This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gh.2ADI/682.1 Message Board Post: I am searching for information on a Clara Long which married a Perry Anthony Myers. She was born in Indiana. Her father was Andrew Long born in Ohio. Parents William and Phebe Long. I know that Clara & her husband P.A. Myers moved to Missouri. Please let me know either way this has been such an on going search. Thank you in advance, Lisa

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gh.2ADI/3690.1.1 Message Board Post: Oh the picture would be great because I just found out that I wont be able to get back toward indiana until later in the month or until next month before I go back to college. Some sudden things came up so the picture would be great. Thanks so much *Sending hugs* I have done so much research on this family lately and now am gettting a website started up at Genealogy.com. Please if you can stop by and look for the Clouse-Dunn family tree :) Carrie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//gh.2ADI/3703 Message Board Post: I found a death notice in Wabash Co for the above. The notice read: Della B. Harrell born 8-4-1891 in Tipton Co to Harvey and Margaret Dunham Aldrige (Aldridge?). Died 3-11-1943 in Lagro, Indiana. Buried in Mt. Etna Cemetary, Mt. Etna in Huntington Co. w/o Clyde Harrell. I have a great-uncle by the name of Clyde Harrell from Lagro, Indiana. Family history is that Clyce died young and a marriage was unknown. If anyone has any info on this couple/person, it would be greatly appreciated. If anyone can point me to someone who would do a look-up for this cemetary or where I could do a look-up, I would be very greatful. TIA!

Hi I am writtng to find out if it is possible that Marie Jeno Burns, could have a Forest and Bonnie Burns in her family history please let me know as soon as possible, Thank You, Cassandra

There is a tombstone st Pilgrim's Rest for Eva Smart, dates 1890-1969. Would this be your Eva? If it is she is buried toward the 'back section' of the cemetery. Once you enter the cemetery go toward the right, and head towards the back, when you get midway where there are no longer any trees, you are close by. Walk along the fence that borders the cemetery and hers is the second one in from that end. I hope this is the one you are looking for, I have a picture of it that I can e-mail to you if you'd like. Ellen

Hello, I am researching the name VANDINE. I am looking especially for Charles Monroe Vandine and his mother Lucinda Vandine. I am not sure how early Charles would be on census for Indiana but believe it was sometime after 1890. I especially need to find him on the 1900 and 1910 census. His mother died in 1889 so since there is no 1890 I doubt she can be found. Thank you for any help. I have lots on these families. Valerie

Job Clark Stout is my great great grandfather. Other surnames are Gill, Helms, Brady, Young and Nutt.

Hi Mary..that would be wonderful, I do have quite a bit but would love to share and compare. you can email me at [email protected] thanks Therese Lewis

I am also researching Hannah Tharp's family, Armstead Bowen Tharp and Irena Rickets. I went to Batson Cemetery last weekend and saw the tombstones. My husband is a descendant of Hannah's brother, John Wesley Tharp, who married Margaret Armacost. Please email me at [email protected] Thanks! Sheryl Poorman

Are there any descendants of Earl Clem RUPERT and Mary Etta CALLISON (married 1904) who are still in the Huntington area and who might be on this list. Children Vesta, Bernice and Everett are all deceased. Grandchildren should still be in the area. Catherine HAIFLICH; Mary BECK; Leroy, Pete, and Earl STETZEL, Nancy BUCKINGHAM; Dorothy SOUERS; Patricia COLE and James and Douglas RUPERT . I am working on a book of ancestry for our mutual Callison ancestors and am going to be doing research in Huntington at the end of the month. Would like to meet and hopefully share pictures and information. Take care Marilyn

