Risser, Sorry I have not been on the Web for a while. On Fri 15 Nov you wrote about seeking connections to BOYD and DANHAUER. I am a decendent of that family. BOYD was my grandmother's maiden name. You can reach me at [email protected] Carol

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xh.2ADE/1614 Message Board Post: I am looking for decendants of John W. Early and Mary Jane Steele. They came from Laurel County, KY. I would like to share information on the family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xh.2ADE/1613 Message Board Post: I am starting research on my Clark Line in Clay County, Indiana. The names I have are Charles Clark born 1784 in Pa. John Clark his son born 1812 in Ky (Henry Co.) I don't know the name of John's wife but I believe she is either Mary Jane Kendal or Lurane Barnes. I have a good start,but if there is anyone that can help it will be appreciated. Thank you, Maureen McAnally

Correction on the James families name. Jemima Ann Story was married to William M. Henry and their son James Roy Henry was married to Emma Helen James. Kaye

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xh.2ADE/1612 Message Board Post: Looking for the Trumps from Clay Co who were related to Albert or John T Trump. John b) 1810 Albert may have been his father. Any info appreciated. Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CUTHBERTSON, Holden, Peel, Jenkins, Rowe Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xh.2ADE/1611 Message Board Post: This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography are: CUTHBERTSON, Holden, Peel, Jenkins, Rowe HUGH CUTHBERTSON, for a number of years one of the prominent men in the Republican organization in Vigo County, is a resident of Terre Haute and has lived all his life in this mining and industrial region of Western Indiana. Mr. Cuthbertson was born at Harmony, Clay County, July 21, 1878, son of James and Elizabeth (Holden) Cuthbertson. Both his parents were born in Scotland and his father came to America and settled in Indiana when about thirty-six years of age. For thirty years he was superintendent of the Watson Little Coal Mining Company, at Brazil, Indiana. Mrs. Elizabeth Cuthbertson is now ninety-six years of age. Her mother, Elizabeth Holden, had a family of nineteen children. James and Elizabeth Cuthbertson were the parents of twelve children: Elizabeth, deceased; James; Peter, deceased; John; Andrew and Thomas, both deceased; Margaret; Jennie; Hugh; Jessie, deceased; Peter and John. Mr. Hugh Cuthbertson received most of his early schooling at Cardonia, I! ndiana. He was about thirteen years of age when he entered school at Brazil. During his early years he worked on farms and in mines, and after reaching his majority became a miner and was active in that business until he was injured in an accident, in 1900. F or a short time he operated a poultry plant, and since 1908 has been a resident of Terre Haute. For two years he conducted a boarding house. Mr. Cuthbertson has been in politics since 1917. He is a leader among men, and has shown great ability as an organizer. From 1926 to 1929 he was city street commissioner of Terre Haute. In May, 1929, he was reelected for a second term as county chairman of the Republican party of Clay County, and in April, 1929, was made city chairman of Terre Haute. He held the responsible office of superintendent of highways of Vigo County from 1929 to 1931. Mr. Cuthbertson is a member of the United Brethren Church. He married in 1898 Miss Maggie Peel, daughter of Joseph and Mum (Jenkins! ) Peel. They have one daughter, Elizabeth, who is the wife of Albert Rowe. Their three grandchildren are named Robert, Betty and James Rowe.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xh.2ADE/1610 Message Board Post: My grandfather was possibly in Indiana, 1970, go to www.doenetwork.org, click search, type in William Ray Peters, first one listed. If you know or have seen him, please reply.

