The 72nd Indiana of Montgomery County, a part of Wilder's Brigade are as Scott told me, "legends in the Civil War circles, even more famous than Wallace's Zouaves." Here via the National Park Service you will see a short video of the weapons and uniforms ... of this group. Scott noted "Everybody in Montgomery County should be proud." And his buddy is Whit Barr, the soldier shooting by himself. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=601267383269839&set=vb.101441309919118&type=2&theater

Suzy - it was new to me, too so kind of fun to learn that new term. May use it for my next column in the local paper :)

Karen--always happy to learn something new to me. Thanks. Suzy Sent from my iPad > On Sep 21, 2013, at 8:25 PM, Karen Zach <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > Kind of have it fairly well covered there Larry. It basically means > someone who lives apart from her husband. It has several theories > however of how it came about. Some think it is when rich British Lords > sent their wives away to the grassy plains area where it was much cooler > in the summer. Others feel it is more racy and it means basically that > it was a kept woman. In Sir Thomas More's time in the mid 1500s it > meant a mistress and depending on how it was used just an unmarried > woman and still others a woman of a one-night stand (YIKES). Indian > women were often referred to as grass widows when their men were gown > foraging or fighting. > > The usual meaning however is basically the term used for a woman whose > husband is temporarily away, be it on business, separated, working on a > divorce, or just GONE :( Then she is a grass widow. > > That was fun. Good job !! If I meet up with any other terms I've > never heard (a little hard since I've been doing genealogy actively for > 45 years and interestingly for another 10. THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING > > http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

*WEEK 3--* *OBITUARIES: _17__ - Names include: Howell; Hostetter; Gegner; Griggs; Geiger; Gould; Gillis; Gray; Garner; George; Grimes (all from Walt W - he's soooo awesome) ; James; Jarvis* *PHOTOGRAPHS (Photographers) __4_ - thanks Sue Buchanan for the two A.F. Wise photos; two of Fred Morgan (see Murder Mysteries)* NEWS ITEMS -- *_1_ = Marriage - Zachary-Cunningham* *TOWNS __3_ - more on Vinegar Hill (quite a mystery by the way); added Dreamland and Havana * *BIOGRAPHIES __1_ - Added - DeMotte *

Fairly close there Jeff - did you see my lengthy explanation ?? It basically means someone who lives apart from her husband. It has several theories however of how it came about. Some think it is when rich British Lords sent their wives away to the grassy plains area where it was much cooler in the summer. Others feel it is more racy and it means basically that it was a kept woman. In Sir Thomas More's time in the mid 1500s it meant a mistress and depending on how it was used just an unmarried woman and still others a woman of a one-night stand (YIKES). Indian women were often referred to as grass widows when their men were gown foraging or fighting. The usual meaning however is basically the term used for a woman whose husband is temporarily away, be it on business, separated, working on a divorce, or just GONE Then she is a grass widow. That was fun. Good job !! If I meet up with any other terms I've never heard (a little hard since I've been doing genealogy actively for 45 years and interestingly for another 10. THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING

Kind of have it fairly well covered there Larry. It basically means someone who lives apart from her husband. It has several theories however of how it came about. Some think it is when rich British Lords sent their wives away to the grassy plains area where it was much cooler in the summer. Others feel it is more racy and it means basically that it was a kept woman. In Sir Thomas More's time in the mid 1500s it meant a mistress and depending on how it was used just an unmarried woman and still others a woman of a one-night stand (YIKES). Indian women were often referred to as grass widows when their men were gown foraging or fighting. The usual meaning however is basically the term used for a woman whose husband is temporarily away, be it on business, separated, working on a divorce, or just GONE :( Then she is a grass widow. That was fun. Good job !! If I meet up with any other terms I've never heard (a little hard since I've been doing genealogy actively for 45 years and interestingly for another 10. THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING

"Close, but no cigar :)" Guess again and/or are there others who think they may know? I'd never heard the term before but it's an interesting one with a long history. On 9/21/2013 7:30 PM, Marilyn Walker wrote: > a widowed wife? > > > ________________________________ > From: Karen Zach <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> > To: INMONtgo@rootsweb.com; INFOUNta@rootsweb.com; inputnam@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 6:24 PM > Subject: [InMontgo] Trivia Question -- NO cheating :) > > > Now, no looking this up -- but, I just found out (via a long-time > genealogy friend of mine) what a grass widow is - it was quite a common > term in the 1840s +. > > Anyone know?? > > http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

GOOD guess, Marilyn but kind of similar but not exactly. A widowed wife is too simple for the explanation but you're on the right trail :) On 9/21/2013 7:30 PM, Marilyn Walker wrote: > a widowed wife? > > > ________________________________ > From: Karen Zach <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> > To: INMONtgo@rootsweb.com; INFOUNta@rootsweb.com; inputnam@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 6:24 PM > Subject: [InMontgo] Trivia Question -- NO cheating :) > > > Now, no looking this up -- but, I just found out (via a long-time > genealogy friend of mine) what a grass widow is - it was quite a common > term in the 1840s +. > > Anyone know?? > > http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Now, no looking this up -- but, I just found out (via a long-time genealogy friend of mine) what a grass widow is - it was quite a common term in the 1840s +. Anyone know??

On 9/21/2013 4:24 PM, Karen Zach wrote: > Now, no looking this up -- but, I just found out (via a long-time > genealogy friend of mine) what a grass widow is - it was quite a common > term in the 1840s +. > > Anyone know?? A woman whose husband wandered away? and just didn't come back?

Probably depends on the time and culture. I heard the term when I was a kid in the 1960's to refer to a divorced woman, but I think back in the 19th century it referred to a woman whose husband had run off. -----Original Message----- >From: Karen Zach <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> >Sent: Sep 21, 2013 6:24 PM >To: INMONtgo@rootsweb.com, INFOUNta@rootsweb.com, inputnam@rootsweb.com >Subject: [InMontgo] Trivia Question -- NO cheating :) > >Now, no looking this up -- but, I just found out (via a long-time >genealogy friend of mine) what a grass widow is - it was quite a common >term in the 1840s +. > >Anyone know?? > >http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ > >List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

a widowed wife? ________________________________ From: Karen Zach <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> To: INMONtgo@rootsweb.com; INFOUNta@rootsweb.com; inputnam@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 6:24 PM Subject: [InMontgo] Trivia Question -- NO cheating :) Now, no looking this up -- but, I just found out (via a long-time genealogy friend of mine) what a grass widow is - it was quite a common term in the 1840s +. Anyone know?? http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks. I'm very much enjoying the blog. Suzy Sent from my iPad On Sep 16, 2013, at 12:35 PM, Karen Zach <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > This past week had to have been the one and only week I've not added > anything on the website - so sorry. I'm totally embarrassed but will try > to make up for it ! > > But, I do have something exciting for you to check out if you'd like. > My daughter is one of the Reference/Local History librarians at the > Crawfordsville District Public Library and she hasn't done all the blogs > but has been doing them since summer so check out and read her current > one (if you want - not pushing - it's just nifty short looks at local > history of our area) and you can click on and read the past ones > > http://cdpl-history.blogspot.com/ > > I also put this link on the opening page of the Montgomery Co GenWeb > site :) ENJOY > > http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This past week had to have been the one and only week I've not added anything on the website - so sorry. I'm totally embarrassed but will try to make up for it ! But, I do have something exciting for you to check out if you'd like. My daughter is one of the Reference/Local History librarians at the Crawfordsville District Public Library and she hasn't done all the blogs but has been doing them since summer so check out and read her current one (if you want - not pushing - it's just nifty short looks at local history of our area) and you can click on and read the past ones http://cdpl-history.blogspot.com/ I also put this link on the opening page of the Montgomery Co GenWeb site :) ENJOY

What an impressive job! I saved the picture so I can use it to illustrate a mill of that period for Michael Bannon and his sons, who had one in Parke County. Kathy > Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 07:23:34 -0400 > From: karen.zach@sbcglobal.net > To: INMONtgo@rootsweb.com > Subject: [InMontgo] OH WOW -- ya' have to see this :) > > I simply can not (no knowledge there, no skills) redo a picture but had > to share this one with you that a friend offered to redo - it's an > amazing difference - original is first then Dea's redo 2nd - WOW - so > proud of this picture now !! WOW > > http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/photos/places/darlington/watermill2.jpg > > http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/photos/places/darlington/watermill2redonebydg.JPG > > http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

COOL :) It is indeed a beautiful picture now

Whoops, meant to say, wants "NO" credit for it - she just loves doing them for the site -- I did her a big favor once so now, she thinks she owes me and doesn't AT ALL -- goofy gal - it was all in the fun of genealogy On 9/1/2013 4:19 PM, Karen Zach wrote: > She is totally amazing but wants to credit for it :) > > On 9/1/2013 2:33 PM, Suzy Albert wrote: >> Fantastic job!! >> >> Suzy >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Sep 1, 2013, at 7:23 AM, Karen Zach <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >>> I simply can not (no knowledge there, no skills) redo a picture but had >>> to share this one with you that a friend offered to redo - it's an >>> amazing difference - original is first then Dea's redo 2nd - WOW - so >>> proud of this picture now !! WOW >>> >>> http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/photos/places/darlington/watermill2.jpg >>> >>> http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/photos/places/darlington/watermill2redonebydg.JPG >>> >>> http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ >>> >>> List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ >> >> List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

She is totally amazing but wants to credit for it :) On 9/1/2013 2:33 PM, Suzy Albert wrote: > Fantastic job!! > > Suzy > > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 1, 2013, at 7:23 AM, Karen Zach <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> I simply can not (no knowledge there, no skills) redo a picture but had >> to share this one with you that a friend offered to redo - it's an >> amazing difference - original is first then Dea's redo 2nd - WOW - so >> proud of this picture now !! WOW >> >> http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/photos/places/darlington/watermill2.jpg >> >> http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/photos/places/darlington/watermill2redonebydg.JPG >> >> http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ >> >> List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Fantastic job!! Suzy Sent from my iPad On Sep 1, 2013, at 7:23 AM, Karen Zach <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I simply can not (no knowledge there, no skills) redo a picture but had > to share this one with you that a friend offered to redo - it's an > amazing difference - original is first then Dea's redo 2nd - WOW - so > proud of this picture now !! WOW > > http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/photos/places/darlington/watermill2.jpg > > http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/photos/places/darlington/watermill2redonebydg.JPG > > http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sorry, forgot to say what that mill was - wish I knew more about it but only know it is a watermill near Darlington