What's New in 2020
WHAT WAS NEW 2019
WHAT WAS NEW 2020
GOALS FOR 2020 --
1000 obits (80-85/month) - DONE
at least 3 more towns to make 100 (DONE)
More Civil War info on soldiers; units, etc (I worked on Rev. and War of 1812 this year) DONE - as per the Goal but can always, always use more :)
Add at least 30 pictures of people, places or things from the county. DONE
Add 2-3 Bibles (SHUCKS - only got one added :(
Work on the schools and church section - DONE - could add more but added quite a bit more than we had :)
at least 3 more towns to make 100 (DONE)
More Civil War info on soldiers; units, etc (I worked on Rev. and War of 1812 this year) DONE - as per the Goal but can always, always use more :)
Add at least 30 pictures of people, places or things from the county. DONE
Add 2-3 Bibles (SHUCKS - only got one added :(
Work on the schools and church section - DONE - could add more but added quite a bit more than we had :)
** ADDED THIS MONTH - DECEMBER 2020 **
OBITUARIES _25__ Added: (YTD 1261 = over 5,161 to date):
Names are: Anderson (Mary); Brumfield (Fred); Bassett (CC); Beck (John); Ball (JB); Booker (Berniece); Brattain (Amanda); Christy (James Elvis); Clark (Elizabeth); Cooper (Albert, Alva, Emery); Dawson (Frank); Denman (Ella); Emrickjs (Mrs. Harry - ANYONE KNOW HER); Eades (Samuel - CW); Galey (Mary); Gardner (Elizabeth); Goltra (Minnie); Gray (Mrs. Andrew - ANYONE KNOW HER); Grider (Wm. Hinton);
Names are: Anderson (Mary); Brumfield (Fred); Bassett (CC); Beck (John); Ball (JB); Booker (Berniece); Brattain (Amanda); Christy (James Elvis); Clark (Elizabeth); Cooper (Albert, Alva, Emery); Dawson (Frank); Denman (Ella); Emrickjs (Mrs. Harry - ANYONE KNOW HER); Eades (Samuel - CW); Galey (Mary); Gardner (Elizabeth); Goltra (Minnie); Gray (Mrs. Andrew - ANYONE KNOW HER); Grider (Wm. Hinton);
Photo 5_ Added: ytd = 33 = Added: Conklin (George on his biography); 4 Senic views around Greencastle;
TOWNS 1 - 107 to date Added: John's Switch - anyone know where this might be?
Biographies 2 Added (YTD = 73= total = 1,198 to date): Squires; Conklin + Photo
Businesses _3_ Added: Badger & Green Drug Store; Matthews & Keller; Sinclair Service Station
Churches __2__ -- Article added to Robert's Chapel; New Providence Baptist Church
News 4 Added (YTD = 86): Coates College; 1833 Roads uin coiunty; Fred Rice - troubles
Marriages __1 Added (YTD = 148 - TD = 630): Fester; Patterson
Military Added (YTD = 16):
Civil War = GAR Posts and Henry Squires (great piece on him sent in)
LINKS 1 Added (YTD= 2): Putnam County IN School Records (Yearbooks);
** ADDED THIS MONTH - NOVEMBER 2020 **
OBITUARIES 191 Added: (YTD 1246 = over 5,136 to date): NOTE: Some of these this month are a listing from the Civil War Memorial and not technically an obituary but wanted to list them in hopes maybe we CAN FIND ONE SOMETIME - found a few of them in the old newspapers - anyone want to help tackle this project, let us know :)
Names are: Adams; Alexander; Anderson; Allen; Alspaugh; Asher; Allen; Bates; Barnett; Bladen; Benson; Buis; Burks; Beck; Butcher; Ball; Braughton; Bradshaw; Biddinger; Ballard; Bailey; Braden; Bradford; Brubaker; Burke; Brick; Byerly; Butcher; Butler; Byrum; Burnett; Brown; Batte; Boyd; Chapin; Conkline; Clarke; Cassady; Cathron; Cord; Crose; Carter; Chenoweth; Coffeld; COffman; Crawford; Cash; Call; Coshow; Coffman; Collins; Cline; Cunningham; Coates; Clow; Crosby; Delahunt; Deavers; Dewitt; Dickerson; Dicks; Dodd; Dougherty; Daugherty; Dodson; Dodd; Douglas; Duty; Dennis; Darnall; Dye; Duty; Danhor; Darnell; Deveraux; Diedord; Dicks; Dawson; Eades; Etchison; Elbert; Evans; Fanican; Fike; Foxx; Forgey; Frank; Fuell; Gaskill; Gibson; Gilmore; Girten; Given; Glass; Gardner; Garrett; Gose; Garrett; Graham; Grayham; Goslin; Green; Grimes; Greer; Goodwin; Grey; Goodwin; Hamilton, Handy; Hanks, Hamer, Hardwick; Havey; Harper; Harris; Hadden; Hansel; Harvey; Hartman; Hanelon; Henry; Holmes; Holden; Hocker; Hogue; Howard; Hughes; Hunt; Ingle; Jackson; Jones; John; Johns; Jenkens; Jones; Joslin; Johnson; Judy; Clodfelter, Donald Edwin;
Names are: Adams; Alexander; Anderson; Allen; Alspaugh; Asher; Allen; Bates; Barnett; Bladen; Benson; Buis; Burks; Beck; Butcher; Ball; Braughton; Bradshaw; Biddinger; Ballard; Bailey; Braden; Bradford; Brubaker; Burke; Brick; Byerly; Butcher; Butler; Byrum; Burnett; Brown; Batte; Boyd; Chapin; Conkline; Clarke; Cassady; Cathron; Cord; Crose; Carter; Chenoweth; Coffeld; COffman; Crawford; Cash; Call; Coshow; Coffman; Collins; Cline; Cunningham; Coates; Clow; Crosby; Delahunt; Deavers; Dewitt; Dickerson; Dicks; Dodd; Dougherty; Daugherty; Dodson; Dodd; Douglas; Duty; Dennis; Darnall; Dye; Duty; Danhor; Darnell; Deveraux; Diedord; Dicks; Dawson; Eades; Etchison; Elbert; Evans; Fanican; Fike; Foxx; Forgey; Frank; Fuell; Gaskill; Gibson; Gilmore; Girten; Given; Glass; Gardner; Garrett; Gose; Garrett; Graham; Grayham; Goslin; Green; Grimes; Greer; Goodwin; Grey; Goodwin; Hamilton, Handy; Hanks, Hamer, Hardwick; Havey; Harper; Harris; Hadden; Hansel; Harvey; Hartman; Hanelon; Henry; Holmes; Holden; Hocker; Hogue; Howard; Hughes; Hunt; Ingle; Jackson; Jones; John; Johns; Jenkens; Jones; Joslin; Johnson; Judy; Clodfelter, Donald Edwin;
CEMETERIES: 1 (ytd= 2 ) ADDED> Link to BillionGraves.com;
Biographies 9 Added (YTD = 71= total = 1,196 to date): Bittles; Brookshire; Farrow; Goodbar; Jeffries; Layman; Layne; Scott
Businesses _3_ Added: Russellville B. F. Goodrich (photo); Russellville Hotel (photo); Russellville Black Smith Shop and Stable;
Churches __3__ -- 2 Photos from Russelleville Christian Church; Historical sketch on Disciples of Christ Church Russelleville;
News 4 Added (YTD = 82): Coates College (2 articles); 1833 Roads; Fred Rice, big troubles
Marriages __14 Added (YTD = 146 - TD = 628): Spencer-Cram; Waltz-Darnall; Hurst-Smith; White-Ragan; Zaring-Stoner; Throop-Wilkin; Throop- Baines; Hartman-Edwards
Divorces 1 _ (YTD=20 ): Added: Montgomery, Amanda - Tyre - May 1896
Military 6 Added (YTD = 16):
Civil War = 2 - Monument - List of Names (thanks to the Putnam Co Military Facebook page - it's awesome by the way; Letter from Charles Kendall just after war - still in service - Nov 1865
PIONEERS = _1_ _ -Squire (thanks Sue)
Schools __1__ ( YTD = 9): Russellville University;
** ADDED THIS MONTH -- OCTOBER 2020 **
OBITUARIES 105 Added: (YTD 1055 = over 4,945 to date): Names are: Akers (Thomas); Arnold (Daniel, Nellie, Pearl, Rex); Ballard (Wm); Boner (Amy); Britton (Mary); Call (Ella; Polly; James A); Carmichael (Della, Jane, William); Cawley (Ellen Lane); Chapin (Elisha Cowgill - CW); Connely (Gilmore); Day (Basha); Dicks (Isaac; Vesta); Dix (James); Duvall (Sophronia); English (Elizabeth); Evans (Arthur - CW); Estes (Charles):; Elmore (Hubert); Farrow (William S); Finley (John); Frank (James W); Gibson (Isaac); Gobin (Hilary); Grimes (inf of James; Rebecca); Guntle (Anna, Eliza, Sarah);Hill (Jesse); Hole (John); Hood (Teeny); Hoover (Mary); Hulet (Ambrose); Jack (Nora); Jeffries (Patience); Jones (George); Kennedy (Mary); Leonard (Elizabeth); Longden (Cleo); McElroy (Stephen); McLaughlin (Teletha Downy); McGinnis (Eliza; Esther; Joseph; Wm); Mills (Henry); Mahan (John R); Nelson (Maude); O'Daniel (Lewis); Ogles (Albert); O'Neal (Narcissa); Pickens (Mary); Piper (H. Raymond); Paire (Bessie, Mary); Phillips (inf of John); Piercy (Eleanor); Pike (John A - CW); Rambo (Wm H - CW); Riley (Daniel); Russell (Joseph P); Sandy (John); Snodgrass (Frank); Summers (Ralph); Surber (Claude); Thornton (Earnest); Torr (Ellen); Waterhouse (Joseph); Wernke (child of Chris); Wilson (Tarney); White (Benjamin) Watson (Berkly); Woodrum (Alfred)
Biographies 32 Added (YTD = 62= total = 1,187 to date): Added: Nicholas; Page; Sage; Safely; Singleton; Smith; Spencer; Sappenfield; Seller; Seybold; Stryker; Staggs; Ware; Vinzant; Welch; Webster; Webb; Steele; Shoop; Shoaf; Sidwell; ...
News 10 Added (YTD = 78): Added the following items: 1865 County Officials; Putnam Co Farmers Bureau; Bittles Operation; McCammack house fire; Beck 50th Anniv; Adams Bob - cutting affray; Newgent family reunion; O'Daniel UV - 50th anniversary; Mrs. Charley Russell Insane; Soldier's Monument
Marriages __10 Added (YTD = 132 - TD = 615): (Complete until we find missing information) = Everman; Gardner; Holland; Hays; King; Hymer; Patrick; Roundtree; Woodwaorth;
** ADDED THIS MONTH -- SEPTEMBER 2020 **
OBITUARIES: 90 Added: (YTD 950 = over 4,840 to date): Names are: Arnold; Avritt; Boes; Burnison; Calver; Cash; Cherry; Church; Cowgill; Cook; Dopus; Davis; Dean; Denny; Dicks; Eggers; Faller; Gibson; Goffinett; Guilliams; Harlan; Hart; Herring; Hendrix; Hollick; Jeffries; Langsdale; Lewis; Maffitt; Mahan; McElroy; McMillen; Nicholas; Parker; P:inkerton; Potter; Risk; Rhodes; Ross; Ruark; Scott; Small; Smith; Strange; Staten; Sutherlin; Sheets; Skelton; Stedman; Squire; Thomas; Truesdale; Twigg; Williams; Wilson; Wright; Woodward; Yeagley; oung; Zaring
Photo 2 _ Added: ytd = 27 = Added: (Russellville Elevator in businesses; John H. Hamilton 90th birthday in News
Biographies 3 Added (YTD = 30= total = 1,155 to date): Added: Duvall; Epperson; Gobin
Businesses _5_ Added: Cloverdale Graphic; Siddons Blacksmith Shop; Washington Twp 1860 meeting; Russellville Elevator (plus photo); 1st National Bank - 1920;
News 5 Added (YTD = 68): Added the following items: ETter leaves Hurst; Building Poor Farm 1880; Goodwine-Huffman wreck/fight; John H. Hamilton - turning 90; Harold Hootman improving in health
Marriages __ 6 Added (YTD = 122 - TD = 605): (Complete until we find missing information) = Ader; Dixon; Emery; Cook; Roach; Rowe
Divorces 1 _ (YTD=19 ): Added: Sherman Nelson from An= - 1893
PIONEERS = __ 1_ - Hugh Copeland
LINKS 1 Added (YTD= 1): Putnam County Military History Facebook Page;
** ADDED THIS MONTH -- AUGUST 2020 **
OBITUARIES: 150 Added: (YTD 860 = over 4,750 to date): Names are: Allen (Elinor; Anderson, Leon; Angus, J.L.; Allen, Wm.; Boswell, Carl; Branson, Lillie; Bratton, Colesta; Broadstreet, Allen; Brookshire, Emma; Brown, Blanche; Boyland, Ora; Buis, Gregory; Byrd, Jesse; Callaway, Alfrey; Carrington, Alma Goff and Blanford; Cash, Isaac; Carrington, Manford; Clark, John P; Clampitt, Maggie; Clodfelter, Wilber, Jackson, John W; Coffman, George and John T; Coleman, Beulah; Crodian, CLaude and France; Cowgill, Mary F; Copeland, John F; Cowger, Sarah Bugg; Crosby, Florence Sutherlin; Copeland, John F; Davis (James, Charley); Darnall, Paul; Dodd, Emma; Douglas, Fannie; Eals, Cornelia; Edwards, Sarah; Evans, Bessie; Ewing, Patricia; English, Isaac, Elliot, Nancy; Fall, Buford; Flock, Betty; Flint, Kenneth (KIA WWII); Frazier, James A; Gardner, Mildred and Stella; Gibson, Lewis; Garrett, Dollie; Goddard (Floyd, Millison - CW); Grannan, Ruby; Gordon, Oliver Perry; Gross Infant; Holdstock, Mary; Hunter, Thomas; Harbison (Byrnia, Ollie); Hendricks, George; Hawkins, Mary; Hutchins, Carolyn; Howlett, James; Hazlett, Mary; Holton, Thomas; Hale, Effie; Hall, Charles; Ham, Samuel; Harshbarger, David; Inge, Laura; Johnson, Daisy; Jones, John; Lawson, Walker; Lisby, Nancy; Lovett, Thomas J; McClelland, Lillie; McCormick (Minnie and ROberta); McAlinden, CM; McCammack, Asbury; McQue, Lena; Maddox, Nettie; Meikel, Bertha; Moody, George W; Morphew, James; Murphy, Timothy; Monnett, Harvey; Mitchell, EFfie; Parker, Rachel; Payne, Ralph; PItcock, Albert; Preston, Margaret; Poynter, Elizabeth Risk; Pell, Jenny; Plunkett, James; Powers, Thelma; Newton, Clyde; Noland, Isom Butler; Oakley, Otha; Rady, Julia and Fred; Redlen, Russell; RIggle, Mamie; Rose, Buford; Rogers (Frank, Laura); Shrader, Jacob; Sailor, Amanda; Sears, John; Sharp, Nellie; Skaggs, June; Smith, Maggie; Strawn, Thomas; Stewart, Charles; Stroube, Charles; Stringer, George; Terry, Milton; Tipton, Amanda; Tucker, Barney; Underwood, Joseph; Vance, Jessie Batman; Vanlandingham, Marian; Walls, Frank; Webb, John; Wendling, Geroge; Whitaker, George; Wilson, Nora Belle; Wood, Mary McCloud; Woodall, Fred and Mary.
Biographies 4 Added (YTD = 27= total = 1,152 to date): Added: Burns; Stites; Vandergriff; Wright
Businesses _3_ Added: Greencastle Manufacturing Company; Greencastle Gas & Electric; Tidden Photography
Churches __2__ -- Hebron Church and Blind Billy Wilson; article about Little Walnut Church, now the Clinton Falls Church;
DEATH RECORDS: 1 Added (YTD=1): Stella Gardner
News 8 Added (YTD = 63): Added the following items: Calendar, HC - injured spine; Carpentersville Turkey Shoot; Charles Bergen emergency operation; DePauw $ form Studenbakers; Cherry, John - trumps the tramp; Fillmore Bank Robbery; Thomas, Eva - Will; Polish Jews - driven out
Marriages __12 Added (YTD = 116 - TD = 599): (Complete until we find missing information) = Brown; McGuire; Thompson; Smith; Davis; Steele; Welty; Gardner; Kay; Wood; McMurtry
Military 1 Added (YTD = 9):
- War of 1812 = Meeting in 1858 with list of soldiers from War of 1812 there
LINKS 1 Added (YTD= 0): LDS Genealogy -- Indiana Genealogy;
** ADDED THIS MONTH -- JULY 2020 **
OBITUARIES: 104 Added: (YTD 710 = over 4,600 to date): Names are: Arnold; Alspaugh; Bartlett; Blair; Bodener; Brookshire; Bullerdick; Bryan; Carpenter; Chapin; Cagle; Ccowgill; Denton; Downey; Elliott; Epperson; Foster; Fruits; Fry; Gertin; Goodwin; Gerkin; Goddard; Gillespie; Gott; Goodbar; Glenn; Gardner; Guntle; Galbreath; Hillis; Hawkins; Hartwood; Higgins; Hendersno; Hopkemeyer; James; Johnson; Keough; King; Landes; Lawrence; Lasley; Lockridge; Lynch; McCloud (lots); McNeff; Moore; Miller; Myers; Newnam; Pence; Peyton; Pollard; Plunkett; Risk; Roberts; Robinson; Sanders; Slavens; Snyder; Summers; Sheets; Snodgrass; Staley
Photo 6_ Added: ytd = 25 = Added: Washington Street - Greencastle; Old Raccoon Covered Bridge; Little Walnut Covered Bridge; WWII Memorial; 1906 Court house; Couchman, William Francis;
TOWNS 1 - 106 to date Added: Added information for Russellville
Biographies 10 Added (YTD = 23= total = 1,148 to date): Added: William E. Starr, Grider, Jacob-1762; Added 8 surnames to Pioneer Page: Byerly, Everman, Gardner, Grimes, McGaughey, Spencer, Sutherlin, Wilson;
Businesses _7_ Added: Telephone & Telegraph Company (diff from News); Greencastle Foundry; Russellville News; Nicholson photography; Shipley (added to it); Kickapoor Medicine Wagon; Roachdale Elevator (Photo);
Churches __2__ -- Fincastle Churches; Universalist & Christian old members Homecoming in 1939;
News 14 Added (YTD = 55): Added the following items: Birth - Stanley Smith; Julius Wentworth skips out?; Crawley, Ernest - hurt; Bessie Messer - Insane; Skelton, Viola - paternity; Denny, Will - nail in eye; Clodfelter - Phoenix lawsuit; Branham - Vandalia accident; Telegraph & Telepholne info; Civil War - plea for food for CW soldiers' families; Jennings - family reunion; WPA Work; WR Wysong
Marriages (announcements) 10 Added (YTD = 104 - TD = 587): (Complete until we find missing information) = Hyten; Detrick; McElroy; Miller; Sewell; Smith; Pedigo; Pohlhous
Divorces 8 _ (YTD=18 ): Added: Black (Lucy-George); Broadstreet (Mary - John F); Dixon (Louisa-Charles); Fort (Bettie-Eli); Johnston (Margaret-John); Roberts (Anna - Albert); Stutesman (Maggie-John); Wright (Mary-Henry)
Military 1 Added (YTD = 8):
Civil War = Persimmoon Brigade (28 page article);
LAND 1 = Certificate of Land Purchase of Joseph McGinnis;
Schools __6__ ( YTD = 8): 1914 Bainbridge High School Class (sorry no names); Goslin; Grider; Hale; Center School; Swamp College or School 4 Russell Twp.;
-- JUNE 2020 **
OBITUARIES: 86 Added: (YTD 606 = over 4,496 to date): Names are: Asher (Eli); Bain (Aruby); Branneman (Charley); Bowers (Sarah; Milton); Carrington (Jean); Chase (Abbie); Cosby (Anna); Crodian (Dora; Henry; Daggey (Frank); DeVore (Allie); Dietrich (Mary Stanley); Earp (Lucinda); Ellis (Charlie); Evans (Noah); Frakes (Ernest); Gee (AA); Gillispie (Eliz. Farrow); Goodard (Millie); Graphell (child); Hawn (AJ - Civil War); Heath (David); Hardwick (Irma) Hartman (Ellen); Harris (JW); Higgins (Robert); Hubbard (Albert); Hinkle (James); Humbert (Russell); Jackson (Sarah); Johnson (Anna; Henry; McClean; Oliver; WIlliam); Jones (Harriet); Lapoosa (Ruby); Lee (Kathryn Badger); Lisby (William); Longdon (Hazel); Loudermilk (Armilda, Bertha, Rufus); McClelland (Fidelia); Newgent (Dorothy; Flora; Millie); Neale (Dr GC); Palm (Charles, Mary); Powell (Elizabeth Welch); Priest (C. Reid - WWII& Korean; Lewis (CW), David Badger, George; Raper (Anna); Rissler (John T; Lola); Roberts (DS); Shuey (Davis); Smith (James); Sutton (d/o W&A); Shuey (Dvis); Sullivan (Mike); Stewart (Lewis); Talbott (Lucy); Tobin (John); Tucker (Charles); Wilson (Blind Billy); Wampler (Jeremiah); Woodruff (Samuel); Wright (Jane); Young (Mildred, William)! ENJOY!!!
Photo 2 _ Added: ytd = 19 = Added: O'Neal, Roy (2 photos);
Biographies 1 Added (YTD = 13= total = 1,138 to date): Added:
Schools __4__ : High Schools receive Chevrolet egines for Auto Mechanic class (1971); Charles Dickens comes to the Stage (North Putnam - 1971); Dixieland Combo to appear in Variety Show (North Putnam - 1971); Roachdale High School Building;
** ADDED THIS MONTH -- MAY 2020 **
OBITUARIES: 122 Added: (YTD 520 = over 4,390 to date): Names are: Allee (W.M); Ballard (Patricia); Bond (Robert); Battle (Wm); Bonvillian (Robert); Brown (Ralph) Bridges (Mary); Byrd (Nancy); Carr (Henry); Calhoun (Maude); Cheetham (Vera); Clodfelter (Hubert); Craig (Mary Ford); Cross (Sallie); Cox (Emaline); Cullen (Wm. Henry); Day (Nancy; Minnie); Darnall (Susan); Dobbs (LA) Dochterman; Evans (Daniel; Noah; Firestone (Isaac); Gee (AA); Grimes (Carl); Gott (Allie; Ira; Lela; Preston, Thomas); Haviland (Margaret); Hunt (Doris); James (Clova); Johnson (Guerney); Kussner (Amalia; Albert); Kennedy (Carry); Lane (Robert M); Ligget (Frank); McCloud (Geo); McGrew (Joel; McCullough (T. Maurice); McGrew (Joel) McKee (Melville); McPheeters (Jesse); Mark (John); Matkin (Charles) Maloney (Michael); Myers (Velma Bidgood); Newman (George); O'Hair (Alice); O'Connell (Julia); Oliver Francis; Minta; Susan); Olcott (John M); Pickett (Minnie); Pierce (Emily); Porter (Floyd); Priest (Dulcena); Ragsdale (J. David); Rawley (John); Schrader (Vivian); Smith (Roland; Teddie); Stevens (Hayden); Stewart (John Wesley, Leslie)Stanger (Elmer); Sutherlin (Rebecca); Thomas (Eugene); Vermilion (Thomas, Wendell, William F); Webb (John); Walls, Cassandra; Waln (Joseph); Wilcox (Margaret); West (Cary); Wiseheart (Mary Jane); White (son of Samuel); Weddell (Maggie); Williams (Sam S; Samuel; Charley; John); Wright (Brinton, Mary F); Wood (Otway; Woodall (Agnes); Wysong (Nancy) ; Workman (Nellie); Woodworth (Mark); Williamson (Badger, James)
Photo 7_ Added: ytd = 17 = Added: Newgent, Josephine; Photographers: J.T. BOWER; J.O. CAMMACK; J.D. HATHAWAY; William H. Kerr - AD; W.H. LYON; JAMES SPURGIN;
TOWNS 3 - 106 to date Added: Cairo = 106th town and added information to Hebron & Fox Ridge
Biographies 4 Added (YTD = 12= total = 1,1137 to date): Added: Added a 52 page document of Richard Clark of Virginia with information on 375 descendants including Willis Clark who settled in Indiana in 1834; added biographies on Jeanette Preston Layne and Amalia Kussner total of 12 articles
Bibles __ 1__ added - Cloncs - soooo excited to get this - anymore out there we can add? Sure hope so !!!
Businesses _5_ Added: Steele Movers; Leatherman Brothers; Baxwick Stoves; Hanna-Black Furniture; Bicknell Farm
Census _1__ added Putnam Co total for 183-2010
DEATH RECORDS: Added (YTD=0):
News 11 Added (YTD = 41): Added the following items: 1912 & 1913 articles about the Poor Asylum; Cheek - lawsuit vs. Monon; Underwood Reunion; Child of William Steele operated on for hairlip; Edward Hice - steals - NOPE!; George Hoskins sued by Cora Boone in bastardy case; Shuey-Sheckells marriage - whoops!; Isaac Dunn visits after long time; Martha Bennett - unsound mind; George Kadel, ill.
Marriages (announcements) 28 Added (YTD = 94 - TD = 577): (Complete until we find missing information) = Taylor (& Wilsom); Cole (& Olds); Blakely (& Harris) ; Carpenter (& Davis); Pierson & Michael); Haymond (&Burkl); Kurtz (& Helms); Wright (& Brown); Terrell (& Lassater); Smythe (& Hampton); Craig (& Schoenman); Davison (& Jones); Burk (& Byers)
Divorce 3 _ (YTD=10 ): Added: Hamrick; Evans; Ratliff
Military 5 Added (YTD = 7):
- Revolutionary War =added articles for 5 Rev. Soldiers - Bartee; Denny; Hopkins; Mahorney; Stobaugh
Schools __5__ : 4 Photos of 1944 Graduating Class of Clinton Center; 1966 Russellvile Russeller Annual;
** ADDED THIS MONTH -- APRIL 2020 **
OBITUARIES: 104 Added: (YTD 398 = over 4,268 to date): Allee, Pleasant; Allen, Patsy; Baker, Eveie; Baird, Marion; Beauchamp, Emory; Bennett, Kenneth; Bivins, Billie; Blankenship, Wm; Booth, Newton; Bridges, Harold; Browning, Ida, Mary, Woodville; Call, Ada; Campbell, L.M.; Cash, Emeline; Carpenter, Lydie; Cox, Mary; Cooper, Kate; Curtis, Emeline; Crutchfield, Nicholas; Crawley, Archibald; Davidson, Nannie; Deal, baby of Walter; Devore, H.V.; Dickens, Rachel; Dobell, Frederick; Duncan, Peter; Duvall, Alexander; Eads, Lynch; Edwards, James; Farmer, James; Farrow, Susan; Fox, Wm; Fox, Mike; Frank, Christian; Frazier, Martha; Fuqua, Lafayette; Grismore, dau. of Frank; Cora Griffith; Grubb, Joseph; Hartman, George; Halfhill, Sarah; Hendricks, Benjamin; Holmes dau of Decalp; Jackson, Ida; Kelsey, RHoda; Kimble, Maria; Kurtz, Wm.; Lewman, Frank; Lynch, Paul; Marshall, George; Mason, Edgar; Miller, Mary; Morgan, Cena, Thomas; Muir, John; McCamey, Elizabeth; McCurry, inf. of Wilson; McMurtry, Peter; McPheeters, Cynthia; Newgent, Lucinda (added); Nickelson, Wm; O'Neal, Joseph; Peach, John; Pickett, son of Paul and Carrie; Priest, Richard F; Rambo, David; Randel, Francis and Nancy; Richard, Anna; Roach, John; Ruark, Thomas O; Short, Jesse; Sharp, James; Short, Jesse; Silder, RM; Smedly, Leonidas; Spurgin, DM & James; Sinclair, Ralph; Stites, William; Sutherlin, Thomas E.; Tallman, Nora; Tilley, John C (added to)
Photo 3_ Added: ytd = 10 = Added: The Half Way House in Mount Meridian; Della Bell Cooper O'Neal Eudaly, Joel Gaylord (Gale) O’Neal, Ray Basil O’Neal; Clara Vancleave;
TOWNS 3 - 104 to date Added: new town, Fox Ridge; information on Carpentersville and fixed 90 to 9 miles from Greencastle (whoops)
Businesses _1_ Added: Barnaby Brothers Lumber;
News 11 Added (YTD = 30): Added the following items: Sutherlin Springs; Wm. Landy, war pension; Ed Gaines, train accident; Lee Family Reunion; Marshall Foster (+ Photo) Air Corps Med; Cox, WH - Black Eagle; Fire - Hibbitt Saddles; Carrie McCloud and Mary Goodpasture - both declared insane
Marriages (announcements) 10 Added (YTD = 56 - TD = 493 ): (Complete until we find missing information) = Allen, Prudie to Frank Darnall; Bridges, Elizabeth to Isaac Hammond; Bryan, Maud to Walter Hurst; Crow, Etta to David Steeg; Bessie Wells to Emmons Stokes
Divorce 5 _ (YTD=10 ): Added: Bird; Creek; Dilley; Shuttleworth and Wells
** ADDED THIS MONTH -- MARCH 2020 **
OBITUARIES: 112 Added: (YTD 284 = over 4,164 to date): Adams; Arnold; Allen; Blackwell; Blacketer; Bicknell; Boswell; Bowers; Bridges; Boyd; Brumfield; Buis; Cagle; Cole; Constancer; Darnall; Dobson; Duncan; Epperson; Evans; Farrow; Farnham; Fox; Frank; Foran; Fyffe; Gardner; Gifford; GOrdon; Guilliams; Gorham; Goss; Haltom; Hancock; Hastings; Harper; Hurley; Hurst; Keyt; Kossler; Lee; Lisby; Marshall; Medley; Millman; Munson; McClue; McCoy; McGillis; McGInnis; McKee; Neese; Newman; Newgent; Nichols; Parr; Parker; Patrick; Phillips; Preston; Raines; Riggle; Smith; Stanley; Sutton; Thornton; Tingley; Townsend; Vermilion; Wilson; William; Williamson; Walker; Wilson; Wright; Wood; Whitted; Young
CEMETERIES: (ytd= 2 ) ADDED>
Photo 3_ Added: ytd = 7 = Added: Darnell; McKee; Nelson
TOWNS 1 - 103 to date Added: information about Delmar
Biographies 5 Added (YTD = 9= this year = 1,113 to date): Added: Badger; Darnell; Maxwell; McKee; Nelson
News 3 Added (YTD = 19): Added the following items: Hughes, lost eye; Epworth League; YMCA
Marriages (announcements) 18 Added (YTD = 46 - TD = 483 ): (Complete until we find missing information) = Frazier; Carrington; Allen; Buis; Farver; Frazier; Grantham; Gillespie; Graham; Kesterson; Leatherman; McFarland; McGaughey; Nichols; Rodgers; Stalwart; Ramsey; Shinn
Divorce 3_ Subtracted (YTD=5 ): Added: Hill; Daggy; McCoy
** ADDED THIS MONTH -- FEBRUARY 2020 **
OBITUARIES: 99 Added: (YTD = over 4,053 to date): Able; Allen; Allspaugh; Andrews; Arbuckle; Arnold; Atkinson; Beckett; Beals; Bence; Best; Black; Berne; Best; Braman; Booth; Brummet; Brubacker; Bryan; Calloway; Crawley; Crump; Cox; Doup; Doran; Dillard; Diller; Duncan; Etter; Ferrell; Floyd; Frank; Foster; Foran; Gifford; Grimes; Grubb; Hart; Haynes; Hammond; Hipson; Hinkle; Holmes; Huron; Keightly; Kurtz; Kreigh; Lane; Lee; Leatherman; King; Mahan; Miller; Mount; McAninch; McGaughey; McNorton; O'Neal; Orbeck; Oliver; Newhouse; Ogles; Peyton; Raab; Raines; Reeves; Rogers; Rush; Schulmeyer; Shildmyer; Stafford; Stoner; Sellers; Sutherlin; Sweet; Stoops; Thomas; Tuggle; Walls; Wallace; Wilson
CEMETERIES: 1 (ytd= 2 ) ADDED> article on burials in Forest Hill
Photo 3_ Added: ytd = 4 = Added: McIntyre, James G.; Lee, Jesse Matlock; Stoner, Margaret McGaughey
TOWNS 6 - 103 to date Added: added information on Brick Chapel, Vivalia and Long Branch added new towns of Almeda; Delmar; Minitree
Biographies 4 Added (YTD = this year = 1,103 to date): Added: Christianson; Townsend, Willard S.; Mead; Stoner (photo)
Businesses _5_ Added: articles on Bainbridge Hotel; Allen's Drug Store
News 11 Added (YTD = 13): Added the following items: Frank McNorton (song for him) Geo. Langsdale - editorship; Albin Reunion; Prof. Starr's father visits; Robert Fulton visits Richmond; Robert Johnson beat mother; Frakes, Burton & Commercial Hotel fires; Silver Leaf Colored Band and Russellville Seminary
Marriages (announcements) 24 Added (YTD = 28 ): (Complete until we find missing information) = Allen; Bainum; Baker; Crump; Browning; Call; Bettis; Foxx; Hillis; Evans; Hurst; Preston; Ramsey; Underwood; Vaught; Thomas; Sillery
Divorce 2 _ Subtracted (YTD=2 ): Added: Grimstead; Broadstreet
Military 1 Added (YTD = 2):
- Revolutionary War =
- War of 1812 =Gardner (Anthony)- thanks to Larry S
** ADDED THIS MONTH -- JANUARY 2020 **
OBITUARIES: 73 Added: (YTD = over 3,954 to date): Archer; Arend; Arendt; Baldwin; Baker; Benage; Beaman; Blaydes; Berry; Blue; Bridges; Brown; Brandt; Branneman; Call; Callahan; Caton; Case; Chiles; Corlew; Crowley; Chiles; Crawford; Crowley; Cunningham; David; Doggett; Donald; Dorsett; Dunlavy; David; Edens; Eubanks; Garlock; Hartsaw; Hacker; Hedger; Hassler; Hood; Herod; Hyten; Job; Jones; Keller; Lewis; Lockridge; Malone; Mark-Rolen; Montgomery; Mullinix; Nelson; O'Hair; Peck; Pottorff; Priest; Reel; Routt; Senter; Scott; Stultz; Shonkwiler; Sackett; Shortle; Skelton; Smith; Thomas; Wallace; Wilson;Yount
CEMETERIES: 1 (ytd= 1 ) ADDED> A second compilation listing to Wesley Cemetery; Also added 89 NEW Names to New Providence Cemetery Records;
TOWNS - 98 to date Added: Maple Grove - new - added information on Blakesburg; Belle Union an Reelsville
News 2 Added (YTD = ): Added the following items: 50th Anniv - Richard Baird; McCrary 1893 fire
Marriages 4 (announcements) Added (YTD = ): (Complete until we find missing information) = Names: Brunton; Baker; Shaw; Thomas
Military 1 Added (YTD = 1):
- Civil War = Reuben Newman, Private (The 27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company I), added information supplied by Eric Newman;