What's New 2021
WHAT's NEW 2021 -- ENJOY :)
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GOALS for 2021
1000 -1200 Obituaries --
Add MORE photos - at least 20 more
Work on births in Fountain
Add more marriages
Add at least 5 Who's Who folks
** ADDED THIS MONTH ** ** DECEMBER 2021 **
OBITUARIES 52 Added:- ( obits this year to date _1208__ & Total obits on the site: 14,680 Names include:Bell (Joseph, Rosa); Black (Leolia); Bly (JM); Davis (Harry; Lee); Davidson (Albert, Samuel Hugh); DeSutter (Edward, Catherine, Francis); DePover (Paul); DeBruicker (Vincent); Dell (Anna); Drake (George William); Detchon (Herman, John); Gilkey (Robert); Grady (Matt); Graves (Joseph); Gray (James B); Grimms (Myrtle); Hart (IW); Hatton (Charles "Ed"); Haupt (Isaac); Hayes (Martha Colclazer); Heath (John G); Kemp (Reuben, RObert); Kempf (Gary); Keeling (John H); King (Anna Belle); Ocheltree (Elizabeth Coffing); Ogle (Ethel Myers; Samuel); Overfelt (Helen Florey); Sowers (Henry); Sumner (Will H); Sumner (Fern Harvey); Sutger (Charles); Swafford (Sarah)
WPA BIRTHS: 764 ( 2,663 SINCE REBUILDING) Additions, corrections and/or updates: To include: Doane; Dobbles; Dobbs; Dodge; Dodson; Dolph; Dowaldson; Dowahue; Doran; Dosier; Doss; Doster; Dotson; Dotty; Doughtery; Douglas; Douglass; Dove; Drake; Dreher; Drella; Drollinger; Duchene; Dudley; Duffield; Dunbar; Duncan; Dunkin; Dunlap; Dwyer; Dyson; Earl; Earnhart; East; Eckhart; Edwards; Edwards/Zimmerman; Ehrie; Eickleman; Ellenbarger; Ellingwood; Elliott; Ellis; Ellison; Ellmore; Elston; Elwell; Emerick; Emmons; Ennis; Ennis; Ensminger; Ephlin; Epperson; Erickson; Erwin; Estabrook; Etchison; Evans; Evers; Ewart; Ewbank; Ewing; Fannin; Farrell; Faust; Fay; Fenters; Ferguson; Ferling; Feuerstein; Fewry; Fine; Fink; Finney; Firebaugh; Fisher; Flake; Fleenor; Fletcher; Flora; Florey; Flowers; Floyd; Fogleman; Foley; Foreman; Forrest; Foster; Fouts; Fowler; Fox; Foxworthy; Francis; Franklin; Frankeberger; Frazee; Frazier; Fretz; Frenen/Luneman; Frey; Fugate; Fruits; Frost; Frooedge; Fugazzi; Fulton; Funk; Furr; Fye; Galbert; Gallagher; Galloway; Gambold; Gardner; Gamble; Garrett; Gayler; Gebhart; Gentry; Gerard; Gerhard; Gilbert; Fitch; Gill; Gillis; Gillfillien; Gilmore; Gilkey; Glascock; Givens; Glaspey; Glover; Goddard; Gonterman; Gooden; Goodin; Goodman; Goodwin; Gookins; Gordon; Gose; Gossett; Gott; Gouty; Grady; Graham; Grandstaff; Grannell; Graves; Gray; Green; Greenly; Greenley; Grenard; Grider; Griffin; Griffith; Grigson; Grimes; Griner; Groce;Groendyke; Grove; Groves; Grubb; Grubbs; Guinn; Gumert; Gunckle; Gustus; Guthrie; Guy;
MILITARY :
-- Civil War - 1 - = Story of Tilghman H. Jones, private (includes photo);
Alumni (Schools) _ 9_ - (ytd = 522 ): New photo of Veedersburg High School; 3 photos of Stone Bluff School; Covington School; 2 photos of Mellott School; Ray School; Color photo of Sterling School;
NEWS ITEMS 3 -- (827) Names: Berry - father of the street fair (neat article); Nice article on the News page under Fountain County History; Covington wild times - 3 articles
Churches = 1 = YTD=6= Added information on Beulah Church, School and Cemetery, along with the surrounding area;
Blog and Facebook Pages: 1 : (Total = 7) : New BLOG posting as of 5 December 2021;
** ADDED THIS MONTH ** ** NOVEMBER 2021 **
OBITUARIES 144 Added:- ( obits this year to date _1156__ & Total obits on the site: 14,628 Names include: Aldridge (JC); Ansberry (Martha Black); Blakely (Oliver + photo - CW); Bly (Walter); Boord (Frederick, Paul); Briner (Czar); Buickley (Michael); Brimberry (Leah); Briney (Lessie Auter; Brooks (Raleigh); Cadwallader (Covey); Carpenter (Arthur, Ernest); Carr (Amos); Clarkson (Susan); Clawson (Arthur; Arthur Jr - pics); Cooper, Wm EG; Cordell, Leah Deeter; DeBruicker, Philomina; Douglas, Wm C - died in WWI) Glascock, Tom D; Gressmore, Roy; Hendricks (s/o Wesley; Clara; Henry (Nellie, Harriet, Wilber); Hershberger, Pearl; Hoar, Jake; Jones (Clark, Della, John, Lucinda; Martha and Nellie); Julian (Ezra, Nancy); Kay (John); Krout (Mary Linebaugh; Koonse, child; Kyle (John R); Krout (Kenneth KIA WWII; Laid (William H.; Lucas (Glen); McMannomy (James - Mex War); McBroom EK; McClure (Matthew); McMahon (Frank); McCarty (Tressa Sowers); Moffett (James G); Montgomery (Isaac); North (William); Newell (Nellie); Oxley (Mrs. Henry - anyone know her? - Charles; Austin; Harold); Ingold Orr; Williams, Belmont Pleasant - last survivor of Mexican War here); Wood, Aaron; Waldrip (Enid, Guy); Westfall (Ivy Dell); Shular (Cora); Remster (William); Quirk, Bob; Parish (Harry V); Phebus (Jane); Sowers (James A; James M; Jefferson; Emily Sample - tornado deaths); Mary Pickett; Stivers, William - these were added a bit later but still in November -- Cates (Herschel, Keith); Cason (George, WIlliam P); Clawson (George Clark); Coffing (Homer J); Cole (Alvin); Collins (Treva); Clouse (Paul Robert); Clem (Zacariah); Cox (Ethel Lynn); Cowgill (Salon); Cord (Ed); Cory (Arista); Cooper (Floyd Herbert); Colton (Florence); Cronkhite (Clara); Crawford (John Sr); Cox (Norris Wayne); Craft (Mike, Nhettie, Jesse ); Crowder (John S); Cresse (Luetta); Crumley (Albert);
BIBLE - Truman
Biographies 2 Added (8012 to date) Names: Savage; Palin
WPA BIRTHS: 761 ( 1,909 SINCE REBUILDING) Additions, corrections and/or updates: To include: Clark; Clawson; Claypool; Clem; Clement; Clements; Clift; Cleveland; Clodfelder; Clodfelter; Coats; Clore; Clouse; Coal; Coffing; Cobb; Cole; Coleman; Collins; Colvert; Comer; Colwell; Congeleton; Connell; Conover; Cook; Cooke; Cooksey; Coombs; Coon; Coonse; Cooper; Copeland; Cory; Corey; Cord; Cornett; Correll; Correy; Cottrell; Covault; Cowgill; Cox; Coy; Crabb; Craft; Vraner; Craig; Crain; Crane; Cranmore; Crawford; Crayton; Creese; Crisp; Crigler; Crone; Crowder; Cronk; Crowell; Cruea; Crumb/Crumbaugh; Crumley; Crumlu; Cunningham; Cuppy; Dark; Darwactor; Dotson; Davidson; Davis; Dawley; Day; Dayton; Dazey; Dearing; Deck; DeBruicker; Dearmond; Deth; DeAth; Death; Deckard; Dee; DeHaven; Deihl; Dimmick; DeLancey; DeBord; DeBruicker; DeLaney; Dell; Delp; Dengler; DePover; DeSelms; DeSutter; Dennis; DeVault;DeVoss; Dice; Dickenson; Dickerson; Dickinson; Diehl; Diffenderfer; Dill; Dimmick; Dinwiddie; Dixon; Dix; Dickson;
PHOTOS : 4 Names include: -- (884 photos to date) = added one of Oliver Blakely, CW soldier; one for (obits) Arthur Clawson and son Arthur Clawson;
underplaces:Stringtown Coal Miners, no names;
PHOTOGRAPHERS - _35__ =--
Photo Presentations of County Events: Added a colorized photo of the 1935 Corn Husing Championship into the "Fountain County Bicentenial, Section Chapter 3";
MILITARY :
--WW II __3 _ Names Include: Added to their KIA information - Sheets; Crane (RIP and thanks beyond measure); News of Hillsboro and Cain Township servicemen;
MARRIAGES : _8 _ = --(23,446 to date) to date: (articles) - names: Davidson-Weigel; Steinbaugh-Wilkinson; McComas – Sumner; Stover – Wallace
Alumni (Schools) _8 new schools and 158 photos of others _ - (ytd = 516 ): 3 new schools: Prairie Creek School; Dice School; Hopkins Syndicate; Woodhook School; Riverside School (2 photos); Portland Arch School (3); Bear Creek School;
School Photos added to: Covington (3); Sterling; Stone Bluff;; Mellott (3); Richland Township (11); Newton; Lingman (6); Wallace (7); Yeddo; Steam Corner; Hillsboro (7); Attica (48); Logan School (45); Bethel School (3); Rupert School; Fix School; Nave School; Pyle School; Davis Township School (also Vine); Antioch School; Hall School; Rob Roy (10); Shawnee Township School;
NEWS ITEMS 12 -- (824) Names: Poor House articles; Stonecipher family; Tornado of 1875 (several articles); Oscar Goddard prison for life
Churches = 21 = YTD=5 = Grace Baptist; Christ Gospel Church; Old Christian Church-Attica; New Christian Church-Attica; Catholic Church-Attica; Lutheran Church-Attica; Presbyterian Church-Attica; Assembly of God-Attica;Mellott Church; Sterling Christian Church; Old North Christian Church-Mellott; Mellott South Church; United Brethren Church-Kingman; Methodist Church-Kingman; First Methodist Church-Attica; Free Methodist Church-Attica; Nazarene Church-Attica; Untited Brethren Church-Attica; First Baptist Church Attica; Bethel Church; Beulah Church;
Links 1 = (YTD = 5 ) = Fountain County Landmarks;
** ADDED THIS MONTH ** ** OCTOBER 2021 **
OBITUARIES 75 Added:- ( obits this year to date _1012__ & Total obits on the site: 14,519 Names include:Blacketer (Lena); Bible (Bert, Arthur, Mary Frazier); Biddle (Clarence; James; Joanne; John F; Lawson; Maggie; Martha; Nora; Phillip; Rachel; Samuel T; William x2); Bowen (Bernice); Bowman (Bruce); Bowsher (Wm. D); Bowman (Henry Carl); Brooks (Lloyd); Bruce (Brownlow; Bonnie); Bruner (Bobby D; Sadie Moore; Sarah Keller; William David); Butler (Jesse); Burden (John Calhoun); Burlington (j. Roy); Calder (Luther, Mildred, Norma); Campbell (Flo Smith); Carlson (Wilmer); Helms (Charley; Deal; Gordon; Hardy; Margaret; Washington); Hesler (Ura Ingersoll); Hickey (Ruby); Hickman (George W); Higbee (Alonzo; Eva; Gertrude; John; Lora; Ruth); Higgins (AN, Ed); Hightower (Mabel McCall); Hill (George, Stella); Wilkinson (Daniel; Mary Stonebraker); Williams (Peter); Winn (Geneva Bowsher)
