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Age 24. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Spouse: Henry Adams
Age 31 years, 11 months, 4 days. Born in Henry Co., Kentucky; daughter of Abraham and Rebecca Swift Kephart. Mother of 8 children. [She has two stones: one gives date of death as Oct. 28, while the other has Nov. 28.] Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Spouse: Mary
Age 81. There is also a military stone with the following: David Adams Sr., died 1839 -- Pvt. Bailey's Regt. Pa. Troops, Rev. War. -- Cemetery index "Born in 1762 in Donegal, Ireland. Revolutionary War service: drafted from York Co., Pa. in August 1780; served under Major Bailey in Capt. Copenhafer's Co. Served from Nov. 1780 to Feb. 1781 as a substitute for Jacob Staley in the same Co. (Proof: Pension Claims.) Married Mary. Children: Henry, John, Hugh, Jacob, Elizabeth, Mary, Lenna and Isabelle." -- DAR book, "Soldiers Buried in Indiana". Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, in the Johnson Co.
Age 2. Daughter of Henry and Amy Adams. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Age 11 months. Infant son of Henry and Amy Adams. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Age 37 years and 4 months. Buried in woods near Paragon in Ray Township.
Spouse: John Afflerbach
Catherine Miller Afflerbach, died August 25, 1887 at aged 70 years, 23 months and 26 days. She was born in Westphalia, Prussia in 1837 and came to this country in 1852 2ith her family and other relatives. Her husband, three daughters and 2 son survive her. She will be buried in Nast Chapel Cemetery, Jackson Twp., Morgan County, Ind.
Walked to His Death.
Martinsville, Ind., Dec. 9.--Anson Albee, aged 72, a wealthy and prominent citizen of Crawfordsville, was found dead yesterday at Gosport, fourteen miles west of here. He was in this city on Saturday to close up trade, and left at 5 p.m., intending to take the midnight train for home. In going to the depot he walked off of a forty foot trestle and fell on the rocks below, causing instant death. He had in his possession $1,927 and a gold watch, which were found on his person.
Age 7 months and 22 days. Son of B. and P. Aldrich. Buried in Whetzel/Mackenzie Cemetery.
Spouse: Olive Sheldon
Age 66. Born April 8, 1772 in Smithfield, Providence Co., Rhode Island; son of Sylvanus and Dorothy Smith Aldrich. Married 1791 in Smithfield. Father of 8 children: Luke Sheldon, Barlow, Esbon, Mark, Paris, Alzada, Dorothy, and Hannah. [Cemetery index notes that tombstone is in bad shape; death date may be incorrect.] Buried in Whetzel/McKenzie Cemetery.
From Eminence - "The infant child of James and Cappie Alexander, of near Monrovia, was buried recently."
Spouse: (1) Celinda “Jane” Field; (2) Elizabeth “Jane” Dysart
William Riley Alger, age 46. “A man named Alger, who lived at Point Commerce was run over and killed at Worthington by a freight train.” Born in New York; son of Sylvester M. and Harriet Polly Monroe Alger. Civil war veteran: Co. E., 189th Inf. Reg. (Ohio). Married first wife [Celinda “Jane Field] on March 19, 1846 in Crawford Co., Ohio; she died in 1847. Married second wife [Elizabeth “Jane” Dysart] on May 1, 1851 in Richland Co., Ohio; they had 7 children together: Emma J., Laura J., Franklin W., Julia M., Sarah E., Mary “Mollie” V., and James F.
Aaron Allen, age 20. Son of S. and M. Allen. Cemetery: Butterfield/Rinker.
Alex H. Allen. "From Monrovia -- Alex Allen, son of Mr. an Mrs. Moses Allen, died, age 24. This is the 3rd one taken from this family in the last 20 months." Cemetery: West Union.
Amy Allen,age 18 years, 10 months. Daughter of Chas. And Sarah Jones Allen. “Died January 26th, Amy Allen, aged 18 years, youngest daughter of the late Charles Allen of Monroe Township.” Cemetery: West Union.
Anna Allen, age 30 years, 10 months, 21 days. Cemetery: Fairfield Friends. <
Cecil J. Allen,“From Mooresville – Cecil, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Allen, died Tuesday, January 27th, and was buried Thursday. Buried in Allen family plot, Mooresville Cemetery. [Cemetery index gives dates as 1904-1904.] Cemetery: Mooresville Cemetery.
Allen Charles
DOB: 9 Oct 1797
DOD: 3 Dec 1873
Morgan County Republican, Dec 11, 1873
Charles Allen,age 76 years. 1 month and 24 days. Born Oct. 9, 1797 in Chatham Co., N.C.; son of William and Jane Hobson Allen. “Former resident of Chatham Co., N.C. Moved to Monroe Township, Morgan County, Ind. In 1826 and settled on the farm on which he died.” Married first wife in Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, N.C. on Sept. 8, 1919. They had three daughters: Mary, Martha, and Deborah. Wife [Rebecca Hobson] died in 1835. Married second wife, [Sarah Jones] in Morgan Co., Ind. On Feb. 8, 1836. They had 15 children: George, Rebecca, Enos, William, Isaac, John, Asa, Jane, Eunice, Huldah, Alfred, Amy, Enoch, Harvey and one unnamed infant. Cemetery: West Union.
Allen, Charles F.
DOB: 16 Jun 1857
DOD: 6 May 1883
Martinsville Republican, May 10, 1882
Charles F. Allen,age 24 years, 11 months and 26 days. Parents: Preston and Susanna. “From Mooresville – Charlie Allen, a most promising young man of Friendswood took sick while at his duties at the Normal School of Danville, and died at his home at Friendswood last Sunday. He was to be married shortly.” Cemetery: Fairfield Friends
Spouse: Zimri Allen
Deborah Allen,age 31 years, 9 months, 18 days. Born in Chatham Co., N.C.: daughter of Stephen Sr. and Ann Barnes Hobson. Married in Chatham Co. on Sept. 8, 1819. [First person buried in West Union Cemetery, according to her husband’s obituary. Buried Nov. 1, 1832. Cemetery: West Union.
Spouse: Joseph Allen
Delilah Allen, age 28 years and 27 days. Cemetery: Butterfield/Rinker.
Allen, Effie L.
DOB: 15 Nov 1879
DOD: 6 Feb 1905
Martinsville Republican, Feb 11. 1905
Effie L. Allen, age 24. Died in Colorado. Cemetery: West Union.
Elizabeth Allen, age 79 years, 8 months and 10 days. Cemetery: Fairfield Friends.
Elizabeth Allen, age 33. Daughter of Joseph and Esther C. Cemetery: Fairfield Friends.
Ella Jane Allen, age 23 years, 1 month, 2 days. Daughter of Wm. and D. Allen. Cemetery: West Union.
Elsie M. Allen, age 20. "Miss Elsie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Allen, died Saturday at the home of her parents. This is the 4th in the family to have died in the past 2 years."
Spouse: Enoch Allen
Emma R. Allen, age 22 years, 5 months and 29 days. Cemetery: West Union.
Spouse: Jane Ward
Enos Allen, age 72. Son of Charles and Sarah Johnes Allen. Civil War veteran: Co.D, 70th (Ind. Vol. Survived by wife.
Frankie Allen, age 1 year, 5 months and 15 days. Infant son of E. an E. R. Allen. Cemetery: Westrn Union.
Freddie Allen, infant son of Alf. and M. A. Allen. "From Gasburg--Alfred Allen's little child died a few days ago with inflammation of the bowels." Cemetery: West Union.
Spouse: Mary C.
George Allen, son of Charles and Sarah Jones Allen. Buried Oct 1, 1895. "George Allen of Hazelwood died, age 50. He was the brother of Enos Allen of Monroe Townsh, and an uncle of Gilbert Allen of this city." He is survived by his widow. Cemetery: West Union.
Henry L. Allen, age 11 months, 2 days. Infant son of Wm. and D. Allen. Cemetery: West Union.
Huldah Allen, age 2 years, 7 months, 22 days. Daughter of Charles and Sarah Jones Allen. Cemetery: Fairfield Friends.
Isaac Allen, age 19 years, 6 months and 22 days.Son of Charles and Sarah Jones Allen. He was a Quaker and a Civil War soldier: Co A, 33rd Regt. Cemetery: West Union.
Jackson Allen, age 11 years, 8 months, 8 days. Cemetery: Fairfield Friends.
Jane Allen, age 24. Born in N.C., daughter of Zimri and Deborah Hobson Allen. Cemetery: West Union.
Spouse: William Allen (died 1844)
Jane Allen, age 82 years and 2 months. Born Feb. 3, 1774 in Chatham Co., N.C.; daughter of Charles and Sarah Beck Hobson. Married c1792. Mother of 10 children. Cemetery: West Union.
Janet Allen, age 75. Cemetery: Mooresville Cemetery.
John "Johnnie" Coburn Allen, age 12 years, 3 months, 23 days. Son of T. J. and M. E. Allen. “John Coburn Allen – Johnny, as he was familiarly called, was born January 29, 1874 and died at Bellville, Hendricks Country, May 21st. Age 13 years and past. He was brought from Bellville to Brooklyn, where his funeral was preached. He was buried at Centennary Cemetery, 3 miles East of Brooklyn.” Cemetery: Centennary.
John "Johnny" J. Allen, age 87 years, 3 months and 21 days. “Died at his home in Monrovia. He was the oldest person in this township. He was a tinner by trade, and had worked in the sho until a few months ago. He was a member of the Friends West Union Church.” Buried Jan. 22, 1894. Cemetery: West Union
Joseph Allen,age 84 years, 8 month and 14 days. Born Aug. 14, 1794; son of Jackson and Sarah Allen, Bedford Co., Va. Father of 7 children: Sally, Huldah, Moses Joseph, Wesley. Eliza and William. Cemetery: Fairfield Friends
Spouse: Charles Allen
Age 39 years, 9 months, and 20 days. Born July 15, 1795 in Chatham Co., N.C.; daughter of Stephen and Deborah Marshall Hobson. Married on Sept. 8, 1819 in Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Chatham Co. Mother of 3 daughters, Mary, Martha, and Deborah. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Nancy Allred, age 16 years, 9 months, and 6 days. Daughter of W. and C. Allred. “Mary (sic), E., daughter of William and Dilly Allred, departed this life August 25 aged 16 years, 7 months and 7 days.” She will be buried in Mooresville Cemetery.
Spouse: Thomas Antrim
Daughter of Thomas and Theodate Vernon Barnett. Married on Feb. 17, 1830. Mother of Joseph, Mildred and John. Buried in West Newton Cemetery.
Bessie App, 90, dies Sunday
Rev. Richard Hittle and Rev. David Middletown conducted funeral rites Wednesday afternoon in Carlisle and Son Chapel for Mrs. Bessie App of R. R. 4, Martinsville. Mrs. App died Sunday afternoon following an illness of 1 years. She made her home with her daughter Mrs. Martha VanWinkle. She was 90 years of age and had lived in Morgan county since 1917 and belonged to the Waverly Methodist church. Her husband, E. N. App, died 13 years ago. Mrs. App was the daughter of Lewis and Lydia Abbott Osborn, and was born March 5, 1875, at Stockwell. Surviving her, besides Mrs. Van Winkle, are three other daughters and two sons, Mrs. Phyllis Kerkhoff, R. R. 4, Martinsville, Mrs. Jean Cook, Columbus, Mrs. Zoe Campbell of California, Kenneth App of R. R. 3, Greencastle, John Louis App, Franklin. 18 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren also survive her. A daughter, Benaldine App, died earlier. Burial was in Mooresville cemetery.
MOORESVILLE - Mr. Escar N. App, Madison township farmer, passed away at the Hill Top Nursing Home at Greenwood on Feb. 6 at the age of 79 years, 9 months and 4 days. He had been in the home for 3 weeks and had been seriously ill the past 6 weeks. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, Febr. 8 at Waverly Methodist Church, with Rev. Richard Hittle and Rev. Earl Allison, officiated. Burial was made in Mooresville, with Harvey and Son in charge of the funeral arrangement. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie App of Mooresville R. 2, 4 daughters, Miss Zoe App of New York, Mrs. Jean Cook of Columbus, Mrs. Martha Head of Mooresville and Mrs. Phyllis Kerkhoff of Martinsville R. 5; 2 sons, John H. App of Franklin and Kenneth App of Thorntown; 18 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren and a brother, Burvil App of Lafayette. Mr. App was born in Mulberry, Clinton County, Indiana, on May 2, 1873, the son of John M. and Eliza Buck App. He married Bessie Osborne on Febr. 16, 1893, and they moved to Madison township in 1917 where they have since resided. He was a member of the Methodist Church and the F & AM of Waverly.
Spouses: (1) Alice Piersol; (2) Cassandra Newkirk
Age 59. Born May 25, 1779 in Pennsylvania; son of Samuel and Sarah Scroggins Applegate. Father of one son, Joseph, with his first wife. Married Miss Newkirk on Sept. 26, 1813; they had 10 children together: Mary "Polly" Charity, Elizabeth "Betsy", Hezekiah, Samuel P., Eliza, America, Peter N., Thomas, Benjamin, and Sarah Jane. Buried in Samaria Cemetery.
Age 5. Daughter of Samuel and Cassandra Newkirk Applegate. Preceded in death by her father, who died Oct. 7, 1838. Buried in Samaria Cemetery.
Spouse: Mary "Polly" Woolett
Age 49. Born in 1793 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky; son of Bartlett and Margaret Curry Asher. Married in Jefferson Co. on April 18, 1812 [another source says March 11, 1813]. Father of 11 children: Lewis, Preston, Lucinda, Catherine, Margaret, Allen, Thomas, Henry, Keller, William, and John. Buried in Samaria Cemetery.
Age 19 years and 7 months. Son of John and Mary. Buried in Sand Creek Cemetery.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 3. – Bertha Bailey, the nineteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Bailey, of Monrovia, committed suicide last night by shooting herself through the heart. She had been sick and was despondent. Her mother was in the adjoining room at the time.
Bailey, Catharine
DOD: 24 Feb 1818
Cemetery Index
Age 40 years, 5 months and 20 days. Daughter of B. and A. Bailey. Buried in Thompson Cemetery.
Son of A. and M. Bailey. Buried in Union Cemetery.
“Fatal Accident – While out hunting last Thursday, Jerry Balay (sic) of Green Township, met with an accident that resulted in instant death. He was 19 years old and the son of Bartholomew Balay, a wel-to-do farmer of that township.” He will be buried in Union Cemetery.
Bain, Charles Frederick
DOB: 25 Feb 1854
DOD: 28 Apr 1887
Martinsville Republican, May 5, 1887
“Charles Frederick Bain was born in Morgan County, Indiana and died at his home near Martinsville, in the 28ty year of his age. He was reared on a farm and graduated from Indiana University in 1885. He took up studying law under W. R. Harrison of Martinsville.” Cemetery: South Park
Spouse: Rebecca Haggy
Age 26 years, 11 months and 1 day. Married Feb. 24 1856 in Morgan County, Ind. Buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery.
Spouse: Susannah Elizabeth Morris (died 1837)
Age 82. Born in Granville, N.C. on Oct. 14, 1759; son of James Baker, Esquire. Revolutionary War veteran: enlisted in the military in 1775: Capt. Knowl's N.C. Troops. Lived in Wilkes Co., N.C. for 25 years after the war, then moved to Clay Co., Kentucky, where he lived for about 20 years. Moved to Morgan Co., Ind. in 1827. Father of Morris, John C., Phareba, Martha Patsy, Nancy, William, James M., Mary Polly, Balaam M., and George Morris Baker. Buried in the Burns Cemetery south of Martinsville, Ind. Buried in Baker/Burns Cemetery.
Age 3 years, 3 months, 12 days. Daughter of I. C. and C. Baker. Buried in Gross Cemetery, Ray Township.
Spouse: Eleazer Bales
Daughter of Samuel and Ann Millican. Buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Age 28 years, 10 months, 23 days. Son of William and Rachel. Father of Lydia Ann and Louisa. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: John Baley
Age 19 years and 8 days. Buried in West Newton Cemetery.
Age 3 months. Parents, John and Mary Baley. Buried in West Newton Cemetery.
“A young lad, son of the widow Ball, was drowned in White River, opposite Mitchell’s Pork House. He and an older brother were attempting to cross the river in a canoe.”
Ballard, Eliza (Pinson)
DOB: 4 Oct 1803
DOD: 3 Jul 1836
Cemetery Index
Spouse: David Ballard
Age 32 years and 9 months. Born in Surry Co., N.C.; daughter of Abijah and Ann Jessup Pinson. Married on Oct, 12, 1826 in Hendricks Co., Ind. Mother of four children: Kiddey, Calvin, Mary Ann, and Jesse Franklin. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Age 38 years, 7 months, and 2 days. Daughter of Joseph and Abigail Jessup Sumner. Married July 22, 1820. Mother of 7 children. Buried in Easton Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: Sarah Carter
Survived by wife; children, Mary Ann Hadley, and Milton and William Ballard; brother, Uriah Ballard. [Source: Morgan Co. Will Abstracts, 1847-1887] Age 62 years, 1 month and 20 days. Born Oct. 10, 1798 in Surrey Co., N.C. Married Sarah Carter in Morgan Co., Indiana on January 6, 1825. Father of four children: Mary Ann, Joshua, Uriah, and William. Daughter Mary Ann married Evan Hadley in 1846. Buried in West Union Cemetery, Monrovia, Ind.
Infant. Parents: David and Eliza Pinson Ballard. Mother died July 3, 1836. Survived by father; 3 siblings: Kiddey, Calvin, and Mary Ann. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Age 22 years, 6 months and 16 days. Daughter of G.W. and Sarah Balay. Buried in Bryant/Musgrave Cemetery.
Infant son of William and Mary Bailey Barnett. Buried in West Newton Cemetery.
Born in Clinton, Ohio; infant son of Thomas and Theodate Vernon Barnett. Buried in West Newton Cemetery.
Spouse: Athanacius Barnett (died 1808)
Age 85 years, 5 months, and 20 days. Born June 10, 1748 in Henrico Co., Virginia. Married on Dec. 12, 1767. Mother of 9 children: Millicent, Thomas, Hutchins, John Michael, Jesse, Athanacius Jr., Elizabeth, Nancy Ann, and Mary. Buried in West Newton Cemetery.
Spouse: William Barnett
Buried in West Newton Cemetery.
Spouse: James Vernon Barnett
Age 35. Daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Burcham Ballard. Married Sept. 10, 1825 in Marion Co., Ind. Mother of 5 children. Buried in West Newton Cemetery.
Spouse: Theodate Vernon
Age 66. Born Sept. 1, 1772 in Goochland, Virginia; son of Athanacius and Jean Hutchins Barnett. Married Oct. 11, 1798. Father of: James Vernon, William, Ann, Mildred D., Thomas, Amos, and Curtis. Buried in West Newton Cemetery.
Age 71. Soldier in Revolutionary War. Born March 10, 1764. Buried in Old Mooresville Cemetery on Washington Street. [Note: cemetery index for White Lick Cemetery lists him as buried there; Friends Records list a Thomas Baxter who was buried at White Lick October 1837.] Buried in Old Mooresville Cemetery.
Age 1 month, 9 days. Infant son of Wm. W. and S. J. Buried in Ratts Cemetery.
Survived by parents, William and Melinda Stewart Beasley. Age 8 months 9 days. Buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery.
Age 1 year, 11 months, 5 days. Daughter of Jones V. and Elizabeth M. Copenhaver Beeler. She was the 7th of their 19 children. She was buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery.
Beeson, Lydia
DOB: 1817
DOD: 12 Oct 1836
Cemetery index/Friends Records
Age 19 years, 30 days. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: William Beeson
Age 77 years and 6 months. Quaker. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Mary Sumner
Age 45. Born 1781 in Guilford Co., N.C.; son of Amassa and Mary Harrold Beeson. Married on April 18, 1826. Father of: Martin L., Hiram C., Cary T., Caleb W., Sally, William S. and Mary Ann. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Spouses: Catherine House; Sarah Breedlove
William S. Beeson, is survived by his two youngest children, William Otto and Charlotte Bertha, the only survivors of a family of 6. (Four children are deceased: John Henry, Henrietta Mary, Ida Elsina, and Martin Clarence). He was 57 years of age; born in Highland County, Ohio. His parents were William and Mary (Sumner) Beeson. He came to Morgan County in 1826. He married Catherine House on April 18, 1849 [Morgan County Marriage Records index gives marriage date as December 31, 1848]. Second wife, Sarah (Breedlove) Beeson died of consumption in White Lick Meeting, Morgan County, Indiana. Quaker and Civil war veteran; Co. B, 117ty Regiment, he enlisted at the age of 38 [From the Mooresville Enterprise for December 5, 1872: “The house and barn of William Beeson, situated on his farm one mile east of Mooresville, burned. No Insurance”]. Cemetery: Fairfield Friends.
Spouse: Daniel Benson
Age 39 years, 10 months, 16 days. Buried Dec. 31, 1841. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Spouse: William Best
Born in Orio; daughter of Amos and Nancy Ann (Cox) Longshore. She was married on September 15, 1836 to William Best. Mother of 4 children: Sarah, George A., Thomas Erwin and Josephine, all born in Muskingum County, Ohio. She is survived by her husband and four children.
Age 1 year, 11 months, 5 days. Daughter of Jones V. and Elizabeth M. Copenhaver Beeler. She was the 7th of their 19 children. She was buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery.
Black, Milissa
DOB: 28 Feb 1839
DOD: 22 Aug 1840
Cemetery Index
Baby daughter of William M. and Frances Hardwick Black. Buried in Old Mooresville Cemetery.
Spouse: John Blackburn (deceased)
Survived by daughter, Mrs. Harmon (Catherine) Miles. Buried in Centennial Cemetery.
Blair, Hannah
DOB: 30 Mar 1823
DOD: 10 Jan 1824
Friends Records
Infant daughter of Solomon and Nancy Clark Blair. Buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Daughter of Perry M. and Matilda Bonnar Blankenship. Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Spouse: Elizabeth Pritchett
Goldsby Blunk/Blount,, age 58 years and 4 months. Born Oct. 14, 1798 in Kentucky. Son of Aaron Blount “which surname has been since changed to Blunk” and his wife Miss ________Golsbay. Aaron was a Virginian and a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Goldsby was a farmer, “but labored as a steamboatman on the Lower Mississippi River for several years, and in 1827 married and began farming” in Adams Township, Morgan County, Ind. “He cleared his land, and was the first settler in that part of the township. He was an expert hunter and marksman, a man of strong will, and owner of 237 ½ acres, and died February 4, 1857, aged fifty-eight.” Father of five sons and five daughters. {Cemetery index gives his name as Golsbay.] Allen R. Seaton was named Administrator of his estate. [He] married on Oct 11, 1829 in Owen Co., Ind.; ceremony performed by Rev. John Jones. Father of 10 children: Andrew, Louisa, Luemma, Bryson, William, Paulina, Sarah, Joseph, Elizabeth and Golsbay II. Cemetery: Mt. Pleasant.
Age 2 years, 4 months and 26 days. Son of Dr. Wm. and Lydia Boles. Buried in Jole Cemetery, Jackson Township
Age 22 years, 23 days. Daughter of William and Sarah Merrifield Rude. Buried in Jole Cemetery.
Age 18. Daughter of George A. and Rebecca Phelps Borders. Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Survived by daughter, Mrs. Harmon (Catherine) Miles. Buried in Centennial Cemetery. Age 52 years, 11 months and 20 days. “Killed on the railroad.” Buried in Manhattan Cemetery, Putnam County, Ind.
Bowman, Milton R.
DOB: 19 Jan 1820
DOD: 26 May 1858
Age 38 years, 4 months, and 7 days. Buried in Free Methodist Burying Ground.
Age 13 years, 7 months, and 7 days. Buried in Free Methodist Burying Ground.
Spouse: Charles Bothwell
Age 78; buried in Sand Creek Cemetery.
Age 5 years, 8 months. Daughter of F. & M. [Cemetery index that tombstone is hard to read; date of death looks as though it may be 1811.] Buried in Old Shiloh Burying Ground, Hendricks Co.
Spouse: Mary Chamness (died 1838)
Married in Morgan Co., Ind. on April 9, 1837. Buried July 5, 1839. [Friends Records note burial date as May 5, 1838, and give age at death as 28 years, 9 months, 13 days.] Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: James Boyd
Age 28 years, 9 months, and 13 days. Daughter of Edward Chamness. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
"Forty-six years ago, in the summer of 1837, Paddy Branner, an Irishman employed with a number of others in building the dam across White River at Waverly, was drowned. Later, his body was found downstream and he was buried near the river. Now, the river has changed its course and the bones, in good shape, are exposed."
Age 12. Son of Abijah and Ibby Scott Bray. Buried Nov. 3, 1840. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 16. Daughter of Abijah and Ibby [Isabella Scott] Bray. She was one of 11 children. [The family later moved to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.] Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 9 years, 3 months, 19 days. Daughter of Edward and Elizabeth. Buried 2nd mo. 9th, 1832. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Keziah Huff Jones (died 1836)
Age 83. Born Aug. 22, 1755; son of Edward and Sarah Maynard Bray. Married on Feb. 2, 1778 in New Garden Monthly Meeting, North Carolina. Father of: Jemima, John Henry, Henry, Sarah, Edward, Mary, Richard, Joseph, Abijah, Keziah, and Mercy. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: C. E. Bray
Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 70 years, 10 months, and 23 days. Born Sept. 17, 1791, Married in Chatham County, N.C. Moved to Morgan County, Ind. In the 1830s. They had two daughters: Rebecca, who died in 1835, and Lydia, and two sons: Jeremiah and John H. [Source information from: John Bray, 1791-1862 and wife Susannah Hadley Bray, 1800-1876, by Marsha M. Sorrell.] Cemetery: Center Valley.
Age 75. Born March 19, 1761 in Philadelphia, Pa. Parents: Richard and Jemima Huff Jones. Mother of 11 children: Jemima, John H., Henry Jr., Sarah, Edward, Mary, Richard, Joseph, Abijah, Keziah, and Mercy. Survived by husband. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 17. Parents: John and Susannah Hadley Bray. Born in Chatham Co., N.C.; died in Morgan Co., Ind. [Source information from: John Bray, 1791-1862 and wife Susannah Hadley Bray, 1800-1876, by Marsha M. Sorrell.] Buried in Center Valley Cemetery.
Infant daughter of G. and S. Buried in Center Valley Cemetery.
Spouse: Joseph Bray
Buried Sept. 20, 1833. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Russell Brewer
Buried Dec. 8, 1841. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Martinsville, Ind. Dec 19. -- Yesterday morning Ida May Bridges, fifteen months old, daughter of John W. Bridges, telegraph operator here, had her clothing set on fire by her little brother, four years of age who was playing with paper in the fire. The child was severly burnd and died in a few hours. Mrs. Bridges had stepped across the street to a neighbor's and was returning wht the sad accident happened.
Age 5. Daughter of J. B. and M:. Buried in Shiloh Cemetery, east of Waverly, Ind.
Spouse: Wiley Burns
Age 3 years, 3 months, 29 days. Daughter of J. W. and R:. K. Buried in Shiloh Cemetery.
Martinsville, Ind. May 23. –Edward, the 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Brown, of Harrison township, fell through a defective covering into the well and was instantly killed while at play with his little cousin. The boy’s head struck a stone in the descent and was under the water when his body was reached.
Spouse: William Brown
Age 52 years, 7 months, and 16 days. Survived by her husband. Buried in Mt. Pleasant, Hall Cemetery.
Spouse: William Brown
Mary Brown, age 68 years, 8 months, 2 days. “Mary Ankettell was born in Monaghan County, Ireland and emigrated to this country in 1839. On October 25, 1842 she married, William Brown in Springfield, Ohio. From there she moved to Morgan County, Indiana on November 1, 1842 where she resided until the time of her death which occurred on the 14th. In 1855 she joined the Christian Church. She had seven children, three sons and four daughters, six of whom, along with her husband, still survive. “She has lived out her three score and ten.” Cemetery: Fox.
Son of Hanse and Malinda. Buried Jan. 25, 1858 in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 1 year, 2 months 10 days. Infant daughter of W. H. and L. A. Brown. Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Brunnemer, Andrew J.C.
DOB: 7 Nov 1855
DOD: 13 Mar 1858
Age 2 years, 4 months, and 6 days. Parents: Andrew J. and Margaret J. Brunnemer. Buried in Shiloh Cemetery.
Spouse: John Brunnemer, Sr.
Age 56 years, 9 months. Born June 22, 1772. Daughter of Christopher Kisling. Married in Germany; mother of 5 children. Buried in Tressler/Shufflebarger Cemetery, Johnson County, Indiana.
Spouse: Christina Kislingh
Age 61 years, 7 months, 15 days. Born Sept. 20, 1771 in Germany; son of Conrad and Elizabeth Tressler Brunnemer. Married in Germany; father of 5 children. His father Conrad served in the War of 1812 from Montgomery Co., Virginia. Buried in Tressler/Shufflebarger, Johnson County, Indiana.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., July 8.—During the mother’s absence the clothing of the 5-year-old daughter of Mrs. Samuel Bryant caught fire from the stove and she was burned to death.
Spouse: Daniel Bulin
Age 21 years, 8 months, and 3 days. Parents: John and Elizabeth Skelton. Buried in Samaria Cemetery.
VICTIM OF MURDER
Woman Is Found Dead in the Outskirts of Martinsville.
Martinsville, Ind. Sept. 11 –Miss Retta Burkhart, aged forty-five years, was found dead on a hill just north of this city this afternoon. She was well connected here, and the affair is a mystery. Her absence from her home, where she lived alone, had not been noticed by her neighbors.
A blue spot behind her ear is taken as an indication of violence, and arrests are liable to follow. She is thought to have been killed yesterday.
Age 39. Buried in Sand Creek Cemetery.
Spouse: Wiley Burns
Age 50. Born in N.C.; daughter of George and Susannah Elizabeth Morris Baker. Married Aug. 30, 1821 in Clay Co., Ky. Mother of 12 children. Buried in Burns Cemetery.
Spouses: (1) Tabitha Sumner (2)Bedy Fowler
The last of nine children born to John C Sr and Ester (Terry) Burris of VA and later of Liberty Twp, Highland Co OH, Bowater married:1) Tabitha Sumner on 24 Jun 1809; she died Oct 1834. 2) Bedy Fowler on 24 May 1835 in Morgan Co IN.
Children with Tabitha:1) Rachel Elvira Burris (1813-1888), m: John Strange Bryant. 2) Hester Ann Burris (1816-1889), m1: John Mosier, m2: Joseph Lane, m3: George W Moore. 3) Mary Burris (b: c1819) 4) Caleb Burris Sr (1822-1891), m: Nancy E Richardson.
5) John Burris (1827-1866). Bowater had no known children with second wife Bedy. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Daughter of C. and Nancy E. Burris. Buried in Mooresville Cemetery.
Spouse: Bowater Burris
Age 45 years, 5 months, 6 days. Buried Oct. 20, 1834. Survived by her husband. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 8 months and 7 days. Parents, Tobias and Sally Goss Butler. Buried in Butler Cemetery.
Spouse: Tobias H. Butler
Age about 25 years. Third wife of Tobias H. Butler. Survived by husband. Buried in Butler Cemetery.
Spouse: Christian Butner
Age 43. Born July 30, 1798; daughter of Samuel and Mary Long Pfaff. Married on March 26, 1819 in Surry Co., N.C. Mother of John Butner. Survived by husband and son. Buried in Old Mooresville Cemetery.
Age 48 years, 3 months, and 30 days. Born Feb. 8, 1786. Married in Bennington Co., Vermont in 1804. Mother of 7 sons and 2 daughters. Survived by husband and children. Buried in Old Butterfield Cemetery, Ray Twp., Morgan Co., Ind.
Spouse: Martha Caroline White
Alexander Caldwell, age 55 years, 11 months and 16 days. Father of John W., Albert, Rufus A., Minerva Alice and Caroline C. (Daughter Mary Frances died in 1862 at the age of 2 years). Husband of Martha Caroline White (c. 1851). “Alexander Caldwell, one of the best citizens of Green Township, died Tuesday night.” “Alexander Caldwell was born near Knoxville, Tennessee and moved to Morgan County, Indiana in the fall of 1833. His parents were Virginians. His father died when he was quite young, and out of 9 children, Alexander was the oldest son.” Cemetery: Whetzel/McKenzie.
Age 9 days. Infant son of Thomas and M. Callahan. [His mother and a sibling are said to also be buried here.] Buried in Callahan Cemetery, Gregg Twp., Morgan Co., Ind.
Martinsville, Ind., Feb. 13 -- Mrs. E. W. Callis, wife of the publisher of the Morgan County Gazette, died yesterday of consumption, aged sixty-five. She was the mother of Mrs. J. H. Thomas and of Theodore Callis, of the firm of Baker, Randolph & Co, and a sister of Mesdames Alfred Carver and Nathan McGinnis, all of Indianapolis. She will be buried Wednesday morning.
Spouse: William Carlisle
Age 26 years, 6 months, and 25 days. [Lovey's widower married Delilah Dorrell in 1843.] Survived by husband. Buried in Old Mooresville Cemetery.
Spouse: Celia Cutright
Survived by wife; age 55 years, 3 months, and 19 days. Married on May 12, 1838 in Morgan County, Ind. Buried in Walters Cemetery.
Carson, Anna J.
DOB: 22 Dec 1838
DOD: 8 Apr 1840
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Infant daughter of Jesse B. and Mary Williams Carson. Her twin brother, Addison G., survived. Survived by parents and siblings. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Son of John Samuel and Mary Bethania Jessup Carson. Born 1816/1819 in N.C. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: Abigail Sumner
Age 72. Born July 12, 1768 [other sources give birth date as Dec. 7, 1768.] Son of Uriah and Mary Cook Carson. Father of Cecelia, Jacob, Caleb, John Samuel, Mary L., Hannah, Sally, Jesse, and three other children. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: John Carson
Age 40 years, 9 months, and 18 days. Married Oct. 31, 1815. Mother of: Mahala, Allen, Anderson, Joseph and Belinda. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: Rebecca Hadley
Age 31 years, 22 days. Parents: Nathaniel and Jane Ann Carter. Father of 4 children: Edwin, Washington H., Enos C., and Matilda Ann. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Margaret Hunt
Son of Samuel Sr. and Edith Newlin Carter. Buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Age 13. Daughter of Samuel Sr. and Edith Newlin Carter. Buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Age 30 days. Infant daughter of John and Hannah. Buried Feb. 18, 1830. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 20 years, 10 months, 10 days. Son of Nathaniel and Ann Carter. Buried Aug. 28, 1838. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 1 month, 16 days. Infant son of James R. and Rebecca Hadley Carter. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 5 months, 2 days. Infant son of Robert L. and Ann E. Cashat. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Age 1 year. Parents: J. A. and M. J. Chambers. Buried in Bethesda Cemetery.
Spouse: Edward Chamness, married 6 Mar 1805.
Age 72. Born June 12, 1786 in Orange County, North Carolina; daughter of James and Mary Moody. Children: Eleanor, Mary, Jane, Owen, Martha, Jehu, Edith, Emily and Aaron E. Buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Age 39. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Mattie Chenoweth, Age 16. “Died in Eminence, Morgan County, Indiana of dropsy. Mattie, son of Steve and Bessie Chenoweth. He was born in Hendricks County.”
Age 20 years, 9 months, and 2 days. Buried Aug. 9, 1842. Daughter of Isaac and Martha Chew. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Infant daughter of Samuel and Jane C. Clark.
Spouse: Van B. Cobb
Age 18 years, 2 months and 11 days. Parents: John and Sarah (Wilson) Nutter. Buried in Nutter Cemetery.
Edith Mae Cochran died Sunday at her farm home in Fabius Township, following a lingering illness.
She was born in Mooresville, Morgan County, Indiana, July 5, 1898, the daughter of Ulysses and Della MANN. When she was 12 years of age, her mother died and she came to make her home with an aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John McCOLLUM at Fisher Lake. December 26, 1920 she was united in marriage to Ernest B. COCHRAN in Three Rivers, since which time she has made her home in and near Three Rivers.
Surviving besides the husband are her uncle John McCOLLUM, of Three Rivers, one niece Miss Norma Dene COCHRAN and two nephews, Virgil D. and Murray E. COCHRAN of Three Rivers.
Friends will be received at the Mains chapel where funeral services will be held at 2:30 Wednesday, Rev. Wm. E. Watts officiating. Burial in Riverside cemetery.
Coleman, Alonzo
DOB: 1839
DOD: 6 Dec 1841
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Age 2 years, 5 months, 23 days. Son of H. and E.D. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Harvey Coleman, an old, prominent and wealthy citizen of Morgantown, died last Friday, after a short illness of congestion of the liver, aged 68 years. Mr. Coleman was the father of J.M. Coleman, attorney of this town.
Brother Harvey Coleman died at his resdence n Morgantown, Morgan County, Ind, June 13, 1879. Was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 8, 1811; came West in 1839. He joined the Christian Church in 1858.
We sorrow not as those who have no hope, for while his place in the Church is made vacant, he fills a more exhalted station among the redeemed in glory. His mortal remains were taken to the house of worship on the following
Sabbath morning, where the funeral services took place. A large company of friends followed the body to its last resting place. May the survivors of the departed father and husband be comforted and re-united in their home above.
Pastor
Was born at Morgantown and spent most of his life in Morgan County.
A message was received last Friday by Walter Coleman of Jackson township, telling of the death of Winfield Scott Coleman at Weiner, Arkansas, that morning about 7:00.
The funeral service wll be held in the Morgantown Methodist Church Sunday at 2:30 pm.
Mr. Coleman was about eighty years of age and was born in Morgantown, being a son of Harvey Coleman.
He married Miss Gussie Coleman. Most of his life was spent in Morgantown. He owned a farm near there which he operated and years ago he also had a mill in the town. Quite a number of years ago he bought a farm near Eminence and moved to it. After the death of his wife about 1916 he came to Martinsville and made his home with his son Charles Coleman, until he moved to Arkansas, seven years ago.
Mr. Coleman was an earnest member of the Methodist Church and was a charter member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Morgantown. In politics he was a Republican. He was a man of fine character and had many friends in this city and over the county.
Age 15 years, 3 months, and 19 days. Son of J. M:. And J. A. Buried in East Hill Cemetery.
Absalom Willis Croft Collins was born March 4, 1838 in Morgan County, Indiana, the son of Phillip Kesner Collins and Drusanne Hensley. He was orphaned at an early age and was raised by his aunt and uncle, Juraldine Tardee Collins and John Calvin Hensley in Tipton County, IN.
He came to Mercer County, MO in 1856 and was married to Sophia Lusk in 1860, the daughter of Charles Lusk and Lucinda Mix. They moved to Ohio in 1861, but in 1864 moved back to Mercer County, where they resided until his death.
To this union 10 children were born, Horace Bassett, Velma Effie, Bascom Everett, Emerson Roscoe, Althea V., Clifton Ogilva, Tennie, Wilkie Absalom, Belva V., and Vinnie E., all of whom survive, except Althea V. who died in infancy.
Mr. Collins came to his death from the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain due to a fracture of the skull sustained in early life.
Funeral services were conducted from the residence by W. C. Cater after which the remains were interred in Freedom Cemetery. For many years the deceased had been a leading citizen in the affairs of Mercer County, and was always on the right side of moral and social questions. We believe no man in the community had a wider circle of friends. He was an affectionate husband, a kind father, and an accommodating neighbor, and his wife and children have the sympathy of all in their bereavement.
Peace to his ashes.
Age 35 years, 8 months, 3 days. Married Oct. 13, 1831 in Clinton Co., Ohio. Father of Mary and Sarah. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Age 10 years, 3 months. Buried in West Newton Cemetery.
Age 2 years, 10 months, 14 days. Daughter of Wm. Y. and Phebe. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
Age 10 months, 13 days. Infant daughter of Wm. and Phebe. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
Spouse: D. W. Compton
Age 23 years, 1 month, and 17 days. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: Willis Green Conduitt
Born March 4, 1799. Married on Dec. 20, 1817 in Henry Co., Kentucky. Mother of 6 children. Died on her 36th birthday. Buried in Old Mooresville Cemetery.
Age 7 years, 5 months, 4 days. Daughter of Abraham and Hannah. Buried July 23, 1827. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Child. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: Abraham Cook
Age 25 years, 10 months, 15 days. Buried July 31, 1826. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: 21 Apr 1842
Age 77 years, 1 month, and 20 days. Son of Abraham and Phebe Mills Cook; born March 5, 1765 in Guilford Co., N.C. Married 1792 in Guilford Co. Father of: Jesse, Levi, Stephen, Henry, Nathan, and Mary. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouses: (1) Mary Harbert (2) Elizabeth Mills
Age 78 years, 10 months and 9 days. Born Dec. 23, 1762; son of Isaac and Charity Wright Cook. Married first wife on Nov. 30, 1782. They had 11 children together: Ann, Isaac, Harbert, Charity, Thomas, Jacob, John, Joseph, Uriah, Mary, and Peter. Married second wife on March 28, 1809. They had 5 children: Sarah, George, Sallie, Rebecca, and Ruth. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: Eliza Jane Hastings
Age 37 years, 9 months, and 23 days. Married on Dec. 19, 1847 in Morgan Co., Ind. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
Spouse: Mary Furnas
Age 44 years, 10 months, and 1 day. [Friends Records give his age as 40 years and 4 days.] Born in Newberry Co., S.C.; son of John and Anna Jay Coppock. Married on Dec. 2, 1819 in Warren Co., Ohio. They had 10 children: Ruth, Anna, Lydia, John F., Rebecca, Sallie, Christopher, Isaac, Robert, and Joseph. Wife died March 26, 1887. Buried in Easton Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: (Will) Lewis Costin
Catherine Costin, age 77. “Born in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Married in 1829; the family moved to Morgan County, Ind. In 1841, and has since lived in Adams Township, near Hall. She died of consumption. Mother of 9 children, 5 sons and 2 daughters, 2 of which have died.”
Spouse: John Cox
Age 69. Buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery.
Spouse: Alexander Cox
Age 61 years, 4 months, and 12 days. Born March 27, 1778. Married Dec. 24, 1799. Mother of 9 children. Buried in Centerton Cemetery.
Spouse: Gertrude Cox
Age 75 years, 6 months. Born March 19, 1757 in Orange Co., N.C.; son of Isaac and Olive Underwood Cox. Married c1779 in Orange Co. Father of 7 children: Rachel, Gertrude, Phebe, Hannah, Mary, Harmon, and Enoch Jr. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Age 2 years, 11 months, 22 days. Daughter of J.J. and Margaret. Buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery
Spouses: (1)Elender? (2)Catherine Cox
Age 56. Born Oct. 14, 1767 in Orange Co., N.C.; son of John and Mary Scarlett Cox. Married first wife on April 11, 1786 in Randolph Co., N.C. Married second wife c1792 in Cane Creek, Orange Co., N.C.; they had a son, Solomon. He is survived by his wife. Buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery
Spouse: Margaret
Age 49 years and 22 days. Born Sept. 11, 1792 in Randolph Co., N.C.; son of John and Elender Cox. Married c1817 in Randolph Co. Buried in Old Mooresville Cemetery.
Spouse: Rachel Cox
Age 42 years, 8 months, 27 days. Born Nov. 14, 1794 in Randolph Co., N.C.; son of John William and Lydia Littler Cox. Father of Thomas, Uriah, John William, Edith, Hannah, Zimri, and Nathan. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 4.—Mrs. N. M. Cox, aged forty-five, died this morning of cancer of the stomach at her home on West Pike street after suffering for many weeks. She leaves a husband and three children.
Spouse: Asa Cox
Age 46 years, 2 months, and 9 days. Born in Virginia; daughter of Frederick and Anna Jones Beeler. Married Dec. 30, 1830 in Morgan County, Ind. Mother of 9 children: Frederick, Mesach, Abner, Sarah Ann, Elizabeth Jane, Esther Ellen, Asa Columbus, and Rush Alice Cox, and one unnamed infant son. Buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery.
Age 12 years, 1 month, 24 days. Daughter of W. H. and I. Buried in Nutter Cemetery.
Age 26. Daughter of D. and M. Gray. Married William H. Craig in Morgan Co., Ind. on April 18, 1833; she was his second wife. Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Spouse: William H. Craig, 28 Mar 1830
Age 23. Daughter of J. and M. Whitaker. Survived by her husband. Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Shares a tombstone with Mary Gray. Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
A Child Burned to Death.
Martinsville, Ind., Feb. 15.--James, the three-year-old son of E. E., Crawford, of Green township, was burned to death yesterday. The mother went to the barn for eggs, leaving the child alone. A few minutes later she was attracted by his piercing screams and ran to the house. She found her only child burned to a crisp, rolling in the snow in the yard. He exclaimed, as she picked him up "I'll not play with fire any more, mamma. You will have to get you another little boy; I'm burned to death." Almost every thread of clothing was burned from him and he died soon after.
Daughter of V. H. and M:. Cummings. Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Spouse: Marshall Esterbrook Dain
Married in Vermont; died in Morgan Co., Ind. Mother of: Marshall Esterbrook, Laura and James. [Name also spelled as Dains and Dane.] Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Age 2. Daughter of Akin and Mary Harvey Dakin. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Martha Dawson
Age 58 years, 2 months, and 4 days. Survived by wife; sons George W., Robert, Samuel D. and Nathan W. Dawson. Also Martha J., Mary A., and Sarah E. Dawson. Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Age 2. Daughter of William and Ann Dixon Day. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Day, Rhoda
27 Nov 1838
DOD: 15 Mar 1839
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Infant daughter of Richard Jr. and Rachel Carey Day. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 13. Son of Richard and Hannah. Buried Nov. 2, 1829. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Day, Whit
DOB: 23 Sep 1857
DOD: 19 Jan 1858
Age 3 months and 27 days. Parents: Chas. And E. V. Day. Buried in East Hill Cemetery.
Age 4. Son of David and Hannah Case DeMoss. [Younger brother William died the next day.] Survived by Parents; sister, Eliza; brother, William. Buried in Salem Cemetery, Hendricks County, Ind.
Age 2. Son of David and Hannah Case DeMoss. Died the day after his older brother James. Survived by parents; sister, Eliza. Buried in Salem Cemetery, Hendricks County, Ind.
Age 1 year, 11 months, 15 days. Infant daughter of W. and Mary Tilford Denny. Sarah and her twin sister Mary both died in 1850 as did their brother William H. Buried in Stierwalt Cemetery.
Age 11 years, 5 months, 5 days. Son of William H. and Mary Tilford Denny. His twin baby sisters Sarah and Mary also died in 1860; brother Henry had died in 1854. The rest of the family moved to Lincoln, Illinois in the 1860's. Buried in Stierwalt Cemetery.
Age 2 years, 5 months. Son of J. C. and M:. Buried in Whetzel/McKenzie
Age 1 month, 16 days. Infant son of James R. and Rebecca Hadley Carter. Buried in Centerton Cemetery.
Age 4 years and 8 days. Son of Erasmus and Delilah Dill. Buried in Butterfield/Rinker Cemetery.
Spouse: Samuel Dillman, Sr.
Age 74 years, 4 months, and 16 days. Buried in Shiloh Cemetery east of Waverly, Ind.
Age 57. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Mary Dixon (died 1844)
Survived by sons, Riley, Phineas and Elihu. Age nearly 75. Came to Indiana near Mooresville from N.C. in the autumn of 1823, arriving about the time of the opening of White Lick monthly meeting. Born Nov. 15, 1785. Father of seven children. Wife Mary is buried at Raysville. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouses: (1) Elizabeth Stout; (2) Elizabeth Dix
Age 69 years, 10 months, 11 days. Born Oct. 26, 1768 in Chatham Co., N.C.; son of John and Elizabeth Stewart Doane. Married on Oct. 26, 1809 in N.C. They had 8 children: Hannah, Ephraim, Rachel, William, Ann, Sarah, Mahlon, and Jonathan. Married second wife on Oct. 26, 1809 in N.C. They had 4 children together: Abigail, Zachariah, Nathan, and George Washington. Buried Sept. 8, 1838. Survived by widow and children. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Infant son of David and Ruth. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 7 years, 7 months, and 12 days. Son of Jonathan Jr. and Deborah Doan. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 29. Daughter of Jonathan and Rachel. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 20 years, 4 months, and 11 days. Parents: Jonathan Jr. and Deborah Doan. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 1 year, 6 months, and 2 days. Infant daughter of Jonathan Jr. and Deborah. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 3 years, 8 months, and 13 days. Daughter of John and Eunice. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Martinsville, Ind. January 9 – Thomas C. Doan died at his home in the north part of this county, on Friday. Mr. Doan was one of the most prominent members of the Friends’ Society in this county, and was identified with all enterprises undertaken by that church. He was known throughout this county as a charitable and sympathetic citizen, and no man ever addressed him for charity and was refused without good reason. As guardian and administrator, he settled many estates, and his services were much sought after. A few days ago he was taken sick with pneumonia, but had partially recovered. The immediate cause of his death was heart trouble. He was about sixty years old.
Age 8 years, 2 months, and 1 day. Son of John and Eunice. Buried in WHite Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Edmond Dollarhide
Age 21 years, 10 months, and 6 days. Daughter of John and Eleanor Cox. Buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery.
Daughter of Edward and Eleanor Dollarhide. Died: age 20 years, 2 months, and 1 day. Buried in Old Mooresville Cemetery.
Spouses: (1) Peninah Bundy; (2) Mary?
Age 55 years, 3 months, 26 days. Born March 14, 1775; son of Silas and Mary Morris Draper. Married first wife on Feb. 6, 1801; they had 2 sons: Benjamin and Jesse. Wife died before 1810 in N.C. Father of 5 children with his second wife: Hannah, Joseph M., John, Alfred, and Silas. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Sally McNeal, 1789
Age 85. Born June 25, 1756 in England. Revolutionary War soldier: enlisted as a private in Capt. Charles Craig's Co., First Pa. Line, May 5, 1776. [Pension Claim W 9841.] Father of nine children: Hugh, George, John, William, James, Robert, Mary, Elizabeth, and Washington. Died in Johnson Co.; buried in Morgan Co., near Banta, Indiana. Buried in Shiloh Cemetery, east of Waverly, Ind.
Age 34. Born Sept. 15, 1798. Buried in Samaria Cemetery.
Burned and Scalded to Death.
Martinsville, Ind., June 7.--The three-year old daughter of Philip Duncan was burned and scaled to death last evening. While playing about the kitchen, she knocked a leg from under the stove, which fell with a crash. Fire fell upon the baby, and a kettle of boiling water struck her on the head, scalding her fearfully.
Age 24 years, 8 months, 14 days. Daughter of G.W. and Mary. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
Age 2 years, 10 months, 8 days. Daughter of James and Sarah. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
Age 10 months, 11 days. Infant daughter of James and Sarah. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
Mary Williams, daughter of Jonathan and Celia Wlliams, was born in Green Township, this county Sept. 20,1825.
She was married to G. W. Egbert, Feb. 11, 1847. She died Jan. 4, 1876. Her disease was pneumonia, which speedily terminated her life. She was the mother of 6 children - two sons and four daughters - who survive her.
Her life was pre-eminently an exemplary one. I appreciate that she had not an enemy in the world. She was domestic in her habits and answered the apostalic description of a good and prudent woman, i.e. "discreet, chaste, keeper at home, obedient to their husbands." In a word, she spent her life in the strict discharge of her domestic affairs, which duties she discharged well. She was at peace with all
the world, and when she laid herself down to die, she had no misgivings, but met death composedly and "like a hero in the strife," Alas! Mother, wife, sister, friend, farewell, farewell! H.W.C.
Willard Egbert, trustee of Green Township Morgan County, who died in the hospital at Indianapolis last week was buried Sunday by the Masons. His funeral was preached at Pleasant Grove Church of which he was a prominent member by Elder Moore of Butler University. His remains were laid to rest in the Bryant Cemetery near here. Mr Egbert was an exemplary man. He had been a Mason for many years, he had filled about all the offices in his lodge. He was a democrat and was elected trustee on the Democrat ticket two years ago. There will be a republican appointed to fill the vacancy.
Spouse: Henry Eller
Age 31 years, 6 months, 18 days. Daughter of John and Angeletta Combs Lipsey. Mother of George Eller. [Cemetery index indicates that tombstone gives date of death as April 31.] Buried in East Hill Cemetery.
Son of Peter and Mary Elmore. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Spouse: Simeon K. Ely
Survived by husband. Age 42 years, 10 months and 5 days. Buried in Butterfield/Rinker Cemetery.
Spouse: Amos Embree
Married Aug. 18, 1825. Mother of Amos W. Embree. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Buried in Ennis Burial Ground, Green Twp., Morgan County, Ind.
Spouse: Katherine "Patsy", "Kate" Pointer
Age 71. Born in 1770. Married on March 12, 1790 in Lincoln Co., Virginia (later Kentucky). Father of 12 children: Samuel, John, James M., Archibald, Jane, Edna, Elsie/Alice, Anna, Walker, Mitchell, Angelletta, and Thompson. Buried in Ennis Burial Ground, Green Twp., Morgan Co., Ind.
Age 11 years, 10 months, 1 day. Daughter of J. and S. B. Buried in Crown Center Cemetery.
Evans, Andrew W.
DOD: 5 Dec 1840
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Spouse: Elizabeth Fain
Age 81 years, 2 months, and 8 (?) days. Revolutionary War soldier, Va. Regt.; fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain. Born Sept. 28, 1759 in Mecklenburg Co., N. C. Married Elizabeth Fain, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Taylor Fain, in 1781 near Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee. They had eleven children together. [Note: burial ground is also known as the Allen Asher graveyard. It is five miles north of Gosport.] Buried in Allen Asher Cemetery, Walter Myers farm, Owen County, Ind.
Spouse: Eleanor D. Evans
Age 41. Survived by her husband. Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Age 7 years, 10 months, and 29 days. Parents, George and Lydia M. Elliott Farmer (Parents married in Morgan County, Ind. on Oct, 30 1848.) Buried in East White Lick/Old Methodist Church Cemetery.
J. Farr (deceased), was born December 25, 1812, at Lexington, Ky., and was one of the family of James and Catherine (Kurry) Farr, respectively of English and Irish descent. James Farr was a soldier in the war of 1812, and came to and settled in Ray township in in 1824. Jefferson Farr married, February 26, 1834, Sarah Miller, to which union were bestowed twelve children, eight of whom are living - Julia, James, Thomas, Jane, Martha, Joseph, Angeline and William H. In 1841, Mr. Farr moved to this township, where he met his death December 29, 1883. He was the owner of about 300 acres, well improved and provided with a good residence. During life, he gave to each of his children about $1,500. He was an industrious and prudent man, by the exercise of which virtues he accumulated his property. He was a leading Republican of this township,and served several terms as Township Trustee. Mr. and Mrs. Farr were both members of the Baptist Church.
Spouse: William Farr
Age 50 years, 10 months, and 11 days. Married on Oct. 24, 1826 in Stokes County, North Carolina. Mother of 7 children. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
Note: Buried next to William and his second wife, Malinda. [Nancy’s name is given on tombstones as Fair and Farr.] William died in 1889.
Age 6 months. Infant son of Jesse and Hannah. Buried in New Hope, Ohio.
Age 4. Daughter of Jesse and Hannah. Buried in Miami, Ohio.
Age 5 years, 10 months, 21 days. Daugter of D. and R. Felkins. Buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Age 1 year, 8 months, 16 days. Infant daughter of Clark and Rebecca Gregory Ferree. [Cemetery index notes that middle initial might be either B. or H. and that age was hard to read.] Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 13 days. Infant daughter of Wm. & Charity E. Fesler. Buried in Jole Cemetery.
Age 57. Buried in Walters Cemetery.<\B>
Age 5 days. Infant daughter of Harry M:. And B. E. Buried in Shiloh Cemetery.
Marion Fields dies in Florida
Funeral services were held Monday morning in Indianapolis for Marion F. (Billy) Fields, a former Brooklyn native. Mr. Fields was stricken with a heart attack Thursday at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he had been living since 1963. The son of Fred and Flora Passmore Fields, he was born March 4, 1898, and lived in the Brooklyn community of number of years until moving to Indianapolis where he and his wife, the former Miriam Hastings lived for many years. Before retiring, Mr. Fields was a chemist with the Indiana state highway department for 40 years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, and an Indianapolis Presbyterian church. Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter Roberta, who lives at home, and a daughter, Mrs. Maxine Raese of Atlanta, Ga., a brother, Herbert Fields, Mooresville; a half brother and half sister in Indianapolis, Russell Fields and Mrs. Clarissa Gregory and five grandchildren. A number of nieces, nephews and other relatives survive him.
Age 19 years, 7 months, 23 days. Son of James R. and Mary Martin Fitzgerald. Buried in Poplar Grove Cemetery.
Age 5. Son of M. and E. A. Flake. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., March 26.—Mrs. Elvis Fowler, aged sixty, died to-day of pneumonia at her home at Wilbur, this county. Mrs. And Mrs. Elvis Fowler were among the early settlers of this part of the county.
Spouse: Malinda A. Romey
Age 31. Born in Kentucky. Father of Sarah Jane and Levi W. Frederick. Survived by wife, one daughter and one son. Buried in Mt. Pleasant, Hall Cemetery.
John R. Frye, died, of measles, at John Parker's, five miles southeast of Barry, on Sunday morning, March 27, 1881, John R. Frye. He was born in Morgan county, IN, Jan 1, 1859, and was consequently in his 23d year at his death. From Indiana the family moved to Illinois, where John has been the chief support of the family. He became a Christian two years ago and united with the M.E. church, where he has since lived a faithful Christian life. He died in the full assurance of faith, and his friends weep in the hope of meeting again in heaven. His funeral took place on Monday at Shaw's schoolhouse, Rev. A.M. Danely conducting the services.
Spouse: Sarah Furness
Mr. Furness age 67 years, 1 month and 27 days. [Friends Records give date of death as 15 Dec 1858 and age as 67 years, 8 months, 27 days.] Survived by his wife. Buried in Easton Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: Mary A. Gamble
Survived by wife. Buried in Mooresville Cemetery.
Spouse: Anna
Age 33 years, 5 months and 9 days. Father of Abigail, Sidney, Evan and Adin. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Infant son of Jesse and Elizabeth George. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Age 16 years, 11 months and 9 days. Daughter of Isaiah and Edith. Buried in Easton Friends/West Newton Cemetery.
An Aged Farmer's Death.
Martinsville, Ind., Dec. 23.--Federick Gerholdt, a prominent farmer of Jackson township, died last night of dropsy, aged seventy-five years. Mr. Gerholdt was a native of Prussia, although he has lived continuously on his farm here for nearly fifty years.
Spouse: Hannah Botman
Age 43. Donated land for Samaria Cemetery. First building on the land was a log school house (Gibbens School), then a log church was built. Father of James R., Powell, and Harvey. Buried in Samaria Cemetery.
Spouse: Anna Workman
Age 62 years, 24 days. Born Sept. 1, 1769 in North Carolina; son of Frederick Goss of Basile, Switzerland and his wife Elizabeth (Betsy) Richards/Rickard of Rowan Co., N.C. Married in Rowan Co. on March 23, 1795. They had 11 children together. Came to Indiana in 1810, settling first in Washington County. Made the first recorded settlement in Wayne Township, Owen County, in 1817. The town of Gosport was named for him. Buried in Old Goss Cemetery, Owen County, Indiana.
Age 60. Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Age 17. Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Spouse: Henry Green, married Oct.15, 1854, Age 27 years, 8 days. Daughter of Dr. Wesley and Mary Stine White. Buried in Whetzel/McKenzie Cemetery.
Age 18 years, 2 months, 17 days. Son of Ambrose Jones and Mary "Polly" Davis Gregory. Buried in Salem Cemetery, Hendricks County, Ind.
Spouse: Mary E. McCracken
Age 38 years, 9 months, and 13 days. Born in North Carolina; son of William and Nancy Laws Gregory. Married on Sept. 21, 1826 in Morgan Co., Ind. Father of 3 children: William, John Nelson, and Stephen Gregory. Buried in Butterfield/Rinker Cemetery.
Age 8. Daughter of Elisha and Rebecca Allen Gregory; one of their 10 children. Buried July 29, 1838. [The family later moved to Keokuk, Iowa.] Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 7 years, 3 months, 22 days. Son of Elisha and Rebecca Allen Gregory. Buried Oct. 7, 1829. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Infant son of Elisha and Rebecca Allen Gregory. Buried July 24, 1838. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Brother Mathes:
Mrs. Nancy A. Griffin, well known in this city, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Hatley, in Brightwood, at 10 o’clock Tuesday night. The deceased had been sick since last Thursday with pneumonia, which caused her death.
The remains will be brought to this city from Brightwood on the 3 o’clock car tomorrow afternoon and will be taken to the home of her sister, Mrs. Andrew Carmichael, on North Henry street. The funeral will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carmichael, Friday morning at 10 o’clock, and will be conducted by Rev. Noah Harper, of Brightwood, former pastor of the Baptist church in this city, of which Mrs. Griffin was a member.
The deceased had lived in this city for many years, but moved to Maywood and made her home with her son, Sherman Griffin, for about two years, going from there to her daughter’s at Brightwood about two months ago. She was seventy-two years of age last fall. Her husband, Charles Griffin, died seventeen years ago last December. Three sons—Alexander Griffin, this city; William and Sherman of Maywood; one daughter, Mrs. Wm. Hatley, of Brightwood, two sisters, Mrs. Carmichael, this city; Mrs. Sarah Jones, Paragon; twelve grand-children and two great-grand-children, survive.
Brother Mathes:
I will inform you that our beloved brother, cousin Ephraim Gross, is no more with us in this life. He died this morning at about 3 o'clock, at his residence, in Morgan County. He was only sick a few days, and I have not learned what the physicians called his disease. ~~John Gross~~
We have been intimately acquainted with Brother Ephraim Goss for more than 20 years. He became a disciple of Christ about the time we first became acquainted with him, and united with the church at "Old Union" meeting house, in Owen County. But when a church was established at Liberty, in the western part of Morgan County, it being more convenient for him, he united with the congregation at that point, and up to the day of his death, lived an acceptable member of the church.
He was a good citizen, an obliging neighbor, and affectionate friend, and a tender hearted and kind husband and father.
Community has lost much in the death of Brother Goss, as he was one of her most public spirited and enterprising citizens. The church has lost one of her most liberal and substantial members; but his family have lost most of all. But we are assured that those who die in the Lord shall come again when the Lord comes, we therefore sorrow not as those who have no hope. We truly sympathize with sister Goss and her bereaved family. May the Lord sustain them by his grace.
Spouse: Keziah Wellman
Age 52. Born Aug. 18, 1788 in Rowan Co., N.C.; son of William and Jane Worke Guy. Married on Oct. 23, 1817. Father of 9 children: Alcy, Rebecca Jane, Mary Adaline, Andrew Jackson, William Alexander, John Bryant, Alfred Davidson, Abner Martin Van Buren, and Jinnett "Jinsy" Diana. Buried on Merice Gail Guy farm, about 1/2 mile south and one mile east of Paragon, Ind.
Spouse: David Haas
Age 35 years, 6 months. Buried in Sand Creek Cemetery.
Age 4 years, 3 months, and 11 days. Son of John B. and Elizabeth. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 6 years, 3 months, and 10 days. Son of John B. and Elizabeth. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 8 years, 8 months, 3 days. Daughter of John and Hannah. Buried June 12, 1840. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 16. Daughter of Montillian and Sarah Gibson. Married on Jan. 11, 1839. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Son of George M. and Rachel Hadley. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 18 years, 8 months, 15 days. Daughter of Isaac and Ruth. Buried May 31, 1832. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 16 years, 8 months, and 2 days. Daughter of John B. and Elizabeth. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Margaret Towell
Age 46 years, 8 months, and 14 days. Born Jan. 2, 1790 in N.C.; son of Thomas and Mary Newlin Hadley. Father of: Thomas, Sarah, Jesse, John, Mary, Ann, and Caleb. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 1 year, 2 months, 12 days. Son of James Dickey and Matilda Morris Hadley. Buried on Feb. 7, 1838. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 8. Daughter of Simon and Sarah. Buried Aug. 22, 1829. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: John B. Hadley (died 1846)
Age 59 years, 11 months, and 18 days. Mother of 11 children. Three unnamed children of Elizabeth and John are buried near her: infant son, infant, and son (no dates given). Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Joshua Hadley
Age 61. Born May 15, 1766; daughter of Nicholas and Hannah Barker. Survived by husband; son, Joshua B. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 11 months. Infant daughter of Elias and Ruth. Buried Nov. 4, 1830. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 4 years, 4 months. Daughter of William and Ann. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 10 years, 8 months, and 18 days. Daughter of John B. and Elizabeth. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: John Hadley
Age 42. Born May 19, 1792 in Chatham Co., N.C.; daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth Barker Hadley. Married on Oct. 12, 1809 in Chatham Co. Mother of 10 children. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Infant daughter of Simon B. and Sarah Hadley, buried Nov. 5, 1839. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 16 days. Infant son of James B. and Martha Hadley. Buried Sept. 10, 1841. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Mr. Isaac Riley Hadley,an old and highly respected citizen of this city, died at the family home last Sunday morning, Oct. 22, 1911, at 10 o'clock, after an illness of some weeks.
He was born in Morgan county, Ind., Oct. 21, 1829, and was therefore 85 years and 1 day old at the time of his death. He was married to Miss Eleanor Bain Nov. 14, 1847, and to this union 10 children were born - 3 boys and 7 girls, one of which died in infancy. Six of the children were born in Indiana. Mr. Hadley and family emigrated (sic) to Missouri in 1858, settling on a farm about 3 miles northwest of Cainsville where he continued to reside until 1882 when he moved to town to take charge of the post office which position he held for 10 or 12 years.
Soon after the breaking out of the war, he enlisted in Co. I, 23rd Mo.Vol. Inft. and served faithfully until being honorably discharged June 10, 1865, when he returned and made this vicinity home until his death. He was Justice of the Peace in this township nearly a quarter of a century serving 22 yars at one time without a break in his service. He was a capable and painstaking official.
He was a member of the G.A.R., I.O.O.F., and M.E. church, and was especially prominent in G.A.R. circles. On memorial occasions he always carried the flag he loved so well and it occupied a prominent place among the decorations at his funeral.
His wife passed on to the Better Land Aug. 18, 1907, since which time he has kept house, one of his daughters living with him the last few years.
Funeral services were conducted at the M.E. church in Cainsville Monday, Oct. 23, at 2 P.M. conducted by Rev. W.E. Tinney, Pastor, from the text found in James 4:14, after which interment was made in the Oakland cemetery according to I.O.O.F. ritual. He was a highly respected citizen and leaves a host of relatives to mourn his death.
Age 2 years, 6 months, and 1 day. Daughter of John B. and Elizabeth. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 3 years, 8 months, and 27 days. Son of James B. and Martha Lindley Hadley. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Mary Hadley
Age 23 years, 8 months, 28 days. Son of Joshua and Elizabeth Barker Hadley. His wife was the daughter of Simon and Elizabeth Thompson Hadley. Buried Nov. 22, 1831. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 6 years, 4 months, and 29 days. Son of James B. and Martha Lindley Hadley. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 22 years, 4 days. [Cemetery index notes that tombstone was hard to read; date of death may be March, May or August 13, 1840.] Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: James B. Hadley
Age 38. Born in Chatham Co., N.C.; daughter of James and Eleanor Thompson Lindley. Married on Sept. 12, 1822 in Orange Co., N.C. Mother of 9 children: Susannah, Manly, Mosley, Eliza, Alfred, Joshua, Jonathan L., and Owen L. Hadley, and one unnamed infant. Died in Morgan Co., Ind. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 6 months, 7 days. Infant daughter of James Dickey and Matilda Morris Hadley. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Aaron Hadley
Age 26. Born in Chatham Co., N.C.; daughter of William and Ruth Hinshaw. Married on Aug. 8, 1830. Mother of 5 children: Samira Ann, Newton, Delphina, Ann Maria, and Phoebe Ruth. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Infant. Parents, Hiram and Louisa Jane Hadley; twin brother, Jonathan. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Infant daughter of Aaron and Mary Hinshaw Hadley.
Age 33. Born June 14, 1798 in Chatham Co., N.C.; daughter of John and Sarah Woody Johnson. Married in Morgan Co., Ind., Sept. 1828. Mother of Eunice and Sarah. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Isaac Hadley
Age 69. Born March 17, 1770 in Orange Co., N.C.; daughter of Jacob and Margaret Cypert Marshall. Married in 1792. Mother of 12 children. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Spouse: Mary Newlin
Age 68 years, 9 months, and 24 days. Born Dec. 10, 1763 in Orange Co., N.C.; son of Joshua and Ruth Lindley Hadley. Married on Dec. 10, 1783 in Orange Co. Father of 10 children: Hannah, Joshua, John, Eli, William, James, Mary, William M., Ruth, and Dinah. Buried Oct. 6, 1832. Survived by his wife. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: John Hamilton
Age 37 years, 9 months, and 7 days. Born about 1790 in N.C.; daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Whitaker Collett. Married on Oct. 5, 1809 in Wayne Co., Kentucky. Mother of 11 children. Buried in East Hill Cemetery.
Hardwick, Younger
DOB: 1825
DOD: 29 Aug 1858
Spouse: Alsey Summers
Born in Kentucky. Father of three children: Mary, Nancy and William. Buried in Old Mooresville Cemetery.
Spouse: John Hamilton
Age 37 years, 9 months, and 7 days. Born about 1790 in N.C.; daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Whitaker Collett. Married on Oct. 5, 1809 in Wayne Co., Kentucky. Mother of 11 children. Buried in East Hill Cemetery.
HAVOC BY DYNAMITE.
Premature Explosion Results in Two Deaths.
Martinsville, Ind., July 13.--Yesterday while on the river in a boat a premature explosion of dynamite destroyed both of John Harker's eyes, blew both of his hands off and otherwise injured him. He will die. It is thought that Luke Northern, a young married man. was lo;;ed amd b;pwm omtp tje rover bu tje same charge. They were seen together an hour or two before the accident and Northern is missing.
Age 75. Born 1758 in Rowan Co., N.C.; son of Jonathan and Catherine Hiatt Harrold. Married on Jan. 4, 1792 in Surry Co., N.C. Father of 6 children: Abner, Liddie, Rebecca, Arcadia, William, and Thomas. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Harryman, George
DOD: 25 Jul 1899
The Hamilton County Ledger: Noblesville, Indiana
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., July 25.—George Harryman, 53 years old, is dead of an unknown disease. He was cutting weeds on his farm three weeks ago, and was suddenly seized with excruciating pain in his right knee. He ha to crawl to the house. The pains were thought by some to be rheumatism. He grew constantly worse, and has been unconscious much of the time. His leg began to ulcerate and decay, and continued until death relieved him.
Son of William and Ruth; born in Grant Co., Ind. Buried Aug. 14, 1841. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Infant of David and Mary Harvey, buried Feb. 24, 1840. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Infant son of Alfred and W. Buried in Bethel Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: Eli Harvey
Age 73 years, 8 months, 30 days. Born April 25, 1764. Daughter of William and Deborah Stanfield. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Hugh Hastings
Age 27 years, 8 months, and 10 days. Buried in Hastings Cemetery.
Age 78 years, 8 months, and 14 days. Born Jan. 23, 1757. Mother of 7 children: William, Job, Mary, Rees, John, Martha/Nancy, and Hugh. Buried in Hastings Cemetery.
Infant daughter of Reese and Surelda Hastings. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
Spouse: Sarah Kenworthy
Age 55 years, 7 months and 9 days. Born June 15, 1774 in Union Co., S.C.; son of Nathan and Ann Cook Hawkins. Married on July 28, 1796 in Union Co. Father of 6 children: Jesse, David, Dinah, Jonathan, Ann, and Hannah. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Age 25 years, 11 months, and 1 day. Daughter of George and Jane. Buried in West Newton Cemetery.
Spouse: Elizabeth A.
Born in 1765. Survived by widow. Buried in Hilldale Cemetery.
Age 47. Buried in Centennial Cemetery.
Age 6 years, 5 months, and 21 days. Parents, Thomas and Mary Hendricks. Buried in Hastings Cemetery.
Age 47. Buried in Centennial Cemetery.
Mrs. Anna W. Hensley, aged forty-five, died at her home west of Franklin Saturday morning from heart failure.
Mrs. Hensley was born in Morgan County. She was married to P. Hensley several years ago and he with five children survive her. The children are, John, Lonia, and Tillus Hensley and Mrs. Cora Held and Mrs. Eva Coleman.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at four o'clock at the late home and the remains were buried in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Spouses: (1) Minnie Atkinson (2) Winnifred Berryman
Born in 1746 in Spotsylvania, Virginia; son of George and Sarah Richardson Hensley. Father of 7 children with his second wife: Edmond, Jonathan, Gabriel, Berryman, Milly, Charles, and Richardson II. Buried in Sharon Baptist Church Cem., Washington Co., Ind.
Age 5 years, 2 months, 12 days. Son of Bloomfield and Mourning Hudiburg Hensley. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Age 10 years, 9 months, and 2 days. Born in N.C.; son of Isaiah and Welmet Williams Hinshaw. After his death, the family moved to Jefferson Co., Iowa. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: William Hinshaw
Age 35 years, 3 months, 27 days. Born in Tennessee; died in Indiana. Daughter of John and Matilda Doane. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 18. Born in Highland Co., Ohio; son of Joseph and Rebecca Hannah Hiatt. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Age 8 years, 11 days. Son of Andrew Shell and Harriet A. Hickey. Buried in East Hill Cemetery.
Age 6 months, 29 days. Infant son of James and Huldah. Buried in East Hill Cemetery.
Age 1 year, 5 months, and 16 days. Infant son of John G. and Mary M. Buried in Sand Creek Cemetery.
Spouse: Andrew Hine
Age 40 years, 6 months. Buried in Sand Creek Cemetery.
Age 67. Born in Lancaster County, P., on Sept. 5, 1791. Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Buried Sept. 30, 1838. Buried in WHite Lick Cemetery.
Age 6 months and 13 days. Infant son of Benjamin and N. Hinshaw. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Lydia Macy
Age 58 years, 8 months, and 3 days. Born June 12, 1777 in Randolph Co., N.C.; son of John and Ruth Pike Hinshaw. Father of Miriam, Ruth, Tristram, Jesse, Benjamin, Lydia J., and Susanna. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Spouse: John Hinshaw (died 1836)
Age 81 years, 4 months, and 21 days. Born Dec. 24, 1776. Married Oct 15, 1799 in Guilford County, North Carolina. Mother of 7 children. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 1 year, 10 months, 16 days. Son of Isaac and Ruth. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: William Hobson
Age 69 yers, 10 months, and 14 days. Buried in Mt. Gilead Chapel Cemetery, on Monroe/Clay Township line in Morgan Co., Ind.
Age 12. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
Age 38. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
Spouse: Samuel C. Hoggatt
Age 39. Born Nov. 5, 1799 in Orange Co., N.C.; daughter of Benjamin and Ruth Newlin Vestal. Married June 6, 1821 in Alamance Co., N.C. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 5 years, 7 months, and 4 days. Son of Riley B. and Elizabeth Walker Kitchen Hogshire. Buried in Butterfield/Rinker Cemetery.
Age 20 years, 7 months and 23 days. Son of Aaron and Aletha. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Age 3 years, 2 months, 24 days. Daughter of J. M:. And Elizabeth. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Age 2 months and 27 days. Infant son of Isaac and Elizabeth. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Age 23 years, 17 days. Son of D.N. and M:. A. Buried in Walters Cemetery.
Caused a Fellow-Workman's Death.
Martinsville, Ind., June 21. -- Owen Leslie, of Danville, was arrested and lodged in jail here by the order of Prosecuting Attorney Edward Davis, to be held subject to the investigtion of the coroner in the matter of Alvah Houston's drowning at Big creed bridge. Leslie is a workman on the Indianapolis and Vincennes railroad and was unloading stone at that bridge. He tumbled a stone fromthe car which struck young Houston, knocking him into the river below.
Age 34. Masonic emblem. Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Hubbard, John S.
DOB: 1811
DOD: 18 Jul 1894
The Indianapolis Journal: Indianapolis, Indiana
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., July 18.—John S. Hubbard, a wealthy farmer and one of the pioneers of Morgan county, died this morning at his home, in Monrovia, aged eighty-three. He was born in North Carolina in 1811, and came to Indiana in 1825, stopping in Wayne county. He came on to Morgan county in 1830, and has remained ever since on the farm adjacent or in Monrovia. He served the residents in the capacity of justice of the peace, notary public, township trustee and county commissioner. He was very entertaining when in a reminiscent mood, and had good stories of pioneer days. He was the recognized local authority on law matters. He has several children living, on of whom is Mrs. Dr. Thompson, of Irvington.
"In his 7th year." Son of Thomas Jr. and Polly McCarter Hudiburg. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Spouse: Mary Huffman
Survived by wife; children, Peter Huffman, Jonathan Huffman, Srah Daugherty, Matilda Bailey, Rachel Voils, Emily Watkins, Emily Brown, and Milton R:. Huffman; granddaughter, Lucinda Carson. Age 82 year and 6 days. Buried in Sand Creek Cemetery.
Spouse: B. M. Huffman
Age 31 years, 9 months, 20 days. [Cemetery index notes inticate that tombstone is broken into three pieces.] Buried in Mahalasville Cemetery.
Spouse: Benjamin Huffman (Died 25 Oct 1860)
Age 73 years, 4 months, and 18 days. Buried in Sand Creek Cemetery.
Age 76 years and 4 days. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 3 years, 9 months, 13 days. Daughter of Thomas and Aletha Benbow Hussey. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 29. Born in Baltimore, Md. Parents: Christopher and Lydia Grubb Hussey. [Brother of Dr. Curtis G. Hussey, who was a State Representative, the first physician to live in Mooresville, and the donor of the bell for the M.E. Church.] Buried in Old Mooresville Cemetery.
Age 18 years, 5 months, and 24 days. Son of Thomas and Aletha (Benbow) Hussey. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 27. Buried Aug. 14, 1840. Daughter of Jedidiah and Agatha Henley Hussey. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Aletha Benbow (died 1857)
Age 48 years, 6 months, and 8 days. Born in Randolph County, North Carolina; son of Jediah and Agatha Henley Hussey. Married on Oct. 2, 1834 in Hendricks County, Ind. Father of: Stephen, Ann, William, Jesse, John, Lydia and Jediah Clarke Hussey. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Hydman, Nancy
DOD: 22 Mar 1894
The Indianapolis Journal: Indianapolis, Indiana
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., March 22. –Mrs. Nancy Hyndman, aged seventy, died at her home on West Harrison street yesterday and was buried today from the residence. She was stricken with paralysis a few days ago, and owing to her advanced age could not recover. She was a sister of John Stout, of Hyndsdale, and Daniel, James and Alexander Stout, of Bloomington. Mrs. Emma Thompson, of this city, is the only surviving child.
Martinsville, Ind., May 21.--J. A. Isom died at the home of D. C. Tucker this morning, aged sixty0eight, after several weeks' illness of stomach trouble. He was a cooper by trade and a ntive of Jefferson county, Kentucky. He leaves a wife and two daughters in Ohio and a son in Oregon.
Age 1 year, 2 months. Infant daughter of James and Patsy Chambers Jackson. Buried in Old Shiloh Burying Ground, Hendricks Co.
Spouse: Cornelia Cook
Age 41. Born 1792; son of Joseph and Sarah Jessup Jackson. Married on Feb. 17, 1824. Father of 6 children: Elizabeth, Joseph, William Jessup, Sarah, Polly Ann, and Eli Jr. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: Priscilla Jessup
Age 44. Born Jan. 26, 1791 in Stokes Co., N.C.; son of Jehu and Hope Jessup Jackson. Married on Feb. 22, 1815 in Surry Co., N.C. Father of 4 children: John Joseph, Jehu, William, and Mary. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Age 12 years, 6 months, 6 days. Son of William andCatherine. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Age 12 years, 2 months. Son of Jordan and Lucinda Fogleman Jenkins. Buried in Bethesda Cemetery.
Martinsville, Ind. Jan. 18 -- On Tuesday evening a little 4-year-old boy of John Jenkins, of this city, was playing with corn when he put some in his mouth and a grain became lodged in his wind-pipe. A physican was summoned at once, and after working for some time had just succeeded in removing it, and hopes of recovery were entrtained when the child died, suffering intensely. Blood is supposed to have passed into the lungs from the incision made by the surgeon.
Age 1 year, 6 months, 8 days; infant son of J. and M:. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: Samuel P. Jessup
Age 36 years, 17 days. Mother of 13 children. Buried in Salem Cemetery, Hendricks Co.
Age 21. Son of Timothy H. and Susannah Jessup. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Child. Buried in Fairfield Friends.
Spouse: Hannah Pratt
Age 88 years, 4 months, 16 days. Born May 18, 1742 in Perquimans Co., North Carolina; son of Thomas and Sarah Small Jessup. Married on Sept. 18, 1768 in Wayne Co., Ind. Father of: Hope, Pratt Wilton, Avis, Hannah, Abigail, Ann, Timothy, Sarah, Elizabeth and Samuel. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Spouses: Married 4 times. See below.
Age 59. Born Nov. 18, 1775; son of William and Mary Pratt Jessup. Married first wife, Ruth Thornburgh, on Jan. 4, 1797 in Guilford Co., N.C. They had 4 children: Thomas Thornburgh, Nancy Lydia Roach, Mary Polly Pratt, and Rebecca T. Jessup. Wife died in 1816. Married second wife, Rebecca Johnston, on Jan. 21, 1818, again in Guilford Co. They had 6 children together: William P., Sarah, Ruth, Hannah, Anna, and Enoch. Wife died in July 1847. Married third wife, Esther Kellum, on April 6, 1832 in Hendricks Co., Ind. [Dates do not match up here; second wife still alive in 1832.] They had 2 children: Priscilla and Ambrose. Married fourth wife, Amelia Millie Thornburgh, on Oct. 11, 1848. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Martinsville, Ind., --William D. Johns, an architect, hanged himself, the result of ill health. He leaves a wife and six grown children.
Age 1 year, 8 months, 8 days. Infant son of Gideon and Delilah. Buried Aug. 18, 1836. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Spouse: David B. Johnson (died 1852)
Age 50. Born Oct. 15, 1797. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 22 years, 3 months 9 days. [Cemetery index notes that first name was hard to read.] Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Ann Johnson
Survived by: Wife, Ann; children, Jesse B. Johnson, Margaret B. Johnson, Jane Shaw and Elizabeth Brown; grandchildren, Jesse B., Ann E., Benjamin F., and Thomas E. (children of deceased son Hezekiah); grandchildren (not named in will), children of daughter Mrs. Aaron Shaw. Age 78 years, 1 month, and 26 days. Born Oct 12, 1782. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Spouse: William Johnson (died 1850)
Age 71. Born Jan 28, 1776. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Spouse: Elizabeth "Betsy" Ann Bowman.
Age 36 years, 7 months, and 18 days. Son of Elijah and Ann Johnson. Married on Oct. 8, 1829 in N.C. Shortly after marriage, moved by covered wagon and horseback to what is now Monrovia and purchased land. They built a log cabin together. Father of 4 children. Died as a result of a sting from a yellow-jacket. Survived by wife and 4 children.
Spouse: Sarah Woody
Age 66. Born July 23, 1767 in Orange Co., N.C.; son of Jesse and Hannah Hadley Johnson. Married on Sept. 12, 1792 in Orange Co. Father of 12 children: Hannah, Mary, Rebecca, Ruth, Eunice, Charity, Jesse, Job, Elizabeth, John, Jonathan, and Elihu. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 7 years, 5 months, 10 days. Daughter of Gideon and Delilah. Buried Feb. 26, 1839. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 13 years, 5 months, 5 days. Born in Ohio; daughter of Gideon and Delilah Hays Johnson. Buried Aug. 16, 1836. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 23 years, 3 (or 8) months, and 19 days. Daughter of Thos. A. and Elizabeth Johnson. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Infant daughter of Richard P. and Mary Catherine Benton Johnson. Richard was a merchant; was a major for the Union army during the Civil War. He and Mary Benton were married in Brownstown, Ind. Buried in Old Mooresville Cemetery.
Spouse: Ann J. Hadley
Age 22. Son of Jesse and Ruth Hadley Johnson. Married on Feb 24, 1858 in Hendricks Co., Ind. Buried Jan. 13, 1860 in White Lick Cemetery.
W. C. W. Johnson died at his home here today of pneumonia, aged sixty-seven. He has been a resident of the county for fifty years. William and Tarleton Johnson, of Indianapolis, his sons, and their wives have been in attendance at his bedside for several days.
Age 7. Son of John and Mary. Buried May 13, 1828. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Sarah Jones
Age 56. Survived by wife. Buried in East Hill Cemetery.
Age 78. Revolutionary War soldier. Born March 18, 1758 in Nottaway Parish, Southampton, Virginia; son of Thomas Jones IV. Married Jan. 20, 1785 in Southampton Co. Father of 7: Thomas Jones V, Wiley, Matthew II, Beasant, John, Sally, and an unnamed daughter. Buried in Center Valley Cemetery.
Caused a Fellow-Workman's Death.
Martinsville, Ind., June 21. -- Owen Leslie, of Danville, was arrested and lodged in jail here by the order of Prosecuting Attorney Edward Davis, to be held subject to the investigtion of the coroner in the matter of Alvah Houston's drowning at Big creed bridge. Leslie is a workman on the Indianapolis and Vincennes railroad and was unloading stone at that bridge. He tumbled a stone fromthe car which struck young Houston, knocking him into the river below.
Age 50. Born Oct. 15, 1797. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Spouse: Elizabeth Kellum
Age 35 years, 4 months, and 6 days. Parents: Noah and Esther Hiatt Kellum. Survived by his wife. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: Christopher Kellum (died 1831)
Age 35 years, 11 months, and 3 days. Born in Grayson Co., Virginia; daughter of John and Lydia Ann Ballard Johnson. Married Jan. 29, 1820 in Clinton Co., Ohio. Mother of 2 children. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: Jesse Kellum (died 1854)
Age 58 years, 8 months, 21 days. Born in Randolph County, North Carolina; daughter of Jesse and Jane Milikan Hockett. Married in 1823; mother of 8 children. Buried in Old Fairfield Cemetery.
Spouse: Jane Hockett
Age 27 years, 9 months, 3 days. Born in Guilford Co., N.C.; son of Noah and Esther Hiatt Kellum. Married July 1825 in Guilford Co. Father of Alfred, Shields M., Amos and Jesse. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Age 30 years, 7 months, 8 days. Worked as a trader on his sister Luzena's farm. Died from the effects of a wound received in a runaway at Mooresville while attend a rally in the Lincoln presidential campaign. Parents: Jesse and Sarah (Hockett) Kellum. [Cemetery index and Friends Records give date of death as Nov. 9, 1860.] Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Age 3. Daughter of James B. and Malvina Hudiburg Kelso. Buried in Jole Cemetery.
Spouse: Alexander Kelso, Jr.
Age 96. Born c1755 in Bond Hope, Hartford Co., Maryland; daughter of James and Anne Goodwin Balch. "Relict of Alexander Kelso." Mother of 5 children. Buried in Jole Cemet;ery, Jackson Twp., Morgan County, Ind.
Spouse: James Balch Kelso
Age 30. Daughter of Thomas Jr. and Polly McCarter Hudiburg. Married on Sept. 25, 1825. Mother of: Charles, Stephen, Margaret, and Melvina. Buried in Jole Cemetery.
Age 77. Born in Augusta, Va. on March 30, 1758; son of Rev. Alexander and Mary Blair Kelso. He never knew his parents; both died before his third birthday. They may have been killed by Indians. Alex and his siblings spent some years in the home of their Uncle Hugh. Revolutionary War soldier: Shelby's N.C. Mil.; also fought at the Battle of King's Mountain. Married in late May 1781 in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Father of 6 children: Charles B., Mary, Velva, Anna Goodwin, Dorcas, and James Balch Kelso. Buried in the old cemetery on Highway 252 just outside of Morgantown, Ind. (on the west side.) [Cemetery is also known as Jole Cemetery.] Buried in Old cemetery, Morgantown.
Spouse: Sarah?
Age 85 years, 9 months, and 19 days. Born Nov. 21, 1753. He was a native of New Castle, Delaware; son of Peter and Mary King. Revolutionary War veteran: enlisted at Tygarts Valley, Randolph Co., Kentucky. Father of: Temperance, Daniel, Joshua, Asa, Peter, and William King. Buried in Williams Cemetery, north of Martinsville, Morgan County, Ind.
Spouse: Nancy Bicknell
Age 69. Born in 1771 in Iredell Co., N.C.; son of John and Nancy Wallis Kemp. Married in 1795 in N.C. Father of 9 children: Evan, Samuel, Nancy, Joana, Wilburn, Artemissa, John, James, and Anna.
Spouse: Lucy J. Harper
Survived by widow. Age 30. Born in Morgan Co., Ind.; son of Peter and Eliza Wyeth King. Married on June 13, 1850 in Morgan County. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
Age 19. Son of John and Chloe Slaughter King. Buried Aug. 31, 1836. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 18 years, 8 months, 12 days. Son of Wm. H. and S. R. Buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Spouse: Hannah Allen
Age about 37. Son of Peter Kivett II and his wife Sarah Rachel York. Married on Oct. 17, 1812 in Chatham Co., N.C. Father of Rachel, William, Peter, Zimri, Jane, Levi, and Charlotte. Buried July 27, 1841. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
United in Death.
Martinsville, Ind., Jan. 25 --C. R:. Knoy, of this city, received a telegram to-day saying that both his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Know, died last night at their home in the western part of this county. Each was aged seventy-eight years, and they have long been residents of the county. Both died of the grippe.
Parents, Isaac and Catharine Knox. Age 31 years, 2 months, and 24 days. Buried in Shiloh Cemetery, east of Waverly, Ind.
Spouse: Andrew J. Knox
Age 26 years, 3 months and 15 days. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Age 9 years, 10 months, 17 days. Buried in Myers/Sodom Cemetery.
Age 9 years, 11 months, and 14 days. Daughter of William and Delilah Landers. [Cemetery is on Mann Road near Waverly (Lugar farm.)] Buried in Lanersdale Cemetery.
Spouse: William Landers
Age 31 years, 9 months, and 14 days. Born Dec. 19, 1789 in Mercer Co., Ky.; daughter of Nimrod and Sarah Craig Stone. Married William Landers in Mercer Co. They had five sons: Jonathan, William, Nimrod, Jeremiah, and Joshua. [Cemetery is on Mann Road near Waverly (Lugar farm.)] Buried in Landersdale Cemetery.
Age 10 months, 13 days. Infant son of J.G. and S.F. Buried in Mt. Pleasant,Hall Cemetery.
Buried in Hilldale Cemetery.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 14 – Mrs. Mahala Lewis, one of the pioneer settlers of Green township, died of pneumonia this morning, aged seventy-eight. She was born in Dearborn county in 1817, and came to Morgan county when a child.
Buried April 5, 1835. Son of Jonathan and Hannah. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Infant of Jonathan and Hannah Lindley. Buried Feb, 5, 1958 in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 76 years, ?? months, and 27 days. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Owen Lloyd was born on the 21st of March 1807 in Leitrim County, Ireland. His great ancestors came from Holland with Cromwell, about the close of the 16th century. His mother was of Scotish descent. His fathers family consisted of 10 children. 4 sons and 6 daughters. He and 3 sisters, Elizabeth, Mary and Martha came to America. He embarked on board of a vessel April 12, 1834, and on the 10th day of June, landed in the city of New York and from there went to Cleveland, Ohio on the 4th day of August 1834. In the fall of 1839, came to Indiana and settled on a farm near Morgantown. He was married to Sarah Coleman of Cleveland, Ohio on the 7th day of April 1838. They had 9 children - 6 sons and 3 daughters - 1 died in infancy, Robert C. died at 12 and Davis at 13 years of age and Edwin died after arriving at the age of maturity. He leaves surviving him, his widow, Sarah Lloyd, and Clotelda, Alice, Eliza, Owen and Frances C. He was born in the same house in Ireland built by his grandfather, nearly 200 years ago. He was left with a large estate, from his father in Ireland, but never looked after it. He died the 4th day of April 1886, 79 years and 13 days. He was buried at Mt. Nebo Church where rest the remains of a sister and other relatives.
Age 13 years, 10 months, and 21 days. Parents: Samuel and Nancy Long. Buried in Long Cemetery, Washington Twp., Morgan Co., Ind.
Age 1 month and 3 days. Infant son of E. and S. Maddox. Buried in Mooresville Cemetery.
Spouse: Curtis Marker
Survived by husband. Age 51 years, 4 months and 4 days. Married in 1828 in Delaware. Buried in Free Methodist Burying Ground Cemetery.
Infant daughter of Robert and Jane Johnson Marley. Buried in Center Valley Cemetery.
Spouse: Rebecca Childs
Age 62. Born March 6, 1795 in New York, N.Y.; son of William and Ann Wickman Marvin. Married in Baltimore, Md. On Aug. 6, 1828. Father of 13 children: Sarah, Benjamin, Joseph, Elizabeth Ann, Thomas, Maria, Harriet, Mary R., Martha, Victoria, William, John Wesley, and Samuel Jenning. Clare’s unmarried sister Nancy lived with the family for many years.
Age 1 year, 1 month, 2 days. Infant son of W. and S.A. Mason. Buried in Poplar Grove Cemetery.
Born in Pulaski Co., Ky.; son of Abraham Elon and Elizabeth Modrell Masy. He had a twin brother George W. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Age 5. Daughter of Abraham Elon and Elizabeth Modrell Masy. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Infant daughter of Abraham Elon and Elizabeth Modrell Masy. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Spouse: Hiram Matthews
Age 36. Married Hiram Matthews on Nov. 18, 1819. Survived by husband; six children: Cary, Mary (Polly), Joel, Calvin, Rachel, and Seth. Buried in Locust Grove/Monical Cemetery.
Spouse: James Matthews
Age 32. Buried in Centerton Cemetery.
Identity of the Suicide.
Martinsville, Ind. Oct. 3—The unknown man who committed suicide at Rushville yesterday by throwing himself before a freight train is thought to be Seth Matthews, of Brooklyn, who mysteriously disappeared three weeks ago, and of whom nothing has been heard.
Age 10 days. Infant daughter of John and Catherine Graham Maxwell, both natives of Ireland. Buried in Burns Cemetery.
Infant son of J. M. and M. McCollum. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., June 12.—Jonathan McCollum, of Adams township, aged seventy-four, was found unconscious on the floor of his room yesterday and died in twenty-four hours. He was a native of the county, and reared a large family. He was held in high esteem by the best citizens and neighbors. Though at one time he was accused by an enemy of killing a man in Illinois, he was fully exonerated at the trial. This, with domestic troubles with a second wife, caused his downfall financially and in spirit, and he died almost penniless.
Age 43. Born Nov. 17, 1790. Parents: Samuel and Elizabeth Anne Wilkinson McCracken. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Mary Willard
First person buried in White Lick Cemetery. Born in 1790; son of William and Abigail Holiday McCracken. Father of Mary, William, Samuel, John, and Nelson McCracken. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Abigail Holiday
Age 76. Born in 1756 in Orange Co., N.C.; son of Alexander and Abigail Fayle McCracken. Married on Dec. 15, 1787 in Orange Co. Father of: Robert, Mary, Henry, and John. Preceded in death by son Robert. Buried Nov. 11, 1832. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Nancy Fiddler
Born in Maryland. Married in Bullit Co., Ky. Father of 8 children: Philip, Elizabeth, William, Matilda, Malinda, Joseph, Reuben, and Mary. Died in Morgan Co., Ind.
McDaniel, Simeon C.
DOB: 17 Jan 1838
DOD: 5 Sep 1858
Age 20 years, 7 months, and 20 days. Born in Indiana; son of Daniel and Jane/Willis/Williams McDaniel. He was unmarried. Buried in Poplar Grove Cemetery.
Age 10 (or 16?) years, 11 months, and 11 days. (Tombstone is hard to read.) Son of H. and J. McKinley. [Note: burial ground was located on State Road 67, in Jefferson Twp., Morgan Co., near the site of the Noble Hovious farm southwest of Martinsville. Neither the tombstones nor the burial ground itself could be located in 1991. Apparently a former owner of the land bulldozed the area.] Cemetery: McKinley Family Burial Ground.
Spouse: Rebecca McDonald, Dec. 20, 1820
Age 33. Born in Kentucky. Parents: John and Martha (Hicklin) McNabb. Married his first cousin Rebecca. Father of 6 children, 1 son and 5 daughters. Buried in Harrah/McNabb Cemetery, Madison Twp., Morgan Co.
Spouse: Martha Hicklin
Age 80. Born 1756; son of Andrew McNabb. Married Martha Hicklin McDonald on June 14, 1794. Father of 8 children, 6 sons and 2 daughters: Andrew, Hugh, Hicklin, John Carothers, Rachel Carothers, Thomas, Mary, and one other. He was one of the early settlers of Madison Township. [Tombstone does not give any information, other than his age at death.](Source: article by Ruth Straley in Martinsville Reporter, April 5, 1983.) [Ms. Straley notes that the cemetery no longer exists; the farm on which it once stood is now the Miller Subdivision.] Buried in Harrah/McNabb Cemetery, Madison Twp., Morgan Co., Ind.
Age 20 years, 4 months and 21 days. Daughter of J. and M. McNutt. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 3—Two sudden deaths occurred here in the persons of John McVey, 86 year old, and Stephen D. Pearson, aged 76. Both are highly respected citizens.
Age 7 months. Infant son of John and Malinda Cummins McVey. Buried in Mooresville Cemetery.
Spouse: William Mendenhall
Age 22 years, 9 months, and 7 days. Born in Highland Co., Ohio; daughter of James Dillon and Phoebe Thornburgh Haworth. Married on Aug. 13, 1831 in Hendricks Co., Ind. Mother of 5 children. Buried in Easton Friends Cemetery.
Age 1 year, 4 months, 5 days. Infant son of John & Mildred Barnett Mendenhall. Buried in West Newton Cemetery.
Age 31 years, 4 months, 5 days. Born in Clinton Co., Ohio; daughter of Robert and Hannah Wilson Furnas. Married on Aug. 5, 1830 in Clinton Co. Mother of Isaac and John Milhouse. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: Sarah "Sallie" Nelson Compton
Age 80. Born Nov. 9, 1761 in Fredericksburg Township, S.C.; son of Henry and Rebekah Cook Milhouse. Married on Jan. 11, 1792. Father of Henry, Samuel, John, Rebekah, Elizabeth, Ann, and Robert. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
"In the 69th year of his age." Born Feb. 17, 1769. Buried in Whetzel/Mackenzie Cemetery.
Spouse: B. J. Mill
Age 45. Born Dec. 25, 1777. Buried in Whetzel/Mackenzie Cemetery.
Spouse: Mark Mills
Age 34 years, 11 months and 25 days. Born in Clinton Co., Ohio; daughter of William and Amy Williams Sanders. Married on April 6, 1826 in Clinton Co. Mother of 6 children. Buried in West Newton Cemetery.
Age 3 years, 5 months, 16 days. Buried July 20, 1830. Parents: Henry and Hannah (Woodward) Mills. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Hannah Woodward
Age 52 years, 9 months, and 16 days. Born March 31, 1780. Parents: Aaron and Charity Mills. Father of nine children. Survived by his wife. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Henry Miller
Age 49 years, 8 months, and 27 days. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Age 19 years, 2 months and 19 days. Daughter of Robert and Ankey Alderson Miller. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Age 3 months, 11 days. Infant daughter of Lewis A. and S.P. Buried in Nast Chapel Cemetery.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., July 15. – Mrs. J. V. Mitchell dropped dead this morning of paralysis. Her maiden name was Ella Finch and she was born in Cincinnati in 1838. She first married a Mr. Lawson, a prominent business man of Cincinnati. He died a few years later and she married J. V. Mitchell, a prominent attorney, in 1871 and they have resided here ever since.
Age 1 year, 9 months, 6 days. Infant son of Giles and Ann Hutsell Mitchell. Buried in Mitchell Cemetery.
Age 5 months. Infant son of S.M. and Jane. Survived by parents. Buried in Mitchell Cemetery.
Daughter of James M. and Mary A. Scott Mitchell. Buried in South Park Cemetery.
Wealthy Morgan County Man Died.
Martinsville. July 15.—Samuel M. Mitchell, the wealthiest man in Morgan county, died last night at his home here. The cause of his death was general debility. He had been a resident of this city for fifty years, and conducted a private bank for twenty-five years. His wealth is estimated at half a million, much of which is in landed interests in Missouri, Iowa and Kansas. Mr. Mitchell requested, a few days before his death, that he be buried in the old way, with merely a winding sheet about him.
Age 29 years, 3 months, and 22 days. Married Sept. 10, 1829 in Morgan Co., Ind. Mother of James Wesley and Nancy Ann. Survived by husband and two children. Buried in Locust Grove/Monical Cemetery.
Spouse: Hannah Yates
Age 64. Born c1772 in Botetourt Co., Va. Married there c1796. Father of 10 children: Susannah, Wesley H., William, George, Christopher, Catharine, Joseph E., Peter, James M., and Benjamin. Buried in Locust Grove/Monical Cemetery.
Spouse: Catherine Ard
Age 30 years, 7 months, and 3 days. Son of Peter and Hannah Yates Monical. Married on Aug. 5, 1821. Father of James M. and Elizabeth H. ("Eliza"). Buried in Locust Grove/Monical Cemetery.
Spouse: William Montgomery
Age 51. Born Feb. 19, 1782 in N.C.; daughter of Joseph and Keziah Mills Hiatt. Mother of Jane Montgomery, born 1817 in N.C. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. Oct 21. –Eli Stanfield Moon, a farmer of Brown township, aged seventy-three, died of typhoid fever this morning. Mr. Moon was born in Ohio in 1822 but came to Morgan county early in life.
He Bled to Death.
Martinsville, Ind., Feb. 19.--While hunting yesterday afternoon, Benjamin Mooney, ged sixteen, accidentally discharged his gun while getting over a fence. The load took effect in his right leg, severing the femoral artery, and he bled to death.
Infant son of Samuel and Eliza Moore. Survived by parents; 3 sisters, Jane, Mary, and Margaret. Buried in Old Mooresville Cemetery.
A Little Girl Burned to Death.
Martinsville, Ind., February 4.--Miss Mary Moore, the eight-year-old daughter of John Moore, of Paragon, was burned to death today by her clothes igniting from a fire in the kitchen stove.
Age 1 year, 10 months, 11 days. Infant son of Calvin and Milly Moore. Buried in Ferguson family plot, Mooresville Cemetery.
Spouse: Clara Lugar
Survived by Wife; sons, Mike and Pat; parents, Mr. & Mrs. Glen Richardson; brothers, William and Max; sister, Edna Mae; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Hyde; paternal grandfather, John Richardson. Daughter of Frederick and Anna Jones Beeler. Married on March 5, 1834 in Morgan Co., Ind. Mother of Elizabeth Morgan.
Martinsville, Ind., September 7--John Morlan, forty-three years old, is dead of paralysis of the brain, with which he was stricken Sunday last.
Age 1 year, 3 months, and 14 days. Infant son of J. and K. Morrison. Buried in Nutter Cemetery.
Spouse: Hannah
Age 45. Born Aug. 4, 1795. [Cemetery index indicates that his tombstone spells name as Munhulan, but Hannah's stone has Monhollan.] [1830 census spells name as Monhollen.] After his death, Hannah married Thomas Hudiburg. Buried in Townsend Cemetery.
Catherine Stone Murphy, daughter of John and Catherine Stone, was born in Morgan county, Indiana, near what is now known as Alaska on June 1,1843, and on January 6, 1935, about noon, while the clouds were broken and the sun was peeping through and the day developing into a beautiful evening and the earth illuminated and lighter with its radiant rays of light, death stole in and claimed for its victim our beloved mother, she beng 91 years, 7 months and 5 days of age.,br>Jesus said: "Watch, for ye know not the hour when the Lord cometh". Her life seems to us a short journey, and when human hands had ministered all in their power, the inevitable came, as it must come to all of us, and Aunt Kate, as she was called, answered the call.
When quite young she gave her heart to God and united with the Church of Christ at the old log church situated one-half mile north of Alaska, Indiana, having the emblem of baptism administered by emersion, after transferring her membership to the Higgins Creek church, and remaining a faithful member until her death.
The ear 1860, at the age of 17 years, her marriage to John Murphy was solemnized by Squire Thomas Potorff, and to this union was born seven children, three of whom have preceded her in death, namely: Alexander, commonly known as "Doc", Samuel and Delia.
Lafayette Murphy of Coldwater, Mich., John Murphy of Gosport, Mrs. John Allee of Quincy, Mrs. Annie Freeman are among those surviving. The father of this union died in the year 1904, after which Mrs. Murphy earned her own living until overtaken with loss of eyesight, when she was compelled to give up and make her home with her children. Aunt Kate, as she was better known, was a well respected citizen in all communities in which she lived. She was a kind, true, loving, devoted wife and mother, always trying to make those with whom she came in contact happy. To know her was to love her.
A few hours before the Great Reaper thrust his sickle into the sheaf for the great storehouse; she was heard to say in the presence of a granchild: "I see your face."
Her voice is stilled, a vacant place appears and she leaves four children, three grandchildren, twenty-seven great-grandchildren, one nephew and a host of other relatives and friends. Let us console ourselves that our loss is her eternal gain. Mother dear has left us, her face we'll see no more. We know that she is no wresting on that great eternal shore. We always loved and trusted her, her guidance always right. We're striving now to meet her in that land so fair and bright. Farewell, farewell, dear Mother, we miss you oh so much. Those loving words, that tender smile and the hands we loved to touch. But now you've gone to Heaven, with God and the Angels fair. And we know if we but trust Him some day we'll meet you there. --Mr. & Mrs. John Murphy
George Musgrave, of Cope, this county, died this morning of typhoid fever. He was a prosperous farmer and leaves a wife and child.
Spouse: Lewis Myers
Age 79 years, 1 month and 21 days. Buried in Samaria Cemetery.
Child Burned to Death.
Martinsville, Ind., April 26--The three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Neely, living five miles east of this city, was burned to death this afternoon. Mrs. Neely was alone with the child, and she went out to get some water. When she returned she found her child dead on the kitchen floor. It is not known how the child caught fire.
Spouse: William Newby
Age 40 years, 4 months. Born in Holly Springs, Randolph Co., North Carolina; daughter of Thomas and Amy Cox. Married on Nov. 22, 1821 in Holly Springs Monthly Meeting. Mother of Thomas, Seth, Mary, Rebecca, Harmon, Amy, Achsah, Nancy, William, Allen, Stephen, and Ruth. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Age 2. Daughter of C. and Sabra Newton. Buried in Jacob Whetzel Cemetery, Waverly, Ind.
Age 23. Born Feb. 22, 1798. Shares a tombstone with her father, Jacob Whetzel, and her daughter, Amanda, who died at the age of 2. Buried in Jacob Whetzel Cemetery, Waverly, Ind.
Age 3 years, 6 months and 16 days. Daughter of Nathan and Leany. Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Age 3 years, 5 months, and 26 days. Daughter of Hugh and Lydia Nicholas. Buried in Bethesda Cemetery.
Age 1 year and 10 months. Son of Nathan and Leany. Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Spouse: Louisa Jane Bray
Age 24 years, 9 months and 13 days. Son of John and Permelia. Married in Morgan County, Ind. on March 2, 1854. Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Age 1 year, 3 months and 23 days. Son of Hugh and Lydia Nicholas. Buried in Bethesda Cemetery.
HAVOC BY DYNAMITE.
Premature Explosion Results in Two Deaths.
Martinsville, Ind., July 13.--Yesterday while on the river in a boat a premature explosion of dynamite destroyed both of John Harker's eyes, blew both of his hands off and otherwise injured him. He will die. It is thought that Luke Northern, a young married man. was lo;;ed amd b;pwm omtp tje rover bu tje same charge. They were seen together an hour or two before the accident and Northern is missing.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 23.—Albert H. Nutter, aged forty-one died at his home here last night, because of appendicitis. He had been sick but a few days when an operation had to be performed in the hope of saving his life, but which proved futile. He was one of the wealthiest young farmers in this county, and leaves a wife and three children. He was a prominent member of the Commercial Club of this city and was a prime mover in all of the city’s improvement interests, and was also a partner in one of the large new sanitariums that is now in the process of construction. The funeral will be held Sunday.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Sep. 5. –D. Greene Nutter, aged seventy-two, died at his home in this city yesterday after an illiness of a few weeks. He was born near Lexington, Ky., in 1823, and came to this vicinity in 1828, and, with the exception of two years, has resided here ever since. He was never married and had accumulated considerable property.
Age 5. Born in Indiana. Parents: Huett and Susanna (Talbott) Nutter. Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Age 23. Parents: Huett and Susanna (Talbott) Nutter. Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
JOHN NUTTER DEAD.
His Acquaintances Feel his Loss.
Successful in Business by Dint of Industry and Strict Honesty
John Nutter died at 8 o’clock p.m. Thursday evening after an illness of more than three weeks of stomach trouble. He had attended the funeral of the late S. M. Mitchell three weeks ago on Sunday last and was not able to leave his residence afterwards. For some time he did not realize that his illness might result fatally and, to those who called, he would talk continuously of his business affairs. Almost from the beginning, his stomach would not retain food and it was frequently remarked that he should endure so long without nourishment. He remained rather strong for more than two weeks of his sickness when lack of nourishment begun to have perceptible effect. He remained conscious until almost the last moments of his life. About noon on Thursday, he begun to sing hymns and request that some one be called to sing for him. Some of the neighbors were called and sang for him and the music seemed to have a happy effect upon his spirits. He was unconscious but a very few moments prior to is death.
The funeral services will occur at 10 o’clock Sunday, August 14. The services will be conducted by Elder Treat and the interment will be in the Nutter cemetery north of the city, where the deceased erected a monument about ten years ago. Mr. W. C. Mitchell will be the funeral director. Honorary pall bearers; G. W. Clapper, William Williams, R. H. Tarleton, B. D. Blackstone, N. T. Cunningham and N. J. Major. Acting pall bearers; A. S. Mitchell, Myron Dickson, W. W. Kennedy, T. H. Parks, W. S. Cramer and W. P. Clark.
Messrs. Thomas and Greenbury Nutter are brothers and Messrs. Isaac and Robert Nutter, the latter living in Nelson Nebraska, are half-brothers.
John Nutter was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, Aug. 29, 1817, and was a son of Hewitt and Sussa Nutter, also natives of Fayette county, Ky. He came with his parents to this county, August 26, 1841, he married Sarah Wilson, a native of Franklin county, who survives him. This union was graced by three children, Hariet A., (deceased), Albert H. and an infant unnamed. After his marriage, Mr. Nutter located on a farm at Indian creek, and in 1842 purchased a boat an ferried over White river until 1849, when he purchased and occupied his present farm and without the benefit of education or any extraneous help and was entirely a self-made man, and by his own industry, economy, frugality and financial acumen he became one of the wealthiest men in our country. Mr. Nutter’s industry was proverbial, his honesty unquestioned, and for personal integrity he possessed a character of the highest order. His struggles in life were fierce, as he began life here in pioneer days with nothing but health and native industry for capital. He was one of those unique characters that rushing time has made so scarce, those men who broke the wilderness of Indiana, who contended against circumstances in early life which would now turn the edge of industry and determination of most of the young men of this age who never felt nor know the life of the pioneer. Those who knew Mr. Nutter and those who have known him all his life know but to speak in highest terms of him as a citizen, neighbor and friend. He was of charitable instinct and readily gave when he fully understood the merits of the case. Although a member of no church, he was of fine moral balance and gave liberally of his means to all churches. If he had any particular religious predilection it was toward the Christian church, of which his wife and all his immediate relatives are members. He was a farmer in the truest sense of the word, never speculated and the fortune of $150,000 amassed by him is the result of close application to farming.
“John Nutter was as honest a man as I ever knew,” said Dr. Tarleton a few days ago, “and I believe this attribute was by no means occasioned or amended by the civil law, but was wholly the rule of his conscience. He was about as near an ideal in following the commandment, ‘Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you,’ as anyone could be. I remember one instance that illustrates his character in this respect. Nutter, at the time was buying and feeding cattle. I had a calf to sell, and meeting him on the street one day I asked him the price he was paying for good calves. He said ‘I am paying from $8 to $10. If you say your calf is a good one, I’ll give you $10 for it.’ I told him the calf was a first-class one, and he handed me $10 and told me to deliver it that day. I sent it down. He wasn’t at home at the time, so when I saw him a few days after I asked him how he liked the calf. He said, ‘It’s a good calf and worth a dollar more.’ The he reached in his vest pocket and handed me another dollar. This instance, I think, only shows what Mr. Nutter always was. He never wanted to get the advantage of anyone. He traded a great deal. He always paid an honest price for all he bought, and sold at only a reasonable profit. He got rich by working hard and doing lots of business.”
Nutter was not only honest to the core himself, but he believe everybody else honest. In most all his dealings he would refuse to have anything to do with written contracts as he believed verbal contracts just as binding, and not to carry with them any suspicion of possible dishonesty. Several years ago, when I first came to Martinsville, I went to Nutter to buy some hogs. We agreed upon a price for the hogs and I was to take them in 60 days. Then I said to him, ‘Hadn’t we better have a written contract and I deposit some money on the hogs to make the transaction safe to you?’ ‘No,” he replied, ‘If I live, I will give you the hogs at the price named. I will not go back on the bargain. If the hogs decrease in value I shall expect you to take them. If you don’t I wouldn’t want to trade with you anyway.’ The value of the hogs greatly increased before the 60 days had expired but notwithstanding, Nutter came around on the set day and said he was ready to deliver them. Others with similar contracts and some with written contracts went back on their bargains, and with much less to tempt them. But Nutter proved himself perfectly honest. My firm made several hundred dollars by the deal.”
Mrs. Sarah Nutter Dead.
Mrs. Sarah Nutter died at her home on West Harrison street Tuesday night. Her death was very sudden. She had been in the best of spirits during the evening and was laughing and talking with Mrs. Ed. Smith, her grand-daughter, who was staying with her while the woman who lives in the house was at church, when she sank back in her chair. Mrs. Smith saw that something serious was the matter and she ran for John Cobb, who lives across the alley, and he came to the house instantly. Nothing could be done for her as she was dead by the time he arrived at her side, only a moment after she had been prostrated. Paralysis of the heart is supposed to have caused her death.
Some time ago John Cobb, at Mrs. Nutter’s request, wrote a short sketch of her life. It gives the important events. Sarah Wilson, daughter of Joel Wilson, was born Dec. 19, 1822, near Brookville, Franklin county, Ind. She came to Martinsville with her parents in 1828. She was married to John Nutter (deceased) August 26, 1841, and joined the Christian church the same year. John Nutter, her husband, died August 11, 1892.
One brother, Frank Wilson, of Weldon, Iowa, survives Mrs. Nutter. Of her immediate family not many survive her. She was the mother of two children, Harriet A. and Albert H., boty dead. She had four grand children, John A. Cobb, Cozzie and H. Nutter and Mrs. Edith Smith. Of her husband’s family, Thos. Nutter, a brother, and Isaac and Robert, half brothers, are living. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Spouse: Hewitt Nutter
Age 51. Born July 31, 1785. Native of Fayette Co., Ky. Married Hewitt Nutter there. They came to Warrick Co., Ind. in 1823, and to Morgan Co. in 1828. Mother of 13 children. Survived by husband. Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Fear of Disgrace Caused Her Death.
Martinsville, Ind., April 10.--Mrs. Adelaine Oliver, aged 50, hung herself last evening in a smoke-house using a handkerchief and two feet of rope. Her granddaughter had been betrayed, and fear of disgrace crazed the woman.
Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Martinsville, Ind. July 22. – Rev. Quiller Partee died Wednesday, aged 80 years. He preached at a basket meeting Sunday, and remarked that he would make no further appointments as he did not expect to live long. On Monday he was seized with brain fever and his premonition was verified.
Age 21 years, 2 months and 18 days. Daughter of F. and M. Patrem. Buried in Centerton Cemetery.
A Little Girl Burned to Death.
&nbMartinsville Ind., Oct. 31.--The 4-year old daughter of Jack Payne, of this city was burned to death Thursday. While playing with matches she ignited her clothing.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 3—Two sudden deaths occurred here in the persons of John McVey, 86 year old, and Stephen D. Pearson, aged 76. Both are highly respected citizens.
Martinsville, Ind., Feb 18.—A 2-year old child of William Petty, of Hendricks county, was playing with a bottle of benzene, last night near a hot stove. The bottle breaking and the contents pouring over the child, it was ignited, and the child was burned to death. Its mother, in trying to subdue the flames, was terribly burned about the hands and face.
Son of Francis P. A. and Elenor Emaline (Emma) Tull Phelps. (Parents were married in Morgan County, Ind. on Oct 17, 1848.) Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Spouse: Rebecca Tolbert/Talbott
Age 36 years, 3 months, and 25 days. Born Nov. 1, 1795; son of Asahel and Agnes Houston Phelps. Married on April 1, 1817. Father of 7 children: John Asahel, Agnes Hannah, Mary Ann Eliza, Francis Phila Alexander, Celestinea Rebecca, Edward Talbott, and George Alexander Phelps. Only 2 of the children lived to adulthood. Survived by his wife. Buried in Nutter Cemetery.
Age 25 years, 3 months and 22 days. Buried in Thompson Cemetery.
Age 16 years, 11 months, and 3 days. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: John Pinson
Survived by husband. Age 48 years, 2 months, and 19 days. Mother of William H. and Sarah. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Spouse: John W. Poe
Age 50. Born Sept. 20, 1789 in Randolph Co., N.C. Married Oct. 15, 1807 in Randolph Co. Mother of 12 children. [Tombstone found on Davis farm, on Romine Road in Clay Twp., Morgan Co., Ind.] Buried in Poe Cemetery, Clay Twp., Morgan County, Ind.
Age 28 years, 11 months, and 1 day. Daughter of John W. and Elizabeth Rains Poe. [Tombstone found on Davis farm, on Romine Road in Clay Twp., Morgan Co., Ind.] Buried in Poe Cemetery, Clay Twp., Morgan County, Ind.
Spouse: Elizabeth Mulliken
Age 42. Born Dec. 17, 1792; son of Thomas and Hannah Miles Prather. Married in 1816 in Fleming Co., Kentucky. Buried in Sand Creek Cemetery.
Spouses: (1) Nancy Arnold (2) Mary E. Atkinson
Born in Oldham Co., Ky.; son of Eli Sr. and Nancy Williams Pruitt. Married Nancy Arnold on Feb. 25, 1858 in Morgan Co., Ind. She died Jan. 30, 1859, aged 21 years, 11 months, and 8 days. Married second wife on Feb. 20, 1866 in Hendricks Co., Ind. They had 2 children: Glennora and Quincy. [Cemetery index does not show date of death.] Buried in Pruitt Family Cemetery, Little Point, Ind.
Spouses: (1) Annister "Ann"? (2)Elizabeth "Betsy" Seabolt
Age 65 years, 8 months, and 4 days. Born June 9, 1777 in Greenville Co., S.C.; son of Michael and Elizabeth Bright Pruitt. Father of 13 children; all of them were redheads. Married first wife c1790 in N.C.; they had 10 children together: Eli Sr., James Sr., Phoebe "Pleraby", Elizabeth, Matilda, Mahala, Michael, Nancy, William, and Hannah. Wife died in May 1815; death caused by a fall from a horse. Married second wife on Sept. 5, 1815 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky. They had 3 children: Katherine "Kitty", Margaret White, and Anna Crow Pruitt. Buried in Pruitt Family Burial Ground, Gregg Twp., Morgan Co.
Age 1 year, 1 month, 4 days. Infant daughter of Michael and Elizabeth E. Yeager Pruitt. Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Age 30 years, 3 months, 8 days. Born in Oldham County, Kentucky; oldest son of Michael and Elizabeth Yeager Pruitt. Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Age 2 years, 2 months and 3 days. Buried in Ratts Cemetery.
Cocaine Caused His Death.
Martinsville, Ind., June 19.--Dr. Geo. Raeber, a traveling dentist, was found dead in Paragon. He was a victim of the cocaine habit, and probably had taken an overdose of the drug. His father lives in Brooklyn.
Age 1 year, 2 months, 9 days. Son of John and Cecelia. Buried May 17, 1830. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 41. Born April 12, 1797. Buried in Fairfield Friends Cemetery.
Parents, Dr. Amos Wilson and Nancy A. Rooker Reagan. Age 6 months and 12 days. Buried in Reagan family plot, Mooresville Cemetery.
Spouse: Dr. Amos Wilson Reagan in 1855
Age 20 years, 7 months and 27 days. Buried in Reagan family plot, Mooresville Cemetery.
Spouse: Ruth Cook
Buried Sept 11, 1858. Father of Cecelia, Lydia, Joseph and Mary Elizabeth. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 1 month and 5 days. Infant son of John and Charity. Buried in West Newton Cemetery.
Age 10 years, 10 months, 29 days. Son of J. and P. Record. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
The remains of Willis D. Reed, an old soldier, who died Monday morning at the National Military Home at Marion, were brought to this city at noon today and taken from Hinson’s undertaking rooms to Liberty, where they were interred by the side of his wife.
Mr. Reed was 75 years old and his death was caused by senility and valvular heart trouble. He was a member of Blankenship Post G.A.R. and had many comrades in this country. Mr. Reed served during the Civil War in Company I, Twenty-third Kentucky Regiment.
"Infant of Spencer Reeder." Buried Aug. 15, 1840. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 3 – Miss Lillian, the eighteen-year-old daughter of B. E. Richards, of the Republican, died this morning of hasty consumption. She was a niece of the great artist, Samuel Richards, whose painting, “Evangeline,” made him famous just before his death a year ago.
Age 1 year, 5 months and 14 days. Infant son of Noah and Lydia E. Johnson Rinker. Buried in Butterfield/Rinker Cemetery.
Spouse: Jesse S. Rooker
Age 37. Born Sept. 15, 1795. Married Jesse S. Rooker; they had nine children together. [From the Mooresville Guide for June 9, 1899: "S.M. Rooker and his son Otto placed a fence around the graves of their parents and grandparents (on a bluff east of White Lick) on the Paul Cox farm Friday."] Buried in Rooker Cemetery.
Age 2. Son of George and Miriam Dixon Rubottom. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Rubottom, Harvey Dixon
DOB: 28 Sep 1822
DOD: 14 Sep 1823
Friedns Records
Infant son of George and Miriam Dixon Rubottom. Buried in White Lick Cemetery
Spouse: George Rubottom
Age 28. Born in 1794. Mother of Atlas, Sophia, and Harvey Dixon Rubottom. [After her death, George married Elizabeth Doane and had 13 more children, all born in Morgan Co., Ind. The family then moved to Warren Co., Iowa.] Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 1 year, 8 months, and 6 days. Infant son of George and Elizabeth Doane Rubottom. Buried Aug. 18, 1829. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 10 years, 5 months, and 22 days. Daughter of Joshua B. and Rachel Rushton. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.Survived by husband. Age 19 years, 5 months, and 21 days. Married on Jan 1, 1860 in Morgan Co., Ind. Next to her tombstone is one marked "Rooker, infant -- son of J. W. and E. Rooker." Buried in Mooresville Cemetery.
Infant child of Solomon and Jeriah. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Fell to His Death.
Martinsville, Ind., Aug. 25.--Daniel Sandborn, a deaf mute, aged fifty years, in a weakened condition from sickness, fell from a third story window at his home near here last night and was killed.
Spouse: Catherine Beck
Age 61. Born in Virginia in 1765; son of William Henry Sandys. Married c1787 in N.C. Father of 9 children: Henry, Carrie, Jeremiah, Thomas, Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine, William, and Lucy. His widow survives him.
SCHEERER stone. Native of Ireland. Stone partially illegible: 14 (?) 1836. Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Age 31. SCHEERER stone. Stone partially illegible: 05 (?) 1841. Buried in Cunningham Cemetery.
Age 1 year, 10 months, and 14 days. SCHEERER stone. Stone partially illegible: (??) April 1830. Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Spouses: (1) Mary Myers (2)Mary Robb
Age 53. Born July 3, 1780. Son of David Scott, who was born c1733 in Scotland. Married first wife May 10, 1801; married second wife June 9, 1844. Family operated a ferry across the White River near Centerton in 1820s/1840s. Father of 6 children with his first wife: William, John, Samuel, Rebecca, Elizabeth and David B. Buried in Butterfield/Rinker Cemetery.
Spouse: Martha Scrogin
Age 53. Born in 1790; son of Robert Scrogin and his wife, a Miss Cullinson. Joseph and Martha had 9 children: Nancy, Robert H., Thomas B., Grandison J., Ann A., Julia E., Cordelia E., Ethelinda B., and Martha J. Buried in Scroggins Cemetery.
Age 60 years, 10 months, and 23 days. Buried in Lingle Cemetery.
Martinsville, Ind. Aug. 4.—The death of Samuel A. Shackelford at Centerton, was no doubt due to poisoning as he had drank six bottles of extract of lemon, one after another a few hours before his death. Forty-nine empty extract bottles were found in his room. He was an aged soldier who was addicted to the use of intoxicants and Centerton being but a village without liquors, he took what he could get. Little is know of him except that he came to Centerton from St. Elizabeth Hospital, Danville, Ill., some months ago and has been bording with Harrison Rowe, where he died. He was a private in Company K, 1st Regiment Engineers, Missouri Volunteers, and he drew a pension of $20 a month. He had threatened suicide.
Infant daughter of David and Charlotte House Shanafelt. Buried in Old Mooresville Cemetery.
Spouse: Aaron Shaw
Age 46 years, 10 months, and 7 days. Mother of 6 children. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Son of Rev. Andrew and Winifred B. Shell. Buried in East Hill Cemetery.
Spouse: Joseph Shell
Age 62. Buried next to her baby grandson Jacob Shell. Buried in East Hill Cemetery.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Mrs. I. D. Sheppard died in Martinsville, yesterday morning of old age. She was in her eighty-eighth year, and had been a resident of Martinsville for more than sixty years.
Age 60. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
Age 26 years, 6 months and 4 days. Born in Lincoln Co., N.C.; son of Michael and Elizabeth Shuford Shireman. [Cemetery index notes that name on tombstone is spelled Shierman.] Buried in Sand Creek Cemetery.
PITIABLE CASE.
Mother and Two Children Frozen to Death.
Martinsville, Ind., The wife, four-year-old son and four-day-old daughter of a man named Shot, living near Monrovia, were found frozen to death this morning.
Age 25 days. Infant daughter of James and Mary Ann Simpson. [Her mother died on May 14, 1860, just days before Elizabeth.] Buried in family plot in Mt. Gilead Chapel Cemetery, on the Monroe/Clay Township line in Morgan Co., Ind.
Spouse: Rev. James Simpson
Age 41 years and 12 days. Buried with her babies in family plot in Mt. Gilead Chpel Cemetery, on Monroe/Clay Township line in Morgan Co., Ind.
Age 3 months and 3 days. Son of James and Mary Ann Simpson. {his mother died only 2 months earlier.] Buried in family plot at Mt., Gilead Chapel Cemetery, on Monroe/Clay Township line, Morgan Co., Ind.
Spouse: Frances
Age 44 years, 11 days. Survived by his widow. Buried in Sand Creek Cemetery.
Age 26 years, 2 months, and 19 days. Daughter of E. and M:. Slaughter. Buried in Slaughter Cemetery on Loren Griggs farm (Cemetery index notes).
Age 3 years and 19 months. Daughter of Noah and Elizabeth Smith. Buried at Walter Myers farm, Owen County, Ind. [Note burial ground is also known as the Allen Asher Graveyard. It is five miles north of Gosport.]
Age 85. Buried in Long Cemetery, Washington Twp., Morgan Co., Ind.
Age 1 year, 2 months, 25 days. Son of Grant and Fanny. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
Spouse: Grant Stafford, 27 Sep 1827
Age 28 years, 4 months, 22 days. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
Age 11 months, 18 days. Infant son of Grant and Mary. Buried in WIlliams Cemetery.
Spouse: Nancy S. Staley
Age 41 years, 9 months, and 14 days. Survived by wife; brother and sisters. Buried in Mt. Pleasant/Hall Cemetery.
Spouse: Samuel Stephenson
Age 30. Buried Jan. 1, 1841. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 3 years, 1 month and 18 days. Son of J. and A. Steward. Buried in Butterfield/Rinker Cemetery.
Age 3 years, 9 months, and 6 days. The cemetery is long gone. It was located on Bethel Road just south of State Road 42, on the crest of the hill. Tombstone fragments were found when a concrete porch was built on the property. Nancy's was the only stone; it was removed to the barn. Stone was not found in 1998. [County cemetery index notes that Kenworthy Farm Cemetery was probably the same cemetery as the Alden Farm Cemetery.]
Age 25. [Cemetery index gives surname as Stirewalt.] Son of Caleb and Nancy Stierwalt. Buried in Goss Cemetery.
Age 3 years, 2 months and 11 days. Daughter of David and Nancy. Buried at Sand Creek Cemetery.
Spouse: Sarah Brewer
"Age about 47 years." Born 1798 in Randolph Co., N.C.; son of Samuel and Rachel 'Haile' Teal Stout. Father of Andrew Clarkson, Walker Caveness, and Delphina Stout. Buried in Salem Methodist Church, Hendricks County, Ind.
Spouse: David Stout
Age 50 years, 9 months, 5 days. Born in New Jersey; daughter of William Herd. Married April 23, 188 in Butler County, Ohio. Mother of 8 children: Daniel T., Jesse, Frances Theodore, Peter H., Rachel A., Mary Jane, and Thomas. Buried in Old Shiloh Burying Ground, Hendricks County.
Age 84. Buried in Salem Cemetery, Hendricks Co., Ind.
Spouse: Barbara Strader
Age 75 years, 5 month and 28 days. Born July 4, 1788; son of George and Mary Strader. Married 1808 in Preble Co., Ohio. Father of John, Joseph and George. Buried in Butterfield/Rinker Cemetery.
Infant son of Caleb and Jane Faulkner Stratton. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 19. Daughter of Caleb and Jane Faulkner Stratton. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 7. Son of Caleb and Jane Faulkner Stratton. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Martinsville, Ind., Jan. 10.--Mrs. John Sullivan, aged seventy-seven, dropped dead of heart disease, at her home here this evening. She was cooking supper when she fell. Her husband carried her to bed and she died in twenty minutes without regaining consciousness. Mrs. Thomas Moran, of Indianapolis, is her daughter.
Age 20 years, 1 month and 21 days. Buried in Centenniel Cemetery.
Spouse: Rev. E. S. Tabor
Age 55. Buried in Centennial Cemetery.
Spouse: Moses M. Taylor
Age 22. Married on June 24, 1830 in Morgan Co., Ind. (Husband was "an old-time boatman in the vicinity of Martinsville." -- Noah J. Major, Pioneers of Morgan County.) Survived by her husband. Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Age 3 years, 5 months, 2 days. Daughter of H. and E. Buried in Centennial Cemetery.
Spouse: Isabella Adams
Age 33 years, 16 days. Samuel brought his wife and baby daughter Elizabeth to Morgan Co., Ind. from Henry Co., Kentucky on horseback. He and Robert Boles laid out the town of Morgantown, Ind. in 1831. Samuel built the first log cabin in town. [Tombstone spells his name as Teter.] Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Spouse: Stephen Thatcher
Age 24, 3 months and 28 days. Daughter of Lot M:. And Eunice Haydock Hadley. Married on Oct. 20,1853. Mother of Marietta, Jared, and Albert L. Lived in Salem, Iowa. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Four Sons Bleed to Death.
Martinsville, Ind., Sept. 28. The family of Albert Thomas, living near here, is afflicted with hemophilia and four sons have died in a short time. The last to die from this peculiar disease was the 8-months old child, who bled to death yesterday from a slight cut in the mouth.
Spouse: Abel Thompson
Age 59 years, 6 months, and 4 days. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Parents, Amos and Caroline Thornburgh. Age 6 months. Buried in Locust Grove (Monical) Cemetery.
Spouse: Jason Tomlinson
Age 23 years, 6 months, and 13 days. Buried in Salem Methodist Cemetery, Hendricks Co., Ind.
Spouse: Cecelia Townsend
Survived by wife and sons, John, William, and Thaddeus Townsend; daughters, Elizabeth Overman, Nancy Hadley, Charlotte T. Painter, Martha Townsend, Rebecca Townsend and Susanah Townsend. Age 56. Son of William and Nancy Copeland Townsend. Father of 9 children. Buried in West Union Cemetery.
Age 88. Born c1750 in Fairfax Co., Virginia; son of Daniel and Eleanor Burk Trammel. Revolutionary War soldier: served as a private with the North Carolina troops around 1780. Reportedly buried in Morgan Co., Ind. [Other sources say he died in 1836 and is buried in Hendricks Co., Ind.]
Infant. Age 2 months and 5 days. Parents, Frank and Effie Trester. Buried in Bethel Friends Cemetery.
Age 18 years, 2 months and 11 days. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Age 81. Buried in Williams Cemetery.
Age 12 years, 9 months, 5 days. Daughter of Jesse and Sarah. Buried in Whetzel/McKenzie Cemetery.
Infant daughter of Jesse and Sarah. Buried in Whetzel/McKenzie Cemetery.
Age 5 months, 23 days. Infant daughter of Rev. Aaron and Mary E. Vansickel Turner. Buried in Mahalasville Cemetery.
Spouse: Jesse Tull
Age 43. Born 1782 in Westmoreland Co., Penn.; daughter of Samuel and Sarah Robinson Rule. Married on May 27, 1802 in Bourbon Co., Kentucky. Buried in Whetzel/Mackenzie Cemetery.
Elijah Vandergriff, aged eighty-five years, died at five o'clock this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Scroggins, 340 South Sycamore street. Death was caused by heart trouble. The deceased came here from Morgantown and the body was taken to that place this afternoon at two o'clock over the Big Four. The burial will be made tomorrow at Mt. Nebo Cemetery.
Age 17 years and 10 months. Daughter of Haigh and Ruth. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery.
Spouse: Charles Vertrees.
Survived by Husband; daughter, Frances (born c1819). Age 21. Born in Hardin Co., Ky. Parents: Anthony and Frances (Fanny) Quinn Vernon. Married Charles Vertrees in Hardin Co. on April 17, 1818. One of the early deaths in Mooresville. "Buried in the graveyard on the Johnson Farm, where 1 acre was reserved for a graveyard."
Age 26 years, 6 months, and 17 days. Buried in Stierwalt Cemetery.
Spouse: Ruth Hannah Townsend
Age 49 years, 7 months, 2 days. Born June 22, 1790. Soldier in the War of 1812. He was one of the earliest settlers of Morgan County, Ind. His sister Mary, wife of William Townsend, is buried near him. Buried in Townsend Cemetery.
Age 1 year, 10 months, 20 days. Daughter of Eneas and Elizabeth. Buried June 29, 1830. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: William W. Ward
"Wife of West. Buried 2nd mo. 12th 1841." Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 24 years, 3 months, and 13 dys. Son of William and Lydia Warren. Buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery.
A Child Burned to Death.
The three-year-old daughter of John Warthen, of Paragon, was playing before a fireplace, when her clothes caught fire and she was burned to death.
Age 1 year, 1 month and 5 days. Infant daughter of A. and M:. Watson. Buried in Centennary Cemetery.
Girl Burned to Death.
H. M. Wellman's daughter was burned to death near Wakeland, this county. Her clothes ignited while while she was building a fire.
Spouse: Ruhamah Shepherd
Age 61. Born Sept. 16, 1765. Revolutionary War soldier. Born in the Shenandoah Valley. Migrated to Ohio County, Virginia in 1769, along with Martin, George, Lewis, and John Whetzel. Left Virginia, stopping in Kentucky for a short time, before coming to Indiana, crossing the Ohio at or near North Bend. Settled on White Water River, Indiana Territory in 1814. After Ohio County was organized, he was elected a Magistrate. Buried in Jacob Whetzel Cemetery, Waverly, Ind.
Spouse: Jacob Whetzel (died 1827)
Buried in Mackenzie Cemetery, Waverly, Ind.
Age 16 months, 10 days. Infant daughter of C. and E. Whetzel. Buried in Whetzel/McKenzie Cemetery.
Spouse: Levi Whitaker
Age 58 years and 20 days. Born May 23, 1777 in Maryland; daughter of James Kenner and Rachel Chenoweth Seaton. Married Nov. 8, 1796 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky. Mother of 8 children: Bland Bowen, Grafton Baker, Kenner S., Levi, John J., Mary S., Elizabeth K., and Margaret Whitaker. Survived by her husband. Buried in Samaria Cemetery.
Age 14. Daughter of Kenner and Rebecca Hoke Whitaker. Buried in Samaria Cemetery.
“Death,” the reaper has again visited our community and plucked from among the growing grain one of the flowers—Oran A. Whitaker, son of John S. and Alice Whitaker, born July 25th 1886; departed this life January 10th 1905; age 18 years, 5 months and 15 days.
Oran seems to have been ill-starred from his childhood, having met with many accidents which in all probability have proved far more serious than at first realized. Early in his life while playing on an elevated porch he was precipitated from it and sustained some probable injury. Later he met with an accident while swinging, being thrown from the swing and rendered unconscious for a while.
Following this he was the victim of a far more serious accident, being thrown from a buggy in a runaway. Concussion of the brain followed the accident and his mental faculties were for a time impaired.
Medical treatment was sought at an Indianapolis sanitarium, where, while under the treatment of skillful physicians two or three months, he convalesced rapidly, returning home apparently well. After having been at home about two months, acting on the advice of his physicians and as a matter of his own choice, he expressed a desire to attend the military academy at Ashville, N.C. His parents willing to gratify his desire made the necessary preparations to place him in the institution.
Accompanied by his father, he departed for Asheville, January 2, arriving at the institution in time for the opening of the term beginning January 4. Oran seemed well pleased with the institution and its surroundings, entering upon his line or work the next day with high hopes and expectations for the future. But ah! What a short future! On the evening of the 10th came the news, flashing over the wires to the parents that Oran was on his way homeward, with instructions that on his arrival he be returned to college at once. The sudden and strange disappearance, together with the report that the boy was seen walking the platform, to and fro, at the station, shows him to have been laboring under some great mental strain or in a state of despondency. Scarcely had the parents recovered from the shock of the first telegram till the news again flashed over the wires that their son, Oran, had been found hanging in Victoria Park.
But, alas! He is at home. Not his earthly home, which he so much loved and adored, but that home from which no traveler has ever returned. Oran was always a kind and obedient child, never ceasing in his devotion to his parents. He had never identified himself with any church; yet we trust that “what is our loss is his eternal gain.”
The following brief statement of facts was sent to the parents by the superintendent of the school attended by young Whitaker;--“Oran met all his classes on Tuesday. He seemed to be in good spirits. The school work closes at 3:30 and at 4:30 two of his comrades saw him going down the hill but noticed nothing unusual about his manner. He was not seen again that day and did not appear at tattoo, 8:15, Wednesday morning (That is to report.) We supposed he had come home for no one knew of his whereabouts. I telegraphed you that he had left the school and suggested that you bring him back at once. This was about 9:00 a.m. About 11:00 I received a telephone message inquiring if we had a pupil named O. A. Whitaker, from Paragon, Indiana, as a body of a young man of that name was in the undertaker’s establishment.
“He was in my office frequently inquiring about the regulations, his classes, his books, the laundryman, etc. and was in my daughter’s quarter quite often anxious to learn how to conform to the requirements and did not violate a single one of them.
His room was next to my office and only three doors from the drillmaster’s quarters. We saw a good deal more of him than of most others. He told me that he was surprised at the kindness with which everybody had treated him, some of his comrades having brought him fruit and cake which they had gotten from home.
“I send the baggage check, by which he was identified, and the class card which I wrote for him. His death was evidently painless and immediate. My wife and daughter packed his trunk and were all touched by the tender care with which he had been supplied with such things as he needed. Before he left he gave away several of his things, pillows, etc., for his comrades to remember him by, he said, which is another indication of his purpose. All these things shall be returned. You have our sincere sympathy in this sad bereavement. Offering our sincere sympathies, I am
Yours truly,
"R. Bingham."
Age 27 years, 5 months. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 20 years, 3 months 8 days. Son of Dr. Wesley and Mary Stine White. Buried in Whetzel/McKenzie Cemetery.
Age 22 years, 9 months and 20 days. Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Age 1 year, 11 months, 6 days. Infant daughter of Elijah and Jane Wilhite. Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Age 7 years, 5 months, 10 days. Daughter of James and Julianne. Buried Aug. 2, 1832. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Infant of John D. and Mary Williams, buried 6 Mar 1858 in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 38 years, 6 months, 13 days. Buried in Mt. Pleasant/Hall Cemetery.
Age 4 months, 7 days. Infant Son of Noah and Mahala. Buried in Mahalasville Cemetery.
Age 2 years, 1 month, 22 days. Daughter of H.W. and M.E. Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 12.—Solomon Williams, a wealthy farmer of Westport, was crushed to death in his stable by a horse. He was 80 years old.
Age 22 years, 2 months, 11 days. Daughter of John and Millicent. Buried Aug. 7, 1837. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 14 years, 11 months, 1 day. Son of John and Millicent. Buried Dec. 24, 1833. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Franklin Wilson
Age 29 years, 1 month and 20 days. Buried in Nutter Cemetery.
Died During a Quarrel.
Martinsville, Ind., Oct. 3 –Mrs. John E. Wilson, of this city, died suddenly. She had been subject to heart trouble. Her husband returned home and turned down the light. She jumped out of bed and turned it up. A quarrel ensued. She seized a pair of scissors and struck at him, but failed to hit him, and fell back in her bed and called for the domestic to fan her. She expired in a few minutes. An autopsy and inquest were called for, but the result of the investigation elicited nothing further.
MONROVIA- Final rites were conducted Monday at the Monrovia Christian Church for Mr. Myron Leroy Wilson. Mr. Wilson passed away at his home after an illness of 5 weeks. He was 75 years, 11 months and 14 days old. Mr. Wilson was born in Indiana Morgan County on February 22, 1877 and died on February 6, 1953. He was the son of John A. and Mary Williams Wilson. On August 2, 1903, he was married to Miss Eunice Wooden, who with a daughter survive him. The widow, Mrs. Eunice Wilson and the daughter, Mrs. Marvin Meier of Manilla, Ind; 2 sisters, Mrs. Alice Whitaker of Paragon and Mrs. Leslie Miller of Martinsville all survive him. The services were conducted by Rev. Glen Waterson with burial in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery at Hall. Harvey and Son were in charge of arrangements. Mr. Wilson belonged to the Christian Church of Hall and was a member of the Monrovia F & AM. He had spent his life as a farmer.
Age 55. Born Oct. 11, 1783. Buried in Hastings Cemetery.
Age 28. Survived by wife. Buried in Lingle Cemetery.
Age 4 years, 4 months, and 20 days. Daughter of H.P. and N. Wood. Buried in Mooresville Cemetery.
Age 26 years and 5 months. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Benjamin Woodard
Age 32 years, 6 months, and 10 days. Born in Jefferson Co., Tenn.; daughter of Mordecai and Alice Mills Mendenhall. Married April 23, 1832. Mother of 4 children. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 28 days. Infant son of B. and S. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Infant of William A. Woodward, buried July 29, 1836. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Age 13 days. Infant daughter of Benjamin and Sarah. [Cemetery index gives name as Woodard.] Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Infant of William A. Woodward, buried Sept. 20, 1839. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Infant of William and Ruth Woodward. Buried Sept. 17, 1840. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Infant daughter of Wm. A. and Ruth Hadley Woodward. Buried Feb. 8, 1841. Buried in White Lick Cemetery.
Spouse: Barzillai Worth (died 1832)
Age 62. Born February 5, 1768 in Nantucket, Mass.; daughter of Richard and Hepzibah Swain Pinkham. Mother of Alexander, David, and Thomas Worth, Deborah Chase, and Mary Day. Buried in Old Mooresville Cemetery.
Age 20. Married in Morgan Co., Ind. on Oct. 12, 1837. (Husband was one of the old-time boatmen from Martinsville who took flatboats down to New Orleans.) Buried in Cunningham Hill Cemetery.
Spouse: Joseph Worthington
Born November 15, 1776. Age 28 years; died of cancer. Tombstone says: "Consort of Joseph Worthington; Born Philadelphia, Penn." Buried in Old Mooresville Cemetery.
Age 21. 1st burial in Old Mooresville (Methodist) Cemetery. First cousin to Eliza Worthington Moore. According to Ida Fogleman, Martha "ran away from the Dunkard settlement in Ohio and came here to live." Buried in Old Mooresville Cemetery.
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