Bloomington (IN) Weekly Telephone, July 19, 1910, Clipping File, Genealogy Library, Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. NOTE: On November 26, 1905, Rebecca Crouch, the daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Brown) Petro (sic), married George Thompson in Monroe County, Indiana. Rebecca was reportedly born on December 18, 1856. Mrs. Rebecca Crouch, aged 55, and widow of Joseph Crouch, died at 3:30 Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Skirvin, North Morton Street. Death was due to cancer of the stomach. She is survived by eight children as follows: Lloyd, Webber and Perry, Mollie, Anna, Nellie, Ruby and Wanda. She also leaves one brother, Benjamin Pedro, and sister, Mrs. Roberts. Funeral was held at four o'clock this afternoon in charge of Elder H. H. Adamson and interment took place at Rose Hill Cemetery. Six ladies acted as pallbearers: Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Cardwell, Mrs. Carpenter, Mrs. Parks, Mrs. Koontz (and Miss Patterson.

Bloomington (IN) Morning World, September 9, 1899, Clipping File, Genealogy Library, Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. NOTE: Another, lengthier obit in the clipping file indicated Rebecca Crouch had been institutionalized twice prior to the death of her husband. DEATH BY MORPHINE ROUTE Joseph Crouch died at eleven o'clock yesterday morning from the effects of morphine. Crouch lived with his family on West Fourth Street and has not been in his right mind for some time. Thursday night he sat up until after midnight and did not awaken yesterday morning. His wife became alarmed and sent for a physician, and it was soon seen that he was suffering from poison. The doctors could do nothing for the man, and at eleven o'clock he expired. An empty morphine bottle was found in his pocket, and it is supposed that he took all the contents of it. Mrs. Crouch stated that she had been uneasy about the mental condition of her husband. He had had several business failures, and brooding over this trouble is thought to have been the motive for his act. Joseph Crouch was the son of James Crouch and was born in Kentucky 43 years ago. He was married 22 years to Rebecca Pedro of Brown County. To the union were born eight children. In 1897, Crouch moved his family from Nashville to this city and engaged in the grocery business on East Fourth Street and later was a cross tie buyer. The funeral will occur Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. The funeral party will leave here early Sunday morning and the remains will be buried about eight miles east of Nashville.

Salem (IN) Democrat, December 2, 1898, p. 1. Note: The item below was abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis. JUDGE VOYLES DEAD Corydon Democrat-Judge Samuel B. Voyles of Salem died Monday of paralysis. He received a second stroke last Saturday. He received the first stroke about a year ago that rendered him unfit for duty ever since. His funeral takes place today.

Salem (IN) Democrat, November 11, 1898, p. 1. SHOT IN THE CHEST Was Marion Dobbins Last Sunday While Hunting in Hickory Grove Marion Dobbins, aged 19, the oldest son of Alonzo Dobbins of Monroe Township, accidentally shot himself last Sunday while hunting in Hickory Grove near the farm residence of Josiah Winslow. The load pierced the axilla, passed on through his chest and lodged over the scapula. The wound is a very dangerous one and there is a small chance for the young man's recovery.

Salem (IN) Democrat, June 26, 1889, p. 3. LITTLE YORK A new girl baby at Ed Criswell's.

Salem (IN) Democrat, June 26, 1889, p. 3. MT. PLEASANT Thomas Trueblood was surprised one day last week by several friends slipping in and reminding him of his 66th birthday.

Salem (IN) Democrat, November 11, 1898, p. 1. This eminent citizen and lawyer passed quietly away last Monday at 12:10 (difficult to read) PM. He now sleeps in peace and honor in the bosom of the town he loved so well. All the honors due to the dead have been paid by his brethren of the bar, by the court officials, by the Masonic lodge, by the Post, by the citizens (one line of illegible text) the people generally. All have attended the funeral of Samuel B. Voyles and borne witness to the love and grief with which he was lowered into his earthy abode. Samuel B. Voyles was a native of Washington County born eight miles south of Salem on the 13th day of July 1843. When but 18 years of age, he enlisted in the service of his country as a member of Co. G, 18th Indiana Volunteers. Returning home after the war, he began the study of law and later entered the St. Louis School of Law. After completing his studies, he returned home and entered the practice in Salem where he lived and died. He was the county attorney for a number of year; elected prosecuting attorney and served two full terms; elected joint senator for Washington and Floyd counties; appointed by the governor and served one term as commissioner of the State Soldiers and Sailor's Monument Board and in 1890 was elected as judge of the 42nd Judicial Circuit, serving six years and again re-elected at the general election two years ago having served the people eight years as judge. In 1873, Mr. Voyles was joined in marriage with Miss Maud Huston (consider Maude Houston as spelling variants), a lady of excellent qualities of mind and heart and of rare accomplishments, who became the close and constant companion of his life. Three sons and three daughters blessed the happy home. The children in order of their ages are Willard H.; Clara L.; Thomas L.; Kate; Sarah Barbara, and Roger Kent. The 19th birthday of the third child, Thomas L. occurred last Monday, the date of his father's death. Funeral services were held at the residence last Wednesday afternoon at 1:30. It was the last request of the deceased that the Masonic Fraternity take charge of his body after death. For a few days before his death, Judge Voyles was unable to talk. Last Saturday morning he tried to communicate something to his family but being unable to do so, by signs, he with his left hand spelled the letters Lodge on a chair that sat by the bed. This gave the family an idea of what he wanted and when asked if he desired to be buried by the Masons, he nodded assent. The last sad tribute to his mortal remains was conducted by that order he loved so well. It was an impressive outpouring of sorrowing people. Political differences were forgotten and all vied with each other to consecrate the day to the expression of the unfeigned sorrow that filled every heart. The religious services were simple-singing and prayer, by Rev. H. B. Sutherland, of the Presbyterian Church. At the grave, the beautiful burial ceremonies of the Knights Templars and Blue Lodge were observed.

There is a Scaffold Lick Cemetery in Scott County.  A check with FindAGrave.com shows a burial for "Mrs. Gates" birthdate unknown, died Jan. 27, 1905.   ________________________________ From: "in-south-central-request@rootsweb.com" <in-south-central-request@rootsweb.com> To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, November 2, 2012 2:02:08 AM Subject: IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 265 Today's Topics:   1. Scott County:  Mrs. Richard Gates Died (Randi Richardson)   ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 10:21:07 -0400 From: "Randi Richardson" <GFTL@bluemarble.net> Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Scott County:  Mrs. Richard Gates Died To: <IN-South-Central@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <07a301cdb83c$22e42ce0$68ac86a0$@bluemarble.net> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii" Scottsburg (IN) Chronicle, February 2, 1905, p. 4. The wife of Richard Gates died Sunday afternoon at the family residence about three miles southwest of Deputy of child bed fever.  Aged 23 years. Her remains were interred at the Seafferdlick (difficult to read) Cemetery Monday. ------------------------------

At 7 PM on Wednesday, November 8, Steve Rolfe will present a special program at the Monroe County History Center. The program will highlight a collection of letters written by Frank Fee during the Civil War and immediately afterward. Through these letters, one can almost picture the hardships at the front as well as the misery realized at home by those left behind. On June 6, 1841, Frank was born in Monroe County near Bloomington. At the age of 20, as brother fought against brother in a vicious war pitting the North against the South, Frank enlisted. He served as a sergeant and later as a lieutenant in the 31st Indiana Infantry, one of the most active regiments in the Civil War. Four years later, in 1866, Frank was mustered out. He went on to marry his sweetheart, Margaret Wylie, in 1868, and moved to Greencastle where he had a successful career in real estate, insurance and law. At the age of 63, on February 19, 1905, Frank died. Among those things he left behind was a collection of letters he had written during the war years and detailing his personal war experience. More than a century later those letters were discovered in the possession of a private individual in Franklin, Indiana. Although this person made copies of the letters available to those with an interest, he sold the original letters through an auction house in Ohio in 2011 for more than $3,500. Steve Rolfe is secretary and newsletter editor of the Monroe County Civil War Roundtable. He is intimately familiar with those letters and his presentation is sure to be interesting. For more information, please contact the History Center at 812-355-5588.

Scottsburg (IN) Chronicle, February 9, 1905, p. 4. Miss Anna Gladstein, who is attending business college at Louisville, visited her parents here Sunday.

Scottsburg (IN) Chronicle, February 9, 1905, p. 4. Silas Baldwin has been granted an increase of pension from $17 to $30 per month.

Scottsburg (IN) Chronicle, February 9, 1905, p. 4. Mrs. Phoebe E. Loomis died at her home in this place about 8:30 Wednesday morning of asthma. Aged 74 years. She had been feeling bad for some days but her death was not expected. She was the widow of Harris L. Loomis. Prayer services will be held at the residence Thursday afternoon at 12:30 after which her remains will be interred at the Estill Cemetery.

Scottsburg (IN) Chronicle, February 9, 1905, p. 4. Louis Schneck, former state senator, died early Sunday morning at his home in Seymour of pneumonia. Aged 73 years. He is supposed to have been the wealthiest man in Jackson County. The deceased was well known in Scott County.

Scottsburg (IN) Chronicle, February 2, 1905, p. 4. The wife of Richard Gates died Sunday afternoon at the family residence about three miles southwest of Deputy of child bed fever. Aged 23 years. Her remains were interred at the Seafferdlick (difficult to read) Cemetery Monday.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, January 26, 1934, p. 1. VOGEL WILL TAKE OFFICE William F. Vogel of Shelbyville, newly elected superintendent of Bloomington city schools, is expected to arrive in Bloomington Saturday. He will assume his new duties here February 1 at the beginning of the second semester. Superintendent Vogel will move his family here within the next few days. Mr. Vogel is well known here having graduated from Indiana University. He is a member of Rotary club and Masonic lodge. He has been superintendent of city schools at Shelbyville for the past seven years and formerly held the same position at North Vernon and Boonville. Mr. Vogel succeeds Ralph N. Tirey who resigned as superintendent of the Bloomington city schools to become president of the State Teachers College at Terre Haute.

Tucumcari (NM) News, May 19, 1906, p. 20. Available online at ChroinclingAmerica. WALKS TWO MILES IN SLEEP Nashville, Indiana---All known records for sleepwalking have been broken by Ora Taylor who lives near here and who, the other night, dressed only in his nightclothes and in his bare feet, walked two miles to the home of a friend. On the way he waded through an icy stream, but even the cold water dialed to awaken him. Believing him to be mentally unbalanced, the friend put Taylor to bed where he slept soundly until daylight and was surprised beyond belief to find himself in a strange bed. He said that he was conscious of nothing from the time he went to bed at home until he awoke in the morning.

St. Louis (MO) Republic, January 30, 1892, pt. 1, p. 3. BETRAYED BY HIS WIFE Charles Morgan Held in Columbus, Indiana, for the Marsh Murder at Seymour Columbus, Indiana, January 29-Charles Morgan was arrested here tonight for the murder of L. N. Marsh at Seymour New Year's morning. Morgan is a villainous-looking man, 50 years of age. His wife is 24. They moved here January 20 and lived in abject poverty in a single room. His wife says the morning of the murder he came home shortly before daylight all dribbled in mud, wet, and his clothes torn into shreds, and for 16 days he remained locked in the house, kept the window blinds down, and would allow no one to see him. Then he went to New Albany and then came home and had her ship their handful of goods under a fictitious name. He then secured work at the American Starch Works here and threatened to kill her if she ever gave him away or let the Seymour folks know of their whereabouts. Her 12-year-old son bears his mother out in her story. She also says Morgan shot five times at a man in Shoals two years ago and fled to avoid arrest. Marsh's house was burglarized New Year's morning about four o'clock, and a struggle ensued in which Marsh and the burglar fell on a barb wire fence. Morgan admitted to his wife that his clothes were torn by running into a barb wire fence but to the officers he denies any guilt. Officers from Seymour will come here to identify Morgan.

Salem (IN) Democrat, November 25, 1898, p. 5. LESTERVILLE R. M. Scifres' child died Sunday of croup of diphtheria, we know not which, and there is some excitement over it.

Paoli (IN) Republican, October 3, 1961, from the collection of Wilma Davis, Paoli, Indiana. RITES HELD MONDAY FOR RALPH C. ALLEN Final rites were held Monday afternoon in Schmutzler funeral chapel for Ralph C. Allen who died Saturday morning at his home in West Baden. Services for Mr. Allen, 70, were conducted by Rev. William Shirley and burial was in the Bonds Chapel Cemetery. He was a retired employee of the B & O Railroad Company. Mr. Allen is survived by his wife, Florence, and two children, Clinton Allen and Mrs. Maxine Allbright, both of West Baden; three sisters, Miss Lucille Allen of West Baden, Mrs. Maude Toliver of Mitchell, and Mr. Ruth Lindley of Shoals, four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Paoli (IN) Republican, September 13, 1960, from the collection of Wilma Davis, Paoli, Indiana. ALLEN FINAL RITES CONDUCTED FRIDAY Funeral services were held Friday at the Marengo Christian Church for Thomas E. Allen. Mr. Allen, 69, a retired farmer and furniture worker, died Wednesday at the Gorge Nursing Home at French Lick. Burial by Green Funeral Home was in Marengo Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Mr. Florence Jones Allen, a daughter, Mrs. Fred Moon, two sisters and two grandsons.