Indiana Cities & Towns Thread

[mom45]

LOL. Mom45, you reminded me of something. Uncle Dick was coming home from work one day, and the lady who lived in the first house NORTH of the bridge was lying in the road naked. Dick stopped and asked if she needed help. She smiled and said she was fine, just catching some rays.

Yep...that sounds about right! LOL

 

[the1kidd03]

Mooresville, home of the state flag

My ancestor (indirect; uncle) designed it.

 

[the1kidd03]

In the movie "Hoosiers", in one of the basketball scenes

I believe the opening scene of that movie?? where they were driving down the road with farmland in view (can't remember the exact scene) was shot driving down US 40 near Belleville/Stilesville

 

[the1kidd03]

Not really of any significance, but my ancestors (both direct and indirect) settled much of the areas many of us INGOers live in today like Hendicks and Morgan County areas or Paoli, IN.

This link was one I found some time ago which helped our family tie some bits of info together to continue our search. There's a lot of interesting historical photos in there of Indiana. Hadley Family Tree

 

[Trigger Time]

Not really of any significance, but my ancestors (both direct and indirect) settled much of the areas many of us INGOers live in today like Hendicks and Morgan County areas or Paoli, IN.

This link was one I found some time ago which helped our family tie some bits of info together to continue our search. There's a lot of interesting historical photos in there of Indiana. Hadley Family Tree

One side of my family (direct family) was close friends with Daniel Boone and his family and moved out west with them from Virginia after fighting in the revolution. Then they fought Indians together and then moved from Kentucky to Indiana and were some of the first settlers in Indiana before it was even a state. Indianas first governor is also a distant relative. Gotta love and appreciate history!

 

[the1kidd03]

One side of my family (direct family) was close friends with Daniel Boone and his family and moved out west with them from Virginia after fighting in the revolution. Then they fought Indians together and then moved from Kentucky to Indiana and were some of the first settlers in Indiana before it was even a state. Indianas first governor is also a distant relative. Gotta love and appreciate history!

Yep. It's especially cool when you find out your family's involvement in things you read about as a child in school. Apparently loving history runs in my family too because they've kept pretty good records of our lineage and patched holes in wherever they/we can over the years. I even have a pocket diary one kept from the civil war. Difficult to read with the neat writing in what seems to be quill pen that's a little faded, but it's awesome to read when he references Lincoln's funeral and getting word of his passing. Just, how they spoke and wrote back then is pretty cool, IMO.

My ancestor that migrated the family here (1712) bought property which bordered that of William Penn's. The home he built there is actually still standing today as a historical property. He was later murdered in the barn by one of his farm hands for the cash he had on him (was wealthy and known to carry cash). 3 generations of his descendants, my direct ancestors, (a father, his son, and grandson) all fought as officers during the revolution. One of which was also part of their provincial congress which would later contribute to the efforts of the continental congress.

 

[Trigger Time]

Now that's cool! I love reading old letters and journals.

 

[the1kidd03]

Now that's cool! I love reading old letters and journals.

It is. The day his unit heard of Lincoln's death started with, "Today, we are {saddened} to hear of the passing of our noble leader....." I can't remember if he said "saddened" or something else, but just the way they spoke is impressive.

I've got boxes of really old pictures too, but most of them we don't know who they are because nothing was ever written on them. Also have some handwritten marriage certificates, last wills, etc. laying around. The ancestor that migrated here had a number of pistols which he left to each of his kids in his will. So apparently the gun thing has run in the family for some time.

One of them that fought in the revolution was killed in his home. After a battle near to his home, he decided to travel home for the evening to see his family. Some loyalists apparently followed him. As they were gaining entry he climbed to the attic and attempted to scare them off by pretending he was calling to nearby help. He was shot through the head while hanging out the window. The projectile supposedly implanted in a beam overhead with bits of hair from his scalp where it remained for some time after that. They looted stuff as they left and dropped a silver spoon on their way out. His wife picked it up and it was apparently passed down for a long time, but somewhere got lost before this stuff got passed to me.

 

[eldirector]

Pretty cool, the1kidd03 and Trigger Time!

My family landed in Indiana in the late 1820s to early 1830s. Acquired land as part of the Land Grants as the Indiana Territory was opened up. Came from Virginia, by way of Kentucky as well (groups of Quakers, moving west). Founded the Baptist Church in Reddington (guess they weren't Quakers any longer). Once the county was formed, an ancestor served as one of the first Coroners. I have letters written by an uncle (of sorts) while he was serving in the Civil War. They reference other families living down along Mutton Creek (east of Seymour).

I really dig this old family history stuff.

 

[Bill B]

Lake County has had nearly 100 democratic politicians and insiders convicted and sent to jail. It seems they learned the 'what' from our Chicago neighbors, but not the 'how to not get caught.'

 

[williamnewman1]

Freedom where I live was where Babe Pierce was born, He was the original Tarzan on television for a short while

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

South Bend is named for the St. Joseph River's southerly bend running through town. Then it runs North to Lake Michigan. One of the few rivers that actually flows North in this hemisphere.

The reason the town is so screwed up is because the early settlers thought North was South and South was North. Hence the city of South Bend is a bass ackwards place.

 

[the1kidd03]

Pretty cool, the1kidd03 and Trigger Time!

My family landed in Indiana in the late 1820s to early 1830s. Acquired land as part of the Land Grants as the Indiana Territory was opened up. Came from Virginia, by way of Kentucky as well (groups of Quakers, moving west). Founded the Baptist Church in Reddington (guess they weren't Quakers any longer). Once the county was formed, an ancestor served as one of the first Coroners. I have letters written by an uncle (of sorts) while he was serving in the Civil War. They reference other families living down along Mutton Creek (east of Seymour).

I really dig this old family history stuff.

Me too. My family has dug back to the 9th century even. Of course, the further back you get the harder things get to verify with less things being documented and such. I have a correspondence letter between my family and what seems to be a professional genealogist in England in the early 20th century who was working on tracking down info for them from way back.

Apparently an indirect relative (uncle) founded a town down in South Carolina I believe. He was then so heavily involved in the local government (1st sheriff I think then a politician) and whatnot, that the town supposedly erected a bronze statue of him sometime in the last 50 years or so in the middle of the town.

Another group was part of the quakers that settled Paoli, IN.

 

[Trigger Time]

Anyone have any handed down stories about john dillenger?

 

[the1kidd03]

Anyone have any handed down stories about john dillenger?

My mother does actually, but I can't remember off the top of my head. Had some sort of tie, friendship, acquaintance with our family or something.

Wasn't he jailed in Plainfield and had an apartment downtown or something?

 

[Trigger Time]

Me too. My family has dug back to the 9th century even. Of course, the further back you get the harder things get to verify with less things being documented and such. I have a correspondence letter between my family and what seems to be a professional genealogist in England in the early 20th century who was working on tracking down info for them from way back.

Apparently an indirect relative (uncle) founded a town down in South Carolina I believe. He was then so heavily involved in the local government (1st sheriff I think then a politician) and whatnot, that the town supposedly erected a bronze statue of him sometime in the last 50 years or so in the middle of the town.

Another group was part of the quakers that settled Paoli, IN.

A member of my family is descended from a child that was born via an affair with a prince of England who later became king. I can't off the top of my head tell you which one an I'm not able to look it up at the moment. Pretty funny and cool. While not "official" by marriage the kings bloodline still comes through that line in my family.

We have been able to also trace our very far back on my fathers side (maternal and paternal). England and Ireland citizens. With the earliest American traces being some of the first to the colonies. One was a constable in Pennsylvania before the USA existed.
Lots of records were kept and handed down and other before me gained many more legal documents as proof by visiting various courthouses and making copies and taking photos of the records. Now days because of certain newer state laws you cannot just go to the courthouse and flip through marriage records and such. You have to know exact info and dates to view them. That's fine if the clerk at the time entered the info correctly but sometimes names were spelled wrong or marriages accidently got listed under the maden name Ect. Then you run into road blocks.

 

[Bill B]

Anyone have any handed down stories about john dillenger?

Allegedly he would not rob a bank in Hammond because there were too many trains, he didn't want to get stuck at a crossing after robbing a bank.

 

[Trigger Time]

My mother does actually, but I can't remember off the top of my head. Had some sort of tie, friendship, acquaintance with our family or something.

Wasn't he jailed in Plainfield and had an apartment downtown or something?

The jail he escaped from with the wooden pistol was in Indiana I believe. Don't know about the apartment.
Al Capone frequented the casino and spa that's in southern Indiana (French lick?) and had an apartment in the town square of a nearby town (can't think of the name). The local sheriff protected him.

that same town has a courthouse in the center of the square that Abraham Lincoln gave a campaign speech at. I was told there's also a massive cave system that runs under the town.

 

[copo]

South Bend has a vice president buried here. Schuyler Colfax, buried in City Cemetery was Vice President from 1869-1873.

 

[Trigger Time]

Actor James Pierce the original Tarzan was born and educated in Indiana. He and his wife are buried in shelbyville Indiana.