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. Mason Lewis Parsons.Private Son of George and Julia Parsons, born February 18, 1886, New Albany, Indiana. Clothing cutter. Called into service August 1918, Ft. Thomas, Ky. Sent to Camp Meigs, Washington, D. C., and assigned to 14th Infantry. Died of influenza October 12, 1918, Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C. Buried in the Soldiers' 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. Roy Thomas Morgan.Private Son of John W. (deceased) and Alice Sanders Morgan, born January 20, 1897, Elizabeth, Harrison County, Indiana. Farmer. Called into service September 5, 1918, Corydon, Indiana. Sent to Camp Taylor, Ky.; assigned to 54th Company, 14th Training Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade. Transferred to Camp Knox, Ky.; assigned to Battery D, 72nd Field Artillery. Died of pneumonia October 21, 1918, Camp Taylor, Ky. Buried near Elizabeth, 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. William August Moore.Private Son of Reuben and Louisa Moore, born April 6, 1888, New Albany, Indiana. Laborer. Called into service March 4, 1918, New Albany, Indiana. Trained at Columbus Barracks, Ohio; assigned to Coast Artillery Corps. Died of heart trouble from nervous shock, March 9, 1918, at Columbus Barracks, Ohio. Buried in Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, Indiana.

Clyde Thomas Sherman Died 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. 173. Clyde Thomas Sherman.Private Son of Clyde and Elsie Chambers Sherman; born September 30, 1891, Mauckport, Harrison County, Indiana. Steamboat clerk. Entered service September 20, 1917, New Albany, Indiana. Sent to Camp Taylor, Ky. Transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C.; assigned to Company K, 120th Infantry, 30th Division. Embarked May 17, 1918. Killed in action near Bellecourt, September 28, 1918. Buried in American Cemetery. Survived by widow, Alma Sherman, and daughter, Alma Aletha Sherman, New Albany, Indiana.

Diane,  do you know who the parents were for Catherine Boling who married Jesse Blevins and then James Owens? Thanks,  Linda   ------------------------------ RE: Message: 2 Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 16:20:10 -0500 From: "Diane Jones" <dijon@ckt.net> Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue     88 To: <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <4F717C69894A4424B5F6317A7E8D5697@DianePC> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="utf-8" Nadine, Is there a Jesse Blevins in your husband?s Blevins line? He married Catherine Boling in Washington Co., IN on 22 May 1859. He died in the Civil War in Dalton, GA on 8 March 1865. He was in the 145th Indiana Inf., Co. B. His widow Catherine applied for a widow?s pension - Certificate #118.796. She remarried later to a James Owens and then applied for a minor?s pension for her Blevins children in 1870. I also have Blevins in my line, but I?ve not been able to connect them with the Indiana Blevins I?ve found. Diane From: Nadine & Sid Snider Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:46 AM To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88 I love what your doing. Keep hoping to pick up a tidbit about my husbands great grandfathers Snider, Blevins and Ruberson families who lived we think mostly in Crawford and Orange, and possibly Brown, Perry and some surrounding ones.  Had never heard of whitecapping, but it kind of shows how live then. Told one of our friends one day that we were researching in that area and she said thats where I came from.  Lived there till I was seven.  And that her Dad's family (Waltman) had apprently been early settlers there. Something came through the list on Waltman the other day so am going to call and tell her. Nadine

Nadine, Is there a Jesse Blevins in your husband’s Blevins line? He married Catherine Boling in Washington Co., IN on 22 May 1859. He died in the Civil War in Dalton, GA on 8 March 1865. He was in the 145th Indiana Inf., Co. B. His widow Catherine applied for a widow’s pension - Certificate #118.796. She remarried later to a James Owens and then applied for a minor’s pension for her Blevins children in 1870. I also have Blevins in my line, but I’ve not been able to connect them with the Indiana Blevins I’ve found. Diane From: Nadine & Sid Snider Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:46 AM To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88 I love what your doing. Keep hoping to pick up a tidbit about my husbands great grandfathers Snider, Blevins and Ruberson families who lived we think mostly in Crawford and Orange, and possibly Brown, Perry and some surrounding ones. Had never heard of whitecapping, but it kind of shows how live then. Told one of our friends one day that we were researching in that area and she said thats where I came from. Lived there till I was seven. And that her Dad's family (Waltman) had apprently been early settlers there. Something came through the list on Waltman the other day so am going to call and tell her. Nadine 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 __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 7143 (20120516) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

Nadine, There was a federal census in Kansas Territory in 1860 and it is accessible anywhere you can get the 1860 census. There was a state census for Kansas in 1865 and every 10 years after that until 1925. The Kansas state census is available on Ancestry.com. Diane From: Nadine & Sid Snider Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:46 PM To: IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Miller and Harden families Just found that my husband had two families living in Washington County, Hamilton during the 1850 Census. One was his great great grandparents George and Bathsheba Harden. Their daughter Elizabeth was 16 at the time and apparently born in Ohio. Other members of the Harden family were William -18, James - 13 Emily - 10, Monroe - 7 and Mary Ann age 1. Also in the home were the following: Geo W Yauncey age 23, Elizabeth Cochean -70, Daniel Goodrick - 38, Cassandra Goodrick, - 52, William Goodrick - 14, James Goodrick - 10, Lathrod Goodrick - 7 and Harriet Kenady age 40. Think this family had moved to Kansas Territory by the 1860 Census and not sure where there would be a census for them. Elizabeth Harden later married Augustus Miller son of David and Lydia Styres Miller. This family was also living in Washing, Hamilton, Indiana at the time of the 1850 census. Cannot find Augustus in the 1850 census, but am know they were his parents. Also in the home were J. Daniel age 17, Jeffrey H, age 14, William B age 12, Savilla S age 9 Mary C age 6 and Mariah E age 4. Also in the home was Harriet Corbin age 17. Know that Augustus was born 1826 in Stokes County, NC. Know this family was also living in Kansas during the 1860 census. Assume that Augustus would have been living and working outside his parents home during the 1860 census. Did find two about his age one living in Rush Indiana and one in Newberry, LaGrange, Indiana. I wonder if he could have been married before he married Elizabeth. If anyone thinks any of this is familiar would love to trade information with you. But, think I just disproved one family story. Elizabeth was claimed she went to school with William Quantrill, we had always assumed he was the teacher and she the student, but she was born in 1834 and he in 1837. Think he was born in Ohio and so was she - so perhaps they were classmates there - don't know when her family moved to Indiana. Nadine 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 __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 7143 (20120516) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE olsondottie@gmail.com On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:45 PM, <in-south-central-request@rootsweb.com>wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88 (gftl) > 2. Re: IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88 (Diane Jones) > 3. Re: IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88 (Bfp2000) > 4. Re: Items Posted (Charlotte Sellers) > 5. Re: IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88 (Nadine & Sid Snider) > 6. Re: IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88 (Nadine & Sid Snider) > 7. Re: Whitecappers (Hugh Miller) > 8. Miller and Harden families (Nadine & Sid Snider) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 05:08:58 -0400 > From: gftl <gftl@bluemarble.net> > Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue > 88 > To: Janice Fleenor Smith <janice_fleenorsmith@yahoo.com>, > <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <959019bdd76efea7fe036e11864fed1d@bluemarble.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Janice, > > Because I live some distance from a majority of the 12 counties in my > district, I am limited primarily to newspaper clippings. And, > unfortunately, a majority of newsworthy items focus on the negative > instead of the positive. You have been unsubscribed from the list. > > Randi > > On Tue, 15 May 2012 14:16:04 -0700 (PDT), Janice Fleenor Smith wrote: > > Please unsubscribe me from your list.? Your focus on whitecapping and > > other violent news is not the type of historical information in which > > I have an interest.? I appreciate your preservation of that kind of > > ?historical data, but I'm more interested in birth, marriage, and > > general happenings of days gone by. > > > > > > Janice Fleenor Smith > > Ocala, FL > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 05:57:48 -0500 > From: "Diane Jones" <dijon@ckt.net> > Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue > 88 > To: <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <C9842928E3074BF0AB548A277B44A2A9@DianePC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > We all have to realize that we can?t just look at our history through rose > colored glasses. There has always been some strife and ugliness in our > history nationwide, and it is important to have access to all of it even if > it isn?t pretty. Some of these tragic events happened to someone?s > ancestors, and they have a right to learn of the bad, along with the good. > You do a great job, Randi, and I for one was glad to learn about > whitecapping even if it is an ugly part of Indiana history ? it did exist > and was a problem that was taken care of by the law eventually. We don?t > ever learn anything from past mistakes by ignoring it and pretending life > was nothing but happy events. > > Diane > > > From: gftl > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:08 AM > To: Janice Fleenor Smith ; in-south-central@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88 > > Janice, > > Because I live some distance from a majority of the 12 counties in my > district, I am limited primarily to newspaper clippings. And, > unfortunately, a majority of newsworthy items focus on the negative > instead of the positive. You have been unsubscribed from the list. > > Randi > > On Tue, 15 May 2012 14:16:04 -0700 (PDT), Janice Fleenor Smith wrote: > > Please unsubscribe me from your list. Your focus on whitecapping and > > other violent news is not the type of historical information in which > > I have an interest. I appreciate your preservation of that kind of > > historical data, but I'm more interested in birth, marriage, and > > general happenings of days gone by. > > > > > > Janice Fleenor Smith > > Ocala, FL > > > > > > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 07:41:36 -0400 (EDT) > From: Bfp2000 <bfp2000@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue > 88 > To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8CF016F178D7E9B-22E0-948E@angweb-usm004.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed > > I agree with Diane. There's also the importance of understanding the > society and environment that our ancestors lived in. I personally find > many of the "insignificant" stories told in your "clippings" very > interesting. Whereas the history of whitecapping is extremely > repugnant, it is part of our history and if we ignore the lessons > learned from it we might wind up having to suffer through a repeat... > history does tend to repeat itself periodically. > > Keep up the great work Randi! > > Respectfully, > Bruce > near Indianapolis, IN > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diane Jones <dijon@ckt.net> > To: in-south-central <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wed, May 16, 2012 7:04 am > Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88 > > > We all have to realize that we can?t just look at our history through > rose > colored glasses. There has always been some strife and ugliness in our > history > nationwide, and it is important to have access to all of it even if it > isn?t > pretty. Some of these tragic events happened to someone?s ancestors, > and they > have a right to learn of the bad, along with the good. You do a great > job, > Randi, and I for one was glad to learn about whitecapping even if it is > an ugly > part of Indiana history ? it did exist and was a problem that was taken > care of > by the law eventually. We don?t ever learn anything from past mistakes > by > ignoring it and pretending life was nothing but happy events. > > Diane > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 09:35:40 -0400 > From: Charlotte Sellers <csellers@myjclibrary.org> > Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Items Posted > To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CAK=2x2NE7iM0wOv=Dbr7o3JjrS-TjJQDL4tip=eXeqsLhzLERQ@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Randi, > > I'll just add my two cents to what Diane and Bruce already said. We need to > know about our ancestors' society in many different aspects. I've learned > so much from the newspapers (and as a "recovering reporter" I sometimes > take reports with a grain or two of salt). Thanks for making the time to > copy and post the items ... and while I'm at it, thanks for starting the > IN-SO-Central! > > Charlotte Sellers > ** > > > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Bfp2000 <bfp2000@aol.com> wrote: > > > I agree with Diane. There's also the importance of understanding the > > society and environment that our ancestors lived in. I personally find > > many of the "insignificant" stories told in your "clippings" very > > interesting. Whereas the history of whitecapping is extremely > > repugnant, it is part of our history and if we ignore the lessons > > learned from it we might wind up having to suffer through a repeat... > > history does tend to repeat itself periodically. > > > > Keep up the great work Randi! > > > > Respectfully, > > Bruce > > near Indianapolis, IN > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Diane Jones <dijon@ckt.net> > > To: in-south-central <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wed, May 16, 2012 7:04 am > > Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88 > > > > > > We all have to realize that we can?t just look at our history through > > rose > > colored glasses. There has always been some strife and ugliness in our > > history > > nationwide, and it is important to have access to all of it even if it > > isn?t > > pretty. Some of these tragic events happened to someone?s ancestors, > > and they > > have a right to learn of the bad, along with the good. You do a great > > job, > > Randi, and I for one was glad to learn about whitecapping even if it is > > an ugly > > part of Indiana history ? it did exist and was a problem that was taken > > care of > > by the law eventually. We don?t ever learn anything from past mistakes > > by > > ignoring it and pretending life was nothing but happy events. > > > > Diane > > > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 08:36:21 -0500 > From: "Nadine & Sid Snider" <tsni843@sunflower.com> > Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue > 88 > To: <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <AF39629330AA472CAE8990BF63CC8625@DDZG4341> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; > reply-type=original > > I love what your doing - never heard of whitecapping before - every now and > then glean a little something. One of the tidbits the other day contained > the maiden name (Waltham) of one of my friends. To my surprise when we > started digging into our Indiana roots found she had some in the same area. > Going to send her what I found. She went to school with my hubby and > introduced us and I went to school with her younger sister but didn't know > her at the time. > > Nadine > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 08:46:43 -0500 > From: "Nadine & Sid Snider" <tsni843@sunflower.com> > Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue > 88 > To: <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <4D9814FC1861401A8E68EF5C7B4B09E0@DDZG4341> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; > reply-type=original > > I love what your doing. Keep hoping to pick up a tidbit about my husbands > great grandfathers Snider, Blevins and Ruberson families who lived we think > mostly in Crawford and Orange, and possibly Brown, Perry and some > surrounding ones. Had never heard of whitecapping, but it kind of shows > how > live then. > > Told one of our friends one day that we were researching in that area and > she said thats where I came from. Lived there till I was seven. And that > her Dad's family (Waltman) had apprently been early settlers there. > Something came through the list on Waltman the other day so am going to > call > and tell her. > > Nadine > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 10:56:08 -0400 > From: Hugh Miller <hthm2@me.com> > Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Whitecappers > To: "in-south-central@rootsweb.com" <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <F767B8FC-295D-42D6-8B28-F2C0C18711C5@me.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII > > Folks, > > First I'd like to make my support of Randi in her efforts known. I am > not, as others are, a fan of the practice of just gathering birth, marriage > and death dates and relationships. I am more interested in the family > history, as I see it: the values, the character, the practices, rituals, > and habits of our ancestors. These aspects help bring them alive for me. > > > In all the discussion of whitecapping in Indiana, I think it's important > to recognise that in our state organized racial hatred is more a mark of > the 20th century in Indiana. In the 19th and early 20th century, this kind > of hatred was more directed at immigrant groups. > > As an example, when the Ku Klux Klan most influenced the state, in the > 1920 and 1924 elections, led by D. C. Stephenson, their target was not > blacks. There were not that many black folks in Indiana to be an effective > target to help their recruiting. The Klan focused on immigrant Catholics. > In many ways, the Klan was ecumenical in its' hatreds: they focused on > whoever was the 'best' local target. > > This whitecapping that Randi has found in late 19th century Indiana was > most likely directed at Catholic immigrants and others who don't fit into > the perceived 'mainstream' ways. > > Hope this is helpful. > Hugh Miller > > > Reply to: hthm2@comcast.net > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 14:46:08 -0500 > From: "Nadine & Sid Snider" <tsni843@sunflower.com> > Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Miller and Harden families > To: "IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL" <IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <BDC3709AB60044E3BB3A10FC92D7A1CC@DDZG4341> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Just found that my husband had two families living in Washington County, > Hamilton during the 1850 Census. > > One was his great great grandparents George and Bathsheba Harden. Their > daughter Elizabeth was 16 at the time and apparently born in Ohio. Other > members of the Harden family were > William -18, James - 13 Emily - 10, Monroe - 7 and Mary Ann age 1. > Also in the home were the following: > > Geo W Yauncey age 23, Elizabeth Cochean -70, Daniel Goodrick - 38, > Cassandra Goodrick, - 52, William Goodrick - 14, James Goodrick - 10, > Lathrod Goodrick - 7 and Harriet Kenady age 40. > > Think this family had moved to Kansas Territory by the 1860 Census and not > sure where there would be a census for them. > > > Elizabeth Harden later married Augustus Miller son of David and Lydia > Styres Miller. This family was also living in Washing, Hamilton, Indiana at > the time of the 1850 census. Cannot find Augustus in the 1850 census, but > am know they were his parents. Also in the home were J. Daniel age 17, > Jeffrey H, age 14, William B age 12, Savilla S age 9 Mary C age 6 and > Mariah E age 4. Also in the home was Harriet Corbin age 17. > > Know that Augustus was born 1826 in Stokes County, NC. Know this family > was also living in Kansas during the 1860 census. > > Assume that Augustus would have been living and working outside his > parents home during the 1860 census. Did find two about his age one living > in Rush Indiana and one in Newberry, LaGrange, Indiana. I wonder if he > could have been married before he married Elizabeth. If anyone thinks any > of this is familiar would love to trade information with you. But, think I > just disproved one family story. Elizabeth was claimed she went to school > with William Quantrill, we had always assumed he was the teacher and she > the student, but she was born in 1834 and he in 1837. Think he was born in > Ohio and so was she - so perhaps they were classmates there - don't know > when her family moved to Indiana. > > Nadine > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 90 > *********************************************** >

Just found that my husband had two families living in Washington County, Hamilton during the 1850 Census. One was his great great grandparents George and Bathsheba Harden. Their daughter Elizabeth was 16 at the time and apparently born in Ohio. Other members of the Harden family were William -18, James - 13 Emily - 10, Monroe - 7 and Mary Ann age 1. Also in the home were the following: Geo W Yauncey age 23, Elizabeth Cochean -70, Daniel Goodrick - 38, Cassandra Goodrick, - 52, William Goodrick - 14, James Goodrick - 10, Lathrod Goodrick - 7 and Harriet Kenady age 40. Think this family had moved to Kansas Territory by the 1860 Census and not sure where there would be a census for them. Elizabeth Harden later married Augustus Miller son of David and Lydia Styres Miller. This family was also living in Washing, Hamilton, Indiana at the time of the 1850 census. Cannot find Augustus in the 1850 census, but am know they were his parents. Also in the home were J. Daniel age 17, Jeffrey H, age 14, William B age 12, Savilla S age 9 Mary C age 6 and Mariah E age 4. Also in the home was Harriet Corbin age 17. Know that Augustus was born 1826 in Stokes County, NC. Know this family was also living in Kansas during the 1860 census. Assume that Augustus would have been living and working outside his parents home during the 1860 census. Did find two about his age one living in Rush Indiana and one in Newberry, LaGrange, Indiana. I wonder if he could have been married before he married Elizabeth. If anyone thinks any of this is familiar would love to trade information with you. But, think I just disproved one family story. Elizabeth was claimed she went to school with William Quantrill, we had always assumed he was the teacher and she the student, but she was born in 1834 and he in 1837. Think he was born in Ohio and so was she - so perhaps they were classmates there - don't know when her family moved to Indiana. Nadine

