Thanks to Chris, Gilbert, Annette and others for helping to identify Cook's Park found in an old photo I have. Chris, the post card of the "Casino at Cooks Park" is the same buliding in my photo except that the lights are not apparent. I suppose what I thought was a lake was actually Pegion Creek. Now I need to indentify the young lady in the photo. Her name is written as Ethel Traylor and information on the back of the photo says she is 17 and it is dated as 1918. My family line of Traylors are from around Evansville and Indianapolis. No one in my family can identify who Ethel Traylor is or how she fits into our line. Some of my folks are in their 90s. I am sending this note to all the Indiana lists that I subscribe to in an attempt to find a connection. If you receive more then one copy of this communique please disregard all except one. Again, thanks to all those that have helped, Paul Traylor Milwaukee Wisconsin ptraylor@gateway.net

The 1870 census of Owen County lists a Jeremiah STRAHLE, age 76, b. Wertemberg. Listed with him is a Barbara STRAHLE, age 70, also born Wertemberg. Is anyone else on this list interested in these individuals? I believe that Jeremiah is the same individual listed in the 1850 census of Tuscarawas Co., OH. There are several other STRAHLE names that migrated from the Tuscarawas/Holmes Counties of OH to Owen, Clay and Greene Co, IN Bill Strahle

I'm still on the hunt for SCOTT children.....Parent John SCOTT b. 1790 Ireland m. Ellen BEAVER b. 1802 PA.....lived in OH....Carroll Co. for sure possibly other counties from their early married life til {bef 1820} sometime after 1850 when they migrated to Owen Co.IN. There is proof from 2 sources that indicate that they had 14 children, so far I have the names of only 10 children. These are the children and spouses that I have so far: .. 2 Mary Scott 1820 - ...... +Valentine Lemerick 1820 - I've found them in Greene Co.IN--1860 & 1870. then can't find them after that .. 2 Catherine Scott 1822 - ...... +David Simmons I've found them in Owen Co.IN...1870, then 1880 she as widow, haven't found her again after that point .. 2 Francis Scott 1824 - 1887 ...... +Lucinda Worley 1827 - 1903 I found them in Owen Co.IN....1860 & 1870, then Francis d 1887 buried Hick Cem. .. 2 Charles Scott 1828 - Have not found Charles yet....only listed on the 1850 Carroll Co.OH census with parents. .. 2 John Scott 1830 - 1903 ...... +Mary Hockman 1835 - I found them on the 1860,70,80 Owen Co.IN census....he moved to Wilson Co.KS and died in KS. .. 2 Anthony Scott 1835 - ...... +Eunice M. Nichols 1836 - I found them on the 1860,80 Owen Co.census.....don't have a death date for Anthony, but he is buried at Hicks Cemetery. .. 2 Thomas Scott 1835 - Found only on 1850 Carroll Co.OH census with family.....Trying to find out if Thomas was the Thomas Scott married to Malinda NEED 5 Apr 1855 in Owen Co.....then she remarried 1858.....they had one child Sarah Elizabeth m. Chas.Willejman...if anyone can help me on this one I would appreciate it. .. 2 Ellen Scott 1838 - I only found Ellen once...1860 Greene Co.IN, Highland Twp living with her sister Mary Scott LEMERICK's family.... .. 2 William W. Scott 1839 - 1916 ...... +Mary Ann Jackson 1841 - 1924 this is my direct line, so I have alot of info on them, but could always use more ...they are buried at Hicks Cemetery. .. 2 Isabel Scott 1841 - 1922 ...... +Robert Hockman This is my latest find thanks to Dixie Richarson's help....Robert is listed on the 1870 H of H index Laf. twp...but I have no census info on them yet. They are buried at Hicks Cemetery. Sorry for the length of this post, but they were a large family....I have not found the parents on a IN census either, nor have I found when they died or where they might be buried, so if anyone has ANY information on anyone in this SCOTT family I would love to hear from you and share with you my info on them. Thanks so much, N.J.Skinner White in MI.

Do you have any dates for these Norris? K Bargerhuff ----- Original Message ----- From: <EAsay34880@aol.com> To: <INOWEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 7:16 AM Subject: Re: [INOWEN] Norris/Arthur/Arter/Duling/Bigger families of Owen Co > INOWEN, > > I HAVE A QUESTION MY GREATGRANDMOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME WAS NORRIS AND HER > FATHER WAS ISAAC NORRIS, HER MOTHER WAS ELIZABETH LEACH NORRIS. MY > GREATGRANDMOTHERS NAME WAS THERESSA JANE NORRIS BROWN, I NEED TO KNOW IF > THERE IS ANY FAMILY WITH THOSE NAMES IN THEIR RECORDS. > > E. BROWN ASAY > > > ==== INOWEN Mailing List ==== > To get the most out of your posting please use your subject lines > effectively and don't recycle others. >

Nancy and others In regards to the listing of only the license being issued in Owen county but no record of the marriage, what sometimes happened back then is that the license was applied for and the marriage performed , but after the marriage is performed, the person marrying them, whether it be a JP,MG or whatever, is suppose to return record of the marriage. Alot of times the return was never made so it wasn't recorded, but the marriage still took place. There were also long periods before some of the marrying officials recorded the marriages performed and some were forgotten or overlooked. Debbie Jennings debbiej@iquest.net "Following the footprints through time"

I am passing on a reply which I made to a Burcham researcher, just in case anyone else is interested in these people: "I have only recently discovered that Rachel Evans was married to James Burcham. She was first married to John Couchman, who is my relative, and who died in 1827. I have his probate record. It includes a receipt (10 Feb 1834) for $7.75 received from an executor of the estate; the receipt is signed A. Evans for James Burchum & Rachel Burchum formerly Rachel Couchman. Another receipt (Oct 14, 1834) for $6 from the estate was signed by James Burcham; the signature was faded so I can't tell how he spelled it. Jesse and Andrew Evans were listed as buyers of some of the items sold from the estate. A. Evans was identified as a collector of tax from the estate, 1829. John's two farms were left to their daughter Mary Ann Elizabeth; proceeds were to support the daughter and his beloved wife Rachel as long as she remained his widow. They were only married two years. I have this record of the marriages: [Indiana State Library Genealogy Division Indiana Marriages Through 1850 http://199.8.200.90:591/c-d.html Couchman John Evans Rachel Owen 8-31-1825 lic [no record of the marriage in Owen Co., just the license. They probably married in a nearby co. John had two farms, one in Owen Co. and one in Daviess Co.] Coutchman Rachel Burcham James Owen 11-29-1831] This also appeared during a search: Database: Gene Pool Individual Records Mariann Elizabeth Coutchman birth date 1827 Somerset, , KY father John Coutchman mother Rachel Evans [from Ancestry.com] If this is correct, it seems to indicate that Rachel and John moved to Indiana after their daughter's birth in 1827. Others in John's family were there as early as 1819." Nancy Pundsack

Dear Listers: Seeking information about Samuel MOSS and his family. Samuel, born about 1824 in VA (location unk), migrated to Owen Co IN. He is listed in the 1850 census: 1850 Indiana, Clay Co, Washington Twp, living next door to John MOSS family (I think they were brothers). The listing reads as follows: Samuel MOSS, 26, laborer, b VA Sarah 20 b IN Tabitha 02 b IN George 01 b IN It appears that Samuel was born in VA, but migrated to Clay Co IN prior to marrying Sarah, born in IN. Samuel's name also appears in the 1860 Indiana census, Clay Co., Washington Twp. I'm assuming he is the same person, but I have not seen the actual record. I don't have any further information about this family, but believe he was a sibling to my ancestor. If so, he could be one of the two males listed living with Holly MOSS on the 1840 Clay Co census. I have other information indicating this family came from Brunswick Co, VA, prior to relocating to Clay Co about 1840. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mary Sylvester ___________________________________________________________________________ Visit http://www.visto.com/info, your free web-based communications center. Visto.com. Life on the Dot.

Dear Listers: Seeking information on John MOSS and his family. He was born in VA (place unk) about 1822. 1850 Indiana, Clay Co, Washington Twp census lists the following: John Moss, age 28, laborer, b VA Elizabeth age 21? b IN George age 07 b IN Mary age 06 b IN James age 03 b IN Susannah age 01 b IN The 1860 census index shows a John MOSS in Clay Co, Washington Twp - I'm assuming it is the same person, but I haven't seen the actual census record. >From the above, it is apparent that John was born in VA, but migrated to Clay Co IN prior to marrying Elizabeth, b in IN. I have no other information about this family, but believe him to be a sibling to my ancestor. If so, he could be one of the males shown listed with Holly MOSS in the 1840 Clay Co. census. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mary Sylvester ___________________________________________________________________________ Visit http://www.visto.com/info, your free web-based communications center. Visto.com. Life on the Dot.

INOWEN, I HAVE A QUESTION MY GREATGRANDMOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME WAS NORRIS AND HER FATHER WAS ISAAC NORRIS, HER MOTHER WAS ELIZABETH LEACH NORRIS. MY GREATGRANDMOTHERS NAME WAS THERESSA JANE NORRIS BROWN, I NEED TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY FAMILY WITH THOSE NAMES IN THEIR RECORDS. E. BROWN ASAY

