From Barb Huff: Mayberry TAGGART, d 1911

Eliza Anna RANSDALL Floyd Taggart Robbins, d 1935 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/obituaries/obit_robins.htm KENNEDY JOHNSON MINTON EMERY

Lourene RICE Hasecuster, d 2003 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/obituaries/obit_hasecuster.htm DAMPIER HUGHES

From Barb Huff: Distribution of heirs of Hiram Lee, 1892 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/courthouse/estate_records/est_leeh.htm COWEN

From Barb Huff: John RICE, died about 1836 Amended Petition for Final Settlement http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/courthouse/estate_records/est_ricej.htm COTTON SMITH KELLER CHRISWELL WOOD FUNK FARROW

From Barb Huff: Matilda Ann REED Meek Ransdall, d 1915 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/obituaries/obit_randall.htm LEMASTER JOHNSON KENNEDY

From Barb Huff for Bob McKenzie: Sarah ENSMINGER, d 1919 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/obituaries/obit_ensminger.htm TUCKER

Liz Redd iceangel1833@yahoo.com Looking for information on my mothers side of family, especially about her Uncle Harry Harlan Bassett who was born 1900 and died in 1926...Thanks for all help, Liz

Hi, I have the start of the 1840 Census for Shelby County on Genweb now, http://www.us-census.org/inventory/ just keep checking back, by next week I should have all the counties on there, long over due thanks again to Phyllis for your help with the cost. Sorry it's taken so long to get them done. Between my health and now my husbands it's been hard but I was determined I needed to get them finished proof read and get them done. My husband has Pulmanry Fibrosis and Usual Interstitatial Pneumonia and there is no treatment or cure for it. they gave him maybe 3 yrs. So if you have a prayer line I sure appreciate him being put on it. thank you Janet Franklin

From Barb Huff: minor heirs of James REED, dec'd http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/courthouse/estate_records/gdn_reed.htm John, James, Mary & Mildred, settled in 1880 The widow married an APPLEGATE

Mabel NEEB Thompson, d 2004 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/obituaries/obit_thompson.htm RICE COERS DWIGGINS LAMBERT RILEY MULLEN

Luther DURST, d 2005 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/obituaries/obit_durst.htm RICE DONAHUE STAATS DAVIS DUNCAN BOLINGER BOYER

Thank you so much for the Ensminger-Harrell marriage return transcription. I enjoyed it. Mary

Barb Huff transcribed a marriage "return" from 1883. This book is now in the Clerk's Office. Originally there were several of these books representing several years (Maurice Holmes transcribed them). This is the only original book I have ever seen. http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/courthouse/marriage_records/marriages_appl_ensminger.htm

From Barb Huff: Last will and testament of Hiram Lee, 1892 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/courthouse/wills/will_leeh.htm COWEN

From Darlene Palmer: Two pictures of downtown Morristown, 1940 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/pictures/pic_mrstwn2.htm 1925 Morristown HS "Domestic" Class (Home Ec) http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/pictures/pic_mrstwn3.htm Group of Morristown friends, 1914-1917 http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/pictures/pic_mrstwn4.htm Cherry - Nance - Smith photo http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/pictures/pic_cherry16.htm

Contributed by Michael Kirley: Alonzo Leora RICE, from _Who's Who in America: 1901-1902_ http://www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/biographies/bio_ricea.htm

Correction: Ezekiel A. Jackson and Eliza J. Parrish Addition: From what's on-line, I'd say most of the people who ever lived in the Fenns area are buried at Lewis Creek Baptist Cem. including the couple above. Numerous Swinfords, McCartys, Andrews, Harrells, Jacksons, Parrishes, Lees and others from as far away as Lewis Creek (Village) in Washington Twp. and the Geneva area in Noble Twp. are interred there. LRC

