Former county surveyor Jesse Paul JOHNSON dies in Indianapolis (1937)

[obituary courtesy of Jim Cox]

source: Fort Wayne News Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, May 27, 1937

Maple Hill Cemetery; Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana

JESSE JOHNSON, OF INDIANAPOLIS, DIES
Former Albion School Head To Be Buried on Friday; Once County Surveyor

INDIANAPOLIS, May 27 - Jesse Paul Johnson, aged 49, former president and owner of the J. P. Johnson Company, road contractors, died of a cerebral hemorrhage here Wednesday. He was born in Michigan City August 19, 1887.

At one time he was school superintendent at Albion and was County Surveyor in Hendricks County seven years.

Funeral services will be held here Friday with burial at Plainfield.

Plainfield library adds Facebook page for its genealogy collection

The Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library has added a Facebook page devoted to its genealogy collection. The page will include items from the Indiana Room's extensive photo collection, as well as tidbits of history about Plainfield and Hendricks County.

Danville library's genealogy group to discuss publishing your family history

The Danville library's genealogy group, the Genealogy Nuts, will hold their monthly meeting on Monday, August 9 at 1 pm. The meeting will be held both virtually - via Zoom - and in-person for up to 30 attendees. Ron Darrah will talk about "Publishing Your Family History," where you will learn how to turn all that collected data into a readable family history without breaking the bank. Darrah has been a genealogical researcher for over 30 years and a lecturer since 1996. Currently, he is the Secretary/Newsletter Editor for the Genealogical Society of Marion County and is the Corresponding Secretary and Fellow of the Indiana Genealogical Society.

To attend the meeting either in-person or virtually via Zoom, you must pre-register via the events calendar on the library's website.

Danville library's genealogy group to discuss kitchen heirlooms

The Danville library's genealogy group, the Genealogy Nuts, will hold their monthly meeting on Monday, June 14 at 1 pm. The meeting will be held both virtually - via Zoom - and in-person for a limited number of attendees (10). The Indiana Room's Cindy Rutledge will talk about "Heirlooms From The Kitchen". "The heart of the home is the kitchen" is a familiar quotation. Many warm memories are associated with this room. The kitchen also contains many precious heirlooms that some may overlook. This presentation will look at kitchen heirlooms and how they may help with your genealogy research.

To attend the meeting either in-person or virtually via Zoom, you must pre-register via the events calendar on the library's website.

Danville library's genealogy group to meet in-person and virtually in April

 The Danville library's genealogy group, the Genealogy Nuts, will hold their monthly meeting on Monday, April 12 at 1 pm. The meeting will be held both virtually - via Zoom - and in-person for a limited number of attendees (4). The Indiana Room's Cindy Rutledge will talk about "Transcribing Historic Documents" - which are wonderful original sources, but can be hard to read. Cindy will give tips on ways to make it easier.

To attend the meeting either in-person or virtually via Zoom, you must pre-register via the events calendar on the library's website.

If you would like to be added to the Indiana Room's mailing list for news on programs and other genealogy/history information, please contact Cindy Rutledge - e-mail crutledge@dplindiana.org or phone (317) 745-2604.

Philip KREIGH dies near Stilesville (1905)

 source: Indianapolis Star, issue of Thursday, August 25, 1905 - page 5:

DOORS TOO SMALL FOR COFFIN

"Hoosier Fat Boy" Is Buried At His Home at Stilesville, Ind.

Danville, Ind., August 23 - Philip Kreigh, Indiana's largest man, who died of dropsy yesterday at his home near Stilesville, this county, was buried this afternoon. Kreigh was for many years a farmer of ordinary size and weight, but within the past ten years accumulated flesh so rapidly that his actual weight when in health was 526 pounds. His "show weight," when on exhibition, was 700 pounds.

For several years he traveled with Barnum & Bailey and Sells Bros. as the "Hoosier Fat Boy".

The casket in which Kreigh was buried was six feet long and four feet wide. The casing in the largest door in the house had to be removed to get the casket out, and it took double the usual number of pallbearers to handle it.

Pittsboro resident Ellis PIERSON dies in Lebanon (1939)

 source: Indianapolis Star - issue of Sunday, April 23, 1939:

Lebanon, Ind., April 22 - Injuries suffered in a collision of two automobiles caused the death yesterday of Ellis Pierson, 65 years old, of near Pittsboro. His car collided with one driven by Donald Warren of Frankfort.