GEORGE married RITZ CATHERINE. CATHERINE (daughter of RITZ Simon and ROCKEY Ana Elizabeth) was born on 3 May 1799 in Perry, OH; died on 11 Apr 1852 in Perry, OH. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Postcard sent to Mrs. Matilda Burget, Sumner, Illinois.

All well and happy having the best time of our lives Jesus is so good to us
J W and Ida Gines Babys name is Herald

MATILDA married BURGET DANIEL D. on 4 Nov 1879 in Sumner, Lawrence County, Illinois. DANIEL (son of BURGET DAVID DANIEL and ANDREW MARY ANNE) was born on 8 Dec 1844 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; died on 18 Mar 1864 in Sumner, Lawrence County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

GEORGE married KIRK ETTA "KITTY" on 29 Sep 1887. [Group Sheet]

JOHN married WHITE DORA CORNELIA on 12 Apr 1896. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Wanda L. Gines has the funeral book showing the following information.

IN MEMORY OF

Mrs. Ida Mary Gines
Born Sumner, Ill. February 13, 1867
Entered into rest Indpls., Indiana December 20, 1946
79 yrs. 10 mo. 7 days
Interment Sumner, Illinois
December 22, 1946; 3:45 p.m.

Father's father - David Burget
Father - Daniel Burget
Mother - Matilda Burget
Deceased December 20, 1946
Wedded to John W. Gines
Services - Free Methodist Church, Washington, Indiana December 22, 1946;
1:00 p.m.
Officiating - Rev. J. L. Bright - sermon
Rev. L. B. Eggleston - assisted
Rev. E. G. Grimes - Tribute
Music - Mrs. Corinna Hawf - piano
Quartet - Mr. Guy Horton, Mr. Wm. Horton, Miss Hazel Horton, Mrs. Rena Green
Selections - Asleep in Jesus
Goodnight and Good Morning
Will the Circle be Unbroken
Bearers - Junior Gines, Forrest Gines, Edwin Gines, Bernard Thrasher, Harold Godwin, Alvin McCrackin
Flower Bearers - Nelline Gines, Carolyn Gines, Virginia Hoss, Charlene Hoss, Helen Hoss, Joanna Riggs, Joyce Thrasher, Eleanor Hoss


Handwritten obituary found in funeral book.

Mrs. Ida M. Gines, widow of John W. gines, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. John Riggs of Indianapolis at 6:00 a.m. this morning December 20. She had been ill for several years and seriously ill a week. Mrs. Gines was 79 years old. Born February 13, 1867 in Lawrence Co., Illinois. She was the daughter of Daniel and Matilda Burget. She was educated in the Illinois schools and was married November 24, 1887 to John W. Gines. Mrs. Gines came to Daviess Co. to live in 1915. Mr. Gines died January 1, 1941. Living children are Rolla, Ray, Oral, and Herald; two daughers Isis M. Hoss and Dorothy B. Riggs. A daughter Nora E. Gines preceded her in death. She leaves 26 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 3 brothers Frank Burget, John Burget and Wesley Burget of Sumner, Illinois. One sister Mrs. Susan Berlin of Calhoun, Illinois. Mrs. Gines was a member of the Free Methodist Church. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock at the Free Methodist church with burial in the Sumner, Illinois Cemetery. Friends may call at the Gill funeral chapel after noon Saturday.



At the Berlin/Burget Reunions, we have been told a gentleman of the James gang attended.

The cross to the Uncle Berlin Gaither's Family was that his grandmother married a Berlin. Ida's sister Susan married Jake Berlin.


Wanda L. Gines has in her possession a postcard the front of which says "God is Love" in fancy lettering. The back is addressed to Mrs. Matilda Burget, Sumner, ILL. The message reads: All Well and Happy having the Best time of our lives. Jesus is so good to us. J. W. and Ida Gines. Babys name is Herald. The post mark is not clear, only the word IND. It would have to be in Dec. of 1911 or early 1912 since Herald was born December 10, 1911.

IDA married GINES JOHN WESLEY on 24 Nov 1887 in M. at res by W. H. Wagy; witnessed by Emma Wagy, minister's wife, & Isis Kilgore. JOHN (son of GEINES HENRY SILAS and HERRIN HANNAH ELIZABETH) was born on 25 Jun 1867 in Sumner, Illinois; died on 1 Jan 1941 in Washington, IN; was buried on 5 Jan 1941 in City Cemetery, Sumner, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

FRANCIS married SHICK MARY ETTA on 30 Dec 1888. [Group Sheet]

DAVID married BERLIN CLARA on 22 Oct 1891. [Group Sheet]

SUSAN married BERLIN GEORGE JACOB on 24 Mar 1892. GEORGE (son of UNKNOWN and UNKNOWN) was born on 1 Nov 1866; died on 6 Mar 1931. [Group Sheet]

HATTY married HILL WILLIAM S. on 4 Feb 1891. [Group Sheet]

LENA married MITCHELL JAMES WESLEY on 22 Jan 1907. JAMES (son of MITCHELL WILLIAM and NEASE ELIZABETH) was born on 27 Dec 1865 in b. in Missouri; Came to Janesville, IL as a small child; died on 4 Apr 1938. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Store at 11th and Walnut Streets, Washington, Indiana.

