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| 101 | I00295 | William Rolf was a cabinet maker by trade. Later he owned a furniture store and was a mortician. He made the first caskets. He also built a pipe organ in his home. Leter it was sold to the Lutheran Church in Hoffman. He was treasurer of the school district for a number of years, and he had to keep the money in his home to pay the teachers, as there was no bank in Hoyleton. From 1979 Washington County History book |
| 102 | I00299 | Baptized June 17, 1864 |
| 103 | I00300 | Baptized January 24, 1869 |
| 104 | I00306 | Christening: May 9, 1880, Zion Evangelical UCC, Hoyleton, Washington County, Illinois. Christening: Book 1, page 200 |
| 105 | I00307 | Christening Record: Book 1, page 180 |
| 106 | I00309 | Venice Brink listed her husband as Herman Lueking. |
| 107 | I0031 | 1876 State Census for Iron Co, MO, Township of Union: William Hawk, age 18-21 Martha A, age 10-18 Emily F, under 10 years 1880 census Records, Iron Co, MO, Township of Union: William Hawk, 22 years old, born in MO, Father born MO, mother born MO, farmer Martha A, 22, wife, born in MO, father born NC, mother born TN Emily, 5 daughter Bertha, 3, daughter George B, 4 months (born Feb 1880), son Lidda Niss, 50, keeping house, born NC, Father born TN, mother born NC Purchased 80 acres in Wayne Co (border of Iron Co) on 4/29/1893. Was listed on 1880 census records for Iron Co and also on 1900 census records, so could not have been on the land in Wayne Co for too long. 1900 Census Record for Iron Co, Arcadia, Twp: William Hawk, born November, 1856 in MO, parents born unknown, day laborer, out of work 1 month during year, is literate and speaks English, rents a home. Marth A, wife, born April 1858 in MO, father born NC, mother born TN, mother of 9, 7 living, is illiterate, can speak English. Molisy, born July 1885 MO, literate Mittie, born Feb 1898 MO, literate Jessie, born July 1891 MO, at school Stella, born Feb, 1894 MO, at school. It is not clear when William died, he was alive on the 1900 census records but not there in 1910. His widow and children moved to IL sometime shortly after the 1910 census records were taken. |
| 108 | I00311 | Christened New Minden, Illinois. |
| 109 | I00317 | According to Vital Statistics, Nashville Historical Society, he was the last of 54 American born grandchildren of Ernest and Ann Brink who came in 1845 from Eiksen, Minden, Germany. Perilous journey by sailboat, river steamer, ox-cart - 4 months. |
| 110 | I00319 | Alvin E. Hoffman (partial article) 1979 Washington County History book Soon after marriage they located on a farm in North Prairie then owned by Mary's father. Some acreage from this farm became the site for North Prairie Methodist Church, the parsonage, and the adjoining cemetery. Since only a small orchard separated the Hoffman home from the church property, the family could always walk to this rural church. Just one-half mile to the south of their home was Elm Point public school. Both the church and school were significant in the life of the Hoffman families. Today all the acreage that once was used for the church and parsonage has been added to the North Prairie Cemetery. |
| 111 | I0032 | Martha was born in April, 1858, the same month her mother died. Martha was the first and only child of James London and Rutha Berry, Rutha's father had died 4 months before his daughter. Martha can be found on the 1860 census records living with her father in Madison Co, MO, Liberty Township, Fredericktown, MO. They are family number 376, James London, 23 years old, born in NC, farmer, Martha A. London, 2 years old, born MO. Martha can be found in the 1870 census records in Liberty Township, Madison County, MO, livng alone. Her father had remarried and started a new family and Martha was not included in that family. She is listed as 12 years old, born in MO and living with the Lwellen family who were farmers from KY. Not only is Martha without a family, she is not attending school and cannot yet read and write. The next census record, 1876, Martha is found livng with her husband and children. Since the first child was born in 1875, the marriage most likely took place in 1874 when Martha was 16 and her husband was 18. Martha had apparently moved with her two children, Mary Estelle and Jessie, to Wood River, IL sometime after 1910 from Iron Co, MO. She and Katarina Sonnenberg (future mother in law of Mary Estelle (Stella) who would marry John Sonnenberg in 1912, bought a family buriel plot in Alton, IL (Madison Co) sometime before her death there in 1916. She and Katarina and Jessie Hawk, as well as George Sonnenberg and his wife Annie, are all buried there. Her son, Jessie Hawk, witnessed the death certificate. Cause of death was heart failure, with general dibility a contributing factor. Attending physician was H.B. Giths from Woodriver, IL. 1910 Census Records, Iron Co, MO, Arcadia