COMPENDIUMOF BIOGRAPHY Of Henry County, Indiana B.F.Bowen 1920 Page 343, 344, Surnames in this biography are: Wise, Bouch, Cooper, Dykes, Mills, Wisehart, Diefenbach,                                                   HENRY C. WISE                       Henry C. Wise, ex-educator andpractical farmer and mechanic of Fall Creek  Township, Henry County, Indiana, was born near Lewisvilleon Flat Rock creek, this  County,June 3, 1855, and is a son of Peter and Matilda (Bouch) Wise, natives of     Pennsylvania. They came to Indiana in 1853, first located near Cadiz, in Harrison       Township, Henry County, but five years later went to Montgomery County, Indiana, and resided near Crawfordsville during the Civil War. In 1866 the family returned to W. D Cooper's farm.  Peter Wise was a farmer and for five years resided near Cadiz where his deathoccurred when he was seventy-five years old; he was survived by his widow aboutnine years, her death taking place at the present home of her son, Henry .C.,when she was about eighty.  These parents had a family of eight children, but two of whom live in Henry County,Henry C. and Peter, the latter residing at Lewisville.  Henry C. Wise received a good common schoole ducation at New Castle and was also graduated from the Northern Indiana Normal College at Valparaiso. When twenty years old he began to teach during the winter seasons at Cadiz and followed the profession there and elsewhere four years until he was made principal of the Middletown school, which position he filled six years.  In .the meantime Mr.Wise had remained on the homestead and had learned the carpenter's trade, which he has followed in all about fourteen years. He began contracting at Cadiz and later became a partner with James P. Dykes of Middletown. October 13, 1881, Mr. Wise married Miss Fannie Mills, a daughter of Luther Mills, of Delaware County, his home being located two and a half miles north west of Middletown, but who in the spring of 1882 came to town to reside permanently. Mr. Wise continued contracting until 1890, but in 1888 had purchased eighty acres of farmland for four thousand dollars, forty acres of whichhad been placed under cultivation, but upon which there were no buildings. Mr.Wise settled on the old place in 1889 and at once began making the necessary improvements to make the farm a  profitable and comfortable one to live upon, clearing up the unimproved part, laying about two hundred rods of tiling and erecting modem and substantial buildings, his barn being 36x87 feet, with basement. He feeds stock chiefly and ships two to three carloads of cattle of his own feeding and about one hundred hogs peryear. He also handles stock in company with Willis Wisehart, and employs two men during the busy season. Besides stock raising he grows corn and wheat andhas in constant use three teams.  In politics Mr. Wise is aRepublican, but not a very active one. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 97, and encampment, having of course passed all the chairs in the former, and having represented it in the grand lodge. Mr. Wise is also a member of Montezuma Tribe No. 126, I. 0. R. M., at Middletown, Indiana,and is collector of straws of the Haymakers, Montezuma Hay Loft No. 126 1-2.  Mrs. Wise is a member of the Rebekahs, asalso is the daughter Effie. Mr. Wise is general superintendent of the Henry,Madison and Delaware Counties Fair Agricultural Society, appointed in 1902.This organization is one of the best agricultural bodies of central Indiana,and has been a signal success financially. In 1885 Mrs. Fannie (Mills) Wise was called away by death and January 5,1888, Mr. Wise chose for his second helpmate Miss Susie Diefenbach, of Ohio,but who bad been a saleslady in Middletown for two years. By the first marriagethere was born one child, Effie, now seventeen years old.  She was a high school student in MiddleTown, Indiana. To the second marriage have been born children as follows:Homer, who died in infancy, and Helen, now eleven years old, who is in theeighth grade having made two grades in one year, and a little daughter,Caroline Elizabeth.  Mr. and Mrs. Wise are members of the  Christian church and socially they rank with the best and most popular residents ofFall Creek Township and town of Middletown.         

COMPENDIUMOF BIOGRAPHY Of Henry County, Indiana B.F.Bowen 1920 Surnames mentioned in this biography are: Nicholson, Williams, Morgan, Lamb, Reeves, Julian,Gentry, Bradbury, Boyd, Ruby, Bundy,                                  ANDREWNICHOLSON.                     Andrew Nicholson, a retired citizen of New Castle, Henry County, Indiana, was born in Guilford County, North Carolina, November 5, 1805, near the battlefield on which General NathanielGreen, of Revolutionary fame, won one of his remarkable victories, and on which field, when a boy, Mr. Nicholson found many a rusty old bayonet and other grim relics of the sanguinary conflict. The parents of Mr. Nicholson were John and Mary (Williams) Nicholson, the former of whom was born in North Carolina and the latter in Maryland.  When Andrew Nicholson was about twenty years of age the family came to the west and located in Ross County, Ohio, near Richmond. After several years' residence in RossCounty, they moved to Iowa, where the mother died and the father then came to Henry County. Indiana, where he died from the result of an accident when he was eighty-four years old. The father served in the war of. 1812 and Andrew still remembers his own small errands in going back and forth with messages from and to the regiment. The martial fervor seems to have pervaded the family, as Andrew himself long afterwards had two sons in the Civil War of 1861-65 and receiving news at one time that one of these (John) was sick in hospital, went there to bring the boy home and on the way back encountered a company of General John Morgan's men, but was not molested and reached home in safety with his boy. It was the custom, in the. Civil war days, for Samuel Hoover, a good reader, to gather the neighbors together, mount a box and read the news as it came.  When it was reported that arelation or friend had lost his life in battle, all would stand it without a murmur, but when it was announced that such relation had been sent to Libby prison, the blood of the hearers would boil.  In the early days, while living in Wayne County, Indiana, Mr. Nicholson worked in a brickyard at Richmond for sevendollars per month. A friend, Mark Reeves, who later became a merchant at Cincinnati, Ohio, had worked in the same yard, and some years afterward came from that city to New Castle to buy a span of carriage horses for family use.In a crowd Andrew twitted him with having once worked at seven dollars per month and created a great laugh. Young Nicholson had educated himself at home with borrowed books and at twenty-one began teaching, a vocation he followed for fifteen or twenty years. One of his pupils was George W. Julian, afterwards a congressman of considerable note. Spelling was committed to memory at school and lexicographers differed in this respect, Walker, for instance, ending certain words lith "ick" and "our," while Webster ended thesame words with "ic" and "or, as publick, public; rancor,rancour, and so on. At one of the spelling matches in Nicholson's school.Julian added the "k" to public, while a little girl left it off, andJulian went to the foot the Webster standard having been adopted. Julian was angered at this and quit school, but afterward was reconciled and returned. The schools were on the subscription plan, at a tuition fee of one dollar and ahalf per quarter for each pupil, yet Mr. Nicholson saved money and purchased afarm of eighty acres, to which he devoted his time and attention in the summers. In 1859 Mr. Nicholson came to Henry County, Indiana, and bought a farmof one hundred and eighty-four acres near Rich Square meeting house and cultivated it in part until his Sons went off to war, when he sold the farm andcame to New Castle and bought an eighty-acre tract, on which he erected his present residence. He has retired from active work and has his money loaned out on interest. He has platted part of his eight acres into residence lots, and has occupied his present dwelling for thirty-one years.  At the age of twenty-five, Mr. Nicholson married Miss Sarah Ann Lamb for his first wife, to which marriage were born seven children, namely:Abner, a mechanic and farmer in Wayne county, Indiana; Julia Corwin, in Urich,Henry County, Missouri; Luther was a soldier in the Civil war and died at home when thirty years old; Cornelia was married to Francis Gentry and died in middle life: Eveline became Mrs. James Bradbury and died when about fifty year sold; Charles died at forty, and John, the soldier-boy before spoken of, died at thirty-five.  The second marriage of Mr. Nicholson took place in 1870 to Miss Mary Boyd, of Brownsville. Union County, Indiana, but anative of Harrison County, Kentucky, and a daughter of James and Nancy (Ruby)Boyd who settled in Union County, Indiana, when Mrs. Nicholson was but a child.No children have been born to this second marriage.  In religion Mr. Nicholson was formerly of the United Brethren faith, but for the past thirty years has been a Presbyterian, his present wife being of the same faith. In politics he was formerly a Whig, but is now a Republican and for three years served as county commissioner in Wayne County.At a recent public meeting Hon. Martin L.Bundy delivered a brief oral address,taking Andrew Nicholson and his long and useful life as his text, and in connection there with reviewing the history of the United States as it was developed during the ninety-six years of Mr. Nicholson's remarkable career.  The speech was a good and well received.         

COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY Of History County Indiana B. F. Bowen 1920 Page 350, 351 Surnames in this biography: Straub, Dilling, Hoover, Gootfried,Shafer, Adams,                                  AMANDA A. STRAUB.            Possessing manyattributes of noble womanhood and bearing well her part in life, the well-knownand popular lady whose name introduces this article is worthy of mention in abiographical compendium of the nature of this work. Amanda A. Straub, daughterof Samuel and Elizabeth (Dilling) Hoover, was born in Liberty Township, HenryCounty, Indiana, on the 26th day of March 1841. The Hoover family is of Germanextraction; the subject's great-grand father came from the old country a greatmany years ago and settled in Blair County, Pennsylvania, where Samuel Hooverwas born and reared. On the         mother's side is mingled the blood of German, Swiss and Dutch ancestry.The Dillings were also early settlers of Blair County and the two familieslived in the same neighborhood and the children for many years attended thesame little German school. Samuel Hoover was born July 16, 1812, and on the26th of March 1834, married Elizabeth Dilling, whose birth occurred November29, 1816. In May 1837, Mr. Hoover and family came by wagon to Henry County,Indiana. They were seven weeks in making the journey, which was a leisurely oneand from what can be learned a most pleasant and agreeable experience.  Mr. Hoover brought with him considerablemeans and on his arrival purchased land, choosing for his home an admirablysituated place in section 20, Liberty township.  He at once inaugurated a system of improvements, which byindustry and well-directed energy were successfully carried out. He was a hardworker and would frequently make the night resound with the echoes of hissturdy strokes as he felled the        giant forest trees and cut them into the proper sections for rolling andburning. His       life was one ofcontinuous toil, but he succeeded well and in due time became a prosperousfarmer. In early life he united with the church of God and later was licensedto preach by that body, a work to which he devoted considerable of his time andnot          frequently would he go longdistances to fill his appointments. He was a zealous          Christian and by his God-fearing life as well as by hispublic ministry did much to         counteract the prevailing evils of his day.  The death of this excellent man and sincere         servant of the Most High occurred onthe 25th day of February 1872; his widow is          still living at the ripe old age of eighty-six years.Samuel and Elizabeth Hoover were        the parents of three daughters, Nancy, deceased; Amanda A., of thisreview, and          Sarah A., whomarried George Gootfried and resides on a part of the old homestead.            Amanda A. was reared on the homefarm in Liberty township, attended the common schools during her childhood andyouth and grew up to the full requirement that a woman as well as a man shouldearn her living by the honest sweat of her brow.  She early became familiar with the duties of household economyand the plain, simple domestic virtues, which are womanhood's most beautifuland attractive adornments, and proved a continued help to her parents as longas she remained with them. On the 6th day of March 1859, she became the wife ofJohn P. Straub, an excellent young man who came to America some years beforefrom his native land of Germany, where his birth occurred June 28. 1823. Byoccupation Mr. Straub was a brick molder, but after his marriage he engaged infarming and so continued as long as he lived. He was an industrious man, offrugal habits, honest and straightforward in all of his transactions andwherever known his word was as good as his written obligation. He provided wellfor his family and as a citizen won the esteem of the people of the community,all of whom respected him for his        many sterling qualities. He was reared a Catholic, but later severed hisconnection with that body and united with the Church of God, in the faith ofwhich he died November 8, 1882. In politics he was a Democrat, but never took avery prominent part in political affairs, having been a quiet, Un ostentatiousman, deeply attached to his family and with no desire whatever for distinctionof any kind. In his death his family lost a most loving and devoted husband andfather, the community a kind and obliging neighbor and the county one of itsexcellent citizens.  Mr. and Mrs.Straub's marriage bore fruit in the persons of four children, the oldest ofwhom. John Henry, born December 10 1864, died February 2,1865, Sarah C., bornAugust 29 1866, was educated in the common schools and has never left the homefireside: Susan E whose birth occurred on the 22nd day of June, 1869, is thewife of Charles Shafer; Anna M., wife of Oscar Adams, was born February 26.1873.  Since her husband's death Mrs.Straub has lived on the farm and looked after its management. She reared herchildren well early implanted in their minds and hearts a love of truth, virtueand right and the lives they now lead show that her efforts in their behalfhave not been barren of most excellent results. She is a kind neighbor, everready to minister to the wants of the poor and distressed and her gentleinfluence has always been exerted in the right direction.  The people of the community hold her in highesteem and she has, shown herself worthy of every mark of favor andconsideration conferred upon her.

Here is my LAW info that I didn't delete (accidents happen) I do have info farther back if anyone sees a connection the ones in bold are my direct line. John Matson LAW b 1817 Ohio d 1852 Madison Jefferson County Indiana married Sara Jane Eastin children of John and Sara William Matson b 1847 Indiana died 1925 Schulter OK Elizabeth b 1839 Indiana died in Indiana Delilah b 1849 William M Law married Anna Belle LEWIS children Perry Jessie b 1877 Indiana died in California 1951 Stephen L Law 1870 George W b 1873 died 1944 AZ married Joice Hoyt or Josephine Edward's Ida Belle b 1881 Perry J Law married Annie MULHOLLAND children George W Law b 1907 OK died 1969 Cal Gladys Law b 1911 CO died 1994 CA married unknown BUNFILL Edward Lee Law b 1913 Texas died 1959 Cal Pearl Law b 1915 OK died 1988 Cal Married unknown HARN Jewel Law 1919 CO died 1993 Cal married unk BUNFILL Edith Law b 1921 Kansas died 1995 Calif. married unk FARRAR William Franklin b 1924 died 1993 California married Marguerite Louise White Venita Law unk birthdate married a man named Trail as was last known living...in Phoenix AZ as of 1994

Looking for information on Carl Rosebrock who according to census records and death certificate was born in Indiana in 1864. It may have been in Marion Co but I am not sure. Thanks in advance for your help. Carla Carla L McLaughlin Bozeman Montana ccdmclaughlin@mcn.net (home) carlam@montana.edu (work) Researching the following names: My side: Boyd, Coffman, Dainer, Dinnijes, Freschmon, Harris, Hill, Krause, Luhrsen (Luehrsen), Olson, Rosebrock, Scott, Sieker Street, Stringer, Thomas, Weatherby, Wilson My Husbands side: Dietz, Dougherty, Kurk, McLaughlin (McGlaughlin), Maddox, Ross, Stith, and Wooseley http://www.homepage.montana.edu/~carlam/Index.html

Am looking for information on Adam S. Wright b 8-26-1840 and his brother Arthur L. Wright b 7-29-1841, both born in the unknown counties of IN. I'm talking "brick wall" big time, friends. Even the family won't talk about them. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance. Shelly Chance Galloway

History of Rush County Indiana Brant & Fuller 1888 Chicago Page 543 and 544 Surnames in this biography are:  Hite, Franger, Lute, Fisher, WILLIAM N. HITE, who for the past fifty-four years has beena resident of Richland Township, was born in Augusta County, Va., October 21, 1811being the son of George and Elizabeth (Franger) Lute, the former a native ofRockbridge County, Va., and          thelatter a native of Pennsylvania, both of German descent.  When he was three years old his parentsremoved to Nelson County, Va., where he was reared upon a farm. At twenty-one yearsof age he accompanied his parents to Pickaway County, Ohio, where they remainedfrom November, 1832, to March, 1833, at which time they came to Rush County,and located in Richland Township, which has been the home of our subject eversince.  For a period of eighteen yearsafter coming to this county he worked at the blacksmith’s trade, which he hadlearned in Virginia.  In about the yeart85t, he turned his attention to farming, and this has occupied his attentionever since. He has a good farm of 160 acres, about 120 acres of which are in ahigh state of cultivation.  The marriageof Mr. Hite occurred over fifty years ago or July 6, 1837. His wife, whosemaiden name was Sarah Fisher, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, May 10, 1819,being the daughter of         Jacob andJane Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Hite are the parents of ten children: John A., GeorgeW., Eliza J., William T., David F., Lewis E., Jacob W., Mary I., Laura A. andLola M., of whom John A., William T. and Laura A. are deceased. Mrs. Hite is a memberof the Christian Church. Mr. Hite has never identified himself with any church,but is a firm believer in the principles of Christianity. His politicalaffiliations have always been with the Democratic Party. He and wife are amongthe pioneers of the county, and are among its worthy and honored citizens

COMPENDIUMOF BIOGRAPHY Of Henry County, Indiana B.F.Bowen 1920 Surnames mentioned in this biography are: Cole, Gard, Wooters, SANFORDL. COLE.                      Henry County can boast of fewmore   progressive or enterprising farmersthan          the well-known gentlemanwhose name forms the caption to this review. He is considered one of theleading agriculturists of Dudley township and as a citizen is intelligent andenterprising, combining within himself those sterling qualities of man hoodthat make not only a useful member of society, but a leader in whatever heundertakes. Sanford L. Cole was born in Fayette County, Indiana, on the 10th ofJuly. 1846, and is the son of A. M. B. and Mahala (Gard) Cole. The Cole familywere originally from Virginia and were of German descent. When A. M. B. Colewas a lad of four years his father crossed the mountains from his native stateinto Montgomery County, Ohio, where he followed the occupation of a wagon makerand carpenter. About 1823 he removed to Fayette County, Indiana, and thereentered forty acres of land. It was in the midst of a dense woods          and in true pioneer style he at onceerected a cabin and started in to create for himself          and family a home. He lived there for some years, andwhen he disposed of the place A. M. B. Cole, the father of the subject, boughta farm near by and entered upon its improvement. He married Mahala Gard whoseparents had come from Ohio and had also settled in that locality as pioneers. Theylater sold their first entry and bought one hundred and one acres oftimberland, on which they made their home until the death of the father. He hadadded to his first purchase until he owned at the time of his death one hundredand ninety-six acres. He was well known in Fayette County, was apublic-spirited citizen and in politics was a Republican. He was a member ofthe Christian church throughout his life and died in that faith. To A. M. B.Cole and his wife there were born the following children: Perry P., Phillip,Alvin, Catherine, Elizabeth, Jerry, Sarah J, Sanford R, Benjamin F, andMorrison B.  The subject of this sketchwas reared upon his father's farm and was early initiated into the mysteries ofhusbandry. He attended the common schools of his neighborhood, was proficientin his studies and taught one term of school in Henry County.  He remained at home until he had attainedhis majority and upon his marriage entered at once upon the farm, which he now occupies.He at once erected the present farm buildings and proceeded to the cultivationof the farm, which he has continued uninterruptedly to the present time. Heowns seventy acres of land and has brought the place up to a high standard ofexcellence.  On the 2nd of October 1872,Mr. Cole was united in marriage with Miss Missouri Wooters. She was bornSeptember 8, 1853, and in her youth was given the benefit of a good commonschool education. Her parents were of German extraction and were natives ofUnion County, this state. Until        1872 Mr. Cole was a Republican in politics, but since that time has casthis ballot and          influence infavor of the Prohibition Party.  At onetime he served as deputy assessor of        his Township. He was also a member of the Grange at one time. He and hiswife are          members of theChristian church and are active in all good works, being especially so         in the Sunday school, of which he hasserved as superintendent. He is a wide reader of         the best literature and has a well-stocked andwell-selected library of books. He retains a deep interest in the progress andwell being of his township and freely contributes of his means to all worthyobjects.  He is highly respected by hisneighbors, and is regarded all over the township as one of its best and mostprominent citizens.         

