Death of Mrs Rachel McKinney in Sullivan County
Mrs Rachel McKinney, Sullivan County’s oldest woman, died Sunday at her granddaughter’s home near Farmersburg aged about 97. Born July 27 1805 in Kentucky, she moved to Indiana as a child and later settled in Fairbanks township. She and Robert McKinney had eleven children and numerous grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.
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Rachel McKinney
Sullivan County
Thompson Scott
Farmersburg
McKinney
Kentucky
Indiana
Old Betford
Palestine
White Rivers
Mitchell
Washington County
Robert McKinney
Fairbanks Township
Oavid Huff
Merom
Harvey McKiney
Fairbanks
Eli Trueblood
Mary Jane Johnson
Geo. W. McKinney
Centralia
Ills
M McKinney
Stole Two Horses Ties Rise in Mt Carmel Case
A suspected horse thief, jailed in Sullivan Indiana, is charged with stealing the Garner mare at Edwards county and the Weisenberger horse near Mt Carmel. Sheriff Compton, with regional officers, linked the Sullivan saddle and bridle to Garner’s mare. Indications mount of a wider horses theft gang to be broken up.
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Dudley
Union
Mt. Carmel
Ill
Weisenberger
Bellmont
Garner
Edwards County
Epperson
Sullivan
Ind
Compton
Brandon
Edwards
Gardner
Mt. Cramel
Sullivan’ County
Prospectus of The Sullivan County Union Reproduced
Uncle John H Jackson presents a historical Prospectus of The Sullivan County Union once rising in the county. The piece notes the paper's early support for key political truths, its founders and canvassers, and its evolution to broader circulation and lower prices. The reproduced Pros pectus is offered on its own merits.
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Sullivan County Union
John H. Jackson
Pleasantville
John
Union
Isaac M. Brown
Col
R. W. Thompson
Charles Cruft
John P. Baird
James Farrington
D. S. Donaldson
W. K. Edwards
Jackson
Uncle John
Widow Mrs Beard Dies Near Sullivan
Mrs. Sarah Beard widow of John T Bead died at her home six miles northwest of Sullivan last Sunday evening at 7 o clock. Funeral at Corinth on Tuesday at 10 AM conducted by Elder Williams of Terre Haute. She leaves three sons Burton W married Will and Reed unmarried. Interment Palmers Prairie beside her husband.
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Sarah Beard
John T. Bead
Sullivan
Corrinth
Elder Williams
Terre Haute
Beard
Thomas Nesbit
Joshua Dix
Burton W
Will
Heed
Palmers “Prairie
Sullivan County Teacher Institute Opens With Two Eminent Speakers
Early Monday the Sullivan County Teachers Institute opened with 100 teachers arriving for the opening exercises led by Rev McGuire. Supt J M Greenwood of Kansas City and Inspector J L Hughes of Toronto presented lectures on education, stressing inner development and practical classroom advice.
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McGuire
The
Baptist Church
Park
Oral D. Johnson
Maude Linkenhaker
J. M. Greenwood
Supt. of Schools
Kansas City
Greenwood
United States
Educational Association
J. L. Hughes
Toronto
Canada
Hughes
Chicago
Chicago University
Yale Divinity School
America
Europe
Browning
Mr. Hughes
Sullivan County
Inspector Hughes
Supt
Ation
Court News Brief Sees Small Budget of Transfers
The Temple of Justice lists a series of transfer notices including Charles F. Clause to Cora E. Pounds and George A. Sechler to Fannie Hun ley, with additional assignments from W. Holtslaw to Chloe Hofiditz and others like Charles H. Mattox to Alma Harris and Edgar P. Jones to Mary F. Hart.
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Charles F. Clause
Cora E. Pounds
George A. Sechler
Fannie F.hunley
W. Holtslaw
Chloe Hofiditz
Charles H. Mattox
Alma
Harris David McKee
May Baker
Edgar P. Jones
Mary F. Hart
Legal notices list mixed civil actions in Indiana court
Southern Ind railroad company versus John C Ford dismissed at plaintiff's cost. Geo W Leach sues John Unger for contract. Lillian Tremaine sues Edward J Tremaine for divorce alleging failure to provide. They wed in 1896. Tremaine family ties to John Welling. Mrs Tremaine resides in Terre Haute with husband.
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Southern Ind. Ry. Co
John C. Ford
Geo W. Leach
John Unger
Lillian Tremaine
Edward J. Tremaine
Alice S. Gartwart
Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad Company
Reunited Indiana unit hosts gathering and rail excursion
Company D 31st Indiana Infantry held a reunion at W G Dudley’s residence in Sullivan with seventeen members attending. A large dinner was served by Mrs. Dudley, followed by reminiscences of Civil War days. The EH T and H Ry offered a Terre Haute excursion August 31st for 80 cents round trip, with a 9:45 AM Sullivan departure and 8 PM return. Tickets limited to this train. The Union seeks local correspondents across the county. The issue also notes editor Welman’s continued disputes and a turbulent episode around a potential sale of the Times, unsettled by public disagreements and party factionalism.
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Sullivan
Sullivan County
UNION
Terre Haute
Terre-Haucte
Indiana
Terre-Haute
Isaac M. Brown
Sulivan
Ind
31St
Indiana Inf
W. G. Dudley
Richard Baily
Evansville
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Sulllivan County
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Prospectus
Union Party
R. W. Thompson, Charles Croft
Nanes
Donaldson
W.K. Edwards
Corizs
Court News
of Justice
Beasley & Brown
Rosa B Keene
Gee Ringer
Cass
John J Hayden
Wm Riggs
Tsabella Botts
Ed P Snow
Jont Scott
N A Scott
Hamilton
Arthur C Thomas
Flora Buckalew
Dugger
Coal Co
R Davidson
Hymera
Frank R. Wallace
Alice M Philips
EV Sinclair
T Prose
MM Bennett
Gill
John C Chaney
Silver Chaney
Arthur Meeker
Oliver Meeker
Turman
Nancy Cartwright
Sarah Lemon
Watson Heirs
Wmj Leach
Ben Hummell
Nathan H Hinkle
Robin Hinkle
Daniel Prose
Robin Bledsoe
C. L. Beck
Mertie IX Beck
Charles Welcome Welman
Welman
Times
Evening Times
Congress
Democratic Party
Bill Lindsey
Miers
Judge Miers
Seymour Riddle
Meirs
Thomas Osborné
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