I have some family that are Empies As the story goes the Empies are from Fort Wayne Indiana and they were really wealthy. They were the ones that were responsible for the track cars and first lights in Fort Wayne. T.B. Empie (1848-1910) married a M.J.Empie(1854-1931) her maiden name is unknown. I found the two in Lindenwood Cemetary in Fort Wayne Indiana on 8/10/2001. They had a daughter Anna Empie (1874-1940) that married my GGgrandfather William Landon (1871-1941) William was killed in a freak accident while walking home from work he walked in front of a dining car and was sragged about 20 feet.My grandmother said that they had to search to make sure that they had all of him.(His mother and father were Matilda and James Landon.) William and Anna had 7 children William, James, Ralph, Hazel, Robert, Florence, and Mary. Robert (b june 16 1909 d feb 25 1974)married a Mary Louise Stevens on June 20 1953 in Huntington Indiana. They had 4 children Micheal, Tamara, Warren, Randy. Ralph (d Jan 12,1960) married a Mary although the maiden name is unknown and they had 3 children, Richard E., Dollie who married a Nimtz, and Donna June who married a Matson. James (b Aug 14,1906 D June 22,1979) was married to my Ggrandmother Loretta Smart and had 2 children Caroline and James Lee Landon. Caroline is my grandmother and married a Charles Treadwell. They had my mom Eva, Rose, Melody, and Charles Jr. James Lee has been married 2 times and has about 9 kids and presently is living in Indiana. I believe in the Huntington area. William B.(b December 1,1898) never married or had children that I know of to this day. But as the story goes he was in the Krystal Resturant having a few drinks and when he left all he had was about $4 on him and he was beaten then robbed. The guys who beat him did some major damage and he died at Huntington Memorial Hospital March 16 1981. Florence married a Floyd Stevens and had 2 children Olive Mae and Bobbie. Mary married a Lloyd Pinkerton(Pinkerington) and had a son that died in WW1 and a daughter Juanita. Hazel married a Forest Foor and they had Lila and Johnny. Johnny died in WW1 also. it is said that Lila may have married a Johnny as well. I found Hazels head stone at Pilgrims Rest Cemetary off of Route 5 in Huntington Indiana on 8/10/2001 and she is burried with a Onie Foor. I dont know who that is or if that is her husbands real name. My grandmother was the one that told me that her husbands name was Forest. Have more research do to on that. Also if anyone can get me any info one whether or not Eva Smart has a head stone in Pilgrims Rest cemetary it would be appreciated. I went to the cemetary myself on 8/10/2001 and after about 4 hours of walking around I couldnt find one but my grandmother said that there is one there. When I went to the office to get info there was a message saying please if you have any questions call and left a number but I was from out of state so I didnt even know the area code. If someone can help me it would be appreciated.

The Susanna Snider and Samuel Eiler mentioned here are my paternal 2nd Great Grandparents. They are buried in Hagerstown, Indiana (Wayne Co.) I maight be able to give you some clues if you haven't already heard from people, about the Sniders, am sorry I don't know more about the Lewis' family. Mary Gilmore

seeking info. on Rev. William Brown. He was 8th bishop of the Huntington Indiana Brethern in Christ Church. no dates, but one of the ealiest. Any info. would be appr. Dedicated to Staying in Touch! Suzy!!

i'm looking for info on my gr,grandmothers family aso her name was Katherine Mary Renz and married Frank Baer about 1910. if any of these names sound familiar please contact me thank you [email protected]

DO YOU KNOW WHAT JAMES' MIDDLE NAME WAS??? I HAVE AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT GENERATIONS OF JAMES IN MY TREE. IT GOES BACK TO MY GGGG- GRANDAD. LET ME KNOW IF I CAN HELP.

I am looking for any info or descendants on the following people. I have ancestors of Callison but am interested in ancestors of those who married into the family also. I have later generations if you think you might fit into the list. Thanks for any help Marilyn All these dates took place in Huntington. Looking for sources and other info along with descendants. In fact ANY Callison in Huntington is probably related to these people. Thomas A. Callison d: May 29, 1904 Sarah FLAUGHER Callison d: February 26, 1925 Della Callison +Daniel Webster JOHN m: August 15, 1897 Della Callison John +Rufus Marion LANGSTON m: February 09, 1915 Lizzie Luellen Callison +Curtis Fletcher SIMON m: December 25, 1897 Mary Etta Callison +Earl Clem RUPERT m: April 30, 1904 Christie E. Callison +Ethel M. JARVIS m: November 26, 1913 Blanche M Callison +Delmar MILLER m: April 10, 1909 Anthony Callison d: February 24, 1906 Rhoda HUGHEL Callison d: November 28, 1898 Aaron Hugh Callison +Sarah GRIFFITH m: June 26, 1873 Margaret Jane Callison +Calvin G. FLORA m: October 23, 1881 Wallace Hayden Flora +Una Marie MENTZER m: September 26, 1907 Asa Albert Callison +Florence EMLEY m: September 18, 1879 Idessa Callison +Norman W. WALTER m: November 23, 1900 Bertha Callison +William MCCOMBS m: March 10, 1901 Bertha Callison McCombs +Arthur D. BRYANT m: Bef. 1927 Effie Estella Callison +Albert MCCOMBS m: March 20, 1907 William Irvin Callison +Emma Jane MENTZER m: April 21, 1882 Albert Anthony Callison +Clara Marie STUBER m: August 07, 1910 Julius Henry Callison +Sophia HOCK m: March 27, 1890 Emmet Arther Callison +Lizzie SMITH m: October 26, 1890

