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This is great. Thanks so much for sharing this Bio! This is one of my Gr.Gr.grandmother's brothers. I'm so excited to see something turn up on my GRAY family. Keep up the great work Lora, as always I appreciate your time and efforts so much. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lora1957@aol.com> To: <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 10:24 PM Subject: [INRANDOL] Gray, Cecil, Askin, Gable, McAllister > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Gray, Cecil, Askin, Gable, McAllister > Classification: Biography > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Bk.2ADE/1352 > > Message Board Post: > > This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. > > Typed by Lora Radiches: > > > > Other surnames mentioned in the biography of Lewis S. Gray are: Gray, Cecil, Askin, Gable, McAllister, > > Lewis S. GRAY, undertaker and funeral director, for the past ten years has conducted a model establishment at 51 South Washington Street at Hagerstown. He is a native of Indiana, born in Randolph County in 1892, son of Sherman and Ida (Cecil) Gray. His parents were born in the same county and his father for many years has been a carpenter and contractor at Farmland. Lewis S. Gray attended public schools only to the age of sixteen, after which he worked with his father on the farm. His apprenticeship in his profession began with three years of work with a funeral director at Winchester, Indiana, and during that time he attended the C. G. Askin Embalming School at Indianapolis. After completing his training he worked a year at Farmland, then took charge of the W. R. Jones Son undertaking establishment at Red Key, Indiana, and from there in October, 1919, moved to Hagerstown, where he established the business which he has since developed, giving careful attentio! > n to every phase of the service and has a complete funeral home with modern chapel. Mr. Gray married, in 1911, Mabel Gable, who was born in Delaware County, Indiana, daughter of Edward and Norm (McAllister) Gable. They have a family of four children: Dolores, born August 22, 1912, Lewis Edward, born July 14, 1915, Leah Fern, born April 4, 1920, and Bettie Lou, born August 1, 1924. Mr. Gray and family attend the Christian Church. He is a Republican, is a member of the Masonic Order, Encampment and Rebekahs, the I. 0. 0. F., and he and his wife belong to the Eastern Star of the Masonic fraternity. He is a member also of the Modern Woodmen of America. > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gray, Cecil, Askin, Gable, McAllister Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Bk.2ADE/1352 Message Board Post: This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Other surnames mentioned in the biography of Lewis S. Gray are: Gray, Cecil, Askin, Gable, McAllister, Lewis S. GRAY, undertaker and funeral director, for the past ten years has conducted a model establishment at 51 South Washington Street at Hagerstown. He is a native of Indiana, born in Randolph County in 1892, son of Sherman and Ida (Cecil) Gray. His parents were born in the same county and his father for many years has been a carpenter and contractor at Farmland. Lewis S. Gray attended public schools only to the age of sixteen, after which he worked with his father on the farm. His apprenticeship in his profession began with three years of work with a funeral director at Winchester, Indiana, and during that time he attended the C. G. Askin Embalming School at Indianapolis. After completing his training he worked a year at Farmland, then took charge of the W. R. Jones Son undertaking establishment at Red Key, Indiana, and from there in October, 1919, moved to Hagerstown, where he established the business which he has since developed, giving careful attentio! n to every phase of the service and has a complete funeral home with modern chapel. Mr. Gray married, in 1911, Mabel Gable, who was born in Delaware County, Indiana, daughter of Edward and Norm (McAllister) Gable. They have a family of four children: Dolores, born August 22, 1912, Lewis Edward, born July 14, 1915, Leah Fern, born April 4, 1920, and Bettie Lou, born August 1, 1924. Mr. Gray and family attend the Christian Church. He is a Republican, is a member of the Masonic Order, Encampment and Rebekahs, the I. 0. 0. F., and he and his wife belong to the Eastern Star of the Masonic fraternity. He is a member also of the Modern Woodmen of America.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Bk.2ADE/1351 Message Board Post: I am tracking my great grandparents. I need burial locations. Eve/Eva Hines died between 1870 & 1880 per census. I have found a cemetery listing: "Wife of John Hanes May 4, 1875..Union City Cemetery". Believe this is in Randolph County, IN No lot # shown. I know name is spelled incorrectly, but the dates fit. They were married in Decatur, IN, so her family may have been from Indiana.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Bk.2ADE/1238.1 Message Board Post: I am a descendent of John Isaac Dull from the Martin (b 1840) and Mahala Hinsey branch. I too have only been able to trace our tree back to a "root" of our family tree which says John Dull 1790. The document does not go farther than that nor give a spouse. Any information you have uncovered would be welcome. I have been to the place where John Isaac and Delila Baker are buried and have stone rubbings. There was no info there either. Good luck

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dunlap/Gotter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Bk.2ADE/403.578.567.592.1 Message Board Post: Hello Mary Louise Dunlap is a familiar name to me...my family is Dunlap. If you could give me some idea of location and dates, I can look them up in my database at home. Do you know anything of her family? We certainly ought to find something. Sue

Hello everyone, I would like encourage anyone on this list to try and contact Susan about the cemetery workshop. Mark Davis is very good. He came down last year and helped us out a lot on a cemetery in Wayne County and taught some of us the proper techniques on restoring tombstones. Most people studying family history end up in many cemeteries looking for their long lost relatives. We have all seen broken off stones, fallen stones, and broken stones stacked up in the corner of cemeteries or along the fence line(if you look hard enough). There are also many cemeteries where their care have been totally abandoned, with grass and small shrubs grown up throughout the cemetery. There IS something that can be done about this , but it is going to take an effort by many to protect these cemeteries for the future descendents or genealogy seekers. I hope that many of you will attend this workshop so you too can learn the proper techniques of cemetery restoration and join in the effort of preserving our cemeteries. Here is a link to the website for the cemetery that we worked on last fall that has been totally abandoned: http://www.geocities.com/brinatim/MountVernon.html. There is also a link to Mark Davis' web site on there. Gina, I would attend this workshop or another one like it to learn the proper techniques for cemetery restoration. You would have to contact the caretakers of the cemetery for permission before you do restoration. If the cemetery appears abandoned, it is probably the Township Trustee's responsibility. Tim Benner ----- Original Message ----- From: "swelch" <swelch@insightbb.com> To: <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 9:51 AM Subject: [INRANDOL] Cemeteries > Speaking of cemeteries. I am thinking about having Mark Davis present a > class in Union City on cemetery restoration. The first few hours would be > instruction then the rest of the day would be actually putting it to use in > a cemetery. The cost would be about $15.00 a person. Will you write me > back if you are interested in participating. I am trying to find out if I > can get enough people for a class. > Thanks, > Susan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris & Gina Richardson" <richardson69@comcast.net> > To: <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 12:00 AM > Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Barnes in Arba Cemetery > > > > Any tips on how to restore family markers that have been vandalized or > > neglected?? I want to fix several stones, but not sure what all I need to > do > > and who I need to contact to make sure it is ok. > > > > Gina in Muncie > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tim and Sabrina" <brinatim@myexcel.com> > > To: <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 6:58 AM > > Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Barnes in Arba Cemetery > > > > > > > Well, my husband and I certainly have not made any money at it! > Cemetery > > > work is just a hobby for us to work on in our spare time. We are the > > > coordinators for the Wayne County Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration > > > Project, and have actually spent a good deal of money to help repair, > > save, > > > and record stones in Wayne County, and of course Arba. I have spent 2 > > years > > > working on Arba, and I can finally say that the end is in sight. Two > more > > > rows to go, and I will finally have the whole cemetery recorded and > > > photographed. > > > > > > Sabrina > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <JuPearl@aol.com> > > > To: <brinatim@myexcel.com>; <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 11:39 PM > > > Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Barnes in Arba Cemetery > > > > > > > > > > Wow! What an accomplishment! Congratulations! My husband would love > > to > > > > spend a summer working on reading and listing some Randolph County > > Indiana > > > > cemeteries. I have often wondered if there is any money to be earned > in > > > listing > > > > cemeteries or if it is all volunteer labor. Thanks, Nancy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Speaking of cemeteries. I am thinking about having Mark Davis present a class in Union City on cemetery restoration. The first few hours would be instruction then the rest of the day would be actually putting it to use in a cemetery. The cost would be about $15.00 a person. Will you write me back if you are interested in participating. I am trying to find out if I can get enough people for a class. Thanks, Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris & Gina Richardson" <richardson69@comcast.net> To: <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 12:00 AM Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Barnes in Arba Cemetery > Any tips on how to restore family markers that have been vandalized or > neglected?? I want to fix several stones, but not sure what all I need to do > and who I need to contact to make sure it is ok. > > Gina in Muncie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim and Sabrina" <brinatim@myexcel.com> > To: <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 6:58 AM > Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Barnes in Arba Cemetery > > > > Well, my husband and I certainly have not made any money at it! Cemetery > > work is just a hobby for us to work on in our spare time. We are the > > coordinators for the Wayne County Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration > > Project, and have actually spent a good deal of money to help repair, > save, > > and record stones in Wayne County, and of course Arba. I have spent 2 > years > > working on Arba, and I can finally say that the end is in sight. Two more > > rows to go, and I will finally have the whole cemetery recorded and > > photographed. > > > > Sabrina > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <JuPearl@aol.com> > > To: <brinatim@myexcel.com>; <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 11:39 PM > > Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Barnes in Arba Cemetery > > > > > > > Wow! What an accomplishment! Congratulations! My husband would love > to > > > spend a summer working on reading and listing some Randolph County > Indiana > > > cemeteries. I have often wondered if there is any money to be earned in > > listing > > > cemeteries or if it is all volunteer labor. Thanks, Nancy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hobbick,Ryerson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Bk.2ADE/1350 Message Board Post: BENJAMINE F. HOBBICK - Benjamine F. Hobbick, retired Denver Livestock commission man, died yesterday in Colorado General Hospital after an illness of five months. He was 81. Mr. Hobbick, whose home was at 1912 E. 14th Ave., for many years headed the B.F. Hobbick & Son Livestock Commission Co. in Denver. He was born in Winchester, Ind., Jan 30, 1862. Before coming to Denver in 1919, he operated a livestock commission firm in Omaha and later raised cattle on a ranch in Nebraska. Mr. Hobbick, who retired 10 years ago was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Funeral services will be help at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Olinger Mortuary. Burial will be Fairmount Cemetary. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Emma E. Hobbick (Ryerson) of Denver, a son Harry L. Hobbick, Denver, four grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.

Any tips on how to restore family markers that have been vandalized or neglected?? I want to fix several stones, but not sure what all I need to do and who I need to contact to make sure it is ok. Gina in Muncie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim and Sabrina" <brinatim@myexcel.com> To: <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 6:58 AM Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Barnes in Arba Cemetery > Well, my husband and I certainly have not made any money at it! Cemetery > work is just a hobby for us to work on in our spare time. We are the > coordinators for the Wayne County Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration > Project, and have actually spent a good deal of money to help repair, save, > and record stones in Wayne County, and of course Arba. I have spent 2 years > working on Arba, and I can finally say that the end is in sight. Two more > rows to go, and I will finally have the whole cemetery recorded and > photographed. > > Sabrina > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <JuPearl@aol.com> > To: <brinatim@myexcel.com>; <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 11:39 PM > Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Barnes in Arba Cemetery > > > > Wow! What an accomplishment! Congratulations! My husband would love to > > spend a summer working on reading and listing some Randolph County Indiana > > cemeteries. I have often wondered if there is any money to be earned in > listing > > cemeteries or if it is all volunteer labor. Thanks, Nancy > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Karleen, Karen, et al, Below is the William Turner bio I promised, thanks to Gina who furnished it to me. Shirley William Turner (now of Camden, Jay County). Mr. Turner (though not at this time a resident of the county yet), has spent so much of his time and his means here, that we think it proper to insert an account of him in this work, under the head of Wayne Township. William Turner was born in Virginia in 1816, being the son of Randolph Turner. They moved to Tennessee in 1818, and to Alabama in 1826. His father died in Alabama in 1828, and in 1833, he came with his widowed mother to Randolph County, Ind. They came with a four-horse Carolina wagon and a one-horse carry-all. There were nine in the company, and it was in the fall of the year. During the journey, which lasted a month, they camped out in a tent. Their arrival in this county was in November, and snow had fallen. Their condition as to property was medium, being considered, in fact, as well off for these times. He married Margaret Monks in 1839. She was the daughter of John Monks, and the sister of George W. Monks. They we! re the parents of thirteen children, eleven of whom grew to be grown and ten are living still. Eight of them are married and two are single. The children are: John, who has four children; Elmira, has one child; Susanna, has one child; Cyrus, has none; Julia Ann, who is dead; Thomas, who has three children; Matilda, who has four children; Elizabeth, who died at five years; Emma Catharine, died as an infant; William, has no children; Jesse, has no children; Lucinda, single; Emma Catharine (second), single. Mr. Turner resided first south of Winchester, but moved to near Salem, southwest of Union City, in 1848, in which neighborhood he owned at one time 500 or 600 acres of land. He moved to Union City, residing in that vicinity three or four years, but for some years his home has been near Camden, Jay County. He had a fine landed property, but has suffered heavy financial reserves and has lost the greater portion of his estate. Through most of his life he has been a farmer, work! ing also for several years as a carpenter. He invested heavily in Union City, erecting the Opera Hall at a cost of $21,000, which turned out to be nearly a total loss. In politics, he was a Whig, and is a Republican. He joined the Methodists in 1833, the Desciples, at Salem, in 1850, and the United Brethren, near Camden, in 1880. Although prostrated by pecuniary losses, he is nevertheless, not disheartened; but "hoping on, hoping ever," he is still struggling manfully in the great life-conflict, receiving meekly, moreover, the measure of success allotted by the Great Disposer of all things.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Bk.2ADE/1079.3.2.1 Message Board Post: Sabrina, I can't thank you enough for your message about my great-great grandmother's stone and finding one of her son's markers. If you have looked at the Barnes Bible posted on the Randolph County site, the one belonging to Adolphus Barnes, son of Sydney and Stephen Barnes, you will see more names. Thanks again. I can't wait to forward this link to my sister so she can see and take this to my aunt, who is still around and knew Adolphus. Again, many thanks. I sure hope to come and see the cemetery soon. Lorene

Sabrina... Very nice job with the Arba cemetery!!!! We all should appreciate the efforts of folks like you...thanks where is this cemetery?? Rose

Can anyone tell me where Jesse Johnson and family are buried? His first wife and mother of his children was Elizabeth Chamness Johnson. They were members of the Cherry Grove Quaker Assembly near Lynn, Randolph County, Indiana. Marian

Barbara, 1870 is not completely indexed at ancestry.com yet. 1860 has 12 listings for REED in Randolph Co-I'm sorry I don't have time to look them all up. I looked at this one- REED, WILLIAM R. State: IN Year: 1860 County: Randolph County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule Township: St.Ony Creek Township Page: 635 Database: IN 1860 Federal Census Index he's 20y bIN, wife Louzana 20y b.IN and dau Reutha(sp) 1yr bIN. Have you found him in the 1880 census yet? There are a couple of possibilities- Logansport, Cass Co, IN, pg.298C, William Reed, 24y Carpenter b.IN, son of Benjamin Reed 53y b.OH and Mary A. 50y b.PA. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "barb brown" <babrown1052@yahoo.com> To: <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 6:41 PM Subject: [INRANDOL] Re: Reeds in Indiana > Looking for my Reed connection in Indiana. From my > ggrandfather William Riley Reed's obit, I found that > he was born 17 Dec. 1856 in Randolph County, Indiana. > He died in 1932 in Moundville, Vernon County, Mo. I > would appreciate any help in locating his parents > names and any other siblings he might have. > > Could you check the census for 1860 and/or 1870, in > Randolph County, Indiana, to see if you can find him > and his parents. > > Barbara

Well, my husband and I certainly have not made any money at it! Cemetery work is just a hobby for us to work on in our spare time. We are the coordinators for the Wayne County Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Project, and have actually spent a good deal of money to help repair, save, and record stones in Wayne County, and of course Arba. I have spent 2 years working on Arba, and I can finally say that the end is in sight. Two more rows to go, and I will finally have the whole cemetery recorded and photographed. Sabrina ----- Original Message ----- From: <JuPearl@aol.com> To: <brinatim@myexcel.com>; <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 11:39 PM Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Barnes in Arba Cemetery > Wow! What an accomplishment! Congratulations! My husband would love to > spend a summer working on reading and listing some Randolph County Indiana > cemeteries. I have often wondered if there is any money to be earned in listing > cemeteries or if it is all volunteer labor. Thanks, Nancy > >

Wow! What an accomplishment! Congratulations! My husband would love to spend a summer working on reading and listing some Randolph County Indiana cemeteries. I have often wondered if there is any money to be earned in listing cemeteries or if it is all volunteer labor. Thanks, Nancy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barnes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Bk.2ADE/1079.3.2 Message Board Post: Good News! We have recently dug up the tombstone for Sydney Barnes! We found the stone in the older portion of the cemetery, that is often referred to as the "cholera pit", though I don't believe Sydney died during one of the epidemics. Using a probe, we have found some stones that have been buried for years. Although we need to do some work to ensure that her stone stays it its base, which we also were lucky enough to locate, it is in relatively good condition and very readable. You can see a picture of the stone at this site: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7645126 . Also, I believe that I may have found Avington Barnes stone, though it is harder to read. I am hoping to get back out to Arba later this week to work on it, and to get it transcribed and photographed. Sabrina

Looking for my Reed connection in Indiana. From my ggrandfather William Riley Reed's obit, I found that he was born 17 Dec. 1856 in Randolph County, Indiana. He died in 1932 in Moundville, Vernon County, Mo. I would appreciate any help in locating his parents names and any other siblings he might have. Could you check the census for 1860 and/or 1870, in Randolph County, Indiana, to see if you can find him and his parents. Barbara __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HOBBICK, HOUNOUR Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Bk.2ADE/1349.2 Message Board Post: History of Randolph County by E. Tucker Chicago, A.L. Kingman Lakeside Building, 1882 White River Township p. 350 LOUIS HOBBICK Farmer, Winchester P.O.. Mr Hobbick is a native of this county, and was born May 13, 1840, in White River Township. His parents were Christian and Christina Hobbick, natives of Germany. He was brought up a farmer boy, and educated in the common schools, and the Winchester High School. He enlisted in the late war, but was pronounced physically unable by the examining physicaian, and was refused. He was married, February 1863, to Miss Mary Hounour, daugher of Matthias Hounour. She was born also in this county. They have 5 children ~ Charley, Emma, Bruce, William and Catherine. Mr H. owns 114 acres of valuable land, and is engaged in farming on Section 25, White River Township.