Stilesville High School Graduates List Added

A listing of graduates of Stilesville High School from 1913 to 1964 has been added to the Data section of the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This listing was extracted from a booklet published by the school's alumni association.

North Salem High School 1912 commencement program

Jamie Neal (jamie.neal@gmail.com) has kindly shared a copy of the commencement program for the North Salem High School class of 1912. Here is a transcription of what the program says:

May 14, 1912 in N.S. Assembly Hall 8:00 PM
Admission Free

Class Song
Salutatory – Julius Robertson
Class History – Belle Keating
Violin Solo – Carlos Crosby
Class Poem – Marie Fiscus
Vocal Solo – Mabel Kurtz
Class Will – Perry Moore
Famous Women of History and Literature – Senior Girls
Vocal Solo – Helen Grace Roberts
Valedictory – Ralph Kurtz

Danville business letterhead (1871)

The Indiana Genealogical Society has been working on preserving and digitizing the contents of Hendricks County probate packets as part of its Records Preservation Project. Among the items they've found: letterhead from 1871 (shown below) containing a receipt from the business of Christie & Hunt - with James Christie and Lee Hunt as partners.

Danville business letterhead (1870)

The Indiana Genealogical Society has been working on preserving and digitizing the contents of Hendricks County probate packets as part of its Records Preservation Project. Among the items they've found: letterhead from 1870 (shown below) containing a receipt from the business of Howell & Donaldson - with H. Howell and William Donaldson as partners.

Maurice Gibson and H.C. Gibson of North Salem

Jamie Neal (jamie.neal@gmail.com) has kindly shared this photo of 3 men.

The back of the photo is labeled: "My pal, my brother (Maurice Gibson) and my father (H.C. Gibson)".

Vivian Gibson of North Salem (1915)

Jamie Neal (jamie.neal@gmail.com) has kindly shared this photo of her great-grandmother Vivian Gibson.

The photo was included on the label for Gibson's Delight Brand Baking Powder (which was sold in H.C. Gibson's Grocery in North Salem).

Tombstone of Young W. Graham (1811-1846) - New Winchester

Teena Addison (tbaum@tampabay.rr.com) has kindly shared this photo of the tombstone of her ancestor, Young W. Graham (1811-1846), who is buried at Ragan Cemetery in New Winchester. According to his tombstone, he died April 22, 1846.

Graham family of Marion Township (1897)

Teena Addison (tbaum@tampabay.rr.com) has kindly shared this photo of her Graham ancestors, including her grandmother Vesta.

From left to right: Elizabeth (Raglan) Stephenson; Patsy (Stephenson) Graham; Vesta Eulalia Graham (on fence); Donna (Wright) Graham; Charles Graham; Maude Graham; Raleigh Graham (on horse); William Graham; John Graham. This photo was taken at their home (believed to be in Marion Township) around 1897.

Lincoln Township 1895 Census Added

Entries from a census taken in Lincoln Township in 1895 have been added to the Data section of the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This special census was taken of white males and colored males over the age of 21. The census only asked for the male's first and last name and their age.

William C. Nelson's heirs (1871)

The Indiana Genealogical Society has been working on preserving and digitizing the contents of Hendricks County probate packets as part of its Records Preservation Project. The probate packet for William C. Nelson's estate (1871) contains a piece of paper listing the names and birthdates of his heirs:

Marietta Nelson was born February the 7th 1855
Elisabeth Ann Nelson was born July the 22nd 1857
Ida May Nelson was born September the 27th 1859
Charles Lewis Nelson was born November the 15th 1864

Brownsburg business letterhead (1872)

The Indiana Genealogical Society has been working on preserving and digitizing the contents of Hendricks County probate packets as part of its Records Preservation Project. Among the items they've found: letterhead from 1872 (shown below) containing a receipt from the business of Green & Dobson - with J.A.C. Dobson one of the partners.

Coatesville business letterhead (1873)

The Indiana Genealogical Society has been working on preserving and digitizing the contents of Hendricks County probate packets as part of its Records Preservation Project. Among the items they've found: letterhead from 1873 (shown below) containing a receipt from the business of Pierson & Fellows in Coatesville - owned by John W. Pierson and Price H. Fellows.

Index to Probate Order Books Updated

Entries from Probate Order Book Volume 5 (12 August 1850 - 18 August 1852) have been added to the database Index to Hendricks County Probate Order Books (1825-1852), which is on the Hendricks County GenWeb site. The index includes the person's first and last name, the subject of their probate case (estate, guardianship, etc.), and the corresponding book and page number.

Doctors in Hendricks County Medical Society (1878)

According to a listing in Transactions of the Indiana State Medical Society, twenty-eighth annual session (Indianapolis: Indianapolis Journal Co., 1878), these were the members of the Hendricks County Medical Society in 1878:

J. Barker, Brownsburg
B. Bartholomew, Danville
J.H. Brill, Pittsboro
T.J. Dryden, Clayton
F.C. Fergison, Brownsburg
J.N. Green, Stilesville
A. Heavenridge, Stilesville
W.J. Hoadley, Danville
L.H. Kenedy, Danville
R.C. Moore, Belleville
J.H. Orear, Lizton
J.A. Osborn, New Winchester
M.G. Parker, Amo
F.W. Smith, Plainfield
H.C. Summers, Amo
R.C. Talbott, Pittsboro

Hendricks County 1847 Voters List Added

A list of the voters in Hendricks County's 10 townships in August 1847 has been added to the Data section of the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This voters list was compiled from photocopies found in the collection of the Plainfield Public Library and it is from an election that was held August 2, 1847 to elect Congressional representatives, as well as several county office positions.

Doctors in Hendricks County Medical Society (1877)

According to a listing in Transactions of the Indiana State Medical Society, twenty-seventh annual session (Indianapolis: Baker, Schmidlap & Co., 1877), these were the members of the Hendricks County Medical Society in 1877:

T.J. Adams, North Salem
J. Barker, Brownsburg
B. Bartholomew, Danville
J.H. Brill, Pittsboro
T.J. Dryden, Clayton
J.A. Eastman, Indianapolis
T. Evans, Plainfield
C.F. Ferguson, Brownsburg
J.N. Green, Stilesville
W.F. Harvey, Plainfield
A. Heavenridge, Stilesville
W.J. Hoadley, Danville
L.H. Kennedy, Danville
W. Lockhart, Danville
B. Mendenhall, Brownsburg
R.C. Moore, Belleville
J.H. Orear, Lizton
J.A. Osborn, New Winchester
F.W. Smith, Plainfield
R.C. Talbott, Pittsboro

Doctors in Hendricks County Medical Society (1867)

According to a listing in Transactions of the Indiana State Medical Society, at its seventeenth annual session, held at Indianapolis, May 21 and 22, 1867 (Indianapolis: Douglas & Conner, 1867), these were the members of the Hendricks County Medical Society in 1867:

S.L. Adams, Danville
T.J. Adams, North Salem
B. Bartholomew, Danville
William Carter, Pittsboro
Thomas Evans, Plainfield
H. Gibbens, Stilesville
J.N. Green, Stilesville
J.T. Hall, New Winchester
William F. Harvey, Plainfield
[blank] Heavenridge, Stilesville
William Hoadley, Danville
L.H. Kennedy, Belleville
Jonathan Kersey, Amo
Robert Lewis, Plainfield
M.C. Mendenhall, West Newton
Nathan Mendenhall, Plainfield
Risdon C. Moore, Belleville
Levi Ritter, Danville
L.D. Robinson, Coatesville
Thomas P. Sellers, Brownsburg
Henry G. Todd, Danville

Hendricks County Elected Officials (1945)

The Hendricks County School Directory 1945-1946 includes this listing of elected officials in Hendricks County:

County Assessor: Harlie R. McIntyre
County Auditor: Charles G. Bryant
County Clerk: Taylor H. Johnson
County Coroner: Dr. F.N. Wright
County Judge: Horace L. Hanna
County Prosecutor: Lindol L. Lawson
County Recorder: Ernestine Blair
County Road Superintendent: Harold E. Mason
County Sheriff: Oscar Bradford
County Superintendent of Schools: Jewell H. Vaughan
County Surveyor: R. Major Franklin
County Treasurer: Gertie B. Davis

County Commissioners: Grant Sellers; Hursell H. Disney; William Hagg
County Council: Fred D. Ensminger; Harry Hadley; Enos Michael; Lawrence Bradley; Loren Masten; Claud Hollett; Ira Masten

Sixty Cents School in Brown Township Holds Reunion (1939)

From a newspaper clipping donated by Jerry Wiley. According to The Village of Brownsburg (1998), Sixty Cents School was built from land that was purchased in 1854 and was on the south side of County Road 1000 North in Brown Township, facing County Road 650 East. The Corinth Church was across the road from the school.

From the Brownsburg Record (Brownsburg, Indiana) – issue of 1939 [exact date unknown]:

"Old Scholars and Teacher of ‘60c School’

Left to right: Minnie (Herring) Marker, Viola (Turpin) Everett, Elsie (McCrory) Eaton, Nancy (George) McDaniel, Ona (Kennedy) Beaman, John F. Everett, W.H. Schenck, Herbert Johnson, 72, Albert Johnson, 88, William Johnson, 84, 3 brothers. John F. Everett was a former teacher.

About eighty former students and teachers of the old “Sixty Cent” school gathered at Corinth Church Sunday afternoon and talked over the old days, when they were much younger than at present. A fine basket dinner was laid upon tables in the church lawn and at the conclusion much visiting and reminiscing occupied the afternoon.

Above we show a picture of a group of some of the older students, including a former teacher, John F. Everett. No shiny school buses stopped at their doors for these boys and girls. Laboriously they plodded through mud, snow and summer suns, in fair and rainy weather to learn their three “R’s.”

A business session was held and Herschell F. Johnson was named President, with Mrs. Eva S. Waters as secretary of the association. They will meet again each year at the same place, the time to be announced at a later date. “Sixty Cent” school is standing just a short way west of Corinth Church at the cross road. Many and varied are the stores as to the origin of the name of this school. One version is that Samuel Schenck taught a subscription school there and charged sixty cents per pupil; another was to the effect that when the school was completed there was no lock for the door, this costing sixty cents; another story is that the carpenters who labored on the old frame structure receives sixty cents per day each. However, this known there is probably no other “sixty cent” school in the country."

Hendricks County Marriage Index Updated

Entries from Hendricks County Marriage Book Volume 60 (17 May 1997 - 4 April 1998) have been added to the database Index to Hendricks County Marriage Books, which is on the Hendricks County GenWeb site. It includes the names of the bride and groom, their date of marriage and the corresponding book and page number.

This index is in progress - so far it covers the period of 1904-1998, as well as 1824-1848.