Montgomery County Photographs

Montgomery County, Indiana

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General Lew Wallace and Poet Laureate James Whitcomb Riley, in 1901.

General Lew Wallace, Union Army General, and Author of "Ben Hur" & "The Prince of India"(1893).
"Lew Wallace was born in Brookville, Indiana on April 10, 1827, died in 1905. Lew Wallace attended Wabash College in Crawfordsville for eight weeks, later became a lawyer and came to Crawfordsville in 1853. Wallace wanted to marry Susan Elston. But since Wallace was not a very good student when he was younger, he had to prove himself to his future father-in-law. Wallace became a state senator in 1856. Lew Wallace served in the Mexican and the Civil War. He organized a group in Crawfordsville called the Zouaves who were getting prepared and trained in case of a war. During the Civil War he was a major general. He stopped the Confederates from capturing Washington, D.C. And he was at the court of the people who shot Abraham Lincoln. He was governor of the New Mexico Territory, also the U.S. Minister to Turkey from 1881 to 1885."

submitted by Mark Smith

John Leslie and Opal [Harshbarger] Foxworthy
John Leslie Foxworthy & Opal Harshbarger on their wedding day, Dec 15, 1915, Montgomery County, Indiana. They are related to me through his grandfather James Daniel Foxworthy who was a brother to my great great grandmother, Mary S. Foxworthy Bryant.
Sheri Childers

I found this photo among my grandparents pictures. My grandparents were Emery Leland Moffitt 1887-1944 and Ada Hiatt Moffitt 1888-1953

Emery's parents were Hugh Moffitt 1855-1928 and Anna Cason Moffitt 1857-1952. Hugh and Anna moved from Thorntown, Boone County, IN to Darlington, Montgomery County, IN around 1890.

I believe one of this couple is either a MOFFITT or CASON.

Thank you so much!

Waynetown School

First AIRMAIL commemorated

To commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the first carriage of air mail in the United States
on the hot-air balloon Jupiter, flown by John Wise on August 17, 1859, from Lafayette to
Crawfordsville, Indiana. Of 123 letters thus carried, only 23 are known today to exist.

Cachet design for the Fleetwood® First Day Cover by Fred Labitzke. Actual size: 6-1/2 x 3-5/8 inches.

See the memorial in Tippecanoe County

Eighth Grade class, in 1930- Alamo HS.
submitted by Mark Smith

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Montgomery County, Indiana USGenWeb Project

Montgomery County Photographs

The photographs contained herein are submissions to this website. The submitter(s), by the act of submission, grants permission for their display.

First AIRMAIL commemorated