INDIANA GENEALOGIST Vol. 24 No. 1 March 2013 1882 Indiana Doctors’ Death Notices Online Genealogy Education Pulaski County 1851 School Enumeration Miami County DivorcesSisters of St. Francis at Oldenburg, 1901 Notices from Allen, Harrison, Marion, Monroe, Vigo, & Washington Counties INDIANA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY CONTENTS P. O. Box 10507 Ft. Wayne, IN 46852-0507 4 Editor’s Branch www.indgensoc.org Indiana Genealogist (ISSN 1558-0458) is pub- 5 Death Notices for Indiana Doctors (1882), lished electronically each quarter (March, submitted by Meredith Thompson June, September, and December) and is avail- able exclusively to members of the Indiana Genealogical Society as a benefit of member- 7 “The Whole Business is Right Here in This Spicy ship. Column”: Statewide News from the Indianapolis Sun, 20 November 1890, submitted by Rachel M. Popma EDITOR Rachel M. Popma E-mail: [email protected] 9 Muster Roll of First Lt. John Nilson, Company G, Twenty-fifth Indiana Regiment of Veteran Volunteers SUBMISSIONS Stationed Near Cheraw, SC, 28 February 1865, Submissions concerning people who were submitted by Tony Strobel in Indiana at one time are always welcome. Material from copyright-free publications is preferred. For information on accepted file 15 IN-GENious! Online Opportunities for Genealogy formats, please contact the editor. Education, by Rachel M. Popma WRITING AWARD Northwest District The Indiana Genealogical Society may bestow the Elaine Spires Smith Family History Writ- 19 1851 Enumeration of Children in School District ing Award (which includes $500) to the writer No. 2, Pulaski County, submitted by Janet Onken of an outstanding article that is submitted to either Indiana Genealogist or IGS Newsletter. Submitters need not be members of IGS. To North Central District be eligible for consideration for the award, the 21 Miami County Divorces, May 1882 to April 1889, article must be at least 1,000 words (or a series submitted by Dawne Slater-Putt, cg of articles on the same topic that totals 1,000 words). Abstracts, transcriptions, indexes, or other forms of genealogy data are not eligible Northeast District for consideration. Articles must be submitted 23 Wertz-Gross Wedding (Allen County, 1912) by 31 December of each year, and the winner will be recognized at the IGS annual confer- ence in April. Multiple submissions are wel- West Central District come. The IGS Publications committee will 24 “Kin Hubbard’s Baby Drowned in Small Pool” (Putnam judge all eligible entries and make a decision County, 1919), transcribed by Meredith Thompson about the winner. IGS reserves the right not to bestow the award in a particular year. 25 Robert Hall Returns to Prison (Vigo County, 1881), DISCLAIMER transcribed by Meredith Thompson While every precaution is taken to avoid errors, the publisher does not assume any Central District liability to any party for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions, whether such 26 Births, Marriages, and Deaths from the Indianapolis errors or omissions result from negligence, Star, 21 August 1921, submitted by Rachel M. Popma accident or any other cause. East Central District PUBLICATION STATEMENT All works submitted to the Indiana Genealog- 27 “Cause Marshal to Blush: Pictures Sent Through Mail ical Society (and its subsidiaries) for publica- Result in Muncie Woman’s Arrest” (Delaware County, tion become the property of the Society and 1909), submitted by Rachel M. Popma all copyrights are assigned to the Society. The Society retains the non-exclusive rights to publish all such works in any format includ- 28 “Aunt Rebekah Cullipher Dies Friday Evening” ing all types of print, electronic, and digital (Madison County, 1906), formats. All materials in IGS publications are copyrighted to protect the Society and to submitted by Dawne Slater-Putt, cg exclude others from republishing contributed works. All individual contributors retain the Southwest District right to submit their own work for publica- “Couldn’t Stay Apart Long”: Tilford and Margaret Paris tion elsewhere and have the Society’s per- 29 mission to do so. The Indiana Genealogical Remarry (Posey County, 1908) Society routinely grants permission for other societies and organizations to reprint mate- 29 “Death of Miss Tischendorf” (Posey County, 1908) rials from our publications provided proper credit is given to the Society, the particular publication of the Society, and the contribu- 30 “Eight Killed in Wreck” (1904) tor. South Central District MEMBERSHIP DISTRICTS 30 Death of Marshall Guthrie (Monroe County, 1904), submitted by Mobie McCammon 31 John Conrad’s Underground Investments (Harrison County, 1881), transcribed by Meredith Thompson 31 Death of Farris Dalton (Washington County, 1881), transcribed by Meredith Thompson Southeast District 32 “Convention of Old Soldiers of 1812” (Switzerland County, 1858), transcribed by Tina Lyons 33 Members of the Sisters of St. Francis at Oldenburg, Living as of 1901, submitted by Marjorie Weiler-Powell NW = Northwest NC = North Central 45 Once a Hoosier... NE = Northeast WC = West Central C = Central 47 ...Always a Hoosier EC = East Central SW = Southwest SC = South Central SE = Southeast Editor’s Branch One of the things I like most about genealogy is that there always seems to be something new to learn: a new family line to explore, a new problem to solve, a new geographical area, record group, or time period to become familiar with. And we’re fortunate that more and more of this learning can be done from our own homes in the middle of the night, if we desire. In this issue’s IN-GENious! column, I share with you some of the opportunities I’ve found for online genealogy education, including courses, webinars, and discussion or study groups. If you know of an opportunity not mentioned in the column, I’d love to hear about it and perhaps share the information in a follow-up column. Of course, IGS’s annual conference and seminar, coming up next month in Bloomington and Bed- ford, is also a great way to learn from experienced professionals as well as a chance to meet with old friends (and maybe even make new ones!). I’m looking forward to seeing you there! Other features in this issue include Marjorie Weiler-Powell’s database of the Franciscan sisters of Old- enburg who were living as of 1901. This database includes the sister’s birth name as well as her religious name and the year she entered the convent. Janet Onken shares an 1851 school census in Pulaski County, and Dawne Slater-Putt’s abstracts of Miami County divorce records is a helpful resource for researchers in the county. This issue also features a wide range of notices from around the state. With this issue I renew my call for you to consider submitting material to IG. I’d love to see your fam- ily sketches, case studies, informative pieces about resources or records in your area, and transcriptions of source material, just to name a few. Don’t hesitate to drop me an email ([email protected]) if you have an idea for something you’d like to see in the journal. See you in Bloomington! Rachel On the cover: This unidentified photograph of an infant was submitted to the Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library along with a number of other images. Some were identified as members of the Ayers-Gillette family of Nebraska and Iowa. The photos may not originally have belonged together. This particular image was taken at the E. M. Mudge Studio on Main Street in Elkhart, Indiana. Submitted by Dawne Slater-Putt, cg. 4 INDIANA GENEALOgiST Death NotICES FOR INDIana DoctoRS (1882) Transcribed by Meredith Thompson The following notices were transcribed from Transactions of the Indiana State Medical Society (India- napolis: Carlon & Hollenbeck, 1882). Lewis J. Stage, MD Born 1828, in Chesterfield, Pennsylvania. Died January 15th, 1880, at Vallonia, Jackson County, Indi- ana. He studied medicine with his brother, William B. Stage, M.D., now of Vienna, Scott County, Indiana, and practiced at Tampico, Brownstown, Ewing and Vallonia. He was always a member of the medical organization nearest his residence. William Holmes Scrambling, MD Born June 16th, 1842, in Lawrence, Otsego County, New York. Died July 15th, 1881, in Slash, Grant County, Ind. Dr. Scrambling had only an academic education; graduating at Cooperstown, N.Y., in 1861. In that year he removed to Illinois and entered the army, being assigned to the Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry, where he served as First Sergeant; was discharged in 1865, and then commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Chase, of Oneonta, Otsego County, N.Y. In 1866 he attended college at Ann Arbor, Mich. He then removed to Jonesboro, Ind., where he took charge of the public school, and continued there one year. He then removed to Xenia, Miami County, where he also taught school, and prosecuted the study of medicine under Dr. A. D. Kimble. He attended the Indiana Medical College, at Indianapolis, and graduated in the class of 1872. He commenced practicing in Redkey, Jay County, Indiana; remained there two years, when the health of his family necessitated a removal. He next located in West Deavenport, N.Y., where he remained three years. From there he removed to Slash, Grant County, Ind., where he continued in the practice of medicine up to the time of his death. In 1870 he married Miss Anna Zeek, who survives him. Dr. Henry C. Cole Born January 28th, 1838, in Ripley County, Indiana. Died September 19th, 1881, in Kokomo, Indiana. Marcus Slerburne Blunt, MD Born July 28th, 1826, in Norridgewalk, Maine. Died October 2nd, 1881, at Mt. Vernon, Posey County, Indiana. In early youth he determined to make the practice of medicine and surgery his life work. Taking a thorough course in the medical department of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, he graduated in 1851.