New Albany Ledger, January 27, 1882, p. 1, col. 2 Note: John Trisler, born in Jessamine County, Kentucky, lived in Monroe County, Indiana, for many years before moving to Bedford, Lawrence County, where his third wife, Jane Thornburg Trisler is buried in Green Hill Cemetery, and he married his fourth wife, Rebecca Gray, in May 1880. No record of John Trisler's burial location has yet been found. John Trisler, an old citizen of Bedford, dropped dead from his chair yesterday just after eating his dinner, from heart disease. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bedford Star, October 23, 1875. Note: Rachel Alexander Houston, daughter of William and Agnes Brewster Alexander, born 8 January 1796, died 21 October 1875. Wife of Levi H. Houston; buried at Green Hill Cemetery, Bedford. Mrs. Rachel Houston, wife of Levi Houston, died at her residence in Bedford on Thursday afternoon, after a long and lingering illness. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon. We regret that we have not room for a more extended notice. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bedford Star, June 17, 1876 Note: Levi H. Houston, son of James and Nancy Alexander Houston, born 5 March 1795, died 5 June 1876; buried Green Hill Cemetery, Bedford. Mr. Levi Houston was buried yesterday. He was followed to his final resting place by a large concourse of friends. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Thanks much! ________________________________ From: Cat Sipple <tocats@msn.com> To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 12:38 PM Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] shinplasters Shinplaster was a common name for  paper money of low denomination circulated in the frontier economies of the 19th century. 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 IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is what wikipedia says about shinplasters: Shinplaster was a common name for paper money of low denomination circulating widely in the frontier economies of the 19th century. These notes were in various places issued by banks, merchants, wealthy individuals and associations, either as banknotes, or circulating IOUs. .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinplaster -----Original Message----- From: in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Jones Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 11:10 AM To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Lawrence County: Son-In-Law Calvin Armstrong Deposited Money Found in Old Clothes of Robert Craig, Deceased Eccentric What are "shin plasters"? Thanks. ________________________________ From: "Connie Shotts, CG" <cshotts1@carolina.rr.com> To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:08 AM Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Lawrence County: Son-In-Law Calvin Armstrong Deposited Money Found in Old Clothes of Robert Craig, Deceased Eccentric Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 26, 1911, p. 2. OLD MONEY IS FOUND IN RECLUSE'S CLOTHES. The home of Robert Craig, a recently deceased eccentric, at Bedford, was searched today and large quantities of gold and bills of various denominations were found. Practically everywhere the searchers looked they found money, gold pieces of the coinage of fifty years ago and "shin plasters" being found in old clothes. More than $1,200 of good United States money was in the collection, and was deposited in the bank at Bedford by Calvin Armstrong, the man's son-in-law. Although not yet through with the search, more than $2,000 of foreign coins and bank notes of the issue of war times has been found. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. 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 IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com 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 IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Why would anyone kill black snakes or blue racers? They are not poisoness snakes and are very beneficial. I guess people in that day and age were not aware of how helpful these critters can be. Jan Flowers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Connie Shotts, CG" <cshotts1@carolina.rr.com> To: <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> Sent: 09/25/2012 10:08 AM Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Brown County: Roy Morse Plowed Up Snakes' Nestin Brown County > Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 26, 1911, p. 2. > > PLOWS UP SNAKES' NEST. > Roy Morse, a farmer seven miles west of Nashville Brown county, killed > twenty-one snakes recently. He was plowing and unearthed two large balls > of > the reptiles. In one there were nine blue racers. The rest were > blacksnakes. > Nearly all of the snakes were more than four feet long. > > > Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) > CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for > Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants > after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark > registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. > > > 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 > IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I can say that I'm not fond of snakes, and hope to not encounter one. But, I grew up on a farm, and if we saw a Black snake in the pasture, or one was close to the house, my Dad took it to the pasture. They got rid of the varmits around. My Mom did kill one that she found in the basment sucking eggs one day. Nadine

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 26, 1911, p. 2. PAPA FINDS ELOPING COUPLE. A Chicago dispatch says: "Miss Lillian Cox, daughter of Sheriff James Cox, of Columbus, Ind., and Guy Michaels, son of a Noblesville, Ind., physician, were arrested here today after they had eloped from the Indiana town. Miss Cox, who is only 15 years of age, was found by her father, who had traced her here, and she revealed the whereabouts of Michaels. Sheriff Cox left for Columbus today with the two. They both asked to be allowed to be married, and the sheriff said he would 'leave it to mother,' and they went with him willingly." Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 26, 1911, p. 2. OLD MONEY IS FOUND IN RECLUSE'S CLOTHES. The home of Robert Craig, a recently deceased eccentric, at Bedford, was searched today and large quantities of gold and bills of various denominations were found. Practically everywhere the searchers looked they found money, gold pieces of the coinage of fifty years ago and "shin plasters" being found in old clothes. More than $1,200 of good United States money was in the collection, and was deposited in the bank at Bedford by Calvin Armstrong, the man's son-in-law. Although not yet through with the search, more than $2,000 of foreign coins and bank notes of the issue of war times has been found. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 26, 1911, p. 2. PLOWS UP SNAKES' NEST. Roy Morse, a farmer seven miles west of Nashville Brown county, killed twenty-one snakes recently. He was plowing and unearthed two large balls of the reptiles. In one there were nine blue racers. The rest were blacksnakes. Nearly all of the snakes were more than four feet long. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World Telephone, June 16, 1944, p. 1. Local Man Held In Lawrence County Jail Kenneth Charles Cain, 22, Bloomington Rural Route Three, is being held in the Lawrence county jail for investigation following his arrest Tuesday night Bedford city police. [sic] Cain's apprehension followed a report received by police from Mrs. Gilbert Fleming, of Bedford, who told the officers that Cain appeared at her home and sought to procure a room. She said he told her he had recently returned from the African battle front, but was unable to name the camp at which he was stationed and recited numerous stories that caused her to suspect he is mentally defective. He was lodged in jail and Sheriff Lester Hayes said he would contact the Monroe county sheriff. A bill fold Cain carried contained a Selective Service registration card from the Bloomington board which identified him as Kenneth Charles Cain, and numerous other papers. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World Telephone, June 16, 1944, p. 1. MRS. DAGGY DIES Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ellen Daggy, well-known Brown County woman, were held last Sunday afternoon at the Bear Creek church in Brown county, with Clarence E. Davis of Morgantown in charge. Burial was held in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Daggy was found dead, a victim of a heart attack, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Whitney of West Washington township in Brown county, Friday evening, June 9. The deceased, age 77, had been making her home in the Whitney residence since her husband's death several years ago. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Shinplaster was a common name for paper money of low denomination circulated in the frontier economies of the 19th century.

Here's just one of many mentions of "shin plasters" which I found by googling the term: "Shin Plasters refers to privately issued paper money, given out by merchants, and only redeemable at those merchant's storehouses." Chuck Carey At 08:09 AM 9/25/2012, you wrote: >What are "shin plasters"? Thanks.

What are "shin plasters"? Thanks. ________________________________ From: "Connie Shotts, CG" <cshotts1@carolina.rr.com> To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:08 AM Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Lawrence County: Son-In-Law Calvin Armstrong Deposited Money Found in Old Clothes of Robert Craig, Deceased Eccentric Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 26, 1911, p. 2. OLD MONEY IS FOUND IN RECLUSE'S CLOTHES. The home of Robert Craig, a recently deceased eccentric, at Bedford, was searched today and large quantities of gold and bills of various denominations were found. Practically everywhere the searchers looked they found money, gold pieces of the coinage of fifty years ago and "shin plasters" being found in old clothes. More than $1,200 of good United States money was in the collection, and was deposited in the bank at Bedford by Calvin Armstrong, the man's son-in-law. Although not yet through with the search, more than $2,000 of foreign coins and bank notes of the issue of war times has been found. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. 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 IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 23, 1911, p. 1. FIRE AT CAMPBELLSBURG CAUSES LOSS OF $50,000. Fire of unknown origin, which started in the store of K. M. Hons at Campbellsburg, twelve miles north of Salem, raged for several hours Sunday morning and endangered the entire town. It destroyed sixteen business houses covering an area of two blocks square and caused a loss of more than $50,000, on which there is $40,000 insurance. While standing near one of the burning buildings Ivy Gibson, 12 years old, son of Henry Gibson was severely crushed about the arms and limbs, the result of a falling chimney. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 10, 1911, p. 1. DYNAMITER PLEADS GUILTY. John Hughes, charged with an attempt to blow up the residence of William Childers, near Oolitic, with dynamite, pleaded guilty to the charge in circuit sentence of from two to fourteen years in the Michigan City prison. Hughes made his home with the Childers family, to which he is related. After a quarrel Hughes fired explosives near the house, breaking out a number of the windows. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 10, 1911, p. 1. SMITHVILLE. Mrs. John Irwin and little daughter, Christina, of Bedford spent last week with relatives here. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World, July17, 1896, p. 4. Mrs. Minnie Waldron and son, of Seymour, are the guests of Mr. & Mrs. John Waldron, West Kirkwood Avenue. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World, July15, 1896, p. 4. The many friends of Conductor Joseph Kemper, who was so seriously injured several months ago by an accident on the Monon, are preparing for his benefit a raffle of a splendid diamond stud, the chances on which are placed at $1. The raffle will occur as soon as the list is completed. The diamond is a costly one and can be seen in the show window of J. O. Endris jewelry store at New Albany. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.