Compendium of Biography Henry County, Indiana B. F. Bowen 1920 Page 329 and 330 Surnames in this biography are: Rogers, Record, Smith SAMUEL G. ROGERS, M. D. Dr. Samuel G. Rogers for years one of the popular physicians and surgeons of Henry County as well as one of its best citizens was born at Milton, Wayne County, Indiana, December 10 1856. His parents removed to New Castle, Indiana, in 1858 and here he was reared and grew to manhood. He received his elementary education in the common schools of New Castle and later attended Depauw University, completing his studies there in June 1881. He at once entered upon the study of medicine with Dr. V. G. Smith at Lewisville, Indiana, and afterwards completed the courses at Bennett Medical College, Chicago, and the Indiana Eclectic Medical College, at Indianapolis, receiving a diploma from the latter in the spring of 1885. Dr. Rogers began his active career as a physician at Lewisville as a partner of Dr. Smith. This partnership lasted for two years and gave to the young doctor a large experience in his chosen field. After the termination of his contract at Lewisville, Dr. Rogers and his wife, much to the regret of their many friends, removed to the village of Nettlecreek, in Wayne County, a thickly settled Quaker neighborhood. Here, from the first, he had a very successful career. After a stay of nearly three years at this place, he removed his office and family to Mooreland, Henry County, but four miles distant, in order to have railroad facilities. At Mooreland, where he remained for more than six years. He was unusually fortunate in securing a large business and was also a leading citizen and town official. As the strain of heavy country practice was wearing on the Doctor's physical system, in November, 1892, he removed with his family to New Castle where for several years he was engaged in the drug trade during which time he was forced by former patrons to give medical aid and advice. In March 1900, Dr. Rogers removed to the beautiful old homestead just west of New Castle, he having previously purchased the interests held by his brothers and sisters. This homestead contains two hundred and thirteen acres, mostly of rich bottom and grasslands, making it thus a fine grain and stock farm. When the writer visited this place the Doctor had just completed a fine bank barn, a modern structure, to take the place of one recently destroyed by fire. Thousands of bushels of grain and scores of tons of hay are annually raised here. The breeding and raising of fine cattle, hogs and horses is a specialty at "Valley View," the beautiful and suggestive name given to this sightly home. Dr. Samuel G. Rogers was joined in marriage June 10, 1885, at Indianapolis, Indiana, to Miss Kate D. Record, a highly estimable and cultured lady of that city, whose acquaintance he had formed while residing there as a medical student. Their married life has been more than usually happy and congenial. To them have been born three children. The oldest, Wilbur D., aged fifteen, is now in the second year of the high school; Sallie Maurine, who died when three weeks old, and Joseph Thomas, a bright boy of ten years. Dr. and Mrs. Rogers are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is one of the stewards and for several years was treasurer of the church. Socially he and his wife mingle with the best informed and most respected residents of New Castle and vicinity. In politics Dr. Rogers has always taken an active interest and is a stanch Republican.

COMPENDIUMOF BIOGRAPHY OfHenry County, Indiana B.F.Bowen 1920 Page334 and 335 Surnamesin this biography are: Wilson, Nugent, Reeves, Trueblood, Allen, Mills, Long                                                        RALPH WILSON, M. D.           Although a young man, the subject of this biography has attained distinction as a     physician and surgeon that entitleshim to a conspicuous place among the successful   men of his profession in the county of Henry. He is a native of Hancock County, this state, and the son of David and Zerelda (Nugent) Wilson, the father born in Virginia and the mother in the state of Illinois.The Wilson family came to Indiana about the year 1862, settling on a farm near the village of Warrington where David Wilson lived the remainder of his life.He became a prosperous farmer and for a number of years was one of the leading citizens of his community, taking an active part in public affairs and using his influence for the up building of his township and county, materially and otherwise. Mrs. Zerelda Wilson was brought to Fayette County, Indiana; by her parents when young and lived they're until her marriage, which was solemnized in the year 1857. She bore her husband the following children, Arthur, attorneyat law and loan agent of Indianapolis; Rhoda, wife of Dallis Reeves, aprominent farmer of Hancock county; Wilborn, who practices law in Indianapolis; Ralph, of this review, and Minerva A., deceased. Dr. Wilson's birth occurred on the 13th day of March 1870, and his childhood and youth were spent on the home farm in the county of Hancock. >From a very early age he manifested a studious disposition and as a pupil in the common schools made commendable progress, completing the full course and graduating in the year 1888.  Successfully passing the examination and securing a teacher's license, he engaged in educational work and was thus employed for a period of four years in the common schools of his own county.When but a lad the Doctor decided to become a physician and it was with this object in view that he taught school, expecting to prosecute his professional studies. As soon as he could properly adjust his affairs he entered the office of Dr. Robert W. Long, where he pursued a course of preliminary reading duringa part of 1892 and 1893 and in the latter year became a student of the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons at Indianapolis. Dr. Wilson entered thisinstitution with but limited means and was obliged to exercise the most rigide conomy in order to complete his professional course. He made an honorable record as a student, won seven of the fourteen prizes for meritorious work and was graduated the first in his class in the' year of. 1896. On receiving his degree he took a civil service competitive examination for an appointment andsuch was the excellency of his record that he was given 'the post of head physician in the Indianapolis City Dispensary; a position of high honor,affording him a wide and varied professional experience. The Doctor discharged the duties of this place from May 1, 1896, to May 1 of the following year and then located at the town of Shirley where he has since built up a large and lucrative practice.  Dr. Wilson's wife was formerly Miss Victoria B. Trueblood, a native of Madison County, Indiana,and daughter of Warner M. and Narcissa (Allen) Trueblood, born respectively in Washington and Henry Counties, this state. Warner M. Trueblood was a successful merchant of Salem and died in 1872, his companion departing this life two years later. Mrs. Wilson was left an orphan at the age of three years and from that time until twelve years old lived among her relations. She was then taken into the family of Abel and Elizabeth Mills, prominent members of the Hicksite branch of the Society of Friends, Putnam County, Illinois, and lived with them until a short time previous to her marriage. She belongs to the same religious body, holding membership at this time with the Spring Valley church, Madison County, Indiana. Dr. Wilson is identified with the Knights of Pythias,Independent Order of Red Men and Odd Fellows fraternities, in all of which hetakes an active interest. In politics he is a Democrat, hut has little time todevote to public or political affairs, the demands for his professional services being such as to preclude any outside consideration. For some time past he has been medical examiner for the Fidelity Mutual Life InsuranceCompany, also holds similar positions with the American Central Life InsuranceCompany of Indianapolis, the Union Central of Cincinnati, the United States of New York, the Prudential and the Modern Woodmen of America, being a member of the organization last named. As a physician he has already won high encomiumsfrom his professional brethren. His career as a successful healer havingbrought him prominently to the notice of the leading men of the county as well as winning for him the confidence and respect of a large number of patients in the town of his residence and country adjacent there to. He is a close and critical student and his large perceptive faculties enable him readily to apply his theoretical knowledge to the treatment of the various diseases with which humanity is afflicted. Keeping in close touch with the advanced thought of his profession and sparing no pains in his investigations in the realm of medical science, there is no doubt that his future will be marked by many years of continued success and usefulness.                           

COMPENDIUMOF BIOGRAPHY HenryCounty, Indiana B.F.Bowen 1920 Page330 and 331 Surnamesin this biography are: Graves, Dipboye, Hart, Sheds, Marsh, Bushong, Ringo                                                        JOSEPH GRAVES           One of the most enterprising, experienced and successful agriculturists of Henry County, Indiana, is Joseph Graves, an ex-soldier, who was born in a cabin on the farm he now owns, his nativity taking place April I 3, 1839. Most children in Henry County at that early day had their nativity in a log cabin, but while the old cabin has long since disappeared to give way to a modern structure, Mr.Graves is still an active factor in the husbandry of the township.  The parents of Joseph Graves, Sidney and Margaret(Dipboye) Graves, were respectively natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia and were married in the latter state.  About1834 they came to Indiana and settled on the farm now owned by their son Joseph, but which was without any special improvements save a small log cabinand a few acres denuded of their forest growth, but of which Sidney later put sixty acres under cultivation. On this farm the parents lived until 1868 and then retired to Middletown, where the father died in his seventy-ninth year, and the mother then made her home with her children, spending her latest years at the home of her son Joseph on the old homestead, dying at the age of eighty-two years, eighteen years after the death of her husband. Their family comprised twelve children, of whom ten attained mature years, the eldest dying in childhood and the youngest when sixteen. Of those who grew to maturity, George H. died in Delaware County; two reside in Henry County, Joseph, of this notice, and Lizzie, wife of William Leiphardt, of the Middletown woolen factory. Joseph Graves has lived on the homestead all of his life excepting nearly three years that he passed in the army. On the 8th of August 1862, he enlisted at Middletown, in Company H, Sixty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, of which Frederick Hoover was the first captain and later David Yount. Mr. Graves was captured by the enemy at Richmond, Kentucky, but was soon exchanged and took part in all the marches, skirmishes and battles in which his regiment was engaged. He received a slight wound at Champion Hill, back of Vicksburg,Mississippi, but did not leave the ranks, was promoted to be corporal, and was honorably discharged July 5, 1865, with his regiment, after serving nearly three years. After the war Mr. Graves returned to the old homestead and when his parents retired, in 1868, he rented the place until his father's death,when he bought it from his mother and was able to pay for it. It then consisted of one hundred acres, but he has since added to it until it now covers one hundred and forty-seven acres and extends into Delaware County. In 1880 hebuilt his commodious barn, which has a dry and airy basement, and in 1897erected his modern and tasty dwelling, which favorably contrasts with any inthe township. He raises all the grains indigenous to the climate and convertshis corn into hogs, of which he fattens from forty to fifty each year, although he no longer takes anactive part in the farm work, as he rents out the farm but retains his interest in its productions.  Mr. Graves was united in marriage April 9, 1868, with Miss Elizabeth Hart,daughter of Heth J. and Julia Ann Hart, both now deceased. Mrs. Graves was born in Middletown and was reared one-half mile east of the village, being a playmate of her husband in her childhood days. Mrs. Julia Ann Hart was a native of Virginia, but was married in Henry County, Indiana, having come here when eleven years old with her mother and step-father. Peter Sheds. Heth J. Hartcame here when a boy with his parents, John and Margaret (Marsh) Hart, who settled on the Andy Bushong farm, east of Middletown. The children born to Mr.and Mrs. Joseph Graves were named as follows: George 0., a farmer in Delaware County; Emma, wife of Frank Ringo, of Middletown; Lester, at Shirley; Willie, a teacher in the high school in Middletown and a student in the State University; Cora, who died when seven years old, and Ethel, a school girl in Middletown.  In politics Mr. Graves is a Republican, while his religion is that of the Christian New Light church. He is one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Fall Creek Township and the village of Middletown, and his family enjoys with him the respect of all who know them,Mr. Graves being especially honored as an ex-soldier.                           

COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY Of Henry County, Indiana B.F.Bowen 1920 Page 331 and 332 and 333 Surnames in this biography are: Hughes, Burritt, Moore, Collins,                                                  HENRY J. HUGHES.          In years but recently gone the flow of natural gas in Indiana was a prolific source of income to many individuals, who generally united their interests incompanies or         corporations, but the flow of late years has considerably abated, while the supply of coal oil or petroleum has not so perceptibly been diminished, as new wells for the production of the latter are, not infrequently opened by experts. Among these is the gentleman whose name heads this biography.  Henry J. Hughes, contractor at Middletown, Henry County, Indiana,for sinking gas and oil wells, was born in County Tyrone. Ireland, May 20,1845. Edward Hughes, father of Henry J had come to America about the year 1849 and located in New York City. About a year later Mrs. Hughes came over with her two children, Henry J. and Mary Ann, but on arriving in New York, via Canada,was confronted with the sad intelligence that the father had been called to his home in another sphere. A few weeks later the sorrowing widow was called upon to join her husband, and Henry J., then but five years old, and his younger sister found themselves dependent upon the care of strangers in a strange land.  The children, however, soon found homes, Henry J. living with one family until twelve years old, when he began to work on a farm and was so employed for five years. He had but limited opportunities for securing an education, however, and quit his studies when but seven years old, his teacher having been too tyrannical,while the family with which he lived was not urgent as to his attendance,preferring to have his services at home, and for five years the young lad faithfully did his duty in this respect. Henry then went to work outside the home at times in lumbercamps-and when twenty-one years old went to Michigan, where he worked one year in a sawmill and at dock labor in Detroit. About 1867 or 1868 Mr. Hughes went to the oil region of Pennsylvania where he became initiated into the mysteries of his present calling. After reaching the oil district, however. Mr. Hughes began work at chopping wood, receiving for his labor one dollar and twenty-five cents to two dollars per cord, and at this and other classes of labor laid by nine hundred dollars. This sum he invested in an oil well and in six weeks lost it all and incurred besides a debt of one hundred dollars. But this spirit was invincible and he began working by the day at drilling wells, handled sixty-nine of them consecutively, and this has since been his occupation. He next began in Pennsylvania to take an interest in wells      in compensation for his labor and of these he sank seven before he struck oil. To          reach this result it required about seven years' labor. In the meantime Mr. Hughes    bad exhausted all his earnings and again began working by the day on contingent success but did not again find oil until 1879, but this was an & quot;off" year for oil, as it brought but forty cents per barrel in the market. Mr. Hughes constructed tanks, in which the oil was stored, but there was no improvement in price and about nine months afterwards the stored-up oil was sold at a loss. Mr. Hughes was not altogether discouraged, however, but went to the oil fields in New York state, then returned to Pennsylvania, worked in the fields of Warren County, and then in1886 went to Lima, Ohio, where fields were just being opened, worked by the day at drilling for a year and then had charge of a drilling gang for another year. He next secured a kit of tools for himself, came to Indiana and here he next worked for a time at Lafayette about 1888. He next worked for a time at Sidney,Ohio, then returned to Indiana and drilled the first well at or near Chesterfield on the site of the Spiritualists' camp ground. The well producing gas and artesian water. In July 1888, Mr. Hughes came to Middletown and worked by the day for Arthur Burritt, the contractor, in sinkinga well on the site of the old sawmill, this being the second well sunk in the city. Mr. Hughes next drilled at Mechanicsburg, then contracted for three wells north of Chesterfield, and the same spring drilled another.  He then returned to Lima, and in July 1889,began contracting and working for the Richmond Gas Company with his own tools.This arrangement lasted three seasons, after which time Mr. Hughes worked on contracts at different points until his coming to Middletown to sink wells forthe tin-plate company. While thus engaged he invested fourteen hundred dollars in lots in the Tin-Plate addition to Middletown and erected four houses. He has in addition made many other contracts in Henry County and some in Madison county, keeping employed four regular workmen and several teamsters.  Mr. Hughes for many years kept a diary or record of all the details connected with the wells, which he has drilled and is well satisfied with the complete and lasting manner in which his work has been done. He has been particularly exempt from accidents. No person has ever been crippled while in his employ, but he has several times been the victim of conflagrations that have destroyed his derricks and large tanks, principally caused by lightning setting fire to gas: a derrick costs about five hundred dollars. Mr. Hughes has frequently found himself in embarrassed circumstances, but with indomitable pluck has always worked himself out of difficulties. At one time he ran about nineteen hundred dollars in debt, with nothing to show for it. He was sinkingwells and supply companies refused to extend him credit and he was obliged on one occasion to pay twenty dollars for the use of two hundred dollars for two weeks and on another occasion paid seventeen dollars for the use of a similar sum for the same length of time, but he pulled through. In Pennsylvania he went to rack and ruin over a dry hole, owed fifteen hundred dollars and lost everything but his tools, but had no money with which to remove these. He was to receive six hundred and fifty dollars as soon as he had a well cased; he borrowed two hundred dollars, for which he paid twenty dollars, kept up appearances and soon afterward received his six hundred and fifty dollars,which put him on his feet again. Mr. Hughes continued his struggle bravely and now is possessed of a competency, is interested in the Home Gas Company and is the principal stockholder inthe Home Gas and Oil Company, also owning stock in each of the various factories in Middletown, and all this is the result of his indomitable courage and unceasing personal exertion.  Mr. Hughes was united in marriage at Greenfield, Indiana, on Christmas Eve, 1899, to Mrs. Emma Moore, of New Castle. This lady bore the maiden name of Collins, her father, Joseph Collins,having been a pioneer of Henry County and now residing in Kennard at the age of ninety-three years. To the marriage of Mr. And Mrs. Hughes no children have been born, but Mrs. Hughes has two children by her first husband, viz: a daughter, who is a member of the Hughes household, and a son. W. H. Moore of Middletown. Mrs. Hughes is a Wesleyan Methodist in her church association and is a strong advocate of temperance, aiding the Prohibition Party in every conceivable way. Mr. Hughes is a Democrat and is ever active in his work for the party in all its campaigns. As a self-made man too much credit cannot be bestowed upon Mr. Hughes, and his example is one, which may be studied with profit by the rising generation and by all others who have yet to realize fortunes for themselves.                           

