I'm sorry, I know this may be offtopic (though it does relate directly to both genealogy and our research), but this came to me on another list, and I know it's probably old news, but what REALLY has me concerned here is the part at the bottom from the MyFamily.com website. Can anyone help explain this, please? I have information there and can't afford the price, does that mean my pictures and stuff I have posted there will belong to them? BVE ----- Original Message ----- >Important Notice About Your MyFamily.com Website >All free websites must be upgraded to paid websites before June 23. <SNIP> >Still have questions? >Does every member of a family website need to pay? >No. Only one person needs to pay for the website in order for all other >website members >to enjoy the same benefits. >What will happen if my website is not paid for before June 23? >After June 23, the content on your unpaid websites will become >inaccessible. You will >still be able to log on to MyFamily.com and locate >your website, but you will not be >able to view photos, news items or other >content until the website is upgraded. >If this is the case, then what does this mean that is posted at their >"Terms and Conditions" site? <SNIP> >User Provided Content >Portions of the Service will contain user provided content, to which >you >may contribute appropriate content. For this content, >MyFamily.com, Inc. >is a distributor only. By submitting content to >MyFamily.com, you grant >MyFamily.com, Inc., the corporate host of the >Service, a limited license >to use, host, distribute and allow hosting >and distribution on co-branded >Services of the content. You should >submit only content which belongs to >you and will not violate the >property or other rights of other people or >organizations. <END MYFAMILY.COM> >And from a GenWeb list forward <SNIP> >If you carefully read what I posted you will see that I was speaking >about >the current relationship between USGenWeb and RootsWeb (that is >NOW owned >by the same company that owns MyFamily and Ancestry.com) in >general. >If you look at their business trends -- from free to paid, it is not > >entirely impossible to predict that Rootsweb COULD go to a paid >service. > This is conjecture, but not a pipe dream. >DO you have insider knowledge, that would assure us that this would never >happen? I'm not trying >to create panic -- it hasn't happened. My >marketing crystal ball tells me it could happen, and it would >be nice if >there could be some proactive work to prevent it. <END> _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

Yes, I read this earlier. Do you know if you can remove everything from your site before the cut off date? Janet wrote: > > Hello Barb...... > Thursday evening someone posted the following notice on the Washington State > List...... This is the first time I have seen this...... > > Janet > >

Hello Barb...... Thursday evening someone posted the following notice on the Washington State List...... This is the first time I have seen this...... Janet Important Notice About Your MyFamily.com Website All free websites must be upgraded to paid websites before June 23. We've been proud to offer the leading family website service for nearly five years. The enthusiasm you and other customers have shown has been incredible. In order to continue providing this service, we have made the difficult decision to convert all MyFamily sites to paid sites. This means that one member of each MyFamily site will need to pay the annual fee in order for the site to remain active. When one member pays for the site, all other site members enjoy the same benefits for free. To make upgrading as easy as possible, we're offering a 66% discount for the first year to customers who upgrade their sites now. Please note that all unpaid websites will become inaccessible June 23. Upgrade Now and get the following benefits: Save 66% off the regular price Upgrade now and you'll get your first year for only $9.95. Unlimited website users Only one person needs to pay, all other members get free access. 100 MB of space Post photos, news, home videos and more. No pop-up advertising Your website will be free from pop-up ads! Rediscover the advantages of your MyFamily.com website Keep your family connected through event announcements and family newsletters. Create an online family directory complete with telephone numbers, addresses and e-mail accounts. Establish a sense of community by sharing photos, news, online chats and more. Make a digital scrapbook. Website members can post their favorite stories, home movies and family photos. Still have questions? Does every member of a family website need to pay? No. Only one person needs to pay for the website in order for all other website members to enjoy the same benefits. What will happen if my website is not paid for before June 23? After June 23, the content on your unpaid websites will become inaccessible. You will still be able to log on to MyFamily.com and locate your website, but you will not be able to view photos, news items or other content until the website is upgraded. Can I pay without a credit card? Yes. If you wish to pay by check or money order for the upgrade of your MyFamily.com website, please send payment to: MyFamily.com, Inc. Attention: Sales PO Box 990 Orem, UT 84059 Please include your name, e-mail address and MyFamily.com username as well as the name of the specific MyFamily.com website that you wish to upgrade. Once payment has been sent, please allow two to three weeks for the payment to be applied. After one year, your upgrade will expire unless we receive payment for another year. Thank you for your continued interest in keeping your MyFamily.com website. Best regards, MyFamily.com Upgrade Your Website | Go To Your Website .

I'm glad that you brought this to our attention. Can you go in now and remove your file from the website? If so, I would suggest that you do that. They keep adding more and more fees to what used to be free. I think it would be good if everyone went in there and removed their information, then they'd have nothing to sell. Is there someone on the list who knows more about this and can explain it to us? Thank you. List Mom Barb Beverly Edds wrote: > > I'm sorry, I know this may be offtopic (though it does relate directly to > both genealogy and our research), but this came to me on another list, and I > know it's probably old news, but what REALLY has me concerned here is the > part at the bottom from the MyFamily.com website. Can anyone help explain > this, please? I have information there and can't afford the price, does that > mean my pictures and stuff I have posted there will belong to them? > BVE > > -----

You are most welcome! Sharon

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: Yoho, Stephens, Cain, Morris, Johnson, Orchard, Campbell, Corwin, Thompson, Cox, Barnes, Frane, Torrence, FRANK YOHO is a merchant and business man of long and successful experience in Greene County. His home is at Solsberry. Mr. Yoho is also well known over the county as one of the present board of county commissioners of the First District. He was born in Noble County, Ohio, October 28, 1866, and his parents came to Indiana the following year, settling in Monroe County. He is a son of Isaac M. and Sarah E. (Stephens) Yoho. His father was a son of Samuel and Jane (Cain) Yoho, and a grandson of Peter and Sallie (Morris) Yoho. Peter Yoho was a native of Pennsylvania and moved across the mountains to Ohio at an early date. Samuel Yoho, an Ohio farmer, enlisted for service in the Mexican war, but saw no active duty. Isaac M. Yoho was born in Ohio, December 19, 1840. He was a Union soldier, enlisting in Company H of the One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Infantry, and later was with the Sixty-second Regiment. He was in the campaigns with the eastern armies. Isaac Yoho and wife had a family of eight children: Frank; Jennie, deceased wife of John R. Johnson; Dellie, who became the wife of Harry Orchard; Walter, who married Mary Campbell; Mayme, wife of Alfred Corwin; William, who married Bell Thompson; Oscar, who married Ola Cox; and Myrtle, who became the wife of Orville Barnes. Frank Yoho grew up in Monroe County, Indiana, attended the Big Springs School, and after the family moved to Greene County finished his education in the Law School in Center Township. He had a regular assignment of duty on the home farm all the time he was in school. For four years he was a mail carrier, and in 1904 he bought from John H. Johnson a general store at Solsberry. He has been in business there for twenty-seven consecutive years. Mr. Yoho has always been interested in local affairs. He is a Republican in politics and is now serving his second term as county commissioner. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, Solsberry Lodge No. 411, A. F. and A. M., and with the Improved Order of Red Men. He married Miss Effie Frane, daughter of Jacob and Martha (Torrence) Frane. Mrs. Yoho died in 1912 and is buried in the Solsberry Cemetery.

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: White, Gunn, Pearce, Foster, Haddon, Hays, Briggs, Hinkle, ROBERT P. WHITE is postmaster of the City of Sullivan in Indiana. While he has held that office for several years, the community has chiefly associated his name with the local newspaper business. He is one of Indiana’s prominent newspaper owners and publishers. Mr. White has lived most of his life in Sullivan but was born in the City of Terre Haute, September 23, 1876. On both sides of his family he represents pioneer stock of Indiana. His grandparents, George and Naoma (Gunn) White, came to Indiana from Pennsylvania. His father, Samuel A. White, was reared in Terre Haute, and was in the grocery business there. From Terre Haute he moved to Carlisle, where he entered the general mercantile business. Subsequently, in 1882, he moved to Sullivan, where for many years he was in the drug business and where he helped organize the National Bank of that city and the Sullivan Loan & Trust Company and served as a director in both institutions several years. Samuel A. White was living retired at the time of his death, in 1913. His widow still survives him and is living at the old place in Sullivan. Samuel A. White married Rebecca M. Pearce and they had two children, Gertrude and Robert P. Gertrude is the wife of Niles Foster, of Chicago, Illinois. Rebecca M. Pearce was a daughter of Richard W. and Virginia (Haddon) Pearce. Richard W. Pearce was a Virginian, but lived for a time in Kentucky before coming to Indiana. Virginia Haddon was also from Virginia. She was born in 1816 and was a young girl when her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Haddon, settled in Sullivan County, Indiana. John Haddon was a soldier in the War of 1812 and one of the conspicuous pioneers of Sullivan County Haddon Township was named for him and also the old community of Fort Haddon, a block house erected for protection against the Indians. Robert P. White received his common school education at Sullivan, graduated from high school in 1896, and for several years was clerk in his father’s drug business. However, mercantile life did not appeal to him so much as newspaper work. He spent a number of years in all branches of service with the Sullivan Democrat. In 1904 he and Dirrelle Chaney bought the Sullivan Union. He is now sole owner of that old established and influential weekly paper, which has continued strong in the cause of the Republican party since its inception just at the close of the Civil war, in 1866. Mr. White as a newspaper man has been interested in all phases of community life, politics as well, and has done some work in district and state affairs of his party, but has never sought active leadership as a party man. He was first appointed postmaster in 1922, during President Harding’s administration. His commission was signed by Mr. Will Hays, Sullivan’s most conspicuous contribution to the celebrities of the nation. Mr. Hays signed the commission just before he retired from the office of postmaster-general. Mr. White is now serving his third term, having been reappointed in 1926, by President Coolidge, and by President Hoover in 1930. Mr. White is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and B. P. 0. Elks No. 911 of Sullivan, and 1930-31 served as exalted ruler. He married, June 16, 1906, at Sullivan, Miss Bertha Briggs, daughter of Dr. Charles F. and Josephine (Hinkle) Briggs. The Briggs and Hinkle families are of early pioneer stock of Sullivan County and prominent in public life.

Thank you to Sharon, Star, Sue, Janet, and N.J. I now have the family page/group sheet I wanted. It just did one family at a time. I did get a family page from someone a long time ago. Maybe they had another program. I send people parts of my lines, ( or you could send all), by making a Genealogy Report and going to file and exporting it. I paste it to Word and send it on. You can start the report with any surname/person, and just tell it the number of generations to copy, with notes and all. I copy the whole family line for my own family members. ( just once and then make Xerox copies, cheaper that way!) I do have scanner, so I can scan and send it that way. Maybe that was the way I got that one long ago?? I am getting old! Thanks again, Carleen

To reply to a message from the list and send the message privately: 1. click on "reply" (as you've been doing) 2. highlight the list address and then delete it. 3. go to the sender's address on the original message 4. highlight it and copy it 5. paste that address in where the list address was originally 6. write your message and send it It's really very easy; it just takes a bit of effort. Now, if I can just remember to do it. :>) List Mom Barb

Hi everyone, Since the list is so quite I thought someone might be some help to me. I have Family Tree Maker, and I want to print a family group sheet. Just one family group at a time. I think I can do that, but I want it to be just the family and no notes or anything added. Just one page is all I want. Does anyone know how? Could I just change the number of pages when the print window comes up? Put in 1 of 1? Also can I export a group sheet to someone else? Carleen

Hello Carleen....... I'm curious....... Why the "Family Group Sheet"....... Why not use the "Family Page" [the icon next to the index icon], especially since you don't want any notes, etc....... Everything will come out on one page unless you have 9 or more children in that family...... If you do decide to use the Family Group Sheet, yes you can change the number of pages to 1 of 1 when the print window comes up..... Why not try both methods to see which you prefer.... In my method I don't have to remember to change the page number to 1 of 1....... As for exporting a group sheet..... I can't answer that part of your question...... In fact I never export anything to someone else....... However I do use the "Outline", including the various reports I want to include, and do an "Edit", "Copy Descendant Outline Tree" and "Paste" to a e-mail and send to whoever......... Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: <CCarnivale@aol.com> To: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 6:18 PM Subject: [INDIANA] I have a FTM question | Hi everyone, | Since the list is so quite I thought someone might be some help to me. I have | Family Tree Maker, and I want to print a family group sheet. Just one family | group at a time. I think I can do that, but I want it to be just the family | and no notes or anything added. Just one page is all I want. Does anyone know | how? Could I just change the number of pages when the print window comes up? Put | in 1 of 1? | | Also can I export a group sheet to someone else? | Carleen | |

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: Deckard, Robertson, Butcher, Smith, Creager, Wolf, Boone, Willis, Mason, FLOYD B. DECKARD represents the third generation of the Deckard family in Sullivan County. It is a name that has been spoken with honor and respect in this section of Indiana for many years. Mr. Deckard is a prosperous farmer, a man of substantial civic character, and has been honored by his fellow citizens with the office of county commissioner of the Third District. Mr. Deckard’s home is a farm of 142 acres, about nine miles southeast of Sullivan and near the Park School house. He is a son of George W. and Nancy (Robertson) Deckard. His father was born and reared on the same farm, being a son of John Wesley and Mahala (Butcher) Deckard. John Wesley Deckard moved to Sullivan County from Monroe County, Indiana. George W. Deckard spent his active life as a farmer and stock raiser. He and his wife are buried in the Hickory Cemetery in Sullivan County. They had six children: Alonzo, who married Eva Smith, is a farmer in Sullivan County; Floyd B.; ma, wife of Frank Creager, of Sullivan, Indiana; Anna, wife of Ora Wolf, of Sullivan County; Elsie, who married George Boone, of Sullivan County; and Tilda, wife of Cornie Willis, of Sullivan County. Floyd B. Deckard completed his education in the Park Schoolhouse, and after leaving school took up farm work. All during his school days he had an increasing share of duties and responsibilities on the home farm. When he was twenty-three years of age he bought his first land and later acquired his present farm, part of which was his father’s old place, and he devotes his time to farming and stock raising. In addition to farming Mr. Deckard has worked in the coalmines, and usually has spent part of every winter in such work. He is a Democrat in politics and has always been an influential factor in the party. The first time he was made a candidate for the office of county commissioner he made no special effort in the campaign, but in 1929 he entered heartily into the campaign and was elected by a good majority, taking his office on January 1, 1930. Mr. Deckard married, March 3, 1909, at Sullivan, Miss Ivy Boone, daughter of George P. and Belle (Mason) Boone, pioneers of Sullivan County, where George P. Boone was identified with farming until his death in 1906. His widow still survives and resides on the old Boone farm. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Deckard were born six children: George W., Neville E., Mildred L., Lester D., Frank B. and Raymond. All are living except Raymond, who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Deckard are members of the Methodist Protestant Church at Hickory, and Mr. Deckard is serving on the board of trustees and served as superintendent of the Sunday School for a number of years.

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: Deckard, Robertson, Butcher, Smith, Creager, Wolf, Boone, Willis, Mason, FLOYD B. DECKARD represents the third generation of the Deckard family in Sullivan County. It is a name that has been spoken with honor and respect in this section of Indiana for many years. Mr. Deckard is a prosperous farmer, a man of substantial civic character, and has been honored by his fellow citizens with the office of county commissioner of the Third District. Mr. Deckard’s home is a farm of 142 acres, about nine miles southeast of Sullivan and near the Park School house. He is a son of George W. and Nancy (Robertson) Deckard. His father was born and reared on the same farm, being a son of John Wesley and Mahala (Butcher) Deckard. John Wesley Deckard moved to Sullivan County from Monroe County, Indiana. George W. Deckard spent his active life as a farmer and stock raiser. He and his wife are buried in the Hickory Cemetery in Sullivan County. They had six children: Alonzo, who married Eva Smith, is a farmer in Sullivan County; Floyd B.; ma, wife of Frank Creager, of Sullivan, Indiana; Anna, wife of Ora Wolf, of Sullivan County; Elsie, who married George Boone, of Sullivan County; and Tilda, wife of Cornie Willis, of Sullivan County. Floyd B. Deckard completed his education in the Park Schoolhouse, and after leaving school took up farm work. All during his school days he had an increasing share of duties and responsibilities on the home farm. When he was twenty-three years of age he bought his first land and later acquired his present farm, part of which was his father’s old place, and he devotes his time to farming and stock raising. In addition to farming Mr. Deckard has worked in the coalmines, and usually has spent part of every winter in such work. He is a Democrat in politics and has always been an influential factor in the party. The first time he was made a candidate for the office of county commissioner he made no special effort in the campaign, but in 1929 he entered heartily into the campaign and was elected by a good majority, taking his office on January 1, 1930. Mr. Deckard married, March 3, 1909, at Sullivan, Miss Ivy Boone, daughter of George P. and Belle (Mason) Boone, pioneers of Sullivan County, where George P. Boone was identified with farming until his death in 1906. His widow still survives and resides on the old Boone farm. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Deckard were born six children: George W., Neville E., Mildred L., Lester D., Frank B. and Raymond. All are living except Raymond, who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Deckard are members of the Methodist Protestant Church at Hickory, and Mr. Deckard is serving on the board of trustees and served as superintendent of the Sunday School for a number of years.

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: CULBERTSON, Lowry, Wingate, Campbell, Barnhardt, Spigler, CHARLES WINGATE CULBERTSON, now postmaster of the City of Brazil, is a native of Indiana and has had a great deal of experience in public office, particularly as a Federal employee. He was born in Putnam County, December 8, 1872. His grandparents, James and Emma (Lowry) Culbertson, came to Indiana from Pennsylvania and settled at Bedford, where his grandfather was a farmer and stock raiser. Robert H. Culbertson, father of the Brazil postmaster, studied medicine and during the Civil war was a surgeon in the Eightieth Indiana Regiment, with the rank of major. He saw service in the Army of the Cumberland. After the war he located at Bowling Green in Clay County and practiced medicine there until 1877, when he moved to Brazil. He possessed a thorough knowledge of medicine, and his experience brought him to a position where he was regarded as one of the ablest doctors in Central Indiana. He was still in active practice at the time of his death, September 30, 1899. He is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. Dr. Robert H. Culbertson married Eliza Wingate, and Charles W. was their only child. Mr. Culbertson was educated in the grade and high schools, spent one year in Wabash College and in 1896 was graduated from Butler University. It was his desire to follow the profession of his father, and with that end in view he entered the Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York City. He gave up his studies to return home when his father died, and taking charge of his father’s estate required several years. Eventually he abandoned his intention to follow a professional career and has been occupied with business and public duties. In 1921 he was appointed to a position in the internal revenue service at Terre Haute, resigning to become postmaster of Brazil in 1925. He has served as county chairman of the Republican party of Clay County and is a man who readily gives his support to civic undertakings. He is a thirty-second degree Knight Templar Mason and member of Murat Temple of the Shrine at Indianapolis. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Christian Church, the Phi Kappa Psi college fraternity, and B. P. 0. Elks No, 762, of Brazil. He married, November 30, 1905, Miss Frances M. Campbell, daughter of Alexander C. and Katherine (Barnhardt) Campbell. Her father came from Pennsylvania and for many years was in the drug business at Brazil. The three children of Mr. and Mrs. Culbertson are named Katherine, Mary and Alice. Katherine is the wife of Dr. James F. Spigler, of Terre Haute. Mary is a graduate of Saint Mary of the Woods with the class of 1931 and Alice is a student in the Gulf Park School for Girls at Gulf port, Mississippi.

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: Dreher, Miller, Neukom, Schulemeyer, Mooter, JOSEPH DREHER is a Vigo County citizen who early learned the lessons of self-dependence and self-help. He early realized that success is rarely a benefice but something to be earned and deserved. Mr. Dreher has been one of the county’ s ablest and most diligent public officials and is now serving in the office of sheriff. He was born, January 29, 1874, on a farm near Tecumseh in Fayette Township, Vigo County, son of Ottmar and Pauline (Miller) Dreher. Both parents were born in Germany. His father came to this country in 1852, when about twenty-two years of age, while his wife accompanied her family from Wurttemberg. Ottniar Dreher learned the trade of cooper and brewer, and on locating at Terre Haute was employed by several firms and organizations. Later he moved to Tecumseh, and was identified with a large cooperage plant there. Tecumseh remained his home the rest of his life. He was interested in farming and developed a very valuable vineyard in that part of the county. He and his wife are buried in the Shepher Cemetery in Fayette Township. There were seven children: Freda, deceased, Sophia, William, Carl, deceased, Louis, Mary and Joseph. Joseph Dreher attended just one school, the Hayes School in Fayette Township. Much of his early training was directed by his father, who was a man of intelligence and much learning and well read. All the time he was in school he was working on the home farm. Later he learned the trade of barber and all the time he followed that occupation he was employed in one shop, at Terre Haute. Mr. Dreher since early manhood has been interested in politics. He had many friends all over the county as well as in the city, and in 1916 was for the first time a candidate for public office. He was elected sheriff of Vigo County and gave the county a very efficient administration during the next four years. This administration covered the World war period, when the sheriff had many extraordinary duties in addition to his routine work. Mr. Dreher in 1924 was again the object of the people’s confidence when he was elected county auditor, holding that office four years. In 1928 he was again elected sheriff and his term in office expires in 1932. Mr. Dreher married, June 17, 1903, at Terre Haute, Gertrude Neukom, daughter of Jacob and Christina (Schulemeyer) Neukom. To their marriage were born six children: Carl, who married Madaline Mooter and has a daughter, Mary Ann; Pauline, Josephine, Gertrude and Joseph, Jr. One child, Louis, died at the age of nineteen. Mr. Dreher is an interested communicant of Saint Benedicts Catholic Church at Terre Haute. He belongs to the Knights of Columbus, Young Men’s Institute, Improved Order of Red Men, Knights of Pythias, and B. P. 0. Elks No. 86, of Terre Haute. His home has been at 804 South Fourth Street ever since moving to Terre Haute.

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: Johnson, Wood, Wheeler, Tusten, Lambert, Moran, Tglehart, de Bullet, Dalton, EDWARD MEAD JOHNSON, president of Mead Johnson Company of Evansville, is unquestionably one of the most successful and public-spirited businessmen of Southern Indiana. Born on a farm, his rise in the business world makes a most colorful story. He was born near the Village of Dundaff, not far from Carbondale, Pennsylvania, April 23, 1852, son of Sylvester and Louisa (Wood) Johnson. As a matter of record the following digest of the family genealogy is included. Sylvester Johnson was born November 28, 1800, near New London, Connecticut, and died in 1883 at Crystal Lake, Pennsylvania. He was a businessman, interested in several enterprises, and also operated a farm. He married in September, 1831, Miss Louisa Wood, born April 13, 1809, and died at Crystal Lake, Pennsylvania, also. Sylvester Johnson was the son of Stephen Johnson, born November 14, 1772, and died April 19, 1863, at the age of ninety. He married at Plainfield, Connecticut, October 31, 1798, Miss Experience Wheeler, who was born October 31, 1772, and died April 6, 1850. The Wheeler family is said to be the founders of the town of Stonington, Connecticut. Stephen Johnson was the son of Sylvester Johnson, born September 21, 1728, and died January 2, 1815. The Johnson family had not distinguished themselves in history or in the business world until the generation of Mr. Mead Johnson and his brothers, but they were always of the hardy, true American stock of hard working, God fearing, useful citizens that make the real back-bone of the development of our great nation. It is from the ranks of modest folks like these that true eminence springs. The Wood family history, however, is a little more colorful. Louisa Wood, mother of Edward Mead Johnson, was the daughter of James Wood, who was born about 1777 at Goshen, New York, and died in 1836 at Newburgh, New York. James Wood was the son of Joseph Wood, who was born December 1, 1744, and died September 13, 1825. Joseph Wood was the son of Timothy Wood, who was born at Huntington, Long Island, July 17, 1683, and died in 1780. Timothy Wood was one of the early settlers of Goshen, Orange County, New York. He was the son of Jonas Wood, Jr., who was born in 1640 and died in 1712. Jonas Wood was a lieutenant of Suffolk County troops in 1684 and in 1690 he was elected one of three commissioners “to take care of all affairs rellaitting to ye publicke good of the towne,” as recorded in the minutes of the town meeting. He held several other public offices at various times. His father was Jonas Wood, Sr., who was born in 1595 in Yorkshire, England, and came to Stamford, Connecticut, in 1630, thence to Hempstead, Long Island. He died in Huntington in 1689, at the age of ninety-four. It was concerning Joseph Wood, great-grandfather of Mr. Johnson, that history has considerable to record, as he was a major in the Revolutionary war and one of the leading citizens of Goshen at that time. He married Elinor Tusten, daughter of Benjamin Tusten, Sr., another of the leading families of Goshen in Revolutionary times. The only brother of Elinor Tusten, Benjamin Tusten, Jr., was a physician and a lieutenant colonel in the Revolutionary war, and died in a terrible bloody battle of that war, in which his entire army was destroyed by a combination of British and Indians who outnumbered the Goshen defenders heavily. This was known as the Minisink Battle. Edward Mead Johnson grew up on the farm as one of eleven children and received his early education in the country schools. His first job, outside the farm, was as a schoolteacher in a rural school. After a year of teaching he worked with the official engineering corps of a coal company at Carbondale. He financed his way through the University of Michigan by his own earnings in engineering work and graduated with a degree in law in 1876. He decided, however, to enter the business world instead of the legal. The opportunity soon presented itself when his brother, R. W. Johnson, who had started in the drug business in Poughkeepsie, New York, gave him employment with his firm. This business had operated under the name of Seabury & Johnson. He later joined with another brother, James W. Johnson, in founding, in 1893, the Johnson & Johnson Company, which has since become world famous as manufacturers of drugs and pharmaceutical supplies. Headquarters of this company were established in New Brunswick, New Jersey. In 1900 E. Mead Johnson withdrew from the Johnson & Johnson Company to establish the Mead Johnson Company in Jersey City, New Jersey. By 1911 this firm began to specialize in infant diet materials, including Dextri-Maltose (malt sugar), the infant food for which the company is chiefly known today. During the war the demand for Dextri Maltose was greatly increased and the Mead Johnson Company turned to wheat and corn to augment the supply, which made it more desirable for the factory to be located nearer the grain producing areas. Mr. Johnson selected Evansville as the best spot for his new factory, which he located here in 1915, production starting in May, 1916. Mr. Johnson has been a resident of Evansville since 1916 and as such he has always shown a keen interest in the business and civic welfare of the community. Seeing the strategically position of Evansville as a river shipping point, the harbor there being free from ice the year round, he contributed a half million dollars to the building of what is known as the Mead Johnson Terminal for handling water, rail and truck freight, with warehouse and handling facilities of the latest design. This great civic asset was opened to the public with general celebration on February 27, 1981. On that day the Evansville Courier carried a ten-page special section devoted to the details of the event. The terminal was never planned by Mr. Johnson as a profit-making venture for his company or himself, as he hardly expected it to pay its own expenses, but to meet an urgent civic need. The use to which the terminal has been put since it was opened has more than justified Mr. Johnson’s faith in constructing it as a means of enlarging the commerce of the city. Another expression of his civic interest is to be found in his donation of the Public Health Nursing Association Building and much of its furnishings, and many other similar cause -which he has assisted. Besides his manufacture of baby food, of which 10,000,000 packages annually are distributed, Mr. Johnson is a stockholder in several banks and has property in Florida and Michigan. Mr. Johnson married in 1884 Miss Francine Lambert, daughter of John Lambert, who was a native of France and who served in the Confederate army during the American Civil war. To this union were born three children: Edward Mead, Jr., born in 1890 and died November 2, 1930, was vice president of the Mead Johnson Company at the time of his death. He married Katherine Moran, of San Antonio, Texas, and had a son, Edward Mead III, born in 1917. The second son of Mr. Johnson, Sr., is Lambert D., born in 1892, who is now vice president and treasurer of the Mead Johnson Company and who married Evelyn Tglehart, of Evansville, and their three children are Lambert, Jr., born in 1921; Edgar Iglehart, born in 1924; and Gloria, born in 1926. The third son of Mr. Johnson is James Wood, who served with the Aviation Corps during the war but is now giving most of his time to literary work. He married Camille de Bullet, a French woman, and they purchased and occupy the house formerly occupied by Premier Clemenceau during the war, which was built during the reign of Louis XVI but recently modernized. They have two children: Francis, born in 1922, and Camille, born in 1929. Mr. Johnson, Sr., subsequently married Helena Dalton, a native of Brooklyn, New York, daughter of John and Helena Dalton. Mr. Johnson has been an independent in politics. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

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: Doyle, Welson, WILLIAM DOYLE a resident of Terre Haute for nearly forty years, has been a well known figure in business and public affairs, and at the present time is serving as superintendent of the Fairbanks Municipal Swimming Pool, one of the finest and most modern in the state. Mr. Doyle was born in Parke County, Indiana, June 2, 1872, son of Michael and Anna (Weldon) Doyle. His father was from County Cork, Ireland, came to America when a young man and after some time in New York came on to Indiana. He worked in the pork packing business in Indiana and shipped his product through the canal system to the New Orleans market. He and his wife are buried in Parke County. They had nine children, James, Joseph, Anna, Bridgett, John, William, Katie, Mike and Sylvester. Of these only three are now living, William, Sylvester and Katie. William Doyle received all his educational advantages in Parke County. While he was in school he was given an assignment of the duties on the home farm, and he also drove a mail wagon for a time. When, at the age of twenty-one he came to Terre Haute he was employed in a grocery store and for several years was in the insurance business and later was employed in a bakery. For a quarter of a century Mr. Doyle was identified with one of the prominent liquor dealers of Terre Haute. All the time he has been very active in politics, a leader in the local Democratic Party. He served a year in the office of justice of the peace and on leaving that office moved to a farm. He sold the farm and after returning to Terre Haute conducted a grocery business for several years. In 1930 Mr. Doyle was appointed superintendent of the Fairbanks Municipal Swimming Pool at Terre Haute.

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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: Morgan, Bolin, Swindie, Plumer, Wells, ALBERT R. MORGAN, the present county recorder of Clay County, is a native of Indiana was with the colors at the time of the World war, and his business training and experience added other qualifications to his popularity with the voters of the county. Mr. Morgan was born at Staunton, Indiana, December 14, 1894, son of John T. and Margaret (Bolin) Morgan. His grandfather, Preston Morgan, was a native of Kentucky and when a young man came to Indiana and entered land in Clay County. John T. Morgan was a child when brought from Kentucky. He learned the trade of wagon maker and for a number of years conducted a shop near Brazil. He and his wife had six children: Fred, who married Anna Swindie; Kathrine, who became the wife of Samuel Plumer and had three children, Margaret, Clara and Kathrine; Miss Flora, a teacher; Eugene, who married Grace Wells; Miss Nell, at home; and Albert R. Albert R. Morgan attended the grade school near Harmony, had a business college course in Brazil and after leaving school was in the rural mail carriers service until the outbreak of the war. In April, 1917, he enlisted and was sent for training to Purdue University. Later he was put in the Ordnance Corps and was at the great training and testing grounds near Aberdeen, Maryland. Afterwards he was assigned duty traveling in the recruiting service, and after the armistice received his honorable discharge at New York. Mr. Morgan then returned to Brazil, and for a time was employed in the local post-office. He was a collector for the T. H. I. & E. T. Company when he entered upon his campaign for the election to the office of county recorder, November, 1928, and was elected on the Republican ticket for a term of four years. Mr. Morgan is a member of the American Legion, Clay County Post No. 2, is affiliated with the Fraternal Order of Eagles and Improved Order of Red Men, and is very active in the Methodist Episcopal Church. His hobby is music and he is a member of the noted Harmony Quartette, which has frequently been heard over the WBOW radio broadcasting station.