Twp (Pilot Knob) Martha Hawk, 48 years old, born MO, widowed, 9 children, 5 alive, rents a home, cannot read or write Jessie, son 19, laborer in factory, can read and write Stella, daughter, 16, in school, can read and write Bessie, 6 There is some confusion on number of children reported born by Martha. On 1900 census records she reported 9 children born and 7 living, in 1910 she reported 9 children with 5 alive, but at least one child (Bessie) was born after 1900 making total born 10 or more. Adair Sonnenberg, daughter in law of Stella Hawk Sonnenberg, reported that she had been told that the father of Stella (William Hawk) had been shot in the back by an irate husband for some inappropriate behavior with the husband's spouse. |
| 112 | I00323 | Philip F. Rumig born June 4, 1860, Duboise County, Ferdinand, Indiana. Phillip was one of a family of five, whose parents died a week apart during the epidemic. The oldest of the girls could care for the sisters but the very young twin boys, Phillip and Paul, were put into an orphanage at Evansville,Indiana. Phillip lived and was schooled at the orphanage until age sixteen, at which time he found employment driving mules for the mule drawn street cars of the city. Phillip came to Washington County, Illinois in 1885 and worked as a farm hand at the Louie Hoffman farm just northwest of Nashville. In August of 1887 he married Christina Hoffman, born 1859, daughter of Ernst and Carolina (Brink) Hoffman of near Hoyleton, IL. From 1979 Washington County History book |
| 113 | I00332 | They moved to Hoyleton, Illinois in 1919 and transferred their church membersthip to Bethel M. E. Church. |
| 114 | I00333 | Last week Henry Krueger, a former resident of this county, was buried here. He was quite an old man and was well known here. The last few years he has lived in Clinton Co. where he died. (Don't know date of this occurrence.) Copy of mortgage Deed in file. |
| 115 | I00334 | Mrs. Charlottte Krueger died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Casper Finke, in North Prairie at the age of 87 years. Deceased was born in 1827 in Germany and in 1835 emigrated to this country. In 1848 she was married to Henry Krueger, who preceded her in death in 1889. She leaves three children, Mrs. Casper Finke, Mrs. Mike Schmidt and a son, John, of Texas, 23 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the German M. E. Church in North Prairie, Rev. Lotz officiating, assisted by Rev. Miller. Interment was made in the adjacent cemetery. She was confirmed in the Lutheran Church. |
| 116 | I00338 | Joseph Finke, 92 of Hoyleton, died yesterday at 6 p.m. in the Washington County Hospital in Nashville after a one-month illness. He was born in Washington County, son of Casper and Mary (Krueger) Finke. In 1919 he married Emma Queren in Hoyleton Township. She died in 1978. Survivors include a daughter, Vera Luessenheide of rural Hoyleton; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Mr. Finke lived in the Hoyleton area all his life. He retired from farming in 1956. He was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church at Hoyleton and the men's Sunday School class of the church. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. at Bethel United Methodist Church at Hoyleton with Rev. Orlando Brakemeyer officiating. Burial will be in the North Prairie Cemetery. Friends may call at Luer Funeral Home in Hoyleton after 5 pm. Sunday and until noon Monday, then at the church until the services. |
| 117 | I00355 | Came to America in 1869. Information on children from Don Brink of San Jose, CA with the exception of Lydia Caroline (Carolina Lydia) Uphoff. |
| 118 | I00366 | Stella Runyon has her name as Sophie Schmale. I know there is a connection to the Schmale family but do not know how. Her sister Martha married John Schmale. wlg |
| 119 | I00367 | Lydia Brink, 95, of Nashville, died Friday evening at the Washington County Hospital. She was born in Hoyleton Township, the daughter of Ernest and Wilhelmina (Dueker) Queren. In 1906, in Hoyleton, she married George Finke, who preceded her in death in 1910. In 1914, she married Henry Brink, who died in 1968. Mrs. Brink was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church of Nashville and the church's women's club. Survivors include a daughter, Miss Irma Finke of Nashville; a step-son, Venice Brink of Nashville; a sister, Emma Finke of Hoyleton; and a half brother, Lawrence Schmale of Hoyleton. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Grace United Methodist Church in Nashville with Rev. Richard Scott officiating. Interment will be in North Prairie Cemetery near Hoyleton. Friends may call at the Pyatt Funeral Home in Nashville after 4 p.m. today and until noon tomorrow. |
| 120 | I00369 | Ron Luessenheide was recognized recently for his 12 years of service to Hoyleton School District 29 Board of Education. Superintendent Louis Obernuefemann presented him with a token of the district's appreciation, saying, "His wisdom and enthusiasm will be missed." appeared in Nashville News, June 18, 2003 |
