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| Name: | Barbara(Heacock)Rowell |
| E-mail address: | barbie@allegiance.tv |
| Comments: | Well!!
I was born in SouthBend, never thought I would be researching in the state!! If any one in Jefferson Co. research knows of Heaths and Halls contact me....love the page it is GREAT!! Lots of hard work you guys. Barb |
| Name: | Julia A. Wehner Wallace |
| E-mail address: | res0f0la@verizon.net |
| Comments: | I was born and raised in Jefferson Co.. graduated MCHS. Visit family there every few weeks. I am researching and confirming family records. Family has landgrant for farm in the Kent area dated 1814 signed by James Madison. Would share information with anyone researching the same families.
(Holsclaw (Germanna connection... for other Jefferson Co. families check Germanna.org), Chitwood, Cavett, Lattimore, Bland, Foster, Martin, Wehner, Kessler, Weber,and Thurnall) |
| Name: | Louise Ralston Brown |
| E-mail address: | Louann739@insightbb.com |
| Comments: | I am putting my new e-mail address here to help anyone searching my families. Warfield/ Jackson/ Brawner/ Babbitt/ Parker/ Vest/ Derringer/ Richardson/ Matherly/ Spencer/ Fess/ Kunzie/ Broker/ Broecker/ Rolston/ Ralston/ Condra/ Evans/ Wilson/ Dillard/ and many more. Anyone having connections to this name in Maryland/ Virginia/ Kentucky/ North Carolina and Indiana, I may be able to connect somewhere. Thanks for your time.
Louise Ralston Brown |
| Name: | Mary Kenworthy |
| E-mail address: | niddy_noddy@netzero.net |
| Comments: | I sent a question regarding Possum Trot Elementary School and it's location in the early 1920's. Noone was able to locate it - until my husband and I asked Ron Grimes at JCHS Researh Library and he sent us an email showing the Possum Trot School in on Henry Road and 1350 W Road in Graham Township. The plat was 1900. We visited the JCHS Research Library this past week. Ron and the staff were very professional and we were able to contribute some Deputy School Pictures from the 1920's thru the 1960's. We spent about 4 hours at the center- it was well worth our time. Now I have 1 question of you - when was Deputy High School closed and the elementary school built in it's place? We have what seems to be classes (2) at the high school - witting out on the front steps and we are trying to date this picture. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. |
| Name: | Barbara Whiteside |
| E-mail address: | bobbeo60@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://bar-b-k.tripod.com |
| Comments: | Looking for a marriage of Robert H. Montfort/Monfort that may have taken place in Madison, IN about 1865-1868 to a girl named Maria, born in England. They had one daughter, Lilly born about 1868 and moved to Washington, D.C. by the 1880 census. Lilly was born in INDIANA and presumably in Madison where her father was a blacksmith. Robert is the son of Henry and Susannah Lewis Samples Monfort of Madison. Any help would be appreciated. |
| Name: | Shirley Teal |
| E-mail address: | shirl44@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Really enjoyed your site. I am trying to track down the family of my ggg-grandfather, James Hamilton who was married to Sarah McFatridge April 30, 1860 at the home of John McFatridge in Manville. James and Sarah were living in Howard Co., IN in the July 1960 census. My gg-grandmother Mary Elizabeth Hamilton was born in 1861 (Howard Co.) and James went off to war in 1862 never to return. I would like to find out who his parents were and something about his family. Thanks for a great site! Shirley Teal |
| Name: | Mary and Larry Kenworthy |
| E-mail address: | niddy_noddy@netzero.net |
| Comments: | Larry Kenworthy was nephew of Lorraine Kenworthy Wallace who was a teacher since 1923 in the Jefferson County Indiana area. We are hunting for Possum Trot School where she had a picture taken about 1925 or so. John and Lorraine Wallace were very wonderful, helpful and active people in the Deputy, Indiana area.