Are the Crist and Biggs in this book and article connected to The line of Andrew Biggs and George Heinrick Crist of Pigeon Roost Massacre? If so they are my husbands direct line also. Kaye

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barnhart, Longenecker, Koffman, Fisher, Nees, Thomas, Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xh.2ADE/1609 Message Board Post: This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography are: Barnhart, Longenecker, Koffman, Fisher, Nees, Thomas, ROLLA E. BARNHART, a prominent farmer served from January 1, 1927, until January 1, 1931, as County Auditor of Clay County. His election on the Republican ticket was one of the political surprises, as very few Republicans have been chosen to the office of county auditor in the course of the past forty-two years, Mr. Barnhart being the third Republican candidate elected to that office since the organization of Clay County in 1825. Mr. Barnhart was born in Sugar Ridge Township, Clay County, December 19, 1871. His birthplace was the old Barnhart farm, and the farm still constitutes his home. He is a son of David N. and Rhoda (Longenecker) Barnhart, and is a grandson of David and Grace (Koffman) Barnhart. His grandfather was a farmer and stockman and both grandparents are buried at Center Point, Indiana. David N. Barnhart came from Marion County, Ohio, to Indiana in 1867. He had already earned a record as a gallant soldier in the Civil war. He was in Company I of the One Hundre! d Seventy-first Ohio Regiment, at first with the Army of the Potomac, served for a time under General Thomas, and was engaged in scouting duty in Kentucky and Tennessee. After the war he settled on his farm in Clay County, where he and his wife lived out their lives. They are buried at Ashboro. Their four children were: B. C., who married Amelia Fisher; Rolla E., Marion C., who married Willis Nees; and Glenn, wife of J. E. Thomas. Rolla E. Barnhart attended the Evans District School in Sugar Ridge Township and completed his education in Saline City. All the time he was in school he was given a regular share of the duties on the farm, and he turned to farming as his regular vocation and followed that until he was called to the duties of public office. After retirement from office in January, 1931, he returned to his farming activities in Sugar Ridge Township. Mr. Barnhart served four years from 1921 to 1925, as county recorder before he was elected c! ounty auditor. He served two years as Clay County chairman of the Republican committee and twenty-six years as precinct committeeman. He and his brother operate in partnership the old homestead of 134 acres, and his own farming interest of 184 acres is located near Salina City. Mr. Barnhart is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belongs to the Clay County Historical Society, the Woodmen of the World and the United Brethren Church. He has been very attentive to his duties as a churchman and has filled nearly all the lay offices.

Cathy, I copied these from the Indiana list and I have forwarded all that pertained to the Clay County list. I hope someone will print these out for the files at CCGS. Mary.

Thanks so much. Nicholas and George are my husbands family. The spelling should be "Crist". Is it Grist in the book or hard to read. Again Thanks. Wanda Crist 04:48 PM 11/24/2002 -0700, you wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Luther, Stroud, Bowman, Matson, Grist, Gobel, Biggs, Barton, >Sherfey, Weinland, Randall, Scovill, >Classification: Biography > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xh.2ADE/1607 > >Message Board Post: > >This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; >it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not >researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore >about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is >any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do >not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. > >Typed by Lora Radiches: > > > >Surnames in this biography are: Luther, Stroud, Bowman, Matson, Grist, >Gobel, Biggs, Barton, Sherfey, Weinland, Randall, Scovill, > >HON. PETER T. LUTHER in his profession as a lawyer and as a public >official and citizen was an interesting link between the modern present >and the rather remote past of Clay County. At the time of his death, on >August 29, 1929, citizens revived many memories of this veteran lawyer, >who had spent more than sixty years in the harness as a practicing >attorney and had been repeatedly honored with the dignities and >responsibilities of public leadership both in office and in his party. Mr. >Luther was born in Clay County, October 18, 1844, and was nearing his >eighty-fifth birthday when he died. His parents were William and Charlotte >(Stroud) Luther, and he was the last survivor of their eleven children. >His father was born in Randolph County, North Carolina, October 27, 1804, >and came when a youth to Indiana, and married a girl from Crawford County, >this state. About 1828 they located on a farm in Harrison Township, Clay >County, and were among the industrious homemakers and pionee! >rs of that region. Peter T. Luther grew up on the home farm, made the >best of his advantages in the public schools, and when nineteen years old >began teaching. Teaching enabled him to pay his expenses while in Indiana >University. In 1866, after returning home, he was nominated by the >Democratic Party as candidate for county surveyor. He was elected and >served two years, and during the winter resumed teaching. In 1868 >he was elected county recorder for a term of four years. His first defeat >as a candidate for office came with the landslide of 1872, which >swept all of the Republican nominees into county offices. At that time he >was candidate for clerk of the Circuit Court. He was deputy sheriff from >October, 1878, until October, 1880. Mr. Luther was regarded as one of the >old warhorses of the Democratic party of the Fifth District. He described >himself as a dyed in the wool, rock-ribbed Democrat. He was very proud of >his party regularity, and could ne! >ver understand a man who would scratch a ticket or move from one party >affiliation to another. It is said that he never missed a local political >meeting of his party and for more than fifty years had stumped the county >in every political campaign and had often been drafted by the district and >state committees. He was never too busy or too tired to lend his services >to his party whether as a precinct worker or as a political orator. After >his last term in office Mr. Luther joined another former recorder, L. J. >Bowman, in an abstract business. Mr. Bowman retired in 1882 and was >succeeded by Charles E. Matson, and the firm of Matson & Luther continued >for seventeen years as a law firm and also as abstractors of title and >real estate dealers. With the retirement of Mr. Matson, in 1899, Mr. >Luther was joined in the law and the abstract business by his son, William >P. Luther, and the firm of Luther & Luther continued until the death of >the senior partner. Mr. Luther was also vice ! >president and a director of the Davis Trust Company, was president of the >Clay County Building & Loan Association, and owned and operated a large >farm in Harrison Township. For several years he was in the newspaper >business at Bowling Green and Brazil. A native son of Clay County, >he was extremely interested in every- thing pertaining to its >history, and be supplied a great deal of valuable information to >the county centennial committees when the centennial celebration >was held. He was prominent in fraternal orders, holding high offices and >for many years attended grand lodge meetings. Mr. Luther’s death >occurred on the sixty-second anniversary of his wedding. He married, >August 29, 1867, Miss Mary Elizabeth Grist, daughter of Nicholas and Sarah >(Gobel) Grist, and a granddaughter of Nicholas and Nancy (Biggs) Grist, >while her great-grand-father was George Grist. Her grandfather, Nicholas >Grist, was born in Kentucky, came to Indiana and first ! >settled in Clark County and afterwards in Clay County. He served with the >Kentucky Volunteers in the War of 1812. Nicholas Grist is buried in the >Friendly Grove Church Cemetery in Lewis Township, Clay County. Mrs. >Luther’s father, Nicholas Grist, was a farmer and stock raiser who spent >all his life in Lewis Township, and both he and his wife are buried in the >Friendly Grove Church Cemetery. They had nine children, Mrs. Luther, David >T., Eunice, Sarah, Matilda, Rebecca, James, Rachael E. and one that died >in infancy. Mrs. Luther, her brother David and her sisters Eunice and >Rachael are the only survivors. Mrs. Luther was born March 7, 1847, in >Clay County, attended the common schools and received tutoring at home, >and during all her residence here has been active in social welfare and >civic work, being the only living charter member of the Woman’s Reading >Club of Brazil. She resides at 617 Meridian Street in Brazil. Mr. and Mrs. >Luther had five children; Minn! >ie L. is the wife of William E. Barton, of Indianapolis. William P. >married Mary M. Sherfey, and they have two children, William, a graduate >of the Indiana University, A. B., with the class of 1929, admitted to the >bar in 1930 and now associated with his father in the law firm of Luther & >Luther, and Lois Helen, a graduate of the DePauw University and the New >England Conservatory of Music at Boston. Nellie L., the youngest daughter >of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Luther, is the widow of Harry E. Weinland, who for >many years was a prominent druggist of Brazil, in the firm of Schultz & >Weinland. They had two children, Joseph L., a graduate of Purdue >University, and Mary E., a graduate of the class of 1981 from the >Brazil High School. The two deceased children of Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. >Luther are James C., who died in childhood, and one who died in infancy. > > > > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ====

Perhaps this cemetery list might help alittle. Bill Squires The Poff family cemetery is our family Cemetery. My grandmother who died in Oct 2000 at age 99 3/4 was the person who approved people being buried there and looked after the cemetery. Her mother was born a Poff. I have included in my email the Poff family cemetery listing. > WE PUT THE CEMETERY ON LINE IN 2000. Alot of people have contacted me about it/the people buried there. > Poff Cemetery, Clay County Indiana > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > > > Poff Cemetery, Clay County Indiana > > There are 14 stones unmarked-just stones, no one remembers who is > buried there anymore. Alot of the old stones were stolen about 25-30 years > ago. I am numbering the grave stones just to keep track of them. > > 1) Maggie A. Landes Nov 13, 1871-Feb 28,1893 Oscar V. Landes Feb 7, 1897-Oct 31, 1902 > 2) Edward Landes S Co. Ohio S.S. > 3) Samuel L. Landes March 11, 1893-Dec 16,1914. > 4) Hannah Jane Landes 1853-1925 > 5) Ronald Dean Lancaster PO 3 US NAVY Vietnam Feb 7, 1943-Oct 11, 1994 > 6) James Edward Lancaster PFC US ARMY World War II Nov 28, 1917-April 5, 1991 > 7) John H. Landes 1878-1923 > 8) Mildred P. Landes Oct 16, 1918 Irvin G. Landes Feb 3, 1913-Feb 13, 1995 > 9) Raymond W. Braden SC 2 US NAVY World War II March 22, 1919- May 13, 1991 > 10) Maxine Braden 1922-1982 > 11) Fred E. Girton 1920-1921 > 12) Eva May Girton 1896-1921 > 13) Maudie Ivy Girton 1875-1942 > 14) Andrew E. Girton 1872- 1942 > 15) James Hedge March 1, 1861-Jan 15, 1938 Eliza Chadwich Hedge Jan 24, 1861-Sept 14, 1899 > 16) Iva Daughter of J.&E.C. Hedge Jan 5, 1896-May 5 1896 > 17) Parsons Thomas A. April 23,1847- April 11, 1916 Octavia Poff his wife March 11, 1852-Nov 23, 1924 > 18) Flem Poff 1877-1949 Inez 1905- 1916 > 19) Samuel W. Poff June 13, 1847-Oct 31, 1920 Wife Sarah E. Sept 27, 1849-Oct 17, 1932 > 20) Samuel Poff died Dec 7, 1882 aged about 78 years wife Sarah died Nov 27, 1891 aged 87 years > 21) W.L. Pilant Feb 1, 1844-Nov 9, 1901 Sarah A. wife March 11, 1844-Sept 2, 1918 > 22) Children of P.F. & S.E. Stevenson Orval R. Feb 20, 1903-Feb 6, 1904 > Samuel W. August 31, 1907-March 23, 1909 Ethel P. Stevenson May 14, 1905-Sept 16, 1912 > 23) Sarah C. Carr (Poff, Stevenson, Carr) Oct 22, 1875-Jan 10, 1963 > Plen F. June 22, 1873-Dec 10, 1913 > 24) William L.Carr July15, 1869-Oct 2, 1950 > 25) John I. Squires Feb 16, 1898-Jan 5, 1971 Sarah E. March 1, 1901-Oct 29, 2000 > 26) Ralph Leon Squires April 17, 1922-April 3, 1976 > 27) Ronald Allen Heck May 25, 1957-Sept 23, 1995 > 28) Pilant Jane Poff 1842-1933 David B. 1838-1909 > 29) Sarah J. wife of John F. Pilant Dec 25, 1865-Jan 7, 1902 > 30) Milton Thomas Pilant son of J.F. & S.J. Pilant April 22, 1898-April 20, 1899 > 31) Joseph Butts > 32) Thomas R. Allen 1865-1899 > 33) Wilamini(sp?) Mary Butts wife of Benjamin Mosteller June 12, 1852-Nov 16, 1881 > 34) Mary wife of E. Butts April 15, 1811- April 14, 1881 > Edmond Butt Died Apr. 4, 1881 Aged 74 yrs > Mosteller Nancy Ann Wife of Benjamin Mosteller And daughter of Edmond & Mary Butt > Born June 12, 1852 Deid Nov. 16, 1881 Aged 29 yrs, 5 m, 4 dy > 35) John Chadwick March 30, 1880 aged 23years, 3months, 16days > 36) John Chadwick Oct 10, 1892 aged 75 years, 8months, 13days > 37) Margaret A. wife of John Chadwick Jan 8, 1914 aged 75years, 2months, 28days > > > > File contributed for use in InGenWeb project by > William Squires ( [email protected] ) > (© 2001 William Squires) > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "rebecca k bass" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 5:09 AM Subject: Re: [INCLAY] Kumpf, Ell, Dierdorf, Sieglin, Oâ?THair, Conrad, Williams, > Is there anything in there about Modesitt or John Wesley Williams > > On 24 Nov 2002 19:21:14 -0700 [email protected] writes: > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > >Surnames: Kumpf, Ell, Dierdorf, Sieglin, Oâ?THair, Conrad, Williams, > >Classification: Biography > > > >Message Board URL: > > > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xh.2ADE/1608 > > > >Message Board Post: > > > >This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on > >Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. > >I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not > >know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I donâ?Tt > >know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it > >has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the > >biographies from it. > > > >Typed by Lora Radiches: > > > > > > > >Surnames in this biography are: Kumpf, Ell, Dierdorf, Sieglin, > >Oâ?THair, Conrad, Williams, > > > >SAMUEL E. KUMPF, who has lived all his life in Clay County, is a > >prosperous farmer who has achieved a substantial degree of prosperity > >as a result of industry and good management. Mr. Kumpf owns a farm, > >with good improvements, located a mile and a quarter east of Staunton, > >on Rural Route No. 2 out of Brazil. Mr. Kumpf has always been > >interested in public affairs and at the present time is president of > >the board of commissioners of Clay County. He was born in that county > >November 20, 1870, son of John F. and Magdalena (Ell) Kumpf. His > >father was born in Baden, Germany, and was a boy when his parents, Mr. > >and Mrs. Charles Kumpf, brought their family to America. They first > >located at Canal Dover, Ohio, when they reached this country in 1846, > >and later moved to Indiana. John F. Kumpf was an Indiana farmer. He is > >buried in the Cottage Hill Cemetery of Clay County, and the widowed > >mother is now eighty-one years of age. They had six children: Samuel > >E., Nellie, (deceased), Charles ! > >W., Clara, John F. and Bertha M. Samuel E. Kumpf grew up on a farm and > >was reared in a household where only the German tongue was spoken. He > >first learned English when he entered public school, at the age of six > >years. All the time he was in school he had a regular assignment of > >the chores and work of the farm, and this practical experience > >qualified him for the work he has followed throughout his life. He > >started with little or no capital, and has worked out a satisfactory > >solution of lifeâ?Ts problems expressed in material circumstances. Mr. > >Kumpfâ?Ts farm comprises 210 acres and his name is associated with > >success in farming enterprise. The affairs of the community have > >always interested him and it was his business ability and his public > >spirit that led his fellow citizens to elect