Shelby  County  Indiana
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Johnson

The  Shelbyville  News
August 23, 1958
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OLD  SHELBY
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          (From an advertisement in the  Independent Banner ,  August 2, 1855)
          "Shelbyville Daguerrean Gallery - Issac Johnson  respectfully announces to the citizens of Shelbyville and vicinity that he now occupies the third story of the  Burns  brick building on Washington St., where he has fitted up in convenient style taking daguerreotype portraits.  He has the advantage of a large skylight window and superior apparatus and with his experience in the arts, his pictures connot be beat.  The public is invited to give him a call.  Satisfaction guaranteed.  I. N. Johnson."-
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelbyville  Republican
Thursday, October 6, 1932
Page 1
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          Lee Cash,  of Terre Haute, is a guest at the home of  Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Johnson,  of East Pennsylvania street.
Submitted by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelbyville  Republican
Monday afternoon, April 24, 1916
Page 1
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CIRCUIT  COURT  NEWS.
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          Nicholas Johnson,  fifteen year old son of  George Johnson  of East Broadway is held at the county jail on a charge of rape, filed in the Juvenile court.  It is charged the Johnson attacked  Lillie Walton,  daughter of  Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Walton  of Riverside.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Indianapolis Star
November 7, 1915
Page 69   Column 7
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SHELBYVILLE.
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          Mrs. A. C. Fowler  is here from Portland visiting her parents,  Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Johnson.
Contributed by Virginia Latta Curulla

The  Indianapolis  Star
May 10, 1915
Page 9, Column 5
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          SHELBYVILLE -- Hattie B. Johnson  has been granted a divorce from  John W. Johnson  because of cruel treatment, including threats against her life.  She was given the custody of their child, but is prohibited from marrying for two years.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelbyville  Republican
Monday Afternoon, January 19, 1914.
Page 1   column 5
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JOHNSON  WILL  WAS  FILED
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Instrument of Late Resident of Sugar
Creek Township Gives Estate to
Widow.
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JOHNSON  WILL  PROBATED
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          The will of the late  Thomas S. Johnson,  who died a few days ago at his home in Sugar Creektownship, was filed with the County Clerk today for probate.  The will was drawn up January 8, 1914, and was witnessed by  John W. Johnson  and  Thomas Elbert Johnson.
          Mrs. Nora Johnson,  wife of the deceased was appointed executor of the will and gave a bond in the sum of $2,500.  Mr. Johnson was the owner of 125 acres in Sugar Creek township.
          All debts are to be paid and the personal property is left to the widow, Mrs. Nora Johnson.
          The real estate is left to the widow and she shall enjoy all of the profits from it until the youngest child has reached the age of 21 years.  At this time, one-third of the real estate shall go to the widow and the other two-thirds shall be divided among the children,  Lowell T.,  Paul P.  and  Leland.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelby  Daily  Democrat
Tuesday, October 3, 1905
Page 1 column 1
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          [I assume there is at least one paragraph and a header prior to the one on my copy, below. - pmf]
          Mrs. Johnson  was  Hester Larson  and was less than sixteen years of age when she met Johnson and eloped with him.  She belongs to a respectable family.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelby  Republican
Tuesday, August 29, 1899
Page 3
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A  HEINOUS  CRIME.
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Milo  Johnson  is  Arrested  Charged  With
Incest -- His  Daughter  the  Complainant.
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Greenfield Tribune.
          Yesterday  Milo Johnson,  who formerly lived in this city, swore out a warrant for the arrest of  Frank Smith  and wife, of Morristown, charging them with having abducted his eighteen-year-old daughter,  Stella.
          Constable Personett  went to Morristown and put Mr. and Mrs. Smith under bond to deliver the girl to  'Squire Alger  this morning.  When the trio came to Greenfield, Miss Stella, who is a very pleasant appearing young lady, filed an affidavit against her father, charging him with the henious crime of incest.  She says that for two years or more past her father has compelled her to submit to his desires threatening should she resist or inform on him to take her life.  Mrs. Smith, who is an aunt of the girl, learning the said story, attempted to separate the couple with the above results.
          Failing to give bond in the sum of $500, Mr. Johnson was put in jail to await his trial, which will occur before 'Squire Alger next Wednesday at 9 a.m.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelby  Republican
Tuesday, March 22, 1898
Page 3 column 7
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          On Monday next, Bruce Johnson, of this place, will be eighty-three years old.  He was born at Kingwood, Preston county, Virginia in 1815.  His grandfather entered a thousand acres of land in this vicinity, and while he never moved from Virginia, yet six of his children settled around this place.  Mr. Johnson's father, John Johnson, moved with the rest of the family in 1823.  Bruce Johnson has lived in this county ever since that date, with the exception of two years, from 1839 to 1841, which he spent in Iowa.  He was married in 1836.  During Grant's administration he was postmaster at Shelbyville, and for a time was city treasurer of Shelbyville.  His father, John Johnson, was a justice of the peace in this township from 1830 to 1833.  Mr. Johnson has his father's old docket.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The  Shelbyville  Daily  Democrat
Tuesday, August 4, 1896
Page 4   column 2
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          Mr. Crates S. Johnson,  of Morristown, one of the popular educators of the county, and a young man who enjoys the confidence of all who know him, is here this week in attendance upon the Teachers' Institute.  Any favors shown Mr. Johns, will be appreciated by The Democrat.
Contributed by Barb Huff and Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelby  Democrat
Thursday, December 27, 1894
Page 3 column 2
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          Mr. Crates Johnson,  one of the prominent young men of the county, was here from Morristown over Sunday, the guest of his friend,  Mr. Jos. Chez,  of the Farmers' National Bank.  It would be a hard matter to find two more upright and honorable young men, and it is a source of pleasure to have the friendship of them both.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelby  Republican
January 25, 1883
Page 3
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 KANSAS  LETTER.
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          BAXTER SPRINGS, KANS.,  Jan. 22, '83.
          The weather has been very cold for the past three days; 8 degrees below zero; the coldest we have had this winter.  Almost everybody is now engaged in putting up ice, which is about five inches thick.  It is not often that we get ice down here.
          Wheat looks well.  Nate Stafford  says he would give a good price for a jack rabbit.  Send along your money, Nate, and we will send you one almost big enough to go to mill on.
          Why don't some of your Shelbyville boys come down in Kansas instead of sitting around on the corners whittling store boxes?  Kansas has room for many more people, and we raise enough to eat and some to spare.
          A great many people go from here down into the territory, where they have a [?] time hustling, game of all kinds being plenty.
          I caught a fish a few days ago that weighed 70 pounds.

Yours &c.,                  
SHELBY JOHNSON.

Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Daily  Evening  Democrat
Thursday, April 13, 1882
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LOCAL  NEWS
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          Mrs. Jennie Pelott, a charming young widow of Morristown, accompanied by  Mrs. I. N. Johnson, paid the Democrat office a call this morning.
Contributed by D. Darlene Palmer

The  Shelby  Republican
Thursday, September 26, 1878.
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"STAR  MILLS."

          Mr. Peyton Johnson  and  Mr. John Langloise  have formed a co-partnership under the name and style of the "Star Mills company,"  and are determined to make this Mill just what its name indicates.  They have just thoroughly repaired their Mill, rearranging and systmatizing[sic] the machinery, and are now prepared to do the speediest and best custom grinding in the county.  Mr. John Langloise, formerly of the Shelby Mills, is well known as a scientific miller, and has justly established his reputation as one of the best millers in the State.  This new firm starts out with the most flattering prospects, and we shall not be surprised if they succeed in making a brand of fancy flour that will be in great demand.  Success to them.
Submitted by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelby  Republican
Thursday, September 26, 1878.
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FARM  FOR  SALE.
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          Containing 136 acres of first-class land in Sugar Creek township, one mile southwest of Boggstown -- 80 in cultivation.  Will be sold at a bargain on good terms.

JOHN  W. JOHNSTON        

Submitted by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Cincinnati  Daily  Enquirer
October 24, 1872
Page 3
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          MISS  FLORENCE  L. JOHNSON, a lovely young lady of Morristown, Indiana, has brought a breach of promise suit against  Alonzo Tyner,  a wealthy gentleman of Indianapolis.  Damages are laid at $10,000.  Both parties are of the highest respectability.  There is a smashed heart in the case.
Submitted anonymously

The  Volunteer.
Shelbyville, Ind.
February 5, 1863
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NOTICE  OF  ADMINISTRATION,
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NOTICE  is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of John A. Johnson, late of Shelby county, deceased.  Said estate is supposed to be solvent.
Jan. 29, 1863

SIMEON  M. JOHNSON,        
Administrator. 

The  National  Volunteer
SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA
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June 29, 1854
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          Hadley D. Johnson  esq, formerly of Shelbyville wrote from Nebraska as to their intention in that state that it be a free state as to slavery.
Abstracted by Maurice Holmes, in his book Shelbyville, Indiana, Newspaper Excerpts: 1853-1859.  Submitted by Sherry Badgley Ryan, with permission from the author.

The  National  Volunteer
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February 9, 1854
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          H. P. Johnson  & Co. {local grain merchants} quoted flour at $7.00 a barrel, wheat at $1.20 a bushel and corn at 32 cents a bushel.
Copied by Sherry Badgley Ryan; abstracted by Maurice Holmes, in his book Shelbyville, Indiana, Newspaper Excerpts 1853-1859 (with permission from the author).

The  National  Volunteer
April 13, 1853
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          Strayed from Noble Twp., Shelby County, Indiana - One dark iron grey filley, one bay roan stallion colt.
Aaron Johnson, Clifty P.O. Decatur County, Indiana
Copied by Sherry Badgley Ryan; abstracted by Maurice Holmes, in his book Shelbyville, Indiana, Newspaper Excerpts 1853-1859 (with permission from the author).

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