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Wabash Valley Generations
March 2015
THE NEWSLETTER
Volume 12, Issue 2
OF THE
WABASH VALLEY GENEALOGY SOCIETY
Preserving The Past, Serving the Present, Promoting the Future
IGS CONFERENCE
AND ANNUAL MEETING
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Inside This Issue
2015 Programs and
Workshops
2
A Simple Request
3
WVGS Surnames
3
1871 Marriage Records
4
New WVGS Members
4
2015 Beginning Genealogy
Classes
4
Can You Help?
4
Computer Corner
5
will also be available at our regular program meetings in February, March and April.
Bridgeton Mill & Dam
5
As host organization for the conference, there will be a variety of tasks to deal with before,
You use WHAT for Your
Genealogy Tools?
6
VCPL’s New Special
Collection Section
7
The Letter
8
Raffle
9
meeting will be announced later. Please consider helping out. Let’s show the state what an
Perrysville Paragraphs
9
exceptional organization the WVGS truly is.
Destination Indiana
9
Using the FindAGrave
Website
10
Basic Cemetery Workshop
11
2014 WVGS Outstanding
Service Award Winners
11
Query
11
WVGS Officers and
Committees
12
APRIL 25, 2015 — ISU UNIVERSITY HALL
As you likely recall, the 2015 Indiana Genealogical Conference and
Annual Meeting will be held on April 25, 2015, right here in our
own backyard at University Hall on the campus of ISU.
If you have not signed-up for the conference, please do so as soon
as you can. The WVGS is the conference host so we want to make
sure we have a big turn out of WVGS members for the conference.
Registration cost and other conference details are available on-line
at
www.inwvgs.org
(WVGS)
or
on
the
(http://www.indgensoc.org/conference.php.)
IGS
website
at
Registration forms
during and after the conference. To get this work done, we are in need of volunteers. The
Ad-hoc IGS Conference committee has already started planning for the conference. If you
would be willing to assist with the conference, please plan on attending one of the planning
meetings.
Meetings are scheduled for Wed., Feb. 18, 6:00 pm in VCPL Room A; Wed., Mar. 18, 6:00 pm in
VCPL Room A. The April meeting will be held at University Hall. The date and time of that
“Searching For Clues in the Cemetery”
A Presentation by Joy Neighbors
Monday, March 9, 2015—6:30-8:30 pm—VCPL Rooms A, B, & C. Doors open 6:00 pm
A trip to the cemetery can hold a wealth of information about your ancestors if
you know how to prepare and where to look. In this program the focus will be on
the various types of cemetery records, and the different kinds of information that
can be found throughout the graveyard. You will learn what to search for, where
Joy Neighbors
to look, and whom to contact. You’ll determine the difference between plot rec-
ords, plat maps and interment records along with discovering clues about your ancestors hidden
in burial orders, on gravestones, and throughout the cemetery.
As an avowed “Tombstone Tourist,” Joy Neighbors has an avid interest in cemeteries, history, photography and travel. She has researched and written her weekly cemetery culture blog, A Grave
Interest http://agraveinterest.blogspot.com for over five years, and commits to a few speaking
engagements each year about cemeteries and genealogy.
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Programs & Workshops
Monday, April 13
“The Write Stuff: Using Nonfiction Writing
Techniques to Write a Better Family History”
(A Live Webinar)
Presented by Lisa Alzo
In this program, you will learn the key steps for producing a
quality family history narrative from outline to finished
product, ways to use “storyboarding” to plot your project, and
how to build your writing skills, as well as your confidence as
a writer.
Saturday, April 25
“Indiana Genealogical Society
Conference”
(ISU University Hall)
Monday, May 4
“Read All About It! Accessing Digitized
Indiana Newspaper Archives”
Presented by Suzanne Hahn
Monday, May 11
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Monday, September 14
“Czech and Slovak Research”
Presented by Mike Kukral
Monday, October 12
“Land Records In Illinois”
Presented by Michael John Neill
Monday, November 9
“Heroes In Our Back Yard”
Presenter—To be Determined
(Military Stories & Research—WWI & WWII)
Monday, December 14
“Annual Business Meeting & Social”
(WVGS Members Only)
DNA Interest Group
(Multiple Sessions)
WVGS will begin a new DNA Interest Group in 2015.
The group is open to everyone who has tested or is
thinking about testing their DNA as a means to further
research their family’s genealogy.
Be sure to mark your calendars for these three interac-
“Indexing Historical Records for
Family Search”
tive DNA discussion sessions.
Presented by Olivia Golding
