Obituary notices and local society notes from Carroll County
Mary Snoeberger obituary details a June 24 death after a six day illness. service conducted by Rev. Elmer Kahl with burial at Greek cemetery. The piece includes country-side reflections and mentions visitors from Bea NES and Camden towns. Other items note Mrs. Effie Wyatt’s hospital opera, Maud Fiddler’s surgery, and Carroll County Chorus program at the Lutheran church.
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St. Lutheran
Near
Elmer
History of Camden Woman's Club
During the summer of 1888 Camden ladies formed a literature group with year round meetings. The first October meeting featured a formal banquet with guests like Mrs May Wright Sewall and Emerson Hough. The club helped shape Camden’s destiny and funded a Cemetery Endowment from Union Depot suppers, becoming a notable civic project.
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Camden
Occtober
May. Wright Sewall
Seridia ‘Wallace
Emerson Hough
Mise Ora
Cox
James Whitcomb Riley
Elizebeth Stanley
Centennial Fourth of July Program and Events
The schedule includes a 9:00 bill game, 40:30 orchestra concert, 11:30 lunch, 1:30 second concert, 2:00 parade, 3:00 town history speech, 4:00 relic inspection, 6:30 visitor reception, 7:30 community hall concert, 8:00 pageant with music and Florence Baker history talk, plus relic care plans and a reception committee list headed by M. W. Dillon and others.
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Florence Baker
Ora Cox
M. W. Dillon
John W. Griffey
Chas. Guard
Chas. E. Baker
J.M. Harrison
Eva Dillon
Will Snoeberger
Leona Millis
Fred Case
Sarah Cole
Chas. Baker
Effie Wyatt
Oldest Camden Resident Recalls Town in 1858
An heirloom reminiscence from a Camden elder describes arriving in March 1858 with parents via Wabash railroad to Rockfield, a budding town with a few stores and churches. He recalls a three story free school with an Odd Fellow hall, and notes where early churches and homes stood along Main Street before rapid growth.
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Camden
Samuel
Susan Bunker
Rockfield
Snoeberger
Cumberland
Ed Johnson
Baptists
Perry York
Charles Rice
James Sherp
E ‘Street
East Eng
Main Street
Two Fatally Hurt In Crash Near Flora
Two people died and two were injured in a two-vehicle crash on road 18 three miles east of Flora Thursday morning about 8 30. Mrs. Oscar Campbell 66 of Camden died instantly Rev J Gilbert Stinebaugh 62 Flora retired minister died later at Cass County Hospital. The Stinebaughs were eastbound when the Campbell car from a side road collided at an intersection. Burial arrangements pending for Campbell. Funeral plans for Stinebaugh set for Flora Church of the Brethren Saturday at 2 30 with Rev Ray C Shanks in charge. Burial Maple Lawn Cemetery. The Stinebaugh family connections and long ministry noted.
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Flora
Oscar Campbell
Camden
J. Gilbert
Stinebaugh
Cass County
Mary
W. C. Stinebaugh
Logansport
Church of the Brethren
Campbells
Rowena McCloskey
Bringhurst
Campbell
Willard
Bear Camden
Fannie Hinkle
Mabel McCloskey
East of Camden
Fern Smith
North Salem
Ind
Virgil
Indianapolis
Etta
Manchester
Esther
Effie Douglass
Daniel Stinebaugh
Jerome J. Stinebaugh
Henry Garrison
Flora Church of the Brethren
Ray C. Shanks
Maple Lawn
Burlington High School
Mt. Morris College
Illinois
Lower Deer Creek
Local notes from Rossville and Camden in 1880s era
Old items report a church fund drive at Frankfort via Judson Baptist association, Uncle Sammy Lenon’s Pioneer House improvements, Burlington settlers meeting success with Harrison Gwinn’s speech, and Carroll County Sunday School Union activities at Union church with Peter Baker attending. Community updates include street lamps by Kuns & McFarland, potential stave factory in Camden, Phillip Ray at Gov Porter inauguration, Will Musselman surprise visit, an old Dillon farm oak with a 79 year notch, Camden station ticket total for 1880, Delphi bakers delivering bread to Camden, new ice house built near the cemetery, Uncle Sammy Lenon’s lengthened fame, a Clinton county millionaire posing as a pauper, partial seminary sale to Perry McFarland, and Judge Daily’s arduous campaign patrol with companions.
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Old Settlers
Burlington
Andrew Robinson
Harrison Gwinn
Carroll County Sunday School Union
Union Church
Here
Delphi
Peter Baker
Ray and
Rice
Huntington
Ray
Gettysburg
Aaron Snoeberger
Kuns & McFarland
Camden
Phillip Ray
Gov. Porter
Indianapolis
Flora
Bringhurst
Will Musselman
Dillon
Camden Station
Clinton County
Sammy Lenon
Seminary
Perry McFarland
Odd Fellows Hall
B. B. Daily
Hiberlin
G. W. Beale
Camden 4-H Hustlers Rename Meeting Highlights
The Camden 4 H Hustlers in Jackson Township held a meeting Tuesday June 28 at the Community Hall. The president opened with songs and a guitar solo by Margaret Teel. Demonstrations followed by Marjorie Shonk and Lorene.
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Camden
Jackson Township
Margaret Teel
Marjorie_Shonk
Lorene
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joseph -Neibel
Mary Snoeberger
Young
Robin Hood
Wonderland
Dephi
Dr. Smith
Deer Creek
Frank Porter
Clay City
Mira
Evelyn Gardner
Jurgeson
Maud Fiddler
Logansport Hospital
Carroll
Lutheran Church
Camden Woman's Club
Eva Keyes McBroom
Billy
Superior
Neb
Judson Baptist Association
Rossville
Frankfort
John Turner
C. E. Dyke
Pioneer House
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