-----Original Message----- From: My Family History Sent: Thursday, January 1, 2009 7:39 PM To: My_Family_History@msn.com, blacksheep-chat@rootsweb.com, cwcfamily@adelphia.net, dantodd@att.net, jsend@hpcisp.com, scismgenie@roadrunner.com, jilletta@gmail.com, karen.zach@sbcglobal.net, rlg7979@comcast.net, rlgassner@sbcglobal.net, INMONTGO@rootsweb.com, nlud32@sbcglobal.net, pcoons@iupui.edu, bwebb9@juno.com, rneuhausel@yahoo.com, lynnwitters@hotmail.com, talkneverends@webtv.net Subject: My cousin, Rosie Todd died on the bittersweet date of New Year's Day, 1961. This story relates to Cass County and Montgomery County, Indiana, as we had relatives in both counties. Also, older relatives in Lawrence County, Indiana. The Todd's, the Reynolds, the Merritts, the Hawkins, the Heltons, the Eads, the Normans, the McMillans, etc...they're all related in my family in the various counties. Anyway, this January 1st was also the anniversary of Rosie's parents, my Aunt Paul Raymond Todd, Sr. and his first wife, Ruth May Potts Todd, all of Logansport, Indiana. Paul, brother of my father, Francis ("Frank") Leverett Todd, was a son of John Henry Todd and Flora Etta Reynolds Todd. Rosemary, known as Rosie, would have been 18 later in the month of that same January. She and her parents are buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana. Rosie was loved. She was buried in a white casket and all of the "Rainbow Girls" (Masonic group) were all crying. Rosie's heart had been damaged from rheumatic fever as a child. Preceding her surgery, she had been told by Mayo Clinic doctors that she would die if she did not have open-heart surgery to correct the increasing heart damage. When her heart beat, some of the blood would not leave the heart, rather it would "pool." It was left up to Rosie to decide whether to precede with the surgery, which she did decide to do. There was a blood drive around Logansport for Rosie. Bunker Hill Air Force servicemen also contributed blood. Rosie's sister, our cousin Martha, stayed with our household while Paul, Ruth, and Rosie traversed to the Mayo Clinic. I'll never forget that phone call on that New Year's morning. I heard the phone ring downstairs. Then Dad came upstairs and into Marie and Chris' bedroom to tell Martha that her sister, Rosie, had just passed away. I'll never forget that "No!" that Martha cried out. Rosie was such a wonderful girl...so smart...so talented. Of course she reached the point where she was homeschooled. Aunt Ruth had told us that there was some award made in her behalf, named after her, at Washington Township School, right outside of the Logansport City Limits. I never have been able to find info on that award. Perhaps it's under scholarships or something. Aunt Ruth had also said that, following surgery, Rosie had color in her cheeks that she had not had in years. She was always so white and thin. She would have spurts of fairly good health, followed by bedridden periods. When she would get worse, her hair would fall out by the brushfuls and she would lose weight. As she would get better, her long hair would grow back. It was said that the surgery was a success, but, it was her weakened state of health that led to her death. She just wasn't strong enough to recover from surgery. I remember, at the funeral, Aunt Ruth would just keep looking at Rosie and saying, "I just keep expecting to see her move." Of course, she knew better, but that's what she would say, anyway. Anyway, Rosie has a white headstone and rests in Peace throughout all of eternity. At least her body does. I'm sure her spirit is in Heaven. I have lots more info pertaining to names and dates, if anyone is interested. I still love you, Rosie, even after all of these years. Your cousin, Angela
Crawfordsville Journal Review June 3, 1970 -- Ladoga - Mrs. Margaret "Maggie" Everhart, 80, Ladoga died at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday in Culver Hospital at Crawfordsville. She had been in failing health for the past several weeks. Born Oct 10, 1889, at Mt. Sterling, Ky, she was the daughter of William and Sue Tanner Shubert. She was married April 16, 1912 to Frank T. Everhart. Mrs. Everhart was a member of the Ladoga Christian Church, Rebekah Lodge, Helping Hand Club and Golden Circle Class of her church at Ladoga. Surviving are four daughters, two sons, two brothers, Fletcher Shubert and Sterling Shubert, 13 grandchildren and a great grandson. She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, brother, sister and grandson. A Rebekah Lodge service will be held 8 p.m. Thursday. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Gephart Funeral Home here with Rev. Dan Chambers officiating. Burial in Brethren Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Thursday.
We've been dishing up a lot of Wert folks, anyone interested in the Zacharys? I have gobs but have many questions !!
Crawfordsville Journal Review 6-20-1970 -- Mrs. Lucile Brumit, 58, daughter of a Crawfordsville woman died Saturday in her residence, 419 N. Keyston Avenue, Indianapolis. She had resided in Indianapolis since 1934. Mrs. Brumit was born Jan 11, 1912 to David H. and Delia Booher Emmert in Boone County near Advance. She married Samuel a. Brumit. Mrs. Brumit graduated from Advance HS. She was a member of the Methodist Church. She was supervisor of the order edit section of the Emblem Division at American Legion National Headquarters. Mrs. Brumit was the national secretary of Les Femmes, the women's auxiliary of the 40 and 8 and a past president of Robert Linehan American Legion Post 465 Auxiliary. Surviving are her husband; her mother; Mrs. Emmert of Crawfordsville; 3 sisters, Mrs. Kathlen Long; Mrs. Bernice Miller; Mrs. Merle McCoy. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Harry W. Moore Peace Chapel, 2050 E. Michigan St, Indianapolis. Burial will be in Washington Park East. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Monday.
Won't they be antiques and worth a fortune on e-bay. I had some just like that -w hite pearlized plastic. Quite the "in" thing but I think I also had horn-rimmed and a bunch of other weird kinds too. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Lynch" <kslynch62@hotmail.com> To: "Montgomery County" <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 9:49 AM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] My cousin, Rosie Todd. From Angela F. Todd ("Angie") Thanks, Kathleen. > > Well, mine were white pearlized plastic, not horn-rimmed. I gag when I > find them in the drawer. Now what masochism makes me hold on to them? > >> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 06:42:50 -0800 >> From: Jeff@ibssg.org >> To: inmontgo@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [InMontgo] My cousin, Rosie Todd. From Angela F. Todd >> ("Angie") Thanks, Kathleen. >> >> Kathleen Lynch wrote: >> >> > She always wore those 50's glasses. I don't know what they were >> > called...wing-tips? That's how they were shaped. >> > >> >> Horn rims? >> >> Jeff >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG >> >> >> ~~~~ >> >> "It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless >> minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." >> >> Samuel Adams >> >> >> "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our >> inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state >> of facts and evidence." >> >> John Adams >> >> >> http://ingenweb.org/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://ingenweb.org/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 little unusual for that time frame too, wasn';t it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "My Family History" <my_family_history@msn.com> To: <INMONTGO@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 9:23 AM Subject: [InMontgo] From Angela F. Todd: MAYO CLINIC KEPT ROSIE TODD'SHEART. That was so sad. >I forgot to mention that Cousin Rosemary Todd's heart was kept for medical >research, etc. That was really, really sad. > > > http://ingenweb.org/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
inmontgo-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Please crop the trailing posts when replying to the digest, and change the subject to match what you are responding to. > > http://ingenweb/inmontgomery/ is the website we use for this mail list. > > Thank you. > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Verna McCormick (Limequilla@aol.com) > 2. Re: Verna McCormick (Kathleen Lynch) > 3. Abigale HOEL DAVIS Please post (Kim & Roger Hancock) > 4. Re: Abigale HOEL DAVIS Please post (Karen Zach) > 5. Re: Abigale HOEL DAVIS Please post (Kim & Roger Hancock) > 6. Jesse DAVIS SMITH Please post (Kim & Roger Hancock) > 7. William Lambert Smith obit - Please Post (Kim & Roger Hancock) > 8. The Old Town Cemetery (Kim & Roger Hancock) > 9. Re: Abigale HOEL DAVIS Please post (Karen Zach) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:47:51 EST > From: Limequilla@aol.com > Subject: [InMontgo] Verna McCormick > To: inmontgo@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <d29.39df5fee.368ad7c7@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I need some help finishing this. > > I wondered what happened to Vern McCormick from the 1900 census: > > Vern L McCormick, b. Sep 1885 in Indiana > > Daughter of James McCormick and Rebecca Wert > > I found a marriage, but no groom and no date in the index: > > Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 > Name: Verna McCormick > Marriage County: Montgomery > Gender: Female > Source Title 1: Montgomery Co Indiana > Source Title 2: Index to Marriage Transcript 1888 - 1905 Inclusive > Source Title 3: W. P. A. Compiled by Indiana Works Projects Admini > Book: W-45 > OS Page: 11 > > I also found these in the Crawfordsville Library Cemetery listing, but > without the groom, I can't really say whether either one of them is Vern McCormick: > > Haxton Verna 1885 2019?? w/o W J 3-15 3-13 Greenlawn Cemetery (Coal > Creek) > > Wilkinson Verna B 1885 1891 c/o M & E 9-138 7-138 Oak Hill Cemetery > (Union) > **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, > Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:29:40 +0000 > From: Kathleen Lynch <kslynch62@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Verna McCormick > To: Montgomery County <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <COL104-W6939B0C5540547A55E7BDAA3E70@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Suzy, Walter Beam married Verna in Montgomery County on 3 Jul 1902. Hope this helps! Kathy > > >> From: Limequilla@aol.com >> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:47:51 -0500 >> To: inmontgo@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [InMontgo] Verna McCormick >> >> I need some help finishing this. >> >> I wondered what happened to Vern McCormick from the 1900 census: >> >> Vern L McCormick, b. Sep 1885 in Indiana >> >> Daughter of James McCormick and Rebecca Wert >> >> I found a marriage, but no groom and no date in the index: >> >> Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 >> Name: Verna McCormick >> Marriage County: Montgomery >> Gender: Female >> Source Title 1: Montgomery Co Indiana >> Source Title 2: Index to Marriage Transcript 1888 - 1905 Inclusive >> Source Title 3: W. P. A. Compiled by Indiana Works Projects Admini >> Book: W-45 >> OS Page: 11 >> >> I also found these in the Crawfordsville Library Cemetery listing, but >> without the groom, I can't really say whether either one of them is Vern McCormick: >> >> Haxton Verna 1885 2019?? w/o W J 3-15 3-13 Greenlawn Cemetery (Coal >> Creek) >> >> Wilkinson Verna B 1885 1891 c/o M & E 9-138 7-138 Oak Hill Cemetery >> (Union) >> **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, >> Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. >> (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025) >> >> http://ingenweb.org/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 >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:15:32 -0500 > From: "Kim & Roger Hancock" <hancock@link2000.net> > Subject: [InMontgo] Abigale HOEL DAVIS Please post > To: INMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <10ede35e0812292015p3c111fbdta6717f837be2e0f8@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Crawfordsvile Weekly Journal. Friday, September 29, 1893 > Abigal Davis, who died in this city on the 25th, was born in New Jersey, on > the 5th day of Feb, 1795. She was married to Randolph Davis in 1816, in > Butler county, Ohio. They came to Montgomery county, Ind., about the last > of October 1826, and settled on Indiana creek. She emigrated from New > Jersey to Ohio with her parents when she was a small girl. Her maiden name > was Abigale Hoel. When they settled in this county it was mostly a > wilderness, and their goods remained in the wagon in which they removed from > Ohio, until a cabin was built, shich structure was completed the same day it > was begun, the timber having been previously cut and hauled to the ground. > She was a woman of great force of character, high intelligence, and had the > envisible characteristic of wishing to live in independence on her own labor > and management. She was kind and gentle, not only to her children, but to > everybody else, and model of honesty and fair dealing. She was the mother > of nine children, seven of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. Her funeral > will take place from the Christian church at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, next, > funeral sermon by Rev. W.J. Howe, with the assistance of other ministers of > the city. Mrs. Davis was not a member of any church organization, but had a > decided particularly for the Baptist denomination. > > > My thanks also for this one. It is noteworthy that Abigail's obit doesn't mention that she and Randolph Davis were divorced and that he remarried, unless that is what "wishing to live in independence on her own labor" means.... ;-) BTW, I went into DAR through this line, so I'd be happy to help anyone who is looking for documentation. Her mother, Jane (Jennie) Badgley, married Barnabas Hoel, and his father, Anthony Badgley, perfomed patriotic service but did not serve in the Continental Army. It is already a documented line if that helps. Abigail Hoel Davis raised my ggf, Thomas Fry Patton, who was her nephew. His mother, Jane Hoel, wife of Isaac Reed Patton, died when Thomas was an infant. Regards, Marianne
Angela, Those are lovely stories -- They should put those up on the website, as-is. Suzy **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)
AHHHH - couldn't do it without Jeffie :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Lynch" <kslynch62@hotmail.com> To: "Montgomery County" <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 8:24 AM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] OBIT: Austin E. Wert, 80 Waynetown Native > > I like to perform RAOGK -- I am grateful to the Edwards researcher who > patiently helped me sort out North Carolina Edwards lines from Ohio lines, > before they all came to Indiana. Computers may help us, but another > researcher gives gifts of gold. Prime example: our dear Karen! > >> From: Limequilla@aol.com >> Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:34:46 -0500 >> To: inmontgo@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [InMontgo] OBIT: Austin E. Wert, 80 Waynetown Native >> >> >> No, but thanks -- the triple marriage and all the divorces caught me off >> guard is all. It just hadn't occurred to me and I spent a good long >> while >> looking for the other Austin Wert LOL! (In vain, there is not other >> Austin Wert. >> >> Thanks for the offer, >> >> Suzy >> >> At one time, maybe not now, the Indiana State Lib. recorded the parents' >> names for whichever spouse you entered first. Might be worth checking. >> Ancestry.com shows all three marriages (to Hattie Miller, to Julia >> Osborne, to Nellie >> Rogers ) as marriages to Austin E. Wert. Suzy, have you checked census >> records to see who he's living with in 1900, etc? I can check if you >> wish. Kathy >> **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making >> headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) >> >> http://ingenweb.org/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://ingenweb.org/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
Oh, thanks -- wish I had some more HAP diaries or any diaries for that matter - I do have my mother's but they're 1930s and many still around here so don't think I should transcribe those for the list :) SHUCKS ----- Original Message ----- From: <Limequilla@aol.com> To: <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] OBIT: Austin E. Wert, 80 Waynetown Native > > Oh, yes, Karen is wonderful, plus she keeps us entertained! LOL! > > Suzy > > (That is meant as a compliment, thinking of the HAP diaries, et al.) > > > > > > > I like to perform RAOGK -- I am grateful to the Edwards researcher who > patiently helped me sort out North Carolina Edwards lines from Ohio > lines, before > they all came to Indiana. Computers may help us, but another researcher > gives > gifts of gold. Prime example: our dear Karen! > > > **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making > headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) > > http://ingenweb.org/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
Oh, yes, Karen is wonderful, plus she keeps us entertained! LOL! Suzy (That is meant as a compliment, thinking of the HAP diaries, et al.) I like to perform RAOGK -- I am grateful to the Edwards researcher who patiently helped me sort out North Carolina Edwards lines from Ohio lines, before they all came to Indiana. Computers may help us, but another researcher gives gifts of gold. Prime example: our dear Karen! **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)
Kathleen Lynch wrote: > Yes, Angie -- Suzy is right. You have a wonderful memory for the "telling detail." Please write more -- you have an audience! And I'm sure that Jeff and Karen realize that the stories are what helps us make the historical bare details from census, birth and death records into real human beings. Your memories -- that's Rosie's immortality, and now we'll remember her too. > > Correct, we are all story tellers, and the stories are our heritage and our legacy. -- Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG ~~~~ "It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." Samuel Adams "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." John Adams
Kathleen Lynch wrote: > She always wore those 50's glasses. I don't know what they were called...wing-tips? That's how they were shaped. > Horn rims? Jeff -- Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG ~~~~ "It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." Samuel Adams "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." John Adams
In 1920 Hattie is living in Wayne Twp Montgomery Co IN with Katherine Wert, her daughter. The head of household is her sister, Jennie Smith and a Verna Smith is the fourth member of the household. (In 1920 she is "widowed" but in 1910 she is "divorced". In 1920 Julia Osborne Wert worked as a hotel chambermaid in Crawfordsville, but I didn't find her in 1930. You all have interesting puzzles - fun to "work" on when I'm out of town without my notes and records! Happy New Year, Kathy
At one time, maybe not now, the Indiana State Lib. recorded the parents' names for whichever spouse you entered first. Might be worth checking. Ancestry.com shows all three marriages (to Hattie Miller, to Julia Osborne, to Nellie Rogers ) as marriages to Austin E. Wert. Suzy, have you checked census records to see who he's living with in 1900, etc? I can check if you wish. Kathy > From: karen.zach@sbcglobal.net > To: inmontgo@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 16:45:13 -0500 > Subject: Re: [InMontgo] OBIT: Austin E. Wert, 80 Waynetown Native > > Familysearch.org (if you can believe it) DOES show him married to all three > of those women. But, is there another Austin s/o George & Sarah (whoever > they are) and not just THIS one s/o John Hyde Wert? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Limequilla@aol.com> > To: <INMONTGO@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 2:42 PM > Subject: [InMontgo] OBIT: Austin E. Wert, 80 Waynetown Native > > > > Crawfordsville [Indiana] Journal; 10-23-1953 > > > > Austin E. Wert, 80 > > Waynetown Native, > > Succumbs in Home > > > > Austin E. Wert, 80, a former resident of Crawfordsville, who for > > several years was employed at the Smith & Duckworth Lumber Company, died > > Thursday > > evening at the Reynolds Nursing Home in Hagerstown. He had been in > > failing > > health the past year. > > A native of Montgomery County, Mr. Wert was born Nov 17, 1872, at > > Waynetown. > > His parents were George and Sarah Wert. He married Nellie O. Hendricks of > > this city Dec 2, 1916. > > In recent years, Mr Wert had resided at 214 N. 14th Street, at Richmond, > > Ind. Mr. Wert, who was a carpenter by trade, also lived in Logansport for > > a > > number of years. > > Surviving are six sons, Russell Wert, Ragsdale, Ind., Floyd Wert, Muncie, > > Wilford Wert, Frankfort, Paul Wert, Hillsburg, Ind, and Carl and Ikey > > Wert, > > both of Richmond; a daughter, Mrs Leo Bundy, of this city, 16 > > grandchildren, an > > aunt, Elizabeth Wert, Waynetown, and several other relatives. > > He was preceded in death by his wife and daughter. > > Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Proffitt & Sons > > Funeral Home. Burial will be at the Wayentown Masonic Cemerty. The Rev > > George T. > > King will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home.~Transcribed by > > Suzy > > Wert from the original .jpg image at the Crawfordsville [Indiana] > > District > > Public Library, Waynetown Masonic Cemetery webpage. > > > > > > > > **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making > > headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) > > > > http://ingenweb.org/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://ingenweb.org/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
as we had relatives in both counties. Also, older relatives in Lawrence County, Indiana. The Todd's, the Reynolds, the Merritts, the Hawkins, the Heltons, the Eads, the Normans, the McMillans, etc...they're all related in my family in the various counties. Anyway, this January 1st was also the anniversary of Rosie's parents, my Aunt Paul Raymond Todd, Sr. and his first wife, Ruth May Potts Todd, all of Logansport, Indiana. Paul, brother of my father, Francis ("Frank") Leverett Todd, was a son of John Henry Todd and Flora Etta Reynolds Todd. Rosemary, known as Rosie, would have been 18 later in the month of that same January. She and her parents are buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana. Rosie was loved. She was buried in a white casket and all of the "Rainbow Girls" (Masonic group) were all crying. Rosie's heart had been damaged from rheumatic fever as a child. Preceding her surgery, she had been told by Mayo Clinic doctors that she would die if she did not have open-heart surgery to correct the increasing heart damage. When her heart beat, some of the blood would not leave the heart, rather it would "pool." It was left up to Rosie to decide whether to precede with the surgery, which she did decide to do. There was a blood drive around Logansport for Rosie. Bunker Hill Air Force servicemen also contributed blood. Rosie's sister, our cousin Martha, stayed with our household while Paul, Ruth, and Rosie traversed to the Mayo Clinic. I'll never forget that phone call on that New Year's morning. I heard the phone ring downstairs. Then Dad came upstairs and into Marie and Chris' bedroom to tell Martha that her sister, Rosie, had just passed away. I'll never forget that "No!" that Martha cried out. Rosie was such a wonderful girl...so smart...so talented. Of course she reached the point where she was homeschooled. Aunt Ruth had told us that there was some award made in her behalf, named after her, at Washington Township School, right outside of the Logansport City Limits. I never have been able to find info on that award. Perhaps it's under scholarships or something. Aunt Ruth had also said that, following surgery, Rosie had color in her cheeks that she had not had in years. She was always so white and thin. She would have spurts of fairly good health, followed by bedridden periods. When she would get worse, her hair would fall out by the brushfuls and she would lose weight. As she would get better, her long hair would grow back. It was said that the surgery was a success, but, it was her weakened state of health that led to her death. She just wasn't strong enough to recover from surgery. I remember, at the funeral, Aunt Ruth would just keep looking at Rosie and saying, "I just keep expecting to see her move." Of course, she knew better, but that's what she would say, anyway. Anyway, Rosie has a white headstone and rests in Peace throughout all of eternity. At least her body does. I'm sure her spirit is in Heaven. I have lots more info pertaining to names and dates, if anyone is interested. I still love you, Rosie, even after all of these years. Your cousin, Angela
Crawfordsville Journal Review 11-25-1966 - William V. Phebus, 68, former Darlington and Crawfordsville barber, died suddenly Friday of a heart seizure at Indianapolis. His residence was 509 N. Tomlinson. Mr. Phebus was born near Bowers. Surviving are the widow, Glady; a daughter, Mrs. Miriam Skorjanc; a half brother, Joe Cooley; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m .Monday at Conkle Funeral Home Speedway. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Crawfordsville Journal Review 9 June 1966 -- Mrs. Jessie Florence Strain, 87, died at &;45 a.m. Thursday at Culver Hospital after an extended illness. She was born in Parke County July 11, 1878 to Wallace and Minerva Neet Anderson. She married Frank J. Strain March 11, 1900; he preceded her in death. Survivors include a son, Charles L. Strain, two daughters, Mrs. Clarice Patton; and Mrs. Evelyn Harte; a brother, Frank Anderson; 9 grandchildren; 14 great grandchidren and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Strain was a member of the 1st Methodist Church, Crawfordsville. Funeral services will be at 2 pm Saturday at Rockville Methodist Church with Rev. Ralph Moore Jones of the 1st Methodist in Crawfordsville officiating. The body will lie in state an hour before the funeral. Burial will be in Memoray Garden in Rockville. Friends may call at the Hunt & Son Funeral HOme, Crawfordsville after noon Friday.
Crawfordsville Journal Review 7-14-1966 -- Mrs. Zelma Marie Swank, 74, was found dead at her home 905 Lane Ave, Thursday afternoon. She had been in failing health some time. A Montgomery County native, she was a daughter of Samuel and Nancy Jane Haun Paxton and was born June 20, 1892. She married Clyde C. Swank Dec 28, 1910. They lived on a farm northwest of Crawfordsville. After his death in 1957 she moved to this city. Surviving are three sons, Forest E., Floyd W. Dallas, two daughters, Mrs. Irene Stiller and Mrs. Betty Schooley, 8 grandchildren and 4 greats. Funeral rites are 2 p.m. Saturday Hunt & Son Funeral Home where friends may call Friday, Rev. Milo Riggs will officiate and burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Crawfordsville Journal Review 3-24-1960 - Walter Gibson, 52, of Russellville an employee of RR Donnelley & Sons for the past 12 years was found dead int he lobby of the employees' entrance at the plant about 6 a.m. Thursday. His body was discovered by other employees reporting for work. Gibson had been employed as a watchman at the plant since 1953, when he was transferred to that post so he would have lighter duties following a heart attach. Mr. GIbson, who had mad ehis home in Russellville for several years, formerly lived at Fincastle. Born Sept 6, 1907 in Indiana, Mr. Gibson was the son of Henry and Mary VanHook Gibson. He married Leona Robbins at Paris, Ill Dec 15, 1928. Mr. Gibson was a member of the Russellville Christian Church. Surviving include the wife, two sons, Galen Gibson, and Kenton Gibson of Indianapolis; 3 daughters, Mrs. Walter Poynter, Mrs. Shobe Gould, and Miss Sandra Gibson at home; 3 sisters, Mrs. Reba Early, Miss Wilma Gibson and Mrs. Helen Etcheson, the parents and 7 grandchildren. Funeral services have been set 2 p.m. Sunday Perkins Funeral Home, Roachdale. Burial at Roachdale Cemetery. friends may call at the family home in Russellville Friday afternoon through Saturday. Calls also may be made at the funeral home from 1 - 2 pm. Sunday.