21, July 18, & November 21, 2015.
Monday, June 8
TOPIC TBA (Most likely west terre haute)
Presented by Tim Crumrin
Monday, July 13
“The Genealogy Do-Over: A Year of
Learning From Mistakes”
Presented by Thomas MacEntee
Saturday, July 25
“Eastern and Southern States Research”
Presented by Rob Johnson
Monday, August 10
“An Introduction to Quaker Genealogy”
Presented by Thomas Hamm
Meetings will be at
VCPL, Rm C, 10:00 am-12:00 pm, on Saturday, March
015
“
WVGS Beginning
Genealogy Classes”
Six Consecutive Wednesdays - 6:00-8:00 pm.
Mar. 11; Mar. 18; Mar. 25; Apr. 1; Apr. 8;
and Apr. 15
“Legacy Users Group”
Third Monday Of The Month
VCPL Computer Lab
Afternoon Sessions 2:00-4:00 pm
Evenings 6:00-8:00 pm
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A Simple Request
SOUND FAMILIAR?
Contributed by Clifford Blanchard
Uriah Hicks and Clarissa Presnell are the parents of Wealthy Hicks
Ealey and Clarissa Hicks Gibbens. They are buried in Zenor
Early 2013, I established a Find-
Cemetery North, Prairie City, Clay County, Indiana.
A-Grave memorial along with a
photo of Uriah George Ealey
Wealthy Hicks married William Ealey on May 16, 1852 in Clay
and his wife, Phoebe Loveall
County. They're the parents of Uriah George Ealey. Remember
Ealey in
him? They're buried in Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum,
Union
Cemetery,
Clay County, Indiana.
Urbana, Champaign, Illinois.
He was born June 3, 1861 in
I'm very much in favor of linking Find-A-Grave memorials,
Clay County to William Ealey
because you never know what a simple request will discover.
and Wealthy Hicks, and he died
Sources: A simple request from Tom Rader, Ancestry. com, Union, Center Point, Deeter-
Sep. 2, 1944.
Pleasant Grove, Zenor North, and Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum.
August 2014, I received a simple request from Tom Rader to
link Uriah George Ealey to a Melissa Ellen Rader as her
WVGS Genealogy Surname List
husband. My earlier research didn't find any relationship,
Contributed by Jennifer Cruse
so it was time to dig deeper.
One of the most enjoyable things about our genealogy research is when
I found Melissa Ellen Rader was born
we can find a distant cousin with whom to share our family research.
Dec. 13, 1864 in Clay County, married
Some of the ways of doing this is by posting your surnames on
Uriah George Ealey on Oct. 8, 1882,
alogy registers such as RootsWeb and by publishing your surnames in
had a daughter, Ora on July 23, 1883,
society newsletters.
and died Jan. 12, 1884.
She was his first wife, and lived a little
more than 19 years. I linked Melissa
Ellen Rader to Uriah George Ealey, and
informed Tom Rader everything was
finalized.
At least that's what I
thought!
While
photographing
Deeter-
Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Ashboro,
Clay County in September 2014, I
found a headstone of John Gibbens
and his family. John Gibbens was
born April 6, 1843 to John Gibbens
and Rhoda Antrim, and died Feb. 8,
1928.
He married Clarissa "Clara" Hicks on Feb. 28, 1864. She was
gene-
We will print surnames being researched by members of WVGS, or their
family members. Let's hope to make some connections!
Richard Allaway - Allaway, Rogers, Goodwin, Kauble, Smith, Hayes,
West, Johnson, McHattie, Hain, Mickle, Murphy, White, Barrett,
McHattie, Ward, Heavin, Schmitt, Young, Bremner, Campbell
Linda Cary - Moffitt, Wright, Drake, Mason, Bright, Whitton, Bodine,
Bailey, Cary, Evitt
Bob Bush - Bush, Wittenmyer, Stakley, Craft, Sears, Wright, Cox,
Bishop
Robin Swain - Dickerson, McDonald, Jackson, McCoskey, Livingsrod,
Rogers, Curtis, Joslin, Beyer/Boyer, Dawson, Wilson, Thompson,
Kester, Fisk.
Ronald Wools - Wools, Boyd, Sieferman, Adams, Short, Pollom,
Kaelber, Bell, McKinney, Danhauer, Clink, Rader, Wilson.
If you would like any information on the above surnames or would like
to contact the researcher, send an email to Jennifer Cruse at
jencruse@msn.com (show WVGS in subject line).
born May 29, 1845 to Uriah Hicks and Clarissa Sarah Presnell,
and died March 19, 1882.
John then married Clarrissa "Clara" J. Ealey on July 25, 1883.
She was born June 26, 1855 to William Ealey and Wealthy
Hicks, and died Nov. 19, 1936. ANY OF THESE NAMES
Genealogy Quip
When the Root is Deep…..
There is no Reason to Fear the Wind.
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Volume 12, Issue 2
1871 Marriage Records
2015 Beginning Genealogy Classes
Contributed by Janice Phillips
By Jennifer Cruse
The following marriage announcements were made in the Terre
Haute Express newspaper dated:
Beginning Genealogy Classes for 2015 are set to begin soon. If
August 28, 1871, page 4.
on their genealogical journey, then participation in these classes

John S. Moore & Fannie M. Stall
should be considered seriously.

Wilford H. McKee and Elizabeth A.
Montague

John P. Fuson & Mary P. Frakes

Frank B. Parker & Lizzie Bosworth

John M. Dilts & Mahala Hatfield

William W. Jacobs & Susan A. Wilson

William Brown & Anna Howard

Levi Swickard & Rachel Williams
you, or someone you know, has a budding interest in starting
2015 Beginning Genealogy Classes
Wednesdays - March 11, 18, 25 - April 1, 8, 15, 2015
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Vigo County Public Library—Lower Level
Cost for class and materials $25.00 (includes one
free year of WVGS membership)
Class is limited to 30 participants
What you'll learn :




Entries for September 4, 1871, page 4.
How to fill out genealogy charts
How to record and organize information
Where to find information to extend your family tree
How to search online and in repositories

Julius W. Wesche & Anna M. Buzker
Who should take this course?

Alex P. Thomas & Mary J. Moore



J.W.D. Wolfe & Mollie C. Pierce

John E. Hudson & Leora S. Parker

Joel A. Price & Mary A. Schoonover

Geo P. Quick & Harriet Clarke
http:www.inwvgs.org and in the left hand column, click on

Michael Conley & Francis J. Eldridge
"WVGS Events and Registration". After completing the registra-

You
Anyone new to genealogy and family history research
Genealogy "dabblers" who need additional direction in
order to advance their research
Researchers who want a refresher course in core research
principals.
can
register
online
for
this
class
by
going
to:
tion form, a check can be mailed to:
New WVGS Members
Wabash Valley Genealogy Society
P O Box 9347
Terre Haute, IN 47808-9347
Contributed by Jennifer Cruse
W E L C O M E
A big welcome to our newest members. We are excited to have
you join our society and look forward to getting to know each of
For questions or to obtain more information, contact Linda
Malooley at lmaloole@gmail.com or call 812-238-2415 and leave
a message.
you.
Can You Help?
A hearty welcome to: Linda Cary, Cathy L. Lampshire, Lisa
Contributed by Vikki Sordean
McCullough, Kimberly Myers, Teresa Pettigrew, Stanley Powell,
Michael Roche, Anna Sayers, Robin Swain and Daniel Wunderlich.
We are looking for old journals, bible
records, old pictures with names, original
documents, etc., to be digitized and placed
The thing that interests me most about family
history is the gap between the things we think we
know about our families and the realities.
-J. Hardy
online with Visions and Voices.
If you, or someone you know, are willing to
share, please contact a member of the Historic Preservation
Committee, or send your
request or information to Vikki
Sordean at wthtrace@frontier.com
Volume 12, Issue 2
COMPUTER CORNER
Page 5
Bridgeton Mill and Dam
Contributed by Clifford Blanchard
GenealogyInTime.com is a free on-line website that contains a
wealth of articles and other genealogical information. Each year
GenealogyInTime publishes a list of the most popular paid and
free genealogy websites. Below is a listing of the top 25 FREE
sites that you may want to check out.
WEBSITE—CATEGORY—COUNTRY—ADDRESS
FamilySearch—Records—USA—www.familysearch.org/
Find A Grave—Cemetery—USA—www.findagrave.com/
Ancestry.co.uk—Records—UK—www.ancestry.co.uk/
There have been many stories about the owners of the Bridgeton Mill and Dam, but have
you about Patterson Tobias (P.T.) Winney?
He was born on March 7, 1852 in Schuylerville,
Saratoga, New York, and married Ada ElizaP.T. Winney beth Eliott on December 21, 1874. Sometime
before 1896, he moved the family (including six
daughters and two sons) to Clay County, Indiana.
GeneaNet—Family Tree—France—www.geneanet.org
WikiTree—Family Tree—USA—www.wikitree.com/
RootsChat—Forum—UK—http://rootschat.com/
AncientFaces—Forum—USA—www.ancientfaces.com/
Cyndi’s List—Links—USA—http://cyndislist.com
USGenWeb Archives—Records—USA—www.usgwarchives.net
GenealogyInTime Magazine—Magazine—Canada—
www.genealogyintime.com/
Eastman’s Genealogy Newsletter—Blog—USA—
http://blog.eogn.com/
Genwiki—Wiki—Germany—
http://widi-de.genealogy.net/Hauptseite?
In 1899, P.T. Winney bought the mill from a Daniel Webster,
Free BMD—Records—UK—www.freebmd.org.uk/
was originally wooden.
GEDMatch—DNA Testing—USA—http://gedmatch.com/
JewishGen—Ethnic Heritage—USA—www.jewishgen.org/
and in 1913 started to cement the dam across the creek which
Halfway into the project while playing checkers at the Masonic
Temple in Brazil he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, and died
Billion Graves—Cemetery—USA—http://billiongraves.com/
November 14, 1913. His step-son George E. Brake became the
Arkivverket Digitalarkivet—Records—Norway—
http://arkivverket.no/eng/content/view/full/629
new owner of the mill, and finished the concrete project in
Genealogy.About.com—Articles—USA—
http://genealogy.about.com/
I learned about Patterson Tobias Winney while establishing his
Geneall—Family Tree—Portugal—www.geneall.net/P/
Genealogy Trails—Records—USA—http://genealoglytrails.com/
Steve Morse—Search Engine—USA—http://stevemorse.org/
Genuki—Records—UK—http://genuki.org.uk/
Family TreeNow—Family Tree—USA—
www.familytreenow.com/
Fulton History—Newspapers—USA—http://fultonhistory.com/
Access Genealogy—Search Engine—USA—
www.accessgenealogy.com/
1916.
Find-A-Grave memorial along with a photo. He's buried in
Cottage Hill Cemetery, Clay County, Indiana with both his
wives and several children.
Sources: Photos from Ancestry.com, Find-A-Grave and Cottage Hill Cemetery.
“If you don’t recount your family history,
it will be lost. Honor your own stories and tell
them too. The tales may not seem very important,
but they are what binds families and makes each of
us who we are.”
Source: www. genealogyintime.com. 100 Best Websites—2015. Our thanks to
GenealogyInTime for there willingness to allow us to share this information with our
readers.
- Madeleine L’Engle
Volume 12, Issue 2
You Use WHAT For Your Genealogy?
Wonderful Uses for Unusual Tools!
Written by Thomas MacEntee
Editors Note: We are indebted to Thomas MacEntee who has graciously
allowed re-publication of this article in our newsletter.
One of the advantages of collaborating with other genealogists
– either in-person at society meetings and conferences or online
via social media – is you get to see how others work and do
their genealogy research. You learn about new tools, new
platforms and new methodologies. Here is an overview of some
of the best tools currently in use:.
Need Drives Discovery: Why Genealogists Seek New Tools
The process of genealogy research has remained constant over
the past 25 years, although thankfully there is more of a focus
on citing sources, proving hypotheses and becoming more
educated about record sets and resources.
With a general agreement as to the “how” of genealogy
research, it makes sense that new tools would be developed to
not only make some of the processes easier – such as those that
automatically generate a source citation – but also tools that
allow you to share your finds in different ways.
Our ancestors were constantly on the lookout for new ways of
doing things: thus the inventive and entrepreneurial spirit
which fueled economic and technological development in
America. While you as a genealogist don’t necessarily need to
have that “vision” to look at genealogy research in new ways,
or to even use some of the new tools, you should be aware of
these tools and how others are using them.
Review: Creative Uses for Basic Apps and Websites
Many of the sites and tools below may be familiar to you and
here is how genealogists are using them each and every day to
improve their research results:
• Blogger (http://blogger.com) can be used to create a public
site where you post your research finds. Why? Two words:
cousin bait. Once you post about your research, others can find
your information on Google. Bonus: create a private blog to
share information with family members or to organize a family
reunion.
• EasyBib (http://www.easybib.com/) helps you create a
bibliography using links to books or ISBN numbers and also
assists in citing sources.
• Evernote (http://www.evernote.com) is a note taking
application that allows you to “clip” articles from websites and
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to even take photos of documents at libraries and repositories.
Bonus: you can synchronize your notes from the Evernote
website to your home computer or smartphone.
• Dropbox (http://www.dropbox.com) provides 2GB of free
online storage so you can back up all your genealogy data.
Bonus: post large items and then share the item or folder with
other researchers so you can collaborate on genealogy.
• Google Drive (http://drive.google.com) is similar to
Microsoft Office and is a “productivity suite” of applications
including document creation, spread sheets and more. Use the
spread sheet feature to create a research log; use the document
feature to write a genealogy report or the biography of an ancestor.
• Google Maps (http://maps.google.com) can be used for more
than just driving directions! Create a customize map of where
your ancestors lived to get a bird’s eye view of migration
patterns and more. The key to collateral research and being
able to plot out the information and look for patterns. Bonus:
click on the Street View link of a location to see what it looks
like now!
• Internet Archive (http://archive.org/index.php) is a site with
over 1 million digitized texts and books including Federal and
state census books. Always look on Internet Archive for a book
before making a purchase! Bonus: use The Wayback Machine
to view those web pages that no longer exist.
Taking it Up a Notch: Leveraging the Not-So-Obvious Tools
While their uses might not seem obvious to you, once you see
how some genealogists are using these tools, you’ll be amazed
and wonder why you aren’t using them!
• Facebook (http://www.facebook.com) is more than just
socializing; use the Search function to locate living relatives
with the same surname. Also search for surname groups and
other genealogy research groups.
• Google Alerts (http://www.google.com/alerts) makes Google
work for you instead of you having to search for the same
thing each week or month. Let Google notify you via email of
new items matching your search criteria.
• Google Translate (http://translate.google.com) will translate
English into over 50 languages and vice versa. Create a list of
common genealogy terms (baptism, death certificate, marriage,
etc.) in the language of your ancestors and then use them as
search terms on Google or other search engines.
• The Copyright Genie (http://librarycopyright.net/resources/
genie/) lets you know whether or not you can use an item as
part of your research. Walk through the step-by-step program
to see if an item is covered by copyright and how you can use
it.
(Continued on next page.)
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• Twitter (http://www.twitter.com) is more than just text
messages with a 140 character limit. Use it to post queries
about ancestors and surnames. Always add the “#genealogy”
tag so others know you are talking about genealogy.
• Join the Technology for Genealogy group on Facebook
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/techgen/) and then either
post your find or post a query and ask for help in understanding the tool.
• Wolfram Alpha (http://www.wolframalpha.com) is a
computational search engine that can tell you what day of the
week a date occurred or determine a person’s birth date based
on the death age on a tombstone. Bonus: enter a relationship
such as “my great-grandmother’s niece” and it will determine
your relationship to that person.
• Write a brief article for your genealogy society’s newsletter
and share information on what the tool does and how it works.
• Zillow (http://www.zillow.com) is a real estate listing search
engine that can often provide current photos of an address,
perhaps one where your ancestor lived. While Google Maps
street view and offer images as well, if the property has been
up for sale, you may get interior photos as well as additional
information. A great resource for doing a house history! A
similar site is Trulia (http://www.trulia.com).
Genealogy Tool Curators and How To Think Like One
I’m often asked, “How did you figure that out?” or “How did
you find that?” and the answer is: by doing my research. Just
like finding ancestors, I make sure I review many sources of
information to stay on top of the latest technology for
genealogy. Here are some sites to add to your bookmarks or
favorites or subscribe to in Google Reader:
•If you have a blog, do a review of the new tool and describe
how it works, step-by-step, keeping in mind that it might be
new to your readers. Also, don’t be afraid to do a review of
tools that don’t work well for genealogists or didn’t live up to
the “hype.”
•Comfortable with public speaking? Create a presentation on
the new tool for your next society meeting. Or, create an online
video or slide show that can be posted to your society’s
website.
©2015, copyright Thomas MacEntee. All rights reserved. For more information, please
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Vigo County Public Library—Special
Collections
Contributed by Jennifer Cruse
The extensive remodeling project has been successfully com-
• DearMYRTLE (http://dearmyrtle.com) has lots of tips and
tricks for using technology and provides free webinars and
Google Hangouts each week.
pleted in the Special Collections Department at the Vigo
• Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter (http://
blog.eogn.com/) always has the latest news, if not exclusive
scoops, on new technology for genealogists.
Along with the beautiful surroundings, the area has been en-
•Hack Genealogy (http://www.hackgenealogy.com) curates
information about new and emerging technologies and discusses how they can be used in genealogy. Extra bonus: follow
the How I Hack Genealogy interviews every Friday to see how
other genealogists are incorporating technology into their research!
film readers. The improvements are very impressive and user
• Tech for Genealogy & Family History Researchers (http://
plus.google.com/communities/117080274196807817033) is a
Google Plus community with valuable technology resources
shared by genealogists.
County Public Library.
larged, new exhibits are being displayed and the microfilm
machines have been replaced with new, top of the line microfriendly.
As always, the staff is more than happy to assist you with
your research or how to use the new equipment, or as before,
the user instructions are placed next to each machine. We
need to utilize this fabulous facility and to make that even
easier, Special Collections is now open on Sundays!
Special Collections Hours
Mon-Thurs: 9 am - 9pm
Sharing Your Finds
So what fun is it if you find new genealogy tools or new ways
of using old tools if you can’t share them with other researchers and even figure how more ways to use them? Sharing and
collaborating has been a hallmark of the genealogy community
and there are various ways you can spread the work and get
input on a new tool:
Friday: 9 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm
Sunday: 1 pm - 5 pm
Volume 12, Issue 2
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The Letter
George and Ella (Farris) Hudson were separated. Per the 1900
Contributed by Vikki Sordean
census, Ella/Ellen Hudson and children were in Elbridge twp.,
Edgar Co., Illinois.
Sometime ago I got the
chance to read a letter
Both of George’s sons, Marion and Charles were in California in
written
1906.
in
Rivera,
1906
from
letter
working as a farm laborer.
California to
Terre Haute, IN.
was
Marion was doing carpentry work and Charles was
The
Although George lived in Terre Haute, brother William Hudson
by
Lived in Edgar Co., Illinois and Jed W. Hudson was residing in
written
Charles Hudson to his
Sugar Creek Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana.
father, George Hudson.
George Hudson, born about 1856 in Illinois, was the son of
Vincent and Susannah (Reid/Reed) Hudson. The children of Vincent and Susannah were:

Alex b. 1835 Ky. Married to Margaret Mapes, 1 Dec. 1864,
Edgar Co., Illinois.

Sarah Jane b. 9 Oct. 1836, Livingston, Illinois; d. 1915, married
to Robert Taylor.

Cintha Ann b. 1842, Missouri. Married to Thomas Carpenter,
28 Oct. 1863, Clark Co., Illinois.

Ann Norris, 1 Oct. 1871, Clark Co., Illinois.
In the letter, Charles talks about the earthquake that
devastated the city of San Francisco. Rivera was about 393


Jed W. b. 1853 Illinois. Married Hannah J. Triggs, 22 Nov.
1875, Clark Co., Illinois.
George Hudson married Nancy Ella Farris, 10 July 1881 in
Clark Co., Illinois. They had to following children:
Luticia b. 1852 Illinois. Married James Crowther, 28 Nov.
1875, Clark Co., Illinois.
miles from San Francisco and Charles writes that “he only felt
one shock but San Francisco had between thirty and forty”.
William b. 1849 Illinois. d. 12 April 1916. Married to Mary

*George b. 1856 Illinois. Married Ella Farris, 10 July 1881,

Marion b. April 1882

Charles b. March
Vincent and Susan/Sussannah (Reid/Reed) were married 4 Sept.
1884
1853, Pulaski Co., Kentucky. Both living in Clark County, P.O.

Clark Co., Illinois.
Livingston, in 1860, Sussannah shows up in the 1880 census with
Lulu b. June 1888;
son, George, and sister, Lucinda Clark.
married Thomas
Sources:
McCoy

Hudson private collection, Indiana and Illinois census, and Illinois marriage
database.
Maud b. July 1892;
married Chelsea
Jumper
Maud and father, George, third and
fourth from left. C. 1917.
According to taxes paid in 1894 ($3.04), he owned 8 acres-lot
26 in Dennison, Illinois. In 1900 he was living with a niece,
Annabelle (Hudson) Crawford, daughter of William Hudson.
George’s occupation was that of a section hand on the railroad.
Now...Are you my
first cousin twice
removed or my
second cousin
once removed?
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The WVGS is selling tickets for a raffle in
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
Bert Hughes who has been terribly sick with the measles is
improving and will be out in a few days.
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Nathan Jacobs moved to town last Friday. Assessor Cole will
move to the farm vacated by Jacobs.
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The editor of the Record recently learned that the Republicans
do not make laws in favor of the poor.

J.L. Webster moved his household goods to Terre Haute this
week. The town will probably go on just the same.

Sam Trosper has been in town every day for the last two
weeks, trying to rent a house, and finally L.A. Morgan bought
a house for him. He will move in some time this week.

Mike Crockett has sold his property here and will move to
Westville this week to assist Mike Kelley in operating his large
coal mine at that place.
the months of February, March and April
meetings.
The drawing will take place during
April's meeting for an EPSON v370 FLAT
BED SCANNER.
The raffle is being held to help offset the costs to the society of
hosting the IGS conference in April 2015. Tickets are $1.00 each or
6 for $5.00.
Epson v371 Flat Bed Scanner
Retail Value - $129.99
Scans color photos, images,
film, negatives and documents with scan-to-cloud and
4800 x 9600 dpi capabilities.
Mike will be missed by many; those who want wells dug will
miss him, and when it come to vote Mike says the Republicans will
miss him as he intends to return and vote with the Democrats.
He dislikes very much to pay the sheriff ten cents per mile for
coming up after him when the railroads only charge him three; he
also objects to buying flour for others when he has none for himself.
Source: Vermillion County Newspaper-The Blue Pencil 1902 (Clinton Public Library)
Perrysville Paragraphs
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Using The Find A Grave Website
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www.findagrave.com
Contributed by Linda Gregory
question. If this is not resolved, you can always add your in-
I have had several inquiries on how to navigate and manage
2. Name(s) misspelled – check and double check before you
your information and build memorials on Find A Grave, with-
exit.
formation in the “flowers” section.
out making mistakes. Even though they have a huge list of
answers to frequent questions, not every problem is addressed
or understood. You should look at several other posts to get an
idea of what can be posted and what information is necessary.
3. Dates of birth and/or death incorrect. Again, if you are not
sure, add it the “Bio” section so that it can be corrected. There
are several sites that will help you calculate a date of birth if
you have the death date and age by year-month-day. If you
Find A Grave does not want to be considered as a
only have the year of birth, calculate it and at least add it as it
GENEALOGY SITE; it was set up for members so they could
helps to sort through similar names.
find the final resting place of their family members. It is up to
you to contact the submitter to determine family relationships.
4. Links to other family members incorrect. Check the dates &
make sure that you are linking the correct spouse (and not to a
The WVGS Cemetery Committee has added several thousand
son or daughter); you can add more than one spouse. If you
memorials online by transcribing various cemetery records and
are adding children, make sure you have the correct parents
photographs of markers. Many times, some are so unreadable
check and double check before you exit.
that even an educated guess turns out to be incorrect. Don’t
take information you see as gospel – documentation is king.
Tombstones often have incorrect names, dates, and spellings.
Also, many times a listed person is not actually buried there;
remarriages or moving to a different area makes for duplicate
memorials for the same person.
5. Do not be insulted if someone corrects your information.
They may have a source not available to you. You can always
ask them where they got their information and if they will
share it; be sure to be polite and thank them for the
information. It may help you break down a brick wall some
day!
The WVGS Cemetery Committee gets several emails every day
regarding corrections, additional information, requests for
transfers, transferred memorials for us to maintain, and queries.
We cannot verify that the information is correct as we do not
have the information to do so; it would also be an
overwhelming job. Therefore, if you find something incorrect,
send us an email and it will get corrected as soon as possible.
www.wabvalgensoccc@yahoo.com
6. If you are not directly related to a memorial you submit
please be willing to transfer management to someone who is.
You will still receive credit as the originator and it is all about
family, after all. I have seen instances where someone, not
related to anyone in the cemetery, refused to transfer to direct
family members because “they didn’t believe in it.” What?
This is supposed to help, not hinder, finding your family
members. Taking care of an online memorial may be the only
way a person can honor their ancestors. In that same vein, do
Some of the most common errors I have found are:
1. Duplicate submissions. Before you take the time to enter
your information, check the cemetery list to make sure someone
not be a “name collector” as you cannot possibly be directly
related to everyone in town; well, maybe not…
else has not already added the person. Try to look at every
7. Adding a cemetery incorrectly. Do not, and I repeat, NOT,
person listed with the same last name: Many are listed by nick-
add a cemetery until you check the cemeteries in the county,
names or middle names. If you have additional information or
then state (or nearby states), to make sure it is not already
changes, you can request that the original submitter use your
listed. I have had the unfortunate experience of completely
information. Do NOT add the names anyway if you do not
adding a cemetery with several hundred listings only to find
hear from the submitter in a few months. You can contact Find
that someone had added almost everyone in the wrong state
A
at
(and wrong cemetery name). Find A Grave just transferred
edit@findagrave.com. It is up to Find A Grave to determine if
their memorials and deleted mine because they were newer. I
they will make any changes. You must include the name of the
wasted several weeks and hours of work. If you are not sure
cemetery and the memorial number assigned to the person in
which state a cemetery is in, go to the Cemetery Lookup on the
Grave
and
ask
them
to
make
the
correction
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top left of the opening page and click on it; when the
the Mt. Jackson Cemetery in Indianapolis on Friday, May 22 and
CEMETERY SEARCH page opens, enter the name of the
Saturday, May 23. These are all day sessions.
cemetery, go to COUNTRY (United States). You will see every
The training session will be led by John “Walt” Walters, Jeannie
cemetery listed with that name.
Regan-Dinius, Vincent T. Hernly and Sheila Riley.
Find A Grave has transferred memorials to the correct
workshop will consist of both classroom and actual field
cemetery when people have added them to one with a similar
activities. Participants will learn how to clean, reset and restore
or misspelled name. For example, Cemetery and Memorial
gravestones as well as reviewing cemetery history and law
Park with the same street, city, county, state = same cemetery.
Cost of the workshop (includes lunch) is $30, $25 (Indiana
8. Check your member page frequently. You will see emails
Historical Society members, $22.50 (Local History Partners). For
from people asking you for information or questions about
more info or to register call 800-447-1830 or check the website:
your posts. You will also see requests to add information,
www.indianahistory.org/lhsworkshops.
change, transfer, or delete a duplicate memorial you
deadline is May 15.
submitted.
A.
The
The
registration
QUERY
Look at the top of your Find A Grave member
FLAHERTY INFO REQUEST
page, under the length of your membership. There
I am related to Owen Flaherty of Terre Haute (b. 1821 Galway - d.
are three tabs you can click on: 1. Edits 2. Contribu-
1904, IN). He is my great, great grandfather. I am searching for
tor Tools 3. Edit My Profile
his gravesite and other info concerning his life after 1890, as well
B.
as anyone who might be related to him. I
If you click on the tab = Edits, DISPLAY, it will
manage a genealogy
give you a menu that you can check for requests to
tree for my six siblings and we are trying to reconnect. My great
either review, approve, or decline. Please take the
grandmother was Catherine Flaherty Stafford who moved to
time to review and hopefully approve requests by
Chicago in about 1900. Mike Roche, Evanston, IL—
clicking the “Process selected edits” tab.
mikeroche@gmail.com
9. Delete items. If you accidentally put the wrong person’s
photograph, tombstone photo, or add two flowers on a
memorial, double click on it and follow the menu to DELETE
WVGS Outstanding Service Awards
Contributed by Jennifer Cruse
it.
10. If you see “flowers” you like, you can save them to your
computer by double clicking on it; the next menu item will let
you “Add this to my scrapbook.”
Happy hunting & good luck in your ancestor quest.
Sources: www.findagrave.com
Three members of the Wabash Valley Genealogy Society were
presented "Outstanding Service Awards," at our February public
Basic Cemetery Workshop
program, (L to R) Linda Malooley, Debby Warren and Dea
Friday, May 22 and Saturday, May 23
Mt. Jackson Cemetery, Indianapolis
Guerri. Each of these members are involved in many areas of the
Once again this year, the Indiana Department of Natural
Resources and the Indiana Historical Society will be offering
training on cemetery restoration. The sessions will be held at
society, including arranging speakers for the public programs,
overseeing each event with registrations, handouts and door
prizes, as well as serving on various committees and beginning
genealogy classes.
Congratulations, the awards are well-deserved.
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Wabash Valley Genealogy Society
The WVGS is a non-profit organization whose goal is to educate, promote and preserve the heritage of families in
the Wabash Valley. The enjoyment of fitting together the pieces of our historical past is very rewarding. Send
comments and suggestions to wvgs@inwvgs.org. Send news, articles and photos to newsletter@inwvgs.org.
Wabash Valley Genealogy Society
P.O. Box 9347
Terre Haute, IN 47808-9347
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Tim Phipps
Vice President: Mike Lewman
Treasurer: David Bonnett
Secretary: Pat Rogers
Membership Mgr.: Debby Warren
Director-At-Large: Deanna Guerri
Director-At-Large: Geraldine Barnett
Director-At-Large: Joy McPheeters
Director-At-Large: Linda Gregory
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Awards and Recognition: Linda Gregory
Public Education Programs: Linda Malooley
Finance: David Bonnett
Historical Preservation Vikki Sordean
Hospitality: Barbara McQueen
Membership: Linda Gregory
Newsletter: Jennifer Cruse
Nominating and Election: Vice President
Historian: Charlotte Steenerson
Publicity: Mike Lewman
Asst. Webmaster & Cemetery: Linda Gregory
Webmaster: Tom Isbell
Newsletter Committee
Jennifer Cruse, Chairperson
Newsletter Staff
Pat Rogers Edith Bryan
Clifford Blanchard
Geraldine Barnett
Jeanne Everly
Linda Baird
Charlotte Steenerson
Vikki Sordean
Mike Lewman
Janice Phillips
LaVonne Waldron