WPA BIRTHS: 381 ( 1,225 SINCE REBUILDING) Additions, corrections and/or updates: To include: Bruce; Bruner; Brewer; Bryant; Buck; Burk; Buckles; Bulkley; Bullock; Bunch; Burgner; Burnett; Burton; Bush; Busic; Busenbark; Butler; Butt; Butts; Bybee; Cable; Cade; Cadman;Cadwallader; Cain; Caldwell; Calhoun; Colvin; Carn; Cambrin; Campbell; Caplinger; Cardiff; Crane; Carlson; Carlile; Carnagey; Carney; Carithers; Carpenter; Carr; Carrell; Carrier; Carron; Carter; Cary; Cartwright; Carwile; Caster; Caskey; Cates; Catterson; Cavin; Cecil; Chapman; Chatt; Cheek; Chelen; Childers; Chew; Chirn; Chizum; Christie;
PHOTOS : 19 Names include: -- (879 photos to date) = Palin, Zep (Zeptimus); Unknown Family (Possibly a Marlatt or relative?); Jones, Alonzo Family Photo; Aboly Marion and Martha J.; Wade, Joseph and wife Martha A. Beedle (2 photos-1 colorized); Wade, John; Wade Jenny Booe and Doug; Jones, Virgil and wife Ruby Wade Jones; Wade, Pauline; Hershberger, Henry Jeremiah Family (5 photos that may include the surnames of Neal, Bonebrake, Cowgill and Timmons, we need nore information); Wagner, James S. (more information needed); Marlatt, Pearl Martin, Dorothy Marlatt and an unknown girl;l Simmons, Monroe ans Maria; Jones, Tighlman Howard;
PHOTOGRAPHERS - __2_ =-- Bailey, Abel and Fay Cook
Photo Presentations of County Events: 2,362 photos Subjects: Trains/Railroads; Attica of Yesteryear; Attica Now (2106); Sesquicentennial Events; Bicentennial Celebration;
Diaries: __1__ = Chester Monroe Simmons of Rob Roy Autograph Book (16 images);
MILITARY :
-- WWI : _1___ -- - Names include: WWI Exemptions (very interesting - lots of names)
MARRIAGES : _ 10_ = --(23,438 to date) to date: (articles) - names: Deeter; Cordell; Lewis; McHargue; Cook; Steinbaugh; Wilkinson; Summers
Alumni (Schools) _21 _ - (ytd = 351 ): Scrapebook of remembrances of Richland High School;
NEWS ITEMS 8 -- (812) Names: McCabe, Charles (dynamite bomb found by young daughter: Jones, Marion - added article; McBroom brothers (added article); Curts, Allen horse thief - arrested, paraded, shackled; Pearson, Lewis (epilepsy - declared insane); Davis, Charles - injured in mill accident; Woodrow, Freeman - hunting accident; Fountain County Hospital - vote!
BUSINESSES 3 (ytd=6)= Newspapers of Fountain County (short history of over 50 papers); Citizen Bank - Covington; Evans Drug Store
Recipes 94 = (YTD = 95 ) : Dorothy Marlatt's Recipe Book;
** ADDED THIS MONTH ** ** SEPTEMBER 2021 **
OBITUARIES 118 Added:- ( obits this year to date _938__ & Total obits on the site: 14,444 Names include: Adkins (Lloyd); Alderson (Verda); Anderson (Samuel); Baker (Ira); Baldwin (Charles Irvin); Bates (Della Osborn); Biggs (Lloyd); Bever (Ruby, George); Beadle (Drusilla); Bell (Halcion); Bennett (Freeman); Bilsland (Josiah); Bible (Ed); Bly (JM); Bogart (Morton); Bowman (John - 1874); Bradley (Leona); Cheney (Fred, Hamilton); Charters (Henry, Katharine); Crider (Martha); Coon (Carl, Clarence, Clifford, Lena; Pearl, Rose,); Coons (Albert); Crider (Martha Waterhouse); Crayton (Thomas - 1887); Combs (Amanda, Clara); Conner (Alvin); Compton (Emma, John, Judith, Newton); Custer (Benjamin); Crawford (Lawrence - WWII); Davis (George - 1873); Dobbles (Arthur WWII); DeSutter (Genevieve); Graham (Jane); Gray (Aurilla Bowman); Greenleaf (Lucy); Marlatt (Albert; Pearl Martin); Mason WT; Meaher (Michael); Meharry (Thomas); Minnick (May); Moffett (Eliza Poole); Mounts (Smalley - sad); Nesbitt (Elnora, Nellie, Ruth, Stella); Nixon (Virgil); Pearson (Lewis); Poole (Rachel); Powell (Rosetta); Pugh (John); Redden (Nathaniel); Ratcliff (Edward, Hamilton); Rusk (Charles, Russel Ared, Walter); Russell (Hank); Sowers (Elliet, Samuel); Sullivan (Thomas); Sutton (Charley); Switzer (Jessie); Skillman (John); Smith (Hazel Bever); Shelby (Oliver; Helen); SHort (Frankie Mae); Todd, (son of Charles; Gilbert); Townsend (Ben E); Timmons (Harry - WWII Lt. Col.); Truhart (Julia); Trinkle (Dora); VandeVanter (Grace); Wilson (Joab; David); Witt (Bernard); Zackmire (Sarah Taylor)
Biographies 2 Added (8010to date) Names: Digby; Myers See also Who's Who
WPA BIRTHS: 526 ( 845 SINCE REBUILDING) Additions, corrections and/or updates: To include: Bybee; Biddle; Biggs; Billingsley; Bilsland; Bingham; Bethel; Birch; Birge; Buck; Bishop; Bodine; Black; Blackburn; Blacker; Blacketer; Blackford; Blakely; Blue; Bly; Blye; Boord; Board; Bogan; Baker; Bolton; Boman; Bond; Bonebrake; Booe; Bone; Borden; Borst; Burden; Bossaer; Boswell; Bowen; Boutwell; Boord; Bowsher; Bottorff; Bowers; Bowling; Bowman; Boyd; Murdock; Boyer; Bracken; Bradberry, Bradbury; Bradford; Brakley; Brakle, Brakla; Bradfield; Brant; Brewer; Bretz; Bratton; Brennan; Brier; Bright; Briles; Brimberry; Brimbury; Briner; Briney; Brooks; Brook; Brown;
PHOTOS : 20 Names include: -- (860 photos to date) = Marlatt, Encil and grandson Phil Rice; Sobel; Veedersburg Chamber of Commerce; Zuck, Beulah; Bever; Barker; Parkinson; 2-photos Poston Brick Company (Attica); George Parker and Mary Olive Rusk Parker, along with 8 of her siblings (Rusk Family); Marlatt, Maxine; Blackford, Cletis and Orpha (Etter); Etter, Fred and Cletis and Orpha (Etter) Blackford: Rice, James Washington, Eddis Rice and J. Arthur; Parker Family of Hillsboro; Marlatt, Rue and Margaret "Lizzie" Hatton; Marlatt, Frances Bradburn (Aunt Frank); Martin, Cora;
Photo Presentations of County Events: 2,362 photos Subjects: Trains/Railroads; Attica of Yesteryear; Attica Now (2106); Sesquicentennial Events; Bicentennial Celebration;
Divorces __10__ - - (ytd= 12 ) >> Denton, Claude-Audra; Freeman, Noble - Neva; Howe, David-Edna; Sawyers, Willis-Marjorie; Shaw, Corda-Mike
MARRIAGES : _ 6_ = --(23,428 to date) to date: (articles) - names: Duncan; Foxworthy; Howard; Patton; Theiren; Patton; Wilkey
Alumni (Schools) _319 _ - (ytd = 330 ): Attica Alumni Banquet Slide Show from 2019; Added names to the Harmony 1899-1900 School photo and identified another teacher; 1946-1947 Boys Basketball Team of Richland Township/With Names;
NEWS ITEMS 28 -- (804) Names: Poor Farmers obituaries (McCowan; Armbuerts; Dooley - Tom believe it or not; Ewing; Ignats; Graff; Sowers; McCartney; 1874 - 25 present; Cemetery Listing - just the first 25 - lol - I'll get 'em done; West Lafayette News folds up moves to Fountain County; William, Charles murder charge). Poor Farmers Death Records - Rail, Shafer; Sherill; Pettit; Pugh; Price; Pithoud; Richardson; Wash; Winter. Medical History (early Drs); Fight - McLean & Swearingen
Recipes 1 = (YTD = 1 ) : Formula for Refinishing Furniture;
Who's Who __6 __ (YTD =) - Bever, Ora Eston; Barker, Austin "Buzz"; Briggs, Albertus; Parkinson, William Lynn; Purnell, Fred Sampson; Sobel, Bernard - also 6 photos and 6 articles besides the Who's Who write-ups
** ADDED THIS MONTH ** ** AUGUST 2021 **
OBITUARIES 70 Added:- ( obits this year to date _820__ & Total obits on the site: 14,326 Names include: Daisy (David); Dale (Elizabeth Feather); Darnell (Anna; Carrie; Claude; Fred; HW; Hal; Jennie Brown Hays); Dazey (Mary Elizabeth); Moudy (Opal, Wreatha - what a tragaedy); Moffett (Lee, Wm); Morgan (Edna, Emily, ELizabeth Cunningham, Anna - loved that lady); Padonner (Eliz - so so sad); Pearson (Elisha); Pettit (14-year-old burned); Pithoud (Laura); Phillips (Dr CA; Sadie Martin); Pugh (John); Price (John); Pritchett (Noble); Rader (Maxine); Rafferty (Charles O; Leland; Maude); Reed (John - 1873); Wallace JW; (Lloyd); Wagoner (Alice); Walden (John - so sad); Warfield (Eliza); Webster (Rhoda Minor); Waiscott (Wm); West (Charles); Waldrip (William) Wingate (John C; Lida; Nancy); Wilkey (Enoch; Amanda; Frank; Reuben); Wilkins (Charlotte; Eliza Jones; George; William); Wildman (Bobby D); Wilkinson (Clarence Israel); Wise (Rita); Winters (Charles); Wood (Seth); Woods, (Albert); Young (Don, Opal)
WPA BIRTHS: 327 Additions, corrections and/or updates: To include: Allen; Albert; Alenduff; Alward; Arnold; Angstadt; Ansberry; Applegate; Auter; Axsom; Aydelotte; Babb; Bacon; Barker; Backus; Bradfield; Badin; Bailey; Baker; Baldwin; Bales; Ballah; Beedle; Beadle; Beach; Beckley; Beck; Beasley; Brimberry; Brimbury; Beimberry (Removed as Brimbury); Beers; Bell; Benefield; Benamire; Benjamin; Bennett; Bender; Benton; Berg; Berge; Berto; Best; Berry; Berryman; Berlin; Bernhart; Bernhardt; Bethel; Bettice; Beavers; Bever; Bevers;
WPA Deaths: Additions, corrections and/or updates: To include: Jacks; Jackson;Jacobson, Jacobson; James; Janett;Janeway;
PHOTOS : _9 Names include: -- (839 photos to date) = Bonebrake, Cornelius-Family (2 photos); Thorn, Mary Clore and John and Emma Thorn; Martin, John (2); Marlatt, Merle; Rice, Oveta & Waneta; Bennett, Ancil (2 photos);
Diaries: __1__ = Autograph Book Nevada Jane Hall Herron, 1891 (6 pages);
MILITARY :
Revolutionary War= __1__ - Youngblood
--Korean War: 1 : Oct 1951 - Inductees
Alumni (Schools) _ 2_ - (ytd = 11 ): Fairly sure 2 photos of different Newton High School Classes, 1-possible 1925 Senior Class and 2- a possible elementary Class around 1915 (help Identify, Please);
NEWS ITEMS 17 -- (777) Names: (Poor Farm - 4 deaths and 1900 census) ; Padonner Elizabeth (articles on the four men who did it - sooo heart wrenching; Alward, Ira - unsound?; Stembaugh, Ivan - postmaster in Iowa; Newspaper Sketch of Fountain County Poor Farm House-1904;
Churches = 1 = YTD=5 = Newtown Church Congregation about late 1960's (no names);
Blog and Facebook Pages: 1 : (Total = 6) : Story of the Fountain County GenWeb section of the WPA Birth Index being update, additons found and errors corrected;
** ADDED THIS MONTH ** ** JULY 2021 **
OBITUARIES 119 Added:- ( obits this year to date _750__ & Total obits on the site: 14,256 Names include: Bard (Allen; Minnie; Stella; Bacus (John Wesley); Brown (Richard Anthony; Burris (Hannahm, Iva); Christie (Esther); Carnahan (Lizzie); Clark (Winona Shaffer); Clore (Lavern Sowers); Coleman (Estelle Topp); Cooper (Emery; Vera; Violet); Dunn (Lillie; Ruth); Ebel (Charles; Maude; Thelma); Edwards (Otis, Rose); Everly (Rebecca); Ferguson (Warney); Farley (Howard, William C); Gookins (Josephine); Gooding (Leland, Mariam); Harper (Daniel Voorhees; Henry, John; Hall (Eliz); Haas (Mattie); Hyatt (boy living with George Hyatt - didn't mention name; Hybarger (Eva); Irvin (Riley); Janes (Lenora Sellers) Kerr (Wilbur); Kelley (Henry); Kalamaros (Margaret); Kirkpatrick (Blanche Schultz); Kunkle (William) Layton (Tade); Lindley (Wm H); Lawton (Bell Shultz); Lindquist (John); Ludlow (Flora); Lippold (Alfred); Matter (Eliza); Mattingly (Lillian); Martin (Carter); McGinnis (Julia Meeker (John Manning); Merryman (Carrie); Mickle (Carrie Roland); Miller (Laura Peters; Vera Wagner); Moore (John, Magdalena, Helen, Walter); Nelson (Dorothy Foster); Newnum (Ephraim); Pearson (Mable); Potter (Wm Henry); Redenbaugh (Sadie); Raub (LOewis); Redmon (Howard, Joseph); Rogers (Mabel); Rodgers (Austin); Rutledge (Electa); Ross (Thomas); Rooze (Paul); Schoonover (Isaac); Sanders (George); Sewell, WCB (added); Shanks (Sophia); Sheets (Pearl); Smith (James); Sutton (Edward); Summers (Eston); Sutherland (Phoebe); Sowers (Edith, Perry); Stephens (Etha); Strader (Alta); Stembaugh (Ivan); Stockdale (George); Stoup (Albert); Tanner (Keziah; George); Talbott (Eugene); Taylor (Albert; Wm Roy); Tower (Eula); Tinsley (Evan); Vester (Nellie); Welch (Josephine); Whitside (Bessie); Watkins, Sgt. Bernard Jerard;
Biographies 2 Added (808 to date) Names: Rabb; Schoonover
PHOTOS : _1 Names include: -- (838 photos to date) = see Kerkhove - Anniversary in news
MILITARY :
Revolutionary War= _10___ - In the 1834 Pensioner's List of "Fountaine" County for the government Pension Office there were six soldiers (Henry Balton; Jacob High; John Osborne; Thomas Pearson, Thomas Williams and Youngblood below) that we did not have before and added info to 3 of them - also added a nice biography of Jacob Youngblood)
-- WWI : __1__ -- - Names include: Added information for Everette A. Smith
--WW II __1 _ Names Include: Sgt Bernard Jerard Watkins (WW II- Veteran Obituaries);
MARRIAGES : _ 4_ = --(23,422 to date) to date: (articles) - names: Day, Keller, McBroom, Stevens
NEWS ITEMS 15 -- (761) Names: (Poor Farm - 4 deaths and 1900 census) ; Manson Schoonover - missing from mental hospital; Hutts - slander case; Messmore Anniv - added; Kerkhove anniversay + photo; Robert Cord, Admin; Whitcomb, Irene - suit against RR; DeHaven Reunion; Simms Reunion;
BUSINESSES 1 (ytd=1)= Redman Cafe
Churches = 1 = YTD=4 = Snyder's Chapel
Blog and Facebook Pages: 1 : (Total = 5) : Ms. Happy's Complainin'
** ADDED THIS MONTH ** ** JUNE 2021 **
OBITUARIES 94 Added:- ( obits this year to date __631__ & Total obits on the site: 14,137 Names include:Babb (Daisy); Barlow (Vivian); Barlett (Eleanor); Beam (Clyde; Cyrus; Everett; Isabelle; Jacob; James; Ruth; Victoria); Croft (Thomas); Copner (Belle); Cross (Ryan); Cruea (Katherine); Doss (Argyle); Dotson (Alva); Douglas (David); Dowden (Madge; Mary; Nathaniel; Samantha; Vernon); Douglas (David); Drella (Anthony; Paul); Hesler (Alfred, Elizabeth); Hines (Margery); Hite (Mabel Borst); Hollister (George - 1873); Houts (Rosetta); Hudlow (James); Hunter (Clara V); Rodgers (Austin); Rogers (Mabel); Rodman (Marion); Rooze (Paul); Ross (Thomas); Rutledge (Electa); Rusk (Ralph); Sadock (Frederick); Sadler (Floyd); Sample (Harry); Savage (Nina); Sayers (Marguerite); Scharf (Ada); Schoonover (Emma; Isaac; Isaac E); Sharmp (Darwin); Shipman (Lucinda); Shipps (William); Simmerman (Wanda); Simmons (Beatrice; Elizabeth; Elizabeth Hutts; Mary Helen); Sines (Elsie); Smith (Clifford; Charles; Donald; Louis; Josephine); Snelling (Beulah); Stokes (Russell); Stultz (William Joseph); Tobin (Nettie); Todd (Clarence); Treat (Nona); Troxel (Reuben); Utterback (Anna Crane); Voorhees (Rachel Elliott); Watkins (Bertha; Joseph); Walker (Edith)
PHOTOS : _6 Names include: -- (837 photos to date) = Floyd Elsworth Davis; Arrie Katherine Schlusser Davis; Pauline Davis; Lewis Elmore Davis; Floyd Elsworth Davis; Glen F. Davis; Cecil Davis; Ralph Davis; Mary Emily Miller (Davis); Davis, Elzora Dinsmore;
MARRIAGES : _ 6 _ = --(23,418 to date) to date: (articles) - names: Butcher; Francis; Johnson; Rice; Weekly; Winans
** ADDED THIS MONTH ** ** MAY 2021 **
OBITUARIES 87 Added:- ( obits this year to date __537__ & Total obits on the site: 14,043 Names include: Anno (Harold, Charles, Morton, Ruby); Auter (Ferdinand); Bennett (Roxanna); Blacker (Lela Ocheltree); Day (Elizabeth; Davis (Raymond); Deck (John); Dona (Peter); Duncan (Lena); George (Laura); Givens (Martha Prather); Gooding (Charles; Ella); Goings (Mary, William); Grammer (Carl); Inlow (John); Irwin (Ollie); Jackson (Frank); Julian (Harry); Jacobs (R); Jones (George, Newman, Orval); Johnson (Mary, Myrtle); Nichols (Rudolph); Nixon, Isaac; Oakley (William); Odle (Charles, Lela); Oteham (Edmund; Iva); Osborn (Alice, Arthur, Charles); Patton (Martha); Petit (Milton); Paugh (Lola); Payton (Clarence); Pierce (Dessie); Powell (Orval); Price (James R); Pugh (Clarence; Quigle (Herbert); Redman (Margaret, Nina); Reed (Harry); Ratcliff (Clinton, Esther, Herschel); Rehlander (Neva); Reath (Caroline, Elam); Redmon (Walter); Redmond (Mary); Reynolds (Shirley); Rayborn (Thomas); Reese (Minnie); Richardson (Minnie); Rice (Florence, Isaac, Lowell); Rinehart (Oscar); Ritchey (Mary Gainor); Robinson (Blanche); Simms (Courtland, Florence).
Biographies 3 Added (806 to date) Names: Neal, Ogden, Reese
MILITARY : -- WWI : __1__ -- - Names include: Slusser, Elton Photo Added in uniform;
MARRIAGES : _ 10 _ = --(23,412 to date) to date: (articles) - names: Curtis; Anno; Hancock; Heath; Nebeker; Pearson; Pearlman; Toirres; Vice; Watkins
NEWS ITEMS 3 -- (746) Names: Davidson; GAR; Verhey
Links 3 = (YTD = 4 ) = Osborn Praire Church-Historical Marker; Fountain County Indiana Churches (Locator); Descendants of Samuel Warrick;
** ADDED THIS MONTH ** ** APRIL 2021 **
OBITUARIES 114 Added:- ( obits this year to date __450__ & Total obits on the site: 13,956 obituaries all totalled to date) : Names include: Best (William); Bowman (Elliott); Brent (Elizabeth; Henry; WIlliam); Brant (Alice); Bratton (Frances; Harold); Cade (Marshall; Calvert (Charley); Campbell (Braxton); Clore (Leon, Albert, Carrie Fink); Covalt (William); Cresse (Luetta Ingram); Fell (Robert); Harmon (Eliza); Haniford (Annie); Kay (Fred); Keplinger (Harriet); Kersey (Ed); Layman (Dr Wm P); Lauman (Gerta); Lawson (John E); Little (Laura); Lowe (Louise Nave); Mahoney (Dennis); Martin (Carter); McAlister (Orval); McBride (Orville; McCaw (Ota: McBroom (Gerald); McClean (Frederick); McCoy (Ted); McCrary (Fred); Meeker (Lura); Meihls (Charles); Miller (Francis; Mitchell (Jane Fowler); Moffett (Thomas, Henry); Mortimore (Harry); Mullinnix (Wm); Mulvey (Robert); Myers (Elizabeth Pevler); Mornout (Minnie); Munson (Ethel); Murdock (Wilmer "Lewie"); Morgan (David); Nave (Caroline); Newnm (Irene); Neal (Elizabeth Marksbury, Clement); Nine (Bessie); Pavey (Myrtle); Pearson inf of Carl); Priest (Kenneth); Ratcliff (Nettie Livengood); Rafferty (John Charles, Gertrude, Lester, Martha); Russell (Betsy); Riffle (Ida); Riley (Harvey); Rivers (Harriet); Robinson (Benjamin); Rupert (Elizabeth Keefer); Russell (Betsy Pitman); Rynearson (George, Edwin); Savage (Mary Ann); Sackmire (Mary); Sensol (Louise); Shoemaker (Martha Cain); Shoaf (Mary ELizabeth); Sharpe (Mary Stafford); Sowers (Bert, Daisy, Rebecca);p Switzer (Wm. Ben); Thomas (Wandaline); Thompson (WA); Tuller (Rebecca); Trullinger (Robert Frank); Voliva (Wm. N); Warnick (Robert; Webb (Beatrice); Weaver (Homer Wallace); Williams (Mrs. George - `1897 - ANYONE KNOW HER?); Workinger (Elizabeth); Young Walter B. That's all folks ! (for this month)
Biographies 20 Added (803 to date) Names: Adkins (Jehu); Cole (William Carnahan); Colvert (William); Burlington (James); Jones (Caleb V); Maxwell (Dr OS); Mock John W; Samuel); Rowland (George, Thomas); Weldon (Samuel J); Rush (Lorenzo); Spinning (J. N); Witehall (AL);
MILITARY : -- WWI : __1__ -- - Names include: Phillips, Archie Bruce-Sergeant;
PHOTOS : _5_ Names include: -- (831 photos to date) = 5 children of Joseph Z and Marie (Gaudreau) LeClair born in Fountain County (to include LeClaire, John; LeClaire, Dora May; LeClaire, Ralph Z.; LeClaire, William "Reno"; LeClaire, Vona.);
Alumni (Schools) _1 _ - (ytd = 9 ): Pleasant View School w names 1894;
NEWS ITEMS 3 -- (743) Names: Fires: Polly Kellar; COnrad Myers; Dick the Bruiser match at AHS
** ADDED THIS MONTH ** ** MARCH 2021 **
OBITUARIES 108 Added:- ( obits this year to date __346__ & Total obits on the site: 13,842 obituaries all totalled to date) : Names include: Alkire (Isaac); Atkinson (Ruby Caldwell); Belangea (Charlotte); Bishop (George Donn; Lena Smith); Boldt (Lula, Theodore);Boling (Blanche; WW); Booe (Lee); Bolen (George, Forrest, Lucilla, Mary); Boord (Julia Crane); Clapp (Alonzo; Merrill); Clinger (Dean); Campbell (Mary); Carlson (Lola); Chandler (Margaret);DeHaven (George J); Dinwiddie (Leslie; Mary K); Dunlavy (Edith); Dunbar (Forrest); Dwiggins (Ella Hesler; John C; Russell Lt - WWI; Susannah); Gegner (Ilah, Nancy, Charles, Byron, Elizabeth Ball, Robert); Gaines (Charles); Graham (James); Gwin, Moses; Gouty (Etta); Gott (Mary Lively); Guy (Manley); Haas (Forest); Hankins (Guy); Harris (Rhoda); Hatt (Ivy Fisher); Hegg (Neva);; Hagley (William); Hannon (Paul) :Harrold (Edna, Lorenzo); Hershberger (George E); Hesler (Algeron - added); Holder (Mary); Hughey (Harrison); Hutson (Martha); Kiger (Cloyd); Kolaiser (Florence); Keyt (Leslie); Kindell (Beulahy); Kerkhove (Victor); Koehn (Mabel); Leach (Alvin, Laveda); Laube (Emilie); Lister (Charles, Nora); Lewsader (Martha McCoy); Marksbury (Alton); Martin (Raymond - WWII); Marquess (James C, John L); Marr (John Edward); McCall (Alice King - added; Thomas E MSgt - Korean War); McDaniel (Ralph -WWI)); McGlothen (Billie); McCauley (Gladys); McClure (Harold Lee); Spinning (Isaac); Stafford (George W, Elizabeth); Springman (Lorenzo and son); Stout (Estella); Swank (Mary 174); Stephens (Carl - added); Sweeten (Mary Trask); Sweeney (Ethel Garlinghouse); Jones, Jessie; Peterson, Lulu Belle;
Biographies 3 Added (783 to date) Names: Mulverhill; McCormick
PHOTOS : _11_ Names include: -- (831 photos to date) =Hatton, Ivy Fisher - see obit; Peterson, Elmer and wife Lulu Belle Jones; Jones, Newman; Jones, Sophia Clawson; Fruits Family Members (24 members showm) with some names on the back of photo; Jones, Carl Willard and wife Sylvia Marie Miller with Granddaughter; 2 Jones, men- who are unidentified; Jones, Grover; Miller Family; McCALISTER, Nancy "Nannie" Lyon And FAMILY;
Alumni (Schools) _7 _ - (ytd = 8 ): 1921 Class Will of Newton High School, Looks like a handwritten rough draft 8 pages long, very enjoyable; Richland School 1957 7th and 8th Grade Basebal Team; Newtown 3rd and 4th Grade Class photo 1941-42 with names; Newtown 7th Grade Class photo with names; Richland School Band photo 195?;
NEWS ITEMS 6 -- (740) Names: Marshall, Denzil; Kinneer (Billy, Lawrence, Perry); Walls, Tina; Phillips, susan
Churches = 2 = YTD=3 = Union Christian Church; Pleasant Hill Christian Church (A History od the Pleasant Hill Christian Church by J. D. Thomas);
Cemeteries 1 = Added: Link to BillionGraves.com; Union Christian Church Cemetery
** ADDED THIS MONTH ** ** FEBRUARY 2021 **
OBITUARIES 82 Added:- ( obits this year to date __238__ & Total obits on the site: 13,734 obituaries all totalled to date) : Names include: Cooper (David, Eugene, Freeman); Cotton (William Henry harrison) Fairchild (Laurence); Faucett (Homer); Fauth (Lola); Fauth (Lenore); Fay (Winifred); Faunce (William E - CW) Finnan (Paul); Fletcher (Gertrude); Frodge - sic (Sally Hurt); Florey (Homer); Forrest (Clarence); Funk (Milton); Furr (Volney, Junita Riley); Flora (Effie Bowser); Feuerstein (Anna); Fisher (William); Fix (Louise); Fye (Minnie); Galloway (George, Mont); Gamble (Julia); Gibbons (Margaret); Gilkey (Emma, Nellie Harland, William); Giovanini (Ann, John); Hibbs (Amanda); Hesler (James, Forest, Mary); Hock (Jennie); Hope (Nora); Harris (Jasper) McCollum (Chester, Elizabeth); McCoy (Elizabeth Powell); McCorkle (Donald); McComas (Kate, Robert, Samuel, Stowe); McConnell (Mary); McCord(Edith, Mart; Mable; William); Ost (Robert); Osborn (William); Oppy (Walter; Mamie; Lee; Anna Miller).