Obituaries:
Rolla Harrison Gines, 90, formerly of 1015 W. Walnut, died at the Washington Nursing Ceneter today at 8:00 a.m. (3/12/79). Born in Sumner, Illinois January 19, 1889, he was the son of John W. and Mary (Burgett) Gines.
For more than 60 years, he operated a grocery at 1015 W. Walnut, retiring in 1965. He was educated in the Sumner schools. He was a member of the Free Methodist Church and was a charter member of the Washington Kiwanis Club.
Surviving are two sons, Forrest and Edwin Gines, Washington; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Riggs, Los Angeles; and a brother, Herald Gines, Washington. A daughter, Mrs. Nelline Godwin, two sisters and two brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral arrangements are pending at the Gill Chapel.

Services for Rolla H. Gines will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Gill Chapel with the Rev. Ralph Bright as minister. Burial wil be in Bethany Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday from 2 - 5 and 7 - 9 p.m. (3/16/79).

Service for Rolla H. Gines were Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Gill Chapel with burial in Bethany cemetery. The Rev. Ralph Bright officiated adn casket bearers were Roland Harris, Howard Blevins, Delmon Shake, Bruce Rogers, Fritz Garland and Rollie Gress.


Newspaper article from Valley Advance, Vol. 2, No. 26, Vincennes, IN, March 3, 1966.

WASHINGTON MAN NOTES 50TH YEAR AS GROCER by Larry Rodimel and David Snow

Mr. Rolla H. Gines, Washington, IN grocer, this year observes his 50th year in the neighborhood grocery business.
Mr. Gines is 77 years old and a native of Illinois. He was first introduced to the grocery business at a store established by his father in Vincennes at Second and Lyndale streets.
He told The Valley Advance that his basic knowledge of the grocery business came from those 10 years with his father.
In 1916, Mr. Gines and his brother, Oral, ventured forth in the business world with an establishment of their own at 400 West Main Street in Washington. They had only 500 dollars in cash and a 40-acre farm, given to them by their father, with which to begin their business.
After three successful years, they moved to a larger store at 1415 McCormick Avenue. It wasn't until 1926 that Mr. Gines began business for himself at 1015 West Walnut Street. Gines' Grocery has remained at this location for the past 40 years. (Oral returned to the farm at that time. He died in 1962.)
Changes have crept gradually into the grocery business over the years, Mr. Gines said. Once, a man's word was all that was needed for credit purchasing; today, however, the businessman has to check with a clearinghouse (credit bureau) for each new person's credit rating, he noted. Also, at one time, sugar and beans were stored in large barrels from which the grocer would dip the desired amount for each customer. "Now, these and other items are packaged in small individual containers for convenience," Gines mused. "Coffee was once ground fresh by the grocer; it is pre-ground or 'instant' today," he added.
Mr. Gines also remembers the days of horse and wagon delivery and fears, likewise, that the time of the small neighborhood grocery is limited due to what he called the "overwhelming success of super markets."
The major local change Mr. Gines witnessed, however, was the loss of his neighborhood customers because of the move...section by section over the years...of the B. & O. Railroad shops, the major employer of the area...Washington's West End. Diesels meant the erosion of the shops' usefulness. And that usefulness was once of major significance what with the shops equidistant from Cincinnati, Ohio and St. Louis, MO.
When asked what he would do if he had a chance to repeat his career, Mr. Gines replied that "it was by chance that I became involved in the grocery business, but I am thankful that I did have such an opportunity,."
He also said that he has considered retirement many times since he reached the age of 65, 12 years ago. "In fact," he said "I might retire any day."
The impression gained by The Valley Advance is that he loves the business too much to leave it.

There are two pictures along with the article.
(1) Taken inside the store: Mr. Gines gazes pensively out his store front as he recalls highlights of his 50 years as a grocer. He was interviewed and photographed by VU Journalism students on assignment with theValley Advance last week.
(2) This is the Gines' grocery located on the corner of West Walnut and 11th streets in Washington. A striking building in its day it still reflects a friendly atmosphere of the neighborhood grocery store of days gone by. (Valley Advance Photo)

ROLLA married FITZGERALD CORA on 27 Dec 1910 in Divorced.. CORA was born on 19 Jan 1890; died in Mar 1943 in Francisco, IN; was buried in Cemetery at Francisco, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Tombstone says "Dying is but Going Home".

Notes:

Tombstone says "Dying is but going home".

