As I recall Florence Rock's book (I don't have a copy) tells about the origins of the singing class. It was originally held in the church that was near Asbury. It may even have been called Asbury something or other. I think it was a school also. The singing went on until the 1960's I believe. Somewhere Mother has an article about the last time it happened. I'll see if I can find it.

From Florence Rock's "Memoirs"........... Singing Schools The main source of entertainment for our parents was the Singing School. They had their class and used the old Missouri Harmony book, with "buckwheat notes". They first organized in 1835. Of course, with their growing families, they had to cease holding their regular meetings. When we, their children, came along we, too, had our Singing Class. Our class used the Diapason Book. The class continued in existence for many years. At our Singing Schools we had no musical instruments. The teacher would strike his tuning fork and hold it to his ear to get "the pitch". My grandfather Johnson was the song leader. He would announce the number chosen and tell whether it was "long meter" or "short meter" and would then read a couple of lines. He would then read a couple more, which they would sing. This was due to the scarcity of books. The reading we called "lining the Hymn." I can still see my grandfather as he read out, " How tediuous and tasteless the hours when Jesus no longer I see." Another was "Sweet birds and sweet flowers have lost all their sweetness to me." In my childhood we used both candles and kerosene lamps for lighting. We also had heating stoves as well as fireplaces. We sometimes used the fireplace for cooking as well. ............. Hope this helps. Anne --- Jknitl@aol.com wrote: > As I recall Florence Rock's book (I don't have a > copy) tells about the > origins of the singing class. It was originally > held in the church that was near > Asbury. It may even have been called Asbury > something or other. I think it > was a school also. > > The singing went on until the 1960's I believe. > Somewhere Mother has an > article about the last time it happened. I'll see > if I can find it. > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so > much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html

From Barb Huff: Guardianship of Jesse Clarence, Myrtie May, Ida May and Carrie Brown, minor heirs of Hannah Brown, 1893 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/courthouse/estate_records/gdn_brown.htm

From Barb Huff: http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/courthouse/estate_records/est_john_arnold.htm LOVE New receipt under section already transcribed by Rochelle Riordan Receipt from the estate bundle of John Arnold, dec'd.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/historical_articles/history_music.htm I had this section of paper for a THOMAN obit. With the thread about the Christian Church in Hanover / Morristown, this article caught my eye. In 1947, the group gave their concert at the Morristown Christian Church. However, the article says the group began meeting in 1835 in a log church north of Morristown.

I do in a round about way.....my cousin Rudy is a Thoman and still lives in Shelby County. Thanks for the info, Linda -----Original Message----- From: Phyllis Miller Fleming [mailto:phyllis@shelbycountyindiana.org] Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 6:28 PM To: INSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [INSHELBY] THOMAN Does anyone have ties to Shelby Co THOMAN families? Theodore THOMAN, d 1947 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/obituaries/obit_thoman.htm DELLEKAMP GRAHAM TEDDE BEYER LISTER SPEAR HARTZEL HEINTZELMAN STEPHANS ==== 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.2 - Release Date: 6/4/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.2 - Release Date: 6/4/2005

Hi List, It just goes to prove that if you hang around the Shelby List long enough - your family is bound to pop up! I have information on Nancy Cummins, born about 1806, either in CT or NC, who may be related to the other Shelby Cummins' families. Nancy married Wareham Bissell Burr (4th cousin twice removed of Aaron Burr) 13 Sep 1822 in Shelby Co. Their daughter, Sarah, married Lemuel Short in Will County, IL. It appears the Burrs had moved there around 1840. Before that this family was in Tippecanoe Co. in th e1830 census. I believe Wareham was a teacher. Would love to find a connection with R. S. and Frederick Cummins. Does anyone know where R.S. or Frederick was born? Laurel Campbell

Does anyone have ties to Shelby Co THOMAN families? Theodore THOMAN, d 1947 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/obituaries/obit_thoman.htm DELLEKAMP GRAHAM TEDDE BEYER LISTER SPEAR HARTZEL HEINTZELMAN STEPHANS

Frances OLDHAM McCarty, d 1973 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/obituaries/obit_mccarty.htm MCCOLLUM INLOW LUSTER

George W Phares http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/biographies/bio_pharesg.htm PLUMMER HOLBROOK HESTER BROWN MILLER YARLING RHODES HOUGHLAND CARNEY TINDALL

From Barb Huff: Richard S Cummins http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/courthouse/estate_records/est_cumminsr.htm This estate is an excellent source of early Shelbyville names. Barb transcribed his sale bill, filled with names, plus lists of his uncollected accounts (he was a physician) and all the outstanding claims against his estate. Many, many names from the 1840s -- when even census records are not a complete source of names. For more about R. S. Cummins: Medical bio http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/historical_articles/history_medicine.htm Will http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/courthouse/wills/will_richard_cummins.htm Family http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/biographies/bio_frederick_cummins.htm Land records http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/courthouse/deeds_mortgages/olo_indexResShelby1.htm

Today I noticed a deed entry in the index book for land sold by Caleb Sanders to Joseph Hilderbrand in Black Hawk (Mt Auburn). http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/courthouse/deeds_mortgages/deedindexH.htm P ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Chesser" <lchesser4@insightbb.com> To: <INSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 8:00 AM Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] SANDERS > Dear Craig, > In 1830, Caleb Sanders is listed in the Vermont, Franklin County, Richford > Twp. Census. > In the 1840 Census for Shelby County, Jackson Township, Indiana there are > listings for both Hubbard Deleno Jr. and Caleb Sanders. They are > sprinkled > among my relatives who are almost all buried in Patterson Cemetery in > Jackson Twp. Marietta is in Hendricks Twp. near the border of Jackson Twp. > and wasn't platted until the early 1850s. The other people listed near > yours > lived just south of what would become Marietta south to Mt. Auburn or > "Black Hawk" and east to within a mile from Lewis Creek Village which is > in > Washington Twp. Besides Patterson Cemetery in 1843, other possible burial > sites would include Conover Cem. and Mt. Auburn Cem. Many people who lived > in and around Marietta were buried in Second Mt. Pleasant Cem. just across > the Shelby Co. border on Sugar Creek in Johnson Co. Needham Twp. Later, > most > residents of Marietta were buried at Miller Cem. in Hendricks Twp. I'm not > sure when the first burial was at Miller. > Caleb Saunders married Sarah Jane Atwood 02 March 1843 in Johnson County, > IN. Your death date for Dorothy Delano Sanders is after this, so it may > not > be right unless Caleb divorced her. With all the spellings above, I've > spelled them just like the sources. > Note: My link to the Delano family is by the marriage of William W. GOFF > to > Sophiah DELANO 23 May 1837 in Shelby Co. IN. > Linda Read Chesser > lchesser4@insightbb.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phyllis Miller Fleming" <phyllis@shelbycountyindiana.org> > To: <INSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 6:36 AM > Subject: [INSHELBY] SANDERS > > >> From: "Rasmussen, Craig" fourrasmussen@netzero.net >> >> I am looking for information on Caleb Sanders and his first wife, >> Dorothy (Delano) Sanders. The Sanders were originally from Vermont and > moved >> to Shelby County, IN sometime in the early 1830s. >> >> Dorothy Sanders reportedly died in Shelby County (possibly in Jackson) on >> September 11 1843, but I have no information on where she is buried or > where >> her death date came from. Some people say she died in Marietta, but I > can't >> find Marietta in Shelby County. In the census, they are listed as living > in >> Jackson, like Dorothy Sanders' father and brother (Hibbard Delano Sr. & >> Jr.). >> >> Any information on Caleb or Dorothy Sanders would be greatly appreciated. >> After Dorothy died, Caleb reportedly married Sarah J. Atwood (possibly > there >> in Shelby County) but I have no record of when or where. >> >> I am most interested in finding out with documentation, when Dorothy > Sanders >> died and where she is buried. >> >> Any help would be wonderful. Thanks in advance. >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ >> >> >> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.15 - Release Date: 5/22/2005 >> >> >> ==== 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&targetid=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 > > ============================== > 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 > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.15 - Release Date: 5/22/2005 > >

--- Linda Chesser <lchesser4@insightbb.com> wrote: > Hanover Twp. Religious History > > >From History of Shelby County, Indiana Brant and > Fuller, 1887: > > > > "The Morristown Christian Church is the > outgrowth of the old Hanover Class, which was > organized in the latter part of the (eighteen) > thirties in a school-house which stood in Section > 23, Hanover Township. Many of the early members and > ministers were formerly Baptists, having been > constituent members of a society of that > denomination, which was established at the same > place as early as 1824. Rev. Isaac Benjamin having > renounced the creeds and doctrines of the Baptist > Church became one of the most earnest supporters of > the doctrines of the Church of Christ, and many of > the members left the old church and with him as > their pastor, organized the new. Among the most > prominent early members were the Coles, Stones, > Bloods, Dyers, and Caulkins. Elder Butler was > probably the first regular pastor after Benjamin. > Revs. Hollingsworth, Hurst, Hobb, Smith, > Dabbinspike, Franklin, Land, Ravens, Conner, > McDuffey, and Campbell all served the church in an > early day. In 1843, a ! > large frame church house was erected .". > > Since most members were from around Morristown, they > erected and dedicated a brick building there in > 1880. > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html

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/Bi.2ADI/547 Message Board Post: Trying to find anyone with info on John Smith family. He died in Shelby Co., IN. area after 1850. Married 1/ Mary Taylor, they had Solomon, John P., Elias P., and Elizabeth. Possibly others. married 2/ Matilda Gwinn who had 2 children from her 1st marriage to Thronhill Gwinn. May also have a connection to Joel Smith and Paul Smith.