| 121 | I00374 | Grave stone states PVT. ACF. Repl Depot 2 W.W.II Ralph M. Wallace May 12, 1911 - Sept. 1, 1960 |
| 122 | I00376 | DU BOIS COUPLE'S FARM 'BEST MANAGED' WINNER Ron and Trenna Grabowski of DuBois together with their two children, appear on the cover of the February issue of Farm Futures magazine. The Grabowski Farm was selected as the best managed farm in a nationwide contest conducted by the magazine. The Grabowskis were nominated by Washington County farm adviser Ruth Hambleton who sent in their name to the magazine. Later, the Grabowskis received an application form to send in. In December they were informed that they were amont the finalists. Shortly after christmas, representatives from Farm Futures paid a visit to the farm at DuBois and told the family they had won the top award. Ron, 39, farms 3,000 acres in the DuBois area of which the family owns 1,200. Like other area farmers, last year was a bad year for the Grabowskis and, according to Farm Futures, they ended $14,000 in the red. The magazine article details their management strategy which includes refinancing their loan and getting their landlords to agree to reduce the cash rent. In the management of the farm uperation Trenna and Ron combine their skills and take advantage of the various marketing opportunities and computer programs to maximize their profits. A.C.P.A. by profession, Trenna is the controller of a bank holding company in Highland and divides her time between her office in Nashville and the one in Highland. In driving to and from work, Trenna uses her time by listening to tapes on everything from farm mangement to subliminal weight loss--the latter didn't work, she says. A native of Nashville, Trenna was recently the speaker at a farm wives mangement program in Wayne County and she has given seminars on hedging for the Chicago Board of Trade and several county extension offices. The Grabowskis two chldren, Paul, 13, and Beth, 8, share in teh family's farm management discussions. The Grabowskis were selected as the Best Managed Farm of 1985 by a panel of judges. The runner-ups were from Nebraska, Washington, Indiana and Pennsylvania. One of the farms selected as among the top 25 this year has now experienced a disastrous reversal, according to the magazine. The Dennis and Philip Anson farm in Wisconsin is now facing foreclosure by a St. Paul bank which holds a note for $1.1 million on the farm. Their family picture appears on the cover of Farm Futures February 1985 issue. The headline states FarmFutures Best Managed Farm - A Family Affair - The Grabowski family Underneath the photo in the newspaper it reads: BEST MANAGED FARM - Washington County farmers Ron and Trenna Grabowski appear on the cover of this month's FarmFutures after they were named national winners of the magazine's Best Managed Farm contest. The Grabowskis are pictured in front of the fireplace of their DuBois home with their two chldren, Beth and Paul. The Grabowskis were chosen from 25 finalists and will receive a plaque from the magazine. Reprinted with permission of FarmFutures, 1985. Agri-Data Resources, Inc. All rights reserved) Another newspaper clipping (date and paper unknown) shows a picture titled "Area CPA Gives Ag Testimony": Trenna Grabowski, a CPA from DuBois, was invited recently to present testimony to a USDA Forum on Farm Income and Agricultural Policy. As national president of American Agri-Women, a 50,000 member coalition of farm, ranch and agri-business women, Grabowski testified that changes in the farm program be made over time and that research continue in alternative crops and new uses for current crops. Grabowski and daughter, Elizabeth Grabowski, talk with Secretary of Agriculture Michael Espy in this photo. |
| 123 | I00382 | Walter worked for the power company and was electricuted while on the job. |
| 124 | I00383 | Per Lucille Althoff, John's father may be Renke and his grandfather may be Martin Engelman. He was one of the founders of the Plum Hill Church. |
| 125 | I00384 | Census: 1920, Nashville, Washington County, illinois |
| 126 | I00394 | Miss Cynthia Jean Schafer, daugher of Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Schafer of Nashville became the bride of Paul M Sanders, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sanders of Centralia, in a 4:00 p.m. candlelight ceremony on Saturday, October 2, in St. Ann's Catholic Church in Nashville. The double ring ecumenical ceremony was performed by Father Paul Bruening and Rev. Gerald Senne, pastor of St. Peter's United Church of Christ in Centralia, before an altar decorated with lighted candelabra and greenery. A Unity Candle centerpiece of yellow and white carnations and baby's breath graced the center of the altar. Hurricane lamps decorated with large yellow bows and smilax lined the white carpeted aisle. The organist, Mrs. Clara Pero, played appropriate wedding selections on the organ and accompanied the vocalist, Robert Spencer, a friend of the bride, as he sang "Wedding Song," "Colour My world" and "the Lord's Prayer". As he sang the "Ave Maria", the bride placed a bouquet of white carnations at the Blessed Virgin Mary's altar." The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore an elegant gown of ivory colored Luteson fashioned ina Princess silouette. A yoke of English net trimmed with alencon lace motifs embellished with pearls formed into the bodice and the high neckline extending around the back neckline. Long tapered traditional sleeves pointed at the wrist were set into teh bodice. The long skirt fell softly and the back swept into a chapel train. Her fingertip veil of flowing chiffon fell from a Camelot headpiece of Alencon lace etched with pearls. She carried her father's Bible, which was covered in Aleneon ivory imported French lace with a ruffled edge of co-ordinate lace over ivory satin. Four red roses adorned the top of the bible. The Bride chose a friend, Miss Bonnie Fark, as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Miss Janice Hunter, cousin of the bride, Mrs. Shireen Richards, friend of the bride and Miss Teena Sanders, sister of the groom. Their gowns were fashioned of peach ice Jarmell Poly crepe, designed with an A-line skirt, empire bodice and small stand-up collar. The sleevless gowns were complimented by peach ice printed chiffon sheer jackets. The floral print was in shades of autumn gold and browns. The jacket featured a fitted waistband, fold back crepe collar with sheer ruffled edge and long full sheer sleeves with wide cuffs edged in ruffles. They wore ivory woven straw picture hats trimmed with matching printed chiffon streamers. They carried small colonial bouquets of yellow roses, baby's breath and ivy. To complete their attire, each wore a brown cameo pin a gift of the bride. A friend of the couple, Joe Netemeyer, was chosen by the groom as his best man. Groomsmen were Curt Eagan, friend of the groom, David Sanders, brother of the groom and Jeff Schafer, Brother of the bride. Serving as ushers were Michael Janssen, cousin of the bride and Lorren Abernathy, brother-in-law of the groom. They wore beige tuxedos. The mother of the bride wore a gown of Cinnabar Quiana Jersey, the long skirt fashioned into the new handkerchief pointed hemline. The groom's mother chose a gown of coral Ponti Knit with a screen printed Quiana jacket in co-ordinating shades of coral. Each of the mother's were presented with a corsage of yellow rosebuds. A corsage of white carnations with pink Peek-A-Boo rosebuds was presented to the bride's grandmother and a corsage of yellow tipped carnations was presented to her great grandmother. Miss Michelle Janssen, cousin of the bride, kept the guest register. Mrs. Barbara Harre, cousin of the bride, pinned on the flowers and programs were distributed by Mrs. Peggy Setzekorn, friend of the couple. Aceytes were Ben Tuttle and Tim Aydt. The rice bags were distributed by Jonathan Hunter and Paul Grabowski, cousins of the bride and Michael and Derek Sanders, nephews of the groom. After a short trip to the Ozarks, the couple will reside in Nashville. A rehearsal dinner was hosted by the groom's parents on Friday evening at the Timber's Restaurant in Nashville. |
| 127 | I00407 | Lived in Besheba, Maryland when not in Persia. His father has been Shaw and had 9 wives. Nashville News of January 8, 2003 in their "Remember When" section listed his marriage to Jean 55 years ago in 1948. The paper said he was from Teheran, Iran, not Persia. |
| 128 | I00417 | Social Security Number: 331-16-2884 - Issued IL |
| 129 | I00431 | Note that there were no other Schnakes besides Nr. 19 recorded anywhere in Bergkirchen parish before this line shows up at Nr. 33. The farmstead at Nr. 33 was formerly occupied by the Juergen family, then it was renamed "Schnoaken", a dialect version of "Schnaken". So where else could Nr. 33 Schnakes have come from? The Hilverdingsen death of theSchnake born 1594 implies to me that the Hilverdingsen line was the source of the Hoefen Nr. 33 line. -- Roy Johnson * Unverified LDS submission by H. Charles Rutter 4304 w. 59th St., (No city listed), Submission AF94-102036. No sources were given and no way was found to contact Mr. Rutter, but the records I was able to verify are accurate. -- Roy Johnson |
| 130 | I00439 | Tombstone says "Dying is but Going Home". |
| 131 | I0044 | James Richard London appears in the 1850 census in Ripley Co, MO in another household. It is listed as Ellender Moor, female, 39, Anjaline Moor, 10, Richard London, 47. He never returned to his wife and may have married Ellender. |
| 132 | I00440 | Tombstone says "Dying is but going home". |
| 133 | I00441 | 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. |
