Pat, I don't know how to thank you except to say thank you so very much. One of her sons, Charles, was my great grandfather. Taking the time to look that up for me, a complete stranger goes far above kindness. Thank you Cousin John, Looks like Sadie wanted to live near her son Edward, your great grandfather. Is Vicki on this list? Think that she might swing by the County offices on her way home from work in Elkhart to get Sadie's death certificate? I believe that once we have that, and if it has her parents on it, that will be a wall we can climb over, one I've been trying to break down for many years. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "par4233" <par4233@skyenet.net> To: <INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [INALLEN-L] Sadie Hicks Smead Campbell > Hello Mr. Smead, > Following is the obit you requested. It appeared in the Fort Wayne, In. > Journal-Gazette on Feb. 5, 1910 on page 2, col. 2: > > Mrs. Sadie Campbell, 57 years of age, formerly of Fort Wayne, died > Thursday evening at Goshen, where she had > been making her home for a number of years. Surviving relatives include > six sons, Charles, Alfred, Harry, William, > Joseph and E. D. Smead. > The remains will arrive in Fort Wayne Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock > over the Lake Shore railroad and will be taken to > the home of her sister, Mrs Kate Robertson, on South Calhoun street. > Interment at Hatfield cemetery. > > If you want further information regarding her exact date of birth, you would > have to contact Elkart County, which is where the records of death for > Goshen, In. would be. > Pat > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Smead" <bsmead@gte.net> > To: <INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 6:03 PM > Subject: [INALLEN-L] Sadie Hicks Smead Campbell > > > > Hi List, > > If anyone in Allen County goes to the library there and has the time, can > you look up an obit for me on Sarah (Sadie) Campbell. Sadie was my GG > grandmother, born in June, 1853 and died in 1910. I'm not sure if she died > in Allen county however she is buried in Hatfield cemetery in Washington > township under the name of Smead even though she was re married to a > Campbell. > > Thank you very much > > Brian E. Smead > > Terre Haute, Indiana > > > > >

Hello Mr. Smead, Following is the obit you requested. It appeared in the Fort Wayne, In. Journal-Gazette on Feb. 5, 1910 on page 2, col. 2: Mrs. Sadie Campbell, 57 years of age, formerly of Fort Wayne, died Thursday evening at Goshen, where she had been making her home for a number of years. Surviving relatives include six sons, Charles, Alfred, Harry, William, Joseph and E. D. Smead. The remains will arrive in Fort Wayne Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock over the Lake Shore railroad and will be taken to the home of her sister, Mrs Kate Robertson, on South Calhoun street. Interment at Hatfield cemetery. If you want further information regarding her exact date of birth, you would have to contact Elkart County, which is where the records of death for Goshen, In. would be. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Smead" <bsmead@gte.net> To: <INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 6:03 PM Subject: [INALLEN-L] Sadie Hicks Smead Campbell > Hi List, > If anyone in Allen County goes to the library there and has the time, can you look up an obit for me on Sarah (Sadie) Campbell. Sadie was my GG grandmother, born in June, 1853 and died in 1910. I'm not sure if she died in Allen county however she is buried in Hatfield cemetery in Washington township under the name of Smead even though she was re married to a Campbell. > Thank you very much > Brian E. Smead > Terre Haute, Indiana > >

Linda, You are a wealth of information -- THANK YOU!!! Karen > Karen, > Lawton Nursing Home still exists. It's now call: > Life Care Center of Fort Wayne > 1649 Spy Run Ave. > Fort Wayne, IN 46805 > 219-422-8520 >