I forgot to mention: In older times, say around the turn of the 20th century, people bought funery boxes and stored them until needed. My father told me they used them to store things in as well. Ethel Beard Simons

Lots of funeral homes were in the furniture business because they needed a steady income since people didn't die regularly. Ethel Beard Simons

Dear Craig, In 1830, Caleb Sanders is listed in the Vermont, Franklin County, Richford Twp. Census. In the 1840 Census for Shelby County, Jackson Township, Indiana there are listings for both Hubbard Deleno Jr. and Caleb Sanders. They are sprinkled among my relatives who are almost all buried in Patterson Cemetery in Jackson Twp. Marietta is in Hendricks Twp. near the border of Jackson Twp. and wasn't platted until the early 1850s. The other people listed near yours lived just south of what would become Marietta south to Mt. Auburn or "Black Hawk" and east to within a mile from Lewis Creek Village which is in Washington Twp. Besides Patterson Cemetery in 1843, other possible burial sites would include Conover Cem. and Mt. Auburn Cem. Many people who lived in and around Marietta were buried in Second Mt. Pleasant Cem. just across the Shelby Co. border on Sugar Creek in Johnson Co. Needham Twp. Later, most residents of Marietta were buried at Miller Cem. in Hendricks Twp. I'm not sure when the first burial was at Miller. Caleb Saunders married Sarah Jane Atwood 02 March 1843 in Johnson County, IN. Your death date for Dorothy Delano Sanders is after this, so it may not be right unless Caleb divorced her. With all the spellings above, I've spelled them just like the sources. Note: My link to the Delano family is by the marriage of William W. GOFF to Sophiah DELANO 23 May 1837 in Shelby Co. IN. Linda Read Chesser lchesser4@insightbb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phyllis Miller Fleming" <phyllis@shelbycountyindiana.org> To: <INSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 6:36 AM Subject: [INSHELBY] SANDERS > From: "Rasmussen, Craig" fourrasmussen@netzero.net > > I am looking for information on Caleb Sanders and his first wife, > Dorothy (Delano) Sanders. The Sanders were originally from Vermont and moved > to Shelby County, IN sometime in the early 1830s. > > Dorothy Sanders reportedly died in Shelby County (possibly in Jackson) on > September 11 1843, but I have no information on where she is buried or where > her death date came from. Some people say she died in Marietta, but I can't > find Marietta in Shelby County. In the census, they are listed as living in > Jackson, like Dorothy Sanders' father and brother (Hibbard Delano Sr. & > Jr.). > > Any information on Caleb or Dorothy Sanders would be greatly appreciated. > After Dorothy died, Caleb reportedly married Sarah J. Atwood (possibly there > in Shelby County) but I have no record of when or where. > > I am most interested in finding out with documentation, when Dorothy Sanders > died and where she is buried. > > Any help would be wonderful. Thanks in advance. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.15 - Release Date: 5/22/2005 > > > ==== 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&targetid=5429 > >

Ora Enos Spurlin, d 1950 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/obituaries/obit_spurlin.htm SULLIVAN MCCALIP YOUNG

From: "Rasmussen, Craig" fourrasmussen@netzero.net I am looking for information on Caleb Sanders and his first wife, Dorothy (Delano) Sanders. The Sanders were originally from Vermont and moved to Shelby County, IN sometime in the early 1830s. Dorothy Sanders reportedly died in Shelby County (possibly in Jackson) on September 11 1843, but I have no information on where she is buried or where her death date came from. Some people say she died in Marietta, but I can't find Marietta in Shelby County. In the census, they are listed as living in Jackson, like Dorothy Sanders' father and brother (Hibbard Delano Sr. & Jr.). Any information on Caleb or Dorothy Sanders would be greatly appreciated. After Dorothy died, Caleb reportedly married Sarah J. Atwood (possibly there in Shelby County) but I have no record of when or where. I am most interested in finding out with documentation, when Dorothy Sanders died and where she is buried. Any help would be wonderful. Thanks in advance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.15 - Release Date: 5/22/2005

Question. Was Isaac Gardner, Jr.'s widow, Dinah Macy or Dinah Folger? The Quaker records of Deep River MM, Guilford Co., NC show this: 1811,2,7. Dinah Folger, dt Latham & Matilda [Worth] [of] Stokes Co., m Isaac Gardner, Jr. They transferred to White Water MM in Aug. of 1815.