Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Evening World, July 5, 1910, p. 4. While ironing with an electric iron at the hospital this morning Miss Pearl Branam, a nurse, nearly severed the fingers of her right hand.

Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Evening World, July 5, 1910, p. 4. Dr. U. G. Weatherly and Dr. Robert E. Lyons are at Flambeau Lodge, Wis., to spend the month of July in fishing.

Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Evening World, July 5, 1910, p. 4. Miss Mary Elizabeth Louden has gone to New York to spend the summer with her aunt, Mrs. Victor Ruhl.

Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Evening World, July 5, 1910, p. 4. Local and Personal Miss Ruth Cravens is in Lebanon visiting her cousin, Miss Ruth Ralston.

Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Evening World, July 5, 1910, p. 4. Local and Personal Blaine D. Pless, eight months old son of William Pless, west Howe street, died yesterday of cholera infantum. The body will be taken to Tunnelton tomorrow morning for interment. The infant's mother died in April this year.

Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Evening World, July 5, 1910, p. 4. Local and Personal J. L. Nichols, is home from Tunnelton where he is superintending the construction of a new school building for which he furnished the plans. The new building is of brick veneer, two stories high, and contains four rooms.

Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Evening World, July 5, 1910, p. 4. Local and Personal Contractor J. W. Shields has begun the work of erecting an attractive seven room two story house for Prof. J. W. Beede in the Whitaker addition. When completed the home will cost about $3,000.

Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Evening World, July 5, 1910, p. 4. Local and Personal John Stuart, of Cleveland, who has been here visiting his father, John Stuart, Sr., spent the Fourth in Indianapolis as guest of his brother, James A. Stuart of the Indianapolis Star.

Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Evening World, July 5, 1910, p. 4. Local and Personal Mrs. B. E. Hansen and daughter, Phyllis, of Bedford, are guests of the parents, of the former, Judge and Mrs. H. C. Duncan, west Kirkwood avenue.

The information noted below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from the original document. According to my research. C. A. Mershon was aka Cornelius "Crook" Mershon who was the son of Cornelius and Cynthia (Corsaw) Mershon. In 1874, Mary Tabler, the wife of Peter Tabler, sued C(ornelius) A. Mershon and L. E. McKinney and said they she in her own right owned certain property and that when Mershon won a judgment against Peter he tried to take her property to settle the judgment. (See Monroe County Civil Court Records Box 219.)

The information noted below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from the original documents. According to my research, James A. Mershon was the son of Cornelius and Cynthia M. (Corsaw) Mershon. In 1875, The State of Indiana made a list of James Mershon's property in Monroe County and its value that was to be levied to settle an unidentified judgment against him. (See Civil Court Records Box 259.) In 1876, the State of Indiana sued James Mershon in Monroe County with defrauding Elizabeth Butcher who thought she was buying a coffin in the possession of Tiras A. Banta. (See Civil Court Records Box 259.)

The information noted below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from the original document. According to a Monroe County (IN) marriage record index, Nancy Jane Alexander married Henry Corsaw on September 13, 1846. The couple afterward lived in Owen County, Indiana, and California. About 1875, Nancy Corsaw and others sued Samuel Gillett and James Spencer in Monroe County, Indiana. (See Civil Court Records Box 258.) Nancy said that she and her co-plaintiffs owned certain Bloomington lots and the defendants disputed her ownership. In that document it was noted that William Alexander was in debt about $20,000 in 1841. John Alexander was identified as Nancy's father. Mention was also made of John's brother.

Terre Haute (IN) Weekly Express, November 17, 1869, available online at https://newspaper.library.in.gov. Col. John McCrea, we are informed, has accepted the position of Moral Instructor in the Soldiers' Home at Knightstown with a salary of $800 per year. -Bloomington Progress

Indiana State Sentinel, June 28, 1849, digital image available online at newspapers.library.in.gov. LYNCHNG-We learn from the Bloomington Tribune that that peaceful town was suddenly thrown into an excitement on the 6th inst., by an unexpected visit of an armed band consisting of 26 or 30 men. The Tribune says: It seems that there lived in this county and in Brown, contiguous to each other on Salt Creek, a large connection who had proved themselves a nuisance and a perpetual pest to society by their disregard of all law, human and divine, and their many acts of villainy, particularly theft, swindling and rape. The law, it seemed, could not get its iron hand upon them, and so the people united as we have seen in self defense and determined to expel them from the county. They caught and lynched some two or three of the ringleaders of the gang and gave them some 30 days to leave the county. A portion of them had left within the time, but some of them were still behind and the time had expired. The company who rode into town on Wednesday last was in pursuit of them, to gather them up and compel them to leave immediately They succeeded in finding one of them in town, Jo. See (sic), who had come to town on business. The company surrounded him and compelled him to go home for the purpose of loading up his wagons for an early start on Thursday morning. The captain and other informed us that they would not hurt them provided they would go away peaceably; but they intended to escort them to the county line and see them safe away.

Indiana State Sentinel, June 10, 1846, digital image available online at newspapers.library.in.gov. NOTE: The item below appeared in the Bloomington Herald on an unspecified date and was reprinted in the Sentinel. Gen. J. B. Lowe: Sir: I have arrived at that time of life when I am prohibited by the constitution from holding a commission in the militia of Indiana. I believe you are the oldest brigadier in the division, if so, then you must exercise the duties of major general. I am happy to inform you, however, that my faculties, mental and physical, are not impaired by declining years and, if necessary, I will be found among the ranks of volunteers. Respectfully, Robert Hanna, Maj. Gen., 7th Division of Ia. M.

Millers of Washington County (IN), found online at https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=&oq=%22b.+h.+c.+caving%2 2&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGNI_enUS498US498&q=%22b.+h.+c.+caving%22&gs_l=hp....0.0.0 .4374...........0.5J6paHm1Jt4. The May term, 1825, convened at Bloomfield, and was the first court ever held at that place. At this term, Jacob Call was president (sic) judge. John Law was prosecuting attorney and filled that place until 1830. Gen. Jacob B. Lowe was admitted to practice.

Forest M. "Pop" Hall, Historic Treasures: True Tales of Deed with Interesting Data in the Life of Bloomington." (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1922), pp. 103 and 108; available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=dhQqAQAAMAAJ <https://books.google.com/books?id=dhQqAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=%22jac ob+B.+Lowe%22+bloomington+indiana&source=bl&ots=ZMYinzKdjc&sig=hM8nP2TiJQ5fh DhJWcMVE8epYl4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_IPRVN_-K8uUNs2YgLgJ&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBw#v=onepage& q=%22jacob%20B.%20Lowe%22%20bloomington%20indiana&f=false> &pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=%22jacob+B.+Lowe%22+bloomington+indiana&source=bl&ots =ZMYinzKdjc&sig=hM8nP2TiJQ5fhDhJWcMVE8epYl4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_IPRVN_-K8uUNs2YgL gJ&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22jacob%20B.%20Lowe%22%20bloomington%20india na&f=false. Note: The item below was abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis. In 1860, according to the Monroe County (Indiana) Census Index, Jacob B. Lowe, age 62 and a native of North Carolina, was enumerated head of household in Perry Township. Enumerated with him was his apparent wife, Emily, age 45 and six children with the Lowe surname ranging in age from 3 to 19. Jacob reportedly was employed as an attorney. p. 103-In the month of January 1863, a large meeting of the disloyal element of Monroe County's citizens was held in the courthouse at Bloomington, on which occasion Judge Eckles of Greencastle, Ind., was the principal speaker. An enormous Union mass meeting of loyal citizens of Bloomington and Monroe County was held four week later in the courthouse in Bloomington.Jacob B. Lowe was chairman of this meeting and Major James B. Mulky acted as secretary. p. 108--The most significant Fourth of July parade in Bloomington's history took place in 1865 in honor of the boys in blue who had just returned from the war. General Jacob B. Lowe was president of the day; Major Mulky was marshal assisted by Colonel McCrea and Captain Cookerly.

Indiana State Sentinel, January 1, 1846, digital image available online at newspapers.library.in.gov. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis. I have no idea what the "M." stands for. SENATE Monday, December 29, 1845 .Reports from the Standing Committees .Mr. Berry of M. from the minority of the committee on education made an elaborate report on the subject of permanently located the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Bloomington; several motions were made relative to printing the report, together with the majority report, read several days previous.

The list noted below was found on a piece of cardboard on the back side of an old framed picture at the Smithville Museum and History Center in Monroe County, Indiana. Although no one on the Smithville Area Association board can say where the picture came from, Rosemary Wisley believes that it compiled by her mother, Grace (Burnworth) Hill. A review of the names suggest that many of the deceased were members of the Smithville Christian Church. Several large group photos of church members exist and may be the photo that is referenced below. The names were written at different times, in different inks and in chronological order as opposed to alphabetical order. The first date noted was in 1959; the last in 1979. Grace Hill died in 1981. As the writing surface was filled, the writing became much smaller until legibility was occasionally difficult. In addition to the death information, it was noted on the frame back that the "church split up Mother's Day, May 8, 1966." According to Rosemary, this is when a split occurred in the Smithville Christian Church. Information noted below in parenthesis was added by me. Stanley Anderson, January 29, 1972, cancer, in picture Jim Axsom, March 17, 1971, had wreck March 5/blood clot in lung, in picture Zelma Baugh, September 2, 1971, not in picture Will Baugh, December 31, 1959, not in picture Mae Burkhart, January 13, 1968, stroke, picture William Burkhart, October 9, 1966, stroke and pneumonia, not in picture Junia Burris, April 1, 1960, in picture Anna Carmichael, May 23, 1975, Louie Carmichael, October 31, 1961, in picture Fred Chambers, July 9, 1976, cancer Carl Clark, December 23, 1976, plane crash Epsie (Anderson) Crammer, June 14, 1966, was shot, not in picture Elma Daniels, April 20, 1964, stroke-was dead a few days when found, in picture (Per)melia Gill, January 22, 1972, stroke, in picture Elizabeth Grubb, October 27, 1959, cancer, in picture Mary Harrell, July 2, 1961, cancer, in picture Maude Harrell, Toms wife, January 15, 1972, heart trouble, not in picture Emma Harrell, November 11, 1968, tuberculosis, in picture Wallace Harrell, January 17, 1965, heart attack, not in picture Bonita McCormick Hays, May 20, 1975, cancer Dillon Hays, January 4, 1968, heart attack, not in picture Vessie Hepley, December 6, 1963, cancer Dallas Howell, April 23, 1967, heart attack Homer Humphrey, June 4, 1966, heart attack, in picture Mattie Humphrey, October 13, 1963, heart attack, in picture Alva Jacobs, March 22, 1962, heart attack Lula Jacobs, September 26, 1973, stroke, in picture Rosa Jacobs, January 3, 1974, stroke, in picture Eugene McCormick, December 3, 1963, from pneumonia and complications, in picture Lula Miller, January 2, 1977, heart Darval Mitchell, December 5, 1975, stroke (Kathryn B.) Mitchell, Dr. (George) Mitchell's wife, May 12, 1976 (George) Mitchell, Dr., March 26, 1969, complications, in picture Pearl Morgan, July 31, 1979, heart John Parnell, September 8, 1969, in picture Pearl Parnell, December 17, 1969, heart, in picture Ethel Pate, October 22, 1963, burned up in wreck, in picture Mary Pate, February 7, 1962, fell and died from shock, not in picture Orval Pate, November 1, 1963, from wreck injury, in picture John B. Perry, January 6, 1973, stroke, not in picture Wilma Stull, October 14, 1966, cancer, in picture Fred Sutherlin, February 17, 1966, cancer, not in picture Charles Sylvester, March 1964, in picture ? (sic) Mary Thrasher, 1960, in picture Alma Trisler, July 6, 1960, cancer, in picture Fuge Wampler, July 6, 1960, complications, in picture Grace Wampler, June 17, 1970, stroke, in picture Dessie Warring, age 83, November 13, 1964, heart attack, in picture George Wasson, August 27, 1978, cancer Chris Williams, June 14, 1966, stroke, not in picture Ivan Wisley, February 6, 1971, heart attack, not in picture

Indiana State Sentinel, October 15, 1846, digital image available online at newspapers.library.in.gov. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from the original as shown by the ellipsis. STATE UNIVERSITY The annual commencement of the State University of Bloomington took place on Wednesday the thirtieth of September.The graduates in the law school were the following, viz: W. B. Bell of Mount Carmel, Ill., Lewis Bollman of Bloomington, John Darroch of Rockville, Alexander McClelland of Spencer, T. R. Osborne of Danville, Isaac A. Rice of Waveland and Henry Tanner of Bloomington.