Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, November 3, 1896, p. 4. The will of the late Gen. Hunter was probated today, and S. C. Dodds, cashier of the Monroe County bank, is made executor. The will provides that all the children shall share alike except his youngest daughter Minnie, who is given $20,000 more in stone stock than the other children. The old homestead on north Walnut street is also the property of Miss Minnie, having been deeded to her by her mother.
There is an image of the Walnut Street house referred to here at the top of the 1856 Monroe County map that is on display in the meeting room at the Monroe County History Center. This image shows the original appearance of the house before it was remodeled by Max Lade in the 1920's. A scan of the map is available at the Indiana GIS Portal: click here. <https://spatial.webhost.iu.edu/scripts/isdp/filelist.cfm?xmin=537668&ymin=4336708&xmax=538887&ymax=4337928&CFID=19714990&CFTOKEN=9e4525d1ded0a8fa-5AEC69A6-C2B0-2C54-060F16975C805FE0> The Hunter house is at center. There are also images at the top of the map of the 'Old College' building formerly located at Second Street and College Avenue and the Monroe County courthouse. The Old College image appears to be accurate, based on later photographs. It is not clear that the drawing of the courthouse was ever realized in exactly that form, as the pitch of the roof over the portico does not match later photographs. I know of no way to assess the accuracy of the drawing of the Hunter House. Bill Coulter On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Constance Shotts via <[email protected]> wrote: > Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, November 3, > 1896, p. 4. > The will of the late Gen. Hunter was probated today, and S. C. Dodds, > cashier of the Monroe County bank, is made executor. The will provides that > all the children shall share alike except his youngest daughter Minnie, who > is given $20,000 more in stone stock than the other children. The old > homestead on north Walnut street is also the property of Miss Minnie, > having > been deeded to her by her mother. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >