Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Familiar Places: Indiana, USA

Indiana, USA

Native Americans lived here for thousands of years before Indiana was even considered a territory.  The name Indiana even means "Land of the Indians" or "Indian Land." (1)
 
The French started exploring it in 1679.  They built a few trading posts and forts before the English decided they wanted to colonize it.  There were many wars between the Native Americans, French, and English.  Eventually the English won.  During the Revolutionary war America won it's independence from England and all of England's land south of the Great Lakes, which included what we know as Indiana today.  In 1787 the US called it the Northwest Territory.  In 1800 when Ohio became a state, the rest of the area became known as the Indiana Territory.  Then on 11 December 1816 Indiana became the 19th state of the USA.   (1)
 
Now Indiana is the 38th largest state and is 16th for the most people.  Those people are called Hoosiers.  There are many theories as to how Indiana got the nickname Hoosier but the Indiana Historical Society found some interesting things to support their theory.  The earliest known use of the word Hoosier goes back to Virginia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee.  It was the term they used to describe backwoodsman, a rough countryman, or a country bumpkin.  Basically is was the old slang term for what we now call a Red Neck. (1)
 
This is where Indiana is located at in the USA:
"Indiana in United States" by TUBS - Own workThis vector graphics image was created with Adobe Illustrator.This file was uploaded with Commonist.This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this:  Usa edcp location map.svg (by Uwe Dedering).This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this:  USA Hawaii location map.svg (by NordNordWest).This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this:  Canada location map.svg (by Yug).. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indiana_in_United_States.svg#/media/File:Indiana_in_United_States.svg
It's state boundaries have remained the same since 1816. (2)
 
