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 Officials Prosecuted for Failure to Return Marriage Certificates (1849)

As mentioned in Hendricks County Circuit Court Civil Order Book Volume 5 (October 1846 - October 1849), several officials were prosecuted under the law for failure to return completed marriage certificates to the county clerk:

• Joseph A. Martin - the county prosecutor dismissed the case in September 1847.
• Nathan Meredith - the county prosecutor dismissed the case in September 1847.
• Nathan Waters - pled guilty in March 1848 and was fined $10.
• Jacob Reynerson - pled guilty in March 1848 and was fined $15.
• Berry Burks - pled guilty to 2 counts in April 1849 and was fined $5 per count.