Cincinnati (OH) Daily Gazette, February 12, 1880, p. 2. DESTRUCTION OF A RESIDENCE AND BARNS [Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette] Corydon, Indiana, February 11-The residence, barns and smokehouse of Frederick Seitz of Franklin Township, Harrison County, burned Monday night with a large quantity of grain, pork, etc. Loss $3,000; no insurance.
Tucson (AZ) Daily Citizen, March 25, 1907, p. 1. STRUCK DOWN IN PRESENCE OF DEATH Corydon, Indiana, March 25-Dr. John Battarff was called late last night to administer to two women who had become prostrated in a most peculiar manner. Henry Peper, a farmer, had died during the day. While his daughter, Emma, and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. William Peper, were sitting with the corpse, they were assaulted and knocked down simultaneously. They seemed unable to give any definite statement as to what really occurred. All they know is that some black object dealt them heavy blows and felled them to the floor. Dr. Battarff reports that he had much difficulty in restoring the women to consciousness.
Belleville (IL) News Democrat, March 8, 1906, p. 6. NOTE: In 1900, Sarrah (sic) Rumley, age 93 and a native of Kentucky, was enumerated head of household in Franklin Township, Harrison County, Indiana. She was a widow. Enumerated with her was her daughter, Mary Gresham, age 68. MRS. SARAH RUMLEY Corydon, Indiana, March 7-Mrs. Sarah Rumley, mother of the late Walter Q. Gresham, former secretary of state, died Tuesday at her home near Lanesville. She was 98 years of age, had been married twice and was the mother of eight children.
Springfield (MASS) Republican, October 19, 1894, p. 4. NOTE: It seems likely that the Gresham referenced in the article below was one and the same as Walter Q. Gresham who was enumerated in Harrison County, Indiana, in 1860. His occupation was lawyer. His wife was Matilda, a native of Kentucky. THE STORY OF SECRETARY GRESHAM of the state department is told in a very interesting way by Kate Field in her Washington. (sic) It is worth the telling when partisan newspapers are abusing Mr. Gresham on every occasion and without reason or principle. Gresham was a lawyer in good practice in Corydon, Indiana, some 20 miles from Louisville when the rebellion broke out. His father was a Virginia, his mother a Kentuckian, and they settled in Corydon in their early married life. His wife was a Kentucky girl, and they had a boy three years old and a baby daughter when the summons came. Gresham began the study of military tactics before Sumter was fired on; in September he went to the field as lieutenant-colonel of the 38th Indiana regiment which was so hurriedly recruited that the men went into active service without uniforms. Three months later Gresham returned to recruit the 53rd Indiana regiment, led them as colonel, and after the fall of Vicksburg was made brigadier-general and took part in all the important movements of the army of the Tennessee. He commanded a division in Georgia, and at Atlanta his left leg was shattered, an inch and a half of bone being shot away. He was conveyed to Nashville by a roundabout way to avoid falling into the hands of the enemy; 30 miles of the journey were made in an ambulance, and it was at the risk of his life. Mrs. Gresham met him at Nashville, and they got as far as New Albany, Indiana, a suburb of Louisville, when the wounded man could go no further. For ten months Gen. Gresham could not leave his bed, and when he finally was able to do that, it was on crutches, and on crutches he moved for five years afterward. This is the man whom the New York Tribune delights in accusing of lack of patriotism and lowering the statesmanship of America. A soldier's record, no matter how meritorious, counts for nothing with such organs if the soldier does not stick to the Republican Party through thick and thin.
Name It and Take It, Smithville, Indiana, June 1, 1897, p. 1. NOTE: A book containing scanned copies of extant newspapers from Smithville, Indiana, is available at the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington, Indiana. DEATH-Of Dr. S. A. Rariden at his home in Bedford, Indiana, Saturday morning of paralysis. He was 83 years old and the father of Mrs. Humston formerly of this place.
INDIANA WORLD WAR RECORDS, GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL: A Record of Indiana Men and Women Who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War, 1914-1918, (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1921), p. 171. Charles Henry McDaniel.Wagoner Son of Charles Henry and Mary A. McDaniel, born May 18, 1892, Galena, Floyd County, Indiana. Farmer. Called into service July 24, 1918, New Albany, Indiana. Sent to Camp Taylor, Ky.; assigned to 58th Company, 15th Training Battlion, 159th Depot Brigade. Transferred to Camp McClellan, Ala.; assigned to 2nd Truck Company, 9th Ammunition Train. Died of pneumonia October 24, 1918, Camp McClellan, Ala. Buried in Methodist Cemetery, Galena, Indiana.
INDIANA WORLD WAR RECORDS, GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL: A Record of Indiana Men and Women Who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War, 1914-1918, (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1921), p. 171. Meddie Hardway (colored).Private Son of William Hardway, born January 18, 1890, Gracey, Ky. Living in New Albany, Indiana, where he entered service August 23, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; assigned to 69th Company, 18th Provisional Training Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade. Transferred to Company E, 809th Pioneer Infantry. Went overseas September 23, 1918. Died of influenza October 5, 1918. Place of death and burial unknown.
INDIANA WORLD WAR RECORDS, GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL: A Record of Indiana Men and Women Who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War, 1914-1918, (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1921), p. 171. Floyd Daws Guernsey.Apprentice Seaman Son of Albert Sherman and Lelia (Haws) Guernsey. Born April 28, 1897, Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana. Later moved to New Albany, Indiana. Clerk, Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Entered U. S. Navy July 22, 1918, Louisville, Ky. Sent to Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Yeoman School, Ill., where he died of influenza, September 23, 1918. Buried in Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Indiana.