Here is the state Flag:
"Flag of Indiana". Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Indiana.svg#/media/File:Flag_of_Indiana.svg
Here is the state seal:
"Indiana-StateSeal" by U.S. Government - ATSDR (part of the CDC) series of state-specific fact sheets. Bitmap versions have been seen on US Embassy websites. Direct PDF URL [1]. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indiana-StateSeal.svg#/media/File:Indiana-StateSeal.svg
People in my tree from here:
  • ADAMS, Beulah Jane 1939-2012
  • ALBRECHT, Doris Virginia 1913-1984
  • ARMSTRONG, Karen Janeane 1942-2008
  • ARMSTRONG, Ralph Gene 1914-2003
  • AUSTIN, Reyburn K 1906-1969
  • AUSTIN, Thula Jane 1930-1983
  • BADEN, Francis H 1851-?
  • BADEN, Joseph W 1859-1928
  • BADEN, Louisa S 1863-?
  • BADEN, Margaret 1846-?
  • BADEN, Rose Ann 1852-1912
  • BADEN, Samuel 1828-1891
  • BADEN, Samuel 1856-?
  • BADEN, Sarah J. 1848-?
  • BADEN, William Henry 1824-1879
  • BALL, living female x4
  • BALL, Derrick Scott "Mouse" 1987-2010
  • BALL, living male x2
  • BATES, living? male
  • BOWMAN, Doyle F. Buck 1913-1995
  • BOWMAN, Robert 1887-?
  • BOWMAN, Robert 1909-?
  • BRENTS, Ruby Gertrude 1914-1999
  • BROCK, Margret Loretta 1933-2010
  • BURROUS, living male
  • CAINE, living female
  • CAINE, living male
  • CALLIS, James Alton 1924-1972
  • CHANDLER, living female x9
  • CHANDLER, living male x14
  • CHANDLER, Thomas Clinton "Sony" sr. 1931-1999
  • COLE, John 1872-1936
  • COLLINS, living female
  • COOK, living? female 5
  • COOK, Edith Caroline 1912-1981
  • COOK, Elmer M. 1917-1980
  • COOK, Lavada Geneva 1928-2002
  • COOK, Mary 1912-?
  • COOK, Myrtle M 1905-?
  • COOK, Ordaz W. 1877-1965
  • COOK, Wilber 1908-?
  • COOLY, Norma Jean ?-2014
  • CRICK, John G. 1816-1863
  • DARLING, living female x3
  • DARLING, living male
  • DARLING, Clarence Clifford 1910-?
  • DARLING, Claude Virgil 1912-?
  • DARLING, Flossie Jane 1939-2004
  • DARLING, George Vern 1904-2001
  • DARLING, Glen Ivan 1917-1965
  • DARLING, Jacob 1880-1965
  • DARLING, Richard ale 1960-2005
  • DARLING, Stephanie Danielle 1980-1989
  • DAVIS, Alfred Emanuel 1928-2003
  • DAVIS, living female x3
  • DAVIS, Clara L. 1913-1984
  • DAVIS, Jams Arthur 1915-1968
  • DAVIS, Stella Irene 1913-1986
  • DAVIS, living male
  • DAVIS, William Carl sr. 1917-1977
  • DEGRAFFENREID, living male
  • DOWNEY, Barbara Elizabeth "Fauney" (OLINGER) 1769-1833
  • DUKE, Charles Clyde 1908-1978
  • DUKE, living male
  • DUKE, Paul Henry 1921-1990
  • DUKE, Sophia Bell 1912-1992
  • EAKIN, James H 1929-1983
  • EDWARDS, Ola Winifred 1909-2000
  • ERWIN, Edna  1833-1871
  • ERWIN, James 1842-1909
  • ERWIN, Jane 1824-1898
  • FEAREY, Robert H 1884-1930
  • FORREY, Beverly Joan 1931-1992
  • FOUST, John H 1882-?
  • GREATHOUSE, living male x2
  • HORN, Arletha 1880-?
  • HORN, Edna Elizabeth 1853-1933
  • HORN, Eva Gertrude Margarette 1905-1937
  • HORN, Forest Harold Eugene 1907-1907
  • HORN, Ivan Jacob William 1903-1971
  • HORN, Jacob W 125-1899
  • HORN, Jacob William 1874-1919
  • HORN, James 1850-1892
  • HORN, Jane "Jennie" 1864-1930
  • HORN, living? male X2
  • HORN, John 1823-1900
  • HORN, Leon Madgelean "Madge" 1900-1985
  • HORN, Martha 1858-?
  • HORN, Nancy 1857-1891
  • HORN, Robert Lee 1929-2008
  • HORN, Ruben Arletha Francis 1898-1956
  • HORN, Sarah 1805-1888
  • HORN, Sharon Sue 1935-200
  • HORN, living female
  • HORN, Stephen A 1860-1919
  • HORN, William 1876-?
  • HORN, William 1925-?
  • HORN, William 1846-1920
  • HUFF, Mary M 18061890
  • HULCE, Jesse Parshall 1794-1851
  • HULL, Ida Lucielle 1905-1985
  • HUNT, Catherine 1783-1859
  • J, Mary 1902-1985
  • JACKSON, John 1858-?
  • JENKINS, Teresa Marie 1959-?
  • JOHNSON, Eleanor 1799-1892
  • JOHNSON, Rosa Ann 1884-1971
  • JOHNSON, Sarah Ellen 1884-1970
  • JOHNSON, Willie C. 1911-1973
  • KAHLENBECK, John C 1878-1960
  • KENNEDY, Rosella 1926-?
  • KING, Grace F 1947-1987
  • LANCE, John J. 1859-?
  • LANG, Phoebe 1811-1867
  • LEWELLEN, Eva 1938-2010
  • LEWELLEN, Virginia Lee 1932-1996
  • LEWELLEN, William Orris 1906-1973
  • LUELLEN, Roy Oliver 1936-?
  • LUELLEN, Waneta R 1940-?
  • LYELL, Grant 1865-?
  • LYNN, Bessie 1892-1993
  • MAJORS, Robert Herman 1892-1971
  • MARTIN, Lena Clay 1896-1986
  • MARTIN, Vivian Elsie 1913-2001
  • MCGEE, Justin Michael 1989-2015
  • MCGEE, Keith Wayne 1968-200
  • MCGEE, Rodger Dale Junior 1966-1997
  • MCGEE, Truman Junior 1928-2014
  • MILLER, Lillie Mabel 1889-1963
  • MURPHY, living? female x3
  • MURPHY, living? male X2
  • MURPHY, Howard Pat 1905-1978
  • MURPHY, John Howard 1930-1958
  • MURPHY, Leo 1906-1967
  • MURPHY, Leona 1906-?
  • MURPHY, Loran 1912-1979
  • MURPHY, Marie 1909-1987
  • MURPHY, Robert Eugene 1935-2008
  • MURPHY, Robert John 1920-1980
  • NELSON, Donald Joe "Tiny" 1951-2009
  • NELSON, living male x3
  • NELSON, living female
  • NELSON, Tom "Tommy" Lane 1947-1988
  • NOAKES, Franklin P 1853-?
  • NOAKES, Mary "Ella" 1878
  • NOAKES, Roy 1885-?
  • OLINGER, Andrew M. 1830-?
  • OLINGER, Christian 1802-1855
  • OLINGER, George Washington 1789-1845