Thanks......if you stumble on to them.....throw them my way.... Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: <CBraun675@aol.com> To: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 6:25 AM Subject: Re: [INDIANA] Hendricks County 1875-1878 | I don't think this is my branch of McFarlands. My family moved from Guilford | County, NC to Hendricks County, IN. I have discovered that there are many | McFarland lines. | | Happy researching. | Conni | | | ============================== | Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 | Source for Family History Online. Go to: | http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB | |

Thank you, Paula , I have an old blue, 6th ed., and there it is, big as life! "Senior moments " abound here! Carleen

That's what it says in The Red Book; Marriages from 1822, and death records from 1823; also court, land, and probate records from 1822, for Rush Co.,IN. Birth records aren't mentioned. I think you'd request any of them from the County Clerk, Rush County, Rushville,IN 46173. Paula

Paula! Do you mean that Rush Co has death records from 1823? Carleen

Per. Red Book: Death Records before 1882, by county: Allen - 1870 Fayette - 1829 Gibson - 1880 Howard - 1875 Rush - 1823 Paula MN

N. J. It wasn't that death records were not starrted, but they weren't REQUIRED to be filed until about 1900. Until then, it was sort of hit or miss. I have ancestors who died in certain counties who are not listed in the death records of those counties in the health dept. The records were either never made, never filed or just lost. -Cindy ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

There is an Alford in Pike county..... Milford in Decatur Co., and also in Kosciusko Co. Other "????ford's" include Bedford, Blackford, Blanford, Hartford City,Kingsford, Waterford ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hagel" <wicket@webmail.klondyke.net> To: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 12:15 PM Subject: [INDIANA] Location of effiford IN | Has anyone ever heard of Effiford Indiana??? On a death | certificate the informant lives in what looks like | Effiford Indiana. HELP!!! | thanks | darlene | | | ******************************************************** | * Free E-mail at http://webmail.klondyke.net * | * Full Internet Services, Web Hosting and Design at * | * Klondyke's Online Services - http://www.klondyke.net * | ******************************************************** | | | ============================== | 9 Health Tips for Computer Genealogists | http://www.thirdage.com/features/tech/ouch/ | |

In a message dated 02/21/2001 9:56:01 AM Pacific Standard Time, cat2397@juno.com writes: << Also, Indiana did not require death records to be kept until the early 1900's. >> Cindy, Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that death records were started in 1882 in Indiana. N.J. in MI.