The Danville library's genealogy group, Genealogy Nuts, will meet on Monday, August 14 at 1:30 pm in the library's program room. Jeannie Regan-Dinius from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources' DHPA will give a presentation on the Underground Railroad in Indiana. The meeting is free and open to the public.
For more information on the group, please contact the library's Indiana Room - dplind@dplindiana.org.
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Thursday, July 13, 2017
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Former slave Lewis McCulley buried at Plainfield (1920)
Source: Plainfield Messenger (Plainfield, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, May 20, 1920 - page 1, column 6:
LEWIS McCULLEY
Lewis McCulley, colored, aged one hundred and seven years, the oldest resident of the county, died at the home of his son, Lewis, Jr., Sunday, from an illness of chicken pox, and general debility.
There is some uncertainty about the age of the aged man, but research has verified the belief that he was one hundred seven years old at the time of his death, as an approximated age at the time of his emancipation from slavery, during the Civil War, was more than fifty.
He was a slave in Randolph County, North Carolina, his old master being Joseph McCulley and his young master Robert McCulley, from whom he took the name, McCulley.
He is survived by two sons, Alexandria and Lewis, and a step-son, Frank Jackson of Indianapolis.
Funeral services were held from the home Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Williamson, pastor of the A.M.E. Church, followed by burial at Sugar Grove.
LEWIS McCULLEY
Lewis McCulley, colored, aged one hundred and seven years, the oldest resident of the county, died at the home of his son, Lewis, Jr., Sunday, from an illness of chicken pox, and general debility.
There is some uncertainty about the age of the aged man, but research has verified the belief that he was one hundred seven years old at the time of his death, as an approximated age at the time of his emancipation from slavery, during the Civil War, was more than fifty.
He was a slave in Randolph County, North Carolina, his old master being Joseph McCulley and his young master Robert McCulley, from whom he took the name, McCulley.
He is survived by two sons, Alexandria and Lewis, and a step-son, Frank Jackson of Indianapolis.
Funeral services were held from the home Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Williamson, pastor of the A.M.E. Church, followed by burial at Sugar Grove.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Lee FRANKLIN Dies (1933)
source: The Republican (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, March 30, 1933 - page 1, column 2
NEGRO FOUND DEAD IN LOCAL SLAUGHTER HOUSE
A homeless aged colored man was found dead, last Thursday morning at Ridgway's slaughter house where he had been staying for the past two months. The man was Lee Franklin, age 70. Coroner Tracy O'Brien investigated the death and pronounced the cause as heart trouble. He had no known relatives.
Robert Lawson entered the slaughter house about 10:30 Thursday morning and found the man dead. It is not known at what time he died but there was still some fire in the stove, therefore he probably died sometime during the preceding night. Franklin had lived at Plainfield many years ago. In recent years he had worked at various places in Indiana and neighboring states but made no place his home.
NEGRO FOUND DEAD IN LOCAL SLAUGHTER HOUSE
A homeless aged colored man was found dead, last Thursday morning at Ridgway's slaughter house where he had been staying for the past two months. The man was Lee Franklin, age 70. Coroner Tracy O'Brien investigated the death and pronounced the cause as heart trouble. He had no known relatives.
Robert Lawson entered the slaughter house about 10:30 Thursday morning and found the man dead. It is not known at what time he died but there was still some fire in the stove, therefore he probably died sometime during the preceding night. Franklin had lived at Plainfield many years ago. In recent years he had worked at various places in Indiana and neighboring states but made no place his home.
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