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WHAT's NEW 2020 -- ENJOY :)


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GOALS for 2020 - great year - EVERYONE completed (thanks hubs for all the help)

1000 -1200 Obituaries -- Accomplished (1345)
Add MORE photos - at least 25 - Accomplished
Finish McKnight  diaries -  find other diaries to add  Accomplished
Add letters - Accomplished
Add 10 Who's Who folks  - YES - Accomplished

NEW in DECEMBER
OBITUARIES   132     Added:- (1345 year to date & 13,496  obituaries all totalled to date) : Names include:  Note: Some have multiple obits with one person --Abbott (George); Adams (Charles); Archey (William); Bales (Harold "Mike"); Bailey, Franklin P; Bainbridge, Sharon; Barth (Paul); Bales (Ila); Benefield (Zola); Bodine (Joseph, Robert); Bender (Fronia); Bilsland (Benjamin); Bogan (Margaret);  Boner (Maun); Bonebrake (Charles); Booe (Belle, Fannie, Myrtle); Bowers (Matilda) Boord (Marie); Bounnell (Emery); Brissey (James, Sally); Briggs (Wm. T); Bruce (Arrilia) Bruner (Lola); Cartwright (Sarah "Sally); Carmichael (Wm P); Carr (Helene); Carnes (Esau);  Carnahan (Joseph); Carpenter (Alice); Campbell (Glen, James, Wm. P); Clapp (Opal); Clark (Dora Olive, Minnie); Clodfelter (John Byron, Noah); Collins, (Randy, John and William); Coleman (Wm. B); Citizen (Margaret);  Coffing (Anderw; Ferman, Paul); Cooper (Alva, Cary, Cynthia, Dowie, Fern); Conner (Marlow); Cordrey (TE); Cotton (Freeman); Doyle (Emma); Duke (John, Albert, Charles); Evans (Arthur, Ed, John, Maggie); Fry (Benjamin "Franklin" Foreman (Maggie Brooks); Gray (Alice, Barbara, Claude, Cooper, DOrothy, Agner, Abner K, Homer, John A); Hankins (child of Homer); Haas (Elizaberth Minnick); Hadley (Bertha Davis; Keller (Annette, Howard); Lindley, Maggie Boner; McBroom (Andrew, Dean); McKnight (Stuart); Palin (Betsy); Pugh (Archie); Reichard (Roy); Scherer (Calvin); Shade (Charles, Elouise, Vera); Smith (Mark, Ray); Simpson (Charles Emmett; Sleet (William); Thompson (Kenneth, Nicholas); Waters (Charles E); Weber (Dorothy Fine); Weaver (Clarence, Johon; Elijah; Guy; Loretta); Warbritton, Jerry - Vietnam KIA - Wilkinson (Noah)); Williams (Jake);  Young (Betty); Zane (Sara);

Biographies 1   Added   (780 to date) Names: McKnight - 8 articles on Stuart McKnight;

TOWNS -     - - ( 112 to date ) - LOVE MORE :)  -

PHOTOS : _19_ Names include: -- (811 photos to date) = added Elouise Jane Remster Shade to her obit;Betty Young on obit; Clara Shanks Who's WHo - 7 photos; David Shoup - Who's Who - 2 photos; Thomas Edward McCall Who's WHo 1 photo; 7 photos added to the Covington Photo Album;


Divorces __6__ - - Duncan; Leeper; Ruthledge; Sims; Spies; Vice;

MILITARY :
            Revolutionary War= ____ -

             War of 1812:

         -- Civil War -   - =

             -- WWI : ____ -- - Names include:

              --WW II __  _ Names Include:

            --Korean War:   :  

           -- Vietnam War     : Added

MARRIAGES : _30   _ = --(23, 388 to date) to date:  Smith; Carson; Cook; Conner; Chard; Hayes; Jordan; Haines; Kelly; Patton; Romine; McClean; Patterson; Stanson ...

Alumni (Schools) _4 _ - (ytd = 24 ):  Early Hillsboro Ball team, unnamed; 3 early Newton Basketball players, unnamed;

NEWS ITEMS        --  (707) Names:  

BUSINESSES 6   (ytd=40)= Central National Bank, Attica; 2 articles on Newtown State Bank; and 3 articles on Hillsboro Bank

Recipes   3    = (YTD = 19 ) : Banana Bread; Hamburger Pie (from Waveland HS cooks); Peach Cobbler (oh, yum!!
Cemeteries     =  Added:  Link to BillionGraves.com;

Letters ___1_ -  Letter (4 pages) to Mrs. John Martin of Newtown, IN from Mrs. Lucy Flaugher;

Wills   1  = (YTD =2  )  Bowling

Blog and Facebook Pages:     :  (Total = 4) :   

Township Information     :  (YTD = 2)

Who's Who __10__ (YTD = 11) - Downing (Moses); Bolton (John David) ; Marshall (Henry H); Cruea, George; Shanks (Clara); Shoup (David Monroe); Thomas Edward McCall; Shoemaker, Loyd - WWI Casualty - Strean, Bernard - WWII fighter pilot


** ADDED THIS MONTH **  ** NOVEMBER 2020 **

OBITUARIES   100     Added:- (1213 year to date & 13,364  obituaries all totalled to date) : Names include:  Note: Some have multiple obits with one person --McAlister, McBroom, McCollum, McFeeley, McKay, McMahon, Meeks, Messmore, Messner, Miller, Mitchell; Munns, Mullen, Murdock, Myers, Roberts, Runyan, Robinson, Roach, Rusk, Sanders, Sandefur, Samuels, Sams, Sarjent, Stafford, Stockdale, Stansfield, Spencer, Stonebraker, Stonecipher, Ward, Warfield, Watkins, Washburn, Watson, Warren, Wilkinson

