Hendricks County residents who graduated from Purdue University, West Lafayette (winter 1948)

source: The Clayton Commercial (Clayton, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, February 12, 1948 - page 8, column 3:

According to a newspaper article, these Hendricks County residents graduated from Purdue University in their commencement held on February 1, 1948:

--James A. West of Plainfield - Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
--James A. Newman of Coatesville - Bachelor of Science in Forestry
--James R. Leak of Lizton - Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Hendricks County residents who graduated from Indiana University (1921)

source: A commencement program for Indiana University, Bloomington for June 8, 1921:

CLAYTON:
Opal Martha West - Bachelor of Arts in English

DANVILLE:
Martin Luther Conrad - Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Benjamin Lewis Harrison - Bachelor of Arts in Anatomy
Ellice Prentice - Bachelor of Arts in Latin

LIZTON:
Jeannette Davis - Bachelor of Arts in Romance Languages
James Obed Swain - Bachelor of Arts in Romance Languages
John Milton Swain - Bachelor of Arts in Economics

Hendricks County residents at Indiana School for the Blind (1847-1891)

source: 1891 annual report for Indiana School for the Blind.

These were the residents from various Hendricks County towns who attended Indiana School for the Blind in Indianapolis from its beginning in 1847 through the time of its 1891 annual report:

A. Lafayette Cosner (hometown Stilesville) 1881 - ?
Nancy L.C. Davidson (hometown Danville) 1866-1867
John D. Hunter (hometown Brownsburg) 1869-1874
William C. Meredith (hometown Clayton) 1890 - ?
Emily A. Miles (hometown Belleville) 1863-1863
David Newton (hometown Friendswood) 1877-1879
John Smith (hometown Brownsburg) 1890 - ?
M. Jane Smith (hometown Danville) 1855-1869
Oliver C. Smith (hometown Brownsburg) 1890 - ?
William Smith (hometown Clayton) 1865-1867
Daniel Tynan (hometown Clayton) 1871-1873
Phebe Ellen West (hometown Pecksburg) 1868 - ?

Hendricks County students at Indiana School for the Blind (1869)

These were the students from Hendricks County who were attending the Indiana School for the Blind in Indianapolis as of June 1869:

Source: Twenty-third annual report of the trustees and superintendent of the Indiana Institute for the Education of the Blind (Indianapolis: Alexander H. Conner, 1869)

--M. Jane Smith
cause of blindness: typhoid fever

--Phebe E. West
cause of blindness: inflammation

Jeptha D. WEST charged with trying to kill his wife (1902)

As mentioned in Hendricks County Circuit Court Civil Order Book Volume 48 (November 1902 - December 1903), in November 1902 Jeptha D. West was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill his wife Sarah West (case #4309). The judge released him from county jail on his own recognizance, provided he sign an affidavit agreeing to leave the state of Indiana and stay away from the state so long as his wife lived, and to abstain from drinking intoxicating liquor.

John WEST obituary (1915)

From the Danville Gazette (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, February 4, 1915 - page 8, column 4:

JOHN WEST DIES SUDDENLY
John West, a prominent farmer living north of Pecksburg, dropped dead Friday morning. His death was due to heart trouble. Mr. West was in a hog house when the fatal attack came on. He had been subject to the trouble for some time. The funeral was held from the home Sunday morning and burial was at Stilesville.

The widow and an adopted daughter survive. Deceased was a brother of Milo West of Greencastle, George West of this county, and Mrs. John Baron and Mrs. George Harvey of Clayton.

Adoption of Carrie B. TRESTER (1914)

According to an entry in a Hendricks County Probate Docket & Fee Book covering the years 1912 to 1915, in February 1914 the court heard a petition regarding the adoption of Carrie B. Trester by John and Ada B. West.

Eva WEST Files For Divorce (1934)

source: The Republican (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, July 12, 1934 - page 1, column 4:

WIVES ARE PLAINTIFFS IN THREE DIVORCE PLEAS
[...]
An absolute divorce, custody of three children and money for their support is asked in the suit by Eva West against her husband, Halbert West. The Wests were married in 1924 and separated in July, 1934. The plaintiff alleges cruel and inhuman treatment.

Geraldine WEST Files For Divorce (1932)

source: The Republican (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, January 28, 1932 - page 5, column 4:

ALLEGED CRUEL TREATMENT
Mrs. Geraldine West has filed suit for divorce from Brytus West. She alleges cruel and inhuman treatment, specifying that he would jerk her and caused her arm to become black and blue; that he has an ungovernable temper, cursed plaintiff and called her bad names; that he kicked her and told plaintiff that he did not love her, that he wished he had died before he married her and that he desired that she leave him; that he denied plaintiff the use of their automobile and refused to go out in society with her. Plaintiff asks the custody of their two children. The couple was married Nov. 9, 1913 and separated January 1, 1932.

source: The Republican (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, July 14, 1932 - page 1, column 4:

WIFE GRANTED DIVORCE
Geraldine West was granted a divorce from Brytus West, Saturday, in the circuit court. Mrs. West claimed cruel and inhuman treatment and that Mr. West often called her profane names. The Wests were married in 1913 and separated January 1, 1932. Mrs. West asked to keep the children but the court gave them into the custody of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert West, until further orders.

NEWSPAPER TIDBIT: New Winchester Man Dies in North Dakota (1926)

from The Republican (Danville, Indiana) – issue of Thursday, January 14, 1926 – page 1, column 4:

JAMES W. WEST DIES IN NORTH DAKOTA HOSPITAL
James W. West, a former well-known citizen of Danville, died last week in Jamestown, N. Dak., of pneumonia, following an operation for the removal of gall stones. He was the son of Xury E. and Sarah A. West, deceased, of New Winchester, and was born May 29, 1858, and was in his 68th year. Deceased is survived by a son and daughter – Earl West, of Indianapolis, and Miss Marie West, of this place, and one brother, Moses C. Weset, of Anderson. At the time of his passing, the deceased had been a nurse in a hospital in North Dakota and had followed that profession for a number of years, having held similar positions in Cincinnati and Indianapolis. Before taking up nursing as a profession, Mr. West had been in business here and in Anderson. He was one of the first men to join Danville K. of P. lodge in early days, and was long active in the order. “Jim” West, as he was familiarly known, had many good qualities. He was big-hearted, of a sociable nature, liked companionship and naturally made friends.

The remains of the deceased arrived in Danville, Monday, and the funeral was held from McClelland’s undertaking parlors, Tuesday afternoon, in charge of Rev. F.H. Longwell of the Methodist church, and the K. of P. lodge. The burial was in the South cemetery. The service was an impressive and appropriate one. The son and daughter and other relatives with friends were present, all bringing their tribute of flowers to the memory of the deceased.