  • OLINGER, Henry John 1793-1846
  • OLINGER, Johann Jacob 1763-1852
  • OLINGER, Martha Jane 1828-1892
  • OLINGER, Robert 1805-1850
  • OLINGER, William 1798-1870
  • OLIVER, living? male
  • PAINTER, Frances Mary 1885-1978
  • PAYTON, Arminta 1828-1908
  • PAYTON, John L 1842-1920
  • PAYTON, Roseanna 1836-1907
  • PAYTON, Samuel 1799-1881
  • PAYTON, Stephen Wesley 1836-1922
  • PENCE, Anna Barbara 1783-1853
  • PENCE, Sarah Salome 1786-1857
  • PHILLIPS, Andrew Jackson 1889-1942
  • PHILLIPS, Cecil Roscoe 1910-1977
  • PHILLIPS, Cordia Elizabeth 1940-2011
  • PHILLIPS, David ?-2015
  • PHILLIPS, David Andrew 1915-1992
  • PHILLIPS, Essel Lee Sr. 1909-1977
  • PHILLIPS, Eugene 1924-2004
  • PHILLIPS, living male
  • PHILLIPS, James Thomas 1912-1971
  • PHILLIPS, living? female X2
  • PHILLIPS, Kenneth Roscoe 1930-1997
  • PHILLIPS, McCoy Emery 1919-2010
  • PHILLIPS, Nellie Evadine 1912-2007
  • PICKETT, living female x2
  • PRATHER, Marvin Joseph 1905-1991
  • PRENDERGAST, Susie Elizabeth 1882-1976
  • RAMOS, living female
  • RANSEL, living female
  • RAY, Adam 1839-?
  • RAY, Ann Elizabeth 1845-1894
  • RAY, Delila 1848-?
  • RAY, Joseph 1808-1872
  • RAY, Sarah E 1841-?
  • REEVES, Brenda Joyce 1965-2005
  • REEVES, Donald Ray 1957-1993
  • REEVES, Joe Mack 1927-1989
  • REEVES, Steve Allen 1955-2009
  • RIDER, Dorothy 1918-?
  • ROACH, living male x7
  • ROACH, living female x4
  • ROACH, Anna 1907-?
  • ROACH, Helen 1928-1940
  • ROACH, James "Jim" Linville Jr. 1932-1954
  • ROACH, James Linville 1900-1962
  • ROACH, John 1879-1942
  • ROACH, Kenneth W. 1955-1999
  • ROACH, Rebecca Diane 1957-2011
  • ROACH, Robert "Bob" 1935-2009
  • ROBERSON, Alex "Pete" Sanford 1914-1979
  • ROBERSON, Charles Eugene 1948-2006
  • ROBERSON, Diana Kay 1960-1960
  • ROBERSON, living? female x2
  • ROBERSON, Laury Ann 1962-1963
  • ROBERSON, Linda Sue ?-2015
  • ROBERSON, Lloyd Rayburn 1939-200
  • ROBERSON, Paul Elden 1942-2008
  • ROBERSON, Rita Mae 1935-2003
  • ROBERSON, William Edward "Eddie" 1931-1997
  • ROBERSON, William Manuel 1901-1968
  • RODMAN, Abel Thatcher 1831-1911
  • RODMAN, Abel Theodore 1870-1937
  • RODMAN, Elbinas W 1859-?
  • RODMAN, George B 1860-?
  • RODMAN, Gertrude A 1863-?
  • RODMAN, Indiana Leurhetta "Rhetta" Didana 1880-1962
  • RODMAN, Isaac 1800-1847
  • RODMAN, Isaac 1841-?
  • RODMAN, Isaac Benjamin 1866-1901
  • RODMAN, John L. 1830-1916
  • RODMAN, Margaret E 1861-?
  • RODMAN, Reuben S. 1873-?
  • RODMAN, William Isaac 1800-1848
  • ROGERS, living female x2
  • ROGERS, living male
  • RUTH, I ?
  • SCOTT, Cordie Vesteen 1913-1988
  • SCOTT, Edwina 1932-1993
  • SCOTT, James "Noble" 1888-1942
  • SCOTT, living? female
  • SELLERS, Infant ?-1924
  • SELLERS, Benjamin Franklin "Frank" 1869-1944
  • SELLERS, Charles E 1902-1977
  • SELLERS, Ella B 1895-?
  • SELLERS, Flossie J 1890-1956
  • SELLERS, Fred Lawrence 1892-1985
  • SELLERS, Freida Mary Jane 1919-1966
  • SELLERS, Gladys L. 1909-1996
  • SELLERS, John W. 1843-1873
  • SELLERS, Mary Ruth 1898-1916
  • SELLERS, Mildred Irene 1923-1985
  • SELLERS, Roy 1905-?
  • SHAW, living? female
  • SHELTON, living male
  • SHOPE, Norman Roger Sr. 1938-2013
  • SHUTT, Raymond 1909-?
  • SMITH, Eugene H 1913-1990
  • SMITH, Howard Wayne 1927-2005
  • SMITH, Jerry Leon 1935-2006
  • SMITH, Laura 1922-2009
  • SMITH, Martin Edgar 1924-1998
  • SMITH, Mary K 1932-1996
  • SMITH, Pauline 1911-?
  • SMITH, Robert Edgar 1892-1968
  • SMITH, Robert Leroy 1915-1993
  • SMITH, Susanna Barbara 1880-1959
  • SOULE, Harriet 1806-1872
  • ST JOHN, Otto K 1879-1935
  • TILLEY, Esther Viola 1916-1979
  • TIMMONS, Amanda K. 1869-1953
  • TIMMONS, Catherine 1870-?
  • TIMMONS, James W 1863-?
  • TIMMONS, James Wesley 1829-1882
  • TIMMONS, Joshua 1853-?
  • TIMMONS, Margret 1869-?
  • TIMMONS, Mary A 1859-?
  • TIMMONS, Matthew 1852-?
  • TIMMONS, Rebecca Jane 1857-?
  • TIMMONS, Sarah E. 1873-?
  • TIMMONS, William Henry 1852-1920
  • TUCKER, Viola 1921-1978
  • UNDERWOOD, Loshia 1907-1988
  • UNDERWOOD, Luther Edward 1908-1992
  • WALLACE, Hannah Catherine 1837-1885
  • WEST, living male
  • WHEELER, Margaret Polly 1803-1882
  • WILLIAMS, living female x2
  • WILLIAMS, living male x2
  • WILLS, James Edward 1940-1998
  • WILSON, Lucinia "Sina Lou" 1892-1960
  • WOODCOCK, Delilah Elizabeth 1832-1908
  • WORLAND, living? male
  • WRIGHT, living female
  • Unknown, Dorothy 1914-2013
  • Unknown, Eva F ?-1979
  • Unknown, Nancy E. 1861-?
  • Unknown, living female (maiden name unknown) x6 
Counties of interest:
  • Adams
  • Allen
  • Bartholomew
  • Benton
  • Blackford
  • Boone
  • Carroll
  • Cass
  • Crawford
  • Dearborn
  • Decatur
  • Delaware
  • Fayette
  • Fountain
  • Fulton
  • Gibson
  • Grant
  • Hamilton
  • Hancock
  • Harrison
  • Howard
  • Huntington
  • Jefferson
  • Jennings
  • Knox
  • Lake
  • Madison
  • Marion
  • Marshall
  • Miami
  • Morgan
  • Orange
  • Parke
  • Shelby
  • St Joseph
  • Sullivan
  • Tippecanoe
  • Tipton
  • Vanderburgh
  • Vigo
  • Wabash
  • Warren
  • Wayne
  • Wells
  • White
 
Cities/Towns of interest:
  • Atlanta
  • Attica
  • Bluffton
  • Castleton
  • Center
  • Clay City
  • Clifty
  • Columbus
  • Corydon
  • Decatur
  • Deer Creek
  • East Chicago
  • Eckerty
  • Elwood
  • English
  • Ervin
  • Evansville
  • Fort Wayne
  • Franklin
  • Galveston
  • Gas City
  • Greentown
  • Haddon
  • Harrison
  • Hartford City
  • Hope
  • Howard
  • Huntington
  • Indianapolis
  • Jefferson
  • Kokomo
  • Lafayette
  • Lawrenceburg
  • Lebanon
  • Liberty
  • Logansport
  • Marion
  • Milford
  • Monticello
  • Montmorenci
  • Mooresville
  • Muncie
  • New Waverly
  • Noblesville Township
  • North Manchester
  • Oxford
  • Peru
  • Plymouth
  • Prairie City
  • Richmond
  • Rochester
  • Sandcreek
  • Scott City
  • Sharpsville
  • Shelby
  • South Bend
  • Spencer
  • Sullivan
  • Taylor
  • Terre Haute
  • Tipton
  • Union City
  • Uniondale
  • Vigo
  • Waldron
  • Warren
  • Warrington
  • West Lafayette
  • West Middleton
  • West Newton
  • Williamsport
  • Zionsville

These lists will be updated and grow as I dig further into my family tree.  I will also be linking people to their memorial pages as I make them for my direct ancestors.  I will also be linking the counties, cities, and towns as I complete the familiar places pages.
 
(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana
(2) http://www.mapofus.org/indiana/

 
 


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