yes we connect.. On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 23:45:47 -0500 daviau1@juno.com writes: >Decided this might be a great time to share the following letter, it >was >written to my Grandfather, William D. Stevens & his brother, Jesse >Stevens. > >Noah Stevens/Stephens was my Great Grandfather, he died in the >Andersonville Civil War Prison along with his son, Levi Jackson >Stevens/Stephens. > >Would be interested in hearing from anyone connected to any of the >individuals mentioned. >Patti Daviau > >(Copied as closely as possible from original writing.) > > Lewis, Ind > Sept. 11,1910 >Well Boys, your letter here, all well, glad that I have found you >Boys. >now Boys, from the time your Father & Levy J Stephens came to >Indianapolis Ind, to our camp, I done all of their writing for them & >Perry, as they none of them could write and after Noah & Jack, we all >called him Levy, was captured Dec 24, 1863 I wrote to your ma & told >her >of the Sad occurrence. O that was a sad day for your Ma and a sad day >for >us Boys, for there never was Braver Boys than your Father & Jack. >Brave, >Noble, Good, Cheerful, Kind Harted, no Better Soldiers never lived >than >they. they are Two Brave Boys that gave up wife, Brothers & Sisters & >ma >to Fight for this Government. They willingly laid down their lives for >Their country. I can see those Two yet in my mind, as, > 2 >as they rode Past us on that Christmas Eve morning, going Guarding the >Wagon Train for Forage they were Chearfull, Laughing as they Rode Past >the Pickett Post that me and Perry was on. So a Bout 10 O Clock on Dec >24, 1863 they got in the fight, the 81 of our Boys that was in the >fight, >Killed & wounded 50 Rebels. Noah & Jack & 18 more of our Boys after >they >had shot over 200 Rounds a Piece all the amuniction gone, had to, They >Being Entirely Surrounded, they had to Surrender to the 64 Virginia >Mounted Infantry Rebels. well Boys, when I wrote for your Father & >Jack, >letters to send home, they allways had me to write some to you little >Boys at home, often said if you Boys was big enough to go to war you >and >them would Tear the Rebellion in too. Now boys I am the only one that >has >Seen where Poor Noah & Jack lays > 3 >now Jack either lays with the unknown or else he has bin assigned to >Some >other State, as in the 14000 Solddiers that lay there in long rows, >they >are some from all the Northern States. I will write to the >Superintendent >out of the Andersonville GA National Cemetery and Try to find out >where >Poor Jack Lays. Boys, on Thursday, Nov the 26, 1908, I with some 300 >Indiana Soldiers, with our then Governor J Frank Hanley, Stood & >walked >all over the old Prison Pen, where 14000 Brave Boys lies. Govenor J >Frank >Hanley Delivered the Greatest address I ever heard in all my life. O >those words he spoke, rings in my ears yet, he Told us that at any >moment >your Father & Brother would have taken the Oath to the Southern >Confederacy or Rebel Government they could have walked out of the >Prison >pen a free man. But Rather than do that they Starved to death. > 4 >if they had a done that, they might have bin living yet. But No, they >Stood By & Starved to death. Died to Save the best Government on >Earth. >Some days & nights 200 of the Brave Boys would be laid at the South >gate >dead. they were Throwed on an old waggon cross ways like cord wood, 20 >at >a load and hauled one half mile to the country, one half of the Naked. >I >seen the old Nigger that hauled all to the Burying Ground. The Dirt >was >throwed off a Strip 6 feet, By 40 Rods, all those Poor Boys laid >close, >Side By side, then as they dug the other ditch the dirt was throwed on >them only 2 feet deep, no coffins, no Tears & one half of them stark >Naked, Their names put on a Book. Those Poor fellows will rest there >till >Gabriel the Arc Angel will Sound his Trumppet, then those Poor fellows >will come forth, not Naked & Starved as they was hauled there, but >they >will > 5 >be Robed in Richiousness of Pure white. God Bless their memory. Say >Boys, >you cain't Compreehend the Suffering that those Poor fellows Suffered, >Naked, Starved for food & watter, Stink & Vermin. Taken cold Rains >nothing to cover them night & day. Burning up by day & chilled by a >night. Just think of 35000 men on 40 acres, eat, sleep and do all >their >Business on it. Just think what a Smell. O Boys, you can't imagine >What >your Father & Brother did Suffer. Say Boys, I have a History of the >Prison Pen written By M Clory of 14 Ill Cavalry he was in there with >your >Father. I will loan it to you to Read, 400 Pages. Boys, when I Stood >by >your Fathers Grave, I never had such a feeling in my Life. I cut a >cane >in that Hell Hole, where 10 to 15 Boys died every night at stool. Jest >fell over dead. I will make you a Present of it, if you will come to >see >me. > 6 >Boys, I could Talk all day & night with you. Come and see me, I will >give >you all the men in Company M 6th Indiana Cavalry or Rough Riders, That >your father & Jack be longed to. You Boys are young, I am getting old, >So >come to Bowling Green Bellaire Fleeder Dam, Old Hill to Lewis, my Farm >joined the Town of Lewis on Southern Ind RR or come West to Clay City, >go >Srait 10 miles To Lewis. Joe Parr lives 2 miles South of me. I will >Send >you some Coppys of Nationall Tribune, allso Yellow Jacket. I am Glad I >found you. where do you live from Poland. Come And see me. I will go >to >Indianapolis to State Fair next Tuesday as I want a Buck sheep. have >you >heard from your uncle Perry. He was a good soldier. I can tell you a >heap >of fun a Bout Perry. Now Boys, no one, Big or little can say to me >that >Noah or Jack done anything wrong in the army. They were good Boys >there > 7 >(illegible) can't Express or Tell of half the suffering in those Too >with >others suffered in those Hell Holes of a Prison. O the anguish, >Starving >and being eat up with lice and Scurvey. Flesh half fell off of the >Bones, >nothing but living Skeletons. Say Boys, I can't read the History of >Andersonville without Taking off my Meathodist Coat and walking the >Floor >and Saying a few Cuss words and you can't either, I know. Well Boys, I >got a Piece of the old Prison Pen to make me a cane, So come Down, I >will >give coppy of all the names of your Fathers Company. All I can say >Boys, >be good. Republicans we was from 1861 to 1865 and we are right yet. >There >are a lot of them rebels ought to be hung yet. I don't know what would >interest you. Best wishes to all. Come see me. I can talk better than >I >can write. >J.K. Polk Stephens >write soon > > >==== INOWEN Mailing List ==== > > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Debbie Jennings debbiej@iquest.net "Following the footprints through time" -----Original Message----- From: Ralph Fisher [mailto:1958bj95@gte.net] Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 11:00 PM To: inowen-d-request@rootsweb.com Subject: Looking for Minnicks and Hensleys in owen county. They came from Virginia in the 1830s. Ralph G. Fisher