Karen, Lawton Nursing Home still exists. It's now call: Life Care Center of Fort Wayne 1649 Spy Run Ave. Fort Wayne, IN 46805 219-422-8520 Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: <BeTheBull@aol.com> To: <INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [INALLEN-L] Lawton Nursing Home > Pat, > > Thanks so much for this information. Do you know what happened to the > patients (thus, the records) after Lawton Park closed? I'd like to find out > how my great-grandfather was paying for his care and who paid for his burial. > He didn't die of TB, but my gg-grandfather, Israel Myers, did. > > Karen > > > I lived a few blocks from Lawton Park Nursing Home, as a child, from > > about 1935 to 1955. As far as I have ever heard, it was an all purpose > > facility. The Irene Byron Home, north of Fort Wayne, was the restricted > > home > > for TB patients. Lawton Park was a beautiful mansion, and appeared to be > > well > > kept. Sorry I don't know more. > > > > >

I have come to a dead end on researching the Yerkes / Yerks family. My ancestor is William Yerkes b: Oct 2 1825 in Canada. He married Sarah A. Fletter on Nov. 7, 1852 not sure where. They had most of their 10 children in Allen County, Indiana during the 1850's. Their daughter Christina Adline Yerkes b: Nov. 11 1857 is my ancestor. I believe William's parents may be John (Yerks) Yerxes and Christina ? who both died in St. Joseph Twsp. Allen County and I beleive are burried in Parker Cemetery. I don't have that much information on them though. Does anyone know of this family? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you. Tiana Burgeson Honor (northern) Michigan

Pat, Thanks so much for this information. Do you know what happened to the patients (thus, the records) after Lawton Park closed? I'd like to find out how my great-grandfather was paying for his care and who paid for his burial. He didn't die of TB, but my gg-grandfather, Israel Myers, did. Karen > I lived a few blocks from Lawton Park Nursing Home, as a child, from > about 1935 to 1955. As far as I have ever heard, it was an all purpose > facility. The Irene Byron Home, north of Fort Wayne, was the restricted > home > for TB patients. Lawton Park was a beautiful mansion, and appeared to be > well > kept. Sorry I don't know more. >

Karen, I lived a few blocks from Lawton Park Nursing Home, as a child, from about 1935 to 1955. As far as I have ever heard, it was an all purpose facility. The Irene Byron Home, north of Fort Wayne, was the restricted home for TB patients. Lawton Park was a beautiful mansion, and appeared to be well kept. Sorry I don't know more. Pat in Indiana

My great-grandfather, Emanuel MYERS, was living at Lawton Nursing Home when he died in 1952. I found a picture of Lawton Park Nursing Home online. It has since been destroyed, but it was a beautiful old mansion on Spy Run Avenue in Fort Wayne. Can anyone give me any history about this nursing home? I am trying to find out why my great-grandfather was there. Thanks for any help you can give me. Karen

Hi List, If anyone in Allen County goes to the library there and has the time, can you look up an obit for me on Sarah (Sadie) Campbell. Sadie was my GG grandmother, born in June, 1853 and died in 1910. I'm not sure if she died in Allen county however she is buried in Hatfield cemetery in Washington township under the name of Smead even though she was re married to a Campbell. Thank you very much Brian E. Smead Terre Haute, Indiana

List, thought this might interest you. Got it from my NJ mailing list. ----- Original Message ----- From: <MACChilly@aol.com> To: <NJESSEX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 12:30 PM Subject: [NJESSEX] Fwd: [NHMERRIM] Genealogy for Profit. A declaration of WAR! > > --part1_15.115584b9.27e7aa55_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > Michelle Cox > (Researching Macler, Greene, Potts, Martin, Humbert, Potts, Edwards, > Prabukey, Martino Piper, Megnin, Vincent, Peaslee, Cox, Littlefield, Uzler, > Lippincott Haines, Stockton, Burr) > > --part1_15.115584b9.27e7aa55_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-Path: <NHMERRIM-L-request@rootsweb.com> > Received: from rly-xa04.mx.aol.com (rly-xa04.mail.aol.com [172.20.105.73]) by air-xa04.mail.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Sun, 18 Mar 2001 16:52:27 -0500 > Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by rly-xa04.mx.aol.com (v77_r1.35) with ESMTP; Sun, 18 Mar 2001 16:52:12 -0500 > Received: (from slist@localhost) > by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f2ILpT129394; > Sun, 18 Mar 2001 14:51:29 -0700 > Resent-Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 14:51:29 -0700 > X-Original-Sender: RMarston@pacbell.net Sun Mar 18 14:51:29 2001 > Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 13:52:10 -0800 > From: Dick Marston <RMarston@pacbell.net> > Old-To: NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com, NHMERRIM-L@rootsweb.com, MARSTON-L@rootsweb.com > Message-id: <3AB52E09.60F56CFA@pacbell.net> > Organization: Marston Manor > MIME-version: 1.0 > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 (Macintosh; U; PPC) > Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > X-Accept-Language: en,pdf > Subject: [NHMERRIM] Genealogy for Profit. A declaration of WAR! > Resent-Message-ID: <qqoNQ.A.GLH.h3St6@lists5.rootsweb.com> > To: NHMERRIM-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-From: NHMERRIM-L@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <NHMERRIM-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/213 > X-Loop: NHMERRIM-L@rootsweb.com > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: NHMERRIM-L-request@rootsweb.com > > Listers: > > I have naively included a link to GenForum for those wishing to post and respond to > Rockingham and Marston surname queries. Furthermore, I have innocently posted > several responses on those forums. Today, I have amended the link on Rockingham's > Queries Index Page to read as follows: > > **If you want still another place to search and post, try the Rockingham county > message board on [ genforum.genealogy.com/nh/rockingham/ ] WARNING!! Any information > which you share on GenForum's message boards may be copied by Genealogy.com > [/FamilyTreeMaker.com] and sold by them for profit either as data included on a > monthly/annual subscription or as a CD for purchase. Much of this information is > totally unreliable. Caveat emptor [Buyer beware]. In order to see what, if any, > information Genealogy.com has acquired from your voluntary contributions, you will > first need to subscribe to their service available to paying members only.** > > I am SO angry I could spit!! Until I started checking up on this fiasco about my > father's pedigree, I had NO clue that Genealogy.com was doing this. I want to > declare WAR! I can't get through to their leaders, but I sure would like to get > through to their potential customers and unwitting voluntary contributors. > > Please feel free to copy and paste [or send] this warning wherever, or to whomever, > you think might do the most good. You may post it as your own message or as a quote > from me, whichever you prefer. Your help will be greatly appreciated. > > -- > Dick Marston, > Rockingham County, NH, GenWeb Project County Coordinator, > [ http://www.geocities.com/rockingham_nh/ ]; > Administrator: MARSTON, NHMERRIM, and NHROCKIN Mail Lists. > > > ==== NHMERRIM Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb Mailing Lists Archives [http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl] > Merrimack County, NH, GenWeb Project [http://w3.nai.net/~lmerrell/merrimack.html] > List Administrator: RMarston@pacbell.net > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > --part1_15.115584b9.27e7aa55_boundary-- > > > ==== NJESSEX Mailing List ==== > Need to hire a Researcher? > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~njessex/towns/county/paidresearch.htm> >

Would Gina James please contact me? Gail in Nebraska (My apologies for posting this to the list, but my e-mail was returned.)

Can anyone tell me what the enumeration districts in Allen County were for 1860, 1870 and 1880? I'd like to figure out exactly where in Perry Township my MYERS ancestors lived. Karen

I am searching for a researcher that connects to the following marriage: Alice A. JAMES and William E. JACKSON married on April 26, 1865 [from the Allen Co., Indiana Index to Marriages Volume II F-K]. Thank you, Gail in Nebraska (My great grandmother was probably a sister to Alice A. James.) *With appreciation to Beth Federspiel who found this marriage for me in 1999.

