Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, January 20, 1913, p. 1. IN CIRCUIT COURT .Daffodil Stevens vs. Albert Stevens, divorce dismissed.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, January 20, 1913, p. 1. IN CIRCUIT COURT .Lue (consider Lu and Lou as spelling variants) Butcher vs. Ivory Butcher, divorce suit, dismissed.

Bloomington Saturday Courier, July 22, 1893, Clipping File, Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. IN MEMORY OF JAMES B. BENDER Death has visited Salt Creek Township often this year, and several well-known citizens have gone to that bourne (sic) from whence no traveler returns. James B. Bender, one of the most highly respected citizens of Monroe County departed this life on the morning of the 4th after an illness of some weeks duration, aged 51 years. He leaves a wife, several children and other relatives and a host of friends to mourn his loss. Deceased had been a member of the Christian Church for several years. Mr. Bender was assessor one term and trustee two terms of Salt Creek Township and was an honest and dutiful officer in every respect. By the death of Mr. Bender we lose another one of our most beloved friends, and we part with him regretfully. There are many sorrowful hearts in Salt Creek Township today weeping over the loss of near and dear ones who have lately been called away by Him who doeth all things well. Among those who mourn is the writer of these lines who a few days ago had to bid a last farewell to a loving old friend with whom he had lived from infancy. Our greatest sympathy is extended to all our friends in this their and our greatest hour of bereavement. J. B. E.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, January 15, 1913, p. 4. DIVORCE IN ITALIAN CIRCLES Mrs. Teresino Polloni has filed suit for divorce from Sylvester Polloni alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. They are Italians who live near Sanders, and Mr. Polloni owns a small store near the quarries. They were married at Vigonel Lazie, Italy, in 1905, and came to America immediately afterward. The wife claims that during the past two years her husband was very cruel to her and beat her with a club. There are two children: Amerigo, aged 5, and Maria, aged 2. She asks for $300 alimony and the custody of the daughter. She claims he has sent several hundred dollars back to Italy for investment. Louden & Louden represent Mrs. Polloni.

Bloomington Saturday Courier, July 8, 1893, Clipping File, Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. James B. Bender died at his home in Salt Creek Township last Tuesday. He had been brought home from the insane asylum where he was taken a short time ago as it was known that he could not recover. The deceased was about 51 years of age and ranked as one of the best citizens in the county.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, January 11, 1913, p. 1. Miss Flora Belle Snoddy, daughter of Tobe Snoddy, and Frank Guy, a railroader and son of David Guy southwest of town, were granted a marriage license this morning. Both are well known young people.

Imogene "Jean" (Hill) McCammon Glass, "Smithville Memories of Christmas Past," Monroe County (IN) Historian, Bloomington, Indiana, p. 8. The item below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from a larger article. This item was accompanied by a photograph of Jim. Jean Glass recalled the Christmas when her brother, James "Jim" Levi Hill, age 18, left for the United States Navy in 1943 and the family's tearful farewell. Jim served as an expert radio operator on the U. S. Lenawee, a Navy transport ship involved in several battles. Upon his discharge, he returned to his home in Smithville, Indiana.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Evening World, November 21, 1908, Clipping File, Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. NOTE: The McPherson Graveyard and the Hughes Graveyard, as mentioned as the place of burial in a separate obit, are shown as the Hughes Graveyard in the Monroe County Cemetery Index. According to information shown there, the Hughes Graveyard was originally located in Section 32 of Salt Creek Twp., Monroe County, and has since been moved to Polk Twp. to make room for Lake Monroe. The only Bender burials noted in the Hughes Graveyard, according to the Cemetery Index, are John I. and Sarah F. Bender. John I. Bender reportedly was born in 1862 and died in 1863. Mrs. Eliza Jane Bender died yesterday at the insane hospital in Indianapolis in her 65th year. The body was brought here this morning and will be interred at the McPherson Graveyard in the southwest part of the county. The deceased leaves four children.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, January 10, 1913, p. 1. NOTE: Daffodil Bender, the daughter of John and Mary E. (Taylor) Bender, married Albert Stevens, the son of Al and Maggie (White) Stevens, in Monroe County on September 4, 1911, in Monroe County, Indiana. Daffodil was reportedly born on December 4, 1894. MISFORTUNE IS ENDLESS CHAIN Troubles of a 20-year-old Girl End in Poor Asylum When Mrs. Daffodil Stevens, aged only about 20, was placed in the county asylum this week, the last of her immediate family to go over the hills to the poor house, it was a climax of a long line of misfortunes. Her father, John Bender, of Waterman's addition, is serving time in the Michigan City Prison, four small brothers and sisters are in an orphan's home, her grandmother, Mrs. Ella J. Bender, aged 79, and an aunt, Mrs. Emma Bender, aged 55, are inmates of the Monroe County asylum. Daffodil's life has been one filed with hardships and is a pathetic story. While still very young she was married to a son of the Stevens who was killed a few years ago on the levy by Frank Jones, a negro. Their married life was full of troubles and ended in a separation. About a year ago Mrs. Bender, mother of Daffodil, died at the Salvation Army home in this city. This summer she had charges filed against her own father alleging a serious crime for which he was sent to prison. Later she claimed that she was chased by a man who tried to hang her, and they were both placed in jail for a time. Following this, the aged grandmother and aunt were found living in a filthy hut in Waterman's addition, and Trustee Rolla Walker took them to the poor farm, although they fought the officers all the time while the trip was being made in a taxicab. The unfortunate young woman was then left alone in the world. An out-of-town penny picture man, it is said, tried to reform the girl and intended to marry her, but she was taken ill. The picture man spent all of his money and appealed to Trustee.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, October 17, 1911, Clipping File, Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. DAUGHTER ACCUSED FATHER Four weeks after his wedding day, Albert Stevens, son of Al Stevens who was murdered a few years ago, has charged his father-in-law, John Bender, with improper relations with his own daughter before and after her marriage. Bender is in jail and denies the charge. Stevens is 18 years old, a quarryman, and he married Miss Daffodil Bender on September 4th. She is only 16 years of age. Bender is about 45 years of age and is a day laborer. The parties all live in Waterman's addition.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, January 8, 1913, p. 1. NOTE: In 1910, William Robinson, age 60, single and a native of Pennsylvania, was enumerated in the household of James McReady (difficult to read, indexed as Mccreally at Ancestry), age 61, a stone mason and the owner of his rural home in Bloomington Township, Monroe County, Indiana. Robinson was identified as a companion to McReady and an umbrella mender. "UMBRELLA BILLY" GOES TO THE POOR FARM "Umbrella Billy," as he is familiarly known in most every town in this section of the state, has been taken to the county poor asylum after he had struggled for years against poverty. William Robinson is his name, but he has gone by the name of "Umbrella Billy" for years because his only vocation was that of mending umbrellas. "Billy" came to Bloomington many years ago and it is said that at one time he had some money but was too liberal to his friends. He slept anywhere he could find a place to lie down and was never known to harm any person.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, Clipping File, Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. Miss Eliza J. Bender, a former resident here, died in the Central Insane Hospital at Indianapolis Thursday, and the body was brought here this morning by undertaker S. P. Templeton. The remains lay at the undertaking establishment today and burial is Saturday at the Hughes Graveyard. Miss Bender has been in the Indianapolis asylum for a number of years. She was 45 years old and the daughter of John I. Bender. Her mother also died in the Central Hospital several years ago. One sister, Mrs. David Shields of this city, survives her.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, June 10, 1913, p. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cantrell, Charles (difficult to read) Dill and little Mabel Humphrey visited Mr. Cantrell's sister and family at LaGrange, Ky., last week.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, June 10, 1913, p. 4. Mrs. Mollie Fox of Whittier, Cal., who formerly lived west of town, is spending the summer with relatives.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, June 10, 1913, p. 4. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Tony Judah, a son.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, June 10, 1913, p. 4. Miss Sarah Ellis is at Crawfordsville as the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Emma Ellis.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Star, March 12, 1924, p. 1. BLOOMINGTON BOY CAPTAINS FROSH TEAM Krueger Chosen as the Captain of Basketball At Meeting. Juliaus Kruger, captain of the Bloomington high school basketball team last year, was chosen to head this year's freshman squad in the university at a meeting held last night before practice. Krueger was one of the outstanding members of the Fresh net squad this year. . He will undoubtedly get a chance on the varsity squad next year. He is said by many who have seen him in practice to be the quickest man and the best shot that has entered the university in several years.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Star, March 12, 1924, p. 1. Aged Stone Worker Dies At His Home At Sanders Tuesday Thomas Stillions, 77 years old, died at his home at Sanders at about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was well known in this county, and had been a quarryman, for many years. He was a member of the Sanders church. He leaves besides his widow, three daughters, Lucinda Sullivan of Oolitic, Clara Deckard of Sanders, and Anna Oner of Akrada, Ind., two sons, Jake Stillions of Bedford, and William Stillions of Sanders; four brothers, Joe, Ike, Dave and Jim Stillions and two sisters, Beckie Chambers and Lue Deckard. The funeral services will be held at 11 o'clock Thursday morning at the Sanders church. The Rev. John Hays will have charge of the services. Burial will be at Allen Creek cemetery. 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) Weekly Star, March 12, 1924, p. 1. Note: The remainder of this item was cut off in copying as indicated by ellipsis. French To Take Job With University Of Arkansas J. Wymond French, instructor in journalism in Indiana University, has accepted a position as professor of journalism in the University of Arkansas. Mr. French was graduated from the Lawrenceburg high school in 1914, received the degree, Bachelor of Arts here in 1918, and the degree, Master of Arts here in 1923. He has been connected with the Indiana Daily Student and the department of journalism for the last three years and is recognized as a most practical newspaper man in uni-..

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Star, March 11, 1924, p. 1. DEATH OF LITTLE GIRL. Katheryn Jean Stogsdill, five weeks old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wordsworth Stogsdill, 534 South Washington street, died at 1:30 this morning of whooping cough. Funeral will be held at 10:30 tomorrow at the home, in charge of Elder A. W. Dicus. Interment at Rosehill cemetery.