Is there anyone in the Bedford, IN area who can help me? I am trying to trace my branch of the Holyhead (Wales) Hughes family. I know that John Richard Hughes (aka Jack Hughes) went to Bedford, Indiana sometime in the last third (?) of the 1800s. He built a large house in Bedford - called Jack Hughes House. It's mentioned on a walking tour website of the town. He had a daughter named Marguerite, who married my great uncle Menai Jones in the 1930s. She must have been born in the 1890s. Jack set up the Bedford Cut Stone Company and was a stonemason by trade - he went to Bedford because of the limestone industry there. Thanks if you can help in any way! Mike Jones London UK

hello everyone: i am the new list admistrator for the roots web lawrence co. site. i do not claim to be replacing rebecca because i am sure that would be an impossible challenge. i join you in wishing her well in all that she does. i have been a member of this list for several years so many of you are familiar to me. at least in the cyber sense. a little about me. i grew up in bedford and left there in 1963 after graduating from BHS and notre dame. forty years ago, i married carmella grecco from oolitic. we now live in fenton, mi. and are still very much in love. i am retired due to some health issues after a career with the general motors financial staff and carmella teachs third grade at our local parochial school. my genealogical passion is the murray family who settled in marion township about 1818 having migrated from randolph co. nc. i still own the last of the murray farm south of mitchell. for those of us list members who are a "little longer in the tooth" my father was marion "bunch" murray. dad worked at central foundry and "dot" murray was my uncle. dot was mayor of bedford during the great depression in thw 30's. many lawrence county surnames pic' my interest. sheeks, toliver, burton and finger just to mention a few. i look forward to working for you and hope that our time together is mutually benficial. if i can be of any service, please contact me at <[email protected]>. until needed, iwill be monitoring the electronic waves. find great joy in your work! allen murray

Hello Cousins! Just wanted to let you know that Allen Murray will be taking over the Lawrence County GenWeb site and mailing list. He may be reached at: [email protected] Thanks for all your good wishes and assistance over the years. It has been an honor working with you. Rebecca Former Lawrence County Listmistress

Could some one please do a look-up on a marriage for me so I can send for the marriage license? Lula Josephine Knight married Harry Beauragard Weddell on April 26, 1913. I am more that "pretty sure" about the date. In Mitchell, Indiana. I posted this on Jackson County and someone told me Mitchell is in Lawrence County! Thanks, Theresa Weddell [email protected] Austin, Texas

Rebecca, Thanks for all your hard work over the years. We'll miss you! Best of everything in all your future endeavors. Welcome Allen & thanks for taking over! Marilyn "Mel" Nickless ----- Original Message ----- From: Rebecca To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 5:25 PM Subject: [INLAWREN] Changes Hello Cousins! Just wanted to let you know that Allen Murray will be taking over the Lawrence County GenWeb site and mailing list. He may be reached at: [email protected] Thanks for all your good wishes and assistance over the years. It has been an honor working with you. Rebecca Former Lawrence County Listmistress

Lawrence County Cousins: Life has made it such that I need to find a good caretaker for the Lawrence County GenWeb site and Mailing List. You do need a basic knowledge of (or a willingness to teach yourself) web page construction. They may be adopted separately..or together. If you are interested, please email me PRIVATELY. I have enjoyed my time with you all. Thanks for your support over the years! Rebecca Lawrence County List Mistress

Will some one look up James T. Smith and see if he is listed on the 1830 census? Please Thank you very much Mary Lou

A big "Thank You" goes to both Carolyn Burns & Diana Flynn for the information about the Indiana bios. Marilyn Nickless Searching Nickless/Nicholas/Nichols, Donica, Holderness, Litten/Litton, Potter, Jackson, Rollins, Duncan, Critchlow, etc., etc. in Lawrence & nearby Cos.

The URL below will take you to a page that has an index for all Indiana Biographies. This way you won't have to check each county. http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/indiana/indianabios.htm

You can purchase this book online through Higginson Books at http://www.higginsonbooks.com IN0030 HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES, from the Earliest Time to the Present [1884], with Interesting Biographical Sketches, etc. 937p. (Goodspeed Bros.; 1884) 1992 $94.00 As Diana Flynn was so nice to point out, the biographies from the book have already been transcribed and are located at http://www.angelfire.com/in4/orchidhill/lawrence.html Since the biographies are transcribed by township, you can still use my index to find out what township a person is located in rather than search all the townships. In addition, there are many surnames mentioned in the biographies which I have identified on the index. You can also do a "find" or on the index to identify all the references to a particular name. Thanks! - Carolyn

Thanks, Diana, for letting me know that these biographies were already online....you certainly saved me a bunch of typing - ha! If it's ok, I will keep the index I created with the associated surnames and just refer to the Biographies web site. Thank you again! - Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana S Flynn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 8:23 AM Subject: Re: [INLAWREN] History of Lawrence, Orange & Washington Counties > The Lawrence County Biographies can be found on-line at: > > http://www.angelfire.com/in4/orchidhill/lawrence.html > > Orange County Biographies are at: > http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/orange/orabios.htm > > Washington County Biographies are at: > > http://165.138.44.13/washington/INBIOG.HTM > > These biographies were taken from "The History of Lawrence, Orange and > Washington Counties, Indiana" 1884 Goodspeed Bros. > > > > > On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 23:32:16 -0500 "Carolyn J. Burns" > <[email protected]> writes: > > I have recently purchased the book History of Lawrence, Orange and > > Washington Counties, Indiana (1884). The books contains a wealth > > of > > information, but there is no index. Within each county, the book > > contains > > biographies. I have begun indexing the biographies (in alphabetical > > order) > > and have uploaded the information to my web site. I have completed > > Lawrence > > County, and I am still working on Orange and Washington Counties. > > > > If you would like to look at this information, here is the link: > > http://www.carolynjburns.com/Lawrence/index.html > > > > I hope this information will be helpful to people researching > > families in > > these counties! > > > > > > ************************************************ > > Carolyn (Johnson) Burns > > [email protected] > > http://www.carolynjburns.com > > > > Researching: BELL BROCKSICK COMPTON > > CRITTON HENDERSON HERR HOOPINGARNER > > JOHNSON KELLEY LIGHTFOOT McKEGG MORGAN > > NICKEL REYNOLDS SAUVAGO SMOUSE STOKER > > ************************************************* > > > > > > >

An index to all Indiana Biographies can be found at: http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/indybios/county1.html

The Lawrence County Biographies can be found on-line at: http://www.angelfire.com/in4/orchidhill/lawrence.html Orange County Biographies are at: http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/orange/orabios.htm Washington County Biographies are at: http://165.138.44.13/washington/INBIOG.HTM These biographies were taken from "The History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana" 1884 Goodspeed Bros. On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 23:32:16 -0500 "Carolyn J. Burns" <[email protected]> writes: > I have recently purchased the book History of Lawrence, Orange and > Washington Counties, Indiana (1884). The books contains a wealth > of > information, but there is no index. Within each county, the book > contains > biographies. I have begun indexing the biographies (in alphabetical > order) > and have uploaded the information to my web site. I have completed > Lawrence > County, and I am still working on Orange and Washington Counties. > > If you would like to look at this information, here is the link: > http://www.carolynjburns.com/Lawrence/index.html > > I hope this information will be helpful to people researching > families in > these counties! > > > ************************************************ > Carolyn (Johnson) Burns > [email protected] > http://www.carolynjburns.com > > Researching: BELL BROCKSICK COMPTON > CRITTON HENDERSON HERR HOOPINGARNER > JOHNSON KELLEY LIGHTFOOT McKEGG MORGAN > NICKEL REYNOLDS SAUVAGO SMOUSE STOKER > ************************************************* > > >

I have recently purchased the book History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana (1884). The books contains a wealth of information, but there is no index. Within each county, the book contains biographies. I have begun indexing the biographies (in alphabetical order) and have uploaded the information to my web site. I have completed Lawrence County, and I am still working on Orange and Washington Counties. If you would like to look at this information, here is the link: http://www.carolynjburns.com/Lawrence/index.html I hope this information will be helpful to people researching families in these counties! ************************************************ Carolyn (Johnson) Burns [email protected] http://www.carolynjburns.com Researching: BELL BROCKSICK COMPTON CRITTON HENDERSON HERR HOOPINGARNER JOHNSON KELLEY LIGHTFOOT McKEGG MORGAN NICKEL REYNOLDS SAUVAGO SMOUSE STOKER *************************************************

Who can tell me Who owned the following peice of land in Lawrence co. I would like to know who had the ownership of this land before James T. Smith. It is the S.E. 1/4 of Section 19 in T 5 N R I W Maybe this will help James T. sold the land in 1839. I would like to know who had it before him?? When did he buy it? These may be very inportant clues. and heavens knows I need some. Thanking you very much Mary Lou

During a recent trip to Lawrence County, we took pictures at Crawford and Tunnelton Cemeteries. I have documented the cemeteries and some Reynolds, Hoopingarner, and Newkirk ancestors on my web page. Click on these links if you would like to take a look: http://www.carolynjburns.com/cemeteries/cem_crawford.html http://www.carolynjburns.com/cemeteries/cem_tunnelton.html ************************************************ Carolyn Johnson-Burns [email protected] http://www.carolynjburns.com Researching: BELL BROCKSICK COMPTON CRITTON HENDERSON HERR HOOPINGARNER JOHNSON KELLEY LIGHTFOOT McKEGG MORGAN NICKEL REYNOLDS SAUVAGO SMOUSE STOKER *************************************************

Odd coincidence, but my Johnson Smith was married in 1834 in Lawrence County, born 1809 in Jessamine County, Kentucky. I am still looking for his parents. I have a James H. Smith in my family, but my Uncle died in 2000. I always wondered where his name came from. Maybe this is a mall break for me. Marty Smith Wells, Pierceton, Indiana

Morgan, Don't know if this will be of any use to you or not, but there are three entries for Spicy Jane Dougherty in the World Connect Project at Rootsweb. One says James Tecumseh Smith died in 1865 in Clay (Co?) Illinois. One file had these notes on Spicy Jane, and a marriage date of Jan 7, 1836: Spicy was an herb Doctor Last name is sometimes spelled Daugherty Spicy is of course listed on the 1850 and 1860 census as the wife of James T. Smith. She appears on the 1870 census living in the town of Nobel in Richland county Illinois. Nobel is a short distance over the county line of Richland and Clay. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Morgan To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 3:35 AM Subject: [INLAWREN] Spicy Jane Dougherty born 1808 to 1816 Hello List All I want for New Years is to find the parents of my great grandparents. Spicy Jane Dougherty and her Husband James T. Smith. James was born 1805. Maybe in Ga. Ky, Ohio, ?? My first record of them is when they married in Lawrence Co. Ind. in 1836 no clue there. in 1839 they sold their land there and moved to Green C. Ind and by 1850 they were back in Orange Co. Ind. May be a land sale there by 1858 or 1859 as they then moved to ILL. where they died. Thanking you so much for past help and future help Mary Lou in Okla

Hello List All I want for New Years is to find the parents of my great grandparents. Spicy Jane Dougherty and her Husband James T. Smith. James was born 1805. Maybe in Ga. Ky, Ohio, ?? My first record of them is when they married in Lawrence Co. Ind. in 1836 no clue there. in 1839 they sold their land there and moved to Green C. Ind and by 1850 they were back in Orange Co. Ind. May be a land sale there by 1858 or 1859 as they then moved to ILL. where they died. Thanking you so much for past help and future help Mary Lou in Okla

I wanted to thank Carolyn for the Christmas Parade Pictures. I live in Akron, Ohio and have also visited Bedford, Indiana. The people are friendly and helpful. During my visit I met relatives that I never knew existed. These relatives had never met me and they welcomed me into their home. They also took me to Green Hill Cemetery and helped me find the gravestone of another family member that I had been searching for. Linda Rodgers Searching: FARRELL, MCGUIRE, SMITH, O'MALEY in Lawrence, Martin, Daviess and Knox Counties of Indiana Our Family Tree Website: Select Home Page http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/d/Linda-M-Rodgers/WEBSITE-0001/ UHP-Index.html Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG Anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.431 Updated 12-17-02