I am curious as to if Walter Q. Gresham had any survivors, who was his spouse, children; etc.?   Thanks!!!   Betsy Emhuff betsyemhuff@yahoo.com --- On Wed, 5/16/12, in-south-central-request@rootsweb.com <in-south-central-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: From: in-south-central-request@rootsweb.com <in-south-central-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 89 To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 3:00 AM Today's Topics:    1. Crawford County: George Sarles and Lula    Bloomfield Married on       Horseback (Randi)    2. Re: IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88       (Janice Fleenor Smith) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 15:14:45 -0400 From: "Randi" <gftl@bluemarble.net> Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Crawford County: George Sarles and Lula     Bloomfield Married on Horseback To: <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <004e01cd32ce$fd998180$f8cc8480$@net> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii" Anaconda (MT) Standard, April 24, 1906, p. 9. YOUNGSTERS ON HORSES ARE WEDDED IN STREET English, Indiana, April 23-George E. Sarles and Lula Bloomfield, each under 17 years, were married this morning on horseback in the middle of the highway by a magistrate.  A crowd of school children saw the ceremony and gave the pair an old fashioned chirlvari (sic). The pair had permission from their parents to marry.  The horseback idea was suggested as a novelty by the bride who loves her horse next best to her young husband. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 14:16:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Janice Fleenor Smith <janice_fleenorsmith@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue     88 To: "in-south-central@rootsweb.com" <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> Message-ID:     <1337116564.49089.YahooMailNeo@web161401.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Please unsubscribe me from your list.? Your focus on whitecapping and other violent news is not the type of historical information in which I have an interest.? I appreciate your preservation of that kind of ?historical data, but I'm more interested in birth, marriage, and general happenings of days gone by. Janice Fleenor Smith Ocala, FL "Today is the day the Lord hath made.  Rejoice and be glad in it." ________________________________ From: "in-south-central-request@rootsweb.com" <in-south-central-request@rootsweb.com> To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 3:12 PM Subject: IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88   Today's Topics: ?  1. Harrison County: Father of Thomas J. Hoal Blames??? Mother for ? ? ? Child's Murderous Act (Randi) ?  2. Harrison County: R. J. Tracewell Once??? Comptroller of the ? ? ? Treasury (Randi) ?  3. Harrison County: Rev. John W. Welker Killed by??? Whitecappers ? ? ? (Randi) ?  4. Harrison and Floyd Counties: Walter Q. Gresham??? Died (Randi) ?  5. Harrison County: Attorney General Indicted??? Eleven on ? ? ? Whitecapping Charges (Randi) ?  6. Crawford County: William Lowe and William??? Baggerly Seriously ? ? ? Injured in Church Riot (Randi) ?  7. Crawford County: Gabriel Jackson Found Swimming??? in His Sleep ? ? ? (Randi) ?  8. Crawford County: Arthur Bottinger/Bettinger and??? Cora Montague ? ? ? Married in Unusual Ceremony (Randi) ?  9. Crawford County: Belle Ballard and Alice Ray??? Capture a ? ? ? Carrier Pigeon from England (Randi) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 11:51:17 -0400 From: "Randi" <gftl@bluemarble.net> Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Harrison County: Father of Thomas J. Hoal ??? Blames??? Mother for Child's Murderous Act To: <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <004001cd32b2$91ae0200$b50a0600$@net> Content-Type: text/plain;??? charset="us-ascii" Montgomery (AL) Advertiser, May 6, 1910, p. 10 MOTHER OF HOAL ADDICTED TO DRINK Corydon, Indiana, May 5-The prosecution rested today in the case of Thomas J. Hoal, charged with the murder of J. Hangary (difficult to read) Fawcett, the New Albany banker, and the defense announced that it would present six witnesses. William Hoal, father of the defendant, related incidents in the boy's life tending to show that the boy was mentally defective.? His testimony was based chiefly on the assertion that the boy's mother was addicted to the excessive use of intoxicants both before and after the son's birth.? The husband lived with the wife twelve years after Thomas was born and had tried to raise the boy alone since the separation. "Tom was always sullen and morose," Mr. Hoal testified, "the only thing interesting to him being peanuts and dime novels."? The case may go to the jury late tonight. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 11:52:05 -0400 From: "Randi" <gftl@bluemarble.net> Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Harrison County: R. J. Tracewell Once ??? Comptroller of the Treasury To: <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <004101cd32b2$ad94f3c0$08bedb40$@net> Content-Type: text/plain;??? charset="us-ascii" Watertown (IA) Daily Times, May 15, 1913, p. 1. NEW COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY Washington, May 15-George E. Downey of Aurora, Ind., today took the oath as comptroller of the treasury, succeeding R. J. Tracewell of Corydon, Indiana. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 11:52:58 -0400 From: "Randi" <gftl@bluemarble.net> Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Harrison County: Rev. John W. Welker ??? Killed by??? Whitecappers To: <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <004201cd32b2$cd86bf60$68943e20$@net> Content-Type: text/plain;??? charset="us-ascii" Columbia (SC) State, October 6, 1894, p. 1. WHITECAPPER "REV." KILLED Louisville, October 5-Rev. John W. Welker was knocked down and killed near Corydon, Indiana, yesterday by David Wheat.? The latter had received a warning for him to leave the country on peril of being "whitecapped."? He was visited by masked men Sunday night but drove them away with a few shots. Yesterday, Mr. Welker and his son, Alva, went to see Wheat and ordered him to give them the warning note.? Upon his refusal, a fight followed, and in the melee, Wheat knocked the minister down with a billet of wood and killed him. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 12:27:10 -0400 From: "Randi" <gftl@bluemarble.net> Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Harrison and Floyd Counties: Walter Q. ??? Gresham??? Died To: <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <004301cd32b7$956c7750$c04565f0$@net> Content-Type: text/plain;??? charset="us-ascii" Bismarck (ND) Tribune, May 28, 1895, p. 2. Hon. Walter Q. Gresham is dead.? He was born at Cordyon, Indiana, March 17, 1833, and was therefore 62 years of age last March.? He was a graduate of Bloomington university, studied law, and at the breaking out of the war in 1861 he enlisted in the Union army and served until 1865.? At its close he was a brevet major general.? After the war he settled at New Albany, Indiana, and resumed the practice of law.? In 1883 he was appointed postmaster general by President Arthur and secretary of the treasury by President Hayes in 1881 (difficult to read, could be 1884), which office he resigned the same year to accept the appointment of United State circuit court judge of the seventh judicial circuit, which position he held until 1892 when he resigned to accept the position of secretary of state in President Cleveland's cabinet.? Mr. Gresham had been a Republican up to the time of his appointment to a cabinet position by President Cleveland and, in 1888, was a prominent candidate for the Republican nomination for the presidency.? As a judge, the decision that gave him most prominence was known as the "bucket brigade decision."