Dick, thanks for the help. I'm going to try to send for death cert. on John C H Norris. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. W. Smith" <dws@cet.com> To: <INOWEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [INOWEN] Norris/Arthur/Arter/Duling/Bigger families of Owen Co > Kathy, > As I said (I Think) Mary Arthur Norris was a distant cousin whose father > married my ggrandaunt. The copies of letters I have been given indicate > that "Arter" and "Arthur" were both used toward the last part of the > 1800's. The children from my great grandaunt's marriage to Thomas > Arthur were Gross M., b 25 July 1887 in Owen County; Maude A., b. 21 > June 1889; Vina, b. 24 Apr. 1891; Pearl Edna, b. 12 Mar. 1895 > Pearl Edna Arthur, m. 8 June 1912, Owen Co., Fred Wilson Duling. She d. > 1913, buried next to Sarah Bigger/Ritter Arthur as "Pearl A. Arthur > Duling, daughter," in the Hicks Cemetery. > This info is from a copy of a letter forwarded to me by one of Sarah's > great granddaughters. Since you believe that your Norris family has > ties to the Duling family, you have hope as they were evidently living > close by. Sticks in my mind that someone mentioned the Dulling in a > previous post. You might run a check on the archives for a previous > post. There are more details from the research by the writer (Shirley > Henderson, Lakin, KS) and also some tantalizing bits of info to lead > another researcher on (or astray). I know that my cousin Pam has > followed up on this somewhat as she is descended from the Thomas and > Sarah Arthur line and she will probably be able to respond with more > detail. (Have patience, she still has teenagers in the house, mine are > all grown and out on their own). > > Dick Smith > Biggers and more > dws@cet.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "K Hembree Bargerhuff" <philly@netusa1.net> > To: <INOWEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 6:49 PM > Subject: Re: [INOWEN] Norris family of Owen Co > > > > I haven't been able to locate John C H Norris after his marriage to > Mary > > Arthur, I need to prove who his parents were, I believe they were > Samuel > > Norris & Keziah Duling, but need to locate info supporting this. I > see you > > have a death date for Mary Arthur Norris of Jan 20, 1901-- do you > know > > where she died or where her death info is from? Is Arthur -- spelled > Arthur > > or Arter, I found WPA records listing both. Thanks, Kathy > > > > > ==== INOWEN Mailing List ==== > > >

Decided this might be a great time to share the following letter, it was written to my Grandfather, William D. Stevens & his brother, Jesse Stevens. Noah Stevens/Stephens was my Great Grandfather, he died in the Andersonville Civil War Prison along with his son, Levi Jackson Stevens/Stephens. Would be interested in hearing from anyone connected to any of the individuals mentioned. Patti Daviau (Copied as closely as possible from original writing.) Lewis, Ind Sept. 11,1910 Well Boys, your letter here, all well, glad that I have found you Boys. now Boys, from the time your Father & Levy J Stephens came to Indianapolis Ind, to our camp, I done all of their writing for them & Perry, as they none of them could write and after Noah & Jack, we all called him Levy, was captured Dec 24, 1863 I wrote to your ma & told her of the Sad occurrence. O that was a sad day for your Ma and a sad day for us Boys, for there never was Braver Boys than your Father & Jack. Brave, Noble, Good, Cheerful, Kind Harted, no Better Soldiers never lived than they. they are Two Brave Boys that gave up wife, Brothers & Sisters & ma to Fight for this Government. They willingly laid down their lives for Their country. I can see those Two yet in my mind, as, 2 as they rode Past us on that Christmas Eve morning, going Guarding the Wagon Train for Forage they were Chearfull, Laughing as they Rode Past the Pickett Post that me and Perry was on. So a Bout 10 O Clock on Dec 24, 1863 they got in the fight, the 81 of our Boys that was in the fight, Killed & wounded 50 Rebels. Noah & Jack & 18 more of our Boys after they had shot over 200 Rounds a Piece all the amuniction gone, had to, They Being Entirely Surrounded, they had to Surrender to the 64 Virginia Mounted Infantry Rebels. well Boys, when I wrote for your Father & Jack, letters to send home, they allways had me to write some to you little Boys at home, often said if you Boys was big enough to go to war you and them would Tear the Rebellion in too. Now boys I am the only one that has Seen where Poor Noah & Jack lays 3 now Jack either lays with the unknown or else he has bin assigned to Some other State, as in the 14000 Solddiers that lay there in long rows, they are some from all the Northern States. I will write to the Superintendent out of the Andersonville GA National Cemetery and Try to find out where Poor Jack Lays. Boys, on Thursday, Nov the 26, 1908, I with some 300 Indiana Soldiers, with our then Governor J Frank Hanley, Stood & walked all over the old Prison Pen, where 14000 Brave Boys lies. Govenor J Frank Hanley Delivered the Greatest address I ever heard in all my life. O those words he spoke, rings in my ears yet, he Told us that at any moment your Father & Brother would have taken the Oath to the Southern Confederacy or Rebel Government they could have walked out of the Prison pen a free man. But Rather than do that they Starved to death. 4 if they had a done that, they might have bin living yet. But No, they Stood By & Starved to death. Died to Save the best Government on Earth. Some days & nights 200 of the Brave Boys would be laid at the South gate dead. they were Throwed on an old waggon cross ways like cord wood, 20 at a load and hauled one half mile to the country, one half of the Naked. I seen the old Nigger that hauled all to the Burying Ground. The Dirt was throwed off a Strip 6 feet, By 40 Rods, all those Poor Boys laid close, Side By side, then as they dug the other ditch the dirt was throwed on them only 2 feet deep, no coffins, no Tears & one half of them stark Naked, Their names put on a Book. Those Poor fellows will rest there till Gabriel the Arc Angel will Sound his Trumppet, then those Poor fellows will come forth, not Naked & Starved as they was hauled there, but they will 5 be Robed in Richiousness of Pure white. God Bless their memory. Say Boys, you cain't Compreehend the Suffering that those Poor fellows Suffered, Naked, Starved for food & watter, Stink & Vermin. Taken cold Rains nothing to cover them night & day. Burning up by day & chilled by a night. Just think of 35000 men on 40 acres, eat, sleep and do all their Business on it. Just think what a Smell. O Boys, you can't imagine What your Father & Brother did Suffer. Say Boys, I have a History of the Prison Pen written By M Clory of 14 Ill Cavalry he was in there with your Father. I will loan it to you to Read, 400 Pages. Boys, when I Stood by your Fathers Grave, I never had such a feeling in my Life. I cut a cane in that Hell Hole, where 10 to 15 Boys died every night at stool. Jest fell over dead. I will make you a Present of it, if you will come to see me. 6 Boys, I could Talk all day & night with you. Come and see me, I will give you all the men in Company M 6th Indiana Cavalry or Rough Riders, That your father & Jack be longed to. You Boys are young, I am getting old, So come to Bowling Green Bellaire Fleeder Dam, Old Hill to Lewis, my Farm joined the Town of Lewis on Southern Ind RR or come West to Clay City, go Srait 10 miles To Lewis. Joe Parr lives 2 miles South of me. I will Send you some Coppys of Nationall Tribune, allso Yellow Jacket. I am Glad I found you. where do you live from Poland. Come And see me. I will go to Indianapolis to State Fair next Tuesday as I want a Buck sheep. have you heard from your uncle Perry. He was a good soldier. I can tell you a heap of fun a Bout Perry. Now Boys, no one, Big or little can say to me that Noah or Jack done anything wrong in the army. They were good Boys there 7 (illegible) can't Express or Tell of half the suffering in those Too with others suffered in those Hell Holes of a Prison. O the anguish, Starving and being eat up with lice and Scurvey. Flesh half fell off of the Bones, nothing but living Skeletons. Say Boys, I can't read the History of Andersonville without Taking off my Meathodist Coat and walking the Floor and Saying a few Cuss words and you can't either, I know. Well Boys, I got a Piece of the old Prison Pen to make me a cane, So come Down, I will give coppy of all the names of your Fathers Company. All I can say Boys, be good. Republicans we was from 1861 to 1865 and we are right yet. There are a lot of them rebels ought to be hung yet. I don't know what would interest you. Best wishes to all. Come see me. I can talk better than I can write. J.K. Polk Stephens write soon

