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WHAT WAS NEW 2018 -- ENJOY :)
WHAT WAS NEW 2019

WHAT WAS NEW 2020

WHAT WAS NEW 2021



WHAT WAS NEW 2022

GOALS FOR 2022 --
At least 500 obits
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



DED
December 2022

OBITUARIES  __28__Added: (YTD ~ 807=  total over 7,284  to date): Names are: Brant (Christopher); Beals (Harry); Beck (AT); Blake (Mary E); Cowan (Margaret Kreigh); Dorsett (Emory, Kenneth); Frolander (Evelyn); Howard (Michael); Johnson (Rev JB); Knoll (George L); Karns (Ethel Kahle); Kiser Andrew; Layne (Forrest); Lear (Elmer LeRoy); Lemmink (Charles); Long (William Mack); McCoy (Everett); Moore (Ruth King); Parker (Doris Kelly); Perrin (Mary C); Pelfrey (Jewel Kersey); Price (Jessie Jones); Quinlan (Miranda) Randel (John W); Rankin (Elisha Cowgill - Civil War);  Reagan (Amos); Richards (Susan - Added)


Births (WPA) Updating has started, we are slowly adding new names and corrections by checking other records so please be patient.  NUMBERS Added or Corrected = 969 (YTD = 5,067): Lienberger; Limbrock; Linville; Lincoln; Linley;Lisby; Lisman; Littell; Lloyd; Litz; Little; Lockridge; Lady; Lydick; Logan; Lollis; Long; Longden; Longnecker; Lonis; Lonsberry; Loomis; Loonis; Louis; Lounsberry; Lounsbury; Lloyd; Leucus; Love; Lovett; Low; Lowes; Lucas; Lueteke; Charles; Luimett; Lewman; Lundy; Lurdvills; Lydick; Lyon; Lyons; McAffee; McAlinden; McAlister; McAnally; McAninch; McAvoy; McCabe; McCollum; McCamey; McKamey; McCammack; McKamey; McCann; McCannon; McCormick; McCarty; McClain; McClanahan; McClellan; McClood;McCloud; Matkins; McClure; McCollins;McCollum; McCollough; McCullough; McCormack; McCormick; McCoy; McCray; McCullough; McCulley; McCurdy; McCurry; McCutchan; McDonald; McElroy; McEntyre; McIntyre; McFadden; McFall; McFarland; McFerran; McFerrin; NcGaughey; McGill; McLochlin; McGreen; McGruder; McGuire; McHaffie; McHargue; McHatton; McHenry; McIluain; McIntire; McIntyre; McIntosh; McKamey; McKay; McKee; McKeehan; McKnight; McKorm; McLain; McLane; McLean,McLochlin; McMahon; McMains; McMillin; McMorris; McMullen; McMurray; McMurtrey; McNutt; McNamara; McNary; McNay; McNeff; McNellis; McNorton; McVay; McVey; McWethy; McWhirter; McZunghey; Cagle; Cahill; Cain; Caine; Caldwell; Call; Callahan; Callaway; Calloway; Callender; Campbell; Cannon; Canine; Carmichael; Carpenter; Carr; Carrington; Carroll; Carter; Case; Cash; Cassity; Cassady; Cassidy; Cawley; Cauley; Caylor;

Biographies 2  Added (YTD =32 =  total = 1,315 to date):  Names: Downs, Lawrence; Bridges, John L.

Businesses 4 items   Added (YTD =83):  William Alspaugh starts cab company; James Tucker - Bicycle Rim Factory; Broadstreet Grocery robbery; Conrad Gautier foils same robbery

News 15    Added (YTD = 82):  Sheriff Maze takes Jess Simpson; Harry Wicke attempts suicide; Frank Lane - diphtheria - Coatesville School closes - diphtheris; Frish-Mullinix - murder charge; Bridges - family reunion; Real  Estate - Sam Gibson to Wm. Richards - 80 acres for !,000.  Two John Lockwoods.  Ezekiel Cartwright - building on __ Street and Berry Timmons building on Locust.  

Military       Added (YTD = 58)
  • Civil War =_1_ = see obits for Elisha Cowgill Rankin



*NOVN2022 -- ITEMS added in November 2022  OVEMBER 2022 AdditionsEMBER ADDITIONS ED THIS MONTH - NOVEMBER 2022 **

OBITUARIES  __55__Added: (YTD ~ 779=  total over 7,256  to date): Names are: Keyt (Ross; William Earl); Kersey (Elbert; Harold; Hugh); Kenworthy (CA); Kinder (Frank x2); Kelley (Calvert); Keller (Clara; Clarence; Emery; Fred); Kendall (Harriet); Larkin (Colletta; Leslie (Mayme Masten); Newghgle (Mrs. Milton - ANYONE KNOW WHO SHE IS??); Oliver (Newton x 7; Virginia);Randel (Wm Monroe; Bertha); Ricketts (Fanny Mitchell); Ringgold (Marshall);  Ruark (Thomas O); Rogers (Dudley, Estie)Taylor (Mary J); Towne (Dr. Salem); Thomas (Eva; Thrift (Agness Pickett); Trail (John - CW); Smithson (Abbie); Sherrill (Nancy); Steers (Sarah C); Smedley (AJ x2); Smith, James E; Welker (Daniel - War of 1812); Welch Amos - CW; Whitehea (Idona Patterson); Whittaker (Cline); Webb (Laura Galey; Wilson, John L - fixed an error


Births (WPA) Updating has started, we are slowly adding new names and corrections by checking other records so please be patient.  NUMBERS Added or Corrected =  669 (YTD = 4,098): Johnson; Johnston; Jollifee; Jones; Jordan; Joseph; Judd; Judy; Kahn; Kaiser; Kanarh; Kane; Keen; Keating; Keck; Kent; Kendall; Keller; Kefauver; Leightley; Keith; Kellar; Kelly; Kelley; Kelso; Kendall; Kenenedy; Kenworthy; Kersey; Kesterson; Key; Keyt; Kinder; King; Kiefer; Kiphart; Kirk; Kiser; Kitchen; Cline; Klein; Knauer; Knight; Knoll; Knox; Kohl; Kreigh; Kuhn; Kuhns; Kunkle; Lacefield; Lackey; Lady; Lafoe; Lakes; Lammers; Lancaster; Lancet; Landerman; Landes; Lane; Langley; Larkin; Larue; Laskey; Lewallen; Laurence; Lathman; Langley; Lounsberry; Lawear; Lawhorn; Lawler; Lawless; Lawrence; Lawson; Lawter; Lawton; Layman; Layne; Layton; Leachman; Leadbetter; Lear; Leazenby; Leatherman; Leaton; Lobdell; Ledbetter; Lee; Leer; Leffew; Leford; Leyenberger; Lenard; Leonard; Leslie; Leveck; Lewis; Lewman; Leinberger; Pfahler;


CEMETERIES:    (ytd=  1~  ) ADDED> see also News

Photo   _ Added: 5 ytd = = Added:  

PHOTOGRAPHERS    Added  - (ytd= 1 )>

TOWNS   1  -  113 to date   Added:  Kytesville

Biographies 7   Added (YTD =30 =  total = 1,313 to date):  Names: Oliver, James Cephas; Owen, John T (CW); Reat, James; Hays, James; Hunt, John D; Lemuel Johnson (added to it); Macy, Dan.  


Businesses  14 items   Added (YTD =79):  Hessler, JQ - added; Clingenpeel Restaurant - Fillmore; Elliott, WJ same; John Jackson - same + meat market; Foster Switch Co; McNary & Ruark - blacksmith / agricultural sales- Fillmore; Sinclair & Smyth - General Store; Phillip Brothers - Gen. store - Fillmore same for EE Ruark; Keytsville Businesses - included Keyt - Huckster - Thompson - groceries & gas; Ellis - Huckster and Earl Smith, store


News    Added (YTD = 67):  

Marriages __ 8 __ Added (YTD = 98 ~ - TD = 798): Names:  Collins (Nota) - Alfred Howell; Minnetta Sellar - Frank Rose; Hamilton, Lee - Anna Lavalle; Reeves AG - May Walton

Divorces   2   (YTD=33):  Added:  Buster, Lauretta vs. David; Turley, Josephine vs. Thomas -

War of 1812 =__1__ see obit for Dan Welker
  • Civil War =_2_ = see obits for Amos Welch; John Trail



  • ** ADDED THIS MONTH - OCTOBER 2022 **

    OBITUARIES  __82__Added: (YTD ~ 724=  total over 7,201  to date): Names are: Alexander (Rev; Thomas E); Airgood (Helen) Beckwith (Allie); Best (James Oliver); Blair (child d 171); Boone (Daniel); Bresnahan (Maria); Brown (Clair); Burket (child of Andrew); Brown (Elder James); Camplin (Helen); Catherwood (Samuel) Cox (Emma, Lola, Emma, Nancy, Abner); Davis (William; Delong (Violet); Eitel (Maria); Evans (Wm H; Sherman); Fincham (Ida); Fisher (Mrs., Ed); Floggett (Frances); Fink (Benjamin); Fox (Minnie); Giddings (Martha); Haymaker (Mary); Harrah (Mrs., Daniel); Hatcher (A); Hogate (Julian); Hopkins (Ernest); Hughs (Johyn W); Hubbard (Margaret); Jones (Adam, Silas, Stanley); Johnson (Cyril, Laura, Mary Jo); Keightley, Thomas; Kaiser (Gay); Martin (Alexander); Mahan (William); Miller (Jasper, Sarah Scott); Mitchell (Samuel); Moody (Patience); Mugg (child of Wallace); Murphy (William C); Neese (Ellen); Oliver (Bennie, Daniel, Harriet Ellis; Grover; James 1892; Amanda Louise; RS; Morris H); O'Hair (child); Page (William S); Pearcy (Mary 1886); Priest (Mrs, Robert - anyone know her?) ; Proctor (Glen; Orland)

    Births (WPA) Updating has started, we are slowly adding new names and corrections by checking other records so please be patient.  NUMBERS Added or Corrected =   (YTD = 2,961)


    CEMETERIES:    (ytd=  1~  ) ADDED> see also News

    Photo   _ Added: 5 ytd = = Added:  


    TOWNS     -  113 to date   Added:  

    Biographies 8  Added (YTD =23 =  total = 1,306 to date):  Names: Burkett; Caplinger; DUnlavy; Oliver (Abraham, FM, Jackson, Joseph, Morris)

    Businesses  3 items   Added (YTD =65 ):  Truesdale & Meek Lumber Co (under both people Fred Truesdale and John Meek) - Hesler JQ & Co.


    News 19   Added (YTD = 67):  Sheriff Sale (Martin Oliver) Milton Oliver (bastardy case); Russellville 1887 town board; Crannels, Nannie estate; Hensley Watkins - estate; Burket - Oliver suits - Land sold Jeremiah Oliver; Oliver, John to build homes; Samuuel Jarvis - house built; Jones Daniels house built; Mrs JE Smith visits - Floyd House fire; Burrow, Green - injury case; Shuttleworth & Isa Whitted same

    Marriages __14 __ Added (YTD = 90 ~ - TD = 790): Names:  Brown (Harry) - Cross, Annie; Eliza Curtis - William Reynolds; Ova Lowe - Brenice Hubble; Jane Farrow - Andrew Oliver; Eliza Oliver - James Hesler; James Kirk - May Rogers; James Merryweather - Amanda Saunder

    Divorces   17   (YTD=31):  Added:  Brown; Bridgewater; Broadstreet; Campbell; Fitzpatrick; Elmore; Giles; Hall; Hamilton; Hill; Hedge; Long; Jones; Oliver; Taylor; Stanley

    Military       Added (YTD = 58)
    • Revolutionary War =





    ADDED THIS MONTH - SEPT 2022 **

    OBITUARIES  __58__Added: (YTD ~ 642=  total over 7,119  to date): Names are: Ader (Jacob); Brock (Sarah); Butler (James); Call (Leroy) Carington (child of Wm); Curtis (Eliza Jane); Davis (Eliza VanGorder); Day (Nancy); Erbe (Raymond); Ellington (John - Rev); Foster (George M); Fritsche (Walter); Goosa (Herb; Othie); Goosey (Frank); Gods (MNJ); Goddard (Margaret Paugh); Gardner (Benj); Greenlee (Charles, John W); Grimes (Bessie Lee); Grider (Carrie); Grubb (George); Iddings (Andrew)l Irwin (Byron, Lula); Jackson (Emma); Jenkins (Elmer); Johnson (Andrew J); Layman (Albert Alston - Civil War; inf of Albert & Nancy); McCullough (Lucy Lane - added); McGuire (Minter); McVey (Jake); Meikel (Mrs Ed - ANYONE KNOW WHO SHE IS); Miller (Lillous Clodfelter); Murphy (Elizabeth); Naylor (Maria Murry); Perry (John W); Randolph (Velva); Ruark (Cora Baysinger); Simpson (Rhoda); Stevenson (Tol); Taylor (Flora); Walton (Anna Johnston); Weathers (JC); Williams (Robert K - Civil War); Wood (inf of Stephen); Wylie (Richard); Young (Editha)  

    Births (WPA) Updating has started, we are slowly adding new names and corrections by checking other records so please be patient.  NUMBERS Added or Corrected =  122 (YTD = 2,961)
    Names includes are:  Jackson; Jacobs; Jakes; James; Jamison; Jones; Jarvis; Jaynes; Jean; Jeffries; Jefry; Jenkins; Jessup; Job; Johns; Johnson;

    CEMETERIES:    (ytd=  1~  ) ADDED> see also News

    Photo   _ Added: 5 ytd = = Added:  

    PHOTOGRAPHERS    Added  - (ytd= 1 )>

    TOWNS     -  113 to date   Added:  

    Biographies 1  Added (YTD =15 =  total = 1,295 to date):  Names: Sister Mary Leontine Murphy

    Bibles __ __ added -  Sure need some :(

    Businesses  3 items   Added (YTD =65 ):  Truesdale & Meek Lumber Co (under both people Fred Truesdale and John Meek) - Hesler JQ & Co.

    Census ___  added

    Churches      items today__ -- (YTD = 5)>>   

    DEATH RECORDS:        Added (YTD=1):

    News 4    Added (YTD = 48):  Young Reunion (wow what an amazing write-up); John Paris beaten up in Terre Haute; Bohannon, Wilbert - rape charge; Opal Eggers - runs away

    Marriages __6 __ Added (YTD = 76 ~ - TD = 776): Names:  Dorothy GUnnel - Olaf Jenkins - Laura Ferguson - John Sinclair ; Fenger Wm & Jane Skelton

    Divorces      (YTD=14 ):  Added:

    Military       Added (YTD = 58)
    • Revolutionary War =
    War of 1812 =
  • Civil War =_
  • WW I =  ___ -
  • WW II = ____


    PIONEERS = __ _ -

    LAND    =  
               
    LINKS      Added (YTD= ):   

    Schools ___ ( YTD = 9 ):   Added:

    Land Transfers

    Will, Abstracts, Estates:    Added (YTD = ) =



    ** ADDED THIS MONTH - AUGUST 2022 **

    OBITUARIES  __52__Added: (YTD ~ 584 =  total over 7,051  to date): Names are: Brattain (Larry Joe); Boardman (Nancy); Collings (Edna); Cowgill (Winona); Davis (Fr. Ray; Elsie Denton;  Mary T; Stella Todd); Downs, John - CW; Dickerson (Margaret Pennington); Frye (Allie); Frazier (Alex x2); Fulford (Wayne); Garner (Edward J; Sarah Coffman); Gaines (Vern); Garrett (Walter); George (Anna Oliver); Goggin (Florence); Goldberg (Walter); Heath (James); Hicks (Bethena Dobbs; Wm. Morton); Hubbard (Margaret__ Hurst (Clement); Jack (James); Jones (Charlotte); Kessler (Irma); Kostanzer (Lola); Mullane (J.O.); Owen (Owen Garrett); Pollom (Josephine; Robert R); Shuey (Elbert; Hazel); Spencer (Hazel); Sutherlin (Frances); Thomas (Kate Nichols); Turner, Samuel Alexander); Vancleave (Elizabeth, Thomas A); White (child of Samuel); Wolf (Bridget); Wright (Perry W).  Note some of these contain multiple obits

    Births (WPA) Updating has started, we are slowly adding new names and corrections by checking other records so please be patient.  NUMBERS Added or Corrected =  428   (YTD = 2,839)
    Names includes are:  Goble; Goddard; Gadon; Goff; Goggin; Goldberg; Goode; Goode; Goodman; Hunter; Goodwin; Goodpaster; Hill; Goodpasture; Goosey; Gossa; Gordon; Gorgan; Gorham; Gose; Goslin; Goss; Gott; Fough; Gowin; Gowen; Grable; Grady; Gragg; Graham; Grantham; Graves; Gray;Grismer; Gregg; Green; Greenlee; Greenway; Greenwood; Gregory; Gregson; Grider; Griffith; Griggs; Griggs; Grigsby; Grimes; Grinstead; Groble; Grogan; Grovener; Grubb; Guilliams; Gurthie; Iddings; Ikanire; Iles; Inge; Inman; Inppenlatz; Iron; Irvin; Irwin;

    Photo  3 _ Added: 5 ytd = = Added:  3 pages from a New Maysville History;

    TOWNS     -  113 to date   Added:  

    Businesses  1 items   Added (YTD =62 ):  Scott, AH - pump manufacturer; Steve Vancleave, closed meat shop

    Churches  1    items today__ -- (YTD = 5)>>   Simpson Chapel - 1860 dedication

    News 2    Added (YTD = 44):  Arthur Garrett, hurt at work; Mrs. Stephen Vancleave - burned

    Divorces   2   (YTD=14 ):  Added: Brown, Steve - Winnie; Vancleave, Stepen - Lucinda


    ** ADDED THIS MONTH - JULY 2022 **

    OBITUARIES  __62__Added: (YTD ~ 532 =  total over 6,999  to date): Names are: Bridges (Willie); Broadstreet (Armilda; inf of Wm. & Armilda); Bruner (child of A and Child of John); Black (Margaret Lockridge; Margaret Whitsett); Bowen (OH); Boyd (John T); Call (Polly - added); Coates (Edgar, Willie) Cook (Julia); Cumbuck (Louis); Dayton (Joseph); Dagger (Charles W - CW); Drone (Brenda LaFary); Dotson (Pauline Marie);Evans (H. Earl); Evens (Arthur Lute + Photo); Eubanks (Brent); Fike (Nellie); Fitzimmons (Clifford); Foster (Beryl Cummings); Fox (Abram); Frank (Ruth); Gibson (Kenton x2); Hogue - Wm; Husher, JW (x3); Irwin (Margaret); McCammack (Mary L); McGaughey (Tonny Kimble - added); Meazel (Hazel Eggers); Mason (E); Nelson (Eleatha); Priest (Sallie); Randel (Francis - added; Nancy Stevens - added); Reeves (John; Eliza - added); Ratcliff, 1864;Standiford (Mary Dunn); Smith (Perry H; Oma - added); Spurgin (D); Stone - John W); Sands - James H - CW; Tucker (Hiram, John - mother of Ephraim; Tyler w/o James 1863); VanZant child of Dr; Vaughan, James M - CW

    Births (WPA) Updating has started, we are slowly adding new names and corrections by checking other records so please be patient.  NUMBERS Added or Corrected =  429   (YTD = 2,411)
    Names includes are:  Foxworthy; Frakes; Francis; Frank; Frankenberger; Franklin; Frazier; Fred; Frederick; Freed; Freely; Fremont; French; Moss; Fry; Friend; Fritts; Froggett; Frost; Tilley; Fulford; Funican; Funk; Furney; Furr; Fussler; Fuqua; Morlan; Gaines; Gainor; Gains; Gaither; Galbreath; Gallion; Gammie; Gar; Gardner; Gardley; Garl; Garner; Garrett; Garrard; Garrot; Girton; Gasaway; Gaskill; Gaston; Gowin; Geabes; Sechman; Gentry; George; Gephart; Geraro; Gerald; Gerkin; Gerton; Gest; Ghormley; Gibbons; Gibbs; Gibson; Gifford; Gilbert; Giles; Gill; Gillen; Gilliespie; Gilmon; Gilmore; Gipson; Girton; Glispy; Gleason; Glidwell; Glidewell;

    Photo  1_ Added: 2  ytd = = Added:  photo of Arthur Lute Evens in his obituary

    PHOTOGRAPHERS 1   Added  - (ytd= 1 )>added an ad and info on JM Heath

    TOWNS   1  -  113 to date   Added:  information on Long Branch

    Biographies 1  Added (YTD =14 =  total = 1,294 to date):  Names: Smythe

    Businesses  24 items   Added (YTD =60 ):  Hathaway & Brown - attornies; Morrison & Crain - Dentists; Smiley & Claypoor attornies; Stevenson & Ames Hardware; Drosey & Jones - shingle machine; SIddall (Dr JP); Hawkins Dress Goods; Jennings, John - attorney & notary; Crane Robert same; Smiley, James - Prosecuing attorney); Matson - John A. - attorney; Brown, CW - Editor of the Putnam Republican Banner; Scott Pump Manufacturing; Bowling alley? 1898; Magner ZH - Grocery; Deam Mollie - dressmaker; Whittington - Music, Painting, lessons 1864

    Churches  2    items today__ -- (YTD = 4)>>   Simpson Chapel

    News  8  Added (YTD = 42):  Fire - Benjamin Durham new home; Hattie Moore - 75; Maud Blacke - accidentally? shot; Knight, JO - Rural Carrier in 1915; Burglers tempted to rob William Detro; Hinton, Hubert well deserved 12th birthday party (ohhh so sweet - hope he lived a LONG life)

    Marriages __2 __ Added (YTD = 70 ~ - TD = 770): Names: Gorrell - Martin

    Divorces   1   (YTD=12 ):  Added: Smythe, Ezra

    Military   1    Added (YTD = 58)
    • Revolutionary War = added John Gorrell

    Schools _1__ ( YTD = 9 ):   Added: (Mrs) Cunningham's School in Jan 1859



    ** ADDED THIS MONTH - JUNE 2022 **

    OBITUARIES  __85__Added: (YTD ~ 470 =  total over 6,937  to date): Names are: Aldridge (William); Adair (James); Albin (Joseph); Alspaugh (Philip); ANderson (Wm. H - CW); Applegate (John Samuel - CW); Awbery, Nettie.  Bath (Leo); Bainard (William); Bennett (Zelma); Bouldin (Barbara); Bridges (Hettie); Cassity (Laura Eggers); Collins (Uriah); Cozad (Jacob); Crawley (Archibald - added to; Charles L).  Davis (Zachaiah; Dicks (son of SR, Lowell); Dinwiddie (Robert - KIA - CW; David and Mary Jane); Carnell (Mabel); Detro (Samuel, Sarah, Violet); Dillinger (Mary E; Olive); Dixon (Henry Hamilton).  Eader (Fred, Thomas); Edmonson (Adam); Eiteljorge (Charles); Ellis (Alvan); Elliott (Powhattan).  Fisher (Sarah); Foster (Henry).  Gohman (Elizabeth Oliver); Gilbreck (Mary); Grooms (Myra); Goehring (dau of William); Gainer (child of John); Goodsell (George); Goodpasture (Mary Jane); Gilmore (Joseph - CW _ KIA).  Heavin (Etta); Harper (Zadock - CW0; Hensley (Isaac); Hogue (William - CW); Hawkins (John); Hilles (Elizabeth); Hanna (George Washington); Hawkins (Louise); Irvi n(child of John); Jenkins (Israel); Lang (Robert David - KIA Korea); Lyon (Charlotte); Charles Allan Lattimore; (wife of James Lawler - anyone know her); Lanzeit (dau of Valentine); Lynch (s/o William); Lancaster (Fred).  Shaw (Mahala - added); Shultz (Fredrick)' Steele (John - CW - KIA); Stidd (Dolas); Strain (Harvey; Kathleen; Spencer (Rev. Ralph); Tenant (Richard S); :Todd (Wesley (CW – KIA); Turner (Edward, Lydia);

    Births (WPA) Updating has started, we are slowly adding new names and corrections by checking other records so please be patient.  NUMBERS Added or Corrected =  562   (YTD = 1,955)
    Names includes are:  Elliot; Elliott; Elkins; Ellett; Ellington; Ellis; Ellsberry; Elmore; Elrod; Empson; Engledow; English; Enright; Ensign; Ernest; Ervin; Erwin; Estep; Estep; Estes; Etcheson; Etchison; Etter; Eubanks; Evans; Evens; Everman; Eversole; Ewing; Faris; Farlow; Taber; McFadden; Faller; Fall; Fallis; Falin; Falin; Farley; Farris; Farmer; Farrow; Feeley; Fellows; Feld; Fenn; Ferrand; Ferrell; Fetty; Fiddler; Fields; Figg; Finchum; Fink; Ferguson; Finn; Finney; Firestone; Fisher; Fisk; Fitzpatrick; Fitzsimmons; Flint; Flaherty; Flannery; Fleming; Floyd; Fogle; Foudray; Forcum; Ford; Fordice; Foreman; Forepaugh; Forman; Fort; Forster; Fosher; Fosler; Foster; Fowler; Fox; Foxx;

    CEMETERIES:    (ytd=  1~  ) ADDED> see also News

    Photo  _ Added: 1  ytd = = Added:  

    PHOTOGRAPHERS    Added  - (ytd=  )>

    TOWNS   1  -  113 to date   Added:  information on Long Branch

    Biographies   Added (YTD =13 =  total = 1,293 to date):  Names:

    Bibles __ __ added -  Sure need some :(

    Businesses  22 items   Added (YTD =36 ):  Added >> Keightly ET - Notary; Ragan, Reuben - Notary/Attorney;  Hanna John Attorney; Greencastle Flour Mill; Burley & Peck, Groceries; Crow Dry Goods; Ragland Bainbridge Hotel & Livery -- Rogers, Dr. D - Surgeon; Hilton, HJ - Tailor; Bainbridge Bldg & Loan (this also went under each director); Yeates & Morrison -Furniture & Undertaking) Cook's Drug Store 1864; Burley Grocery 1864 - Burnsides & Rogers (Ag implements) and AC Fry, Dentistry 1864 (guarnateed it wouldn 't hurt)

    Census ___  added

    Churches      items today__ -- (YTD = 2 )>>   

    DEATH RECORDS:        Added (YTD=1):

    News    Added (YTD = 34):  

    Marriages __12 __ Added (YTD = 68 ~ - TD = 768): Names: Brooks - Beckstein 3-17-1895; Detro, Robert - Alice Fry 3-20-1895; Leach Sarah - Wm. H. BROWN 1-18-1859; LEWIS (Alberta - Lawrence SPARKS 3-1-1930); GORHAM (John W and Harriet James 12-29-1864); Sinclair (James& Louisa McNary 12-29-1864

    Divorces   5   (YTD=11 ):  Added: Carmichael (James & LF Jan 1929 ; Harris (Frances & Wm. C April 1859); Howard (James & Frances Jan 1859); King (Oscar & Eliz Jan 1929) and Lisby (Vera and Thomas March 1895)

    Military       Added (YTD = 57)
    • Revolutionary War =
    War of 1812 =1
  • Civil War =_
  • WW I =  __2_ - WWI Draft Registration - Spencer, Claude Maurey & Milton Bachelder (personal news - wounded)
  • WW II = ____


    PIONEERS = __ _ -

    LAND    =  
               
    LINKS      Added (YTD= ):   

    Schools ___ ( YTD = 8 ):   Added:

    Land Transfers

    Will, Abstracts, Estates:    Added (YTD = ) =


    ADDED THIS MONTH - MAY 2022 **

    OBITUARIES  _81___Added: (YTD ~ 385 =  total over 6,852  to date): Names are: Adams (Dick); Ash (Pearl); Anderson (Arthur); Ashby (Edgar); Arnold (Alton); Bain (Helen, Retta); Baker (Grover); Baldwin (Saliuda); Bowman (Emma); Bruner (Lawrence); Brunton (Harry); Burrows (Golden); Busby (Nathan - CW); Browning (Wood - CW. Albert); Campbell (Arthur, Charles B, Clarence, Charles W, Herschel, Cooper (Clay); Coltorap (James); Darnall (Susan; Herbert); Darnell (Mable, Ray, Thomas); Davis (Earl); Dean (Mary Harris); Denny (Mary Finley); Dow (Andrew); Dix (Alfred); George (Omer); Gardner (Charles); Gorden (Oliver Perry); Glazebrook (Alfred); Grant (Mary Louise); Hains (Wesley); Higgins (Martha); Hogan (Patrick); Hough (Harry); Hoyt (A.; Wm); Johnson (Grant); Jones (Samuel); Kerr (Grandma - 1883 - ANYONE KNOW HER); Kirkpatrick (Myron Paul); Ludlum (Emma); Longden (Cleo); Larrabee (Harriet Dunn); Morphew (Lola); Murphy (Peter); Newkirk (William); Osborn (Myra); Rice (Charles 1927; Ezephus; Isaac); Summers (PH "Pat"); Stone (Mary Plummer); Thomas (Elbert); Tennant (Flint); Vaughan (Ida); Vorhees (Daniel W); Wilson (Newton); Wysong (Charles)

    Births (WPA) Updating has started, we are slowly adding new names and corrections by checking other records so please be patient.  NUMBERS Added or Corrected =  826   (YTD = 1,393)
    Names includes are:  Bachelder; Bachert; Badger; Bahr; Bailey; Bain; Baird; Baker; Balden; Baldock; Baldon; Baldwin; Bales; Ball; Ballard; Ballenger; Baumunk; Bandy; Bundy; Barber; Barker; Daggy; Dalton; Danberry; Daniel; Darnall; Darnell; Darting; Dayton; Davenport; Davidson; Davies; Davis; Davison; Dow; Dawley; Dawson; Day; Deady; Dean; Deboer; Dabaun; Deem; Lear; Dellen; Dellinger; Delong; Dunnington; Demotte; Denman; Denny; Denton; Disney; Detro; Detrick; Devore; Due; Dewitt; Dexter; Diall; Diceco; Dick; Dicks; Dickens; Dickson; Dickey; Diel; Duell; Dillman; Dillon; Dills; Dimmitt; Dingman; Disney; Dittemore; Dittmore; Ditto; Diving; Dixler; Dixon; Debord; Dobbs; Doctor; Dodd; Dodds; Dodson; Dold; Dove; Donaghue; Donald; Donehew; Doos; Doran; Dorsett; Dortury?; Douglas; Dow; Dowling; Doyle; Dreher; Drury; Duckworth; Due; Duell; Duncan;Dunivan; Dunkin; Dunlavey; Dunilavy; Dunn; Dunnington; Duree; Dwyer; Dyall; Dykes; Eader; Eads; Eades; Eagen; Early; Eastham; Echles; Echols; Eckels; Edmonson; Edwards; Eggers; Eitel; Eiteljorge;

    Biographies 6  Added (YTD =13 =  total = 1,293 to date):  Names: Bachelder, Muter - 3 articles; Downs, Lawrence AWilson, Thomas, Wilson, William "Blind Billy"

    Churches 1     items today__ -- (YTD = 2 )>>   Croy Creek

    News 3  Added (YTD = 34):  O"Grady", Martin - tells about Irish woes of family he left; Greencastle Press purchased by Frank Arnold; Hargrave - Reunion

    Marriages __6 __ Added (YTD = 56 ~ - TD = 756): Names: Ridpath, Hiram - Hattie Wright; Grace Catton Rogers - William Foster; Shea, Dennis - Marry Shelley

    Schools _1__ ( YTD = 8 ):   Added: Feather's School


    ** ADDED THIS MONTH - APRIL 2022 **

    OBITUARIES  _64___Added: (YTD ~ 304 =  total over 6,771  to date): Names are:Allen (Dwight, Lewis, John Robert, Robert M); Ash (children of James); Bachelder (Emma, Muter Miller, William Clay); Bament (son of Samuel); Nancy Barnard); Carmichael (Martha Spencer); Coleman (Richard M); Corbin (Laura); Frank (Christena); Hall (Salmon); Hardin (John); Hill (Nancy); Holland Jane Goodman); Hopkins (Elizabeth); Hood (Andrew); Jones (Bradford); Knight (Wesley); Larkin (Mary); Lisby (Nancy); McClintock (Maude); McOuatt (William - CW); McCurry (Jacob); Mahorney (JW); Miller (Sabra); Murphy (James x several); O'Rear (Ross); Otterman (George); Payne (Herman); Rall (Russell); Rice (Luther); Roberts (Thomas); Steele (Jeremiah); Short (Jesse); Snider (Mary L); Taylor (Lola); Thompson inf of Morton; Trout (Flora Allen); Weida (Charles, May; Watson (Charles); Weaver (Mrs. Col. James Riley); Weller (Susan); Witt (Clarence); Wood (Louands); Wright (Benjamin); Yowell (Margaret); Alexander, James F. - WW II=KIA; Arnold, Vernon - WW II=KIA; Cox, Raymond "Nick" - WW II; Anderson, Donald Leon - WW II=KIA;

    Births (WPA) Updating has started, we are slowly adding new names and corrections by checking other records so please be patient.  NUMBERS Added or Corrected =   288   (YTD = 567)
    Names includes are;  Allee; Allen; Faller; Alley; Allgood; Allison; Alspaugh; Altemiller; A;ter; Amman; Anderson; Angell; Arnold; Apple; Appleby; Applegate; Arbuckle; Arkins; Arnold; Ash; Ashby; Asher; Ashley; Ashton; Ashworth; Askins; Athey; Atkinson; Aubrey; Austin; Ayers; Ayler; Ousler; Summers; Syester;

    CEMETERIES:    (ytd=  1~  ) ADDED> see also News

    Photo  1_ Added: 1  ytd = = Added:  SAPPENFIELD, Richard "Dick";

    PHOTOGRAPHERS  2 Added  - (ytd=  )>>2 articles for a Clark's Gallery

    TOWNS     -  113 to date   Added:  

    Biographies 1  Added (YTD =10 =  total = 1,290 to date):  Names: Bachelder, Samuel (nifty fella')

    Businesses  2  items   Added (YTD =14 ):  Added >>Burgess & Son (Cloverdale Druggists); Lienberger (Undertakers)
    Census ___  added

    Churches  1    items today__ -- (YTD = 1 )>>   Greencastle Presbyterian

    DEATH RECORDS:   1     Added (YTD=1): Fosher (Sarah)

    News 6  Added (YTD = 31):   Poor Farm (McCloud insane); Perkins - 70; Letters (x2 Jasper Dinsmore); Chadwick - girls near death after hit by train); The Fair Millie Newgent - FIGHT

    Marriages __10 __ Added (YTD = 50 ~ - TD = 750): Names: Coombs, Everman, Morlan, Hardy;  Shupe; Wells; Gardner; Cline; Wallace; Dunnivan

    Divorces   2    (YTD=6 ):  Added:Young (John-Lucretia); Freeman (Mary-John)

    Military   26    Added (YTD = 55)
    • Revolutionary War =
    War of 1812 =1 - added information on John Falls
  • Civil War =_1_ GAR observance
  • WW I =  _3_American Doughboy Memorial - Gold Star Mothers
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    LINKS      Added (YTD= ):   

    Schools _1__ ( YTD = 7 ):   Added: Miss Miranda Hooker's "Finishing School for Girls";


    ** ADDED THIS MONTH - MARCH 2022 **

    OBITUARIES   _51___Added: (YTD ~ 240 =  total over 6,717  to date): Names are:Ader (john); Akins (Mabel, Sarah York); Albright (George Dewey); Alspaugh (William);Bence (Onesimus); Carver (Joshua, Malinda); Coleman (Myrtle); Cooper (Virginia Ruth); Duncan (Janet); Everly (Isaiah); Griffith (Elias); Jones (Mary); Lidikah (Jacob, Jennie); Lockridge (Thomas R); McLeod (David); McLoed (William); Murphy (Matt); Osborn (Flora); Porter (James); Sea (Eliz?); Schulz (Elma); Shults (James); Smith (Anna Laymon); Sellers (Mary); Sutherlin (Vivian); Steegmiller (Frederick); Thornton (Mary); Tilley (Lazarus); Townsend (Luke); Vandamant (Rev David);

    Births (WPA) Updating has started, we are slowly adding new names and corrections by checking other records so please be patient.  NUMBERS Added or Corrected =   139     (YTD = 258)
    Names includes are;  Allais; Albaugh; Albertson; Albin; Albright; Alexander; Alford; Alfroy; Algood; Alkire; Allee; Allen; Newspaper Articles (Landes & Richards);

    CEMETERIES:       (ytd=  1~  ) ADDED> see also News

    Photo     _ Added:  ytd = = Added:  

    PHOTOGRAPHERS   2  Added  - (ytd=  )>>2 articles for a Clark's Gallery

    TOWNS        -  113 to date    Added:  

    Biographies      Added (YTD =9 =  total = 1,289 to date):  Names:

    Bibles __ __ added -  Sure need some :(

    Businesses     items   Added (YTD =12 ):  Added >>1st National Bank (and Citizen Bank);

    Census ___  added

    Churches       items today__ -- (YTD =  )>>   

    DEATH RECORDS:          Added (YTD=):

    News       6  Added (YTD = 25):   Wallace (David Wallace) Couny Infirmary burns - again- Booze runners caught; Sinking Fund Sales; Photo of cooks at Punam County Infirmary 1930's, 1 named is Harriet Francis (Legan) Byrd;

    Marriages  __22  __ Added (YTD = 40 ~ - TD = 740): Names: Couchman, Broadstreet; Evans; Chamberlain; Hume; Keller x; Hyten; Garner; Houck; Shields; Tharp; Wilson; Scott; Shoaf; Harper; Fenley; Williams; Stockwell; McGaughey; McCamman; Werner; Wilson;

    Divorces           (YTD=4 ):  Added:

    Military    16    Added (YTD = 49)
    Revolutionary War =Byrd, Jonathan; Edmundson (William); Walden (John)
    War of 1812 =5 new or added information - Robinson, Samuel; Rhoten Daniel; Slavens (Isaiah); Stobaugh (Jacos); Taylor (Samuel); Wilson (Alex); Rhoten (Daniel; Robinson
    Civil War =
    WW I =  _8_ -Aker, Levi; Adkins, Akers, Austin, Flord, Gibson; McVey an Scribner
    WW II = ____


    ** ADDED THIS MONTH - FEBRUARY 2022 **

    OBITUARIES  __98__Added: (YTD ~ 189 =  total over 6,666  to date): Names are: Allen (Henry); Austin (Carey); Bannon (Nellie); Boatman (Myrtle); Boswell (David);  Baumack (Emma x2); Chastain (Cleo Dale); Cornell (Ben + photo); Caldwell (Maria Crowder); Cline (Dorcas, James, Katie); Davis (Clarke); Dorsett (Emma); Dunbar (Julia); Eardly (Fannie); Eakins (John); Emerson (Samuel); Emery (William); Farrow (Elizabeth Lockridge; James R; Alex S; Marion Lawrence); Fenny (Joseph); Ferrel (Nancy Sinclair); Forge (James); Foundray (dau of James); Frank (Chalres); Fry (Joseph); Fulton (Elisha); Goff (Elizabeth Gardner); Gardner (Daniel x 2); Grooms (Moses); Gilmore (Thomas); Greenlee (Alexander); Haney (Elizabeth); Harrah (Daniel); Harrell (Ama); Harrison (Simpson); Higgins (Lawrence); Hanna (Adam P); Harding (Elizabeth D); Henry (Ida Lidikah); Hyten (William H); Kercheval (Eliza); Kahn (twin); King (Amanda); Knoll (Edith); Lasley (Joseph); Lane (Michael x4); Lawson (Horace, Minnie); LaForce (Isiah-CW); Lakin (Matson -CW); Lemon (Lucien - CW); Lewis (Henry, John); Logan (Walter); Loyd (Ezra); McFarland (Allen P); McCullough (Lucy Lane); McVey (Jacob); Mathews (Richard); Murphy (Bridget); Nichols (Ida); Oliver (James H;, Mattie); O'Hair (James HA); Osborne (George, John x2); Owens (Rachel); Pack (William); Parrish (Fanchon); Priets (Geroge, Henry C); Pollum (MR); Reeves (Charles, Laura); Reat (Margaret); Ryan (Patrick); Thornburg (Mont); Tobin (Mary Sweeney x2; Thomas Edward; William Sr - 1905).  

    Births (WPA) Updating has started, we are slowly adding new names and corrections by checking other records so please be patient.  NUMBERS Added or Corrected = 172  (YTD = 172)
    Names includes are;  Ammann; Abbott; Able; Abrams; Acrea; Akers; Adams; Ader; Adkins; Adniere/Admire-?;  Airhart; Aker; Asher; Akin; Akins;

    Biographies 2  Added (YTD =9 =  total = 1,289 to date):  Names: Rapp, Matthias (2 articles); Rogers, Jacob C + photo; Russell, Joseph (x3 + photo) - Hurleston (Albert); Jones (Oscar L.

    Businesses  10  items   Added (YTD =12 ):  Added >>1st National Bank (and Citizen Bank); V. Lyon & Sons; Hardware store; Dorsey & Jones manuf ; Siddall (Dr(; Hough (AV); Cloud - Dentist; Emporium of Fashion (Mrs. Gilmore); Neverman Millinery sold to Ring

    News 19    Added (YTD = 24):   Poor Farm Burns; Carey Austin died at Poor Farm; Fires - x 5; Hathaway, George and wife, Crystal wedding anniversary; Forest Hill Cemetery x 4 articles; town of Somerset - people there over 70  - Fires (Isaac Wagoner; lady's underskirt; Marion Twp School) - Torr, Reunion &  Niles forges $100

    Divorces   2    (YTD=4 ):  Added: Ash (Hattie vs. Andrew - 1894); Foreman Anna vs. Frank Jan 1903

    Military  19 + information on 14 1812 soldiers s     Added (YTD = 33)
    • War of 1812 =added 18 to the list (Applegate; Brackney; Collier; Eller; Farley; Fenny ;Fulton; GIlmore; Jones x2; Mahan; Reat; Slavens; Standiford; Taylor; Torr x 2; and Welker. TOTAL is now 87 from about 55 originally -- also added information on Allen; Atherton; Black; Bowen; Dunkin; Gordon; Greenlee; Justice; Lasley; Reel; Seller; SHell; Shields; Tarburton
    • WW I =  _1_ - article with list of dead during the war



    ** ADDED THIS MONTH - JANUARY 2022 **

    OBITUARIES   __45__Added: (YTD ~ 45 =  total over 6,522  to date): Names are:  Alison (Mary); Bourne (James); Burks (Mary "Polly Duckworth; Bridges (Ara); Bruner (Elizabeth Phillips, Henry); Call (Charles, Samuel); Collins (William S); Finn (Thomas); Gorham (Lilly - added to); Grogan (Albert; Julia Atherton); Hartsock (David); Harlan (Bessie); Harmless (Alonzo); Herod (Ida); Hillis (Nancy); Hirt (Louis); Hixon (Helen); Johnson (John B); Jones (Catharine); Merrweather (Mary); Myers (Anna Jones); O'Connell (Nellie); O'Rorke (NJ - Mrs - anyone know who she is); Pefley (David, Elmer, Harold, John F); Peffley (Alfred; Anna; Daniel; Letha Oliver); Shell (Lewis); Shuce (Luke); Taylor (Leah -added to hers); Torr (Leah Mench); Wilkinson (Betsy); Wingate (John C)

    CEMETERIES:    1   (ytd=  1~  ) ADDED> correction on Peter Lunsford - date had 1832 - it is definitely 1852

    TOWNS        -  113 to date    Added:

    Biographies     1   Added (YTD =1 =  total = 1,281 to date):  Names:  Louis Ricks

    Bibles __ __ added -  Sure need some :(

    Businesses  2   items   Added (YTD =2 ):  Added >> Winter - florist & Hardin & Hubbard - grocery

    News     5    Added (YTD = 5):   Poultry show - 1915; Democrats - Meetings; Poor farm (1864 - Purcell article there too; Somerset old folks - 1894 (I think or if not, I'll get it next month

    Marriages  _18_  __ Added (YTD = 18 ~ - TD = 718): Names: Reeves - Parris; Toney- Myers; Mosier - Gressom; Wingert- Kelly; Brannaman - Hood; Buis - Davis; Snider-Cayton; Kuhns-McCraryu; Pearson-Mark

    Divorces      2     (YTD=2 ):  Added: Starwalt (Anna vs Dnaiel); Head (Mary vs George)

    War of 1812 = 30 -- added information for the following soldiers (had a fun time - went on a FindAGrave Quest -- William Atherton; George Black; Richard Bowen; Daniel Chadd; Scady Chandler; Archibald Cooper; Sam Emerson; William Evans; Alexander Farrow; Thomas Gilmore; Chalres Hunter; William King; Lenox Knight; Thomas Lemon; William McElroy; Jacob McVay (McVey); Henry Mills; Michael Moser; Isaac Peck; George Priest; John Seller x 2; Lewis Shell; William Stokes; James Swinford; Lazarus Tilley; James Torr; Elijah Wilkerson; Alexander Wilson and John C. Wingate
    Civil War =
    WW I =  __ -
    WW II = __1__ article on some of the boys in 1943

    Schools __6__ ( YTD = 6 ):   Added: New schools & articles - Locust Grove; Putnamville; McHaffie; Yapville; and articles on Greencastle HS and Misc. Info
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