RAYMOND married ALLBRIGHT ELSIE MAE (ALBRIGHT) on 27 Jul 1918 in Date of marriage may be July 19, 1918.. ELSIE was born on 9 Aug 1898 in Martin County, Indiana; died on 16 Feb 1980 in Monroe County, Indiana; Buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Oral had a grocery store at 1415 McCormick Ave., Washington, Indiana. Date of death may be June 1962.

OPERATION FAILS TO SAVE LIFE OF CHARLES BURRIS, 10
Boy whose leg was fractured in auto acciident dies at the hospital.

Suffering an irreducible fracture of the groin line of the femur the night of January 8 when he was struck by an automobile while on the way to a motion picture show, Charles Burris, the ten-year-old son of Dave Burris, 400 northwest 10th street, died at the county hospital at 6 o'clock this morning.
The fracture not being susceptible to the ordinary methods of reduction, an operation was performed at the hospital Sunday morning to provide relief. The patient never rallied, his condition growing steadily worse. Attending physicians said the complications which caused the lad's death were general blood poisoning and emboli of the lungs.
The car which struck the youth was a Willys-Knight belonging to Rol Gines but it was being driven by his brother, Oral, at the time of the accident. The motor car was traveling west in Walnut and the accident happened between the intersection of Ogdon and Front Streets.
Witnesses said the Burris boy with a companion, stepped from the curb line into the street directly in the path of the machine which is said to have been traveling at a slow rate of speed. The bumper struck Burris, knocking him to the pavement, but his companion escaped injury, the car failing to hit him. The burris boy is said to have been lying on a line with the rear door of the automobile when it was brought to a stop.
Dr. R. S. Wood, county coroner, viewed the body at the Keller and Williams undertaking parlors but said he would hold no inquest unless an investigation was requested by either Gines or the dead boy's father, he being satisfied death resulted from surgical shock. The coroner added that what he had learned of the circumstances surrounding the infliction of the injury in an unofficial way he also is convinced that the accident was wholly unavoidable.
The dead boy was, a student at the West End School building. His mother has been dead some years, but he is survived by his father and a sister, Loretta. The sister is making her home with an aunt, Mrs. Carl Williams, at Sikeston, Missouri.
The body was removed to the home of Mrs. Frank Crabb, Jefferson Street today. While not definitely arranged, the funeral services probably will be Thursday morning with burial in Oak Grove cemetery.

ORAL married NICHOLSON LURLINE on 21 Apr 1929 in Evansville, Indiana or Taswell, Indiana (Divorced 1950). LURLINE was born on 10 May 1903 in Wheatland, Indiana; died on 18 Nov 1981 in Bedford, In. in her home; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Washington, Daviess County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

PLAINVILLE CEMETARY
On out 57N past Sugarland Memorial Gardens before Plainville. Hwy 57 splits cemetary.

1st entrance to right, 1st road to left, then walk down hill to 1st row by hwy.

ISIS married HOSS CHARLES 0. (DAMON) on 20 Aug 1916 in Plainville, Daviess County, Indiana; by Rev. Pierre Keys with witness Mrs. Pierre Keys. CHARLES (son of HOSS AMOS H. and APPLE ROSA BELL) was born on 15 Jan 1894 in Lyons, Green County, Indiana; died in 1973 in Buried Plainville, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Index to Birth Records: Knox County, IN. 1882-1920, Vol. I A-G, W.P.A. Ch. 20, P. 97, City Health Office, Vincennes, Indiana.

Church of the Hills, Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills

A Service of Memory for Dorothy B. Riggs
BornFebruary 19, 1906 Vincennes, Indiana
Passed AwayJune 18, 1982 Highland Park, California
Service HeldJune 26, 1982 11:30 a.m. at the Church of the Hills
Service conducted byDr. Donald Riggs, Free Methodist Church, Oregon
Eulogy byThe Reverend James Dennison
Dolos byRich Hoover
James Alexander
Cathy Musulli
OrganistVirginia King
Funeral DirectorForest Loawn Mortuary, Hollywood Hills
IntermentSummerland, Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California

DOROTHY married RIGGS JOHN ERNEST on 25 Jun 1933 in Vincennes, Indiana. JOHN was born on 20 Jun 1907; died on 2 Aug 1979 in White Memorial HospitaL, Los Angeles, CA.; Bd. Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, CA.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Directions to SUGARLAND MEMORIAL GARDENS

Hwy 57 N out of Washington. Go around circle. On left across from statue of children and lambs.


Have been told there is a Gines buried in The Dunkird Church Cemetary south of Olney around east of Parkersburg.

HERALD married OWENS LORENE VIOLA on 8 Dec 1932 in Washington, Daviess County, Indiana. LORENE (daughter of OWENS CHARLES WILEY and TAYLOR VEDA ELVIRA) was born on 14 Apr 1913 in Monett, Barry County, Missouri.; died on 4 May 1990 in Daviess County Hospital. Washington, Daviess County, Indiana.; was buried in Sugarland Memorial Gardens, Washington, Daviess County, Indiana.. [Group Sheet]