Obituary - Littleberry N. Ligon (1859)

Died

At his residence, in Nelson County, on the 18th day of February, Dr. Littleberry N. Ligon, in the 65th year of his age.

**Richmond Whig, Richmond, Virginia, 22 MAR 1859, Pg. 3
 
Dr. Littleberry N. Ligon was one of five children born to Joseph Ligon (1759-1797) and his wife, Frances Netherland Ligon (1763-1838).  He married 15 JUL 1819 to Elizabeth Kimbrough.  Nothing is known about Elizabeth as of this writing.

Wedding Wednesday - Wharton - Winstead

Wharton - Winstead

Miss Effie Wharton Becomes the Bride of Mr. Harry Winstead

Bethel Presbyterian church, about ten miles southeast of the city, was the scene of a pretty wedding yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, when Miss Effie Eugenia Wharton, of Whitsett, became the bride of Harry Wooding Winstead of Roxboro. There was a large attendance of relatives and friends of the young couple. The church presented an attractive appearance with its artistic decorations of evergreens and wild flowers.

Just before the ceremony Miss Leslie Lindsay, of Greensboro, rendered several numbers on the piano and Mr. Robert Roy delighted the audience with two violin solo's. Mendelssohm's wedding march was played for the processional. The bridegroom was attended by his best man, Mr. James A. Long, Jr., of Roxboro. The ushers were Messrs. Charles A. Hines, of Greensboro, Richard Wharton, brother of the bride. The groomsmen were Messrs. J.E. Winstead of Roxboro; and Lee Wharton, of Gibsonville. The bridesmaids were Misses Edna Wharton, of McLeansville, Joy Belle Kime, of Burlington, and Blanche Rankin, of Whitsett. The dame of honor was Mrs. Thomas E. Wharton, of Greensboro. The bride entered leaning on the arm of her father, by whom she was given away. The ceremony was performed by Rev. C.E. Hodgin, of Greensboro.

The bride was attired in white imported satin, with yoke and bertha of real lace, the veil being fastened with orange blossoms and a diamond and pearl brooch, the gift of the bridegroom. She carried a shower bouquet of brides roses. The dame of honor wore pink chiffon over silk and black hat with plumes and carried pink carnations. The bridesmaids were attired in white batiste with pink girdles and carried bouquets of sweet peas.

Following the wedding the bridal party were entertained at the home of the bride's parents. The happy couple came to Greensboro in an automobile and after taking supper here boarded a southbound train No. 24 for a wedding trip to Florida. They will visit Norfolk, Va., before going to Roxboro, where they will be at home after May 10th.

The bride is the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Wharton and has many admiring friends in Greensboro. The bridegroom is engaged in the tobacco business at Roxboro, and is a young man of sterling business ability.



**The Daily Record, 28 APR 1910, Pg. 6

[Note: another much longer article on this wedding appeared in another newspaper. It was much more detailed as far as the gifts that the couple received and other details. I did not include it because parts of it were just too difficult to read.]



Tombstone Tuesday - Edwin Wilder

16 JUL 1826 - 27 SEP 1885

Monmouth Cemetery, Root Township, Adams Co., Indiana



**EDWIN WILDER, of Monmouth, came to this county with his mother and two brothers, settling on a new farm about a mile north of Monmouth. This was the spring of 1845. There was a log cabin and a log stable on the place, which they purchased of William Randall. The first forty acres was bought of Judge Evans, and on this piece of land they cleared twenty or thirty acres before building. The three brothers went to work, and in a year and a half earned money enough to pay for the forty acres. In the meantime they lived in a house rented of Judge Evans. A few mouths later the brothers bought another forty acres. They bought 120 acres of Robert Evans, and a few years afterward another forty, which made 240 acres. The oldest brother, Alvin, took eighty acres, and the twins, Edwin and Edmond, kept their interests together, and are still together. The eldest brother was born February 16, 1820, and died January 3, 1878.

Edwin and Edmond were born July 16, 1826, in Genesee County, New York, where they lived until they were ten years of age. Their father died there in 1827, aged about forty-five years. The parents, Chauncy and Sarah (Davis) Wilder, were born in Springfield, Massachusetts. The father was born January 12, 1780, and the mother July 20, 1784, and died August 17, 1855, in Root Township, this county. The father is buried in Alexandria, Genesee County, New York. and the mother in Monmouth cemetery, this county. Edwin was married October 20, 1856, to Miss Mary Berckley, who was born in Ohio and died in Root Township in the fall of 1863, leaving three children - Sarah E., born August 22, 1857; Harriet, born March 29 1859, and Chauncy C., born January 5, 1861. December 6, 1865,

Mr. Wilder was married to Miss Mary Thompson, who was born in Summit County, Ohio, January 3, 1839, where she lived until eleven years of age, when the family removed to Allegan County, Michigan, where she was reared and married. Her father, James Thompson, was born August 6, 1811, in Vermont, and in early life removed to Worcester, Massachusetts. He was married in Cambridge, Vermont, to Miss Hannah Lord. There were five children in her father's family - Stephen, Sarah, George, Otis and Mrs. Wilder. All are living but Otis, who was the youngest of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Wilder have no children. His grandfather, Hiram Wilder, and his grandmother Wilder, were born and died in Springfield, Massachusetts. His maternal grandparents were of English descent. Mrs. Wilder's grandparents, James and Mary (Dwinnell) Thompson, died in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Her maternal grandfather, Reuben Lord, was born in Massachusetts, and died in Cambridge, Vermont. Her maternal grandmother, Martha (Divoll) Lord, was born February 24, 1779, and died in June, 1848.

Mr. Wilder voted the Republican ticket until the last two elections, when he voted the Prohibition ticket. He died on he homestead in Root Township February 27, 1887. His oldest brother, Dwight, renoved to Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where he was married, and where he died at the age of fifty-four years, leaving a wife and three sons. Eliza married, in Genesee County, a man named Samuel Holmes, who moved to Michigan. Harriet married, in Genesee County, a man named David Davis, who also moved to Michigan. Mary married William Garrett, and removed to Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, thence to Van Wert Ohio; thence to St. Mary's, Ohio, where she died, leaving her husband and nine children. Laura married Samuel De Witt in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and moved to Lewiston, same State, where her husband died. Laura then removed to Adams County; thence to Wheatland, Missouri, where she lived with a married daughter, and where she passed the remainder of her days.

**Biographical and Historical Record - Adams and Wells Co. Indiana Lewis Publishing Co. Chicago, IL 1887
**Headstone photo - Jim Cox, Ft Wayne, Indiana 2011

Up From The Ground Came A Bubbling Pool.... Oil That Is...

Lawrence Beitler
28 JUN 1909
40 Acres
Section 27, Range 14, Township 26, Monroe Township, Adams County, Indiana

**Images courtesy of Jim Cox - Co- Contributor to Genealogy Frame of Mind

Obituary - Mrs. Judith Ligon & Infant Daughter Sarah (1832)

Departed this life, on the 7th of August last, of pulmonary consumption, Mrs. Juditha Ligon, consort of James Ligon, and daughter of the late Col. W. Bentley - and on the 2nd day afterwards, her infant daughter, Sarah, leaving a discolate husband and four little daughters to be moan their irreperable loss. At the time of Mrs. Ligon's death, a second daughter was expected every moment to breathe her last, and preparation was made to buy her with her mother; but it has pleased God to spare her, and she is now just recovering from her tedious indisposition.
Powhattan, Oct. 3
 
 
**Enquirer, 23 OCT 1832, Pg. 3 (via GenealogyBank)
 
Judith Ligon was the wife of James Ligon, son of John Ligon & Sally Saunders.  Together they were the parents of five daughters, Lucy, Pauline, Martha, Elizabeth and Sarah.  Sarah died a few days after her mother and is named in the above obituary.
 

Obituary - Martha Elizabeth Ligon (1833)

Deaths

On the 17th instant, after a lingering illness, Martha Elizabeth Ligon, second daughter of John L. and Mary A. Ligon; aged 2 years, 2 months and 7 days. Happy infant! Thy change was from mortality to glory. An unpolluted flower; an early and sweet sacrifice to Heaven.

"As the sweet flower that scents the mourn,

But withers in the rising day;

Thus lovely was this infant's dawn,

Thus swiftly fled its life away."

 

 

**Enquirer, 22 MAR 1833, Pg. 3 (Via GenealogyBank)

 

Martha Elizabeth was the daughter of John Leigh Ligon and his wife, Mary Anne Puryear. 

