I have subscribed to the Jackson County mailing list but have not received a confirmation yet, so am asking if there are any records available for an 1888 death. I have come across a note that an ancestor - Jane *Summa* nee' Waughtell - died in May 1888. Since this was from a newspaper item I am hoping there may be a certificate of death available. The items seems to be from the Brownstown Banner and mentions Pike's Peak. Can anyone help me with this ? Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington)

Pike's Peak is in southern Brown County, a mile or so east of SR135. Don't know if Brown County has death records from that time. I'd say chances are not good. Will check what we have when I'm in the library. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Charlotte Sellers, Local History Specialist Jackson County Public Library 303 West 2nd Street, Seymour IN 47274 Voice 812-522-3412 x1256 / Fax 812-522-5456 Email: csellers@myjclibrary.org Web: www.myjclibrary.org/localhistory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen < waughtel33@gmail.com> wrote: > I have subscribed to the Jackson County mailing list but have not received > a confirmation yet, so am asking if there are any records available for an > 1888 death. I have come across a note that an ancestor - Jane *Summa* nee' > Waughtell - died in May 1888. Since this was from a newspaper item I am > hoping there may be a certificate of death available. The items seems to > be from the Brownstown Banner and mentions Pike's Peak. Can anyone help me > with this ? > Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) > 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 >

Randi - thanks for this update - don't feel bad as we all do have those "moments" which I have had also <smile>. Charlotte - the item that I have states "Grandma Summa" died Sunday and paper dated/shown as May 10, 1888 so figure May 6 was date of death. NOW recently finding these old items, I note another researcher "feels" this Grandma Summa is Ann (Rich) Summa and if so this would BLOW AWAY my "hopes" of it being my Jane (Waughtell) Summa. She was in the 1870 census but have found nothing on her since then. My Jane Waughtell Summa was born circa 1815 in Virginia. I have nothing on this Ann (Rich) Summa so do not know if she would be at the age "fitting" what the article stated "she was very old" or not. Jane Waughtell had been married to Enoch Stark prior to John Summa. She married Stark in 1838 and Summa in 1840. I do have both marriage records for Jane. I have never bee able to find the death/divorce of the Stark union but feel Jane was pregnant with her second child when she married Summa. The two older children, although they carried the name of Summa early in life - on the census records - at least the daughter Sophia Evaline married under Stark to James House. Thanks for "listening" to me. Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Charlotte Sellers <csellers@myjclibrary.org > wrote: > Pike's Peak is in southern Brown County, a mile or so east of SR135. Don't > know if Brown County has death records from that time. I'd say chances are > not good. Will check what we have when I'm in the library. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Charlotte Sellers, Local History Specialist > Jackson County Public Library > 303 West 2nd Street, Seymour IN 47274 > Voice 812-522-3412 x1256 / Fax 812-522-5456 > Email: csellers@myjclibrary.org > Web: www.myjclibrary.org/localhistory > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ** > > > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen < > waughtel33@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have subscribed to the Jackson County mailing list but have not > received > > a confirmation yet, so am asking if there are any records available for > an > > 1888 death. I have come across a note that an ancestor - Jane *Summa* > nee' > > Waughtell - died in May 1888. Since this was from a newspaper item I am > > hoping there may be a certificate of death available. The items seems to > > be from the Brownstown Banner and mentions Pike's Peak. Can anyone help > me > > with this ? > > Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) > > 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 >

Antoinette- I believe I found some additional information on Ann Rich Summa. She appears in the 1870 and 1880 census records in Brown County, Indiana (Van Buren township). According to the census, she was born about 1810 in Virginia. There is a marriage record for her to George Summa, 25 Sep 1848, in Jackson County, Indiana. I believe that John Summa and George Summa may have been brothers. If that is the case and you have two women who could fit the "Grandma Summa" of the news item, then it may be difficult to sort out unless there is a grave marker, probate record, or some other record that will identify each women by her given name along with the date of death. It may be worth it to check the probate records in Brown County to see if there is any record for Ann Summa since that is where she is shown as living in 1870 and 1880; seems likely she may have died in Brown County; George supposedly died there in 1884 and if Ann survived him, there could certainly be a probate record for her. I can tell you that an ancestry.com family tree (which is not sourced and therefore must be taken as unproven) has Ann Rich Summa's death date in 1888 in Indiana--no further details, and nothing on Jane Waughtel Summa except that the poster believes she died after 1870 in Indiana. Why the person assigns the 1888 date to Ann Summa is not indicated. Hope this may help a bit. Connie -----Original Message----- From: in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 11:57 AM To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] DEATH RECORD FOR JACKSON COUNTY Randi - thanks for this update - don't feel bad as we all do have those "moments" which I have had also <smile>. Charlotte - the item that I have states "Grandma Summa" died Sunday and paper dated/shown as May 10, 1888 so figure May 6 was date of death. NOW recently finding these old items, I note another researcher "feels" this Grandma Summa is Ann (Rich) Summa and if so this would BLOW AWAY my "hopes" of it being my Jane (Waughtell) Summa. She was in the 1870 census but have found nothing on her since then. My Jane Waughtell Summa was born circa 1815 in Virginia. I have nothing on this Ann (Rich) Summa so do not know if she would be at the age "fitting" what the article stated "she was very old" or not. Jane Waughtell had been married to Enoch Stark prior to John Summa. She married Stark in 1838 and Summa in 1840. I do have both marriage records for Jane. I have never bee able to find the death/divorce of the Stark union but feel Jane was pregnant with her second child when she married Summa. The two older children, although they carried the name of Summa early in life - on the census records - at least the daughter Sophia Evaline married under Stark to James House. Thanks for "listening" to me. Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Charlotte Sellers <csellers@myjclibrary.org > wrote: > Pike's Peak is in southern Brown County, a mile or so east of SR135. > Don't know if Brown County has death records from that time. I'd say > chances are not good. Will check what we have when I'm in the library. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Charlotte Sellers, Local History Specialist Jackson County Public > Library > 303 West 2nd Street, Seymour IN 47274 Voice 812-522-3412 x1256 / Fax > 812-522-5456 > Email: csellers@myjclibrary.org > Web: www.myjclibrary.org/localhistory > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ** > > > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen < > waughtel33@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have subscribed to the Jackson County mailing list but have not > received > > a confirmation yet, so am asking if there are any records available > > for > an > > 1888 death. I have come across a note that an ancestor - Jane > > *Summa* > nee' > > Waughtell - died in May 1888. Since this was from a newspaper item > > I am hoping there may be a certificate of death available. The > > items seems to be from the Brownstown Banner and mentions Pike's > > Peak. Can anyone help > me > > with this ? > > Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) > > 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 > 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