Biographies 1    Added   (780 to date) Names:  Purnell, Fred - added an article + 2 photos

TOWNS -     - - ( 112 to date ) - LOVE MORE :)  -

PHOTOS : _7_ Names include: -- (792 photos to date) = Fred Purnell (see his bio); Gilstrap, Charles Heber; Gilstrap, Dawson; Gilstrap, Martha Brown Ellmore; Gilstrap, John Harvey; Gilstrap, Nancy;

Diaries:  __3__ years   = Added 3 articles to Stuart McKnight diary



Alumni (Schools) _ 1 _ - (ytd = 20 ):  Covington Grade School, Grade 6 Class Photo with names;

NEWS ITEMS    14    --  (707) Names:  Frank Babb - convict; Mattie Stonebraker (added); Court House (burned); Newtown (fire); Clara Shanks x 9 article (murdered)


BLOG __ 1__ - Ancestry etc - grrrr!!

Recipes    1   = (YTD = 16 ) : Whooping Cough Remedy;
               
Churches = 2   = YTD=5) =  Added a 1892 photo of Osaborn Prairie Church, along with a historical sketch;

Cemeteries  1    =  Added:  Link to BillionGraves.com;

Letters __1__ -  Letter (4 pages) to Mrs. John Martin of Newtown, IN from Mrs. Lucy Flaugher;

Blog and Facebook Pages:     :  (Total = 4) :   

Township Information     :  (YTD = 2)

Who's Who __ __ (YTD = 1) - J


** ADDED THIS MONTH **  ** OCTOBER 2020 **

OBITUARIES   112     Added:- (1113 year to date & 13,264  obituaries all totalled to date) : Names include:  Note: Some have multiple obits with one person -- Ammerman (Estella, Richard); Barclay (Evelyn); Barkley (Martha Osborn Miller); Barnett (John, Lela); Barr (Carol); Barker (George O; Hollis);  Beck (John Paul); Bell (Ethel - Mr 1895); Bever (Mat); Best (James E); Bever (Alexander - CW; Catherine, Leo & Robert Earl); Bruner (Harold, John Lee, Joseph H); Alva; Laura Stephens; Charles; Cora Lee; Bromley (William); Dimmick (WInfield Scott); Darling (Richard, Hester); Darnell (Elfie, Elsie and Flora); Gray (Ella; Forrest; Frances Evelyn; Frank; Ella; Sarah; Lorene Swaim; Minerva Stonebraker; Aurila Bowman; Ben T; Abner S; John Harvey; Graham (James F); Groce (Flora, Harold); Gross (Arizon, Frank); Harper (Effie); Hendricks (Aveline, Chester, Howard); Hatt, John; Helbig (Amanda); Hibbs (Ira, Julia, Joseph, Simeon); Huddle (John 1892); Hutchins (Jennie Reynolds); Kennedy (Bert); Keefer (James); Keeling (Clifford, Eva, James, Jason, Richard, Robert);  Long (Sarah Jones); Lowe (Mr 1895 - anyone know him?); Ludlow (Austin); Latourette (Clarence, Henry, Mary); Lang (Wilma)Shafer (Howard, Wallace, Walter); Shaffer (Mary Bruner); Shamp (Chester - WWII; Mary Kennedy); Shelley (Minnie Livengood); Shoaf (Orville, Vergie - Hunt); Short (Am, Kate, Larry); Shultz (Herley, Nonroe, Viola); Shuler (Cordelia, Frank, John, Lacey + Photo) WWI/WWII; Sarah harlow; Willard)

Biographies 8    Added   (780 to date) Names:  Clickener, Cowan; VanDeventer; Shuler (multiple articles) + photo

PHOTOS : _9_ Names include: -- (785 photos to date) = Martin, Amos in front of his home (2 photos); Cronk, possibly William's father (help identify); 3 photos: an unidentitied family reunion, a group of lovely ladies and a posse of men; Lacey Shuler (see bio) - see Marriages - Bertha Ellis & Earl Shular - their engagement photos - so cool)

Diaries:  __4__ years   = The final entries (1949, 1950, 1951, 1952) of Stuart McKnights (thanks so very much Roxanne for letting me enter these on this sit)e !!

MARRIAGES : _ 20 _ = --(23, 358 to date) to date:  Allen (Mary & James Norman); Ellis (Bertha & Earl Shular + photos); Howard, Charles & Nancy Ward; Samuel Drollinger & Margaret Stevens; Thomas Stevenson & Margaret Richardson; Citizen Murdock and Jane Campbell; Max Wm. Myers & Mabel Wagoner; Anna Hatfield & James Sandefur; Gerald Snyder & Clara Lowe; Ruby Parker & Gayle Tipton


NEWS ITEMS    10    --  (693) Names:  Cole, Will - sells bowling alley; Watts Reunion; Sabrina SHoemaker 103; Coleman, Thomas - Assaulted; various articles on Grace McClarmrock - murder

BUSINESSES 2   (ytd=34)= Cut-Rite Meat - Attica; Buckle's House - Covington

Recipes   1    = (YTD = 16 ) : Whooping Cough Remedy;

Letters __1__ - 1852 from Hiram Reed (Covington) to his niece Angeline Snyde rin halifax PA

Wills   1 = (YTD =1  )  >  Archer, Isabel

Who's Who __ 1__ (YTD = 1) - John LaTourette




** ADDED THIS MONTH **  ** SEPTEMBER 2020 **

OBITUARIES   185     Added:- (1001 year to date & 13,152  obituaries all totalled to date) : Names include:  Note: Some have multiple obits with one person -- Abolt (Harry; Martha; Marion; Milford; Robert) Bever (Delbert); Bible (Richard); Brewer (Max); Burnside (Nancy); Carpenter (Charles); Cedars (Charles, Frank, Geroge, Goldie, Margaret); Bayless (Abijah); Bruner (Austin, Bobby); Bryant (Patricia - Vietnam) ; Carpenter (Josie); Chapman (Jap); Chestnut (Wm); Clark (Alwilda; Rufus); Cocoran (Wm); Clodfelder (Novella); Cowgill (Nina); Crane (Anna, Eva, Herbert); Cranmore (Melvin); Crane (inf); Creighton (Harry); Denman (Absalom; Jemima); Davis (Elija, Floyd); Dazey (Barnum; Charlie; Clifford; Essie; Harold; Sarah; Vera); Ellis (Willlie); Ewbank (Keith); Debard (Martin); Dearmond (Allie); Dearman (Grannie); Dazey (Verna); Dowden (James) Dice; Jacob; Ensminger (Mary); Farley (Donis); Fielder (Wilma + photo); Fenton (Wm); Ferguson (Hannah); Fry (Ben Franklin); Grubb (Harl); Gaskill (Herman); Glasscock (Thomas 1901); Grimes (Rachel); Gray (Howard - WWII); Guck (Millicent);; Henry (Francis F; Francis Fern; William H); Hetrick (Martha + photo); Hunt (Frederick); James (Lloyd); Jones (Hiram);  Krout (Addie Burks); Larue (Ruby); Lamb (Edward); Lowe (Bayless); Lively (Jane); Lucas (Alta Record - added); Luse (Rhoda, Jennie); McBroom (Clara, EMma, Rhoda); McKinney (Robert); McMillin (John);  Milford (Maria); Marlott (Albert, Bessie); Martin (Frank); Mead (Samuel); Murdock (John M); Myer (Simon); Myers (Delphine; Mary Grimes; Theopholis N; Norman (James Enos); Ogle, Lavina; Pickett (John 1895; John 1898; Lucy Fishero); Randles, Lowell; Shanks (Clara x 9); Shoaf (Florence; Mary Ann Sowers;Mary); Short (Kate); Short (Kate); Shaffer (George, Lucinda); Shanks (Lee); Shoemaker (Benson); Shelby (Oliver); Shultz (Thomas); Smith (dau of Ed; Eli L; Leota); Simpson (Elbridge); Spinning, Wm; Summers (Alvah T - 1938); Stonebraker, Otto; Suiter (Nathaniel); Suiters (John, Maude); Suitors (Ed, Florence, John Wesley); Swank (Ben, Daniel, Elmer, Forest, Lula); Swanson (John); Swearingen, Richard; Verrill (Tyler - added, explained); Volmer (Margaret); Watts (Anna, Joel); Wineinger (Lewis); Wilson (Lorain); Witt (Wm); Young (Mrs, Bryant; Dan; John 1937); Youngblood (Bithia Vangundy); Zick (Eva; Gerald; James Allen; Lillian; Margaret Sheetz); Palin, Charles C.;

Biographies  9   Added   (771 to date) Names:  Nebeker - Enos & George added articles; Shirk; Shippen; Ratcliff; Tinsley; White;

PHOTOS : _40_ Names include: -- (776 photos to date) = Barnum Dazey; Mary Osborn ; Martha Hetrick; Fender, Artie; Mitchell, Fred and wife Effie Bever; Meyers, Foreign and wife Jewel Starnes; Bever, Vivian; Goben, Paul and wife Vivian Bever; Bever, James Alan and wife Artie Starnes; Fielder, Wilma; Etter, Sgt. Frederick; Hutson, Jim; Hutson, Jenny Lou; Hutson, Parvin & Loreta Bever; Bever, Delbert; Martin, Amos and wife Hannah Palin (6 photos); Marlatt, Benjamin; Palin, Charles C.; Robinson, WP; Martin, Cora; Cronk Family; Marlatt, Elizabeth Wagner with Margaret Marlatt Hatton and Maria Marlatt Simons; Marlatt, Elizabeth; Martin John with wife Martha Zook Martin and daughter Dema Martin (Alfrey); Martin, Elmer (2 photos); Marlatt, Lydia Pearl Martin and sister; Marlatt, Lydia Pearl Martin with cousin or sister (3 photos); Marlatt, Lydia Pearl Martin (3 photos); Marlatt, Mary Todd mother of Dorothy; Cronk, Mother of William;

Divorces __2__ - - Reynolds (Archie-Carrie); McKinsey (Nancy - Henry)

Alumni (Schools) _ 10 _ - (ytd = 9 ):  1900 Cain Township Schools Commencement; 1934 Newtown High School Commencement (3 images);1912 Combined Mellott-Newton Commencement Program ( 2 Images); 1924 Combined Mellott-Newtwn Commencement Program (4 images);

