Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World, September 14, 1898, p. 4. Charlie (consider Charles a spelling variant) Clark has returned from a week's visit with his sister, Mrs. Sherman Gerhart, at Lawrenceville.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World, September 14, 1898, p. 4. NOTE: Wheels is an early term for bicycle. Tom Clark and Rodney Brandon have returned from a two week visit at Vincennes. They made the trip both ways on their wheels and in all covered about 300 miles.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World, September 14, 1898, p. 4. Edward Meadows of the U. S. Army, who has been spending his furlough here and at Ellettsville, will return to Fortress Monroe, Virginia, today.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World, September 14, 1898, p. 4. Moses Field is spending the week with his brother, Milton Field, at Indianapolis and attending the state fair.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World, September 13, 1898, p. 4. NEW STORE FOR SMITHVILLE H. T. Simmons of the Corner Clothing Store of Bloomington is having his building, formerly the Underwood or Strecher Hall, remodeled and shelved for a business house. It is his intention to rent the building or make a branch clothing house here. The latter, we believe, would be the better investment as already there is an abundance of other business houses here. Mr. Simmons was in town Tuesday.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World, September 13, 1898, p. 1. William Leonard died at his home in Smithville yesterday morning at the age of 81 years. The funeral will occur at the Christian Church in Smithville today at eleven o'clock, and the services will be in charge of Rev. Short.

Barbour County Index, Medicine Lodge, Kan., January 8, 1902, p. 3. BUSINESS FAILURES February 26-Ellettsville, Indiana, Edmund (consider Edmond a spelling variant) Palmer's Bank: $30,000.

Hopkinsville (KY) Kentuckian, April 13, 1900, p. 4. KENTUCKY EDITOR MARRIED Richmond, Ky., April 10-Mr. E. B. Harris, editor of the Estill County News at Irvine, Ky., and Miss Percie (consider Percy a spelling variant) Moore of Ellettsville, Indiana, were married at the latter place. Mr. and Mrs. Harris will reside at Irvine.

Ottawa (IL) Free Trader, April 26, 1890, p. 5. MARRIAGE LICENSES Charles S. Hughes of Ellettsville, Indiana, and Maggie H. Singer, Freeport.

An transcribed obit for the elder Ross F. Lockridge is available online at Findagrave. It was contributed by an unspecified person from the from the Ft. Wayne (IN) News-Sentinel. The date of the newspaper was not noted. Dr. Ross Franklin Lockridge, Sr., 74, writer and lecturer on Indiana and Midwest history, died Saturday night in the Bloomington Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM Tuesday at the First Methodist Church of Bloomington. The body will be brought to Ft. Wayne for burial with graveside services at 4 PM Tuesday in Lindenwood Cemetery. Mr. Lockridge had been ill with heart disease for about a year but was taken to the hospital only Saturday. His most recent book was "The Story of Indiana," adopted less than a year ago as an eighth grade textbook in this state. He also wrote "How Government Functions in Indiana," "George Rogers Clark," "A. Lincoln," "The Hoosier Township Trustee," and "LaSalle," among others. A native of Miami County, he was born in 1877 and attended Roann High School. He worked his way through Indiana University by teaching, taking his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1900 and the Bachelor of Law degree in 1907. One of the first IU winners of the Phi Beta Kappa key, he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in 1938 from Lincoln Memorial University in Harrowgate, Tenn. He was principal of Peru High School in 1903. In 1907 he opened a law office in Shawnee, Okla, and served as a police judge, county judge and public defender of Oklahoma before returned to Indiana in 1913. A short time later he became affiliated with Wayne Knitting Mills as employment manager and welfare director. He had also been an extension lecturer for Indiana University and for a number of years was field extension secretary but was not connected with the institution at the time of his death. He was widely known for his lectures and his "Campfire Talks" in which he dramatized pioneer days for outdoor audiences. During the depression he was the state director of the Federal Writers Project and from 1935 to 1937 was director of the Hoosier Memorial Activities under the Indiana University Foundation. He also was active in the restoration project at New Harmony and was known throughout the state for historical "on the spot" lectures. His son, Ross F. Lockridge, Jr., won critical praise as a novelist after writing "Raintree County" published in 1948. The young man was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his garage in March 1949 (sic). Another son, Robert Bruce Lockridge, died of drowning in 1919 and is buried in Lindenwood Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Elsie (Shockley) Lockridge, two children, Shockley Lockridge of Park Forest, Ill., and Lillian Louise Lockridge of Bloomington, and six grandchildren. Dr. Lockridge had many friends throughout Rochester and Fulton County. For the past several years he gave lectures in both Fulton and Marshall counties on historical events that occurred in these vicinities. Among his more recent talks here were those on the Chippewanaung site and the evacuation of the last tribes of Indians during the 1830s from their camp along the Tippecanoe River north of Rochester. Large classes of teachers and students attended these interesting talks given by this well-known Indiana historian

The information noted below was compiled by Randi Richardson. According to information found online at Wikipedia, Ross Franklin Lockridge, Jr. was born April 25, 1914, in Bloomington, Indiana. On March 6, 1948, suffering from severe depression, he committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. This was shortly before the publication of his widely praised novel, RAINTREE COUNTY. Whether or not Ross was born in Monroe County, as noted at Wikipedia, seems rather questionable based upon his residency in Ft. Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, in 1920. He was enumerated there at the age of five with his parents, Ross F. and Elsie Lockridge, and his siblings: Shockley, age 15; and Lillian, age 10. The elder Ross worked as a welfare director at a knitting mill. In 1930, 15-year-old Ross Lockridge, Jr., along with his sister, 21-year-old Lillian, was enumerated in the household of his parents, Ross and Elsie Lockridge, ages 52 and 50, respectively, on High Street, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. The elder Ross Lockridge, a native of Indiana, was reportedly a representative for a book company and owned his home valued at $15,000. The following obits for Lockridge family members were noted in the Monroe County Obituary Index compiled by the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington, Indiana. Elsie (Shockley) Lockridge, age 81, Bloomington Herald Telephone, March 23 & 24, 1961 Lillian Louise Lockridge, age 52, Bloomington Herald Telephone, May 12, 1961 Ross F. Lockridge, age 74, Bloomington Herald Telephone, January 14 & 15, 1952 Ross F. Lockridge, Jr., age 33, Bloomington World-Telephone, March 8 & 9, 1948

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 27, 1893, p. 4. There came near being a serious wreck Wednesday evening, at Gosport. The stone train of the Monon was at work switching, preparatory to returning to Bloomington, when the I. and V. passenger train from the north dashed into it. Two Monon flat cars were thrown from the track and more or less demolished, and the I. & V. engine was badly damaged. By jumping, the engineer and fireman saved themselves from injury. The track was blockaded, and the morning train, due here at 6:45 did not arrive until 8 o'clock. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 27, 1893, p. 4. The Martinsville Reporter publishes the following: "People who have means for knowing say that gold mining in Brown county is a reality and is being followed successfully. A party of westerners have hold of the project and are finding from $10 to $15 worth daily. New machinery was secretly purchased and is expected to arrive at Bloomington on any freight. It is the most modern, and when it is set up the mining camps will be busier than ever, and have a dashing western appearance." Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 27, 1893, p. 4. While doing carpenter work this morning, Joseph McKinley, east 2nd street, met with a serious accident. One of the tools struck his left arm above the wrist, making a deep gash, and cutting the muscle in two. Drs. Louder and Rogers were called and dressed the wound by cutting back into the flesh, gathering the ends of the muscle and sewing them together, but it is feared he will lose the use of his hand. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 27, 1893, p. 4. As has already been stated, the grand jury has indicted Mrs. Jane McA'fee for murder in the first degree, on the charge of killing William Meadows, the details of which are familiar to readers. The case will not be tried this term of court, however, as there is not time enough at the disposal of Judge Miers. Two days will be required and the case will likely be disposed of the first week of the December term. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 27, 1893, p. 1. Bedford Democrat: "A block of stone, claimed to be the largest ever handled, was quarried by the Bedford Stone Quarries Co., yesterday. The immense block of stone was 22 feet long, 8 feet wide and 7 feet deep, containing 1,200 cubic feet and weighing 110 tons.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 27, 1893, p. 1. The new home of J. W. Wingert, south Walnut street, will be completed by the 15th, and it is his intention to occupy it at once. It will be one of the most attractive cottages in that part of the city.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 27, 1893, p. 1. Married, at Indianapolis, Oct. 22nd, by ex-Gov. Chase, John W. Briggs and Miss Laura Stewart. They will make their future home at Greensburg, Ind. Miss Laura was a resident of Bloomington until recently, and will be remembered as one of the assistants in the post office under Joseph McPheeters.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 27, 1893, p. 1. Ben F. Davis, living near Mt. Tabor, was greeted with a pleasant surprise party last Sunday. It was the occasion of his 44th birthday and more than one hundred of the neighbors and friends were present to enjoy the day. A bountiful dinner was a feature of the occasion.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 27, 1893, p. 1. Miss Isabell Gering, of Mt. Sterling, and Miss Jeanie Page, of Louisville, Ky., who have been visiting the world's fair, are the guests of their aunt, Mrs. Walter Crutcher, south College Avenue.