2015 What's New
WHAT's NEW THIS YEAR -- 2015
TOTAL FOR 2015
Obituaries -- 996
Links -- 19
Towns -- 28 (totalling 407)
Yearbooks -- 21 (local high schools & also added a fun Tri-Kappa 1956 Show book)
Photos -- 243
News -- (various items -- reunions - marriages ...- 137)
Schools - 16
Military (Draft Cards; letters ...) 183
Bibles -- 1
Autograph Book/Letters/Diary -- 4
Who's Who -- 1
Brick Walls -- 2
Links -- 19
Towns -- 28 (totalling 407)
Yearbooks -- 21 (local high schools & also added a fun Tri-Kappa 1956 Show book)
Photos -- 243
News -- (various items -- reunions - marriages ...- 137)
Schools - 16
Military (Draft Cards; letters ...) 183
Bibles -- 1
Autograph Book/Letters/Diary -- 4
Who's Who -- 1
Brick Walls -- 2
---- ADDITIONS FOR JANUARY 2015 -----
Obituaries = 90
News items - 3 Also a news item I thought was extremely interesting about Susan Miles Marshall who received the 1st state pension for her son's death during guard duty
Towns = 3 Snyder's Mill; Flowing Springs and Razzopville making 378 in our county - our original goal was 100; then 200; finally 300 and we've gone way beyond that but I don't have much of a thought we'll ever make 400
Photos 25 (including some neat 1954 prom pictures)
Photographers = 13 -- may be the last of those too
Schools = 5 -- not sure I'll ever get done with those
----- ADDITIONS FOR FEBRUARY 2015 -----
OBITUARIES: __38__: Note: Spent most of this month going through the site and making a lot of the very large JPG & TIF files into small jpg files :( NOT fun but needed to be done :)
TOWNS: : _6__ : Total of 384 towns to date -
PHOTOGRAPHERS: --____ --
PHOTOGRAPHS -- 4 --
BIBLE - 1
Schools _6_ Names: Walnut Grove; Penn; Wasson; Green (information on it)
News Items -- __4__ =
WWI/II Drafts - 4
-------- ADDITIONS FOR MARCH 2015 ----------
OBITUARIES - _ 63 __ (also still working on resizing - deleting - fixing links... maintenance basically on the site :)
TOWNS - __1___ -- TOTAL 385 towns to date
PHOTOS -- 26__
WWI (articles; letters; travels; Red Cross pieces) ___ 17__
---- ADDITIONS FOR APRIL 2015 -----
AUTOGRAPH BOOK-- _1_ -- Della Mount -- thanks Bob L. this is sooo nifty :)
OBITUARIES: __78__: Names:... Doyel; Doyle; Douglas; Dodson; Henning; Shanklin; Wimmer; Henderson; Cronin; Shaver; Warren; Crawford; Cornett; Steurer; Mosely; Atcheson; Dureck; Boots; Bryan; Bridges; Boyland; Fuson; Klein; Maiden; Rinehart; Jones; Grantham; Gardner; Mount; Rush; Vaughan; Titus; Mount; Rice (thanks, Sue) Dunn; Duke; Duncan; Dunbar; Dulin; Dulitz; Dukes; Whittington; Everhart; Essig; Etter; Etcheson; Etnier; Euliss; Essex; Erwin; Evans; Bruin; Evans; Ellis; Fischer; Hughes; Gillis; Corwin; Pointer; Moffitt; Hardee; Terry; Smith; Harley; Lawson; Rice (thanks to Chris M for several of these - great typists & Jack for most of the rest :) You guys rock !!
PHOTOGRAPHS/PHOTOGRAPHERS: --_11_ Fullenwider, thanks so much, Dave - love 'em. 4 - Winchester (thanks Nancy); Jolley
SCHOOLS _5_ - - Bertha L. Goff's information on a 1901-02 Brown Township school - this is pretty nifty - tells about her students; what grades they received -- plans for whoever took over ..... neat ... this next one will be growing as we go ... 8th Annual Report of Waveland schools - 1896 (thanks muches Dave F.) -- if you're at all interested in teaching, these are great !! 1934 Waveland scholarship winners - 1896 & 1897 Waveland Annual Report - thanks D&T
BIOGRAPHIES --_5_ -- Carey; Hannah; Clore
BIRTHS -- __4_ Names: Milligan; Todd; Linton; Priebe
MARRIAGES __12__-- Ghormley; Morgan; Burford; Sewell; Davis
DANGEROUS DISEASES -- __ 25__ -- more of these to come - names are: Parrot; Stanford; Runion; Fruits; Gilkey; Clodfelter; Michael; Smith
WHO's WHO ....--__1__ -- :T.C. Steele (should have done this one a LONG time ago - shame on me :) kbz
WWII Letters - 5 __
NEWS ITEMS -- __22__ = Enoch fire; Dr. Peacock/Thompson in separate car accidents; Chester Hesler - birthday - ads for: BS Kritz; Home Bakers; Sowers' Buggies; Red Front, Holland Scott & Son Groceres; Cowan; Collings - Horness Repair; CW Spencer ; Sick - Glady Jarvis; Elizabeth Penn; Martin Graves- Sports - Baseball 1921; Churches - Sally Milligan Guild - Union Vespers; JQ Russell - visits Zion City, Ill; Misc - Bones & such found; Biz (Business) -
-------- ADDITIONS FOR MAY 2015 ----------
OBITUARIES - _ 64 __ (also still working on resizing - deleting - fixing links... maintenance basically on the site :)
TOWNS - __7__ -- TOTAL 396 towns to date
PHOTOS -- 44__
NEWS Items -- 43
-------- ADDITIONS FOR JUNE 2015 ----------
OBITUARIES - _ 165 __ (also still working on resizing - deleting - fixing links... maintenance basically on the site :) Ashby; Craig; Courtney; Fairfield; Freeman; Frees; Fry; Fryer; Fulford; Fulp; Fulwider; Fullenwider; Fuller; Fowler; Fox; Fournier; Frederick; France; Froedge; Gantz; Guy; Hatt; Jack; Larew; Simmons; Smith; Rancourt; Stetler; Ward; Warbritton; Walters; Wilson; Bennett; Bryant; Carr; Cox; Cunningham; Carrigan; Demoret; Fine; Cottingham; Eads; Elmore; Ellis; Flora; Fulwider; Mount; Murphy; Myers; Gray; Gwin; Garrigus; Gaskill; Fuson; Hurley; Hoffa; Hess; Hinton; Hood; Hobson; Ieland; Johnson; Kidd; Lamb; Nichols; McDonald; Moore; Monroe; Kingry; Owen; Rusk; McBeth; McCrery; Adams; Alexander; Allen; Beck; Birge; Bollman; Brookshire; Bowles; Brush; Carmichael; Caplinger; Conover; Dykes; Easley; Fentress; Felix; French; Fogle; Foster; Gilkey; Giffin; Grimm; GIllock; Guilliams; Hicks; Hood; Hanna; Hillabold; Lowe; Kleiser; Seawright; Steele; Wray; Westfall; Whittington; Vancleave - Sue P. sent several of these - thanks Sue (thanks muches)McBroom
TOWNS - __4__ -- TOTAL 400 towns to date - AMAZING !! Cedar Mound allowed us to hit that total :
PHOTOS -- 4__ (Mick family & 1__ - -Peffley Home (thanks Jeff S - sure miss ya' buddy))
BIOGRAPHIES -- __ 4__ -- Shields, Bert - racing legend of MC; Frisz, Fabian - owner of Shades State Park in 1940s & his father Joseph - added to Fabian's also
NEWS Items -- _12_ Marriage articles & ads -- (ads) - Campbell Bros; Darter; White & Travis; Willson; Kenned & Brush - and a miscellaneous item - Dr. Speidell races from creditors -- Marriage _ = Easley; Kritz; Fullenwider; Smith
BRICK WALLS -- __ 2__ Peterson
Letters (Korean & WWI) __ 140__ -- 135 letters from Charles "Clayton" Morgan who was Killed In Action during the Korean War -- Manson; Murphy; Myers and Flora WWI (1st from Montgomery to be killed in WWI
LINKS -- __ 2__ - Civil War & County Clerk
DEATHS -- __6 ___ = Delaney; Perry; Riley; Rool; Smith; Stephens
-------- ADDITIONS FOR JULY 2015 ----------
kind of a slow month - sorry - had grandyounguns to play with and a LOT of local history writing but that was fun, too :)
23 obituaries -- names include: Goben; Gohman; Goltra; Gossett; Gott; Griffith; Greve; Grimes; Hauk; Hayden; Hayes; Harmon; Harland; Haymaker; Jarvis; Remley; Simpson
5 - Photos -- Shade marriage photo; Shades State Park (old) entryway; Sharp drug store; 1905-06 Union Twp school picture; Wingate gymnasium :)
5 Schools--Added information on Whitesville; Ash Pile; Hunt; Quick; Vail schools
-------- ADDITIONS FOR AUGUST 2015 ----------
128 - Obituaries : Allen; Beazley; Booker; Brown; Bryant; Boots; Burk; Corbin; Cox; Conrad; Easley; Everson;Ebaugh; Ebenholtz; Glanigan; Fullenwider; Galey; Geiger; Grote; Groves; Galvin; Goode; Gooding; Goldsmith; Gorham; Gott; Graham; Gravett; Gray; Hartsinger; Hartman; Hartung; Hillabold; Hendrix; Henderson; Hatch; Harvey; Hanna; Hardee; Harmon; Harris; Jolley; Jordan; Little; McCain;p Martz; Miller; Lynch; McCormick; Munns; O'Connor; Olinger; Patton; Payne; Pickett; Reeder; Rice; Tague; Saidla; Smith; Servies; Williams; Watkins; Ward; Whittington; Youngman & more -- (thanks to Sue P for several of these)
3 - Biographies -- Parker; Hawkins; Chadwick (we've typed all the county histories so these are few & far between - exciting when we get 'em :)
13 - News Items - Bugs & Nuptials mostly (Jones; Groves; Hannah; Hardee; Conrad; Johnson; Kritz as well as an article on two local girls going to a music conservative and a family reunion). Also accidents; babies born & Gray family Reunion ...
17 - Photos - Bridge; schools; teachers; churches; people ...
3 - Towns -- making the grand total (so far, we still think there may be a whistle stop or two out there :) 401 towns in Montgomery County
5 - Schools - Canine; Green; Lydick; Moore and added teachers to several others - information about CHS gym built in 1919 (neat one)
3- Links (Crawfordsville Library is great - they have two new links - naturalization and Index to Persons & Firms ; Upcoming Genealogy Events
2 - Military - Discharge & KIA (these are the ones that get me the most when I'm typing or putting one up :(
SEPTEMBER ADDITIONS
96 -- Obituaries -- Bean; Armantrout; Bible; Bottorff; Byers; Cowan; Beard; Blue; Campbell; Dwiggins; Gerhart; Hamilton; Hockett; Hybarger; Munns; Plaster; Gott; Houlehan; Kelsey; Lafollette; Millis; Myers; Bullock; Peery; Randolph; Schingel; Schweitzer; Randolph; Servies; Stuart; Stone; PeacockClark; Hine; Hite; Hobson; Hoffa; Hoaks; Oglesbee; Shaw; Shular; Garner; Hobson; Hoffman; Hockett; Hodges; Hodgkin; Holden; Holloway; Holland; Hole; Hooper; Horner; Pierce; Blue; Gibson; Gephart; Henry; Higbee; Himes; Hutson; Newlin; Larrick; Lucas; Tribbett
1 Diaries, etc. -- 1880 + autograph book of Ella Peacock's (thanks John)
4 - Military - WWI - letters -- letter home from Wilbur Houk - Forest Jolley promoted to Sgt - Ernest Beebe - sends letters after death notification to parents - Ferdinand Tannenbaum -given leave
Towns__1_ -- :) Drake Pond (Clark Twp) making 402 current towns/burgs/villages/whistle stops/ in Montgomery County found to date - 9-25-2015 - thanks Dellie for the most current one :)
Photographs -- Added _26_ = connected names of 16 people from photographs (L) already on the site but not indexed (just found 'em - how fun) --Cowan family - you'll have to check this out (in the People section of Photos) -- I particularly love the one of the Turtle hunt :) - thanks to John L. Cowan - Civilian Conservation Corps Photos - thanks to my daddy for saving his old yearbook :) - this was at the Shades State Park and I believe the year was 1938 (see Photos/places/Waveland Album
NEWS _2__ - (Ads) 1918 ad for Binford & Sons Coal; 1918 Grocers (12 or so listed in this) and Wrongful death of Ben Gooden (Misc)
Marriages -- __16__ -- Hartley/Blacketer; Weaver; Rice; Moore; Yount
LINKS --_6_ -- Naturalization Records - searchable database (CDPL - nifty) -- Free download of Imogene DeBusk's book, New Market: A Century of Progress. Her grandson, Tyler DeBusk, has made it available - thanks TB - greatly appreciated -- also
News Items -- _4__ = ADS -- Cade; Galey; Lamb; Tilney (1878)
Divorce __1__ - Stephens
OCTOBER Additions
Obituaries -- _152_ added - names: Adesperger; Albright; Austin; Jackson; Davis; Deere; Byrd; Ingram; James; Gregg; Loop; Wolfe; Jackman; Keller; Kelso; Kelly; Kitts; Johnson; Jenkins; Jennings; Jolley; Jones; Kelsey; Kelso; Kimbrell; Kerr; Jenkins; Johnson; Scifres; Goldsby; Gillis; Fisher; Alexander; Etnier; Farrow; Deere; Hedges; Hockett; Gagner; Gallien; Gray; Harting; Holloway; Jones; Himes; Kesterson;Kirk; Kirkpatrick; Kinkead; Kinsler; Kiplinger; Krug; Kirkpatrick; Krakowski; Krukewitt; Landis; Laird; Lane; Lee; Leonard; Lewellen; Lofland; Long; Lobdell; Wright ; Light; Morrow; Robinson; Surface; VanHook; Reed; Sharp; Shreiner; Suydan; Douglas; Crane; Taylor; Wolfe; Watson; Morehouse
Marriages -- ___13 ___ (several with last names beginning with B); Caplinger; Hopper; Lytle; Plunkett; Sayler; Scott; Switzer
Recipes (Family) --11-- added -- including a banana split dessert I'm eating as I type :) It's delic and pretty easy to make
Divorces _5_ - Adams; Dotson; Engle; Glover
Photos -- __16__ - Browns Valley School; C.W. Spencer Hardware sign (thanks muches Ed McG); added photos to Sayler & Bazzani marriages (great idea - wish I had more :) -- other Sayler pics; Waynetown Mill Exchange/Bridge ( thanks Larry B for this one) and about 1952 New Market Fire Department (thanks Larry S for this one) picture - pretty nifty both :) Thanks muches to Jeff for the downtown fire when Indiana Printing burned (the plant) and much of St. Charles Academy. -- Churches - article on the New Market Baptist Church receiving $ in a will; 1952 downtown fire (thanks Jeff et al :) that destroyed the Indiana Printing plant and severely damaged St. Charles Academy and other b uildings.
Biographies -- _2_ - White
Military - __9__ -- Awards; Discharges; Viet soldier dies; WWII KIAs
News Items -- __8_ = Miscellaneous News - Byrl Enoch loved the University of Chicago -- Accident -F red McNorton hit by car; Mace School play; Ruth Campbell age 94; -- Business - John Jordan sells home to Seth Crowder; Dollar Days; 80th birthday
Letters -- _2__ Names: 1898 War (Perley Kelley) - 1898 - K .Kelso letter comparing life in Kansas and our fair state :)
Reunions -1- Clodfelter-Sayler
Tri-Kappa 1956 Follies - what a fun piece of history :)
NOVEMBER 2015 - Additions to GenWeb site
Obituaries -- __58__ Added - Names: Crodian; Duckworth; Elmore; Farrow; Foerster; Frazier; Groendyke; Glascock; Gallatin; Ginn; Hudson; Hultz; Hughes; Hauser; Houser; Hopkins; Jackson; Long; Olin; Owen; Reed; Rickey; Rich; Riggle; Robbins; Roach; Ritter; Roberts; Richardson; Ringo; Records; Reddish; Rector; Raisor; Randolph; Robinson; Schultz; Scott; Sharp; Spohr
Annuals - Yearbooks -- Waveland (1939; 1950; 1954-58; 1960 & 1963-69; 1970-71 -- completed Wavelands now -- Crawfordsville 1948 - 1949 and 1910 New Market
Photos -- __46__ (besides all the ones in the yearbooks, of course -- Fullenwider family photographs; WWII vet pictures; Davis family pictures; Grimes ones; St. James Lutheran Church near Darlington; Alamo 1957 basketball players .... plus lots more
Towns -- __ 3__ (now at 405 towns in Montgomery County - wow -- these three from Jerry T - thanks bud - Enterprise; Thompson's Bluff and Tramp's City
Military -- __1__ GAR (Civil war section)_ 1886 Old Settler Day ribbon - awesome
Links -3- 1850 Mortality schedule; census page; Archival Genealogy (thanks to son, Jay)
DECEMBER 2015 -- Additions to Montgomery County INGenWeb
...Obituaries __ 49 -- names include -- Bowe; Cox; Harlan; Harter; Hollingsworth; Kessler; Kendricks; Lewis; Morgan; Jones; Kahle; Keeling; Keller; White; Wharff; Wray; Weir; Symmes; Johnson; Jackson; Munns; Nelson; Neff; Neuman; Newlin; Lawson; Layton; Layne; Oxley; Oatess; Oppy; Osborn ; White
Links -- __5__ -- local historical places
Towns -- __3__ -- total of 407 - unbelievable - added Brooklyn & Loverhill (yep, you read it right) and information on Middletown
Yearbooks -- __ 3__ - thanks sooo much to Cathy King for the 1953 & 1954 Linden Bulldog Yearbook - also added 1910 Coal Creek Yearbook
Photographs -- __2__ an ad & Linden's Ritchie Cafe