NEWS ITEMS    27    --  (683) Names:  McBroom Brothers in trouble; Bever returns home after 13 years & healthy; Elam Curtis added; Hillsboro School disease closes; Fire - Courthouse; Osborn Mary - on trial for poisoning husband + Photo; Enoch Thompsons robbed; Messmore - 55th Anniv & Messmore reunion; 25th Anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. T. E. Martin; Marlatt, Encil - Old Hospital Statement; Newtown Bank - RObbery 1911; Hillsboro Cornet Band Gaddis Mary (100); Keith Ewbank military school; John Fosset shoots wife x 4; Attica Post Office x2

BUSINESSES 5   (ytd=32)= Attica Vulcanizing Company and Attica Telephone Company

Churches = 3   = YTD=3) =  Osborn Prairie Church;Shawnee Chapel United Brethren; Predestinarian Big Shawnee Baptist


** ADDED THIS MONTH **  ** AUGUST 2020 **

OBITUARIES 116      Added:- (816 year to date & 12,967  obituaries all totalled to date) : Names include:    Allen (Valentine); Ammerman (Harry); Bennett (Elijah); Black (Watson); Board (Allen; Brady (Nora); Bradshaw (William); Broderick (Catharine Jones); Clodfelter (John P); Coen (Susan); Clark (Awilda); Dazey (Edith; Henry; Luella; Pauline; Samuel B); Debruicker (Elizabeth - such a heart wrencher); Dobbels (Frank); Davidson (Lum); Eberle (Anna); Ehrie (Michael); Ellis (Mary Frazier); Ennis (Claudine); Eubanks (Jacob); Frazier (Jessie); Hail (Billy); Haines (Earl); Harper (Joseph); Hawkins (John); Henley (Max); Hegler (Edmund); Henry (John - Civil War); Harlow (Boss); Livengood (Solomon); Ludlow (Oral); Madigan (Marie); Martin (Rosetta); McMahan (Ivan - can't read my writing but I think I remembered that :); McNett (Mark); Nebeker (George; Enos); Nine (Magdaline, Alice); Nixon (Mary Hanson); Palmer (Daniel); Parker (Hiram); Phillips (Mike); Poynter (Elizabeth Reath); Oberly (George); Ogle (Charles D); Osborn (Hulda); Reynolds (Edwin); Riffle (John); Ring (Martha); Rivers (Pauline); Richard (Mrs. Lee); RUdicell (Sarah Spragg); Royal (C); Rynearson (RR); Robinson (Russell); Royer (Abram); Sams (Alva); Shular (Maude); Shoemaker (Sobrina  I want to know more about her); Small (Charles; William; Guy; Minnie; Mary; Purnelia); Smith (Ella, dau of Ed and Lorimer); Stacker (James R); Starnes (Irwin); Thompson (Charles, Clara, Daisy, Emma - oh my another unbelievable and sad case); Wade (Jennie, Sarah); Wendal (William A); Wagoner (Harriet); Walker (Clarence, Edith, Ernest, Jack, John W); Wall (Effie Meek); Wilbur (Mrs Harry); WInters (Rachel);

PHOTOS : _2_ Names include: -- (736 photos to date) = Livengood Reunion-1951; Booe, Ermine Hannah Underwood;  

NEWS ITEMS    6     --  (657) Names:  Shotts - school hacks; Amos Palin - insanity; Alex Curtis - arrested - Mark Edwards Fire; Co Poor Farm - gets electricity; Spainhower Jacob charged

BUSINESSES 3   (ytd=27)= Aloexander & Ratcliff; Rob Roy Flouring Mill; Wabash Clay Company

Recipes   8    = (YTD = 15 ) : Breads (Corn Pone; Buttermilk Biscuits; Mile High Biscuits and Pancakes/Waffle recipe).  Main Dishes (Pizzaburgers; Beef BBQ; Coney Island Sauce); Desserts (Peach-Apple Dump Cake

Links  1   = (YTD = 2) =  LDS Genealogy -- Indiana Genealogy;


** ADDED THIS MONTH **  ** JULY 2020 **

OBITUARIES  119     Added:- (770 year to date & 12,851  obituaries all totalled to date) : Names include:  Allenduff (William); Ammerman (Harry); Armstrong (Jennie); Anders (Fred); Angelmyer (Robert); Auter (Lula); Arvin (George); Anderson (James - photo); Archer (Nettie; Allen (Malcolm); Allen (Emery; Emma); Babb (Dewey); Barkley (Della); Bell (Lucy); Best (Charles); Bernarte (Allie, Frank); Bever (Gilbert); Bonebrake (Hardy); Bowman (Arista); Branz (Burl); Brewer (Larry); Brier (Gordon, Thelma); Brown (Helen) ; Brock (Sarah); Campbell (Wilbur); Carter (Mary Tuggle); Caldwell (Eulalia); Chamberlain (Hazel); Carter son of Hiram; Cecil (Elizabeth); Clark (Jean Auter); Clingan (Leatha); Clawson (Arthur, Charles); Coffing (Robert); Crawford (Lois Snyder); Cox (Russell); Crumley (Roy); Dork, Charles (changed name to DARK); Dickson (Emma); Dilling (Arthur); Divan (Norman; Drane (Mary Allen); Dyson (Delmar);; Fields (Earl); Fines (Isa); Fisher (Bessie Auter); Frances (Gene); Furr (Sandy, Virginia); Gallolwa (Linda Warrick); Goff (Frank); Greer (John V); Grundon (Benjamin); Harper (Fred, Thomas); Hartle (Lloyd); Hiller (Bret); Hillyer (Delmas); Hines (Clara): Hodges (Elsie); Hollis (Cecil); Huddle (John); Johnson (Evalyn Weppler); Jonas (James A); Keller (Helen); Kenner (Marie Lloyd); Kesner (Barbra Clark); LaFoe (Janice); Lamb (Virgil); LaPerle (Mildred); Letsinger (Maggie); Linn (Harry L); Linzie (Clarence); Livengood (Minnie WIlkinson; Oscar Ray; Troy Preston); Mears (Russell); Merrill (Mary clinton); Miller (Eli; Samuel William; Vola); Morris (Minnie Stultz); Morgan (Edward); Myer (Frank); Myers (Franklin; Hattie); Pattengale (Sarah Eans); Pickett (Clara); Poet (Florence); Ponder (Luther); Purple (John E); Sams (Hershel; Orval; Wreatha); Schmid (Peggy); Sherrill (Garner "Bill") Shoaf (Avanelle); Sowers (I. Elmer); Spear (Dave); Stelk (Alfred); Stembaugh (Mary Ellingwood); Starnes (Irwin); Stiles (Rachel DOyle); Stewart (Paul); Stone (Alma Wilt); Thompson (John, Katie); Toney (Betty Tallman); Townsend (Paul); Towell (Linda SMith); zuck (Catherine; Ernest; Lottie; Martha; Pearl; William E 1908; 1980).  

Biographies  1   Added   (763 to date) Names:  Diary on John McBroom, "Something for Tommorrow";

PHOTOS : _31_ Names include: -- (734 photos to date) = Attica aerial view of Paull Dresser Bridege 1924; Post card of early Municipal Light and Water Power Station; Street Depart 1928; 2020 Electric Substation; Riverside Elevator; Riverside Stone Quarry; Riverside Railroad Station; Riverside Store; Riverside United Brethren Church;  -- in obituaries - Anderson, James - Brier, Gordon; Thelma; Chamberlain (Hazel); Tinder, Arlie; 8 new photos to the "James Washington Rice Family"; Marlatt, Encil Newman and Maxine Cronk-Family (3 Photos); Marlatt, Newman and Pearl Martin-Family (6 Photos);

Diaries:  1  = In Biographies under [Diary on John McBroom, "Something for Tommorrow"];

Divorces __3__ - - Nash; Reed; Roberts

MILITARY :-- WWI : __4__ -- - Names include: 2 photos of inductees and 2 articles accompany;

Alumni (Schools) _ 5 _ - (ytd = 19 ):  Stone Bluff School (4 photos); Sulpher Springs School (1 photo);

NEWS ITEMS   10      --  (651) Names:  Stull (shooting) - Kerr (50th anniv) Renaker (Reunion); Smallpox; Shultz - Dodge (eloped but he's married) - Stolen sort of baby - interesting but lengthy tale if you're interested - Goelet; McElwee; Buchanan; Myers

Recipes  4     = (YTD = 7 ) : for a happy day; Hoe Cake; Bread Pudding; Caramel Corn;
             
Churches = 2    = YTD=2) = Riverside United Brethren Church; Attica Eangelical Lutheran - article


** ADDED THIS MONTH **  ** JUNE 2020 **

OBITUARIES 125      Added:- (651 year to date & 12,732 obituaries all totalled to date) : Names include:  Allen (Keith); Barker (John); Bender (Lucy); Bowman (Leslie - Vietnam; Elliott));  Booz (Frank);Brier (Burge); Bruner (Harry); Cardiff (Ed); Cates (Harriet); Catterson (Harold); Chambers (Esther); Clark (Arthur); Coleman (Donald); Cooper (James); Courtney (Joseph); Dice (Charles); Douglas (James - Vietnam); Dove (Gilbert); Drake (Myrtle); Drane (Mary); Farra (Loren); Faulkner (Earl - Vietnam); Fine (David); Foster (Robert); Frazier (Mary); Grady (Helen); Green (George - Vietnam; Della); Hardesty (John); Herndon, Paul; Howard (Samuel - Vietnam); Holmes (Ab); Hushaw (Samuel); Hutts (Ralph); Hurych (Charles, Mary); Keeling (Sarah; Sylvester); LaTourette (Greg); Lefton (Carmen; Raymond); Livengood (Thomas); Linville (William); Lynch (Ray); Long (James); Lowe (Grace); Mayfield (Waldron); McClure (Rosa); McMillian (Henry); Menifee (James) Miller (Bryce); Moffet (Evelyn); Nebeker (Richard); Nolen (Paul - Vietnam); Oland (Jacob; Harold; Josephine); Ottinger (Geneva); Osborn (Edith); Paugh (Braden, Burton, Myrta); Piske (Leora); Payton (Kenneth) Reichard (John); Richardson (Wm); Risk (Martha); Robinson (Isaac); Sears (Clarence); Santmyre (Charles); Schultz (Elizabeth); Smith (Ronald Eugene - Vietnam; Ray Kenneth); Snelling (Beulah); Snider (Laura; Leotha); Staver (Mary); Sowers (Claudie; I. Elmer; Roy); Snyder (Howard); Songer (Elsie);; Solomon (Minerva); Sorters (Mark); Southard (Melvin); Spaulding (Charles); Stilwell (Thomas); Stafford (Lucinda); Souers (Bert); Sorenson (Eunice); Southgate (Alva); Sparling (Edward); Vogt (William) Warbritton (Jerry - Vietnam); Wade (Adolphus); Watts (Charles); Wickens (Frank); Young (Herschel);

PHOTOS : _ 5 _ Names include: -- (704 photos to date) = Jerry Warbritton (Vietnam); Paul Nolen (Vietnam); James Douglas (Vietnam); Lefton (Raymond); Weigle (Lucille - obit)