| 134 | I00444 | 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) |
| 135 | I00446 | Index to Birth Records: Knox County, In. 1882-1920, Vol. 1, A-G, W.P.A. Ch.21 P. 112. |
| 136 | I00447 | Newspaper article probably in a Washington, Indiana newspaper or perhaps a San Diego, California paper. LOCAL MAN EXPERIENCES 'LIFE AFTER DEATH' by Ron Arvin "There is a great sense of peace, no fear, no confusion...I never felt so good.." Thus have many persons described what happens during the near-death experience. They tell of a sense of floating, a feeling of release of all pain, a great white light, and some even extend their experiences into five stages. Edwin Gines of Washington knows first hand of earlier phases of the experiences which researchers have found common in hundreds of individuals who have approached a "clinical" death. Dr. Kenneth Ring, a professor of psychology at the University of Connecticut, from interviews with 102 men and women, has concluded that the near-death phenomenon is, indeed, a new stage of growth, a spiritual rebirth that permits an individual a new zest and appreciation of life. Gines and his wife Fern will attest to that theory. Gines' experience began Dec. 19, 1978 and in succeeding weeks he was to undergo not only the near-death moments but other traumatic conditions which were partially concealed from him by his family until after he was recovering from open heart surgery. On a visit in San Diego, the Gines' daughter, Gaetana Kratzer, convinced her father he did not appear well and insisted he enter Mercy Hospital and Medical Center for tests. These tests determined that while he had experienced no pain, he had in fact suffered a serious heart attack. On December 29 Ed was feeling great, preparing to leave the hospital, when suddenly severe pain hit his chest and arm. He reached for the call button and remembered hearing the nurse answer immediately. It later developed the instant response by the nurse and the fortuitous proximity fo two doctors (who were planning to visit Gines before his dismissal) saved his life. Within a short time he had electric shock...back to life. "I had a feeling of floating higher and higher," Gines recalls. "It was beautiful and the most peaceful situation you could imagine. I was so happy and peaceful. When the electric shock treatment took effect, I kept asing the doctors...why?...why? They wanted to know what I meant. My answer was: Why did you bring me back? I was feeling so good, so peaceful, and now I'm back and feeling all this pain." If one is to follow documented cases (i.e. Kubler-Ross On Dearh and Dying) Gines was through the first stages - a feeling of incredible peacefulness, something which has no equal; then the feeling of detachment, of floating out-of-the-body. Some accounts have told of being like a spectator, watching nurses and doctors working over their bodies, as if from a balcony looking down, Gines' experience was abruptly terminated by the electric shock treatment. Other stages, described by some persons but not by Gines, include the peaceful movement into a tunnel-like opening; then a brilliant gold-yellow light, very warm but never hurtful to the eyes; and finally a distinct calling, not necessarily a voice, in which one is told "Your life is not finished...go back." Linked with the distinct impressions of the rising higher and higher was the appearance when he regained consciousness of the the hospital chaplain, Sister Mary La Salellette, of the Sisters of Mercy, whose kindly face, enshrouded in white, became Ed's"guardian angel" from there on. Two more heart attacks the same day kept Ed in the hospital's intensive care for 26 days, then he was released to be prepared for open heart surgery. The family kept from him many of the details of a shooting at a school where his daughter Gaetana, a speech therapist, was teaching. A teen-ager killed the school principal and custodian, and wounded eight children. Ed did not know for weeks Gaetana had gone from her room to drag inside an injured child, and then huddled over the child in life-saving efforts. Later the door through which she had exited was found riddled with bullets. Finally, after he was recovering from surgery, he had to return home early because of the death of his father. The religious aspects of near-death experiences are also being examined by scholars who say one's own religious beliefs affect their interpretation of the near-death moments. "It is a faith-strengthening thing. Certainly we do not want to die, but we do not fear death," Ed and Fern say. This is the conclusion of many whom scholars have interviewed: They say what they have experienced will come again and their time has simply been postponed. Researchers are looking into all facets, such as could these stories have been induced by anesthesia, but as in Gines case, anesthesia sometimes has not been used at the time of the experience. Ed and Fern have recalled their own experiences with anesthesia and Ed says the sensation is not the same as the experience in San Diego. There is a picture of Ed and Fern Gines sitting on a couch sharing a newspaper. The caption reads: Ed and Fern Gines read a newspaper account of a shooting in a San Diego school where their daughter was teaching. Ed was in a San Diego hospital at the time and almost died of a heart attach, experiencing the first stage of "life after death." |
| 137 | I00448 | Birth Records: Daviess County, IN. 1882-1920 Vol. 1 - A-K, Ft. Wayne, IN. Public Library. |
| 138 | I00455 | Obituary from The Times-Herald, May 8, 1988, Washington, Indiana. BERT GODWIN Herald Bert Godwin, 77, 1700 Gramd Ave., Washington, died at his home at 9:15 p.m. Sunday. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the First Christian Church with Bro. Byron Black officiating. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Gill Funeral Home. The Masonic Lodge will accord honors at graveside. The casket will be taken to the church at 9 a.m. Wednesday. He was born Aug. 24, 1910 in Daviess County to George A. and Etta Mae Purcell Godwin. He married Nelline E. Gines Oct. 22, 1932 and she died May 7, 1973. He was a retired engineer for the Washington Power and Light Plant. He was a 66 year member of the First Christian Church and was a member of Charity Lodge No. 30 F & AM and Scottish Rite. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Cheryl Lynn) Osha, Washington, two granadchildren and one brother, Ralph Godwin, Washington. Two sons, Richad and Ronald Godwin, one sister and one brother have died. |
| 139 | I00458 | Elsie was quite an artist in oils. David Gines and his sister, Karen Gines, both have one of her paintings. |
| 140 | I00459 | Birth Records - Daviess County, IN., 1882-1920, Vol. ! - A-K Book H-10, P. 132; Ft. Wayne, IN. Public Livrary. |
| 141 | I00460 | Funeral Services at Greene and Harrell Mortuary, Inc. at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, 1982. Rev. Charles Hill, Officiating. Organist, Mrs. Barbara Duncan. Interment Valhalla Memory Gardens. |
| 142 | I00461 | Article from recently published (prior to 2/10/88) MONROE CO. INDIANA FAMILY HERITAGE. Marie Gines said it had been written two years prior to the above date. GINES-HAYS The Oldest daughter of Roy Hays, Loretta Jean Hays, married John Thomas Gines on June 6, 1954. He was born in Monroe County, but his family was from Washington, Indiana, and before that, Illinois and Ohio. Jean and Tom were high school sweethearts at Bloomington High School. After they were married, Tom was drafted into the service and was stationed in the state of Washington. Their first child, a boy named Mark David after two of Tom's friends, Mark Engledow and John David Greyson, was born five years after their marriage. By this time Jean and Tom had returned to Bloomington. Tom worked at R & S Boot Shop and Jean earned her professional hairdressers license. After trying for a second child for mnay years, they adopted a little girl, named Sherri Lynne by Mark, and within a few months found that Jean was pregnant. Alicia was born nine months after Sherri. Tom developed a heart disease and died in April, 1976. Since his death Jean has earned her instructor of cosmetology license. She is currently a secretary at Center for Real Estate. She has raised her three children to adulthood quite successfully, and now enjoys the company of her two grandsons. Mark David married Carol Ann Kurtenbach on February 2, 1980. She is a local girl whose family is a German descent and had settled in Illinois. They have two boys, Matthew Thomas born October 6, 1983, and Christopher Raymond born April 27, 1985. Mark was a manager at Wagner's Shoe Box until it closed. He is now a salesman at Wylie's Furniture Company. Carol attended I.U. where she earned her teaching degree. She currently is working at the Inn of the Four Winds as a hostess while she works on her master's degree. Sherri Lynne has started her freshman year at I.U. She is currently working as a dental assistant for a doctor in Ellettsville. Alica Ann is in her final year of high school. She is active in volleyball, basketball, and softball. She plans to attend a junior college where she can play one or more of these sports. |