I am searching for information on Daniel Johnson married to Sarah Christian. I am descended from a daughter, Rachel Johnson (1853 - 1901). Rachel married Henderson Fulk (1851-1931) on March 17, 1874, and as far as I know they remained in Owen Co. Any information on Rachel, her parents or family would be appreciated. I am also searching for other Owen Co. families including: FULK, JARVIS, MOONEY. Thank you, Krista Kniesler

Listmembers: Some of you may know and others may be unaware of it, but for sometime I have been having major mail server problems and I hope to have changed for the last time. However, the DSL service I am with is having a few initial problems so I am not completely happy with it yet. My new and permanent address is listed below. Debbie Jennings debbiej@iquest.net "Following the footprints through time"

Hello all , Looking for 4 people in Owen County ,Indiana - William Bowling and his 3 sons, Charles , Shubal and Harbard Bowling - they all show living there in 1840 Owen County Census - does anyone have 1850 or 1860 Owen County Census that could look these people up / Are there any on this list who have info on these people or are researching the same surname? Have found the marriage info on Shubal and Harbard on state page but the one I'm seeking is Charles . I beleive he is father of a Randolph Bowling which is my 3 grt grandfather- Randolph went on to Effingham IL .and married a Vandalia Sigler - have from Randolph to present . Can any one help me here in anyway? Thanks for your time Patrick Duffy ><> ezdufftt @aol.com

Looking for info on a James Bolton, b 1832, maybe Knox Co., OH. He was the son of Lewis Bolton who died in Owen Co. 8/9/1858 and Eliza Bateson Bolton who died there 2/18/1872. By 1852 James had moved to Clay Co., IN. where he remained until at least 1870 where he appears in the census for Owen Co. On 3/25/1855 he married Rebecca Anna Mitchell. They had 3 children, Lydia, Luszia & Harrison. Have no further info on them or what became of them. They divorced and in 1868 he married Elizabeth Jane Marriott. They had 2 daughters of whom I know nothing, and 3 other children, Alva, Albert and Alice. He died before 1909 in Arcola, Douglas Co., IL. Would love to hear from anyone with information on this family. Susan Muglich Cleveland, Ohio