We enjoy this website. |
| Name: | Penny Weideman |
| E-mail address: | kbabybommer@aol.com |
| Comments: | Love your site Been looking for info on Elliott's, Eastabrooks, Patton. Found Elliott's And Patton right off. Still searching but looks like I have something now. Penny Weideman. |
| Name: | Gregory A. Land |
| E-mail address: | grubby01@aol.com |
| Comments: | This web site is awesome. Lots of info. Wish all counties had a wb site this good? |
| Name: | Yolanda Lewis |
| E-mail address: | acepub@aol.com |
| Comments: | Enjoyed the site. I am researching the Barton family from Madison; two brothers, James who married Lidia B Henry and William A who married Matilda Laird in mid 1860's. I've posted their details to a public tree on ancestry.com. They had large families and I'd like to connect with anyone who may be researching them or be descended from them. Thanks. |
| Name: | Don Conard |
| E-mail address: | Dono839golf@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Mordecai Brooks was my grandfather. I thought his name was Meyer until I found a copy of his obituary. He had sons, "Rusty and Vernon. Daughters were Lula, Opal (my mother), Aliene and Olive. I grew up in Brooksburg around 1946 to 1960. Your site brings back many memories and is very informative. Thanks e-mail me any time |
| Name: | W.P.McDANIELS |
| E-mail address: | K5PUD@TICON.NET |
| Comments: | Hi i AM FROM MADISON,iN. WENT to THE u>s>NAVY From their and got out Navy in 1948 living in Orange,Texas had a wife of 50 Years lost to cancer in 1998. Three Children all around Orange. John Bott and i grew up together he is still in Madison. My sisiter Nancy Edrington works at Kings Daughter in Madison ,Jack McDaniels my Brother is their also Delbert loos my cousin lives thei .I working on some Family Tree,Father and Mother in Springdale cem.
Thank you William Paul McDaniels 1608 Texas St Orange,Tx 77630 |
| Name: | Pauline J Clarke |
| E-mail address: | pjclarke@bham.rr.com |
| Comments: | I am researching the family of my step-daughter. Her mother was a Vanosdol whose family migrated to the US from Holland and the Banta Family from Germany whose descendents were in Jefferson and Switzerland counties in the 1820`s before their move to Kansas and then on to Mississippi.
Thank you for all the work you have done to help so many. Pauline (Polly) Clarke |
| Name: | Darel Jackman |
| E-mail address: | djackman@telus.net |
| Comments: | I have traced my family back to John H Jackman. John was the son of Joseph A Jackman and Nancy a Jackman born in 1852, Madison Jefferson Indiana. I have many wonderful people helping me. I have had recent success with help from the Genealogists in the local Counties, where I have found parts of my family in. I would like to thank the local genealogists and also the many wonderful people that are employed or volunteer at the local libraries.
Darel Jackman Kamloops, B.C. |
| Name: | Darlene Battcher |
| E-mail address: | d.battcher@insightbb.com |
| Comments: | Your web site was a huge help in finding and verifying one of my ancestors "Albert Newbold" who is buried in "Valley Cemetery" in Jefferson County. Very nice web site. Keep up the great work. |
| Name: | Gary Laswell |
| E-mail address: | lasweg@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I am looking for infomation about the manslaughter of Everett Devault, 47 years old. Circa 1937-1941. Four attendents were arrested: Byron Craig 23 of near Madison; Oscar Hook 49 of near Vernon; Elzia Demaree 46 of Madison, and Everett Zehr, 31 of Marengo. Were these attendents convicted...sentenced, etc. |
| Name: | Rebecca Bandy |
| E-mail address: | 2rbandy@knology |
| Comments: | I am looking for information concerning a town called Smockville in Jefferson Co. It's first postmaster was Samuel Smock...about the time the county was formed. Any information about the town or Samuel would be apprecited!
Thank you very much....Rebecca |
| Name: | Jean Wilson Perney |
| E-mail address: | jwperney@earthlink.net |
| Comments: | I am a Jeffersn Co. native, and my roots there go back to the early 1800s. Among the names in my lines are: Wilson, Phillips, Bear, Hall, Imel, Porter, Morgan. This site is a great resource. Keep up the good work! |
| Name: | Fred Westcott |
| E-mail address: | fredwes1@mindspring.com |
| Comments: | What a terrific site! I was able to find the Crawfords' burials at Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery, and even found them on the 1927 plat. These were my grandmother's aunt and uncle and cousins: CRAWFORD, Otto, Leonard O., Minnie, Thomas Elmer, Lula, Minnie and Dora. Her Furnish siblings, Amanual Furnish and Rosie Sherlock (and daughter Virginia Clegg)lived in Madison. |
| Name: | Bettye Wingate |
| E-mail address: | Ohibette@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | Researching WILLIAM THICKSTEN and wife ELIZABETH ( BETSY ) CARROL/CARROL/CARROLL. Her mother was Mary Carrol/Carroll/Carrel |
| Name: | Bettye Wingate |
| E-mail address: | Ohibette@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | I am researching John and Mary ( Polly) Carrol James married in Jefferson Co 1820 by Amos Chitwood. Anyone out there with this line? |
| Name: | kerry Haskin |
| E-mail address: | carlosreyes@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | Hello,
This is a great site. If anyone has any information about the Reuel Custer/Martha Allen decendents I would really love to hear from you. Reuel was my great,great,great grandfather. His daughter Permelia married Zephaniah Freeman and there is very little information on these two. Just wondering if anyone knows anything. Thanks just the same. Kerry |
| Name: | Penny (Sharp) Stanley |
| E-mail address: | hoosierlady26@comcast.net |
| Comments: | I have been to this site so very many times, and it is truly one of the best! I've had occasion to correspond with you, Ruth, and you are always most helpful, so wanted to thank you! It is because of this site I've been able to get over several blocks in my Brumbarger line, as well as a few others with Jefferson County ties (Lattimore, Sharp, McKay, Carson) |
| Name: | Nancy Marshall Russell |
| E-mail address: | g.russell@insightbb.com |
| Comments: | Dear Ruth, Thank you for all your work on this site. It is excellent. I am researching the Daniel Marshall family who were early settlers in Jefferson County. I have found information I had not seen before and it has been very helpful. I'd love to hear from anyone researching this family. Connected families -Chambers, Blue, and Williams - and the came out of Hampshire County, Va and Nelson County, Ky. |
| Name: | Deborah Hunt |
| E-mail address: | deblhunt2000@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | What I have found so far is very promising. I have been looking for a Sarah Wilson who married a Jacob Bodem. I found them on your site. I am also looking for Sarah's family and I think I found them. William and Sarah Hamilton Wilson. I found them on the 1870 Census. With 4 children including Sarah who was 10 at the time. Also Edwin, William, And Steele N. Wilson. I sure hope this is my family. |
| Name: | Deanda Lyne |
| E-mail address: | dllyne@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Fantastic site - keep up the great work - I have spent four hourse on your site today working on one family name. Will be back as there are other families in the same are. |
| Name: | Darel Jackman |
| E-mail address: | djackman@telus.net |
| Comments: | I find this site very helpful. It contains a lot of real good information. My great-great grandfather was botn in Indiana and I am still looking for lots of Information. |
| Name: | Louise Ralston Brown |
| E-mail address: | Lbrown39@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | Thank you so much for this site. I have found more inf., here then any other site. I descend from the Warfield/ Penn/ Vawter/ and Watt's families. Warfield are my direct descendants and Penn married a Warfield. Vawter and Watts are my sons descends from their great-grandmother Naomi Barbara [Vawter] Hess. Some of this info., I have never seen before now. I have lots of info., on these families and if you ever inclued family trees, will be happy to put mine here.
Louise Ralston Brown, New Albany, IN. |
| Name: | Kathy |
| E-mail address: | kmclaughlin31@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Have been finding this site very useful..especially lately as I've been focusing again on my husband's maternal grandpa's family (Swans & Taylors & Barnes, etc.) You really do GREAT work! Thank you! - Kathy |
| Name: | Emma ( Coker ) Huguenard |
| E-mail address: | steve-emma@mchsi.com |
| Comments: | WOW !
I love your site ! I have been able to search record's that I have never seen befor . I will be letting other's know about your site ! God Bless - Emma Huguenard ( Coker ) |
| Name: | Jeff Golladay |
| E-mail address: | jeff_goll@frontiernet.net |
| Name: | Noah H. Mason |
| E-mail address: | @wmconnect.com |
| Comments: | very nice site |
| Name: | Lee Ann Bright Yingling Evanoff |
| E-mail address: | NewCheese13@earthlink.net |
| Comments: | I was born in King's Daughters Hospital June 24,1957. My sister Donna Bright married Ron Gassert born in the same hospital on the very same day.