INDIANA WORLD WAR RECORDS, GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL: A Record of Indiana Men and Women Who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War, 1914-1918, (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1921), p. 171. George Edgar Gregoire.K. of C. Secretary Son of John and Mary Gregoire, born December 15, 1883, New Albany, Indiana. Salesman. Volunteered as Knights of Columbus Secretary August 1918, New York City, but was delayed in being sent overseas until October of the same year because of his trouble in procuring his passport. Left New Albany for New York and died of influenza October 21, 1918, in St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City. Buried in Holy Trinity Cemetery, New Albany, Indiana.
INDIANA WORLD WAR RECORDS, GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL: A Record of Indiana Men and Women Who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War, 1914-1918, (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1921), p. 172. George Pellman.Private Son of Fred and Sarah Pellman, born July 30, 1897, Harrison County, Indiana. Laborer. Enlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry, Indiana National Guard (Company A, 152nd Infantry), August 6, 1917, Jeffersonville, Indiana. Sent to Camp Shelby, Miss.; assigned to Replacement Draft. Sailed overseas June 12, 1918. Assigned to Company D, 4th Infantry, 3rd Division. Died from wounds October 4, 1918, received in action in Argonne Forest. Buried in France. Place not known.
Lexington (KY) Morning Herald, January 27, 1898, p. 8. KILLED WIFE WITH A POKER English, Indiana, January 26-John Casey killed his wife at St. Croix early this morning, beating her with a poker. The murderer escaped.
Indianapolis (IN) Recorder, January 28, 1899, p. 2. NEVER SAW A NEGRO A special from English, Indiana, says: A family of colored people have settled in Union Township, this county. They are supposed to be the same driven out of Oil Township, Perry County, because of their color. The majority of the people of Union Township never before saw a Negro and when (one) of the girls appeared in a schoolroom a few days ago, three-fourths of the white children fled in terror. The teacher refused to admit her to a class asserting that he had not been employed to teach a Negro school and that there were no "mixed schools" in Crawford County. The matter is still unsettled.
Kalamazoo (IN) Gazette, February 9, 1892, p. 8. Completed 1-120 items (pages 1-24) of 2,061 items for English, Ind., 1840-1920. English, Indiana, February 8Thomas Melrose, a poor farmer near Grantsburg, has received letters of credit from the Bank of England calling for any sum less than £1,000,000 accompanied by an urgent call from London solicitors that he report in London at once and claim a large estate in northern England.
Aberdeen (SD) Weekly News, July 15, 1901, p. 1. WENT OVER A CLIFF Seventy-five Head of Cattle Stampeded by a Train English, Indiana, July 12-A drove of more than 75 head of cattle being driven to Louisville by Frank McKinley and Tolbert Dooley were frightened and stampeded by a passing train near Riveville (sic). The whole drove rushed over a cliff 60 feet high. The animals that were not killed outright by the fall had to be killed on account of broken limbs. The drivers sent word through the neighborhood to farmers to assist in the slaughter and quarters of prime beef were carried in every direction.
Kalamazoo (IN) Gazette, October 2, 1898, p. 2. English, Indiana, October 1-Thomas Bauman, a saloonkeeper, shot and killed himself, a bullet passing through his temple. He was awaiting prosecution on a charge of bigamy and had been moping for several weeks. He left a note saying he was driven to suicide by a woman, and he warned mankind against women.
Indianapolis (IN) Freeman, March 4, 1911, p. 2. Jeffersonville, Indiana, Notes [Special to the Freeman]-Mr. James Hardesty and Miss Edna Foster were married last week.
Indianapolis (IN) Freeman, March 4, 1911, p. 2. Jeffersonville, Indiana, Notes [Special to the Freeman]-Miss Sadie Whilitt of Rockville, Indiana, is in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. Fanny Oglesby.
Indianapolis (IN) Freeman, March 4, 1911, p. 2. Jeffersonville, Indiana, Notes [Special to the Freeman]-Mrs. Mary Thomas has gone to Terre Haute to visit her daughter, Arizona, who is attending the State Norman and is sick from vaccination.
Elkhart (IN) Daily Review, November 5, 1918, p. 1. J. OF P. ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING WITH INTENT Jeffersonville, Indiana, Nov. 5-Justice of the Peace Thomas Coward was arrested and sent to jail Monday charged with assault and battery with intent to kill in shooting Fannie Williams. Coward, who is a democratic candidate for re-election today, was held in jail until he could give bond for $500. It was not learned what the shooting was about.
Elkhart (IN) Daily Review, January 25, 1916, p. 1. PROBE WOMAN'S DEATH Body Found in Vault of Outbuilding by Police-Possibly Suicide Jeffersonville, Indiana, January 25-The police are trying to solve the mystery surrounding the death of Mrs. Mary Davis, 78 years old, whose body was found in the vault of an outbuilding. Policeman Donovan, who was called when the woman was reported missing, found the body that apparently had been dead several hours. The police believe the woman committed suicide. She made her home with her sister, Mrs. Lou Applegate, 76 years old, her only surviving relative. Mrs. Davis was the widow of Jefferson Davis, a former sheriff of Clark County.