MARRIAGES : _ 14 _ = --(23,402 to date) to date: (articles); Oakley-Julian; Dreher-Fugate; Sheridan-Murphy; Tuttle-Rhodes; Purfeerst-Hughes; Rusk-Spear; Coffing-Hicks.
NEWS ITEMS 11 -- (734) Names: Dr. Tinsley - bad boy F&AM member; Roberts (Billy - military deserter); Jones, Marion - keeps dying child from his mother); McPherrin, Thomas - oldest postmaster in US; Veedersburg American Legion & DAR articles; Bailey twins; Farm News; Fires; Telephone info.
** ADDED THIS MONTH ** ** JANUARY 2021 **
OBITUARIES 156 Added:- ( obits this year to date __156__ & Total obits on the site: 13,652 obituaries all totalled to date) : Names include: Abolt (Daniel, Samuel); Adkins (Mildred); Allen (Sarah, Raymon); Alderson (Ann); Alward (Robert, Ruth); Anderson (George); Aydelotte (Benjamink Charles, Ella, Ruth); Beever (Alva); Beedle (Rhoda); Beckelhymer (Isiah; Mark); Bethel (Wilbur; Wretha); Best (William); Bever (Truman); Bone (Joseph); Booe (Mildred, Sarah); Bossaer (Rosa); Borst (Emily); Bolen (Faye); Booe (Lulu); Bolton (George); Brandenburg (Artie); Brier (Hannah; Ora); Brimberry (Charles); Briner (John); Bryant (Elizabeth); Buxton (Alice); Bridges (Grace); Byers (Glenn); Campbell (Elisha, James R); Carlson (Rachel); Cates (LKloyd); Chatt (Joseph); Clarkson (Howard); Coates (Kathleen); Coats (J. Francis; Lois Bryant); Coffing (Charles; George); Coffman (Irene, Russell); Cook (Lowell, Ethel); Cord (Fanny); Coonse (Joseph); Cord (Lee; William Clyde; Robert); Cory (Jeremiah); Correll (Martha); Cornett (Elizabeth) Cowger (Elizabeth); Downing (Moses); Davis (Leslie); Dazey (Robert); Dennis (Emma); Dewey (Solomon); Dwiggins (Jess); Fine (Chauncey, Dorothy, Esther, Harold, James Raymond); Fletcher (Mary); Furr (John E); Gray (John Santford); Graham (John); Greenley (Frank); Grimes (Ella, Leroy, Jewel); Gooding (Laura Sackmire); Grubbs (Eugene A) ; Gustus (Richard) - WWII; Keller (Colena, Cora, Clint, Daniel, Leslie); Noggle (Carl - added); Norman (Alice; James Enos added); Nesbitt (Claude); Norton (E); Perrin (Charles); Plunkett (Laura); Pool/e (Floyd "Pete; Bernice; Dexter); Powell (Dorothy, Ella, Frank); Small (James); Siefke (Wm. Floyd); Smith (Andrew, Eleanor, Katie); Yarno, Dee (added photo); Yaryan (Dora); York (Jesse); Young (Connie, Don, Nellie, Pauline, James Douglas "Jim"); Zerface (Jacob); Zeigler (Phoebe)
PHOTOS : _10_ Names include: -- (821 photos to date) = Rice Family 1898; Rice Family Reunions (3 images of articles and a photo); Tintypes of Grandpa and Grandma Rice, names unknown; Marlatt, Encil; Marlatt, Lydia Martin; Marlatt, Family Friends; Marlatt, Newman and unknown Man;
Divorces __2__ - - Crowder; Robinson
Alumni (Schools) _ 1_ - (ytd = 1 ): 1922 Kingman High School pocket Basketball Schedule;
NEWS ITEMS 16 -- (723) Names: Newman, Sharon (614-HW); Campbell, James - 90; Messmore Reunion; Louis Glascock - champ steer; Hillsboro Bank articles; Guy Newman - shot in leg; Riverboat articles (Gipsy); Fountain Poor Farm - obit of Wm. SLeet
Churches = 1 = YTD=1 = Article on First Christian Church in Veedersburg
Links 4 = (YTD = 4 ) = INTERMENT.NET – link to Fountain Cemeteries; Linkpendium for Fountain; Fountain County 1908 Map; Land Patent Search;
Wills 1 = (YTD = ) Bowling
Town / Township Information 10 : (YTD = 10) Added one new town and information on nine of them (Antioch, Bethel, Maysville, Nebraska Switch, Fountain City; Possum Holler, Riverside; Roberts, Shawnee; Vine (THANKS MUCHES JEFF)