Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal, September 1, 1884, p. 1. KICKED TO DEATH Lexington, Ind., Aug. 31-This evening about eight o'clock, the 5-year-old son of Melvin Chasteen, who lives near this place, was sent to his father's stable to get a horse. The boy walked up behind the animal and slapped its leg when, with terrific force, the horse kicked the boy with both feet in the breast and face killing him instantly.

Huntington (IN) Daily Democrat, October 17, 1889, p. 1. FATAL WRECK NEAR LEBANON, INDIANA Lebanon, Ind., Oct. 17-A backing Midland railway gravel train carrying a force of workmen from here collided Wednesday morning at Heath's station, five miles from this place, with a box car that stood partly on the main and partly on the side track and was derailed. Sherman Moon of Chicago was crushed to death and Oliver Heath of Lebanon and John Fitch of Lexington, Indiana, were badly hurt. All of the others either escaped harm or were but slightly injured.

Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal, July 26, 1888, p. 5. FIGHT OVER A CROP A Young Lady Land Holder Asserts Her Rights of Ownership With Her Fists Considerable excitement was created at Lexington, Ind., yesterday on account of a mixed legal squabble that involved some of the best people of the place. Some four years since, John Parks, who drives the stage between Lexington and Madison, rented from Mrs. Stephen Babbit four acres of ground that he was to sow in wheat giving her one-third of the crop when it was threshed. Mrs. Babbit is the daughter of Thomas Amos, deceased, once well-known here and in Jeffersonville, and the leased land was part of his estate. The agreement between her and Parks has been kept up until the present time. Recently, the commissioner of the estate sold the ground to Miss Agnes Braniff. Tuesday the threshing of the crop was commenced, and Miss Braniff put in an appearance demanding one-half of the grain claiming that it had been raised on her ground. Mrs. Babbit and her husband were on the ground, and a fight ensued resulting in Mrs. Babbit being knocked down. Miss Braniff was arrested by Constable Ward yesterday and taken before a justice's court receiving a fine of $15. Miss Braniff then had Stevens (sic) arrested on the charge of drawing a knife upon her, and he was also fined $15. Parks has entered suit against Miss Braniff for trespass and several more actions will follow.

Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer, August 14, 1879, p. 1 CAREER OF A CENTENARIAN Death of the Oldest Man in Indiana Lexington, Ind., August 13-Kinder Furgerson (consider Ferguson a spelling variant), without a doubt the oldest man in Indiana, died yesterday at 5 PM at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Gobin, who resides one and a half miles from Holman's Station in Schott County. Had he lived to see the 23rd of this month, he would have been 108 years of age. He had been quite feeble for a month past but sat at the table and ate his dinner as usual yesterday, and at four o'clock told his daughter he would die in an hour, and he did. Kinder Furgerson was born on Sunday, August 23, 1771, in Montgomery County, Virginia. He was married in 1792 at the age of 21 and then moved to Woodford County in the same year where he lived till 1794 when he migrated to Shelby County, Kentucky. Here his first child, Nancy, was born in a short time after their arrival at their new Kentucky home. He resided here till 1825 when he moved with his family to what is now known at Otter Village, Ripley County, where they remained but about one year and then removed to Scott County, Indiana, and located near Holman Station, where he has resided ever since and where he died yesterday, for a period of 53 years. In 1857, Mr. Furgerson built a flour mill at Lexington for a man named Robbins and ran it for him for a period of 10 years. Kinder Furgerson and wife were the parents of 14 children. The eldest one, Nancy Priest, is now living in Sauk County, Wisconsin, and is 87 years of age. Their youngest child died in her seventh year and had she lived to now would have been 48 years of age. His oldest son, Andrew Furgerson, is now 84 and resides not far from here and is in good health, barring rheumatism. Another son, Richard, lives near here and is 78 and in good health. Margaret Richmond, a daughter, lives near Bedford, Ky., and is now 66 years old. Of the remaining children born to them, five died before attaining their majority, and the others lived to see their 50th birthday before they died. Mrs. Furgerson, wife of Kinder, died in 1869 having almost reached the age of 95, having resided with her husband for 72 years, one month and four days from the date of their marriage. Kinder Furgerson evidently springs from a long-lived family. His mother lived to be 107 years of age, and twenty years before she died was stricken blind, and for 13 years she remained in this sightless condition when her eyesight was restored and she could see as distinctly as before up to her death which occurred just seven years later, so that she never had to use glasses. Your correspondent had a long talk with this centenarian just a few days before his death, and he recollects distinctly the circumstances of the surrender of the British troops and the termination of the Revolutionary War. He was himself engaged in numerous battles with the Indians up to the War of 1812 when he enlisted and served through that entire war for which he was at his death drawing a pension. He was a man of many eccentricities and peculiar characteristics. He never brooded over trouble, real or imaginary, but accepted whatever fell to his lot with apparent satisfaction. He was never during life the possessor of more than about $100 worth of this world's goods, yet never lacked for the necessaries of life. After years of labor he erected a house that soon took fire and burned down together with all its contents. He set to work good naturedly and erected another. At this time his eyes were so badly injured by close contact with the fire that inside of a year he lost his eyesight entirely and has since been blind. He was very deaf, too, which made it somewhat difficult to talk to him. He was a natural mechanic and worker at mill righting, shoe and wagon-making and basket making. He never enjoyed or endured an idle moment. For several before and up to the time of his death, he slept under a feather bed wrapped up head and ears, no matter how hot the weather, and seemed to suffer when a cold draught of air passed over him. He shaved regularly and was very particular and cleanly about his person. He was a moderate drinker all his life and never belonged to any church until he was 70 years of age when he joined the M. E. Church and has been a consistent member ever since. He was of the Democratic faith and always voted regularly at each recurring election. Thus ends the life sands of the oldest man in Indiana. There are several more of Mr. Furgerson's neighbors here in Scott County who are far above 90 years of age, but none who have quite reached 100. It is generally conceded that Scott County contains more extremely old people than any other county in this state. A few we might mention are: Thomas Clark, 99; Mrs. Walling, 90; Mrs. Gobin, 91; Daniel Kimberlain, 94; man and woman residing with Mr. Applegate, 97 and 99; Mrs. Fidler, died recently, 104; Hubbard Gray, died recently, 90; Buck Nokes, about 90; Mrs. Robbins, 82; Thomas Drydan, 86; Dan McLane, 90; Andy Furgerson, 84; and Nathaniel Dinsmore, 92. There are in the county several others whose ages would range above 90 whose names your correspondent could not learn.

Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer, April 1, 1885, p. 4. Andrew Nichols fell from a barn roof near Lexington, Ind., yesterday and received probably fatal injuries.

Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal, January 20, 1885, p. 6. Rev. Alvin Hines, a Methodist minister located at Lexington, Ind., died last night of diphtheria. A wife and nine children survive him.

CHILD BURNED WITH CREOSOTE Lexington, Ind., August 1-An infant child of Cyrus Noaks, a huckster, swallowed an ounce of creosote which had been left within its reach and cannot recover. The child's mouth and throat were burned to a crisp.

Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal, March 14, p. 2. SANDBAGGED WHILE DRUNK Lexington, Ind., March 13-Mr. Mordecai Amos, a farmer of this township, came to town last night, got full of whisky and exhibited his pocketbook that contained about $15. At midnight he wended his way home, and when near the cemetery some fellows sandbagged him and took his boodie.

Thanks for posting all of these interesting articles, Randi. I went to the GenDisasters site and found it quite interesting, so I’ve signed up. Looks like it could be a great resource. Thanks so much for sharing! Marilyn From: Randi Richardson via Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 5:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Floyd and Scott County: Many Died in SteamerCollision Including: Willis R. Clark,Wallace Farris and Mrs. D. Seabrook Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer, December 15, 1868, p. 2. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from a lengthy article as noted by the ellipsis. The Warsaw disaster, as noted below, was the loss of two mail steamers, the United States and America, that were owned by the same company and destroyed by fire. Both steamers were two stories high and about 300 feet long and carried a number of passengers. On December 4 they collided in the dark near Warsaw, Ky.. The "States" carried some barrels of oil that were crushed in the collision, and the oil was ignited almost instantly. Soon both steamers were on fire. The" America" was able to make it to shore with some survivors, but many perished either by drowning or in the flames. To read more about the disaster, click on this link: http://www3.gendisasters.com/kentucky/2674/warsaw,-ky-steamers-united-states -america-collide,-dec-1868. THE WARSAW DISASTER Complete List of Bodies Recovered; Names of Victims Still Missing Mr. John H. Cannon of Louisville, while searching for the remains of his young bookkeeper, whom he highly esteemed, has preserved all the reliable data that could be obtained. The following have been recovered from the wreck and river: Saturday, December 5-Miss Mary Johnson found in the river at Madison; colored boy, unknown, found at wreck. Sunday, December 6-Eight charred bodies were recovered of which the following were recognized: Willis R. Clark of Lexington, Indiana; O. B. Sappington of Madison, Indiana. Monday, December 7-Twenty-four bodies were taken from the water and three from the wreck, badly burned. Of these, the following were recognized: Emila Moreau, second barkeeper; Wallace Farris, Lexington, Indiana, -------- Farber, Hanover, Indiana; Mrs. D. Seabrook, New Albany, Indiana. This makes a total of 85 known to have been lost on the two steamers provided none of the 12 bodies remaining unidentified are those of some whose names appear in the list. Taking into consideration the unknown persons who must have perished, the deaths by the disaster cannot fall far short of 100. The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Paoli (IN) Republican, January 2, 1884, p. 3, Orange County Public Library, Paoli, Indiana. Thomas Taylor and Bell Gibbons were married Thursday eve.

Paoli (IN) Republican, January 2, 1884, p. 3, Orange County Public Library, Paoli, Indiana. The remains of Allen Slayton, who lost his life in the railroad wreck near Salem last week, were taken through town on Friday and were buried Friday afternoon at Newberry. Those who saw the remains had no difficulty in recognizing Allen Slayton. On that fatal morning Allen had started to Kentucky to get evidence in his application for pension. He had his papers with him. They told who he was and where he belonged.

Paoli (IN) Republican, January 2, 1884, p. 3, Orange County Public Library, Paoli, Indiana. Ulric Saylor of Millersburg, this county, lost his life in the railroad wreck at Salem last week. It is supposed one of the bodies that could not be identified is his. Every effort has been made to find his body but without any success. Mr. Saylor was a prominent and leading citizen in his neighborhood.

Paoli (IN) Republican, January 2, 1884, p. 3, Orange County Public Library, Paoli, Indiana. Aunt Miller Atkinson was 90 years old last Saturday. She is in feeble health.

Elyria (OH) Chronicle-Telegram, December 7, 1911, p 4. 368,000 MILES BY STAGE Kentuckian Has Driven 40 Miles Every Day for the Past Ten Years New Albany, Ind-Without going further north than Paoli, Ind., or further south than New Albany, Oscar Bowman of Paoli has traveled a distance equal to ten times around the world. Bowman, a Kentuckian, is the driver of the New Albany and Paoli stage. He has held the position for ten years and has seldom missed a day during which he covered the distance of 40 miles over the pike between Albany and Paoli. Bowman has just completed his 3,276th round trip in which he drove a total of 368,000 miles. He has driven over the pike on the coldest and the hottest days recorded by the weather bureau in a decade and has never stopped for rain, snow or sleet.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Newsletter, May 19, 1855, p. 2. DR. ZIBA FOOTE Formerly Of Bedford, has located in Heltonville, Lawrence County, for the purpose of practicing his profession. Dr. Foote is a graduate of the University of the City of New York and also of the University of Louisville. He has had several years' experience as a practicing physician; and our Heltonville friends should congratulate themselves on the acquisition of so excellent a physician as Dr. Foote.

Bedford (IN) Daily Mail, November 8, 1901, p. 4. CHOKED ON GRAIN OF CORN The four-year-old son of Maryland Redyard of Silverville was choked to death by a grain of corn that lodged in his throat, Monday. Funeral Tuesday afternoon at Silverville.

Bedford (IN) Daily Mail, November 8, 1901, p. 4. John E. Patton, wife and baby, and Miss Lola Patton, all of Clearmont, Wyoming, are here visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Beard. Mr. Patton is passenger and freight agent of the B. & M. Railroad in Wyoming. He is a brother of Mrs. Beard.

Bedford (IN) Daily Mail, November 8, 1901, p. 4. B. F. Millican Monday paid Mrs. Ella Johnson $240, the amount of the policy held in the Prudential Ins. Co., on the life of her daughter who died last week from the effects of an accident received at school.

Bedford (IN) Daily Mail, November 8, 1901, p. 4. Ed Bowman, who formerly worked in the Dugan Stone Yards, has gone to St. Louis where he has a position as a brakeman in the Vandalia yards.

Seymour (IN) Daily Democrat, January 20, 1898, p. 3. J. D. Lucas, our worthy P(ost) M(aster), has moved to town which makes his official duty more convenient.