Shelby County Indiana Genealogy, History

Shelby County, Indiana
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Geneva / Sulfur Hill
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The Shelbyville News
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
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RIVERTOWN
Geneva is a charming village
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Ron Hamilton, Columnist
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The Shelby Democrat
Thursday, January 25, 1906
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GENEVA.
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Mrs. Joseph Gentry is ill at the present writing.
Ora Cuskaden of Marion college is visiting his father, J. T. Cuskaden.
Richard Rock and family spent Sunday with George Cole and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Othor Howard spent Sunday with Amos Jones and family.
Trustee Oscar Howard and George S. Billman were at Hope last Saturday.
Miss Dora Roberts was the guest of Miss Chloe Jackson last Saturday evening.
Harry Wright of Indianapolis is spending a few days with his uncle, John Woods.
Miss Bertha King of Milford is sending the week with her aunt, Miss Lewis Wasson.
Miss Bertha Braden of Decatur county spent Sunday with George Morgerson and family.
Frank Collins was given the second degree by the K. of P.'s of this place last Saturday night.
Misses Opal and Roxie Wasson of Posey county are visiting friends and relatives in this vicinity.
Miss Alta Wasson of the Hope exchange spent Saturday and Sunday with her father, Lewis Wasson.
Friends of Steven Howard will be pleased to note that he is considerably improved from his recent serious illness.
Harry Howard, merchant, and Landy Kelley, poultry dealer, were at Indianapolis last Saturday, transacting business.
Mr. and Mrs. James Dasson[sic] of Burney last Wednesday visited the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wasson, who are very ill.
Mrs. Ida Howard, who has been sojourning with friends and relatives in this vicinity, returned to her home in Indianapolis last week.
The Rev. Mr. Bean expounded the gospel to a large congregation at this place last Sunday. Two additions were received into the church.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelby Democrat
Thursday, September 7, 1905
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GENEVA.
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Everybody is preparing to attend the fair.
Othor Wood and Orel Vaughn have a stand at the fiar this week.
James Peck has sold one of his houses and lots in this burg to Frank Maze.
Henry Copeland, after a severe tussel with typhoid fever, is able to be out again.
You will find William Reed under the amphitheater this week, welling the famous Girton cider.
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Hiers, of Adams, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fiscus, of near Greensburg, were in our town visiting friends last Sunday.
The many friends of Mrs. Mary Howard will be pleased to learn that she is on the road to health after a severe attack of typhoid fever.
James Peck, Lon Gregor and Harry Howard attended the races at Franklin last Friday. Mr. Peck says Beryl Wilkes went one mile in the 2:10 pace in 1:55-1/4
The two services at the M. E. church Sunday were well attended. The morning service was conducted by the pastor of the church, the Rev. Mr. Bean, the evening service by Rev. Dimmith, of Shelbyville. Some very fine music was furnished by Prof. Taylor and wife, of Indianapolis.
There is a great deal of moving this week. Jeff Lovitt is moving into the property recently purchased from William Ross; Luther Rosencrans to the Bethel neighborhood; Albert Neibert into the house vacated by Mr. Rosencrans, while Warren Wasson takes the place of Mr. Neibert.
Edgar Blackamore had a pair of fine colts badly hurt Monday by running away and coming in contact with a barbed wire fence. Mr. Blackamore took these colts to the Greensburg fair and captured several premiums with them and was expecting to show them at Shelbyville this week.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville Friday Rebpulican
Friday, December 7, 1900
Page 2 Column 2
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SULPHUR HILL.
Noble Township. ----------
Geo. Barnett visited at Elwood last week.
Born November 29th a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Ora Barton.
William Mount will move into the house vacated by William Imley.
John Solomon and wife, of Indian Territory, are visiting at this place.
James Peck was called to Danville, Illinois, Sunday, by the death of his uncle.
Mrs. Gertrude Lingeam, of Hope, spent Thansgiving with her parents at this place.
Misses Hattie Littler, Edna Johnson and Maude Cowles and Mr. Charles Young, of Mt. Auburn, spent Thandsgiving with Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Barlow.

HAYSEEDS.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

GEOLOGY.
The soft magnesian stone found at the base of the Corniferous group, at Moscow and Milroy, makes a lime that is highly prized by masons and plasterers, and especially by the latter, on account of its working easily and smoothly under the trowel. The Moscow stone, having a considerable percentage of earthy matter, will yield a "cool" lime that slacks slow1y; while that produced from the Milroy stone, on account of its more crystalline character, will rank as an intermediate between a" cool" and "hot" lime. Typical" hot " lime is produced from the hard Niagara stone. It was formerly thought that the dark, rotten, Corniferous rock, having much the appearance of a decomposing sandstone, that occurs abundantly on the banks of Flat Rock and its trlbutaries; was utterly worthless for making lime. Experience shows that the darkest stone will burn perfectly white, and that the alumina, or earthy matter, mixed with it, adds greatly to its value for builders' use. The equivalent of the stone under discussion is used in making lime at Adams and Greensburg, in Decatur County, and at Geneva, in Shelby County. The ease with which the Flat Rock stone can be quarried, and the less amount of fuel required to reduce it than the hard Niagara stone, are questions of expense that indicate that the business might be made to pay in this county.
History of Rush County, Indiana, Brant & Fuller, 1888, pages 272-273.
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The Shelbyville Daily Democrat
Wednesday, January 27, 1886
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G E N E V A .
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Special Correspondence of the Democrat.

A WATCHFUL EYE.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

A Shelby County Newspaper
Special Correspondence of the Democrat:
Geneva, Ind
June 8, 1885
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Simeon Moore is erecting a handsome residence on his farm south of here.
Dr. C. M. Keeling will attend lectures at the Indianapolis Medical College during the next term.
What made Jim Seward leave so hurriedly last Sunday evening while Dad was hitching his horse?
B. T. Bergen is anxiously expecting an appointment to a clerkship in the Pension Department at Washington.
Dame Rumor in law, hushed voice is quietly coupling the names of Frank McDonald and Mrs. Elizabeth Mouts together for future "weal or woe".
James Hatton, while riding from the corn field last Monday was thrown from his horse, which had become unmanagable, and severely injured. His collar bone was thrown out of place and his hip badly bruised.
Squire Ellsberry, after a brief but decisive campaign among the widows of Indiana, closed the engagement at St. Paul on last Friday by completely subjugating the heart and capturing the hand, and gently leading to the hymencal altar the Widow Hewitt, and there promised by the most sacred vows known to man, to split kindling, carry in wood, and, in short, to be a kind and loving husband to said widow as long as life should last. I wish them much happiness.
Ed Keeling closed his school Saturday.
A young Democrat made his appearance at Jim Shirley's a few days ago, and Jim is all smiles.
Squire Ellsberry is at least ten years longer than he was a week ago, and is the happiest man in Noble township. Success to you Squire.
Harvey Lockridge has engaged in the poultry business on a large scale. Harve makes the breeding of Plymouth Rocks a specialty, and has some of the finest chickens in the State, Sid Conger's not excepted.
Delos Thompson, of Waldron, was in town to-day looking for a Justice of the Peace. Sorry to say Geneva could not accommodate him, but if he will leave his case with the long haired man it will receive prompt attention.
Contributed by Linda Ellis

The Daily Evening Democrat
Saturday, December 1, 1883
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GENEVA GEMS.
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Special Correspondence of the Democrat.

GENEVA, IND., Jan. 24, 1883.

---- George W. Howe has just completed one of the finest residences in the township. It's a dandy.
---- Dave Griffin says he proposes to apply for a divorce next term of court. Mrs. Griffin says she wil not [illegible].
---- Miss Ida Bergen is very low with consumption
---- Uncle Joe Jones has moved into his new house, and rumor has it that he will soon take unto himself a wife. At least he seems to in-Cline-ed that way.
---- It is reported that our popular young druggist, Johnny Keeling, will soon be married to a Miss Myers, a handsome young lady, who resides neare this place.
---- Dennis Howard was severely hurt last Thursday by being thrown from his horse while on the road home from this place. His foot caught in the stirrup and he was dragged for some distance.
NEW HAND.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Democrat - Volunteer.
Shelbyville, Ind., Feb. 26, 1880.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SHELBY COUNTY.
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FACTS AND FANCIES
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Flashed From the Fabers of Our Special Reporters.
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Notes From all Points of the County
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Geneva.
(Correspondence of The Democrat-Volunteer.)
Geneva, Ind., Feb 25, 1880.
The names mentioned in these sketches were Alexander Tindall, a Republican farmer of this section; J. F. Stewart; George Kail and George Cuskaden; and Wright's schoolhouse where David B. Wilson, Isom Wray, and Dr. Howard of St. Paul spoke.
Names abstracted by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelby Democrat
May 8, 1879
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GENEVA.
(Special Correspondence of the Democrat.)
Geneva, Ind., May 7, 1879
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--- G. N. has traded off that old gray mare.
--- William Jones, who moved to Kansas over a year ago, has returned a much wiser man.
--- E. H. Johnson, formerly of this place but now living at Colfax, has been visiting friends and relatives here.
--- That trouble in the church has finally been settled. A large amount of whitewash was used in the operation.
--- It is a burning shame that a fellow can not have his back scratched without the whole township getting mad.
--- Threats are indulged in that if I do not "let up" on some of the frauds down here that I will feel the effects of a stuffed club. I claim the right to speak and write the truth at all times, and propose to exercise both
--- The young blood who recently disappeared between two days had returned and is now engaged in the attempt to find a suitable name for the baby. The sheriff had important business with him last Saturday.
X. L. C. R.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville Republican
Thursday, December 12, 1872
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Rev. D. A. Robertson will deliver a Temperance lecture at Geneva, Saturday night, Dec. 14th.
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