 

Wedding Wednesday - Ligon & Alms (1909)

                                                                 The Paducah Evening Sun, 19 JULY 1909, Pg. 5 --
                                                               
                                                                      ALMS - LIGON              

The Owensboro Messenger says:
   Mr. and Mrs. A.F. Alms announce the engagement of their daughter, Ernestine, to Mr. Moses Edward Ligon.  The marriage will be solemnized at the home of the bride on Locust Street Thursday, August 5, at 2:30 pm.  The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. Ernest Cottrell who was for a time a college room-mate of Mr. Ligon at Georgetown.  Miss Woodie Stout will render music.
   Miss Alms was graduated from the Owensboro High School six years ago and then spent two years at Oxford College, in Ohio.  She then became a teacher in the Paducah city schools and after one year was promoted to the position of instructer in English in the high school.  She is a bright young woman with many friends here.  Mr. Ligon is principal of the Franklin School in Paducah.  He took a course at the Lebanon, O., normal and then was graduated from Georgetown college.  He spent several years in the Philippines as superintendant of city school  there, and on returning to the state was elected to his position in Paducah.  His home is at Owenton, Ky.

**Moses Edward Ligon was the son of Michael Francis Ligon (1842-1929) and his wife, Polly Ann Stonestreet (1852-1937). 

Tombstone Tuesday - Ziba Dorwin

21 JAN 1793 - 3 FEB 1864

 Monmouth Cemetery, Root Township, Adams Co., Indiana

**Headstone photo courtesy of Jim Cox, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 2011

**Will images courtesy of Jim Cox, Adams County, Indiana Probate Court, 2011, Adams County Will Book A

Up From The Ground Came A Bubbling Pool.... Oil That Is...

Catherine Ensley/Eusley
28 DEC 1892
57 ACres
Hartford Township, Adams County, Indiana

**Images provided by Jim Cox, Co-Contributor Genealogy Frame Of Mind

Sometimes Being First Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be

The first woman in Adams County, Indiana to have a will was Rebecca Flagg.  Below is a summary of Rebecca's will, along with the parties named in the will and why they were named.  There is no transcription of the will as of this date. 

**Samuel Flagg Husband of Rebecca Flagg; named executor of Rebecca's estate

David Showers Witness to Rebecca Flagg making last will & testament

F. D. C. Braddock Witness to Rebecca Flagg making last will & testament

James B. Simcoke Clerk of Adams County, Indiana Sept. 22, 1860

James B. Simcoke Oath of will being admitted to probate

**Will not dated
Adams County, Indiana Will Book A, Pgs. 271-274

**Images of will book provided by Jim Cox, Ft Wayne, Indiana 2011

Obituary - James Ligon (1858)

Obituary

We are also called upon to record the death of James Ligon, esq., which occurred on the 12 instant, at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. David McGavock, in Pulaski County, Va. Deceased until recently was a highly esteemed member of the community and filled the post of Treasurer of the Petersburg Railroad, for a long series of years, with a fidelity and efficiency, which commanded the approval of all. Mr. Ligon had obtained to a ripe old age, being in his 70 year at the time of his death. --Petersburg Express

**Alexandria Gazette, 21 APR 1858, Pg. 3 (Via GenealogyBank)

James Ligon was the son of John Ligon and his wife, Sally Saunders.  He was married 31 JAN 1825 in Powhatan County, Virginia. They were the parents of at least five daughters, Lucy, Pauline, Martha, Elizabeth and Sarah. 

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Wedding Wednesday - Ligon & Prince

The Bee, (Earlington, Kentucky), 18 OCT 1900, Pg. 7 -

Phoenix Hotel the Scene of a Wedding Wednesday

Mr. John T. Prince, a young farmer from Peacher's Mill, Tenn., and Miss Laura E. Ligon, a pretty young school teacher, were married at the Phoenix Hotel, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, by Elder H.D. Smith of the Christian Church. The bride is a sister of Elder J.W. Ligon, of Slaughterville, and Elder Henry Ligon, of Hanson.

She has been teaching school in the Peacher's Mill neighborhood. They were accompanied to the city by several couples of young people. -- Hopkinsville Kentuckian

Miss Ligon has many friends in Earlington, where she had made her home for some time, who offer congratulations and best wishes.

**Laura Ellen Ligon was the daughter of William Rufus Ligon and his wife, Susan Ellen Wales.  John T. Prince & Laura were the parents of John Lewis Prince, Mary Del Prince, Thomas Rallow Prince and William Robin Prince.  All issue of this couple born in Clarksville, Tenn.

