Does anyone know who these people are? I can't place Mary Kelly. Well actually I have a few Mary Kelly's, the question is, which one is Mrs. Sipe!? 1 Harvey L. Sipe .. +Mary M. Kelley m: Jan 31, 1906 Adams Co., IN . 2 Son Sipe b: Aug 25, 1906 Adams Co., IN . 2 Lester K. Sipe b: Aug 31, 1911 Adams Co., IN . 2 Marjorie L. Sipe b: Jul 3, 1916 Adams Co., IN Cindy Torres Owens Stafford, VA cindyo@staffnet.com http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/w/e/Cindy-L-Owens/index.html

Cindy - From the 1979 History of Adams Co, Indiana, the family submitted this information in their biography: Harvey L. Sipe (Dec 28, 1885 to Agu 16, 1943) and Mary M. Kelley (July 23, 1885) reared four children: 1. MARY M.3 KELLEY (SAMUEL F.2, PATRICK1) was born July 23, 1885. She married HARVEY SIPE, son of ANDREW SIPE and CATHERINE FALLEN-SIPE. Children of MARY KELLEY and HARVEY SIPE are: 2. i. EARL4 SIPE, b. August 25, 1906, Blue Creek Twp, Adams Co, IN. 3. ii. LESTER K SIPE, b. 1911, Blue Creek Twp, Adams Co, IN; d. 1974, Adams Co, IN. iii. MARJORIE SIPE, m. ROBERT CABLE. iv. ROBERT L. SIPE, b. Blue Creek Twp, Adams Co, IN; m. ALYCE GILPIN. Harvey (Sipe) was a native of Blue Creek Township, Adams Co, IN. Mary Kelley is the daughter of Samuel F. and Elizabeth Minerva (Deo) Kelley. Samuel and Minerva were proprietors of the Rice Hotel in Decatur around 1900 and it was the job of Mary and her brothers to carry the suitcases and wait on tables. The hotel did a thriving business with the many salesmen who would come to town to peddle their wares among the local merchants. Samuel died in 1917 and Minerva died 1928. They are buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Blue Creek Twp. Mary's grandfather was Patrick Kelley, a native of Dublin, Ireland. Patrick first settled in Pennsylvania where he married a Miss AXE. After their marriage they moved to Zanesville,Ohio area and from there migrated to section 21 in Wabash Township (Adams Co, IN). their children were James, George, John W., Samuel F. and B. C. Kelley. ..................Pat Lenhart. (This is in my sideways line, I have much more on the Sipes.)

Father William Austin Born in Indiana 1927 or 1928. I can get no info from Vital Records because I do not have Birth date Parents names or anything else. This was all that was on my Birth Certificate. Here is all the info I have. My name is Rev. Dennis Keith Austin I am 44 years old my fathers name is William Austin he would be around his early 70's he has a daughter name Twila she would be around 51 to 53 and a son around my age. He had Curly Auburn hair he lived in and around Monterey Park, California. He worked at a gas station. This info is 44 years old. My mothers name is Barbara Ballenger. He was not married at the time he and my mother had a relationship and when she got pregnant he left. I have no other family brothers and sisters except on the Austin side. My mother saw him again a year after I was born and he was married and had a little baby with him. If you could be of some help it would be a Blessing. Please contact me one way or the other. Thank you and have a Blessed weekend. In His Grace, Rev. Dennis Austin 7577 Margate Court #104 Manassas, Virginia 20109 1-800-650-3238 Toll Free cevm@erols.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