MILITARY : -- Civil War -1   - = Lt. Col. McManomy - home
           -- Vietnam War 8    : Added the 8 who died in the war.  Most have obituaries and photos (obit # added in total and photos added in Photo #) -- Rest in Peace and thank you for the ultimate sacrifice for our country (Leslie Bowman; James Dale Douglas; Earl Faulkner; George Curtis Green; Samuel Howard; Paul Nolen; Ronald Eugene Smith; Jerry L. Warbritton)  

Alumni (Schools) _ 3 _ - (ytd = 14 ): 1936 Kingman Sectional Champions; Newspaper article on the Sectional win; 1958 Kingman Basketbaal game photo;

NEWS ITEMS    6     --  (641) Names:  Bittenbender; Booe; Hibbs; Hays; Poor Farm; Richardson

BUSINESSES 8   (ytd=24)= Evans & Slavens-Attorneys at Law; Collon James-Livery; California Exchange Grocery store; Hoosier Machine Shop; Mathias Miller-Groceries & Liquors; H. G. Ristine-Notary Public; Tyler & Ristine-Attorneys; Union Hotel;


** ADDED THIS MONTH **  ** MAY 2020 **

OBITUARIES 112      Added:- (526 year to date & 12,607 obituaries all totalled to date) : Names include:  Adams (Margaret); Allen (Viola); Anderson (Swantu); Andrews (Clarence); Applegate (Aaron); Bailiff (Stefanie); Bates (Bonnie); Beavers (Bill); Bennett (Inez); Boyd (Patricia); Brier (Donald); Buxton (George); Carter (J. Houston); Cating (Sarah); Chafin (Lee); Clark (Doris; Harry; Jesse "Tom" and Myrtle); Coats (Elmer); Coen (Isaac); Cole (Russell); Conner (Kathleen); Copner (Sarah); Crowder (Beverly); Davis (Albert); Davidson (Dale); Delp (Ima); Docterman (Henry); Edwards (Charles); Engle (Bennett): Easley (Grace); Epps, Wm. HH; Elmore, John; Everson, Luella Layson; Ferguson (Wm); Francis (Gene); Fullenwider (Robert); Garrigus (Robert); Gray (Jerry);  Hawkins (Leslie; Goldie; Walter); Helms (Veeder); Hoskins (Fred O); Joynes (Blanche); Keller (Manson); Livengood (Austin; Amanda Brant; Amanda Andrews;  Clarinda; Ernest; Edward; John; Leota; Martha; Sarah; Thomas; Lahr (Eugene); Lewis (Elizabeth Johnson); Lindquist (Tom); McCoy (Wm); McKinney (Barney); McKnight (Grace, Isaac and Stuart); Moore (Harlan); Munson (Edgar); Myers (Catherine Fine; Frances Baldwin); Newton (Mary Hesler); Newnum (John; Louisa); Norton (Blanche); Odore (Yvonne); Oilar (Ruby, Virgil); Payne (John); Ponder (Betty); Pundt (Edward); Randall (Wm); Rainey (John Lester); Scribner (Ruth Held); Scheurich (Helen); Schutz (Ellen); Sewell (WCB); Shular (Maude, Mary); Sheehan (Edwina); Slauter (James);  Smith (Margaret Trueblood);   Spence (John Leslie); Stewart (Adria); Starling (James A); Stoup (Dollie); Stucker (Marion); Verhey (Bernard); Warbritton (Flavius); Watts (Edith); Wertz (Harry); LaBAW, Samuel;

Biographies  1   Added   (762 to date) Names:  Grimes, Charles C.

PHOTOS : _ 11 _ Names include: -- (699 photos to date) = Allen (Viola with obit); Bailiff (Stefanie with obit); Brier (Donald - with obit); Gray (Jerry with obit) Odore (Yvonne with obit);  Schutz (Ellen with obit); Veedersburg EUB Church; Veedersburg Iron Bridge; Veedersburg Downtown, north on Main Street (2); Hillsboro Mill (added another photo to album); White Family Home updated with possible idents for people, circa 1860s;

Divorces __2__ - - Ellis; Nicklas

MILITARY :
           --WW II __5  _ Names Include: Marvin E. Dickson; Photo of Billy Krug on his KIA page; Both sides of Billy Krug's Registration Card; Listing from "The Pintus" of VHS Alumni serving in WW II;

Alumni (Schools) _ 1 _ - (ytd = 11 ): Sterling School Building;

NEWS ITEMS     5    --  (635) Names:  Drake - murder trial; Booe stolen meat; Ratcliffe arrested in NY; Richardson lost eye; Stump bandit

BUSINESSES 8   (ytd=16)= Fountain Foundry-1958 Bindery; Centre Bank; Cardinal Cafe (2); Fountain Foundry (current Building operation); INDOT Garage; BMV License Branch; Creamier;

Recipes   1    = (YTD = 3 ) : Welsh Christmas Pudding (desserts - yum)
             
Churches =  3   = United Brethren Church-Veedersburg; Phanuel Lutheran Church (Church & Plaque);

Family Bibles  1   = (YTD  =1  ) = Gallagher (thank you Don)


