Steven I checked my Adams and Wells Will books thru 1880, and no Whitwright will was entered. The 1979 Adams County History states that Adam (his brother?) b. 1856 did not die until 1929. You might want to check his estate papers for any mention of Samuel. My 1908 City Directory shows Abe and Ida on 5th, with children Samuel and Abe. Ed and Blanche on Elm, with no children or boarders. No other Whittrights in the 1908 directory in other parts of the county. The 1989 Supplement shows that the Mrs. Whitright's Grocery on Adams and 7th Street was sold 2-21-1907. Maybe that was a significant date if Samuel/and or spouse owned the store??? No much but someetimes little things help trigger.... Rich in Tampa R. W. Welch - Tampa FL USA - 27.5n Long 82.3w Lat 14.3 Elev SOL 3 - Virgo Cluster - The Milky Way Galaxy Visit my WELCH Family Home Pages ---temp down 2/20/2000 WELCH - MAUCHLY - WITTWER - ZIMMERMAN http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/rwelch/welchfam.htm MALLORY - SMITH - HARDEE - BROOKS http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/ewelch/elwfam.htm WELCH OF NEW LONDON COUNTY CT 1750-1900 http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/rwelch1/jwelchmd.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven J. Whitright <sjwhitright@hotmail.com> To: <INADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 9:05 PM Subject: [INADAMS] State Censuses and City Directories > Hello, Adams Co. rooters! > > I'm trying to narrow down when my GGGrandfather Samuel W. WHITRIGHT died in > the late 1800s or early 1900s. Were there city directories in Decatur that > I might research in to find him, from 1891 until 1900? And what years were > the IN state censuses performed? > > Steven J. Whitright > WITTERECHT/WHITRIGHT Researcher > Melbourne, Florida > mailto:sjwhitright@hotmail.com > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/h/i/Steven-Jerome-Whitright > AIM Username: sjwhitright > > > ==== INADAMS Mailing List ==== > > >