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Gahimer / Gegenheimer


The  Shelbyville  Republican
 Tuesday August 18, 1942
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135  ATTEND  17TH  GAHIMER  REUNION
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          The 17th annual  Gahimer  reunion was held Sunday at the Blue Ridge auditorium, with approximately 135 persons present.  A pitch-in dinner was served during the noon hour, preceded by group singing and prayer by  Edward Gahimer.
          The afternoon business session in charge of the vice-president , Edward Gahimer, consisted of prayer by  John Gahimer, and election of officers.  They are Edward Gahimer, president;  Edna Pearl Kuhn, secretary-treasurer;  Eileen Ward, assistant secretary-treasurer, and program committee consisting of  Mrs. Kathryn Kuhn and  Nedra  and  Opal Gahimer.
          A feature of the program was a salute of recognition to the following members of the Gahimer family in their country’s service:  Howard, Lloyd  and  Otto Gahimer,  Chester Kuhn,  and  Leland Listenberger,  Mrs. Edna Richardson,  the oldest woman member present, and John Gahimer, the oldest man present, were presented with gifts, as were  Joan Ellen Gahimer, the youngest member and  Mr. and Mrs. John Gahimer, the longest married couple present.
Contributed by Barb Huff


The  Shelby  Democrat
 Thursday, May 1, 1930
Page 6
BARN,  CONTENTS
BURNED  MONDAY
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Estimated  Loss  in  Blaze  Mon-
day  Night  Over  Four  Thou-
sand  Dollars
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          Loss in a fire which destroyed a large barn on the John W. Gahimer  farm, south of Manilla, Monday night, and burned all the contents, including even valuable horses is estimated at nearly five thousand dollars.
          Thei fire was first seen by passersby on the road in front of the farm shortly after nine o'clock Monday night.   John Keppel,  tenant on the farm was at once notified by the discoverers and within a short time hundreds of persons from surrounding communities had arrived on the scene.  Every effort, however, to save the barn or any contents was useless.
          The fire broke out in the loft of the barn, which was filled with thirty tons of hay.  Nothing is known of the cause.  The building was forty feet wide and sixty feet long.
          Included in the contents of the barn were seven valuable horses, six of which were burned inside the barn.  Another horse was driven from the burning building, but was shot almost immediately.  Its mane and tail were blazing when it was driven into the open.
          Although a complete check has not been made on the loss, the damage will be well over four thousand dollars, it was stated to day.  Insurance partially covers the loss.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelbyville  Republican
 Monday Afternoon, January 19, 1914.
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GAEHEIMER  WILL
WAS  PROBATED
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Disposes of Personal Proper-
ty Valued at $10,000 and
Three Hundred and Seven-
teen Acres of Land.
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          The will of the late  John Gaeheimer, Sr.,  disposing of personal property valued at $10,000 and 317 acres of fine farm land in Union township was entered with the county clerk for probate this morning.  Will A. Yarling  was named as executor of the will.  He gave bond in the sum of $20,000.  Mr. Gaeheimer, a short time ago, gave each of his six children 80 acres of farm land, which totalled 480 acres.
          Item two of the will bequeaths 80 acres of land to  Mrs. Kate Thomas,  a daughter.  This is to be hers furing her life time.  At her death the fee simple in the real estate is to go to her children.  If she should die with no children, the estate shall revert to his children or their heirs.  A lien is taken on the land to insure the payment of $983.34, with interest at six per cent, to  Jacob Gaeheimer  and  John Gaheimer, Jr.,  their land being worth that much less than the 80 acres given to the daughter.  If the daughter fails to pay this amount, the two sons are given the privilege of holding the land until the rents and profits from the crops shall pay them the amount named.
          The remainder of the real estate and personal property is given to the wife,  Mrs. Barbara Gaheimer.  At her death the land is to be sold and the proceeds divided among the children.
          The will was drawn up August 21, 1912.  Jacob G. DePrez  and  Louis Hoover  were witnesses.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelbyville  Republican
 Thursday January 12, 1911
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DIVORCE  ON  CROSS-COMPLAINT
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Mrs. Julia W. Gahimer Also Gets Alimony
Amounting to $600
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          On her cross-complaint,  Mrs. Julia W. Gahimer  was granted a divorce from her husband,  Frederick Gahimer,  this afternoon and $600 alimony.  The charges made by Mrs. Gahimer were to the effect that her husband was untrue to her and that he abandoned her.  On the original complaint, Mr. Gahimer charged his wife with being extremely jealous and that she constantly nagged and quarreled with him and that she had said she did not care for plaintiff.  The Gahimer's are among the prominent farming people of Shelby county.  They had been married thirty-one years.
Contributed by Barb Huff


The  Shelbyville  Democrat
Monday, September 5, 1910
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FOUR  FARMERS  WERE
INJURED  IN  ACCIDENTS
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John Gaheimer's Right Arm
Broken By Kick From a Horse
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          John Gaheimer,  a well known farmer residing in the vicinity of Rays Crossing, was kicked on the right arm and in the stomach by a horse which he was unhitching at his home Sunday evening.  One of the bones of the arm was broken by the blow from the horse's hoof, but the kick in the stomach is not believed to have caused internal injuries and no serious results are expected to follow.
          Mr. Gaheimer had been out for a drive during the afternoon and returned to his home, a half mile from Rays Crossing at about five o'clock.  He had almost completed unhitching his horse when the animal suddenly let fly with both hind feet.  Mr. Gaheimer was knocked to the ground by the force of the blow and was so weak for a time following the accident that it was necessary to carry him into the house.  Dr. Samuel Kennedy  was summoned from this city to attend the injured man.
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Runaway Near Manilla
          George Gaheimer,  his wife and six children, of near Manilla had a very narrow escape from what seemed to be certain death or at least serious injury, yesterday at about noon, when the team of spirited horses they were driving to a carriage frightened at an approaching train, a short distance east of Manilla, and greaking from under the control of the driver, raced down the pike and crashed into one of the Bausback glue factory wagons.  When the carriage struck the wagon, one of the axles was broken and the vehicle was overturned, hurling the whole family onto the ground.  Fortunately the runaways stopped when they collided with the wagon and the members of the family escaped with only slight injuries.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelby  Democrat
 Thursday, December 26, 1905
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          Jacob Gaheimer, one of the substantial democrats of Union township, was a welcome caller on the Democrat Saturday.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelby  Democrat
 February 25, 1897
Page 3
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          Dr. T. C. Kennedy  was called to Union township Monday to set the left arm of  Miss Emma Gaheimer,  who had been thrown from a spring wagon while returning from church and sustained the injury given.  The young lady is a daughter of  Mr. John Gaheimer.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelby  Democrat
 October 8, 1891
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          A daughter was born to  Mr. and Mrs. John Gayheimer,  of Liberty township, on Monday.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

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