Kathy, As I said (I Think) Mary Arthur Norris was a distant cousin whose father married my ggrandaunt. The copies of letters I have been given indicate that "Arter" and "Arthur" were both used toward the last part of the 1800's. The children from my great grandaunt's marriage to Thomas Arthur were Gross M., b 25 July 1887 in Owen County; Maude A., b. 21 June 1889; Vina, b. 24 Apr. 1891; Pearl Edna, b. 12 Mar. 1895 Pearl Edna Arthur, m. 8 June 1912, Owen Co., Fred Wilson Duling. She d. 1913, buried next to Sarah Bigger/Ritter Arthur as "Pearl A. Arthur Duling, daughter," in the Hicks Cemetery. This info is from a copy of a letter forwarded to me by one of Sarah's great granddaughters. Since you believe that your Norris family has ties to the Duling family, you have hope as they were evidently living close by. Sticks in my mind that someone mentioned the Dulling in a previous post. You might run a check on the archives for a previous post. There are more details from the research by the writer (Shirley Henderson, Lakin, KS) and also some tantalizing bits of info to lead another researcher on (or astray). I know that my cousin Pam has followed up on this somewhat as she is descended from the Thomas and Sarah Arthur line and she will probably be able to respond with more detail. (Have patience, she still has teenagers in the house, mine are all grown and out on their own). Dick Smith Biggers and more dws@cet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "K Hembree Bargerhuff" <philly@netusa1.net> To: <INOWEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [INOWEN] Norris family of Owen Co > I haven't been able to locate John C H Norris after his marriage to Mary > Arthur, I need to prove who his parents were, I believe they were Samuel > Norris & Keziah Duling, but need to locate info supporting this. I see you > have a death date for Mary Arthur Norris of Jan 20, 1901-- do you know > where she died or where her death info is from? Is Arthur -- spelled Arthur > or Arter, I found WPA records listing both. Thanks, Kathy >

William McGinnis (1782-1854) was born in McKeesport, Westmoreland County, PA, where his father, Francis McGinnis, first settled after arriving in America from Dublin, Ireland. William is the progenitor of the McGinnis descendants of Carter, Lewis and Greenup Counties. The following is a letter from Francis II, to his father, William, who was then living in Greenup Co. December 26, 1841 Owen County, Indiana Dear Father, I have long desired to hear from you and your family and sat it in vain until now, having received a letter from James Brown your brother-in-law. He told me that you was alive and well a short time back and lived in Greenup County which gave me great satisfaction and I do hope that these few lines will find you and your family all well and enjoying the blessings of God in every sense of the word. My family is all well at this time except my self, I left Morgan County, Kentucky shortly after you left and moved up near the Ohio line and there the hard ships brought on a breast complaint which seems to shorten my days in this world, but thank God I hope that I am traveling from this world to a better one and Father if I should never see you in this world hope to shake hands with you on the sunny banks of Heaven where there will be no more sorrows nor parting of friends. Our children are six in number. William, Enock, Mave and Sally and Jane and Margaret. Two years ago came to this country James Gray the husband of Rebecca McGinnis and with him came Mave McGinnis and Margaret McGinnis, she was a complished lady. She married Benjamin McGee a fine young man, a tailor by trade. She lived about six months with him and departed this life lamented by all who knew her. Nancy McGinnis married a man by the name of Smith a carpenter and lives in Alliganey County. She came to this country last spring and Mave McGinnis went home with her. I expect to leave this county in the spring for western boundrys of the Missouri near the Osark Mountains. It is a good country and is settled under a pention law which gives a brave man a good chance to get land and if I have a brother that you can spare I want him to come and go with me to that country where he can get a good piece of and a chance to pay for it and I could not express the satisfaction his company would be to me. If Ruben comes he must be here by the last of March and bring with him a good rifle. Aunt Pege McClane departed this life about twelve months ago. If you get this letter and answer I will tell you more about your friends. Direct your letter to Owen County, Spencer Post Office. Nothing more at present, but remeber us your son and daughter. Francis and Jane McGinnis

Fred: I have been reading your posts but too busy to check every day so didn't write. My mother was a HARRIS, from Ellettsville. Her father was JOHN RICE HARRIS, b. 18 May 1849, d. 24 Aug 1929, m. Phebe MATTHEWS. John's father was SAMUEL BOYD HARRIS, son of THOMAS HARRIS, son of WILLIAM HARRIS, son of GEORGE HARRIS b. Scotland. Thomas was b. 1797 in Virginia, d. 16 Jan 1864 in Ellettsville. I have varying amounts of information about this group of Harris relations, including family groups for my mother's uncles and cousins. Related families are MATTHEWS, CHAMBERS, MC CARLEY. There is much to share if we connect. LYNN inAZ