Elias WAINSCOTT dies near Lizton (1903)

This obituary is courtesy of Karen Zach.

Source: Jamestown Press – issue of Friday, December 11, 1903:

Elias Wainscott was born in Montgomery County, Indiana April 23, 1840 and died at his home in Hendricks County, north of Lizton December 4, 1903 aged 63 years 7 months 11 days. On April 26, 1868 he was married to Rebecca Oxley and to them were born four children: Nettie A, Robert H, Orville and Carl. Mr. Wainscott was one of a large family of which two brothers and 3 sisters survive him. Funeral exercises were held at Old Union Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Carney of Advance. Interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Jamestown.

Danville library to discuss Civil War life

The Danville library will hold a free program, "Civil War Life from a Different Perspective - Part II" on Saturday, April 27 at 10 am in the library's program room on the ground floor. Hendricks County Historical Museum volunteer Tim Macsay will discuss miscellaneous information about the Civil War Navy, Balloon Corps, people, spies, inventions and more. Several items from the Hendricks County Museum’s collection will be displayed, and some hardtack will be available for tasting.

Pre-registration is required for this free program - to pre-register, call the library at (317) 745-2604 or visit the library's website and click on the Events link.

Richard A. TROTTER dies in Indianapolis (1974)

This obituary is courtesy of Karen Zach.

Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review (Crawfordsville, Indiana) - issue of Wednesday, July 10, 1974:

NORTH SALEM – Richard A. Trotter, 65, of North Salem, a 25-year employee of Olivetti-Underwood Corp., died at 1:02 p.m. Tuesday in Methodist Hospital at Indianapolis. He had been ill three weeks. He was a member of North Salem Christian Church, North Salem Masonic Lodge, Sigma Chi Fraternity, and Scottish Rite of Indianapolis. He was a charter member of North Salem Lions Club and served as manager of Indiana State Lions Band for 25 years. He was also a member of the Scottish Rite Symphony Orchestra. He was born November 16, 1908, at North Salem, a son of Dr. Charles M. Trotter and Beulah Adams Trotter. He was married to Bertha Malayer of North Salem. She survives. Also surviving are a son, John of Danville; a daughter, Jane Trotter of Indianapolis, and two grandchildren, Sherry and Tara. Services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Porter Funeral Home here with the Rev. Earl Davis officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Thursday.

Danville library to discuss newspaper research

The Danville library will hold a free program about "Not Just Obituaries: Newspaper Research" on Saturday, April 20 at 10 am in the library's program room on the ground floor. Cindy Rutledge of the library's Indiana Room will discuss the other kinds of information that can be found in newspapers besides obituaries, and where to find newspapers.

Pre-registration is required for this free program - to pre-register, call the library at (317) 745-2604 or visit the library's website and click on the Events link.

Danville genealogy group to discuss fraternal organizations

The Danville library's Genealogy Nuts genealogy group will meet on Monday, April 8 at 1 pm in the library's program room on the ground floor. Ron Darrah will present a program on the records of fraternal organizations in the United States. This meeting is welcome to all - no registration is necessary.

Danville library to host Daughters of the American Revolution research help

The Danville library will hold a free drop-in for women interested in joining the Daughters of the American Revolution on Saturday, March 9 from 9 am to 1 pm. Members of the Wa-Pe-Ke-Way chapter of DAR will be available in the library's Indiana Room to answer questions regarding membership applications and to help with the genealogy research needed to prove a Revolutionary War ancestor.

Carl R. RUNION dies in Lebanon (1969)

This obituary is courtesy of Karen Zach.

Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review (Crawfordsville, Indiana) - issue of Monday, April 7, 1969:

NORTH SALEM – Carl R. Runion, 78, of this community, died at 5 a.m. Sunday in Witham Hospital at Lebanon, where he had been a patient since March 31. He had been in failing health several years. Mr. Runion was born near North Salem, in Hendricks County, on Jan. 30, 1891, a son of Marion J. and Ida Hoosier Runion. He was married in 1920 to Serrilda Fenton at Danville. He was educated in Hendricks County schools and was a World War I veteran and member of Kurtz-Booker Post of the American Legion here. He farmed and was employed at Prestolite at Indianapolis. Mr. Runion was a member of the Dunkard Church. Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Audra Lorene Warnock of Danville; a half-sister, Mrs. Ruth Skinner of Greencastle, and nieces and nephews. Funeral rites are at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Porter Funeral Home with Rev. L. C. Ziegler officiating and burial in Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today.

Danville genealogy group to discuss book about "Crime of the Century"

The Danville library's Genealogy Nuts genealogy group will meet on Monday, March 11 at 1 pm in the library's program room on the ground floor. Putnam County Historian Larry Tippin will talk about his book, The Betrayal of Pearl Bryan: Unraveling the Gilded Age Mystery That Captivated a Nation. The book chronicles the true story of how in 1896 Pearl Bryan of Greencastle travelled to Cincinnati and was killed by the father of her unborn child, events which newspapers dubbed the "Crime of the Century." Pearl's parents, Alexander S. and Susan Farrow Bryan, lived in Hendricks County until 1854, near New Winchester. After the talk, copies of his book will be available for purchase and signing by the author.

Danville library to discuss Ancestry.com

The Danville library will hold a free program about getting to know Ancestry.com on Saturday, March 16 at 10 am in the library's program room on the ground floor. Steve Smith of the library's Indiana Room will give an in-depth look at this popular website for genealogy, including how to create and maintain a family tree, how to merge information from other trees and sources, and an overview of some of the collections available on the site.

Pre-registration is required for this free program - to pre-register, call the library at (317) 745-2604 or visit the library's website and click on the Events link.

71 probate packets from 1830 through 1897 digitized

The Indiana Genealogical Society recently added 71 Hendricks County probate packets to their website for free viewing.

This batch of probate packets spans from 1830 through 1897. They were sorted and digitized by volunteers - if you live in central Indiana and would like to help with this project, please contact project coordinator Ron Darrah (rdarrah@att.net).

The 71 digitized probate packets are:

Compton, Nancy H. (1876) – estate
Compton, Rachel (1830) - guardianship of a minor
Conaroe, Catherine (1885) – estate
Conarroe, Charles W. (1881) - guardianship of a minor
Condiff, Lewis J. (1845) - estate
Conover, John D. (1881) – estate
Cook, Edith R., John B., Edward J. & Charles N. (1884) - guardianship of minors
Cook, Henderson (1884) - estate
Cook, Isaac M. (1883) – estate
Cook, Joshua M. (1897) – estate
Cook, Nathan (1879) – guardianship of an unsound mind
DeWitt, Joseph, John Henry & Herman M.M. (1873) - guardianship of minors
Dickinson, John (1879) – estate
Dixon, Elihu (1879) – estate
Doan, Clarkson (1866) – estate
Doan, Dayton M. (1873) – guardianship of a minor
Doan, Laura Ann & Ruth E. (1880) - guardianship of minors
Dodd, Marion (1880) – estate
Dodson, Benjamin R. (1880) - estate
Dodson, Nora (1883) - guardianship of a minor
Douglas, Isaac (1856) – estate
Dow, Andrew Edward (1865) - guardianship of a minor
Downard, Jonathan K. (1846) - guardianship of a minor
Downs, Mary (1851) – estate
Fonville, Lewis (1876) – estate
Foote, Samuel P. (1873) – estate
Ford, James S. (1842) - guardianship of a minor
Ford, John (1874) - estate
Forgey, Idella Jane & Rachel Ellen (1861) - guardianship of minors
Foster, Leonard (1848) - estate
Foust/Fouste, James W. (1886) – estate
Fox, David (1838) – estate
Fox, Eli (1876) – guardianship of an unsound mind
Fox, Eli (1877) – estate
Foxworthy, William H. (1881) – estate
Fraizer, Robert (1880) – estate
Frakes, John (1843) - estate
Franke, Dedrich (1875) - estate
Franklin, Joseph (1877) – estate
Franklin, Lewis C. (1863) – estate
Franklin, Martha Ann (1866) – guardianship of a minor
Franklin, Martha Ann (1876) – estate
Frazee, Daniel D. (1875) - estate
Garrison, Abijah D. (1838) – estate
Garrison, Josiah (1897) - estate
Garrison, Mary Ann, Phoebe, Elizabeth E. & Hainey A. (1857) - guardianship of minors
Garrison, William (1845) – estate
Gaskill, Kate S. (1885) - estate
Gates, Edward E. (1853) – estate
Gatson, Elmer E. & Charles (1879) - guardianship of minors
Gatson, Thomas (1879) – estate
Gentry, Alva (1887) - guardianship of a minor
Gentry, John (1884) – estate
Gibbs, George A. (1887) - estate
Gibbs, Joseph T. (1886) – estate
Gibbs, Tabitha (1859) – estate
Gibbs, Thomas (1859) - estate
Gibson, Isaac T. & Mariah Owen (1847) - guardianship of minors
Gibson, William (1838) – estate
Gilbert, Amos (1896) – estate
Gilbert, Henry (1852) – estate
Gilleland, Mary Ellen, John Henry, Norah Bell & William Thomas S. (1868) - guardianship of minors
Gilleland, Thomas (1836) - estate
Gilliland, Joseph (1842) – guardianship of a minor
Glover, George (1867) – guardianship of a minor
Glover, James 1886) – guardianship of an unsound mind
Glover, William (1838) – estate
Glover, William H. (1896) - estate
Goings, Henry, Hardin, David, Nancy, Mary, Eliza & William (1850) – heirs of estate
Gordon, James W. (1842) - guardianship of a minor
Gorham, Thornton F. (1853) – estate
Goss, Eddie A. (1879) - guardianship of a minor
Gossett, Samuel (1886) – estate