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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://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.
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 2026 additions for current month below
2026 Goals -- wish us luck :)
1 – 400 obituaries -
2 – At least 10 photos - (not including the yearbooks) "DONE"
3 – Add more marriage articles, military; businesses (at least 10 of each of the three) "DONE"
4 – Add at least 50 more newspaper clippings ... "DONE"
5 – Add at least 5 Who’s Who .. "DONE"
Obituaries: 38 items this month; 385 Year to Date; Total = 32,027: Boyland, Mary A,; Burns, Zerelda Jane Davidson (2); Byers, Clarence H. (2); Coopman, Arthur B. (2); Cayner, George W.; Criss, Josie N. Fry (2); Elmore, Aetna Gail - WW I; Eskew, Joseph C. - WW II; Fraley, Arthur Stanton; Froelich, William; Gross, John Henry; Gross, Mary Margery Reeder (2); Hay, Andrew-Dr.; Hoggins, Eliza; Kessler, William J. - WW I; Layton, Albert; Marler, Claracy Atta; Mathers, J. W.; Mitchell, Doris L. Hunt - 2003; Milligan, Samuel J.; Norris, Delilia Ellen (2); Robbins, George Duff; Seybold, Roscoe; Spray, Theodore; Stevens, Charles C. - WW I; Thomas, James Ray; Tittle, Nancy Eliza Fritts Jolley; Waterman, Moses; Wray, John D.; Yater, James Carroll (2); Yaryan, Samuel Isaac;
Alumni- Schools -- _892 (images)_Added _992__ (YTD = 2,482 (images) : Crawfordsville Athenian 1962 (97 images); 1971 Athenian (138 images); 1972 Athenian (138 images); 1973 Athenian (162 images); Southmont Memories: 1973 Memories (1973 images); 1974 Memories (171 images); New Market Elementary 1983 Annual (25 images);
Biographies -- __1_ Added this month; YTD __6__ = Tobin, Carl;
Births -- (Ytd = 2 ) -
BUSINESSES ____Added this month; 45 Year to date:
Court Records:
- Affidavits: Added___ Added this Month: _2__ YTD:
- Court Proceedings ___ Added this Month: __1_ YTD:
- Deeds___ Added this Month: ___ YTD:
- Guardianships;___ Added this Month: ___ YTD:
- Inquests___ Added this Month: ___ YTD:
- Land ___ Added this Month: ___ YTD:
- Law Suits___ Added this Month: ___ YTD:
- Legal Notices ___ Added this Month: ___ YTD:
- Miscellaneous ___ Added this Month: ___ YTD:
- Naturalizations ___ Added this Month: ___ YTD:
- Wills ___ Added this Month: ___ YTD:
Cemeteries: List of Cemeteries and Churches culled from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, as of 1 November 2020.;
Census ____ Updated:
CHURCHES Adding new Church Items HERE! _2_ items this month; 5 Items YTD = 5 <> TD = 1166): List of Cemeteries and Churches culled from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, as of 1 November 2020.; Pleasant Hill Christian Church = "History of the Pleasant Hill Christian Church";
Diaries --__1__ Added this month; 1 Year to date: An index to Stell Hamm's Scrapbook , covering 1901-1946;
Divorce Records _ 3_ _Added: _12-YTD Names : Dorthea Odell Miles vs Robert Leroy Miles; Bertha Fritts vs James Fritts; Clyde Suiter vs Iva Suiter;
Karen's Historical Writings: YTD:
Letters ___ - (YTD = ) Added:
Links -- _1_ Added - 1 YTD = List of Cemeteries and Churches culled from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, as of 1 November 2020.;
Marriage Records (includes announcements in newspapers) _2_ this month = (48= YTD) - Suiters, Maurine; Groom, Middleton;
Misc -- ____
MILITARY - (Causalities and Other Data)___Added - (ytd = )
- Revolutionary War - -
- War of 1812 -__ - Added
- 1898 - Spanish-American - added
- Civil War __ This Month; 3 YTD = -
- World War I = _ __ = items added -__ - :
- World War II =Items added _8 _ =__8__ YTD :- Wounded in Action > S Sgt Dickerson, PFC Payne, PVT Ferratt, PFC Hall, PFC Harley, T4 Noland & PFC Suiter; Pendleton, PVT Paul H. - recoving in England - 1945 {Awarded "Purple Heart"};
- Korean -- __ = added this month = YTD -
- Viet Nam - ____ -YTD -
- Crime- Clough, Jasper N. - 1890; Dennis, James; Burgaries in Mont. Co. 1960; Tallman, Ernest - 1955 Drunk Driving; Robberies in Fountain & Montgomery Counties - 1943; Burglars Caught - 1893; Patton, Donald held on assault - 1948; Justice, James - 1931 in jail for embezalment - escapes; Robbery of Bowers Station - 1931; William Dales was assaulted and in hospital;
- Accidents -
- Birthdays -
- HEADLINES -
- Miscellaneous - Law and Order Group - 1897; Whip Caps - 1892;
- Politics - Delegaters to State Democratic Convention - 1864: Samuel C. Wilson, E F Lucas, Wm A Sangster & JC Applegate;
- Sicklist - Wabash College classes suspended because of Influenza - 1918;
- Sports - Horse Racing -Winter Allen and Que Allen;
PHOTOS _____ Photos added this Month; 68 Added YTD:
- Photos People: ____ -- Names:
- Photos Groups: _
- PHOTOS Places: ____ =
- Photographer information : Nicholson & Willhite Photographers;
STREETS ____ Added this month; ____YTD
QUESTIONS - _____ -
REUNIONS - __3__ ( YTD = 3 ) --Fink Family Reunion - 1923; Barker Reunions in 1930 & 1935;
SHARED: ____ Sent articles/obits/info to these
Wills -
Who's Who ____ -- Added this Month; __5__Added YTD:
Chautaqua
(thanks to Al Wolf for this awesome site - greatly appreciazted)
Hilary from the IN Div. of Hist Pres & Archaeology sent this recently - nifty