? The question under consideration was the order of payment by employers of a railroad company in the hands of a receiver.? He decided that section hands who went out with their dinner pails and worked should be first paid and, in doing so, used the language that gave him prominence as a judge whose sympathies were with the laboring man.? He said "pay the bucket brigade first."? As secretary of state he has not been that pronounced success his admirers had hoped to see him.? On the whole the foreign policy of the administration has been weak and vacillating.? The brightest page of his history will ever be recorded as a soldier.? Peace to his ashes. ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 12:48:47 -0400 From: "Randi" <gftl@bluemarble.net> Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Harrison County: Attorney General Indicted ??? Eleven on Whitecapping Charges To: <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <004401cd32ba$99b452d0$cd1cf870$@net> Content-Type: text/plain;??? charset="us-ascii" Trenton (NJ) Evening Times, December 16, 1888, p. 1. ELEVEN WHITE CAPS INDICTED Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 15-Gov. Gray has been notified by the prosecutor at Corydon, Ind., that William S. Gregory, James L. Lynch, Lewis Jobe (sic), Daniel Vest, Samuel Bott, John Rawlings, Floyd Morgan, Charles Morgan, William Wiseman, Reuben Robertson and Charles Miller have been indicted for whitecapping outrages. The men are all well-to-do citizens of Harrison County.? Att. General Michener, who directed the prosecution against the whitecaps, says that there will be 25 or 30 more indictments in various southern counties, and from his knowledge of the evidence, he believes there will be a good many convictions. Mr. Michener said that every possible effect would be put forth to rid the state of the regulators and that he felt certain that the effort would succeed. ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 15:10:21 -0400 From: "Randi" <gftl@bluemarble.net> Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Crawford County: William Lowe and William ??? Baggerly Seriously Injured in Church Riot To: <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <004601cd32ce$607c67f0$217537d0$@net> Content-Type: text/plain;??? charset="us-ascii" Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, January 10, 1891, p. 1.? Note:? Consider Baggerty as a spelling variant of Baggerly. BLOODY FIGHT IN A CHURCH English, Indiana, January 9-Further details of the church row at Marietta show that William Lowe and William Baggerly (sic) entered the church while intoxicated and one of them stepped on the toe of a little brother of William Wiseman.? This led to a row that was quieted.? After church service, however, Baggerly forced a fight on Wiseman and was twice knocked down. Lowe then went to his assistance and stabbed Wiseman several times, one of the cuts being dangerous.? Several other men then joined in an assault upon Lowe using stones and other weapons, and he was forced to fight.? Baggerly's skull was fractured and his cheek bone was broken.? Wiseman and Baggerly are both in critical condition and not expected to live. ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 15:11:04 -0400 From: "Randi" <gftl@bluemarble.net> Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Crawford County: Gabriel Jackson Found ??? Swimming??? in His Sleep To: <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <004701cd32ce$79cc8230$6d658690$@net> Content-Type: text/plain;??? charset="us-ascii" TAKES SWIM IN HIS SLEEP English, Indiana-Deserting his bed for two hours or more, at least twice a week, and then denying that he had been absent at all, caused Mrs. Gabriel Jackson to become suspicious of her husband and led her to have her brothers "keep an eye upon him."? Recently Gabriel slipped out as usual and was followed watchfully by his brothers-in-law while he traveled more than a mile to the old "swimming hole" upon his father's farm where he divested himself of his clothing and swam to and fro across the pond three or four times.? When he emerged, he carefully redressed and then returned home and to bed.? The next morning he knew nothing of the occurrence till told of it and could not believe it till brought to the scene and shown the footprints in the sand.? The queer part of it is that Jackson is not known to be a somnambulist, though he had been thus afflicted in childhood. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 15:11:38 -0400 From: "Randi" <gftl@bluemarble.net> Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Crawford County: Arthur ??? Bottinger/Bettinger and??? Cora Montague Married in Unusual Ceremony To: <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <004801cd32ce$8e666760$ab333620$@net> Content-Type: text/plain;??? charset="us-ascii" St. Louis (MO) Republic, August 19, 1891, p. 2. UNDERGROUND WEDDING Unique Marriage Ceremony Performed over an Indiana Couple [Special to the Republic] English, Indiana, August 18-The Dillman Cave, that has awakened much curiosity among the lovers of nature's wonders, was the scene this morning at ten o'clock of the wedding of Arthur Bottinger/Bettinger (difficult to read) and Miss Cora Montague in the apartment that shall hereafter be known as the "matrimonial chamber."? Notice had been given out two days ago that the ceremony would be performed and nearly 500 people gathered to witness the wedding. The chamber where the ceremony was performed is upwards of 80 feet long and 31 feet wide with a ceiling not less than 20 feet high.? Stalactites and stalagmites lighted up by three dozen Japanese lanterns and a number of pine torches made a scene never to be forgotten and as beautiful as ever witnessed a kingly wedding.? After the ceremony was performed, cloths were spread and an abundant lunch was set for all the visitors, by whom various toasts were delivered eulogistic of the scene and congratulatory of the happy couple. ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 15:12:31 -0400 From: "Randi" <gftl@bluemarble.net> Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Crawford County: Belle Ballard and Alice ??? Ray??? Capture a Carrier Pigeon from England To: <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <004901cd32ce$add76a40$09863ec0$@net> Content-Type: text/plain;??? charset="iso-8859-1" St. Louis (MO) Republic, May 13, 1898, p. 11. A BRITISH BIRD A Carrier Pigeon from England Captured at English, Indiana English, Ind., May 12?Mrs. Belle Ballard, wife of Sheriff Ballard, and Mrs. Alice Ray captured a pigeon in the courthouse yesterday that has created much curiosity.? On the nether side of the left wing the following inscription is stamped with rubber stencil and indelible ink.? ?P. O.? H. B. R., London, England, W.? March 15, 1897. Following this inscription was another line in script but so indistinct as to be illegible.? Following the letter W. was also another letter but indistinct, and whether the second letter is C. or E. is not very plain. ____________________________________________________________________________ ___??__ ------------------------------ End of IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88 *********************************************** ------------------------------ End of IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 89 ***********************************************

