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WHAT WAS NEW 2023

GOALS FOR 2023 --  ALL COMPLETED by December 1st
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

** ADDED THIS MONTH - DECEMBER 2023 **

OBITUARIES  _60__Added: (YTD ~ 730 =  total overall 8,014 to date) - note often a name will have 2-3 obituaries - I tally names): Names:  A -- B --Blotch (Eva); Baldwin (Morris) D --Davis (Helen; Jessie); Dee (Elmer Howard)- E --E) F -- G --Graf (Frances); Gammies (child of John); Graham (Lillian Dee); Gillispey (Billy)   H -- I -- J -- K --King (Eliza) L --Lively (Gurneth May) M--).  Mc -- .   N --Naylor (Noah); Nearpass (Enola Harris) O --O'Daniel (Tule); O'Mullane (Alice Small) P -- Q -- R -- S -- Skelton (Gay; James A; Laura Bell; Mary M; Virgil);  Singleton (Florence Dooley); Sherrill (James W; Geraldine); Sinclair (Dwight; Charles; Isaac; Kenneth; Strange; Virgil); Simpson (Earl J; James O); Sims (Ancil Wayne; Clarence O; James L; Joie Thomas; Charles Frank); Sillery (Nadean); Sigler (Cory "Dick); Shorter (Pauline); Shoemaker Blance; Leland (WWII); Shinn (Bernard, Helen); Shutt (Sherman); Sheckels (Charles B); Sharp (SamueL); Spaulding (Hazel); Surber (WH) T --Tobin (Nellie); Terry (Herbert (KIA-Korea); Tolly (Hazel B) U -V --Vickroy (Charles Clifford); . W --Wimmer (son of Capt); Walter (Bonnie Shinn); Woliung, John X-Y- Z -- Y

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 =  212  (YTD =  5,597   ;  To Date  13,553 ):  Shutt; Siddons; Sigler; Sillery; Seller; Simpson; Sims; Sinclair; Siner; Sines; Singleton; Sink; Skelton; Slavens; Small; Smedley; Smiley;

CEMETERIES:    (ytd=  1  ) ADDED>

Photo  1   Added: 24 ytd = = Added:  Sims, Ancil Wayne - see obituary  

PHOTOGRAPHERS    Added  - (ytd= 3 )

TOWNS    -  114 to date   Added:  

Biographies  4_ Added (YTD = 17=  total = 1,332 to date):  Names: Rightsell (Matilda, Samuel); Patterson (Thomas); Burns (Lee Roy - added)

Bibles __ __ added -  Sure need some :(

Businesses   items   Added (YTD = 74 ):   account

Census ___  added -

Churches    items today__ -- (YTD = 58 )>>

DEATH RECORDS:        Added (YTD=1 ):

News 5   Added (YTD =51): Crow (George - wagon accident); Kennedy (Robert to build school; Fillmore (School to be built - travelling show); Holtsclaw (William - home burned)

Marriages ____ Added (YTD =  51~ - TD = 827): Names:  

Divorces    (YTD= 6 ):  Added:  

Military       Added (YTD =30 )
  • Revolutionary War =____
  • War of 1812 =____

WW II = __1__Leland Shoemaker
Korea ___1 - KIA Herbert Terry;



** ADDED THIS MONTH - NOVEMBER 2023 **

OBITUARIES  _68__Added: (YTD ~ 670 =  total overall 7,954 to date) - note often a name will have 2-3 obituaries - I tally names): Names:  A -- B -- Baird (Joshua); Beck (William) Bond (Lora); C --Coffman (Delores Haltom); Cash (Alex); Chapman (Martha Shannon); Crane (John 1890); Cooksey (Amy (Harris) D ---  E --Edie (Martha); Endsley (Katherine Sears); Evens (Clarence, Susan) F -- Farley (Samuel P); Feldt (Helen + pic); Frank (Addie); Frosch (Blanche); Fulford (Emmett).  G --Gillette (S.T. - Dr); Green (Bessie Hanks - added to existing).   H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M--Miller (Lola); Moore (Hilda).  Mc -- McCoy (Samuel S - will); McGaughey (Edna Sewell).   N -- O -- P -- Q -- R --Ratcliff (Etta - added); Richardson (Pearl Estep); Riley (Verna); Rissler (Mary Margaret Rightsell); Rightsell (Elizabeth; Mamie Nicholson; Willie).  Rogers (Ross). Ross (Lelia); Routh (Frank, Marion, Russell).  Ruark (Hurtha Huffman).   S -- Scobee (Emma); Shannon (Harold; Russell). Sewell (Mary Elizabeth); Scott (Charles, Harold; Thomas). Seller Wilbur - Killed Korea + pic; Carl Sam; John Franklyn);   Scobee (Emma). Scribner - (Carl W - WWI - killed); Sewell (Mary Elizabeth); Sears (Cecile Fisher); Sharkey (John x 5).  T -- U -V --Vaught (Mary Underwood); Vermilion (Willis - added 2); Vessells (William G - Rev). W --Wethington (Glenn); Walls (WB); Wilson (George 1885 added 2) X-Y- Z -- Young, Thomas Henry; Zeis, James B

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 =  402  (YTD =  5,385   ;  To Date  13,341 ) Sears; Sechman; Secrest; Seller; Sellers; Sewell; Seward; Seymour; Schafer: Shackelford; Shafer; Shaver; Shake; Shalley; Shamel; Shaner;Shannon; Sharp; Sharpe; Shaw; Shea; Sheckles; Sheekels; Sheets; Shildmyer;Shelley; Shelton; Shepherd; Shepard; Sherrill; Sherwood; Shield; Shields; Shildmyer; Shillings; Shinn; Shure; Shoemaker; Shumaker; Schomacker; Shonkwiler; Shoppell; Short; Shorter; Showalter; Shuee; Shuey;

CEMETERIES:    (ytd=  1  ) ADDED>

Photo  4   Added: 23 ytd = = Added:  Feldt, Helen (see obit); Seller, Wilbur (see obit); Scribner, Carl W (see obit); Double Covered Bridge at Fincastle over Ramp Creek;

PHOTOGRAPHERS 3   Added  - (ytd= 3 )> WH Lynn - added 3 articles

TOWNS    -  114 to date   Added:  

Biographies  2_ Added (YTD = 13=  total = 1,328 to date):  Names: Hanna, Thomas; Haspel, Vera - 5 articles

Bibles __ __ added -  Sure need some :(

Businesses 9 items   Added (YTD = 74 ):  Marker Roller Mill; WHEN Clothing - added; Brown - Headquarters for Presents; City Steam Laundry; GC Smythe, MD; BF Hays - Merchant Tailor; Jesse Nelson sells store 1890; McWilliams, James moves shoe store; Putnam County Poor Farm - Shoptaugh adds to account

Census ___  added -

Churches    items today__ -- (YTD = 58 )>>

DEATH RECORDS:        Added (YTD=1 ):

News 12   Added (YTD =46): Robberies 1934 @ Carbon; Tallman, Joe - hurt thumb; Hickman, WH - resigns DePauw; Hillis Reunion; Thomas Family Reunion - added; Bridges - apples; 1890 City Officials; Merry Wives Club; George Wilson - demented; Burk, Wheeler - bus driver for Belnap; Hill, Trixia burned

** ADDED THIS MONTH - OCTOBER 2023 **

OBITUARIES   _35__Added: (YTD ~ 602 =  total overall 7,886 to date) - note often a name will have 2-3 obituaries - I tally names): Names:  Wilson, Jasper; Wilson, George; Wilson, John H.; Sandy, Byrell; Sandy, Nora Statley; Sadler, Nina; Sallust, Daniel Webster Voorhees; Sage, George Francis; Swallow, Marie Sage; Pitts, Charles; Pitts, Elijah; Pitts, Harlan; Pitts, Ida May; Pitts, Harold; Job, Dorothy; Iddings, Wiley G.; Haspel, Guido Kark; Hart, Elbert; Hart, Jeese; Hartsaw, William A.; Harris, J. Field; Harshbarger, Richard B.; Harris, Albert L.;Hardwick, John; Hargrave, William P.; Hargrave, William B.; Harbison, Kenneth H.; Harrell, Martha Crawley; Harper, Clayburn; Hennon, Raymond; Hamilton, Louise K.; Hanilton, Eugene; Herring, Eliza; Haspel, Vera; Brown, Hubert E.; Briggs, Ed;

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 =    340  (YTD =  4,983   ;  To Date  12,939 ): Hamm; Ham; Hamaker; Hammond; Hampton; Hamrick; Hank; Heneks; Hanlon; Hanna; Hann; Hapney; Harper; Harper; Harbison; Harcourt; Hardwick; Hargrave; Harlan; Harrold; Herald; Harrell; Harland; Harris; Hart; Hartman; Hartsaw; Harvey;Haskett; Hartwood; Hassler; Haspel; Hasty; Hathaway; Sackett; Sadler; Saddler; Sage; Salsman; Sallust; Sanders; Sands; Sandifer; Sandifier; Sanford; Sandy; Sayers; Sayler; Schilling; Skimmerhorn; Schwomeyer; Schmaltz; Scholl; Scott; Scribner;

CEMETERIES:       (ytd=  1  ) ADDED>

Photo        Added: 19 ytd = = Added:  


Biographies       Added (YTD = 11=  total = 1,326 to date):  Names:

Bibles __ __ added -  Sure need some :(

Businesses     items   Added (YTD =65 ):  

Churches     items today__ -- (YTD = 58 )>>

DEATH RECORDS:          Added (YTD=1 ):

News        Added (YTD =34):

Marriages  __8__ Added (YTD =  51~ - TD = 827): Names:  Gerwig, Edna & Elmer Hurst; Huffman, Minnie & Othe Gorham; Campbell, ~~~  & Russell; Ruark, Emma & Stephen Roberts;
Divorces        (YTD= 6 ):  Added:  

Military        Added (YTD =30 )
Revolutionary War =____
War of 1812 =____
Mexican War ___  __
Civil War =__ =
WW I =  ___ -
WW II = ____

Schools ___ ( YTD =  10 ):   Added:

** ADDED THIS MONTH - SEPTEMBER 2023 **

OBITUARIES  _117__Added: (YTD ~ 567 =  total overall 7,851 to date) - note often a name will have 2-3 obituaries - I tally names): Names:  Aker (George); Austin (Carey); Brady (Thomas); Bookwalter (Elaine Morgan); Budd (Clayton); Broadstreet (Thomas); Briles (Martha Lang); Burns (Mary); Depue (Farrell Hazlett); D'Brasseur (Eileen Hatcher); Dobson (Leona); Duncan (Emily); Dorsett (Henry P - CW); Eads (Nancy; Ethel Harshbarger); Fidler (John T); Feldt (Helen Hill + PHOTO); Fisk (EW); Gerwig (William H); Girton (Edith); Green (Bessie Hanks); Hall (Elza; Harry Iving; Ralph; William Ray); Hamilton (Samuel - WWII - KIA + PHOTO); Hamm (Samuel) Hanks (Alvin); Hanna (Mary Nelson); Heady (Lucinda); Hartley (ERnest); Heavin (Herman); Herbert (Lawrence - WWI; Della); Hedge (Deryl; Foster; Herlan; John); Heavin (Herman); Henry (Arnetta Rose); Herring (Eliza).  Irwin (Irma); Jones (Geneva Haddan; Lincoln); Kent (Helen Augusta); Keller (Mary Keller); Kinder (Rachel Jones); Lawter (JG); Lavelle (Johanna); Lloyd (Agnes Wysong); McCammack (Helen Hunter); McCullough (Bertha Roberts); McGahan (Arthur); Mahony (Bridget); Malan (Catherine); Mann (Trixie); Meharry (Eddie E; Greenlief); Ong (Maude Rockway); Oliver (Charles Aaron; Charles E; Clarence); Raab (Vollie); Rankin (Elmer - WWII); Rice (Francis); Rollings (Lafe); Riley (Bradford; Elsie Walker); Rogers (Fred; Laural); Roe (Emory); Roberts (Andrew; Arthur; Grace); Ritter (George Wesley + Photo); Rockaway (Catherine); Robbins (Verla Hersch); Ruark (Hurtha Huffman).  Scott (Meryle Butler); Smiley (Marion Hazlett); Sutherlin (Lawrence); Spurr (John A).  Timberman (Catherine Dwyer); Thornton (Thelma); Timme (Ida Haltom); Vermilion (Hazel); Vermillion (Effie); Walton (Minnie Harmon); Wells (Eula); Welsh (Henrietta); Westfall (Job); Williams (Jesse); Wilson (John H); Wright (Mildred Richardson).  

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 = 212    (YTD =  4,643   ;  To Date  12,599 ): Rule; Rollings; Rowings; Romaine; Rooker; Rouse; Reese; Ross; Rowing; Rowland; Rayland; Ruark; Rudd; Rudisell; Runnels; Runnells; Runion; Runyan; Rush; Russell; Rohar; Roswell; Ryan; Rust;  Haddan; Hines; Haynes; Hall;

Photo  5_ Added: 19 ytd = = Added:  see obits - Samuel Hamilton and Helen Feldt; Claire Hamilton Gibson (early 1880's); Faye Stewart Hamilton ) mid 1870's);

Businesses  15 items   Added (YTD =65 ):  EB Lynch Furniture; Air Dome; Zeis Grocery; HerHerod Coa; Greencastle Garage; OO DObbs, Auctioneer; Harris Milling Co; WW Tucker, Physician; OF Overstreet, Dentist; Lyric Theater; Central National Bank; Fashion Store; Allen & Stone - fresh fish; Browning Grocery; Martin's Pharmacy (1940's);

Churches 2   items today__ -- (YTD = 58 )>> two articles on Greencastle Presbyterian

DEATH RECORDS:    1    Added (YTD=1 ): Hines in WPA section;

Schools __1 _ ( YTD =  10 ):   Added: Sulphur Spring



** ADDED THIS MONTH - AUGUST 2023 **

OBITUARIES  _65__Added: (YTD ~ 450 =  total overall 7,734  to date) - note often a name will have 2-3 obituaries - I tally names): Names Edmonds (Thelma Rice); Emery (Elsie Richards); Gasaway (Maude Yopp; Uriah added 2; Sidney); Kahle (Chris); Lafollette (James U added; Ancil added); Lillie (Park); Moore (Anne Houser Agee; Mary Ida 1938; RE); Oakley (Wilbur Bus); O'Neal (Joel G added 3 photos to his obit); Osborn (John - Mex War; Sarah); Parker (Rachel Snider; Enola Holland); Payne (Bennett); Piercy (John and inf of Joe & Anna); Perkins (Willis Miss); Powers (Harvey W); Reed (Mentor "Wally); Raines (Thomas); Ragan (Col. Perry) - WWII; Rained George "Jack"; Roberts (Capt John H - Mex War); Rice (Joseph Franklin); Ridpath (John Clark added 2); Rigdon (Thurman); Rice (Verlie -- WWI); Richardson (James Oliver); Riggs (Forest - WWII) and Clarence Otto; Sanders (Sarah Frances); Sharp (Maurice); Stanley (George "Barney"); Starr (Laura Plummer - I think - let me know if I am incorrect PLEASE); Stephens (Rebecca Torr); Swift (James); Walker (Empson x2; Elizabeth Chambers x 2; Fred; Guy Morrison; Vernard); Young (Louise Head); Yount (Sherman x3; Mary A; Mary Catherine x3; George Morton)

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 =  364   (YTD =  4,431   ;  To Date  12,387 ): Rennick; Rice; Richard; Richardson; Ricketts; Riddell; Ricks; Riddle; Ridlen; Ridpath; Riffel; Rigdon; Riggs; Riggle; Riley; Reilly; Raley; Risk; Rissler; Ritter; Roach; Rocco; Robbins; Roberts; Robinson; Robison; Rockhill; Rodgers; Rogers; Roe; Roll; Rowe;

TOWNS    -  114 to date   Added:  

Businesses  8 items   Added (YTD =50 ):  LaDon Theater; Ellidge, RJ; International Cement Co; Jim Harris' Phillips 66 sold to Jack Major; Rural Mail Carriers 1905

News 9   Added (YTD =34): Williamson, Guy - home ransacked.  Homes built for these people in 1928 Arnold, Charles; Brown, AG; Boyd; John; Callendar, Hiram; Handy, Bernard; TG Yunker; Don McLean

Military       Added (YTD =30 )
  • Revolutionary War =__15__ List of soldiers buried in Putnam - Barnett, Otis; Brown, William; Clarke Burlingham; Connelley, William; Harrison, George; Hite, Thomas; Hutchinson, Thomas; Keath, William; Lucas, William; McIntosh, Peter; Mills, Hardy; Murphy, Joseph; Stone, Nimrod; Summers, James; Wiles, John
           

** ADDED THIS MONTH - JULY 2023 **

OBITUARIES  _62__Added: (YTD ~ 385 =  total overall 7,669  to date) - note often a name will have 2-3 obituaries - I tally names): Names are: Abrams (Abram); Allee (Edgar); Barker (Florence Hensley); Bennett (Charles Edward); Bowman (Thelma Hurst); Calder (Flossie Holmes); Campbell (killed by train 1863); Carr (Catherine); Chew (Velma Hassler); Conway (Vivian Henry); Cox (Goldie Hinkle); Cook (Glenn H); Cassity (Achsa); Collins (Mary Ann Hamm); Corns (Walter); Cummings (Clarence); Davidson (Evaline); Dodd (Joseph W - CW); Duff (Alonzo); Driskell (Amanda); Dykes (Lola Hurst); Flanery (Nancy); Fisk (Martha) Foulke (Thomas); Gilkie (Oliver); Goodwin (William); Gorham (Otis F); Green (George M); Harris (Henley); Hodge (Reggie Horn); Horn (Grace); Hopkins (Irene) Hood Okla Clay - WWII); Holland (Robert Allen); Holmes (Dekalb) Houghland (Charles); Hixon (Fred); Huffman (Gwendolyn); Hurst (Clyde WWI; Clyde WWII; James WWII; Mary J); Hymer (James; Hutcheson (Lois); Hughes (James G); Hutcheson (John Edward); Hunt (Mary Rebecca; Raymond Kenneth); Hughes (Ernest Robert); Hubbard (Lena; Louise); Howard (Thomas L - WWI); Howell (Elmer)

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 =  4,067   ;  To Date  12,026 ):

CEMETERIES:    (ytd=  1  ) ADDED>

Photo  7_ Added: 14 ytd = = Added:  Hurst (James; Clyde - WWII KIA); O'Neal, Col. Joel G (WWI & WWII - 4 photos)

PHOTOGRAPHERS    Added  - (ytd= 2 )>

TOWNS    -  114 to date   Added:  

Biographies  6  Added (YTD = 11=  total = 1,326 to date):  Names: Hixson, Fred Whitlo; Miller Abner; Mills, LB (fixed information); Osborn, Lucy (colored slave); Pefley (Samuel); Peffley (Thomas)

Bibles __ __ added -  Sure need some :(

Businesses   items   Added (YTD =42 ):  

Census ___  added - added three townships to the 1850 mortality schedule mainly for comparison

Churches   3 items today__ -- (YTD = 56 )>> added info Greencastle Baptist (in Greencastle Church Directory); Greencastle Methodist; Greencastle Presbyterian

DEATH RECORDS:        Added (YTD= ):

News 7  Added (YTD =25):  Boswell, William - insane; Burleigh, Alfred - $60,000 lane; Bryant, Anderson (trial for murder); Akers, Martha - party for Harvey; Roachdale Movie Theater; Shackleford - trial of his murder

Marriages __ 1__ Added (YTD =  43~ - TD = 819): Names:  Compilation of Indiana Marriage Laws with regard to "Age";

Divorces    (YTD= 6 ):  Added:  

Military       Added (YTD = 15 )
  • Revolutionary War =__1__ List of soldiers buried in Putnam - added to the "articles" - Banks, William
  • War of 1812 =____
Mexican War ___ 15 __ KIA - John H. Roberts; Uriah Gasaway - added; Wesley Banks; Johnston, JH; Walls, Robert; Redding, Merrit; WL Farrow; D Farley; Baker, Richard; Reed, Wm. C.; Pensions; Summers, Daniel T (2 articles);  Banks, Wesley
  • Civil War =__ =
  • WW I =  __16_ -O'Neal, WWI & WWII (+ great photos added by a descendant); Howard, Thomas L (+ photo) ; Hoffman, Albert Hoffman (news from front); Akers, Levi; Collins, Lee; Frod, Dwight; Freeman, Daniel P; Hays, Anderson; Lasley, Charles H; Hurst, Clyde; McVey, Ernest; Moore, Harry R; Snyder, Perry; Timmons, Garney
  • WW II = __5__Draft card = Jerome Hixson and obit; Hovermale, Ralph Dean - KIA; Hurst, James; Hurst, Clyde (obits); O'Neal, WWI & WWII

    PIONEERS = __ _ -

    LAND    =  
               
    LINKS      Added (YTD= ):   

    Schools __ _ ( YTD =  9 ):   Added:

    Land Transfers

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


    ** ADDED THIS MONTH - JUNE 2023 **

    OBITUARIES  _40__Added: (YTD ~ 323 =  total overall 7,607  to date) - note often a name will have 2-3 obituaries - I tally names): Names are: Haltom (Shirley); Hartley (Mary, Paul); Hazlett (Ewing, James, Urana, William); Hays (Allen, Harry, Carrie, Louis); Hawkins (Charles Henry, Thelma Hayes); Hadley (Grace); Heskett (Wilbur); Henry (Dewey); Heane, (Edgar); Heiny (Homer Ray); Heath (Walter); Hinote (Joe); Hinkle (Margaret); Hinsley (Newton); Hicks (Otto); Higgins (Charles David; Herbert; Ivan); Hinsley  (Newton); Hills (William M); Hinkle (Earl; Eldon);Hood (Robert)

    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 =   690  (YTD =  4,067   ;  To Date  12,026 ): Hope; Hopkins; Horm; Harney; Horney; Hoosier; Hoskins; Houghland; Houston; Howard; Howell; Howlett; Hoag; Hobson; Hodgkin; Hodshire; Huffman; Huffman; Hogan; Holland; Hogue; Holmes; Hollingsworth; Hood; Hoohs; Houck; Hoover; Hoovermale; Hubbard; Hudson; Hodson; Hughes; Hutson; Humes; Hunt; Hunter; Irwin; Hurst; Hutcheson; Hutchinson; Hymer; Hypes; Hyten; Haymer; Rabb; Rader; Radford; Ratcliff; Ragan; Reagan; Ragland; Ragle; Ragsdale; Raines; Rambo; Randolph; Ray; Rector; Redding; Reed; Reedy; Reeves;

    Marriages __10 __ Added (YTD =  42~ - TD = 818): Names:  Heath, Maude - George Barbee;  Hubbard, Kate - GC Moore; Hazlett, Ewing - Dorothea Henning; Harper, Isaac - Leo Grantham; Minnick, Mildred - Lee McKamey

    Divorces  2 (YTD= 6 ):  Added:  Hoffman, William - Roxie; Brown, Stephen - Ada

    Military  5     Added (YTD = 15 )
    • WW I =  __4_ - obits for Reuben Higgins; Harley Hartsaw; Dewey Henry; Elbert Hinkle
    • WW II = __1__ Ivan Higgins



    ** ADDED THIS MONTH - MAY 2023 **

    OBITUARIES   __50_Added: (YTD ~ 283 =  total overall 7,567  to date) - note often a name will have 2-3 obituaries - I tally names): Names are: Baldwin (Saludie - added); Beatty (Mable Harris); Blue (Dorothy Hall); Branham (Albert - added); Burns (Cordelia); Butcher (Lawrence); Bymaster (Clyde Marlin; Pearl D); Hall (Charles; Flora; Georg E; John Thomas; lawrence; Erick Lynn; Conrad Victor - WWII; David S; Muriel Wiebel;) Hart (Elton; Ernest); Hartman (Arthur Pearle); Hathaway (Charles; Riley Clinton); Harrold (Frederick); Haddan (Mannetta); Hamilton (Donald Lee; Fay S; Lillian Bailey; Robert Harrison); Hamm (Edna; Frank; Rena; Loris; W. Earl); Hammack (Ferd - WWI); Haltom (Basil; William) Hale (William Schuyler - CW); Hanna (Hazel Ahl; Robert Glenn); Harcourt (Olive, Rosa); Harris (Leona; Martha Wells); Harshbarger (Flora; Rosa - 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 =   613   (YTD =  3,377   ;  To Date  11,336 ): Harrison; Harshbarger; Hart; Hartley; Hartman; Hartsaw; Harvey; Haskell; Haskett; Heskett; Hatcher; Hathaway; Heavin; Havens; Hawkins; Hayes; Hays; Hazelett; Hazlett; Head; Heady; Heaney; Heiny; Heags;  Heath; Heavenridge; Heavin; Hedge; Henderson; Hendricks; Hendrich; Hendrix; Henkel; Hinkle; Henry; Hensley; Hinson; Hepler; Herbert; Harrod; Herod; Herring; Herron; Heron; Hessler; Hassler; Hesler; Hester; Hibbs; Hibbitt; Hickman; Hicks; Higgins; Hilburn; Hill; Hillis; Himes; Hinkle; Hinote; Hinton; Hirt; Hixon; Hinson;

    TOWNS     1   -  114 to date    Added:  Cagle Mill;

    Biographies       Added (YTD = 5=  total = 1,320 to date):  Names:


    News     4   Added (YTD =18):  Ellidge - International Cement; Smallpox; Campbell, Herschel - lost part of finger; Bunch, Albert - runs away)

    Marriages  __6  __ Added (YTD =  32~ - TD = 808): Names:  Lisby-Harcourt; Pegg - Hanna; Proctor - Gott

    Divorces          (YTD= 4 ):  Added:  

    Military    3    Added (YTD = 10 )
    Revolutionary War = List of soldiers buried in Putnam - added to the "articles"
    War of 1812 =____
    Civil War =__ =
    WW I =  _1__ - obit for Ferd Hall
    WW II = __2__ Conrad Victor Hall obit; Mary Glen Hamilton - WACs

    Schools __5 _ ( YTD =  9 ):   Added: 5 Images from the 1921 Roachdale Commencement Program;


    ** ADDED THIS MONTH - April 2023 **

    OBITUARIES   __62_Added: (YTD ~ 233 =  total overall 7,517  to date) - note often a name will have 2-3 obituaries - I tally names): Names are: Baldwin (Clone; James 1916; Shirley Franklin; Thomas); Bugg (Grace; Margaret); Buis (Vernie; Edgar Reese; Virgil; Everett; Elbert Oto; Howard; Arthur Freeman; Gladys); Browning (Virgie); Bunten (Sarah); Bruner (Lawrence - WWI); Brown (Russell Lavern - WWII; Waldo; John Wesley; Samuel E); Clearwater (Bernice Buis); Clore (Minnie Conner); Davis (Mary Crutchfield); Doudican (Susan Brown); Frazier (Alex); Frye (Allie); Fulford (Wayne); Hash (Hazel Buis Burgess); Hawkins (Mary); Hayman (Jack); Larkin (Vernie); Larsh (Toliver); Mount (Clara Davis); Newlin (William - murder of Frank McClure); Nugent (Julia); Pickett (Ruth Bugg); Page (Ella Buchanan); Price (Harold); Porter (Frank M); Quinton (Robert); Right (Wright?), Marion; Rule (Nora Whitaker); Slavens (Reuben, Martha); Stanley (Angeline Fosher); Sutherlin (Patience); Star (Gattia Munford); Snyder (Polly 1872); Stewart (Lelan); Tarr (Valla); Talbott (Mary - added to); Torrence (Lois)Valandingham (Josephine Baldwin); Vermillion (Albert)  

    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 =   803 (YTD =  2,764   ;  To Date  10,723 ): Browning; Bruner; Bryan; Brynn; Buchanan; Bugg; Buis; Burchan; Bunten; Burdett; Burk; Burks; Burke; Branham; Burns; Burnside; Burris; Busby; Buster; Butcher; Butler; Byrd; Bymaster; Haddan; Hadden; Hainey; Haines; Hale; Halfhill; Hall; Haltom; Hamilton; Hamm; Hammack; Hand; Hansel; Hansell; Heaney; Haney; Hainey; Heiney; Hanks; Hanck; Hanna; Hanneman; Harbison; Harcourt; Harden; Hardy; Harlan; Harmon; Harrold; Harper; Harris;

    CEMETERIES:       (ytd=  1  ) ADDED>

    Photo     _ Added: 7  ytd = = Added:  

    PHOTOGRAPHERS     Added  - (ytd= 2 )>

    TOWNS        -  113 to date    Added:  

    Biographies       Added (YTD = 5=  total = 1,320 to date):  Names:

    Bibles __ __ added -  Sure need some :(

    Businesses     items   Added (YTD =42 ):  

    Census __3_  added - added three townships to the 1850 mortality schedule mainly for comparison

    Churches    13   items today__ -- (YTD = 53 )>>  Added to Gobin and added new pages for: Sherwood Christian; Hanna St Baptist; St. Andrews Episcopal; Peace Lutheran; 1st Christian; 1st Church of Christ Scientists (both at Greencastle as most of these are today); St. Paul's Catholic; Calvary Assembly of God; 1st Baptist Church; Grace Baptist Church; Church of God and 1st Church of the Nazarene.  

    DEATH RECORDS:          Added (YTD= ):

    News     2    Added (YTD =14):  Booher (Walter - M/M 50th anniversary) then the biggee - M/M Scott Browning their 65th

    Marriages  __  __ Added (YTD =  26~ - TD = 802): Names:  

    Divorces          (YTD= 4 ):  Added:  

    Military    7    Added (YTD = 1 )
    Revolutionary War = List of soldiers buried in Putnam - added to the "articles"
    War of 1812 =____
    Civil War =__ =
    WW I =  ___ -
    WW II = __6__letters to and from Pvt. Charles Stewart (one of my all-time fav fellows)

    PIONEERS = __ _ -

    LAND     =  
               
    LINKS       Added (YTD= ):   

    Schools ___ ( YTD =  4 ):   Added:

    Land Transfers

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



    ** ADDED THIS MONTH - March 2023 **

    OBITUARIES  __61_Added: (YTD ~ 171 =  total overall 7,455  to date): Names are:Albin (Ella); Arnold (Callie Bettis); Ashby (Dulcina Lockridge - added 2); Baker (George W); Beery (Perry); Best (Frank, James O.; James Robert; Simpson; William E; Binkley (Clyde); Bittle (Robert); Black (James Harrison; Oscar); Blackwell (Paul; Sarah TUcker); Blue (Samuel Maurice); Blaydes (Sally Blue - added); Booher (William Franklin); Booker (Bernice Casmire, Erasmul?); Branson (Samuel - added; Arley; Clair); Branneman (Jewell); Boswell (Bessie Smithson; Joseph Lee; Oma Martin; Minnie; Paul Edward)Wilbur); Bowlin, William (Lt. Cmd); Blake (Paul W); Byrd (John W; Robert H); Fordice (Joseph B); Forgey (Mahala Magill); Green (Ruth Bradshaw); Guilliams (Floyd, Leo Foster, Mary Ellen, Myra - added); Hunter (Nora Biddle); Hutcheson (Lucille); James, (Guy); Kassebaum (Frances Blake); Laughlin (Elsie Ferguson); McCreary (Lucy Byrd); McLucas (Helen Blake + Photo); Martin (John); Morland (Elza); Proctor (Agnes Boner; Charles Wallace); Quarles (Hazel Byrd); Reilly (Minnie Bittle); Reddish (Otto, William Rupert); Sturges (Mary); Sturgeon (Fermine); Vaughan (Ida - added); Vermillion (Jesse); Wallace (David - CW; Hazel Branneman); Wright (Chancey Ray)

    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 =   123  (YTD =  1,961   ;  To Date  9,920 ): Bradshaw; Brann; Brown;

    Photo 1 _ Added: 7 ytd = = Added:  Helen Blake McLucas (see her obit)

    Biographies  1  Added (YTD = 5=  total = 1,320 to date):  Names: Bowlin, Milton

    Businesses   1 items   Added (YTD =42 ):  Brazil, Bainbridge & Northern Indiana Railkroad

    Census _1__  added - 1850 Mortality Schedule

    Churches   14   items today__ -- (YTD = 39 )>>  Cloverdale Church of Christ; Fillmore Methodist, Christian; Mansfield Churches; Manhattan Christian; New Providence - added; Quincy Baptist; Raccoon Methodist; Reelsville Methodist; Roachdale Christian; Russellville Christian; Somerset Church; Walnut Chapel -- Friends; West Union

    News 2     Added (YTD =12 ):  Brazil, Bainbridge, Northern RR - Marquis, Rosa - pupils give recital

    Marriages __26 __ Added (YTD =  26~ - TD = 802): Names:  Akers (Uriah - Shirley Springer); Hurst (George and Mary Hepler); Bruner (Charles - Susie Earhart); Crow (HH - Katie Wicks); Harshbarger (David H - Flora Turner; Hester Ann and David Hostetter; Ruth Avis and Ben Buser; Samuel N & Mary Lafollette; Ward & Dessie Ryan; Zella & Gerald Eads); McNary (Peter & Emma GIllespie); Shuee (Isaac & Olive Newall); Vermillion (Joel & Eva Rector).  

    Divorces  2   (YTD= 4 ):  Added:  Deale, Nona - Walter; Callendar, Rose - William

    Military   1    Added (YTD = 1 )
  • WW II = __1__ WWII - James Robert Best - KIA

  • Schools __3_ ( YTD =  4 ):   Added: 3 images of the 1966 Bainbridge Graduation Announcement with name card;



    ** ADDED THIS MONTH - February 2023 **

    OBITUARIES  __56__Added: (YTD ~ 110 =  total overall 7,394  to date): Names are: Baugh (Ida); Bartlett (Donald, Ward); Baysinger (Clarence); Beck (Claude, Ralph); Beard (Evelyn); Bee (James LeRoy; Bell (William M); Branson (Emma, Samuel W; Brewington (Mathias); Bunch (Beulah Beatty); Burford (Elizabeth Milligan; Emma Durham);Clark (Clement E) - WWI; Cunningham (Lourina); William - 1938; William - 1939 (added to); Crawley (Emmons; Samuel Emmons); Cummings (Vernard); Curran (Sylvnia Cunningham; Dimler (William); Gasaway (Uriah x 4 + photo); Games (Ruby Cassity); Grimes (Glyndon); Gibbs (Susan Branson); Goddard (Donald); Johnson (Candacy, Notie); Kelly (Ruth Cox); Lockridge (Andrew; Simpson Farrow - CW); Miller (Lucille Cline); Monnet (Lela Clearwater); McKee (Mae); McCulllough (Frank); McGaughey (Lena Chastain); McNeff (Tilden; Newnam (Corda); Norwood (John); Orsen (Esta Bales); Rice (Jasper - Will); Romine (Irene Clodfelter); Ruark (Albert); Skillman (Dulia D - added); Spencer (Lena Cunningham; Thatcher (Artie Collings); Trail (John - added); Troutman (Caroline Schank);  

    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 =   571  (YTD =  1,838   ;  To Date  9,797 ): Beals; Beam; Beaman; Beard; Beck; Beck; Becklehimer; Bee; Bell; Bellamy; Bence; Bennett; Benson; Berry; Beery; Best; Betts; Bickford; Bicknell; Biddle; Bittle; Beadle; Bidgood; Binkley; Byrd; Bird; Dillenger; Bishop; Blair; Black; Blacketer; Blackman; Blackwell; Blake; Blankenship; Blanton; Blatchley; Blaydes; Blue; Blew; Boardman; Bohanon; Bolin; Boling; Bowling, Bolling; Bond; Bolton; Noner; Booe; Booher; Booker; Boone; Booty; Randel; Borden; Bornamanin; Boswell; Bowen; Reed; Bower; Bowers; Bowlen; Bowlin; Bowman; Baumann; Beaman; Boyd;

    CEMETERIES: 1   (ytd=  1  ) ADDED> see also News:  fixed Asa Hall in Roachdale

    Photo 1  _ Added: 6 ytd = = Added:  Uriah Gasaway - see his obit

    PHOTOGRAPHERS 1   Added  - (ytd= 2 )> added to Hathaway

    Businesses  41 items   Added (YTD =41 ):  Beck's Milliney; Bainbridge Bank; Bainbridge Telephone Company; Black, Charles General Store; Cloud Dr - moves dental office; Coffman, Jesse - Blacksmith; Cook's Druig Store; Dorsey & Jones ?; Dicks (Miss Ina Milliner); Ellis, B - General Store ; Ford AJ - Grocer; JM meat; Gramms, George W. printer; Hilands, RP - Flour Mill; Hines, JM Restaurant; Laub, L dry goods - added; Lineberger, Louis furniture/undertaking; Lockridge & Ashley - Lumber; Hilton Tailor; Lyon & Lyon ?; Greene Woolen Factory; Groveland Foundry; Groveland Nursery; Lucas Saw Mill; Dille Mills; Matson, John A attorney; Voss, GH attorney; Stevenson, James, Hardware; May, JE, general store; Michael, JA blacksmith; Miller, Jasper, windmills; Pherson, H coal, oil, cement; Priest, LC, sawmill; Ratcliff, Sam general stores; Shields, Earl, Jeweler; Singleton, WH grocery.  Tumey & Wills, meat; Wampler, GW - repairs vehicles.  

    Churches  15    items today__ -- (YTD = 25 )>>  Brick Chapel - 4 articles); Canaan Chapel;' Deer Creek Primitive Baptist; Cloverdale Nazarene; Union Chapel Methodist; Fincastle Churches; Bethel Baptist; Clinton Falls Church (added info); Groveland Presbyterian; Limedale Baptist, Putnamville Methodist; Cunot Community

    News 7    Added (YTD =10 ):  Bastardy cae - Jennie Ingleton vs Henry Peck; Epperson, Wm - lost English watch; Guilliam, John - admin; Crow, Wm sale of real estate; DePauw Carnegie being built; DePauw poem "Classical DePauw" by JB Elmore

    Marriages __4 __ Added (YTD =  ~ - TD = 802): Names:  Bartlett, Cox, Miller, Weaver

    Divorces   2   (YTD= 2 ):  Added:  Cox, Sarah vs. Joshua; Brown, Anne vs. Harry (added to)

    Military       Added (YTD =  )
  • WW II = __1__ WWII - KIA - Cox, Raymond - body returned

  • Schools _1__ ( YTD =  1 ):   Added: Roachdale High School photo circa 1950's;


    * ADDED THIS MONTH - January 2023 **

    OBITUARIES  __54__Added: (YTD ~ 54 =  total overall 7,338  to date): Names are: Call (Rex; Floyd); Callendar (Sarah, William); Cates (Edith, Lewis); Carpenter (J Henry; Wilma Dorsett); Cawley (Charles); Case (William); Cash (Clayton); Catherwood (Stanton); Chadd (Cecil "Jack; William Otho); Clodfelter (Ivan; Olma); Coffman (Alonzo; William Harry); Cox (Raymond Nicholas (KIA WWII); Cooper (William Henry); Creamer (Barbra Cook); Crousore (Ralph); Craft (Bertha Jane); Craig (Winter); Gray (Andy - x 13 articles); Orth (Godlove); Osborn ((Myra; Oliver); Sage (James); Shepherd (Oscar); Sheldon (Ann Sutherlin); Shuey (Franklin; Nancy Owen).

    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 =   1,267 (YTD =  1,267   ;  To Date  9,226 ): Chadd; Chadwick; Chastain; Chavis; Cheek; Cherry; Chew; Chiles; Chism; Chittenden; Christenberry; Christie; Christy; Clark; Clearwater; Clearwaters; Cline; Clodfelter;Coble; Cochenhour; Coffee; Coffey; Coffin; Coffman; Cohn; Cole; Coleman; Collings; Collins; Colliver; Coltharp; Combs; Cone; Confer; Conger; Conklin; Conkright; Conn; Conner; Cook; Couk; Cooke; Cooksey; Cooper; Cornell; Correy Cory; Cosner; Cotton; Cowager; Cox; Craft; Craig; Cramer; Crane; Craver; Crawford; Crawley; Cricks; Crist; Crodian; Cronkhite; Crooks; Cromer; Crosby; Crose; Cross; Crouse; Crowe; Crow; Croy; Crum; Crump; Culbertson; Cummings; Cunningham; Curran; Currie; Curry; Curtis; Cutler;Bandy; Barnett; Barnette; Barr; Bartlett; Baysinger; Bales;

    CEMETERIES: 1   (ytd=  1  ) ADDED> see also News: Added a link to "New Mace Cemetery" with more information;

    Biographies  4  Added (YTD = 4=  total = 1,319 to date):  Names: Conkright, Elsberry; Shuey, Franklin and Henryu Owen; Hanna GW - added

    Churches   10   items today__ -- (YTD = 10 )>>   listings from 1964 directory - Bainbridge Church of Nazarene; Bainbridge Christian; Antioch Missionary Baptist; Beech Grove EUB; Brick Chapel; Canaan Chapel; Deer Creek Baptist; Amity Baptist; Big Walnut

    News 3    Added (YTD =3 ):  Birth- Hallie May Ford; SPJ Society of Pro Journalists; Putnam Co Hospital



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