Thanks for the thumbs up. It is nice to hear words of appreciation occasionally. I really like to see when those on the list find something of value and share some of their own findings. Randi On Sat, 19 May 2012 09:52:30 -0400 (EDT), taffygill@aol.com wrote: > Randi, You are doing a wonderful job. Keep it up. As someone who > lives in Ohio and no longer able to research as much as I would like > in Indiana, I really appreciate what you are doing. Even if I don't > see pertinent family names, I get a favor of the lives of that time > in > Indiana. As someone who likes to know the background, not just the > names and dates of family history, thank you. I even appreciated the > white capping stories as a similar story touched my own family on > both > sides (victim and perpetrators) in Washington County, IN. >

Columbus (Bartholomew County, Indiana) Evening Republican, February 4, 1897, p. 4. Mrs. Joseph Wolfslegg, aged 21 years, died at one o'clock this morning at the home of her father, James Malloy, 118 (Illegible) Fourth Street. The remains were sent to Madison this evening on the train for burial.

Columbus (Bartholomew County, Indiana) Republican, February 4, 1897, p. 8. The funeral of Mr. Robert Butler took place here last Sunday. Mr. Butler was past 73 years of age and leaves a large family.

Columbus (Bartholomew County, Indiana) Republican, February 4, 1897, p. 8. HARTSVILLE Born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Clapp, a son.

Columbus (Bartholomew County, Indiana) Republican, February 4, 1897, p. 8. DEATH OF MRS. AGNES GRAHAM Mrs. Agnes Graham died at her home on North Franklin Street Tuesday. She has been ill for a number of weeks and for the past ten days has been unconscious. Mrs. Graham was the mother of ex-mayor Joseph Graham, Thomas Graham and Mrs. Will Shea. For the last ten years, her niece, Mrs. Agnes Harrison of England, has been her companion. Mrs. Graham as about seventy-(illegible) years of age and was quite wealthy. She was born in England and has made a number of trips to her old home.

Columbus (Bartholomew County, Indiana) Republican, February 4, 1897, p. 8. DEATH OF MISS HADDEN Mrs. Anna Linton has received word from Uniontown, Penn., of the death of her youngest sister, Miss Libbie Hadden, who was at one time well known in society circles of this city. By the death of this sister, Mrs. Linton is the only remaining member of a family of thirteen children.

Lexington (KY) Morning Herald, May 19, 1903, p. 1. Nashville, Indiana, May 18-[Associated Press]-Marshall Taylor, near Bloomington, shot and fatally injured Thornton Breckard this morning in the road near Elkinsville, this county. They quarreled over cattle that Taylor claimed Breckard had stolen.

Rockford (IL) Journal, February 1, 1873, p. 2. Mrs. Alfred Riel, living near Nashville, Indiana, while drawing a bucket of water from the well was precipitated headforemost into the well by the breaking of the pulley. She was in the well about an hour before she was missed and was dead when taken out.

Elkhart (IN) Weekly Truth, May 1, 1902, p. 2. WHITECAPPERS' VISIT WILL BE FATAL Nashville, Indiana, April 22-Another whitecapping took place early yesterday morning when twenty masked men went to the home of Finley Stretchberry, aged 40, six miles west of here and only a few miles from the home of William Caldwell who was almost murdered by the whitecappers night before last and broke their way into Stretchberry's house. Stretchberry met them with a double-barreled gun and emptied one charge into the shoulder of one of the gang. The whitecappers then seized Stretchberry's wife and forced her into the kitchen. Stretchberry was then beaten over the head with revolvers and clubs until he fell to the ground. Stretchberry's hands were then tied, and he was dragged to a woods nearby and tied and whipped until blood flowed down his back and limbs to the ground. The cappers then untied their victim, took him down the road, and tied him to a fence post and beat him until he was almost dead. His wife, who was recently discharged from the insane hospital, became insane from excitement, ran to the road and then into a farmer's house. She was unable to make herself understood, but the farmer followed her to the place where Stretchberry lay. He was taken to his home and doctors were sent for. Both Stretchberry and Caldwell are at the point of death, and Mrs. Stretchberry's condition is pitiable. The two whitecappings occurred within 48 hours.

Rockford (IL) Morning Star, March 8, 1893, p 1. At Nashville, Indiana, Daughh Moos was acquitted of the murder of his uncle, William Moos.

Elkhart (IN) Daily Review, December 2, 1909, p. 4. NOTE: Consider Axsom as a spelling variant of Axom and Hillenburg and Hellenburg as a spelling variant of Helensburg. MAN SHOT; PREACHER TALKS At Gun's Report He Says Deaths of Twenty Roysterers Outside the Church Would Not Matter [By Review's Special Service] Nashville, Indiana, December 2-Samson Axom (sic) is thought to be dying today of a wound received in a fight with Emmet Hellensburg (sic) Tuesday night in front of the Axom Branch Church while a service was in progress. The young men quarreled over a leaping contest and opened fired on each other. The preacher, Rev. William Skinner, took up his interrupted sermon with the remark that if twenty of the roisterers outside were killed, it would not matter. Helensburg escaped to the woods with a shotgun.

Please remove me from this list. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Randi <gftl@bluemarble.net> To: in-south-central <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, May 18, 2012 8:46 am Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Orange County: Mrs. Clide Ackerman Died Orange County, Indiana Paoli (IN) Republican, August 21, 1962, from the collection of Wilma Davis, aoli, Indiana. ACKERMAN RITES SET IN ORLEANS Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Orleans for Mrs. Clide Ackerman, 8, who died Monday afternoon at Madison. Rev. Staten Lightfoot will onduct rites at 2 PM from Ochs Funeral Home. Burial will be in I. O. O. F. emetery. Mrs. Ackerman was the former Clide Newkirk, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 8, 884, the daughter of Frank and Lizzie Newkirk. She is survived by a son, enneth Ackerman, of Mitchell and one grandchild. he IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who have n interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by the Indiana enealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, rawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott and ashington. ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

Baltimore (MD) Sun, July 19, 1871, p. 1. An interesting occasion-Mrs. Knight of Salem, Indiana, an old lady of 92, being ill, recently called around her bedside her five sons, all gray-haired from age, to be present at her anticipated death. The scene was one of deep interest. The sons ranged in age from 73 downward, a lapse of two years between each of them. They comprised the venerable woman's entire family, and she had lived to see all of them grandfathers without a death in her family except her husband.

"A Tribute to Tony," WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORIAN, (Salem, Indiana: Washington County Historical Society, Fall 2010), pp. 38-39. NOTE: The information noted below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from material that is copyright protected. For more information, contact the John Hay Center at 812-883-6495. The article is accompanied by a number of pictures. Anthony "Tony" Joseph Terrell started working at the Stevens Museum in 2005. He loved to conduct tours. He was also a Civil War re-enactor. He passed away on April 24, 2010. Members of the Confederate Re-enactment group were present at the cemetery for his burial. A riderless horse with rear-facing boots represented the missing rider.

Burns, Clara Marie. "Boy Scounts-100 Years Old," WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORIAN, (Salem, Indiana: Washington County Historical Society, Fall 2010), pp. 36-37. NOTE: The information noted below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from material that is copyright protected. For more information, contact the John Hay Center at 812-883-6495. The article is accompanied by a number of pictures. Logan Martin together with Maurice Berkey, organized Washington County's first troop of Boy Scouts in 1913. This article details some of the events of their first year of operation and includes the names of various boys. In 2010, the Scouts were still active with Salem Troop #29 and Pekin Troop #26.

Short, W. N., Mrs. "County Poor Asylum and Jail," taken from the Salem Democrat, October 17, 1914, and reprinted in the WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORIAN, (Salem, Indiana: Washington County Historical Society, Fall 2010), pp. 28-29. NOTE: The information noted below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from material that is copyright protected. For more information, contact the John Hay Center at 812-883-6495. The article is accompanied by a number of pictures. In 1914, Mrs. W. N. Short, Secretary for the Board of Charities, wrote a report on the conditions of the poor farm and jail based upon her findings. A majority of the article focused on the poor farm. The farm, reportedly consisting of 240 acres, was located six miles east of Salem. It was managed by the unnamed superintendent, his wife, adopted daughter, and two hired men. There were 37 inmates at the time of the report. Five were senile, 1 was blind, 1 deaf and dumb, and 2 epileptic. Others were "mentally weak" or insane. Short reported on the condition of the inmates' food, clothing and living quarters, the separation of the sexes, and the facility itself. For example, it was reportedly that the buildings were "lighted by coal oil lamps fastened to the wall, heated by steam and ventilated by large and numerous windows." Ultimately, she reported that the institution and farm was in "flourishing" condition and the inmates well provided for. The jail reportedly had a capacity of eight but there were no inmates at the time of her inspection. The "cell house" was described as a stone construction with iron gratings. Her findings included the condition of the jail as well as the type of hygiene and religious opportunities typically provided for the prisoners.