Jeff, Thanks for responding to my inquiry! Unfortunately, I know next to nothing about my gg-grandfather. On the marriage application of my great-grandfather, he listed my gg-grandfather as a fireman. I know that he was a farmer before that. I'm confused about the whole thing! My gg-grandfather's name is Israel Myers. His son's name is Emanuel Myers. I have a sneaky suspicion that Emanuel was a fireman on the railroad, but no family stories at all to confirm that. My grandfather and his father did not speak to each other after my great-grandparents divorced, so we know very little about him. I will attempt to search the railroad pensions. Thanks for that reminder. Karen > Im a Fort Wayne Fire Fighter, My name is Jeff Berning. I have seen some > OLD rosters, but I think it only went back to 1915. DId your GGGrandfather > join in 1905? retire then? or was he in between at that time? > > Send his FULL name, if I can find those rosters again I'll check. Do > you have ANY other info about him? > > Ft. Wayne was a BIG railroad town at that time, theres probably a 50 / 50 > shot beween FIRE DEPT fireman and RAILROAD fireman. Have you tried looking > in the RAILROAD pension list for his name? > > Jeff Bening >

Hello, If you can check for a firefighter William Miller while you are at it I would be grateful. He is a great grand uncle. Thanks! Mike Miller Cleveland, Ohio

HI Im a Fort Wayne Fire Fighter, My name is Jeff Berning. I have seen some OLD rosters, but I think it only went back to 1915. DId your GGGrandfather join in 1905? retire then? or was he in between at that time? Send his FULL name, if I can find those rosters again I'll check. Do you have ANY other info about him? Ft. Wayne was a BIG railroad town at that time, theres probably a 50 / 50 shot beween FIRE DEPT fireman and RAILROAD fireman. Have you tried looking in the RAILROAD pension list for his name? Jeff Bening -----Original Message----- From: BeTheBull@aol.com <BeTheBull@aol.com> To: INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com <INALLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, March 15, 2001 9:49 PM Subject: [INALLEN-L] Firefighters in Allen County >Does anyone know if there are any "rosters" of firefighters in Allen County >from the early 1900's? My great-great-grandfather, Israel, was allegedly a >fireman in 1905. I don't know if he was a firefighter or whether he was a >fireman on a railroad. > >Thanks, > >Karen > >

Does anyone know if there are any "rosters" of firefighters in Allen County from the early 1900's? My great-great-grandfather, Israel, was allegedly a fireman in 1905. I don't know if he was a firefighter or whether he was a fireman on a railroad. Thanks, Karen

Hello, I am searching the McNabb name. My 3rd Great Grandfather, Robert McNabb lived in Leo. He was in the 1869 Allen County Gazetteer, the 1870 Census, and the 1869 Allen County City Directory. There were other McNabb's in the area, too. (William)James McNabb, who was married to Catherine Hursh lived there, too. My problem is, finding out how the two branches of the McNabb family are related. They have to be, but I can't find the connection. If any one out there, can shed any light on this, I would appreciate it very much. I have hit a brick wall in my McNabb research, and am trying other avenues. Thanks for any help offered. Yours in Christ, Debbie _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Sherri, I will be waiting with bated breath for your Myers information! Thanks so much for picking up on this surname. Seems like there were lots and lots of Myers' in Allen County, but very few researchers working on those lines. Karen (Myers) Rogers > To the Myers inquiry... > > I have some stray Myers in my line, though I'm not quite certain where and > when. I'm just starting to work on my maternal grandmother's family, which > is Good from the Gar Creek IN area. I know that her father was George > Christian Good and that at his funeral, there were a LOT of Myers and Byers > and Goods... I just have to begin to sort them all out! (g) > > Perhaps I can help soon.... > > Sherri (Gilbert) Chekal > sschekal@mindspring.com > >

To the Myers inquiry... I have some stray Myers in my line, though I'm not quite certain where and when. I'm just starting to work on my maternal grandmother's family, which is Good from the Gar Creek IN area. I know that her father was George Christian Good and that at his funeral, there were a LOT of Myers and Byers and Goods... I just have to begin to sort them all out! (g) Perhaps I can help soon.... Sherri (Gilbert) Chekal sschekal@mindspring.com