---"\"History Hunter\"" <swcelt@mail.stlnet.com> wrote: Friends and Compatriots! Your help is needed once again in our fight to save Buffington Island Battlefield and the graves of Morgan's Raiders and other casualties who died on this hollowed ground on July 19, 1863. The situation is very critical as mining could begin any day, removing gravel and soil at the rate of 10,000 cubic yards per week, perhaps containing, God forbid, the remains of Confederate and Union soldiers!! Some may argue the validity of preserving battlefields but has it come to the point that pleas have to be made to preserve cemeteries and burial sites? We have a moral obligation to prevent the bones of America's dead and the sacred ground in which they are buried from being mined and shipped down the Ohio River to become yet another parking lot or part of a highway. A petition will be send to Bob Taft, Governor of Ohio, urging him to intervene in this matter. Please follow this link : http://www.e-thepeople.com/petition.cfm?PETID=234417 Your signature is needed! It is dead wrong for our nation's heritage and history to be ignored and sold out to the highest bidder. It is a travesty to deny the same respect to the brave soldiers who died at Buffington Island that we accord to all other Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice and fell in battle. Please share this message with as many people as possible! Thank you!! For our heritage! Marlitta H. Perkins Spokesperson, Morgan's Men Association and Eastern Kentucky Brigade, SCV Officer, Buffington Island Battlefield Group, Inc. "Our Honored Dead at Buffington" website: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/7196/raiders.html E-mail: morgansmen@usa.net Forwarded to you by Scott Williams, webmaster of the Morgan's Men Association: http://members.tripod.com/~Morgans_Men/index.html

Norman, I think you are right, I also know some of my family went to MI b/c of Dow Chemicals. The grass is always greener.....Cindy -----Original Message----- From: Norman L. Runyon <nrunyon@voyager.net> To: INADAMS-L@rootsweb.com <INADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [INADAMS] Family Bible >Cindy, > I can't speak for anyone else, but in my family, there was a lot of >movement from IN and OH to KS and OK because of the oil fields. They had >worked in the fields in IN and OH and then just followed their jobs west. > Norman Runyon

Cindy, I can't speak for anyone else, but in my family, there was a lot of movement from IN and OH to KS and OK because of the oil fields. They had worked in the fields in IN and OH and then just followed their jobs west. Norman Runyon Cindy Torres Owens wrote: > Jane, When you menioned Wellington, KS & IN in one sentence I though surely > they must be "my" family but I don't think they are. My Scoles/Kelly Adams > Co., IN family ended up in Washington Co., OK & "merged" w/ my KS line of > Walker/McMillan/Wise from just across the border. Wonder if there was a > migration pattern or reason for the move from IN to KS? Cindy > > Cindy Torres Owens > Stafford, VA > cindyo@staffnet.com > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/w/e/Cindy-L-Owens/index.html > > ==== INADAMS Mailing List ====

Becky, You can get the entire 1850 Indiana Census on a set of CDs (actual original records) from Broderbund alias Parsons Technologies. It is genealogy CD #302 and, I believe, that it costs about $40-50. I have one and I love it, Norman Runyon Rebecca Williams wrote: > I would like to know where I can get an actual copy of the microfilm picture > of the following census. > > ADAMS, IN 1850 Federal Census > CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: IN COUNTY: > ADAMS DIVISION: Preble Township > REEL NO: 135 PAGE NO: 28A > > Thank you, > Becky in VA > > ==== INADAMS Mailing List ==== > Please do not send file attachments to the list. Contact Tim Singleton, tsingleton@iclub.org, for problems.

Jane, When you menioned Wellington, KS & IN in one sentence I though surely they must be "my" family but I don't think they are. My Scoles/Kelly Adams Co., IN family ended up in Washington Co., OK & "merged" w/ my KS line of Walker/McMillan/Wise from just across the border. Wonder if there was a migration pattern or reason for the move from IN to KS? Cindy Cindy Torres Owens Stafford, VA cindyo@staffnet.com http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/w/e/Cindy-L-Owens/index.html

I recently purchased at auction a family bible, and I am trying to find some of the family to return it to. I purchased it in Wellington, Kansas, but after doing some research discovered the family was from Indiana. Here are some of the names. A obituary for: ALVA L. MILLER b 18 Nov. 1826 Mahoning Co. Pa. d 22 Mar 1896 Adams Co Ind. married MARGARET MAY 9 Oct 1845 This union produced seven children (names not listed on obit) ELMER E. MILLER married MARY A. BURRELL 17 Jan 1883 ELMER b 17 Mar 1863 d 1 June 1924 MARY b 24 May 1863 d 20 Mar 1928 IRETA LEOTA MILLER married ALFRED TRULLENDER 17 Sept 1923 IRETA b 29 July 1899 d 4 Aug 1979 ALFRED b 29 Dec 1901 d Mar 1984 Buffton Wells, Ind. ROYAL VERNON MILLER married JENNIE E. MILLER 10 April 1909 CHARLEY MILLER married LILA JACKSON 19 Nov. 1905 RICHARD MILLER married GERALDINE STEELE 7 Oct 1939 TRUE MILLER born 26 Dec 1891 died mar 1970 Decater, Adams Co. Ind. LILA MILLER born 22 Mar 1890 died Sept 1984 Rolling Prairie, LaPorte, Ind. Any help in locating the family will be greatly appreciated !! Jane Robinson from the land of OZ

I would like to know where I can get an actual copy of the microfilm picture of the following census. ADAMS, IN 1850 Federal Census CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: IN COUNTY: ADAMS DIVISION: Preble Township REEL NO: 135 PAGE NO: 28A Thank you, Becky in VA

Jean and list, Does anyone have any information on two Hughes sisters who married two Coffman brothers: Rebecca HUGHES (1813, OH-1872, Adams Co, IN) m. 1831, David L. Coffman Elizabeth Spurgeon HUGHES (1820, OH-1906) m. 1841, Benjamin Coffman I would love to share information. Could they possibly be daughters of John Davis Hughes? Margie R. Pearce genealogy: www.angelfire.com/la/ancestors gymnastics: www.mnmgym.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Twojcjc@aol.com> To: <PAHUNTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 2:46 PM Subject: HUGHES & HICKS FAMILY > Hi > > Could someone please tell me where these little towns or places would be > located: > Lick Run, Buffalo Run and Stormstown, PA?. > > My GGGrandparents John Davis Hughes and Hannah Hicks were from these areas > and also lived in Huntingdon and Pa Furnace from 1827 until 1860 when the > family moved to Altoona, Pa.. > > I am having problems locating these area's on a map! > > Thanks for your help. > Jean Corio, Tampa, Fl > > ______________________________

>Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 09:08:40 -0500 >Reply-To: H-Net Discussion List on Indiana History and Studies > <H-INDIANA@H-NET.MSU.EDU> >Sender: H-Net Discussion List on Indiana History and Studies > <H-INDIANA@H-NET.MSU.EDU> >From: Ray Boomhower <RBoomhower@indianahistory.org> >Subject: Cemetery Seminar >To: H-INDIANA@H-NET.MSU.EDU >Status: > >From: Ray Boomhower <rboomhower@indianahistory.org> >Sent: Thur, 9 Sept 99 >Subject: Cemetery Seminar > >The Monroe County Historical Society is sponsoring a Cemetery Seminar, >scheduled >for Saturday, October 23, 1999 in Bloomington. There will be presentations >indoors Saturday morning, followed by a box lunch (included in the $15 >registration) and then a hands-on, in-the-field session on stone repair and >restoration (rain or shine) at Rose Hill Cemetery. > >Full details at: >http://www.kiva.net/~mchm/cemsem.htm >or >http://www.kiva.net/~mchm/monroe.html > Tom Robison Ossian, Indiana tcrobi@adamswells.com There are three things which are real: God, human folly and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension. So we must do what we can with the third.

I am searching for potential burial places for many members of these families. There is one Godard listing I've found, but none on these other names. Any clues as to cemeteries around St. Mary's, Pleasant Mills, Decatur? I don't know what religious affiliation they had, if any. HELP! THANKS FOR ANY CLUES... Julie Arney oolie45@aol.com

Hi all, Peggy Dick just made a posting to the Bible Board on the Adams Co. page. Take a look. Please take some time to contribute to the various boards or other sections of the web site. We'll all benefit from your submissions. Thanks. Tim Singleton, tsingleton@iclub.org 105 Nancy Drive Richmond, KY 40475-8613 Volunteer INGenWeb Coordinator Adams Co. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams Randolph Co. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/

