Boris ADLER, 1906 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/newspaper/news_adler.htm Russian spectacle peddler

Mack Wiley, d 1918 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/obituaries/obit_wiley-willey.htm

Root Furniture Company, 1906 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/newspaper/news_root.htm JOSEPH KAHN

Three new articles, all from early 1906 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/newspaper/news_haehl.htm FLEMING RITCHEY SPARKS

General news of the area: http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/historical_articles/history_geneva.htm GENTRY CUSKADEN ROCK HOWARD BILLMAN ROBERTS JACKSON WRIGHT KING WOODS BRADEN MORGERSON COLLINS WASSON BEAN

Mrs Ed Comstock, 1918 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/newspaper/news_comstock.htm

Wanda, I think William's family moved to Missouri ... here is James M. Smith in 1880: William would have been most likely been grown and gone by 1880. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace James M. SMITH Self M Male W 60 KY Baptist Preacher VA KY Elizabeth SMITH Wife M Female W 55 IN Keeping House (KY) (KY) Hattie B. SMITH Dau S Female W 18 IA KY IN Thomas A. SMITH Son S Male W 14 IN KY IN -- jeanne > I am looking for WIlliam Smith born 1845 Union Township Shelby County > Indiana. I would appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks Wanda > > > ==== INSHELBY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to often check-out our website at www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/index.htm > > History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity. > > - Cicero > > For questions regarding the list, contact me at mmweaver1864@sbcglobal.net > > Thanks! > Melinda > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Wanda wrote: > I am looking for William Smith born 1845 Union Township Shelby County > Indiana. I would appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks Wanda Well -- After asking some questions, I continued researching -- having a slow day here -- and in the 1850 IN census, I did find a Wm. Smith b. 1845 in Shelby County. His father was James M. SMITH, a "R. Baptist Preacher" age 30, b. in Kentucky. His wife is Elizabeth J., age 27 b. Indiana. They have two children, WILLIAM E. SMITH, age 5, b. IN, and Joseph C., age 2, also b. IN. They are living in Union Township. So this does seem to fit your parameters -- or does it? I could NOT find this family in 1860. Not anywhere. But since James M. Smith was a preacher perhaps he was transferred to another church in another state. Let me know if this seems to be the right direction. I also found found two William Smiths about the right age, in IN the 1860 census. One was 15-year old William T. Smith, born Shelby County Indiana. His parents were ADAM SMITH (b. Clermont Co., O) and Elizabeth who was b. in Kentucky. There were 7 children in this family. (William, Susan, Mary, Stephen, Amos, Eliza, and Fletcher.) William was the oldest. This family was living in Sugar Creek Tnp. in 1860. I looked for the Adam Smith family in 1850 and found them in Sugar Creek Tnp., Shelby County. William is 6 years old at that time. His name is almost illegible on the census, written as "Wm. F" and if one didn't know it was William and that the middle initial was "T" in 1860, it would look like, perhaps, Tom F. His younger sisters at that time were "Susan, Frances, and Margaret." Either some names were changed, or the family lost two children. Then there is the family of J. JONES SMITH Smith, age 43, a Presbyterian minister, and his wife Rebecca. Both were born in IRELAND. They also have seven children ages 4 to 18, including a 16-year old boy named William R. Smith. William was born in Virginia, as were all 4 older children. The three youngest were b. in North Carolina. So if your family history includes Ireland, and a Presbyterian minister, then perhaps he is yours. So with this family, there are now two Smith ministers in IN with sons names William who are about the same age. Let me know if I'm on the right track here. Hope this helps. Jeanne Surber

Hello Wanda, and all ... Wanda writes: > I am looking for William Smith born 1845 Union Township Shelby County > Indiana. I would appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks Wanda The search for William Smith in Union Tnp, Shelby Co. (or anywhere else) is a challenge. I sympathize because I also have two William Smiths in other states, and they are both quite elusive in spite of family records that prove they did, in fact, exist. Your Wm. Smith would have been 5 years old at the 1850 census in Shelby County. What was the clue that led you to believe he was, indeed, b. in Union Township? Did you ever find him in the 1850 census? Wanda, I know you've done a lot of research for many years, not only on the Smith family. I see one of your recent Smith queries as follows: "I would love to know if you have a William Smith in your family bible born about 1855 or before in VA in your family bible. My William Smith died in Indiana 1877 or 1878. My William Smith died before his son Jacob Oliver was born March of 1878. Wanda " so ..... in light of your most recent query, does this mean that you found evidence that your Wm. Smith was *not* born in VA "about 1855 or before" but in Indiana in 1845?? And that he was the father of Jacob Oliver Smith b. March 1878? Please let us know what you know for sure about this particular Smith family. Then maybe we'll have a better fix on which township or county to focus on. Jeanne Surber

I am looking for WIlliam Smith born 1845 Union Township Shelby County Indiana. I would appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks Wanda

Thank you for the in depth information. Your info confirms much of what I have & added some. I figured out why Walter Bishop & Elizabeth Hasler were called nephew & niece. Lizzie's appears to be Elizabeth Hasler, d/o Rudolph & Margaret J (Oldham) Hasler, which would make Lizzie the niece & Walter a nephew by marriage. One thing to add. Eileen/Eleanor/Ellender was Eleanor Harrell Crow Oldham (not Eileen), confirmed by her tombstone at Brandywine Cemetery which shows her name was Eleanor Oldham. Husband John Oldham & their birth & deaths are on the same stone (I have a picture). Also Eleanor was named as Eleanor in her obituary (The Shelbyville Democrat, 19 Nov. 1896) & in various children's obits. Here is some add'l information: Doctor Rigdon Oldham 12 Apr 1850 Margaret Oldham 06 Jun 1853 Dau Elizabeth born 30 Nov 1877 m. Isaac Walter Bishop 29 Oct 1899 in Shelby Co. m. Frank E. Huffman 22 Apr 1903 in Shelby. Co. Shares a stone with Frank in Brandywine Cemetery. I don't have Walter Bishop's death. He's not listed in Brandywine that I can see. Thanks again. -Mary

Cary STITES, candidate for county assessor, Republican ticket, 1906 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/newspaper/news_stites.htm

General news of the area: http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/historical_articles/history_shel.htm SMILEY TANNER DANIELS SMITH DRAKE DUGAN DIPPLE MELOY JACKSON EMRICH SCHNITKER RICHARDSON CHERRY SMITH JACKLIN PARRISH

John RILEY, 1918 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/newspaper/news_riley.htm JONES LYONS JONES LYONS

Jacob Colclazier, son of Jacob (1791-10 Nov 1822) and Mary (Speaks)Colclazier, was b. 1810 Jefferson Co. KY and d. 12 Nov 1849 Shelby Co. IN. Elizabeth "Betsy" Gorrell, dau of John Baren(1764- Sep 1838 and Hannah (Davis) Gorrell( b. 1765 d. 1814), was born 1801 Bath Co. KY d. 1846 Shelby Co. IN . Jacob and Elizabeth (Gorrell) Colclazier were m. 18 Feb 1823 Bath Co. KY. Clarinda Colclazier was b. 03 Oct 1834 Marion Co. Indiana and died 04 April 1919 in Fairland, Brandywine Twp. Shelby Co. IN. She was buried April 6, 1919. Clarinda had married Eli Williams on 20 Mar 1851. They had 3 children: James V. Williams b. 1852 Martha E. Williams b. 1857 William A. Williams b. 1860 By the 1900 Census, "Corinda" Bishop, a widow, 67 b. May 1833, 5 ch/3 still alive, is living at Sugar Creek Twp. Shelby Co. IN District 123 with daughter Ida Belle (Bishop) Carey b. July 1873 age 26 m. 4 yrs. 0 children and son-in-law Charles Carey 31, b. Nov 1868 IN Father b. VA Mother b. IN. By the 1910 Census, Clarinda Bishop, listed as 70 and widowed and as having 3 ch/ 2 still alive b. IN father b. unk mother b. Unk; She is living in Brandywine Twp. with son-in-law and daughter Ida Bell Bishop Carey. Charles G. Carey, 44 m1 14 yrs. b.IN Father b.VA Mother b. Unknown livery stable Ida B. Carey, 38 m1 14 yrs. 3 (or 1) ch. born/ 0 living b. IN father b.Unk mother b.Unk Public school teacher.

Spencer Bishop b. 1900 d. Sep 18, 1900 4 months old son of Walter and Lizzie Isaac Bishop and wife Weighty, both age 57 b. VA in 1860 Shelby Co. IN son Lewis C. Bishop 10 b. 1849 and brother of William H. Bishop b. 1843 and John B. Bishop b. abt. 1832. John B. Bishop in 1880 was 48 b. Indiana, Father and mother both born VA. Corenda Bishop, b. IN Parents both born KY 3 ch: Elias C. Bishop, 14 IN; Isaac W. G. 12 IN; and Ida Bell, 7 b. TN (In 1870, John B. and Corinda Bishop's children are listed as Elisa (should be Elias C.) Bishop, 4; and Isaac Bishop 2. followed by Williams, James 18; Williams, Martha, 13 and Williams, Albert, 10.) Lewis C. Bishop m. Cristina, both age 30 b. IN in 1880 Census. Ch. Ida, 8; Arthur, 6; and Walter, 1. Joel Crum b. about 1815 Dauphin Co. PA married Maria S. or L. b abt. 1819 Juniata Co. PA They had 8 children between 1840 and 1856, No. 7: Columbus Oliver Crum b. 09 March 1854 m. 25 March 1875 Shelby Co. IN Martha E. Williams, dau of Eli Williams and Clarinda Colclazier. Eileen (not Ellen or Eleanor although they could be middle names) Harrell b. 11 Sep 1816 Wythe Co. VA d. 7 Nov 1896 Fairland, Shelby Co. IN was married twice. First to William Crow b. 1812 VA d. 1838 Shelby Co. IN They had three children: Mary Ann Crow 17 b. 29 Apr 1833 IN d. 27 Mar 1911 Eliza E. Crow 15 b. 15 May 1835 IN Samuel Crow 13 b. 13 Mar 1837 IN Then Eileen (Harrell) Crow married 2nd John Oldham b 12 Feb 1811 Sevier, TN John Oldham had m. 1st Margaret Keith Granville S. Oldham 7 b. 8 Jan 1842 IN James A. Oldham 5 b. 1845 IN John M. Oldham 4 b. 1846 IN Gideon Harrell Oldham 3 b. 3 Jan 1848 IN Doctor Rigdon Oldham 4/12 b. 1850 IN Milton Oldham b. 1851 IN Margaret Oldham b. 1853 IN Robert Oldham b. 1857 IN 1870 Brandywine, Shelby Co. Indiana 25/25 Mary Crow is a housekeeper for her half-brother Granville S. Oldham and 2nd wife Mary Elizabeth (Douthit) Oldham in 1870. They were married 24 Oct 1869 and the first baby is on the way to be born later in 1870: Dorettia M. Oldham. Granville was 1st married to Nancy C. Ensminger on 24 Aug 1862 and she died. Their parents John Oldham, 59 a retired farmer and Eileen (Harrell) Crow Oldham, 53 live with him also as do Milton, Margaret, and Robert Oldham. 26/26 Living next door is John Oldham, 32 b. IN , wife Mary and a daughter Ana,2. Two doors down: 28/28 Herald (should be Harrell), Judge 31 b. IN and wife Lodema, 29 b. IN and 7 children all b. IN.

Would love to know if there are estate records & an obituary available for Mary Ann Crow who died 27 Mar 1911 & for the Walter (b. 1879) & Lizzie (Hasler) Bishop (b. 1878) family. Mary Ann Crow was daughter of William & Eleanor (Harrell) Crow. She was head of household (single) & living with Walter & Lizzie (Hasler) Bishop on the 1900 Census. Walter & Lizzie are named nephew & niece, but I can't figure the relationship. I also can't read the name of their son born in Apr. 1900. If someone else can read this, I would appreciate it. Thanks so much. - Mary

The month-old baby born in April 1900 is Spencer Bishop also listed as a nephew to Mary Ann Crow of Brandywine Twp. Shelby County. LRC ----- Original Message ----- From: <CompMary@aol.com> To: <INSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 10:51 PM Subject: [INSHELBY] Crow Obituary lookup > Would love to know if there are estate records & an obituary available for > Mary Ann Crow who died 27 Mar 1911 & for the Walter (b. 1879) & Lizzie > (Hasler) Bishop (b. 1878) family. > > Mary Ann Crow was daughter of William & Eleanor (Harrell) Crow. She was head > of household (single) & living with Walter & Lizzie (Hasler) Bishop on the > 1900 Census. Walter & Lizzie are named nephew & niece, but I can't figure the > relationship. > > I also can't read the name of their son born in Apr. 1900. If someone else > can read this, I would appreciate it. Thanks so much. - Mary > > > ==== INSHELBY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to often check-out our website at www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/index.htm > > History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity. > > - Cicero > > For questions regarding the list, contact me at mmweaver1864@sbcglobal.net > > Thanks! > Melinda > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Dear Linda, After long pondering and searching I have been trying to tie Abraham Hill husband of Sarah (Hawkins) Chesser with my Hill line. My question is on Alexander, William in Iowa, Isaac and Thomas Hill you mention in your note: Are they related to Abraham Hill and how? Who would have been their mother? Do you have dates of birth? Thank You, Kimbra Hill Smith -----Original Message----- From: Linda Chesser [mailto:lchesser4@insightbb.com] Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 6:28 PM To: INSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] WHEELER vs WILLIAMS & WHITE I was astonished to see Abraham Hill's estate mentioned in the civil suit below. He was the stepfather of James Chesser, my husband's second great-grandfather who came to Shelby Co. IN in 1834-35 from Warren Co. OH. Abraham Hill married the widow of John Chesser (1769-1804), Sarah (Hawkins) Chesser (1782-abt.1852) on the 22 March 1805 in Monongalia Co. VA. Needless to say, I would love to know if Barb Huff or anyone else has run across any other references to Alexander, William in Iowa, Isaac, or Thomas Hill in early Shelby Co. IN other than what is in the censuses. Thank you. Linda Read Chesser ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phyllis Miller Fleming" <phyllis@shelbycountyindiana.org> To: <INSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 8:58 AM Subject: [INSHELBY] WHEELER vs WILLIAMS & WHITE > >From Barb Huff: > > Civil suit re: ownership > Nicholas Wheeler & Nancy Wheeler vs Wesley Williams & William White > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/courthouse/civil_records/civ_wheeler.htm > > HILL > > > ==== INSHELBY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to often check-out our website at www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/index.htm > > History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity. > > - Cicero > > For questions regarding the list, contact me at mmweaver1864@sbcglobal.net > > Thanks! > Melinda > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 > ==== INSHELBY Mailing List ==== Don't forget to often check-out our website at www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/index.htm History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity. - Cicero For questions regarding the list, contact me at mmweaver1864@sbcglobal.net Thanks! Melinda ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

As I read Phyllis Miller Fleming's postings containing so many names of individuals in Brandywine Twp. and the surrounding area, I was reminded of Thomas Benton Carey who settled in Fairland with his parents, Thomas V. and Margaret (Lee) Carey in 1852. He was born in Wheeling, before there was a West Virginia in 1839. He lost both his parents within four years of settling in Fairland. He married three times, first to Susan E. Reed in 1868. They had three children: Charles G., Mary Irene, and Margaret B. Carey. He married Sarah J. Holmes in 1885, and married a final time to Margaret Ann Endsley in 1894. They had one child, Bonnie Lucille Carey born in 1895, who I was honored to meet when she was 95 years old and a resident of Heritage Manor in Shelbyville. Thomas B. Carey was a veteran of the Civil War and worked in many trades including that of salesman, carpenter, and painter. He was also a news correspondent for 40 years for The Shelby Volunteer which later merged with The Shelby Democrat sending in many tidbits of news and gossip from the Fairland area. He called himself "Gid" which you see mentioned at the head of a few of the articles Phyllis has posted. T.B.Carey was elected a Justice of the Peace in 1872 and 1876 and was a Shelby County Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff Albert McCorkle for two years, according to Chadwick's. In 1909, he was appointed engrossing clerk of the House in the Indiana Legislature, but in 1910, the census taker wrote that he was a notary. He died October 7, 1919, in Fairland and today 400 North, both East and West, is known as Carey Road. My research in genealogy and talks I had with my husband's grandmother, Lottie (Nail) Taylor Chesser who was 96 when she passed away in 1982, led me to whom Lottie had referred to as "some Chesser woman" in Fairland. She had heard of Lucille Chesser or her daughter Justine Lavonne Chesser, but they had never met even though Maurice was a son of Lottie's brother-in-law. Lucille Carey had met Maurice Chesser, a son of Ira and Daisy (Law) Chesser, while they were substitute teachers at the Smithland School. They married shortly after Maurice had registered for the draft in 1918, and settled in Indianapolis where Maurice worked. Lavonne was born in 1920, but Maurice and Lucille later divorced. Maurice married Louise Rouse in 1936, but Lucille never remarried. So "Chesser" she remained until her death at Heritage Manor on January 11, 1992. Lavonne Chesser, T. B. Carey's granddaughter, was married in 1942 to Charles Franklin Harry of Bartholomew County who helped manage Howard and Harry Oil Company in a partnership. (Note: When I "Googled" Howard and Harry Oil Co., Fairland, Indiana, I found that the attorneys for a class action settlement which includes many companies as well as H. and H. have pension money for a "Stephan Howard" who once was employed there, but they have no current address for him. They give instructions as to how to obtain the money which may be $10,000-$12,000 or more as the other settlements have been.) Charles and Lavonne Chesser Harry had two daughters, one of whom is still living. When Lavonne and I last spoke before her death just over 10 years ago and that of her husband in 1995, she had two grandsons who were living north of Indianapolis. Thank you Phyllis, for all the work you do with this website and I hope more old news articles are posted. They provide a wealth of information to many individuals seeking their roots. Linda Read Chesser Bloomington, Indiana