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.

List of Franklin Township landowners in 1940 added

An index of the landowners in Franklin Township in 1940 has been added to the Land Records section of the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the Hendricks County Assessor's collection of plat books and lists the Congressional Township, Range and Section that the land was located in.

The Hendricks County Government's Archive has digital files of the plat books for scattered years between 1852 and 1940.

List of Franklin Township landowners in 1932 added

An index of the landowners in Franklin Township in 1932 has been added to the Land Records section of the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the Hendricks County Assessor's collection of plat books and lists the Congressional Township, Range and Section that the land was located in.

The Hendricks County Government's Archive has digital files of the plat books for scattered years between 1852 and 1940.

Hendricks County residents who graduated from Indiana State Teachers College, Terre Haute (1960)

source: Coatesville Herald (Coatesville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, June 9, 1960 - page 1, column 4:

NOTE: Indiana State Teachers College later changed its name to Indiana State University.

AMO:
--Dana Jeanne Sechman - Bachelor of Arts in Music and Latin

BROWNSBURG:
--John E. Hinkle - Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education

COATESVILLE:
--Millard R. Trout - Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education

DANVILLE:
--Robert Lee Cochran - Master of Science in Elementary Teacher
--Harold Clifford Wilson - Master of Science in Departmental and Industrial Education
--Linda Sue Owens - Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education
--Jean King Kisner - Bachelor of Science in Arts and Crafts and English
--Beverly K. Threlkeld - Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education
--Mary B. Furry - Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education
--Martha Swope Helton - Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education
--Harold Duane Wilson - Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education and Mathematics
--Imogene Patrick Wilson - Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education

PITTSBORO:
--Bonner Newlin Allee - Master of Arts in Secondary School Principal

PLAINFIELD:
--Danna Jean Collier - Master of Science in Elementary School Principal
--Max H. Park - Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education

STILESVILLE:
--Betty Ann Musgrave - Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education

Ground broken for Cascade High School (1963)

source: The Republican (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, September 19, 1963 - page 1, columns 4-5:

According to a newspaper article, on Saturday, September 14, 1963 a groundbreaking ceremony was held by the Mill Creek Community School Corporation (which represented Liberty Township, Clay Township and Franklin Township) for the new Cascade High School in Clayton. The building was to cost $1.5 million and when completed would serve the students from the former high schools of Clayton, Amo and Stilesville.

The site of the new school was described in the article as being on Jacktown Road (aka County Road 200 West), north of US 40.

Hendricks County residents who graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington (1949)

source: Coatesville Herald (Coatesville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, June 9, 1949 - page 1, column 2:

BROWNSBURG:
--Edna M. Cave - Bachelor of Science in Education
--Julius J. Kossik - Bachelor of Science in Physical Education
--James A. White - Bachelor of Arts in Zoology

CLAYTON:
--Robert L. Liggett - Doctor of Education

COATESVILLE:
--James Elrod - Bachelor of Arts in Speech

DANVILLE:
--Rosemary Brown - Bachelor of Science in Business
--Charles M. Davison, Jr. - Bachelor of Arts in Government
--Karl R. Hawley - Bachelor of Science in Business
--Robert B. Smith - Master of Music
--Rosalie J. Wean - Bachelor of Science in Education

NORTH SALEM:
--Clarice M. Robinson - Doctor of Education

PITTSBORO:
--Vincent G. Canganelli - Bachelor of Arts in Anatomy and Physiology

PLAINFIELD:
--Chester E. Clark - Bachelor of Science in Business
--Barbara J. Daum - Bachelor of Science in Business
--Mary Louise Daum - Graduate Nurse
--Frank W. Hamilton - Master of Science in Physical Education
--Lowell E. Krebs - Bachelor of Arts in Botany
--Russell B. Long - Bachelor of Science in Business

STILESVILLE:
--Boyd C. Purcell - Bachelor of Science in Business

Hendricks County residents who graduated from Purdue University (1930)

source: A commencement program for Purdue University, West Lafayette for June 10, 1930:

BROWNSBURG:
Paul Brown Sumpter - Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

DANVILLE:
Cecil John Merritt - Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Anna Lucile Simpson - Bachelor of Science in Home Economics

STILESVILLE:
Emily Lorene Hicks - Bachelor of Science in Home Economics

Enos MILHON killed by shotgun (1925)

source: Danville Gazette (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, December 10, 1925 - page 1, column 2:

BOY TRAPPER KILLED SELF ACCIDENTALLY
The second fatal accident of the hunting season happened two miles south of Stilesville Sunday morning, when Enos Milhon, the 16-year-old son of Corbin Milhon, was fatally wounded when his shotgun was accidentally discharged.

The boy had been running a trap line since the opening of the season and he started out Sunday morning to visit his traps. A short time after he left the house his mother heard the report of his gun. She investigated and as she approached a fence in the rear of their home she saw her son's hat hanging on the wire. She found the body of her son lying by the fence. The charge from the gun entered his face and almost blew his head off.

The boy is survived by his parents and three brothers. Some time ago he had an attack of pneumonia and on recovering from that was inclined toward tuberculosis. For this reason he had been kept out of school this winter and had been encouraged to do trapping to get the benefit of outdoor activities.

Items wanted for Hendricks County Bicentennial Time Capsule

In honor of Indiana's bicentennial celebration in 2016, Hendricks County is gathering items for a time capsule to be placed in the Hendricks County Government Center in Danville in December 2016. This time capsule will be opened during Indiana's tricentennial, in 2116. The deadline to donate an item for the time capsule is November 10, 2016. Some examples of possible items:

• A menu from your favorite restaurant
• Coins or currency
• Memorabilia from a local organization
• Photos
• A letter to the future, telling people 100 years from now what life is like now

Items can be dropped off at the libraries in Avon, Brownsburg, Danville and Plainfield, as well as the North West Hendricks Schools administration office in Lizton (104 N. Church St.).

For more information on what can be included in the time capsule, please download the brochure. You can also download the donation form that must accompany your item.

List of Cascade High School students in 1991 added

An index of the students in grades 9 through 12 at Cascade High School in Clayton in 1991 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the Cascade High School 1991 yearbook, Colossus. This yearbook is in the collection of the Plainfield library.

NOTE: Cascade High School opened in Clayton in the fall of 1964 as the consolidation of 3 school districts - Clayton, Amo and Stilesville.

List of Franklin Township landowners in 1928 added

An index of the landowners in Franklin Township in 1928 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the Hendricks County Assessor's collection of plat books and lists the Congressional Township, Range and Section that the land was located in.

The Hendricks County Government's Archive has digital files of the plat books for scattered years between 1852 and 1940.

Amy (COX) BODENHAMER dies (1950)

source: The Republican (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, September 7, 1950 - page 5, column 1:

Amy Bodenhamer, beloved daughter of Charles and Alpha Cox, was born in Putnam County December 3, 1895, and passed to her glorious reward in the morning of August 31, 1950, after an illness of several months. She was united in marriage to Orpheus Bodenhamer February 13, 1918. Three children came to share their home, Mary, Mildred and Marion.

Mrs. Bodenhamer united with the Stilesville Christian Church, later transferred her membership to the Hazelwood Christian Church. She was also a member of the Church Aid Society.

Mrs. Bodenhamer was preceded in death by her father, Charles Cox, one sister, Maggie, and two brothers, Earl and Edgar. In passing, she leaves the husband, the mother, the children, one brother, one sister, five grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and many friends.

Franklin Township landowners in 1925 added

An index of the landowners in Franklin Township in 1925 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the Hendricks County Assessor's collection of plat books and lists the Congressional Township, Range and Section that the land was located in.

The Hendricks County Government's Archive has digital files of the plat books for scattered years between 1852 and 1940.

List of Stilesville High School seniors in 1964 added

An index of the Stilesville High School students in grade 12 in 1964 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the Stilesville High School 1964 yearbook, Echo 1964. This yearbook has been digitized by Ancestry.com and can be accessed via a subscription to their website.

List of Stilesville High School students in 1956 added

An index of the students in grades 9-12 at Stilesville High School in 1956 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the Stilesville High School 1956 yearbook, El Tigre 1956. This yearbook has been digitized by Ancestry.com and can be accessed via a subscription to their website.

List of Cascade High School students in 1968 added

An index of the students in grades 7-12 at Cascade High School in Clayton in 1968 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the Cascade High School 1968 yearbook, Colossus, which is in the collection of the Plainfield Public Library.

NOTE: Cascade High School opened in the fall of 1964 as the result of the consolidation of the high schools of Clayton, Amo and Stilesville.

Franklin Township landowners in 1920 added

An index of the landowners in Franklin Township in 1920 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the Hendricks County Assessor's collection of plat books and lists the Congressional Township, Range and Section that the land was located in.

The Hendricks County Government's Archive has digital files of the plat books for scattered years between 1852 and 1940.

List of Cascade High School students in 1984 added

An index of the students in grades 9-12 at Cascade High School in Clayton in 1984 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the Cascade High School 1984 yearbook, Colossus, which has been digitized by the Hendricks County Government Center.

NOTE: Cascade High School opened in the fall of 1964 as the result of the consolidation of the high schools of Clayton, Amo and Stilesville.

List of Cascade High School students in 1979 added

An index of the students in grades 9-12 at Cascade High School in Clayton in 1979 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the Cascade High School 1979 yearbook, Colossus.

NOTE: Cascade High School opened in the fall of 1964 as the result of the consolidation of the high schools of Clayton, Amo and Stilesville.

List of Cascade High School students in 1973 added

An index of the students in grades 7-12 at Cascade High School in Clayton in 1973 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the Cascade High School 1973 yearbook, Colossus.

NOTE: Cascade High School opened in the fall of 1964 as the result of the consolidation of the high schools of Clayton, Amo and Stilesville.