Showing posts with label Masten. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Masten. Show all posts

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Adoption of Jeremy James Jeffrey RICHARDSON (1980)

source: The Republican (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, March 13, 1980 - page 7, column 2:

According to a legal notice, in February 1980 James Lee Masten and Blanche Ann Masten filed a petition in the Hendricks County Superior Court (case # A 80-4) to adopt Jeremy James Jeffrey Richardson, a minor. His biological mother was Mary Richardson; his biological father, James Jonathan Whitaker, was alleged to have abandoned and deserted him and his whereabouts were unknown. The petition was scheduled to be heard 30 days after publication of the legal notice.




Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Hendricks County students attending Franklin College (1890's)

These are students from various Hendricks County towns who attended Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana in the 1890's (source: Annual catalogs for Franklin College from the 1890-1891 school year through the 1898-1899 school year). Franklin College is affiliated with the Baptist Church.

AMO:
--Bessie Howell attended during the 1893-1894 school year, as part of the Collegiate Department.
--Charles Howell attended the 1893-1894 and 1894-1895 school years, first as a senior in the Preparatory Department (studying Science), then as a freshman in the Collegiate Department.
--Elmer Masten attended during the 1890-1891 school year, as a senior in the Preparatory Department (studying Science).

BROWNSBURG:
--John Robert George attended during the 1891-1892 and 1892-1893 school years, as a junior and then a senior in the Preparatory Department (studying Science).

CLAYTON:
--Joseph Ulysses Jones attended the 1890-1891 through 1893-1894 school years, ending as a senior in the Scientific course.
--Minnie Jones attended the 1890-1891 through 1893-1894 school years, ending as a senior in the Scientific course.

COATESVILLE:
--Carrie Maud Wright attended the 1892-1893 school year, as part of the Music Department.
--Robert Benton Wright attended the 1890-1891 through 1893-1894 school years, ending as a senior in the Classical course.

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Osie MASTEN granted divorce (1919)

As mentioned in Hendricks County Circuit Court Civil Order Book Volume 68 (February 1919 - November 1919), in November 1919 Osie F. Masten was granted a divorce from Zephyr E. Masten (case #10338). She was also given custody of their children - Roy Masten (age 8) and Jeanette Masten (age 6).

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Bessie MASTEN granted divorce (1907)

As mentioned in Hendricks County Circuit Court Civil Order Book Volume 51 (March 1906 - February 1907), in February 1907 Bessie Masten was granted a divorce from Carl S. Masten (case #7826). Carl was given custody of their daughter, Mabel Masten, with Bessie allowed to visit the child not more than 1/2 of the time during the year.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

NEWSPAPER TIDBIT: Coatesville Resident Killed in Missouri Train Wreck (1922)

from The Republican (Danville, Indiana) – issue of Thursday, August 10, 1922 – page 1, column 6:

DARIUS MASTEN KILLED IN WRECK IN MISSOURI
Darius Masten, of Coatesville, timber inspector for the Pennsylvania company, was killed in the wreck at Sulphur Springs, Mo., on the Missouri Pacific road, Saturday night.

Mr. Masten was on his way home and was on the local train which was run into by the fast Texas express. The local train was composed of wooden cars. The express was an all-steel train. Mr. Masten was one of the thirty-eight killed.

Word reached Coatesville about 4 o’clock, Sunday morning, that Mr. Masten was one of the victims. His body arrived at Coatesville, Monday evening. The funeral was from his home, Tuesday afternoon, in charge of the Rev. John Cordrey. The Masons officiated at the grave. Interment was in the I.O.O. F. cemetery, Mr. Masten also being a member of that order.

He is survived by Mrs. Masten and two sisters and four brothers, one of the latter being John Masten, trustee of Clay township.