This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//4h.2ADI/1685 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 Charles S. Royce are, Royce, Neill, CHARLES S. ROYCE. One of two elementals create the successful lawyer—great talent or great industry. Emerging from the former condition are the minority, who lend brilliancy, emphasis and color to a profession resting upon the dry rocks of fact, while to the latter and predominating class is given the task of upholding the solid pillars of jurisprudence, and of maintaining, when guided by the ideals which animated the framers of the old Roman cincia law, those tenets which secure the greatest justice and the greatest liberty of mankind. Of the men who have contributed to the professional prestige of Ripley County, one who occupies a position of leadership in his community is Charles S. Royce, who has been engaged in practice at Versailles since 1910 and during the past two decades has been successfully identified with much important litigation. Mr. Royce was born on a farm in Ripley County, Indiana, in 1865, and is a son of William W. and Samantha F. Royce. His pate! rnal grandfather was Sardius Royce, a native of Vermont, who left his birthplace in New England when still a youth and made the long, tedious and dangerous journey across country to the virgin soil of Indiana in 1830, where he took up undeveloped land in Jefferson County and through years of hard and ceaseless work developed a well-improved and highly productive farm. There he spent the rest of his life in the vocations of saw-milling, farming and stock-raising, and when he died was, known as one of the substantial citizens of his community, respected everywhere for his high personal character and good citizenship. William W. Royce was born on his father’s farm in Jefferson County, Indiana, and obtained his educational training in the public schools. Reared on the home farm, he was thus engaged in the tilling of the soil at the outbreak of the war between the states, when he volunteered for service as a private in an Indiana volunteer infantry regiment, with which h! e served valiantly. After the war Mr. Royce became interested in the m anufacturing of lumber, staves, shakes and headings, which occupied a good part of his time. He was a public-spirited citizen who did not look for personal preferment in politics and had his chief interests in his home and his business. One of his brothers, John Royce, was also prominent in the lumber business, and furnished the timber for the old plank road running from Versailles to Madison. One of a family of five children, Charles S. Royce received his early education in the public schools of Ripley County, then pursuing a course in the State Normal School at Terre Haute. Later he became a student in the University of Indiana, and in 1882 began teaching in the rural schools. In 1807 he was elected county superintendent of schools of Ripley County, and in 1899 was reelected for a four-year term, following which he engaged in the insurance business. While thus engaged in building up an agency of his own Mr. Royce employed his spare time in the study of law,! and finally was admitted to the bar in 1909. He kept up his insurance business for a year, but by 1910 had become so well settled in a substantial legal practice that he disposed of his insurance business. During the time that he has been engaged in practice at Versailles, Mr. Royce has been retained as counsel in much important litigation, in which he has shown himself well grounded in all departments of his calling. He has never been a specialist, being equally at home in all branches of jurisprudence, and a student of every phase of his calling. He had a wide acquaintance and many friends in his profession, and is a member of the Ripley County Bar Association and the Indiana State Bar Association. For three terms, from January 1, 1917, to 1923, Mr. Royce served in the capacity of prosecuting attorney of the Sixth Judicial Circuit. He is a life member of the American Red Cross Society and a member of the Ripley County Historical Society. In all of the movements for the b! enefit of his adopted community and its people Mr. Royce has taken an active and constructive part, giving of his time, ability, means and energy. Mr. Royce was united in marriage with Miss Monta Neill, a native of Jennings County, Indiana, and to this union there were born four children: Mary Samantha, a graduate of the University of Indiana, class of 1929, who resides with her parents, and three sons, who are deceased.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//4h.2ADI/1684 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 CHARLES H. THOMPSON are, Thompson, Salle, Pulliam, Will, Crandall, CHARLES H. THOMPSON. For twenty-seven years Charles H. Thompson has been one of the best-known journalists of Indiana in the capacity of owner and editor of the Versailles Republican, of Versailles, Ripley County. During this long period he has been a strong factor in the development of his community, for the history of a live and enterprising newspaper carries with it an interest comparable to that of the community itself, its developments being interwoven with the public affairs and locality progress that most affect the lives of its readers and supporters, with the additional wider outlook that intelligent journalism and constantly-increased facilities provide. Mr. Thompson was born at Versailles, in 1868, and is a son of Dr. Silas L. D. Thompson. Dr. Silas L. D. Thompson was born in Maine, a son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Salle) Thompson, and was a young man when he accompanied his parents to Indiana and prepared himself for a career in medicine. Arriving at Versailles! in 1836, he continued to be a resident of that city and- Osgood during the remainder of his life, and for forty years was an honored member of his calling. He was a man of education and ability and a true type of the old country family physician who rode horseback or drove his buggy for many miles to attend his patients, disdaining weather conditions or the possibility of remuneration for his services. He was one of the early members of the State Medical Society and was respected and esteemed throughout the entire countryside. He married Miss Fannie Pulliam and they became the parents of eight children. The youngest in his parents’ family, Charles H. Thompson, attended the public schools of Versailles until he was thirteen years of age, at which time his father died and the youth was forced to go to work in order to assist in the, support of the family. He became identified with the Versailles Republican which had been established in 1856, as the Forest Rose, late! r was changed to the Gazette, subsequently became the Index and finall y was taken over by the Versailles Republican, under which title it has continued to the present. At one time a semi-weekly, it is now published weekly, and has a circulation of 2,500, its readers being located in Ripley County and the surrounding communities. It is an eight-page, all-home publication, and in 1928 was awarded the Shortemeier Cup for the best first page of any weekly in Indiana. The modern plant occupies 3,000 square feet of floor space, the equipment being all electrically driven and heated, and employment is given to seven people. During the World war this was one of the most loyal newspapers in the country, and devoted many columns of space to publicity in behalf of war drives and the success of American arms. Mr. Thompson is one of the well-known and highly respected journalists of the state and belongs to various leading organizations of his calling. He is also popular in fraternal and business circles and his name has been connected with many ! movements for the public welfare. Mr. Thompson married Miss Ida Will, daughter of Capt. William Will, an officer of Indiana volunteers in the Union army during the war between the states, and to this union there have been born three children: Harry W.; Ethel Force, a graduate of Union Hill College, who is identified with the newspaper; and Herbert Leroy, a graduate of Hanover College, who is now engaged in the profession of civil engineering. Harry W. Thompson, who is associated with his father in the newspaper business, was born at Versailles, Indiana, and received a good educational training, attending the public schools, Moores Hill College and the University of Indiana, following his graduation from which he entered the office of the Versailles Republican. He has become one of the well-known business men and journalists of this part of Indiana, and is a member of the National Editorial Association, treasurer of the Indiana Weekly Press Association, an executive! member of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association and president of the Business Men’s Club of Versailles. He married Althea Dora Crandall, of Ripley, Indiana, and they have two children: Winifred Jean and Dorothy Lucille. Mr. Thompson is a member of Versailles Lodge No. 7, A. F. and A. M., the Scottish Rite of Indianapolis and Indiana Consistory.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//4h.2ADI/1683 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 CHARLES H. THOMPSON are, Thompson, Salle, Pulliam, Will, Crandall, CHARLES H. THOMPSON. For twenty-seven years Charles H. Thompson has been one of the best-known journalists of Indiana in the capacity of owner and editor of the Versailles Republican, of Versailles, Ripley County. During this long period he has been a strong factor in the development of his community, for the history of a live and enterprising newspaper carries with it an interest comparable to that of the community itself, its developments being interwoven with the public affairs and locality progress that most affect the lives of its readers and supporters, with the additional wider outlook that intelligent journalism and constantly-increased facilities provide. Mr. Thompson was born at Versailles, in 1868, and is a son of Dr. Silas L. D. Thompson. Dr. Silas L. D. Thompson was born in Maine, a son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Salle) Thompson, and was a young man when he accompanied his parents to Indiana and prepared himself for a career in medicine. Arriving at Versailles! in 1836, he continued to be a resident of that city and- Osgood during the remainder of his life, and for forty years was an honored member of his calling. He was a man of education and ability and a true type of the old country family physician who rode horseback or drove his buggy for many miles to attend his patients, disdaining weather conditions or the possibility of remuneration for his services. He was one of the early members of the State Medical Society and was respected and esteemed throughout the entire countryside. He married Miss Fannie Pulliam and they became the parents of eight children. The youngest in his parents’ family, Charles H. Thompson, attended the public schools of Versailles until he was thirteen years of age, at which time his father died and the youth was forced to go to work in order to assist in the, support of the family. He became identified with the Versailles Republican which had been established in 1856, as the Forest Rose, late! r was changed to the Gazette, subsequently became the Index and finall y was taken over by the Versailles Republican, under which title it has continued to the present. At one time a semi-weekly, it is now published weekly, and has a circulation of 2,500, its readers being located in Ripley County and the surrounding communities. It is an eight-page, all-home publication, and in 1928 was awarded the Shortemeier Cup for the best first page of any weekly in Indiana. The modern plant occupies 3,000 square feet of floor space, the equipment being all electrically driven and heated, and employment is given to seven people. During the World war this was one of the most loyal newspapers in the country, and devoted many columns of space to publicity in behalf of war drives and the success of American arms. Mr. Thompson is one of the well-known and highly respected journalists of the state and belongs to various leading organizations of his calling. He is also popular in fraternal and business circles and his name has been connected with many ! movements for the public welfare. Mr. Thompson married Miss Ida Will, daughter of Capt. William Will, an officer of Indiana volunteers in the Union army during the war between the states, and to this union there have been born three children: Harry W.; Ethel Force, a graduate of Union Hill College, who is identified with the newspaper; and Herbert Leroy, a graduate of Hanover College, who is now engaged in the profession of civil engineering. Harry W. Thompson, who is associated with his father in the newspaper business, was born at Versailles, Indiana, and received a good educational training, attending the public schools, Moores Hill College and the University of Indiana, following his graduation from which he entered the office of the Versailles Republican. He has become one of the well-known business men and journalists of this part of Indiana, and is a member of the National Editorial Association, treasurer of the Indiana Weekly Press Association, an executive! member of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association and president of the Business Men’s Club of Versailles. He married Althea Dora Crandall, of Ripley, Indiana, and they have two children: Winifred Jean and Dorothy Lucille. Mr. Thompson is a member of Versailles Lodge No. 7, A. F. and A. M., the Scottish Rite of Indianapolis and Indiana Consistory.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Westmeier, Bulthaup, McMickle, Robertson, Flaegle, Stauber, Madison Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4h.2ADI/1152.1267.1273 Message Board Post: I have come across an extensive family tree for the Westmeier/ Westmeyer lineage dating back to when 4 Westmeier children imigrated in 1842. If anyone's interested they can e-mail me at welch@mchsi.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: White Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4h.2ADI/1682 Message Board Post: Hi, Would some kind person please do a lookup for me on the obits for the following?: Charles White - born abt. 1813 in Ireland Ellen (McKeown) White - born abt. 1820 in Ireland They are listed on the 1880 census as being in Johnson, Ripley Co., IN. Ellen is listed as being deceased by 1899 in a biography on one of her brothers. She is sister to my 2nd great grandmother. Thank you in advance, Kathy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wainscott, Winscott Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4h.2ADI/1681 Message Board Post: Those looking for their ancestry in the Winscott / Wainscott family which settled in Jennings, Jefferson, Ripley, & Dearborn counties, Indiana will find lots of information in a recently published book on that family. The title is "Wainscott Heritage". The family started out in VA and NC with the original immigrant, Richard Wainscott. Next they migrated into KY, then to Indiana and Missouri. For information on book availability, contact me at Streett44@aol.com

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/4h.2ADI/1680 Message Board Post: The Historic Atlas of Indiana series may be an invaluable aid to Genealogists, Historians and researchers in search of 19th century Indiana places. Each Atlas CD consists of a series of 8 or 9 bordering counties making up 1 of 11 Zones that depict all 92 Indiana counties. Each Zone Atlas contains 400 dpi scanned images of vintage 1876 county maps that are organized and presented in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Original paper source quality varied from county to county; however, every effort has been made to retain the integrity of the original maps during conversion to digital format. Each county map may include the following 19th century features: * roads, railroads and canals * cities, towns and villages * post offices and government sites * one-room schoolhouses, churches and cemeteries * rivers, streams and ferries * industrial sites, furnaces and mills * early homesteads and farms * and much, much more The Adobe Acrobat Reader for MS Windows is needed to view, zoom, pan and print from the PDF map images contained in this atlas, and is included free on each CD. No other software is necessary. The Historic Atlas of Indiana Counties CD's are available for purchase directly online at the following URL: http://www.har-indy.com/in_map/in_index.html CD's may be purchased from the above web site either by mail order or instantly online by secure credit card transaction with PayPal. However, if any browser problems are experienced at this location, or if you prefer to make your transaction through eBay, please use the alternate link below. (See special auction pricing on the entire state CD's at eBay). http://www.stores.ebay.com/historicatlasseriesbyhar Thanks for looking, RG

Hello fellow researchers! I am wondering if there is anyone on this list with a digital camera that would be willing to photograph the graves of William Madison VanKirk and his wife Magdalene Funkhouser. William died 1866 and is buried in Napoleon in the Baptist Cemetery. If I can return a favor, I do census lookups for Indiana. Thanks very much. Karen Palm City, FL

I have just a little info for you. A Gillland married into the Blair family. William F. Gillialand m Annice Jane Blair 29Jan1862. Children were Emerson Gilliland and Frank Gillialand. Here is some of the History of Ripley Co. Vol2 Gillands of Ripley Co. Archibald and Margaret Gilland settled in Jackson Twp, Ripley Co. in 1843. Naturalization records show that they immigrated to America from Antrim Co. Northern Ireland in 1838...... They were the parents of 7 children: Daniel of Lawrenceburg,IN, Archibald of Janckson and Osgood, Edward of Lawrenceburg, David of Jackson and Osgood, Francis of Lawrenceburg, Margaret of Jackson and Osgood........... Daniel and Arch lived in and around Osgood. William and George lived in and around Napoleon. Martha m. Fred Snider, Effie m. Jim Elis. There is evidence that the last two ladies and Arch did later in life move to Cincinnate, OH area where many of their descendants live today......... ____________________ Hope this helps in your search!

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/4h.2ADI/278.810.2.2 Message Board Post: An up date for my Louise THOMPSON who married Archibald's (for Ripley Co. IN) son David GILLILAND, they were found in the 1880 fed .census Roscoe TWP, Reno Co. KS: David Gilliland 71 b. Ireland Louise " 50 b. Maryland -wife Mary " 13 b. Indiana - dau. Also there in same TWP Archibald Gilliland 26 b. Indiana Matilda " 29 b. Iowa -wife Ella " 6mo. b. Dec 1879 Kansas- dau

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thompson/Gilliland Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4h.2ADI/278.811.1.1 Message Board Post: An up date for my Louise THOMPSON who married Archibald's (for Ripley Co. IN) son David GILLILAND, they were found in the 1880 fed .census Roscoe TWP, Reno Co. KS: David Gilliland 71 b. Ireland Louise " 50 b. Maryland -wife Mary " 13 b. Indiana - dau. Also there in same TWP Archibald Gilliland 26 b. Indiana Matilda " 29 b. Iowa -wife Ella " 6mo. b. Dec 1879 Kansas- dau

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MCDOWELL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4h.2ADI/1679 Message Board Post: In 1850 Josiah McDowell was living in Franklin Twp in Ripley Co. Living beside him was a Harvey McDowell, who must have been his brother. I have found Josiah McDowell who went on to Davis Co. Iowa,but can't find anymore on Harvey and his family. Josiah is my grgrgrandfather. Searching for their parents and what happened to Harvey. They were both born in Kentucky per the census. Thanks for any help.

Alan F. Smith wrote a small booklet on Dillsboro township and it has a few pictures in it. "A Tale of Two Townships" . You can find it at the Ripley County Historical Society. It does have a picture of the 1930-31 football team of the high school and list a Miller but no first name. You might want to contact RCHS and see what they have.

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/4h.2ADI/56.57.60 Message Board Post: this is a shot in the dark. i am from lane family ok. so far but no of ark and says tenn. my grandpa was john christopher lane who married sarah groves i found sarah groves family but am lost on lanes past him. in researching groves i saw your print up you talk of rush and ripley counties. my groves there william h. groves and wife rebecca. in 1852 groves moved to champaign illinois. sarah was born in 1842 but stayed in ripley and married at 10 i say she didnt marry at 10 but lived with someone sarah and john c. lane didnt marry till1882. his father was john lane they say from tenn.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MILLER, ROARK, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4h.2ADI/1678 Message Board Post: DIXON MILLER (1890-?) BORN LETCHER COUNTY KY LATER MOVED TO DEARBORN/RIPLEY COUNTIES IND. DIXON MARRIED BERTHA ROARK IN 1916 IN LETCHER COUNTY KY. AT ONE TIME LIVED IN DILLSBORO IN. CHILDREN WERE: HARVEY ( 1919-), DANA FAYE , SHIRLEY JEAN, VELMIE (B 1915), ELLIS (B 1917), RUBY LEE, EULA MAE, CHESTER. LOOKING FOR VITALS ON THIS FAMILY. ANY INFO WOULD HELP THANKS

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/4h.2ADI/931.1 Message Board Post: i am looking for my sarah groves her she was born in 1842 in indiana. i found out i was related to william h grove and rebecca merrill it said sarah was in decatur co.indiana. there was a biography i followed the trail. i new of it from champaign.illinois. you could look at it

I have this will of Mary's dated 18Oct1878. I'm trying to figure out who she was married to. She leaves everything to her grandson Richard L. Stewart. Does anyone know who the parents of Richard L. Stewart were? Also, there is a lot of confusion on my part and others as to the wives of Robert R. Pendergast. It is said by researchers that his first wife was Eliza Ann Redding and yet in the Ripley marriages it list her as marrying Robert A. Pendergast in 1825. Robert R. Pendergast married Lucinda Wetherbee Lacock in about 1830. On the 1850 Census it shows Lucinda alive and on the 1860 she is not there but neither is the youngest children of theirs. On the 1860 census it list Robert R. Pendergast and an X where the wife should be the William, Robert Jr, Hiram and Eliza. Now I think that Eliza was Williams wife but next of the census is Wiliam and Eliza and their children. This was all in Elrod. Getting back to this confusion is the fact that some have Robert R. Pendergast as marrying Elizabeth Adeline Brown in 1857. But this was Robert's son not Robert R. They had children too and I would like to know their names. Any good Pendergasts researchers out there?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RICHMANN-SCHLEICHER-LOCK-WOOD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4h.2ADI/1677 Message Board Post: I am doing research on Henry and WIlliam RICHMANN in Ripley Co. and would like information on the REICHMANN family buried in ST. Paulus Evangelical Lutheran or Cross Roads Cemetery in Laughery Township. I am at a dead end on William (my grandfather) and thought there might be a connection. Where can I find church, burial, obits or other genealogy on this REICHMANN family? Maria REICHMANN 1826-1902 Christian F. REICHMANN 1846-1871 Heinrich G. REICHMANN 1804-1868 Marie G. (SCHWIER) REICHMANN 1843-1878 H.I. REICHMANN 1831-1908 William RICHMAN 1866-1931 Several children also buried in cem.

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/4h.2ADI/1523.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm sorry, this is not my family line, I am trying to find descendants of Eugene, because I purchased his photograph at a rummage sale, and feel that it belongs with the family. Sorry I could not of been of any help to you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Richmann, Schleicher, Wood Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4h.2ADI/1523.1 Message Board Post: I am also searching for a RICHMANN/ RICHMAN/ REICHMANN family from Ripley Co. IN. My grandfather, William RICHMANN, b. in Germany,lived and married in this county. My father's name was George, b 1882 in Indianapolis, IN. I know that he had an Uncle Henry Richmann and cousin William who lived in Ripley Co. I have very little info on this family. Were there any names on the photos? Other family names are, Barbara, Caroline, Lizzie, Mary, and Minnie or Katherine. Thanks for any help you can give me.