| 143 | I00466 | Copy of newspaper obituary (newspaper unknown). Jean (Hays) Gines, 68, of Bloomington, died on Sunday at Bloomington Hospital. Born October 6, 1935, in Bloomington, she was the daughter of Roy and Dortha (Armantrout) Hays. She owned and operated her own beauty salon, worked for the Center for Real Estate, Sears and she had been an instructor at Hair Arts Academy. She was a member of University Baptist Church, American Legion Auxiliary and Elks Lodge #446 Auxiliary and was very active in MADD. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Mark David Gines and Carol of Bloomington; two daughters and sons-in-law, Sherri Lynne Lewis and Michael of Tampa, FL, and Alicia Ann Figg and John of Ellettsville; her mother, Dortha Hays of Ellettsville; two sisters, Sue (Hays) Talbot and Janet (Hays) Black, both of Bloomington; and five grandchildren, Matthew Gines, Christopher Gines, Levi Lewis, Lillie Lewis, Hannah Figg; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Thomas Gines, and her father, Roy Hays. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend to all. She enjoyed helping others with her involvement in Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Alcoholics Anonymous. She opened her home to anyone in need at any hour of the day. She enjoyed country music, poetry, and reading true to life inspirational stories or daily devotions and known for many great family meals she provided. Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Allen Funeral Home with Pastor Kevin Albert officiating. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the family or American Heart Association in honor of her late husband, John Thomas Gines. |
| 144 | I0047 | John was 14 years old when his father made the journey rom NJ to North Carolina. He was chain carrier on his father's land grants. He received a Revolutionay Pay Voucher #4334 for nine pounds for public claims in the upper Board of Auditors January 15, 1874 from Treasurer and Comptrollers Papers. John moved to Wilkins co, NC in 1799. He bought his first tract of land in Maury Co, Tn (which later became Marshall Co, TN in 1799. |
| 145 | I00476 | 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. |
| 146 | I00477 | 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 |
| 147 | I00478 | Index to Marriage Records, Daviess County, IN. 1850-1920, Vol. 11, Book 15, P. 305. |
| 148 | I00479 | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1994 THE WASHINGTON TIMES-HERALD Dorothy Frances Hoss, 77, Washington, Rt. 3, died at the Daviess County Hospital at 3:07 p.m. Monday. The funeral will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday at the Free Methodist Church with the Rev. Paul Erny officiating. Interment will be in Plainville Cemetary. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Gill Chapel and after 9a.m. Thursday at the church. She was born August 13, 1917 at Lyons to Charles and Isis Gines Hoss. She was a member of the Free Methodist Church. Surviving are seven sisters and three brothers, Mrs. Ruth Fell, Terre Haute; Mrs. Mary Zackmeire, Lake Alford, Fla.; Mrs. Genevieve Hudson, Gravette, Arkansas; Mrs. Eleanor Blackmer, Cherry Valley, Illinois; Mrs. Charlene Brazeal, St. Bernice; Mrs. Marilyn Weaver, Belvidere, Illinois; Mrs. Sharon Maldnado, Rosewell, New Mexico; John Hoss, Washington; Paul Hoss, Waverly; and David Hoss, Bedford. Two sisters, June Rose and Virginia Fell, have died. Vocalists: Gary and Jodie Cooper Organist: Mrs. Marva Coulter |
| 149 | I0048 | At the age of 36, Amos London and his young family left NJ in the spring of 1774. Amos had heard about cheap and fertile land in NC. He traveled the Great Philadelphis Wagon Road as it led from Philadelphia west to the Shenandoah Valley and south to what is today NC. Taken from Opal London Cox book, "The London Family." Amos appears for the first time on the Tax List in 1777. He was found improved with land valued at 50 pounds, 2 cattle, value 4 ounds. Amos obtained 3 Land Grants, possibly 4: No. 432, August 11, 1778 This plan represents a tract of land of survey for Amos London on the North Side of the Yadkin River beginning at a white oak on said river, Begg Seven Island in the said river runs East down said river thence North thirty-seven chains to a pine thence west fifty two and a half chains to a strake to the beginning 200 acres.His son John London and David Bray were chain carriers. Amos London was living in Freeman's District in 1780 Tax List. He has 200 acres, money in hand 1 pound and 4 shilling; 3 horses and 16 cattle. Tax List for Surry Co, NC in 1782 Captain Dyer's District: Amos London, 200 acres, 3 horses, 9 cattle; total assessment, 77 pounds. It was the same for 1785 and it reads 2 white polls and no black polls. Amos London obtained another Land Grant for 200 acres, NC No. 481 Book D, page 222. Surry Co, NC. Amos London, Sr. Land Grant No 523 for 150 acres Nov. 19, 1796. Chain carriers were Amos London, Jr and Little Berry Bray. Superior Court Minutes, Surry Co, NC, Wednesday, May 12, 1779. It was ordered that the following persons be appointed to lay off a road that leads from Richmond to Allen's Iron Work, crossing the Yadkin River at the White Rock into the road that leads from Richmond to Salisbury near Deep Creek. Persons appointed to lay off the road: Viz, Jabez, Jarvis, James York, Thomas Johnson, James Linzy, John Moore, AMOS LONDON, John England, Moses Baker,Robert Ayers, John Summers, Samuel Hagwood, Richard Childress, Joseph England, Wrightman