Folks, First I'd like to make my support of Randi in her efforts known. I am not, as others are, a fan of the practice of just gathering birth, marriage and death dates and relationships. I am more interested in the family history, as I see it: the values, the character, the practices, rituals, and habits of our ancestors. These aspects help bring them alive for me. In all the discussion of whitecapping in Indiana, I think it's important to recognise that in our state organized racial hatred is more a mark of the 20th century in Indiana. In the 19th and early 20th century, this kind of hatred was more directed at immigrant groups. As an example, when the Ku Klux Klan most influenced the state, in the 1920 and 1924 elections, led by D. C. Stephenson, their target was not blacks. There were not that many black folks in Indiana to be an effective target to help their recruiting. The Klan focused on immigrant Catholics. In many ways, the Klan was ecumenical in its' hatreds: they focused on whoever was the 'best' local target. This whitecapping that Randi has found in late 19th century Indiana was most likely directed at Catholic immigrants and others who don't fit into the perceived 'mainstream' ways. Hope this is helpful. Hugh Miller Reply to: hthm2@comcast.net

Randi, I'll just add my two cents to what Diane and Bruce already said. We need to know about our ancestors' society in many different aspects. I've learned so much from the newspapers (and as a "recovering reporter" I sometimes take reports with a grain or two of salt). Thanks for making the time to copy and post the items ... and while I'm at it, thanks for starting the IN-SO-Central! Charlotte Sellers ** On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Bfp2000 <bfp2000@aol.com> wrote: > I agree with Diane. There's also the importance of understanding the > society and environment that our ancestors lived in. I personally find > many of the "insignificant" stories told in your "clippings" very > interesting. Whereas the history of whitecapping is extremely > repugnant, it is part of our history and if we ignore the lessons > learned from it we might wind up having to suffer through a repeat... > history does tend to repeat itself periodically. > > Keep up the great work Randi! > > Respectfully, > Bruce > near Indianapolis, IN > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diane Jones <dijon@ckt.net> > To: in-south-central <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wed, May 16, 2012 7:04 am > Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88 > > > We all have to realize that we can’t just look at our history through > rose > colored glasses. There has always been some strife and ugliness in our > history > nationwide, and it is important to have access to all of it even if it > isn’t > pretty. Some of these tragic events happened to someone’s ancestors, > and they > have a right to learn of the bad, along with the good. You do a great > job, > Randi, and I for one was glad to learn about whitecapping even if it is > an ugly > part of Indiana history – it did exist and was a problem that was taken > care of > by the law eventually. We don’t ever learn anything from past mistakes > by > ignoring it and pretending life was nothing but happy events. > > Diane > > 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 love what your doing. Keep hoping to pick up a tidbit about my husbands great grandfathers Snider, Blevins and Ruberson families who lived we think mostly in Crawford and Orange, and possibly Brown, Perry and some surrounding ones. Had never heard of whitecapping, but it kind of shows how live then. Told one of our friends one day that we were researching in that area and she said thats where I came from. Lived there till I was seven. And that her Dad's family (Waltman) had apprently been early settlers there. Something came through the list on Waltman the other day so am going to call and tell her. Nadine

I love what your doing - never heard of whitecapping before - every now and then glean a little something. One of the tidbits the other day contained the maiden name (Waltham) of one of my friends. To my surprise when we started digging into our Indiana roots found she had some in the same area. Going to send her what I found. She went to school with my hubby and introduced us and I went to school with her younger sister but didn't know her at the time. Nadine

I agree with Diane. There's also the importance of understanding the society and environment that our ancestors lived in. I personally find many of the "insignificant" stories told in your "clippings" very interesting. Whereas the history of whitecapping is extremely repugnant, it is part of our history and if we ignore the lessons learned from it we might wind up having to suffer through a repeat... history does tend to repeat itself periodically. Keep up the great work Randi! Respectfully, Bruce near Indianapolis, IN -----Original Message----- From: Diane Jones <dijon@ckt.net> To: in-south-central <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, May 16, 2012 7:04 am Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88 We all have to realize that we can’t just look at our history through rose colored glasses. There has always been some strife and ugliness in our history nationwide, and it is important to have access to all of it even if it isn’t pretty. Some of these tragic events happened to someone’s ancestors, and they have a right to learn of the bad, along with the good. You do a great job, Randi, and I for one was glad to learn about whitecapping even if it is an ugly part of Indiana history – it did exist and was a problem that was taken care of by the law eventually. We don’t ever learn anything from past mistakes by ignoring it and pretending life was nothing but happy events. Diane

We all have to realize that we can’t just look at our history through rose colored glasses. There has always been some strife and ugliness in our history nationwide, and it is important to have access to all of it even if it isn’t pretty. Some of these tragic events happened to someone’s ancestors, and they have a right to learn of the bad, along with the good. You do a great job, Randi, and I for one was glad to learn about whitecapping even if it is an ugly part of Indiana history – it did exist and was a problem that was taken care of by the law eventually. We don’t ever learn anything from past mistakes by ignoring it and pretending life was nothing but happy events. Diane From: gftl Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:08 AM To: Janice Fleenor Smith ; in-south-central@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 88 Janice, Because I live some distance from a majority of the 12 counties in my district, I am limited primarily to newspaper clippings. And, unfortunately, a majority of newsworthy items focus on the negative instead of the positive. You have been unsubscribed from the list. Randi On Tue, 15 May 2012 14:16:04 -0700 (PDT), Janice Fleenor Smith wrote: > Please unsubscribe me from your list. Your focus on whitecapping and > other violent news is not the type of historical information in which > I have an interest. I appreciate your preservation of that kind of > historical data, but I'm more interested in birth, marriage, and > general happenings of days gone by. > > > Janice Fleenor Smith > Ocala, FL > > 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

Janice, Because I live some distance from a majority of the 12 counties in my district, I am limited primarily to newspaper clippings. And, unfortunately, a majority of newsworthy items focus on the negative instead of the positive. You have been unsubscribed from the list. Randi On Tue, 15 May 2012 14:16:04 -0700 (PDT), Janice Fleenor Smith wrote: > Please unsubscribe me from your list.  Your focus on whitecapping and > other violent news is not the type of historical information in which > I have an interest.  I appreciate your preservation of that kind of >  historical data, but I'm more interested in birth, marriage, and > general happenings of days gone by. > > > Janice Fleenor Smith > Ocala, FL > >

Anaconda (MT) Standard, April 24, 1906, p. 9. YOUNGSTERS ON HORSES ARE WEDDED IN STREET English, Indiana, April 23-George E. Sarles and Lula Bloomfield, each under 17 years, were married this morning on horseback in the middle of the highway by a magistrate. A crowd of school children saw the ceremony and gave the pair an old fashioned chirlvari (sic). The pair had permission from their parents to marry. The horseback idea was suggested as a novelty by the bride who loves her horse next best to her young husband.

St. Louis (MO) Republic, May 13, 1898, p. 11. A BRITISH BIRD A Carrier Pigeon from England Captured at English, Indiana English, Ind., May 12—Mrs. Belle Ballard, wife of Sheriff Ballard, and Mrs. Alice Ray captured a pigeon in the courthouse yesterday that has created much curiosity. On the nether side of the left wing the following inscription is stamped with rubber stencil and indelible ink. “P. O. H. B. R., London, England, W. March 15, 1897. Following this inscription was another line in script but so indistinct as to be illegible. Following the letter W. was also another letter but indistinct, and whether the second letter is C. or E. is not very plain. ____________________________________________________________________________ ___¬¬__

St. Louis (MO) Republic, August 19, 1891, p. 2. UNDERGROUND WEDDING Unique Marriage Ceremony Performed over an Indiana Couple [Special to the Republic] English, Indiana, August 18-The Dillman Cave, that has awakened much curiosity among the lovers of nature's wonders, was the scene this morning at ten o'clock of the wedding of Arthur Bottinger/Bettinger (difficult to read) and Miss Cora Montague in the apartment that shall hereafter be known as the "matrimonial chamber." Notice had been given out two days ago that the ceremony would be performed and nearly 500 people gathered to witness the wedding. The chamber where the ceremony was performed is upwards of 80 feet long and 31 feet wide with a ceiling not less than 20 feet high. Stalactites and stalagmites lighted up by three dozen Japanese lanterns and a number of pine torches made a scene never to be forgotten and as beautiful as ever witnessed a kingly wedding. After the ceremony was performed, cloths were spread and an abundant lunch was set for all the visitors, by whom various toasts were delivered eulogistic of the scene and congratulatory of the happy couple.