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: KITSELMAN, Starbuck, Orr, Crapo, CARL MAITLAND KITSELMAN, Indiana manufacturer, was one of the men who developed at Muncie the extensive plants devoted to the manufacture of fencing and other wire and steel products, the output of which has been sold and used practically round the world. Carl Maitland Kitselman’s oldest brother, A. L., is still living and active in the business. Carl M. Kitselman died at his home in Muncie November 27, 1930, at the age of sixty-five. He was born at Ridgeville, Indiana, August 15, 1865, son of Davis S. and Mahala (Starbuck) Kitselman. He attended public school in Ridgeville, also Ridgeville College, and at the age of fifteen had qualified for a position in handling the telegraph key. His attitude toward life was always one of serious purpose, and to his every undertaking he devoted himself wholeheartedly. He was a telegrapher for five years, and then became a general merchant at Redkey, where for eight years he sold goods over the county to the local trade of the countryside. During the decade of the ‘90s the industrial age came to Eastern Indiana, transforming many rural villages into manufacturing towns and presenting special opportunities for the ambitious, the enterprising, the far-seeing. Among them were the Kitselman brothers, Alva L., David M., Edwin Fay and Carl Maitland. Kitselman Brothers as an organization put up a small factory at Ridgeville, where they manufactured roller skates. The roller skating craze was then at its height. They developed a fairly prosperous business as long as the craze lasted, but a single specialty was not enough for a permanent industry. In 1900 the Kitselman brothers moved to Muncie, already coming into prominence as a manufacturing center, and there put up a plant to make wire fencing. Kitselman brothers developed their business on a two-fold basis, as wholesale manufacturers and also as mail order dealers. They were judicious and extensive advertisers, and during the past quarter of a century Kitselman fencing material has enjoyed a well-deserved r eputation and a sale to all parts of the United States and in foreign countries as well. Their enterprise came to be represented by two large plants, employing hundreds of men and women. There were two business organizations, the Kitselman Brothers Company and the Indiana Steel & Wire Company. The late Carl Mäitland Kitselman was treasurer of both companies. The late C. M. Kitselman was also a director of the Merchants National Bank and of the Muncie Oil Engine Company. He was a member of the Exchange Club of Muncie, the High Street Methodist Episcopal Church, the Muncie Garden Club, and one of his hobbies was the culture of flowers, illustrated in his efforts at his beautiful home, which he erected in 1926 and also in a public way in the beautifying of Muncie’s parks. Mr. Kitselman was never active in politics. Aside from his business his chief interests centered in his home and family. He was devoted to his brothers, particularly his brother Fay, who preceded him in death only a few days, passing away November 10, 1930. Mr. Carl Maitland Kitselman married in 1892, at Redkey, Indiana, Miss Irene Orr, who survives him. There were two children, a much beloved son, Fred Davis, who died when seventeen years old, and a daughter, Mildred Elizabeth, who is now the wife of Fred M. Crapo. Mr. Crapo has for several years been associated with the Kitselman interests in Muncie. There are also three grandchildren, Catherine Elizabeth, Mildred Ann and Janet Carrell Crapo. One of the friends whose knowledge enabled him to go beneath the superficialities of a busy life wrote of him as “the gentle, kindly, human, loving personality of C. M. Kitselman. None who knew him but must have had a deep affection for him. The troubles of others touched him as if they were his own. His griefs were deep, too deep for his own welfare. The loss of his son affected gravely his whole life afterward; that of his brother Fay, for whom he felt a love that was more than brotherly and rather like that of a father for a son, although the two were nearly of an age, appeared to him almost unbearable and it cannot be doubted that it had an effect that may have hastened his own end. To appreciate the character that was Mait Kitselman one should not only have known him, but also should have known the men and women with which he was associated daily throughout the years. To them his death is not that alone of a beloved employer or business associate, but rather that of a member of their intimate families. The monument to his memory is in their hearts. No such life as his can go unrewarded; no such good influence as his can ever die.”