I went to E.O. Muncie, then moved to Southwestern, graduating in 1975. I moved to Muncie, Indiana and married Michael Yinging (who also graduated Southwestern 1975). Then we moved to Florida in 1978. We had a son,John (1979) and later divorced. I remarried in 1990 and have a daughter, Stephanie (born in 1993) |
| Name: | Patricia Selm |
| E-mail address: | selmforever@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Hello - we have just purchased property in Jefferson County and are so excited about moving to your beautiful community. Visiting sites like yours gives us insight to the history of this southern county. Thank you for all the interesting information you have provided.
Sincerely, Patricia Selm & Dave Watson |
| Name: | Mary Kenworthy |
| E-mail address: | niddy_noddy@netzero.net |
| Comments: | I am looking for information regarding the Kenworthy family that lived in Deputy Indiana. Lorraine Kenworthy married John Wallace. She taught school in Deputy and Johnny was a mail carrier. Lorraine's father and mother were Frank and Minnie Kenworthy. Frank's father and mother and brother (Marion, Laura B. and Ashton) are buried in Pisqua(sp?) Cementery near Deptuy. My husband Larry is a nephew to Lorraine. I have become a search for family nut and I got stopped on Laura B. Grady Kenworthy. Any information would be greatly appreciated. And I am quite impressed by your web site. Lots of work - worth the effort for others like me. Thanks Mary |
| Name: | Bev Petersen |
| E-mail address: | bev@funstuffforgenealogists.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.FunStuffForGenealogists.com |
| Comments: | Great web site!
Fun Stuff for Genealogists has over 500 fun and useful things for the genealogist. Mugs, T-shirts, novelty items, pedigree charts are just a few things. Take a look! |
| Name: | Druscilla Hill |
| E-mail address: | locustcreeknky@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Posted inquiry about BACKUS in January 2003. The purpose of this posting is to update e-mail address.
Thank you. |
| Name: | Mary C. Wydock |
| E-mail address: | MaeRabbit@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | I have done an immense amount of genealogy seaching, and I have to say this site, BY FAR, out weighs all the others sites I have seen. There is so much information here and it is very user friendly.
Thank you so very much for making my advocation much easier. ~Mary C Wydock |
| Name: | George Hoggatt |
| E-mail address: | ghoggatt@cinci.rr.com |
| Comments: | Our research book states the following:
Anthony & Susannah had a son Nathan Hoggatt Sr born 1796. He married Polly or Mary Babb in 1820. They had 12 children. One was James born in 1826 and died in 1895. His brother Anthony is my line. In our book it states: In the ear 1800's Anthony Hoggatt came from Holland first to N.C.?Penn?, then moved to Tenn. Some of his children, at least Nathan Sr was born before coming to America, as we have Nathan Sr. birth date as 1796. Nathan Sr. married Polly Babb in N.C. or Penn and moved to Tenn. Then moved to Ohio about 1830 in a covered wagon. It was stated that Polly "could pick up a barrel of molasses and put it in the smokehouse." Nathan Hoggatt Sr., Marion Township, Clinton County, Ohio served as Justice of Peace of Township April 16, 1826, 1839 and 1842. Hope some of the info is helpful. George Hoggatt |
| Name: | Jim Housefield Webster |
| E-mail address: | jwebster@ma.rr.com |
| Comments: | I've recently begun researching my mother's ancestory. My Great Grandfather Johann Heinrich Hausfeld and Great Grandmother Eliza Drauste were born in The Kingdom of Prussia, Germany 1820 and 1830. They changed their surname to Housefield after emigrating to Pennsylvania. From their union, my Great Grandfather Charles Housefield was born in Cincinnati 1853. The family moved to Bryantsburg where Charles later met and married Nancy Ann Kiser. Her family, also, emigrated from The Kingdom of Prussia, Germany. From this union my grandfather Clarence Housefield, Sr. was born 1894 on the upper bank of the Indian-KY Creek just east of Mud Lick (Bellview). Joseph Lane and Betsy Kiser Bates, the great grandparents of Nancy Kiser Housefield, my great grandmother, were reported to have donated land for a church and graveyard, now Hebron. The greater part of the Housefield family is buried there. My grandmother, Norma Gladys Buchanan, was born in Hicks, IN. Her parents were John Wilson Buchanan and Mary Etherton Buchanan. From the 1820's to 1940's, the Buchanans were substantial land owers across Shelby Township. Many Buchanans are buried in Hebron Cemetary. My Grandfather Housefield taught school in Brooksburg from 1925-1965. I was born in Brooksburg in 1938. My mother was Mary Kathleen Housefield. Sorry for so much history, but I can us any info about the Housefield and Buchanan familys.
Thanks for the Jefferson County Connection!! Jim Housefield Webster 812-234-8452 |
| Name: | Patricia Staats |
| E-mail address: | rpstaats@earthlink.net |
| Comments: | Thank-you so very much for this wonderful site!! I so appreciate all your hard work. My ancestors were in Jefferson Co. for 40+ years. I'm researching James H. Smith b. 15 Jan 1803, married Clarissa Coldwater b. 24 Jan 1804. James's father was Henry Smith. James and Clarissa had 12 children. Also, I'm researching Hiram Harris b. 1794 in Va. married a Martha unknown on 16 Aug 1821 in Ripley. If anyone is researching these names please contact me. SMITH, HARRIS,COLDWATER. |
| Name: | Michelle |
| E-mail address: | kiuriley@seidata.com |
| Comments: | I've researched a lot of states and their counties websites and this site by far is one of the very best I've found. Keep up the great work! I'm researching the McCaslin families in Jefferson, Johnson and Jennings Counties. Thank you for the time you've all put in to make it easier to do the research from home. |
| Name: | Janice Morgan |
| E-mail address: | jhmorgan@netscape.com |
| Comments: | Hi Ruth & Brad!
Miss you - heard you moved. Would love to hear from you. Please note my new e-mail address. |
| Name: | Sheila Spencer Lein |
| E-mail address: | rwlein@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Such a wonderful site - best I've come across for Indiana genealogy research! I happened across the site at 8am this morning and spent nearly 13 hours searching the various offerings. I found several references to relatives and my printer ran continually throughout the day.
Many, many thanks for putting this all together for everyone to share. Kind regards, Sheila Spencer Lein Great grand-daughter of Jonathan Spencer and Eliza Fallis, of Switzerland and Jennings Counties. |
| Name: | Debbie Garrett |
| E-mail address: | dallaswg@grandecom.net |
| Comments: | This is a wonderful site. Only someone who loves genealogy would put in so many hours to maintain the site. Thanks for all the info that I've gleaned. My Kruger/Gaumer gggparents lived in Madison in the 1850s and 60s then moved to Kentucky. I'm at a dead end with this family. |
| Name: | Donna Pickett |
| E-mail address: | djpickett55@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I have enjoyed all of your Jefferson Co. information so much; especially about Hebron Cemetery. My great grandfather, John Land, owned property in the southeast corner of Sec. 36 and may be buried in the cemetery but I have not found any proof. Another great grandfather, Elder Robert Stevenson, was pastor at Hebron at three different times. Thank you for all your work; you have a great site. |
| Name: | Earline Wilson Johnson |
| E-mail address: | ewjohnsoe@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Your site is wonderful. Thanks!
I have just started researching my grandfather, Joseph Steele Wilson b. 1867 in Jefferson County. Any information on the Wilsons would be so appreciated. |
| Name: | Jennifer Brown |
| E-mail address: | jenbrn143@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I really enjoyed your site. You have so much helpful information and I was even fortunate enough to find pictures of my ggg grandfather. I have spent a lot of time on your site and think it is wonderful. I am searching Geislers also spelled Giesler or Gesler sometimes. If anyone has any info or pictures please let me know. Thanks for the great collections on this site. |
| Name: | Judy Goodwin |
| E-mail address: | judy312_2000@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Just surfed in looking for any information on Zephaniah B.Reed, possible ancestor??Enjoyed your site!Would like to see more census's available online.
Thanks |
| Name: | Frank Hubbard |
| E-mail address: | flhubbard@earthlink.net |
| Comments: | An exceptionally well organized site. One that I will come back to time and time again to find out what is new.
Researching the Richard Hubbard (d. 19 Jul 1858)family and would appreciate any information availale. |