Edna was the daughter of Samuel Erastus Colbert and Minnie Cruzette ( Bonham ) Colbert Longtime Tucsonan Edna Gill, musical club figure, dies at 87 Edna C. Gill, a resident of Tucson for more than 60 years, died of heart failure in Tucson Medical Center on Thursday night. She was 87. Gill came to Tucson in 1917 from Huntington, Ind. with her husband, the late Harmon W. gill. As a youngster she had studied music and taken every opportunity to participate in musical groups. By 1918, she was an active member of the Saturday Morning Musical Club and was the contralto soloist for almost every Tucson musical event for the next 15 years. Gill was a member of the Saturday Morning Musical Club's board of directors at the time the Temple of Music and Art was built in the late 1920's. She served as music director at the First Christian Church, the Trinity Presbyterian Church and the Congregational Church. Gill was also active in the American Red Cross Grey Ladies. She was a member of the booster club for the Arizona Boy's Ranch and a life member of the First Christian Church. She also was a 50-year member of the Order of the Eastern Star and an honorary member of the Old Pueblo Club. She is survived by her son, Warren, of San Clemente, Calif.; a daughter, Eleanor Hudspeth of Tucson; one step granddaughter; three step great-grandchildren and a cousin, Ruth B. Jones, also of Tucson. Visitation will be held tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Arizona Mortuary downtown. A private grave side service will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Evergreen Cemetery and a memorial service is scheduled at 9:30 a.m. at First Christian Church, 740 E. Speedway. The family asks that remembrances be made in the form of donations to the Red Cross, The Arizona's Boy's Ranch or the First Christian Church.

SAMUEL E. COLBERT, 54 IS DEAD OF ANEMIA Samuel E. Colbert fifty four years old, died Wednesday (6/15/1912) morning at 1 O'clock at the family residence at 421(?) South Jefferson St.. He had been ill since November 26(?) of last year and was for some time a patient at the St. Joseph Hospital at Fort Wayne. Death was caused by Pernic??? anemia. Mr. Colbert was born February 9, 1867 (1869), in Salamonie township, Huntington county to Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Colbert. He married Miss Minnie Bonham in Rock Creek township, February 28, 1890. The family came to Huntington in 1912(?). Mr. Colbert was manager of the People's garage on Warren street until his health failed when he retired from business. Surviving are the widow and two daughters, Mrs. Harmon Gill of Tueson, Ariz., and Miss Enid Colbert at home. Brothers and sisters are Mrs. Byron Thompson of Salamonie Township, David Colbert of Auburn, Mich., Mrs. Chester Sparks of Salamonie township and Mrs. Eldridge Anderson of Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Colbert was a member of the Central Christian church, the Knights of Pythias, of the I.O.O.F. and the Maccabees. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Central Christian church. The Rev. Elmer Ward Cole will officiate and burial will be at the Woodlawn cemetery at Warren.

STROKE IS FATAL TO HUNTINGTON WOMAN Mrs. Minnie C. Colbert, 87, 1309 Cherry street, died at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Huntington county hospital where she had been a patient since May 23, when she suffered a stroke. She had been in failing health for some time. Mrs. Colbert was born February 28, 1867 to Carey Ward and Sarah Ellen Brown Bonham in Rock Creek township. She was married February 28, 1890, to Samuel E. Colbert, who is dead. Mrs. Colbert had been a resident of this city for many years and was a member of the Central Christian church, the Monday club and the WCTU. Surviving are two daughters Mrs. Edna Gill, widow of Harmon Gill, Tucson, Ariz., and Mrs. Adolph (Enid) Schenkel, this city; five grandchildren, Warren C. Gill, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Eleanor Hudsteth, Tucson, Ariz.; Mrs. William Schacht II and Mrs. Arnet Wells Jr., this city, and Miss Eleanor Schenkel, a student at Indiana university, and five great-grandchildren. Brothers and sisters preceding her in death were Mrs. W. E. Pribble, Mrs. T. J. Redding, Mrs. Laurel Burnau, A. W. Bonham and Russell Bonham. The body is at the Briggs funeral home where friends may call after 7 p.m. Wednesday and where funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday with the Rev. J. Maurice Thompson, pastor of the Central Christian church officiating. Burial will be in the Woodlawn cemetery, Warren.

