the time to rename them all myself. I figure it is better to get the images online where people can find them.
If you have something not listed or a better or different view of a school or anything else, feel free to share it with our visitors. I have tens of thousands of images to get online but am always happy to add anything you think the visitors might like.
I have over 1,000 church images to add if I can ever get to scanning them all.
I would also like some feedback on what genealogists want images of. For instance, what images would you like to add to your family history scrapbook? I assume anything relating to your ancestors, and the towns they lived in, but would you want to have an image of the school or church they attended? Are you looking for pictures of where they were employed, where they may have spent days off with the family like amusement parks, lakes, etc.? Do you want to see images of towns or buildings after disasters, etc. to see what the people had to overcome to get on with their lives? What kind of images are important to your family history scrapbooks? Maybe I will make up a pool and post it on the site to collect your responses.
Please visit this collection and I hope you find something of interest. Please feel free to spread this link around.
Mike
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Surnames: Powell, Hart
Classification: Query
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It has been awhile since you posted your query. It is possible that Ella's mother's name was Mary Ann POWELL, who I am trying to confirm as a daughter of Mason Powell. Marriage records in Wells Co, IN show Mary Ann Powell m. Lorenzo Hart Nov. 26, 1948.
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Surnames: Highlen
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It has been some time since I checked on reply from messages.I have been doing Highlen history off and on 12 years.Maybe we have something to help each other.You can reply texas1994(a)webtv.net
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Surnames: Smith, Woods, Clark, Herman
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Gary, Mike;
Was there an Atkinson Edgar, junior or did Atkinson marry a third time, to Arleva Dering (sp)? At. & Arleva had a son, Ernest J. Edgar, b. 1897 in Huntington Co., In. who married, Carrie Irene Smith, a first-cousin of my mothers.