Summers, Spencer Boiling, Thomas Carson, Thomas Giles, Aaron Speer, Phillip Holcomb and William Reden Jr. Amos London was arrested and tried for Treason. Early Court Minutes; Rowan Co, NC -1753-1795 page 4, September 22, 1782. State VS AMOS LONDON and John Steelmon: Pleas not guilty #7 High Treason...John is found guiltly of Felony and Treason but Amos London is found not guilty. Amos London gave his first son John a start toward a home of his own in 1789. He sold him his first land grant for a mere 5 shillings. Record Book D, page 88: This indenture made this Third day of April in the year of our Lord 1789 between Amos London Sr. of the county of Surry and the state of NC of one part and John London of same county and state of the other part: Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of five shilling current money paid by the said John London to said Amos London in hand paid the receipt whereas is hereby fully acknowledged that the said Amos London hath given, granted, bargained and sold by these presents doth give, grant, bargin and sell unto the said John London his heirs and assigns for ever a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the county afored on the North side of the Yadkin beginning at a white oak on the big seven island Yadkin River. etc. on as recorded before in the grant, Witnessed by Rezzia Jarvis, Johnson Summers and John Palmer. Will Book, 2, page 154, Bill of Sale Amos London to John London, September 10, 1789. I Amos London Sr. of Surry County, NC to my son all my moveable or perishable part of my estate, that is to say, 7 head horses, wagon and gear, my plantation tools, all furniture, my little stock of hogs 12 in number. Bood C page 447 Surry County, NC. The following is Amos's will and Codicil as recorded State of NC, Surry County in the name of God Amen: I Amos London Sr. of the County aforesaid being weak in body but of sound sence and memory and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament. 1st I give and recommmend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God that gave it. 2nd my body to be buried in a decent Christian manner and as touching such wordly estate with which it has pleased god to Bless me with give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form Vis: I give to my daughter Sally Summers all my moveable estate of every kind whatever to her and heirs forever. I give and bequeath unto Thomas W. Lester a tract of 200 acres of land joining my old line and John Summers Sr. to him and his heirs forever; provided when he comes of age he gives his sister Polly and Sally $2.00 each. Hereby revoking all former wills and acknowleding this to be my last Will: in Witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 24th day of May A.D. 1805. Signed seald published and pronounced in the presents of Jesse Lester, May 24th 1805. To my friends and acquaintances of Surry County: I am in the 69th year of my age and the forepart of my life was agreeable and pleasant and so on did I live in my family with utmost content and satisfaction until about 20 years ago my old woman began to incurr my displeasure and she together with her friends and her children towit, my 2 sons and some of the Beall's, has in hundreds of ways too dedious and too delicate and fretted me to distraction. I am left without a consort, I am reduced to almost poverty and in particular abused an beaten by Amos Jr, spit upon, frowned upon, by him and his family and treated in the ungratful manner, almost unheard of by a son to his father, so much repeated ill usage that my poor old grey hairs are almost brought down with sorrow to the grave. I know my friends, I am and always was as all men are to human frailties and error from the impulse of passion which has been in a great measure occasioned by the ill treatment of my 2 sons and their mother continually joined together to disturb my peace and happiness at ho Test: Jesse Lester, M Armstrong State of NC, Surry County, Feb Session A.D. 1807 Jessie Lester and Martin Armstrong, Esquire the subscribing Witness to the foregoing last Will and Testament of Amos London together with the codical of said Will made oath that they saw the said London sign publish and declare; the same to be his last Will and Testament that he was of sound disposing mind and memory and that he did it freely and without compulsion which was ordered to be recorded. Recorded accordingly by Jo Williams C.C. Amos London and his son John London received Revolutionary War Pay Vouchers. These were given to men for services rendered. Sometimes for supplies furnished, for guard duty while watching prisoners, not for baring arms. Amos London appeared in the 1790 Census records in Surry co, NC: 2 Free White males over 16 1 free white female under 16 2 Free White females over 16 |
| 150 | I00483 | Sister Ruth married Ted and raised their children. |
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