him to his present > >office. He and his family are Methodists. Mr. Kumpf is a Republican in > >political faith and served as precinct committeeman a number of years. > >Mr. Kumpf married, S! > >eptember 80, 1894, Miss Emma J. Dierdorf, daughter of Gustav and > >Margaret (Sieglin) Dierdorf. Mrs. Samuel E. Kumpf died October 2, > >1919, leaving four children. Their oldest child is Leslie, associated > >with his father in farming operations. He married Irene Oâ?THair, and > >they have six children, named Earl L., Glenn E., Mary L., Billy, Max > >and John E. Ernest Kumpf, married Nellie Conrad, and has a daughter, > >Rose M. They reside at Spencer, Indiana. Gustav F. married Juanita > >Williams, and they have a son, Jack. The youngest child is Miss Marie. > > > > > > > > > > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > Only $9.95 per month! > Visit www.juno.com > > > ==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== > Be sure to visit the InGenWeb site for links to all Indiana Counties; > http://www.ingenweb.org/ > >

Is there anything in there about Modesitt or John Wesley Williams On 24 Nov 2002 19:21:14 -0700 [email protected] writes: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Kumpf, Ell, Dierdorf, Sieglin, O’Hair, Conrad, Williams, >Classification: Biography > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xh.2ADE/1608 > >Message Board Post: > >This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on >Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. >I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not >know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t >know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it >has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the >biographies from it. > >Typed by Lora Radiches: > > > >Surnames in this biography are: Kumpf, Ell, Dierdorf, Sieglin, >O’Hair, Conrad, Williams, > >SAMUEL E. KUMPF, who has lived all his life in Clay County, is a >prosperous farmer who has achieved a substantial degree of prosperity >as a result of industry and good management. Mr. Kumpf owns a farm, >with good improvements, located a mile and a quarter east of Staunton, >on Rural Route No. 2 out of Brazil. Mr. Kumpf has always been >interested in public affairs and at the present time is president of >the board of commissioners of Clay County. He was born in that county >November 20, 1870, son of John F. and Magdalena (Ell) Kumpf. His >father was born in Baden, Germany, and was a boy when his parents, Mr. >and Mrs. Charles Kumpf, brought their family to America. They first >located at Canal Dover, Ohio, when they reached this country in 1846, >and later moved to Indiana. John F. Kumpf was an Indiana farmer. He is >buried in the Cottage Hill Cemetery of Clay County, and the widowed >mother is now eighty-one years of age. They had six children: Samuel >E., Nellie, (deceased), Charles ! >W., Clara, John F. and Bertha M. Samuel E. Kumpf grew up on a farm and >was reared in a household where only the German tongue was spoken. He >first learned English when he entered public school, at the age of six >years. All the time he was in school he had a regular assignment of >the chores and work of the farm, and this practical experience >qualified him for the work he has followed throughout his life. He >started with little or no capital, and has worked out a satisfactory >solution of life’s problems expressed in material circumstances. Mr. >Kumpf’s farm comprises 210 acres and his name is associated with >success in farming enterprise. The affairs of the community have >always interested him and it was his business ability and his public >spirit that led his fellow citizens to elect him to his present >office. He and his family are Methodists. Mr. Kumpf is a Republican in >political faith and served as precinct committeeman a number of years. >Mr. Kumpf married, S! >eptember 80, 1894, Miss Emma J. Dierdorf, daughter of Gustav and >Margaret (Sieglin) Dierdorf. Mrs. Samuel E. Kumpf died October 2, >1919, leaving four children. Their oldest child is Leslie, associated >with his father in farming operations. He married Irene O’Hair, and >they have six children, named Earl L., Glenn E., Mary L., Billy, Max >and John E. Ernest Kumpf, married Nellie Conrad, and has a daughter, >Rose M. They reside at Spencer, Indiana. Gustav F. married Juanita >Williams, and they have a son, Jack. The youngest child is Miss Marie. > > > > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com

this is nice On 24 Nov 2002 16:48:34 -0700 [email protected] writes: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Luther, Stroud, Bowman, Matson, Grist, Gobel, Biggs, Barton, >Sherfey, Weinland, Randall, Scovill, >Classification: Biography > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xh.2ADE/1607 > >Message Board Post: > >This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on >Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. >I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not >know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t >know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it >has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the >biographies from it. > >Typed by Lora Radiches: > > > >Surnames in this biography are: Luther, Stroud, Bowman, Matson, Grist, >Gobel, Biggs, Barton, Sherfey, Weinland, Randall, Scovill, > >HON. PETER T. LUTHER in his profession as a lawyer and as a public >official and citizen was an interesting link between the modern >present and the rather remote past of Clay County. At the time of his >death, on August 29, 1929, citizens revived many memories of this >veteran lawyer, who had spent more than sixty years in the harness as >a practicing attorney and had been repeatedly honored with the >dignities and responsibilities of public leadership both in office and >in his party. Mr. Luther was born in Clay County, October 18, 1844, >and was nearing his eighty-fifth birthday when he died. His parents >were William and Charlotte (Stroud) Luther, and he was the last >survivor of their eleven children. His father was born in Randolph >County, North Carolina, October 27, 1804, and came when a youth to >Indiana, and married a girl from Crawford County, this state. About >1828 they located on a farm in Harrison Township, Clay County, and >were among the industrious homemakers and pionee! >rs of that region. Peter T. Luther grew up on the home farm, made the >best of his advantages in the public schools, and when nineteen years >old began teaching. Teaching enabled him to pay his expenses while in >Indiana University. In 1866, after returning home, he was nominated > by the Democratic Party as candidate for county surveyor. He was >elected and served two years, and during the winter resumed >teaching. In 1868 he was elected county recorder for a term of four >years. His first defeat as a candidate for office came with the > landslide of 1872, which swept all of the Republican nominees into >county offices. At that time he was candidate for clerk of the Circuit >Court. He was deputy sheriff from October, 1878, until October, 1880. >Mr. Luther was regarded as one of the old warhorses of the Democratic >party of the Fifth District. He described himself as a dyed in the >wool, rock-ribbed Democrat. He was very proud of his party regularity, >and could ne! >ver understand a man who would scratch a ticket or move from one party >affiliation to another. It is said that he never missed a local >political meeting of his party and for more than fifty years had >stumped the county in every political campaign and had often been >drafted by the district and state committees. He was never too busy or >too tired to lend his services to his party whether as a precinct >worker or as a political orator. After his last term in office Mr. >Luther joined another former recorder, L. J. Bowman, in an abstract >business. Mr. Bowman retired in 1882 and was succeeded by Charles E. >Matson, and the firm of Matson & Luther continued for seventeen years >as a law firm and also as abstractors of title and real estate >dealers. With the retirement of Mr. Matson, in 1899, Mr. Luther was >joined in the law and the abstract business by his son, William P. >Luther, and the firm of Luther & Luther continued until the death of >the senior partner. Mr. Luther was also vice ! >president and a director of the Davis Trust Company, was president of >the Clay County Building & Loan Association, and owned and operated a >large farm in Harrison Township. For several years he was in the >newspaper business at Bowling Green and Brazil. A native son >of Clay County, he was extremely interested in every- thing >pertaining to its history, and be supplied a great deal of valuable >information to the county centennial committees when the >centennial celebration was held. He was prominent in fraternal orders, >holding high offices and for many years attended grand lodge meetings. > Mr. Luther’s death occurred on the sixty-second anniversary of his >wedding. He married, August 29, 1867, Miss Mary Elizabeth Grist, >daughter of Nicholas and Sarah (Gobel) Grist, and a granddaughter of >Nicholas and Nancy (Biggs) Grist, while her great-grand-father was >George Grist. Her grandfather, Nicholas Grist, was born in Kentucky, >came to Indiana and first ! >settled in Clark County and afterwards in Clay County. He served with >the Kentucky Volunteers in the War of 1812. Nicholas Grist is buried >in the Friendly Grove Church Cemetery in Lewis Township, Clay County. >Mrs. Luther’s father, Nicholas Grist, was a farmer and stock raiser >who spent all his life in Lewis Township, and both he and his wife are >buried in the Friendly Grove Church Cemetery. They had nine children, >Mrs. Luther, David T., Eunice, Sarah, Matilda, Rebecca, James, Rachael >E. and one that died in infancy. Mrs. Luther, her brother David and >her sisters Eunice and Rachael are the only survivors. Mrs. Luther >was born March 7, 1847, in Clay County, attended the common schools >and received tutoring at home, and during all her residence here has >been active in social welfare and civic work, being the only living >charter member of the Woman’s Reading Club of Brazil. She resides at >617 Meridian Street in Brazil. Mr. and Mrs. Luther had five children; >Minn! >ie L. is the wife of William E. Barton, of Indianapolis. William P. >married Mary M. Sherfey, and they have two children, William, a >graduate of the Indiana University, A. B., with the class of 1929, >admitted to the bar in 1930 and now associated with his father in the >law firm of Luther & Luther, and Lois Helen, a graduate of the DePauw >University and the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston. Nellie >L., the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Luther, is the widow >of Harry E. Weinland, who for many years was a prominent druggist of >Brazil, in the firm of Schultz & Weinland. They had two children, >Joseph L., a graduate of Purdue University, and Mary E., a graduate of >the class of 1981 from the Brazil High School. The two >deceased children of Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Luther are James C., who >died in childhood, and one who died in infancy. > > > > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kumpf, Ell, Dierdorf, Sieglin, O’Hair, Conrad, Williams, Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xh.2ADE/1608 Message Board Post: This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography are: Kumpf, Ell, Dierdorf, Sieglin, O’Hair, Conrad, Williams, SAMUEL E. KUMPF, who has lived all his life in Clay County, is a prosperous farmer who has achieved a substantial degree of prosperity as a result of industry and good management. Mr. Kumpf owns a farm, with good improvements, located a mile and a quarter east of Staunton, on Rural Route No. 2 out of Brazil. Mr. Kumpf has always been interested in public affairs and at the present time is president of the board of commissioners of Clay County. He was born in that county November 20, 1870, son of John F. and Magdalena (Ell) Kumpf. His father was born in Baden, Germany, and was a boy when his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kumpf, brought their family to America. They first located at Canal Dover, Ohio, when they reached this country in 1846, and later moved to Indiana. John F. Kumpf was an Indiana farmer. He is buried in the Cottage Hill Cemetery of Clay County, and the widowed mother is now eighty-one years of age. They had six children: Samuel E., Nellie, (deceased), Charles ! W., Clara, John F. and Bertha M. Samuel E. Kumpf grew up on a farm and was reared in a household where only the German tongue was spoken. He first learned English when he entered public school, at the age of six years. All the time he was in school he had a regular assignment of the chores and work of the farm, and this practical experience qualified him for the work he has followed throughout his life. He started with little or no capital, and has worked out a satisfactory solution of life’s problems expressed in material circumstances. Mr. Kumpf’s farm comprises 210 acres and his name is associated with success in farming enterprise. The affairs of the community have always interested him and it was his business ability and his public spirit that led his fellow citizens to elect him to his present office. He and his family are Methodists. Mr. Kumpf is a Republican in political faith and served as precinct committeeman a number of years. Mr. Kumpf married, S! eptember 80, 1894, Miss Emma J. Dierdorf, daughter of Gustav and Margaret (Sieglin) Dierdorf. Mrs. Samuel E. Kumpf died October 2, 1919, leaving four children. Their oldest child is Leslie, associated with his father in farming operations. He married Irene O’Hair, and they have six children, named Earl L., Glenn E., Mary L., Billy, Max and John E. Ernest Kumpf, married Nellie Conrad, and has a daughter, Rose M. They reside at Spencer, Indiana. Gustav F. married Juanita Williams, and they have a son, Jack. The youngest child is Miss Marie.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Luther, Stroud, Bowman, Matson, Grist, Gobel, Biggs, Barton, Sherfey, Weinland, Randall, Scovill, Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xh.2ADE/1607 Message Board Post: This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography are: Luther, Stroud, Bowman, Matson, Grist, Gobel, Biggs, Barton, Sherfey, Weinland, Randall, Scovill, HON. PETER T. LUTHER in his profession as a lawyer and as a public official and citizen was an interesting link between the modern present and the rather remote past of Clay County. At the time of his death, on August 29, 1929, citizens revived many memories of this veteran lawyer, who had spent more than sixty years in the harness as a practicing attorney and had been repeatedly honored with the dignities and responsibilities of public leadership both in office and in his party. Mr. Luther was born in Clay County, October 18, 1844, and was nearing his eighty-fifth birthday when he died. His parents were William and Charlotte (Stroud) Luther, and he was the last survivor of their eleven children. His father was born in Randolph County, North Carolina, October 27, 1804, and came when a youth to Indiana, and married a girl from Crawford County, this state. About 1828 they located on a farm in Harrison Township, Clay County, and were among the industrious homemakers and pionee! rs of that region. Peter T. Luther grew up on the home farm, made the best of his advantages in the public schools, and when nineteen years old began teaching. Teaching enabled him to pay his expenses while in Indiana University. In 1866, after returning home, he was nominated by the Democratic Party as candidate for county surveyor. He was elected and served two years, and during the winter resumed teaching. In 1868 he was elected county recorder for a term of four years. His first defeat as a candidate for office came with the landslide of 1872, which swept all of the Republican nominees into county offices. At that time he was candidate for clerk of the Circuit Court. He was deputy sheriff from October, 1878, until October, 1880. Mr. Luther was regarded as one of the old warhorses of the Democratic party of the Fifth District. He described himself as a dyed in the wool, rock-ribbed Democrat. He was very proud of his party regularity, and could ne! ver understand a man who would scratch a ticket or move from one party affiliation to another. It is said that he never missed a local political meeting of his party and for more than fifty years had stumped the county in every political campaign and had often been drafted by the district and state committees. He was never too busy or too tired to lend his services to his party whether as a precinct worker or as a political orator. After his last term in office Mr. Luther joined another former recorder, L. J. Bowman, in an abstract business. Mr. Bowman retired in 1882 and was succeeded by Charles E. Matson, and the firm of Matson & Luther continued for seventeen years as a law firm and also as abstractors of title and real estate dealers. With the retirement of Mr. Matson, in 1899, Mr. Luther was joined in the law and the abstract business by his son, William P. Luther, and the firm of Luther & Luther continued until the death of the senior partner. Mr. Luther was also vice ! president and a director of the Davis Trust Company, was president of the Clay County Building & Loan Association, and owned and operated a large farm in Harrison Township. For several years he was in the newspaper business at Bowling Green and Brazil. A native son of Clay County, he was extremely interested in every- thing pertaining to its history, and be supplied a great deal of valuable information to the county centennial committees when the centennial celebration was held. He was prominent in fraternal orders, holding high offices and for many years attended grand lodge meetings. Mr. Luther’s death occurred on the sixty-second anniversary of his wedding. He married, August 29, 1867, Miss Mary Elizabeth Grist, daughter of Nicholas and Sarah (Gobel) Grist, and a granddaughter of Nicholas and Nancy (Biggs) Grist, while her great-grand-father was George Grist. Her grandfather, Nicholas Grist, was born in Kentucky, came to Indiana and first ! settled in Clark County and afterwards in Clay County. He served with the Kentucky Volunteers in the War of 1812. Nicholas Grist is buried in the Friendly Grove Church Cemetery in Lewis Township, Clay County. Mrs. Luther’s father, Nicholas Grist, was a farmer and stock raiser who spent all his life in Lewis Township, and both he and his wife are buried in the Friendly Grove Church Cemetery. They had nine children, Mrs. Luther, David T., Eunice, Sarah, Matilda, Rebecca, James, Rachael E. and one that died in infancy. Mrs. Luther, her brother David and her sisters Eunice and Rachael are the only survivors. Mrs. Luther was born March 7, 1847, in Clay County, attended the common schools and received tutoring at home, and during all her residence here has been active in social welfare and civic work, being the only living charter member of the Woman’s Reading Club of Brazil. She resides at 617 Meridian Street in Brazil. Mr. and Mrs. Luther had five children; Minn! ie L. is the wife of William E. Barton, of Indianapolis. William P. married Mary M. Sherfey, and they have two children, William, a graduate of the Indiana University, A. B., with the class of 1929, admitted to the bar in 1930 and now associated with his father in the law firm of Luther & Luther, and Lois Helen, a graduate of the DePauw University and the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston. Nellie L., the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Luther, is the widow of Harry E. Weinland, who for many years was a prominent druggist of Brazil, in the firm of Schultz & Weinland. They had two children, Joseph L., a graduate of Purdue University, and Mary E., a graduate of the class of 1981 from the Brazil High School. The two deceased children of Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Luther are James C., who died in childhood, and one who died in infancy.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xh.2ADE/638.2.2 Message Board Post: my husbands family is mostly from clay and vigo co. i have some info up to jacob fields. cant seem to find anything on him. if have family info please email . thanks

From: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> Sent from the Internet (Details) William Olds b. 1 Mar.1799 Unknown if Alford or Hillsdale, NY. Parents unknown. Married to unknown and had 2 sons.Henry b. abt. 1822 in Alford, married Margeret unknown. Ezra b.abt. 1824 Alford, married Louisa unknow, son, Charles b. abt 1865 Ezra also m. Ann Eliza Brockway, daughter, Emmagege b. 1 Nov.1855 Greene, NY. William m. Marietta Damaris Jackson 1829. They had 8 children, one died as a baby. Family moved to Trempealeau, WI abt.1851-1853? Would like information on William, his ancestors and descendents. It's said, he was of Welsh descent, although some say, England. Thanks! *Juanita*

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xh.2ADE/1599.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you very much.

Forgive me intruding but I have an Ashley C. Harris from IN probably from Clay Co. his second wife was from there, died in civil war, had a son Austin. His widow m Stephen Crist 1857 in IN. Could this Ashley be a descendant? Wanda At 01:08 PM 11/21/2002 -0700, you wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xh.2ADE/1599.1 > >Message Board Post: > >Hello Mel, > >According to the 1920 census, Ashley and Amanda were living in Brazil >City. He is listed as 50 and she as 49. Also listed is a son, Harry, who >was 14 at the time. You'll find them in the Clay County, Brazil Township, >Brazil City, Enumeration District 25, Sheet #15-B, Ward 2, family #95. >They lived on West National Ave. > >Hope this helps. > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ====