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Welcome, to the newly revised
Montgomery County, Indiana Genweb Site
!!! Something New!!! To help facilitate moving between projects, I have added what I call the "Get Around Links" You will find their menu tab, just below the "Home Page ~ Tab", in the pull down menu by clicking the three bars in the left column. There is also a link to them at the top of each sections main page. I suggest that you open them in their own browser tab for easier access. These links will make it easier to move more directly between the sub-sites. I hope you enjoy them and have FUN, Happy Genealogy Days!!! Have Fun, Jim
I have tried hard to give the Genealogists of Montgomery County something to be proud of. If you discover a problem, let Karen know. Everyday I am learning something new about this procedure. Please be patient, Thanks, Jim!
NOTE: I and many others have spent about 25 plus years (from its inception) on this project -- PLEASE GIVE CREDIT if you use our work! I've found hundreds of obituaries FROM THIS SITE on findagrave and many personal genealogy sites - I know the obituaries etc. came from here but I don't see any credit. PLEASE GIVE CREDIT!!!! Here is the citation you should use & thanks so much in advance :)
Citation: The Indiana (INGenWeb Project), Copyright ©1996-2019 (and beyond), Montgomery County GenWeb site http://www.ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ - thanks soooo much - Karen Bazzani Zach
My name is Karen Bazzani Zach and I am your Coordinator for Montgomery County. My hubby is constantly helping me as well - thanks, Jim Z :) . Your Indiana State Coordinator is Lena Harper . Her assistant state coordinator is: Jim Cox
Below we have a self playing slide show. By placing the cursor below the "Control Bar" you will see a description of the photo. There is an icon "[ ]" on the right side of the "Control Bar" that by clicking on it the slide show will enlarge to "Full Screen". You can then move forward or backward, at your own pace, by clicking on the right or left arrows. Then there are full screen controls in the upper right hand corner. Please enjoy!
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Montgomery County, Indiana is rich with history and owns many interesting sites, including the Old Jail Museum (with one of the only workable rotating cells); the Lane Place (home of Henry S. Lane, Senator and personal friend to President Lincoln); Lew Wallace Study (author of the book, Ben Hur); DAR house (owned by the Elston family until the Dorothy Q Chapter, DAR purchased it); and Wabash College (an all-male Liberal Arts School with less than 1,000 students dating back to 1832).
Townships include Brown (with towns of Browns Valley and Waveland); Clark (Ladoga); Coal Creek (New Richmond, Wingate and Elmdale); Franklin (Darlington, Shannondale); Madison (Linden and Kirkpatrick); Ripley (Alamo, Yountsville); Scott (Parkersburg, New Market); Sugar Creek (Bowers); Union (Crawfordsville; Whitesville); Walnut (New Ross, Mace); Wayne (Waynetown). Crawfordsville, the County seat, is a third-class city with a full time mayor, a seven-member council and a clerk-treasurer. The city is located just off Interstate 74, about 45 miles West of Indianapolis.
Note: There has been a group of folks who have found (can you believe this?) over 500 towns to date (7-1-2023 ) - click on towns on the left column to read about not only those above but many, many more.Thanks so much to Suzie, Dellie & Jerry for the majority of them -- It's truly amazing!
In Honor and Memory of our past INGenWeb State Coordinators : Thanks for your dedication - here are Betty's remembrances of how Indiana began :) Loved that lady!
1996 - 1998 - Betty Sellers
1998 - 2000 - Fred Finkbiner
2000 - 2002 - Patrick Hays
2003 - 2004 - Gene Andert
2004 - 2011 - Debra Behler
2011 - 2012 - Katy Hestand
2012 - 2016 - Denise Wells
2016 - 2017 - John Peck
2017- -------- Lena Carlson Harper
(and thanks to Judi Burns (Greene Co Coordinator) for the INGenWeb history lesson :) I've seen 'em all come/go. Some were great (like Betty, & Fred), others good, a couple not so much :) Current one, Lena is awesome so hopefully, we're back on a great road again! Overall, though, they tried and kept us going as one of the ONLY FREE genealogy sites. ENJOY
Destination Indiana (Montgomery County link)
***Submission notification*** -
Effective November 21, 2012 -- Anyone submitting an obituary, picture, letter, biography ... for this site SHOULD note that the person being submitted (the obituary is about that person, in other words) SHOULD have been born, lived, or died in Montgomery County (sorry, but the site is getting sooo huge, I think this is necessary - THANKS MUCHES)- kbz
I want to take this space to THANK MY WONDERFUL TYPISTS
*****
Barbara
Beth
Betty
Cathy
Chris -
Christi
Cheryl
Debbie
Debby M.
Dellie
Gayla
Ginny
Glynnis
Jack * (Jack has been absolutely amazing)
Jerry
John - John did much work on the WWI Vets
Kelly
Kim H. - Current typist - super help
Lena
Melissa
Roselyn
S. (thanks sooo sooo much)
Sara Mc
Teresa
Tom H.
Vickie
Walt * (Walt typed a humongous bunch)
*****
** PLEASE let me know if I left anyone out because these guys & gals are
SUPER and I want to make sure they get a BIG THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!! ***
T H I S - W E E K' S - F E A T U R E D - P H O T O -
Crawfordsville Softball Champions 1935
includes name
thanks to the Yearbook Collection of Marilyn Appleby Hood donated by Curt Jackson.
(thanks to mzayat.com for the cute gif)IF YOU HAVE ANY PICS OF ANY OF THE TOWNS / BUILDINGS / AREAS / CHURCHES/ BUSINESSES/PEOPLE, please send them my way :) for this page and to archive in the photos section !! Love to share our history! kbz
ADDITIONS
CHECK - Check out the 2024 additions
2025 Goals -- wish us luck :)
1 – 500-600 obituaries -
2 – At least 20 photos - (not including the yearbooks)
3 – Add more marriage articles, military; businesses (at least 10 of each of the three)
4 – Add at least 50 more newspaper clippings ...
5 – Add at least 5 Who’s Who ..
6 - Add at least 5 yearbooks
JANUARY 2025 --Additions to Montgomery County INGenWeb
Obituaries: _170- Year to Date 170 == Total = 31,114
F - Fidler, Blanche; Foster, Gr V; Jessie Busenbark; Fraley (Arthur x 2); Fritts (Bertha Smith; James Isaac); Fruits (Carolyn Humphrey; Daisy). H -- Haas (Tillie; Guy Warbington); Hanna (Mary J); Hamilton (Charles); Hiatt (Harvey); Hines (Ernest); Hills (Clara Conrad - added); Hibbs (Daniel Martin); Higgs (Susan); Hill (Bessie Krug x 2; Hubbard (Elizabeth Riley; Hudson (Cecil - WWI); Hughes (Ernest "Pete"); Huenefeld (Cooney added); Hutchens (Leonard); Hodgkin (Martha - 1936); Hoover (Eva Cox added); Howard - Gerald) I = Ireland (Nora); Ingersoll (Alfred; Harold; Chester; Clayton; Edwin; Herschel); Insley (James J - added); Isaacs (John); Ivey (Zela) L = LePage (Alice x 3); Lane (Nathan - added) S - Schenck (Ethel x 2; H Wendall x2; Kay Lynne; Kenneth added; Wilma Busenbark); Selby (Henry added); Schwankanhaus x 2; Sering (Harry added); Shue (Cynthia); Shelton (Mary French); Shaw (Nancy Gail); Shortridge (Nell -- added); Simpson (Ray added); Sinclair (Myrtle); Raymond "Jim" Simmons (WWII); Simmons (Floyd; Manson x2);Skaggs (Gertrude Stockdale x 2); Small (Russell); Sloan, Lois (added); Snelling (Robert G (WWII and Stephen); Snyder (Abram (Mexican War); Stewart (Frank 1956); Stafford (William); Staniford (Ella Grantham); Stitz (William); Stevens (Nelson); Stockdale (Charles added; Martha added); Stull (Eston "Jack"; John); Stover (Samuel); Stoudt (Foster). Walker (JM; Edith); Ward (inf of Orville); Warren (Mabel added to); Warrick (Brian Kevin; Russell E); Wagoner (Dott Rusing added; Eli added; Fred added; Jenevieve added; Weber (Gordon); Waver (Homer Wallace and Jimmy - added to both); Wellman (Walter Gordon); Weber (Gordon - added) Whelan (Verdie); Whitlock (John Edward); Wheeler (Ruth added 3); Williams (George added; Jarrod added 4 and photo; Margaret Bell; Sharon Hartung; Verna Miller); Wilhite (CD & Stanton); Wilkinson (lilly Velma)
F - Fidler, Blanche; Foster, Gr V; Jessie Busenbark; Fraley (Arthur x 2); Fritts (Bertha Smith; James Isaac); Fruits (Carolyn Humphrey; Daisy). H -- Haas (Tillie; Guy Warbington); Hanna (Mary J); Hamilton (Charles); Hiatt (Harvey); Hines (Ernest); Hills (Clara Conrad - added); Hibbs (Daniel Martin); Higgs (Susan); Hill (Bessie Krug x 2; Hubbard (Elizabeth Riley; Hudson (Cecil - WWI); Hughes (Ernest "Pete"); Huenefeld (Cooney added); Hutchens (Leonard); Hodgkin (Martha - 1936); Hoover (Eva Cox added); Howard - Gerald) I = Ireland (Nora); Ingersoll (Alfred; Harold; Chester; Clayton; Edwin; Herschel); Insley (James J - added); Isaacs (John); Ivey (Zela) L = LePage (Alice x 3); Lane (Nathan - added) S - Schenck (Ethel x 2; H Wendall x2; Kay Lynne; Kenneth added; Wilma Busenbark); Selby (Henry added); Schwankanhaus x 2; Sering (Harry added); Shue (Cynthia); Shelton (Mary French); Shaw (Nancy Gail); Shortridge (Nell -- added); Simpson (Ray added); Sinclair (Myrtle); Raymond "Jim" Simmons (WWII); Simmons (Floyd; Manson x2);Skaggs (Gertrude Stockdale x 2); Small (Russell); Sloan, Lois (added); Snelling (Robert G (WWII and Stephen); Snyder (Abram (Mexican War); Stewart (Frank 1956); Stafford (William); Staniford (Ella Grantham); Stitz (William); Stevens (Nelson); Stockdale (Charles added; Martha added); Stull (Eston "Jack"; John); Stover (Samuel); Stoudt (Foster). Walker (JM; Edith); Ward (inf of Orville); Warren (Mabel added to); Warrick (Brian Kevin; Russell E); Wagoner (Dott Rusing added; Eli added; Fred added; Jenevieve added; Weber (Gordon); Waver (Homer Wallace and Jimmy - added to both); Wellman (Walter Gordon); Weber (Gordon - added) Whelan (Verdie); Whitlock (John Edward); Wheeler (Ruth added 3); Williams (George added; Jarrod added 4 and photo; Margaret Bell; Sharon Hartung; Verna Miller); Wilhite (CD & Stanton); Wilkinson (lilly Velma)
Added 20 more on 1-5-2025 -- - Ivey, Zola - added; Ingersoll (Harold added; Frederick (WWII - added); Hurley; Ida Bowman - added) James K; John E added; Laura M; Leslie; Lloyd - added to; Myrtle Weaver; Ray E x 2; Rebecca Moffett added 2; Edwin Elvin; Isaacs, John - Civil War
Added 50 on 1-12-2005 (tallied in above) -- Thompson; Damon- WWI; Therien (Anita); Tjrelkild (Dennis); ;Townsend (Ben x3; John Ralph); Tribbett (Albert G x2; Anna Cox; Edna L; Eli; Frank; Jerry; Scott x2); Tribby (Galord); Turnipseed (Walter); Thompson (Bourbon x2); Damon (WWI) ; Y = Yater (Goldie x2); Young (Ada; Clyde added; Susan; Virgil); York (Alice Gray added 2); Yerkes (Herbert W x2; Corwin + Phoo; CO "Cat)); Zackmire (James Luther); Zeigler (Mattie Utterback)
Added 26 more - total year to do 196 - total = 31,140
B = Barnett, Margaret; Ball, William Tx2; Bartholomew, John C x2; Banta, Clarence; Baker, Joseph; Ballard (Claude; Tilla; Virgil), Ball (Eileen Alexander); Bennett (Fred x3); Brown Levi C x 2; Floyd; Butcher (Fannie x3); Budd (Jennie); Burroughs, William Leslie x 3 - WWII
Added (YTD = 1,566 ) : 179 images of the 1926 Athenian Yearbook; 110 images from the 1942 CHS Athenian Yearbook; 95 Images from the 1944 CHS Athenian Yearbook; 101 images from the 1945 CHS Athenian Yearbook; 84 images of the 1950 Athenian Yearbook; 93 images of the 1951 Athenian Yearbook; 93 images of the 1952 Athenian Yearbook; 103 images of the 1959 Athenian Yearbook; 97 images of the 1953 Athenian Yearbook; 101 images of the 1955 Athenian Yearbook; 95 images of the 1956 Athenian Yearbook; 105 images of the 1957 Athenian Yearbook; 105 images of the 1957 Athenian Yearbook; 102 images of the 1958 Athenian Yearbook; 93 images of the 1905 Athenian Yearbook;
Bibles ____ - Total 82 Bibles - (LOVE more):
Biographies -- _8 names 19 articles - Manson (2), Mahlon; Guthrie, Silas 6 articles; Clouser (Marion Howard x 4); Cowan (John Maxwell - added); Tribbett (Wesley x 3 articles); White, Charles - added) ; Wallace (David + photo; Lew added)
Births -- 4 (Ytd = 4) - Meharry, Lee Carter; Mikels twin sons; Miles 10th boy - Smith, Benene - 16 children - twins
BUSINESSES _18___Added Year to date _18__ (Campbell William; LePage (antiques); Chambers Hotel; Darlington Public Library; Teague Undertaking); Sherman House x3); Austin, John M x2); Dungan John - buckets and other wooden items); Pursel - book and much more; Brown, TD (added 2 - think he was our first drug store; Douglass, HA (organ maker/pattern holder); Ball & Hoover; Brown TD (added); Brooks & Campbell, queensware
Court Proceedings _ Added: __ Names :Deaths ___ Added: __ to date_ Names :Deeds___ Added: __ Names :Divorces _ _Added: _ Names :Inquests _ Added: __ Names :Land _ Added: __ Names :Law Suits - ____ Added -Marriages (includes announcements in newspapers) _10_(10 YTD) - Kennedy-Wilhite; Williamson - Harsock; Williamson-Couberly; Graves - McCulley; Denny - MartinMiscellaneous ____Naturalizations ___ Added: __ Names :Wills __ Added: __ Names :
Census ____ Updated:
Diaries --___ -
Divorces _6_ (YTD = 6) Bryant, Catherine & Simon - Elza Laura vs H; Wright, Florence vs Andrew; Staley (Sarah vs Emmanuel); Harris Mattie vs. Robert; Darter, John vs. Edith
Letters ___ - (YTD = 0) Added:
Links -- __ Added - YTD
Misc -- ____
MILITARY - (Causalities and Other Data)___Added - (ytd = )
War of 1812 -__ -Civil War _4__-- __4__ YTD = -LOTS :) Desertion charges - George Thompson; George Brown; Sylvester Weaver; pension Abram Lane;Mexican American - _1__ A bram SnyderWorld War I = _ 3 + 3 more__ = items added -_6_ - YTD : -6 (Cecil Hudson); Lloyd Twiddy; Lt. Col. Youngman and Russell Dwiggins (2 articles)World War II =Items added 67added =__ 7__ YTD - (Raymond Simmons; Robert Snelling; Frederick Ingersoll; Damon Thompson; Ralph Townsend; Frank Tribbettx2)Korean -- _4_ = 4 added this month = 4 YTD - Pearson - 3 articles; Charles Northcutt added 1Viet Nam - ____ -YTD -
NEWS 32-- Added - YTD -__ 32 - In #3 -- Holloway, Ed - wrecked train; Hostetter (William - pin cushion) -Midland RR x 8; Small Pox; McIntire, Major - horse dies; Hazlett (Sam - orchard); Sick List - obits and listing of those who died in 1918 flu epidemic. (Misc) - Fred Porch - 101 Democrat voter; Fullens sell steers to Fullenwiders; News #3 - Brown, John robbed; Casad same; Holloway same; Durham ,Jesse same; Whitney Bert same; Sicklist - added an influenza article of 1842, Emily Keene quite ill; ; Misc - Smith JP - don't trust my wife; B - Ben Hur - camel dies; Tilford (Samuel x2 - sees Lincoln's assassination - neat article); Brown - children to orphanage; Elmore, Cline - honored; Taken-ups (Pierce and Hitch)
PHOTOS -- _- Added (YTD =5 )
- Photos People: __4_ - See Williamson Dunn Who's Who piece; Wm. Henry Larrabee - in Who's Who; Corwin Yerkes - see obit; David Wallace - see bio
- Photos Groups: 1 - ; Crawfordsville Softball Champions 1935 (with names);
- PHOTOS Places: ____ =
- Photographer information
STREETS -- Added ____YTD = - - some new and some information
QUESTIONS - _____ -
REUNIONS - ____ ( YTD = ) --
SHARED: ____ Sent articles/obits/info to these
Wills - Brush, William Tell; Andrew Crouch; Cooley, Lorin; Brockman, Eleanor
Who's Who __3__ -- Added - __3__YTD (Williamson Dunn + photo; William Henry Larrabee + photo); Allen, John Beard)
Chautaqua
(thanks to Al Wolf for this awesome site - greatly appreciazted)
Hilary from the IN Div. of Hist Pres & Archaeology sent this recently - nifty