Landessville Homesteader Solomon Heckard Chronology
Solomon Heckard born February 14 1851 in Fairfield Ohio to settle in Grant County at six months old on the Heckard farm southeast of Van Buren. He married Mary Love at 27 and raised nine children Lyda Jennie Henry Otto Lovina Iva Ruda Dona (Lyda and Jennie predeceased). He cleared and drained the family farm noted for a beautiful home and remained active.
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Solomon Heckard
Fairfield
Ohio
Grant County
van Buren
Heckard
Mary Love
Lyda
George
Jennie
Henry
Otto
Lovina
Iva
Ruda
Dona
L Lyda
Landersville
Hale and Hearty
New Year hunt ends in dog attack and wild talk
An eight o'clock hunting party in Hu Culbertson woods roved for opossums with nine coon dogs. A dog was severely injured, tail broken and ear torn, prompting fear of a bear or wolf as the group rushed back through freezing fields.
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Hu Culbertson Woods
Local Notes from Marion and Nearby Towns
Mrs. Martha Brown returns home after a two month stay with her sister in Marion. Benny Endsley walked miles husking corn this week. Peter Murphy got a hair cut. Fred Sheffstall left for Texas oil fields. he expects fifteen dollars a day. Mrs. Roscoe Pence shopped in Marion Friday. Samuel Evans cuts wood for Van Corey. Joseph Pulley visited relatives in Logansport. John Hodson wore a 32 long tailed coat and carried a heavy cane while seeking beef cattle. Asher Huff returns to Indiana University after two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Weesner hosted Sunday dinner with Rev. Crave Tarr of Bluffton. one soul was saved. Mr. and Mrs. David Hatcher visited with Charley Hatcher and wife in Van Buren Sunday. Don’t forget Sabbath School Sunday at the usual hour.
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Martha Brown
John Howard
Marion
Benny Endsley
Peter Murphy
Fred Sheffstall
Texas
Roscoe Pence
Samuel Evans
van Corey
Joseph Pulley
Logansport
John Hodson
Asher Huff
Indiana University
Samuel Weesner
Crave Tarr
Bluffton
David Hatcher
Charley Hatcher
van Buren
The Village Pest and Its Absurd Local Notes
A collage of humorous bylines and quips from Everett Lee and others includes playfully boastful notes about a Ladies Aid Society meeting, odd club names, witty exchanges between Daniel Beekman and Hip Plummer, and a Palm Beach diversion dated January 7 1920. It also mentions visitors from Kokomo and Van Buren and a playful divers contest tease.
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Palm Beach
Fla
van Buren
Ind
Walter Washington Mott
Leslie Milton Camblin
Also Mentioned on This Page
News-Eagle
E. H. Depoy
Indiana
Landessville
Selma Stoker
Mabel Morehead
Summitville
Enroute
Selma
M. and B. Traction
Landers, Ind
Indianapolis
Weesner
Warren
William Knight
Charley
Odd Fellows
Landers
Martha Anderson
Ruth Slusher
Wycle Hallam
Mr. Scott
Ralph Dunkin
Lewis Paxton
Idah Woodard
Vera Boxell
Eugene DePoy
Lucille
LaValle Cribbs
Zona Bird
Artie Brown
Jay Boxell
Conwell
J. B. Green
Smothers Bros
Orvis Breedlove
Orvis
Charles C. Allen
Lloyd Pilkington
Henry S
Clarence R
Stallings
BY Ima
Stinger
Boob McNutt
Doc Mott
Ladies’ Aid Society
Amos Turner
Royal Order of High Hoodlums
Henry S. Barbershop Knight
Doan Drugstore Paxton
Homer H. Scott
Burr S
Hip
Daniel Beekman
Thomas Smothers
Everett Lee
Ned Conwell
Terrance David Phixx
Jerker Jones
Chicago Tribune
South First Street
van Buren, Ind
Earth
van Buren Hardware Co
T. G. Pikg
W.C. Booz
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