Tombstone Tuesday - Thomas House

19 AUG 1825 - 13 FEB 1894

Buried Monmouth Cemetery, Root Township, Adams County, Indiana

**THOMAS H. HOUSE, farmer, residing on section 12, Root Township, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, August 19, 1825. He was reared on a farm, and remained at his birthplace until 1850, when he went the overland route to California, in company with four companions. They started March 10, and went by water to St. Louis, at which place they bought their outfit - team and wagon, etc. At Salt Lake their provisions became exhausted, and they stopped there and worked a while until their supplies were replenished. Before they crossed the Nevada Mountains they again ran out of provisions, and traded a span of horses for twenty pounds of flour, which lasted them until they reached California. They landed in Sacramento, where they engaged in mining for a few days, but their success was so poor that they went to work for a contractor and builder, who was building a levee on the river. The contractor left suddenly, and they were left without their pay. About that time the cholera broke out, and when it was at it's height one of Mr. House's companions died with it. He himself was also striken with it and was sick three months. He was taken to the hospital at Sacramento, and all supposed he would die. He has no recollection of being taken to the hospital, or of anything that occurred for some time. After his recovery he again went to work in the mines, but the young men who had accompanied him had gone away and left him to his fate. He followed mining with varied success, and brought away with him about the same amount that he carried with him. He was absent about two years, returning by the Isthmus. While on a steamer it sprung a leak during a violent storm, and they ran into harbor. He landed in New York City, then went to his home in Pennsylvania, where he remained six months, then went to Ashland County, Ohio.

June 30, 1853, he was married to Susanna Shaffer, who was born in Ashland County, March 25, 1835. Her father, Peter Shaffer, was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and died in Ashland County, Ohio, in 1882, aged seventy-nine years. He was formerly a Methodist, but in later life was an Allbright, and lived the life of a Christian. His wife, Sarah (Black) Shaffer, was also born in Cumberland County, and died in Ashland County, in 1841, when Mrs. House was six years old. She was also a Christian woman, being a member of the Methodist church at her death. The father of Mr. House, John House, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1833, when his son Thomas was eight years of age. He was a school-teacher during his mature years, being partially crippled by a white swelling. The mother, Susan (Hagan) House, was also born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where she died when Thomas was two years old. Thus was our subject left at an early age to depend upon himself, never experiencing anything of home influences. Mr. and Mrs. House have had five children, two of whom are living - Angeline, born May 16, 1854 is the wife of Hiram W. Smith, and is living in Allen County, Indiana; Josephine, born February 14, 1856, married J. D. Stultz, and died July 18, 1886; Theodore, born July 16, 1858, died September 7, 1861; Elizabeth, born September 13, 1862, died March 27, 1863; Morton E., born September 10, 1866, was married to Miss Emma Brown, December 26, 1886.

Mr. House is a Republican in politics and himself and wife are members of the United Brethren church. His grandfather, Thomas House, was born in Germany, as was also his grandmother House. They immigrated to America and settled in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where they both died on the farm they first occupied. Mrs. House's grandfather, Charles Shaffer, was a German by birth, and died in Washington County, Pennsylvania, on the farm where he first settled. The grandmother, Charlotte Shaffer, also died in Washington County. Mr. and Mrs. House came to Marion Township, Allen County, in the spring of 1854, settling in the woods, where he lived about three years. He built a log cabin an cleared about forty acres of ground which he had bought. He sold this farm and rented three years in Allen County, then bought his present farm in 1859, which was partially improved. The farm is now in an excellent state of cultivation. He has a good frame house and frame barn. January 29, 1862, Mr. House enlisted in Company E, Nineteenth United States Infantry, and served three years. He was in the battles of Pittsburgh Landing, Mission Ridge, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, going to Atlanta with General Thomas under General Sherman, and returning to Lookout Mountain, where he was discharged. He was taken prisoner after the battle of Chickamauga while acting as teamster. He was taken up by General Wheeler, and was soon paroled and went to Nashville, where he remained until he was exchanged. Mr. and Mrs. House are rearing a grandchild, Bertha May Stultz, who was born December 3, 1881. She is a child of their daughter Josephine.

**Biographical and Historical Record - Adams and Wells Co. Indiana Lewis Publishing Co. Chicago, IL 1887

No page listed
Headstone photograph - Jim Cox, Ft. Wayne, Indiana 2011

Up From The Ground Came A Bubbling Pool.... Oil That Is...

Ely Campbell and Jacob Menical
1 JUN 1906
Well #1, Section 21, Range 15 Jefferson Township

David Yaney Owner

**Image provided by Jim Cox, Co-Contributor Genealogy Frame of Mind

Numbers, Numbers, Numbers

12 MAY 1825 - 18 NOV 1854

**JOHN NUMBERS, deceased, formerly of Root Township, was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1825, and when a boy was taken by his parents to Fulton County, Ohio, thence to Wayne County, where he grew to manhood and where he was married January 31, 1848, to Miss Mary Jane Yocum, who was born in Wayne County July 4, 1827, where she was reared, educated and married. In 1851 they removed to Decatur, this State, where they lived two months. The family consisted of parents and one child, Myrtilla Jane, who was born in Wayne County June 12,1850, and is now a teacher. Elmore L. was born January 10, 1853, in Monmouth, in the house where the father first settled, and where the widowed mother is now 1iving. The father was a mason by trade, which he followed during the summer, and worked at shoemaking during the winter. His parents were John and Nancy (Linton) Numbers, both of whom died in Wayne County, Ohio. The mother died in the summer of 1886, aged ninety years.

John Numbers, our subject, died November 18, 1854, of typhoid fever, and is buried in Monmouth cemetery. Mrs. Numbers' parents were Abraham and Mary (Hoffman) Yocum. The father was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,, December 15, 1790, and died March 8, 1872, at the house of Mrs. Numbers. The mother was also born in Lancaster County, July 4, 1796. At the death of her husband she made her home with Mrs. Numbers, and died June 20, 1881. The parents were reared and married in Pennsylvania, removed to Wayne County, Ohio, thence to this county in 1851. They had six children - John, Rebecca (deceased), Mary Jane, Martha, who lives in Ashland County, Ohio, Anes, living in Chicago, and Elizabeth. Both Mr. and Mrs. Yocum were of German descent. Mrs. Numbers' grandparents, Henry and Martha Hoffman, were born in Germany. Elmore L. Numbers was reared and educated in the schools of Monmouth, and commenced teaching at the age of eighteen years. He has since followed that occupation during the winter seasons. He was married March 28, 1876, to Mary S. Vaughan, who was born in Allen County, this State, May 24, 1858, daughter of Joel and Nancy (Coverdale) Vaughan, natives of Ohio. The father died in July, 1876, aged forty-eight years; the mother is living in Blue Creek Township. They have four children - W. Roy, Nancy J, Linton V. and Ethel B.

**Biographical and Historical Record - Adams and Wells Co. Indiana Lewis Publishing Co. Chicago, IL 1887, No page listed.
**Headstone destroyed by vandals.

Estate of John Fonner (1849)

**John A. FONNER, farmer, sections 27 and 28, Root Township, owns 210 acres of land in one body.    He came to this county in 1841, with his parents, two brothers and five sisters, and one sister was born after coming. They settled in the woods, which were full of game of all kinds, and the river was full of fish. The first school Mr. Fonner attended in this county was held in a blacksmith shop. It was built of round logs and stood at Monmouth. The shop was filled with puncheon seats, and writing-desks were put around the wall. Mr. Fonner thinks there was no floor in the house either before or after it was converted into a schoolhouse. This was his first introduction to an Indiana school-room. It was a subscription school. Mr. Fonner was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, September 11, 1826. He lived in his native county until he was six years of age, when his family removed to Athens County, Ohio, settling upon an improved farm, which belonged to the Ohio University, which his father bought. When he was fourteen years old his father sold the land, leaving it in the fall of 1840. The father would not leave the State until he had voted for General Harrison for President. He had formerly been a Democrat, but having been a soldier under General Harrison he wished to vote for him for President, and he was a Whig ever after. The family spent the winter in Troy, Miami County, where corn was 12 cents a bushel. Provisions both for man and beast were very cheap. But when they came to Indiana they found corn was from 75 cents to $1.00 per bushel. They had five horses and several cows and young cattle, and they spent the winter, previous to coming here, in Ohio, because they could winter their stock so much cheaper in that State.

Mr. Fonner's parents were John and Mary (Crouse) Fonner. The father was born in New Jersey in 1788, and died in September, 1852. The mother was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1799, and died in 1854. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. The father is buried in Alpha cemetery and the mother in Monmouth cemetery. The mother was a noble Christian woman, and had a great love for her family. Her education was superior for that day, and she was a teacher by profession. Mr. Fonner, our subject, was married January 9, 1856, to Miss Elizabeth Pillars, who was born and reared in Adams County. Her father, Benjamin Pillers, was born in Pennsylvania in 1816, and her mother, Sarah A. (Rice) Pillers, in Culpeper County, Virginia, May 27, 1815. Her family came here in 1839 and settled in Root Township, on section 14, which was then a wilderness. The farm is now owned by F. Kukelbam. The father built a sawill on the stream called �Seventeen-Mile-Creek,� which ran through his farm. There was an Indian trail through the farm, and the nearest neighbor was Jonas Pence, on the farm now owned and occupied by the subject of this sketch. They had to go to Fort Wayne for their milling.

 There were five children in her father's family, and all are living but one, Nancy Heartless, who died in Root Township a short time since. The others all live in the same township. Mr. and Mrs. Fonner have five children Edith May, born September 18, 1858, wife of J. Robert Christen; Sarah A., born February 12,1862, wife of A. J. Smith; Mary A., born July 27, 1864, living at home; Nellie E., born December 7, 1866; John H., born July 10, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Fonner are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Fonner votes the Republican ticket. His grandfather, John Fonner, was probably born in New Jersey, and died in Pennsylvania. He has no knowledge of his grandmother Fonner. His maternal grandfather, John Crouse, was born in Pennsylvania, and died in Missouri. He knows nothing of his maternal grandmother. Mrs. Fonner's grandfather, William Pillers, was born in Pennsylvania and died in this county. Her grandmother, Mary (Baxter) Pillers, died this county, and both are buried in Alpha cemetery.

Estate of John Fonner

Name in Record  / Reason for being in Record  / Date of Record

John Fonner Makes his last will & testament 08 Sept 1849

John Fonner Second son: inherits black mare and colt, 150 acre plantation

John Fonner To support mother and minor children

Jacob Fonner Third son: inherits horse

Catharine M. Fonner Relation not stated; inherit one cow and one bed

Margaret Jane Fonner Relation not stated; inherit one cow and one bed

Ann M. Fonner Relation not stated; inherit one cow and one bed

Alvira A. Fonner Relation not stated; inherit one cow and one bed

Mary Fonner Wife; appointed executrix of will

John Lenhart Appointed executor of will

Zedekiah Brown Witness John Fonner making his last will

Alvan Randall, Jr. Witness John Fonner making his last will

Zedekiah Brown Oath of witnessing John Fonner making his last will 28 OCT 1852

Samuel L. Rugg Clerk

**Biographical and Historical Record - Adams and Wells Co. Indiana Lewis Publishing Co. Chicago, IL 1887, No page listed

**Images by Jim Cox, Adams County, Indiana Probate records

Wedding Wednesday - Ott & Ramer

Fort Wayne News Sentinel, 21 SEP 1920, Pg. 6 -


Married At Albion

Brimfield, Ind., Sept.21 -- The marriage of Miss Hazel Ramer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ramer, and Mr. Willard Ott, was solemnized at Albion, Saturday. Mrs. Ott has resided in Brimfield all her life and is a popular young lady. Mr. Ott's home is near Churubusco, but he has employment in Kendallville.

Tombstone Tuesday - Andrew Daugherty

30 JUL 1805 - 01 OCT 1896

Monmouth Cemetery, Root Township, Adams County, Indiana



**ANDREW DAUGHERTY, farmer, owns 120 acres of land on section 8 and 16, Root Township. He was born July 29, 1805, in Monongalia County, West Virginia, and when five years of age removed with his parents to Fairfield County, Ohio. When he was thirty-one years old he came to this county and entered forty acres of land from the Government, and has since added eighty acres. He entered this land in September, 1836, then returned to Fairfield County and remained until May, 1839, when he brought his wife and three children to his new home. Three children have also been born in Adams County. He built a one-story log cabin, 18 x 20, covered it with clapboards that he himself prepared, and made a floor that was part puncheon and part boards. The first assessor that visited him after he came here asked how much his cabin cost. Having built it himself, he answered, "$1.50," which was the actual cost. Mr. Daugherty was married in Columbus, August 23, 1832, to Miss Jane Montgomery, who was born in Fairfield County, June 25, 1810. She died in this county, March 18, 1882, leaving six children - Leonard L., born June 28, 1834, lives in Chautaugua County, Kansas; Hester A., born March 29, 1836, wife of William Eagee, living in Madison Township, Allen County; Oliver S., born January 14, 1838, was a soldier in the late war, being a member of the Eleventh Indiana Zouaves. He lost his health while in the service, and died at Indianapolis in March, 1878, leaving a wife and four children. Alvin W., born August 21, 1839, in Root Township, lives in Madison Township, Allen County; he also lost his health in the army, but is still living; Angeline, born in April, 1841, in Root Township, is the wife of John Shookman, and lives at Fort Wayne; Andrew B., born June 28, 1847, lives in Monroe Township, this county. September 6, 1883, Mr. Daugherty was married to Miss Rachel Compton, who was born in St. Mary's, Ohio, January 18, 1832, where she lived until she was eight years of age, when her parents removed to Fort Wayne, and lived ten years. They afterward removed to Tama County, Iowa, where the parents died. Mrs. Daugherty then returned to Fort Wayne, and lived with her sister until her marriage. Her father was born in Charleston, South Carolina, March 22, 1793, and when a child was brought by his parents to Dayton, Ohio, where he was reared and married. He died January 17, 1864, and is buried in Marshalltown, Iowa.

 The mother was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, July 10, 1794, and was brought when a child to Dayton, Ohio, where she was reared. Mr. Daugherty's father, Andrew Daugherty, was born in Delaware, in 1773, where he was reared to manhood. When twenty-one years of age he removed to Monongalia County, West Virginia, where he was married to Mary Furby. He died in Fairfield County, Ohio, March 17, 1856. The mother, Mary (Furby) Daugherty, was born in Kent County, Delaware, in 1778, and died in October, 1834, at Fairfield, Ohio. Both parents are buried in Fairfield County, Ohio. The father was a remarkable peacemaker, and could settle quarrels and disputes when no one else could. He was always a Methodist, and a good Christian man. Mr. Daugherty's grandfather, George Daugherty, was a native of Ireland. He and three brothers were kidnapped on the coast of Ireland, brought to America and sold to pay for their fare. This was about 1738. George was sold on the seacoast, to a man who lived in Delaware. He died there. Nothing is known of the grandmother Daugherty. His grandfather, Caleb Furby, was an officer in the Revolutionary war, under Washington. He was born in Delaware, and died in Monongalia County, Virginia. His maternal grandmother, Sarah (Davis) Furby, was born in Delaware, and died in Franklin County, Ohio. The year 1843 was one of great scarcity. The season was a very wet one and very little was raised. Every family was engaged in burning and leeching ashes to make black salts to sell to the merchants in order to get their supplies. Indians were plenty, as well as game of many kinds. Mr. Daugherty was originally a Democrat. At the time of the Pierce campaign, in 1852, he voted for John P. Hale, the Free-soil candidate. After that he voted the Republican ticket until four years ago, when he became a Prohibitionist. He is a member of the Baptist church, and Mrs. Daugherty is a member of the Methodist church.

**Biographical and Historical Record - Adams and Wells Co. Indiana Lewis Publishing Co. Chicago, IL 1887, No page
Headstone photo by Jim Cox, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 2011

Up From The Ground Came A Bubbling Pool.... Oil That Is...

Stephen Emenhiser
14 JUN 1894
80 Acres
Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana

Life & Times of Christian Beery

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CHRISTIAN BEERY

**It would be difficult to find a finer country estate in the whole of Adams county than that owned by Christ Beery in Washington township. This farm is one that is pointed out as among the model estates of the township and reflects much credit on its owner. He was born in Washington township, of Adams county, November 8, 1850. He is a son of Eli and Hester (Biosser) Beery. His father and mother had a family of fourteen children, of whom the following survive: Melinda, Martin, Reuben, Christ, John and Daniel W. Eli Beery was born in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio and thence to Indiana. His wife was born in Ohio and after their marriage they settled in Washington township in 1849. At the time the elder Beery and his wife reached northeastern Indiana much of the township was wild land. They were compelled to clear the tract they settled on before it could be made productive. The woods abounded in many kinds of wild game and Eli Beery shot deer, turkeys and other game on the site of the pleasant acres of today. He erected a log cabin and this was the family home for some years. Later he erected a frame dwelling along more modern lines and still later this dwelling gave way to a substantial brick house that is still standing.

The youth and young manhood of Christ Beery was spent on his father's farm. He was educated in the rude schools of his boyhood day and secured as complete a common school education as was possible under the circumstances. When he became old enough he assisted in the work of cultivating the home farm and in time became a proficient tiller of the soil.

In 1886 he was married to Miss Martha Burkhead, a daughter of John and Ann Burkhead, who were among the first settlers in Washington township. The father of Mrs. Beery is dead, but her mother is still living in Washington township. The father of Mr. Beery died in 1879 and his mother in 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Beery have become the parents of two children: Frederick D. and Georgia Irene, both of whom are living with their parents on the home farm. Although farming has been the principal occupation of Mr. Beery, he lived for a time in Decatur. However, the liking for a farm life became too strong to be denied and he returned to his present place in 1903. His farm is a fine one of one hundred acres, eighty of which are under cultivation. It is one of the most valuable in the neighborhood and easily worth one hundred and ten dollars an acre. It is all improved. The ditches are well placed and the fencing and buildings are substantial and modern. The farm crops are rotated with excellent judgment and are profitable. In addition to a general farming business Mr. Beery carries on stock raising. He deals largely in stock for the market and with his brother has bought and sold horses all over the country. As the recent panic that affected the horse market Mr. Beery, and his brother lost upwards of thirty-two thousand dollars. Mr. Beery is in every sense a successful man. He is a successful farmer and stock dealer. He is well respected in the community where he resides.

Estate of Christian Beery

Name in Record  /  Reason for Being in Record  /  Date of Record

Christian Beery Of Mercer County, Ohio; Made his last will & testament June 9, 1857

G. W. Randabaugh / Witness to Christian Beery's will

Henry L. Johnson / Witness of Chritian Beery's will

Christian Beery Late of Mercer County, OH; Last will & testament was produced in court Feb. 18, 1858

George M. Raudabaugh / Witness to Christian Beery making last will & testament

Henry L. Johnson / Witness to Christian Beery making last will & testament

Elizabeth Beery Executrix of Christian Beery's will

Elizabeth Beery Accepted provisions of will in lieu of dower

Daniel Booker / Son in law of Christian Beery;

Unnamed Daughter /  Wife of Daniel Booker

Benjamin Beery Son; should execute will if wife Elizabeth declines or cannot

Joseph L. Beery Son; should execute will if wife Elizabeth declines or cannot

Francis Fickle Grandchild of Christian Beery; Dau of Mary (Beery) Bright, deceased

Christian B. Bright / Grandchild of Christian Beery; Son of Mary (Beery) Bright, deceased

Mahala Bright / Grandchild of Christian Beery; Dau of Mary (Beery) Bright, deceased

Mary Bright / Daughter of Christian Beery, now deceased

G. W. Randabaugh Oath of witnessing last will of Christian Beery Feb. 18, 1858

Henry L. Johnson Oath of witnessing last will of Christian Beery

Wm. L. Blocher Probate Judge of Mercer County, Ohio

Wm. L. Blocher Oath of true last will & testament of Christian Beery Feb. 20, 1858

 

**Snow's History of Adams County, Indiana, John Fletcher Snow, F. Bowen, Indianapolis, IN, 1907,
p. 406 (image 831).

Tragedy Thursday - Poison Fatal to Mrs. E. Maxwell

Poison Fatal to Mrs. E. Maxwell

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Coroner to Hold Inquest to Investigate Death of Well-Known Fort Wayne Woman.

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Lifelong Resident Here

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The death of Mrs. Emma Rosalie Maxwell, aged 66, 215 East Jefferson Street, which occurred at 2 o'clock Monday morning in St. Joseph's Hospital, as the result of poison, will be investiaged this afternoon by Coroner Edgar N. Mendenhall. An inquest will be held in his office, 206 Wayne Pharmacal Building.


Dr. Mendenhall stated after a cursory examination that Mrs. Maxwell had probably taken hydrochloric acid.

She was taken to the hospital Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Maxwell was born and lived her entire life in Fort Wayne.

She was a member of Trinity English Lutheran Church.

Surviving are two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Louise Seidel and Mrs. Sophia Medlel, and three nephews, Carl Medlel of Philadelphia, and Robert and Edward Siedel, of this city.

News-Sentinel  (Ft Wayne, Indiana)
February 7, 1927

Wedding Wednesday - Ott & Strieby

Fort Wayne News Sentinel, 22 SEP 1919, Pg. 6

Ligonier, Ind., Spet. 22 -- Miss Lera Ott, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Ott, well known residents of this vicinity, was married Thursday evening at the M.E. parsonage, Benton, to Reobert Strieby, of Syracuse. The bride to be is a graduate of the Ligonier High School, class of 1918. The young couple will reside in Ligonier.

Tombstone Tuesday - Lawrence K. Tuttle (Vietnam)

Lawrence Tuttle was brother to co-contributor Jim Cox.