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Note: Many descendants of our branch who used the ABNET spelling ended up in Adams Co, Indiana. Many other surnames also that married into the family. We want to invite all our Cousins (ABNET& other variations of our surname) to stop by and visit our new web site dedicated to the descendants of Hiltbrand InAenit and Anna Schlegel! Hiltbrand left Switzerland about 1738 - 1742, with his sister Catherina and her husband,Hans Muller, and emigrated to America, where they settled in the Lancaster County, PA area. Records indicate that Catherina and Hans died childless,but the descendants of Hiltbrand and Anna have multiplied tremendously and are now numerous and widely cattered!!!! Our web page is the result of several of our cousins working together in a team effort to preserve our heritage and make it available for all our family! Although some pages are still under construction, there is much family information here! There will be more additions as they are completed. Stop by and visit! You'll find a real welcome! Put your feet up and be comfortable! Read about the lives and times of our ancestors! Learn about the many spelling variations of our surname! Walk with our ancestors! Travel with them as they branch out into other areas of our great country! Find out what new things are going on in our family! And please e-mail us and let us know you came by! Please help us spread the word to the rest of our family, so they will know where we are! Thanks so much! Here's the address! http://members.tripod.com/~ajobebrown/Atnip.html We believe you'll find it interesting, informative and enjoyable!! Ann Brown abrown@isys.ca Elizabeth 'Liz' Marcello lizmarc@juno.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

In reply to Bill & Lynn's inquiry concerning John S. Cowan and a mill in Adams County--- I refer them to page 595 of The 1979 History of Adams Co., Indiana--still available from the Adams County Historical Society for $50; there's a 2nd volume also available for another $50. Dortha Schaefer, one of two authors for Pleasant Mills, wrote the following: The mill was a victim of arson sometime after that.[Wrong time frame here?? July 4, 1910] It was burned because of jealousy. Corn and feed grains stored in it swelled during the fire and blew up just like popcorn, falling into the river. "John Cowan was quarry owner. He sold stone and gravel for 15 cents a ton to build roads in the county. He got rich doing it, even at that low price. ..." Now--your dates on this John Cowan are 'way off, or your location is. (And it was definitely not Bobo.) There were no white inhabitants in Adams County in 1811. It was 1823 and later when the first settlements were made. There's another story concerning this John Cowan--note that no middle initial is ever used. This is from page 602: "The first grain mill was a small one built on the east bank of the St. Marys River in 1834 by E.A. Godard. Three years later [1837, after county incorporated] a larger mill was built on the west bank of the river by Mr. Goadard and Mr. Heath on what are now the Carl Ehrsam and George Foor properties. "This mill was unique in that the double-water wheel operated horizontally rather than vertically. This was because of the depth of the water in the river. "Mr. Godard and Mr. Heath also installed a woolen mill at the north end of the grist mill for making woolen cloth, and they also had a general store. "The mill at Pleasant Mills was the only grist mill between Fort Wayne and St. Mary's, Ohio at that time. In the early 1880's they sold the mill to a Mr. Worden, and in the late 1880's it was sold John Cowan and William Smith. "Mr. Cowan and Mr. Smith rebuilt the dam to provide more water power and installed new equipment. The millstones were from France. One set of stones was used to grind feed and another to grind flour, cornmeal, and buckwheat. The flour was sifted through cloth to make two grades of flour.... "One night in 1893 the mill was burned.... "In 1896, the mill was rebuilt. "No date is available for the closing of the mill, but in 1905 the house now owned by Carl and Cleo Ehrsam was built by Mrs. Ehrsam's grandfather, Henry Lewis Warner, using timbers from the mill. I did not search all the entries for John Cowan. There were none with a middle initial. Dick D. Heller, Jr. formerly of Decatur, now living at 3103 Granite Drive Mission, TX 78572-9743 (956) 581-9445 ddheller@aol.com

Does anyone have any information on John Sephenson Cowan's mill. Was it a wood mill, grain mil. He lived in Adams Co, from 5-19-1811 to October 10-1872. Was the mill in Pleasant Mills( Is this why it is named Pleasant Mill?)? Was it in the Bobo area? Lynn lbsewell@multipro.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <INADAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <INADAMS-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 10:22 PM Subject: INADAMS-D Digest V99 #71

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I'm wondering if anyone could tell me about Anna Eliza Odle born 1852 in Indiana and married Abraham B. Hammer. I would appreciate any information. I have some information on the Odle's but not any on Hammer's. Anna Eliza Odle was the daughter of John Nelson Odle and Rachel Kidder. Thanks:) Rhonda