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WHAT's NEW 2022 -- ENJOY :)


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GOALS for 2022

Add at least 600 Obituaries - DONE Oct
Work more on finding Bibles, Churches, Marriages, divorces and other info - DONE OCt
Add at least 5  Who's Who folks - DONE Oct
Add more newspaper clippings - DONE & continuing !!


** ADDED THIS MONTH **  **  DECEMBER 2022 **

OBITUARIES  30      Added:- ( obits this year to date _766__  & Total obits on the site:  15,446  TOTAL -  Abernathy (Nancy, Todd);Brown (Alta; Bessie); Graves (Marie, Jesse P); Grimes (Effie Zettie, Sabra); Golden (Tec 5); Glover (Rebecca Sue); Gudell (Keith); Grubb (King Edward); Hollingsworth (Joe, Joseph); Howrey (Marion); Hooker (Mary Elizabeth); Hoopingarner (Joe); Hopkins (Carlton); Holloway (William I); Huffman (Floyd); Hunt (Albert, Eliz 1945); Hughes (Mary Layton; Pheba); Hunter (Asa); Hudson (Frank A); Hutts (Elijah; Elizabeth Sowers; Victor).

NEWS ITEMS  2    --  (871) Names:  Wright, Roy sued by Lee Maupin; Mayers (Emma Teagarden) - never come back to Hillsboro


** ADDED THIS MONTH **  **  NOVEMBER 2022 **

OBITUARIES  61      Added:- ( obits this year to date _736__  & Total obits on the site:  15,416  TOTAL -  Bannon (Charles; Hubert); Branch (Lucy); Brant (Christopher); Ferguson (Emma); Francis (Calvin); Garland (Tate); Garrigus (AH; James C); Geiger (Nicholas); Getts (Elizabeth); Gann (James); Gardiner (Oliver); Galloway (George; Wendell); Grimes (Walter); Glascock (John; Mamie; Mahala; Norris); Gillum (Laura); Glover (Elmer); Gooden (John T); Graham (George); Gray (Edward); Gill (Charles O); Graham (Roy, Celestia); Gray (Elmer); Gardner (Catherine); Haptonstall (Richard - KIA); Harper (Bert); Hadley (Lindus); Harvey (George; Claris; Samuel); Hawn (Glen; John); Hegg (Maude); Hobert (Ralph); Hershbarger (Lloyd; Clark; Alfred; Wayne); Hesler (Robert); Hills (Elizabeth); Hibbs (Laurel); Hinton (Eldon - KIA WWII); Hodge (Lola); Hinds (Mary Reynolds); Holder (Roy); Hobson (Wm H "Bud); Hodges (Mollie) Youngblood (Minnie); Zane (Dora); Zimmerman (Frank; Orville); Howard, Janith Lou Templeton Zachary - Funeral Card;

BIBLE -   (5 YTD): added cleared up an entry -

Biographies    Added   (80235 to date)  

WPA BIRTHS:     2     ( 3,373 SINCE REBUILDING)  Additions, corrections and/or updates:  To include: Templeton, Loran Thomas; Shirley, Buryl Ermal (Illionois Certificate);

WPA Deaths:       ( 9 SINCE REBUILDING) Additions, corrections and/or updates:  To include:   

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

PHOTOS :  21   Names include: --Year to date added __671_  (964  photos to date) = Stonebraker, Mona; Shirley, Glenn A.; Shirley, Raymond; Templeton, Loran (3 images); Templeton, Lori wedding to John David Gash (2 images); Templeton, Lana wedding to David L. Jackson; Templeton, Loran and wife Jackie; Templeton, Betty; Shirley, Glenn; Shirley, Bessie Woods; (4 images) Templeton, Buryl Shirley also include Blanche McCollum, Edith Griffin, and siblings Harry, Edith and Loyd; Added two photos of Templeton, Thomas; "Welcome to Hillsboro" sign; Hillsboro Souvenier Plate (around 1960?);

PHOTOGRAPHERS - ___ =-

Photo Presentations of County Events:

Diaries:  __89__    =  (27 images) 1947 Autograph Book of Janith Lou Templeton in the Eighth Grade; (41 images ) 1948 Autograph Book of Janith Lou Templeton; (21 Images) Janith Lou Templeton, "My Record Book";

Divorces ____ - - (ytd= 4  )

MILITARY :
  • Revolutionary War= ____ -
  • War of 1812:  ____
  • Civil War -   - =
  • Mexican American -____
  • WWI : ____ -- - Names include:  
  • WW II __  _ Names Include:
  • Korean War: _ :  
  • Vietnam War     :

MARRIAGES : _ 4_ = --(23,486 to date) to date:  - Copy of Marriage License for Franklin Shirley and Bessie Myrtle Woods; (3 images) Templeton, Thomas and Buryl Shirley;

Alumni (Schools) _ 37 _ - (ytd = 346 ): 1933 Hillsboro Diploma of Thomas E. Templeton (3 images); 1933 Veedersburg Diploma of Buryl E. Shirley (1 images); 1956 Hillsboro High School Graduation Program, (2 images); Veedersburg High School, Class of 1933 (names on picture); (24 images) Hillsboro School Grade Card 1940-1950 for Janith Templeton; Lemon School; (3 images) 1947-1948 Hillsboro High School Varsity Basketball Team with Names and B-Team with names; (2 images) Hillsboro School Cooks_ Alice Helmick, Ruth Arvin and Buryl Templeton (possibly early 1950's?);

BUSINESSES 1 (ytd= 21 )= 1947 Employees for Fountain Foundry;

DEATH RECORDS:  1   = (YTD  = 2 ) : Templeton, Buryl E. - 1979;
            
Churches = _9  = YTD= 13  =   Hillsboro Methodist Church; Membership card for Janith Lou Templeton fron 1946; "Cradle Roll Certificate" for Loran Lee Templeton, 1938; "Cradle Roll Certificate" for Janith Lou Templeton, 1934; Bonebrake Church; Hopewell Baptist Church; Covington Methodist Church; Fifth Street Church of Christ; Prairie Chapel Church;


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** ADDED THIS MONTH **  **  OCTOBER 2022 **

OBITUARIES     75      Added:- ( obits this year to date _675__  & Total obits on the site:  15,355  TOTAL -  & note - some of these have multiple obits so the total may not add up to the same)  Names this month include: Algood (Estabelle); Brown (Rozella); Burk (Charles W); Brown (Wm. T.; Rozella); Bush (Wiley J); Copeland (Cora); Cooper (Jacob Preston); Cook (Frank); Crabb (Carolyn Briggs); Cunningham (Caleb Valentine; Margaret Rogers); Crowder (Alice); Davis (Ida McElwee; Eunice; Robert Elton; Rober L; Monroe); Day (Hallie Towell; Clella; WH); Daniel (James E - CW); Devaun (Maggie); Dice (Edis; Elizabeth Remster); Dillon (Almereta; Rufus); Deck (Zachary); Dice (Helen); Dickey (Frank) Daniels (Gladys Martin); Dantz (Katherine); Dixon (Emma) Dennis (Mildred); Douglas (Doris, Garold; Richard); Dotson (Thomas); Dungan (Max): Dunkerly (Leland); Duncan (John).  Eversole (Harry); Farley (Joseph; Frederick Clyde); Finch (Rachel); Foster (John); FLanigon Thomas; Freeman (Sarah); Howard (Janith); Lade (Cecil; James); Nance (Alice; John); Neal (Laverne Yater); Robbins (William - wwI body returned); Templeton (Thomas; Buryl); Walden (James F); Walker (Chester Arthur).  

BIBLE -  1  (5 YTD): added cleared up an entry - Allen

Biographies   3  Added   (80235 to date)  Palin, Hiram & Dan Voorhees (added) ; Miles Cooper

PHOTOS :    6   Names include: --Year to date added __650_  (944  photos to date) = see Happy Wann Who's Who entry; Rice, Rubinette; Daughters of Samuel and America Alice Abolt Rice= Mary, Lilly, Alta & Emma; Shirley, Glenn and Harley; Templeton, Thomas (as an infant January 2, 1914);

Diaries:  __36__    =  36 pages of an Autograph Book of Janith Lou Templeton 1948-1948;

MARRIAGES : _ 2_ = --(23,482 to date) to date:  (articles) - names: Arden- Harden 4-9-1921

Alumni (Schools)  _286 _  - (ytd = 302 ): added a nice article on Frog Chapel school; !946-1947 Hillsboro Baketball Team with names; Hillsboro victory parade after winning Sectional Basketball Tourney during the 1947-1948 season; An image of the Notecard/Thank you from 1947-1948; 13 page of a private scrapebook containing pages of the 1933 Veedersburg Pintus Annual; (40 images) Hillsboro - The 1942 "Gold and Black" Annual; (51 images) The 1948 Hillsboro Annual , "The Novitas); (58 Images) Hillsobro 1949 Annual "The Wildcat"; (11 images) 1952 Graduating Class in the elementary and junior higb grades with some name on back of photos; (25 images) 1931 Hillsboro "The Hiltosco" Annual; (73 images) 1923 Hillsboro "The Hiltosco" Annual; (17 images) 1952 Hillsboro "The Hiltosco" Annual;

NEWS ITEMS    3   --  (869) Names:  Drake - reunion; Fire - 1953 - 850 acres; Newtown Bank -  added date it was robbed

DEATH RECORDS:   1   = (YTD  = 1 ) : TEMPLETON, Loren Thomas;

Recipes   97     = (YTD = 3 ) : 97 images contained in the "Home Cooking Secrets of Athens No. 97  Crawfordsville Order of the Eastern Star, Crawfordsville, Indiana;

Who's Who __2__ (YTD = 5 - TD 50 ) -  Hannegan, Edward - Wann, Norman "Happy" + 2 pictures



** ADDED THIS MONTH **  **  SEPTEMBER 2022 **

OBITUARIES  80      Added:- ( obits this year to date _600__  & Total obits on the site:  15,280 TOTAL -  & note - some of these have multiple obits so the total may not add up to the same)  Names this month include: Armstrong (John Wesley); Baldwin (Charles A 1921); Barker (Vern); Beard (Joseph Eugene); Bever (Elmira Washburn); Boord (George; Lee; Rose; Wendall); Buser (Alice Harris); Bushong (George); Briney (Mark - CW); Burroff (Glada); Burris (Sanford); Cheney (Hamilton - CW; Carlson (Frans Otto); Coffman (Eliza Brown); Coe (Fern Viola); Coleman (Zella); Dice (Henry); Duvall (Rev JL); Ferguson (Wyona); Hepler (David Wesley);  Hidy (Herschel; Minnie); Hinton (Robert - WWII);  Hullk (Frances Marion 3 articles); Hoover (Vera); Keiper (George, Mary); Lawrence (Jennie Egan); Maltsbarger (William David); Malsberger (Lily Delphi); Milford (Charles R; Charles Y); Meredith (Effie Meharry; Mabel); Myers (Gladys; Reuben; Wisher; photo); Scott (Elmira; James 1904); Sheehan (Margaret, Mary); Stevens (Ora); Stephenson (Edith ? If not,PLEASE let us know); Stocker (Mary Hart); Storer (Samuel Henry); Stephens (John A); Swisher (Mary Ann); Thayer (Nathan); Templeton (Buryl; Thomas Loran); Tyler (James A); Voliva (Mollie K); Wann (Norman G); Wallace (Eva); Walter (Mary Daves); Williams (Grace, Vera);

Biographies  6  Added   (8023 to date)  Joseph Jones - added; James D. McDonald; Henry C. Schlosser (3 articles)

PHOTOS :   3 Names include: --Year to date added __60__  (936  photos to date) = UPDATE:  George Keper - Wisher Myers - see obits; Young, Alfred added photo to Obituary;

Divorces __2__ - - (ytd= 4  ) >> Wolfe; Zick

MILITARY :
  • Civil War - 3  - = Mark Briney; Hamilton Cheney; Frances Marion Hull
  • WWI : __1__ -- - Names include:  Wendall Boord
  • WW II __1  _ Names Include: Robert Hinton

MARRIAGES : _ 6_ = --(23,480 to date) to date:  (articles) - names: Romine, Robert & Merline Dalton 3-6-1920; Oveta ABOLT & Grover Smith 3-11-1920; Ada Keepe & Garnett McCoy 3-10-19200

NEWS ITEMS   5   --  (866) Names:  Dissenderser, Ed & WE Allen - check sidewalks in Canyon City;  FIRES - Bold Grain; PIZER, Solomon - Naturalization.  Bruce Molton Miller - Birth.  


BUSINESSES 8 (ytd= 20 )= McDonald, Spears (5 pics); Bethel's Grocery; Harley Wallace, tinner; Purnell & Green - Lawyers; Kerr, AR - Dr; Dr CW Day, Dentist; Stucker's Garage

Who's Who __2__ (YTD = 5 - TD 50 ) -  

** ADDED THIS MONTH **  **  AUGUST 2022 **

OBITUARIES 74       Added:- ( obits this year to date _520__  & Total obits on the site:  15,200 TOTAL -  & note - some of these have multiple obits so the total may not add up to the same)  Names this month include:Crumley (Archie, Fleta, Henry, Leland, Waltz); Derrington, Terrance - WWII; Hathaway FM (Civil War); Harrold (Flora): Hider (Jennie Bradley); Houser (James H); Jarred (Eli) Jahnke (Ernest); McDermond (added one to J. Frank); Metzger (Margaret); Miles (Albert Orlando); Mitchell (Floyd; William x3); Moore (Carson Keefer); Myers (John S 1947); Nehemiah (Elbert); Nebeker (added to Elizabeth McGeorge); Newlin (added to Samuel J); Newnum, Marcius; Nickell (Lizzie Myers); Nixon (Mary Cade); Oilar (John); Orahood (Lulu Ratcliff -added); Palmer (John); Padgett W. "Harry; Payton (Osborn); Pearson (Benny Lee); Perry (Theodore); Raisor (Ernest, Walter) Rogers (Mary 1916; Roy); Sanders (Estell); Saulberry (Jasper); Sikes (Josie); Smith (James Edward); Snelling (Elmer, Leslie, Myrtle; Switzer (Alice, Clifford, Hannah Bell, Russell, Winfield Scott); Swindler (Dora); Swisher (Susan); Verhey (Ralph); Volz (Scott); West (Gayle Wilson); Wilkinson (Beulah; Estella; Fern; Katherine, Lillie, Mary Ellen, Richard); Witsman (Joshua - KIA Afghanistan - blessings young man); Zick (Arthur, Lillian, Neal x 3; Ruby)

Biographies  1  Added   (8023 to date)  Crane, W.W. - interesting one for sure!)

MARRIAGES : _4 _ = --(23,474 to date) to date:  (articles) - names: Hetfield; Moore; Schwin; Wolfe


** ADDED THIS MONTH **  **  JULY 2022 **

OBITUARIES  45      Added:- ( obits this year to date _446__  & Total obits on the site:  15,126 & note - some of these have multiple obits so the total may not add up to the same)  Names this month include: Bales (Neal);  Dawson (Anna Parks); Davis (Lucinda; Magaret; Troy; Walter); Dotson (Pauline); Ferguson (Violet, Herbert Anthony, Wyona)  Gray (Walter); Hesler (Forest, Emma, Benton); Hamm (Lorenza); Hamilton (Hazel, Mary Jones); Henderson (Milton) Ingersol (Allie); Ingersoll (Alice Myers; Frances); Martin (James Dewey); Moore (Morris - KIA Korea); Mullen (Viv - added); Mullens (John Allen); Milford (Charles R); Pitzer ((Ina - added); Shade (Homer; Stella; Susan); Simmons (Chester, William V); Strawser (Ramona); Stambaugh (Martha - added); Weaver (Robert); Webb (Elmer, Eugene, Louisa); Welker (Ercele)

PHOTOS :   10 Names include: --Year to date added __57__  (933  photos to date) = UPDATE:  Ladies of the Centennial; Covington Square pre Civil War; Furr, Alexander; Furr, Herman John; Abolt, Marion and Martha; Ogden, Anaias; Ogden, Sarah; Waskey, Mary; Dagger, John A.; Dagger, Tilford;



MILITARY :
  • Civil War -  3 - = Those Killed (or died from disease) in action; list of those drafted Oct 1862; worked on Regiments (had them but found other information so added several things
  • Mexican American -__1__ article listing those who went/those for FoCo

NEWS ITEMS   14   --  (861) Names:  Several articles on the Hillsboro Fire Department; and 1862 school teachers wanted

BUSINESSES 5 (ytd= 12 )= Grocerys (Pearl's; Attica; 196 list in FoCo - partial)Banks of Attica - couple of articles


** ADDED THIS MONTH **  **  JUNE 2022 **

OBITUARIES    40    Added:- ( obits this year to date _401__  & Total obits on the site:  15,081 & note - some of these have multiple obits so the total may not add up to the same)  Names this month include: Cates (Bradley); Cade (Charles S); Carney (Anderson, Margaret); Carrell (Luttie); Carter (ETta Wilson, Samuel); Catterson (Jasper); Cedars (Margaret Emma; Mary Mosier; Oscar); Cleveland (Mary Louis); Cobb (William); Cooper (Chester GLenn); Copeland (Ollie); Cord (C. Smith); Fauth (Lenora); Furr (Charles); Ellingwood (Harry, Lloyd, Minnie); Eller (James W) Eitner (Louise Foxworthy); Keller (David, Jacob Riley, Julius); Kirkham (Vada, William); Lang (Robert David - added); Leak (Mary Jane)

BIBLE - 1 (5 YTD): added Bonebrake and fixed some on the Isaac Allen bible (incorrect dates)

Biographies 4   Added   (8022 to date)  Peterson, Lulu Jones 1916 Passport, 4 pages includes photo;

PHOTOS :  3 Names include: --Year to date added __47__  (923  photos to date) = UPDATE to "Aunt Frank" aka Frances B. Peasley Marlatt or Frances Bradburn MARLATT; Flora Parker and Jasper Andrew Livengood; Flora & Jasper's grandson, Byron Nelson Livengood & great grandchildren: Ted Jeffrey, Hal Douglas, Sally Ann Livengood Zuber, Rex Leslie.;


MILITARY :
  • Vietnam War  9   : added information on 9 soldiers

Alumni (Schools) _1 _ - (ytd = 10 ): 1914 Sophomore Class of Attica High School with names;

BUSINESSES 2 (ytd= 7 )= Hillsboro Hotel - bought by Nines; Britton (OF - Dentist)



** ADDED THIS MONTH **  **  MAY 2022 **

OBITUARIES   79     Added:- ( obits this year to date _361__  & Total obits on the site:  15,041 & note - some of these have multiple obits so the total may not add up to the same)  Names include: Arnold (Nellie); Auter (Martha, Maude); Aldridge (Martha Coffing); Alenduff (Marion; Minnie; William); Albea (Virgil); Abernathy (Beverly, Carmen; Lee, Glay, Chauncey; Oscar, Lucille; Kenneth, Samuel, Mary. Manford Clyde; Lee; Allen (Arista, Carl; Cyril; Gordon; Hazel; Irene; Thomas Samuel); Allhands (Dallas; Mae); Allman (Mary,. Morton); Ammerman (Birdie Brown); Anderson (Carrie Greensburg); Andrews (Clifford); Applegate (Harry, Henry); Adams (Tillman); Abolt (John); Adair (Marvin Eugene); Bartlett (Faye); Baldwin (Elias); Bair (Ronald); Bailey (Jacob Stow); Balser (Joseph WWII - Col); Bonebrake (Ezra; Francis; Mary; Samuel; Ulysses); Brier (Fern, Wilmer - photos; Bessie Ricketts; Frances Brooks; Helen Pool; Tula Albright); Haas, Alton Guy "Junior" added photo; added photo to Connor, John Franklin;

PHOTOS : 18 Names include: --Year to date added __44__  (920  photos to date) = Brier (see their obits);  Haas, Alton Guy "Junior"; see Dwight Hughes - WWII - KIA; KEYS, Clarence and Evelyn; Rice, Jonathan B.;  Hillsboro paper artical of the 1903 Rice-Stephens Family reunion which included - Rice, Jonathan B. and Susan also Rice, Wallace and Rachel Stephens; 8 unnamed photos from the Rice-Johnson Families; Added another photo to the "Alonzo Jones Family Album" of four of the ladies in the family with names;

MILITARY :
  • WW II __43  _ Names Include: worked in the Killed In Action section - some added, some obits, some just a sentence/two of explanation but a LOT of 'em -- Beard, Joseph; Beedle, Richard; Bradenback, Norman; Bradley, John L; Brooks, Forrest O; Clark, F. Marion; Cooper, Edward T; Crane, Ralph L; Dicks, Rosslyn Earl; Divine, Frank E; Eskridge, Lester Earl; Farmer, Ivan P; Flaningan, Thomas; Gott, Donald H; Harman, John S; Harshbarger, John R; Hinton, Eldwon W; Huddle, Marvin; Hughes, Luther P; Hughes, Dwight (+ photo); Hurst, Denzil; Huts, John B; Lane, Charles; Morgan, Elmer; Marsh, Wayne; Nelson, Joseph Perry; Ottinger, Herman D; Pugh, Glen V; Reed, Ralph; Stonebraker, Gordon; Shamp, Harrel (can't read my writing - Harrel I think); Simerl, Gerald; Smith, John C
  • Korean War: _4 :  Lang & Scott - added 4 articles
  • Vietnam War  1   : Added - article on Abernathy - new legs - wow

NEWS ITEMS   3   --  (847) Names:  Forrest Cooper - painter - NY display; Vestal, Clinton - what a mess - oh, my; Rice-Stephens Family Reunion of 1903;

BUSINESSES 5 (ytd= 5 )=Ed Albea - moves barber shop; Harden Motor Co; Coffing Apple Store; Campbell Implements; Ratcliff OB - attorney office
             
Churches = 1 = YTD= 4 =   Added another mural to the collection for the Union Christian Church at Newtown;



** ADDED THIS MONTH **  **  APRIL 2022 **

OBITUARIES   91     Added:- ( obits this year to date _283__  & Total obits on the site:  14,963 & note - some of these have multiple obits so the total may not add up to the same)  Names include: Adams (Louise; Martha; Oscar; Victor); Allen (Lewis); Bingham (George); Birch (Parryzell); Broderick (Bessie); Brown (Margaret Dimmick); Carmpbell (Carl, Elisha, George, John, Mary); Carter Carter, Keziah; Chamberlain (Geroge); Claypool (Abel; Julia; Reuben); Coons (William); Dimmick (Mary; Samuel); Furr (George; Leroy; Lloyd; Doinald); Gillis (Ivy); George (Omer); Givens (Mabel); Gray (William Mills); Hedgecock (G. Cleve); Henderson (Milton); Hillyer (Elizabeth); Hobson (Forest); Hutson (Anna); Johnston (Margaret); Keys (Evelyn; Alfred; John; Lillie; Mary; Nancy); Keeling (Mary); Keyes (William K); Kirkpatrick (Myron); Longden (Cleo + Photo); Loney, (Allie); McWilliams (George); Madden (Clair); Moyer, Ed (RIP buddy); Newlin (Samuel J + Photo) ;Poole, (Ira); Pursley (Susie); Pogue (Michael); Rusk (Dennis); Rodgers (Mary Alice Griffith); Shoaf (Dewitt; Jennie); Simpson (Elisha); Smith Samuel H = WWII); Stockdale (Eleanor); Spinning (William); Stout (Lena) Swank (Mary, Joseph); Talbott (Oliver); Tamberlyn (John); Vail (Joseph) Whittington (Clyde) - murdered; Wilkinson - Wilson (Joe, Justin), Jones, Kathryn E. "Katy" Bell (includes 2 photos);


BIBLE - 3 (3 YTD): Bever Family Bible, to include Marriage Record for Elijah W. Bever and Mary E. Shoaf, other Births, Marriages and Deaths and joining to Church;

Biographies   2 Added   (8022 to date) Names: Bilsland (Rudolph); Voliva (Wilbur)

WPA BIRTHS:     4     ( 3,371 SINCE REBUILDING)  Additions, corrections and/or updates:  To include: Bever, James A.; Bever, Grover; Ruby J.; Bever, Delbert Norman;

WPA Deaths:   4    ( 9 SINCE REBUILDING) Additions, corrections and/or updates:  To include:   Bever, Grover; Bever, Ruby J.; Individuals Death records for Jacob and Elizabeth Livengood Shoaf

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

PHOTOS : 14 Names include: --Year to date added __21__  (899  photos to date) = William and Margaret Cronk with Feshero grandson; Parker Family with Maomi Cronk Fishero; Parker family with Charles, Mabel Keeling, Margaret Cronk and Clifford; Bever, Elijah and Mary Etta (Shoaf); Bever, Mary Etta and Elijah with son Delbert; Bever, Effie; Bever Family:Effie, Mary Etta, Elijah, Charlie, Jame & Ora; Bever, Effie (Mitchel); Bever Family: James, Charlie, Elijah, Mary Etta, Effie, And Ora with wife; Longden (Cleo - see obit); Newlin, Samuel - see obit; Jones, Dallas; Jones, Joyce; Jones, Carl with friends: Lena Smith Floyd, Beulah Smith Snelling, Jack Smith, Edith Dinwiddie House, Wilmer Smith, Kate Dinwiddie Taylor, Victoria Smith, Charlie Smith, Dora Smith;


MARRIAGES : _ _ = --(23,470 to date) to date:  (articles) - names:

Alumni (Schools) _ 1_ - (ytd = 9 ):  Added a photo to Mellott Schools between 1936 to 40 (year uncertain) containing Lowell Rice;

NEWS ITEMS   9   --  (840) Names:  Baby rejected by family; Old Settlers; Kruekaner Pianos in County; John Tamerlyn, poor farm; Newtown - brick meeting house 1836; Newtown K of P Lodge built; Bowen, Elliott -- odd sickness; Dunbar, Mort building home in Newtown;

              
Churches = 1  = YTD= 3 =   article on 75th anniversary of Newtown Presbyterian Church




Fountain County History -- work in progress -- kbz -- added quite a bit lately but STILL - work in progress :)** ADDED THIS MONTH **  **  MARCH 2022 **

OBITUARIES    51    Added:- ( obits this year to date _192__  & Total obits on the site:  14,872 & note - some of these have multiple obits so the total may not add up to the same)  Names include: Atkinson (William; Luther; William Henry; Hazel); Baldwin (Ancie); Derby (Addie); Everson (Charles J); Eviston (Charles A); Furr (Cora Hibbs; Manford; Omer); Ford (Will A); Hancock (Goldie, Mahlon) ; Harbert (Isaac - Civil War); McAlister (Harry) McBroom (Arnett; Flora); Wilkinson (Rose Louise); Willhite (Matte); Williamson (Erasmus); Willoughby (Arvel, Ethel); Wade (Bernard, DOuglas); Wagoner (Esther; Fred; J. Lamoine); Ward (Hallie, Grant); Watson (Frank);

PHOTOS : 6   Names include: --Year to date added __9__  (887  photos to date) = added in Who's Who - Watson, Fred his daughters; Keys, William Thomas - Family  including his wife and children; Kirkpatrick Family Home;

MILITARY :
  • Revolutionary War= __1__ - Davis, Enos
  • War of 1812:  __13__ Gooding, Isaac; Hatton, James; Hickman, Jesse; Kellogg, Ezra; Lathrop, Silas; Mayhill, Jonathan; Milford, Robert; Odell, John Wesley; Redenbaugh, Geroge; Solomon Shoemaker; Vandorn, Hezekiah; Washburn (Joseph; Worthington, George

Alumni (Schools) _6 _ - (ytd = 8 ):  6 new items under Richland Township School;

Recipes   1   = (YTD = 3 ) :  Tater Tot Casserole



** ADDED THIS MONTH **  **  FEBRUARY 2022 **

OBITUARIES   70     Added:- ( obits this year to date _141__  & Total obits on the site:  14,821   Names include: Bailey (Carrie, Lockey, Paul, William); Baker (James, Olla, Robert); Bales (Francis); Benamire (Frank, Anna, Rgina); Bennett (Gilbert, John, Marie, Ovilla); Bossaer (Janet); Brandeburg (J. Earl); Brawley (John); Brooks (Clyde); Brown (Anna, Fern); Campbell (Teresa); Cedars (John); Chauncy (Oren); Christenberry (Floyd); Davis (John, daughters of Lewis - burned I'd not suggest ya' read this one - gave me chills); Lewis); Garrett (Charles - 1918 epidemic); Goff Charles, Homer, Matie, Scott); Gossett (Mary); Hively (Thomas); Hunt (Florence); Jones (Micky; Sarah); Jordan (Sarah Wert); Julian (Oliver); Murphy (David, Matt); Myer (Avanelle, Howard, Margaret); Myerly (John E); Ratcliff (Mildred - 1911); Redman (John Wesley); Shaffer (Mary J)

Biographies  8   Added   (8020 to date) Names: McClure; McMaster; Wagner; Parker

PHOTOS : 1   Names include: --Year to date added __3__  (886  photos to date) = added in Who's Who - Royal, Clinton and Christel with family;

Divorces __2__ - - (ytd= 2  ) >> Leslie, Nicklas

MARRIAGES : _24 _ = --(23,470 to date) to date:  (articles) - names:  16 Bybee; Laruue-Goodrich;l Grimes-Clark; Johnson-Whalen; Bodine-Frankenbarger

NEWS ITEMS    4  --  (831) Names:  Newtown fire; Highland son hurt; Clawson  & Rawles - sinking land

Recipes  1    = (YTD = 2 ) :  Porcupine Meatballs

Town / Township Information   1  :  (YTD = 1 ) Added information on Rynear



** ADDED THIS MONTH **  **  JANUARY 2022 **

OBITUARIES    71    Added:- ( obits this year to date _71__  & Total obits on the site:  14,751   Names include: Amundsen (Fern); Barricklow (Mae; Mary); Barry (Mildred); Bounnell (Emery); Bowers (Della); Birdge (Grace); Buchanan (Goldie); Chambers (Belle); Chrisman (Ruth); Clark (Phoebe, Rufus); Crim (Nina); Ehl (Amy): Ehrie (Michael); Fenters (Charles); Finney (Flora, William Franklin); Foxworthy (Freeman); Frazier (John William:0  Gayler (Fred); Green (Earl; Elihu); Griffith (Margaret); Gumert (Edward); Hack (Chauncey); Haniford (Annie); Harmon (Lowell); Hedge (Hannah); Helms (Frank W); Jennings (Albert, Verne); Leonard (Jessa Davidson); Massey (Sina); McKie (Bertha); McFeeley (Florian); Miller (Charles F; Eva Peters); Nesbitt (Gladys, William); Newkirk (Washington); Polk (Rosa); Pursley (Mary); Reed (Isaac); Ray (Hallie, Opal, Marcus, Viola); Ratcliff (Mildred); Smith (Austin Helen Anderson, Edward); Talbott (Artie); Terry (Lucy + Photo ); Vester (Gertrude); Wemke (Dean, Lola); Watson (Ruth Cowan); Westfall (John W - CW); Weaver (Lester); Whitesell (David); Young (William H)

WPA BIRTHS:    704      ( 3,367 SINCE REBUILDING)  Additions, corrections and/or updates:  To include: Haas; Hack; Hadley; Hagely; Hagley; Halderbake; Haines; Hall; Ham; Hamm; Hallet; Hallett; Hamblen; Haniford; Hanna; Haniford; Hansford; Hanson; Hanthorn; Hankins; Hanley; Handley; Hancock; Hankins; Haman; Hanthorn; Harbaugh; Henson; Harbert; Harden; Hardesty; Harding; Harlan; Harlowe; Harmon; Harper; Harriman; Harrington;Harris; Haworth; Hay; Hayden; Hayes; Hays; Hayworth; Harrison; Harrold; Hershberger; Hart; Haney; Hartley; Harvey; Hashberger; Hatch; Hathaway; Hatt; Hatton; Havlin; Howard; Hedge; Hegg; Helbig; Helms; Hemphill; Henderson; Hendrix; Henry; Hensley; Hepler; Hershberger; Hesler; Hess; Heweston; Hewitt; Hibbs; Hick; Hickman; Hicks; Hildebrand; Hillyer; Hines; Hirshbell; Hitchens; Hite; Hittle; Hoagland; Hobson; Hodge; Hodges; Hole; Hopper; Hogstrum; Holden; Holder; Holland; Hollenbeck; Holston; Holt; Holton; Holycross; Holman; Holnes; Holroyd; Hoaks; Hoover; Hopkins; Hopper; Horn; Horsley; Hoste; Houser; Houts; Howard; Howerton; Howey; Hudson; Hewitt; Huff; Huffer; Huffman; Hughes; Hughey; Hullihan; Humpherys; Hunt; Hunter; Hurley; Hushaw; Husted; Hutson; Hutts; Hybarger; Huland; Hysong; Hyatt; Idle; Ingersoll; Ilett; Ingram; Ireland; Irvin; Isley; Irwin; Erwin; Jacks; Jackson; Jacobsen; James; Janeway; Jarred; Jarrett; Jasperson; Jaynes; Nolen; Jones; Jenkins; Jenks; Jett; Johns; Johnson; Johnston; Jones; Julian;

WPA Deaths:   5    ( 7 SINCE REBUILDING) Additions, corrections and/or updates:  To include:  5 death records - all with 1918 flu connection (Butt- Pearl; Courtney - Clara; Henderson - Ruth; Campbell - Joseph; O'Dell - James)

PHOTOS : 2   Names include: --Year to date added __2__  (886  photos to date) = added in Who's Who - Daniel Wolsey Voorhees; in obituaries Lucy Jane Terry (she's so cute)

Alumni (Schools) _ 2_ - (ytd = 2 ):  Statistics on the Attica 1928-1929 Basketball Team;

Recipes  1    = (YTD = 1 ) :  Tim T's Extremely Delicious Soup
             
Churches = 2  = YTD= 2 =   Miscellaneous article about Hillsboro churches refusing $ from a fiddling contest; Added a note from Mike McClure explaing more on the Newtown Church picture giving some background info

Who's Who __3 __ (YTD =) -  Enos Hook Nebeker; Charles Stewart and Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (photo of Dan)
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