Surname: Alger, Conkling, Mellender, Griffin, Shipley History Of Rush County Indiana Brant & Fuller 1888 Chicago Page 673 and 674 Josiah C. Alger, a retired farmer, and one of Rush County’s pioneers, was born in Oxford, Ohio, September 17, 1823. He was the youngest of nine children, six sons and three daughters, born to Skillmon an Catharine (Conkling) Alger, both natives of West Moreland County. Pa., of English descent. His father was born July 11, 1783. They were married July 18, 1805. His paternal grandparents were Josiah and Elcy Alger. His five brothers were Lewis, Freeman, Pierson S., Skillmon and Joseph, all of whom are deceased, except Pierson S., a resident of Nebraska. His three sisters were Elcy, Susan and Catharine, all of whom are deceased except Catharine, who is the wife of Rev. J. W. Mellender of Carthage. When he was twelve years old his parents came to Indiana a first located in Franklin County, but about one year and half later they came to Rush County and settled in Union Township, five miles east of Rushville, where our subject spent his youth assisting to clear and cultivate the farm. At the age of sixteen he began farming for himself upon the old home place, his father having died about a year before. He continued to reside upon the same farm until in March. 1884, when he removed to Rushville, and since he has been leading the life of a retired citizen. He was married to Mary Ann Griffin, Ju1y 2, 1845. She was born in Pennsylvania, November 29, 1826. She was the daughter of Charles and Mary (Shipley) Griffin. Mr. and Mrs. Alger have had four children: Elcy B., born July 12, 1846, died May 20, 1863; Charles H., born February 18, 1850; Emma M., born April 3, 1857, died September 1, 1857; Lillie M., born November 4, 1859. In politics, Mr. Alger is a Democrat. Besides the handsome residence property Mr. Alger occupies in this city, he still owns the old home farm in Union Township, and also owns a good farm in Rushville Township. His Union Township farm is one among the best in the county.----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------

Christine, I don't know if you have found them yet, but on the Ripley County site there is a place to look for Ripley County marriages under Violet Toph. I have found 3 or 4 marriages of my ancestors on there. I'm not sure what years are listed, but there are about 20 years covered, I think. Hope this helps. Sylvia Harvey _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

In answer to Alice's question about what one might find in a marriage license application, I looked one up in Vigo County lately in the Clerk of Circuit Court Records and found both parent's names for the bride and groom and also that it was the first marriage for the bride and second for the groom. This was in addition to the ages, birth county, occupation, date, and person who married them. The most exciting and unknown bit of info was that the groom had been married before! Susie

Cindy Thanks for checking. Jodi

Me again. I just spent about 2 lovely hrs wandering through the county site. The Toph Marriage index is impressive! I only found Hezekiah's 1st marriage, but I also found a bunch of his sibs, in-laws, & cousins' marriages. thanks much. christine >From: "sylvia harvey" <sylviaharvey@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com >To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [INDIANA] Re: Hezikiah Richardson >Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 17:01:51 > > >Christine, > >I don't know if you have found them yet, but on the Ripley County site >there >is a place to look for Ripley County marriages under Violet Toph. I have >found 3 or 4 marriages of my ancestors on there. I'm not sure what years >are listed, but there are about 20 years covered, I think. Hope this >helps. > Sylvia Harvey >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >============================== >Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Hello again, I need to correct information I gave below concerning my Elizabeth Jane CARTER. I stated that she was born in Illinois and not Indiana but the truth is that she WAS born in Indiana...her daughter, Olive Susan ETHINGTON was born in Illinois. Thanks, Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: The Cook's <FCEC@lvcm.com> To: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 9:15 AM Subject: [INDIANA] Moorehouse surname-Fountain County, Ind. > Good Morning, In trying to find the family of my ggGrandmother, Elizabeth > Jane CARTER a volunteer researcher gave me the information that there was an > Elizabeth CARTER age 12 living with the Nathan MOOREHOUSE family in Van > Buren Township, Fountain Co., Ind. from the 1850 Census. This would be the > correct age for my Elizabeth; she married 1. James L. JOHNSON 2. Scott S. > ETHINGTON, also of Fountain Co., Indiana. Scott and Elizabeth are buried in > Wilson County, Kansas. > > Does anyone have any information of any of the MOOREHOUSE families listed > below from the Indiana marriage index or Nathan MOOREHOUSE? > Other members in the same househould: > Mary age 55 b NJ (as was Nathan) > Hiram 25 b. NJ > Eliza 24 b. OH (this may be the wife of Hiram and Angeline their child) > Angeline age 4 b. OH > Carter, Elizabeth age 12 b. IN (my Elizabeth CARTER was born in Illinois > from another Census??) Stated her parents were born in OH and mother; Pa. > > > Last Name, Bride or Groom: > MOOREHOUSE, David > > Last Name, Spouse: > OSBORN, Hannah > County: > Fountain > Date: > 1-9-1834 > > Last Name, Bride or Groom: > MOOREHOUSE, Dayton C. > > Last Name, Spouse: > BILLSLAND, Jane > > County: > Fountain > Date: > 10-17-1841 > > Last Name, Bride or Groom: > MOOREHOUSE, Mary > > Last Name, Spouse: > KILLEN, John > > County: > Fountain > Date: > 1-21-1844 > > Thank you, Marie Cook > > > Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to > be amused." Anonymous > > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Good Morning, In trying to find the family of my ggGrandmother, Elizabeth Jane CARTER a volunteer researcher gave me the information that there was an Elizabeth CARTER age 12 living with the Nathan MOOREHOUSE family in Van Buren Township, Fountain Co., Ind. from the 1850 Census. This would be the correct age for my Elizabeth; she married 1. James L. JOHNSON 2. Scott S. ETHINGTON, also of Fountain Co., Indiana. Scott and Elizabeth are buried in Wilson County, Kansas. Does anyone have any information of any of the MOOREHOUSE families listed below from the Indiana marriage index or Nathan MOOREHOUSE? Other members in the same househould: Mary age 55 b NJ (as was Nathan) Hiram 25 b. NJ Eliza 24 b. OH (this may be the wife of Hiram and Angeline their child) Angeline age 4 b. OH Carter, Elizabeth age 12 b. IN (my Elizabeth CARTER was born in Illinois from another Census??) Stated her parents were born in OH and mother; Pa. Last Name, Bride or Groom: MOOREHOUSE, David Last Name, Spouse: OSBORN, Hannah County: Fountain Date: 1-9-1834 Last Name, Bride or Groom: MOOREHOUSE, Dayton C. Last Name, Spouse: BILLSLAND, Jane County: Fountain Date: 10-17-1841 Last Name, Bride or Groom: MOOREHOUSE, Mary Last Name, Spouse: KILLEN, John County: Fountain Date: 1-21-1844 Thank you, Marie Cook Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused." Anonymous

