Elkhart (IN) Weekly Review, March 17, 1906, p. 6. DYING FROM LOSS OF BLOOD Bedford, Ind., March 5-Lester Grissom living near this city is in a critical condition from a peculiar disease. He is bleeding from all parts of his body and especially from his mouth and gums. The blood keeps oozing through the flesh, and the efforts to check the flow so far have proved fruitless.
Terre Haute (IN) Daily Gazette, June 1, 1870. The first stones for the foundation of a new court house were laid in Bedford, Lawrence County, last week. The edifice will be completed with as little delay as possible.
Maysville (KY) March 23, 1892, p. 4. ON TRIAL FOR MURDER Seymour, Ind., March 23-William Euler and Mrs. Samantha Saylor who have been living together unlawfully near this city for two years, are on trial here for murder. The body of a dead infant was found on the riverbank near their home, and the circumstantial evidence of their guilt is very strong. Mrs. Saylor is a soldier's widow and a pensioner.
Maysville (KY) Evening Bulletin, October 26, 1892, p. 4. AN OLD LANDMARK Seymour, Ind., October 26-The first courthouse in Jackson County, erected in 1816 on land purchased from the government by John Ketcham, a 2-story structure of hewn logs cut on the ground, that has been used consecutively for 76 years as a courthouse, church, school house and stable, is still standing in a fair state of preservation at Brownstown.
Maysville (KY) Evening Bulletin, March 12, 1892, p. 3. Miss Mattie Tabb of Seymour, Ind., formerly of Dover, will be married March 15th to a Mr. Scott of Texas.
Maysville (KY) Evening Bulletin, May 13, 1892, p. 4. FOUND HIS WIFE DEAD Seymour, Ind., May 13-Dr. John Tipton Shields, formerly state senator, a pioneer of this neighborhood and a very prominent physician and citizen, left his wife, aged 70 years and also a pioneer, alone and apparently well Wednesday night to answer a professional call. Returning early yesterday morning he found her dead in bed. She had expired of heart disease during the night.
Maysville (KY) Evening Bulletin, April 25, 1893, p. 4. William Champion, an old soldier of Seymour, Ind., dropped dead.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, October 16, 1895, p. 4. The funeral of Geraldine, the young daughter of William Blust, took place this afternoon from his home on West Ninth and Main streets, and the remains were interred in the Northern Cemetery.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, October 16, 1895, p. 4. The case of the state against Tom Buford, colored, charged with sneaking $5 from Thomas Critchlow's store on Vincennes Street, was on trial today in the circuit court and was given to the jury this afternoon.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, August 15, 1911, p. 4. Henry Zipp and Joseph Zipp, brothers, against whom Joseph B. Wilkerson filed complaints yesterday charging them with assault and battery, surrendered last evening to Night Captain Thomas Cannon at the police station. They were arraigned before Justice Mix and pleaded not guilty and were released under $500 each to await a hearing next Tuesday.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, August 15, 1911, p. 4. Mary Kraft will return from New Orleans next Saturday and will make her home temporarily with her son, J. A. Kraft, 250 Cherry Street.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, August 15, 1911, p. 4. The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Scott, a native of this city who died at her home in Greenville Sunday, took place yesterday, the Rev. Mr. Robinson conducting the services. She was 89 years old and was a member of the Lyons family. Her husband was the late Alfred Scott. She is survived by five children. They are Charles, Albert and James Scott, Mrs. Ella Keithley and Mrs. Anna Creek. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
No source noted, March 12, 1931, from an unidentified scrapbook of clippings titled COLLECTION OF LOCAL MONROE COUNTY OBITS donated to the Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. HEART DISEASE PROVES FATAL Mrs. Margaret Thomerson died at her home on East 4th Street at 9:30 o'clock last night after an illness of only a few days with heart disease. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Fairview M. E. Church where she was a member, with the Rev. W. F. Russell in charge. Interment will be at Rose Hill. Pallbearers are Roy Humphrey, Winfred Frost, George Eller, John O'Donnel, Phillip Carr and Earl Wingler. Mrs. Thomerson was born in Washington County near Salem, the daughter of Rebecca and Esquire Holsapple. At an early age she was married to George Thomerson who survives. Two children were born to this union: Bert, who died several years ago, and Mrs. Claude Spencer, South Walnut Street. Besides the husband and daughter, the deceased leaves a sister, Mrs. John Peters; a half-brother, Charles Cain; and four grandchildren: Mrs. Ralph Day, Margaret, Marian and Herbert Spencer, all of this city. Mrs. Thomerson was known to her friends and relatives as an earnest worker and a sincere, Christian woman. Her death comes as a great shock to them. For several years she was associated with Mrs. John Peters in operating a boarding house at Madison and 4th streets.
Monroe County (IN) Commissioners' Book J, p. 128. In March 1869, William H. Slocumb was appointed the Monroe County, Indiana, coroner.
Indianapolis (IN) Journal, November 20, 1892. Corydon, Ind., November 19-There was two serious cutting scrapes in Corydon last night on the occasion of the Democratic jollification. Hampton Baxley, white, and "Jose" White, colored, were severely cut and stabled, and White is in a critical condition. It is not know who cut either of them as they both refuse to say anything about the affair, but it is known that the trouble was not between these two men and that the one affair has no relation to the other. Baxley had one finger cut off and received a deep gash in the throat. White was stabbed in the back and his wound is serious. There is a great deal of mystery about both affairs, and the particulars cannot be learned.
Indianapolis (IN) Journal, November 29, 1891. Corydon, Ind., November 28-Another pioneer of Harrison County has passed away. Absolom Fouts died at his home in Morgan Township at the age of 96. He had lived in this county ever since four years of age.
Indianapolis (IN) Journal, October 4, 1894. Corydon, Ind., October 3-Dan Wheat and John K. Welker, farmers living near Corydon, quarreled this morning over a whitecap notice that Wheat claims was sent him by Welker. Wheat struck Welker over the head with a stick of cordwood, and it is thought Welker will die. What has been arrested. Welker is a local preacher and is a leading member of the Prohibition party.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, October 16, 1895, p. 4. The recent divorces in Harrison County are: Julia A. Smith from her hopeful benefactor (?), James F. Smith; James W. Thomas from Maggie Thomas; Robert Marksdale from Martha Marksdale.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, October 16, 1895, p. 4. Mrs. Catherine Cunningham of Corydon died at Louisville on the 3rd inst.
New Albany (IN) Evening Tribune, August 15, 1911, p. 4. Peter Corrao, the fruit dealer, yesterday afternoon killed a tarantula that gave fight before he dispatched it with a shovel. The huge spider had dropped from a bunch of bananas into the hay in which the bunches had been packed, and Corrao narrowly escaped being bitten by the giant insect. With legs extended, it was nearly as large as one's hand.