As far as I know I never have seen or heard of a Fenn's Chapel Cemetery. Maybe someone has it confused with Toner's Chapel Cem. just north of West SR 44 in Hendricks Twp. According to early obits and news stories, the citizens of Fenn's were buried at Miller Cem. to the west in Hendricks Twp., Lewis Creek Cem. or Winchester Cem. to the east on SR 9, or Parrish Cem. just to the south of Fenns in Shelby Twp. Maybe the Parrish Cemetery was also known as the Jackson or Fenn's Cem. too since people with those names all lived in the area. The Jacksons and Parrishes were related by the marriages of Ezekiel T. Jackson and Eliza T. Parrish in 1887 and of Charles Parrish and Margaret A. Jackson eight months later. Could this Parrish Cemetery have other names that I'm not aware of? Other than a few small plots like the Baumgartner Cem., I know I would have walked through Fenn's within the last 35 years if there were one. Right now, I can't lay my hands on the map that Kermit Money he! lped draw up. He had all the cemeteries in Shelby County identified but the newest plot which workers "recently" unearthed while digging near Shelbyville's water source in Hendrick's Twp. Has anyone ever put that info on-line? Yesterday afternoon, I drove south on Columbus Road 75 W through Fenns, past Parrish Cem. and Spurling Cem., turned West on 850 S into Lewis Creek (Village) past Patterson Cem. past where Coffman Cem. once was, past Mt. Auburn Cem. on 900 S and south on the Marietta Pike to St. George's Cem. on SR 252 which has a large new addition going up. I can think of no other drive that puts me in a Shelby Co. researching mood! I wish someone could raise money to place signs at each cemetery to identify them. A good example is the wooden sign placed by our Nail/Wray Association at the Old Center Union Church in Brandywine Twp.about 3 or 4 years ago. Even a green street sign at the edge of the road would be better than no identification at all. Linda Read Chesser lchesser4@insightbb.com

Lee, Olive, and other Swinford researchers, The Fenn's Chapel name came from the area where the family lived in Addison Twp. I am not sure where I received this information but, Phyllis looked up the burial site for Deborah Swinford for me several years ago. I am sure that I still have the email but it is stored on the old computer which I have not used recently. Since Phyllis did this look up for me, we have relocated to Winter Park, FL from Owensboro, KY and have a new email address. I am still researching but haven't had much time lately as I am employed by Anheiser-Busch Entertainment Co. in the merchandise department at Sea World. Maybe Phyllis can clarify the information she found for me or perhaps the message is in the archives. Sincerely, Diane Andrews Morris P.S. I am still looking for the parents of William P Andrews who married Jemima Swinford. He had a brother Edmund who resided in Liberty Township, Tipton Co. and sister Elizabeth who married a Fussellman and moved to Adams Co., IL. Lee Swinford wrote: >Thanks for your response Olive. I too have wondered about the children that >were born several years after William Swinford's death, because I had this >same death date in 1871 for him. > >Judging from Diane's information you included, it appears she has the same >conclusion about the father of this William Swinford as I've come to. I have >tried to tie two William Swinfords I have in my data together, with one that >was married to Nancy Harrell, but no father and mother in my data, and >another William Swinford that was the son of John Milton Swinford (my >ggg-grandfather). However, I have a son Everett P. Swinford of this second >William Swinford, and I have never seen Everett listed as a son of William >and Nancy (Harrell) Swinford. > >Do you know where the Fenn's Chapel cemetery is that Diane mentions as the >burial place of Deborah (Leach) Swinford? As I have said in earlier emails >to you and this distro I found Deborah's marker in the Parrish Cemetery west >of Lewis Creek Baptist Cemetery, but the marker now appears to be gone. > >Thanks so much for your assistance. > >Lee Swinford >Frisco TX > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Olee1@aol.com [mailto:Olee1@aol.com] >Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 11:16 PM >To: INSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] SWINFORD > >In a message dated 3/12/2005 9:08:59 PM Central Standard Time, >lswinford@usa.net writes: >Olive > >Do you by chance know the parent of Nancy Ann (Harrell) Swinford's husband? > >Lee Swinford >Frisco TX >Lee, > Since HARRELL is my line I have not researched much on her husband. I >know his name was William H. Swinford, b. Feb 24, 1845. > Cemetery Book of Shelby County, IN gives his date of death as Oct 20, >1871 >but his youngest children (twins Viola & William Louis) were born in 1875. > >Could it have been 1876 or 1877 instead of 1871 and just misread because >Nancy >never remarried? By 1880 she was widowed and she and her five children were > >living with her father, James Ellison Harrell. > >>From Diane <rmorri11@bellsouth.net> >"I believe this William is the son of Milton and Deborah Leach Swinford. >According to the 1870 census, he is 25 years old. According to the 1860 >census, living with Milton and Deborah is William, 15 years old. He >would be a younger brother to my ggrandmother, Jemima Swinford Andrews. >He was born in Harrison County, Kentucky. I know nothing further >concerning William. Deborah Leach Swinford is buried at Fenn's Chapel." > >William Swinford appears on 1870 census, Shelby Co, IN, Roll 357, page 128. > >Next door is Isaac Harrell, age 50 > >Olive > > >==== 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 > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > >==== 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 > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > >