Bedford, Indiana is directly south of Bloomington, IN on Route 37. nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay B. Jones, Ph.D." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 8:08 AM Subject: [INOWEN] Bedford Seminary > A 1878 Oregon biography notated that Silas W. R. Jones of Owen County, Indiana "...He attended the Seminary at Bedford about seven months; paying his way by hard work all the time. After this short term at school he commenced teaching on occassion ... for about two years..." S.W.R. Jones (1814-1911) lived Owen County ca 1825 until 1853 when he left for Oregon. He attended the Bedford Seminary at the age of 19 (1833). Does anyone know where this Bedford Seminary was in the Owen County area and anything of its history? > > > ==== INOWEN Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the INOWEN mail list - > new subscribers should check the mail list archives at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=inowen > for rules and regulations, and should familiarize > themselves how this mail list works, and we all > benefit.Please visit our companion website: Sweet Owen and Surrounding Areas at > http://angelfire.lycos.com/in4/sweetowen > (you may need to cut and paste this the first time)