** ADDED THIS MONTH **  ** APRIL 2020 **

OBITUARIES  112     Added:- (12,495 obituaries to date) : Names include:  Abernathy (David); Auter (Peter); Baker (Nikke); Barnhart (Keith); Baumgart (Chris); Bell (Christel); Barker (Martha); Bilsland (Mary; Earl Rudolph); Bixler (Debra Opperman + photo); Boggs (Lorama); Bowers (Lucille); Bowles (Rev CJ); Bowman (Joseph W); Boyd (Margaret); Burton (Dorothy); Budd (Marjorie); Carlson (Cleo); Catterson (Patrick); Carver (Mary Hatton); Carithers (Margaret added to); Clarkston (added to Wm.); Clawson (Frank Pershing); Cole (Forrest); Corey (Gladys); Cox (Billy); Cullop (Twila); DeBord (Katherine); Drollinger (added to Tressie's); French (Pauline Cain); Gerard (Shelby); Gilliland (Hester McKinney); Gose (Donna); Grubb (added to James Ernest); Hackj (Frances); Haniford (Michael); Henry (Alfred) Heath (Ina Lewis); Hetfield (Frank); Horton, Robert K.; Hughes, James Richard III; Huston (Floyd); James (Clova); Jo9hnson (Cal T); Jones (Darrell; James W); Kemps (Gary); Kreusch (Eliza); Krug (Russell); Layden (Bernice); Little (Daryl); Linker (Marie); Lower (Albert; Amanda; John Virgil); Livengood (John 1936); McKinney (Alice; Janet Gray); McMurtry (Dallas - added); Marsh (Bud); Middleton (Leah); Milligan (Robert F); Minnick (Clarence Earl); Mycroft (Robert); Mitton (Marvin Dean); Miller (James W; Mary Joanne); Mullendore, ALice; Morgan, Robert; Nixon (James L; Lucy); Painter (Helen); Pender (Hugh); Perry (added to Virginia); Purple (Anna); Robertson (Norman); Rose (Kenneth); Richardson (Andrew; Elizabeth; William Albert; Oscar; George A; Virginia; Maggie; Isaac; Myrta added; Manford; Riley; Sarah Little); Shamp (George); Shonkwilder (Russell); Simons (Ethel); Sigman (Red); Sisk (Mayme added to); Sipes, Jessie; Shoaf (Delbert; Jimmy); Snyder (Ralph); Thomas (Martha); Tibbett (Robert Eugene); Tomlinson (Clara); Wilson (Bruce); Walter (Nina); Ward (Mary Briney).   

Biographies    2 Added   (761 to date) Names:  Burbridge; Foxworthy - added to both

PHOTOS : _ 7  _ Names include: -- (689 photos to date) = Hillsboro Business Street; Hilllsboro - Rat Row -- includes FM Pitman Livery and old Hotel - about 1910; Covington 1911 Graduation program; Hillsboro HS; Kingman Indiana; Covington I. O. O. F. (Odd Fellows) building; Bixler (obit)

Divorces ___15_ - - Adams; Bell; Bever; Carter; Clark; Delp; Henderson; Herschberger; Little; Meharry; Mendenhall; Mattingly; Martin; Holland; Foreman

MARRIAGES : _ 6 _ = --(23, 338 to date) to date:  Barkley; Bloom; Cunningham; Glassock; Lough; Stebbins

Alumni (Schools) _ 3 _ - (ytd = 10 ): Hillsboro HS before gymnasium; Covington 1911 Graduation program; Cates School;

NEWS ITEMS      4   --  (630) Names:  Ratcliff; Rabb; McNeil; Keller

BUSINESSES 6   (ytd=8)= Mudlavia Hotel (5 new photos); Hillsboro Grain, Inc;

Recipes   1    = (YTD = 2 ) : Cherry Dump Cake


** ADDED THIS MONTH **  ** MARCH 2020 **

OBITUARIES 100      Added:- (12,383 obituaries to date) : Names include:  Abernathy; Adair; Adams; Adamson; Allen; Barker; Blacketer; Blair; Briles; Burch; Bookwalter; Cable; Chumley; Cobb; Cory; Cotton; Cooper; Evans; Funk; Fulton; Ferguson; Garrett; Galloway; Gordon; Haga; Hall; Hagel; Hatton; Hegg; Herman; Himes; Hutson; Jackson; Jenkins; Kerr; Lefton; Land; Lowe; Livengood; Leaf; Larson; Maguire; Mullen; Mitchell; Mauck; Nixon; Newsom; Parrett; Phillips; Pierce; Purviance; Powell; Phelps; Pritchard; Reeser; Robbins; Rucker; Rush; Shade; Sherrill; Simms; Sloan; Shaffer; Smith; Stratton; Stamm; Starkey; Sprinkle; Spear; Thomas; Tipton; Truitt; Walter; Weber; Wallace; Wantland; Wood; Wheeler; Watkins

TOWNS -  1   - - ( 112 to date ) - LOVE MORE :)  - Lodi Park

PHOTOS : _ 3  _ Names include: -- (683 photos to date) = (in obits) - Theda Blair; Ryan Garrett; Helen Mitchell



** ADDED THIS MONTH **  ** FEBRUARY 2020 **

OBITUARIES  101    Added:- (12,183 obituaries to date) : Names include: Anderson (Amelia); Babb (Frank); Barnhart (JoAnn); Bensyl (Maxine); Blanton (Anna); Booe (Larry); Briner (Maxine); Byers (Velma); Bugle (Harold); Bodley (John); Carlson (Frank; Hansel); Chase (Richard); Carter (KIeziah); Carpenter (Eliz 1917); Clark (Cleo Edward); Connor (John Frnaklin); Covault (Rosemary); Cranmore (Manford); Deth (Francis); Dare (Marvin); Deeter (Harry); Dearment (Robert); Dice (Walker); Dill (Maxine); Ellis (Chancie); Fahl (Marie); Furr (Everett); Fossett, Emma; Grant (William) Gunderson (Alice); Harrison (Pauline); Harris (Alfred); Hightower (Thomas); Holladay (Barbara); Holmes (Eulalia); Hill (Sam); Holt (Cecil); Howard (Eric); Johnson (Mary); Kinnamon (Lillian); Kesler (James) Kingen (Ruby); Lawson (Joe); Leighty (Almeda; James; Joseph; Samuel); Lindley (Alonzo); McClure (Rita); McAlister (WT); Marquess (Robert; Carolyn Funk); Manford (Russell); Myers (Herman D); Nelson (Glen; Doris); Newlin (Levi); Oilar (Irma); Patton (David); Pearson (Orville); Randolph (Aileen); Rentz (George); Rich (Mary); Riley (Margaret); Roberts (John Q); Robison (Earl); Rush (John H); Smith (Carl); Skelley (Wm); Schultz (Judith); Shoaf (Dewitt); Simmerman (Nancy); Specker (Anna); Spencer (Anna); Swanson (Flossie); Sollars (Ann); Stevens (John W); Swisher (Clyde); Stout (Lina); Tuggle (JM); Tibbets (Frank); VanHook (Mary); Verhey (Harry; W. Lorane; Mary Serie); Wade (Elmer); Ward (Charles Bertram); Weaver (Maude Shade);

Biographies  1   Added   (759 to date) Names:  Bailey, Washington

PHOTOS : _ 24  _ Names include: -- (680 photos to date) = Kiger, John R.; Price, Bethany; 2 Unknown men at Cooper's Chapel 1958; Keefe, Tom; Denhart, Tom with mushroom; In schools photo of ?Perrysville? baseball team with John Crouse; B. D. Hughes & Thomas Edward Denhart; Bossaer (Betty - obit); Booe (Larry -obit)' Byers (obit); Dobbs (Ella to obit); Keith Gouty (obit); Haddock (Helen - obit); McDaniel (Noah - obit); Messick (Arnold); Paxton (Cheryl - obit); Smith (obit); Sullivan (Catherine - obit); VanHook (obit); Verhey (Alan  obit); Washington Bailey - in biography ; Hillsboro 1994 Fire (thanks Jeff B)

MARRIAGES : _ 18 _ = --(23, 332 to date) to date:  Beaver; Duncan; Harris; Kineer; Lester; Rabb; Simonton; Peed; Minnick; Miller; Marquess; Verhey; Shoaf; Wade

Alumni (Schools) _ 1 _ - (ytd = 7): photo of ?Perrysville? baseball team with John Crouse; B. D. Hughes & Thomas Edward Denhart;

NEWS ITEMS    4     --  (626) Names:  Kerr (birth); Ratcliff (birth); McGaughey - mayor; Hillsboro Elevator Fire 1994 (thanks to Jeff B - see photos)

DEATH RECORDS: 1    =YTD  = Ward, Charles Bertram - in his obit

Links  1   = (YTD = 1) = Attica Girls/Boys Alumni Facebook page;

Township Information     :  (YTD = 2)



** ADDED THIS MONTH **  ** JANUARY 2020 **

OBITUARIES 101    Added:- (12,082 obituaries to date) : Names include: Anno; Baker; Beasley; Beedle; Beisecker; Bowman; Breeding; Brennan; Chapman; Clark; Clouse; Clawson; Coleman; Coffing; Cox; Conner; Cronkhite; Cunningham; Davis; Dillon; Dice; Delp; Demoret; Dice; Drake; Eberly; Evans; Fenters; Gearhart; Graham; Goodrick; Gustus; Hazelrigg; Head; Hambright; Hanthorn; Hammer; Hamilton; Hicks; Hesler; Hetrick; Hershberger; Horath; Hurst; Hutchins; Jones; Likens; Linn; Lawson; Laube; Lucas; Martin; Mediate; Mussche; Montgomery; McSweeney (Sweeney); Odeneal; Pardonner; Philpott; Porter; Ramey; Rogers; Royal; Sanders (photo); Smith; Sprinkle (photo); Stockdale; Stewart; Stultz; Thomas; Thompson; VanDervolgen; Ward (photo); Wann; Whittington; Wilson; Williams; Whittaker

TOWNS -  3   - - ( 111 to date ) - LOVE MORE :)  - Antioch; Hardy's Corner; Strader's Station; additional information on Maysville of 2 photos showing PLATTING Monument;

PHOTOS : _7  _ Names include: -- (660 photos to date) = 5 in obituaries (see above); Rice, James & Florence Family; Atkinson, Rubt Edna Briney;

Divorces __1__ - (in News) -Bowers

MARRIAGES : _4  _ = --(23, 314 to date) to date:  Cramer; Henderson; Hybarger; Vyse

Alumni (Schools) _ 6 _ - (ytd = 6): Wallace High School-Billfold Schedule Card 1963-64; Antioch School / students-2; Hall School / students; Roberts Scholl/students; Kerr School/students;

BUSINESSES 2   (ytd=2)= Wagner Sawmill; Weigle Sawmill;

Recipes   1    = (YTD = 1 ) : Blizzard Bites;
             
Churches =  3   = Photos of Antioch Free Methodist; Roberts Chapel Methodist; Salem Baptist;

Links  1   = (YTD = 1) = Attica Girls/Boys Alumni Facebook page;

Township Information  2 :  Early maps of Davis and Logan Townships showing cemeteries, churches and schools;


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