William Thompson below was my 2nd great grandfather! Lonnie fink [email protected] > On Sep 23, 2014, at 3:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:20:58 -0400 > From: "Randi Richardson" <[email protected]> > Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Floyd County: Mrs. Austin Hough Died > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Bloomington (IN) Evening World, August 7, 1917, p. 1. > > > > BABY KILLS MOTHER > > > > New Albany, Ind, Aug. 6-Mrs. Austin Hough, 28, was shot and instantly killed > by her son, Austin Hough, Jr., 3, at the home of her father, William > Thompson, eleven miles north of here. The child was playing with a flobert > (sic) rifle and placed a cartridge in the gun that he fired at his mother. > The bullet struck her in the heart.

Chuck-- Yes, these are one and the same, and I think calling it the Lawrence County History Center is my mistake and influenced by my frequent interaction with the Monroe County History Center. Thanks for checking. Randi -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck Carey via Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 11:22 AM To: Randi Richardson; [email protected] Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Lawrence County: Upcoming Event Randi, As Halloween approaches, I would like to include this item in the Lawrence county INGENWEB site, but I'm not sure what, or where, the History Center is. Is it synonymous with the Lawrence County Museum of History which I have listed in our "county links" page? (See http://www.ingenweb.org/inlawrence/newpage.htm ) Is there somebody at the History Center or Museum that people could contact if they're interested in attending? I'd love to go, but it's a long trip from Anaheim, CA, where I live. :( Thanks for your help, Chuck Carey Lawrence county webmaster At 03:51 PM 9/14/2014, you wrote: >Fellow genealogists- > > > >The item below was sent to me by the Lawrence County History Center. >Although I've never been able to go due to a scheduling conflict, I've >heard great things about this program. > > > >Randi Richardson > > > > > > > >You won't want to miss the latest installment in the "Downtown Dead >Tell Their Tales" series. This year the subject of the historic walk is >the 1908 murder of Joseph Kapshaw in Oolitic. The event will begin at >the Oolitic firehouse at 6 p.m. on Friday, October 24, 2014. The walk >will take you around downtown Oolitic to hear about the murder from costumed re-enactors. >Then it's back to the firehouse for a light supper of soups, cornbread, >and tasty desserts, as a paranormal group presents the spooky findings >of their investigations. Tickets are $10 for kids and youth under 18, >$15 for senior citizens 65 and older, and $20 for everyone else. >Tickets should be purchased in advance at the museum. > > > >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 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

Crawford County (IN) Democrat, February 14, 1918, p. 8. Daniel Kielman, a prominent farmer of Floyd County who lies dead at his home on Charleston Road two miles from New Albany, was well known here where he for many years made his home with B. J. Parr and family and where by his honest thrift and upright character he won many warm friends.

Ft. Wayne (IN) Daily Gazette, August 24, 1869, p. 1. Rhody Quinn, a citizen of New Albany, Ind., died from the effects of sun stroke yesterday while in search of a horse thief.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana, June 15, 1917, p. 1. SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE New Albany, June 15-Arthur Hartshorn, a New Albany young man who has been in the regular army for several years, is in France with his regiment. His mother, Mrs. Matilda Hartshorn, has received a card dates "Somewhere in France."

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, June 30, 1914, p. 4. NOTE: The surname was variously spelled Kenney and Kennedy, as shown, through the article. MONON CONDUCTER, ONCE RESIDENT, DEAD AT NEW ALBANY News from New Albany of the suicide of Henry C. Kenney, a former resident of Bloomington, was received by The Telephone last night. Kenney was a former Monon conductor and for years has held a like position with the Southern running between New Albany and Lexington. Death was caused by a shot through the head. Kennedy arose at four o'clock in the morning saying that he could not sleep. He talked to his wife and to his son, Elbert, shortly before going upstairs to him room where he shot himself. Members of the family who heard the shot and rushed upstairs to find Kennedy dying, called Dr. Erni, but death occurred at 7:45, a few minutes after the doctor arrived. Besides his wife, Mr. Kenney is survived by four sons, Henry, Elbert, Roy and James of New Albany; Charles of Chicago, and Philip of Terre Haute, and three sisters, Mrs. Ida Brown of Monon; Mrs. Ada Dickerson and Mrs. Jean DeWitt of Waverly, Mo. Mr. Kennedy was a member of the Order of Railroad Conductors and of the New Albany Lodge of Masons. He had been in failing health for three years.

Bloomington (IN) Evening World, August 7, 1917, p. 1. BABY KILLS MOTHER New Albany, Ind, Aug. 6-Mrs. Austin Hough, 28, was shot and instantly killed by her son, Austin Hough, Jr., 3, at the home of her father, William Thompson, eleven miles north of here. The child was playing with a flobert (sic) rifle and placed a cartridge in the gun that he fired at his mother. The bullet struck her in the heart.

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.

Indianapolis (IN) News, August 27, 1923, p. 7. VANNERSON-LINDLEY Paoli, Ind., August 27-Miss Lucy Irene Lindley of this city and Alfred Vannerson of Baltimore, Md., were married yesterday afternoon at the home of the bride's cousin, Mrs. Homer Allen. The bride is the daughter of Benton S. Lindley of Paoli. She has been physical culture instructor in the Florence Nightingale Junior High School at Baltimore and is a member of the local Tri Kappa Sorority. The bridegroom is cashier of the Clifton Savings Bank of Baltimore.

Indianapolis (IN) News, March 26, 1914, p. 18. PROSPECTING FOR OIL Company Formed to Sink Wells in Orange County Paoli, Ind., March 26-Paoli and this part of Orange County are in the midst of an oil excitement. Its citizens have for some time believed from geological signs that there is oil underlying the fruit-covered hills south, east and west of Paoli. Will W. Lingle has organized a company and has leased about 6,000 acres of land for oil experimentation purposes. Ft. Wayne oil men, who were early in the big Illinois field, have contracted to sink the first well. They are to use a 12-inch bit and go as deep as 2,000 feet if necessary. Work will begin early in April.

Indianapolis (IN) News, October 8, 1913, p. 7. Paoli, Ind., October 8-Aaron K. Harker, age 80, employed as miller by the Paoli Flour Milling Company, was stricken with apoplexy while at work yesterday and died a few minutes later.

Indianapolis (IN) Star, January 7, 1921, p. 15. State of Indiana, Orange County, in the Orange Circuit Court, February term 1921 Henry Chastain vs. William Chastain To William Chastain, greetings: You are hereby notified that the above named plaintiff has this day filed in the office of the clerk of said court his certain complaint or petition alleging therein among other things that you, the said defendant, on the _____ day of ______, 1872, being then a resident of Orange County in the State of Indiana, and the same being your usual place of residence, went to parts unknown and have continuously since said date remained absent and unheard from and that since so absenting yourself as aforesaid, you have inherited from your father, the late William Chastain, deceased, the sum of $216.47 which is now deposited with the clerk of the said court, and that certain members of said absentee's family are in need of the money, and praying that an administrator thereof be appointed. Now, therefore, you, the said William Chastain, defendant and absentee aforesaid, are hereby notified that said complaint and the matters therein alleged will come up for hearing and determination in said court at the courthouse, aforesaid, on Monday, the 14th day of February, 1921, or as soon thereafter as a hearing thereof can be had. Witness the clerk and seal of said court at Paoli, Ind., this 5th day of February, 1921. Thomas G. Ellis, Clerk, Orange Circuit Court

Indianapolis (IN) News, February 26, 1915, p. 1. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis. REISTER RESIGNS AS DEPUTY U. S. MARSHAL Paoli Man Discovers That the Salary Is Too Small Frank S. Ream is Named Tom P. Reister of Paoli, Ind., one of Mark Storen's appointees as deputy U. S. marshal for Indiana, has quit his job. His resignation was handed to Mr. Storen today, and immediately afterward Mr. Storen announced the selection of Frank S. Ream, 25 West 27th Street, as Reister's successor. The change in the office force will be made March 1, Mr. Reister's resignation taking effect February 28. The appointment as deputy United States marshal at $1,200 a year is unprofitable, according to Mr. Reister who explains this is the cause of his resignation. He says his family prefers to live in Paoli rather than Indianapolis. With his family there and himself in Indianapolis, he finds his salary too small. He says he is going back to blacksmithing at Paoli. That was the business in which he was engaged before his election as sheriff of Orange County. Reister's term as sheriff expired January 1, last, and January 20 he was announced as one of Mr. Storen's appointees. Mr. Reister comes from the same congressional district as Mr. Storen.

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.