Land dispute over Elizabeth Nash will in Sullivan County
A partition suit in Sullivan County Court seeks division of about 149 acres near Carlisle from the estate of Elizabeth Nash. Heirs include Curry and Yocum families. James Wilson, long-time tenant, has occupied the land for over forty years. The case trails various heirs across Sullivan Knox and Knox counties with ties to Carlisle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Elizabeth Nash
Haddon Township
Sullivan Etreud
Ana Derebs
John Curry
Addon Township
Hha Ower
Theo
Paxton
Neeh
Yocum
William L. Curry
Caroline Yocum
Simeon Yocum
Wauddon Township
Robert Carnes
Pulaski County
Otder
Mattie
David Bruner
Knox County
Sevral
William TL
Curry
Margaret Hoover
T. E. Hoover
Paris
Ilinois
Beaumont
Kansas
Honduras
Central America
Marie DeCurry
Jose Mauria DeCurry
Andrea C. DeCurry
Minindera
James Wilson
Sullivan County to Extend Sunday Schools
The Sullivan County Sunday School Association appoints Rev. Philip Fries as field agent to revive dormant schools and organize new ones across the county. Fries began duties Monday and will energize efforts to expand Sunday school work in areas lacking facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Fries
Sullivan County Sunday School Association
Sullivan County Oil and Mining Companies Formed in 1860s
The article records early petroleum and mining ventures in Sullivan County tying oil discovery to coal finds. It lists incorporators, capitals, and locations such as Celina and Merom, naming firms including the Sullivan County Oil and Mining Company, Merom Petroleum and Mining Company, and Sullivan Oil Manufacturing and Mining Company with dates in 1865 and 1866.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Renson
Pires Oil Companies
Ohio
Celina
Mercer County
Sullivan County Oil and Mining Company
Seth S. Snyder
Shelby N. Touvelle
Christ Schenck
Yoog. Touvelle
N. L. Hibbard
Merom Petroleum and Mining Company
J.B. Harper
Seth Cushman
G. TW. O’boyle
J. W. Widener
Thomas Stanley
D. Deardslee
Wm. R. Wright
J. Ll. Johnson
Henry A. Colvin
William Minter
Squire Colvin
C. W. Cooper
John H. O’royle, Jr
John Creager
Thomas Cushman
Myer Beardslee
Elhanan W. Gosseline
Ohio Company
Meron Company
Sullivan Oil Manufacturing and Mining Company
Joseph W. Wolfe
Ferdinand Basler
John Giles
James Kelley
Murray Briggs
Memorial Exercises for Sullivan Lodge Elks Held Sunday
Sullivan lodge of Elks holds annual memorial service at the Elks home Sunday afternoon. The eulogy is by James Wade Imison of Vincennes. The program includes music by the M E Sunday school orchestra and solos by Pearl McMorrow Bessie Hancock Ruth Crowder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Emison
Vincennes
Sullivan Lodge of Elks
Elks
Iton
James Wade Imison
M. E. Sunday School Orchestra
Pearl McMorrow
Bessie Hancock
Ruth Crowder
George W. Titus
The
Christing
Baren
Iudge
John S. Bays
Jesse W. Mahley
Joseph TH. Loughrey
Robert I. Stratton
Perley M. Hayworth
William E. Mills
Arthur A. J Holnes
Claude A. Ieilis
Wade Emison
James Wade Liatson
Vincesines
Emison
Teadinge
Thanksgiving Visit Among Hill and Glidden Families
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Hill and daughter Edna, and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Glidden and daughter Susan, spent Thanksgiving in Vincennes as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Hill
Edna
Ira Glidden
Susan
Vinncennes
Clarence Hill
Primary Campaign Outlook and Local Nomination Rumors
The piece surveys county and township races in the third district with names such as John Driver slated for renomination, James Bishop potential entrant, and Jake Miller succeeding Uncle John Scott. It notes salaries, prior terms, and possible runs for county commissioner, county assessor, and township positions, mentioning Pete Over Hank Poston Hockey Colvin and Chris Widener among figures shaping the 1916 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Driver
Driver
Serong
James Bishop
Jefferson Township
John Scott
Fairbanks Township
Board of County Commissioners
Jake Miller
Jake
Tom Joseph
Rose Chapel
Gill Township
Old Gill
Louis Colvin
Hockey Colvin
Merom
Chris Widener
Pete Over
Pete
Hank Poston
Hank
Frank Fliatt
Poston
Over
Hiatt
Sunday School Workers Meet at Drake Church
The Fairbanks Township Sunday School Association will meet at the Drake Baptist church at 2 o clock next Sunday afternoon. A fine program has been arranged with talks on vital Sunday school topics. Prominent local figures will attend and provide addresses.Election of officers for the ensuing year. All Sunday schools urged to attend. Time is 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks Township Sunday School Association
Drake Baptist Church
Ovcasion
Geers
Nome Department
A. M. McGuire
J. R. Brown
Temperance
Malcolm Campbell
Philip Freis
S. Evancellist
Joshua Beasley
Sullivan Girl Weds Tennessee Grain Man in Memphis
Miss Amelia Hunt daughter of Dr and Mrs John W Hunt of this city married Friday in Memphis to R KE Roberts of Union City Tennessee. Roberts works in the grain business in Memphis and will relocate to Newburn where the couple will reside. Mrs Roberts had been visiting her brother Dr Clyde Hunt in Memphis for months and the wedding came as a surprise to the Hunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Hunt
Memphis
R. E. Roberts
John W. Hunt
Tenn
R. KE. Roberts
Union City
Roberts
Newburn
Clyde Hunt
Carlisle Grand Jury Indicts Gaming House Operators
A Carlisle grand jury last week indicted Rush Trimble Joe Wallace Steve Dooley for keeping a gaming house and named several others suspected of aiding the game. Bonds were set at 100 dollars each and about fifty witnesses testified. The case follows recent bets and a squeal that brought Sheriff Kelley and local men to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Sheriff Kelley
Rush Trimble
Joe Wallace
Steve Dooley
Floyd Sheperd
Ed Whitfield
George Ballew
Harry Ward
William Myer
Rice J. Davis
George Willis
Biford Williams
Charles Davis, Jr
Frank Warner
Sullivan
Hymera Girl Found in Terre Haute Resort
Louise Huffman sixteen of Hymera located at a Terre Haute resort by her brother. Deputy Sheriff Ed Douthitt returned her here and she is being held as an incorrigible. Grand jury investigated the case. disposition unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hymera
Terre Haute
Louise Huffman
Ed Douthitt
Reverend Hdmonds Visits Terre Haute Daughter
Rev. GL. R. Hdmonds of Terre Haute visited his daughter Mrs. Is. M. Corbin for several days last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GL. R. Hdmonds
Terre Haute
1S. M. Corbin
Colonel Asbury Cheerful After Mother's Picture
Colonel A P Asbury longtime Indiana G A R commander turned 63 yesterday as a hospital patient at St Anthonys. He received a photo and kind greeting from his mother Mrs Sarah J Asbury and spoke of past battles and his return home. He remains weak but hopes to join fellow soldiers soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
A. P. Asbury
Indiana Grand Army of the Republic
Sarah J. Asbury
Asbury
St. Anthonys Hospital
Colmie Asbury
Johnny
Organization Drive Aims for Better Sullivan County Agriculture
An open letter urges farmers to form a county wide farming association with local township bodies. A December 13, 1913 meeting at Sullivan High School 1:30 PM will feature T A Colman from Purdue University explaining benefits and methods from similar groups. Also notes a birth to Mr and Mrs Jesse Medsker and Granville Scott visiting from Riverside California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Sullivan High School
T. A .Colman
Purdue University
First Vacation After Thirty Years for George R Dutton
George R Dutton left yesterday with his family for Los Angeles for a several month rest from a 32 year banking career in this city. He began as a bookkeeper for William K Crowder at the Sullivan County Bank and rose to president of Peoples State bank, the former Sullivan County bank site now housing the National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Dutton
Los Angeles
Crowder
A. J. Stewart
Buskirk Bank
Rocky Ford
Colo
Dutton
Sullivan County Bank
Peoples State Bank
Sullivan State Bank
Wake Giles
Thee
Sulllivan County Bank
National Bank
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Turman Township Farmers Institute Program
Graysville Nov 2 Turman township farmers institute scheduled a full day program with songs readings papers talks and music. Highlights include talks on high school agricultural teaching and corn crop use by Prof J M Davis and A W Hayes soils extension work, and a feature story The Joys of Farm Life read by Sue In Pennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graysville
Turman Township Farmers Institute
W. H. Thompson Pinno
Pearl Weir
Marie Fruit
Sarah Piety
Granville Thompson
Miss Kano
Reading
Stewart Moore
J. M. Davis
Gladys
Sylvia Stewart
James Ransford
Phelen Jewell
Mabel Nowlin
Laura Durhan
Soils, Co
A.W. Hayes
Miss Medsker
Carrie Sparks
Edna Valeyon
Elizabeth Pounds
Mary Mann
Georgia Ransford
Sue
Pennington
Durham
Miss Ingersoll
Supply houses to locate here in national decision
National decision allocates sites for supply houses with three additional locations likely to follow. Officials confirm the move aims to streamline distribution and boost regional commerce, signaling a broad rollout across multiple sites in coming weeks.
Development rush spreads across Sullivan county field
Developments in Sullivan county field indicate a statewide push to extend oil exploration. Major lease activity centers on West Washington Street area with National Oil Well Supply Company and others following. multiple wells announced or underway across Hamilton, Turman, Curry, and surrounding townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cs & i. Ob
Eerpaisey
Aff
National Oil Well Supply Company
West Washington Street
Leach Block
Continental
Oil Well Supply Company
Jarecki
Lazarus Kahn
Hamilton
Ohio
Indian Oil Company
Kennedy
Shepherd
Clint Bicknell
Rufus Willard
Br. J. JL
Durham
Ladd
Kennedy Oil Company
Harmon Land
Providence Church
Ohio People
Manning Drake
Bays Brothers
Bicknell
Jake Finklestein
Terre Haute
Allen Osburn
Rogers
Paxton
Olney
Ill
Fuller Farm
Fairbanks
Riley Ransford
Turman Township
Carson Hamill
Charles Bolinger
John Thomas
Ohio Oil Company
Harris
Wade
Bays, Queen
Charles Scott
Chauncey Douglas
Curry Township
Ohio of Company
Merrill
Bays & Akin
Mordecai Dix
Ridgeway Farm
Acres
John C. Chaney
Coffman
FE. I
Illinois
Octo
Wash Osburn
Indianapolis
Albert Johnson
Hamilton Township
George Goodwin
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ADDON
Elks Lodge
Wil
Denver
Perever
Apture Drake Curch
Fairbanks ‘Township S
Col. Asbury
Mother
Indiana
Jesse Medsker
Medsker
Granville Scott
Riverside
Cal
George KR. Dutton
California
George RL Dutton
Tuerman Township
Farmers’ Institute
National
Scatter
C. T. Howard
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