What's New in 2021
WHAT WAS NEW 2018 -- ENJOY :)
WHAT WAS NEW 2019
WHAT WAS NEW 2020
WHAT WAS NEW 2021
GOALS FOR 2021 --
1000 obits (80-85/month) -
More War info on soldiers; units, etc
Add at least 20 pictures of people, places or things from the county.
Work on the schools, churches and business sections
More War info on soldiers; units, etc
Add at least 20 pictures of people, places or things from the county.
Work on the schools, churches and business sections
** ADDED THIS MONTH - DECEMBER 2021 **
OBITUARIES __79__Added: (YTD ~ 1016= total over 6,477 to date): Names are: Bentley (Josephine; Layton); Bladen (Edward G); Broadway (Marilyn); Brown (son of James - 1897); Conkright (Clay); DeVaney (William); Dicks (Mary Elmira); Floyd (Elizabeth); Fordyce (Joseph); Foster (George); Frakes (Charles, Kate); Galey (Pauline, Sallie); Gardner (Rose); Hall (Amanda); Hamilton (Steve); Harlan (Dwight); Houck (Sanford); Keith (Paul); Lafollette (Ancil; James; James U; Robert); Lane (Anna); Landis (Christopher); Lee (Amos); Lemon (Mrs. Byron - know her?); Long (Everett); Lutz (Arrena); Little (Edwin); McCurd (son of Charles); McCollister (Nellie); McCoy (Letitia); McElroy (Milt); McFadden (Ivan); Matkins (Isaac); Manson (Samantha Clearwater); Morris (Aaron); Murphy (Daniel; Margaret; Matt); Norvell (Mary); Newell (Mary Ruth); Painter (Sally); Paire (James); Paxton - Mr. 1897 - know him? Renick (Gaspar); Reed (Charles; James; Ora; Pearl); Schulmeyer (Frederick); Simmons (Margaret); Smiley (Andrew; Charles; John; Luella; Sylvia; Thomas); Smith (Joseph); Williams (Mary, Oscar)
** ADDED THIS MONTH - NOVEMBER 2021 **
OBITUARIES __144__Added: (YTD ~ 937= total over 6,398 to date): Names are: Allen (Priscilla; Martin V); Allison (Nannie); Alley (Richard); Anderson (Eliza Ann); Armstrong (Mrs. John - anyone know her?); Ballard (Emerson, Tilghman); Boyd (Jackson); Baysinger (John); Bird (Nancy); Brown (Lucy); Browne (Joseph J - CW); Bundy (Mary Ellen); Burton (Charles): Carrington (William); Cline (Ella); Cory (William); Cooper (Frances); Crawley (Wellington); Curry (Lee); Cutler (Ada); Davis (Edna; Eliza; Robert); Dickens (Bert); DeVore (Alice); Dinsmore (Jasper); Dobson (Inez); Edwards (Effie); Elmore (Homer) Evans (Dora, John); Finnel (Jerry); Finley (Mary J); Ford (Rosella); Fitzgerald (Morris); Frank (Mart); Foxworthy (Tipton); Frakes (Elizabeth; James; Joseph; Lora; Joseph D) Ghormley (Carl); Girton (wife of John N); Grasso (Frank - shot); Hays (Frank); Habisck (Peter); Hammond (Metta); Hendrix (George W); Hickman (Greenberry, John M); Hicks (David, Martha; Shelby; Flaud); Hillis (George; John; Indiana); Hickson (Ida Harris); Holland (Joe); Holland (Sarah Gipson); Houlehan (AE; Frances); Hopkins (Edistina); Jacobs (John); Kelch (Lola); King (Andrew); Landis (Christopher); Larkin (Daisy); Lee (Jesse Matlock); Long (John T); Mastroianni (Joe - shot); Mahoney (Lawrence); Martin (Mary Jane); Masten (Arthella); Miller (Dr HC); Moore (Marshall); Murphy (Martin); Park (Ollie); Parker (George); Perkins (Nellie); Pollard (Livonia); Pope (Mathew); Purcell (Samuel); Ratliff (Hattie); Rhorer (Daisy); Riggle (Mary Ellen); Ritchie (Parks); RIchards (Susan); Robe (TJ); Slavens (Dr John + Photo); Seward (Alice Baysinger); Sackett (DA); Smiley (Sarah C); Sinclair (Charles); Smith (Charles F; Ruth); Smythe (Grace); Stringer (Manard); Stewart (Myrtle); Underwood (Cora); Utterback (James H); Vermillion (Elizabeth); Warren (William E); Watts (Mary Torr); Werneke (John); Wise (Henry)
Photo 6_ Added: ytd = 21 = Added: Holland, Beulah @ 1917; Greencastle Postcard: Dr. John Slavens; Dyer; Big Walnut chrch;
PHOTOGRAPHERS 1 Added - (ytd= 8 )>> Fraink, Maurice;
TOWNS 2 - 113 to date Added: Tarbutton; Hopwood Bend
Biographies 36 Added (YTD =83 = total = 1,280 to date): Names: Julian, Percy Lavon; Buis; Bowlin; Crafton; Dyer; Ellis; Bynum; Croom; Churchwell; Ecton Jones; Leuteke; Slavens; Station
Businesses 18 items Added (YTD = 69): Added >> Henderson, Blacksmith; Leuteke Bakers; Star Barber Shop; Hurst Buggy Company; Roachdale Novelty Works; Fashion Shop; Roachdale Electric; Bainbridge Farmers State Bank; Roachdale Handle Company; Methodist Episcopal Children's Home;
Churches __3 +15 items today__ -- (YTD = 21 )>> Brick Chapel (1948); Old Bethel Church (1965); Gobin Memorial Church; Owl Cree; Amity Baptist; Greencastle Christian; Locust Street; 1930 Church Directory; Big Walnut
News 10 Added (YTD = 100): Miller, Mary - County Nurse; DAR; Docks - 87; Union Agricultural Society; Marsceller, insane; Fires (Brattin Saw Mill; Frakes farm; JJ Jones farm; Orphan's Home (sad one)
Marriages __ 14 __ Added (YTD =66 ~ - TD = 700): Names: Hall-Furney; Addington-Pierce; Knauer-Thomas; Harrison-Wright; Brown-Rose; Smith-Tomlinson; Blaydes-Gillen
Divorces 5 (YTD=21 ): Added: Campbell; Chrisenbury; Ellis; Harland; Parry
LINKS 4 Added (YTD= 8): Indiana Asbury - - DePauw University Historical Marker; Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975) Historical Marker; "Pages Containing the Phrases «putnam county» AND «indiana» at (hmdb.org)"; Descendants of John and Hannah Rittenhouse Dalrymple (Facebook.com);
Schools __1__ ( YTD = 31): Added: "Greencastle's Goat";
** ADDED THIS MONTH - OCTOBER 2021 **
OBITUARIES __64__Added: (YTD ~ 793= total over 6,254 to date): Names are: Alley (Wm); Akers (Russell); Alexander (Edna; Fred; Mildred); Alfrey (Catherine; Henry; John F; Mary McMains); Barnett (Edward); Bowers (Sarah Denman); Cox (Mary Evans); Cotton (Anna, Martha Keller, William Henry Harrison); Courtney (Delmond, Loris Jarvis, Martha Jarvis); Galey (child of John; Benjamin M; Dorcas; Fisher Benton; Homer M; James; Leonard; Lydia Elkins; Sarah Margaret; William); Gardner (Letha Allen); Garland (Anna Benham, Thomas M); Hughes (Peter); Hostetter (David, James David); Houghland (Vera); Sandy (PB); SIddens (JW); Sams (Alva); Sanders (Leona); Sappenfield (Edgar); Sayler (America; Clarence; Mollie); Stephenson (Ernest, Gladys); Stanforth (Commodore); Satfford (Rachel Stitt)
Photo 1_ Added: ytd = 15 = Added: Fred Alexander (see obit)
Biographies 1 Added (YTD =50 = total = 1,248 to date): Names: Albertus Briggs - added to his
Businesses 10 Added (YTD = 51): Added >> Kimble; Pitchlynn; D. Cloud (Dentist and have a dentist page we'll try to fill as well as a Grocery one to try to find more grocers through the years) Manufacturers (Enrick & Curtis, Carriages) - Duckworth & Hubbard and Burley & Weik added to the grocers
News 15 Added (YTD = 90): Vyse, Lou (attempts suicide); Ireland, James B turns 100; Rogers, HC vs Jesse Britton; Nelson, JHC loses steer); Civil War prayer day; Arvin, Wm. runs away; Reunions: O'Hair & McCray; World's Fair goers
LINKS 3 Added (YTD= 4): Russellville Depot.com; Joe Jarvis Video about Russellville Depot (contained in Russellville Depost); Russellville History (Russell Township History);
** ADDED THIS MONTH - SEPTEMBER 2021 **
OBITUARIES __109__Added: (YTD ~ 729= total over 6,190 to date): Names are: Ashby (Dulcenia; Eugene; Fred; Mary; Robert); Baysinger (John); Batman (Rebecca); Birch (Marietta); Boswell (Sarah); Briggs (Albertus T); Cook (Adrian; John; Marion; Mary; Oscar; Rosa); Davis (Elizabeth); Dicks (Mary); Dobbs (Edgar); Dodds (John H - CW); Dodson (James); Durham (Charles); Dwyer (Cornelia); Ellis (Roscoe); Epperson (William Frank); Fisher (Donald; Edith; Floy; John Dewitt; Martha Hobson); Gardner (Charles, Barton, Samuel);p Glover (WW); Gilmore (Robert - CW); Heath (Laura, Morrow J); Harper (William - CW); Hecker (HC); Heslar (Elizabeth Strong); Hunnicut (William); Hesler (Oscar); Jenkins (Hiram); Johnston (Charles); Kellum (John); Krump (Taylor); Lakin (Delila); Lockridge (Alexander - CW); McLai (Moses - CW); McCLAIN (Amanda, Alexander; David); Matson (Mary); Myrick (Robert); Nicholson (Elizabeth); Owens (Charlie); Pace (Roy); Patterson (Cicely); Perkns (Nellie); Phips (Joseph); Pitchlyn (Desire); Risler (Lizzie); Rockaway (Frank); Rudisill (Hiram); Scott (JHames/Jacob); Seybold (Sarah); Scougale (Lilse); Shults (twin baby of Edward); Sherrill (Sarah); Smedley (AJ); Steele (Mary); Sutherlin (Lewis); Turman (Joseph); Watts (Edmund, Mary Torr); White (James, Rebecca); Wardlaw (Walter); Ward (Almira); Wyatt (Sarah); York (Charles A)
PHOTOGRAPHERS -- Added - (ytd= 6 )>>Knight; Cammack; Bailey; Baker; Heath
TOWNS 1 - 109 to date Added: Grapevine Ridge
Biographies 4 Added (YTD =49 = total = 1,247 to date): Names: Hanna; Magill; Arnold; Briggs
Businesses 1 Added (YTD = 41): Added >>Matthew-Keller
Churches __2__ -- (YTD = 3 )>> Union Chapel - 2 articles
News 15 Added (YTD = 75): 3 articles in the Poor Farm; Greencastle Health Problems - Fire - Hiram Thomas; English Gal desserted; George Griffin - bass trip; Sallie DOwney - grad from Institute of Blind; John Oliver gets rich; Pursell Reunion; Robert Best declared insane; Henry Nolan Shoots William Miller; Greencastle Fire Department - two articles
Marriages __ 20 __ Added (YTD =52 ~ - TD = 684): Names: Blanchard; Briggs; Jones x ; Hanneman; Miller; Stillwagon; Stratton; Quinlan; Guilliams; Hampton; Hughes; Harlan; Maloney; O'Donnel; Welty; Whittaker;
Divorces 5 (YTD=16 ): Added: Brown; Cox; Farmer; Johnston; Turley
Military Added (YTD = 23:
Schools __6__ ( YTD = 30): Added new school Bainbridge Academy and Turpin-Darnall; plus articles about Hale School and Mary Horne, 1st Kindergarten teacher
** ADDED THIS MONTH - AUGUST 2021 **
OBITUARIES __75__Added: (YTD ~ 620= total over 6,081 to date): Names are: Broach (William C; William J; Olive; Rosa; Thelma); Brookshire (Hubert, Sidney); Brown (Francis); Burnside (BF); Buchanan (George; Matilda); Cope (Bertha Welch); Couchman (Everett); Darnell (Milton T); Day (AR); Davidson (Louisa); Davies (Harry; Pearl McCullough) Donnehue (Joseph M - CW); Easter (Ida Elizabeth); Eddingfield (Oscar M); Greenholz (Fred); Grimes (Ben; Nancy 1899); Grissom (Beatrice); Hanna (William G;Geneva; George; Jennie McMains; Joseph T; Nancy; Nancy Anna); Henneke (Charles Jacob); Hubble (Lloyd, Mabel Fisher); Krehl ("Girty"); Legler (Zora); Long (Frank); Shoptaw (AH; James; William); Simmerman (Robert L - KIA WWII + Photo - would like to know more about this young man); Shoemaker (Frank); VanFossen (George); Webster (Bessie); Walden (John); Weik (Frances); White (John W); Wilshire (George); Wimmer (William Percy); Williams (Charles Richard); Wilson (Dave); Wood (George); Yater (Bervie); Young (Archie; Opal Stringer); Yount (John Terry; Thomas)
Photo 12_ Added: ytd = 14 = Added: See WWII and Obits; Ader, Lorraine; Crane, Benjamin; Dickson, Rosemary; Byerley, Bertha; Reed, Orville Voil (as a child); Whitley, Ben; An unnamed couple from Greecastle;
PHOTOGRAPHERS -- Added 5 - (ytd= 5 )>> Husher's 1877; Spurgin - added 1877 article
Biographies 8 Added (YTD =45 = total = 1,243 to date): Names: Goddard, Warren ; Marks, George; Mershon, James; Moody, DW; Tennant, Richard; Todd, Samuel (some have more than one)
News 7 Added (YTD = 60): Browning, Isaac - stolen horses; Cry, John - builds store; Poor Farm - Coffin Contract - SHoptaw, Supt; Wills - Noble J. Myers; Sarah F. Myers
Marriages __ 4__ Added (YTD =33 ~ - TD = 664): Names: Hall, Howard, Haven, Williams
Military 20 Added (YTD = 23:
- Civil War = Confed flag returned; Moses McClure - Major; Joseph M. Donnehue - obit
** ADDED THIS MONTH - JULY 2021 **
OBITUARIES __85__Added: (YTD ~ 545= total over 6,006 to date): Names are: Albin (Fannie; Abbott (Martha Durham); Black (Ernest, Hallie, Goldie); Bence (Mary H); Bowen (Matilda); Brown (Andrew J; Cerilda; Columbus; Della; Jefferson Franklin & Joseph H); Chadd (Doris; Edna; Clifford; Dora); Cradick (Gilbert); (John, Lucinda); Fry (Wm); Fletcher (Hester); Heald (Carrie); Hall (Roy Eldwon); Hampton (James Lee); Henkle (James); Harris (Mary); Hinkle (Rebecca, Benjamin); Houck (James); Hostetter (Anita); Hurst (Earl); Gaines (Mary Barr); Gasaway (Emma, Sydney); Gillespie (Elizabeth); Goulding (Kathryn); Gorham (John W); Ireland (Dau of Ernest; Ernest); Irvin (Riley); Job (Gia Netta); Kelly (Edwin); Keith (Olive); Lane (Henry Smith); Matkins (John); Masten (Jesse G); Moore (Andrew); Newgent (Thomas); Newhouse (John E); Neale (Dr.); Potter (Wm. Henry; Porter (Barbara; Carl); Parr (inf. of Joe); Priest (Robert); Ramsay (Robert); Roth (JP); Ragan (Isabel; Reuben); Ramsey (John Wm.); Scobee (Claude, Henry, Lesley); SIgler (Hiram; Smith (Katie); Sutherlin Dr JF; Watkins (Oliver, Louis, Milton, Ray; Woodruff (Samuel)
TOWNS 1 - 108 to date Added: Judson
Biographies 7 Added (YTD =37 = total = 1,2235 to date): Names: Hunt, Kennedy, Moser, Rogers, Wallace, Smith, Wysong
Businesses _8_ Added (YTD = 40): Added >>Callendar & Dunn (Millers); Hill, JF - organs, sewing machines ...; Greencastle Foundry article; Leatherman Dr; Stoner Meat Market; RB Hurley, paper Hanger; Greencastle Bowling Alley;
News 10 Added (YTD = 53): Poor Farm articles; Jessup, Ella - gives baby away; Mary Bowling age 10 loses leg; Cox Reunion; Clarence Clodfelter, birthday; Stoner, Jonathan sick; Sillery (Charles barn burned); Zaharakos - held in Greence due to war; Brothers' brothers vicious fight
PIONEERS = _1_ _ - Valentine Keller
Schools __6__ ( YTD = 24): Added 6 photos to the 1914 Russelville Russeller;
** ADDED THIS MONTH - JUNE 2021 **
OBITUARIES _70___Added: (YTD ~ 460= total over 5,921 to date): Names are: Bridges (Florence; Nancy Groves; Thomas J; WC); Curtis (Susan); Coverdill (Florence); Demotte (John B); Duckworth (Adonis); Eggers (Glenn; Iva; Virgil - KIA WWII)); Elliott (Fred); Farrow (Capt. Thornton S); Goff (Jeff, Martha Lydick); Goodwin (Mary Elizabeth; Claude); James (Matthew); Jacobs (John); King (Della); Lewis (Susan); Lisby (Alice); Lowman (Matilda Hiatt); McCullough (Charles; Clifford; Earl R; Sarah Jarvis); McCurry (Thomas J); Mannan (Elijah); Martin (Parks); Matthews (Merril); Moriarity (Anna); Morris (Lyda); Neese (Dale); Neeley (David Dryden); Neely (Elizabeth); Payton (Ben; Charles); Patterson (Goldie); Ralston (Lulu); Robinson (Paul); Sadler (Floyd); Skillman (Leo); Slavens (George; Jesse; Ivan; Stella); Stringer (Lilly); Tennant (Richard - CW); Toney (Lucinda); Walsh (Edna); Walters (Mrs - died 1877 - ANYONE KNOW HER?); West (Charles - KIA - WWII); Wise (Mary Frances)
TOWNS 7 - 107 to date Added: Links to the Putnam County Museum for the following towns = Blakesburg, Brick Chapel,Clinton Falls, Fincastle, Hamrick Station, New Maysville (2 parts or links), Roachdale & Swanksville;
Biographies 4 Added (YTD =30 = total = 1,228 to date): Names: Gilmore; Dunlavy; Malan; Isaacs
News 6 Added (YTD = 43): Scarlet fever posts; Warren Twp Politics; Darnall (Bertha); Duncan (James - takes up a cow)
Marriages __8 Added (YTD =29 ~ - TD = 659): Names: Breed; Clark; Coffman; Daggy; Grund; Hadley; Ries; Wiley
** ADDED THIS MONTH - MAY 2021 **
OBITUARIES __76__Added: (YTD ~ 390= total over 5,851 to date): Names are: Allee (Eugene, Flora); Bates (Vada); Baker (Thomas); Brooks (Frank); Bryant (Maggie); Burk (Noel); Burcham (Rue); Call (Anderson); Christie (Cornelia); Clodfelter (Mary; Dolpha; Marion); Culley (Herschal); Cummings (Sandy); Cunningham (Saline); Dills (Caroline); Deitz (Fred); Donald (Margaret); Dorsett (Cora); Earp (John, Margaret); Fred (Dora); Gibbs (Peter); Glover (Jasper, John, George, Newton, Omer); Green (John); Hanon (Elizabeth); Hayes (Nellie); Hudson (Chasity); Hunter (Elizabeth); Jacobs (Bertha); Johnson (Stephen); King (John Riley); Layman (DW); Lee (Joseph); Maloney (Mary); Matkins (Isaac); Miller (William H. McDonald); Philger (NJ); Phillips (Alva); Reynolds (Lilly; Napoleon); Scroggins (Frank); Shake (Betty); Sherrard (Joseph - Civil War); Spencer (Albert R; Catherine Westbrook; Charles Wesley; Joyhn H and Newton); Stoner (David, Franklin, Joseph; Nancy Powell; Paul D); Talbott (Sarah); Troxel (Reuben); Wright (JE) -- ENJOY !!
CEMETERIES: 2 (ytd= 2~ ) ADDED> reports of Forest Hill 1885, 1908
Businesses _12_ Added (YTD = 32): Added >> Frazier Service Station; Hurst Dept. Store; Greencastle Foundry; Kissner's Music; New Albany & Salem RR; Matson & Hanna (Attorn); Pitchlynn, Dr; Stevenson & Ames Hardware; Squier A - Millinary & Needle work shop - one of earliest of a woman-ran business
News 3 Added (YTD = 37): Glazebrook - Land sale; Greencastle Public Library; Greencastle (2) history items
Divorces 2 (YTD=11 ): Added: John and Eliza Allen 1891; Joseph & Gertrude McCurry 1910
Military 3 Added (YTD = ~):
Schools __13__ ( YTD = 5): (13 photos) 1914 Russeller Annual;
** ADDED THIS MONTH - APRIL 2021 **
OBITUARIES __75__Added: (YTD ~ 314= total over 5,775 to date): Names are: Arnink (George); Bales (Wm); Barr (James); Bauer (Willie); Bennett (Roxannna); Bledsoe (Martha); Blake (Mary); Bock (Naomi); Boyle (Addie); Brackney (Frank, Sarah); Branneman (Gilbert - WWII); Bushong (Laura); Cissel (Margie);Chamberlain (WL); Cole (Albert); Cook (Asa); Crump (George W); Eggers (Delia Myers); Frazier (Catherine, John); Fry (Esther); Fyffe (Lenore WIlkinson); Gainor (Catherine); Hays (James McD); Hatfield (Mary); Hendren (WO); Henry (Solomon); Hirt (Luther); Hinote (Hubert); Hurst (Ray); James (Willie); Kearney (Ned); Lee (Miss - d 1896); Lockridge (Robert); McBride (A. or Samuel O?); McFarlane (Margaret); McLelland (Rillie); Morrison (Frank); Nugent (George Perry; Thomas - Tim); Norwood (Teddy); Newhouse (Omer); Neeley (Clayborn, Robert); Obenchain (Nash); Oliver (Henry - 1928); Preston (Albert; Mary; Elizabeth; Flora). Rairdon (James); Robe (Sarah Stevenson); Rubeck (George); Smith (Mary Preston); Snyder (Leon); Stevens (Jack); Stone (Ethel); Swartz (Simon); Taylor (EB); Thomas (Clara); Vancleave (Cynthia); Voliva (Wm. N); Voorheees (Dan W); Watkins (Thomas 1995); White (Ezekiel); Williams (Eva); Yant (Claude)
Biographies 5 Added (YTD = 26 = total = 1,224 to date): Layman (Daniel + photo); Oliver (James); Preston (Albert - added); Smythe (Gonsolvo - added); Webster, JA.
Bibles __ __ added -
Businesses _5_ Added (YTD = 21): Added >> Hay; Lueteke's Bakery' Wek's Plumbing; Meltzer-McIntosh Monuments; Neale Vet Surgery)
News 10 Added (YTD = 34): Ash (Lawrence, injured); Bankruptcies (Hinote, Zane); (Under Fires) - Levi, fire horse passes; Peterseim, John - Big 4 accident; Greencastle Gun Club; Epidemics (Russellville Scarlet fever - 1931); Baseball of Yesteryear; McWethy, Georgia - injured; Train information (24 passenger in 1896) - wow!~
Marriages _11_ Added (YTD =21 ~ - TD = 651): Atwood; Beals; Cassidy; Loveless; McGowan; Ewan; Ackerman; Neese; Proctor; Gobin; Wright
Divorces 4 (YTD=9 ): Added: Wright; Miller; Smith x2
Schools __1__ ( YTD = 4): Marion Twp Crossroad School
** ADDED THIS MONTH - MARCH 2021 **
OBITUARIES _73__ Added: (YTD ~ 239= total over 5,700 to date): Names are: Allen (Otho); Ader (David); Allred (Minnie); Barr (Edward); Berrigan (William); Biddle (Thomas); Bowers (Elizabeth Taylor; John); Blake (McMahon); Brown (William C; Mrs. HC - 1886 - anyone know her?); Cline (Walter); Crane (Abiather - so sad); Cronkhite (Augustus); Dickson (Glydas); Dodd (Clarence, Robert J); Foster (Grace Riffle); Fry (Mamie); Gardner (Minerva); Grogan (William); Gerkin (Maud); Girten (Crawford); Gleason (Stella); Goodwin (Mamie); Hickey (James); Higgins (Daniel); Hild (Lesbia); Hoover (Wm. M, Eva); Hootman (Grace); Hunter (Henry Thomas); Jackson (Thomas); Lockridge (Frank, Virginia); McMains (John, Lloyd, Sarah Yater, Sarah Zachary); McVay (Goldie); Moddrell (Margaret Snodgrass); Neff (Willis); Parrish (Henry); Ratcliff (Guy); Scott (James T); Shadley (William); Swift (Flower); Taber (William); Talbott (Anna Gregory); Tapp (Josephine); Watson (Martha); Wright (Elizabeth - 1931)
Businesses _5_ Added (YTD = 16): Added >> Indiana & Ohio Traction; Indiana Oil & Asphalt; International College of Hearing; Roachdale Telephone; Taylor stone business
News 2 Added (YTD = 24): Ragan, John - Benefit for him; Dobbins - Family Reunion (very interesting one
Divorces 3 (YTD=5 ): Added: Deminy; Moore; Strange
** ADDED THIS MONTH - FEBRUARY 2021 **
OBITUARIES _72__ Added: (YTD ~ 166= total over 5,627 to date):
Names are: Ashby (Frank); Baird ((Richard); Beck (William); Bridgewater (Jack); Chaney (Marshall); Clester (Carmelita); Crawley (Charles C); Davies (Mandy Duncan); Diel (Ruby); Duncan (Claude, Sarah Elizabeth); Evans (Arthur); Fisher (David); Ford (Ray); Fox (Elizabeth, Rev WO); Gardner (Alice Winn); Hirt (Raymond); Hurst (Walter); Hutcheson (James); Ireland (John); Irwin (Zella Kinsey); Jackson (Thomas); Lairamore (Lewis, Lillie); McClary (James); McGaughey (Charles); McMurry (child of Otis); McNary (Amanda); Martin (JV, Caroline); Matson (Courtland - CW - 4 articles); Moore (JD); Mulverhill (William - 2 articles); Nelson (Maud, Franklin; Neese (Mary); Newgent (Milda); Nichols (Homer WWI); Oliiver (Francis); Owens (Armstead); Pace (William); Price (Dolphus); Proctor (James); Rayman (John - WWII); Ratliff (Jacob); Raines (Harvey); Roach (Cecil Frances x2); Rollings (Henry); Robinson (Randy); Sadler (Minnie); Sanford (Charles); Seckman (Lee); Snider (Lawrence); Stockton, John - CW); Stewart (Robert); Terry, Luella); Timmons (Elvin); Vice (Robert) Vaughan (Thompson); Vidito (John); Vonderschmitt (Harry); Wells (Mary Grace); West (Willie); Warner (Luella); Yancey (Everett)' Young (LB - Brig)
Names are: Ashby (Frank); Baird ((Richard); Beck (William); Bridgewater (Jack); Chaney (Marshall); Clester (Carmelita); Crawley (Charles C); Davies (Mandy Duncan); Diel (Ruby); Duncan (Claude, Sarah Elizabeth); Evans (Arthur); Fisher (David); Ford (Ray); Fox (Elizabeth, Rev WO); Gardner (Alice Winn); Hirt (Raymond); Hurst (Walter); Hutcheson (James); Ireland (John); Irwin (Zella Kinsey); Jackson (Thomas); Lairamore (Lewis, Lillie); McClary (James); McGaughey (Charles); McMurry (child of Otis); McNary (Amanda); Martin (JV, Caroline); Matson (Courtland - CW - 4 articles); Moore (JD); Mulverhill (William - 2 articles); Nelson (Maud, Franklin; Neese (Mary); Newgent (Milda); Nichols (Homer WWI); Oliiver (Francis); Owens (Armstead); Pace (William); Price (Dolphus); Proctor (James); Rayman (John - WWII); Ratliff (Jacob); Raines (Harvey); Roach (Cecil Frances x2); Rollings (Henry); Robinson (Randy); Sadler (Minnie); Sanford (Charles); Seckman (Lee); Snider (Lawrence); Stockton, John - CW); Stewart (Robert); Terry, Luella); Timmons (Elvin); Vice (Robert) Vaughan (Thompson); Vidito (John); Vonderschmitt (Harry); Wells (Mary Grace); West (Willie); Warner (Luella); Yancey (Everett)' Young (LB - Brig)
Photo 1_ Added: ytd = 2 = Added: See Bruner below
PHOTOGRAPHERS -- Added 3 - (ytd= 3 )>>
Biographies 7 Added (YTD = 21 = total = 1,219 to date): Bruner, Benjamin H (2 articles + photo); Graybill, Samuel; McClary, James (3 articles); Vancleave, John Peyton kind of a family report - nifty !
Businesses _5_ Added (YTD = 11 ): Added >> Tinplate Mill; Corn Growers; Electric to town; Ohio-Indiana Stone Company
News 7 Added (YTD = 22): Sutherlin, George - unsound mine; Dahlgren, Ellia Z - touring visit; Prison List; Rissler - farm accident; Indian Tribe - story; Todd, Wesley - estate; Wilson, Donald - 2nd Lt - 1944
Marriages __10 Added (YTD =10 ~ - TD = 640): Moss , Mildred to Claud Vanatti; Moss, Myrtle to Guy Harris; Ashworth, Frank to Lottie Cox; Brothers, Edward to Bertha Sigler; Woods, Rudolph to Martha Winters
Divorces 2 (YTD=2 ): Added:Cox, John vs Hattie; Martin, Ruth vs Paul
** ADDED THIS MONTH - JANUARY 2021 **
OBITUARIES _91__ Added: (YTD ~ 91= total over 5,252 to date):
Names are: Alexander (Luda, William); Alward (Paul); Curry (Lee, Mildred); Eggers (Vera); Harris (Wm); Harvey (Thomas); Hays (James McDonnald); Hootman (Grace)' Howard (Doctor Samuel - CW); Huffman (Edward R); Jones (Zella - added); Johnson (Hila, Mattie, Modesta); Knauer (Florence); Lattimore (Samuel); Lockridge (Robert); Long (W. Elmer); Loudermilk (Helen); Mannan (Elijah); Mannering (Charles); Matson (Courtland); Matthews (Noble); Matkin (William); Martin (Clarence E); Mecum (Kent); Miller (C. Lorene; Noah); Moriarity (Anna); Morris (Kline, Wallace, Virgil); Moore (Harry W); Moss (Henry, Newton; Melvin); Nelson (Isaac, Perry); Newton (JW); Nobble (FS); Noggle (GW; William); Patterson (George); Parrent (Samuel); Peck (Charles T); Rice (Henry); Ristine (Sophia); Runyan (Martha); Sanders (Cora); Sewell (Joseph; Mary); Shultz (Mrs - 1863 -- anyone know her?) Shonkwiler (Samuel); Smith (Icy, AJ, Sam); Sparks (Hazel); Spurgin (Wiklliam Fletcher); Stark (John); Thompson (John); Tudor (Marjorie); Utter (Joseph); Vaughn (Ellen); Vanscoyoc (Elsey); Waldron (Mollie); Wallace (Ruth); Wakefield (Horatio); Winchel (John Peter); Welch (Jennie R); Wells (Harold); Westfall (Jacob I); Williams (Ethel); Williamson (James); Williams (Ethel); Wilson (Lucinda); Winchel (John Peter); Woodward (Clara)
Names are: Alexander (Luda, William); Alward (Paul); Curry (Lee, Mildred); Eggers (Vera); Harris (Wm); Harvey (Thomas); Hays (James McDonnald); Hootman (Grace)' Howard (Doctor Samuel - CW); Huffman (Edward R); Jones (Zella - added); Johnson (Hila, Mattie, Modesta); Knauer (Florence); Lattimore (Samuel); Lockridge (Robert); Long (W. Elmer); Loudermilk (Helen); Mannan (Elijah); Mannering (Charles); Matson (Courtland); Matthews (Noble); Matkin (William); Martin (Clarence E); Mecum (Kent); Miller (C. Lorene; Noah); Moriarity (Anna); Morris (Kline, Wallace, Virgil); Moore (Harry W); Moss (Henry, Newton; Melvin); Nelson (Isaac, Perry); Newton (JW); Nobble (FS); Noggle (GW; William); Patterson (George); Parrent (Samuel); Peck (Charles T); Rice (Henry); Ristine (Sophia); Runyan (Martha); Sanders (Cora); Sewell (Joseph; Mary); Shultz (Mrs - 1863 -- anyone know her?) Shonkwiler (Samuel); Smith (Icy, AJ, Sam); Sparks (Hazel); Spurgin (Wiklliam Fletcher); Stark (John); Thompson (John); Tudor (Marjorie); Utter (Joseph); Vaughn (Ellen); Vanscoyoc (Elsey); Waldron (Mollie); Wallace (Ruth); Wakefield (Horatio); Winchel (John Peter); Welch (Jennie R); Wells (Harold); Westfall (Jacob I); Williams (Ethel); Williamson (James); Williams (Ethel); Wilson (Lucinda); Winchel (John Peter); Woodward (Clara)
Photo 2 _ Added: ytd = 1 = Added: with James McDonnald Hays obit; David Reed - biography section
PHOTOGRAPHERS -- Added 3 - Mary Brock; Joseph Hill; David Spurgin
Biographies 10 Added (YTD = 14 = total = 1,212 to date): Barnaby, Charles Howard; Goodwin, Abner; Hamilton, Franklin; Monnet, Lawson; Neff; Nicholson; Otterman; Osbourne; Peffley; Ronk; Reed; Ratcliff; Book: William Black and his Descendants;
Businesses _5_ Added (YTD = 6 ): Added the 1868 Greencastle Business Directory; Businesses -- general information - Roachdale Times News (termites); Hunter Brothers (basement gas flood); Fires - businesses ; Public Service Commission
Churches __1__ -- Croy's Creek Church-History;
News 5 Added (YTD = 15): Britton, Glasco - Anniv; Opera House; Langsdale, George; Monon Wreck; Morrison HH birthday; Whitaker Twins (wow what size); Hale School; Willard Eggers; Wood, Will (added 1); Magill PH (slave story); Johnson, Lowell and Moses Rissler - buried alive; Apples - crops in county
LINKS 1 Added (YTD= 1): Putnam County IN School Records (Yearbooks);
Schools __3__ ( YTD = 3): Link to DePauw Yearbooks can be viewed here free; Link to Greencastle High School Yearbooks can be viewed free here; Link to South Putnam HS yearbooks can be viewed free here;
Will, Abstracts, Estates: 16 Added = Lee, Campbell G.; Lee, John Wesley; Lee, Joseph; McCurdy, James; Mercer, Rev. John; Michael, Jacob (estate, died intestate); Miller, Archibald; Miller, Edward Reynolds; Myers, Noble J.; Myers, Sarah F (Hodges); Pearcy, George; Reeves, Stacey R.; Robinson, James; Swartz, Sussana H.; Wilkens, John; Wright, Reuben;