LEMUEL COLBERT - BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORIES OF HUNTINGTON COUNTY The above named gentleman, a wealthy and leading farmer of Salamonie township, Huntington county, Indiana, is a native of Champaign county, Ohio and was born November 15, 1842. He was a son of George and Serena (Chapman) Colbert, and a grandson of Jesse Colbert, who lived to the extreme age of ninety-two, and his wife, Lucinda, one hundred and seven years; he dying at his home in Ohio, and she at the home of her son George, a farmer of Wells county, Indiana. George Colbert was born in Pennsylvania, moved to the southern part of Indiana and later returned east as far as Ohio, where he located in Champaign county. September 15, 1843, he traded his Ohio farm for two hundred and eleven acres of wild land in Jackson township, Wells county, Indiana, and moved there with his family. The only attempt that had been made at improvement was to build a small cabin in the woods. He cleared over one hundred acres of this farm, and in 1834 built a brick residence which was his home until his death, December 5, 1880. when he reached the goodly age of eighty-five years. He chose as the wife of his youth, Miss Serena Chapman, who died in 1844, leaving him nine children. Viz: John who died unmarried: Elizabeth, wife of John Faust, both deceased, Lewis, deceased, married Esther Bateson, and was a farmer in Chester township, Wells county, Lydia, wife of Israel Furst, both deceased, Louisa, widow of Josephus Grimes, lives with her brothers and sister! s, Serena, deceased, wife of Nathan Henderson of Fulton county, Illinois, Annie, wife of John McKee of Liberty township, Wells county, Lemuel and Ellen, who died in infancy. Mr. George Colbert's second wife was Mrs. Elizabeth Collins (nee King), of Ohio, and by her was the father of six children, namely: William and Isaiah, twins, the former lives on the old homestead in Wells county; Isaiah died young, Isaac, a retired farmer of Salamonie township; George W., a farmer and dairyman, who makes his home in the West; Nancy Jane, deceased, was the wife of George Cruse; and Lucinda married Samuel Haynes, of Grant county, Indiana. They were all educated in the Wells county common schools. Lemuel Colbert attended school with his brothers and sisters, and when twenty years of age started to work for himself. He owned twenty acres of land in Jackson township, near the old homestead, and he farmed this for one year. He then went to Huntington county and rented land in Salamonie township for three years; and on January 26, 1868 purchased from a Mr. Davis part of his present home, eighty acres of unimproved woodland. There had been no attempt made at improvement and Mr. Colbert put the first ax to the timber and cleared out the first underbrush. He was a hard worker and eminently successful in all his business, being guided by a keenness and shrewdness surpassed by none. He added to his land from time to time as he saw an opportunity to buy to advantage until at one time he had in his possession three hundred and ninety acres of land; but he has disposed of part of this and now retains but two hundred and forty acres. He has cleared upward of two hundred acres, an! d now has one of the best improved and most desirable properties in Huntington county. In 1883 he built a fine brick residence at a cost of about four thousand dollars. The brick part of this building, thirty by thirty six feet, was burned on the premise by Mr. Colbert. The roof is of slate, the ???ments of the house are ??lern, and everything has been arranged for comfort and convenience. About three years after completing his house, Mr. Colbert built a large barn, the finest in the county. It is forty by eighty feet in dimensions, and measures twenty feet to the roof, and in its construction has taken advantage of every modern appliance for lightening the labor of his farm; one of the conveniences is a large six-horse-power wind-mill, which not only pumps the water but grinds the feed, shells the corn, saws the wood, etc. His barn cost about fourteen hundred dollars, but he is not a man to count the expense if the money is expended to minimize the labor or add to the comfo! rt and pleasure of his family and friends. He carries on general farming on a large scale, and deals extensively in stock, keeping about thirty head of cattle, sixty Poland-China hogs, forty head of Shropshire sheep, and a number of draft horses which he breeds for the market. During his earlier years he learned the trade of a plasterer and worked at it for some time, but as the life of an agriculturist appealed more strongly to his tastes he abandoned his trade to give his entire attention to the calling which he has so well adorned, and in which he has met with such flowing success. Mr. Colbert was twice married. the wife of his youth being Miss Mahala Swaim to whom he was married February 6, 1862. She was a daughter of S. H. and Elizabeth Swaim, the mother a native of Ohio and the father of the Carolinas. They were among the very first white inhabitants to settle in Salamonie township, and it was here the daughter grew to womanhood and met Lemuel Colbert. She passed to the better land on February 26, 1969 and on March 3, 1870 he was married to Miss Margaret Coolman, of this township, whose parents are William and Mary Ann (McKee) Coolman. William Coolman was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, while his wife was from Pennsylvania, and they also were among the earliest settlers in this township. They entered one hundred and forty acres of land, eighty of which was in Huntington and sixty in Wells county, and on this farm they lived until overtaken by death. The mother died February 27, 1869, and the father in March, 1873. The children born to them were as! follows: Daniel, deceased, who was a farmer of Salamonie township, James, who resides south of Huntington, Andrew, a farmer of Rock Creek township, Catherine, wife of Harvey Gephart, of Rock Creek township, William, who died young, Margaret, who is the wife of Mr. Colbert, Jacob, a merchant and farmer of Indianapolis, Martha Ann, wife of Levi Hoffman, of Wells county, Josiah, a resident of Rock Creek township, and David, who lives in Wells county. The children born to Mr. Colbert by his first marriage were Mary Ellen, wife of Byron Thompson, a farmer of Salamonie township, and Samuel Erastus who married Miss Minnie Bonham, residents of Warren. The children of the second marriage are four in number, as follows: William Clarence, who married Miss Maggie Brown and is a farmer of Salamonie township, David I. who married Miss Minnie Stroud, also a farmer of this township, Lena L. who lives at home, and Ada Viola, also at home. In politics Mr. Colbert is a strong Republican. He has been identified with the Methodist Episcopal church since 1860. is a trustee of the church at Plumtree and acts as class-leader. He has always been quite active in church work, and has thrown his whole heart in the same feeling well repaid if he could advance the cause of Christianity Mr. Colbert had a thrilling experience a few years ago which seldom falls to the lot of man and was of so startling a nature as to be well worthy of repeating for the benefit of our many readers. On June 17, 1890 as Mr. Colbert was engaged in plowing in the field, a thunder storm came up; and before he could reach shelter a lightning bolt struck him, throwing him fully twelve feet. The bolt struck him in the back of the head, passed down his back and sides and off through his feet to the earth. His hat was torn to shreds and the clothes burned from his body, while the hair was burned from his head and his body and limbs badly blistered. He was taken up for dead, but a close examination discovered traces of life and every effort was made to resuscitate him. For five days he remained unconscious and unresponsive to their treatment, but skill and careful nursing at length prevailed, and he was slowly brought back from the very jaws of death. Daily Demo - June 18th 1890 Lemuel Colbert, of Salamonie township was struck by lightning yesterday and is so badly hurt that his death is momentarily expected. He with his son, Clarence, were in a field plowing corn when the storm came up. the sharp flash of lightning came and both men and horses were knocked down. Clarence recovered consciousness in a few moments, although badly stunned, and found that the electric shaft had struck his father in the back of the head, burning off the hair and rendering him unconscious. Mr. Colbert was taken to the house and still remains delirious as well as perfectly deaf. He talks, but is very wild and knows nothing. The physicians say he cannot possibly recover. This morning he was barely alive. The horses were badly stunned and one of them may not recover. Clarence was also more or less hurt. Mr. Colbert is one of the leading farmers of Salamonie township, owning as he does a farm of 800 or 400 acres of the very best land. He is one of the foremost in the neighborhood and has a wide circle of friends who sincerely hope he may recover. LEMUEL COLBERT Victim of Dropsy and Asthma Saturday Afternoon Lemuel Colbert, for forty years one of the most prominent residents of the township and for three years a member of the county board of commissioners, died at his home on North Wayne street Saturday afternoon after a lingering ilness due to a complication of asthma and dropsy. For more than a week his friends realized that he was probably in his last illness and that death was only a matter of a few days. His children were summonded and were about him when the end came. Lemuel Colbert was born in Champaign county, Ohio, November 15, 1842. When he was about a year old his parents moved to Wells county where they began clearing a big farm a few miles south east of Warren. At the age of twenty, after having attended such shools as were within his reach, Mr. Colbert began to work for himself and a few years later came to Huntington county where he rented a farm. Later he bought eighty acres of wild land and this tract became the nucleus of a fine farm of 240 which he owned at the time of his death. For many years he was regarded as one of the most successful farmers in the county and his farm is a model of well-fared-for land. On February 6, 1862 he was married to Mahala, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Swaim. She died seven years later leaving two children, Samuel E. who now lives in Huntington and Mary, wife of Byron Thompson of this township. March 3, 1870 Mr. Colbert was married to Miss Margaret Coolman who survives. Of the last marriage there are children as follows: William Clarence, deceased; David L. who lives in Michigan; Lena who with her husband, Chester Sparks reside on the home farm, and Ada wife of Elbridge Andrew. Besides relatives named two brothers William and George and Three sisters, Mrs. Louisa Grimes of Mt. Zion, Mrs. Hannah McKee of Mt Zion, Mrs. Lucinda Haines of Van Buren are living. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Methodist church of which denomination the deceased had long been an active member. The services were in charge of Rev. G. B. Work and Rev. E. B. Brown, of the Warren circuit. Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery.