Remember my attempts to come up with this woman's name a few months ago? She popped into my head when I found a snapshot of her with my aunt, and this time, she was all but wearing a nametag! Her father was Frank McCullough of Coal Creek Twp (formerly of Illinois); her mother was Rosa Ludwig McCullough. She had five siblings, among them Mildred and Glen. Georgia herself was born in 1903. She married Franklin Craft Mann, sometime after 1930. What I haven't found is her place of death, which I thought must be Florida. Do any of these names ring bells for any of you? Kathy

First I thought he was a neighbor I didn't remember -- then I looked at his date of death. Oh, well! I'm getting creaky, but I'm not THAT old! Kathy > From: karen.zach@sbcglobal.net > To: INMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:44:10 -0400 > CC: infounta@rootsweb.com > Subject: [InMontgo] Hesler biography > > Dunn, Jacob Piatt. Indiana and Indianans. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1919, p 1304 -- Lincoln Hesler had a career as a lawyer and citizen such as all thinking people must admire. He was best known in the counties of Fountain and Montgomery, where for over a 1/4 of a century he practiced law. For 12 years before his death, his home was in Crawfordsville. A well rounded and sincere tribute to his life is found in the words of a memorial resolution drawn up and presented by a committee of the Montgomery County Bar in the following language: "Lincoln Hesler, son of William and Matilda Hesler, was born in Fountain County, Indiana Aug 21, 1862 and departed this life at Crawfordsville Nov 3, 1918. He was married to Jennie Sumner Dec 6, 1883. His widow and two sons, Russell L. and Herbert S who at the time of his death were both in the United States Military Service, survive him. Mr. Hesler was graduated from DePauw University at Greencastle in 1884, being while the! > re a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and in January of that year was a member of the Fountain County Bar. He was engaged in the active practice of his chosen profession for a period of 27 years and then very reluctantly closed his office after his health had failed and his physician had advised that he would have to give up the practice. For 21 years he practice in Fountain Co and for six in Montgomery County. He never sought poltiical preferment but during the grater portion of the period of his practice he was attorney for the City of Veedersburg. He did not enter the practice for the purpose of making money or with a view to gaining a reputation as a great lawyer, but because of his fondness for the science of law. It was fascinating to him and he enjoyed it. He regarded law as a science - a human method of dealing out justice between men. He was ethical in his practice, fair to his colleagues and loyal to his clients. In his death the Montgomery County B! > ar has lost one of its most loyal and conscientious members, the comm > unity an honest and patriotic citizen." Mr. Hesler's parents, William and Matilda Furr Hesler, were both natives of KY and they and their four children, two sons and two daughtesr, Jacob, Ida, Serina and Lincoln are all now deceased. Mrs. Lincoln Hesler was born at Covington Indiana, April 27, 1865, a daughter of Alvah and Emily Booe Sumner. Her father was a native of Ohio born March 26, 1828 and came to Indiana with his parents at age 19. He spent his active life as a cabinet maker and he made all the furniture with which he and his bride began housekeeping. He died in 1916. Mr. Hesler's mother was born Dec 26, 1830 in New Liberty, Indiana and died November 28, 1908. In the Sumner family were 4 children, 3 sons and one daughter: Alfonso, now a merchant at Waynetown, Indiana; Will H, a merchant-tailor at Peru, Indiana, Frank, deceased, Jennie May. The older of two sons, Russell Lowell was born at Veedersburg, Indiaan June 5, 1893. He graduated from the Crawfordsville ! > High School in 1912 and Wabash College with class of 1917. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Immediately after leaving Wabash he entered the First Officers Training Camp at Ft. Benjamin Harrison and received his coveted position as 2nd Lt. He was first assigned to depot brigade duty at Camp Zachary Taylor, KY and was transferred to the school of arms for special instruction at Camp Perry, Ohio where he was awarded a medal as sharp shooter. Then came his later assignment as instructor of arms at Camp Cody, New Mexico where he remained at his post of duty until the close of the war. Herbert Sumner Hesler, the youngest son was born at Veedersburg, Nov 24, 1897. He graduated from Crawfordsville HS in 1915 and entered Wabash College. He was also a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. During 1918 he took special intensive military training for 3 months at Harvard Univesrity and was then assigned as Sgt. and instructor in the Students Army Training Corps at Wabas! > h College. Nov. 13 two days after the signing of the armistice, he wa > s selected to enter Camp Grant to train for a commission. The Hesler home is at 222 W. Main Street in Crawfordsville, and it was there that Mr. Hesler after retiring from law practice spent his time in delightful companionship with his family, his books and his friends. he was a member of the Christian Church, the Masonic Order and Tribe of Ben-Hur. > > 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

Dunn, Jacob Piatt. Indiana and Indianans. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1919, p 1305 -- Dumont KENNEDY - For more than half a century the Crawfordsville bar has been honored by the services and talents of the Kennedy family. Dumont has practiced law there for 30 years or more and is a son of the late Peter S. Kennedy, one of Indiana's stalwart lawyers and citizens during the middle years of the last century. Dumont Kennedy was born in a log house at Danville, Indiana, July 12, 1861, son of Peter S. and Emily Talbot Kennedy. Peter S. Kennedy was born in Bourbon Co KY July 10, 1829, son of Joseph Kennedy. His early life was spent in a pioneer time and environment, and his attainments were largely a measure of his individual exertions as a youth. At the age of 20 he was teaching school after a hard earned education and he utilized all his lesire time to study law. He became not only a successful attorney but was a prolific writer on legal subjects. He was frequently called upon to serve as a special judge of the district. >From 1856 to 1858 he was prosecuting attorney of the Indianapolis Circuit, having been elected on the republican ticket. For many years he enjoyed a large private practice in Crawfordsville, where he died September 7 1903. Masonry and Odd Fellowship constituted his religion. During the Civil War he organized a company for the 7th Indian Regiment and was with his command as a Lt. In 1874 he represented Montgomery County in the Indiana State Legislature. Peter S. Kennedy and wife were married near Lexington KY Oct 6, 1853. They had 3 sons and 3 daughtesr; Bettie Talbot, deceased; joseph Courtney now of Lewiston, Idaho; Schuyler Colfax, deceased; Dumont; Katie, wife of CA Foresman of North Yakima, Washington; and Ora Leigh, matron of the State Normal School at Lewiston, Idaho. Dumont Kennedy was 3 years old when his parents came to Montgomery County and he has been a resident of that county ever since. He graduated from the Crawfordsville HS with the class of 1882 and studied law in his father's office. He also had some early experience as a teacher. After admission tot he bar he took up practice, and in 1894 was elected prosecuting attorney of Montgomery County, being reelcted in 1896. In 1900 he was elected clerk of the Montgomery Cirtcuit Court and by reelection in 1904 served 8 years. An unsolicited honor and a tribute to his citizenship came to him in 1917 when he was elected mayor of Crawfordsville, an office he still holds. Mr. Kennedy is a republican. His success and achievements as a lawyer are the result of long concentration and work but through it all he has kept many lively interests in varied affairs outside his legal profession. Mr. Kennedy owns a beautiful suburban home near Crawfordsville, comprising 16 acres. There he has the land and opportunity to allow him full bent in the culture of flowers, fruits and stock and the enjoyment of the outdoor life. He has always had a keen interst in history, both general and local, has been president of the Montgomery county History society since 1910, and in his home has a rare collection of historic relics of various kinds. He is a member of the Masonic Order and Knights of Pythias. June 23, 1897, Mr. Kennedy married Miss Mary E. Wilhite, a talented daughter of Eleazer A and Mary Holloway Wilhite. Mrs. Kennedy was born in Crawfordsville June 6, 1867, graduated from high school and later from the Boston School of oratory, and for 7 years was a teacher until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy have one daughter, Emily Elizabeth born Sept 5, 1906.

FOr sure :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Lynch" <kslynch62@hotmail.com> To: <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 10:51 PM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Hesler biography > First I thought he was a neighbor I didn't remember -- then I looked at > his date of death. Oh, well! I'm getting creaky, but I'm not THAT old! > Kathy > > > >> From: karen.zach@sbcglobal.net >> To: INMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com >> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:44:10 -0400 >> CC: infounta@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [InMontgo] Hesler biography >> >> Dunn, Jacob Piatt. Indiana and Indianans. Chicago: American Historical >> Society, 1919, p 1304 -- Lincoln Hesler had a career as a lawyer and >> citizen such as all thinking people must admire. He was best known in >> the counties of Fountain and Montgomery, where for over a 1/4 of a >> century he practiced law. For 12 years before his death, his home was in >> Crawfordsville. A well rounded and sincere tribute to his life is found >> in the words of a memorial resolution drawn up and presented by a >> committee of the Montgomery County Bar in the following language: >> "Lincoln Hesler, son of William and Matilda Hesler, was born in Fountain >> County, Indiana Aug 21, 1862 and departed this life at Crawfordsville Nov >> 3, 1918. He was married to Jennie Sumner Dec 6, 1883. His widow and two >> sons, Russell L. and Herbert S who at the time of his death were both in >> the United States Military Service, survive him. Mr. Hesler was >> graduated from DePauw University at Greencastle in 1884, being while t! > he! >> re a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and in January of that >> year was a member of the Fountain County Bar. He was engaged in the >> active practice of his chosen profession for a period of 27 years and >> then very reluctantly closed his office after his health had failed and >> his physician had advised that he would have to give up the practice. >> For 21 years he practice in Fountain Co and for six in Montgomery County. >> He never sought poltiical preferment but during the grater portion of the >> period of his practice he was attorney for the City of Veedersburg. He >> did not enter the practice for the purpose of making money or with a view >> to gaining a reputation as a great lawyer, but because of his fondness >> for the science of law. It was fascinating to him and he enjoyed it. He >> regarded law as a science - a human method of dealing out justice between >> men. He was ethical in his practice, fair to his colleagues and loyal to >> his clients. In his death the Montgomery County! > B! >> ar has lost one of its most loyal and conscientious members, the comm >> unity an honest and patriotic citizen." Mr. Hesler's parents, William >> and Matilda Furr Hesler, were both natives of KY and they and their four >> children, two sons and two daughtesr, Jacob, Ida, Serina and Lincoln are >> all now deceased. Mrs. Lincoln Hesler was born at Covington Indiana, >> April 27, 1865, a daughter of Alvah and Emily Booe Sumner. Her father was >> a native of Ohio born March 26, 1828 and came to Indiana with his parents >> at age 19. He spent his active life as a cabinet maker and he made all >> the furniture with which he and his bride began housekeeping. He died in >> 1916. Mr. Hesler's mother was born Dec 26, 1830 in New Liberty, Indiana >> and died November 28, 1908. In the Sumner family were 4 children, 3 sons >> and one daughter: Alfonso, now a merchant at Waynetown, Indiana; Will H, >> a merchant-tailor at Peru, Indiana, Frank, deceased, Jennie May. The >> older of two sons, Russell Lowell was born at Veedersburg, Indiaan June >> 5, 1893. He graduated from the Crawfordsvill! > e ! >> High School in 1912 and Wabash College with class of 1917. He was a >> member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Immediately after leaving Wabash >> he entered the First Officers Training Camp at Ft. Benjamin Harrison and >> received his coveted position as 2nd Lt. He was first assigned to depot >> brigade duty at Camp Zachary Taylor, KY and was transferred to the school >> of arms for special instruction at Camp Perry, Ohio where he was awarded >> a medal as sharp shooter. Then came his later assignment as instructor >> of arms at Camp Cody, New Mexico where he remained at his post of duty >> until the close of the war. Herbert Sumner Hesler, the youngest son was >> born at Veedersburg, Nov 24, 1897. He graduated from Crawfordsville HS >> in 1915 and entered Wabash College. He was also a member of Kappa Sigma >> Fraternity. During 1918 he took special intensive military training for 3 >> months at Harvard Univesrity and was then assigned as Sgt. and instructor >> in the Students Army Training Corps at Wab! > as! >> h College. Nov. 13 two days after the signing of the armistice, he wa >> s selected to enter Camp Grant to train for a commission. The Hesler >> home is at 222 W. Main Street in Crawfordsville, and it was there that >> Mr. Hesler after retiring from law practice spent his time in delightful >> companionship with his family, his books and his friends. he was a >> member of the Christian Church, the Masonic Order and Tribe of Ben-Hur. >> >> 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

Dunn, Jacob Piatt. Indiana and Indianans. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1919, p 1304 -- Lincoln Hesler had a career as a lawyer and citizen such as all thinking people must admire. He was best known in the counties of Fountain and Montgomery, where for over a 1/4 of a century he practiced law. For 12 years before his death, his home was in Crawfordsville. A well rounded and sincere tribute to his life is found in the words of a memorial resolution drawn up and presented by a committee of the Montgomery County Bar in the following language: "Lincoln Hesler, son of William and Matilda Hesler, was born in Fountain County, Indiana Aug 21, 1862 and departed this life at Crawfordsville Nov 3, 1918. He was married to Jennie Sumner Dec 6, 1883. His widow and two sons, Russell L. and Herbert S who at the time of his death were both in the United States Military Service, survive him. Mr. Hesler was graduated from DePauw University at Greencastle in 1884, being while there a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and in January of that year was a member of the Fountain County Bar. He was engaged in the active practice of his chosen profession for a period of 27 years and then very reluctantly closed his office after his health had failed and his physician had advised that he would have to give up the practice. For 21 years he practice in Fountain Co and for six in Montgomery County. He never sought poltiical preferment but during the grater portion of the period of his practice he was attorney for the City of Veedersburg. He did not enter the practice for the purpose of making money or with a view to gaining a reputation as a great lawyer, but because of his fondness for the science of law. It was fascinating to him and he enjoyed it. He regarded law as a science - a human method of dealing out justice between men. He was ethical in his practice, fair to his colleagues and loyal to his clients. In his death the Montgomery County Bar has lost one of its most loyal and conscientious members, the community an honest and patriotic citizen." Mr. Hesler's parents, William and Matilda Furr Hesler, were both natives of KY and they and their four children, two sons and two daughtesr, Jacob, Ida, Serina and Lincoln are all now deceased. Mrs. Lincoln Hesler was born at Covington Indiana, April 27, 1865, a daughter of Alvah and Emily Booe Sumner. Her father was a native of Ohio born March 26, 1828 and came to Indiana with his parents at age 19. He spent his active life as a cabinet maker and he made all the furniture with which he and his bride began housekeeping. He died in 1916. Mr. Hesler's mother was born Dec 26, 1830 in New Liberty, Indiana and died November 28, 1908. In the Sumner family were 4 children, 3 sons and one daughter: Alfonso, now a merchant at Waynetown, Indiana; Will H, a merchant-tailor at Peru, Indiana, Frank, deceased, Jennie May. The older of two sons, Russell Lowell was born at Veedersburg, Indiaan June 5, 1893. He graduated from the Crawfordsville High School in 1912 and Wabash College with class of 1917. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Immediately after leaving Wabash he entered the First Officers Training Camp at Ft. Benjamin Harrison and received his coveted position as 2nd Lt. He was first assigned to depot brigade duty at Camp Zachary Taylor, KY and was transferred to the school of arms for special instruction at Camp Perry, Ohio where he was awarded a medal as sharp shooter. Then came his later assignment as instructor of arms at Camp Cody, New Mexico where he remained at his post of duty until the close of the war. Herbert Sumner Hesler, the youngest son was born at Veedersburg, Nov 24, 1897. He graduated from Crawfordsville HS in 1915 and entered Wabash College. He was also a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. During 1918 he took special intensive military training for 3 months at Harvard Univesrity and was then assigned as Sgt. and instructor in the Students Army Training Corps at Wabash College. Nov. 13 two days after the signing of the armistice, he was selected to enter Camp Grant to train for a commission. The Hesler home is at 222 W. Main Street in Crawfordsville, and it was there that Mr. Hesler after retiring from law practice spent his time in delightful companionship with his family, his books and his friends. he was a member of the Christian Church, the Masonic Order and Tribe of Ben-Hur.

Tri-County News, March 14, 1963 - Walter Earl OVERSTREET, 73, died Saturday afternoon March 9, 1963 at Britton Nursing Home, Rockville. He was born July 20, 1889 to Aaron S. and Martha Walter Overstreet. Mr. Overstreet was a member of Federated Church and Masonic Lodge, Russellville. Surviving are wife, Clara; two daughters, Mrs. Frances Johnson; Mrs. Martha Spencer; four sons: Clarence; Robert; Aaron; Ray; two sisters, Mrs. Lois Davis and Mrs. Bertha Blessing; a brother, Horace; 20 grandchildren and two greats. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Federated Church, Rev. Paul Bingham officiated burial with Masonic rites at Brick Chapel Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Scismgenie Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.montgomery/1158.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The United States Post Office instituted two letter state abbreviations along with five digit postal codes in 1963. Before that there was no standard abbreviation for a state in any Government documents. After the Postal (later "ZIP") Code standards were adopted the use went global in Government documents. From there it spread into general use. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: karenksutton Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.montgomery/1158.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I attached a jpeg of the article that I transcribed. I certainly hope this clears up any questions about the locale. Yes, it was news about Indiana in an Iowa newspaper. They also reported news about Kalamazoo, Michigan in the same column of the Iowa newspaper. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sibbian_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.montgomery/1158.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I was just reading an article about the Eel River Indians and they were talking about the town, that used to be by Putnam co.... Anyway they said that an outbreak of Diptheria in the early 1900's made a bunch of people move across a river. Sorry i can't be more exact, I didn't know this would come back up. Anway I wouldn't totally discount that it happened in Indiana Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Glad that's cleared up and there were several deaths here in Montgomery Co IND where Crawfordsville is the county seat of diptheria in 1891, especially of children but some adults too ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <INMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:28 PM Subject: [InMontgo] It was Indiana > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: karenksutton > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.montgomery/1158.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I attached a jpeg of the article that I transcribed. I certainly hope this > clears up any questions about the locale. > > Yes, it was news about Indiana in an Iowa newspaper. They also reported > news about Kalamazoo, Michigan in the same column of the Iowa newspaper. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > 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

There were Indians (long gone in 1900s - did you mean 1800s) and there is an Eel River Twp and (I think a creek?) in Hendricks county right across from Putnam Co of that name. ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <INMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] IA: Iowa or Indiana > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: sibbian_1 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.montgomery/1158.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I was just reading an article about the Eel River Indians and they were > talking about the town, that used to be by Putnam co.... Anyway they said > that an outbreak of Diptheria in the early 1900's made a bunch of people > move across a river. Sorry i can't be more exact, I didn't know this would > come back up. Anway I wouldn't totally discount that it happened in > Indiana > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > 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

Good - glad to help - -perhaps whoever took it over kept the name for business sake. Our local funeral home is like that - had two owners since the original but still is Machledt & Servies. Go figure -- Machledt's not having anything at all to do with it anymore but kept the name for either posteterity or because the name was known or ..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lena C." <gostraka@yahoo.com> To: <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Photographers in Crawfordsville ca. 1890 > Karen, this is a huge help to me! I have a photograph that was taken of my > great-grandpa and his family at the Willis Studio. I was unsure of the > date because my gg-grandfather died in 1899 and my great-grandpa had been > born in 1896. I always thought the picture was taken in early 1899, but > this helps me date it a little better. It must have been taken in the fall > of 1898, probably not long before Willis died. But then did one of his > children take over, because now that I think of it, I think the picture I > have of my great-grandma as a baby was also on a Willis card and she > wasn't born until March 1900, the picture probably taken in spring 1901. > > Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:54:47 -0400 > From: "Karen Zach" <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Photographers in Crawfordsville ca. 1890 > To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>, <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> > > FYI -- this is the Willis who was the photographer in C'ville at that > time. > I think I've seen a pic or two with McQuown too but know in 1900 Mont co > census only one is James McQuown and he's listed as a gardener not a > photographer > History of Montgomery County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen, 1913, P > 1242 > > ABNER DENMAN WILLIS > > Abner Denman Willis came of a line of pioneer stock whose Indiana history > began with the very early settlement of the state. He was born January > 14, > 1834, near Alamo, in Montgomery county, Indiana, on the farm which his > father secured by parchment deed from the national government. He was a > son > of Benjamin Will and Susanna (Butts) Willis, to whose lot fell the task of > rescuing a fertile farm from the primeval wilderness. The settlement of > his > father on government land, however, was not the beginning of the family > history in Indiana. The first Benjamin Willis, grandfather of the > subject, > came to Indiana in the early twenties from near Dayton, Ohio, where he had > married Nancy Allison and raised a large family. He was buried near a > favorite tree on his farm. Glowing reports of the fertility of the soil > near Alamo brought the younger Benjamin to Montgomery County just after > his > marriage. There were born to them nine children, of whom eight grew to > manhood and womanhood. T! > here were Steven Decature, Abner Denman, Julia Ann, Amanda Jane, John > Wesley, Benjamin Franklin, Sarah Elizabeth, Joseph Martin. Abner Denman > was > apprenticed to a Tinner in Crawfordsville until he was old enough to > attend > a school of higher learning, when he entered Barnabas Hobbs Quaker Academy > at Bloomingdale, Indiana. After graduation there, he taught a district > school for several years and while teaching in Vermillion County in the > winter of 1863-1864 he met Frances Ellen Comegys, a pupil, to whom he was > married on September 29, 1864 near Danville Illiinois. He operated a > traveling Photograph Gallery having become especially proficient in the > making of daguerreotypes. In 1866 he moved to Crawfordsville where he > bought a Photograph Gallery, which he operated for twelve consecutive > years. > In 1878 he moved to Harrisonville, Missouri, where he operated a > Photograph > Gallery for three years, after which he returned to Crawfordsville, where > he > remained in the Photograph b! > usiness until 1898, when he died of pneumonia while on a business trip > to Harrisonville, Missouri. He was the father of six children, of whom > three died in infancy. Those who lived were Nathaniel Parker, Lucius > Comegys and Anibel Ellen. For thirty years A. D. Willis was one of the > most > widely know citizens of Montgomery County. He took an active part in > politics both national and local and was a stanch Democrat although he > never > held any political office. He was a student of more than ordinary > diligence > and depth. His affiliations were with the Christian church and the > Masonic > order, but he delved into many philosophies and became an especial admirer > of the philosophy of Swedenbourg. He spent a great deal of his leisure > time > reading and discussing these philosophies and became known all over the > country side for his erudition and his love for literature of the better > class. One of the tenets of his faith was a scrupulous honesty and > forehandedness, which led to the accumulation of a comfortable competence, > although he never had a large! > income. As a schoolteacher he was a strict disciplinarian and was known > as one of the most successful in the county. As a photographer, in which > profession he became best known, he earned a reputation for a > conscientious > work and the scrupulous care with which he kept faith with his clients. > He > was buried on December 9, 1898, in Oak Hill cemetery, the funeral being > conducted by the Masonic order. > > The website management appreciates all the contributions provided for use > here. > > Citation: The Indiana GenWeb Project, Copyright ?1997-2007, Montgomery > County. > > > > > 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

Karen, this is a huge help to me! I have a photograph that was taken of my great-grandpa and his family at the Willis Studio. I was unsure of the date because my gg-grandfather died in 1899 and my great-grandpa had been born in 1896. I always thought the picture was taken in early 1899, but this helps me date it a little better. It must have been taken in the fall of 1898, probably not long before Willis died. But then did one of his children take over, because now that I think of it, I think the picture I have of my great-grandma as a baby was also on a Willis card and she wasn't born until March 1900, the picture probably taken in spring 1901. Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:54:47 -0400 From: "Karen Zach" <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Photographers in Crawfordsville ca. 1890 To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>, <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> FYI -- this is the Willis who was the photographer in C'ville at that time. I think I've seen a pic or two with McQuown too but know in 1900 Mont co census only one is James McQuown and he's listed as a gardener not a photographer History of Montgomery County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen, 1913, P 1242 ABNER DENMAN WILLIS Abner Denman Willis came of a line of pioneer stock whose Indiana history began with the very early settlement of the state. He was born January 14, 1834, near Alamo, in Montgomery county, Indiana, on the farm which his father secured by parchment deed from the national government. He was a son of Benjamin Will and Susanna (Butts) Willis, to whose lot fell the task of rescuing a fertile farm from the primeval wilderness. The settlement of his father on government land, however, was not the beginning of the family history in Indiana. The first Benjamin Willis, grandfather of the subject, came to Indiana in the early twenties from near Dayton, Ohio, where he had married Nancy Allison and raised a large family. He was buried near a favorite tree on his farm. Glowing reports of the fertility of the soil near Alamo brought the younger Benjamin to Montgomery County just after his marriage. There were born to them nine children, of whom eight grew to manhood and womanhood. T! here were Steven Decature, Abner Denman, Julia Ann, Amanda Jane, John Wesley, Benjamin Franklin, Sarah Elizabeth, Joseph Martin. Abner Denman was apprenticed to a Tinner in Crawfordsville until he was old enough to attend a school of higher learning, when he entered Barnabas Hobbs Quaker Academy at Bloomingdale, Indiana. After graduation there, he taught a district school for several years and while teaching in Vermillion County in the winter of 1863-1864 he met Frances Ellen Comegys, a pupil, to whom he was married on September 29, 1864 near Danville Illiinois. He operated a traveling Photograph Gallery having become especially proficient in the making of daguerreotypes. In 1866 he moved to Crawfordsville where he bought a Photograph Gallery, which he operated for twelve consecutive years. In 1878 he moved to Harrisonville, Missouri, where he operated a Photograph Gallery for three years, after which he returned to Crawfordsville, where he remained in the Photograph b! usiness until 1898, when he died of pneumonia while on a business trip to Harrisonville, Missouri. He was the father of six children, of whom three died in infancy. Those who lived were Nathaniel Parker, Lucius Comegys and Anibel Ellen. For thirty years A. D. Willis was one of the most widely know citizens of Montgomery County. He took an active part in politics both national and local and was a stanch Democrat although he never held any political office. He was a student of more than ordinary diligence and depth. His affiliations were with the Christian church and the Masonic order, but he delved into many philosophies and became an especial admirer of the philosophy of Swedenbourg. He spent a great deal of his leisure time reading and discussing these philosophies and became known all over the country side for his erudition and his love for literature of the better class. One of the tenets of his faith was a scrupulous honesty and forehandedness, which led to the accumulation of a comfortable competence, although he never had a large! income. As a schoolteacher he was a strict disciplinarian and was known as one of the most successful in the county. As a photographer, in which profession he became best known, he earned a reputation for a conscientious work and the scrupulous care with which he kept faith with his clients. He was buried on December 9, 1898, in Oak Hill cemetery, the funeral being conducted by the Masonic order. The website management appreciates all the contributions provided for use here. Citation: The Indiana GenWeb Project, Copyright ?1997-2007, Montgomery County.

Thanks sooo much for sharing :) KZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Lynch" <kslynch62@hotmail.com> To: "Montgomery County" <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 3:52 PM Subject: [InMontgo] Obit: Roberta Seaman Kendler Cox (1916-2005) Roberta Seaman Kendler Cox Roberta Cox, 89 NEW RICHMOND – Roberta Seaman Kendler Cox, 89, formerly of New Richmond, died Thursday, May 19, 2005, in Dunedin, Fla. She had resided in Florida since 1979. Born Jan. 23, 1916, in West Lafayette, she was a 1934 graduate of New Richmond High School. She was also a graduate of South Side Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago and Indiana University. Her first marriage was to Phillip Kendler in October 1943, and he preceded her in death in 1952. She married Sam M. Cox on Feb. 10, 1962, in Duluth, Minn., and he preceded her in 1993. She worked as a nursing instructor at St. Luke Hospital School of Nursing in Duluth for 14 years. Mrs. Cox was a member of the New Richmond United Methodist Church, Indiana University Alumni Association, and the Order of Eastern Star in Alamo, Ind. -- Journal and Courier (Lafayette-West Lafayette IN) May 25, 2005 COX, Roberta (no source on clipping) Interment Meharry's Cemetery in Wingate. Surviving are 5 nieces including 2 of Lafayette, Ruth Ann Brandt and Betty Reed. Preceded in death by her parents, Robert E. and Elizabeth Dewey Seaman, and 12 brothers and sisters. COX, ROBERTA SEAMAN KENDLER, 89, of Dunedin, died Thursday (May 19, 2005) at mease Continuing Care. She was born in West Lafayette, Ind., and came here in 1982 from Duluth, Minn. She was a nursing instructor of pediatrics for 14 years at St.Luke's Hospital School of Nursing in Duluth, Minn. She attended Union Street Methodist Church in Clearwater. She was a lifetime member of New Richmond Methodist Church in [New] Richmond, Ind. She was a graduate of South Shore Hospital of Nursing in Chicago and Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. She was a member of the Indiana University Alumni Association. She was a lifetime member of the order of the Eastern Star Post 498 in Alamo, Ind. She enjoyed puzzles and reading. Survivors include several nieces and nephews. National Cremation Society, Clearwater. --St.Petersburg Times online; SUNCOAST OBITUARIES, n.d. Karen, Roberta's father Robert was one of the Irish immigrants resident in Montgomery County. He lived in Coal Creek Twp and in Clinton County. Roberta lived with Lewis and Minnie Bannon of Coal Creek Twp during summers after her father's death December 28, 1923. Kathy 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

FYI -- this is the Willis who was the photographer in C'ville at that time. I think I've seen a pic or two with McQuown too but know in 1900 Mont co census only one is James McQuown and he's listed as a gardener not a photographer History of Montgomery County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen, 1913, P 1242 ABNER DENMAN WILLIS Abner Denman Willis came of a line of pioneer stock whose Indiana history began with the very early settlement of the state. He was born January 14, 1834, near Alamo, in Montgomery county, Indiana, on the farm which his father secured by parchment deed from the national government. He was a son of Benjamin Will and Susanna (Butts) Willis, to whose lot fell the task of rescuing a fertile farm from the primeval wilderness. The settlement of his father on government land, however, was not the beginning of the family history in Indiana. The first Benjamin Willis, grandfather of the subject, came to Indiana in the early twenties from near Dayton, Ohio, where he had married Nancy Allison and raised a large family. He was buried near a favorite tree on his farm. Glowing reports of the fertility of the soil near Alamo brought the younger Benjamin to Montgomery County just after his marriage. There were born to them nine children, of whom eight grew to manhood and womanhood. T! here were Steven Decature, Abner Denman, Julia Ann, Amanda Jane, John Wesley, Benjamin Franklin, Sarah Elizabeth, Joseph Martin. Abner Denman was apprenticed to a Tinner in Crawfordsville until he was old enough to attend a school of higher learning, when he entered Barnabas Hobbs Quaker Academy at Bloomingdale, Indiana. After graduation there, he taught a district school for several years and while teaching in Vermillion County in the winter of 1863-1864 he met Frances Ellen Comegys, a pupil, to whom he was married on September 29, 1864 near Danville Illiinois. He operated a traveling Photograph Gallery having become especially proficient in the making of daguerreotypes. In 1866 he moved to Crawfordsville where he bought a Photograph Gallery, which he operated for twelve consecutive years. In 1878 he moved to Harrisonville, Missouri, where he operated a Photograph Gallery for three years, after which he returned to Crawfordsville, where he remained in the Photograph b! usiness until 1898, when he died of pneumonia while on a business trip to Harrisonville, Missouri. He was the father of six children, of whom three died in infancy. Those who lived were Nathaniel Parker, Lucius Comegys and Anibel Ellen. For thirty years A. D. Willis was one of the most widely know citizens of Montgomery County. He took an active part in politics both national and local and was a stanch Democrat although he never held any political office. He was a student of more than ordinary diligence and depth. His affiliations were with the Christian church and the Masonic order, but he delved into many philosophies and became an especial admirer of the philosophy of Swedenbourg. He spent a great deal of his leisure time reading and discussing these philosophies and became known all over the country side for his erudition and his love for literature of the better class. One of the tenets of his faith was a scrupulous honesty and forehandedness, which led to the accumulation of a comfortable competence, although he never had a large! income. As a schoolteacher he was a strict disciplinarian and was known as one of the most successful in the county. As a photographer, in which profession he became best known, he earned a reputation for a conscientious work and the scrupulous care with which he kept faith with his clients. He was buried on December 9, 1898, in Oak Hill cemetery, the funeral being conducted by the Masonic order. The website management appreciates all the contributions provided for use here. Citation: The Indiana GenWeb Project, Copyright ©1997-2007, Montgomery County. ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <INMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Photographers in Crawfordsville ca. 1890 > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: gostraka > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.montgomery/1159.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I haven't heard of Willis & McQuown, but I know Willis was taking pictures > from at least the late 1890's until the 1910's sometime. He maybe started > out with a partnership and then went off on his own after he got some > experience. If you could post a copy of the picture somewhere for us to > look at, perhaps that might help us narrow down a time frame. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > 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

Roberta Seaman Kendler Cox Roberta Cox, 89 NEW RICHMOND – Roberta Seaman Kendler Cox, 89, formerly of New Richmond, died Thursday, May 19, 2005, in Dunedin, Fla. She had resided in Florida since 1979. Born Jan. 23, 1916, in West Lafayette, she was a 1934 graduate of New Richmond High School. She was also a graduate of South Side Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago and Indiana University. Her first marriage was to Phillip Kendler in October 1943, and he preceded her in death in 1952. She married Sam M. Cox on Feb. 10, 1962, in Duluth, Minn., and he preceded her in 1993. She worked as a nursing instructor at St. Luke Hospital School of Nursing in Duluth for 14 years. Mrs. Cox was a member of the New Richmond United Methodist Church, Indiana University Alumni Association, and the Order of Eastern Star in Alamo, Ind. -- Journal and Courier (Lafayette-West Lafayette IN) May 25, 2005 COX, Roberta (no source on clipping) Interment Meharry's Cemetery in Wingate. Surviving are 5 nieces including 2 of Lafayette, Ruth Ann Brandt and Betty Reed. Preceded in death by her parents, Robert E. and Elizabeth Dewey Seaman, and 12 brothers and sisters. COX, ROBERTA SEAMAN KENDLER, 89, of Dunedin, died Thursday (May 19, 2005) at mease Continuing Care. She was born in West Lafayette, Ind., and came here in 1982 from Duluth, Minn. She was a nursing instructor of pediatrics for 14 years at St.Luke's Hospital School of Nursing in Duluth, Minn. She attended Union Street Methodist Church in Clearwater. She was a lifetime member of New Richmond Methodist Church in [New] Richmond, Ind. She was a graduate of South Shore Hospital of Nursing in Chicago and Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. She was a member of the Indiana University Alumni Association. She was a lifetime member of the order of the Eastern Star Post 498 in Alamo, Ind. She enjoyed puzzles and reading. Survivors include several nieces and nephews. National Cremation Society, Clearwater. --St.Petersburg Times online; SUNCOAST OBITUARIES, n.d. Karen, Roberta's father Robert was one of the Irish immigrants resident in Montgomery County. He lived in Coal Creek Twp and in Clinton County. Roberta lived with Lewis and Minnie Bannon of Coal Creek Twp during summers after her father's death December 28, 1923. Kathy

Sounds reasonable :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Landauer" <geniegal@g14.myrf.net> To: <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Oh goodness > Makes me wonder if he had polio at some time that would result in a > "clubfoot". (Like my mom did.) > > Judy L. > On Aug 17, 2008, at 6:39 AM, Karen Zach wrote: > >> Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Saturday April 18 1891 -- Asher Wert >> went to Michigan City Wednesday to confer with signor "Bullfoot" >> Kernoodle who is serving a term there for larceny. "Bullfoot" and >> two other children of his late lamented father have just come into >> a fortune of $1600 back pension money due to the late senior >> Kernoodle and which now descends to his heirs. >> >> 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 > > Judy Landauer > geniegal@g14.myrf.net > > > > > 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

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gostraka Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.montgomery/1159.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I haven't heard of Willis & McQuown, but I know Willis was taking pictures from at least the late 1890's until the 1910's sometime. He maybe started out with a partnership and then went off on his own after he got some experience. If you could post a copy of the picture somewhere for us to look at, perhaps that might help us narrow down a time frame. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Makes me wonder if he had polio at some time that would result in a "clubfoot". (Like my mom did.) Judy L. On Aug 17, 2008, at 6:39 AM, Karen Zach wrote: > Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Saturday April 18 1891 -- Asher Wert > went to Michigan City Wednesday to confer with signor "Bullfoot" > Kernoodle who is serving a term there for larceny. "Bullfoot" and > two other children of his late lamented father have just come into > a fortune of $1600 back pension money due to the late senior > Kernoodle and which now descends to his heirs. > > 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 Judy Landauer geniegal@g14.myrf.net