Monroe County Updates - 2009

December 2009

Obituaries

• Child of J. T. Richardson

• Burrell Reeves

• K. N. Woolery

• Joshua Pryor

• William Poole

• Infant of James Woodburn

• Mrs. Christy Clark

• Mrs. D. H. McPherson

• Asenath Hill                            - shared by Cathy Beard

November 2009

Deaths

• Index of 1921 to 1940 - Z Surnames

• Index of 1921 to 1940 - U Surnames

Obituaries

• William Baxter

• John Scales

• Samuel Boruff

October 2009

Cemeteries

• Bridge-Williams Cemetery

Lookups

• Valhalla Memory Gardens Cemetery (1926 - 1978)

• Valhalla Memory Gardens Addendum 1978 - 1990

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September 2009

History

• 1883 Fire    - news article with map describing 1883 fire on the square - shared by Connie Shotts

• 1884 History    -Transcribed from “Counties of Morgan, Brown and Monroe, Indiana”, written by Charles Blanchard, published 1884 - partial transcription

Military   

• William M. Alexander Civil War Pension File    - this is a large .pdf file shared by Connie Shotts that is scanned images of the paperwork she received from the National Archives

Obituaries

• Shared by Judy Jefferson    -Acuff, Arwine, Axsom, Blanks, Brown, Clark, Dixon, Elkins, Hillenburg, Honeycutt, Martin, Millikan, Sell, Taylor, Wall, Wampler, Workman

• Shared by Dorothy Hamm    -Hamm, Harden, Wampler, Collier, Young, Schuck

Researchers

• Skirvin Family    -    Mary Lynn Skirvin Johnson    who states: I have a database that covers well over 3000 individuals and my work covers all related names.  The Skirvin family within Indiana was founded by George Skirvin and his wife Elizabeth, and they came to the area prior to 1830

August 2009

Deaths

• Index    - working files of 1882 to 1920 deaths for Surnames starting with I, K, Q, U, V, W, X, Y & Z

Researchers

• Donna Palmer Viehman    - Burk, Burke, Burks, Gillaspie, Gilaspy, Gillespie, Grubb, Hadden, Haddon, Hillenburg, Kinser Meadows, Palmer, Patten, Patton, Payne, Phillips

Wills

• Book Two    - index of names spanning the years of 1836 to 1851

July 2009

Land Records

• Land Records Index    - link to Monroe County Historical Society's index of Land Records from 1817 to 1863

Researchers

• Rita Smith    - Rita has volunteered to make copies at the courthouse or library and take local photos

June 2009

Obituaries

• Shared by Judy Jefferson - Adeline Allgood, Charles Allgood, John Allgood, Ora Allgood, Laura May Bryant, Bessie Petro, Ethel Gardner, Charles Meadows, Albert Pedro, Charles Lewis Pedro, Mary Elizabeth Ramsey, Earl Sharp, Myra Jane Stewart, Nora Jane Stewart, Cloyd Sturgeon, Josie Waldron

Researchers

• Nancy Barrett - surnames Abram, Abrams, Barrett, Cain, Carmichael, Corbin, Foddrill, Hill, Koons, Koontz, May, Sciscoe, Shields, Wright

May 2009

Cemeteries

• Dunn Cemetery    - index of names with photos of tombstones

Deaths

• Index    - working files of 1882 to 1920 deaths for Surnames J, L, M, Mc, N, O, P, R, S & T

Obituaries

• John Stivers

• James W. Roberts

• Mrs. Charles Robinson

• John Adams

• Henry Harvey Peters

• Mrs. Sam Houston

• Charles Houston

• Francis Marion Carroll

• Jesse Peters

• Balam Fulford

Wills

• Book 1    - Index of names - covers the years 1818 to 1841

April 2009

Census

• 1830 Heads of Household Index

Deaths

• Index    - working files of 1882 to 1920 deaths for Surnames E, F, G, & H

Obituaries

• Shared by Judy Jefferson -Edward Allgood, Rufus Allgood, Willard Baker, Mrs. Cora Botkins, Mrs. Antoinette Brown, Edith W. Bryant, Paul L. Bryant, Charles O. Carter, Mrs. Harriett Lucinda Cooper, Mrs. Laura I. Deckard, Marshall Deckard, Herbert Dick, Theodore Eads, Edgar W. Empson, Martin N. Finn, William Edward Fulford, Lois M. "Granny" Grimes, Elizabeth K. Hamilton, Everett R. Hillenburg, Jessie Eloise Hyde, Eddie Ikerd, Jesse L. McConnell, Charles Ray Pedro, Chauncey V. Peterson, Cornelius Jesse Salee, Mary Elizabeth Shelton, Clarence Fredric Shields, Sarah A. Sowders, Pearl Stogsdill, Shirl Titus, Martha A. Waldron, Jesse Wall, Patricia Sue Welch

March 2009

Deaths

• Index - working files of 1882 to 1920 deaths for Surnames A, B, C & D

Obituaries

• Shared by Judy Jefferson - Harry Alexander, Pauline Medaris Bastin, Claude J. Black, Carl Elmer Brashaber, Charles Morton Brown, Arthur C. Carpenter, Nellie B. Clark, Leo Collier, Opal Conner, Benjamin Preston Crowe, Eulalia B. Dice, Roy Dick, Mrs. Anna Etta DeBois, Eleanor (Louden) Engerud, Warren Drake, Ione Figg, Mrs. Martha Alice Graham, Sylvia Hillenburg, Selma L. Fischer, Blanche C. Fowler, Sarah Ines Freeman, Gertrude Gibson, Oscar Hatcher, Mrs. Marcy A. Hays, Marion Hendricks, Phyllis E. Kelley, Ferdinand Harry Krentley, Mary S. Kutchie, Ulisses Lawson, Verna Lawson, Charles R. Liford, Mrs. Fern May Lowery, Ethel Edell McKee, William J. Moore, Ronald Ogden, Mrs. Melissa C. Parker, John H. Parnell, Lena Percifield, Inez E. Purcell, Jesse M. Purcell, Stella M. Richardson, Harold I. "Heady" Robertson, Mary Brevoort Ruddick, Ralph Louis Edwin Seifert, Sr., Marion L. Shank, William Taylor Shields, Alma Shigley, Roxie F. Sinex, Edgar Souders, Mrs. Jane Sweezy, Matthew Thomas, Harry E. Todd, Mrs. Margaret Ann Trinkle, Margaret L. Trisler, Mrs. Maude E. Twomey, Jesse VanPelt, Mrs. Nora Ann Williamson, Robert E. Woods, Lenza Wray, Nora A. Wray, and Hazel Wright

February 2009

Cemeteries

• Hindustan Cemetery

Obituaries

• 4 Cooter Family obituaries shared by Dennis Krebs

• Shared by Judy Jefferson - Maxine Abrams, Robert Allen, Viola Evelyn Branham, Guy Carmichael, Louisa D. Coleman, Harold Wilson Cornwell, John Eller, Joanna Lankford, Winfred May, Sr., Dorothy Stines, Florida Stone, Benton W. Stone, Frank R. Spencer, Charles W. Spencer, Mary Ann Reynolds, Elmer Ice Snow, Patsy Delores Bryant, Frank Marion Bryant, John J. Snow, Florence Snow, Bernice Dunn, Ruth Stevens, Frost Snow, Ethel (Hudson) Snow, Burgess Snow, Narcissus Burton, Bertha Shields, Martha May Shields, Emmet Snow, Frances M. Purett, Emma L. Sallee, Dorothy Marie Salee, Ellen Sarilda Salee, Jesse James Salee, Benjamin Warner Shields, Maude (Betty) Smith, Homer Benton Spencer, Herschel Stines, John "Cleo" Wenrich & Ruth H. Wood

January 2009

Cemeteries

• Griffith Cemetery

Lookups

• Rose Hill Cemetery 1821 - 1976 - Monroe County Historical Society Publication, 1976

• Rose Hill Cemetery 1Addendum 1976-1996 - Monroe County Historical Society Publication, 1996

• Pioneer Cemeteries in Bloomington Township - Bloomington Township Trustees, 1990

• Probate Boxes 1818 - 1872 - Monroe County Historical Society Publication, 1997

• Monroe County Indiana Marriages 1818 - 1881- Monroe County Historical Society Publication, 1995

• Monroe County Indiana Marriages 1882 - 1920- Monroe County Historical Society Publication, 1997

• DAR Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications

• DAR Patriot Index

Marriages

• Pre 1850 Marriages

Obituaries            (43 obituaries shared by Judy Jefferson)

• Surnames: Arnold, Baldridge, Bryant, Davis, Dutton, Dearman, Dye, Harris, Hollis, Hudson, Hughes, Isom, Johnston, Langley, Louden, Pardue, Parks, Rader, Ray, Robinson, Taylor, Torphy, Underwood, Wade, White

Researchers

• Surnames: Alexander, Bales, Bowman, Butcher, Chandler, Dearmin, Dover, Harris, Hoover, Houston, Johns, Kendrick, Knight, Myers, Pate, Putman, Putnam, Rhorer, Scott, Trisler, Vaught, Waggaman, Warinner