15 Hendricks County probate packets from 1847 through 1901 digitized

An 1862 application for letters of administration on the estate of Mary Bell.

The Indiana Genealogical Society's website recently added 15 digitized probate packets for Hendricks County for free viewing.

This batch of probate packets spans 1847 through 1901 (as well as a couple of stray packets from 1913, 1917 and 1930). They were digitized by volunteers at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne.

The 15 digitized probate packets are:
Bell, Mary (1862) - estate
Bell, Robert Fay (1913) - guardianship of minor
Bell, Samuel W. (1899) - estate
Bell, Sarah (1888) - estate
Benbow, Charles Dewayne (1930) - guardianship of minor
Benbow, Leland W. (1917) - guardianship of minor
Bennett, Joseph T. (1883) - estate
Bennifiel, Paulina Ann, Peter M.P. & Francis M.G. (1871) - guardianship of minors
Berreman, Adelia M. & Araminta B. (1864) - guardianship of minors
Berreman, Jesse (1864) - estate
Bez, Jacob (1901) - estate
Biddle, John (1885) - estate
Bird, Larkin (1847) - estate
Bishop, John (1864) - estate
Bishop, Rachel (1865) - estate

20 Hendricks County probate packets from 1844-1899 digitized

An 1867 executor's bond for the estate of Thomas Barr, issued in Hardin County, Kentucky

The Indiana Genealogical Society's website recently added 20 digitized probate packets for Hendricks County for free viewing.

This batch of probate packets spans 1844 through 1899 (as well as a couple of stray packets from 1919, 1929 and 1930). They were digitized by volunteers at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne.

The 20 digitized probate packets are:

Barnhill, James (1844) - estate
Barr, Thomas (1867) - estate
Barron, John Q. (1886) - estate
Barron, Rebecca E., Moses J., Susan E., Mary A., Harriett A. & Martha C. (1856) - guardianship of minors
Bartholomew, Levi W. (1871) - estate
Barton, Dora E. (1930) - estate
Barton, Ralph (1888) - estate
Bateman, James (1899) - guardianship of minor
Bateman, Margaret L.A. (1894) - guardianship of unsound mind
Baugh, Alva M. (1929) - estate
Baxter, Charles W. (1868) - guardianship of minor
Baxter, Nancy (1865) - estate
Bean, James (1892) - estate
Beard, Clarissa (1869) - estate
Beard, Elisha D. (1919) - estate
Bedford, Catharine (1895) - estate
Beekman, Joseph W. (1885) - estate
Beeson, Ezra (1868) - estate
Bell, James J. (1887) - estate
Bell, James J., Julia I. & Allen (1861) - guardianship of minors

Memorial for Carey W. GASTON (1951)

As mentioned in Hendricks County Circuit Court Civil Order Book Volume 100 (April 1951 - June 1952), the death of Carey W. Gaston in December 1951 led the Hendricks County Bar to issue this memorial about him in the circuit court minutes of December 20, 1951:

"Carey W. Gaston first saw the light of day in Seaman, Ohio, on the 17th day of December, 1875. In his early youth, he adopted Indiana as his home and in Danville the greater portion of his life was spent. He came to Central Normal College in 1897 where he taught Mathematics, Penmanship and Commercial Law for many years. During those early years he studied law in the Indiana Law School at Indianapolis, which is now a branch of the Indiana University School of Law; while there met Iris T. Bell who became his wife November 25, 1903. On June 12, 1901, Mr. Gaston was admitted to the practice of law in the Hendricks County Bar and on the same date, John T. Hume, of Stilesville, Indiana, was admitted to the Hendricks County Bar. On that date, he formed a partnership of the practice of law with John T. Hume and this association continued for more than forty years. A most profitable partnership experience was ended when John T. Hume died on the 21st of October, 1944. Mr. Gaston continued in the practice of the law from that time until his death.

For many years Mr. Gaston was associated with all civic and local government agencies. He was, for many years, County Attorney for the County Commissioners of Hendricks County. He was for many years a valuable member of the Board of Children's Guardians and rendered much service in helping with the problems of the widows and orphan children back in the days before 1935 and before a Welfare Department came into existence. Mr. Gaston was a believer in public education. He was proud of his heritage as a son of a Civil War veteran; he loved his Masonic Fraternity; he loved his Church, and above all, he loved his home and his family. His only daughter, Marjorie, will probably miss him most of all.

Mr. Gaston held the court and the profession of the law in high esteem. He was conscientious and thorough. Most inexperienced members of the Bar could always obtain his valuable counsel. Today the Court, the Bar and the public pay tribute marking the close of a valuable and interesting career.

Claude D. Raber
A.J. Stevenson
BAR COMMITTEE
"

OBITUARY: Mrs. George Bolt (1899)

from the Jamestown Press (Jamestown, Indiana) – issue of Friday, March 17, 1899 – page 3, column 3:

Burned to Death
Mrs. George Bolt was burned so badly at Brownsburg on Wednesday of last week by a coal oil explosion while lighting the fire in the cook stove that she died from the effects of it during the day. The fire had been started and went out and she undertook to rekindle it with coal oil. The house was also destroyed, entailing the loss of about $1000 and the life of one person and almost that of another – Clyde Bell, brother of Mrs. Bolt, who carried her out of the house.

[Transcriber’s Note: Mrs. George Bolt may be Grace J. Bell who married George W. Bolt in Hendricks County in 1897].