Cook, Claude "Gene." "The Chastain Family Revisited," WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORIAN, (Salem, Indiana: Washington County Historical Society, Fall 2010), pp. 21-26. NOTE: The information noted below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from material that is copyright protected. For more information, contact the John Hay Center at 812-883-6495. The article is accompanied by a number of pictures. Claude Eugene Cook, the author of this article is a descendant of George Chastain, his third great grandfather and an original settler in Washington County. A Chastain family tree includes the three brothers, their father and their children. Cook has done extensive research on the Chastain family that includes a visit to France, their historic home of the Chastain, and follows them on their journey to Washington County. He speculates that the three brothers, sons of William Chastain, were grandsons of Peter Chastain. Some of his findings are based on family traditions, some on primary evidence such as census records and tax lists.

The Indianan: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine, February 1900, Vol. 2, p. 101-104. NOTE: The information noted below was abstracted Randi Richardson from a very lengthy article, accompanied by a picture of Hughes. The full text of the article is available at Google Books. Judge James Hughes was born in Baltimore County, Maryland on November 20, 1822. In 1839, at the age of 17, he came to Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, with his widowed mother, one brother, Levi Hughes, and one sister, Julia, who married Mr. Ringold of Mississippi. Hughes attended Indiana University then, along with Samuel H. Buskirk, studied law under Paris C. Dunning. In 1843, Hughes began the practice of law in Bloomington with General Willis A. Gorman who later became the territorial governor of Minnesota. In 1844, Hughes located in Bedford where he became very successful. For the better part of the time that he lived there, he was editor of the Bedford Sun, a Democratic newspaper. On June 18, 1846, Hughes married Mary W. Barnes at Bloomington. In 1847, Hughes was appointed a lieutenant in the 16th U. S. Infantry which was raised for service in the Mexican War then in progress. At the close of the war he relocated in Bloomington in the summer of 1848 and resumed the practice of law. In 1852, he was elected U. S. judge for the State of Indiana and also taught law school. He remained on the bench until 1856 when he became a successful candidate for Congress in the third district of Indiana. In 1859, when Mulky, the writer of the sketch, graduated with a degree in law, Hughes formed a limited partnership with him. Later that year or early the next, President James Buchanan offered Hughes the first judgeship of the Court of Claims in Washington, D. C. Hughes accepted the judgeship at considerable financial sacrifice. In 1861, after the fall of Ft. Sumter, Hughes together with other prominent Democrats joined with President Lincoln in advocating a vigorous prosecution of the war in suppressing the rebellion. This he continued to do until the close of the war, and in 1864 he advocated and voted for the re-election of Abraham Lincoln to a second term as president. In 1862, Judge Hughes resigned his office as Judge of the Court of Claims and became a member of a celebrated law firm in Washington. However, he still owned and kept his residence and an office and voting place in Bloomington. His loyalty to the Union was so great that he spent a great deal of his time at home in Indiana advocating the war and recruiting for the various companies and regiments then being raised by Gov. Morton. When John Morgan invaded Indiana in 1863, Hughes took command of all the Legion and militia of southern Indiana and gave chase, primarily on foot, and followed Morgan into Ohio where he had to give up the chase. In 1866, Hughes was nominated by the Republican Party to represent them in the State Legislature. In public addresses, he noted that the legislature was his lifetime ambition. His Bloomington friend, Samuel H. Buskirk, ran against him on the Democratic ticket. Hughes, however was the winner. On October 24, 1873, at the age of 50 years, Hughes died at Bladensburg, a suburb of Washington, D. C. He was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Bloomington. To read more about the life to James Hughes, please refer to the original article.

Illinois State Journal, Springfield, July 19, 1911, p. 1. CIDER CAUSES QUARREL Indiana Man Dying and Several Hurt in Free-for-all Fight at Church Festival Scottsburg, Indiana, July 18-The introduction of hard cider at a church festival held at Greenbrier Church, near here, Saturday night caused a riot. As a result, Grover Gardner is lying at his home in a dangerous condition, he having been stabbed a dozen times by several other men who participated in the free-for-all fight. Gardner and a boy names James started the trouble, and several other young men rushed in to stop the fight. Instead of stopping it, they took sides in the battle and several youngsters are wearing bandages as the result.

Watertown NY) Daily Times, July 6, 1918, p. 2. 114 MARINES IN (WWI) CASAULTY LIST War Department Issues Two Honor Rolls Washington, July 6-The marine corps casualty list today contained 114 names, divided as follows. Missing in Action- .Ralph Lindley, Paoli, Indiana. Killed in Action- .Francis M. Leslie, Scottsburg, Indiana.