Cindy, Thanks for looking Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche Homepage: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html"> http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html</A> E-mail: SharonV45@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why is Leonard Peltier still in prison...??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <A HREF="http://www.freepeltier.org">http://www.freepeltier.org</A>

Jodi, I found no Florey or Floras in Fountain Co. I didn't find any Leeks in LaPorte Co. either. If you are looking for females you might want to consider neighboring counties, since the application was made in the county where the female lived. Since there were a great number of Floras, you will need to give me a first name and an approximate date. -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.

Cindy, Indiana marriages 1851-1900. Would you please look up FLOREYAND/OR FLORA in Fountain County Indiana and LEEK in LaPorte County Indiana. Thank you for your help. Jodi

Hi List Does anyone know what kind of information I would find on an Indiana marriage license application? Birth date, Birth Place, Parents??? Will appreciate any help. Alice

Sharon, I'm sorry but I couldn't find any records for Joseph Gill. Unfortunately, these records aren't complete and not all counties are included. -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.

I may, but I think I tried to order it online... Then again, maybe it was his birth record. I'll see if anybody in Washington County can get me an answer on that- thanks..... Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: <cat2397@juno.com> To: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [INDIANA] Indiana Marriage Records 1850-1890 > Kathy, > I was thinking that you could write to the county of death for a death > certificate, sometimes the death certificates will have the parents names > on them. > > -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. > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >

Hi Cindy, When you find the time, would you please look up marriages for Joseph Gill. Thank you for your kind offer to do look ups. Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche Homepage: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html"> http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html</A> E-mail: SharonV45@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why is Leonard Peltier still in prison...??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <A HREF="http://www.freepeltier.org">http://www.freepeltier.org</A>

Kathy, I was thinking that you could write to the county of death for a death certificate, sometimes the death certificates will have the parents names on them. -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.

Washington County - Martinsburg - I have birth and death dates, I was looking for marriage records, hoping that George Mifflin Dallas' mother and father would be listed - his father apparently left he and his mother - he is listed in the 1850 census as being raised by grandparents and his mother is listed as one of the grandparents' daughters.... Thank you... Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: <cat2397@juno.com> To: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [INDIANA] Indiana Marriage Records 1850-1890 > Kathy , > I couldn't find a record for either George or Ulysses. Unfortunately, > these records are not complete, and all counties are not included. Do > you know where in IN they are buried, and their death dates? I do have a > CD with Indiana deaths from 1882-1920, perhaps I could look up a death > record for you. Unfortunately these records aren't complete either, but I > can try. > > -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. > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >

Thanks so much for looking. I will find him, eventually! chrisitne >From: cat2397@juno.com >Reply-To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com >To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [INDIANA] Indiana Marriage Records 1850-1890 >Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 14:20:34 -0500 > >Christine, >I was unable to find anything on Hezikiah Richardson. Unfortunately, this >CD is not complete and does not cover all counties. > >-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. > > >============================== >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 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Kathy , I couldn't find a record for either George or Ulysses. Unfortunately, these records are not complete, and all counties are not included. Do you know where in IN they are buried, and their death dates? I do have a CD with Indiana deaths from 1882-1920, perhaps I could look up a death record for you. Unfortunately these records aren't complete either, but I can try. -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.

Christine, I was unable to find anything on Hezikiah Richardson. Unfortunately, this CD is not complete and does not cover all counties. -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.

Could you? It would be Ulysses Grant Roberts and Emma Lockhart and George Mifflin Dallas Roberts and Berthena (or Parthena) Cooley(?). I'm not sure about either - I'm in NJ and they're buried in IN. I'm hoping my daughter can check for others in the cemetery once it dries up a bit :-).... Thank you so much for offering. Hope you can find them. I'm not trying to do too much, but these two are a bit mysterious - especially Dallas. I'd like to know just what is on the record for him - as well as the proper spelling of his wife's name... Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: <cat2397@juno.com> To: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 11:08 PM Subject: Re: [INDIANA] Indiana Marriage Records 1850-1890 > I have a FTM CD with Indiana marriage records 1851-1900, I may look it up > for you. > > -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. > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >